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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
RESCUE BANKFIEADS
FROM FLAMES IN RESIDENCE
Representative and Wife and
Miss Isabelle TerviS Trap
ped on Second Floor.
Mr.. and Mrs. |. H. MearS,
NeighborS, FIee\aS Home
Is Damaged.

Firemen early today rescued Repre-
sentative and Mrs. William B. Bankhead
of Alabama, and Miss Isabelle Tervis. a
household employe, from the second
floor of the Bankhead home, 1919 Nine
tenth street, after they had been
trapped by flames which had enVeloped
part of the lower floor and a staircase.
The Bankhead home and an adjoin-
ing house, occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis H. MearS, were badly damaged
by fire and water. Mr.. and Mrs. Mears
left their home before fircmen arrived.
With the temperature lowering at I3
degrees below the freezing mark, the
flremen assisted Mrs Bankhead down
the ladder first. Next Miss Tervis was
bundled down and then came Repre-
sentative Bankhead. The BankheauS
recently returned here from New York,
where they welcomed their daughter
Tallulah, famous actress who has re-
turned from a London stage triumph
to enter the movies. Miss Bankhead is
making her home in New York.
Mrs. Bankhead Sounds Alarm.
The Bankhcads said they retired
about 10 o'clock last night. leaving some
dying embers in the open fireplace in
the living room. Firemen believe sparks
from the blaze started the fire. A
sensation that she was being stifled
awoke Mrs. Bankhead about 2 o'clock
She hurried to the head of the stairway,
which was filled with smoke.
Returning to the bed ROOM she
aroused her husband. While Repre-
sentative Bankhead found clothing to
guard them from the bitter cold out
side, Mrs. Bankhead telephoned in a
fire alarm and aroused Miss Tervis.
The three occupants waited at the
front window for the firemen.
Representative Bankhead said the
firemen were ION time to the minute"
Soon Engine Company No. 9 was
stringing hose and Truck Company No.
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~. .. weather bureau FoFeSaSb.l
Fair and warmer tonight and tomor-
row; lowest temperature tonight about
28 degrees. Highest, 80,
at 1915 pm yesterday; lowest, 20, at z
a m. today
Full report on page 8.
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The Washington times., 1931-03-13
PASSOVER WINE
ASSURED JEWS

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of the fact that their permis-
sion to withdraw wine for the
impending Passover season has
been refused, brought on the
present agitation. A way out
of this difficulty is now being
considered"
Revise the Plan
Some of the rabbis in New
York have proposed a new plan
of wine distribution, the essential
features of which are:
Each rabbi shall be entitled
absolutely and without ques-
tiOn to procure wine for his
congregation for sacramental
purposes.
The rabbi shall be permitted
to store the wine in his home
or synagogue and distribute it
to members or WOrshiperS in
each congregation at his diScre-
ton.
The present regulations provide
that one gallon of wine will be
issued per annum to each adult
Jew, not exceeding five gallons. a
year for any one family. The
rabbi is required to furnish an
authenticated list Of the members
of his congregation for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the volume
Of wine required. Duplicate re-
ceipts, showing distribution, must
be submitted to the Bureau of In
dustrial Alcohol.
On A Different Basis
Lowman explained that the
Jewish Synagogues are on a diff
ferent basis than other religious
denominations since the wine is
used in the home. Other denOmi-
nations using Sacramental wine
employ it in the churches without
distribution to members in the
homes. For this reason it has
been deemed necessary to have
an accounting.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
GIRLS UNDERGO
QUIZ TODAY ON
LOVE MART
Two New Witnesses Found;
Attorneys for Pantages
Threaten "ReveIationS"

