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Evening star., 1933-09-09
CANNON APPEALS
TO SUPREME COURT
Asks Review of Decision Di.
recting He and His Secre.
tary to Stand Trial.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
The Supreme Court yesterday was
asked to review the decision Of the Dis
trict of Columbia Court Of Appeals di-
recting Bishop James Cannon, jr., and
his secretary, Ada L. Burroughs. to
stand trial on indictments alleging they
violated the Federal corrupt practices
act in failing to report all contribu.
tions to their campaign against Alfred
e. Smith In 1928.
It was the second time the legal hght
Of Bishop Cannon to escape trial on
this indictment was brought before
the Supreme Court.
The indictment was held defective by
the District Supreme Court, but the
Court of Appeals, after the United
States Supreme Court had ruled It had
authority to review the action Of the
District Supreme Court, reversed the
decision and required the Southern
Methodist churchman and his Secre-
tary to stand trial
In coming again before the high
court, the defendants again attacked
the indictment as defective because 1T
merely alleges contributions for the
committee without alleging to whom
made. that they were accepted by the
committee or that the treasurer (of the
committee) had knowledge thereof"
They also challenged the validity Of
the corrupt practices act, under which
the Indictment was returned.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
SEES $4,000 PLURALITY.
Head Of Colorado Repeal League Cites
Figures in State Vote.

DENVER. September tP,. - Both
friends and foes of the twenty first
amendment asserted today their forces
would be victorious in the repeal elec-
ton in Colorado Tuesday.
I'VE are depending on the rural vote
to offset expected majorities in Denver
Trinidad and Pueblo said R. D. Dsx-
heimer, superintendent of the State
Anti-Saloon League
Edward Nicholson. head of the Colos
RADIO Repeal League, predicted the State
will ratify the proposal for repeal of
the eighteenth amendment by a plu-
rality of more than $4,000 votes.
He cited the 1882 poll on the question
of repeating the prohibition amend
ment to the State constitution The
count was 233.3l1 for repeal and 1872
I'll against, difference of 50,540
The vote will be lighter. but the
majority will be larger" said Nicholson
The Colorado Anti-Saloon League
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union and the Women's League fol-
Political Action plan a mass meeting
in the Greek Theater of the Denve:
Civic Center Monday night. F. Scott
Mcbride, national head of the Anti
Saloon League. is to speak.
Democratic leaders are depending or
party loyalty to redeem the Democratic
platform pledge to strike the eighteenth
amendment from the Constitution.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
READ To TELL ALL
ON WITNESS STAND
Broker Will Be Called by De-
tense Tuesday in $780,
600 Balm Suit.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. September "a
promise he will tell ALL was made to-
day by Alfred C. Read, jr.. handsome
young Oakland broker who won the
heart of Claire Windsor, blond actress,
while he still had a wife
Read will be called as defense wit
ness Tuesday at resumption Of the
trial of his former wifes 100000
alienation of affections suit against
Miss Windsor
Miss Windsor has testified she al
lowed Read to court her in belief he
was a single man and to continue his
attentions when he admitted he was
married on his statement he was sep
arated from his wife and contempla ting
a divorce
Mrs. Marian Read, divorced wife Of
Read, completed her case yesterday
afternoon.
Mrs. Read testified that Read, seek
ing reconciliation. at one time kid
naped" her, and at the point OF an an
automatic pistol" drove her in his
motor car from Oakland to Silver
Stream, in the mountains, where he
held her prisoner" until he passed
out" and she escaped.
Mrs. Read was cross questioned con-
cerning her affairs" with her hus-
band since filing the suit.
Haven't you returned to Read ano
lived with him as man and wife on as
many occasicns?" she was asked.
Decidedly not" she replied. 1T oc-
CURED but twice"
One occasion was the kidnapping epi.
sode and the other was the time Read
"tricked" her, Mrs Read said. She as
serted she went to his hotel and he per-
suaded her to remain overnight. say
ing he wished to be reconclled Win
her
II loved him very much, so did as
he asked" she said.
While in the room, she said, one OF
her husbands friends walked IN. where.
upon Read told her he had just wanted
her to get in such a position so her
suit against Miss Windsor could not
successfully be prosecuted.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
VIRGINIA METHODISTS
PLAN REPEAL FIGHT
Bishop Mouzon and Elders Appeal
to Ministers and Members to
Vote Disapproval.
By the Associated Press.

