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The Washington times., 1931-08-06
Senator's Will Have
No Influence in
Police Court

Police Judge Alfred L. Wilson
said today that several motor
lists of Takoma Park, who have
been summoned into his court
for using fictitious auto tags,
have attempted to have the
U. s.. Senators from Maryland
use their influence to have the
charges withdrawn, and that he
wants it known Senators are
not running his court.
In a drive in Takoma Park
to compel residents of Mont
gomery county, who now use
District Of Columbia tags, to
register their autos under the
Maryland law, nearly 100 motor
lists have been ticketed and re-
quired to appear before Judge
Wilson.
Fines Of $40 and costs have
been placed upon eight of the
offenders, while several have
appealed to the Maryland legis-
lators to use their influence
with Judge Wilson. The judge
today intimated that those who
further attempt to use political
influence may be subjected to
heavier fines,
The Washington times., 1931-08-06
Bay Ferry Appeal
Off Until Oct. II

Justice Pierce Butler, of the
United States Supreme Court. yes
terday extended to october II the
time for filing transcript of rec
ord in that court on the appeal of
the Claiborne-Annapolis Ferry
Company from a decision author
izing establishment of a rival ferry
across Chesapeake Bay.
Justice D. Lawrence Groner, Of
the District Court Of Appeals, and
Alfred A. Wheat and Jesse C. Ad-
kins, of District Supreme Court,
sitting as a special tribunal,
granted the Chesapeake Beach
Railways application for permis-
sion to establish ferry.
The Washington times., 1931-08-06
Z FACE ANNE.
ARUNDEL JURY .

ANNAPOLIS. Aug. S. Indict-
ments charging the IL persons
who were arrested Monday night
at Belle Grove Inn, a resort near
Baltimore, with funning a dis
orderly house and carrying con-
cealed weapons, have been pre-
pared by States Attorney A. Theo-
dore Brady. of Anne Arundel
county.
Hearing of testimony will be
finished tomorrow by the grand
jury, which was recalled Monday
in an effort to, clear up the
crowded docket.
The IL prisoners, brought to
Annapolis yesterday by Baltimore
police, further crowded the al
ready overcrowded Jail. The cells,
designed to hold 35 prisoners,
we're already jammed with more
Khan 40 prisoners and the new
additions brought the number to
SIS. It is hoped the grand jury
will complete its work by the end
of the week. /
The Washington times., 1931-08-06
H|T-RUN DRIVER
PAYSF|NE

Found guilty of failing to stop
and lend aid after an accident,
and of reckless driving, George
Taylor, of Mt. Rainier, Md, was
fined $25 on each count in
Hyattsville police court yesterday.
The man, according to five wit
nesses who were riding with him
at the time their machine col
lided with that owned by Jesse
Heiskell, of Oxon Hill, Md.
jumped from the machine follow
ing the accident and fled. He
was arrested later at his home.
Taylor pleaded not guilty.
A charge of driving while
under the influence of intoxicat-
ing liquor was dismissed against
Joseph r. Thomas, of 8O8 G st.
N. E., when testimony revealed
that he had not been driving
the machine. He told the court
he was asleep in the rear of
the auto when the accident took
place.
The Washington times., 1931-08-06
Skull Is Fractured
When Auto Hits Dip

STAUNTON, Va. Aug. 6.-Miss
Mary Bicknell. IS, of nearby
Waynesboro. lies in Kings Daugh-
ters' Hospital here with a frac-
tured skull sustained when the
automobile in which she was rid
ing struck a. dip" in the high
way. throwing her against the
top Of the car.
In company with William Sum
mers. also of Waynesboro, this
young woman was returning from
Massanetta Springs and at the
time seemed to- suffer no i'll ef-
tects from the accident. It was
not until several hours later when
she was discovered in a faint
on the floor of her home, that
her condition was found to be
serious 49,
The Washington times., 1931-08-06
To MAKE
CHOICE FROM
FIVE FIRMS
S25, 900 Appropriated to Cover
Audit Of is years; Four
N. Y. Concerns Considered

