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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-27
BISHOP CANNON
 BANK ACCOUNTS
 ARE PORED OVER
Transfers of Funds From One Record to Another Were Turned Up Yes- terday
By THOMAS l.. STOKES SrInited Press Correspondent)

Washineton. Aug 27. (UP)-ln- yestigation of Bishop James Can- nor's campaign against Alfred F. smith in 1928 promised to take a lively turn to-day.
 Summoned before the Nye sem ate committee were E. c. Jameson, Nav York capitalist whose $85,5oo contribution to the Virginia anti smith democratic campaign start. ed the long-drawn out inquiry, ana Ada l.. Burroughs. the Bishops secretary who defied the committee and refused to testify on her last
 The committee anticipated some fireworks as & change from the hearing yesterday, when 1t pored over a string of bank accounts or the Virginia bishop. Another bank CT also was called to-day, F. r. Ferguson, of the Hudson bank, Trenton, N. J., he will be askeo about a mysterious account In Virginia bank which was Iapeied 'ile A" by the committee.
 Jameson has been out or the picture since he first revealed 10 the Caraway lobby committee ms $s5,3O0 contribution.
 Mlbb buTTOuEho, Ah " %SP~ with the clerk of the house Of rep resentatives February II, l32o, noted receipt of only $17,000.
 Both she and Jameson are ex- pected to he asked about the dif- ference and why 1t was not re- ported.
 A mass of records was presented yesterday by bankers from Wash ington, D. C., and several Virginia cities where Bishop Cannon had accounts.
 It revealed transfers of funds from one sort of account to an- other, from Cannon's anti-Smith campaign fund to his personal ac- count, from his personal account to an account in which he appear ed as executor of q Virginia wom- ans estate.
 Chairman Nye of the committee asserted the banking data when put together "purports to reveal not alone the shifting of money from one bank account to another but diversion of campaign money to private accounts"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-27

Judged lost her job - and thus 1t has gone.
 Yet about the city they'll tell you that you haven't heard noth- ing yet, big boy! The real soup will begin to break at the next open hearing"
 Meanwhile. Mayor James Walker has gone to Germany for his health, and again the chatter has gone around that things in Man. haitian will "sure be unhealthy"
 One of the major figures at the time and likely to be in the imme- ditae future--is former horse- doctor, William F. Doyle by name. And while this department gener- ally steers clear of politics in pre- senting the varied phases of New York life, there is a definite New York flavor about the matters in which Dr Doyle's name is men, tioned.
 More, than 20 years ago, when horses were horses - and there were some--Doyle, being 6 veter- marian, got q city job looking after the fire departments charg- CTS. He graduated to . high post in the fire department and became head of the fire prevention bu- re., n city committee.
 Now 1t so happens that there is A body known as the board of standards and appeals. For New York being what 1t is there are innumerable things one can and can't do in the way of building and repairing and zonins. So this
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-27

board of appeals was created. It's a sort of court to hear special cases. For instance, one gentle- man may be seeking to use cer- tain type of material never before used in a building. Or another may want to open a type of business in zone where building and fire law prohibit.
 Doyle, after leaving his old poli- tical job, began to appear for such claim -presenters, and soon was quoted as making between hun- dred and two hundred thousand dollars a year.
 Seemingly, there were any num- Der of people ready to pay for the privilege of having their claims properly presented.
 And whats on the minds of the seabury committee just now is how many officials got neat slices of change for granting various con- sessions; who were they. if any; how much they got; why high sums are paid for presenting their ciaims--and many another ques- ton which presents itself.
 And because Doyle was spe- cial pleader, they've been trying to get him In a corner to do lot of fancy answering. He has man. aged pretty regularly to escape answering any and all questions.
 But there are advance rum blings that. whatever he does.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-27
COLORADO COAL
 PRICES LOWEST IN TWENTY YEARS
United Mine Workers of America and N0n-UniOn Miners Have Started Great Price War
BY WILLIAM IT. BAILEY United Press Stan Correspondent

