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Evening star., 1932-04-17

own guilt in order to obtain the re-
lease of the boy
'Hell's House" is another of a
popular style of screen plays, with
the chief factors transferred to a
boys institution, but moving situa-
tionS quite similar to others that
have been shown among the older
prisoners. 1t has moderate interest
and some well known actors in the
major roles.
The stage program is headed by
Gloria Foy, with Sam Critchsrson
and Walter Lane in a spirited as
sortment of musical and comedy
features. Sunshine Sammy, with
three brothers, all garbed in white,
give some fancy steps, while the
youngest of the quartet is heard in
songs. Sidney Page, with Petite
Marie, Peggy Earle and Al Kicker,
offers an extremely grotSeque act,
winding up with dancing and aero
battles. Joe Jackson performs with
a bicycle, which easily falls apart,
and one of the best acts on the pro-
gram is provided by Ed and Jennie
Rooney en- the trapeze. Lillian Croel
and Al Allen add to the comedy Of
the performance. D. c. c.
Evening star., 1932-04-17

volumes is decorated in the Elizabethan
manner
In order to give the general public
an opportunity to see some of Mr. Fol-
gers outstanding collections, great ex-
hibitiOn hall, vaulted as in the time of
Shakespeare, is filled with treasures for
the inspection of the casual visitor At
one end of the building there is an
Elizabethan theater, designed not as a
replica Of any one famous theater in
Shakespeare'S time, but in an endeavor
to reproduce the most adaptable fea-
lures of several and recreate their at
mosphere. In the pit there are seats,
although contrary to EliZabethan GUS
toms, and no contemporary of the poets
ever knew such lighting effects as mod
ern electricity has made possible in this
theater. On the floor below there are
modern dressing rooms, lobby, wait
ing rooms and other up-to-date facili-
ties.
Many Other Rooms.
"At the opposite end of the building
are the administration offices, individ-
ual studies, special rooms for making
photostatic reproductions. storerooms,
etc.
"Of the collection Itself, the most
outstanding book of all is probably the
one designated by Mr.. Folger as the
most precious in the world'-the Vln-
cent first folio of 1923, presented by the
printer to Vincent. the royal herald
Among others in the collection which
makes it so valuable is group of poems
including Venus and AdoniS' Q599) 8,
valued at S75,000; the Titus and
Andronicus' of 1884, the first printed
work of Shakespeare and the only
known copy, valued at $45 900, and the
Gwynn collection of quarto plays, bound
by Pavier in London in 1919, the first
collected edition of Shakespeare's plays,
valued at $4,000.
Not all the books in the library were
written by Shakespeare, although it is
around his works that the memorial
was conceived. Other authors of the
Elizabethan and Jacobean periods are
literally represented, particularly those
from whom the dramatist drew plots
or quotations or whom he is supposed to
have read or who have made illusions
to his works"
Concerning the Shakespearean works
in the library, Director Slade said:
The Folger Shakespeare Library con-
tains upward of l 400 different copies
of the collected works different edi-
! tons and duplicate copies both in
cluded) in total of about 9,700 vol
umes. In addition, besides numerous
copies Of the sonnets and poems, it has,
as one would expect, a very great num-
Der of separate editions of the plays,
Hamlet leading with over 800 copies
Macbeth next with over 500, Romeo
and Juliet and Merchant of Venice
next, each with over 400, and others
| following. For historical, literary or
| critical study, 1t will obviously be of
great service to have at hand such a
collection of different editions so large
ly supplied, as they are, with introduc-
tions, notes, essays and critical ap-
| paratus. Moreover, a large number of
the copies contain the MS. notes by
editors, men of letters and others, Civ
| ing the volumes added value and in
| tereSt."
Evening star., 1932-04-17
SLAYER WINS ACQUITTAL
AFTER 80 YEARS FUGITIVE
North Carolina Man, Prominent
in Missouri Town, Returned
on Sisters Tip.
BY the Associated Press.

