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Evening star., 1936-08-23
CUP REGATTA GROUP
PLANS FINAL CRUISE

When the steamer Potomac sails
from her Water street wharf at $50
pm. Thursday. 1t Is expected a rec.
ord crowd will be aboard to enjoy the
final cruise Of the season Of the
Presidents Gold Cup Regatta Asso-
citation. Harold Allen Long. chair.
man of the Sponsors Committee. es-
timsted yesterday about $500 persons
will be aboard.
The cruise will be featured BY
amusements Of various kinds on all
decks. with q floor show and dancing
in the salon.
Tickets for the cruise are on sale
at woodward q Lothrop's. Keystone
Automobile Club, Raleigh Hotel. Will
lard Hotel, American Automobile As
sociation, Drops music store and
other business houses Of the city.
Long said he expected the supply
will be exhausted before Thursday.
An escort Of water craft will at
tend the sailing Of the cruise boat
from its Water street wharf. Pre-
ceding the pleasure boat will be the
District fireboat, the Firenghter.
The Police Boys Club Band will
furnish music on the wharf.
Evening star., 1936-08-23

it does not matter how long 1t took
her to achieve her purpose.
Because Of this fear Italy has found
an ally on whom she Is sure to be
able to rely. She, too. may want some
further strategic" points in the Med
iterranean to guarantee her against
any possible aggression from the
West.
The Spanish crisis has brought
these tendencies clearly out. Soon
after the first shots were fired in
Spain, Germany rushed large por-
ton Of her navy down to the Medi-
terranean. She really had no busi-
ness to be there. The British and the
French would have been more than
delighted to place all possible means
at the disposal of the German citizens
to get out Of the danger zone. Two
years ago, 1t was pointed out here,
Herr Hitler would have sent some
steamer to embark his subjects and
bring them back to Germany. But
not so today Not only did the Reichs-
fuehrer send men-of-war to the Med
iterranean, but also ordered his COM
manding officer there to make "ges-
ture";; and the German admiral
landed with his staff at Ceuta. spent
a couple of hours with Gen. Franco.
stayed for lunch and toasted the VIC
tory Of the Spanish rebels.
Italy Also Sends Ships.
Following a well established plan
the Italians sent some Is ships to the
same spot, without making quite as
strong a manifestation; they are still
there trailing the less numerous but
more pugnacious German war ves-
sells.
What will happen next nobody
knows. Its in the lap Of the gods.
say the Italians here. but We don't
believe that . conflict will follow;
Mussohni does not want war"
In the meantime there is talk about
the decadence of Spain Gf the Madrid
Socialists win) and the possibility OF
taking guarantees for the future. And
Communist Spain has plenty Of guar
antees to offer: the Balearic Isles, the
Canary Isles, Spanish Morocco and the
Rio de Ore Province. They are all
within the reach Of those who can take
them.
But whatever may happen within
the next few weeks one thing Is GER
tain, the German-Italian understand
ing definitely has BROUGHT Germany
back as q world power and she has
asserted herself as such In the Medi-
terranean, where even the Kaiser In the
days of his glory had not been able to
penetrate And it will be Q miracle
If the Reichsfuehrer will not exploit
this unexpected advantage. There Is
no chapter about the Mediterranean
in Hitler's "Mein Kamf," but it won't
take long to write one.
(Copyrisht. 1896. by The Evening Star
Newspaper Coz
Evening star., 1936-08-23
Fire
Continued Prom First Page)

