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The Washington times., 1931-12-23
TRACK
KILLER Of
MARIAN
Mob Hysteria Heightens as
Boy Neighbor Of Victim
Is Found Missing

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Dec. %
(I.N.S.).-While police tand
detectives were working des-
perately to solve the fatal
criminal attackMpon 6;;year-old
Marian McLean, another Ahild
an 11-year-old boy-was re-
ported missing, possibly kid
naped, from the neighborhood
where the Mclean girls mutt
lated body was found yester-
day.
The latest missing child is vii.
liam Hornsby.
He disappeared from $40 East
Twelfth st. Tuesday afternoon,
Marian's body was found in the
basement Of q tenement house at
:42S, East Twelfth st.
- Lived with Suspect
The tenement house from which
the Hornsby boy disappeared is
the residence of one of the men
being grilled by authorities in
connection with the Mclean mys.
terry, it was said.
Investigation in the Mclean
case was centered about the dis
covery in the room of one of
three suspects of slender black
belt similar to one Marian was
wearing when she was kidnapped
last Thursday.
Police guarded the suspects
name carefully, fearing the wrath
of the city and threats of vio-
lence. It was understood, how
ever, that the man is known to
Charles Bischoff, who discovered
Marian's body in his dimly-lighted
cellar yesterday.
Although confronted with the
declaration by police that the
belt was in his room, the suspect
denied having seen it before, de-
tectives said.
Marian's sad-eyed, grief-bur-
dened mother. Mrs. Mildred Nc
Lean, was to be shown the belt
and asked whether it was the one
her daughter wore about her tiny
waist when she last saw her.
Two Others Held
In addition to this man other
suspects we're man arrested last
year on charges of molesting
small girls and another taken into
custody because he was. eXtraor-
dinarily familiar with the sur
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The Washington times., 1931-12-23
WALKER ASKED
TOFACE QUIZ

NEW YORK, Dec. % G.N.SJ.
The Hofstadter committee was
thrown into turmoil at the open
ing of the session today when
Senator John j. McNaboe, Demo-
cratic member, demanded that
Mayor Walker be subpenaed i'm
mediately to protect his integ-
rity."
Senator McNaboe's demand
came as an aftermath of the tes-
timony given yesterday by Helm
rich Schuengel, resident director
of the North German Lloyd, who
declared that after his meeting
with Mayor Walker the mayor
had frequently assured him that
two leases he sought for his COM
pany on the North River would
go through.
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
DUE
IN LEGS
KILLING
SIayers' Capture Expected
In 48 Hours, New York
State Prosecutor Says

ALBANY, N. Y, Dec. %
(I.N.S. ARREST of the slayers
Of Jack (Legs) Diamond in
New York within 48 hours is
expected, District Attorney
John T. Delaney announced
here today after a conference
with detective from that city.
Refusing to divulge the identity
of the detective who came here
and conferred witt. him. the Al
bany prosecutor said: 2
I'VE have good reason to be-
lieve that the Diamond killers
will be taken into custody in
New York city within a short
time" 5.
Diamonds killers have Been
traced to New York by means Of
the gun found iI1, a churehyard
a block from the rooming house
where the gangster was shot to
death.
Albany authorities are certain
that enemies of Diamond were
tipped off, less than an hour be
fore the gangster was killed, thai
he was drunk and unguarded in
his rooming house. They vert
bending every effort today tt
find the tipoff man.
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
Japanese Attack
Chinese Troop Train

PIEPING, Dec. % I.N.S.)
Japanese troops opened fire today
on a Chinese armored train at
the Tienchuangtan station, 10
miles west of Yinkow, it was an
nounced at military headquarters
here. The Chinese returned the
fire, the engagement lasting for
several hours.
Chinese military authorities
pointed out that the japanese
could not have mistaken a mill
tary train for bandits and ex-
pressed fears the Japanese had
begun a drive to occupy Yinkow,
kupangtze, Tahushan, Tungliao,
and the railways connecting them,
: If not Chinchow itself,
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
'ANNESIA GIRL
To GET REST

PROVIDENCE, R. l., Dec: %
SO.-Once again today the
movements of Miss Virginia Pen
field, 10, Columbus, Ohio, heiress,
were cloaked in secrecy.
She and her father, Clare j..
Penfield, chain store owner, who
came here when his daughter
was found after being missing
four days, had left for an un-
announced destination.
Penfield said he would not
take the girl, whom he found
suffering from amnesia, to her
home but to some quiet place
where she could rest.
Overstudy while attending Mary
Lyons School, Swarthmore, Pa,
was blamed by Penfield for the
strange vanishing from Philadel-
phia last week of Virginia. She
was identified here after register
ing at a hotel as "B. Scott,
CHICAGO"
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
Cantonese Planning
New China Reqime

