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Evening star., 1934-08-31
REFORMERS OFFER
DOLLAR SUBSTITUTES
Labor Money" Would Be Backed
by Work, Not Gold or
Silver.
By the Associated Press.

by the hSSOCldItU FIcoS.
CHICAGO, August 3l.-Agreed the
monetary system of the Nation should
be revolutionized, but widely apart on
how 1t should be done, rs delegates
from "a States yesterday opened a
two-day conference on money re-
form. called by the American None
tary Reform Association.
Substitution of a labor dollar" to
be backed by hours of labor done in
by two speakers.
A "skilhour," distribution unity for
labor time and skill, was suggested
by M. Alva zook, an industrial engi-
neer from suburban Glen Ellyn.
zook asserted the disadvantages
of money, such as loan exploitation
and theft" would vanish with mon
transferable, time limit orders on
store houses" such as he proposed
under the "skilhour system"
George w. Christians of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. president of the Cru
saders for Economic Liberty, advo-
Gated the human effort monetary
system" as provided in bill intro
duced in Congress by Representative
Louis T. McFadden of Pennsylvania.
Blaming the Federal Reserve Sys-
tenn for bank failures, Charles r.
Adair, Flint Mich, president of the
Monetary Reform Association, pre-
dicted repeal of the act creating it.
Charles A. Hawkins, San Francisco,
wealthy fig grower, acclaimed the
victory of Upton Sinclair in the Cali
fornia Democratic gubernatorial pri-
mary as a step toward his eventual
elevation to the presidency.
Evening star., 1934-08-31

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youthful and
chic. 1t is made
of bark fabric
and comes in
black, bro w n
and green.
Evening star., 1934-08-31

IL Is made Of
lightweight wool
and is trimmed
w j { h metallic
cuffs. 1t comes
in black, brown,
green and rust.
Evening star., 1934-08-31
NEW YORK TAXI DRIVER
DIES IN LETHAL CHAMBER
Sprague Douglass Declares He Is
Innocent of Numbering Ralph
Hart, a Prospector.

BY the Associated Press.
FLORENCE, Ariz., August 31-
Louis Sprague Douglass, former New
York taxi driver, was executed early
today in Arizonas lethal gas chamber
for the murder of Ralph Hart, a
prospector.
Calmly and unassiSted, Douglass
walked into the death chamber at
1890 am, mountain standard time,
the gas was turned on at 1879 and
he was pronounced dead 8A min
utes later.
II know you think am guilty, but
I am innocent" were Douglass final
words to the crowd.
Evening star., 1934-08-31

the deputy sreceived bullet wounds
from which the sheriff died later.
Experts in Charlotte and Wash
ington now have informed authorities
here that the bullet which caused
the Sheriff'S death was fired from the
deputy's gun and not by Davis as
was believed at the time. Now Davis
likely will be placed on trial for
wounding Gilbert.
Evening star., 1934-08-31
BAN ON HORNS SPREADS
Many English Cities Move for
Quiet Nights.

LONDON, August 81 CP).-An "an-
ti-honking" order to motorists during
sleeping hours has proven so success
full in London that the ministry of
transport has decided to extend 1t
to every city, town and "built-up"
area in the country.
Thus England will become vast
silence zone between the hours OF
11:30 pm. and am. so far as motor
horns are concerned.
The ministry was also overwhelmed
with congratulations from grateful
citizens.
Evening star., 1934-08-31
BALLISTIC EXPERTS
SAVE YOUTH FROM CHAIR
Bullet Which Killed Sheriff
Found to Have Come From
Deputy's Gun.

BY the Associated Press.
STATESVILLE, N. c., August 81
Ballistics experts apparently have
saved Ralph Davis, youthful outlaw,
from the threat of the electric chair.
Davis was held in connection with
the death Of Sheriff Godfrey C. Kim
ball. who was shot when he and his
deputy, r. K. Gilbert, attempted to
arrest Davis for robbery two weeks
ago. In scuffle, both the sheriff and
Evening star., 1934-06-01
HOMES DESTROYED
BY FOREST FIRES.
Maine Cottages LeveIed.
New York Fights Stub
born Blaze.

