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The Washington times., 1931-05-14
MORROW-RODDY.
TROTH DENIED

NORTH ARLINGTON, N. j.,
May IA G.N.SD The Rev. Clyde
H. Roddy, pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church of North Airing"
ton, indirectly denied today that
he and Miss Elizabeth Morrow,
daughter of United States Senator
Dwight w. Morrow and sister-in-
law of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh.
are engaged.
Informed that a dispatch from
Baton Rouge. Ia, quoted his sis
ter, Miss Myrtice ROddy, of Gin"
ton, La, as first admitting she
had been invited to the wedding
and then denying knowledge OF
the engagement, the Rev. Mr..
Roddy said:
"There must be a mistake
somewhere"
Then he added:
"The engagement is being de-
MED at EngIewOOd." Home Of
the MOrrOwS.)
He was asked:
DO you derry the engage
ment?"
'Tt has been denied"
do understand from that
that you deny it?"
'"Your understanding is cor
rect"
Mr.. Roddy refused to discuss
the matter further. indicating 1t
was a private affair.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
80 GIRLS FLEE,
5 RETURN

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, May IA
G.N.S0 Police and school Of
ficials today were seeking %
girls, ranging in age from IA to
18 years, who escaped with seven
others late yesterday from the
State Training School for Girls,
here.
Five Of the 80 girls returned
late last night of their own &C
cord, and two others were found
by police early today.
Police said today they believed
the wholesale break for liberty
by the girls was in the form of
a protest against Mrs. Ira F.
Champion, superintendent, who
resigned yesterday a few hours
before the State legislature passed
bill providing for her custer.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
JUAN LOZANO
Marriage License "Joke':
Remains a Mystery

was still silent as she watched the
clerk of the court cancel the
license on the official record.
Despite the cancellation of the
license the mystery surrounding
it's issuance still remained un-
solved.
The only explanation given by
Mr.. Groseclose as to his posses
sion of the document was:
"It was mailed to my daugh-
ter"
Mr.. Fletcher could not be
reached after the license was
cancelled. Prior to that, however,
he had been non-commital as to
whether he had obtained the
license. When told that Miss
Groseclose had said the license
was a Joke" he said:
Better let it go at that"
Previously, however he had in
dicated there might be some ro-
nance behind the license.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
DON CARLOS LEVIA

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, May
14.-Maxine Holmes, II, of Cham
bersburg, Pa, who created con-
siderable stir in this section last
November, when astride a de-
crepit old horse she appeared in
this city announcing that she
was en- route to the Pacific Coast
and Movieland, has abandoned
her journey in Louisiana follow
ing a whirlwind courtship and
marriage to Tex Jones, movie
actor, whose forte is the West
ernS.
Riding into a suburb of Shreve-
port, La, the girl noted adver-
tisements setting forth the fact
that Jones was making a personal
appearance at a nearby theater.
Forthwith she sought out the ex-
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Housewife Mayor
Of Weehawken Will
Aid Fairgrounds

WEEHAWKE, N. j., May IA
I.N.SD Mrs. Clara E. Grayert
70, today DOTTED her apron to
become mayor of this city. She
was sworn in as executive last
night to succeed her husband.
who, at the time of his death on
April 20, had completed Il
years as mayor.
81 have no intention of pur-
suing a program of political re-
FORM" Mayor Grayert annOunc-
ed, but 1 intend to give special
attention to the playground syS-
tenn"
The new mayor, who said she
had spent her life being just
housewife" expressed surprise
at her selection.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
EX-MONARCH
DUE TOLOSE
MILLIONS
Only Money Invested Abroad
Is Safe From New Regime;
Military Rules All Nation

MADRID, May IA G.N.SD .
With virtually all of Spain under
military rule in an effort to pre-
vent bloodShed and further out
RACES against the Catholic Church.
the Republican Government went
forward today with sweeping plans
to discredit former King Alfonso
in the eyes of the Spanish people.
COnfiscatiOn Ordered
On the heels of new anticlerical
riOting which neceSSitated the i'm
position of martial law at Bada-
jos, the government ordered con-
fiScatiOn of all properties Of the
exiled king and launched an in
vestigatiOn of his acts since his
institution of a dictatorship under
Gen. Primo de Rivera in Septem-
Der. 1923.
Holding Alfonso personally re-
sponSible for the anti-religious
riots which have resulted in dam
ages to church property estimated
at more than $30,000,000, the gov,
ernment also charged that during
the last eight years the ex-mon-
arch had used his "tyrannical
rule" for personal gain instead of
for the good of the peope.
No decision as to the disposal
of the property will be made until
the Constitutional Cortes, which
will be elected in June. convenes.
Until that time all cash or Secur-
tiles on deposit in the Bank OF
Spain must remain intact, the de-
cree ordered. Meanwhile, bank
ers and other individuals holding
property for the former king must
surrender it to the ministry OF
finance.
Despite the prompt action of
the government. there was no
fear that Alfonso will be pauper
lied. Made poorer by many mil
lions of peSetas, he still retains
hold of a fortune estimated at
between $5.OOO,OOO and $1O.O0O,-
900 invested abroad.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
C. MARMOL-ESQUIVAL
S100,000 BLAZE
RUINS CHURCH

