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The Washington times., 1931-08-11
STORM BRINGS
HEAT RELIEF

The torrential rain which
struck Washington late yesterday
afternoon sent the temperature
tumbling from the 81 high Of the
day to II In about a half hour.
The first cool night in weeks
brought refreshing sleep to thous.
andS Of apartment dwellerS.
The low reading for the night
was 81 at 10 p. m. The mer.
curry hung around this mark the
rest Of the night.
Weather Bureau officials said
that los inches Of rain fell here.
Farmers in Maryland and near
by Virginia breathed sighs Of re-
lief as they had been watching
their crops parch with the har-
vest time approaching.
Other casualties of the storm
In addition to q few traffic acci-
dents and innumerable traffic
tangleS, included the flooding Of
Thirteenth Street. Delafield Place
and Arkansas Avenue where sew
ers overflowed.
Trees fell in many sections and
cars were stalled. The highways
were flooded at Bladensburg and
College Park and the electric
power line leading to Laurel, Md.
was disabled. r4
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
POOrhOuse Disaster
Rrinns Relief Drive
Times Staff Photos

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1.-THE
customary community awakening
following disaster is manifesting
itself strongly here in connection
with the fire on July "a which
destroyed the Home for the Aged
and the Little Sisters of the Poor,
resulting to date in Al deaths and
injuries to many other inmates.
Within a few days nonsec-
tartan drive was under way to
raise 100000 for a new home for
the institution and to meet
immediate relief needs.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
|HOCKE To HOP
| To MILWAUKEE,
) s -

MILWAUKEE, Wis. Aug. II
GN.S0.-Soon after August IL
Professor Hans Hocke, a German
engineer, will roar off an English
flying field on nonstop flight
to this city. according to plans
disclosed here today.
The professor, who has spent
the last six months in Milwaukee,
will be accompanied by two
friends. They propose to at
tempt the flight at high altitude.
Professor Hocke sailed from
New York July % for Southamp-
ton on the Deutschland.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
CO[ORED GROUP
OPEN SESSION

Several hundred colored Shriners
went to Baltimore today to attend
the annual convention Of the ma
tional organization.
The local lodges. Mystic Shrine
and Mecca Temple No. 10, and
Daughters of Isis, were led by
Charles D. Freeman, imperial
treasurer. The members Of the
committee included j. II. Hanker-
son, Henry P. Briscoe, Clarence
Nixon, Colvin Bethea, James e.
Thomas, Hamlet Dozier, A. j.
Diggs, Joseph Jackson and Robert
II. Harrison.
Mecca Temple patrol has en-
tered drill team to be led by Cap
tain Anthony G. W. Gaines. Under
the command Of Mrs. Sarah b.
Moxley, imperial lieutenant and
Mrs. Sallie Stockton, command
resS, and Mrs. Anne E. Hanker.
son, the Daughters Of Isis and
Oasis also will parade. Last year
these two lodges were first prize
winners.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
II REBELS DIE,
2 TRAPPED
IN CUBA
Soldiers Sniping DefenseIess
RevoIutionaries Off One
BY One; Disorders Continue

HAVANA, Aug. II GN.S0.
Seventeen were killed and as
many wounded in skirmishes be-
tween government forces and
rebels last night and early today
in three provinces of Cuba.
Scores Of rebels were made pris-
oners.
Near Jacomino, a suburb of
Havana, % rebels entrenched in
sugar cane field were besieged
by troops who reported that seven
of the rebels had been killed and
Is wounded and that all would
be slain unless they surrendered.
Planes to Bomb Woods
Four were killed at Nicolas de
GuineS, where troops attacked a
rebel force of 80. Others met
death at Guanabacoa. Two were
killed during fighting in the
province Of Pinar del Rio, where
soldiers drove in-Organized bodies
of revOIutiOnists into the woods.
President Machado issued q
decree suspending constitutional
guarantees, indicating the serious
ness of the insurrection.
A squadron Of airplanes may
be sent to Pinar Del Rio to bomb
rebels in the woods in various
parts Of the province.
The report that Gen. Mario
Menocal, former president of the
republic and leader Of the revolt,
had arrived in the province Of
Oriente, where he has many sup
porters, was unconfirmed today.
Another rurnor that part Of the
country's naval forces had re-
volted was also unconfirmed.
News Censored
The government continued to
maintain q strict censorship of
news today.
The time limit during which
rebels might obtain amnesty by
surrendering under the terms Of
the presidents proclamation drew
to an end today without any
rebels having taken advantage
of it,
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Fleeing Man Escapes
Shots of 4 Policemen

