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Evening star., 1931-06-23
GROUND WATER COOL
UNDER BLAZING SUN
Tests Show Well for Commerce
Building Consistently
at 81 Degrees.

The subSurface water which will be
used to cool the executive Offices of the
Department of Commerce and probably
other Government buildings remains
cool under the hottest sun of Wash
ington Summer, according to tests
made of the water.
In a well under the new Internal
Revenue Building a thermometer has
given consistent proof Of the under
ground water temperature. The bottom
of the well is 18 feet below the street
level. and the we'll Is IL feet square
1t fills to the top in about 20 minutes
with cool water, averaging about 81 de-
grees in temperature. 1t has maintained
this low temperature during the hot
spell when the street air above surged
up to around 100 degrees.
The water recently found in the tsst
well in rear OF No. police precinct, now
Gown to about 40 feet, has remained
cool. This we'll is being due to furnish
cool wat.r for an air conditioning sys-
tenn fer the new Post Office Department
Building. Water was first found 16 feet
below street level.
Equipment Is being installed in the
new Department of Commerce Building
to condition the air for the suite of the
Secretary of Commerce and his staff,
and the wat.r in the wells beneath the
basement level of the Commerce Build
ing is also remaining cool during the
hottest weather.
So far there is no air conditioning
system in the new Internal Revenue
Building, and none has been proposed.
The cool water found in the basement
Of that building is pumped out, into the
city sewers So strong is the under
ground pressure, engineers say, they
dare not cap The we'll, as, they predict,
the water would break up through the
heavy, waterproof floor elsewhere.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
SHOWERS TO BRING
RELIEF FROM HEAT
Rain Predicted by Capital Weather
Bureau for Both Tonight
and Tomorrow.

Relief In the form of local showers
during the next 48 hours was assured
by Weather Bureau officials today over
half the Atlantic Coast, from Virginia
to New England. The changed condi-
tions, which started yesterday after a
torrid week end. were caused by thun-
dershowers in Maryland and Western
Pennsylvania.
Despite a slight shower before 10
o'clock, the sun began to warm up the
city. But weather officials said the
afternoon would be cloudy, with rain
tonight and tomorrow, which would
make up for the midday heat. There
will not be much change in temperature
1t was not expected that the maximum
would quite reach yesterdays high mark
of 80 degrees at 2 pm
At & am. today, the temperature
registered IA degrees and by 1O:30
o'clock had arisen Q points. The ac-
companying humidity, IL per cent
greater than yesterday at O'Clock,
would account for some of the dis
comfort, it was said
Evening star., 1931-06-23
FAITHFUL PROBERS.
WILL QUIZ DOCTOR.
Samuel Untermyer Retained
as Counsel by Surgeon
Bringing Girls Letters.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 23.-DiStrict At
torney Elvin N. Edwards Of Nassau
County said today that DR.. G. jameson
Carr, ships surgeon, who was to testify
before the grand jury later in the day
in its inv: stlgation Of the death Of Starr
Faithful, had retained Samuel Inter
myer as counsel.
Before appearing before the grand
jury, Mr. Edwards said, DR.. Carr
planned to go before County Judge
Lewis J. Smith and ask him to d.fine
the rights of the grand jury in case it
should ask him to violate his profes-
sional ethics.
DR.. Carr is registered in Scotland,
Mr.. Edwards explained, and the ethi-
cal code for medical men in Scotland is
strictar than it is in this country.
Jury Expects Letters.
DR.. Carr and Mr.. Untermyer arrived
in Mineola shortly before IL am. (E.
S. T) and, after a brief conference
between Mr. Untermyer and Mr.. I'd
wards, DIR. Carr was taken into the
grand jury room.
DIR. Carr was expected to turn over to
the grand Jury three letters from the
girl, which he brought from England.
The contents of only one letter have
b, en- made public.
Stanley E. Faithful, STAIRS father,
arrived at Mineola early today, express
ing indignation over DR.. Carr'S state
ments to the press in which he was
quoted as saying he did not know the
Faithful family very WILL and had
never known the girl socially. The
Faithfulls had said he was an old fam
lily friend.
DR.. Carr Cancelled a vacation to Bel
gium to volunteer in clearing up tha
mystery of the beauty's drowning on
the Long Beach coast and arrived in
New York yesterday on the steamship
Laconia with the three letters.
The doctor said he had no theories as
to the death. He refused to make the
letters public. The one, in which Starr
apologized for getting drung on the
Franconia, May 20, was given out be-
fore his arrival by Nassau County au-
thorities.
Stanley E. Faithful, STAIRS step-fa-
ther, branded the letter as fals,. The
letter was not In STAIRS style. he said
Doctor Parties Questions.
DR.. Carr gave little information TO re-
porters on his arrival in New York City.
Were you surprised at her death?''
they asked.
1T is 40 years since I've been sur
prised."
"Is it correct you said in Boston Miss
Faithful was charming and beautiful?'
this from a woman reporter.
"All women are BEAUTIFUL and charm
ing" he bowed.
other questions about the girl and
her affairs DR.. Carr refused to answer
on grounds of professional ethics.
Other witnesses called before the
grand jury today included the Faithful
family, several detectives and a taxi
driver. who drove Starr Faithful from
the pier a day before her disappearance,
and two women who saw her at the
Grand Central Terminal June 4-the
day before she vanished.
Evening star., 1931-06-23