RICHMOND. Va. September g.
Bishop Edwin D. Mouzon and the pre-.
siding elders of the Virginia Conference,
Methodist Episcopal Church South. yes.
terday called upon ministers and mem.
bers Of the conference to voice their dis
approval Of the tventy-frst amend.
ment at the polls.
A statement signed by the bishop,
and the elders. said In view of this
present We would advise our preacher
and people to meet this issue prayer
fully and In the spirit of the Master"
Our pulpits should warn the con-
gregations against this monstrous evil
and should lovingly entreat the Chris
tian citizens to voice their disapproval
at the polls" the statement said.
The snap election gives no time to
bring properly before the people the
issues inovlved Whatever. therefore,
is done must be done at once. We en-.
treat our members to make their bal
lots matter Of prayer and cast them
against alcohol with its consequent
misery and personal and political cor.
ruption. The interests Of the Kingdom
of Christ demand that liquor and beer
and bootlegging be destroyed and that
forever"
Evening star., 1933-09-09
MAN HELD FOR DEATHS
OF FOUR IN HOME FIRE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn. September o.
Charged with murder for the burning
of his wife and three children at their
home in La Toilette, Tenn. the night
of August 81. Floyd Johnson, %, gas
oline filling station operator, was I'M
prisoned here today and denied bail;
He was brought to the Knoxville jail
for safe keeping.
johnson told authorities he awoke
lust in time and barely escaped with
his own life in the fire that razed his
home and wiped out his family.
jeff Hatmaker testified that he
reached the fire shorty after hearing
johnson call for help. Hatmaker said
he could have rescued Mrs Johnson
and the three children had he known
they were in the room where their
bodies we're found
Other witnesses testified the victims
room was the last to burn.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
HOTEL EMPLOYEES
VOTE CODE FIGHT
Proposed Terms Would Re.
duce Wages and Mean 54-
Hour Week, Is Plea.

Members Of the Hotel and Restau-
rant Employees Alliance. Local No. 7Sl
have voted to reject the hotel code now
under consideration by the National
Recovery Administration, it was an
nounced today.
The announcement was made by
Charles E. Sands. special representative
Of the organization, who declared:
The code, as filed, has been rejected
by vote of our organization. and our
representatives have been instructed to
oppose it in its entirety.
The code. as submitted, will reduce
wages. placing the hotel worker on an
hourly basisIsomething unprecedented
in the hotel business. The idea Of a
54-hour week in the hotel business is
out Of line with the N. r. A. program. y
The organization. Sands said, also
oppose the dif1erential for women OF
cents an hour"
The idea of a 20 per cent discount
for workers in Washington is preposter-
ous.' he asserted when the cost Of
living in the Capital is taken into con-
sideration.
Our organization intends to fight for
a eight hour day. with five-day work
week and a minimum of SIS per week.
In order to absorb the unemployed In
the hotel business. 40-hour week Is
necessary"
Hearings on the code are scheduled
to begin September rs.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
NAVY PLANES SET
4 NEW FLIGHT MARK
Formation Covers 2,059 Miles
in Nonstop Jump to 4
Canal Zone.
Nv tha Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
A proud Navy today wrote q new
achievement into its crowded annals
the longest nonstop formation flight
IN history
Unchecked by storm winds, six planes
had winged in a single hop the 2,059
miles from Norfolk, Va, to Coco Solo
in the Canal Zone.
When they landed at 6:25 last night.
five Of the fleet were timed for the
long jump In "a hours and IS minutes
afternoon. but soon joined the flotilla
ut Coco Solo.
Commander Praised.
To Lieut. Comdr D. NJ Carpenter
flight commander. and the 10 other
of1cers and Is enlisted men who made
the flight. Navy chieftains sped their
congratulations. Acting Secretary Henry
L. Roosevelt said:
"Sincerest congratulations on your
splendid feat. The Navy and the Ma
tion are proud of you for having &C
complished the longest nonstop forma-
tion seaplane fight in history"
The six seaplanes left Norfolk at 80
pm. Thursday and passed over Cuba
shortly after am. Friday. From there
t12C uSual COul SC WOulo IldNC III VIII tAAC
ships westward to follow the curving
Central American shore line southwark.
But instead, Carpenter led his planes
tn an 300 mile jump over the Carib-
bean Sea, battling through stiff winds.
Beat Balbo Record.
Navy officials said the longest previ-
OILS mass fight was made by Gen Italo
Balbo's planes when 1taly's air marshal
new to Brazil in 1881. In his recent
trip. the longest nonstop jump was
1877 miles.
Oficers in the flight beside Car
penter: Lieut. Comdr. Herman E. Hal
land Of Fargo N. Oak. and Lieuts W.
H. Buracker Of Winchester, Mass: H.
r. Bowes, State College. Pa: Robert w,
Morse, Binghamton. N. Y; H. w.
Taylor. Newark: John l.. Ewing. Bos-
ton; M. H. Kernodle Graham. N c.;
J. L. Kane. Brooklyn; Yates Stirling.
Baltimore. and Leonard j. Dow, Toledo.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
MAIL THEFT is F0ILED:
ONE CAUGHT, ONE SHOT
Rail Detective Catches Three At
tempting to Move Sacks From
Station Baggage Room.

