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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
ROOSEVELT REPLIES.
Governor Says Charges Made by Todd
Are Direct Lie"

hIC OhcCb Lie.
NEW YORK, October 6 R.-Gov.
Theodore Roosevelt of Porto Rico today
characterized as political sour grapes
the charges made by former Mayor
Roberto H. Todd of San Juan that he
has been extravagant in hts personal
expenses at his official residence in
Porto Rico.
The Governor, in a formal statement,
said former Mayor Todds attack fol-
lows an official report compiled by him
and published September IA, in which
the Governor pointed out the trend Of
increasing deficits of the city of San
Juan under the administration Of former
Ex-Mayor Todd.
The Governor said:
THE statement made by former
Mayor Todd IS direct lie. It is made
by disgruntled politician who lost his
job by the action of the Porto Rican
Legislature because of the ineficiency
Of his administration.
Pays for Own Trips.
"As a matter of fact, have not only
paid my own personal expenses, but q
large portion of my Official expenses as
well. far more than has been customary
In the past. For example, have made
four trips north during the past two
years, all in behalf of Porto Rico and
all on Official business. All my expenses
/ have paid. The one check for ex-
penses I accepted turned over as a
gift to the workshop for teaching
neeoiework to our poor people, run by
the government.
money, did away with one of the two
government automobiles found at the
government house and substituted there.
lore Ford, bought with my money.
which has been used largely for govern.
ment work.
Much of the official entertaining 7
have paid for. To sum up, have spent
on oncial work or contributed to Porto
Rican philanthropical endeavor moro
annually than my salary.
Points to .City's Deficit.
"Paranthetically. it might be re-
marked that under Ex-Mayor Todd the
city OF San Juan ran an increasing
deficit each year until this last year It
was unable to sell its securities on the
open market.
Meanwhile the insular government
balanced its budget and showed a sur
plus. All these matters are of official
record and can be verified by any who
wishes to do so. They are contained in
my annual report. published Septem.
Der "a.
Our lHSuIar administration will well
come an investigation into and and ali
Of this activity.
Senator Santiago 1glesias, head Of
the labor unions of Porto Rico and
also active in the American Federation
OF Labor, was sent AZ government ex-
pense to study measures for the relief
OF unemployment now being undertaken
IN the United States with the idea Of
advising US in Porto Rico as to the
means we might employ Of aiding cur
own economic situation down there"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
ARRESTED MAN ESCAPES
Auto Driver Returns for His Car
but Again Eludes officer.

An unidentified motorist whom Po-
liceman T. w. Murphy arrested last
night on charge of reckless driving
escaped while being escorted to the sta
ton house and eluded efforts of the
same policeman to re-arrest him.
Murphy arrested the car operator at
Tenth and H streets shortly after II
o'clock and was taking him to the first
precinct station when he made his drst
escape. His machine was confiscated,
however, and parked in front of the sta
ton.
Murphy said he glanced out of a win
dow of the police station short time
later and saw his escaped prisoner at
tempting to start the car. Murphy at
tempted to capture the motorist, but
the man again fed. The policeman
gave up after Q chase Of several blocks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
D. C. REPORTERS MEET

The regular Quarterly meeting of the
Shorthand Reporters Association of the
District was held Saturday at the
Hamilton Hotel Percy e. Budlong,
official reporter of the Senate, addressed
the meeting on the life and work of
David Wolfe Brown, well known former
official reporter of the House Of Repre-
sentatives. A delegation of Baltimore
shorthand reporters attended.
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s...i.,nisnatch TO The star.

Special Dispatch 10 Inc oSaI.
MANASSAS, Va, October 6.-Belief
that the murderer Of Goodwin Miller,
his wife and baby, might be in the
court at the time the Prince William
County grand jury returned its report
Of their deaths led that body to return
q sealed statement to Judge Walter Nc,
carthy yesterday afternoon. 1t was said
today.
The sealed report, which Is without
precedent in the history Of the county,
Is said to have indicated the unanimous
belief Of the grand jury. that Miller
foul piay. discrediting the theory of &C
cident offered as q solution to the nys-
terious deaths Of the trio when Miller's
home near Joplin, Va, burned to the
ground October 2.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
Labor Party Wants System Placed
Under Government Control,

SCARBOROUGH, England, October 6
R).-The Labor party's annual con-
ference, shaping its policies for general
election, unanimously adopted today a
resolution urging that the country's
banking and credit system be placed
under government control.
The sponsor of the resolution, Pethick
Lawrence, said during the debate that
an amendment had been accepted pro-
viding for public ownership of the
banking system as well as control. The
resolution would have been regarded as
pious one not long ago, he said, but
today "it's a battle cry and call to
action. When we get control of the
government this will be the policy i'm
mediately put into effect"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
VETERANS WILL MEET
National Commander to Address
Disabled Group Tomorrow.