NANKING. Dec. % G.N.SJ.
China today faced the task of
finding herself government fol
lowing the designations en- masse
Of the cabinet and the departure
from the city of Chang Kai-Shek,
who resigned as President last
week and later was named as a
strong possibility to resume his
post.
Cantonese leaders held a calm
plenary session today at which
they declared a new government
would be chosen within three
days.
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
CEREMELE

LOS ANGELES, Dec. % G.N.S.J
Ambushed, Marvin Hart, Chicago
boctlegger and racketeer, was
shot and killed today by two men
who escaped in a fast automobile.
Police know Hart as former
member of the Chicago gang of
Bugs" Moran.
Hart also had been questioned
in connection with the $4,000
kidnapping of Zeke CareSs, Tia
Juana gambler.
He also is known by police to
have been friendly with frankie
Foster, Chicago gangster now in
Los Angeles.
Hart was murdered at the rear
of his costly home.
He was on five years probation
following a recent plea of guilty
to violating the Volstead act.
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
ACQU|TTAL SEEN
FOR ANDRE

RENO, New, Dec. % Q.N.SO
Acquittal by Christmas.
That was the prediction openly
made throughout Reno today for
DR.. Carl Pierre Andre, 29-year-old
West Virginia dentist, on trial for
murder.
Andre is charged with hurting
to her death his small, blonde
fiancee, Mrs Martha Hutchinson,
so that he would be free to make
love to another woman-a young
Reno stenographer, Mrs. Clare
Stotts.
The prediction was based on the
uproar precipitated in Judge
Thomas F. Moran's court when
counsel for the accused man
openly charged that the prosecu'
ton had sought to compromise
and allow Andre to plead guilty
to involuntary manSlaughter.
The uproar assumed such pro;
portions Judge Moran was forced
to recess court.
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
RELATIVES
FORSAKE
Gull TY
PAIR
None in Court to Voice Plea
at Judges Invitation;
New Trial Denied

Harry N. Riley and his wife,
Elsie, convicted of keeping
little Edith Riley, 13, in a
closet for nearly four years,
today were sentenced by JUS
tice F. D. Let's in District
Supreme Court to serve two
years each in the penitentiary
and to pay $3.50 fines.
The sentence meted out was
the maximum which could be
imposed under the law.
BIames Both Parents
Before pronouncing the SEN
tence, Justice Let's said:
II Will say that the evidence
In this case ig 50 COnClusive
and revealing 10 cOmmOn sense
and justice which is enter
tained by ordinary persons with
respect to the care of children,
that will mete out the full
measure of punishment pre-
Scribed by law.
"The evidence shows Mrs.
Riley was the dominating one
in the home, and the evidence
shows that the cruelty alleged
was her cruelty, but that does
not excuse Mr.. Riley in any
way"
An unusual feature of today'S
courtroom scene was the fact
that none of the Rileys children
and none of their relatives was in
court to hear sentence pro-
nounced.
In this connection, Justice Let's
called attention to the fact that
some of the relatives Of Mrs.
Riley had called in person and
had also telephoned to him in
his office in regard to the case.
He said:
No One Voices Plea
But 1 believe that matters
of this kind should be tried in
the courtroom, and that If
there are any relatives Of the
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The Washington times., 1931-12-23
BANDIT HORDE
ROUTED BY
7. TROOPS
Battles in North Kill Many;
Forces in South Prepare
For ChinchoW Capture

