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Evening star., 1932-04-25
OF MURDERS
YIELDS NO CLUES
Police Admit They're BaffIed
in Henry and Potomac
River Sayings.

Members of the homicide squad to-
day were admittedly no nearer solution
OF the two current murder mysteries
the Henry Staying and the Potomac
River killing-than when they began
their Investigations
Meanwhile, the trial of John Kend-
rick, former bodyguard of the MUIR
dered gambler, Milton w. Henry. 35,
scheduled to begin in District Supreme
Court on charge of assault with IN
tent to kill in the recent shooting of
policeman T. D. Bacon, first precinct,
was postponed.
Outside Clues Probed.
One Of the detectives assigned to the
case, Sergt. Frank o. Brass, was run
ming down clues in PENNSYLVANIA and
New Jersey, but the investigation here
was virtually at standstill.
AS to the river Staying, Detective
Sergt. George Darnall, after checking
en- every missing person report made
here during the last two months, said
he was convinced the murder victim
was not Washingtonian.
II the man came from this city," he
pointed out, wed have had him iden-
tified long ego. I'm sure he was killed
up the river and his body floated down
here"
Body Found Friday.
The man, about IS years old, feet
5 inches tall and weighing approx
mately $50 pounds, with only four up
per teeth and a scar on the back of
his right hand, was found Friday in
the Georgetown Channel He had been
hit on the head and strangled with
wire
Funeral services for Henry will be
held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
IN Hines undertaking establishment.
The place of burial has not been de-
cided, but members of the family said
the body probably would be taken to
Baltimore
Evening star., 1932-04-25
MAROON SAILS AGAIN.
Curtis Believed Aboard Yacht ON Lind
bePgh Hunt

NORFOLK. Va. April 25 (P).-As-
tiyities CT tie FoT-oi.5 intermsd' a. -as
in the Lindbergh kidrep,ng Css, ". III
have beGn speeded up dur.n3 the -.
few Gays. were bslieyei toa3y to be
again centered in mytsci.us mo e.
msnts Of the va sht Mareon.
John Hughes Curt. chi-f negttia-
t.r, was ase.n abzens from his home
toGay, snd the sailing Of the yacht
thai h. msy have boarded the craft
s,ms time last night. Rear Admiral
Guv II, Bur-ag3, rct're5, and the Very
Rev H Dobscn-PeSe cock, the chr IN
te-m9diaries, kept silent regarding all
tho d-tails of their negotiations
The Maroon, owned BY Col. Charles
H Conselvo CT Baltimore. left Little
Creek, about 10 miles frcm here, yes
terdav afternoon and headed out into
the Che-apeake Bay. 1t could not be
learned where the boat had gone. The
Msrcen docked in Little Greek yester-
day morning after being seen passing
through the Virginia Capes from
thu sea.
Col. Consolvo, who came here today
frCm Baltimore, said he had no in
formation as to the whereabouts Of the
Maroon He pointed out that 1t was
not necessary for him to be advised of
her movements, as secrecy in the
negotiations was essential.
Lieut., George L. Richard, pilot of the
Intermediates on previous flights, was
reported to be absent again today from
the Naval Air Station. Several flights
have heen made by planes in the last
10 days from the air station, but naval
cfficers have refused to give out any
information concerning these trips.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
DINE HERE THURSDAY.
Governors to Be Guests of President
Hoover.

Governors to Be Guests of President
Hoover.
RICHMOND, Va, April rs P).-Chief
executives from more than q score of
States assembled today in the Virginia
Capitol at the start of the twenty
fourth Conference of Governors.
They arrived in the old hail of the
House of Delegates to be welcomed by
Gov. John Garland Pollard of Virginia,
host to the conference, and to make
their responses, through Gov. James
Rolph, jr., of California, their desig-
mated spokesman.
The Middle West and South were rep
resented on the brief speaking pro-
gram, which was followed by the Gov
ernors' departure to visit historic
shrines at Charlottesville and nearby.
Taxation in the Farm States" was the
subject developed by Dan w. Turner,
chief executive of Iowa, who was fol-
lowed by Gov. o. Max Gardner of North
Carolina who told of that States op-
Grafton Of highways.
At Ash Lawn this afternoon the Gov
erners will be present at the unveiling
of the Piceirilli statue of President
James Monroe. Here Claude G.. Bowers
of New York, keynote speaker at the
last Democratic National Convention,
will deliver an address. q.
Tonight the Governors will be enter
tanned at a dinner given by the Char
lottesville Chamber OF Commerce at the
Monticello Hotel, where speeches will
be made by Gov. George White of Ohio
and Gov. George F. Shafer of North
Dakota.
Tuesday they will visit Williamsburg,
jamestown and Yorktown, shrines in
timately associated with the early his
tory of the Nation, and the following
day will pay tribute to the memory of
George Washington at Bicentennial
program in the Shrine Mosque in Rich
mcnd. Gov. Franklin D, Roosevelt Of
New York, who arrived last night, will
be the principal speaker.
Fredericksburg, Mount Vernon and
Alexandria will be visited Thursday and
the conference will be concluded with a
dinner given by President Hoover at the
White House, Y
Gov Gardner of North Carolina told
the conference today that the State
which he represents this year estab-
lished its most satisfactory standards
in State maintenance of roads and
State operation of schools
He said that the State has supported
every mile Of public road and has given
full support to the six-month school
term
North Carolina, he continued, has
placed all local financing under State
control and has provided for the con-,
solidation Of its three major institu-
tions of higher learning. -,.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
HARRIS
PLACE IN SENATE
Atlanta Editor Appointed by
Governor to Fill Unex-
pired Term.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, April 25.-Maj John S.
Cohent 81, president and editor of the
Atlanta Journal, today was appointed
Unitedl States Senator by Gov. Richard
B. Russell, jr., to succeed the late Will
liam J. Harris.
He will serve until the general elec-
ton in November, when the people will
select a successor for the remainder Of
the Harris term, which expires in
March, 1887. Gov. Russell will be a can
didate for this portion of the Harris
term.
Senator Cohen was once described by
a fellow editor as the ohevalier" of his
profession and is known among his
friends as Jack" Cohen. He is a men,
Der of distinguished Southern family
and has achieved prominence not only
as newspaper editor, but as a civic
leader and ar outstanding figure in the
Democratic party.
Had Varied Career.
He has been Democratic national
committeeman from Georgia since 1924
and Is prominent in social activities of
Atlanta and the South. He is a mem
Der of the North Avenue Presbyterian
Church
He cut short a prospective career as
naval otncer for journalism and
carry attracted attention. His career
included service as a war correspondent
ana later as an officer in the Spanish
american war. year in Mexico with
ttle iate Caps. William G.. RaouI, build
er OF the Mexican National Railroad
ana reporter on the Augusta, Ga,
Shfonlcle service as a reporter on the
New York Herald and consul in NAL
aga, Spain.
He Joined the staff of the Atlanta
Journal in 1890. Here he served as
reporter, political writer, Washington
correspondent and chief editorial writer
until the outbreak OF the Spanish
American War.
Then he sailed with Admiral Bob
Evans as war correspondent for the
journal Soon, however, he chose TO
become a combatant instead of CO.
server.
Enlists in Army.
AAc AeIaIAIu 10 georgia ana enlisted
he rose rapidly to a majority. After
tne war he reourned TO the Journal.
lie was Washington correspondent
when he became secretary for a short
time to the late Hoke Smith, who was
Secretary Of the Interior during the
administration of President Cleveland
In the field of education Mai. Cohen
has been an active figure. He raised
a fund for founding the Lee School of
Journalism at Washington and Lee
University in Virginia. From this
school he received an honorary degree
of doctor of laws.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
JAPAN SELLS HEAVILY.
Gets SIC, 100000 for Raw Silk Pur
chased by United States Firm.

TOXIC, April Is R,-Local news
papers today reported the largest sale
of raw silk il Japan's history in the
selling by the government Of 100000
bales to American interests represented
by Paolino Gerli Of E. Gerh & Co., New
York,
The price was understood TO be about
4o0 yen (about $l50) bale, which
would make the total amount Of money
involved about sl6,200,O00.
The silk involved in the deal was
what the government took of the mar
ket in 1880 in the hope of bolstering
the price. The governments loss was
estimated at 100 100000 ven (about
$33 900 ,000).
Evening star., 1932-04-25
j. S. ARMS POLICY
AGAIN OUTLINED
Stimson Seeks to Overcome
Difficulties of Other Ma
tionS in ParIey.
BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER.

BY Gable to The Star.
GENEVA, April 25.-American Sec
retary of State Henry L. Stimson to-
day convened an important meeting OF
the American disarmament delegation
at which he reaffirmed the American
policy at this conference.
This policy, which is concerned mainly
with land armaments, is in no sense
messianic, but is designed to iron out
those fundamental political differences
which underlie their troubles. The
United States, however, would not take
sides in these differences.
Aims Summed Up.
The aims Of the United States to be
expounded here by Stimson, as summed
up in these dispatches April %, are:
l. Stimson is urging nothing against
the will of the other delegations, but
aims to be helpful, even TO the extent
of taking the initiative whenever the
other powers find their hands tied
2, Ambassador Hugh S. Gibson in
submitting the American plan for the
abolition of aggressive" weapons was
in reality presenting plan forming
a part of the other major powers pro-
pcsals.
3. The United States has presented
an ingenious and practical plan for
the reduction of effectIves, but it is
open to modification and would even
be withdrawn upon the appearance of
a better proposition from the other
nations.
Opposes Security Pact.
4. The United States persists in its
reluctance to enter any new security
pact such as the French want. 1t does
not oppose such pacts regionally formed
by the other powers, however, if these
assist the problem of disarmament and
peace.
Meanwhile, until the second ballot in
the French elections, May 8, discussion
here on the conference agenda will be
suspended. Work will consist, on the
one hand, of important discussions of
the Land. Sea and Air Commissions re-
gsrding what ornaments are the most
aggressive, and. on the other hand, of
private discussions among the heads of
the delegations on political issues.
Elections Hinder Talks.
There Is reason to believe that the
French, after a study of the American
plan for the reduction of electives,
have found therein ideas and formulas
which. they believe may be highly use
ful, at later stage of the negotiations,
when questions of actual figures arise.
talks between the French and Ameri-
can experts on these points are believed
to be already taking place.
Owing to the imminence of their cleo
tions, the French seem disinclined to
talk for the present with either the
Germans or the Italians. They are glad.
however, to discuss their difficulties
with the Americans, which puts the
American delegation in an excellent DO
sition, 1t is said, for work of construc-
tive diplomacy.
Copyright. 1922
Evening star., 1932-04-25
CABINET VOTES TO END
GOLD BASIS IN GREECE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATHENS, Greece, April 25.-The
cabinet voted today to abandon the
gold standard.
1t had been generally expected that
Greece would go off the gold standard,
for Premier Venizelos has been con-
ferring for several 1a-- With outstand-
ing financiers and industrialists.
They made no announcement, but 1t
was generally known that the advisa-
bility of abandoning gold was the SUBJ
ject of the several meetings.
On Friday Kriakos VarvaressoS,
councillor to the Bank of Greece, was
appointed minister of finance to sue
ceed G. Maris. This was regarded as
significant, inasmuch as the new min
ister advocated abandoning the gold
standard.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
YALE GYM HEAD QUITS
DR.. William G. Anderson to Retire
at Age of II.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. April Is (F-
Retirement of DR.. William G. Anderson
as director of the gymnasium, a post
he has held since 1903, was announced
Yesterday By Yale University in connec-
tion with plans fer the operation of the
new S4,00o,0O0 Payne Whitney gym
naslum.
DR.. Anderson. nationally known or
ganizer and educator in physical train
ing, will leave the university next June
at the age of II years after 40 years
service. His brother, Henry s, Ander-
son, an instructor in gymnastics and
his associate on the gymnasium staff
for nearly 80 years, will be retired at
the same time.
DR.. Anderson is the father of basket
ball, fencing, boxing and wrestling at
the university.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
TWO DIE IN SNOWST0RM

DENVER, April rs O4p-A man and
woman lost their lives when snow
storms displaced Spring weather in the
Rockies over the week end.
Mrs. B. z. SnoWden, school teacher
near Trinidad, Colo, apparently died
from exposure while wandering in
blizzard. Her body was found in
deserted cabin four miles from her
rural school.
Overexertion and heart disease caused
the death of c. G. johnson, Marion,
Kans, who was walking from Q snow-
bound bus west Of Cheyehne, Wye.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
HITLER THANKS WORKERS.
Says Elections Show Party Is Strongest
i'm Germany.

MUNICH, Germany, April as Op).-
Adolf Hitler. National Socialist leader,
issued a statement today thanking his
party workers for their efforts in the
campaign that preceded yesterdays
elections, and declared the elections
showed that theirs is the strongest
party in Germany.
Our success was not due to clever
tactics" he said but to relentless toll
What the propaganda department
achieved in few brief weeks is un-
precedented.
Thanking the storm troops with an
overfiowing heart" for their loyalty, he
added:
Our task is not to rest a minute,
but to renew the fight for the independ-
ence of Germany"
Evening star., 1932-04-25
PAIR FACES GRILLING.
Jersey Police to Question Two in Down
ingtown, Pa,

DOWNINGTOWN, Pa, April as (R.-
Chief of Police Chester Glisson said to-
day that State police from HopeweIl.
N. j., would come to Dowingtown at
cnce to question the man and woman
held in connection with the Lindbergh
kidnapping case
The couple gave their names as Al
bert Lacher of Philadelphia and Edith
Crebbe of Detroit They had been
staying at an inn here for some time
and were suspected of knowing some-
thing Of the kidnapping of the Lind
bergh baby after they are said to have
sent letter to the Lindbergh family
and other persons at the inn heard
them talking about the case.
Local authorities said the couple had
given conflicting statements as to their
whereabouts since the kidnapping They
had been at the inn since the second
day after the Lindbergh KIDNAPPING
Police said Lacher made frequent
trips away from the inn and admitted
that he had been in New York since
the kidnapping. The couple are said
to have money in several banks, the
location of.which were not revealed.
MAROON SAILS AGAIN.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
POLICE SEEK SCORES
IN RELIGIOUS RIOTS
Members of Psnecostal Society
Pelted With Stones by Mob
in Nova Scotia.

BY the Associated Press.
MAHONE BAY, Nova Scotia, April
25.-A score of young men charged
with acts of violence in connection with
series of religious riots at Martins
River, which spread over three DAYS,
were being hunted today by Royal Cana
dian Mounted Police. Four men have
already been arrested.
The men sought and those under ar
rest are alleged to have been part of a
mob which pelted members of the
Pentecostal Society with mud ard
stones during melees in which one man
was stabbed in the arm and two houses
were damaged by heavy missiles.
stone hurting and mud heaving be-
gan Thursday night. Friday night a
flght took place, and Saturday night
meetings being held in two houses were
broken up by a mob.
Mounted police were summoned and
scattered the Saturday mob, arresting
four men.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
.L|NDbERGH FAMILY
TO QUIT HOPEWELL
viii Move Back to EngIe-
wood This Week-PoIice
to Guard Estate.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOPEWELL, N. j., April 2S-The
Lindberghs will move back to Engle-
wood this week, probably Wednesday,
away from the Sourland Hills home
that has been the scene of so much
sorrow for them in recent weeks.
Headquarters of the New Jersey State
police, in charge of the hunt for the
kidnapped Charles Augustus Lindbergh,
Jr, will be at Trenton. Only two or
three State troopers will be left at the
estate to guard it against trespassers.
There have been no developments in
the child hunt for several days. The
Nortolk, Va, Intermediates, the aged
educator who communicated with the
kidnapers as "Jafsie" and other indie
pendent agencies which have been in
volVed in the baby hunt have made no
report of progress.
Police announced that motion pic-
lures of a baby left in a nursery at
san san jose Calf, had been shown to
Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh, but that
after seeing the pictures they had said
the baby was not their missing son.
Projection of the pictures" said Col.
H. Norman Schwarzkopf, superintend-
ent OF the New Jersey State police,
showed definitely that this is not the
Linabergh baby"
Col. Schwarzkopf said investigators
hao been sent to Downington, Pa, to
question couple held there.
This couple" he said, "have not
been connected with the Lindbergh
case as yet"
Evening star., 1932-04-25
FIGHT NITRATE COMBINE

Chilean Leftist Parties Join in Dis
solution Campaign.
SANTIAGO. Chile, April 25 tE.-
Arturo Alessandri, former President and
at present senator from the north. a.as
been chosen to lead campaign fer ais
solution of the CoSach nitrate combine,
it was revealed yesterday,
The new effort from the Leftist
parties was regarded as consolidation,
since all of them agreed to use the same
program Alessandri used In his unsuc-
cessful presidential campaign last Oc-
tOber.
The newspaper Mercurio approved
the consolidation OF parties as a means
of creating healthful joint opposition,
which it said was needed by the country.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
THIEF CAUGHT IN CHURCH

PHILADELPHIA, April rs P).-c..::es
OF XIII him" were heard in ST. Marys
Ukranian Church OF the Immaculate
Conception in North Philadelphia yes
terday as pickpocket fed over pews
with angry worshipers at his heels. He
was eornered in the church courtyard.
Arrival Of the police prevented the
enraged members Of the congregation,
who said he tried to take pocketbooks
while standing in line to be blessed. He
gave his name as Harry Simmons. 80.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
MOTHER ACCUSES BOY, 13,
OF SLAYING HIS FATHER
Wounded Brother and Herself,
Then Escaped During Night,
She Says.
BY the Associated Press.