BY the Associated Press.
LAKE CITY, Mimi. September O.
A railroad detective foiled the attempt
OF three men to steal mail sacks from
the Milwaukee Railroad Station today,
wounding one and capturing another.
The third escaped.
Stationed to guard the place since
a mail robbery a week ago. Detective
Frank Auman met the three as they
attempted to enter the baggage room
where mail sacks are kept Commanded
to halt, the three ran, firing as they
went toward car.
Auman answered their fire with two
guns One man fell. wounded in the
leg, and unable to fee. The detective
covered a second, who had reached the
car holding him until police assistance
arrived.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
SEVEN Army PLANES GO GASLESS
OYER NEW YORK; THREE CRACK UP

Colgan. the squadron commander. heard
his engine begin to sputter for lack OF
fuel He and his mechanic. Pvt. H. W
Martin. "bailed" out. Maj. Colgan
sprained an ankle when he hit the
ground. The plane took some Of the
roof Of a house as 1t crashed.
Lieut.. Arthur L. Logan and his me-
chanic. Pvt. Whitaker. were perilously
near the ocean when they jumped and
came down near Long Beach, Long
Island.
Lieut.. John K. Lacey and Corpl
Hunter nursing their gas supply, kept
their plane aloft couple hours or so
Then they jumped. Lieut.. Lacey imme-
diately reported himself safe at Skill.
man. N J. For some time Hunter was
unreported and believed dead. But he
turned up with good explanation. He
had landed in tree at Meadsville
N. j.. and spent some time cutting
branches off the tree to disentangle his
parachute without tearing it.
Army equipment, you know" was thi
explanation.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
INDEPENDENCE FIGHT
EMBROILING MOROS
Sultan of Sulu Warns Battles With
Constabulary May Spread Un.
less Freedom Is Gained.
By the Associated Press


MANILA. P. l.. September s.-The
Sultan Of Sulu. appointive insular Sen
ator from uar-like Jolo Island, warned
Filipino leaders today that their dispute
over acceptance of independence may
create a general unrest among Moroe
H said unless rival leaders agree on
whether to accept preferred independ-
ence. fighting between Moro outlaws
and the constabulary on Jolo Island
nv spread.
nrsonally the Sultan said he sup
20 ID Manuel Quezon. president of the
Senate. who objects to certain prov-
sions Of the independence act. He ex-
pressed belief the Moslems would vote
against acceptance in a plebiscite.
Absence Of constabulary reports from
Jolo today was taken to indicate the
situation was quiet More than 100
persons have been killed in fighting on
the island In less than a year. 19 Of
them in pitched battle this week.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. September 9.-The
perils of the skyways hold hardly more
niehtmarish predicament than to be
lost in fog mile or so above New
York's canyons and skyscrapers, with
ones gasoline giving out.
That's what happened last night to
squadron Of seven Army planes. Yet
To-day every man in the squadron was
safe. although three Of the planes were
smashed to bits.
Six men leaped from three planes
and f1oated gently down in parachutes.
Four other planes fought their way to
safety but scattered landings. three at
New York area airports. one at Somer-
vile, N. J.
The planes flying back from Chicago
ran into impenetrable fog over the New
York area.
There was nothing then to do but
say every man for himself" They
scattered. flying by instrument almost
entirely
Near Freehold. N J.. Maj. John @.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
Justice Agent Transferred.

SAN FRANCISCO, September 8 up.
William A. Rorer for the last two
years special agent in charge of the
San Francisco ONCE of the Bureau Of
Investigation, Department Of Justice,
left yesterday on orders from Washing
ton for Birmingham. Ala. where he
will have q similar post. He will be
succeeded by r. z. vetterh Of Kansas
City.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
WILL SEEK MAYORSHlP
Couzens' Son Resigns Detroit Post
to Become Candidate.