The selection of the accounting
firm to make the authorized audit
Of the finances of Montgomery
county for the past 16 years will
probably be made today at the
meeting of the board of county
commissioners.
The choice will be made from
the following firms: Arthur An
dersOn g. Co., Of Chicago; F. w,
LafrentZ & Co.. Of New York:
Peat-Marwick, Mitchell & Co., Of
New York; Price, WaterhOuse g.
Co., Of New York, and r. G. Ran
kin & Co., Of New York.
Choice Narrowed
These five firms are those named
both by the members of the execu-
tive and advisory committees Of
the Montgomery County Civic
Federation, acting as individuals,
and by a committee Of Mont
gomery county bankers. Each Of
these groups. was asked by the
county commissioners to name IL
outstanding accounting firms from
which the selection will be made.
The board of commissioners has
appropriated $4,000 to cover the
cost of the audit. which it is ex-
pected will require several months
to complete. When the board made
the appropriation and asked the
bankers and civic federation COM
mittee to recommend lists of firms.
it stated that the firms named
shall be
"AS free as possible from any
political connection In any way
with Montgomery county or the
State of Maryland"
For that reason firms that are
now or have in recent years been
engaged in auditing accounts for
the State of Maryland or any
agency thereof were excluded from
both lists,
The Washington times., 1931-08-06
Fun on Fire Escape
Lands TwO In
Hospital

NEW YORK, Aug. 6 GN,S).
A policeman was dying today
because a man decided "it
would be fun" to run up and
down fire escapes on a tene-
ment, peering into windows.
Residents of the building told
police a burglar was trying to
enter, and when Policeman Am
brose Donnelly sought to ques-
ton the man, he was wounded
under the heart.
Robert William Prangen, "a,
an insurance underwater, who
shot the policeman. was wound
ed by Donnelly and removed to
a hospital.
The Washington times., 1931-08-06
Capital Man Held
On Li0HOr Chnrne

Anthony v. Vece, of Washing
ton, was fined 5000 by Judge J.
Chew Sheriff in Hyattsville police
court yesterday on a charge of il
legal possession of liquor. When
apprehended by Policeman Claude
Reese of the county force, IL cases
of liquor were found in his car.
James Roberts and Raymond
Davis, both colored, of Bladens-
burg, Md, were bound over to
the Prince Georges county grand
jury yesterday on charges of steal
ing chickens. Bonds in both cases
were set at $500.
The Washington times., 1931-08-06
.F|REMEN' s CUP
HONORS CHIEF -:
Times Staff Photos

B. Wesley Crawford. fire chief
of Upper Marlboro, who died in
action October IS, is remembered
by his comrades. who have do7
mated a massive silver loving cup,
to be known as the Crawford
Memorial Cup, to be given as q,
prize during the contests at the.
annual convention of the Prince
Georges Volunteer Firemen.
The cup will be presented to
the winning company by Mr..
CranfOrd's two small sons, b.
Wesley, jr., aged 10, and Lind.
say, 8.
Mr.. Crawford was instantly
killed on october 8 when the.
Marlboro truck turned over on
the Ritchie Road near Ritchie,
Station, Md,
The Washington times., 1931-08-06
ThreIO Stencil Bomb
Into Taxi, Is Charge

Charged with having tossed a
stencil bomb into a rival cab
drivers machine Tuesday, Richard
Cline, 23-year-old hacker, Of 422
Twelfth st. s. E., won a continu-
ance Of his case in Police Court
yesterday.
Cline was arrested by Officer
w. o. Connor on complaint Of
Louis Mulligan, 1902 M st. N. W.,
and charged with violation of the
pharmacy act. He is free pending
hearing on $50 collateral.
The Washington times., 1931-08-06
Couple Marry Again
On ChiLdren'S Pleas

