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The Washington times., 1931-04-16
DODGES
QUESTIONS
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this special account was opened
for $2,341,645.88. OF this amount
check from the New York Title
and Mortgage Company repre-
Sented $1.556.645.8O. The bal
ance was furnished by Swartzell,
Rheem and Hensey.
Declined to Answer
Rheem declined, on advice of
his counsel, TObriner and Ora
ham. to answer the following
questions:
"Was the 100000 taken to
pay personal obligations?
I'm letters sent to some 1000
or more nOtehOlderS was 1t in
dicated that the trust against
the ShOreham Building had
been paid off?
Did the company at the
time of opening the special ac-
count have enough to pay off
the original two and Onehalf
million dollar trust and the &C.
crued interest?"
Rheem denied that there had
been any understanding with
Robert V. Fleming. president Of
the Riggs National Bank, that
when the loan Tin connection
with the Shoreham Building sale
to the Shoreham Investment Cor
poration) was made it was to be
paid off the next day.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Martial Law Proclaimed in Seville
As Reds Clash With Republicans

LONDON. April 16 G.N.SJ.
Martial law was proclaimed at
Seville today as rioting became
intense in the city. according to
messages from Spain.
Sharp clashes between Com
munists and republicans at Bilbao
resulted in a call for troops and
military measures to quell the
disturbance. the messages added
One Killed, Is Hurt
Disorders at Seville have ragged
since Yesterday, when one man
was killed and Is policemen and
civilians were wounded in clashes
between Communist demOnStra-
tors and republicans.
Down with the conservative
republic!" shouted the Reds, who
claimed they had the right to
participate in the government.
Firearms stores were looted
as the violence spread, with
scores being placed under arrest.
Disorders continued today in
various sections Of the new re
public, an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Barcelona stated.
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Weeping Queen Receives OUatiOn
Upon ArriUal In Paris With Family

PARIS, April 16 UN.SD.-
Queen Victoria, accompanied by
all her children with the excep-
ton of the infante Don Juan,
arrived in Paris at 9:20 a. m.
today.
Forced to leave Spain Is years
to the day after she entered that
country In triumph as Queen Of
Alfonso, she was greeted here by
q ferVent group of friends and
royaltiSt supporters.
Greeted By Barred Heads
Three hundred Spanish aristO-
crats barred their heads as the
Queen descended from the train
with her children. All the
women awaiting her in the recep-
tiOn party were dressed in black.
With difficulty, apparently
under great strain and striving
to press back her tears, Queen
Victoria passed between two lines
Of royaltists. They seized her
hands and kissed them.
A huge bunch of red roses was
presented to her as she ''alked
out of the station, preceded by
Chief of Police Chiappe.
Viva la Reina" cried the chill
dren and the royalists who fol
lowed her.
A crowd of 500 men and women
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One man was killed and eight
wounded at Seville when troops
fired on a gang O: hOOligans at
tempting to loot the barracks.
At Malaga a mob burned the
building housing the Conservative
newspaper La Union Mercantil,
smashing all the machinery.
Prisoners at the Valencia Jail
mutinied and escaped. One per-
SoA was killed and several were
wounded in clashes with civil
guards at Muelva.
BaSqueS Plan f public
The dispatch stated that the
Basque provinces we're deter.
mined to declare a separate re-
public with an individual cOnSti.
tuition based upon the ancient
"fuerOS," or privileges of the
Basque country.
The Madrid correspondent of
the London Evening Standard
quoted the republican government
as announcing that up until the
last moment Alfonso was contem-
plating the establishment Of an
other military dictatorship. with
himself in the role of dictator.
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nearly mobbed the royal party
despite police details as it reached
the street. The police Gordon
was rushed aside as hundreds
pressed forward to kiss the hem
of the queens dress.
Finally, to rescue Victoria from
the mob, one of her attendants
was forced to push" her into
the waiting automobile.
The car was unable to make
a getaway, however, as the surg.
ing hundreds blocked all prog
ress. Police finally succeeded in
clearing a passage. The royal
party then proceeded to the
Hotel Meurice. where the exiles
received another ovation from a
waiting crowd.
The Quen's party consisted Of
35 persons. TWenty-eight rooms
were placed at it's disposal by the
Hotel Meurice on the first floor.
Each room was abundantly sup
piled with bouquets of roses and
violetS.
An officer of the Queens party
stated:
Her majeSty's plans depend
entirely on the Kings orders,
which have not as yet been re.
ceiVed"
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Fisher Partner Confesses
Payroll Theft Plot