HANOVER, N. H, May IA
G.N.SO O.-Historic White Church,
a landmark on the Dartmouth
College campus since it's erection
in 1895, was in ruins today fol
lowing a 100000 fire which
threatened other college buildings
nearby before the student fire
corps and fire departments OF
Hanover, Lebanon, and White
River junction could get it under
control.
Organ Is Rescued
Hundreds of students assisted
in saving valuable books and
records of the church and also
removed a small organ to safety.
For a time. it was feared that
the intense heat of the burning
church, entirely wooden in con-
struction, might crack the famous
stained-glasS windows of Baker
Library.
For many years, Dartmouth
presidents had been inaugurated
in the church and ,baccalaureate
and commencement exercises were
held there.
Memories of the Great
Among the noted persOnages
who spoke from the pulpit Of the
church in the past were Daniel
Webster, Rufus ChOate, Ralph
Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell
Holmes. Edward Everett, James
A. Garfield, Edward Everett Hale,
and Wendell Phillips.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
SnOWden May Retire
Because of Illness

LONDON. May IA Q.N.SO
Reports that the prolonged ill
ness of chancellor of the ex-
chequer Philip Snowden may
force his retirement from office
caused CONSERVATION in govern
ment circles today.
j. H. Thomas, minister of the
dominions, was mentioned by
prominent members of the labor
government for Snowden's post.
William Graham, president of
the board of trade, also was con-
Sidered as a logical candidate.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Aimee Keeps Silent
On CHICAGO Visit

CHICAGO, May IA QN.S0.-
Aimee Semple Mcpherson, color.
full evangelist of Angelus Temple,
came and went silently and rap
idly through Chicago today en-
route to Los Angeles.
Her arrival on the West Coast
was to terminate a world tour,
which, it is understood, included
a visit to Egypt and an extended
communion with the Sphinx.
Her daughter, Roberta, with
her young husband, William
Smith, former purser on a trans.
atlantic ship, aided her mother
in maintaining the golden quality
of silence.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
TLUO Bank Robbers
Get IS Years Each

INDIANAPOLIS, May IA GIN
S0.-Pleading guilty to robbery
of the Oaklandon State Bank,
James Cordell, %, Detroit, and
Charles Leroy Palmer, 80, C!eve-
land, today we're sentenced to
serve Is years in the Indiana
State prison at Michigan Eity.
The formal charge was bank
robbery.
The pair was captured several
weeks ago as they fled from the
bank with $4,000. They we're
sentenced by Judge Frank P.
Baker in Criminal Court.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Hollywood Canter Halted
As Film Co1uboy Weds

cowboy, telling him she had often
desired to meet such parsonage
in the flesh. He, apparently, had
as frequently desired to meet
such girl as Maxine for IA
hours later they were married
and Maxine, now Mrs. Jones, IS
appearing with her husband in
his theater engagements.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Chaplin to Make
Next Film Abroad

LONDON, May IA UNSO
Charlie Chaplin, in a telephone
conversation with London
newspaper from Cap Ferrat, on
the Riviera, announced that he
intends to produce his next film
in Europe. He said:
81 shall produce it either in
London, Paris, or Algiers."
The comedian has taken a
villa and says that he intends
to write the story of his next pic
ture there.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
GUGrdSnlen Rescue
Great Lakes Bar0e

BUFFALO, May ID G.N.SO.
The General Motors Corpora,
tion's barge Clevelander, with 20
men aboard, was reported safe
in Lake Ontario today. Last
night Coast Guard boats insti.
tuted a search for the vessel
when she failed to arrive in
Oswego, N. Y, at 8 p. m. on
schedule.
Coast Guardsmen found the
boat running on only one en-
gine, and barely moving. The
Clevelander was expected to
reach Oswego late today. The
barge is carrying 1890 tons of
steel.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Baby Girl Kidnaped
At Mothers Home