The constant solicitation of their
six children has caused Frank
Miller. 56-year-old baker, of st,
Augustine. Fla, to be reunited
with his wife, Mrs. Emma Heinke.
81. from whom he was divorced
18 years ago. The wife married
again after the divorce, but her
second husband has since died.
She has lived at 2041 Nichols Ave.
S. E. with the children during re-
cent years. The couple will be
remarked by the Rev. Thomas S.
Davis.
The Washington times., 1931-08-06
WR|TLESS RAID
CASE DROPPED

Edmund Hammett, of Wynne,
st. Marys county, Md, was
cleared of charges of illegal man
ufacture and possession of liquor
at a hearing before United States
Commissioner j. Frank Parran, at
Upper Marlboro, yesterday.
Commissioner Parran, in dis
missing the case. noted the Fed
eral agents made the raid on
Hammett's property without a
warrant, and that evidence was
not sufficient to warrant his de
tentiOn for the Federal Court.
AS described in court the
agents broke a lock on an out
house, and found a quantity OF
corn mash, still, and alleged
whisky. The raid was made upon
information supplied by a neigh
Dor.
No evidence was introduced to
show the implements and mash
belonged to Hammett.
The Washington times., 1931-08-06

Marlboro Issues
Marriage Licenses

Six couples received marriage
licenses in Upper Marlboro yester-,
day.
The applicants we're: Frank c..
Stevens, of Forestville, and Emma
C. Goff. of the same town; w. M.
Woodruff, 825 Tenth st. N. E.,
and Dora M. Conner, Of Colmar
Manor, Md: G. C. Moore, of.
Landover, and Hazel Lucille
Binger, of Upper Marlboro; N. e.
Jack, 1887 Isherwood st. N. E.,
and Louise Wright, $50 Rhode
Island Ave. N. E.; Russell Brooks,
Washington Navy Yard. and ISa-
belle Coulter. 1884 D st. N. E..
and Eugene Way, 206 Spring ST.,
Chevy Chase, Md. and Miriam
G. Wunder, of University Park.
The Washington times., 1931-08-06
Agents Didn't Buy
Rum Sale Case Void

William Thomas Jones, OF Lo-
THAN. Ann Arundel county, was
released on a $500 bond on a
charge of illegal possession Of
liquor by United States Commits
sioner Frank Parran in Upper
Marlboro yesterday, while a
charge of sale against him was
dismissed.
According to the story told
yesterday, a man working with
the agents went with them to
buy the liquor. Upon seeing the
supply, the agents took Jones
into custody. The sale, however,
had not been completed, Com
missioner Parran ruled.
The Washington times., 1931-08-06
Arlington KiWGnidns
Plan Charter Fete

The newly organized Arlington
County Kiwanis Club will cele-
brate charter night next WedneS-
day.
The Rev. F. Berry Plummer, of
Hagerstown, Md, governor of the
Capital district, will be the prin-
cipal speaker.
The Washington times., 1931-08-06
FlREMEN WILL SERVE

Uniforms and helmets will be
discarded by members of the For
estville Volunteer Firemen's Asso.
citation tonight, and white coats,
caps and aprons will be substi-
tuted, when members will serve
a chicken dinner in the Forest
vile Methodist Church.
The Washington times., 1931-08-06
WAKE'UP YOUR
LIVER BILE
WITHOUT CALOMEL
And You'll Jump Out of Bed in
the Morning Karin to Go

