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Evening star., 1934-07-18
AGENTS TRAP MAN
AS EXTORT|ON|ST
Full Confession Claimed in
Arizona Case Which Led
to Fatal Shooting.

Setting a trap at midnight In an
Arizona cotton field. Department Of
justice agents early today captured
an alleged extortionist who had called
for package Of $3.50 In bills de-
rnanded from q wealthy Phoenix de-
partFnent store owner
Details Of the arrest made public
here today by Attorney General Cum
rnings. disclosed bizarre series Of
events leading up TO the arrest, under
the LindberRh kidnapping and extor-
tion act, Of Jeff Davis Graves,
farmer. The department said he has
confessed sending extortion notes TO
Isaac Diamond. prominent Phoenix
merchant
During the negotiations with the
extortionist man named Louis Walsh
was fatally shot on June 3 when he
appeared at A designated rendezvous
20 obtain a decoy package left by
agents.
The first demand for money was
received by Diamond on May 30 last
He was threatened with harm in the
event he failed 70 follow directions by
leaving $4,000 at place 10 be desig-
mated The June 3 trap followed, but
the death OF Walsh did not stop the
series of extortion letters
On June 10 a letter signed From
the Rest OF Our Gang instructed
Diamond 10 deliver S. $50 at a place
to be designated in subsequent letter.
The letter that followed, on July 3, di-
rected that the money be left in
barrel beside an iron post on a high
way seven miles southeast OF Phoenix.
An officer impersonated Diamond and
took a dummy package 10 the spot,
but nothing happened.
On July l6 Diamond received an
other letter stating that the extor-
Zionist had been frightened away in
the previous attempt to obain money
and directing that the money be
carried TO a point west Of the pre-
tern would be found burning in a
cotton field
Three Federal agents and a deputy
sheriff hid in the cotton field last
night and an officer, again imperson-
ating Diamond, drove to the spot in
the merchants automobile about mid
night. Graves approached the car
and shouted Hello" but turned i'm
mediately and went to his home near
by, where he was placed under arrest
q few moments later.
j, Edgar Hoover, director OF the di-
vision OF investigation. informed the
Attorney General that Graves had
made "a fun confession" explaining
he needed money to leave Arizona
Graves is so years old and has a wife
and two children. His statement de-
clsred no one else was involved with
him in the attempted plot.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
LISA GARDINER DANCERS
GIVE PROGRAM TONIGHT

The fifth Summer festival Of the
season will be presented at the Ma
ional Sylvan Theater tonight at 8,
when the Lisa Gardiner Dancers and
the Community Center Civic SYM
phony Orchestra will appear under
auspices of the Community Center
Department and the Office of National
Capital Parks.
Members of the Players Club will
act as ushers and BOP and Girl Scouts
will serve as aides.
Mrs. Edith H. Hunter will accom-
pany many of the dances on the
piano, the orchestra accompanying
the others. Tonight will be the or
chestras first appearance in the
Sylvan Theater. 1t is under the di-
rection of Bailey F. Alart.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
MEDIATOR ARRIVES
IN MINNEAPOLIS
Rev. Father r. J. Haas Flies
to Truck Strike Scene.
City Is Quiet.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, July ia new
Federal drive to settle the strike of
1000 union truck drivers began today.
Rev. Father Francis j. Hass, a
member of the Federal Labor Rela-
tions Board. who helped negotiate
peaceful end to Milwaukee's recent
electric strike. arrived from Washing
ton in a Government move to settle
the drivers walkout which has halted
virtually all truck traffic in Mime
apolis.
The mediator will assist E. H.
Dunnigan, Labor Department con-
ciliator, and Gov. Floyd B. Olson in
their efforts to arbitrate the matter.
Guardsmen on Hand.
National GuardSmen were in. readi-
ness in the downtown district to stop
any disorders.
Striking union workers toured the
downtown streets in cars, but with
few trucks moving there was little
occasion for disorder. Newspaper,
gasoline and milk and market gar
Q6neTS ITuCkS were eAeDlpG III Tie Jl6-
up, which began at midnight Monday.
The city market, center of rioting
which cost two lives and many in
jurieS in a previous strike in May.
remained closed today. Employees
said they did not plan to move any
trucks for a day or two. d.
The troops were called out by Gov.
Olson, who said he would discipline
either or both conflicting groups If
circumstances require"
Pickets Halt Trucks.
Pickets stationed at a few of the
main roads into the city turned back
trucks that sought to enter. There
was no disorder.
Plans we're being formulated for
establishment of farm produce mar
ket at which all farmers having per-
mission of the Minneapolis Gardners'
Association and proper Identification
may enter the city and sell their
products either direct to the consum-
ers or to retail merchants. The new
market may open tomorrow.
Evening star., 1934-07-18

To be invited in the special box Of
the President Of France at the Long
champs race track Is a rare honor
Nobody but heads of states or
their representatives Ambassadors
and MiniSterSl can receive the care
fully engraved white carton. Secre-
taries Of embassies and legations and
their wives are given the privilege TO
sit on the red-carpeted steps which
lead to President Lebrun's box. Pill
lows are not provided by the chief
OF protocol Of the Elysee.
Reds and Socialists Cooperate.
The leader of the left wing of the
French Socialists and of the Com
munist party have decided to CO.
operate for the first time in the his
tory of French politics in order to op-
pose the so-called dictatorial tend
encies Of ever smiling Premier Dou-
mergue.
They will make strange bed fellows
The leader OF the Socialists, Leon
Blum. is a scholar an epicurian and,
what is more ID Rspt, a man who
year. He is a - u property. with
refined tastes and compare lively mod
crate views.
Cachin. the leader Of the Com
munists, is as unkept and garrulous
as any stage Bolshevist and has here
tofore hated and despiSed his new ally
more than his other political op-
ponentS.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
Strike Si!delights
State Loses in Sales Taxes;
Food Swamps Parcel
Post Facilities.
~ the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 18.-The
State of California is among the VIC
tins of the San Francisco strike. Of
ficialS Of the State Board of Equaliza-
ton, which has jurisdiction over col
lection of the State sales tax of 2l2
per cent, estimated today the strike
was costing the State $4,000 a day
in sales taxes alone.
Newspapers likewise continue to
suffer. All theatrical advertising is
gone. of course, with the closing of
all theaters, motion picture and le-
gitimate. and all night clubs. De-
partment store advertising likewise
has been withdrawn, even though the
stores themselves are keeping open
rather than add the thousands on
their staffs to the unemployed.
Conditions across the Gordon Gate
in Marin County today were reported
nearing normal, authorizes having
reached agreement with pickets to
permit farmers to drive into SauSalito
to sell produce, and taxicabs, dry
cleaners and laundries having resumed
operations. Officers conveyed six
trucks of foodStuffs into San Rafael
yesterday.
The allied automotive industries
of California are definitely closed
down for the duration of the strike.
The only exceptions are a few down.
town garages, in which regular Gus
toners are permitted to park their
cars and serve themselves to air and
water. Even parking lots are to re-
main closed.
Beauty shops we're reopening here
today, freed by code authority from
the necessity of closing. Shop own
ers and operators are neutral and
not members of any union, and shops,
if they so wish, are to remain open
and conduct their business in the
usual manner" said the code au-
thority announcement.
viii Rogers, humorist and actor,
came to town yesterday preparatory
to sailing with his wife and two sons
for the Orient to enter Russia by
the stage door of Vladivostok" and
commented the San Francisco strike
was giving Los Angeles such a boom
they are about ready to have a
three-day celebration down there il it
keeps up"
The San Jose Post ONCE parcel
post windows took on general store
aspects yesterday as packages re-
ceived for mailing to San Francisco
nearly all contained foodstuffs. Chick
ems, eggs, hams, SauSageS, tomatoes
and other vegetables and fruits were
being shipped to -beleaguered
friends within the picket lines.
Students at the State Teachers
College here used bicycles, roller
skates or shoe leather in reaching
classes Monday and yesterday, but
all of the faculty got there and 80
per cent Of the 1900 students. A
cooperative store furnished food for
lunches, in the absence Of normal
restaurant facilities.
Parcel post is being used by many
stores in San Francisco and Oakland
as means of making deliveries, since
the strike has tied up all regular de-
livery trucks. The problem Of get
ting more goods on the shelves 10
replace those sold. however, still was
an unsolved one in the larger stores
today.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
PORTLAND STRIKE
THREAT SUBSIDIES
Wagner on Scene-Labor
Leader Sees General
WaIkout as Remote.
Rx the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Greg, July 18.-Talk
of a general walkout here Subsided
somewhat today while strike factions
conferred with the administrations S
emissary, Senator Robert F. Wagner
Of New York, in hopes some basis Tor
settlement of the waterfront dispute
could be found.
Senator Wagner, espouser of labor
legislation, went into conference with
Gov. Julius l.. Meier upon arrival
here last night. Here to act as an
adviser or mediator, the New York
Senator at once became a listener
rather than talker.
He admitted he had purely ten
tative" settlement program in mind,
but said such program often may
be shunted by actuahties."
General Strike Remote.
The general strike which Portland
ers feared would start here today was
described by E. E. Pettingell, presi-
dent of the Central Labor Council, as a
"very remote possibility" Discussion
of an effective date for a general
walkout was postponed yesterday
pending Senator Wagner'S arrival
Strike Strategy Committee men,
bers, who said they would give "a
hours notice in event of a general
strike, we're told by Senator Wagner
to get themselves in "a good frame
of mind" for a conference with him
today. Deep appreciation of the ef-
forts of conservative union men" to
meet the strike situation was ex-
pressed by Gov. Meier, who said he
would be pleased to aid them in any
patriotic efforts"
Four Are Beaten.
A bit of isolated violence hared here
last night when Is or 20 men, who
police said identified themselves as
seamen. attacked six men who re-
Gently worked on the steamer Illi-
nois. Four of the men were severely
beaten while two fed.
While oil companies refused to de-
liver gasoline for retail trade until
picketing of plants and alleged
threats ceased. independent service
stations were attempting to tap out
side sources of gasoline.
Automobiles were less numerous
than usual, but gasoline was available
at towns within radius Of so miles.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
CONDITION OF WOMAN,
HURT IN FALL, CRITICAL
Mrs. Charles W. Hook, 20, Suf-
fered Fra ctured Skull When
She Hit Tub.

Mrs. Charles w. Hook, 20, remained
in a serious condition at Emergency
Hospital today with a fractured skull
suffered Monday when she fell in the
bath room of her mothers home, 1929
Belmont street, striking her head
against the tub.
Mrs. Hook was found unconscious
on the floor of the bath room and re-
moved to the hospital where she
showed her first sign of reviving yes
terday afternoon. Mrs. Hook, Gen.
tral High School graduate, is the
mother of a 15-month-old boy.
The young couple had expected TO
move into an apartment of their own
today, and plans for this were indeA-
nitely postponed.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
BALTIMORE STRIKE
ORDER ISSUED 800
Members of Teamsters, Chauffeurs
and Helpers Union Unable
to Settle Dispute.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, July ia strike
order was issued TO 800 members Of
the Teamsters. Chauffeurs and Help
ers' Union late yesterday after the
Labor Relations Panel, a mediation
body, was unable to reach a decision
in the dispute between the union and
the Davidson Transfer g. Storage Co.
Harry Cohen, business manager of
the union. who issued the strike order.
said another 500 members would be
called out on strike tomorrow.
p The dispute hinges chiefly on the
unions demand for recognition for
collective bargaining by the Davidson
firm. Higher wages and shorter hours
also are sought, but Cohen said the
union was willing to enter into nego-
tiations in these matters.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
TRUCK DRIVERS WIN

Jellef Stores Operators Reward
ed for Safety Record.
Drivers of trucks for the Frank r.
Jelleff department store here have
been awarded silver medals for op-
Grating the past six months without
accidents, it was announced today by
the New Jersey Avenue Garage, rep
resening the B F. Goodrich Co.,
sponsors OF the contest TO decrease
truck and bus accidents. II the COM
pany's drivers continue another six
months without accident they will
receive gold medals.
The contests are open to every
driver in the country. the garage off,
cials stated, and emblems also are
awarded which may be placed on the
side Of buses or trucks.
Evening star., 1934-07-18

