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Evening star., 1932-01-11
TWO COLORED MEN
SLAIN DURING NIGHT
stabbing and Shooting Under Po-
lice Investigation, With One
Man Under Arrest.

Two colored men were murdered here
last night, one stabbed with butcher
knife and the other shot in the 6tom-
ach
Samuel Prater. 3S, colored, of 1888
Twenty-fifth street, said by police 20
have admitted stabbing John Robinson,
49. Of 1926 Twenty-seventh street, was
under arrest today According TO po-
lice, Prater rushed into a grocery store
at 1921 Twenty-fifth street. grabbed q
butcher knife, ran cut and stabbed
Robinson. In the ensuing fight f.e was
cut on the face himself After first
aid treatment at Emergency Hospital
he was jailed on murder charge. Po-
lice said he was intoxicated when ar
rested.
Louis BuSey, 25, of 811 Twenty-fourth
street, was found shot to death in front
of 2f24 Virginia avenue. Police are
searching for the slayer
Evening star., 1932-01-11
OIL CURB APPEAL DUE

Oklahoma's oil conservation legisla-
ton, under which Gov. Murray used Ma
tional Guardsmen to shut down wells,
Will be reviewed by the Supreme Court.
In deciding today to take up the case
the court indicated it would tell Okla
homa whether it went too far in legis-
lation which Gov. Murray held gave the
State the right to keep the wells closed
until oil climbed to a higher price,
Evening star., 1932-01-11
MRS. A. R. HAMPTON DIES
Long Illness Fatal to Real Estate
Brokers Wife.

Mrs. Annie Ring Hampton, wife of
James j. hampton, Washington real
estate broker, died at her home, 1928
Wyoming avenue, early yesterday after
noon. She had been i'll for some time
Born in 1870, Mrs. hampton spent
her early life in Watertown, N. Y,
and had resided in Washington since
her marriage. She is survived by her
husband, daughter, Mrs. Paul F.
kitchener, Binghamton, N. Y, and
three grandchildren, James, Anne and
Jean kitchener.
Burial will be private.
Evening star., 1932-01-11
PACKER CASE UP FEB. 20

BY the Associa ted Press.
The Supreme Court today said 1t
would pass on the recent modification
of the packers consent decree and set
the argument for February 29
The case has been in the courts in
one form or another almost since 1920.
Evening star., 1932-01-11
MRS. COOKSON BURIED
Funeral Services Conducted at On
tario Road Home.

tario Road Home.
Funeral services were held Saturday
afternoon for Mrs. A. G. CookSon, who
died Wednesday at her home, 2710
Ontario road. Burial was in Fort Lin
coin Cemetery.
Mrs. Cookson was born 79 years ago
on Long Island, New York, daughter
of the late Col. Joseph Cookson and
Esther Snow Cookson. She had been a
resident of Washington for "a years.
She Is survived by five children, Maj.
w. w. Cookson, u S. A; Walter M.
Cookson of Los Angeles, Mrs. Victoria
A. Hyde and Leon ]. and Loyina A.
Cookson.
Evening star., 1932-01-11
Card Party Planned.

SILVER HILL, Md, January IL
(SpeciaD The Parent-Teacher AsSo-
ciat ation of the Silver Hill School Will
January %.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-16

Brazil is granting special concessions
and exemptions to those who engage in
the cultivation or utilization Of rubber
In that country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-08-16
Bandits in 4O3-Mile Dash.