II you feel sour and sunk and the world
hooks punk, don't swallow q lot Of salts,
mineral water, oil, laxative candy or chewing
gum and expect them to make you suddenly
sweet and buoyant and full Of sunshine.
For they can't do it. They only move the
bowels and q mere movement doesn't get at
the cause. The reason for your down-and-out
feeling Is your liver. 1t should pour out two
pounds of liquid bile into your bowels daily.
n this bile is not flowing freely, your food
doesn't digest. 1t Just decays in the bowels.
Gas bloats up your stomach. You have q
thick, bad taste and your breath Is foul,
akin often breaks out in blemishes. Your head
aches and you feel down and out. Your whole
system is poisoned.
It takes those good. old CARRIERS
LITTLE LIVER PILLS to get these two
pounds Of bile flowing freely and make you
feel up and up" They contain wonderful,
harmless, gentle vegetable extracts, amazing
when it comes to making the bile flow freely.
But don't ask for liver pills. Ask for Carter's
Little Liver Pills. Look for the name Carter's
Little Liver Pills on the red label. Resent q
substitute. G193l. Carter Medicine Company
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
BAR ASSOCIATION
BACKS DRY REPEAL
Count of 1878 to 6,340 in
Referendum Announced, IS
Pct. of Members Voting.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., September
1.-THE American Bar Association
today went formally on record as favor
ing repeal of the prohibition amend
ment
The Executive Committee announced
the results Of the referendum last year
as showing 1879 members of the
association as favoring repeal and 6,340
opposed. The total vote of 2ol19
represented rs per cent OF the associa-
tons membership. There was no dis
cussion of the report, and prohibition
was not scheduled for consideration by
the convention.
A previous vote on whether a refer
endum should be conducted showed
l4.7S2 In favor and 5,625 against. After
that vote the referendum on the repeal
was held.
Boston Discusses Question.
Meanwhile Charles A. Boston, preSi-
dent. recalled a recommendation of
George Washington for the erection of
public distilleries to supply spirits to
the Revolutionary armies, and Sug-
gested that the recommendation, if it
had been followed, would have saved
the country from the present prohibit
ton situation.
Boston labeled prohibition as one Of
the four vital subjects that have emerged
to interfere with 1.-The arduous, but pleas
ing task of attempting to make Nation
happy"
Mr.. Boston opened the fifty-fourth
annual convention of the association
here today with an address on the Con-
Stitution.
Aside from prohibition. Mr.. Boston
found the development of the bank,
slavery, and secession as the vital de-
velopmentS in our history interfering
with the Nations progress. Slavery
still casts its shadow, he said, and seces-
sion appears to be dead. The bank ap-
parently has finally been defined.
But prohibition, though in the Con-
Stitution, has not ceased Ito invoke
violent opposition" Mr.. Boston said,
and he recalled that the association by
an overwhelming referendum vote
found prohibition wrong.
Interference Hit.
Federal interference In business was
assailed, relaxation of the antitrust
laws urged and a detailed examination
of the economic depression made yes
terday.
Crime, too, was considered. One sec
ton being told the Wickersham report
condemning third degree" police meth
DDS was crime breeder.
Robert H. Jackson. New YORK lawyer,
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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NEW ALIEN PLOT
FOUND IN GOTHAM
Gigantic Conspiracy to
SmuggIe Foreigners Into US.
Brings Carson Here.

The unearthing in New York of an
other gigantic alien smuggling plot
caused Murray w. Carson. Assistant
Secretary of Labor, to rush to Wash
ington today from that city for a con-
ference with Secretary Doak.
Carson refused to divulge any de-
tails of the new plot until after he had
conferred with Secretary Doak. He in
timated that the subject they would
discuss was of such far-reaching impor-
lance that the Secretary would probably
issue statement Immediately.
He also refused to say whether the
new plot was revealed as the result of
a special investigation now reported
going on in the Federal Naturalization
Bureaus in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Documents Held Missing.
1t became known here today that
more Government documents referring
to Salvatore MaranZano, racketeer
slain in New York last Thursday, and
other suspects in the Nationwide alien
inquiry now being carried on by the
Labor Department have been alb
stracted recently from the files in these
naturalization bureaus.
Before Carson arrived at the Labor
Department this morning Secretary
Doak had conferred with newspaper
men and had informed them that as
far as he knew there were no new
developments in the smuggling investi-
cation.
Because Of technicalities he said he
did not believe that the department, at
this time. would issue warrant for the
Continued on Page 2, Column 10
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CONTRACTOR HELD
ON LIBEL CHARGE
Accused of Making False ACCUSE
ton Against D. c.
Employe.

Charged with criminal libel as the
result of an accusation that an as
sistant District building inspector re-
ceived graft, William H. Pierce, colored
contractor, 1909 Morris road southeast,
was held for grand jury action in Po-
lice Court today.
Pierce waived preliminary hearing
and Judge Gus A. Schuldt fixed bond
at $500.
The complainant in the case, Fred
erick A. Humm, assistant building in
spector, charges that Pierce libeled him
in letter addressed to his superior,
John w. Oehmann. inspector Pierce
declared in the letter that HlImm re-
ceived $40 from him in overlooking his
lack of building permit.
Humm later asked for an additional
SIS, Pierce's letter reads. and when it
was refused the assistant inspector
threatened to give him 'all the trouble
he could" Pierce charged.
With superior from the building In
spector's Office, Humm visited Assistant
u. S. Attorney Michael r. Keogh and
secured warrant for Pierce's arrest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
GAS KILLS ENGINEER.
HIS WIFE AND SON
Tube Leading to Bed Room Hints OF
Suicide Pact-AIl Dead Two
Days When Found.

mother father and 13year boy found dead in Their
1921 Forrst street this afternoon the victims OF gas
asphyxaton.
They
Perenko engineer at the of Standards his We
Department Agriculture and their son Vad
a High School student.
believed they have dead for at least two days
the house they had received reports OF gas
ode in neighborhood
Police found connected with in the
through hole in the ceiling into the the co
floor where the bodies
flowing freely from the tube.
former officer having served
1907 leaving with rank of captain
employed engineer at the Bureau OF
Standards
other members family daughter, on
seashore expected to return to-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
Number of Detectives Under
stood to Be involved In
Some of Those Under Con-
sideration Today.
IL OR MORE INDICTMENTS
NOW APPEAR LIKELY
Possibility Also Seen That Supe-
riors Will Be Censured-Three
key" Witnesses From D. C. Jail
and Three From Lorton Await
ing Call to Give Testimony.