ed by Fisher after careful study
of conditions in the District
Building and especially in refer
ence to the time of making up
the monthly payroll.
Drew Map of Building
The four men met yesterday
afternoon in a downtown hotel
In an adjoining room, posse
Of police was listening. Fisher
then launched into detail, produc-
ing a map Of the District Build
ing he had drawn to scale, show
ing the streets, entrances and
layout of the diSbursing office.
He explained that he as a
District Building employe would
be able to unlock the doors on
the Thirteenth-and-a-Half Street
side on the day of the robbery.
He explained that he had Sc
lected the noon hour of a Satur-
day for the robbery. The build
ing would be empty except for
those in the disbursing office. He
told the men where the policeman
on guard would be located and
explained that one member OF the
mob would have to take care of
him."
The machine gunner would
take charge of all the other en-
ployes while the others looted the
vault.
Police Are Puzzled
AS he was explaining, Fisher
took an envelope out of his
pocket and wrote on there $3.50
900 in checks besides"
He then tore up this envelope
and threw the pieces in the waste
where they were later recovered
by police.
Detectives are puzzled at this.
They do not know il Fisher meant
that they were to take the checks,
which form the police and fire
department payroll, and attempt
wholesale forgery or else leave
thte checks and take only the
currency.
Going minutely into detail on
his diagram, Fisher explained
where the getaway car should be
parked and how the bandits
should flee from the building.
Hide-Out in Virginia
They were to drive across the
Highway Bridge and hide out in
Virginia until the search had died
down, then return to Washington
where Fisher would have an
apartment waiting for them. Here
the division Of the loot was to
be made.
Under Fishers plan, he was to
receive so per cent of the loot
and the rest of the mob was to
/ divide the remainder. After going
into detail, Fisher told the other
men that he would take them to
the disburSing office today SO
that they could get the layout Of
the job. AS the conference ended,
Inspector DeWard said:
"It's awful hot in here. Pm
going to open the window"
This was a signal to let the
detectives in the adjoining room
know that the conference was
over and the plotters about to
leave.
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HOOVER MEETS
WITH EDITORS
TONIGHT
Government and Newspaper
Relations To BE Discussed,
Convention on Tomorrow

Over the round table, President
Hoover and members Of the Amer
lean Society of Newspaper Edi.
tors will discuss press problems at
the White House tonight.
Relations between the Federal
Government and newspaper in.
terests will be informally dis.
cuSsed and the viewpoint of the
President and of various leading
editors on this subject will be set
forth.
Has Held Them Before
Evening conferences of this
type, SemiSocial in nature, but
with a background of public bust
ness, have been held by President
Hoover occasionally in the past
two years, but generally with his
intimates and his political asso.
ciates and advisers.
The meeting tonight probably
will be the most significant get
together" discussion between the
President and leading members of
the newspaper fraternity that has
been held at the White House In
several years.
The annual convention of the
Society of Editors opened this
afternoon at the National Press
Club. The first order of huSi-
ness was an exchange of greet
ing between the organization and
a number of journalists in other
nations. among them beng Ralph
D Blumenfeld, of the London
Daily Express; Stephen Lausanne,
of LIE Matin. Paris; Theodor
Wolff, of the Berliner Tageblatt;
C. P. Scott, of the Manchester
Guardian. and others.
Leggett Will Speak
Following this the greeting u
the National Press CLUB will be
given to the society by E. S, Leg
gett, its president, and then Lin
coin B. Palmer. of the American
Newspaper Publishers ASSoCia-
ton; will deliver an address on
IulICllt newspaper plOoltIll>'
Greetings were sent to the so
ciety by the Greater National
Capital Committee, of which w.
Fl. Marsh is executive manager.
The message called attention to
the Importance of Washington as
a news center and also to its
many architectural and scenic
attractions as the National Capt.
tai.
Under the leadership Of it's
president. Fred Fuller 'Shedd. Of
the Philadelphia Bulletin. the
Society of Editors will begin its
detailed discussion of newspaper
problems tomorrow morning.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Auto Fatalities Gain
Almost II Per Cent
Over Last Year
Times Staff Photo
STIMSON

