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The Washington times., 1931-08-05
GERMAN BANKS
/. NORMAL AF TER
VACATION"
No Signs of Runs During Early
Hours; Futility of Hoarding
Money Realized by People

BERLIN, Aug. 5 0.N.SO.-Ab-
solute calm today featured re-
opening Of Berlin's banks after
a three weeks holiday enforced by
government decree.
There were no signs of runs
during the early hours, and al
though large number of persons
took advantage of the opportun-
ity to withdraw funds, an equal
number made new deposits.
The general attitude among the
people was that money is at least
as safe in the banks as at home,
as in the event of initiation,
boarded money would be virtually
thrown away.
Limitation Of Imports
Fer the time being, 1t was
stated that no foreign exchange
may be used for importation Of
finished goods and numerous for
eign farm and dairy products.
Tobacco was included in i'm
ports considered vital because of
the large government tax levied
on it.
In his radio address, which was
heard in the United States, Chan
cellor Bruening took occasion last
night to state that the limitation
of imports was a temporary ex-
pedient.
Buening Hits Poll
DR.. Bruening deplored the ac-
ton of the Steel Helmets organi-
zation in calling a referendum for
Sunday for the purpose of forcing
election of a new Reichstag, and
declared that he himself would
stay away from the polls. If
majority of other Germans do
likewise the referendum will fail.
DR.. Bruening and Foreign Min
lister Curtius were expected to
leave Berlin for Rome tonight to
confer with Premier Mussolini.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
OUT HUNTING
! CHICKENS, IS
HISTORY
PatroIman, on Vacation,
Victim Of Three Bullets;
Drinking Party Alleged

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behaved politely in the dining
room, but was extremely nervous
He said:
whenever anyone happened
20 touch him, the man would
Jump convulsively.
"SOme Of the patients are,
undoubtedly, dangerous at
times. Davis. 50 far rs 1 know,
was not a drinking man."
The Staying of Poole climaxed
q drinking party in which he and
the four 7 inmates Of the home
were participating, police say
Poole. the father Of two chill.
dren, lived at 3S17 Georgia Ave
N. w.
On Annual Leave
He had a record of IS years
unblemished service on the force.
Recently he had been assigned to
drive a radio scout car Of the
Twelfth Precinct. He was not on
duty when killed. his annual leave
having begun August 2, and was
In civilian clothes. y
Capt. L. I. H. Edwards, per
sonnet officer. ordered that all
flags on precincts and bureaus be
flown at half staff until after the
funeral.
AS police see the events sur,
rounding the Staying, Poole went
to the rendezvous in the woods
about an hour before he was
killed.
Patrick F. O'Connor. bondsman,
told detectives he saw Poole walk
ing beside the stone wall on the
northeast corner of the Soldiers
Home grounds about 4:30 p. m.
Poole was walking rapidly toward
the woods and did not return
O'Connor's salutation, he said.
According to Neal H. Gillis. 55,
one Of the inmates held as q wit
ness. and the only one to give q
lucid account of the shooting,
there was no apparent provOca'
tion for the Staying.
He said he, Poole, Leroy Pyler,
Percy Irving, the latter two also
inmates of the home. and man
named Cummings were sitting
under the trees when Davis Joined
them.
Three Shots Fired
A few minutes later Davis sud-
denly jumped up. firing three
shots in rapid succession, lie said.
One of the bullets struck Poole
in the back of the neck. severing
the spine and cOursing upward
into the brain. Death was instan-
taneous, Deputy Coroner Joseph
Rogers said.
Ali Of the men fled when the
shots were fired. The gun was
found 10 feet from the scene
when detectives began investiga-
ton.
Detectives found Davis sleeping
in a vineyard few hundred
yards from the scene.
Poole is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Theresa Poole; two daugh-
terS, Dorothy Mildred, and
Thelma Virginia; two brothers,
and two sisters.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
B A n K CASHIER
TAKES LIFE

CUMBERLAND. Md, Aug. S.
With two pistols lying before him.
one discharged. Thomas Leslie
Kilroy, AZ, cashier of the First
National Bank Of Homecoming,
near here, was found dead today
in the directors room of the in
stitution.
1t is believed that Mr.. KilrOy,
before taking his life. compared
the two weapons, one the prop
erty of the bank and one his, and
finally selected his own gun to
perform the act.
Officials ordered the bank
closed. Two examiners who we're
called in refused to talk about
the case.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
152 Low CARD
At ST.PAUL

