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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
BAND CONCERT.

BY the United States Soldiers Home
Band this evening at Stanley Hall at
$50 o'clock John S. M. thinner
mann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner,
assistant.
March, Massachusetts Bay Tercen-
tenary" .............. .FraZee
Overture "Sakuntala" GoIdmark
Entr'acte, "Reve Apres lie Bal Boustet
ION the Riviera. ..B Baron
Melange, Gems of Stephen Foster"
Tobani
Fox trot, Cheerful Little Earful,"
Warren
Waltz song, Lonesome Lover" Monaco
Finale, "Ole Vi;ginny". .Zamecnik
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
EXPEDITION GOES TO AID
OF CARAVAN ON DESERT
Mexicans, Whose Fuel Ran Out in
Bachimba Canyon, Reported
in Dire Straits.
By the .Associated Press.

BY the iASSoclated Press.
TORREON Mexico, April IA re-
lief expedition was en- route today to
Bachimba Canyon to aid a caravan of
repatriated Mexicans whose automo-
biles stalled there when their fuel ran
out. They are in dire straits through
lack of food and water.
Hundreds of Mexicans returning from
the United States have taken this route
to Central Mexico in search of employ
ment. 1t has been necessary frequently
to furnish relief to the travellers, many
of whom, attempting to cross the desert
between Bermejillo and Jimenez afoot
have run out of water and fallen by
the trail side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
Storm Disrupts Air Mail.


being the normal record for the period.
Storm Disrupts Air Mail.
Verne E. Treat, hero of two para
chute escapes, when trapped in bad
storms, while flying the night airmail
through the National Capital, was the
only pilot able to get into or out of the
Capital during the rain and snow storm
which swept the coast today.
Both northbound planes during the
night ran into impossible flying condi-
tions in North Carolina and were forced
TO send their mail on by train from
Greensboro.
On the second southbound trip, the
only one to clear New York, Pilot John
Armstrong, broke through as far as
Camden. N. j.. but was unable to get
beyond that point and his mail came on
to Washington by rail.
Treat picked up Armstrong; mail on
the train and got away from Boiling
Field at 6:55 o'clock in exceedingly
thick flying weather and succeeded in
getting through to Richmond, Va,
where the mail was turned over to
Pilot johnson, on the Richmond-Atlanta
run. who took off in an attempt to
break through the storm which had
downed the two night planes.
Because of the thick weather, Col.
FREDERICK II. Payne, Assistant Secretary
of War, was unable to get away from
Boiling Field this morning as he had
planned on an aerial inspection trip
which will carry him as far as Panama
and which will require a month. The
tri-motored transport plane and Pilots
LieutS. Frederick v. H Kimble and
Louis NJ. Merrick were standing by at
the field, ready to take of as soon as
the weather showed signs of lifting to
the south. 1t had been planned to go
through to New Orleans today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
LILY P0NS WINS SUIT

NEW YORK, April CP).-Injunc-
tion proceedings started against Lily
PcEs. soprano Of the Metropolitan
Opera, by Maria Gay, her manager.
were dismissed today by Supreme Court
Justice John A. Ford.
Miss Gay, who had contract en-
fitting her to is per cent Of the singers
earnings sought to prevent the singer
from appearing under the management
Of any one else.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
French to Release SLAYER.

NICE, France, April (P).-Magis-
trate Vachier said today Mrs Charlotte
Nixon Nirdlinger of st. Louis, Mo-, will
be released temporarily within five days
on the charge of Staying Fred Nixon
Nirdlinger, Philadelphia theater owner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
q Killed in Paris Easter.

PARIS. April Z GP).-Twenty-o
persons were killed and 81 injured in
automobile accidents in France over
the Easter holidays An unofficial
count estimated the number OF motors
on thAAToads over the. week end at
%s--ee llion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
March Circulation
Daily. 1925
Sunday, 1921

District of Columbia. S.:
FLEMING NEWBOLD. Business Manager
OF THE EVENING AND SUNDAY STAR,
does solemnly swear that the actual number
of copies of the paper named sold and dis
tributed during the month of March, AID.
1881, was as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
Revolt Convictions Upheld.