Bandits who obtained a high-speed
car at Blackpool, England, trusted to
driving 403 miles in less than rs hours
to cover up their robbery of a post Office
at Tockwith, Yorkshire They gave a
check for l,100 to a garage owner for
the car and at 10 o'clock at night of
the same day the car was seen at
Wetherby, S miles from Tockwith. Next
morning it was back In Blackpool, the
Speedometer showing It had gone 403
miles One Of the men took the car
back to the garage and said he wished
to return 1t as the check would not be
honored. The two men confessed.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
BANDMASTE ERS
LAUD SOUSA

The late John Phillip Sousa,
The March King" was eulogized
today by the American Band
masters Association at the open
ing session of their four-day meet
ing in the Willard Hotel.
Addresses we're delivered by Ed
win Frank Goldman, president;
Karl L. King, Glen Cliffe Bainum
and R. B. Hayward. Capt.
Charles O'Neill is scheduled to
speak on the Importance of the
school band movement later to-
day.
The bandmasters will be guests
of honor at a concert at the
Pan-American Union tonight by
the Army, Navy and Marine
Band Orchestras and tomorrow
afternoon the Marine Band will
demonstrate its clinic on band
arrangements" at the Marine Bar.
racks Auditorium.
The National Press Club will
be hosts to the Bandmasters to-
morrow night at a dinner to be
followed by a concert by the
Navy Band and Saturday noon
the Board of Trade will play host
at luncheon.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
GREETS
D. {. CONV|CTS

In keeping with his pledge to
remove all District prisoners from
Federal penal institutions and
lodge them in the District Refor-
matory at Lorton. Va, Capt. M.
M. Barnard, superintendent of the
local institution, has completed
the transfer of 40 prisoners from
Leavenworth penitentiary to Lor-
ton.
Among these prisoners were
five serving a life term, two serv-
ing 30-year sentences and Gix
serving 20-year terms. Captain
Barnard, some time ago, informed
Congress that he would transfer
all prisoners to the local institu-
tion as soon as buildings to &C.
commodate them we're completed.
Captain Barnard said there are
still 100 District prisoners at
Leavenworth and $50 at Atlanta.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14

Mrs. Fortescue bought pearl
handled revolver and some bullets
on December Is, Vasca Rosa,
hardware clerk, testified yesterday.
Rosa said he also sold a 80 auto
matte revolver, shells and holster
to A. O. Jones, another of the de-
PENDANTS, two days later.
That testimony was the high
point of Kelley's evidence. The
prosecution stressed the fact that
the defendants appeared sane and
acted nationally. He sought to
prove that Kahahawai did not re-
Sist his captors or make his own
death necessary to save those who
allegedly kidnapped him.
On her first appearance in
court, Mrs. Anita, mother of the
dead Kahahawai, quietly entered
the room at II o'clock and sat
not far from Mrs. Fortescue, in
the row of seats occupied by
the defendants.
From time to time. the dark
skinned, middle-aged little Hawai-
ian woman looked at the Ameri-
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
Chinese Tells Jury He found Stains
Of Blood in Fortescue Bedroom

Samuel G.. Lau, Chinese, identi-
fication expert, identified two re-
volvers and a box of cartridges
found in Mrs. Fortescue's bunga.
low, where Kahahawai assertedly
was taken and shot to death after
being kidnapped from the steps of
the "house Of chiefs"
The Chinese then identified a
length of rope as having been
tied around the sheet-wrapped
body of the half-caste, found in
the sedan.
After stating he had seen three
large Splotches of blood in Mrs.
Fortescue'S bedroom, Lau dis
played a series of photographs Of
the interior of the bungalow.
Taking up the cross-examina-
ton, Assistant Defense Attorney
George S. Leisure, of New York,
confined his questions to the con-
dition of the furniture in the
bungalow. It was to determine
if any had blood stains. Only
in the one room was there evi-
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
Accused
OfFeeding
Baby Salt

NEW YORK, April 14.-Ac-
cused of having placed bath
salts in the carriage of Ber-
nard Charlup, nine months
old, with whose parents he
had had a rent dispute, Alex
ander Goldstein, 80, was held
without bail on a charge of
homicide.
He protested, in homicide
court, Brooklyn, that he was at
his place of business in Man
haitian last Thursday, when
the child swallowed the bath
salts. Salt got into a lung
and the child died the next
day in Coney Island Hospital.
John Edwards, colored, who
is a clothes preSser, told police
he saw Goldstein throw the
salt in the baby carriage.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
HITLER POWER
SMASHED