BY Ihe Associated Press,
GILBERT, Ariz,, April 25.-Robert
Merreil, l3, was sought todaJ by officers
on the story Of his mother that he slew
his father and wounded a brother and
herself.
The mother said the youth arose from
his bed last night, grabbed pistol and
after the shooting rode away on his
pony: She was unable to give any rea-
son for his act.
Neighbors who heard the shots and
ran to the Merren home said Mrs
Merrell was mysterical and cried out
Bobby did it."
The father, r. w. Merrell was for
mer mayor Of Gilbert He was shot
through the heart. Mrs, Merrell was
wounded in the neck. Charles, IL, was
shot III the hip.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
PARLEY.
ITO HEAR PRESIDENT.
Hoover Accepts Invitation to
Talk in Richmond Wed
nesday Night.

President Hoover today accepted ar
invitation to address the Governors
Conference at Richmond, Va, next
Wednesday
The sudden acceptance of the in
vitation rendered him by Governors OF
the various States probably will result
in meeting between the President and
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt of New
York, leading Democratic candidate for
the presidential nomination to oppose
Mr.. Hoover.
Roosevelt to Talk Also.
The President will leave the White
House late Wednesday morning
Roosevelt is scheduled to address the
conference Wednesday night.
The Presidents topic will be the res
lationship between the State and Fed
eral governments, economy and taxa
ton
Governors attending the conference
already have accepted an invitation
from Mr.. Hoover to dine with him at
the White House next Thursday
This will be the first time Mr.. Hoover
has addressed a Governors conference
since he became President. It also will
be the first address made by the Pres
ident outside of Washington since last
October, when he went to Detroit to
urge the American Legion Convention
not to push bonus legislation.
Works On Speech.
The President started to work on his
Richmond speech yesterday afternoon
and is devoting most Of his time today
to this task.
With view to having as few inter-
ruptions as possible. he made no en-
gagements today. He did, however, see
several Of his close advisers, among
them being Col ]. c. Roop. director OF
the Budget; Eugene Meyer, jr., governor
OF the Federal Reserve Board, anc
Postmaster General Brown.
DINE HERE TuVrpSnAV
Evening star., 1932-04-25
DYNAMITE BLAST WRECKS
+ WATER TANK NEAR MINE
10000 Gallons of Water Sweeps
Through Triadelphia, W. Va,
After Explosion on Hillside.

BY the Associated Press.
TRIADELPHIA, w, Va, April 25.--
A terrific dynamite explosion early yes
terday wrecked a large water tank on
a hillside above Triadelphia and sent
80 900 gallons Of water swirling down
into the mining village.
The blast was attributed TO strike
sympathizers,
No one was injured, but the water
caused considerable damage. undermin-
ing several dwellings and throwing the
Elm Grove Mine into darkness,
Deputy sheriffs from Wheeling re-
ported they were fired upon as they
approached Triadelphia, State troop
ers are searching the hills.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
INGERS0LL TO BE BURIED
IN ARLI LINGTON ON MAY 4
Ashes of Agnostic to Rest in Ma
tional Cemetery-Served
in Civil War.
BIZ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
The ashes of Robert Ingersoll, the
agnoStic. win be buried in Arlington
National Cemetery May 4 at 10 am
War Department officials said today
that "a friend" of Ingersolps had re-
quested that a grave be prepared for
that date. Permission was granted for
Ingersolls burial in Arlington April 10,
1880 He served in the llth Illinois
Cavalry during the Civil War.
Department officials said that no
mention was made in the application
looking toward a similar burial for
Mrs. Ingersoll.
Evening star., 1932-04-25
RARE PAINTING SLASHED

Vandalism Is Blamed on Art Stu
dents in Spain.
MADRID. Spain, April 25 (Pl.-Fivt
valuable paintings displayed by the
Academy of the San Fernando Art
School we're found slashed or otherwise
destroyed yesterday.
The director said he believed students
we're responsible because the pictures
represented the conventional work oi
artists who had received prizes in Rome
The paintings were Jose Garuelo's
"El Ceptauro." Morciilo's La Virtud u
Chicharro's ''Trabaio Eugento," Oliva's
Cain y Abel" and Angeles Las Lavan-
deras."