ST. PAUL, Mimi. Aug. 5
uNS0 San Francisco held the
lead in the national public links
golf tournament today when
Charles Ferrara turned in q 76
for an early lead with a total Of
152 for 36 holes.
Close behind was Wesley Cas-
per, Louisville, KY, with 1873 for
the two days and rs for
today's 18.
Other 36-hole scores were e. H.
Hughitt. Buffalo, N. Y, 161, and
w. Thoron, Brooklyn, N. Y, 173.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
1900 Seeking 500
Jobs As Dry Agents

On the closing date for filing
applications for examinations for
prohibition agents last week, H.
900 applications had been re-
ceived. Since there were only a
total of 500 jobs available, this is
considered an index Of several
things-including general unem-
ployment, the desirability Of these
particular jobs and the general
qualifications of Uncle Sam as an
employer.
Considering the increasing edu-
cational and other requisites for
these dry agent posts, the number
of applications is considered even
more remarkable.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
BiIked of $58S,987
Woman Declares

NEW YORK, Aug. S Q,N.S0
Charged with defrauding a woman
of $588,987, Ernest Suffern and
Philip j. Barnes, are to be ar
raigned in court today, facing
grand larceny complaints.
Mrs. Ella De BevoiSe Patter-
son, of Red Bank, N. j., alleges
she was misled in investments,
and stock she turned over to Suf-
fern and Barnes was sold without
authority.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Bankers Scrutinize
German Credits

NEW YORK. Aug. 5 G.N.SO.
New York bankers met today to
study a report on the German
proposals for handling outstand-
ing German short-term credits.
Financiers here said they had
no desire to remove all their
money from Germany, but sought
to provide a workable scheme for
keeping credit in Germany.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Henry ". Marshall
Feted on Birthday

Henry w. Marshall, of the per-
Sonnel office, shipping board, was
given little celebration in his Of
flee last week on his birthday. He
admits to SO years. At any rate,
flowers and good wishes came in
with hopes that he will be there
a long time yet, answering in
quiries about how much leave the
employees still have due them,
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
A NJ \ JOHNSON
SAFE IN KOREA

TOKYO, Aug. S G.N.SO'.-Mak-
ing fast time on the final stages
Of her flight from London to
Tokyo, Miss Amy Johnson, British
aviatrix. arrived at Seoul, Korea,
from Mukden at 1888 a. m. CTokyo
time) today.
With her was her mechanic,
C. C. Humphries.
Miss JohnSon's plane had been
forced down at Khalar. after fly
ing across the mountains from
Chita.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Census Tempo Staff,
Fire Cautious, Drills

Recalling that the old Federal
Trade Commission building was
burned last summer, William M.
Steuart, Director of the Census, is
maintaining a regular system Of
fire drills and instruction to di-
vision chiefs about what to do in
case fire should break out in the
Census Bureaus temporary struc-
ture.
Temporary building C also
houses the Public Health Service
and part Of the Department of
Agriculture. This building, like
the other temporary stucco struc-
lures. has portable fire extinguish-
aES and water buckets.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
LORD READING, 10, TO WED
Private Secretary, 81
Bride Tomorrow of
Ex-Viceroy

LONDON, Aug. 5 GN.S0.-The
engagement was announced to,
day of Lord Reading, former
viceroy Of India, to Miss Stella
Charnaud, for many years his
private secretary. The ceremony
will be performed tomorrow.
Something Of a sensation was
caused by the announcement.
Lord Reading is 70 years old,
and his bride-to-be is 81.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Hot Chicago Hopes
For Canadian Breeze

CHICAGO, Aug. S UN.S0
With another day of temperatures
above the nineties in prospect,
Chicago today looked forward
hopefully to promised relief from
Canada. The mercury was ex-
nected to reach 95 today.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
IO6 Mothers of War
Heroes Sail TOday

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 0.N.SD.
A group of 106 Gold Star Moth
ers are sailing today to view the
war cemeteries Of France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27