BY the Associated Press.
GEORGETOWN, Me-, June Five
Islands. with population of 200, sur
veyed today the resolate ruins of IL
three homes, leveled by a forest fire
that blazed on the village outskirts.
The loss caused by the fire was esti-
mated at from $4,000 to 100000 by
town officials.
Hundreds Fight Flames.
The coming of daybreak presented
picture of highways and yards lit
tered with the furniture of residents.
who fled when the flames literally
licked the sides of their homes. For
hours the hundreds of firemen and
volunteers. augmented by 200 C. c. c.
workers, fought furiously to check the
onward rush of the flames.
Soldiers sent here from Bath pa
trolled the streets during the night
The cottages and homes destroyed
were located on the Hadens Point
in a huge arc, however. to the west
end of the village, where it was
halted by the firemen 1t covered
more than miles.
Ban on Fishing.
All streams in Maine were closed
to fishing today by Gov. Louis j.
Brann because of a serious forest
fire menace existing in all parts of
our State" His proclamation also
prohibited smoking or the building
of fires in the woods
The suspension does not affect
lawful fishing from boats or canoes
on lakes, ponds, rivers or thorough
fares"
The proclamation had been held up
over night with the hope that rain
would reduce the hazardous fire con-
dition, but none fell
Nearly 10000 acres of woodland
have been laid waste and approx
mately 25 camps and homes burned
by % fires in the last three days.
Forest Commissioner Neil L. Violette
said all were due to careleSSneSs.
Evening star., 1934-06-01
KENDRICk AND GIRL
DODGE POLICE NET
Richmond Trap Proves Futile as
Gangster Speeds Away in
Faster Auto.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND Va, June IA man
and a woman, wanted by police in
three States and the District of Co.
lumbia, slipped through a police drag
net here yesterday and sped away in
an automobile Police chased them
as far as Williamsburg before they
were outdistanced by the fugitives'
faster car.
The pair were John Kendrick, be-
lieved implicated in bank robbery
here, and Jean Nash, alias Ruth
Ramsey, of Kings Mountain, N. c.,
police said.
Kendrick is listed as one of a gang
of seven wanted for robbery by the
Post Office Department. The same
gang also is thought connected with
the hold-up of a Federal Reserve
Bank truck here in which a bank
driver was shot and killed A 100000
hold-up also is laid to them.
Police say they have established
that Kendrick and his wife, who was
arrested in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
had occupied an apartment here.
They thought they had the man
trapped, but he managed to elude
them
Evening star., 1934-06-01

dent of the seminary, and the invo-
cation and benediction were given
by Rev. James Shera Montgomery,
chaplain of the House Of Repre-
sentatives The program included sew
eral musical selections by the pupils.
The exercises concluded the COM
mencement activities which began
Saturday with an art exhibit in the
afternoon and presentation Of a
play in the evening. DR.. Joseph
Sizoo delivered the baccalaureate
sermon Sunday afternoon. Gen. Hugh
johnson and Mrs. johnson were
guests at the program Sunday eve
ming when Gen. johnson made a
brief talk, paying a glowing tribute
to DR.. Ament, of whom he is former
student.
Senior class day exercises took the
Evening star., 1934-06-01
NEW SECURITIES
RULING IS ISSUED
U. S. Trade Body Has Con-
troll Over "When Is
sued" Paper.

The Federal Trade Commission S
power to regulate issuance of new
securities had been revealed today as
including authority over when is
sued' trading.
When issued" trading means the
sale of contracts for the purchase
and sale of securities before the Sc
curities themselves are issued
Baldwin B. Bane, chief of the COM
missions securities division, has in
formally advised the New York Curb
and Produce Exchanges and the Chi
cago Stock Exchange that such sales
are illegal unless the securities repre-
sented by the when issued" contracts
are registered with the commission.
Registration Necessary.
Registration is prerequisite to the
sale of a new security under the Sc
curities act. and Bane said in his
opinion when issued" contracts con-
stituted securities. A registration
statement is the description of an
issue on the basis of which investors
may judge its worth, and its omis-
sion is violation of the act.
There was no formal ruling by the
commission on the point, but ap-
parently Bane's opinion was accepted
by the exchanges. because they were
reported to have stopped the sale of
several issues on the when issued
basis.
There are three major methods o1
using the when issued" sale. A broker
may simply contract with purchaser
to buy or sell for him a certain
3ecurity when iscued" Such a trans
action, officials said, probably does moi
come under the act.
Third Method.
If however, the broker offers such
contracts to many buyers on a stand
ardized basis with the intent of Great
ing market, the act applies.
The third method is where the
corporation planning to sell a security
offers when issued contract. Il
the security to be sold is registered
then trading on when issued" basis
is legal. officials said, because the
registration of security contains the
information necessary for the investor
properly to judge the value of the
security he will ultimately obtain If
however, the security is not registered
then the when issued" contract is {
violation of the act, unless the con-
tract itself is registered, which would
be to all intents and purposes the
same as registering the security itself
The avowed purpose OF "wher
issued trading is to establish a mar.
ket for the stock when it become;
available. The public's acceptance Of
when issued" trading also provides 6
gauge for estimating how the security
will be received.
Evening star., 1934-06-01