BERLIN. April IA GN.SD-
With the systematic thoroughness
characteristic of German official
dom, police today set out in ear
nest to shatter the "state within a
state" created by Adolph Hitler
through the medium of his 400, 900
brown-shirted National Socialist
storm troops"
Outlawed as an illegal body in
an emergency prescription decree
promulgated by President Won
Hindenburg, the Nazi Army was
riddled and scattered by the au-
thorities, their headquarters pad
locked, and their arms and ammu-
milton seized.
In an assault upon the Brown
House, Hitler's main headquarters
in Munich, police confiscated a
pin-studded map designating the
location of 1000 secret Nazi hang
outs"
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
AFRICAN PERIL
THREATENS
j. 8. COPPER
Tariff Is Urged Upon Senate;
Bitter Opposition Seen
For Postage Increase

America copper industry
is threatened by IAN African
peril" Henry S. Joseph, New
York city, self-acclaimed rep
resentative of the industry,
told the Senate Finance Com
mittee today in urging a cop
per tariff in the tax bill. He
said:
DUTY free copper, produced
under semi-slave conditions in
South Africa, is flooding Amer E
ica. If our copper industry
was protected by a tariff, it
would mean work for 10000
men now unemployed in Arizona,
New Mexico and Utah."
Bitter opposition to the pro-
posed increase in postal rates was
voiced by representatives of mail
advertising, correspondence school
and greeting card associations.
He Issues Warning
A warning that many business
organizations would deliver their
correspondence by hand if postal
rates are increased was made by
James S. Wiley, New York enve-
lope manufacturer. He said:
"My organization, which pays
$4,000 day for stamps is pre-
pared to deliver its correspond.
ence by hand if postal rates are
increased. Others will do like
WISE"
Wiley said the proposal to tax
first-clasS mail and exempt Sec
ond-claSs matter was a discrimi-
nation in favor of newspapers
and magazines. He added:
'Tf the Government wants to
subsidize newspapers and maya
zines that way, let it make up
the difference by putting a tax
on advertising space"
Senator Reed (RD of Pennsyl-
vania interposed:
Il can assure you the news
papers will never print what
you have just said"
A protest against the proposal
to increase rates on c. o. d. mat.
ter to S cents on SIS packages,
was made by w. S. Oberfelder,
of Walter Field Co., Chicago. He
said:
This increase would decrease
&C. o. d. business by 40 per
cent"
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
FIELD DAY SET
FOR MAY 7

School children of Montgomery
County will participate in a county
field day May 7, at the Rockville
Fair Grounds, under plan an
nounced by school officials.
The county schools have been
divided into five classes, and each
school will be entered only against
schools of it's own class, making
in effect five meets in one.
Children participating in the
meet will be divided into the 30
pound class, the 95-pound class,
the 115-pound class, the junior
unlimited class, and the senior
class. Events will include races,
high jumps, relay races, shot put
ting, speed ball tournaments, tar
get pitching, broad jumping and
other field and track events.
More than 10 schools are to be
represented in the meet. which
will occupy the entire day.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
PUPILS To GIVE
THREE PLAYS

Three one-act plays will be pre-
sented by pupils of the Barnette
School of Expression tomorrow at
p. m. at the Powell School,
Thirteenth and Upshur Streets
Northwest. No admission will be
charged.
The play will be again presented
Sunday at p. m. at the Jewish
Foster Home for the children of
the home and their friends. One
of the three plays, when George
and Martha Returned" is a con.
trast between Colonial days and
modern times.
An extensive program is being
prepared by the school for the
next few weeks, including a re.
cital to be held May 20 at the
Sears-Roebuck Art Galleries, 11O6
Connecticut Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14