good chance to live. Doctors would
not inform her of her sons deaths,
fearing the shock would prevent her
recovery. She was severely burned
about the hands and arms.
The heart-broken father was spend
ing the night at the home Of a
brother. David L. Ricrdan. attorney,
$500 Van Ness street. At the time
Of the tragedy the Riordans' other
child. Marie. s. was visiting . rela-
tive.
Mrs. Riordan thought there had
been an explosion. but had no idea"
what caused 1t.
1T may have been spontaneous
combustion of some paint in the
basement" she said while en- route
to the hospital.
Wiring In the residence was found
In order. The theory that a gas
heater on the other side Of the base
ment might have been the cause was
virtually ruled out by the investi-
gators.
Two neighbors aided in getting the
mother and children out of the FIRE
They were Mrs william E. Davis,
$40 Nebraska avenue. and Mrs. John
H. Powers. 5452 Nebraska avenue.
Mrs. Davis said she was in the sec
ond story of her home. talking across
TO Mrs. Riordan. There was an ex-
plosion," Mrs. Davis said, land Mrs.
Riordan ran to the cellar steps. The
boys clothes were in flames. Mrs.
Riordan screamed. then tried to beat
out the blaze with her bare hands"
Mrs. Davis ran to the residence,
seized q rug and rolled Thomas in it,
while the mother slapped David's
clothing frantically.
Mrs. Powers and another neighbor,
Mrs. A. B. Evans, summoned firemen.
The former hastened to the scene and
with Mrs. Davis helped carry the
mother and children to the automobile
Of a passing motorist. who took them
to Georgetown Hospital behind a mo-
torcycle escort furnished by Police
men J. v. Osterman and Roger Ran
dali. who had followed fire trucks to
the residence.
Fremen donned sas masks to en-
ter the smoke-fille cellar. A door
near the base of the steps was badly
charred. The side rail along the
stairs was burned. Joists overhead
were scared by flames. The damage.
confined to one corner, was estimated
at only SIS.
Evening star., 1936-08-23

charged District residents had raised
"slush fund" tn defeat him, and
coupled this with the assertion that
he was Q victim Of utility interests.
In his final campaign. he enlisted
the support Of Representative Patman
Of Texas, a foremost advocate Of
the soldier bonus, and sought TO- WOO
the veteran vote BY emphasizing his
own part in the bonus drive.
Tied Up District Bill
Because of Blanton's unvarying at
titude On District affairs. his con-
test for denomination stirred wide
interest here.
One Of his last acts in his power
full position q chairman OF the Sub
committee on District Appropriations
was to tie up the District bill. and
force . reduction in the lump sum
contribution by the Federal Govern
ment to 5000. 900.
At the first session OF the last
Congress, his authorship Of the red
rider" forbidding instruction on the
subject of communism in the local
schools, provoked attacks BY educators
all over the country.
Representative johnson OF West
Virginia. viii succeed to Blanton's
appropriations chairmanship If re-
elected. He u expected TO be re-
turned to the Beuoe. -----' - =
Evening star., 1936-08-23
PL0TTERS WEEP
ASDEATH|SASKED
Soviet officials Death Is
Termed Suicide as Trial
NearS End.
Hy the Associated Press.

MOSCOW. August ~. - Broken,
sobbing men. facing almost certain
death before a firing squad, heard
their lives demanded tonight as the
Russian government closed its case
against l6 plotters for its overthrow.
Not one uttered a plea for mercy.
Two of the defendants. wtc ad-
mitted their conspiracy to asssssinate
Dictator Joseph Stain and seize
power. collapsed and had to be led
from the court room.
Two Others sobbed their final state
ments. Although they we're tear
blinded and almost exhausted by the
strain. they declared their readiness
TO face the executioners' iif1es.
As the trial came to its climax.
Malkil Tonlsky. one of the officials
implicated in the conspiracy testi-
mony. died suddenly in his home near
MOSCOW.
. Ofhcials said Tomsky, head IF the
Soviet State Publishing House. had
committed suicide because "he became
entangled in the conspiracy Of coun-
ter-revolutionary terrorists."
One of the prisoners. T. Reingold,
broke into wild, hysterical oration.
shouting: II have raised my hand
against Stain. ] expect no mercy"
Gregory Zinoviei and Leon Kam-
eneff, once co-rulers of Russia with
Stain, whom they admit plotting to
kill, sat slumped in their chairs, mo-
tionless and abject. Not one defend
ant spoke to another during the tense
moments, while the hysterical Rein
gold reviled them.
Excuse me, Zinovieff," he raved
you may not like what I am saying
but must talk. Zinovieff and Kam-
eneff instructed me to kill Stain.
Whatever our fate may be, whether
or not We are shot physically, we al
ready have been shot morally"
The death Of Tomsky removed ar
important witness from the con-
spiracy investigation. Employees o,
the state publishing house which HI
directed charged today he was the 60
between for the alleged plotters anc
others who are being drawn closer intC
the net of circumstances.
Among these are Karl Radek. noted
Soviet writer; Alexei Rykof1, commits.
sar of posts and telegraphs, and Nico-
lai Bukharin, editor of the of1icia
newspaper Izvestia.
Tomsky was one of the old guard
bolshevists, whom he Joined in 1904
He was a former member Of the Cen
tral Committee of the Communist
party. the governing body of the or
ganization. From 1917 to 1929 he wa;
chairman of the All-Union Labor
Unions.
At today's hearing Prosecutor An
drey ]. Vishinsky delivered q castiga-
tion of each prisoner, limited only by
his vocabulary. and to escape further
tongue-lashings the defendants unani-
mously waived the first of two final
court appearances still to be granted
them under the law.
Evening star., 1936-08-23
ASLEEP IN BOILER DRUM,
YOUTH ROASTED ALIVE
Nv the Associated Press.


CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. August "a.
"A cool place to rest developed into
cradle Of death today for Hubert
Wright, 19-year-old boiler company
employe.
Wright. through with his duties,
crawled into 3-foot boiler drum be-
ing constructed for an oil company
and went to sleep.
A crane picked up the drum in
which the youth was sleeping peace
fully and carried 1t to an anneahng
furnace.
c. r. Downs. q fireman, lighted the
burners In the furnace. Shortly after.
ward he peered into the fiery cylinder
to see II all the burners were Lit. He
saw. instead, the body of young
Wright
The gas was shut o.. but It was too
late.
Evening star., 1936-08-23
EMBARGO FORCED
ON SHIPS IN DEBT
U. S. Board Also Requires
War.Risk Insurance for
Two Lines.
BY the Associated Press.

Americas moral embargo against
arms shipments to either side In
Spain's civil war was bolstered yes
terday by warning from an oficial
of the United States Shipping Board
that ship lines indebted to the Gov
ernment are obligated to comply.
S. D. Schell, who gave notice of
the boards warning. revealed also
that 1t has required two companies
which operate lines to Spanish ports
to take out war-risk insurance on
ships in which the Government has
. financial interest.
These developments closely followed
publication Of letter from Acting
Secretary of State Phillips to an un.
named airplane manufacturer who
inquired about the Governments
policy toward sales to Spanish forces.
1T seems reasonable to assume that
the sale Of airplanes, regarding which
you inquire, would not follow the
spirit of the Governments policy"
said Phillips.
Schell Amplifies View.
Asked regarding the attitude of the
Shipping Board toward shipping lines
which owe money to the Government,
Shipping Board Bureau, said:
They're obligated to carry out the
intervention edict of the State
Department. It applies to all Amer
leans. 1t has been widely published
The Shipping Board called the Gov
ernment's neutrality policy to the at
tention Of the shipping lines during
the Ethiopian War, and We assume
they understand it now"
He said he had been advised of no
cancellations Of scheduled Mediter-
ranean trips by ships Of the two lines
required to take out war-risk insur-
ance. but added 1t Is expected they
will keep out Of danger zones as
matter of course.
Schell said the Government itself
operates q shipping line-the Amer
ican Pioneer Line Indian Service
through the Strait Of Gibraltar and
In the Mediterranean, but that It's
ships do not stop at Mediterranean
ports. He said care is being taken
to keep them out Of troubled areas
and that the Government maintains
an insurance fund for them.
TIVE Lines are Named.
The two private lines which have
been required to take out war risk in
surance are the American Export Line
of New York, two of whose ships have
helped take Americans out of Spain,
and the Lykes Brothers Ripley Steam
ship Co. Of New Orleans.
The Government has no means,
excepting moral and financial pres
sure. of enforcing its policy Of neu-
trality in the Spanish situation. Neu-
trality legislation enacted at the last
session Of Congress provides for EN-
bargoes and other measures in event
OF war between two countries. but
says nothing about civil conflicts.
In the letter made public by the
State Departments previously ex-
pressed opinion that American citi-
zens, both at home and abroad. are
'patriotically Observing the ncn-in.
tervention policy.
Evening star., 1936-08-23
Man, 81, BROWNS
IN POTOMAC RIVER
Falls From Eleventh Street
Wharf-Rescue Squad Fails
to Revive Him.