There are also the young girls born since
the war, who knives in their belts and re-
volvers in their pockets and try to persuade
themselves that the true, class-conscious prole-
tartan does not wish to detract from her grand
new freedom with silly fripperies But sooner
or later many of these young folks also get
glimrnering of what feminine world may b0
where there is plenty of lipstick and silk under
wear and scents and refreshing powders"
THERE was q little Russian girl Mrs. Grady
] knew who sat at table opposite her at Q
big dinner given for the American specialists
and their wives and Russian friends. young
Britisher who devil among the ladies had
been trying to pay the girl court for q long
time, rather vainly This evening he asked
her, through interpreter, If he might not
see her home after the dinner.
Tell the gentleman am q good girl" she
said, for she had seen much in her short life
and trusted man.
But later Mrs. Grady saw this same girl on
the arm of the young who was a devil
with the ladies, and soon she heard her story:
"Ah. yes Russian friend explained, "he
gave her two pairs of silk boomers and a great,
big bottle of perfume. What girl could hold
out against such prncely presentsi"
But the dearth of those aids to beauty, so
dear to feminine hearts, has prompted more
bootlegging and more ingenuity among Russian
women than any one would believe possible.
Any American leaving Russia Is besieged with
requests to bring back hpsticks, compacts eye
shadow-an the ingredients of the beauty kit.
Mrs. Grady knew one bachelor who was very
eager to oblige He came back with three
trunks full of powders and silk fripperies and
creams and frocks and-since he BACH
elor-he was thoughtful enough to provide
himself with a temporary wife" who pos
sessed" all these things.
THE Soviet official at the border who ex-
] amines trunks looked hard at all the beauty
preparations and burst into protests
But sir" he said you spoil your wife with
50 many gewgaws. Things will be different for
these pampered American women when the
revolution reaches your America"
"Ah yes agreed the bachelor, looking at
his temporary wife, but unless We buy our
women plenty of the gewgaws they viii not
wait for the revolution. They will stage
little revolution of their own!"
And the things were passed, though the
"wife" trembled and Jail very nearly yawned
for the bachelor bootlesger of beauty prepara-
tons.
But Mrs. Grady says this dearth of pretty
things invades the home to make house
keeping ridiculous, now and then. There was
her servant. Natacha. She worked for the
Gradys for three months, wearing sacking tied
with Irvine on her feet for shoes. Then she an
nounced, when get my $50 saved will buy
me pair Of shoes, real American shoes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27

a friend in England asking her 10 send me
three pairs. She did.
ut took me seven days seven trips to the
custom house, much persuasion, all the po-
MticaI influence could muster and the services
of an interpreter, before get these innocent
stockings out Of the customs. And then had
to pay $3.50 pair duty On stockings that
were worth about 81 50.
Now this, as I figure It, is the situation with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27

the Russian woman: There are the middle
class, the hated bourgeoisie, whs remember
what it was. before the war, to wear lovely
things. There are the proletarianS. who never
had anything. but whe, now and then. awaken
to the idea that there are beautiful things in
the world and suddenly-want them pas
Sionately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-27
Fashionable Dress Is
against heLa7c in
BoIshe0iki Land,
and the american
Woman Is Ill but
: Mobbed fmLipstlck
Butts and Her
W0rn- Ont Silk
Hose and indies.
BY HAZEL CANNING.

AOU don't really need to see all OF Rus
+ sia to die laughing.
" II you just catch squint at few
OF the Russian bellies" OF 1881. the
Flower of the Proletariat, in their
gray Tapping gabardine coats-which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01