MUKDEN, Dec. % I.N.S.).
Japanese troops have occupied
the Chinese city Of Newchang,
25 miles north of the station
of Newchang, on the south
Manchuria railway, it was an
pounced here tonight,
other Japanese detachments
have seized the city of Tientch-
wangti.
An official communique issued
here tonight announced that a
Japanese punitive" expedition
had completely exterminated or
scattered Chinese bandit and ir-
regular forces operating north OF
Mukden and west Of the south
Manchurian railway.
One hundred Chinese and three
Japanese were killed and three
Japanese were wounded In a
sharp battle at village 10 miles
south Of Fakumen, which the
japanese occupied yesterday.
A mixed brigade which entered
FakumeT and a battalion of the
second infantry which assisted
in the aiti-bandit drive are return
ing to their bases at Tiehling and
Mukden.
PLANES Aid Troops
The communiquc announced
that an attack by 100 Chinese
irregulars upon japanese armored
trains IS miles northwest of An
tung was repulSed. Five Chinese
were slain.
A force of 1000 bandits. ga
thered at Chinchiatien, about 100
miles north of here, was dispersed
by a sudden Japanese attack, in
which airplanes Joined.
TOKYO, Dec. % dN.s0-A
serious battle loomed at New.
chwang today as 5000 Chinese
troops moved to defend the city
against an oncoming Japanese
army continuing it's campaign to
clean up Manchuria.
ChinchOw Is Objective
The japanese are now lining
up their armies far to the south
along the Lao River before be-
ginning the attack westward on
Chinchow. Already they have
made far advances from the
north.
There was no doubt today as to
Japan's intention of taking Chin
chow within the next few days.
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
Christmas Day
Lost to Shin
In Pacific

One Navy vessel, at least, will
have no Christmas.
A Christmas greeting sent to
Admiral William V. Pratt, Chief
of Naval Operations, from Capt.
C. B. Mayo, commanding officer
of the U. S. S. Ramapo in Pa
cific waters. read:
Merry Christmas to the Ad-
miral from the only ship in the
Navy that will have no Christ
e mas Day. Crossing the 18Oth
meridian December a."
Reaching the international
date line on the day before
Christmas the log date will be
changed automatically to De-
cember 26,
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
OhiOan Would AUOW
2.75 Beer Be Sold

The perennial 2.75 beer bill
was before Congress today with
a new angle evolved by Senator
Bulkley CD, of Ohio. While
granting F d deral authorization
for the manufacture and sale
of 2.75 beer. Bulkley'S bill would
give each State the right to de-
eide whether to permit its manu-
facture within the State,
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
MuLdOOn, Prominent
Sportsman, VerU UL

NEW YORK, Dec. % QN.SJ.
William Muldoon, member of the
New York State Athletic Com
mission, and prominent in box
ing and wrestling circles for half
century, was dangerously i'll
at a hospital here. This morn
ing a group of specialists con-
suited as to the advisibility Of
an operation.
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
$4,000 Delinquent
In y. S. Farm Loans

Approximately $4,000. farmers
who borrowed money from the
Federal Farm Loan banks we're de-
linquent November 80, last, Paul
Bestor, chairman of the board,
testified today before a Senate
Banking subcommittee. The
amount was approximately $275,-
100000, or an average in excess of
So 900 each, he said.
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
Queen Nefertiti's
Palace Uncovered

CAIRO, Egypt, Dec. % QN.S0.
The palace of Queen Nefertiti,
one of the worlds most beautiful
women, was unearthed today by
archaeologists attached to the
Egyptian Exploration Society,
near Tell-El Amarna. The palace
was believed to have been occu-
pied by the queen after her fall
from power.
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
Boy Falls Through
Lake Ice, DrOLUned

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich, Dec.
% QN.Sl.-The thirteenth Michi-
gan resident to drown in a week
after breaking through ice, Is.
year-old William H. Phillips, will
be buried tomorrow. The boy was
crossing to an island in Bass Lake
when the ice collapsed.
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
S5OO,OOO NeW HdUen
Bank Fails to Open

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Dec. %
Q.NS0 The Broadway Bank
and Trust Company failed to open
it's doors this morning. The bank
had a capitalization of $500,000.
LONG BRANCH, N. j., Dec. %
G.N.SO The New Jersey Trust
Company failed to open here for
business today. The State bank
ing department said the bank had
been taken over at request of
the directors.
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
28 Cities ShOW Gain
In December Sales

Nine out of % cities reporting
to the Commerce Department
showed slight business increases
during the first three weeks in
December. A summary issued to-
day indicated that the gains were
chiefly seasonal in nature, at
Christmas buying.
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
Richmond Road Cuts
Executive Salaries

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. %
G.N.S0 A 10 per cent cut in
salaries of all general officers
of the Richmond, Fredericksburg
and Potomac Railroad was an
nounced today. The cut does
not affect other employees.
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
Banker Sentenced
To Prison for Theft

DETROIT, Dec. % U.NS0
Robert M. Allan, former president
of the defunct American State
Bank, convicted of embezzling
$106,564 from the bank, today
was sentenced to serve from 10
to 90 years at Jackson prison.
The Washington times., 1931-12-23
Spain Boosts Tariff
Rates in Retaliation