=
BAKERSVILLE, N c., April 16.-
George Presnell, 60, was acquitted here
today of a f1rst-degree murder charge
brought for the Staying % years ago
of Lewis Buchanan, his neighbor For
nearly 80 years he had lived under the
shadow of the law, only to have it in
the end find his action justiflable.
AS G. r. Snyder, the foreman, an
nounced the jury's decision, Presnell
was unmoved, but when he arose to
thank the panel he could not speak.
His wife had sat close to him
throughout the brief trial and testi-
fed in his behalf. 1t was Buchanan's
advances to her that brought about the
fatal fight, said Presnen, and she cor
roborated him.
In 1902, in August, when Presnell
slashed Buchanan at saw mill in the
Iron Mountains, near the Tennessee
line, he fed to Iowa. He wrote to his
father here, but, fearing detection, the
elder man wrote George not to write,
and that his wife was dead
Presnell married again in Iowa and
established himself in his community.
He moved to Prattsville, Mo, and was
ioined by a sister. In February this
sister informed officers of his identity,
and he was returned here for trial. He
was re-indicted, although a first in
dictment had been presented against
him almost exactly % years ago.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
ENGINEER OFFICERS
HOLD 18TH REUNION
Annual Dinner Served at Fort
Humphreys-Addresses
Given.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FORT HUMPHREYS, Va, April 49,
Officers and former officers of the Corps
of Engineers, United States Army, met
here tonight at the sixty-fifth annual
reunion dinner of "the Engineer nfass. "
The first annual dinner was held in
1863, during the Civil War.
Among the prominent officers of the
Corps of Engineers attending are Gen.
Lytle Brown, chief of Engineers: Gen.
George B. Pillsbury, assistant chief of
Engineers: Gen. Herbert Deakyne, for
mer assistant chief of Engineers; Gen.
Williac D. Connor, superintendent of
the United States Military Academy;
Col. Edward NJ. Markham, Col. Sher-
wood A. Cheney, Col. w j. Barden,
Col. Earl l. Brown, Col. Elliott j. Dent.
Col. Henry c. Jewett and Col Gustave
r. LukeSh
The arrangements for the dinner were
made under the supervision of Col. Ed
ward H. Schulz commanding officer Of
Fort Humphreys, by a committee headed
by Maj. William E. r. Covell, Mai. Ed
win A. Bethel and Capt. Albert C.
Lieber, jr
Maj. CoveI was toastmaster. calling
upon the following officers for speeches
Gen. Brown, Gen. Pillsbury, Gen. Con-
nor, Col Markham, Col r. T. Ward
and Maj. j. E. H. Lee. Special enter
talnment was provided in the form of
songs and stunts. The 18th Engineer
Band furnished the music.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
6CHACHT ASSURES
PAYMENT OF DEBTS
6erman Banker Insists That
aerican Investors Abroad
: viii Not Lose.
Nv the Associated Press.

