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The Washington times., 1931-07-06
BURGLARS BEAT
WATCHMAN

His refusal to permit three
men to enter a suit in the Hill
Building, 839 Seventeenth st.
N. W., where he is employed as
an elevator operator, cost Hardy
Y. Harris, 26, of 20S-A Bates
st. N. W., a painful beating and
numerous cuts, bruises and shock.
Harris was discovered in an un-
conscious condition on the floor
of his elevator by DIR. Harold N.
GeiSe of 1912 N st. N. w., who
has offices in the building. The
injured man was treated aC
Emergency Hospital.
When he recovered conscious,
ness he said three white men
had tried to compel him to let
them into the offices of the Com
mercial Credit company. When
he refused they beat him up
He had hidden his pass keys in
his sock and the men missed
them when they searched him.
A description of the assailants
and the machine in which they
were riding was given police.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
REF FUEL PLANE
LOST IN ALASKA

SEATTLE, Wash, July 6
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of the
proposed nonstop flight to Toyko
was announced today by Regi'
nald Robbins and Harold Jones
Texas ftiers, as. fear began to be
felt for their refueling plane,
which had failed to report at
Fairbanks, Alaska.
The fIiers had planned to re-
fuel i'm the air at Fairbanks and
again over Nome. The refueling
plane left Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada, Saturday and was last
heard of when sighted over White
Horse yesterday afternoon. 1t was
pilOted by James Mattern and
Nick Greener.
Favorable weather reports had
been received for the 5,100 mile
route, so the delay was a keen
, disappointment to the Texans.
EDMONTON, Alta, July 6
GN.SO.-While anxiety was felt
here today for James Mattern and
Nick Greener, Texas pilots, who
failed to report at Fairbanks
Alaska, it was pointed out they
were probably safe after a forced
landing.
Telegraph wires in the country
over which they were to fly were
reported down.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
WEATHER HALTS
HUNGARY HOP

NEW YORK, July 6 G.N.SO.
Fog, rain and adverse winds to-
day caused indefinite postpone
ment of another transatlantic
flight, the hop to Budapest,
planned by Capt. Alexander Mag
var and Capt. George Endres in
the Lockheed-Vega monoplane
Justice For Hungary.
The fliers were up at dawn
and had their plane fueIed and
ready for the first leg of the
flight, the trip to HarbOr Grace.
A weather forecast by DIR. James
H. Kimball predicted excellent
flying weather, but a heavy fog
ShrOuded the field.
The flierS made observations
from the porch of the Roosevelt
Field Hotel. Heavy rain began
falling at $50 o'clock and the fog
thickened.
Shortly after 6 o'clock the flierS
went back to bed, announcing
they would postpone the taEe-off
until the weather cleared.
The attempted flight is ETOpa-
ganda in an effort to aid Hun
gary in readjustment Of its war
losses. Both fRerS are HungaEianS.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
Z ADR|FT ALL
NIGHT; SAFE
GATTY

SAN PEDRO, Calf, July s
G.N.sD Missing at sea for more
than IL hours and feared lost,
eight boys and six girls, all mem
bers of wealthy and prominent
families, sailed safely into the
harbor today after a night at
sea in Zane Grey's famous 5O-foot
power yacht, the Gladiator.
The boat left Catalina Island
late last night and was about nine
hours overdue when 1T landed with
all on board safe.
Engine trouble had delayed the
gladiator, it was reported, and in
the murky fog that covered the
channel waters early today, none
had sighted the missing craft.
Worried parents had started
the Coast Guard on a search for
the Gladiator.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
Maine Prisoners
Near ODen Break

THOMASTON, Me-, July 6 Il.
N.SO.-The all-night uproar at
State prison appeared under con-
troll today.
Because they had been "dis-
ciplined"-made to march to the
recreation grounds, instead OF
roaming at will from the dining
room to the grounds-the 235
inmates spent most of the night
shouting and throwing small
stones they had hidden in their
pockets and taken to their cells.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
VON ELM LEADS
BURKE At END
Of 18 BY |
Final PIay-off in the National
Open Match at Toledo
Shows Ragged Golf by Both
BY JAMES L. KILGALLEN