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 23.-George Rob-
ert Gabor. rs, native Of Hungary, was
in Jail today while Federal authorities
were investigating his boastful tale of
how he imposed on personages.
Acting as his own attorney. he said
in court that he had:
Posed as Baron Won Krupp.
Been entertained at Palo Alto by Mr.
and MS. Herbert Hoover
Induced Henry Ford to give him a
new automobile.
Become engaged to Eleanor du Pont.
Posed as Taft Thew, jr., representing
baSSador, and got money and clothes
from Ambassador Herrick in Paris.
Borrowed $45,000. Of which he got
$25, 900 in cash.
Donated $4,000 to the Pan-American
University, at Dallas, Tex, and was
elected vice president.
In 1928 Federal Judge Knox ordered
Gabor's deportation and suspended a
five-year sentence on condition that he
stay out of the country. Gabor re-
turned. He was brought to New York
after completing an 18-month SEN
tence for impersonating the third soli-
citor general of the United States"
Federal Attorney George Medalie re-
marked: Many of his boasts are
obviously untrue"
Gabor's signed confession Of his ad-
ventures was read. In it he said he
left Harvard Law School to assume the
role of Baron Won Krupp on a wager.
AS member of the famous Ger
man family, he toured the country from
coast to coast in an automobile given
him by Henry Ford he said.
He admitted serving nine months in
the Wilmington, DEL. workhouse, and
IT months in Mcneil Island Peniten-
tiary, California, for fraudulent imper-
sonation. He passed a bad 500 check
in Wilmington.
Later, he said, he was shanghaied
from this country for his engagement
? to Miss du Pont.
In Paris, assuming the name Taft
Thew" >Gabor telephoned Myron T.
Herrick, American Ambassador, using
Evening star., 1931-06-23
IS FOUND
IN FARMERS WELL
Substance Is Same as That
Which Killed Two Girls
at Picnic.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PLEASANTVIEW, Ind, June %
Investigation into the poisoning deaths
Of two Greenfield girls shifted to this
farming community today after poison
was found In well at the Thomas
Martin farm home.
Discovery Of the polluted well was
the first major development in the
poison mystery since the death at
Lebanon, Ind, picnic last Sunday OF
Virginia, IS. and Jean, 10, daughters
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Simmons of
Greenfield. miles north Of Pleasant
view.
Poison In Sandwiches.
Capsules containing the poison had
been placed in sandwiches eaten at tie
picnic.
Martin, a wealthy farmer with a
large family, discovered the powder
sifted about the well pump last Tues
day. Shelby County authorities sent
samples of the water to the State
Health Department and an, analysis,
returned Saturday, disclosed that about
rs tablespoonfuls of the same poison
found in the picnic sandwiches had
been dumped into the Martin well.
Water Analysed.
Martins neighbors also dispatched
samples of their water and refrained
from using the wells while awaiting an
analysis.
No reason could be given by Martin
for the pollution of his well. He said
he had no enemies.
Hancock County authorities yester-
day learned that a Greenfield drug
clerk had recently sold go grains of the
same poison to an unidentified man.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
LICENSE DECISION
FOR R. C. A. is NEAR
Radio Commission May Vote To-
morrow on Renewal
Applications.