BEVERLY, Mass, May IA U.
S.O.-Shirley Nichols, 4, was kid
naped from in front of her
home here today by two men in
an automobile bearing Michigan
license plates, Mrs. Th In a
F. Nichols, her mother, reported
to police.
One of the men was identified
by Mrs. Nichols as her former
husband. jeremiah Nichols, of
Flint, Mich.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Girl Wins $4,000
In Il Rush Injury

CHICAGO, May IA. Miss
corgia Richman, 20, was
awarded $4,000 in damages for
injuries received in December.
1929, when she was accidentally
pushed from a crowded elevated
railway platform and incurred
head injury.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
CHICKENS PROTECTED

WINDSOR, Ontario, May IA.
Carrying chickens by their feet,
so that their heads hang down,
is cruelty, under the Ontario
statutes. Two persons recently
we're arrested at the market place
here for an infraction of the law
and fined $5 and costs each.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14
Boy Hiker Is Killed
In Fall of 200 Feet

NELSON, B. c., May IA.
Wandering from Sunday schoo!
hiking party III the mountains
near here, John Walsh. 8, slipped
over ledge and fell 200 feet to
death.
The Washington times., 1931-05-14

LEGATION OF Ell SALVADOR
PLANS FOR STATIONING Washington policemen
at each embassy and legation is being considered by
police officials following the attack Don Carlos
Levia Charge dAffaires of the Legation of Ell Saliva
dor, by thugs who ransacked the legation, 26O1 Con-
necticut Ave- N. w. Juan Lozano of the Minister
to Colombia, is shown looking at the glass broken by
one of the thugs in entering the legation. After
breaking the glass; the robber succeeded in reaching
through and opening the door. Conchta Marmo
Esquiva official senographer to the legation is shown
in the doorway. The rear entrance to the legation
was used by the robbers in carrying away quantity
of liquor. Bryant Mcmahon, living near Twentieth
and Streets Northeast has been arrested for ques
tioning in connection with the assault Dr. Levia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-01
SURGEONS DISCUSS
+ LEADING DISEASES
American Association Told
of Advances in Combating
Heart and Cancer Ailments.
Nv thu Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO July members
of the American Surgical Association
met today in the concluding sessions of
their annual convention to hear lectures
on a wide variety of subjects.
Papers of a highly technical nature
were prepared on the surgery OF the
spleen, the action of salt on the mites
final tract tuberculosis of the eSophagus
and one giving a comparison OF surglcal
and medical treatment on 800 patients
with gall bladder disease.
Mayo Discusses X-Ray.
DR.. William j. Mayo, Rochester.
Mimi, addressing the group yesterday,
paid tribute to the part X-rays ana
other forms of endoscopic examinations
play in the better knowledge OF disease
in the early stages. He said the most
significant fact in the Al years OF work
he reviewed was the change from sur
gerry controlled by gross pathology" TO
surgery based on physiology.
Dr. William D. Haggard, Nashville,
Tenn, former president of the Ameri-
can Medical Association, said that the
medical worlds combat against the
three greatest ailments of man, heart
disease, pneumonia and cancer, 10
either successful or showing satisfac-
tory results.
Surgery Leads Cancer Cures.
Surgery remains the only hope for
concuering cancer, he said. with X-ray
and radium playing an auxiliary part.
Among those to give lectures today
were Drs. John Pemberton, Rochester,
Mimi; Frank K. Boland. Atlanta; j.
Tate Mason, Seattle; Thomas G.. Orr
Kansas City; John Staige Davis Bal
timore: Frank Torek, New York;
Francis A. c. Scringer, Montreal, and
John j. Morton, Rochester, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-01
SYRIAN PEDDLER WINS FOR TUNE.
BUT REALTY CRASH BRINGS RUIN
Earnings Left With Rheem as Huge Profits
Rolled In, Howar Tells at Bank
ruptcy Hearing.

out the city and built up q wide ac-
quaintanceShip. After several years Is
peddler, he opened q shop on r
street and lived alone In Q room
above 1t.
Tried Bigger Things.
Howar saved his money and in 1921
decided to try his hand at bigger
things.
With an architect named Frank
White. he went to the ONCE Of Swart-
zell, Rheem & Hensey Co.. where he
had his first meeting with Rheem. He
built and sold three buildings, netting
a profit of $4,000. This he deposited
with the company in an open account
From that time he plunged hard,
Of dollars and building a score or more
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THE EVENING STAR WASHINGTON D. c. WEDNESDAY, JULY 1875