National Comdr. e. Claude Babcoc1
of the Disabled Veterans Of the World
War will be the principal speaker q
q meeting of unemployed disabled vst9
Grams at 8 o'clock tomorrow evening ID
the board room Of the District Building
A report will be made at the meeS
ing concerning employment among It'd
disabled veterans as compiled from uue&
tionnaires recently sent out.
A Committee on Employment. headed
by Lloyd Wilmer, will report on woeA
It has done in carvossing local hoS
pitals and business concerns in search
Of jobs for the unemployed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
1900 CHILDREN AIDED
Total at Clinic of Child Welfare
Society Grows Rapidly.

Nearly $500 youngsters attended the
clinic operated at Children's Hospital
during September, the Child Welfare
Society reported to the Community
Chest yesterday. This surpassed all
attendance marks.
Remarkable results have been OBJ
tanned by the society in operation of
the clinic on the basis of keep the
child WELL" Children actually becoming
Ill are referred to their family physi-
clans or to the dispensary of Children's
Hospital The organization deals pri-
marily with tots of pre-school age.
Some 1900 are enrolled, the largest in
history.
Members of the Junior League CO.
operate by driving children to and from
the clinic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
AMERICAN INTERESTS
TO SHIP CHINA WHEAT
L Everett, Inc, With Head Office
in Manila, and L. Comyn q Sons
Get Contract.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, October civilian p.
Hunt, vice president Of the American
shipping concern, L. Everett, Inc, with
headquarters in Manila, p. l., an
nounced today the contract for carrying
Chinas entire purchase OF American
Farm Board wheat has been awarded
to his company In conjunction with w.
L. Comyn & Sons Of Seattle.
The contract, Hunt said. calls for the
movement Of 433, 900 tons Of wheat and
flour from Pacific Coast ports to Shang-
hal.
Hunt said the first shipments viii
leave Puget Sound Immediately, and
are expected In Shanghai within q
month.
The Everett concern Is associated
with the. Roosevelt and International
Mercantile Marine interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
Marriage Licenses Issued.

FAIRFAX, Va, October (SpeciaD
Marriage licenses have been issued at
Fairfax to John e. Hynson, 20, Of Up
perville, Va, and Jessie Pinkard, 81, Of
East Falls Church, Va; Charles Liv-
ingston Dunn, IS, and Virginia Louise
Charles william Schmidt, jr., 81, and
Victoria Mary Mosca, 81, both Of Pleas
ant View Farm, Fairfax, Va; John Di
Don3enico, 20, and Ruth Naomi Sullens,
81, also both of Pleasant View Farm.
Fairfax, Va; George A. Hinson, IS, Sill
yer Spring, Md, and Mae Mclean, 80,
New York City
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
CIVIL SERVICE JOBS OPEN
Clock Repairman and Pharmacolo-
gist Tests to Be Held Nov. 8.

Examinations for two technical posi-
tons have been announced by the Civil
Service Commission. They are:
Clock repairman, 81 $50 a year, office
of Public Buildings and Public Parks
of the National Capital. Closing date,
November g.
Pharmacologist, $4,000 q year, Ma
tional Institute of Health, Public Health
Service, Washington. Closing date, No
vember 3.
Full information may be obtained at
the Office Of the Civil Service Commits
sion, 1924 F street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06
ALTA VISTA BODY ELECTS
Community League Names Robert
o. Beckham as It's President.