INVERNESS COUNTRY CLUB,
TOLEDO, Ohio, July 6 G.N.S0.
Georve Won Elm, of Los Angeles,
finished today one stroke ahead
of Billy Burke, of Greenwich.
Conn, at the end Of the first IS
holes of their sensational second
36-hole play-off for the national
open golf championship title.
They went into Won Elm's
lucky eighteenth hole all even,
but here Burke took a 5 against
the Californian's par 4. Burke
required three strokes to make
the green, while Won Elm got on
with a drive and a long iron.
Here are their cards for the
morning round:
Out
Won Elm. 443544545-38
Burke. ...563444344-67
In
Won Elm. 535544444-3S-76
Burke. 446346 3 5 5-40-77
Won Elm Still Leads
Hole No. 6, $50 yards, par 4.
Burke hit a straight, long ball
down the middle of the narrow
fairway. Won Elm had a perfect
tee shot, too. Burke dropped his
mashie IL feet from the cup.
There was a lot of back spin on
the ball as it plopped on the
carpet. Won Elm's maShie second
sailed high in the air and dropped
20 feet beyond the pin, almost
rolling over the edge. Won Elm
putted to within two feet of the
pin. Burke's first putt slipped
few inches beyond the cup and
they were both down in As. Won
Elm leading by two strokes.
Hole No. 7, 3l6 yards. par 4.
This is the famous "dog leg"
where Edward Ray, of Oxhey,
England, made the amazing record
of four 3's in succession in the
national open here II years ago.
Burke surveyed the situation
from the tee, he decided to play
it safe and not try to shoot over
the trees to cut down distance.
He sent his ball straight down the
fairway about 275 yards.
Won Elm, however, decided to
gamble. 1t was a mistake. The
ball cleared the trees but drop
ped short of the fairway into
thick rough at the side of D hill.
He slashed through the thick
grass with his mashie and his
ball fell six feet short of the green
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. 10
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
FAST FOR BABY,
BUT No MARK
Staff Photo

PITTSBURGH, July, 6 QN.SD
With an 18-months old baby as
one of his passengers, Camille
Vinet, 24-year old airplane pilot,
today failed to shatter the trans
continental speed record Of Capt,
Frank Hawks after speeding from
Los Angeles to Pittsburgh in 13
hours 40 minutes flying time,
Vinet landed at Belts Field
here shortly after 9 a. m.
Nancy Jane McGraw, the baby,
a daughter of A. C. McGraw, an
official of the LOckhead .Airplane
Company, of Burbank, Calf, trav'
eled in her mothers arms. Five
passengers and the pilot made
the trip.
Because of delays en- route
Vinet's elapsed time, according to
his log, was Is hours 80 minutes
Stops were made at Winslow
Ariz., Amarillo, Tex. Springfield
Mo-, and Indianapolis.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
Airport Fans Gather
In Vain; Fliers
Come By Train

Confusion as to the time ana
place of arrival of Wiley Post
and Harold Gatty, round-the-
world fliers, caused several hun
dred residents of the city to go
to washington Airport today in
the futile hope of welcoming
them.
Evidently uninformed about
the change in the fliers original
plans to pilot the Winnie Mae
here and land at the airport,
a crowd began assembling early
this morning. Officials Of the
field estimated that more than
a thousand disappointed per.
sons visited the airport during
the morning.
The change in plans, which
caused the fliers to arrive here
by train shortly after noon, was
announced to the crowd at the
field through the public-address
system and, voicing their dis
appointment, the hundreds re-
turned to the city to- catch Q
glimpse Of the heroes.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
BEAU 7 !
KIDNAPPED.

NEW YORK, July 6 G.N.S0
Believed the victim of kidnapers,
Evely1 Wilson, beautiful 23-year-
old actress, was sought by police
today. They said they were in
vestigating a reported plot to kid
nap the girl for a $4,000 ransom.
Miss Wilson, said to be one of
the prettieSt girls on the Ameri-
can stage, disappeared early yes
terday while attending a party
at the home of relatives.
Purse In Gutter
Her black silk purse, found in
the gutter in the neighborhood
where she was last seen, indicated
to police she might have been
forced into an automobile and
driven off by kidnapers.
The young actress mother told
the authorities she had broken an
engagement to marry two months
ago and that recently she had
been followed by two strange men
In the girls purse were $5.74,
cosmetics, and an address ""ok
containing the names and ad-
dresses of three motion picture
stars-Richard Dix, Grant With
erS, and Buddy Rogers.
Left for Store
According to Mrs. Anna Will
son, the girls mother. she had
accompanied her daughter to the
home of another daughter to at
tend a family party. At l o'clock
in the morning, Mrs. Wilson said,
she complained of a headache
and Evelyn left for nearby
drugstore to obtain a remedy.
An elevator operator directed her
to a drugstore. He was the last
person to see the missing &C
treSs.
A few days ago the girl with
drew $4,000 from bank and
later noticed two men following
her at various times, her mother
told police. Miss Wilson appeared
here in several Broadway hits.
She recently returned to New
York from Hollywood, where she
had played.
CHICAGO, July 6 ON.SD.
Chicago authorities today were
aiding New York police in trying
to solve the mystery of a diSap-
pearance of Evelyn Wilson, 23-
year-old Chicago show girl.
Harry Wilson, Of Evanston. the
girls father, police said, believed
that she was possibly abducted
by a Tilted lover.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
MELLON AGREES
To NEW DEBT
FORMULA
French Cabinet and Hoover
Must Give Their Approval
To Accord Reached in Paris