dence of blood, the witness told
Leisure.
Next to take the stand was
Detective Arthur H. Stagbar, who
was the first witness of the day
to undergo Darrow'S deft cross
examining. The detective iden-
titled two buttons found in Mrs.
Fortescue's bathroom as having
been torn from Kahahawai's un-
derclothing.
Through a casual examination,
Darrow brought out the fact sew
eral days elapsed between the
time the natives underclothing
was found in the sedan and was
turned over to Stagbar.
Chief of Detectives John N.
Mcintosh followed his subordi-
nate. He Said
albert Jones was seated at
a table in the home of Lieuten-
ant and Mrs. MasSie with a
glass of liquor before him. l
arrested him about IL o'clock
on the morning of January 8,
when Kahahawai was shot"
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
Hardware Clerk Testifies to Sale
-t Of Revolver to Mrs. ForteScue

can mother and the three accused
men. Then she would peer be-
hind her at the spectators.
Occasionally she searched the
faces of the mixed jury of Cau-
casions and men of mingled
blood. Mrs. Anita kept her hands
clasped in her lap. Her face
was expressionless until the close
of the session, when tears welled
to her eyes.
The tension of the court re-
laxed for a moment during the
end of the days testimony as
Prosecutor Kelley asked Miss Vic
toria Akama, police court matron:
did Mrs. FOrtescue say any
thing to you?"
eyes. She said she wanted
strip of cloth for a handker-
chief"
Miss Akama also told of Mrs.
Fortescue's request for copies of
the Honolulu papers carrying &C
counts of the kidnapping and
murder of Kahahawai, shortly
after she had been brought to
tho iaiI
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
SHIP FIRE LOSS
OVER 100000

BALTIMORE, April IA. = The
Maryland Conservation Depart
ment flagship, the Tech, used
for the protection of the oyster
industry, is damaged beyond re-
pair, it was said today, as a re-
suit of a fire at the Unger-Mahon
shipyard near Turner's Station.
Vessels valued at $3,000,000 were
threatened by the flames, which
also damaged seriously a 90-foot
yacht, the Jane, owned by Will
liam Cranshaw of this city.
The fire evidently started in
the engine room of the Tech. Five
persons we're on board at the
time, since the vessel was being
made ready to go into service
next week. The State acquired it
a year ago.
The Tech was valued at $780,,
600. The Jane was worth $4,000.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14

Continuing, Mcintosh testified
he made two trips that morning
to the MaSSie home. Only the
wife of the lieutenant and Jones
were there when the detective
called the first time, he stated,
but when he returned half an
hour later, Delbert E. Gilkey, an
other sailor, also was present.
The last testimony given Tues
day was that Gilkey, accom-
panied by Lieutenant Massie, had
rented the death sedan on the
night before Kahahawai was slain.
Mcintosh. said:
81 put Jones under arrest,
charging him with conspiracy"
On the day after the "honor
Staying" according to Mcintosh,
a box of 80 cartridges. the same
caliber as the bullet which killed
the half-caste, was found in Jones'
locker at the Pearl Harbor sub
marine base.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
Gotham, Va, Woman
Buried Near Home

OTTESVILLE, Va,
April 14.-Funeral services for
Mrs. Flor L. Page, II, for many
years a prominent resident of the
Gotham section, were held yes
terday from the Grace Episcopal
Church, Gotham. Mrs. Page was
buried in The church cemetery.
Mrs. Page, the widow of Fred
K. Page, is survived by three sons
and two daughters. They are Will
liam Douglas Page. Fred Byrd
Page and Robert S. Page, Mrs.
Grigsby Shackleford, and Mrs.
Henry Mann.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
Bids on Treasury
Issue Requested

Bids on a new issue of $75,-
100000 in 91-day Treasury bills
were requested by Secretary of
the Treasury Mills today.
Tenders will De received at the
Federal Reserve banks up to 2
p. m. April 18. The bills will
be dated April 20. Since there
is no maturity of bills April 20,
the new issue will bring about
a net increase in the public debt.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
Lieut.. Massie Expected to Shoulder
Full Blame for HawaiiQn'S Staying