BERLIN, April 16.-Dr. Hjalmar
Schacht, former president of the
Reichsbank, reassured America in a
radio broadcast tonight that German
private debts would be repaid, even if
q temporary moratorium was necessary
but on condition that "the present men,
tai stagnation must be overcome"
Discussing the world economic situa-
ton, DR.. Schacht, one of Germanys
leading bankers and economists, said
he saw here and there a psychology
cal change toward betterment"
His speech was the first broadcast
from Germany in the International
Radio Forum, sponsored by Ira Nelson
Morris of Chicago, former American
Minister to Sweden.
Economic Madness"
Everywhere the economic madness of
the war is being realized, DR.. Schacht
said. 1T also becomes more evident
all the time that the international
treaties concluded since the end of the
war meant only the perpetuation of this
economic madness"
The German people "are determined
to pay all their commercial and other
private debts, regardless of whether
the debts are of private enterprises,
municipalities, states or the federal
government he said.
Perhaps a temporary moratorium
for long-term private loans must be
arranged, but in in the end no owner of
German securities will suffer damage"
Issues Warning.
After warning against putting in
cold storage the credits needed for
turnover" DR.. Schacht said he thought
regarding the so-called standStill agree
mentS that lone should only have con-
sidered a mere transfer moratorium,
leaving open the possibility for German
debtors to pay in marks inside Ger
many"
The transfer could have been taken
care of at the proper moment later"
he said The tremendous shake-up of
the German banking system and stock
exchange would have been avoided"
Evening star., 1932-04-17
RI0T-TORN AUCKLAND
FEARS WAVE OF ARSON
Citizens Stay Indoors Upon Warn
ing of Mayor-City Under
Heavy Guard.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, April 16.
Auckland, scene of numerous riots by
jobless men during the last few days,
was like besieged city tonight.
In obedience to a warning from the
mayor, most Of the citizens stayed in
their homes. Occasional groups Of
rowdieS we're kept on the move by po-
lice. British naval picketS were on duty
at strategic points and motor patrols
rolled necessarily through the city and
the suburbs
Rumors that the homes Of prominent
citizens might be set afire caused con-
siderable apprehension. Special guards
were posted before some of the resi-
dences identified with these reports.
The mayor issued an order prohibit
Ing all public meetings, thus outlawing
the assembly planned by the unem-
ployed for tomorrow.
There was a fire in a timber yard
which police said apparently was in
cendiary. 1t was extinguished without
doing much damage.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
GERMAN GROUPS
ORDERED PROBED
Hlndenburg Follows Up De-
cree DisSoIving National
Socialist Troops.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN. April 16-PreSident Paul
Won Hindenburg today followed up his
decree oiSSOlving the National Social
ISL storm troops by instructing the
Minister of the Interior to investigate
charges that other political groups are
maintaining military organizations
designed to undermine the authority
OF the state
Although the President was not
specific, 1t was apparent he was re-
fsrring to the Republican Reichsban-
ner organization. A government spokeS-
man said the President had been
Obliged to submit the charges to the
proper department. but the Reichsban-
ner already had given assurance of its
non-milltary character and of its de-
Votlon to the state.
Political Bias Denied.
After receiving his letter of instruc-
uons from the President, Gen. Wilhelm
Groener, Minister of the Interior. is
sued public statement asserting that
ms action in closing up Nazi storm
troop headquarters was based on no po-
htlcai bias. but was solely for safe
guarding the authority of the state.
Gen. Groener declared he could not
e'NNNNAN " ANlAldllNLo llOUl CeIldlU
terS that he treat the Steel Helmet and
Relchsbanner organizations exactly as
ne had treated the Nazi storm troops.
The Nazi units, he said, were much
more military in character.
Long Source of Worry.
This point had been worrying me
long before l took charge of the min
lstry OF the interior" the general as
serted.
4 conceived the idea of gathering all
these organizations into one nationally
minded sports combine, but political de-
VeIopments this year prevented that
plan"
The minister explained that dissolu-
ton OF the storm troops was not di-
rected against the Nazis as a party and
that they remained as free as ever so
far as airing their views was concerned.
He denied that foreign pressure had
had anything to do with his actions.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
WITNESS IN UNSOLVED
SLAYING FATALLY SHOT
Ill-Feeling Growing Out of Case
Blamed for Death of Police
Judge.
By = s. ciated Press.