BY WILLIAM IT. BAILEY
 United Press Stan Correspondent)
 Denver, Colo. Aug 27--A price war unequalled even in the turbu- lent history ot the Colorado coal fields appeared emminent today.
 With coal prices in Colorado al- ready at point said to be the lowest in 20 years, non-union op- orators were reported preparing to meet the challenge of the United Mine Workers of America and the Rocky Mountain Fuel company. The latter have declared an unique cooperative agreement to maintain wages at 1929 levels, and to mine and market coal to meet any prices set by the non-union operators Of the state.
 The battle, if 1t comes, will place the Rocky Mountain Fuel against such DO rtions of the world as are involved in the Colorado coal fields.
 Competitive non-union compan- les in the northern field, where the Rocky Mountain Fuel operates its mines, already have instituted one reduction of from 50 to 75 cents per ton. wholesale price. This re- duction came just prior to the an- nouncement of 25 per cent mine wage cuts by the Colorado Fuel and Iron company, controlled by the Rockefeller interests, and five oth- CTS of the states largest operators
 Ostensibly, there have been no price cuts since that time. Opera tors maintain the wage cuts were made necessary by the low price or coal. extreme competition, ana general business conditions. Their price lists, they declare. are the lowest in two decades.
 It is common practice through out the coal industry in Colorado however, to make Special reduc- lions" and "discounts" from pup
 labor organizations throughout the state charge the large opera tors with having cut coal prlces voluntarily as an excuse TOT suose- auent wage slashes. ,..
 Miss Josephine Roche, president of the Rocky Mountain Fuel com, many. in a statement to the ohlte9 Press, declared her company woulo meet any price set by the non-union operators. She said this was .o "meet the price war by wnlcn .ne non-union operators are attemptlns to break down the union wage scale" The statement indicated ner acceptance of the labor viewpoiht.
 Union operators maintain the price cuts were forced upon tnen.
 Unbiased neutrals see the price WAS as a battle between two sides of industria thought--with the highly unionized and employe,co, onsratiye Rocky Mountain Fuel company on one side, and the non union capitalistc system on the other.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-27
In New York

New York.--Extremely little seems to be trickling through the countrysides about New York's current scandals, the result of one of the most thorough and honest and devastating investigations in Manhattan history.
 Whereas Legs Diamond, some- what petty beer baron. is becom- ing known from coast to coast. his petty dealings are as small change as compared to the figures regu- larly dragged out by Mons Heabury, who heads the New York investi- gators.
 All of which is of particular import at the moment because seabury's "open hearings'' are soon to start. Through the sum- mer months, his investigators have been questioning hundreds of witnesses behind closed doors and going through thousands of pages of city Recommendation, Bank books of officials have been examined. judges have been shown to have bought their jobs; some have resigned, some have disap- peared: minor officials have ended kheir lives; Tammany has per- Dnired freely and uacomfortably; unbelievable conditions in the vice, squad have been barred; un- fortunate girls were prcyed upon, it was revealed; the sole woman
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-27
HERO BUS DRIVER

Memphis.--L. H. Byrd, driving a loaded passenger bus, turned out from behind hay wagon to see another car speeding directly at him from the other direction. Byrd swung off the road. the bus and it's 32 passengers toppling over. Before 1t fell, however. Byrd in . flash opened broad door on the side of the bus. The door served as a prop and held the bus upright until the passengers unloaded.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-27
CANARY DOCTOR.