.. Once (and only once) year can you
buy the famous St. Albans Suits at such
reduced prices. For p years men of
Washington have looked forward to this
important event in August. But this year
we bring you our annual St. Albans Suit
Sale NOW .. toC0 months in advance.
Evening star., 1934-06-01
COMPTON WOMAN DIES
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md, June L.
Mrs. Lillian Payne Davis, IS, of Comp
ton, Md, who died at her home We'd
nesday, will pe buried tomorrow at
8 am. from the st. Francis Xavier
Church, with interment in the ad-
joining cemetery. She is survived by
he- husband, Howard Davis, and four
children: Lorrine, Helen, Priscilla and
an infant daughter
Evening star., 1934-06-01

tinguished guests include Mrs Henry
Zoller, jr., national vice president
general: Mrs. s. F Wright. State
chaplain: Mrs. Wilbur B. Blakeslee,
State vice regent, and Mrs. Frank A.
Suter, regent Of Gen. Mordecai Gist
Chapter, all of Baltimore. Mrs.
Hiram e. johnson, regent. is arrang-
ing the program
Evening star., 1934-06-01
KIWANIANS FETE GUEST

Capital District Lieutenant Gov
ernor in Prince Georges.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LANDOVER. Md, June Irving
Diener, lieutenant governor of the
Capital district of the Kiwanis Or
ganization. made his official vista
ton last night to the Prince Georges
County club. J. Walter Richards and
John S. White we're elected delegates
to the international Kiwanis conven-
ton to be held in Toronto June
10-14
Evening star., 1934-06-01
Seek Missing Girl.

Police broadcast lookout today for
Mary McCauley, IA, who was believed
to have come to Washington after she
disappeared from the Memorial Home
for Girls at Richmond. The girls
father, J. E. McCauley, came here
to aid in the search, and is stopping
at 463 G street
Evening star., 1934-06-01
NATIONAL PARK SCHOOL
EXERCISES ARE ENDED
Col. Raymond Robins Delivers
Commencement Address at
Old Institution.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
FOREST GLEN, Md. June L.
Graduation exercises of the National
Park Seminary were held yesterday
morning with Col Raymond Robins,
social economist, delivering the
commencement address.
The presentation of diplomas was
made by DR.. James Ament, presi-
Evening star., 1934-06-01
STATE REGENT TO TALK
Erasmus Perry Chapter, d. A. R.,

LIHSnus IeIIy OHHPCeI, d. n. H.,
to Fete Distinguished Guests.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
SILVER SPRING, Md. June L.
Mrs. Arthur p. Shanklin OF Balti-
more, State regent OF the Maryland
D. A. R., will be the guest speaker
at a meeting of the Erasmus Perry
Chapter, D. A. r.. tomorrow after
noon at the home OF Mrs. George F
Schutt, Sligo avenue extended.
In addition to the talk by Mrs
Shanklin, there will be election OF
officers and a program Of musical
selections and readings. Other dis
Evening star., 1934-06-01

form of a garden party Wednesday,
attended by 500 guests.
Evening star., 1934-07-08
BRITISH REVOLUTION
is SEEN BY SNOWDEN
Viscount Lists Parliament's Fail.
ure to Function Properly
as One Reason.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MIDHURST. England. July T.
Revolutionary changes" for Great
Britain before long were predicted to-
day by ViScount Snowden.
II am afraid there is not only a
possibility but probability that We
in this country will have changes Of a
revolutionary character" he said in
an address at Dunford House, near
here.
If changes occur do not think
they will take the form of the revolu-
ton in Germany"
Among reasons leading him to be-
lieve a revolution impends. Viscount
Snowden enumerated the failure of
Parliament to function properly" the
growing idea of a class war and the
appropriation Of the propertied class,
which he said is being preached every
where. The fears of every one who
has anything to lose are being aroused
by attacks on property, he asserted.
Evening star., 1934-07-08
TRAFF|CACC|DENT
STRANDS SINGERS
27 En- Route From 0berIin,
Ohio, to Avery Institute
Delayed by Crash.

Twenty-seven colored singers were
stranded here late yesterday when
the bus in which they were en- route
to South Carolina was damaged in a
triple collision at Wisconsin and
Dumbarton avenues and the driver
later locked up at No. 7 police station
on a charge of reckless driving.
The driver, Nathaniel Mack, 20, is
one of the singers. The group, in
cluding IA women and l3 men, is
from Avery Institute at Charleston,
and were on their way back to that
city from Oberlin, Ohio, where they
had gone to sing before the conven-
ton of the National Council of Con-
gregational and Christian Churches
The group of churches, it was said,
support Avery Institute, which is at
tended by colored persons.
Louis Mortenson, 70, of 2252
Eleventh street. passenger in one OF
the two automobiles in the collision
was treated at Georgetown Hospital
for slight cuts and head injuries
His condition was said to be not
serious.
According to the police account OF
the accident, the bus, occupied by the
singers, struck an automobile oper-
ated by DR.. Jerry J. Crick, 3l00 block
Of Dumbarton avenue, causing DR.
Crick's car to strike an automobile
operated by Stanley Tetlow Of Boyds
Md. MortenSon, the injured man
was said to be riding in Tetlow's
machine.
The stranded woman singers found
quarters at the Phyllis Wheatley
Y. w. C. A and the men spent the
night at the colored Y. M. c. A. and
Howard University.
Evening star., 1934-07-08
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, July Records
of the State Automobile License Bu-
reau show it was just a year ago
that John Dillinger began the ma
neuvers which eventually placed him
in the position as public enemy No. /
On July 8, 1888, about a month
after his parole from the State prison,
where he was serving sentence for
robbing a Mooresville storekeeper,
he purchased a used automobile, the
license bureau records disclose.
State police believe several filling
station robberies provided the funds
for purchase of the car.
Indiana Bank Hold-up.
Then came the hold-up of the
Commercial Bank at Daleville, Ind,
in which $500 was taken on July IT.
Dillinger has been suspected Of par
ticipation in this hold-up.
Officers who have investigated his
career say the funds taken from the
DaleVlle bank financed Dillinger' s
trip to the Century of Progress Ex-
position in Chicago during the latter
part Of July, 1888.
From the Chicago Fair Dillinger
motored to Dayton, Ohio, with two
woman companions, officers said, and
made stop-over at Michigan City
where preliminary plans were made
Evening star., 1934-07-08
j. S. IS AWAITING
DEBT INFORMATION
State Department Will Not
Act Until Issue Is Fully
Weighed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The State Department is refraining
from direct action concerning German
and French financial questions det-
rimental to American interests pend
ing receipt of complete official in
formation from the embassies in
Berlin. Paris and London.
The British German agreement
under which holders of pound bonds
of both the Dawes and Young issues
will receive interest payments during
the next six months; is still the OBJ
ject of study by administration
officials.
American holders of Dawes and
Young dollar bonds, estimated that
approximately $500, ,000, 900 will receive
no interest payment under the terms
of the moratorium.
Secretary Hull has protested against
any discrimination against American
interest in three notes to the German
government, and the State Depart
ment expects an agreement will be
reached according equality of treat
ment to Americans.
William E. Dodd, American Am
bassador to Berlin, has held several
recent conferences with German off,
cials on the question, in which he has
made informal representations against
the discrimination policy.
If no agreement is reached. the
State Department is expected to dis
patch another note on the subject,
formally protesting against Germany's
action, especially against discrimina-
ton. after a study Of all data has
been completed.
Evening star., 1934-07-08