MANCHESTER, KY, April 10
Police Judge c. P. StiverS, 40, a grand
jury witness in an unsolved Staying
here, was shot to death today on Main
street. The slayers escaped in large
red sedan, windows of which had been
painted white and was reported to have
had Kentucky license tag on the front
and an Ohio tag on the back
Clay County officers, assisted by others
from jackson County, pursued them
through Jackson County.
The shooting occurred at the spot
where Alfred Neal, colored, was killed
in February. Judge Stivers appeared
as witness before the grand jury in
the shooting Of Neal, allegedly by three
white men, but no indictment was re-
turned. Today's tragedy was attributed
to nl-feeling growing out of the Neal
case.
While officers were in pursuit of the
men, John NJ. Quinn, so, lawyer here,
was arrested on a conspiracy charge in
connection with the killing. Quinn said
he knew nothing about the case.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
WILKINSON FIGHT
DUE FOR SENATE.
Labor Foes of Judge Send
Protests to Members of
Chamber.
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
Organized labor prepared yesterday
to carry to the Senate floor its battle
against the promotion of Judge James
II. WilKerson of Chicago, who sentenced
Al Capone.
kilograms were sent yesterday to
every Senator by the Railway Labor
Executive Association charging Wilker-
son with prejudice and class conscious
bias"
Favorable Report Passed.
Labors protests against confirming
Wilkerson,s nomination to the Circuit
Court was outWeighed in the Judiciary
Subcommittee. which considered the
nomination, by the judges action in
sentencing Capone to II years in the
penitentiary.
The subcommittee report favoring
Wilkerson by a 3-to-2 vote will be sub
mitted to the full committee Monday,
but no action is expected at that time.
Chairman Borah of the subcommit-
tee predicted yesterday that members Of
the full committee would want to study
the evidence in the case before voting
on it.
Held Foe of Labor.
III JHtN IeitBidIH W JIlt otlldlOIo Jto-
terday the railroad brotherhood heads
said WilkersonS service has shown
clear antagcniSm to the legitimate eX-
ercise of the rights of the wage earners
to organize and act together for the
protection of their common interests" p"
They also charged him with 'intem-
perate and unjustified criticism of labcr
organizations" and issuance of sweep
ing iniunctions without notice depriving
workers of rights confirmed by Federal
law"
Evening star., 1932-04-17
WEDDING DAY ADVANCED
TO BAR PLANNED JOKES
Adjutant General of Massachusetts
Weds "a Hours Ahead of An
nounced Date.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FRAMINGHAM, Mass April 16.-
John H. Agnew, State adjutant gen.
eral. and Mrs. Agnew had the last
laugh on their friends and Would-be
practical jokers. They were married
yesterday Just "a hours before the an
nounced date of the nuptials.
De Witt C. De Wolf, secretary to
Gov Joseph B. Ely, and father Of the
bride, in announcing the wedding day.
said: Yes, they were to be married
today, but during the week friends had
warned them of intended practical
Jokes on the wedding day.
Yesterday they suddenly decided to
set the date "a hours ahead. 1t was
as big surprise TO me as to any one,
since I was to have given my daughter
in marriage. I was the only other
guest at a wedding dinner with the
four principals last night"
Evening star., 1932-04-17
200 HUGUEN0TS MARK
BIRTH OF u. S. SOCIETY
Proposed Memorial at Manakin
Town, Va, Occupies Atten-
tion of Convention.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
FARMVILLE, Va, April 16.-Mem-
oers OF the National Huguenot Society
OF all the United States gathered here
today to celebrate the tenth anniversary
OF the organization.
Ihe principal discussion of the con-
vention, attended by more than 200
members, was proposed Huguenot me-
moral at Manakin Town. Powhatan
county, the largest Huguenot settle
ment made in America, founded in 1899.
pilgrimage to Manakin Church will be
made tomorrow.
DR.. w. T. Wyman William, pastor of
Hampden-Sydney College Church. in an
address this afternoon presented the
history of the Huguenot's from their
beginning to the French reformation
of 1902,
Evening star., 1932-04-17
Dorothy Mackaill
In Person at RiaItO.