Memphls---Mrs Ethel Lawrence is a doctor, but on a scale and to canaries only. She repairs dis located hips, broken backs, closed windpipes and other bird ailments. She has been in the bird business for 30. Years and her fame has spread all over the country. She is an expert at restoring voices of canaries.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-27
WELCOME DRlJNKS

Youngstown. O--Edward Welsch superintendent of the police sta- ton, is in favor of having drunks remain at the local station instead of moving them off to the county jail. He estimated that the city will lose $1S.500 year in labor furnished by the trunks working out their fines.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-27

there will be plenty of talk about when Seabury opens up again.
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The Washington times., 1931-05-19
CHECK CAREER
ENDS IN JAIL

William R. Thorne, of Rocky
Mount, N. c., who police say had
planned to flood Washington with
bad checks and then leave the
country, today was sentenced to
18O days in Jail on a charge Of
passing a $50 spurious check in
1928 at the Mayflower Hotel.
Thorne was arrested several
days ago in a printing establish
ment on Ninth Street where, it is
said, he was having number of
checks printed. These checks,
according to police, purported to
be issued by a New York firm
and it is alleged that Thorne told
police he planned to cash them
and flee. The checks bore recon-
mendations which would give
them a genuine appearance, it
was said.
Thorne was arraigned in court
Immediately after his arrest and
was sent to Gallinger Hospital
for mental observation by Judge
Gus A. Schuldt. The hospital re-
ported the man sane.
Assistant District At torney
Michael Keogh informed the
court that Thorne is wanted in
Norfolk, Va, on charge OF
transporting a stolen automobile
from one State to another.
The Washington times., 1931-05-19

contest of his ring adventures. 1t
had long been his boast he could
beat Kid Egan, then one of
Washington'S toughest and most
scientific lightweight fighters.
The Cunningham challenge was
finally accepted and purse was
hung up for this grudge battle.
1t was fought on a Thanksgiving
Day at Ardmore and is still re-
called by sportsmen as one of
the most vicious and bitter
battles in local ring history. Cum
ning1am lost, but not until he
had given his opponent a terrific
beating.
An aftermath of the Egan-
Cunningham fight was that the
winner developed trouble with
his eyes and eventual blindness,
attributed to the pummeling he
took in the ArdmOre melee. Later,
Egan, cropping around helpless at
The Washington times., 1931-05-19
TaHey Day played Tag
With Police for Years

Talley Day, small-time racketeer
and gambler, shot to death early
Monday, had been in trouble with
Washington police for a number
of years.
He figured in the mysterious
death of Jack" Grady, small-time
gambler here, at a wild party on
Fourteenth Street, several years
ago, and was charged with Grim
inal assault on the complaint of
Muriel Pyeatt, beauty shop
operator in Mt. Rainier, Md, in
August, 1880.
Girl Filed Charge
The girl charged that Day ard
George Godfrey, then living in
the vicinity of Fourth and G.
Streets Northwest, had taken her
to a party in a Maryland road
The Washington times., 1931-05-19
STRAYER' s WINS
FARE FIGHT

The Public Utilities Commission
has deciedd more than 100 stu
dents attending Strayer's Business
College are entitled to the bene-
fits of the students Scent car fare
and has directed car companies to
place the reduced fare books on
sale in the institution.
The action was taken after the
school, through P. j. Harman, its
director, recently filed a protest
with the commission, complaining
of discrimination in permitting
other students under 18 at public
and parochial schools to purchase
the student tickets and failing to
place Strayer's school on the list.
The commission also authorized
the Capital Traction Company to
renew it's tracks on Pennsylvania
Avenue Southeast from Eighth
Street to Seventeenth Street. Work
will be started on this project by
the company within the next few
days.
The Washington times., 1931-05-19
BEREAVED PAIR
BESEECH AID

Mr.. and Mrs. Farley Gray, of
washington, parents of 2-year-old
Jeanne, who died in Emergency
Hospital last Friday from injuries
received in an automobile COLI
sion in Lorton Valley, Va, are
appealing to two young men who
assisted them following the crash
and took them to the Fort Hum
phreys Hospital in their car, for
further aid.
Confused as the result of the
crash and suffering from cuts
and bruises themselves, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gray failed to obtain the
names of the persons in the
oher machine or the license num-
Der of the car.
The men who came to their as
sistance were driving a Chrysler
coupe bearing District tags. They
are requested to telephone Lin
coin 1971-J between S and 7
D. m tonight.
The Washington times., 1931-05-19
Cunningham Sought Ring
Fame In His Youth