Robert Stout. 81, was drowned
early today when he fell from the
wharf at the foot of Eleventh street
southwest. The Fire Department
rescue squad vainly attempted to
fescusitate him for IS minutes.
Stout was sitting on the wharf
railing with Robert Burton Of 412
Second street, about midnight when
Burton advised him to 60 home and
60 to bed. Stout had taken only q
few steps when he missed his footing
and fell into the water.
He sank Immediately and 10 min
utes elapsed before Elton Crockett of
1902 Thirtieth street southeast, who
witnessed the accident, secured a
graphing hook and brought the body
to the surface. Meanwhile Burton
had summoned police.
Burton. foreman for . Falls Church
contractor, said he had given Stout
. Job four days ago, but did not
know where he lived.
Evening star., 1936-08-23
BlantOn
Continued From First Page.)

tCOnClnue0 from FIISt EUge.D
Democratic National Committee had
been repudiated by Farley.
The Endorsement" appeared in the
Abilene Reporter-News, his home
town newspaper, and was carried in
an election story by the Associated
Press.
Reached in New York by The Star,
Farley promptly denied sending any
message; reiterated his often-empha-
sized policy Of keeping hands OH of
all primaries and added further that
he had refused . direct plea from
Blanton and MacFarlane for support.
Farley's only explanation of the af-
fair was that a letter he had sent
out in behalf of Democratic Congress-
men in the election Of 1884 might
have been reprinted.
Along with the chairman's dis
claimer came one equally as pointed
from Charles Nicholson, director of
Democratic publicity. He said he
would trace the source Of the tele-
gram through the Western Union.
which, according to Max Bentley,
editor Of the paper, had carried it Is
q government message from WASH
ington.
Raises "Ffame-up" Cry.
In the midst of these denials, Blan.
ton raised the cry Of "frame-up," say.
ing he could not account for the tele.
gram, but was sure it was sent by q
political enemy in Washington, who
knew 1t would be repudiated, and was
well-enough acquainted with pro-
cedure here to get by" with q prank.
His accusations were embodied in
the following telegram to Farley:
Hon. James A. Farley, Postmaster
General, Washington, D. C.
yesterday afternoon when I WAS
away from home, at Sweetwater. some
one from Washington telephoned me.
having learned my whereabouts from
Abilene, stating, I am Farley's sec
retary. He wants to send . telegram.
what y name Of your home paper?'
I told him Reporter News, Abilene.
Thereafter some one from Washinr-
ton sent Western Union message to
Reporter-News, signing James A. Far.
ley. Evidently, there is some frame.
up there. since learn that you did
not send message. Please ascertain
from telephone company and West
ern Union there who party was who
attempted thus to embarrass both
you and myself"
(Signed "Blanton, Congressman"
The telegram also asked that Far
ley release the message to the press.
Yesterdays primary was necessitat-
ed when Judge Garrett failed to get
. majority In the first test, although
he led Blanton at that time. The vote
then was 24,495 for Garrett, 20,0s8
for Blanton and 7.S44 for Fred Q.
Jaye, . Townsendite.
Aftss su6Ains this setback. 1lantou
Evening star., 1936-08-23
GIRL is FOUND DEAD.
BOTTLE NEAR BODY
Colored Maid Makes Discovery in
18th Street Apartment.
Bruises ON Arms,
BACKGROUND

Loyce Craig. 23, was found dead on
the bed in her first floor apartment
at 173s Eighteenth street early this
morning. partially filled bottle of
liquid was beside her. Its nature was
not Immediately determined. -.
The body was discovered by GrAce
Harris. colored maid. who said she
had been in the apartment only Q
short time before and that she had
noticed nothing unusual about tbs
Craig girl
Police found several bruises on the
girls arms and neck. but were told
by the maid they we're the result of
a fight several days ago. The body.
partially clad, was stretched out on
the bed.
john N. Harris, of 606 Ninth street.
a friend Of the girl. who stopped at
the apartment shortly after police ar.
rived. was taken 10 police head
quarters for questioning. - g.
Evening star., 1936-08-23
Owens Cancels Radio Talk.