Silent witnesses" eS"-Kahahawai'
clothing, his bloody shroud, but
tons torn froll his suit, towels
from the Fortescue home where
the killing assertedly took place,
the rope used to bind the sheets
that wrapped his body-have
been introduced in evidence.
There were two missing links
in the chain. No actual eye
witness to the shooting has been
found, and the revolver with
which the native was killed can
not be accounted for.
Two other weapons. one of As
caliber and the other of 80 cali
ber, we're exhibited as guns known
to have been in the possession of
the defendants.
DarrOw Remains Silent
The disarray in which the For
tescue home was found after the
killing has been emphasized, to-
gether with what appeared to be
hasty efforts to remove evidence
of the crime.
And through it all Darrow has
sat back, silent, uninterested, ap-
parently mulling over his secret
plans. Occasionally he has taken
part in cross-examination, but
only casually, and the questions
he has asked have seemed almost
pointless.
Today, however, he was ex-
pected to start the unraveling of
the tangled skeins of emotion that
the now famous assault case and
honor killing" have produced.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14

The State believes he will place
Lieutenant Massie on the stand,
and have the young naval lieu
tenant shoulder the full blame
for the shooting Of the native.
MaSsie May Go In First
Lieutenant Massie would then
be followed by two distinguished
mainland psychiatrists, Drs. Ed
ward Huntington Williams and
Thomas q. Orbison, who would
seek to establish that the shoot
ing was il the line of justifiable
homicide. the legal phrase that
cloaks the "unwritten law"
Gov. Lawrence Judd and Kelley
have conferred over this posi-
bility, and the prosecutor has
been promised financial aid from
the territorial government if it is
necessary to recruit alienists to
aid the governments cause.
That Kelley, from legal stand
point, has built a sound case
against the four Americans was
generally. conceded. Even the
gruff Darrow admitted his young
opponent had used all his
weapons to the best advantage.
Two Missing Links In Case
Every known detail of the kid
naping of Kahahawai, by means
Of a fake warrant, from the steps
Of the hall OF the chiefs" has
beer- laid bare, together with
interlocking accounts of the halt
ing of Mrs. Fortescue's sedan and
the finding of the natives body
HIrifhin
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
Meet Pledged Legion
To Oppose Bonus

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April IA
G.N.S0 BY action taken at it's
national convention at Detroit
last September. the American
Legion is restrained from asking
for immediate cash bonus pay
ments to war veterans, Henry L.
Stevens. jr., national commander
of the legion said in a statement
issued here today.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
DEFINED
AS STIMULUS
To TRADE
Prof. King, Economist, Holds
1t Would Loosen
Money Flow

Payment of the World War
veterans compensation certifi-
Gates by issuing currency
would "start us back rapidly
on our way to prosperity, "
Prof. Will Ford I. King, eco
nomist of New York Uni
versity, told the House Ways
and Means Committee today.
He Endorsed the theory of the
bill of Representative Patman
CD of Texas, which proposes the
printing of money backed by
available gold reserves, to pay
now the adjusted service certifi-
Gates which become due in 1945.
Discussing the economic prog
ress of the country before and
after the 1929 stock market, DR..
King said that scientific control
of price levels must be substituted
for "the hit or miss" system now
used.
AS a result of a shortage of
gold, he said. price levels have
been constantly declining for the
past three years. There can be
no prosperity if this is continued,
he warned.
AS a result of the decline in
purchasing power and other fac
tors the amount of money in
circulation has decreased enor-
mously, he said. Payment of the
bonus would put part of this
money back into business. He
declared:
"The effect probably would
be to raise the price level and
the country should increase the
price level to that of 1926.
AID TO BUYING
by the payment of this
obligation the purchasing power
of the public would be in
creased and this would tend to
correct our evils"
He opposed issuance of bonds
as a means of payment. Admit
ting that initiation is dangerous
if carried too far, he said a con-
ference committee of Government
officials should be put in charge
of a moderate initiation program
designed to stabilize price levels.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
PROSECUTOR HINTS MRS. MASSIE TOOK SLAYER'S GUN
KELLEY BUILDS UP STRONG
CASE AGAINST 4 ACCUSED
OF KILLING HAWAIIAN