DETROIT. September 9 CP.-Frank
Cnuzens, son of Senator James Couzens,
resigned today as acting mayor of De-
troit in order to become a candidate
for mayor in November.
He became acting mayor when Frank
Murphy resigned to become Governor
General of the PHILIPPINES. Councilman
John w. Smith former mayor, now
succeeds Couzens
Evening star., 1933-09-09
TWO NATIONS ABANDON
WORLD CUSTOMS TRUCE
Irish Free State and Holland
Notify League, as Denmark
and Australia Conform.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA. Switzerland. September g.
The League Of Nations announced
yesterday that. since the close Of the
World Economic Conference. the Irish
Free State and Holland have given
notification that they are ceasing to
participate in the international Gus
toms truce.
Denmark has communicated qualifi-
cations concerning her adhesion to the
agreement and Australia has announced
that she will act in conformity with
the spirit Of the armistice.
The customs truce. by which partici-
pants bound themselves not to increase
trade barriers was an American pro-
posal at the London Conference
Evening star., 1933-09-09
Named Official Pie Baker.

VANCOUVER, Wash. P).-Mrs. Fay
Peabody, who has a reputation as .
baker of apple pies, has been appointed
by Gov. Clarence Martin as omcAl
apple pie baker Of the State OF WASH
ington."
She Is authorized to Hse the great
seal Of the State, II she wants to, On
her haky top crusts.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
65 IN HOSPITAL STRICKEN,
TAINTED FOOD BLAMED
Illness Serious in No Single Case
superintendent says-Patients
Among Victims.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. Kans.. September 9.
-Sixty-five persons, including internes.
nurses and 10 patients. wereill at Bell
Memorial Hospital here today. apparent
ly from tainted food eaten at the eve
ming meal yesterday. ~
DR.. H. R. Wahl. hospital superin-
tendent. said he believed the illness
was caused by tainted fish or salad
dressing. It is not ptomaine poisoning
he said. but a minor ailment None OF
those stricken were In q serious condi-
ton.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
FLYERS HONOR De PINEDO
Six Navy Planes Hover Over Ship
Carving Body to Italy.

NEW YORK, September R.-
Escorted out of the harbor by six roaring
Navy planes, the body of the late Gen.
francesca de Pinedo started homeward
today aboard the Italian liner Vulcanla.
The planes we're led by Robert F.
Hickey, commander of the naval avia-
tion base at Floyd Benpett Field, where
the noted flyer crashed and burned to
death a week ago during an attempted
takeoff on a flight to Bagdad.
The tribute from the air was made
possible by the contributions Of friends
and those at the base who had worked
with the general in preparation for his
ill-fated project.
Hovering over the massive liner in
"V" formation, The planes dropped
flowers on her decks as she steamed up
the harboc. .A-..-
Evening star., 1933-09-09
MARYLAND is APATHETIC.
Gov. Richie Declares People Have
Made Up Minds on Repeal.

BALTIMORE. September LP)-
The Maryland Free State is approach
ing its decision on prohibition with a
minimum Of excitement. Observers say
the campaign which will eliminate in
an election on the repeal proposal next
Tuesday has been marked by apathy.
Gov. Albert c. Ritchie, known the
Nation over as an outstanding foe of
prohibition, says the people have made
up their minds and that repeal will
win by an overwhelming ma jority"
Anti-Saloon League Superintendent
George w. Crabbe declares, on the
other hand, that the dry vote will sur
prise the press and public generally"
Postmaster General James A. Farley
will wind up the prohibition cam
paign on Monday with an address to
Young Democrats and Young Repub-
leans
Evening star., 1933-09-09
BRIDGE BREAKS UP HOME
Husband Quits Job to Study Ap-
proach-Forcing System.

CHICAGO R.@The home of Daniel
Smith was a happy one. his wife said
in a divorce bill, until he took up the
approach forcing system. For those
who don't know. the approach-forcing
system has to do with bridge.
Well, Mrs. Smith said 1t acquired
such q hold on Smith that he quit his
Job to make q study Of 1t. Then she
left him.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
HERE'S JOB FOR CURIOUS
Counting to Ten Billion Will Take
800 Years

CHICAGO P.-In case you can
spare the time. you can count to TO-
100000, 900 in 300 years-if you count
at the rate of one number a second.
The Rosenwald Museum OF Science
and Industry has it all figured out and.
what's more. has an electric counting
device that can check the numbers
of at the rate of five a second for "a
hours day 1t is estimated that it
would reach 9,999 ,999 ,999 by 1896.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
Fish Fed by Electricity.

SPRINGFIELD. Ill P).-Illinois is
using electricity to feed its fish.
Here's how: High voltage lamps over
the feeding and breeding ponds at Mat
toon attract bugs. which are killed by
the heat. When they fall into the water
the fish gobble them down.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
Vets and Drys Forecast Victory In
Maine Monday.