CHICAGO, Aug. II I.N.S0.
After four policemen had emptied
their revolvers at him when he
attempted to snatch purse con-
tanning $3O6 from a. woman in
the crowded lobby of the First
National Bank, James Martin,
%, waiter, today was in jail,
untouched by the gunfire.
Martin rushed out of the lobby
with four policemen at his heels
and was captured after q short
chase. He attempted to snatch
the purse of Rose Chiesa. 35,
whose screams routed Martin.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
OATES FOR FREE
|. CANES LISTED

Clark Griffith, president Of the
Washington baseball club, today
announced to the playground chill.
dren of Washington the - home
dates on which they will be his
guests under the auspices Of The
Washington Times.
Cooperating with the local
Fairgrounds Department, The
Times will allocate about 1000
tickets a day to the various groups
of children from different sec
tions. Fairgrounds supervisors
will accompany the children to
and from the ball park. Seats
will be in the covered stands.
Following is the schedule the
club will follow in playing host
tc those designated by this news
paper and the Playground De
partment::
Friday and Saturday, Septem
ber 4 and 5, New York at Wash
ingtOn.
Thursday and Saturday, Sep
temtember 10 and IL, Cleveland
at Washington.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednes
day, September IA, Is and 16, st
Louis at Washington.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
September IL, 1S and 19. Detroit
at Washington.
Monday and Tuesday, Septem
Der 81 and 20, Chicago at Wash
ingtOn..
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
CLARK CALM At
KILLING SCENE

LOS ANGELES, Aug. II G.N.SO. j..
Nonchantly David H. Clark, for
mer, deputy prosecutor, walked
out of Charles H. Crawford's
office only a few minutes after
Herbert F. Spencer, political
writer, had staggered out, NOR
tally wounded.
This testimony. given by Will
liam French, a radio mechanic,
today confronted the defense in
Clark's trial for the murder Of
Spencer on May 20.
French testified he heard two
shots. saw Spencer stumble out
Of the office, and soon after
saw Clark calmly walk out and
down the street,
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
WIFE SUES DRY
AGENT QUINN

Basil N. Quinn, one.time terror
Of local dry law violators. today
was sued for limited divorce by
his wife, Mrs. Nora Hutchinson
Quinn, who accuses him Of ex.
treme cruelty and associating
with immoral women. Quinn is
still in the prohibition service, it
Is said, but was transferred over
year ago in q shake-up of the
local unit.
Mrs. Quinn is represented by
Attorneys Webster Ballinger and
Daniel r. Smith and informs the
court that they married April 3,
1918, in Brooklyn, N. Y, and
have one child. Her husband
makes $2,500 salary with the
Government, she says and $1,000
annually from other sources. He
has violently assaulted her on
numerous occasions. Mrs. Quinn
complains and since their mar
riage has received letters and
N essag ges from various other
women. g.. -,
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
U. S. Concerned Over
Cuban Revolt

Administration officials mani
tested continued concern today
over the situation in Cuba.
Unless Former President Memo
cal, acknowledged leader in the
revolt, is captured or accounted
for, it was felt the danger Of q
recurrence remained.
Some hint that Sundays revolt
might have been q feint was seen
in American Ambassador Guggen'
helms report to the State Depart.
ment yesterday. Guggenheim de.
clared the uprising in Pinar Del
Rio Province seems to be a fail.
ure."
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Er-GOU. TrunabuU
Sued for 100000