JACA. Spain, April O4).-Capt. Gen.
Fernandez Heredia approved today the
ccUrt-martial sentences against military
leaders and officers convicted of negli-
gence in connection with the December
revolution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07

Five minutes before the end Of q
foot ball game at Andover, England,
recently. Newton, the center lalfback,
fell dead and the contest was imme-
diately abandoned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia-Cloudy, with
lowest temperature about 36 degrees
tonight; tomorrow fair and warmer,
moderate northwest winds.
Maryland-Cloudy. with snow in ex-
treme west and rain in northeast and
north central portions tonight; gen.
orally fair tomorrow with rising tenn
perature, moderate to fresh northwest
winds.
Virginia--Cloudy, with snow in north
west portion tonight; generally fair and
in south portion tonight; moderate
northwest winds.
West Virginia-Partly cloudy in south
and west portions and snow in north
east portion tonight; generally fair and
warmer tomorrow.
Record for "a Hours.
Thermometers pm, AZ; pm, 40;
II midnight, 80; am, 80; 8 am. So;
noon, SO.
Barometer-4 pm, 5000; 8 pm,
30o1; IL midnight. 1898; 4 am, 1881 !;
8 am, 29.76 noon. 1918.
Highest temperature, At, occurred at
2:30 pm. yesterday; lowest temperature,
&c. occurred at 1880 am today.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, "a; lowest. AZ.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey.)
Today--Low tide, Ssh am. and 6:26
pm; high tide, 1875 am.
Tomorrcw-Low tide, 6:45 am. and
7:21 pm; high tide, 1900 am. and
1928 pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-Sun rose 5:45 am: sun sets
6:36 pm.
Tomorrow-Sun rises 5:44 am; sun
sets 637 pm.
Moon sets $40 am.
Automobile lamps to be lighted one
half hour after sunset.
Rainfall.
Comparative figures of the monthly
rainfall iE the Capital for the first four
months against the average is shown In
the following table,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07

Record rainfalls for the first four
months were:'
January, 1882, TOO inches; February,
1884. 6, "a inches; March. 1891. 8.84
inches; April, 1889, 9.13 inches.
Weather in Various Cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
MARINE RELEASED
IN TH0RNE SLAYING;
TWO TO FACE QUIZ

CONTINUED FROM First Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
STORM POSTPONES
CHERRY BLOSSOMS;
BUDS ESCAPE DAMAGE

continued Prom FIRST Pace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07

normal. Up to 10 am. the amount of
rainfall was recorded as 1.41 inches, .76
being the normal record for the period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07

Total Sunday net circulation. $500. 61G.IB7
Average net paid Sunday circulation. 122,585
Average number of copies for serv-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-07
FOREIGN.

q am, Greenwich time, today3
Evening star., 1931-12-29
MAN CLAIMS PROOF
EINSTEIN WAS WRONG
Very Rev. J. J. Callahan, Center Of
Trisected Angle Dispute, Says
Euclid Was Right.
By the Associated Press.