Maine Monday.
PORTLAND. Me-. September 9 CP.-
Maine, the State where prohibition was
Graded in its infancy, will vote Mon
day whether to become the twenty
sixth to turn its back on the eighteenth
amendment.
Equipped with the most complicated
machinery so far designed for a repeal
election. the State will select a conven-
ton Of 80 delegates from states Of nom
inees In each of the 16 counties. dn-
designated az to their stand for or
against repeal.
This intricate procedure resulted from
an advisory opinion of the State Su-
preme Judicial that the convention
must be truly 'deliberative" and that
the election must possess none Of the
attributes of referendum.
tendent of the Christian Civic League,
said he believed "a majority sentiment
Of the State Is with US
Robinson Verrill. Portland attorney
associated with repeal organizations
said his forces we're certain of victory"
Both sides have met the ruling Of
the court for undesignated candidates
by giving the widest possible publicity
to the names of the candidates
Pioneer prohibition State, Maine
adopted the first bone dry" law in 1851
and made prohibition part of its con-
stitution in 1855. An effort to repeal
State prohibition in 1911 was narrowly
defeated. 1t was the last time Maine
voters balloted on the liquor issue.
The last session Of the legislature
legali1ed the sale Of beer.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
MOLLISON TO SAIL
Flyer Soon Will Join Wife in Mon
treal for New Flight.

LONDON. September 9 CP).-Capt
James A. Molhson, famous transatlantic
aviator. made a last-minute dash
through station gate today and caught
the last coach of the train for South
ampton. where he will embark on the
Empress of Britain for Montreal
There he will join his equally promi-
nent wife. with whom he will make an
attempt to beat the distance flight
record in their new plane. Seafarer II
successor to the Seafarer in which they
recently crashed at Bridgeport Conn
after crossing from Great Britain.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
FAMOUS HOTEL TO GO
Old Southern at st. Louis Tax Bur.
den to Owners.

ST. LOUIS. September Pl.-The
old Southern Hotel an empty structure
rich in tradition of the Midwest. will be
torn down because its owners no longer
want to pay taxes on it.
In its heyday the siX-story stone
building covering an entire block in
downtown St. Louis, entertained Presi-
dents Cleveland. Harrison. Mckinley
and Theodore Roosevelt. In one OF its
rooms the nomination of Mckinley was
brought about in 1896 by Mark Hanna.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
TIP FOR FAT PEOPLE
oklahoman, Weighing 565 Pounds,
Is Now Down to 800.

OKLAHOMA CITY R.-J. r. Nc
Carty offers encouragement In big
weigh" for those who would be thin.
McCarty, head of the Federal State
employment service here, weighed 800
pounds last December. Now its $50
and he hopes to be a mere shadow Of
22O pounds by February.
He SAYS he lost IS pounds while in
bed with influenza and that made him
feel SO much better that he went on q
diet
Evening star., 1933-09-09
SLAPS KISS BURGLAR
Woman Hands Over Valuables, but
Objects to Carese.

CHICAGO. September LP.-t was
all right when robber took Miss
Gladys Raymond's purse at the point
Of a pistol yesterday.
And she never objected when he
removed a $3.50 diamond ring from her
finger.
But when the same armed gunman
asked for kiss, she slapped him down.
He escaped.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
SPECIAL NOTICES.

CONCORD GRAPES. HORAKS POULTRY
Farm. miles from Silver Spring: at White
Oak Telephone Silver Spring 2S3-W
holders OF the washington Railway & Elec-
tric Company will be held at the once nee % Of
iasS' at 400 O'Clock noon. to consider
the approval Of certain form of dehnitive
critics in the District of Columbia. made
pursuant to Joint Tesol9tlasn Of CSnepessd enssd
February I6, 1879. Ito authorize the
mercer Of street railway ecrporations oper- per
ating in the District Of Columbia; ana Ior
Ter of the stock of the Washineton Railway
Z Electric Company for the purpose men.
toned will be closed from the close OF
business on September 10. 1898; to the
opening Of business on September - 1855.
Evening star., 1933-09-09
FOUR MORE STATES
TO VOTE ON REPEAL
Maine, Maryland, Minnesota
and Colorado to Register
Will Next Week.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
Maine, the cradle Of prohibition, the
State which went ofncially bone dry"
away back in 1851, votes Monday on
the proposal to repeal the eighteenth
amendment.
Both prohibitionists and repealists
were insisting today that the majority
sentiment Of the State was on their
side.
Maine Is the twenty sixth State to
ballot on the repeal question. All Of
the previous IS have voted to wipe out
national prohibition. A total Of SO is
necessary before prohibition is re-
pealed.
On Tuesday three other States
Maryland. Minnesota and Colorado
will register their will on the question
BY November at least 80 States will
have voted.
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT.