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La opinión., 1935-05-26
Carmen Rovira'.

Una ~fotografia de la sehorita Margarita Cana, quien
tieao n su cargo la parte central femenina en- la comedia
~drainahca de Martinez Sierra, "Amanecer' la cuaI va a
.2 esceaa la noche del proximo Sabado, en- ell teatro Ma
jcT, antes Ilamado Figueroa Playhouse. La sehorita Ga
ma es hiia del doctor Pablo Jose Cana, prominente EN- los
oirculo- angelinos.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
ToDAY's FEATURES

l. WIN - ~ - ~SS = - SO-
WRC-The Hit Parade, Z
Sd. m. Address by President
Roosevelt to Young Demo
cratic Club of America, $500
10 p. m. Tom COakley Or
cheStra, 1902 p. m.
WMAL-JOe Reichman'S
Orchestra, 1908 p. m. Presi-
dent Roosevelt, 9:3O-1O p. m.
National Barn Dance, $3.50
$3.50 p. m.
WJSV-COIumbia'S Concert
Hall, $3.50 p. m. Buddy ROg-
ers' Orchestra, 9:3O-1O p. m.
WOL-Charles Benci'S Or
chestra, $3.50 p. m. Presi-
dent Roosevelt, S:S0.9:45p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
TOMORROW'S
FEATURES

WRC-MajOr BoweS' ANA
teur Hour, 10 p. m. Jesse
Crawford, 1O:15-1O:3O p. m.
WMAL-Sunday Evening
at Seth Parker's, $3.50 p. m.
Eddie SOuth's Orchestra
1O:3O-11 p. m.
WJSV-Wayne Kings Or
chestra, $3.50 p. m. frankie
Masters Orchestra, 1l-1!:SO
p. m. National Amateur
Night. $500 p. m.
WOL-JoySnoff Sister s.
S:30-8:45 p. m.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24
RADIO HIGHLlGHTS

>view of their new Metro-GoldWyn'
Mayer picture, "The Broadway
Melody of 1885," today from s
to $50 over WMAL.
The Washington times., 1935-08-24

Jack Benny, radio comedian,
and Frances Langford, famous
radio songstress, will give a pre-
The Washington times., 1935-08-24

800 Baseball Scores
SIS Musical Bull. Board
$50 FireSIds RecItaIS---
6:45 Sunset DreamS-----
The Washington times., 1935-08-24

1900 Major BOWss Capitol
HIS Theatsr Family
1880 University Of Chicago
11:45 Round Table
The Washington times., 1935-08-24

500 Natl Catholic Hour
Sis Natl Catholic Hour
$50 Shutdown Revue
5:45 Invitation to Dance
The Washington times., 1935-08-24

200 LeVltOW Ensemble
2:15 LsVltOW Ensemble =
2::3O Penthouse Serenade
2:45 Penthouse Serenade
Evening star., 1935-07-30
Z V|RG|N|ANS FACE
K|DNAP CHARGES
Accused of Abducting e.
derIy Bachelor in Effort
to Collect $4,000.
BY REX COLLIER.

Two Arlington County men-one OF
them paroled from life term in
Virginia State Prison-awaited ar
raignment in Baltimore today as the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
checked their alleged confessions that
they kidnapped a veteran employe of
Arlington Cemetery in a vain attempt
to collect $4,000 ransom.
The victim Of the first kidnapping in
the Washington area since passage OF
the Federal ''Lindbergh law is Ben
jamin H. King, bald-headed elderly
bachelor, who rested from his expert
ences today at the home of his brother,
Oscar King, at Piscataway. Md.
The prisoners, who, Justice Depart
ment officials announced. made full
confessions" yesterday to &c" men,
are George Hewitt, in whose ram
shackle dwelling near Fort Myer King
was a boarder, and w. w. Wood. who
lived nearby. Both are painters.
Hewitt Paroled in 1894.
Hewitt was committed to the Vir-
ginia State Prison in 1919 to serve
a life sentence for murder and was
paroled in July, 1884, Justice officials
asserted after checking records of the
Identification Division of the F. B. l.
Wood has no previous record in the
criminal files. Warrants we're issued
in Baltimore late yesterday charging
the pair with kidnapping and con-
Spiracy to kidnap King.
Hewitt was arrested Tuesday of last
week when he accompanied King
reputedly well to do-to a bank in
Marlboro in an alleged effort to in
duce him to withdraw $4,000 for
ransom" Maryland police had been
tipped of by the bank that Hewitt's
actions with King were suspicious
and an extortion scheme was believed
to be involved
Hewitt protested he was innocent,
and King told police that Wood, dis
playing a pistol, had forced Hewitt
and himself into a car, had driven
them through Washington to his
brothers home in Southern Mary
land and had ordered him to get his
bank book there and then go to Upper
Marlboro for the $1,000.
&C" Men Enter Case.
Because of the interstate kidnap-
ing angle, special agents of the
F. B. I. were notified and J. Edgar
Hoover, investigation director, ordered
a thorough inquiry. Arlington County
police lay in wait for Wood at his
home near Fort Myer and picked him
1Saa KInNAp paoe a.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
Fog-P Penetrating Ray May Spot
Enemy Ships so Miles at Sea

presence Of q large portable search
light mounted on a motor truck and
parked on the lighthouse grounds.
First hints of the experiments leaked
out through a bulletin of the Bu-
reau of Lighthouses containing in
structions to mariners.
Signal Corps men were silent, but
officers in kindred branches ventured
unoficially the opinion that the in
vention might ''reyolutionize" coast
and air defense.
Neither Lieut.. Col. william Blair in
charge Of the Signal Corps iabora-
tories here nor general headquarters
at washington would discuss the in
vention. Other devices for locating
and setting the firing range ON air.
planes have been conducted by the
Ordnance Department at Aberdeen,
Nd.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
Recruiting Legion
For Ethiopia Leads
To Boston Battle
One Stabbed as Women
Resent Suggestion
SpOuSeS Fight.
BY the Associated Press.

BOSTON, July 3O.-The threatened
war between Italy and Ethiopia had
a repercuSsion in Boston today as
one man was stabbed in q street
battle.
Hostilities broke out as a self
styled recruiting officer for a pur-
ported Ethiopian foreign legion, wav-
ing a handbill. approached two col
ored women on the street and tried
to sell them the idea of their hus-
bands fighting for Ethiopia.
The women showed such burst
of anti-war feeling that their hus-
bands. bringing up the rear. piled into
the recruiting officer without fur
ther ado, police said.
Clarence Jefferson, SO, one Of the
husbands, wound up in hospital on
the danger list. The other husband,
Harold Fortune, was more fortunate
Police were seeking the recruiting
officer"
Evening star., 1935-07-30
Walter johnson Facing End
As Manager of the Indians
AIpa Bradley Calls Con.
ference to Determine
Future of "Big Train.
BY the Associated Press.


CLEVELAND, July 30-Alva Brad
ley, president of the Cleveland Indians
base ball club, said today that Walter
Johnson's future as manager of the
fifth-place Tribe will be determined
at a week end conference at Detroit.
Bradley said he advised johnson
last night that he would meet him in
Detroit to discuss the managers fu-
ture with the club "and the welfare
of the Indians in general"
The club president declined to dis
cuss possible successors in the event
that johnson should relinquish his
post.
This doesn't mean it has definitely
been decided to come to the parting
of the ways with Walter" Bradley
said However, our directors feel that
We have tremendous investment and
We want to get down to brass tacks.
so to speak"
Everybody knows the high regard
have for Walter as a man." Bradley
continued. He has done much for
the club. getting rid Of some players
who were undesirable, as result Of
their habits.
He has proved to me and the other
directors he has the spirit of his con-
victions I have often wondered how
Walter carried on in the face Of all
the tnllph lnrk he has had can't
recall any manager encountering the
Evening star., 1935-07-30
GROUP
REPORTS ATTACK
Writers Opposing Alabama
Anti-Sedition Law Tell
of Shooting.

BY the Associated Press.
CLANTON, Ala, July 30-A party
of five writer's investigating alleged
bama and Georgia reported to Sheriff
j. r. Hardy today their car was fred
upon 10 miles south of here by two
men in another automobile.
Bruce Crawford of Horton. Va, act
ing spokesman for the party, said
they left Birmingham early. today for
Montgomery in hopes of seeing Gov.
Bibb Graves regarding the anti-sedi-
ton bill now pending on his desk.
Two Shots Hit Car.
He said that shortly after their car
passed Clanton another car pulled
around in front of 1t and that one Of
two men In the car fired "at least six
shots at us, two of which struck our
car"
Crawford said that the members of
his party were so excited that they
could not state whether the other
car bore an Alabama license, nor
could they remember the color or
make of the automobile.
Graves Orders Probe.
C. B. Powell, jr., Birmingham at
torney, phoned Gov. Graves and re-
peated the story told by Crawford
and asked for State police to protect
the writer's, who were remaining at
the Clanton Hotel.
The Governor telephoned two high
way department motor cycle patrol
men at Clanton to investigate.
Billy Smith, Clanton newspaper
man, said the car in which the writ
ers were riding had two holes in a
fender that resembled bullet holes.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
FRANCE URGES COMPROMISE
Mild Protectorate Sought to Stave OF
War,

Mild Protectorate Sought to Stave OF
War.
PARIS, July 80 CP.-Official sources
said today that France is trying to
save Ethiopia from the terrors of war
by arranging for that nation the
mildest form of protectorate accept
able to Premier Mussolini of Italy.
These same authorities said Premier
Pierre Laval told the French cabinet
that war seemed inevitable unless
II Duce gets what he wants.
Given Power to Settle Dispute.
Laval received from the cabinet the
power to negotiate settlement at
the League Of Nations Council meet
ing which opens at Geneva tomor-
row.
On today's program of French ac-
tion in the Italo-Ethiopian crisis was
q conference between the French
premier and Anthony Eden, British
minister for League of Nations affairs.
The two diplomats were to leave to-
gether for Geneva tonight.
The premier gave his ministers little
hope that the League would be able
to effect conciliation of the two ma
tions, but he said he thought it pos
sible that Emperor Halle Selassie
would agree to italian control if he
retains his throne and is spared too
great a political humiliation.
The French government ordered re-
Inducements for its garrisons in
(See ETHIOPIA, Page So
Evening star., 1935-07-30
WOMAN ADMITS
SWAMP Staying
Mrs. Smith COnfesSeS She
Killed Lang and Cut
Up Body.
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, July 30.-Gaunt. be-
specialized Evelyn Smith today con-
fessed, Assistant States Attorney
Charles S. Dougherty said, that she
alone straneled Erwin Lang to death
and dismembered his body.
Calmly the 47-year-old former bur-
lesque dancer admitted after hours of
questioning. said Dougherty, that she
and her Chinese husband, Harry Jung,
took Lang'S body in trunk by auto
mobile to a swamp near Hammond,
Ind.
The torso was found in the swamp
early in July, the severed legs and the
trunk a few days later near Munster,
Ind, five miles south Of Hammond.
Mrs. Smith proved an enigma to
prosecutors. After cody confessing,
they said, she wise-cracked:
We'll boys, I'm heading for the last
roundup"
Faced With Mrs. Dunkel.
The confession came after Mrs
Smith, arrested Saturday in New York
and returned to Chicago by plane late
yesterday was confronted by Mrs.
Blanche Dunkel, 43-year- mother
in-law of Lang.
Mrs. Smith said that her only reason
for doing the Job" was $500 which
Mrs. Dunkel said she promised her for
what police authorities described as a
crime that outdid the best thrillers
of fiction and screen.
But, Mrs. Smith said, she wasn't
paid 500 "on account" as contended
by Mrs. Dunkel.
While Mrs. Smith was cutting
Lang's body to pieces Jung, she said
sat outside in motor car, scared stiff
and shaking like Q leaf"
Dougherty reported that the former
burlesQue queen admitted:
That Mrs. Dunkel, wrathful be-
cause he was unfaithful to the mem
ory of his dead wife, Mrs. Dunkel's
daughter Mallie, who died in Decem-
ber, 1884, offered Evelyn $500 to get
rid Of Lang.
Lured to Apartment.
That they lured Lang to Mrs
Smiths 721 Barry avenue apartment
on the near North Side after he had
spent the evening with 21-year-old
Josephine Mckinley, to whom he had
become engaged, an act which had
aroused Mrs. Dunkels jealousy, and
piled him with liquor until he be-
came unconscious.
That she (Mrs Smith) then gar
roted Lang by knotting rope around
his neck and strangling him to death,
after which she placed the body in
a closet, fearing to carry it outside to
a car in which Jung awaited because
of a party being given by neighbors.
That from a nearby hardware store
then next morning she procured a
hacksaw, and with this and knives
she severed the legs of Lang's body,
putting the legs and torso in a trunk.
(Police investigators previously had
Evening star., 1935-07-30
JEWS STILL ARRESTED.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 30.-Seven Jews and
six Gentle women were arrested in
Halle today for an alleged violation
of racial principles" indicating that,
despite attempts from above to curb
anti-Semitic activity, 1t still continues
in Germany.
!. One Of Reichsfuhrer Hitler's
troubles. for the moment, seems to
be getting his petty officials to observe
discipline. It became apparent that
local burgomasters and police officials
often take steps which exceed their
competence.
Thus, the burgomaster of Nurnberg
decreed that only the swastika shall
be displayed on public buildings. al
though the Reichs government recog-
nizes both the swastika and the black.
lSee NAIL Page g.
Evening star., 1935-07-30

list Of casualties in a single season
that has fallen to his lot.
ANY fair-minded man would have
to take all these things into con-
sideration. in weighing Walter John
sons future. I realize the Cleveland
public wants q winner, but the fans
are no keener to win than our di-
rectors, myself or Walter johnson.
1t seems it has just been one darn
thing after another, with the result
we are e1a games behind the pace,
when candidly I figured we would be
on top or close to it at this stage of
the race"
II don't know what action will be
taken. That will be determined at
(See JOHNSON, Page A.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
BREMEN INCIDENT
PROTEST RECEIVED
German Embassy Presents
Formal Paper at State
Department.
By the Associated Press.

A formal protest was made BY the
German government today against the
action Of anti-NaZi demonstrators who
tore the swastika emblem from the
steamship Bremen at New York City
last Friday night and threw 1t in the
Hudson River.
A note protesting the incident was
sent to the State Department by DR..
Rudolf Leitner, charge d'affaires Of
the German Embassy, under instruc-
tions from Berlin.
Acting Secretary OF State Phillips
informed newspaper men at noon that
communication had been received
from the German Embassy.
The note was said to have requested
that the State Department do every
thing possible to make sure the men
responsible be prosecuted vigilantly
and punished.
The State Department will take I'D
the question with the Governor of
New York.
1t was reported reliably that the
German government under pressure
of public opinion at home, de-
cided the State Departments previous
expression of regret over the incident
was not sufficient.
Letter on Persecution.
American sympathy toward the
maintenance of religious freedom and
liberty Of conscience in all countries
was expressed today by Phillips in a
letter to Jewish organizations which
protested recently to the State Depart
men against alleged prosecutions in
Germany.
Phillips said:
7 have given careful study to the
views embodied In the letter of July rs,
last, which you presented on behalf
Of the Aemrican Jewish Committee,
the American Jewish Congress, the
B'nai Birth and the Jewish Labor
Committee, with respect to recent oc-
currences in Germany affecting vari-
GUS religious and racial groups there
Il fully understand your solicitude
regarding the experiences which these
groups are reported to be suffering in
Germany.
Americans Sympathetic"
1.-THE concepts Of religious freedom
and liberty of conscience for all con-
stitute the most fundamental prin-
ciples of our own civilization and
political faith. This being so, the
American people are always sympa-
thetic to the maintenance of those
concepts in the United States as well
as in other nations
Earlier, Senator King, Democrat, of
Utah, said he had requested action
within very few days" on his reSo-
luton demanding an investigation of
reports of religious persecution in
Germany.
Il have found much support in the
Senate" he said, "and have received
more than 200 kilograms backing the
resolution"
Representative Celler, Democrat, of
New York, planning to address meet
ing OF German Jews in New York to-
night, called at the White House TO-
day.
He said afterward the President told
him to go to the State Department
and consult Phillips, who is believed
to have prepared the statement on re-
ligious freedom.
1t will be in reply to a letter from
q delegation which recently called at
the State Department.
JEWS Still. ARRESTrD
Evening star., 1935-07-30
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FORT MONMOUTH. Highlands.
N. j., July 30.-Donble details Of
military police raced outside the Army
reservation today while officers, amid
utmost secrecy, studied new "rnys-
terry ray" said to be. capable Of de-
tecting the presence of q ship SO
miles at sea through fog and dark
ness.
Signal Corps technicians declined
to confirm reports that they already
had begun q series Of nightly tests
designed to demonstrate the rays ef-
fectiveness in spotting not only ships
but airplanes at high attitudes.
Visitors were vigorously excluded
from the fort and from Navesink
Lighthouse nearby. There was no
sign Of unusual activity save the
Evening star., 1935-07-30
TYPHOON LASHES
ORIENTAL CITIES
Many Reported Injured in Foo.
chow-Formosa Damage
Heavy.