LOS ANGELES, March 13
G.N.SO Fresh disclosures in. the
Hollywood "girl bazaar. case
were promised today with the
arrival from San Diego Of two
district attorneys investigators
who are to question two girls in
addition to the three now held
in technical custody.
Investigation of the 'lOve mart"
thus far has resulted in the ar
rest and arraignment of Alexan-
der Pantages, rnulti-milliOnaire
Snowman; Jesse Shreve, prOmi-
nent San Diego business man,
and JOhR P. Mills, wealthy
broker. "
Statutory Charges
All were accused of statutory
charges on young girls furnished
by the "love mart" for hotel par
ties with men.
The two girls to, be questioned
today are Camilla Clark, 16, and
Helen Scott, Is, the district at
torney announced. Three other
girls whose stories resulted in the
arrest of the wealthy trio OF
business men will be asked to
give new statements, it was said.
Pantages and his attorneys
charged Pantages' arrest was a
"frame-up" and promised star
sting disclosures when a defense
is offered.
Olive Day Still Missing
Olive Clark Day, who with
William H. Jobelmann, is &C
cused Of operating the "slave
mart" was still missing today
and was the object of a vide
spread search. She vanished
shortly after she was freed at a
midnight bail bond conference
last week.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
TONG OUTBREAK
FEARED HERE
Photo by International
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that he has twice been taken into
custody in connection with tons
killings.
The first time was in 1924
when he was arrested under the
name Of Chin Moy Ten for inves
tigation and later released. In 1926
he was again picked up by the
homicide squad in probe of the
shooting of Lee King at Eleventh
and L Streets Northwest.
Taken to No. IL Police pre-
cinct, Din refused to discuss the
attack but told of having been
sold into slavery in China with
his wife.
Says Din Is Brother
Lee Ben Din, the laundry owner,
claims that Din is a brother of
his. He, too, was reticent to talk
of the attack to police. He is a
member Of the On Leong Tong
here. The third man in the case,
Sing, is not member of a tong.
Lee is suffering from a frac-
tured skull and deep gasl1es on
the head and right arm. Doctors
were required to take so stitches
to close up the wounds in the
head.
Sings skull was also fractured
and he had cuts on the forehead
and on the back Of the neck. A
blood cleaver lay on the floor
OF the room where the two men
were found.
Looks Like Tong War
1t was pointed out that the
attack on the two sleeping men
has all the earmarkS of an old
time tong strife.
Tong fires have been smolder-
ing throughout the country in
the last several years.
Police are trying to determine
if the outbreak here has any
connection with the tong war
that ragged in Philadelphia and
Newark several weeks ago.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
; Play Institute
PrOQr0n1S Planned

The 1881 Play Institute Of
Washington, under the auspices of
the Community Center Depart
ment, will hold the first of a series
of six programs at 8 p. M, Mon
day, at the Wilson Teachers Col
lege, Eleventh and Harvard
Streets Northwest.
The purpose of this institute,
which began last year, is to ell
courage children and adults to
participate in games, dramatics
and stunts of all sorts. Mrs. El-
wood Street, wife of the director
of the Community Chest, is chair
man of the Play Institute for the
season.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
D. C.. Baking Trade
Reused bu Imports

The effect of importing bread
from Baltimore on the local
trade here will be discussed at
a meeting of the Bakery Sales
mems Union tomorrow night at
Typographical T emple, 42S g
St. N. w.
In addition to the importation
cutting the earnings of the local
bread manufacturers and sales
men, it is pointed out that the
product is being made in non
union bakeries and the sale is
striking a hostile blow toward
the unionized baking industry in
the District.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
RUM CASE ENDS
IN M|STR|AL
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apartment at 1921 Twenty-first
st. N. W., and were indicted on
two charges Of sale Of intoxicat-
ing liquor.
The case went to the jury late
yesterday afternoon after Defense
Attorney James A. O'Shea, in his
address to the jury, had made cap
ital of the failure Of one of the
prohibition agents to identify
Ferguson as the man seized in
the raid.
While on the witness stand the
agent was called upon to identify
Ferguson and selected, instead Of
the defendant, the latter'S brother,
sitting in the courtroom.
Mistrial Declared
The jury reported itself unable
to agree at late hour last night
and was ordered locked up to con-
tinue it's deliberations until this
morning, when a mistrial was de-
clared. No date for the new trial
has been set.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
PresbyteriGns Fete
ReU. DR.. II. T. Kerr

The Rev. DR.. Hugh Thompson
Kerr, pastor of the Shadyside
Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh,
will be the guest of honor at re-
ception by Presbyterians of Wash
ington on Monday, March %.
DR.. Kerr, who is moderator of
the Presbyterian church in this
vicinity, is president of the
Presbyterian Board of Christian
Education and has charge of the
national work among young peo-
pie Of the denomination.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
GOU. Roosevelt Due
To Broadcast Mar. II