PARIS, July 6 GN.S0-A
complete new formula for the
settlement of the difficult ques-
tions still standing in the way Of
putting President HooVer's debt
moratorium proposal into effect
was agreed upon today by Secre-
tary of the Treasury Andrew w.
Mellon and Finance Minister
Pierre E. Flandin, International
News Service learned today.
Their agreement, of course, is
subject to the approval OF both
President Hoover and the full
French cabinet.
Phone to Hoover
The giSt of this new agreement
was understood to have been
transmitted to President Hoover
Immediately by Secretary Mellon
over the transatlantic telephone,
and MIR. Mellon hoped to have
the Presidents reply in time to
present it to the French finance
minister before the cabinet meet
ing breaks up this evening.
International News Service
learned that this formula calls for
complete separation of the diff
cult question of German repara-
tions payments lin kind" from the
accord principle" The settle
ment of the question of payments
lin kind" would be left to an in
ternational committee of experts,
on which Germany would have
representation.
In Experts Hands
If President Hoover accepts
Frances latest suggestion, details
of the agreement" arrived at
July would be settled by the
proposed committee of interna-
tional experts in accordance with
the spirit of the American Presi-
dents original proposal for a mo-
ratorium.
President Hoover's latest note
asks that the experts be in
structed to make all details of
the accord conform to the spirit
of his original proposal for a
suspension of war debt payments
for a year. He urged that Ger
many be granted the full benefit
of the plan.
The message Of Chancellor
Bruening to President Hoover
denying that Germany had any
intention of increasing appropria-
tions for armaments during the
period of the moratorium was
taken as an excellent German
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
BdLtim1Orean Hurt
As Auto Hits Ditch

FIRE D E R I C K, Nd, July 6
Giacomi Serrari, A, Of Baltimore,
Md, is in the city hospital here
suffering from conclusion of the
brain today as the result of an
automobile accident yes terday
when his car left the road on a
curve near Middletown. The
steering gear on the car refused
to work and the car plunged over
into a ditch. His companion
David Sheets, also of Baltimore
was slightly cut and bruised.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
HOST
TOPOST AND
GATTY At
LUNCH
Met by Cabinet Members
After TriumphaI Drive
Along Pennsylvania Avenue

Two famous fliers stepped from
a. railroad train at Union Sta
tion shortly after noon today to
receive the acclaim Of the ma
tion's Capital.
After circumnavigating the
world by airplane in less than
nine days. Wiley Post and Har-
old Gatty were forced to use
the railroad for the short Jump
from New York to Washington.
Looking rather sheepish, and
with Gatty in the same stained
clothes which he wore on the
rOund-the-wOrld flight, the two
stepped from the train into the
waiting arms of a distinguished
reception committee.
Cheered by Crowd
Hatless. and unencumbered by
luggage. the heroes were greeted
by a deafening shout from the
more than 1000 persons in the
concourse of the station.
At the car side, as the flierS
alighted, were Senator Hiram
Bingham, president of the Ma
tional Aeronautic Association:
George w. Offutt, president OF
the Washington Board of Trade;
BaScon M. Timmons, vice presi.
dent of the National Press Club:
District Commissioner Herbert
Crosby, Robert j. Cottrell, Law
renee Williams and several other
prominent citizens.
Gatty, who sat back in the
cockpit of the famous Winnie
Mae and charted the course
around the world, was the first
to alight. He wore gray suit
and the trousers were still badly
marked by the stains Of the oil
which spatGered on him during
the trip.
Both Appear Shy
He grinned when Senator
Bingham anG the others greeted
him and turned anxiously to the
platform looking for his partner,
Post.
Post, looking even more sheep
ish than Gatty, stepped from the
train a few seconds later.
The fliers looked like pygmies
beside the members of the recep-
tion committee. Both Senator
Bingham and Mr.. Offutt are
giants compared with Post and
Gatty.
Accompanied by Wives
The fliers were followed from
the train by their wives. Mrs.
Post wore a flOwered gown OF
pink and a dark straw hat. Mrs.
Gatty, smilingly vivaciOus, wore
a white coat over a green flOwered
dress. She soon discarded the
coat when she felt the tempera'
ture of the city.
Hundreds of persons had waited
in the concourse of the station
for hours for a glimpse Of the
men who shot the airplane
around the globe in such record
shattering time. AS the process
sion marched to the door near
the Presidents room, the crowd
cheered vociferously.
The fliers paused at the en-
trance to the station and Sena"
tor Bingham made a short adj
dress, welcoming them and ex-
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
Torpedo Harmless,
He Says; Bites
1t and Dies
PHILADELPHIA, .