apartments and ONCE buildings.
Squirming uncomfortably under the
legally pl1fased questions of counsel for
creditors, Howar smilingly disclaimed
any knowledge Of finance and said ne
left all such matters in Rheef1i's hands.
"T trusted him with everything I
had In the world" he said; I trusted
him Almost As did God"
When the market began to weaken,
Howaf said, IL was to Rheen1 he turned
tn help and advice,
He told Of one refinancing project In
which 4. $275,000 trust wa released and
o $225, 900 trust substituted
Trusted Rheem's Judgment.
where did you think the money was
coming from to take care Of the note
holders under the larger trust?" At
torney George Sullivan asked.
II didn't know" Howar answered. II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-01
DRY AGENT KILLS
MAN DURING ARREST
Suspected Bootlegger Opens Fire
on Officers-0ne Returns
Shots.

BY the Associated Press.
WEST PALM BEACH. Fla. July /.
"A suspected bootlegger was fatally
wounded here in a pistol fight with
a Federal prohibition agent in dis
guise who engaged two cases of liquor
from him and then tried to arrest him
after its delivery.
The agent. Neil Evans of Jacksonville.
and another officer. l.. J. jenkins, also
of Jacksonville. said they bargained
with w E. Griffin for the liquor and
he delivered it in an automobile.
When they disclosed their identity,
they said Griffin drew revolver and
started shooting. Evans fired four shots
in return. One bullet penetrated Grif-
fms head. jenkins did not fire.
Evans was placed under technical ar
rest and placed in custody of T. M.
Enright, chief of the prohibition once
here.
Coroner T. M. Richards said an In
quest will be held Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-01

into the bankruptcy record Of Swart-
zell, Rheem & Hensey Co, yesterday was
written the tragic story Of a Syrian ped.
dler who threw in his lot with Edmund
D. Rheem and rose from obscure pow
erty to fabulous paper riches, only TO
lose 1t all when the real estate market
crashed.
A. Joseph Howar came to this cour-
try from Syria at the time Of the ST.
Louis Fair. He was penniless and with
out education or friends.
After the fair he came to Washing
ton and got his first job-digging bitches
along Pennsylvania avenue for 50 day
He went from there into restaurant
as a dish washer and finally emerged
as a peddler Of old laceS and household
goods.
In this capacity he Travelled through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-01
OFFICERS ARE RETIRED
BECAUSE OF DISABILITY

Having been found physically dis
sbled in the service. Lieut.. Col. Charles
Maria, Tex; Maj. Wallach A. McCath-
ran. Infantry. in this city; Capt John
H. Dawson, Medical Corps. at Fort Sill,
Okla: Capt. leigh H. Harvey, Infantry
at Augusta, Me, and Capt Winfred
Houghton. Cavalry at Fort Bliss. Tex,
have been transferred to the retired list
Of the Army
Maj. McCathran is q native Of the
Capital and before his appointment to
the Army as q major OF Infantry In
July, 1920. was prominently identified
with the District Of Columbia National
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-01

supposed Mr.. Rheem would take care
of that" :.
He told Of another instance when
Rheem traded for him 100000 in sec.i
ond trust notes fora piece Of property
on Rhode Island avenue northeast.
After ascertaining that there was Q
house On the property, Sullivan, asked
Hovar whether he received any rent
from n.
Mo- We latter replied, IT received
nothing.
There was an old preacher there who
had nothing, and I told him he could
live IN the house free as long as /
owned It,"
Howar was called as a witness be-
cause Of his business dealings through
Rheem and because the trustees say he
now owes the company about $4,000
All efforts to discover any assets of his
however, which might be taken as prop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-01
Galway Votes for. Boycott.

That the boycott against Belfast,
Northern ireland, goods Should Be re-
imposed in the South Of Ireland, rs q
passed on republicans recently Ia the
North, was voted unanimously by the
City Council Of Galway, Irish Free
State. Speakers strongly denounced
the imprisonment 1of Liam Kayanagh
and the sentences imposed on Padraig
and Thomas McGrath for pos
sessing republican literature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-01

Guard, in which he held the rank Of
major in the 3rd Infantry for several
years During the World War he served
in France as q lieutenant colonel Of
Infantry, In the National Army. Since
then he has served In the Regular Serv-
ice in various parts Of the country and
recently was stationed at Houston ss
instructor Of the Texas National Guard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-01