by the ASSoCldleu FTeSS.
NEW YORK, December 29.-An as
sertion that he would prove Einstein's
theory of relativity wrong was made
yesterday by Very Rev. j. J. Callahan,
president of DuqueSne University, Pitts
burgh.
He said he expected to present the
proof in a tWo-volume work, Euclid or
Einstein," to be published soon. Father
Callahan recently provoked a storm Of
criticism from mathematicians when he
announced he had trisected an angle
by plane geometry one Of three prob
lens which had been considered in
soluble
During an interview he exhibited the
geometrical proofs, which required prov
ing 13 propositions. The fourteenth, a
corollary to the thirteenth, provides the
trigOnometric functions of the trisected
angle, he said He said he could si-
lence sceptics when his complete proof
was published.
He also told of a prior discovery" :"
which he said was more important. This
was proof of the fifth postulate of
Euclid-that two parallel lines never
meet. This proposition, he said, was
accepted by Euclid himself as if proved,
and through the centuries mathemati-
clans had tried to prove it and had
failed
At length, he said, when it was be-
lieVed impossible to prove, nom
Euclidean school of geometry was found
ed based on the assumption that any
two lines meet. 1t was on this system
Of mathematics that EinStein based his
theory, Father Callahan asserted, add
ing that his proof Of the Euclid propo-
sion should disprove definitely the rela-
t1vity theory.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
SLAYER OF DC. MAN
BELIEVED INSANE.
Mental Test Is Planned by
PittsyIvania Officials for
Relatives Killer.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE, Va, December 29. -
Pittsylvania Ccunty authorities, in the
absence of a known motive for the
killing of Arthur Commers Of Washing
ton, d. c., today planned a mental
examination of Randolph Shields, a
brother -in-law of Commers. held in the
county Jail at Chatham, charged with
the killing, which occurred early yes
terday at the home of the two mems
father-in law, Augustin S. Shields, one
of the county's largest land owners,
a Spring Garden.
Shields is believed to have been over
como by homicidal mania. He is for
mer service man and suffered from a
nervous disorder, for which he was
treated at a Sanitarium in Richmond.
He had only recently returned frcm
Canada, where he had been teaching
farmers how to grow and cure tobacco.
Exchanged Gifts.
The two men are said by other mem
berS Of the family to have been on
good terms having exchanged Christ
mas presents at the family reunion
during the holidays. Commers, aged
As years, was g natiee of Philadelphia
and is also an eX-SerYice man. He
will be buried IN Arlington, probably
tomorrow His widow, formerly Miss
Eliza Shields, having gone to Washing
ton yesterday to make arrangements.
She was expected to return today to
return with her husbands remains.
Shields, in Jail at Chatham, still re-
fused to make a statement today, his
only utterances being references to a
locked suit case, which he said would
reveal the cause of the killing. How
ever. when the suit case was opened
by the authorities it was found to con-
tain only clothing and some papers
which had no bearing on the killing.
The tragedy yesterday was enacted
without warning. 1t had been jovial
Christmas party, almost a family re-
union, and there had been interchange
of gifts. Shields gave present to his
brother -in-law and the latter had given
him one also CommerS was seated be-
side his wife and was reading a Wash
ington newspaper when Shields entered
from the kitchen and fired three times
with q revolver against the back of
CommerS' head. One OF the bullets
penetrated the skull and buried itself
in a Refrigerator not far away and near
which a number of small children were
playing.
The household became a bedlam.
Those present included Mrs. Gustin
Shields, Mrs. Commers, Mrs. Langhone
Shields and Miss Ola Shields. Mem
bers of the family, fearing a new mur-
dcrous onslaught, scattered to other
rooms, only Mrs. Commers remaining
with her husband. Shields ran into the
yard and those inside locked all doors.
For an hour, while Langhorne Shields
went for help, the family remained ter
rified, for Shields, after having said
that there were three more" he was
going to get" made repeated but in
effectual efforts to get back in the
house.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
SUSPECT IS HELD
IN GIRLS Staying
Three Children Identity Man
as One Who MoIeSted
Them in Summer.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, December %
identification of a suspect held in the
kidnapping and Staying Of 6-year-oIc
Marian Mclean as man who molesteo
small girls last June spurred inveStl-
gators today in their efforts to solve
the crime.
Three little sisters, the Oldest OF
whom is 10, went before a lineup OF
five men and unhesitatingly pointed
out the suspect as the man who sought
to lure the youngest, 7 years old, away
last Summer.
The suspect next will be taken be-
fore Russell c. Chump, %, who told
police he saw man, carrying clothes
basket covered with oil cloth, standing
in front of mis- home early December
22-the same day Marians body was
found in a tenement basement. Chump
said the man appeared nervous when
observed, but he gave the incident no
further thought until the child's body
was found.
Police did not file charges after the
suspects identification by the girls, but
indicated they would If he also is the
man seen by Chump.
One other suspect still being held
was taken to a hospital for observation
by alienistS.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
CRUSADERS SEE TIDE
RISING AGAINST DRYS
Conclusion Drawn From "Ava-
lanche of Repeal and Modi-
fieation Bills"

The conclusion that 'the tide is
swelling against prohibition was drawn
by the Crusaders, national prohibition
repeal organization, today from the
avalanche of repeal and modification
bills already introduced in the House.
During the four preceding Con-
crosses modification and repeal bills
averaged about 10 a session and about
Is bills were introduced each year to
tighten up enforcement" the anti-pro-
hibition organization said in a state
ment.
over 80 bills in reference to prohi-
bition have already been introduced in
the SeVenty-second Congress in the
House. With two or three exceptions,
every one Of these proposed bills is
aimed at either repeal or modification
of the eighteenth amendment or the
Volstead act. Congressman Blanton
Democrat. Texas is the only soul
hearty enough to propose law to
strengthen prohibition. He wants to use
the Army and Navy"
The Crusaders listed beer bills as
heading the list, with "a separate meas
ures proposing to permit brewing of
beer.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
MINNESOTA TOWN
At BANDITS MERCY
Rifles and Machine Gun Used
to Capture Constable and
Loot Stores.
BY the Associated prssS