MADRID, Dec. % QN.SO.
The government today declared a
retaliatory tariff war upon all ma
tions having excess lively high
tariffs affecting Spanish goods.
LIONEL POWELL DIES
LONDON, Dec. 90 GN.S)-
Lionel Powell, concert impresario,
known on both sides of the At
lantic, was dead here today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
Parents Are Advised
In Children Raising
By Farley Leaflets
Publication Is Result OF
White House Confer
ence on Health.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Posers for parents are propo9naeo IN
a series of is leaflets published by the
White House Conference on CnlIo
Health and Protection. ~
The leaflets constitute sort OF cor
respondence course in how to near chill
dren with no papers to hand IN.
Some samples of the questions are:
"Whv is it better for boys ana girls
to have many social contacts with one
ano her in their teens, even at the e@-
pense of some 'petting'?" r.
would YOU consider the state OF
emotional affairs healthy in family
in which a 17-year-old boy or girl al
wavs asks the mother if he or she can
90 ont for the EVENING""
~ discuss the question OF possible
arousal of negativism. and SUBSEQUENT
st,1hborn refusal to talk. in young
Child whose parents attempt to make 1t
reneat nursery rhymes"
Glow do you determine which moves
vonr children shall seep"
what kinds of adventure do you
+bint 2-year-old should have? A
7nyesr old? A 13-year-old?"
!What possibilities has your child to
fool the exhilaratiogt Of earning money
of his or her own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
TRAFFIC COLLISION
INJURIES 8 WOMEN
Auto and Street Car Crash
Near Key Bridgs-Four
Other Persons Hurt.

Hazel Shamer, 25. and Gladys
Hawkins. 18, both of 1912 Seventeenth
street. and Carrie Boggs, IS, of 1920
I street. were slightly injured late last
night in a collision between an auto
mobile in which they were riding end
Capital Traction car at Thirty-fifth
and M streets.
The street car, westbound. was
making a turn from M street to cross
Key Bridge, while the automobile was
eastbound on M street when the acct
dent happened. The injured were taken
to Georgetown University Hospital.
Elisha Harrison, 1113 Pennsylvania
avenue, was injured last night when
his automobile was struck by another
machine and overturned at Massachu-
sets avenue and Garfield street. George
j. Glover, SO, 1908 Kenyon street,
driver of the other car, was booked at
the fourteenth precinct police station
on a charge of reckless driving.
Annie Gibson Jasper, colored, SO, OF
$50 T street, was driving an automo-
bile which skidded near Connecticut
avenue and Tilden street about o'clock
yesterday afternoon and struck street
car.
The driver and Lydia Morris, colored.
SO, of 912 Westminster street, were
treated at Emergency Hospital.
Michael j. Demma. %, of 204 First
street southwest, pushing his automo-
bile near Brentwood road and Rhode
Island avenue northeast about 12:15
o'clock this morning. was knocked down
by the automobile of Sergt. J. 0. B.
Gray of the twelfth precinct. He was
treated at Sibley Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
AOSTA HONORED
BY ITALIANS HERE
Ambassador and Representatives
of Societies Attend Me-
mortal Services.

Italian residents of Washington COM
memorated today the memory of Duke
Emanuel Filiberto of Aosta. first cousin
of King Victor Emanuel of Italy. The
duke died July 4, in Turin, Italy, at
the age Of 81.
A solemn high requiem mass was Of
fered in Holy Rosary Catholic Church,
Third and F streets, with the Italian
Ambassador, Giacomo de MARITIME and
representatives of the Ambasciatrice
Maria Society," the Montessorio Society,
the Ladies Catholic Union Society, the
American Legion, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, knights of Columbus, the Lido
Civic Club, Victtorio Emanuele Lodge,
the Boveglio Club and the Italian Cath
olic Society in attendance.
Rev. Nicholas De Carlo, pastor Of
the church, celebrated the mass. The
services were arranged by a committee
which included DR.. r. N. Manganaro,
L. Baronello, J. Balducci, M. Ferrari,
A. Fiore. v. Radici, Francesca Fabrizio,
F. Croccia, Mrs. L. Colella and Mrs.
L. Crovato.
A message of sympathy was cabled
Duchess Elena di Savoia Orleans, con-
sorte of the duke, and King Victor
Emanuel.
While the services were in progress,
thief stole an automobile belonging
to Lloyd S. Stewart of Silver Spring,
official photographer for the cere-
monies Returning to his parking place
after making photographs to be sent
to Italy, Stewart discovered the Car
had been stolen despite the fact six
policemen were on duty at the church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
SINGERS TO COMPETE