The Community League Of Alta Vista
the Woman's Club of Bethesda. The
following officers were elected unani-
mously: President, Robert o. Beckham;
vice president, Richard Z. Titlow; Sec
Charles E. Wilton.
The delegates to the Montgomery
Civic Federation are j. Aubry Powell,
Charles E. Wilton and Herbert Poole.
The next meeting will be held in No
vember at the Woman's Club of Be-
thesda, with the wives Of the new
officers and delegates as Possesses
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-06

A new giant radio broadcasting tube,
developed by Pittsburgh station, con-
sum enough electricity to operate two
GEef cars.
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CURTIUS RESIGNS
TO HELP CABINET
IN GERMAN CRISIS

Continued From First Pase)
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GENERAL ELECTION
CALLED FOR OCT. 20
BY BRITISH CABINET

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Capone expressed confidence Of &C
quittal if, as he puts it, he is given a
fair trial"
And by fair trial mean that Jurors
receive the evidence with open minds
and reserve their Judgment of my guilt
or innocence until all the facts are in,'
the gang lord said on the eve of his
trial.
Should the jury in the present trial
convict him on all counts of the in
dictment he will be liable to a maxi
mum sentence of 20 years and a fine
of $4,000.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
FRANCE CREETS
U. S. MAYORS
Gay Celebration Is Held to
Welcome Officials.

By United Press
HAVRE, France, May 22.-Tour-
ing mayors from America, most of
them abroad for the first time,
stepped ashore to start a months
sojourn as the guests Of the gov
eminent Of France.
Chief executives Of cities from ali
sections Of the United States, eager
as Schoolboys to "get going;;" spent
Thursday night on board the liner
lie de France, in port off Havre.
A gay celebration was offered in
Havre, their first point of contact
with the French nation on a visit
which is to last month.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22

Frohnan painting Of Napoleon,
sent to Belasco as a peace pres
ent" after the two old friends had
been estranged for years-just an
other Of "the governors" little
feudS.
A note came with the painting,
saying: This is our mutual
deity; and that is a horse he IS
riding, though my friends say it's
a cross between a COW and an
antelope"
Such had been for years "the
stage set" in which Belasco spent
most Of the hours Of his life.
Here had come the youthful
Eagles seeking a job. Belasco hap
pened to be hard hit financially at
the moment. Later, when things
improved, be gave her a role in
'Daddies."
On her opening night she made
a terrible faux pas. Called before
the curtain, she took all the bows.
1t had always been customary
for the new star to come out with
the producer and give him his
chance for a few words. Not
Jeanne! BelaSco was erraged.
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}elaSco Presided at Rickety Table
i'm LaUiSh Setting as High Priest

ONE great name after another
~ crossed the trreshold-E. II.
Sothern, Lenore Uric; Frances
Starr signed her contract with
out reading it; David Warheld,
Helen Gahagan-the whole big
parade of Broadway.
Stars came and stars went.
New ones rose as old ones left.
And Broadway built a legend
that Belasco fell in love with
each beautiful new one that came
his way.
This probably grew from an
other legend that "the dean"
would not tolerate the marriage
Of any Of the beauties that he
had built into famous actresses.
It was marriage that caused
his breach with Leslie Carter.
But vanity and pride were
probably the true causes of his
annoyance. Had he not found
the spark Of genius in them; de-
veloped it and brought it out?
How ungrateful-to marry and
desert hinal
AS for. his own marriage, the
girl he had wed in his western
youth calmly accepted every
quirk and eccentricity Of his
character.
Viewing him as a genius, she
accustomed herself TO his chang
ing moods, and though they had
not lived together just before her
death, neither had they legally
separated nor considered divorce.
Tho End
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
POPPIES TO Be SOLD
Proceeds Will Help Needy
Victims of War.

Poppies will bloom for the dead of
the World war not only in Flanders
fields Saturday, but throughout the
United States, as the American
Legion Auxiliary takes to the field
again on its annual Poppy day.
In indianapolis, as in many other
cities, sentinels from the auxiliary
will guard street corners with orders
to let none by without proper
credentials-a red poppy, made by
some disabled veteran of the war.
Proceeds Of the poppy sale will go,
as in former years, to relief Of needy
victims of the war.
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clay pit near that city.
The st. Johns school and former
city schoolmates Of the youth will
attend the funeral. Burial Will be
in Holy Cross cemetery.
The boy lived, up to a year ago.
at McCarty and Michaels street. He
was an athlete, and shortly before
the double tragedy won the shot
put in a field and track meet in
Columbus with a toss Of Sc feet 5
inches.
Three brothers, Francis and Bar
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
MOTORISTS URGED TO BUY
DECORATION DAY TIRES NOW