NEW YORK, March 13 GIN.
SO.-Gov. Franklin D. Roose-
velt's speech on the "The State
and Probation" and other ad-
dresses at the annual luncheon
of the National Probation AS
sociation Tuesday will be broad
cast by the National Broadcast
ing Company.
Sanford Bates, Of Washington,
director of the bureau of
prisoners in the Department of
Justice, will discuss Prison or
Probation for Federal Offenders. ."
The time Of the broadcast is
set for las p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
DriUer Dr1Us Total
OF I2O Daus In Jail

George Baker, alias Richard
Savoy, "a, colored, was given a
total Of 100 days in Jail today
on charges Of assaulting a po-
liceman, driving without a permit
and with defective lights.
Baker is alleged to have as
saulted Policeman Anthony Rich
lit two days ago when the Of
ficer attempted to arrest him at
Fourth and N Streets Northwest.
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as asserted, but contained the
liquor.
Dry Agents Criticized
Declaring the liquor seizure
should never have been brought
to trial, William E. Leahy, lead
ing counsel for the defense, made
the final plea for acquittal
shortly before noon.
Leahy was preceded by Everett
Sanders, former secretary to
President Coolidge, and E. EIil-
ton Jackson of defense counsel,
who briefly laid the groundwork
for Leahy's final appeal.
In a scathing indictment of
the prohibition unit for passing
the buck" Leahy said to the
jury:
you've been sitting here pa
tiently listening to a comedy of
errors. A mountain has been
in travail and a mouse has been
born.
There has been some buck
passing here somewhere. Every
line of evidence you have heard
could have been investigated
previously and the taxpayers
saved their money for the trial
of a case, a move that was
foolish at the outset.
Passed Buck, He Says
"The only answer is that the
prohibition unit has passed the
buck. In the future, when the
prohibition officials mess up a
case, when they are so afraid
to assume the responsibilities
that are rightfully theirs, they
ought not to be allowed to spend
the peoples money washing out
the dirty linen of their own
mistakes and Subjecting the de-
fendant to the ridicuIe and CEN
sure of a nation"
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Irwin Goldstein will close the
prosecutions arguments this after
noon and the jury will receive its
charge.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
REAL OWNERS
SOUGHT IN
BOSTON
Holding Corporation Studied
BY Roberts; Urged to Reach
Bottom in His Investigation
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ownership Of the local gas COM
panies, he will be deprived Of an
important witness.
@. Bowie Chapman, broker
connected with Hartman & Co.,
who instituted suit against con-
Germs connected with the gas
company, sails for Italy today
He will be gone until June and
then plans to go to Maine. The
broker sued for commissions al
legged to be due him as the re-
suit of the sale of the local COM
pany and his suit was recently
settled out Of court.
More Sales Planned
Peoples Counsel Richmond B.
Keech has interviewed Wallace
Damn, 2402 Thirty-seventh st.
N. W., who sued the Seaboard In
vestment Company for commits
sions alleged to be due him as
the result Of the purchase Of the
gas company at Charleston, w.
Va.
He told Mr.. Keech that the in
veStment trust is planning to
take over gas companies at Rich
mond, Harrisburg, Farmville and
Fredericksburg in Virginia and
at Pocona City, Md.
Latest reports from Chicago
apparently verified the statement
that the gigantic Central Public
Service Corporation had taken
over management Of the Wash
ington Gas Light Company, the
Georgetown Gas Light Company,
the Alexandra Gas Company,
and the New York and Richmond
Gas Company, of New York.
When first reports of the
change in management were
made several dyas ago, they were
followed by vigorous denials.
Owns No Stock
The Central Public Service
Corporation, according to the re-
ports, will manage the local COM
panies, but does not own any Of
the stock Of the companies.
The Seaboard Investment Trust,
however, was formed by a group
Of bankers, who are closely
identified with the Central Pub
lie Service Corporation in other
financial deals.
Meanwhile, the Public Utilities
Commission has invoked an order,
effective April /, to compel the
local gas companies to keep
records of revenues derived from
buying and selling appliances
separate and apart from op-
Grating revenues of the COM
panies.
The order instructs the COM
panieS to keep these accounts
under the heading Of income and
expenses derived from non-op-
Grating revenue.
Companies Protested
When the commission sug.
gested this order to the COM
panieS several days ago, the lat
ter replied such an order would
be unjust, unfair and would be
prejudicial to the interest of the
companies. Despite these pro-
tests, the commission has inv Oked
the order.
B. NICK. Bachman, chief ac-
countant of the commission, esti-
mated that the order would re-
suit in a saving of $125,C0C an
1oYYallv f0 consumers He declared
the local commission was the Sec
ond in the country to place such
an order in effect.
Mr.. Roberts has been instruct
ed to "get to the very bottom
Of the tangle involving The owner.
ship Of the local companies, and
is expected to remain IL Boston
four or five days. He is sched-
uied to visit New York before re-
turning to washington.
Anmn ARAF FHAAI
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
HUSBAND STABS
WIFE AS CHILD
LOOKS ON
Mrs. Skinner Fights for Life
With Knife Wound in Back;
Mate Taken to GaIIinger