followed by chorus numbers sung by
all 70 Of the young hosts and enter
tainers. There also we're several nov;
city numbers led by 12-year-old
Nelson Gcveart, the homes harS
monica expert.
The Boy Scout troop put on a
campfire demonstration. The cool
breeze which was blowing through
the grove, although a boon to the
visitors, proved somewhat disconcert-
ing to the young fire builders with
their primitive flint and steel.
Matches Are Solution. q
The resourceful Scouts, however,
solved the difficulty in a jiffy with
the aid Of matches. The Scouts
needed no alibi for being forced TO
fall back on this practical means, for
by the time the fire-lighting event
was reached a small gale was blowing
under the trees The visitors thor
oughly enjoyed the stunts and
roundly applauded each in turn. The
camp fire singing was high light OF
the program.
A brief talk on the work of the
home was delivered by Rev. Paul H
Furfey, a recreational and playground
instructor at Catholic University.
Sister Fredolin of the Holy Cross,
in charge of the home, was hostess
at the "open house" :
The event was the first Of series
to be arranged by the Community
Chest to give subscribers first-hand
knowledge of the work of the agencies
they are helping to support.
Evening star., 1934-07-08
.D|LL|NGER |SSEEN
IN NEW ENGLAND
Motorist Says He Saw Des-
peradO in Western Part
of Massachusetts.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, July THE elusive, but
ubiquitous John Dillinger of wooden
gun notoriety, was seen" again in
Massachusetts, today.
A motorist in Palmer in the West
ern part of the State told local
policeman that the much-sought
Western desperate whizZed by his
car on highway there.
There were four men in a small
blue sedan, he said, and one of them
he recognized to be Dillinger. The
car bore Missouri or Michigan regis
tration plates and was followed by
another machine also bearing either
Missouri or Michigan plates, and like
the first, containing four men.
The motorist impaired his informa-
ton to the first policeman he met,
who, however, neglected to obtain
the motorists name. The officer in
turn reported the incident to State
police and that organization immedl-
ately sent out a State wide alarm.
Only last Tuesday State police en-
gagged In another Dillinger hunt two
hours after a motorist, who stopped
for gasoline in the little village OF
Whitinsville had been positively
identified as the Indiana bad man.
On that occasion "Dillinger" was
accompanied by a woman and drove
small sedan with Michigan plates.
Last night at Holyoke a Millers
Falls man staggered into gasoline
station and gasped out story OF
machine-gun bandits having stopped
the automobile in which he, his wife
and another couple were riding and
carried off the other three captives.
Without delay he positively iden-
tilted" a picture of Dillinger as that
of one of the kidnapers. After State
and local police had started an in
tensive search of the nearby roads 1t
was discovered that the three "vic-
Tins" were safe at home.
Evening star., 1934-07-08
Fountains IN Parks Modify
Heat Waue Effects in ID. e..
Ne'o Policy Keeps Water Going Daily
With Funds adequate for Re-
mdi,lder of Summer.

Washington fountains, distributed
in various parks. now are playing
merrily daily. adding a sense of cool
ness to the heat-ridden city.
officials of the National Capital
Parks said yesterday that all the
fountains now are operating. Earlier
in the season some were shut down
by reason of reduced funds. but with
the advent of a new fiscal year money
is now on hand to keep them running
all through the Summer, officials de-
clared.
Frank T. Gartside, assistant super
intendent of the National Capital
Parks, declared the following foun-
tainS are now in operation daily: At
the Columbus Monument. in front of
the Union Station; IN Chevy Chase
Circle. the Darlington fountain in
Judiciary Square and the unnamed
fountain near the old Pension Office
Building in the same park the foun-
tain at the Rose Garden in Potomac
Park, at the John Paul Jones statue,
at Dupont Circle, at Truxton circle,
at Twenty street and Decatur
place, at Sheridan Circle and in
Franklin Park.
Memorial Fountain in Use.
On Saturdays and Sundays the
rainbow fountain at the rejecting
pool of the Lincoln Memorial. which
alone uses some 100000 gallons of
water daily, is in operation to catch
the rays of the sun, which reflect
back the manifold colors-contrasting
sharply with the white Of the memo
rial. On week ends. too. the foun-
tains in Meridian Hill Park are in
operation, to delight with their tum-
bling cascades in that thickly settled
section of the city.
The reason the fountains at the
Lincoln Memorial and in Meridian
Hill Park are not in daily operation.
said Mr.. GartSide. is that a number
of men is required to attend to them.
Because of this expense, said he, they
cannot be run daily.
The Federal Government does not
Evening star., 1934-07-08

have to pay for metered water used
in these fountains, and so. observers
point out, it does not cost the Ma
tional Park Service anything for this
service.
The fountains are magnet for
the children who cool themselves of
in the water. Some Of these foun-
tains have recirculating water sys-
TENS, under which the same water is
pumped over and over again. For
this reason the officials see an in
sanitary aspect to permitting the
children to bathe in them. The
United States park police forbid the
children from bathing in the city's
fountains and warning signs are
erected.
Fountains Once Dry.
AS an effective method of keeping
the children from splashing in the
waters in years past the park officials
have shut down the water, keeping
them dry. This year, however, the
children have a friend at court. for
c. Marshall Finnan. the new super
intendent of the National Capital
Parks, is heartily in favor of ade-
quate recreational facilities for the
young folk. He has taken a keen
interest m.ythe construction of the
new swimming pools at Takoma
Recreation Center, Fourth and Van
Buren streets, and at the Banneker
Recreation Center, on Georgia avenue
near Harvard University. for colored
Finnan's hope is that soon it will
not be necessary for the children to
splash in the fountains and pools
that adorn the city,s memorials. His
goal is adequate swimming pools at
strategic points over the city, so that
the children may bathe under proper
supervision and sanitary conditions
Meanwhile, however. the tots must
be content with sneaking a dip in
some nearby fountain when a park
policeman is not looking, for there is
no more money in sight now foI
additional swimming pools.