Miller Geared-to-the-Road Tires
are built with the extra quality and
stamina that warrants the makers
and the Rose Tire Co. to Issue a
written guarantee that they VIII
outwear any other tire in the same
price class. The Rose Tire Co.
offers motorists the convenience Of
charge or budget account.
Commenting on service, Art Rose
said: I'VE have plenty Of space and
plenty of extra help so that we can
give quick, efficient, courteous serv-
ice"
The radio feature of the Rose Tire
Co. viii be presented Saturday at
5:35 P. M. over WKBF with Cliff
Navarro as guest artist.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
Staying Climax of Quarrel

By Times Special
NEW PROSPECT, Ind, May o.
Accused Of the fatal shooting of
John M. Felknor, former Orange
county treasurer, Henry Flick, is
being sought today. A quarrel over
division of crops from farm owned
by Felknor and on which Flick was
tenant, led to the tragedy.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22

in Miller Gearer-to- the-Road Tires
and the unusual trade-in allowance
on old tires to start the season with
that question settled not only tor
the present but for many thou
sands of miles of future motoring,
stated Art Rose of the Rose Tire
Company.
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PAGE 21

ranged at his request to eliminate
the services Of announcers at the
White House. Mr.. Hoover has been
coached as to his cue for beginning
his speech and viii plug the micro
phone III himself.
The occasion is the national ad-
visory educationl association din
ner to Professor Robert Millikan, in
New York, and Mr. .Hoover's cue will
be given by Millikan from Califor-
MIA. He win try the same thing
Saturday from his Rapidan fishing
camp.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22

NE OF MS CQum
will be held Sat-
urday morning at
9 at st. Johns
Catholic church
with the funeral
Of Edward Mich
OILS, Is.
Nichols, a for
mer pupil at st.
Johns school, died
Wedne sd ay in
c o III m bus, o.,
when he attempt
ed to save the
life Of another
playmate who was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
AIR ARMADA TO
MEET Foe IN
SEABOARD DRIVE
Giant FIotiIIa ConvergeS on
New York to Combat
Mythical Enemy.

By United Press
NEW YORK, May 22.-The great
est flotilla Of aircraft ever assem-
bled in the history Of aviation
moved on New York today, prepared
to meet a hypothetical foe that al
ready has destroyed" the Panama
canal and "demoralized" both the
Atlantic and Pacific fleets.
Some are coming by a southern
route, through Washington and
Aberdeen. Two other large groups
are crossing the Alleghenies, one by
way Of pittsburgh and Middletown
and the other through Buffalo and
Rochester. 1t Is likely that all Of
the 672 will be berthed at five Long
island airports by 5 p. m.
Millions to See Flight
Then on Saturday at 1870 p. n.
the entire fleet Of the army air
corps will head up the north shore
Of Long island, across Oyster Bay to
Huntington. Thence they will fly
across the sound to Connecticut and
northwestWard to point near
PeekskiI.
At Peekskill the air army will
: maneuver into position for the
roaring jaunt straight down the
Hudson, past Ossining, Tarrytown,
. Dobbs Ferry and Yonkers.
Millions will watch the air pro-
cession, which will be strung out in
a line ten to twenty miles long,
as it moves down the northern shore
of Manhattan.
The feet will fly straight to the
Battery and Governors island, then
{ across the bay and around to Floyd
: Bennett airport, where chiefs of the
arnys air force will review the sky
procession.
Protest Demonstration
While the maneuvers are in
. progress over the city Saturday,
. various groups of Pacifist organi-
cations will hold meetings at six
different points in the city to pro-
test publicly against the demonstra-
! ton, which they consider to be
against the spirit Of the Kellogg
? peace pact.
The largest group Of planes ever
assembled before for a single oper-
alton was at the Argonne during
the World war, when 356 ships
Joined in maneuvers.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
BY GILBERT SWAN
NEA Service Writer