BY the Associated Press.
PINE RIVER, MINI, December %
band of men armed with a machine
community Of 41O persons early today,
slugged the constable, held a group of
residents captive for two hours and
looted stores.
business for Sheriff F. E. Little of
Brainerd, the men went to the Frank
Marsh home at am. Marsh was
forced to direct them to the home of
Constable Ole Hougward. He resisted
their efforts to hold him and was
floored by a blow as a raider struck
him with his gun.
When he revived he was forced to
accompany the group to the Horrigan
drug store and to where Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin Horrigan and Mrs Horrigan's
sister live.
The HorriganS were routed from their
beds. Mr.. Horrigan was forced to open
the cash drawer of the drug store. The
robbers took 5000 in cash and then left
a guard with Mrs. Horrigan and her sis
ter, while they marched Marsh, Houg-
ward and Horrigan to the Harold Hill
| home.
Hill and his wife were ordered from
their beds and lined up against the
wall. The robbers took Mrs Hills $3.50
diamond ring and Hills long hunting
rife
Adding Mr.. and Mrs. Hill to their
squad of prisoners, the raiders forced
Hill to open his hardware store and safe
and took 5000 and some jewelry.
Then the bandits marched their pris-
oners back to the Horrigan home, leaped
into their car and fed toward Brainerd.
Before departing the raiders locked
the four men in the basement of the
Horrigan home and the three women in
bed room.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
WRIT FAILS TO GET MAN
INT3 HOME OF HEIRESS
Ex-Taxi Driver Calls on Indian
Wife With Court Order, but
There's Nobody Home.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, December 90
Charles J. Challette, former taxicab
driver and the estranged husband of
Elizabeth McAlliester Challette, Usage
Indian oil heiress, has an order which
prevents his wife from denying him
entrance to the Beverly Hills mansion,
where they formerly lived, but has
learned it does not necessarily mean
he can enter.
Challette obtained the order yester-
day from Superior Court after finding
his way to the home blocked by two
policemen.
He returned later with his order, but
found no one about and the house lock-
ed. The order prevented him from
forcing his way into the house. After
knocking at all the doors and getting no
response, he departed.
Mrs. Challette has sued for divorce,
claiming Challette, her former chauf-
feur, married her for her money.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
CANNON SAYS RASk0B
SHOULD BE REPLACED
Smith Will Dominate Democrats
at Convention if Chairman
Remains, He Declares.
BY the Associated Press.

by IIIt hooUCIdItU 7 ICSS
NASHVILLE, Tenn, December 20
Bishop James Cannon, jr, of the Metho-
DIST Episcopal Church South said here
yesterday that unless John j. Raskob
was ousted from the Craftsmanship Of
the Democratic National Committee,
former Gov. Alfred E. Smith would
dominate the party in next years presi-
Dental election.
Smith will either be the nominee or
will decide who will be the nominee" :"
the bishop said in an interview. HE
is going to fight, as is apparent to every
body, for wet plank in the Democratic
platform, just as he always haS-in San
Francisco, in New York and in Houston.
The only way to prevent it is to elimi-
nate Raskob from the Craftsmanship"
Bishop Cannon is here attending a
church meeting.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
BANKERS SENTENCED

PHILADELPHIA, December 90 LP).-
-Four former officials Of the closed
Girard Avenue Title & Trust Co. yes
terday were sentenced to 10 to 20 years
each in the county prison on embezzle-
ment charges
The men who pleaded guilty to in
dictments charging them with embez-
zllng or fraudulently converting SAL $50
Of the banks funds were George M.
Ryan, former assistant treasurer; Ed
ward a. McVeigh, former secretary
treasurer; John F. Gibbons, his assis
tant. and Edwin J. Logue, teller and
bookkeeper.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
NEW Jury CALLED
. IN MINE WAR TRIAL
Kentucky Judge Goes Into
Neighboring County for
Venire in Harlan Case.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOUNT STERLING, KY, December
29-Seventy men and five women from
adjoing Bath County were Subpoenaed
today for jury service to try William
HightoWer, Harlan County mine union
president, on a charge of murder, con-
spiracy and aiding and abetting in con-
nection with the labor clash in which
four men were slain last May 5, near
EVartS.
Judge Henry r. Prewitt, who is try
ing the case in Montgomery Circuit
Court here, set out last night TO bring
in the jury and announced this morn
ing enough veniremen had been sum-
moned to permit counsel to start Sc
lecting a jury during the afternoon.
Previously, Judge Prewitt had over
ruled defense motion to remand the
trial to Harlan County, from where it
was sent.
Two Already Tried.
These cases have to be tried" he
said, land l might as we'll try them
as some one else"
Two juries already had been selected
n Montgomery County to try other Har-
Ian County murder cases. One of these
jurieS acquitted William Burnett on
charge of having slain Deputy Sheriff
Jess Pace and the other sentenced w
B Jones, union secretary, to life i'm
prisonment for his part in the Evarts
fight.
Thinking it too tedious task for
third jury in this county, counsel and
Judge Prewitt agreed upon going into
another county. Practice in Judge
Prewitts court has left this choice to
defense attorneys and they picked Bath
County.
Judge Prewitt also overruled motion
for a continuance asked by the defense.
Former United States Senator John M.
Robsion, filing the motion, said the de-
fense wanted to call some 100 witnesses.
Some of these were deleted after sttpu-
Iation, agreed to by the prosecution
that Hightower was in Harlan on the
day of the Evarts shooting.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
ART THIEVES ACTIVE