A scheme to give Washington skaters
three months sport on the mirror pool
near the Lincoln Memorial is under
consideration by influential community
leaders and is expected to bear fruit
possibly this Winter or next.
Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, said today that he was
deeply interested in the scheme which
had been suggested to him about year
ago. At the time, he preached the sub
iect to Lieut.. Col U. S. Grant, Sd,
executive officer of the commission, but
Col. Grant informed him that there
was no money available to secure and
operate the freezing apparatus which
would be necessary. Since that time,
he has borne the scheme in mind, Mr..
Delano said, and yesterday wrote to
e. c. Graham of the Board of Trade
to sound out the sentiment of WASH
ington's business people on the propos-
ton.
Mr.. Delano said that there are two
schemes of securing a considerable ex-
tension of skating facilities. One,
which would cost nothing at all, would
be to practically empty the pool at
night in freezing weather and let a
small layer of ice form on the bottom.
Then the pool could be built up, layer
by layer, with ice each succeeding night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01
EIGHT i. s. MARINES.
SLAIN BY BANDITS.
Two Others Are Seriously
Wounded in Clash in
NiCaraguan Mountains.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A report Of an engagement with
bandits in the mountainous regions of
Nicaragua in which eight Marines were
killed and two seriously wounded yes
terday was received today by the Navy.
Brig. Gen. John T. Myers said the
battle occurred about IL miles north of
Ochatal and no details had been re-
ceived. He said apparently a Marine
detachment had been ambushed.
He said first sergeant was among
those reported dead and the rest were
privates. The two seriously wounded
and other slightly wounded are being
evacuated by airplane.
The report was received from the
brigade commander at Managua
The Navy Department said the eight
killed were: Sergt. A. M. Palrang of
Fort Lyon, Colo; Pvts. Irving w. Aron,
Brooklyn; Lambert Bush, Bay Minette,
Ala; E. E. Elliott, Des Moines, Iowa;
j. A. Harbaugh, Washington Pa; Frank
Kosieradski, Buffalo: Richard j. Litz,
Indianapolis, Ind, and Joseph A. Nc
Carly, Chillicothe, Mo.
The two seriously wounded were:
Frank Austin Jackson, Lswrenceville,
Ga, and Mack Hutcherson. Shreve-
port, La.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01
STRIKE IS ORDERED
FOR WELSH MINES
Half Million Face Suffering
as 10000 Men Quit
at Midnight.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associat ted Press.
CARDIFF, Wales, January New
Year day dawned bleak and cherries
in the great South Wales coal mining
area, with 10000 miners thrown out
of work by a general strike edict which
became effective at midnight.
simultaneously with an order by the
Miners Federation for its members not
to report for work today, the owners
issued directions for the mines to be
locked to all workers who refused to
accept the owners terms.
Half Million Face Hardship.
Unless new negotiations which the
South Wales Cancellation Board hopes
to open Saturday between owners and
workers are successful the 10000 min
ers and their families, estimated to
number more than half a million per-
sons, face hardship and suffering.
1t has been suggested that the gov
eminent, If it cannot force an agree
ment, may declare state of emergency
and take over the pits temporarily.
Negotiations between the owners and
miners, who have struggled unavailingly
over disputes Of hours and wages, reach
ed deadlock last night as temporary
agreement expired.
Representatives of the ministry of
mines made last-minute effort to
ward off the threatened tie-up, but
without success. The owners refused
to confer with workers representatives
and said nothing could be accomplished
unless the workers accepted cut in
wages to accompany proposed work
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01
HOOVER ASKS STRANGERS
TO BREAKFAST WITH HIM
Two Men Shivering at
Gate for Reception
Are Invited.
FIRST WERE FEARFUL
Others Follow to Form
Annual Line to Shake
Presidents Hand.

Throwing formal White House social
precedents to the winds. the President
of the United States today made him
self an impromptu breakfast host to
two bewildered strangers, who had fore
gone their regular morning meals and
braved biting wind to be first in line
at the New Year day reception.
IF there are two men who are as
anxious to see me as all that" Presi-
dent Hoover announced when informed
of the shivering pair at the White
House portals, Il will not keep them
waiting out there in the cold any
longer. Bring them in"
Whereupon Secretary Lawrence
Richie, who had seen the men as he
arrived for early morning medicine ball
practice with the President, Associate
Justice Stone and Interior Secretary
Wilbur, directed a White House police
man to carry out the Presidents order
Amazed by Invitation.
When the officer approached the
men, who had been at the gates since
daylight. their first thought was that
thsy were to be ordered away until the
regular reception hour of l o'clock.
Their amazement may be imagined
when the policeman informed them,
however, that President Hoover wanted
to see them in the White House at once.
The visitors, Charles T. Ruby, a
trainman at the Washington Terminal,
and Arthur DeMars, an insurance man,
Continued on Page 8, Column a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01
DEATH OF JOFFRE
DENIED IN PARIS
Early Report of MarshaI's
Demise Declared Officially
to Be in Error.