rUsT over the stage Of his Be-
y lasco theater. the most lavish
Of David Belasco's productions
stands, packed with the extrava-
Pant curios Of the world, but
strangely empty without Its lead
ing character.
Here were the far-fanIed pri-
vate Offices Of the great producer
and star-maker.
The rooms fairly overlooked
with the atmosphere that the
governor piled about him as his
fame rose and his years waned.
Each morning would come Miss
cintv. his head secretary, and
Miss Cerco, her assistant, who for
twenty years had arranged the
of1ce scene in preparation for the
entrance Of the leading man."
They would place on a preten-
tious lockwood table a half dozen
1nely sharpened pencils and q
neat pile Of paper and a pair Of
eyeglasses. Soon "the governor"
would arrive.
And the same thing would hap
nen day after day; he would i'm
patiently push the table aside in
favor of the rickety old favor1te
table on which many Of his early
successes had been penned.
Belasco was superstitious. He
always used it when working on
new material.
"HE entranceway to tins
"sanctun" was an iron-grilled
gate There was a tiny elevator,
less frequently used, by which en-
trance could be gained from the
theater rear.
Priceless treasures from every
land turned the study into a sort
of museum.
Art treasures crowded the
walls; the mantelpiece doninat-
ing the room was faced with tiles
which had come from the Alham-
bra: Grapes and curtains worth
a fortune . and just above this
a little balcony leading to a
miniature banquet table that nad
belonged to his friend, the late
Stanford White.
Here it was, after a successful
opening night, that the master
and his cast Of players would
gather.
Then there was "the nook" a
restroom where had been collect
ed the rarest japanese art, and
off this the Gothic room, a
vaulted, baronial hall hung with
the banners of the ages, with
shields and coats Of arm and
medieval armor; baubles from
many courts, wands carried by
royal jesters-and, hidden be-
meath a screen, a SCARED old desk
where manuscripts were dictated.
And behind big painted panels
that opened at the press OF q
button, the vast Belasco collection
Of jade.
The collection was begun after
the death of his youngest daugh-
ter. She had been fond Of jade,
and each year he would add to
this shrine-one rare piece after
another, until it became one Of
the worlds greatest jade collec-
tons.
n y
A ND finally the interesting Ma
N poleon collection; Napoleons
under glass, Napoleons in stone,
and in marble and in ivory. Ma
poleon in every post and posture.
Here "the governor" would
stand for hours, first in front OF
one replica; then another.
Was he not the Napoleon Of the
theater?
Yes, Napoleon was the favorite
character of both Belasco and the
late Charles Frohman.
Hanging anonymously above
this collection was the Charles
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
BIGAMIST LINKED TO
MURDER OF ONE MATE
Youngstown CO., Mans Wife Found
Shot to Death in Stream.

YOUNGSTOWN, O., May o.
Louis Vitullo, who, police say, main
tanned two separate households for
the last nine years, was held to-
day in connection with the death
of Miss Elizabeth Pelko, rs, one of
his asserted wives.
Miss Pelko, who as Mrs. Louis
Taylor, was the mother Of two of
Vitullo's children, was found shot
to death in a stream under a
Trumbull county highway near here
One bullet had pierced her body
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
ANNOUNCER HOOVER
President to Go on Air
From Study Toniuht.

WASHINGTON. May 22.-Pred-
dent Hoover will play radio an
nouncer for himself in the White
House study tonight.
Broadcasting companies have ar
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22

The purchase
Of tires, the
mos t import
ant item to the
success of the
Decoration day,
or for t h a t
matter, a n y
trip, should not
be left to the
last minute.
Motor j S t S
are taking adj
vantage Of the
splendid values
we are offering
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22

First ambassador to the United
States from the new Spanish re-
public, Salvatore De Madaringa is
shown above as he arrived in New
York en- route 20 Washington. He
Is an internationally noted his
torian.
He n1inimized the gravity of
recent attacks on church prop
erty In Spain, describing them as
the product of mob uprising"
and not definite movement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22

This is the last Of four stories reiat-
Ing in dramatic fashion the drama tn@'
was the life Of David Belaseo.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22

nard Nichols, of Columbus, O., and
Lawrence Nichols, Indianapolis, and
a sister, Rose Nichols, survive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-22
ORPHAN HERO
LOSES HIS LIFE
Edward Nichols, Is, to Be
Buried Saturday.

Last rites for ian orphan boy who
drowned In an attempt to save the