CHICAGO, Aug. IL QN.sJ.
John H. Trumbull, former gov
ernor of Connecticut. was among
the defendants in a 100000 dam
age suit on file here today in Fed
eral Court. Ralph Van Leer, OF
Minneapolis, declared Trumbull
and the other defendants damaged
his reputation while he was at
tempting to promote charity foot
ball games.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Violent Earth Shock
Breaks Seisn1Ogrdph

LONDON, Aug. IL GN.S).
Registration of a violent earth
shock by seismographs at West
Bromich, England; Lund, Sweden,
and Sydney, Australia, last night
caused authorities today to await
anxiously news from remote parts
of the empire.
The shock broke the seismo-
graph at West Bromich.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Maybe This Is Why
It's Cool Here TOdUy

WATERFOWL, S. D., Aug. ii.
A fine, light snow fell for q few
minutes here yesterday, coming
in squalls and melting before
touching the ground. Th e
weather was cloudy and the
temperature was Sc degrees above
zero.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Reichbdnk LOWers
RediScOUnt Rate

BERLIN. Aug. II GN.S).-The
Reichsbanls today reduced its re"
discount rate from Is to 10 per
cent. effective Immediately. The
rate had been increased during
the recent bank crisis.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Court Hearing Due
In Diamond tBriberu

NEW YORK, Aug. IL G.N.S).
While Jack Legs" Diamond ap-
pears in Federal Court here to-
morrow to be sentenced Govern
ment officials will be moving
against Alexander Green, charged
with attempting to tamper with
witnesses in the Diamond case.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
Repairs Detain DO-X
In Brazilian CitU

BELEM (Para), Brazil, Aug.
1.-THE DO-x was still held UP
here today, awaiting additional
parts from Natal. Two engines
of the great seaplane require re"
pairs before the flight to New
York Is resumed.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
30 Mexican Villages
Submerged in Flood

MEXICO CITY. Aug ii GN.s0.
Thirty villages in the States of
Vera Cruz and Tamaulipas are
reported completely inundated by
floods. Many were drowned when
a tributary of the Panuco River
suddenly overflowed.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
ACCUSED MAN
i WILL TAKE
STAND
Policeman ]. H. Hunt and
/ Detective 0gIe Will Testify;
7 Robert Allen Call Denied