Although the incident was not
elaborated, those close to the
prosecution believed that Kelley
may later make an attempt to
implicate Mrs. MaSsie herself in
the plot against Kahahawais
life. The death gun has never
been found.
Whatever the defense plans
may be, Darrow remained as Sc
cretive as he was confident.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
Western Union Link
With Postal Hinted

NEW YORK, April "a GN.SO. .
The possibility of a merger be-
tween Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies was seen to-
day in a statement to stock
holders by Newcomb Carlton,
president of the Western Union.
Such a combine. which would
be under control of the Interna-
tional Telephone and Telegraph
Company, would give the latter
aggregate assets of approximately
$1,00O,OOO,OO
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
200 Children Stricken
By Strange MdLddy

SANTA PAULA, Calf, April II
GN.S0 A mysterious malady
which struck swiftly today had
800 patients. including 200 school
children, confined to their beds
Every case was attended by ex-
treme nausea, DR.. John Craw,
ford, city health officer, said,
followed by symptoms which in,
dicated unique form of ptomaine
poisoning. City water was to be
analyzed.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
Stocks Close Weak
In London Market

LONDON, April IA GN.SO.-
Stocks closed weaker on the Lon
don Exchange today, due to weak
advices from New York and cessa-
ton of Continental support.
Transatlantic issues were off ow-
ing to selling orders from New
York. Gilt-edged British issues
were weak Oils we're higher and
Rubbers dull.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
Detective Chief Brings Out Jones
Was Drunk All Dav of Shaving

Although casual, Darrow's ex.
animation Of the detective chief
was the most thorough of any he
so far had made.
His head cooked to hear better,
Darrow asked:
"Was Jones drunk when you
arrived and first saw him?"
"He was"
when did you see him again
after the arreSt?"
"AbOut 5 o'clock on the
same day."
WAS he still drunk"
"He was"
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
Faure Claims Cure
In 40 Cancer Cases

PARIS, April IA G.N.S0.
Prof. Jean Louis Faure, for 35
years a cancer operation speci-
alist, reported to the Academy of
Medicine today that he had ef-
fected a permanent cure for 40
out of 46 cancer sufferers he had
treated.
Two of the patients died, he
said. two suffered relapses and
two dropped from sight, prevent
ing him from determining the
efficacy of his method in their
cases.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14

Court Justice
Ford to show
cause why he
should not be
punished for
contempt of
court for be-
ing $2,700 in
a rre ars in
alimony.
The action,
was brought
by Mrs. Bar
ton, who OBJ
t in e d d
separation in
1926. S h e
said Barton
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
Self, Seal, Sentence
Mix Matters Much

CHICAGO. April IA QN.S0.
Sentenced to jail, George Self
remained a free man today for
the simple reason he had hidden
the official seal of the criminal
court. His sentence cannot be
legalized until the seal is affixed
to the mattimus. AS clerk of the
court, Self is custodian of the
seal.
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
Continued from Page u

(Continued from Page y
in the afternoon, as Mrs. Massie
prepared to depart for the Pearl
Harbor Naval Base, she took with
her a small handbag.
Kelley asked suddenly:
"WaS this bag large enough
to carry .32-caliber revolver"
eyes, there was plenty of
room for that"
The Washington times., 1932-04-14
FLOWER TALK DUE

Mrs. Frank Nicodemus, of
Frederick, will speak on Flowers
in Legand and Song" tomorrow
afternoon before the Women's
Club of Kensington at the home
of Mrs. Harry c. Armstrong.