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Evening star., 1934-08-23
RHEEM CREDITORS
PAYMENT is FIXED
Will Get 81 Cents Per $100, Ac-
cording to Schedule on
$5,307 900 Claims.

Creditors of Edmund D. Rheem,
former head of the defunct Swartzell,
Rheem & Hensey Co., who is now
serving a prison term at Lorton Re-
formatory, will be paid off at the rate
of 81 cents per 500, 1t was decided in
District Supreme Court today when
Justice Joseph w. Cox ratified final
recommendations by Fred j. Eden,
referee in bankruptcy.
Eden stated that claims totaling
S., ,307, ,78208 must be paid out of $780,
253.73, which is all that remains of
Rheem's assets after deduction of pre-
ferred claims, fees and other expenses
of bankruptcy.
The total sum realized by the re-
ceiver, George c. Shinn, was said to
be S81 ,03193. Shinn later became
trustee of the bankrupt's estate
The report listed approximately
1850 claims The largest was for
1921 ,70689, which was made by the
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensy Co. The
referee recommended payment of
$1,833.72
William E. Richardson, attorney for
the receiver and trustee in bankruptcy,
Is to be paid $7,500. This was rec
commended by the referee, who stated
Richardson worked more than 900
hours on the case over a period Of
several years.
Evening star., 1934-08-23
Suspects Seen in Reading.

READING, Pa, August % R.-
A gasoline station attendants report
to police that he saw a bag OF
money, marked Abbott Coin Co., New
York" on the floor Of sedan which
stopped at the station, set police of
in pursuit of the car today, in the
belief its occupants may have been
implicated in the $427 900 Brooklyn,
N. Y, armored car robbery.
The attendant, whose name was
not disclosed, told police the car
drove up to the station yesterday and
the driver ordered only 3 gallons
of gas, although his tank was almost
empty. The car bore New York IL
cenSe plates.
In payment, he preferred a pack
age containing $40 in quarters, ask
ing for bills in change. When the
attendant offered to take more of
the coins. which he saw in the bag,
the driver gave a surly reply and
sped of.
The car, the attendant reported,
contained two men and three young
women. The men appeared to be be-
tween the ages of 80 and 35, and
were dark haired.
A message was sent out over the
State police printer system, asking
all officers to be on the lookout for
the car because "it is believed"
the occupants /" may have been
implicated in the $427,000 robbery
in New York"
Evening star., 1934-08-23
PROFITS POCKETED
ABROAD CHECKED.
Treasury Acts to Tax All
Incomes Collected From
U. S. Securities.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Treasury is checking up on
profits taken from the United States
through investments by Americans liv-
ing abroad, or foreigners, with view
to assessing taxes on them.
Two letters have been sent to
brokers and individuals, whom the
Treasury has reason to believe have
taken money from the United States
through profits in stock transactions,
dividends or otherwise.
The first letter states that the
Treasury has information the person
or firm addressed has had stock, bond
or commodity transactions in the
United States.
Filing of Returns Urged.
I'm order to verify the information
received concerning your income" the
letter said, "it is requested that you
advise the location of the collectors
Office in the United States where
your income tax returns were filed for
the years 1929 to 1888, inclusive"
The letter orders such persons to
file returns if they have not, and
asks for detailed information on the
transactions in question"
The second letter, based on less
specific information, asks that the
person or firm concerned advise
whether returns have been filed.
Law Is Quoted.
THE income tax law of the United
States" the letters said, requires that
every nonresident alien in receipt of
taxable income from sources within
the United States shall file an income
tax return unless the tax on such
income has been fully paid at the
source
Every foreign corporation not ex-
pressly exempt from tax must make
return of income from sources
within the United States, regardless
of the amount of its net income.
Failure to file a return will necesSi-
tate the assessment of tax computed
upon the basis of the information
available without benefit of the de-
ductions and credits which may be
allowed upon the filing of a return"
Required to Bare Clients.
The letters affect not only Amer
leans making such profits, but others
who have traded on American ex-
changes through foreign brokers. In
most cases the letters were addressed
to brokers, and unless they wish to
take responsibility for the entire
income realized, they would be re-
quired to disclose the names of their
clients.
This activity of the Treasury has
been criticized by some brokers on
the ground that it drives away those
foreigners who wish to trade in the
American market The Treasury was
said to feel, however, that it was as
essential to tax such income az any
other.
Evening star., 1934-08-23
Officers Doomed
As Cuban Army
Plot Is Crushed
T,UO COnricted and Sen
fenced in Scheme to
Kill Batista.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HAVANA, August 23.-Two high
ranking Cuban Army officers were
sentenced to death by a court martial
today for participation in a revo-
lutionary plot against Col. Fulgencio
Batista, commander in chief of the
army
Maj. Angel Echevarria and Capt.
Augustin Erice were convicted of par
ticipation in the plot in an early
morning trial at Camp Columbia.
The revolt was nipped in Pinar
Del Rio Province before it started.
1t was planned for September 4,
the anniversary of the rebellion by
which Batista, a former sergeant, es-
tablished himself at the head of the
army.
Reports that eight enlisted men
were shot to death when the revolt
was smashed were denied officially.
The whirlwind developments saw
Continued on Page 4, Column 81
Evening star., 1934-08-23
POSTMASTER ARRESTED
A. D. Allen Charged With Pass.
ing Bogus Five-Dollar Bills.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, August %
N).-A. D. Allen. 46, postmaster of
the village Of Covert, was under arrest
today charged with passing counterfeit
SIS bank notes
Also in custody are Max Tripp, 81,
and his wife, Margaret. 80. and United
States Secret Service Operative Frank
Holiday said the three arrests followed
years investigation of a small flood
of counterfeit SIS bills in Western
Michigan.
Allen waived examination yesterday
and was held for the Federal grand
jury. The Trips are awaiting ar
raignment.
Evening star., 1934-08-23
SOVIET DEMANDS
98 Be RELEASED
Russian Citizens Arrested in
Manchukuo on Sabo-
tage Charges.
BY the Associated Press.

ny Ile Associated FTeSS.
MOSCOW, August 23-Soviet Rus
sia presented a demand today to the
foreign Office of Munchukuo for an
explanation Of the arrest of SO Soviet
citizens, and insisted upon prompt
measures for their release.
Acting Consul General Rayvid of
Russia presented the demand at Har-
bin to Shi Liu Ben, representative of
the Manchukuan minister of foreign
affairs in the city.
The arrests were made without
documents, accompanied by searches
Of the apartments and Offices of
Soviet employees of the Chinese East
ern Railway, which have not been ex-
planned" Rayvid said.
Some Reported Beaten.
A message to Tass, official Soviet
news agency, from Khabarovsk, ST.
IBERIA, said japanese gendarmes ar
rested 16 more Soviet citizens August
% along the Chinese Eastern Rail-
way.
Some Of the prisoners were beaten
by police, the TaSs dispatch asserted,
and subjected to third-degree meth
ods by police and anti-Soviet white
guards.
A Harbin dispatch of the Rengo
(Japanese) News Agency to Toxic to-
day said IA new arrests of Soviet
employees brought the total held to S8
They are charged with plotting
against Manchukuo and Japan and
with sabotaging Japanese military
trains.
Evening star., 1934-08-23
BY the Associated Press.

,
BUDAPEST, August 23.-BecauSe
they were not permitted to see their
sweethearts among the troops of the
Hungarian army. schoolgirls OF the
reformatory at Rakospalota developed
what doctors diagnosed today as mass
hysteria
The girls, ranging in age from IL
to ls years, began swallowing all sorts
of objects from teaspoons to tooth
brushes. They were given hospital
treatment Immediately and some were
Evening star., 1934-08-23
TWO NEW YORK BANKS
LOWER INTEREST RATES
Manhattan Co. and National City
Institution Announce Reduc-
ton on Accounts.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, August 23.-Two OF
the largest commercial banks in the
city announced a reduction in interest
rates on savings and thrift accounts
today
The bank of the Manhattan Co.
notified depositors that effective Octo-
Der l, interest on special accounts
will be IL per cent on amounts OF
SIS 900 and less and "a of l per cent
on amounts above $4,000 and not ex-
ceeding $4,000 The present rate is
2 per cent up to $1,000 and "a OF l
per cent up to $4,000.
The National City Bank, effective
September /, will pay per cent on
savings accounts up to $4,000 and l
per cent in excess of $4,000. The
current rate is per cent on all such
amounts.
Evening star., 1934-08-23
white HOUSE MACHINE
BLAZE DRAWS THRONGS
Small Damage Done, but Alarm
Brings Crowd and Much
Apparatus to Scene.

A brief fire scare occurred at the
White House about pm. today when
flames enveloped gas engine used
by building contractors remodeling
the Executive Offices.
A large amount of fire apparatus
responded to an alarm hurriedly
turned in by workmen, and thou
sands Of spectators collected about
the White House grounds. The flames
were extinguished without damage
before the apparatus arrived.
Evening star., 1934-08-23
Stolen Money Bags Re-
ported Seen in Ocean
City.
3 SUSPECTED BANDITS,
HOWEVER, MAKE ESCAPE
Government Agents Take Active
Part in Hunt for Gunmen in
Brooklyn Hold-up.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PreSS.
NEW YORK, August 23-The drive
to track down the bandit gang which
seized s427,000 from an armored car
in Brooklyn on Tuesday swung to New
Jersey today.
Police in that State were ordered to
be on the alert after William Schwartz
reported he saw Federal Reserve
money bags in the rear of car parked
in Ocean City, N. ].
Delay in Informing Police.
Schwartz said the car was in park
ing lot along the Ocean City board
walk facing the rear of Schwartz's
home. Although his suspicious were
aroused by the presence Of the bags
in the car, Schwartz said he hesitated
to inform police, and a half hour
elapsed before the alarm went out.
BY that time the car had gone.
Schwartz said three men were in the
car, one a hunchback.
Although they still clung to the
theory that the hold-up had been per-
petrated by a local gang, police re-
uuested authorities in distant cities to
check UP on the recent movements Of
known gangsters.
They want to know what they were
doing at the time of the hold-up, one
of the most brazen and profitable In
American crime annals
FingerprintS found at the scene OF
the robbery do not tally with any OF
those on local police records, author
tiles have found.
Boat Is Mystery.
A mystery boat perplexed investi-
gators again today. This time, 1t was
a lobster dory, found scuttled in ia
maica Bay, in cove which in pro-
hibition days was a favorite rendez-
vous for rum-runners.
The boat was examined at low tide
last night. 1t was about so feet
of shore. Holes had been battered IN
its bottom; obviously it had been
purposely sunk.
Determined to learn If the dory was
one of the boats used by some OF
the bandits in making their getaway
by water, Brooklyn police ordered the
boat raised and towed to dock for a
better examination.
Some Of the mobSters embarked on
two speedy motor ships at the foot
of Bay Thirty fifth street shortly after
the hold-up. and police have been in
vestigating all suspicious craft.
They have found nothing Of value.
They believe the fugitives transferred
their loot from one boat to another,
like a baton in a relay race.
Police Optimistic.
Despite their successive Illustrations,
police expressed optimism.
I'VE are confident that we're going
to break 1t soon," said Inspector John
j. Ryan, in whose district the crime
occurred.
He declined to disclose the basis for
his hopes.
The Federal Government, mean
while, was taking an active part in
the hunt for the audacious bandits
numbering more than 10, who swoop-
ed down on the armored truck and,
nervously lingering machine guns,
hauled out the money bags and then
sped away in three automobiles.
Frank Fay, chief Department Of
Justice agent for New York, New Jer-
sey and Pennsylvania, conferred with
Assistant Chief Inspector John j.
Sullivan at police headquarters yester-
day. 1t was understood they had
discussed a plan CT action to attempt
to run down the perpetrators Of the
brazen crime.
Evening star., 1934-08-23
UNABLE TO SEE SWEETHEARTS.
GIRLS EAT SPOONS AND BRUSHES

reported dying from operations to re-
move the objects.
The girls had been forbidden by the
Catholic nuns in charge of the school
to write their sweethearts-so they
started smuggling out love letters in
loaves of bread and cakes. This trick
was exposed and punishment was
swift.
Then the epidemic of mass hysteria
broke out in the school. eliminating
in the orgy OF swallowing foreign OBJ
jects.
Evening star., 1934-08-23
Macon Back at Base.

SUNNYVALE. Calf, August 20 Up,
The Navy'S dirigible Macon docked
here last night after two-day cruise
up the Pacific Coast to Seattle. In
its first night landing since being
transferred here the big airship made
perfect contact with the mooring
mast on the initial attempt.
Evening star., 1934-08-23
OF ENGLISH
URGED ON FILIPINCc
BY the Associated Press.


MANILA, P. l., August 23.-Adop-
ton of English as the Official Ian
guage of the Philippine common
wealth government was recommended
to the constitutional convention here
today by the unanimous vote Of a
committee of delegates.
The committee suggested the Legis-
lature be instructed to determine If
1t was possible to adopt one of the
many native dialects as a secondary
tongue.
Committeeman pointed out that
English has been taught in the public
schools since the first of the century
and is the only language thoroughly
diffused through the archipelago.
The report noted that Spanish,
now officially recognized with English,
has been relegated to the conversation
Of polite society only.
Evening star., 1934-08-23
Adds to Gravity of Crisis.

Wholesale arrests of Russian en-
ployes of the Chinese Eastern Rail-
way, which runs through the jap
anese-sponsored state of Manchukuo,
have added gravity to the already
strained relations between Toxic and
Moscow.
A spokesman of the Japanese for
eign office recently said it was con-
sidering sending a general warning"
to the Soviet concerning the situation.
The spokesman said, however, the
arrests were purely Manchukuo's af-
fair, and Manchukuo is an independ-
ent state" The japanese press pub
lished threats of military action
against Russia.
Negotiations for Japan's purchase
of the railway from Russia apparently
have been all but broken of, after
more than year.
Evening star., 1934-08-23
AVIATRIX FLIES LINER
Amy Mollison First Woman Pilot
on London-Paris Run.

LIE BOURGET, France, August %
R).-Amy johnson Mollison, in train
ing for the London to- Melbourne air
race this Fall, brought an eight-pas-
senger transport plane through driv-
ing rain from Stapleford, England, to
LIE Bourget field today.
She is the first woman pilot on the
London-Paris line and expects to take
her regular daily turn like other pi-
lots throughout the next month.
Evening star., 1934-08-23

Siberian Peasants Massacre by
Bandits Described.
TOXIC, August % CP.-A Harbin
dispatch to the Rengo (Japanese)
News Agency today says 33 Korean
settlers near the village Of Hsiao-
chentze, Siberia. have been massacred
by bandits.
The village is on the Chinese East
ern Railway west of Pogranichnaya,
on the border of Siberia and Man.
cnukuo.
Evening star., 1934-08-23

The stores are full of new
things, most of which are
first announced in The Star.
Careful buyers use The Star
as their shopping guide.
Evening star., 1934-08-23
Steady Growth
in Circulation

The growth of Washington
is reflected in the steady
growth of The Stars circula-
ton. The Star today is read in
10000 more homes than five
years ago, $4,000 more than
seven years ago and 10000
more than 10 years ago, thus
keeping pace with the steady
growth of the city.
Yesterdays Advertising
Local Display.
Lines.
The Evening Star. 1896
I'd newspaper "a. 9,614
Sd newspaper. -. 7,OSS
4th newspaper e. 5,719
5th newspaper -. 3,639
Total Nev2Snetr. Il osasr 26.06O
Evening star., 1934-08-23
WEATHER.

% Weather BUREAU ForecastD
Mostly cloudy tonight and tomorrow;
showers tomorrow; not much change in
temperature; gentle, variable winds to-
night Temperatures-Highest, 81, at
1870 am. today; lowest SO. at am.
today. Full report on page 9.
Evening star., 1934-08-23

Continued on Page 8, Column -
Evening star., 1934-08-23
80 REPORTED SLAIN

Continued on Page ALP, Column /
Evening star., 1934-03-08

Mrs. John D. Hooe of Alexandria,
Va. is spending several months at the
Martinique.
Evening star., 1934-03-08

Mr.. and Mrs. L. T. Powers, Mrs. Floyd
Hanly, Mrs. Grace williams. Miss
Gwen Geach. Miss Constance Roach,
Miss Mary Williams. Mr.. T. K. Smith
of st. Louis, and Mr.. Samuel Rudder,
Mr.. Claude Stuckey and Mr.. John
Mather. all of Jefferson City, Mo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest H. Daniels,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hebert and Mrs
Amy Cowing were in a dinner party
last evening at Club Michel. which
also included Miss Dorothy Kurtz.
Miss Frances Simpson. Dr.. l.. r.
Wagner and Mr. Delk Simpson.
DR.. and Mrs William Meyer enter
tanned at dinner and bridge last eve
ming in their home at Herndon. Va.
in honor Of their house guests, Miss
Helen Fleming Of Rocky Mount. N. c.,
and Mrs. Joseph Meyer and Miss
Roberta Meyer Of Enfield. N. c. The
other guests included Miss Mathilda
Decker. Mrs. Cassius NJ Lawrence,
Mrs. E. Barbour Hutchison. Mrs
Maurice Yount and DR.. and Mrs. S.
A. Newman.
Mrs. r. F. Leonard was hostess at
luncheon at the Little Tea House yes
terday. having as her guests Mrs. T.
s. Dewitt OF Rochester, MINI. and
Mrs. e. L. Brien, jr.. Of Vicksburg.
Miss.
Mr.. M. w. Cresap was host to a
company Of nine at luncheon yester-
day at the Carlton.
Dagmara Renina Princess Troubet-
Evening star., 1934-03-08

Mrs K Messick entertained at a
bridge luncheon in her home in Lyon
Village, Va, today, when her guests
were Mrs. Leila Simpson. Mrs J. w.
Tawes, Mrs. Fletcher Kemp, MIS-. S.
D. Hammer. Mrs. Shirley Bauckman,
Evening star., 1934-03-08

chairman for the annual luncheon
and conference of the District Chap
ter of the international Federation of
Catholic Alumnae, will have the fol-
lowing presidents Of the affiliated as
sociations assisting: Miss Margaret
Shea. Georgetown Convent: Miss
Catherine Garland, Holy Trinity;
Miss Ann Brosnan, Immaculate Sem
mary; Miss Antoinette Berger, I'm
maculate Conception; Miss Mary
Agnes Quinn, Notre Dame: Miss
Louise Auth, Sacred Heart of Mary:
Miss Mary O'Berg, st. Anthony's
High School; Miss Margaret Tappan,
st. Cecilia's Academy; Miss Nellie NC
Cormick, st. Patrick's Academy; Miss
Mary Hannah, st. Paul's; Miss Edna
Sheehy, Visitation Convent; Mrs.
Francis Murray, Holy Cross Academy.
The business meeting will open at
1880 o'clock Saturday morning. fol-
lowed by luncheon at o'clock, when
the Right Rev. James H. Ryan, Bishop
of Modra and rector of the Catholic
University. will be guest of honor
The guest speakers will be Repre-
sentative Virginia Jenkes of Indiana,
Mrs. Philip A. Brennan of New York.
national president Of the I. F. c. A.;
Sister Frances Helen, superior OF I'M
maculata Seminary. and the Rev.
Maurice Sheehy of the Catholic Uni
versity. Miss Mary ODonoghue,
mezzo-soprano, will be heard In q
group Of songs and Miss Grace Mary
Colli1ower. by request. will give her
Grafton which won national honors
last year. Mrs. Lewis A. Payne, gov
ernor Of the District Chapter, will
preside. A partial group Of patrons
includes Sister NJ Austin, Sister M.
Ethel. Sister M. Aquinata. Sister Marie
Clare, Sister Rose Elizabeth Miss
Margaret Harold, Miss Elizabeth Luch
and Mrs. James E. Colliflower.
Mrs. William j. Peters of Macomb
street was hostess at a bridge lunch
con Tuesday, her guests including
Mrs. Natalie Dasio. Mrs. Carl Bond.
Mrs. William H. Hessick Mrs. Harry
Evening star., 1934-03-08

skoi Of Russia has taken an apart.
ment at the Fairfax.
"Gray Ladies" Assist at
Children's Matinee Saturday.
A movie matinee for children with
Walt Disney films and Little
Women as the feature picture win be
given Saturday afternoon at 3:3C
O'Clock in Red Cross House at Walter
Reed Hospital. This entertainment /,
the third Of series Of children's
matinees which has been arranged foI
the benefit Of the Memorial Chape
which was sponsored by the Gray
Ladies OF the Red Cross Volunteer
Service.
Among the Gray Ladies assisting
are Mrs. Reeve Lewis. Mrs. Henry
Parsons Erwin, Miss Grace Ocum.
paugh. Mrs. w. G. Finley. Mrs. Earle
Warren.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry s. Miller, the
latter formerly Miss Mildred Pines
after 10 days in New York are visiting
the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Max
Pines, in their home at 1922 Allison
street They later will go to thei,
home in Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Bready
entertained informally at bridge last
evening in their home at Herndon
Va, when their guests were Mrs
George F. Buell., Mrs. T. Edgar Aud
Mrs. Russell A. Lynn, Mrs. Harold F.
Hanes, Mrs. william H. Dawson and
Mrs. z. Barbour HutchiSon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Moore were
hosts at two tables Of bridge Tues
day evening. in their home In Cherry
dale. Va. when their guests were Mr..
and Mrs. e. w. Phillips, Mr.. and Mrs.
Stanton c. Moore of Cherrydale and
Mr.. and Mrs. Deb Gothwaite Of
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Purcell, accom-
panied by Mrs. Henri Dourit of Hunt
ington. w. Va, are at the Dodge for
a short stay.
Mrs. Eleanor Rixon of Woodstock,
N. Y. is at the Grafton Hotel for a
stay.
Mrs. John Jennings of Toronto,
Canada, accompanied by Mrs. w. G.
Jennings, are visiting the States. and
during their stay at the Capital are
at the Willard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard L. Selig have
come to Washington from Missawaka,
Ind. to spend a week at the Mar
Unique. They are accompanied by
Mr.. Benjamin Piser of South Bend.
Ind.
Bishop OF Modra Honor
Guest at /. &C. A. Lunch.
Mrs. James r. Fitzpatrick. general
Evening star., 1934-03-08

Upper left: Miss Virginia Elizabeth
Deyber, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor Deyber, whose engagement to
Mr.. Lawrence Dade Shinn has been
announced. Underwood Photo.
Center: Mrs. Paul E. Stevens. who
before her marriage, February 10, was
Miss Anne Poore. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Randolph Poore.
-Hassler- Henderson Photo.
Upper right: Miss Flora Lavisson.
whose engagement to Mr.. Harry w.
Golf was recently announced by her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A.
LavisSon. Underwood Photo.
Lower: Mrs. Joseph Blackwell for
merly Miss Nellie Irene Sommers. her
marriage taking plate February 10
thanksgiving Photo.
Evening star., 1934-03-08

The Ambassador Of Japan and
Nine. Saito were hosts at dinner last
evening in honor of the newly ap-
pointed Japanese consul general in
New York. Mr.. Renzo Sawada, who is
in Washington for few days.
Evening star., 1934-03-08

Dagmara Renina Princess Troubet.