Sordid tales of brutal beatings
behind the locked doors of third
degree rooms" in numerous police
precincts were being unfolded to-
day before a grand jury whose
frame of mind is said to point to
indictment Of dozen or more adj
ditional policemen and excoriation
Of their Superiors.
The stories of alleged viciousness
were drawn from present and past
prisoners, from hospital officials,
from relatives and from other wit
nesSeS subpoenaed by the Depart
ment of Justice as a result of it's
three-week investigation.
More than half a hundred in
stances Of "strong-arm" methods
by police will have been brought
to the attention of the grand jury
before its proceedings are CHI
NAKED, probably next Wednesday,
by presentment in court. Not
all of the cases will result in in
dictments, but they enable the
jury to draw a conclusion as to
the prevalence of third-degree
practices and official responsibility
therefor.
Six key" Witnesses Called.
As the jurors began the second day Of
their renewed inquiry it became appar-
ent the evidence is reaching beyond the
confines Of the precincts and into police
headquarters. A number of headquar-
tiers detectives are said to be involved In
some of the cases under consideration
today.
Six prisoners, three from the District
Jail and three from Lorton Reformatory,
were key witnesses summoned to tes-
tify today. All are reported to have
told agents Of the Bureau of Investiga-
ton OF attacks made upon them by po-
lice officers. 1t is understood the grand
jury is not combining its probe to acts of
cruelty designed to coerce prisoners into
making confessions, but is going into
cases Of alleged brutality of any kind.
The prisoners brought to the grand
jury room today included Francis De
Sales Carman, Charles E. Smith. Will
liam Sullivan, Arthur Henry Believe,
Wolfe l.. Jackson and James L. Strange.
The last two are colored.
Volunteered Statement.
Carman, serving a three-year term
at Lorton, Va, for HOUSEKEEPING and
larceny, Is one of several prisoners who
volunteered signed statements to The
Star concerning alleged mistreatment
at the hands of arresting officers.
Smith is serving a like term, having
been convicted jointly with Carman in
connection with a filling station safe
cracking at Twenty-first street ana
Pennsylvania avenue last May. The
two have alleged they were beaten and
kicked by policemen who arrested them
at that time and Carman also has
declared he was attacked at No. 3 sta
ton house some months before, when
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
FRENCH TAX INCOME
IN EXCESS OF BUDGET
Tops by 100000 Estimates for
First Five Months of
Fiscal Year.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS. September 17.-Francois
Pietri, minister of the budget, told the
cabinet today that for the first five
months of this fiscal year the national
income from taxes surpassed the esti-
mate by about 100000.
The unforeseen surplus came mainly
from indirect taxes and customs, he said
In August the increase from those
sources amounted to $l,760,000, and in
the same period the return from the
business turnover tax, hitherto not ur
to the budgetary provisions, showed
considerable improvement.
M. Pietri said next years budget was
practically completed and would be laid
before the Finance Committee of the
Chamber of Deputies very soon.
Premier Laval informed his ministers
that he and Aristide BRAND. the for
eign minister. will go to Berlin in the
last week of this month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
MILITARY ESCORT LOST
WHEN BOAT FOUNDERS
Seven Guards Were Bringing Crew
of Six to La Paz on Illegal
Pearl Fishing Charge.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LA PAZ, Lower California, Septem-
Der ia military escort of seven
persisted when the motor launch Gen
eral Bravo, which was being brought
to La Paz on a charge of illegal pearl
fishing, foundered in Saturdays hurri-
cane off San Jose Island, it was
learned here today.
The crew of six managed to escape
making their way to Point San Evaristo
by swimming and clinging to wreck
age. They said their guards persisted
because they did not know how to
swim.
The packet boat, Catalina, en- route
from Rio Colorado to MaZatlan, went
aground off Point San Evaristo, but its
crew was saved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
MAYFLOWER HOTEL
PRESIDENT INDICTED
Daniel J. 0'Brien and Six Others
Accused in Sale of Second
Trust Notes.

BY the AbbOCldbeu ElFoA-
PITTSBURGH, Pa, September IL
A special Federal grand jury today
indicted six persons who were alleged
to be officers ana stockholders of the
American Bond a. Mortgage Co. Of
Chicago, and Daniel J. O'Brien, presi-
dent Of the Mayf1ower Hotel Co, Wash
ington, charging them with misuse Of the
mails The charges were brought in
connection with promotion and sale OF
second mortgage bonds of the hotel
company.
Those indicted besides O'Brien were
William j. Moore, president; Charles
3. Moore. vice president; Charles c.
Moore, vice president; Harold A. Moore,
treasurer; Kenneth w Moore, secretary
and general sales manager. and Hayden
w Ward, vice president, Of the Ameri-
can Bond 81 Mortgage Co. of Chicago.
All are residents of New York and Chi
cago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
ZEPPELIN AKRON TURNED OVER
TO NAVY MEN BY IT'S BUILDERS
BIucackets Take Stations Big Ship and Prepare Go
Aloft on Maiden Flight Monday Afternoon.

Weeks of painstaking tests have re-
vealed the Akron is as nearly perfect
as its builders can make it.
After several days devoted TO famil-
iarizing themselves with their duties,
orncers and crew will walk the ship
out OF its dock preparatory to its
maiden flight.
The Akron will be- taken sloft at 2
'"0'- Nf~1dav pftern~onr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-17
By the Associated Press.

LEAD, S. Oak, September Twill
liam Cothern of Haywood County, N
c., hanged himself in the Lead jail last
night after confessing that he helped to
start 35 forest fires in the Black Hills
during the last week. Police today were
seeking six alleged accomplices named
by Cothern.
Cothern hanged himself with blankets
soon after he had admitted guilt in