Orville A. Staples, former po-
liceman, whose dismissal from the
police force four years ago is now
said to have been procured
through the perjury of Frederick
A. Schenck. resumed his testi.
Iaony before the Grand Jury this
morning.
Schenck testified for nearly
four hours yesterday. and was fol-
lowed on the witness stand by a
number Of persons who figured in
the trial board hearing of Sta
pies, whom he now seeks to vim
dicate.
Hunt to Testify
Staples has mot yet completed
his testimony, United States At
tOrney Leo A. Rover said, and IL
he does 80 this afternoon he will
be followed i'm the Grand Jury
room by Howard OgIe, headQuaF-
ters detective, and Policeman J.
I'll. Hunt, who Is accused by
Schemck Of completely with him
I'm the plot to frame Staples.
Schenck's testimony was inter-
rupted for q brief period this
morning to allow Joseph Bruce,
former Assistant U. s. Attorney,
to testify for a shortIwhile.
Frank A. Sebring, clerk Of the
Police Court. was summoned for
the Grand Jury today, but was
not called.
Allen Call Denied
Mr.. Rover said that he had no
intention of calling former Police
man Robert ]. Allen and had not
been asked to do so.
Allen had no connection with
the present case 50 far rs he
knows, Mr.. Rover says, and unless
new angles develop in the in
vestigatiOn, mot more than q half
dozen witnesses remain to be
heard.
included among these witnesses
are George 8. Daley, "Foggy
Bottom" restaurant proprietor,
and Major Taylor, colored police
character, both of whom were
figures of the Investigations sur
rounding Staples dismissal from
the force.
Police Characters
Staples began has testimony
yesterday after Schenck and a
number of others had appeared
before the Grand Jury.
Among the others who appeared
were Helen Williams, Mrs. Bessie
DOdsOn, Marie Waters, three
police characters said to be
implicated I'm the alleged framing,
and Estelle Robinson, cOlOred
passenger i'm D rum car which
struck and killed o Catholic mum
several years ago and which
features in the present inquiry.
Former Police Chief Edwin
Hesse, former Capt. Guy w. Bur
lingame, Major Henry G. Pratt.
Superintendent Of Police. 1nspec-
tor Louis J. Stoll, and Capt. Ira
Sheets were included among the
witnesses.
Hart, O'Leary Appear
@. McCOmas Hawken, former
Assistant District Attorney, and
counsel for the Robinson woman,
David A. Hart, Assistant U. 8.
Attorney in Police Court. and Tor
mer Assistant U. 8. Attorney
James J. O'Leary, also appeared
before the Grand Jury.
Mr.. Rover said that in view
of the prolonged testimony of
Staples, the Grand Jury would
hardly have time to hear more
than two witnesses this after
noon and the investigation will
be continued until tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1931-08-11
4 H

MIA ENOIVH
THIS IS the latest picture of
Rita Royce, divorced wife of
Josef Won Sternberg, movie di-
rector, and who has filed suit
against Marlene Dietrich, Ger
man screen actress, seeking
$500, 900. claiming alienation Of
affection. ........
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-27
ma GOES ON STAGE
Teams With 'What-a Man
on Vaudeville Tour.

By United Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27.-Mrs.
Minnie (Ma) Kennedy Hudson, who
married Guy Edward Hudson to
the boom of dynamite at Boulder
dam, went into vaudeville today so
the public may know why she calls
him "Whataman."
In new marcel and a Eugene
hat, Ma rehearsed her act with
Whataman to the hiss of Kleig
lights and promised that you'll
know why when you know him
better"
The bride, whose first marriage
to 'Whataman" resulted in a series
of law suits and had to be done all
over again, indicated the vaude-
vile Skit will not be an imitation
of her famous titian-haired daugh-
ter, Aimee Semple Mcpherson
Hutton.
Il won't try to be an actress" she
said with emphasis. I'LL leave that
to the evangelistS. And I'm not 60
ing TO initiate my daughters tao
tics in Boston by stating publicly
that I will give a percentage of the
box Office receipts to the unem-
ployed. If you give and tell, I be-
lieve you get no thanks from God,
though you may get some publicity
here below"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-27
CREDIT POOL is
GAINING POWER
Plan Given Great Support,
Reports Indicate.
Rn Hnited Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Presi-
dent Hoover has received reports in
dicating his $5OO,0O0,OO0 banking
credit pool is making excellent prog
reSS.
The plan has met with almost
universal support from the bank
ing world, according to reports at
the White House.
The minimum required fund for
the project is expected to be raised
before the end of the week, it was
said.
These reports were received by
the President in private White
House conferences last Saturday
night and Sunday, with Chairman
Reynolds and President Buckner of
the credit corporation.
Some incidental delays have been
encountered because clearing house
associations are not organized in
many states.
The pool is working through the
clearing houses in obtaining sub
scriptions from banks.
In states which have no clearing
houses such as Iowa, state organiza-
tons are being set up rapidly, it
was explained.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-27
FLAT JEWELLERS
ROUTED BY FIRE
Firemen Say $1,000 Blaze
Caused by Cigaret.