It is an unusual thing for Newfound-
land sealers to know how to swim. II
they slip into the water the icy tenn
perature of the water causes instant
paralysis of the muscles, anyway, so
only about ona In q huadred Of these
hardest of men botdefs to learn the
art of swimming: . ~
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erty Of the bankrupt were futile.
After the hearing Howar told q re-
porter he lost everything he had when
the market failed.
And / can tell you too" he added,
"thatI wish I'd stucketo bedding"
Evening star., 1931-12-25
S12,0O0,OOO to Educate Indians

By the Associated Press
The appropriation for Indian educa-
ton in 1881 was more than 1000 00C
more than for the appropriation fol-
the whole Indian Service 10 years ago
1t represented AZ per cent of the entire
Indian appropriation.
Evening star., 1931-12-25
VOLUME OF RESERVE
BANK CREDIT DROPS
Average for Week Ended December
10 Is $500, 100000 Less Than
October Peak Figure.

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board reports
that the volume OF reserve bank credit
outstanding declined during November
and the first half of December, averag-
ing $3.50, 900, 900 less in the week ended
December IL than at its October peak
seven weeks earlier. It was said the
decrease was in large part in the banks
portfolio Of acceptances, as discounts
for member banks and holdings of
United States securities showed little
change for the period
The decline in total volume Of re-
serve credit outstanding during the
period reflected growth of 100000
600 in the stock Of monetary gold,
largely through imports from Japan,
and continued reduction in the re-
serve balances of member banks, re-
flecting further liquidation of mem
Der bank credit. Demand for currency
declined during the last three weeks
OF November and showed considerably
less than the usual seasonal increase
in the first half Of December. After
the middle Of December, however, the
board found that bank suspensions in
New England were followed by some
increased Withdrawals of currency, part
on which has begun to return.
Loans and investments Of member
banks in leading cities continued to
decline and on December were s370,-
100000 smaller than four weeks earlier.
The decrease was equally divided be-
tween the banks loans and their in
vesttnents Deposits of these banks,
both demand and time. also showed a
decrease. with a consequent reduction
in REQUIRED reserves,
Evening star., 1931-12-25
PENNSY STOCKHOLDERS
IN 85-YEAR RECORD

The number of Pennsylvania Railroad
stockholders on December l reached a
total of 243,36l, the highest figure in
IS years of the company's history.
This peak in Pennsylvania share
holders shows an increase of more than
900 over last months figure and an
advance of 9,9l0 in the number of
stockholders since December, 1890.
Continued widespread distribution OF
stock is reflected in the further drop
in the average number Of shares held
by each stockholder, which on Decem-
Der l fell to 54O9, the lowest in history
Pennsylvania officers and employees
continue to increase their holdings.
They now own 404 900 shares and COM
prise more than one-fifth Of the en-
tire number Of stockholders Over ST.
600 employees, or more than third Of
the railroads working forces, are now
registered as shareholders.
Evening star., 1931-12-25
10000 Tour Hawaii in 1881.

HONOLULU P.-About 10000 tour
lists, mostly from the mainland of the
limited States, visited Hawaii u 1aa1,
Evening star., 1931-12-25
100000 ON TRADE
PAY ROLLS Of j. S.
Census Bureau Figures for
1929 Show Salaries Totaied
Eight Billions. .
BY CHAS. r. SHAEFFER,
AkSAciated PreSA RuSlneSS WriteH.

The Census Bureau estimates total
of nearly 100000 people are engaged
In the retail and wholesale trades.
This estimate included a total of
37690O0 full-time employees in the re-
failing field, $500 part-time employees,
and approximately l,470 900 proprietors
The total number of paid employees
in the Wholesale trade is 1,60770i,
the bureau said, of which 65,432 are
salaried executives. 358,446 salesmen.
and l,l83,826 office, warehouse and
other employees
The combined groups commanded a
pay roll of S8,l49,247,926 in 1929, the
latest year for which statistics are
available.
There were 16e,757 establishments in
the wholesale field with net sales
totaling $69,490 077l,33l, and 1,54e,1 16e
retail stores, with sales totaling $50
033,850,792 This trade, however, in
cluded considerable duplication of sales
In the wholesale trade in that some
commodities were handled several times
in the process of distribution to tho
retailer
The preponderance of wholos2lo fig
ureS is explained By the bureau in th7t
a wholesale establishment" is any
place of business where goods are sold
at wholesale. Thus, the field defined
Tor census purposes embraced all eStab-
llshmentS engaged in the purchase, sale
or distribution of goods on a wholesale
basis, for the foreign as well as the
domestic market
In addition to wholesalers of the
conventional type, the census covers
the whole range of organizations, oper-
atlng on a wholesale basis, including
brokers, commission merchants. chain
store warehouses, manufacturers sales
branches, selling agents. etc.