Sidney Allen Skinner, 81, for
merly a clerk in the State De-
partment, stabbed his wife in the
back last night at their home at
4007 Twenty-first st. N. E. The
wife was seriously wounded
Apparently the victim of a fit
Of temporary insanity, the clerk
sneaked up behind Mrs. Skinner
as she sat writing at a desk and
plunged a silver-handled knife
into her back. Nearby the four.
year r-OId daughter of the couple,
Jane, was playing.
Screams Bring Help
Screams of the injured woman
brought neighbors, who took her
to Homeopathic Hspital. They
also subdued the husband and
called police, who took him to
Gallinger Hospital.
Mrs. Skinner, whose condition
is serious, was treated by DIR.
Charles Browne, who said the
wound probably would not be
fatal. She had improved some.
what early today, but was not yet
out Of danger, hospital authori.
ties said.
Neighbors of the couple said Mr..
Skinner had suffered a. nervous
breakdown recently. He returned
Tuesday from Atlantic City, where
he had gone in the hope of re-
covery.
Had Been Threatened
The knife used on Mrs. Skin
ner was part of a carving set. She
previously had hidden other knives
in the house because of threats,
neighbOrS said.
The couple have three children,
Janet, IL; Jane, 4, and Jim, /.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
DGredeUiLs Steal
Goods at TOD SDeed

SHARON, Pa, March 13.-Two
6aredevils, Of the variety that un-
flinchingly leap from plane to
suto to train, are the objects Of
a police hunt here.
The pair removed from a gro
cery truck travelling 45-niles an
hour two case of merchandise
and escaped.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
Soviet Literature
Subject of Lecture

"The Soviet Challenge in Liter
ature" will be the topic of an ad
dress by V. F. Calverton, author,
critic and lecturer, under the
auspices of the Mercury club
Sunday at 8 p. m. at the Play,
house, 1914 N st. N. w.
Mr.. Calverton has recently re-
turned from a tour of the Soviet
Union. He is considered an
authority on current tendencies
in literature.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
CRAFT CHARGED
IN ANTIQUES
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spect and examine antique, furni-
ture destined for export to the
United States.
Antiques Manufactured
She visited number of fac
tories where such antiques" are
manufactured and faxed. The
wood is artificially aged and
covered with a stain, giving it an
antique patine. The decoration
put on the furniture and brass
handles and other accessories are
subjected to the same taking
process.
AS large shipment of "an-
tiques" was being prepared to
be shipped to her New York en-
ployerS, she was requested by
them to certify before the Ameri-
can consul at Florence and Rome
that they we're originals and true
antiques. Mrs Hughes said she
refused to perjure herself and
informed the American consul Of
the fraud that had been practiced
upon the United States Govern
ment for many years.
For refusing to perjure herself,
Mrs. Hughes claims she was dis
missed by her employers and left
almost pennileSs.
$95.OOO Load Seized
AS soon as the New York i'm
porters got word of the trouble
brewing for themselves they
cabled to their representative in
Italy to be on their guard and to
collect a fund to be used in
fixing" customs officials. Mrs.
Hughes declared that a shipment
valued at $95,000 was detained
at the New York Customs House
as a result of the information
she gave to the American
authorities. The consignment
was placed in a Government ware
house pending investigation of
her charges, she said.
The goods were not long in the
custody of the Government, Mrs.
Hughes charges but were released
on the payment of about 5000
for customs duties when the
amount should have been 10
times as much. Mrs. Hughes
says she has reasons to believe
that money was used to release
the gOods-SOme Of the money
that was collected for the pur-
pose in Italy and New York.
Seeks HOOver's Ear
Upon inquiry at the Treasury
Department, Mrs. Hughes claims,
she was Informed that her in
formation was Of no value. No
reasons were given for making
such a statement, she says, and
she stoutly maintained her posi-
ton that her personal investiga-
ton of the procedure of manu-
featuring antiques was absolutely
correct and undiSputable.
Mrs. Hughes is without any
funds and has a small room in
the 1900 block of Monroe St.
N. W., where she was evicted for
nonpayment of rent. She called
at the White House today hop
ing to see President Hoover and
lay the matter before him in
view of the fact that apparently
nothing is being done by the
Treasury Department to take &C
ton in the matter. She waited
two hours to get an interview,
but failed and finally left in
despair, not knowing what to do
nor where to go.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
"VALUES IN ADVERTISING