Occupants of the third floor of
Piccadilly Court, Sixteenth and
Pennsylvania streets, we're driven, in
night garments, into the street
early today by fire which originated
in the residence of Mrs. Bert H.
Black, Apartment 302, and resulted
in $1,000 loss.
Mrs. Black and her sister, Miss
Ruth Higgins, were awakened by the
smoke, which choked them and had
filled the hallway and nearby apart
mentS.
They fled from the residence after
Mrs. Black had called fire apparatus
and Robert Taylor, Negro, night
custodian of the building.
The flames originated in the liv-
ing ROOM Mrs. Black said she be-
lieved faulty wiring was to blame,
but fire authorities claimed the
blaze was due to a cigaret which
had dropped on some article of
furniture, probably a settee, which
nearly was destroyed.
Taylor, grabbing an emergency
apartment hose. ran it to the apart
ment through the crowd of residents
who damned the corridor in their
flight.
He directed the water into Mrs.
Blacks living room and had sue
ceeded in getting the fire under con-
troll before the arrival of apparatus.
In addition to destroyed furniture,
the flames had burned into the
floors and the intense heat cracked
windows in the apartment.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-27
'DistiIIery' of 800 Gallons
Daily Capacity Raided
by Officers.

A 300g allon-a- day corn whisky
plant, less than eight blocks from
the center of the Indianapolis bust
ness district, was smashed early to-
day by police, who raided a garage
at I'll West Washington street.
Officers held Otis Burrows, 40, of
964 North Bradley street, on vag-
rancy counts, for questioning by
federal prohibition agents.
In addition to three gallon
copper stills, which never had been
operated, police reported that they
conflscated sixty barrels of mash,
600 bags of sugar, 300 bags of corn,
hose devices and thirty three empty
barrels.
Sergeant Roscoe Wilkerson and
members of his squad said they
have been watching the garage, a
two-Story brick structure, for some
time, after they learned "too much
activity" was apparent in the sup
posedly vacant building.
Burrows was arrested after police
traced the license number of large
TRUCK found in the whisky plant. He
said it was the property of his SON.
ln-law, an Indianapolis race driver,
who died recently from injuries sus-
tanned during an auto race several
weeks ago.
Mrs. Charles Bauman, widow OF
the race driver, said she had sold
the truck recently, but claimed she
did not know the purchasers. She
said the truck formerly had been
used to haul racing automobiles to
tracks in Indiana, Illinois, and
Michigan.
Il loaned the license plates for
week to the men who bought it,
but they never brought them back"
she said. Il put it on a vacant
lot for sale and three men, one of
them a Negro, made the deal with
me-"
Police today are tracing a laundry
tag on pair of coveralls found in
the garage, in efforts to find owners
of the booze plant.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-27
.ESPY SUED BY WIFE
Divorce, $4,000 AIimony
Is Asked in Court.

Suit for divorce and $4,000 ali
mony was filed in superior court
four today by Mrs. Geneva Espy,
wife of Cullen Espy, Indianapolis
manager of a national chain of
theaterS.
Mrs. ESpy, who gave her address
as $40 East Maple road, obtained
an injunction form Judge Clarence
E. Weir, preventing Espy from OBJ
tanning personal funds from safety
deposit box in the Fletcher Ameri-
can National bank and blocking
his alleged attempts to remove fur
niture from their home.
Mrs. Espy charged the theater
manager subjected her to cruel and
inhuman treatment in that he
struck her and used profanity.
She said they were married Nov.
II, 1926, and separated Saturday.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-27