By the Associated Press
PARIS, January 1.-The oficial
French news agency, Havas, issued a
denial this afternoon of a report that
Marshal Joffre had died.
The marshal, who has fought his way
past death through sheer vitality for
the past 10 days, outlived even an APP
parently official report that he had died
at noon today.
The report was flashed across the
world, but few minutes later an official
bulletin issued by his five physicians
said the marshal was still alive, resting
easily although pulse and respiration
were not normal.
False Report Accepted.
The first report of his death, which
had been expected momentarily for the
past week, came little after noon. It
was accepted without question, for the
rugged old hero's amazing vigor had
baff1ed his doctors and they had ex-
pected that he would reach the end of
his resources at any minute.
At little after l o'clock the doctors
issued their official denial that the pa
tent had died.
Premier's Aide Reads Denial.
The secretary to Theodore Steeg,
premier Of France, accompanied by
member of the staff of President
'~Symergue, stood at the top of the hos
pltal steps while the great crowd out
side listened eagerly and read the ON
cial communique denying the report of
the marshal's death.
One Of the holy brothers, speaking
for the father superior of the hospital,
told the Associated Press a few minutes
later that Marshal Joffre was still
alive but in very grave condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01
THREE MONTHS SKATING ON POOL
BY ARTIFICIAL FREEZING URGED
Feasibility of WinterLong Sport at Lincoln Memorial
Being Investigated

until there would be a sufficient guam
tity of ice so that warm weather would
simply result in melting a little ice on
the top.
The second scheme, which is in use
in many cities in Europe, in few towns
in Oregon, and also in Seattle, Wash,
is to lay pipes of freezing mixture IN
the pool, freeze the water and keep 1T
frozen during the three Winter months.
Mr.. Delano said that in his letter
to Mr.. Grant he inquired what business
sentiment here would be as to the en-
ployment of an engineer for making a
survey of the feasibility of establishing
the second system in the mirror pool.
THE idea is personal with me and Is
not the plan of the commission" Mr..
Delano said, land it is not even original
with me. It was suggested to me by
gentleman who had observed how these
pools operate. in Europe and more re-
Gently was strongly urged by promi-
nent ex-Representative, formerly a
chairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee. can see no possible objection.
The scenery would not be marred by
any ugly machinery and the entire
apparatus would be concealed. The
effect would be the development of
Washington as a Winter reSert and a
substantial addition to it's existing at
fractions in the Spring and summer
time" e.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-01
HUGH c. WALLACE,
EX-ENvOY, EXPIRES
Former Ambassador to Paris
Was 67-FuneraI Plans
Not Completed.

Hugh Campbell Wallace, former
Ambassador to France, died at 9:40
o'clock this morning at his residence,
1900 Massachusetts avenue. He was
81 years old.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed.
Heart disease, with which Mr.. WAL
lace had been afflicted for some time,
was the cause of death. He had been
confined to bed for several weeks.
Mrs. Wallace and a niece, who resides
in Paris, France, were with him at the
end.
ACTIVE in Politics.
Active in councils of the Democratic
party for many years, Mr.. Wallace was
said to have entered politics merely for
the pleasure he derived from it, He
never sought public Office, and although
nominations as Governor and United
States Senator were frequently offered
to him, he consistently refused to run
FOR Office. His public service consisted
of two years as receiver Of public
moneys of Utah, to which he was APP
pointed by President Cleveland, and as
United States Ambassador to France
from 1919 to 1921. to which post he
was named by President Wilson.
Mr.. Wallace was elected member of
the Democratic National Committee
from Washington in 1892 and again
in 1896, but resigned before complet-
ing his second term. He was elected
again in 1916. He was chosen fire.
quently as delegate to the Democratic
National Conventions and took an &C
tive part in the campaigns of 1912 and
1916, in which Woodrow Wilson was
elected President. During the Wilson
administration it was said that Mr..
Wallace was closer to the President
than any other Westerner and in a
sense was an adviser of the President
on affairs concerning the Western part
of the country.
Born in Missouri.
Born in Lexington, Mo, February 10,
1868, Mr.. Wallace was educated in
public and private schools there. He
had resided since 1887 at Tacoma,
Wash, where he was prominent in
real estate and banking.
During the rush to the Klondike gold
fields in 1897 Mr.. Wallace organized the
Washington and Alaska Steamship Co..
Later, with his brother, he organized
the Fidelity Trust Co. of Tacoma, which
was consolidated with the Bank Of
California in 1919.
January 5, 1891, Mr.. Wallace married
Mildred Fuller, daughter of Melville
W. Fuller, late Chief Justice of the
United States. Mr.. Wallace was a men,
Der of a number of clubs at Tacoma,
New York and Washington as well as
several in Paris, including the Jockey
Club.