BY the Associated Press.
FOOCHOW, July 30.-Many per-
sons were reported injured tonight as
the most Severest typhoon in many
years struck Foochow.
TOXIC, July 80 OP).-A typhoon
battered the island Of Formosa today,
inf1icting severe property damage as
it roared on toward China.
Communications we're disrupted,
preventing an accurate estimate of the
extent of the damage, but no loss Of
life was reported Immediately.
The typhoon-the third this sea-
son and one of the worst ever to strike
the island-plunged the capital city
Of Taihoku into darkness after the
rising winds damaged the power house.
The central section Of the island
suffered extensively. An unestimated
number of houses were destroyed in
closely populated areas. and banana
and sugar plantations were damagsd
seriously. Train operations Were,
halted. efn
Evening star., 1935-07-30
EDEN TAKES PLANE
FOR GENEVA WITH
DEMAND ON ITALY
Will Insist on Pledge to
Explore All Channels
for Settlement.
FRANCE SEEKS TO SAVE
ETHIOPIANS FROM WAR
League Confronts Obstacles in
Program of Moving Gently
in African Dispute.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, July 30-Anthony Eden
took off from Croydon Air Field for
Paris today en- route for Geneva to
demand an Italian pledge to explore
every possible channel for peaceful
settlement of the Italo-Ethiopian con-
troverSy before resorting to war.
Britain'S minister for League OF
Nations affairs intended otherwise to
insist upon full dress debate at the
League of Nations Council session to-
morrow of the entire dispute-a show
down" which the Italian delegation
was reported to have been instructed
to avoid at all costs.
Britain's Condition.
Only on this basis, 1t was under
stood, would the British government
agree to postpone discussion of the
main issues at the League Council
session tomorrow and accede to Italys
desire to limit the Councils action to
q routine appointment of fifth arbi-
traitor to the Cancellation Commits
sion.
The commission. however. if Italy
had its way, would be empowered to
discuss only minor frontier incidents.
A feeling prevailed in British circles
that MuSSolini was only playing for
time and that his willingness to re-
new direct negotiations with Ethiopia
was intended simply to delay League
action in the crisis until too late.
A French view that further private
diplomatic exchanges might avert war
was not shared here. British circles
feeling that without a pledge Of sin
cerity from II Duce, further delays
would be both futile and costly to
the Leagues prestige.
Ready for Obligations.
British circles considered it certain
that, barring an eleventh-hour COM
promise, Eden would tell the League
Council that Britain was ready to tul-
AL all its obligations under the League
Covenant II other members agreed to
do likewise.
Some quarters viewed pessimistical-
ly the possibility Of rupture involv-
ing Italy's withdrawal from the League
within the next AZ hours.
Eden arranged to fly first to Paris,
to meet Premier Pierre Laval for a
preliminary discussion of the crisis,
before proceeding to Geneva.
FRANCE URGES COMPROMISE.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
CONGRESS TO QUIT
EARLY NEXT TIME
Short 1886 Session Tip Is
Passed Along to Quiet
Nervous Members.
By the Associated Press.

A quiet tip that Congress will be
kept in session only three months
next year is being passed along by
some Democratic leaders. They hope
it will encourage members growing
daily more anxious to get back home.
A high majority leader in the
House, speaking privately, acknowl-
edged today that the three-month
word was winging along. He In
sisted the estimate is accurate de-
spite any arguments to the contrary.
The short session predictions, of
course, are made with next years
election campaign in mind. With
this years long-drawn-out session
still going strong, little time has been
left for members to keep the home
political fires burning.
No Major Plans Seen.
There won't be any major legis-
lation next year." the Democratic
wheel-horse said. Nothing to speak
of but the appropriation bills. They
will go through as routine
The administration apparently de-
termined long ago to get as many as
possible Of its bills through this ses-
sion, regardless of high thermometer
readings or how well the fish were
biting back home.
Meanwhile, adjournment of the
present session is perhaps two-thirds
dependent on the actions of the
Third House.
This branch" of Congress is the
group of special committees appointed
to adjust House and Senate legislative
differences.
Three Big Bills In Conference.
Three more big bills-omnibus bank
ing, the farm adjustment amendments
and the secondary deficiency appro-
sent to conference yes
terday by the House. They raised to
eight the number of major measures
in the hands of conferees.
The Senate agreed today to a
conference with the House on the farm
adjustment amendments and named
as conferees Senators Smith, Bank
head and Murphy, Democrats, and
McNary and Norris, Republicans.
Only four more primary bills, wanted
by the White House and regarded as
sure of reaching votes this
session, remain on the legislative slate.
These are the wealth tax, Guffey
coal. gold clause damage suit ban and
bus and truck regulation measures.
The latter has passed the Senate but
none of the other three had reached
a vote in either chamber.
Among the other major bills still in
conference are the social security and
utilities measures, the Tennessee VAL
ley amendments bill, the rivers and
harbors bill and the air mail measure.
Evening star., 1935-07-30
GILLETT NEAR DEATH

Former Speaker and Senator, S3,
Victim of LeuKemia.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, July 80 CP).
Former United States Senator Fred
erick H. Gillett remained critically
ill today at Springfield Hospital, where
he has been patient for three weeks.
Hospital physicians said he might
not live many hours.
The 83-year-old former Speaker of
the National House, in which he
served 80 years before being elected
Senator from Massachusetts, in 1924,
was admitted to the hospital July 10,
suffering from leukemia and a kidney
ailment.