held only one, executed in 1920, was
valid. The 1920 document be-
queathed majority of the estate to
charity.
Robert Hackney, former business
associate of Mr.. Brooks, was named
in an alleged fraudulent 1880 will.
He now is a fugitive from justice.
The bond theft charge against
Sheehan followed tracing Of the
bonds to an indianapolis bank,
where they we're alleged to have
been sold by man who charged
he obtained them from Sheehan
and Sam Rubin Of Chicago, alleged
confidence man.
Tom Almeda, Mexican, charged
with attempting to shoot patrolman
John O'Brien several weeks ago,
and Walter E. Tracy, alleged to
have embezzled IS $50 from the
Sterling Loarf<Company, Inc, en-
tered not guilty pleas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-27
HOOVER BLASTS
FILIPINO HOPES
Asserts Islands Must Prove
Stability First.
By United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Presi-
dent Hoover, talking to newspaper
men at his regular bi-weekly press
conference today, said that Philip
pine independence can not be
granted until economic indepen-
dence and governmental stability of
the islands can be assured.
The President said his cabinet
explored the situation in great de-
tail at a two-hour session this
morning. No definite plans we're
adopted.
Further conferences will be held
in the near future and before a
more detailed policy is laid down.
Independence at some time has
been promised by every President
and every congress-" Mr.. Hoover
said. THE problem is one of time. .
From the standpoint of the is
lands, he said the durability of their
independence must be established
before it can be accepted.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-27
DENY GARDEN ORDER
Ford Heads Cite AbSurdity
of Such Decree.
Bu Times SpecidL

by IIMCS Sp6CtuC
DETROIT, Oct. 27.-Vigorous de-
NAL of any orders to Ford employees
that they keep gardens and raise
vegetables, is made by officials of
the Ford Motor Company.
1T is perfectly obvious that were
such an order issued, it would be
impossible for fulf1llment since a
vast majority of Ford employees live
in cities or flats and apartments
and have no garden facilities" Off
Gals state in letter to the West
ern Fruit JobberS Association of
America.
"On a recent visit to this plant at
Iron Mountain, Mich, Henry Ford
noticed that the places of some of
his employees were overgrown with
weeds. Lawns or gardens were sug-
gested as the best means of correct
ing the Objectionable condition"
mo garden order has been issued
to Ford employees anywhere" off
Gals declared.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-27
SEEK QUASHING OF
BROOKS WILL CASE

Charged with forgery in connec-
ton with the legal tangles of the
$250,000 estate of the late Bartholo-
NEW D. Brooks, west side business
man, three defendants filed mo-
tionS to quash the counts in GRIM
inal court today.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Dickson.
living near Monrovia, and Lee Gels
endorff, 2801 North Sherman drive.
flee the quaSh actions. They we're
among twenty-three persons ar
raigned by Judge Frank P. Baker.
George A. Sheehan, Indianapolis
attorney, also filed motion to
quash charges that he was involved
in a $4,000 New York bond theft
and the disposal of several thousand
dollars worth of the bonds IN In
dianapolis.
Thee were three wills involved
in 4 probate court trial of Mr..
Brooks estate case, but the jury
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-27
MAJOR NOW CRUISER
Fletcher Shift Seen Hint of
Other Changes.

With the shift of Major Herbert
Fletcher of the police department
to night cruising duty in the east
ern sections of the city, it was re-
ported at headquarters today that
other changes in police personnel
are forthcoming.
Chief Mike Morrissey refused to
comment on the alteration of du-
ties Of his aid, and declined to say
whether there was any foundations
to reports that Fletcher probably
will lose his rank by Jan. l.
Fletcher, a Republican, was re-
tanned as major for ''the good of
the service" when Morrissey was
named chief
MorrisSey indicated that with the
increase of crime this fall, Fletcher
would be of more value to the de-
partment on duty outside than at
police headquarters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-10-27
u. S. Is DiSheartened
BIZ United Press

BU JHtfCd Press
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-Appar-
ent lack of progress toward disar-
mament IN the Hoover-Laval con-
versatsons has cast a general feel
ing Of encouragement over the
capital regarding the Geneva dis
armament conference in February.
Speaking privately. some influen-
tial senators expressed the belief
that the Laval conversations re-
vealed France is not ready to CO.
operate In disarmament on any
terms acceptable to the United
States.
Sentiment in the senate is al
most solidly against a security pact
under any guise and Laval refuses
TO relent on this point.