The bullet which ploughed it's
way into Johnny Cunningham
brought down one of the pictures
que characters of Washington's
gangland.
In his youthful days, Johnny
Cunningham was known as a
fighter, in every sense of the
word. It was his boast that he
could lick any man his weight
in Washington and he tried to
prove it by an active ring Ca
reer.
He met with Indifferent sue
cess as lightweight pugilist, but
did earn the reputation of being
a terror in gang fight" where
everything was legal.
Out of these chapters in his
history he collected "cauliflOwer
ears" and those facial souvenirs
charact cristic of fighters.
About Is years ago, he en-
gagged in the most memorable
The Washington times., 1931-05-19
LEGAN ANGLE
!
CONCERN
AuStro-German Combine to
Be Closely Scanned; Russia
Makes Demands

GENEVA, May 10 0N.S0 BY
q unanimous vote the council of
the League of Nations today re-
ferred the Austro-G German GUS
toms pact to the World Court at
The Hague for a juridicial opin-
ion on its legality.
The vote was cast after brief
debate, in which Foreign Minister
Edouard BeneS, of Czechosloyakia,
reiterated his opposition to the
pact.
Curtius Anxious
DIR. Julius CurtiuS, German for
eign minister, told the council
that if the World Court approved
the agreement there would be no
grounds for the charge that, by
its formulation, Germany and
Austria were endangering Euro
pean peace.
This allegation was made by
Aristide BRAND, foreign minister
of France, in a speech condemn
ing the proposal.
Consideration of proposal by
Foreign CommiSsar Maxim Lit
vinoff of Soviet Russia for the
cessation of economic aggression
by nations was expected to re-
ceive the further attention of the
delegates.
Move Is Surprise
Litvinoff's conciliatory appeal
for greater amenities in trade,
when he offered one more pact
for the consideration Of the
League, aStounded the members.
The Washington times., 1931-05-19
GIVEN
VILLA ROMA

Villa Roma, road house and
night club, located on the Rock,
vile Pike, today was granted a
license to operate for one year
under certain restrictions which
were not made public.
Issuance of the license was au.
thorized by the commissioners of
Montgomery county, action fol
lowing a prolonged hearing at
which a number of protests
against the establishment we're
aired.
Chief among those opposing the
renewa' o. the license was the
proprietor of the Waverley Sani-
tarium, located 900 yards away,
who co-tended that the noise
from the place disturbed patients
at the institution.
Fran Abo is owner of Villa
Roma, and, in pleading for re-
newal of his license, told the COM
misSioners that he had invested
all his life savings in the place.
The Washington times., 1931-05-19
MED|CS PONDER
FLYING RISKS

Aviation risks was the principal
topic at the twenty-first annual
meeting of the medical section OF
the American Life Convention
which opened a three-day session
today at Wardman Park Hotel.
DR.. Louis Hopewell Bauer, con-
sulting specialist in aviation medi.
cine, spoke on "The Hazards of
Aviation"
DR.. Lawrence G.. Sykes, and
Floyd S. Prothero, of the Trevelers
Insurance Company, led general
discussion.
The convention was opened
with an address by Attorney Gen.
eral William D. Mitchell. Other
speakers included DR.. William
Gerry Morgan, Washington. Char
les B. Robbins, president Of the
American Life Convention, and
DR.. Robert L. Rowley, president OF
the Association of Life Insurance
Medical Directors CT America.
The Washington times., 1931-05-19