A vote may be taken by the Federal
Radio Commission tomorrow on the
license renewal applications Of subsidi-
aries of the Radio Corporation of Amer
lea.
The commission considered the mat
ter for several hours today. but reached
no decision. Commissioner La Fount
said. He added there was a possibility
a vote would be reached when che dis
cussion is held tomorrow.
La Fount declined to discuss the posi-
ton of commission members. but said
they had gone over provisions of the
Sherman and Clayton antitrust laws
and had studied congressional debates
which preceded enactment Of the radio
act.
Renewal Of the / 400 licenses held by
four subsidiaries of the Radio Corpora
ton has been thrown into controversy
by suit which alleged tube-sale con-
tracts Of the Radio Corporation were in
violation of the antitrust laws.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
SHOOTING
TRIAL PLANS LAID
IS Witnesses Subpoenaed in
Action Against Two Okla
homa Officers.
BY the Associated Press,

by tDe ASSOClaLeQ HTeSS.
ARDMORE, Okla, June 23.-With IS
witnesses subpoenaed, Marvin Shilling,
Carter County attorney, said today the
State was ready to begin the trial here
tomorrow Of William E. Guess and Cecil
Crosby, former deputy sheriffs. charged
with the Staying of Emilio Cortes Rubio
and Manuel Gomez, Mexican students.
Shilling said he would call about half
a dozen witnesses who had not ap-
peared in the preliminary hearing 10
days ago, but that their stories would
add little new to the case.
THE new witnesses either were in
hearing distance of the point on the
highway where the fatal shooting of
the students occurred or arrived shortly
afterward." Shilling said.
Attorneys representing the Governor s
Office and that Of the attorney general,
and NJ. c. Gonzales, San Antonio, rep
resenting the Mexican government, will
appear at the State counsel table.
Young Cortes Rubio, a kinsman of
Mexican President Ortiz Rubio, and
Gomez were returning to their homes
with a fellow countryman, Salvador
Cortes Rubio, when accoSted by the
deputies as they stopped briefly at the
roadside on the edge Of Ardmore late
Sunday night, June 7.
Guess and Crosby at the preliminary
hearing asserted the youths had pro-
duced pistols and Guess had fired.
Crosby testified he did not shoot.
Rev. John S. Price, pastor Of the
Calvary Presbyterian Church here, has
been appointed as special sheriff for
the trial. The sheriff, Elmer Boyd, dis
qualified himself because of his former
official connection with the defendants,
who resigned to face trial.
A. P. Champion of counsel for the
defense said today separate trials would
be requested when the case is called to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
KING OF DUPERS IS JAILED
WHILE BOASTS ARE PROBED
Acting as Own Attorney, He Tells Court
He Was Entertained by Mr.. and Mrs.
Hoover and Got Auto From Ford.

the name Of W. C. Widener. well known
In Philadelphia social circles.
AS "Widener," he asked Mr.. Herrick
to- befriend Thew" son Of "a former
American Ambassador" Herrick gave
him passage to America and enter
tanned him.
Still as Taft Thew" Gabor, in Palo
Alto, Calf, was dined and entertained
by Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover before
Mr.. Hoover became President.
The Governor of Illinois presented
him to the Legislature Gov. Kohler Of
Wisconsin also was duped by Gabor.
The Governor showed him around the
city Of Madison in person and pre-
sented him to the Wisconsin Senate,
Gabor related
But never heard Of Taft Thew"
interrupted Judge Knox.
You're right, your honor" spoke up
Gabor, "of course you haven't. There
never was any such man."
Evening star., 1931-06-23
ARGENTINE ENVOY
RETURNS HOPEFUL
Espil Declares Foreign Investments
Will Continue to Be Welcome
Regardless Of Election.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 23.-Dr. Felipe
Espil, recently appointed Argentine
Ambassador, arriving here yesterday en-
route to Washington to assume his post,
gave assurance that the Argentine gov
ernment would continue to welcome
and encourage foreign capital and In
vestments.
He said the provisional government
waS extremely anxious to restore the
country to its normal constitutional
regime and that general elections would
be held November 8.
mo matter what the outcome Of the
November elections might be-" he said.
the American public can feel confident
that the attitude of any new govern
ment in regard to foreign capital and
investments is going to be, as it always
has been. one OF welcome and en-
couragement"
He said Argentina, although one Of
the first countries to suffer in the world
depression. has perhaps been one of the
least affected and Is now on the way to
recovery.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
C0UNTERFEITING PLANT
IN CELLAR C0NFISCATED
Agents Discover Equipment in
House Near Clifton, N. j.
No Arrests Made.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 23.-Secret Serv-
ice agents confiscated counterfe eiting
plant in the cellar of a. deserted house
in Clifton, N. j., early today.
In announcing the raid, Thomas j.
Callaghan, agent in charge of the Chi
cago district, said the agents found all
the paraphernalia used in making bogus
banknotes. Glass negatives for dollar
silver certificates and $40, $40 and 500
gold certificates were seized.
Callaghan said that the bogus SO
bills and $40 notes first appeared in
Cleveland, Ohio, in March, and later
were circulated in Chicago, Kansas
City and Detroit.
No arrests were made, but the agents
said they were trying to establish
connection between the raided plant and
four men and two women who were
arrested at places nearby several weeks
ago. Ag;nts said $4,000 in counter
felt SO and $40 gold certificates were
seized at that time.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
MISSING MAN FOUND
TRUSSED AND GAGGED
Fingerprints Reveal Identity of
Iowan Once Believed Dead,
Sheriff Says.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GARNER, Iowa, June 23.-Sheriff
E. P. Hanson Of Hancock County said
today that man found bound and
gagged along the roadside near Garner
had been identified positively as John
Smith, missing Perry resident and for
mer Farmer-Labor candidate for Gov
ernor. He said the identification had
been made through fingerprints of
Smith checked by Harold Gessell ex-
pert from the State Bureau Of Identifl-
cation.
Smith disappeared last January and
was thought to have died in his burned
automobile.
The man said he had been kept in a
basement for five days, mentioning
Davenport and Cedar Rapids in his
wandering narrative
He said he had been detained by
three men in a basement and that he
had been elected from their automobile
at the spot where he was found. Smith
left Perry in his truck for trip through
Western Iowa cities to interview pro-
spective statesmen for a disinfectant he
manufactured.
His burning automobile was found
near Denison the night of February g.
Inside the cab Of the truck was body
burned beyond recognition. 1t was
buried as Smiths, but subsequent in
vestigation by insurance companies
proved that the body was not Smiths.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
'MAYF[OWER BOND
|. OWNERS WIN PLEA
Amended Foreclosure Bill
Granted and Dismissal
Move Ignored.