PHILADELPHIA, July 5
1.N.SD.-Thomas Mcintyre, AZ,
and Albert Manning, jr.. H.,
engaged in a friendly Inde-
pendence Day argument, McIn-
tyre maintaining a small tor
pedo was perfectly harmless.
To demonstrate, Mcintyre
placed the torpedo in his
mouth and bit it.
The torpedo exploded and
blew away McIntyre's left
cheek, resulting in his death
soon afterWard.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
Rites Are Planned
For Church Leader

NEW YORK, July 6 U.N.SO.
Funeral services will be held here
tomorrow for the Rev. DR.. John
Abner Marquis, 10, former mod
orator of the general assembly
of the Episcopal church and
president for many years Of Coe
College, Cedar Rapids, Ia. Burial
will be at Cross Creek, Pa, Wed
neSday.
DR.. Marquis died here yester-
day at the Presbyterian Hospital.
He is survived by the widow, two
daughters. Sarah and Elizabeth,
and a son. James Teggsrt
MaCQuASs .s--
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
Edmund LOUe Pays
81 Fine as Speeder

LOS ANGELES, July 6 (U.SO'
Edmund Lowe, film actor, is now
aware that the section of Will
shire Boulevard through the Sol
dier's Home is a 15-mile zone.
This information cost him 81
in Municipal Judge Louis Wilton
Kaufman's court. Lowe admitted
he was driving IS miles an hour.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
FOUR OTHERS
BY
| GRAND JURY
Charged They Aided, Allotted
Pitts in Presenting False
: Evidence in His Defense

G. Bryan Pitts, former head Of
the F.. H. Smith Company, who is
serving a 14-year sentence follow
ing his conviction on an embezzle-
ment charge last December, today
was indicted for perjured evil
dence at that trial.
John HI. Edwards, jr., q Junior
partner in the form, who was
given a three-year sentence;
Emory L. CObIentz, president Of
the Beverly Building Company,
subsidiary organization; Helen l..
Schneider, and Henry o. Hart are
also named in the indictment re-
turned today.
Charge They Aided
The charges against them IS
that Of aiding and abetting Pitts
in presenting the perjured evi-
dence.
In the 128-page indictment pre-
pared by Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Nugent DoddS and Neil
Burkinshaw, special Assistant At
torney General, the five are
charged with conspiring to OBJ
Struct and impede justice. "cor-
ruptly introducing and causing to
be introduced in evidence" false
and spurious documents.
In the indictment, which con-
tains 81 counts, the first count
brings a general charge of per-
jury and the last charge Of con-
spring to obStruct justice.
The others cite las individual
authorizations which purport to
allow Pitts, as head of the F.. H.
Smith Company. ito disburse
money in it's hands and under its
control to the credit of the
Beverly Building Company"
Was Prepared Later.
The Government officials claim
that the authorization introduced
at the trial last December as
being the original document was,
sin fact, prepared long after Pitts
had distracted divers sums Of
money" and shortly before the
trial, "sOlely to be introduced as
evidence"
In the trial before Justice Will
liam Hitz, which resulted in the
conviction of the former officials
of the F. H. Smith Company, it
was charged that $5,000,0O0 had
been embezZled from the firm.
Department of Justice officials
also let it be understood today
that the Government has re-
covered many of the documents
and papers which, it was charged
at the trial, had been made away
with from the office of the F. H.
Smith Company.
These documents, it Is under
stood, were located in a vault in
Florida city following an inten-
sive search by Federal agents.
The important papers recovered
are also understood to include
cancelled checks totalling more
than $1,000.00O.
Thought Same Records
These are believed to be many
of the records which, it was
claimed at the time Of the trial,
had been spirited away from the
r. III. Smith Company office.
The document which purported
to allow the Smith company to
disburse Beverly Building Com
pany funds was supposed to have
been dated October %, 1927. The
paper introduced as evidence was,
in fact, according to the indict-
ment, fraudulent and antedated.
In the 35 counts charging in
dividual fraudulent authorize
tionS, it IS alleged that various
sums had been distracted by
Pitts.
The Government officials con-
tended that Pitts had taken and
converted to his own use ST.
190,6O7.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
MOtOrship Cuts Mark
For Ocean Crossing