Good Values In Advertising
will be the topic of an address by
Allen H. Seed, jr., of New York,
at a meeting of the Advertising
Club of Washington, Tuesday at
1890 o'clock at the National
Press Club.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
Junior Stamp Club
4 VIII Meet TOniUht

Election of officers and discus
sion Of future plans will be the
main business when the Capital
Philatelic Society, newly created
junior stamp organization, meets
tonight in the Thompson School,
Twelfth and L SITS. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
ROCKVILLE PIKE MEET

The Rockville Pike Citizens AS
sociation will hold a meeting at
the residence of Mrs. John A
Holmes, Montrose, Md, Monday
at 8 p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
CONDITION OF TREASURY

The Treasury balance as of
March II, $76,279, ,032.1s; expendi-
lures, $4,1S5, 1852; customs re-
ceipts, $10,847, ,4S2.22.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13

For their comrades killed and wounded
By the armed and ambushed bandits
Who now fall beneath the fire
Of the men of Law and Order.
The Washington times., 1931-03-13
DEN|SON LIQUOR
VERDICT NEAR

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as asserted, but contained the
liquor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-06
Copyright BY The BOssu-Msrrm CO.


At q public dance Martin Forbes.
newspaper man. cuts In on Rhoda
whites dance with Max Lewis.
whom Martin instinctively disllkes.
He overhears q conversation be-
tween Lewis and a woman which
he realizes nicer Rhoda- Sensing
a newspaper story he tells Rhoda
OF a blind ad" inQuiring the where
abouts of "Rhoda Mcfarland" which.
he is convinced. Is the girls real
name She denies it but It's true.
After her mothers death she had
been happy with her father In Cali
fornia, where he was a professor,
until misfortune came. Associated
with the blow was an uncle. VIII.
liam Royce The father brings
Rhoda 20 Chicago. where he ~ ~
gagged I'm mysterious work. Rhoda
becomes a stenographer. The pro-
lessor dies suddenly. vainly trying
TO give her a message about pa
pers" la a trunk. Rhoda takes an
apartment with a fellow-worker,
Babe" Jennings. Martin learns that
the blind ad" advertiser is C. J..
Forster. uncle Of Lewis. Rhoda ad-
mits 20 Martin that her real name
Is Mcfarland A mysterious Claire
Cleveland" asks Rhoda for an in
terview. She asks Rhoda for n pa
ner belonging to her that was IN
the professors possession. Rhoda
promises 20 look for ~ Claire re-
veals knowledge on the trick that
wrecked McFarland's life. The trunk
Il stolen
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-06
Another Side of the Russian
Picture
Picture

An American engineer. Hugh W. Cooper. Is enjoy
ing a vacation In Washington after seven years first
hand observation Of Russia and the Russian scenery.
Cooper was the American engineer Of the Muscle
Shoals dam in World War times. For seven years he
has been supervising a vast soviet power project on
the Dneiper river. He was interviewed by an Asso-
ciated Press correspondent. Speaking Of the church
in Russia he said, More men going to church there
today than right here" Speaking OF Russian marri-
age he said, Legally recognized; divorce is a dis
grace. They started out on a different track, but the
women soon fixed that up" Speaking Of communism.
Embraced by less than one per cent but the one
per cent element is stronger with the 90 per cent than
ever before" Speaking Of unemployment. Russia is
the only country without an unemployment problem.
I've Just come from Germany. and there II Is hell"
Speaking Of forced labor. I've got 10000 Of them
working for me. and I'd like to see someone force
them
A reminder that somewhere In ancient days II was
written. "An men are liars"