The first result of the third Ger
man revolution is that Hitler having
to choose between his pretorian guards
led by Capt. Roehm, all expecting
more and more personal advantages
from their leader. and the well dis
ciplined and organized Reichswehr,
the Fuehrer decided to lean toward
the latter Without the assistance of
the regular army and its chief, he
would have been "liquidated" himself
sooner or later.
In an article published in the
official newspaper OF Hitler, the
VoelkiScher Beobdchter, the head
OF the ReichSDehT, Gen BON Blom-
berg. made it clear that the Storm
Troops must yield to the German
National Army 1t tDGS a Ddrning
to Hitler and also tUGrning to the
Storm Troopers.
Hitler. who had discussed the in
ternal situation of Germany freely with
Mussolini, then with Hindenburg and
some of his advisers who are not in
the limelight, decided to throw him
self on the side of the German con-
servatives and present to the world
an expurgated edition of Nazism.
Despite the rumors Of Won Papen's
disgrace, the vice chancellor is
stronger today than before.
Papen Not Astute Politician.
Won Papen, who has a voluminous
file in the Department of Justice as
result of his activities during the
World War, is neither brilliant man
nor a particularly astute politician. A
former officer of the Imperial Guard.
he represents in the government the
national army, the ultra nationalist
element and the Junkers.
As a chamberlain OF the Pope,
he represents the Catholic element,
so much prosecuted by Hitler and
his original followers.
His remaining in Office, strongly
supported By his former COM
ndnder in chief, Field Marshal
Uon Hindenburo, and by Gen. pon
Blomberg and Won FrntSch, tndi-
Gates clearly that Hitler no longer
dictates arbitrarily, but has become
an instrument in the hands of the
regular army, t0htch is non-polttt-
cal, but merely German.
The liquidation" of Hitler's ex-
tremists gives a breathing spell to
Germany'S neighbors, because the Of
ficers of the ReichSwehr are against
any adventures" in Europe-at the
present moment-at least. They, be-
ing professional soldiers. realize that
Germany is not in a position for the
time being to wage an offensive war
against any nation. They want to
consolidate the forces of the Reich,
see Germany out of the present A.
nancial and economic depression be-
fore they can talk as loud as Hitler's
lieutenants used to.
Roehm Quarters Luxurious.
Capt. Roehm, who pushed his dis
obedience to the Fuehrer so far as to
refuse to commit suicide when he was
told to do so, had good time while
it lasted.
His headquarters were installed in
the most exclusive section of Berlin
and were very luxuriously appointed.
Rare wines and imported cham
pagne were served in buckets at his
frequent orgies. His expense account
for entertainment amounted to $4,000
a month. And his invitations were
much sought after by everybody who
is anybody in Berlin, from the for
mer Kronprinz to the leading Ambas-
sadors and Ministers accredited to the
Reich.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
SPECIAL NOTICES.

PLAsTERERs' LOCAL, So INVITES ALL
e emp9yes IN n ns sd spq m
the Plasterers Hall. l024 New Jersey ave.
NV, Washington, D c. Monday, July %
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the n. r A. code which becomes effective
July 81 1884 Territory OF Local 90 Shala
include all within the state line on the
map from Frederick, Nd, to. Laurel Mo.
10 Chesapeake Nd. to Point Lookout. Nd.
Sq and SACK SsSin to r Frederick IL Ma and
all territories within these boundaries.
BEAUTIFUL CHIMES MUSIC, $50 To-
nght WASHINGTON Memorial PARK. Come
cut Paved RieGs rd cross Univ. lane.
al GISh Gara9e. i7th and You SITS NV,
Chandler coupe motor No. l6S050. for
storage charges.
THE FOLLOWING CARS WILL BE soIDD
at ElehbergS auction, August l, at 80
pm for storage and repair CHARGES; Lln-
coin tSgTns NJ m9tS5 Ns 1hEyser 1haS cSseb sStiS
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that the same must De presented TO Cary
A Hardee, Receiver, with the lesal proot
thereof within three months from this
date or they NAV be disallexsa,
Comptroller Of the Currency.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Once OF the Comptroller Of the Currency.
Washington, . @,
April 10 1884
Notice 10 hereby given 70 all persons
who may have claims AGAINST the "United
States SAVINGS Bank" WASHINGTON. Dis
triet Of ColumhIs. that The same must be
Win So ths legal proof thereof Within three
months from this date or they NAV be
disallowed J r r O'CONNOR
Comptroller OF the Currency.
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Evening star., 1934-07-18
CHANCE OF STRIKE
IN EAST IS DENIED
Union President Says His Men
Are Wary of Radical
Element.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 1s.-Joseph p.
Ryan, president of the International
Longshoremen Association, said en-
phatically yesterday that longshore-
men of the Eastern seaboard had no
intention Of striking in sympathy with
West coast maritime workers.
Our boys" he said, ARE smart
enough to know that radical elements
want us to go out so that they can
take control of the situation as they
did in San Francisco.
But We intend to continue to op-
crate under our contracts with the
New York Shipping Association, which
DO not expire until September 80"
Evening star., 1934-07-18
Elephants Raid Store.

Three circus elephants tried to in
wade seed store in Cheltenham, Eng
land, recently, one getting inside and
enjoying a big meal Of seed potatoes,
dog biscuits, meal and other delicacies,
and the second stuck in the doorway
until keepers made them move on.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
This
Changing
World
Hitler Remains Leader
Only by Will of
Reichswehr.
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

TIME handsome Adolf. the unoS-
puted dictator Of Germany un-
I'll two weeks ago, now merely
Il the leader Of the Reich by the
grace Of the Teutonic gods and
the will Of the Reichswehr. has left Ber-
lin In q hurry after having 'liquidated"
his militant pretorians, some helpless
Catholics and number OF innocents
Hitlers departure from Berlin TO his
Bavarisn retreat has not made the
situation easier than It was before the
July / massacre. Before that date
confidential reports from Berlin indi-
Gated that a storm was brewing. His
visit to Mussolini. followed by the re-
marksble speech a Vice Chancellor
Won Papen at Marburg showed dis
tinctly that something" was going
TO happen soon. Those who could
read between the lines saw omtnous
warning In Papen's statement that:
IF we can get rid Of the deadwood in
our ranks We shall prove that We
are strong. We must throw out the
excitable maniacs and the bad boys
who have followed our movement only
to debase the great work which Hitler
has undertaken"
Evening star., 1934-07-18
Dance to Aid Reetory Fund.

OXON HILL, Md, July Is (Spe-
ciall An old-fashioned dance will
be given at ST. Barnabas Church Hall
here Saturday night. Proceeds are to
be used for the rectory fund.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
Crown Princess Flies.

The Crown Princess of Sweden re-
Gently few frona Stockholm to London
In a special air Liner.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
Theaters Cost S1,l00,0 900.

More than sl.1oo 600 Is invested In
movie theaters in Hong Kong, China.
Evening star., 1934-07-18
Seeks Reno Divorce.

Mrs. Mary Cerra, cashier at the
offices of the National Rifle Associa-
ton, in the Barr Building. has filed
suit in Reno, New, for divorce from
her husband, Salvatore j. Cerra, ac-
cording to the Associated Press.
Cerra is proprietor of barber shop
near Fifteenth and X streets. The
couple we're married at Rockville, Nd.
on September "a, 1880. Mrs. Cerra
charged cruelty.
Evening star., 1934-07-18

Parcel post is being used by many
stores in San Francisco and Oakland
as a means of making deliveries, since
the strike has tied up all regular de-
livery trucks. The problem of get
ting more goods on the shelves 10
replace those sold. however, still was
an unsolved one in the larger stores
today.
The Washington times., 1934-01-26
NE. TRADE BODY
GIVES BANQUET

Entertainment by a group Of
theatrical talent from Baltimore
featured the sixth annual banquet
Of the Northeast Businessmen's
Association held last night at the
Raleigh Hotel, with more than
$50 attending.
Roger Whitford, toastmaster,
introduced two speakers, Curtis
McCalip. president of the organi-
alton, and John M. Beans, chair
man of the arrangements commit
tee.
Other organizations of Northeast
Washington represented were the
Board of Trade, Hamilton Ma
tional Bank, Peoples Drug Co.,
Sanitary Grocery Co., Atlantic and
Pacific Grocery Co., American Sc.
curity and Trust Co., Northeast
Motor Co., Nolan Motor Co., and
the Wakefield Dairy Co.
The Washington times., 1934-01-26
To WAR
ON 'SPEAK|ES'

Those fellows who dispense il
licit liquor either in person or in
hidden places Of business are no
longer "bootleggers."
They're "tax evaders" nova
days.
It is on the grounds Of escaping
Uncle Sans liquor levies, that
speakeasies in washington will be
raided in the future.
Today the District Commission
ers will consider plans for a police
campaign designed to wipe out
all illegal sales in the District.
Henceforth it will comparatively
be easy for the authorities to stage
a raid, because they may obtain a
search warrant by explaining the
probable cause" for the action
to a police court judge or the
United States Commissioner. No
longer will it be necessary to make
Q "buy."
The Washington times., 1934-01-26

Couched in mysterious terms, a
letter was received today by I. s.
Turnover, owner OF the Turover
Lumber Co., Twelfth and Water
Streets Southwest, from a man
who said he would give Turover
$4,000 if he would obtain his
release from Q Spanish prison.
The writer said he was in
prison because Of bankruptcy, but
added that he had $360,000 hid
The Washington times., 1934-01-26
AMERICAN ADDS
NEW COURSES

Registration for the second
semester in the College of Liberal
Arts of American University be-
gins Monday morning, it was an
nounced today.
With so new courses offered,
the Liberal Arts College has
made especial plans for mid-year
high school graduates to enter
the university for the second
semester.
Several unusual courses are be-
ing offered for the second semes-
ter in the Graduate School. These
include study of currents in re-
cent political thought, banking
problems, and Far Eastern
history.