HARTFORD, Conn, April 16
GN.SO.-Automobile fatalities
for the first two months of
1881 were almost II per cent
greater than for the correspond
ing period last, year, according
to figures compiled today by
the Travellers Insurance Com
pany.
The indicated death toll is
1920 for the 1881 period as
against 5000 in the 1880 period.
Ten States in February re-
ported decreases in motor
vehicle deaths, while IS re-
ported increases.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Formation of Republic Goes On
Despite Kings Claim to Throne

MADRID, April 16.-The repub-
lie Of Spain, struggling to its feet
under the guidance of Provisional
President Alcala Zamora, today
remained technically a monarchy
on revelation that Alfonso XIII,
forced by popular demand to
leave the country, refused to abdi-
cate.
without renOuncing royal rights
or signing the documents that
would have wiped out the 1000
year.Old Bourbon dynasty, the
adamant King yielded to the ad-
vice of political leaders and
stepped from the throne to avert
civil war.
Remains King Of Spain
But even as ioy-mad Spaniards
received with deafening cheers a
manifesto of the republican gov
ernment pledging itself to the es-
tabliShment of constitutional
cover lment with a full bill of
rights, Alfonso served notice on
political leaders that he remained
King of Spain and intended to re-
turn.
The sharp statement by the de-
parted monarch was kept from
public eyes here, but monarchist
circles accepted it as proof that
the days of royalty had not yet
vanished from Spain and pre-
dicted a return of their sover.
eign. Alfonso was quoted as say.
ing:
II renOunce none of my
rights because they constitute
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NC ALFONSO TO TAKE FAMILY TO ENGLAND FOR EXILE
VICTORIA CT IS Ovation
HEIR To THRONE |S|LL

landing stage the day before as
reports persisted that the Spanish
monarch was approaching this
port. waited respectfully for the
tender which brought the Bourbon
head to his "old port" once more,
however sad his present circum.
stances.
An automobile awaited the
royal family party, and port au-
thorities waived all formalities
as Alfonso and his son stepped
ashore. Looking somewhat de-
pressed, but apparently unrut
fled by the stirring events of the
past few days, which turned Eu-
ropes oldest monarchy into a
republic, Alfonso and his en-
tourage went directly to their
apartments at the hotel.
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ming it for two years. They
went into details and then met
again in a downtown hotel
yesterday, to make final
arrangements.
1t was at the end of this con
ference, that police took the
pair into custody.
1t was at yesterdays con.
ference that Jack brought with
him, Jack McHugh, a Brooklyn
machine gunner.
McHugh was in reality Leo A..
DeWard, a postal inspector,
who was brought into the case
by local authorities to assist in
effecting the capture of the
plotters.
Meanwhile, Commissioner Lu-
ther Reichelderfer, Auditor Dan
iel DonoVa and Corporation
Counsel w. w. Bride met at the
District Building and drew up
papers diSmisSing Fisher from
the District service. The dis
miSSal will probably be ratified
by the Commissioners tomorrow.
Checks Are Ordered
The trio also discussed certain
changes to remedy conditions
barred by the robbery plot. One of
the most drastic changes to be
made will be the abOIiShing Of
payment of wages in currency
and the substitution of checks.
Another change planned calls
for more adequate police prOtec.
tiOn at the diSburSing office, es-
pectally on pay days.
Fisher, it was learned, formerly
attended Central High School. 1t
was while there that he met his
wife, the daughter of a former
Representative from Florida. They
eloped and following their mar
riage Fisher obtained employment
in the office of the auditor.
The robbery plot came to an
abrupt end in a downtown hotel
last night when a posse of police
captured Fisher and Stumm.
Both these men are held under
the old section of the code charg,
ing solicitation for commission of
felony.
This is the first time in the
history Of the District that such
charge has ever been filed. The
maximum it carries is five years.
The plot was apparently launch.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
NeU York Lake Area
Has Gas Well Boom

ITHACA, N. Y, April 16
GN.SD 1.-THE new gas we'll struck
in the Wayne Field, IS miles
northwest of Watkins, is consid.
erably larger than the one struck
by the Cunningham Gas and Oil
Company on the Sara Eveland
property recently. it was said to-
day.
The capacity of the new we'll
was estimated at 100000 to
100000 cubic feet daily.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
King Alfonso Offered
Job in HaoerStoWn

HAGERsTowN, Md, April 16.
When ex-King Alfonso, who yes.
terday abdicated his throne in
Spain, arrives in England, his
expected destination, he will find
waiting him a cablegram from
James w. Bryan, of Washington,
president of the Martin Motors
Company.
The cablegram reads as fol
lows:
Welcome to America, where
your friends are legion. Know
you to be a democratic King,
as good as any of our present.
Our organization Is beginning
production of an American ban
tam car, and tenders you any
connection your investigation
may warrant"
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a deposit accumulated by his
tory, of which l shall have to
rem Ter a strict account while
in my keeping.
Power Merely Suspended
until the ''atiOn has spoken,
l deliberately suspend the ex-
ercise of my royal power and
depart from Spain, thus recOg-
nizing she Is the sole mistress
of IF deStinies."
Refusing to believe that the
people of Spain, ruled by mon
archs for IS centuries with only
two brief intervals, were anything
but monarchistic at heart, Alton
so outlined his convictions as fol
lows:
"The elections held on Sum-
day revealed clearly to me that
! have lost the love of my people.
My conscience tells me that this
disaffectiOn will not be perma-
nent because / have always
served Spain. My only aim,
even in the most critical circum.
stances, was public interest.
"A king can make mistakes
and, without doubt, have erred
sometimes, but 1 well know that
our country has always shown
itself generous toward unma-
liciOuS faults.
II am kink Of all SpaniardS
and 1 am Spanish myself.
could employ divers means to
keep the royal prerOgatives and
effectively fight my adverSaries
but 1 wish to avoid everything
that will throw my cOmpatriOts
into fratricidaI civil war"
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CABINET
faces TEST
TODAY

sure to Be Acted Upon;
Defeat OF Move Expected
LONDON, April 16.-To the ac-
.npaniment Of sustained cheer
from the conservative benches,
anley Baldwin today introduced
formal motion of censure
ainst the Labor government of
rime Minister J. Ramsay Mac
)onald on the grounds Of its fail.
re to solve the unemployment
'roblem.
The motion plunged the minis
.ry into one of the most serious
crises it has yet faced, but Labor
'eaders remained confident that
he motion would be defeated.
Defeat of the government on
his motion would lead inevitably
to dissolution of the House Of
Commons and a general election.
Approximately 40 Of the lib
erals, led by Lloyd George. ex.
Dected to vote for the govern,
ment. thus providing Premier
Macdonald with an ample parlia.
mentary majority. The left wing
laborites, an independent group
of the labor party, also give
evidence of being with the gov
rnment.
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messed many dramatic incidents
within its walls.
Disorders are Serious

/ Disorders are Serious
Republican flags billOwed every.
where In the capital and rejOic-
ing continued, but the provisional
administration already faces Sc
riOuS immediate problems. Dis
orders and riOting were reported
raging in Barcelona, Seville and
Bilbao. Drastic measures may
become necessary to prevent a
spread Of these outbreaks and a
split in the solidarity Of the re-
public.
Hundreds of political exiles
poured back into their native
land, overjoyed at the establish
ment of the republic. But amidst
the excitement, there were also
shouts by Communists and Syn
dicalists for participation in a
government which they claimed
owed them much.
In the midst of the national
holiday decreed in official recogni-
ton of the republic, the provis-
Sional government proclaimed to
the people that a constitutional
parliament would be assembled at
the earliest moment.
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SIPS Tapestries
Stolen From Store

Tapestries valued at SLIPS were
stolen last night from the John A.
ORourke Furniture Company,
1915 Eighteenth st. N. w., it was
reported to police today.
John A. O'Rourke, manager Of
the company. said that entrance
was gained by jimmying a rear
window. The loot consisted OF
four handmade tapestries.
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his chamberlain gave Interna-
tional News Service the following
authorized message:
"HiS majesty confirms here
with that he will rejOin his
family and continue to London
rs soon as possible.
"His majesty wishes to point
out that he never abdicated.
Therefore, he reserves all royal
rights and remains at the dis
position of his people,"
The Principe Alfonso, which
left Cartagena in southern Spain
at dawn yesterday, was sighted
in the outer harbor off Saint
Marie lighthouse at 5:45 this
morning.
French police, ordered to the
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Indianapolis to Invite
Kinu to Auto Races

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 16
1.N.SD Alfonso XIII, deposed
King Of Spain, will be invited to
attend the 5OO-mile automobile
race here May 80, it was reported
today.
An ardent sports follower, Al
fonSo is especially interested in
motoring, both as driver and
mechanic.
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Bourbon
Gems Brought to
Paris BY Queen

PARIS, April 16 G.N.SD.
The famed Bourbon jewels
valued at $1O,0O0,OOO, includ-
ing the royal crown and cere-
monial diamond-studded dia-
dems, were brought here from
Spain today by Queen Victoria.
it was learned on good au-
thority.
Police and members of her
encourage maintained the
strictest secrecy in connection
with the valuables,
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Stephenson, Jailed
Banker, Wins Parole

Graves S. Stephenson, Georgia
banker, who was sentenced to 10
years in the Atlanta prison for
violation of the national banking
act in 1927, will be paroled OH
June 6. the Federal Parole Board
announced today,
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t4aaREET

-Times stair Photo
THIS DIAGRAM of the
ground floor of the District
Building is alleged by police to
have been used in planning the
payroll hOldrup in the build
ing. The diagram is said to
have been drawn by one OF
the two arrested in connection
with the alleged plot.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
YOUNG ARTISTS CONTEST

A contest for young artists will
be held at the First Congrega-
tional Church, Saturday, April Is,
under the auspices of the Dis
trict of Columbia Federation of
Music Clubs.
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Problems BeSet New
As Disorders

Equally confident that. the re-
n,Iblic had come to stay, Pro
Tisional President zanora and
members of his cabinet estab-
jisfed themselves in the former
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Government
and RiOting Spread

royal palace and assumed the
task of governing the Land.
A thorough inventory wps or
dered Of the contents of the his
torical building, which has wit
The Washington times., 1931-04-16
Barcelona Peaceful
As WarShips Arrive

LONDON, April 16 UN.SO.
Barcelona was peaceful today fol
lowing outbreaks of disorders
there with proclamation of a
Catalonian republic, Exchange
Telegraph dispatches reported.
WarShips arrived in the harbor,
flying bright new republican flags.
The special conStabulary called
into force has been diSarmed.
Central News dispatches from
Madrid meanwhile reported that
the civic guard established under
the Country'S dictatorship period,
known as the "Sometan," has
been dissolved.
All prison sentences Of less
than four years were Slashed in
half by official proclamation, &C
COrding to Madrid messages.
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CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of April IA,
$375,6ll,234.06: expenditures, ST.
SAT ,93S.99; customs receipts, $751;
B96, 6,9oS.47.
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Over the round table, President
Hoover and members of the Amer.
ican Society of Newspaper Edi-
tors will discuss press problems at
the White House tonight.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1931-10-23
Winners In Corr Contest.

W. A. Shaffer. Germantown. with yield
of AS tons to the acre, was first: Harry H.
Fraley. Derwood. with Az tons. was sec
ond Pleasant Hills Farm. Germantown.
with "a tons. was third Howard N. Cur
tbs, Gaithersburg. with SO tons. was fourth.
and John W. Fraley, Derwood. with tons.
was fifth. in the sweet corn contest. which
was held this year in Montgomery county,
according to statement by T. D. Holder.
specialist in canning crops for the Uni
versity of Maryland Extension Service.
Prizes were $40. $50, SIS. $40 and S.
and the contest was sponsored by Thomas
& Company. corn Gamers.
The object of the contest was to stimu-
late interest 10 efficient methods of pro-
duction and to improve the quality Of
sweet corn for canning purposes. Growers
enrolled were required to grow and oliver
corn of an improved canning variety.
A summary of the production methods
used by the five highest growers shows
that the best cultural practices were fol-
lowed and that in a majority of cases a
fertile soil and manure were used.
Commercial fertilizers were applied by
four of the five growers. the analysis most
commonly used being either 4-12-4 OF
2-l2-6. From $50 to 400 pounds of fer
tilizer were applied to the acre.
The planting distance used by the ma
jority of the growers was three and one
half by three and one-half feet. checked
and each hill thinned to two or three stalks
The corn was not suckered and two har-
vestings were made.