DOROTHY MACKAILL, on this
weeks stage at the Rialto. is
exactly as she Is on the screen
which means that she is verv. verv
1alr and most becomingly pleasant
of speech, manner, voice and everv-
Cnlng else. Ably assisted by-as the
screen remarks again and again
Mr.. Mackaill," who is in reality Mr..
helth Miller, and gentleman who
IS incidentally a good singer, she
presents little Skit which is not
py halt so painful as most cinematic
heroines' stage contributions-and
not only says her little say. sings
her little song and dances her little
uaHce WIN ease and glibness, but
remains all the time her very charm
ing self
As further attraction of a nom
ceLulold sort, Mr. Herb Gordon
continues to whisper" out his music
In mellow and melodious fashion.
ana prepares an atmospherically
satls1ylng introduction for the ap-
proach of the silken Miss Mackaiu.
On the screen is THE Deceiver."
a drama of the see-if -you-know-
VINO -did-the-murder variety-which
Is better than you are led to suspect
it is going. to be. In this, Mr.. Ian
Keith plays the role of villainous
matinee idol, who gets so involved
with feminine admirers that while
he is planning to go West with one
lady he is shipping off another one
on another train. getting $4,000 for
some letters he wrote a Park avenue
frau, making love to Desdemona.
and finally getting cold, cold knife
in the small of his back. The fact
that he was such a horrid man is
Evening star., 1932-04-17
LIQUOR SUSPECT KILLED
Police Chief Blames Glancing Bull.
let Fired at Ground.

PRINCETON. KY, April 16 (P,-
Jess Whittinghill 40, of the Golden
Pond section of Trigg County, was shot
and killed tonight by Chief of Police
Everett Jones who had attempted to
arrest him on suspicion of transporting
whisky.
Chief Jones said Whittinghill and
TWO other men in an automobile Jumped
cut of the car when orcered to halt,
The officer said he fired three or four
shots at the ground in their direction
and expressed the belief the bullet that
struck Whittinghill had glanced.
The other two men escaped. Whit
1nghill was shot through the right tenn
pie and died instantly. Ten gallons of
whisky were found in the automobile.
Chief Jones said he had suspected
Whittinghill of engaging in liquor run
Evening star., 1932-04-17
ART STUDIOS BANKRUPT

Tiffany Concern Enters Voluntary
Petition.
NEW YORK, April Is (P)-A volun-
tary petition in bankruptcy was filed in
Federal Court today by the Tiffany
Studios. designers and makers of stained
glass windows, memorials and ecclesias-
tical art works.
The petition, signed by R. Ashmead,
treasurer, listed liabilities of $481 ,595
and assets, consisting largely of ac-
counts receivable, amounting to $315, ,907.
The principal creditor is Louis Tif-
fany, to whom there is due on notes and
other credits the sum of S223,356.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
Junior Durkin, Pat O'Brien,
In Crime Drama at Keith's.

JUNIOR DURKIN' 5 progress as a
juvenile actor reaches a new
stage in the film at R-K-O Keith's,
"Hells House" in which he shares
the leading scenes with Pat O'Brien
and Bette Davis. Juniors work is
reminder of similar assignments in
the Mark Twain classics, and makes
him a little more conspicuous than
in other roles to his credit. His
chief co-laborers have their own
recognized style, and the story is
built up around the crime of boot
Logging and the possible results of
inefficiency in the conduct of an in
dustrial school under jurisdiction of
the courts.
In the industrial school scenes,
young Durkin is associated with
Junior Coghlan, in incidents involv-
ing oppression which results in the
death of the young associate. Mr..
O'Brien plays the bootlegger, who
shifts responsibility on the boy when
his place is raided by the police, and
only after series of painful ex-
periences does the man concede his
Evening star., 1932-04-17
PLANS FLIGHT TO TOXIC
japanese Aviator Arrives in U. s.
Eastward Hop Failed.