house, made improper advances
and assaulted her.
The two men cOuntered her
charge with one of larceny, claim
ing she had stolen GOdfrey's
clothing, jewelry and money.
The two men we're held under
$4,000 bond in connection with
the case, later ignored by the
grand jury. while the girl was
unable to obtain bond on the lar
ceny charge which was finally
dropped and she spent the night
in Jail at Blandensburg.
Spent Time In Jail
Day was held for investigation
in connection with the death Oi
Grady, killed under mysterious
circumstances by a fall in a house
on Fourteenth Street near r
Northwest.
The Washington times., 1931-05-19

his home, stumbled down a flight
of stairs to his death.
Johnny Cunningham then be-
came a Ninth Street hanger-on,
frequenter of the territory
known as "Snow HILL" where
drug addicts were accustomed to
gather.
He was under the scrutiny OF
the police constantly and was
several times arrested for pos
Sessing guilty knowledge of the
narcotic trade.
And Still Boosted
It was always his boast that
he was a better man physically
than any Washington policeman,
and a number of times he at
tempted to prove his claim by
actual encounter. Out of these
arguments he invariably emerged
second best, bearing the marks
of uneven battle.
In sporting circles he was in
variably suspect" Where gam
blers gathered, the Cunningham
reputation was for being a police
"informer,'' and many times
there were threats to "get him. :"
The Washington times., 1931-05-19
CIRCUS LURES
RECORD CROWD

With two performances sched-
uled for today, Ringing Brothers
and Barnum & Bailey's circus
will close its engagement for this
year in the Capital.
Thousands of WaShingtonians
yesterday gathered on the lot,"
Fifth Street and Florida Avenue
Northeast, to attest the popu-
larity of the "big show" At the
afternoon performance the $4,000
seats in the big top were packed,
and at night more than 1000
were turned away.
Disappointment reigned in the
White House at circus time, wher
Herbert Hoover, Sd, heard the
decree of Capt. Joel T. Boone,
White House physician, that he
must remain in bed with a cold.
Mrs. Hoover decided that Peggy
Ann. Herbert's sister, must also
remain home.
The Washington times., 1931-05-19
500 Acres Leased
For Game PreSerUe

CUMBERLAND, Md, May 10.
The State game preserve acreage
in Allegheny county was in
creased from TOT acres to 1907
acres yesterday under an agree
ment for the lease of 800 acres ad-
joining the Billmeyer preserve.
The newly leased land was OBJ
tanned through an agreement
with Mark Smith and his son,
Harvey Smith, by E. Lee Le->
Compile, State game warden.
The Washington times., 1931-05-19
I5-YeGr-OId Pupil
Faces Murder Trial

NEW YORK.. May 10 Q.N.SO
A 15-year-old schoolboy was to go
on trial today in New York on a
murder charge. He is Myron
Junior" Hess, charged with kill
ing Solomon Balowitz, a tailor,
during a holdup.
Attorneys for the boy will fight
the death penalty on the ground
of the defendants age.
The Washington times., 1931-05-19
Dunbar Pupils Offer
Shdkespedrean PLau

Shakespeare's LAS You Like It"
was presented by the Dunbar
High School dramatic club last
night under the direction of Miss
Mary Burrill, teacher of dra-
maticS.
The cast included Odessa Un-
herwood, Eva williams, Ernest An
derson, Laura Mitchell, William
Wormley, Albert Weldon, Joseph
Cole, Bernard Ruffin, Willis
Washington, Maurice Gates, Ed
ward Smith, Kelsey Pharr, George
Brown, Haskell Gaines, Alonzo
Caldwell, Robert Brown, Alfred
Neal, Wilbert Edmonds and Grace
Minor.
The Washington times., 1931-05-19
G.. w. Schedules NeU
Government Courses

Special courses in the George
Washington University School of
Government will be held this sum-
fner to inaugurate The university's
celebration of the bicentennial. it
was announced yesterday.
Students of Latin-American re-
lations will be given courses by
DR.. Leo S. Rowe, of the Pan-Amer-
lean Union.