without passing on the motion Of the
Mayfiower Hotel Co. to dismiss the orig
inal bill filed through Attorney Mabel
Walker Willebrandt on behalf Of f1ye
holders Of second-mortgage bonds Sc
cured on the property, which he has
had under consideration for several
days, Justice Oscar r. Luhring Of the
District Supreme Court today granted
permission to the persons represented
by Mrs, Willebrandt to file an amended
bill for foreclosure Of the second mort
gage for receiver, discovery and ac-
counting.
Receivership Set Aside.
Luhring had appointed receivers last
month, but the District Court of APP
peals held that the appointment had
been made "improvidently" and set
it aside. Notice was then served on
the defendants, and they moved to dis
miss the bill. Arguments were heard
on the motion last week, and 1t was
taken under consideration by the court.
The original bill had covered SO type
written pages, and the amended bill is
reduced to 80 pages. The outstanding
amendment is the allegation that
Charles c. Moore, trustee under the
second mortgage, has refused to act for
the protection Of the bondholders. Mrs.
Willebrandt says no answer had been
received to q letter written to Moore
demanding that he take action.
Turns to Loan Company.
The amended bill seeks to draw the
American Bond and Mortgage Co. more
closely into the litigation. It charges
that the bond and mortgage company
owes the hotel company more than
$l,000,000, for which suit might be
entered.
Moore as trustee and to substitute some
one else in his place. 1t is also asked
to require an accounting from all other
defendants owing money to the hotel
company.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
BALCHEN TO ASK PAPERS

HACKENSACK, N. j., June % (R).--
AS the final step In his effort to be-
come an American citizen. BeInt Bal
chen. aviator, who has flown over both
the North and South Poles, will apply
Friday for his final papers before County
Judge William M Seufert, 1t was learned
today. His application viii be acted
upon in Octoheg. 81
Evening star., 1931-06-23
POLICY CHANGE DENIED
BY TRADE COMMISSION
Humphrey Suspects Propaganda,
Laid to Selfishness of
Lawyers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Reports that the Federal Trade
Commission had abandoned the Trade
Practice Conference as a part of its
policy were said by Commissioner Will
liam E. Humphrey today to be broad
cast through ignorance or because Of
the urge of the dollar"
Asserting such reports "are wholly
false and have no foundation in fact
whatever" Humphrey said they have
been 80 persistently circulated through
out the country as to strongly suggest
propaganda"
so far as have been able to
learn" he added, 'the only opposition
to the Trade Practice Conference
comes from a few lawyers and their
opposition Is based entirely upon
selfishness or ignorance. Instead of
abandoning the plan. the commission is
going to do everything it can to
strengthen the system and encourage its
use."
The commission has finished revising
the rules Of more than 80 industries.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
West Virginia Bank Closed.