NEW YORK, July 6 U.So.
The Vulcania arrived last night
after making the voyage from
Trieste to New York in 8 days
and % hours, which cuts
whole day from the former trans
atlantic crossing record for mo-
torships, held by the saturn1s'
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
WOMAN HURT. ON BUS

Nellie Langley, SO, of 225
H st. N. E., was painfully in
jured when she was thrown
against a fare box when the bus
on which she was riding on Fifth
Street N. E., yesterday came to
a sudden stop. She was treated
at Casualty Hospital for contu-
sions. her condition is unde-
termined.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
June 30 Condition
of Banks Is Asked

The Comptroller Of the Cur
rency today issued call for the
condition of all national banks
at the close Of business June 30.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
FIVE-DAY WEEK

CHICAGO, July GA perma-
nent five-day-week basis has been
put into effect here by the brick
Layers union.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of July 3,
S457, 7,479,971.78; expenditures, $l5.-
100,542.49; custom receipts. ST.
77S,sNS.66.
The Washington times., 1931-07-06
THE WEATHER

Generally fair tonight and Tuesday; not much
change in Temperature; gentle to moderate
shifting winds becoming southerly Tuesday.
Temperature yssterday-Highest, sSj lowest, 6s.
Full Weather Report on Page S
. The Washington Times In the Ony afternoon paper IN
this city publishing the news dispatches OF Inter.
national News Service snd Universal Service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
TWO STATES NAME
ORATORY WINNERS
Florida and Maine Are First
to Announce Entrants
in Zone Contests.

First States to designate their spokes-
men in the National OratoricaI Con-
test are Florida and Maine. From
these two extremes Of the country come
speakers who combine athletic proves
with oratorical ability.
John Albert Field. the Florida cham
pion, is a 16-year-old senior In the
Cocoa High School, Cocoa, Fla. He Is
a member Of the foot ball team. He
speaks on the subject: John Marshall
and Federal Supremacy"
John D. Stradley. the Maine cham
pion, an 10-year-old senior in the Kenta
Hill Seminary, KentS Hill, Me, has dis.
himself in the 100-yard dash,
in addition to making a remarkable
record in his class work. He has chosen
for his subject: The Constitution;
president of his class and captain Of
the debate team.
North to Go South.
Stradley, whose home is in Brookline,
Mass, will attend the University of
Alabama after graduating from his
school, and Field, who was
born and raised in Florida, plans to
attend Harvard.
Inc rIOflQa champion VIII parClcl-
pate in the zone finals to be held at
Birmingham, Ala, May IS.
The speaker from Maine will particle
pate in the New England finals to be
held at Springfield, Mass, May is.
May Come to Capital.
The winners in the zone meetings at
Springfield and Birmingham will COM
pete with the winners in five other zone
meetings in different parts Of the
United States in the national finals to
be held in Washington May g.
At the national finals in Washington
the spokesman for the United States In
the international finals, to be held In
Washington october "a. will be desig-
mated. All seven of the national flnalists
will secure the prize tour of Europe. In
addition the winner in the national
finals will receive a handsome silver
loving cup.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-02
BUILDING LOAN BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
Maryland Statutes Governing As
sociations Will Be
Revised.

BY the Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, April Passage of q
bill revising building association laws
and receipt OF committee reports on
twuscore measures marked a lengthy
routine session of the Senate which
failed to be rufied by reports on the
controversial blue law modification
measure and the death OF a proposal
providing machinery for a constitutional
convention.
The building association bill, intro
duced by Senator McKindleSs, Demo-
crat, Baltimore City, provided for codi-
f1cation and modernization of statutes
governing the associations, 1t was ex-
planned at the time of introduction. At
the same time. customs and practices
Of the associations, long continued but
not recognized by law, we're incorporated
in the recodiflcation and validated
thereby.
A bill to exempt from the oystering
licenses requirements. men over so years
of age was killed with the adoption of
an unfavorable report of the Commit
tee on Chesapeake Bay and Tributaries
Bills fixing the State tax rate at IS
cents and revising laws governing the
use of seines and fixing fishing licenses
fees were recommitted to the Finance
and Fish and Game Committees, re-
spectively.
The tax rate bill was sent back. &C.
cording to Senator SaSscer, Democrat,
Prince Georges chairman of the finance
body for alteration of one or two minor
points The fish and game bill also re-
quired revision TO make it conform with
similar legislation passed or pending
at this session.