Prizes for singers of foreign descent
excelling in singing and costumes will
be awarded at the Sylvan Theater Lam
tern Festical August 81, it was an
nounced today by the Greater National
Capital Committee
The Lantern Festival, which will be
the high point of the July and August
programs at the Sylvan Theater, will
feature performances by large groups of
singers.
The committee in charge of the event
includes Miss Sibyl Baker, Mrs. Marie
Moore Forrest, Mrs. Gertrude Lyons and
Mrs. Lillian Brousseau.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
OPPOSED
TOLORTON SHIRTS
Efficiency Bureau Suggestion
Scored as Setting Bad
Precedent.

Opposition to a proposal of the
United States Bureau of Efficiency that
uniform shirts for members of the
Police Department be purchased from
the District Reformatory at Lorton.
Va. developed today in high police
circles and among members of the
force
Already the Policemen's Association
has filed with the District Commits
sioners a resolution adopted unani-
mously at its meeting last night pro-
testing against foisting convictmade
shirts on members of the force. Police
officials are understood to be ready to
support the protest, chiefly on the
theory that should the shirts be pur-
chased it would establish precedent
which eventually would lead to the
manufacture of Police and Fire De-
partment uniforms at the reformatory
textile shops.
The Policemen's Association took the
position that the Efficiency Bureaus
recommendation would affect the pres
ent economic depression. interfere with
employment and at the same time
cause members of the force to wear
shirts made by convicts which they
arrested.
The adoption of such policy by the
commissioners the resolution de-
clared, will constitute a serious blow
to the morale of the force
Investigation by police officials, it
was said. disclosed that the uniform
shirts can be made at the reformatory
only or cents cheaper than similar
garments sold by shirt manufacturers,
so the saving to the department would
be small.
The resolution of the Policemen's
Association was signed by O.. c.
Hauschild, president, and w. j. Kerns,
secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
DIAMOND TAX|CAbS
ENTER PRICE WAR
WITH NEW SLASHES
Largest Independent Fleet
Adopts Fares of 20, 40
and go Cents.
CUT PRICES EXPECTED
TO HURT STREET CARS
Five Persons Now Can Ride Down
town for Four Cents Each,
Taxi Official Says.

The Diamond Cab Co., largest indie
the taxi rate war by dropping their
rates to 2040-6O cents. The previous
rate was 35-60-35 cents. The boun-
carries for the new rates remain the
same. The new rates go into effect
at midnight tonight.
Flat Rates Also Cut.
Besides dropping the city rates, many
of the fiat rates to out-of-town points
are decreased. The hour rate remains
at So.
Harry C. Davis, manager of the COM
pany, which has $50 cabs under indie
pendent ownership. today claimed that
the new rate was the lowest in the
United States.
Business has been terrible" he said.
I'VE are going to get a lot of people
into taXicabs who have not ridden be-
fore. With our 20-cent rate five people
can ride downtown for cents apiece.
Why should they ride street cars and
buses if they can Tide taxicabs
cheaper?"
Boundaries Given.
The boundaries of the 20-cent zone
are Macomb street on Wisconsin or
Connecticut avenue, Decatur street on
Sixteenth street or Georgia avenue,
Michigan avenue on North Capitol
street. The Navy Yard gate southeast
and the War College gate southwest
Fifteenth street northeast or southeast
and Twelfth street on Rhode Island
avenue northeast. Wisconsin avenue
on the west.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
WOODFIELD NAMED
TO SCIENCE ACADEMY
Former Star Reporter Appointed
Executive Officer of Maryland
Institution.

Frank A. Woodfield. for a number of
years reporter on The Evening Star,
and later connected with several local
business organizations, was has recently
been in the investment brokerage BUSH
ness in Baltimore. was appointed yes
terday as executive officer of the Mary
land Academy of Sciences, according to
a report received here
Mr.. Woodfeld is a native of Wash
ington and was graduate of the East
ern High School when he entered the
newspaper business as cub on The
Star. He went to Baltimore later and
for some time was connected with the
Baltimore Sun. He served at times on
the faculties of the University of Mary
land and the University of Baltimore.
Mr.. Woodfield always has been inter-
ested in the natural sciences He re-
turned to Washington, for a time after
the war, and became an assistant Sec
rotary at the first International Labor
Conference. His wife was a daughter
of the late Capt. Thomas Hollinberger
of the first police precinct.