KINGwOOD, w. va, June % (P).-
The Kingwood National Bank was
closed today by H. F. Stokes, national
bank examiner. The reason was not
announced. The bank was capitalized
at $25, 900 and on December 81, 1880,
reported surplus and undivided profits
of 3,140.06, assets of $337, ,366.80, and
deposits of $273,21960.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
Hastings to Speak at Rites.

George A. Hastings, President Hoo
ver'S new research secretary, left today
for Malone, N. Y, where tomorrow he
will deliver an address celebrating the
Tooth anniversary of Franklin Academy.
Hastings is a graduate of the academy.
Evening star., 1931-06-23
POINCARE HEADS BAR
Former French President Realizes
Another Lifelong Ambition.

PARIS, June % (P).-Raymond Poin-
care, Frances war time president, to-
day fulfilled another Of his ambitions
when he was elected president of the
Paris Bar Association by a vote of
804 to n.
Oficers of the association left i'm
mediately for Campigny, where Poin-
care Is convalescing from an illness,
to notify him Of his election.
Friends of the 70-year-old statesman
said that the presidency of the
bar association, the highest honor in
the French legal world, would mean
almost as much TO Monsieur Poincare
as the presidency of the republic.
Evening star., 1931-06-23

Believed to be 5000 years old. an urn
containing human bones was unearthed
recently near Edinburgh, Scotland.
Evening star., 1931-06-23

Decreasing passenger traffic has
caused the Sydney-Melbourne air serv-
ice in Australia to change from q tri-
weekly to weekly schedule
Evening star., 1931-06-23

Slams tin-production restrictive meas.
ures are meeting opposition at home.
Evening star., 1931-06-23

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Evening star., 1931-06-23
Will Rogers
Says:

BEVERLY HILLS, CaIif-Here
we 60 again. America running true
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RELIGIOUS CLASH
AROUSES IRELAND
Republican Army" Blocks
0rangemen's Meeting.
RepriSaIS Feared.
By the Associated press.

By the Associated Press
BELFAST, Northern ireland, August
13-Nothing has so agitated the north
ern counties in ireland as yesterday
events at CootehilI. Irish Free State,
where Orangemen were prevented from
holding meeting.
Barricades Erected.
Members OF the Irish Republican
army blocked the visitors out Of the
town and were held in check only by
the vigil of Free State guards. Roads
and railroads we're barricaded and torn
up over a considerable area. youth
and a prominent citizen were man
handled for taking sides.
The fear is widely expressed that re-
prisals will take place Saturday, day of
Our Lady, when the Ancient Order of
Hibernians hold their annual demon
STATIONS There have been but few
clashes in recent years between the
Hibernians and Orangemen, but the
feeling aroused on the border may have
wide repercusSions.
Denounce Orangemen.
The County Cavan brigade head
quarters of the Republican army has
issued q proclamation describing the
Orangemen as 'imperialist agents Of
Great Britain, whose purpose it is to
perpetuate a sectarian division among
the mass of common people in this
area
There is no religious conflict here and
the Republicans stand for freedom of
religious belief exercise. There is a
conflict between the Irish republic and
British imperialism and imperialist dis
plays will not be tolerated
REPUBLICAN ARMY" RETREATS,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-13
HEAVY DROP SHOWN
IN FREIGHT TRAFFIC
Shipping 37,o1e, 444.oOO Net Tor
Miles Lower on Glass l Roads
This Year.

Freight traffic on the class rail-
roads. which includes all but a fraction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-13
POLAR SUB HEADS
NORTHWARD AGAIN
Crew in High Spirits as Nautilus
Resumes Journey After Delay
for Engine Repairs.

By the Associated Press.
SKJERVOE, Norway, August 13.--In
beautifully sunny weather with every
body aboard in the highest spirits, the
submarine Nautilus, in which Sir HUI
bert wilkins plans to make an Arctic
cruise, headed northwsrd yesterday.
Engine trouble had delayed The vessel
on the journey from Tromsoe to Skier
voc. but when il arrived last night re-
pairs had been made and Sir Hubert
who landed for two hours this morning
seemed delighted with the progress he
had made.
This little town made a holiday in
honor of the visit of the submarine and
residents either put cut in boats TO view
the ship in the harbor or stayed ashore
to gaze admiringly after the tall
bearded figure of the expeditions leader
as he strobe between the rows of wooden
houS.s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-13

DR., NJ. A. Molineux Of Lynn. Mass
is at the Dodge during her brief stay
in the Capital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-13

Mrs. John Newton Culbertson, presi-
dent of the Washington Auxiliary,
Mission to Lepers, will leave today for
Atlantic City, where she will be at the
Chalfonte- Haddon Hall for two weeks.