NEW YORK, April Is R.-Seii
Yoshihara, 28-year-old japanese avia-
tor who last year made an unsuccessful
attempt to fly across the North Pacific
from Japan to the United States, ar
rived today on the liner Albert BalIin to
prepare for flight from San Francisco
to Toxic late in May.
de said he would make the flight
alone.
Yoshihara abandoned his attempt Tn
make the eastward flight last Summer
after his plane wrecked in a forced
landing on the Island of Shimushiru.
In the Kurile Islands. He had started
on flight by easy stages from Toxic TO
Seattle and San Francisco.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
"The Crowd Roars,"
at Warmers Earle,

A NYTHING that James Cagney
" is in is likely to be amusing.
II The Crowd Roars," although
4 u not by any means his best,
will keep Cagney fans
pleased and please others who like
fast-moving race pictures. While
the first crowd at the Earle yester-
day didn't roar as loudly at this as
it did at Mr. Cagney's last picture,
it seemed more than satisfied-and
Evening star., 1932-04-17
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington s Theaters

the reason for the somewhat difficult
solving Of the murder. and for the
remainder of the film-which is
pretty good up until the last drop
Besides Mr. Keith, who plays his
role very well indeed, the actors in
volved include Natalie Moorehead,
Lloyd Hughes and Dorothy Sebastian.
E. de S. NJ.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
KILLED BY OFFICE GAS
Prominent Rochester, N. Y, Mar
Found Dead With Wife.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, April Is LP.-
Frederick G. Buckley as. prominent
clubman and business man. and his
wife, Elsie M. Buckley. As. were killed
today by Illuminating gas escaping
from heater in Buckley's office here.
Coroner Richard A Leonardo said
death was accidental.
Buckley was secretary and treasurer
Of the Sterling Siren Fire Alarm Co,
note Mrs. Buckley wrote to her son
IN New York showed she had attended
a theater last night with her husband
after which they went to his Office
apparently so that he could catch up
with some work.
Evening star., 1932-04-17

lut M Z , ) L > g..
Warner, who
now prou d ! y
boast that Gag
ney is the white
est Of their
white haired
boys, should not
regret in the
lie st having
said so.
That star is,
however, f a T
superior to his
story material.
The plot is a
mild wings" Of
the race track,
a n d EoncernS
some people
who, as Mr..
~ q -.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
LAW HELD INVALID
illinois Income Tax Assessed "Not
by Valuation"

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, April 16 (P).-
The recently enacted Illinois State in
come tax law was held unconstitutional
by Judge Jesse r. Brown of Alton. in
the Sangamon County Circuit Court,
today. An appeal from the ruling will
be made to the Supreme Court.
Judge Brown ruled that the income
tax law was in violation of the State
constitution "fo- the reason that said
act is proposed tax on property by
graduation and not valuation"
The ruling held that income was
property, but that the income tax law
did not levy a uniform tax on such
property as required by the constitution.
The act clearly shows" Judge Brown
said. IAN intention to make no distinc-
ton between income from property and
income from personal earnings. The
act must stand or fall when tested by
the rule that income is property and
that taxes on property must be uniform
by valuation. and not otherwise, as
required by the constitution"
India has a prolonged kerosene price
Evening star., 1932-04-17
BURNS KILL HOUSEWIFE
Blind Husband Beats Out Flames
With Bare Hands,

PROVIDENCE, R. I, April 16 tP)-
Although her blind husband put out
the flames with his bare hands, Mrs
Minnie Lafleur of Hillsgrove was so Sc
verely burned when her clothes caught
dre today that she died in a hospital
Her husband, Duff Lafieur, 64, Suf-
fered severe burns while extinguishing
the flames and when he went for as
sistance he groped his way to the
wrong door, plunged down fight of
stairs and suffered cuts to his head.
However. he managed to reach the
home Of a neighbor.
Evening star., 1932-04-17
BAND TAX is ISSUE
Town Free of Debt Faces It's Hot.
test Election.

ASHTON, Ill, April 16 OP.-This Lee
County town Of less than 1000 popula-
ton, entirely free from debt and boast
ing more paved streets than any other
town Of its size in Illinois, faced the
hottest election in its history next Tues
day-the issue being / mill tax to
maintain a municipal band.
Two tickets for village trustees were
in the field.