NEW YORK, December 20 LP).-"The
Moon Lady," painting "a by 80 inches
and valued by the artist, Casey Rob-
crts Of Newport, r. /, and Hollywood,
Calf, at $1,000. was reported stolen
yesterday to police. The painting was
Of 40 being exhibited by Mr. Robert;
in his first New York show, at the Art
Center.
A week ago pencil sketches were
stolen from the Fera-gil Galleries, s9
Eas. iiSy -ceventh street.
Evening star., 1931-12-29
MISSING GIRL FOUND DEAD
Body of Drowned Kentucky Chile
Discovered Near Wise, Va.

BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn., December 29
(P).-The body of Lille johnson, z
ye3r-old Jenkins, KY, child for whom
a search has been conducted since her
disappearance Saturday afternoon, was
found in the waters of SteePs Fork
near Wise, Va, yesterday. She was
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin
Johnson.
More than 200 searchers had sought
the child since she disappeared while
visiting in the hurricane section of
Wise County.
Sheriff Lee Skeen of Wise County
and DR.. H E. Givens Of Wise, said there
was no evidence of foul play and that
drowning was plainly the cause of
death.
Evening star., 1931-12-29

ing could be more untrue. No player
in a game like contract can be expected
to play every card on the basis that he
knows the location of every other card
If this were SO, all the fun in the game
would have been eliminated.
An expert player is one who is right
about five times out of six, and the
standard Of play in this contest has
been much better than that.
Both of my opponents, Lenz and
Jacoby, and my favorite partner, my
wife, made brilliant bids and numerous
brilliant plays throughout the session.
There remain to be played At rubbers.
was sorry to learn that Jacoby had
resigned as Lenz'S partner and that his
resignation had been accepted. 1 am
sure that LenZ cannot find a better
player than Jacoby, for Jacoby Is one
of the worlds best.
My feminine readers will be glad to
learn that Mrs. Culbertson played an
errorless game. She never failed to take
the initiative when she should do so
and reached heights both on attack and
defense that are only unattainable
dreams of many strong men players.
Intellectual Pastime.
I have received a number of letters
criticizing me because of the fact that
I have not hesitated to point out weak
neSses in the official system of contract
bidding, as disclosed in the play OF
Lenz and Jacoby. Some of these letters
have accused me of bad sportsmanship
The charge, I think, is entirely unWar-
ranted.
Bridge is an intellectual pastime. IN
like the sports representative of phySi-
cal activity it is difficult to criticize an
opposing view without at the same time
criticizing the eXponentS of that view.
l have time and again paid tribute to
the skill of Lenz and Jacoby as con-
tract players They belong to the Sc
lect few whose play is beyond criticism.
The only issue is to the system they use
in bidding and the only reason this
match is played is because LenZ and !
60 not see eye to eye as to contract sys-
TENS. When I have criticized the SyS-
TEN used by LenZ, some readers have
construed it as criticism Of him. That
was never my intention.
Mrs. Culbertson Returns.
Last night saw the beginning of the
ninety-siXth rubber of the match en1
the return of my favorite partner, my
wife, to the game. 1t may witness a
turn in the cards, but, whether the cards
are good or bad, I am delighted to play
against two of the acknowledged mas
ters of contract play with my wife as a
partner. I have confidence in my part
ner. I feel sure she has confidence in
me and we both have complete conf
dence in the system of bidding which
we will use.
There has been a great deal of favor
able distribution as an important factor
in our lead in this match. I have not
made a complete analysis, but I incline
strongly to the view that the distribu-
tional factor, as the factor of high card
values, has been about even.
Unfayorable Distribution.
An example, however, of what can
happen through unfavorable diStribu-
ton was given on the sixth hand of the
ninety-seventh rubber, when Mrs. Gull
bertson was playing a contract of five
diamonds with both sides vulnerable.
The hand and bidding we're:
NORTH CMR IENZ)