NEW YORK. August az R.-The
National Broadcasting Company said
tonight Jesse Owens, Olympic triple
title winner, had cancelled radio
broadcast scheduled for tomorrow
aboard the liner Queen Mary In which
the Negro runner Is returning sftom
Europe. The company repotted
Owens as saying be "had been advesd
not to talk over the fadio.s
Evening star., 1936-08-23
MRS. GUGGENHEIM HURT
IN FALL FROM HORSE
Suffers Broken Collar Bone When
Thrown at Show on Long
Island.

Mrs. M. Robert Guggenheim, $500
Woodland drive. nationally known
horsewoman. suffered a broken collar
bone when she was thrown at a Long
Island. N. Y, horse show yesterday.
only two months after she recovered
from the effects of q fall at an Atlantic
City, N. j., show.
She refused, however. to permit her
latest injury to interfere with her
enjoyment Of the occasion. After the
fracture had been hraced with q steel
splint at the Port Jefferson. N. Y.
Hospital. Mrs. Guggenheim ;eturned
for q luncheon at the North Shore
Horse Show at Stonybrook.
Evening star., 1936-08-23
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
ASTERISK MAN.
AMBS do have a yearning to be
Nops

y AMBs do have a yearning to be
lions.
That Is indicated beyond the
IL possibility Of q doubt in q
documented tale which came in today.
The story concerns family. husband
and wife, which lives in Northwest
Washington.
The two have reversed the conven-
tional roles what with the wife work.
ing downtown, the husband doing the
housework.
When she leaves for the office in
the morning an air Of silent ex-
pectancy settles over the neighborhood.
That means the neighbors are getting
ready for the daily drama in which
the husband plays two characters-
one feminine as to voice. the other
masculine. The dialogue:
Feminine voice: Il thought told
you to clean that bath room floor
today"
Evening star., 1936-08-23

Masculine voice: "s"*+*~ II you
don't like the way that bath room
is cleaned, do it yourself, you (then
follows acres of asterisks).
Feminine voice: Don't you talk
that way to me-"
Masculine voice: why you hatchet-
faced scullion, ETC., ETC., ETC."
1t goes on like that indefinitely
well, not indefinitely. but at least
until the wife returns in the evening
after which the only voice heard is
that of the latter.
MODERNISTIC.
Every time Carol Whitlock
thinks of ho,o present-day hotels
are undermining their equipment,
he laughs himself almost sick.
That's because Mr.. Whitlock knoUS
how thoroughly some hotel guests
can demodernize the most up-to-
date furnishings.
Drifting past one OF the to,Dn's
better hotels the other day-one
that hos gone in for a Venetian
blind pariation on the old-fGsh-
toned iDindou sf,ade-fle looked up
to see seperal pairs OF stockings
and epen more intimate garb fut-
tering in the monday breeze III
any. The latest thing in UindoW
coverings ,Das just a clothesIine to
that out-of-to lady.
*
JOURNEYS END.
A MAN from California writes I
= letter all the way from there Il
tell us about a Government clerk
pretty" he says, with whom he wen
bicycle riding in Washington recently
Pretty good she was until they
got ON q descent which led to Z
coal yard. Then. all Of a sudden
she seemed to lose every vestige ot
self and bicycle control. Down thl
hill at wild pace she went, ending
up with q neat spill and slide through
the anthracite dust at the bottom.
Evening star., 1936-08-23
LIQUOR BET FATAL
Chicago Tavern Hostess Dies in
Wager With Customers.

wager WIN SuStOmcIS.
CHICAGO. August a R.-A a.
year -old tavern hostess died tonight
in what police said was an attempt
to win q bet from three customers
who challenged her to drink q pint
Of whisky in an hour.
She had consumed half the bottle
when she staggered and collapsed into
the arms of Mrs. Peter Waichunas,
wife of the tavern keeper. She was
dead before medical aid could be
summoned.
At the tavern the girl was known
as Mrs. Anna Cicenas, but papers
in her purse gave her name as Mrs.
Anna Rachine. Police learned she
was divorced and the mother Of .
year child.
Evening star., 1936-08-23

The man raced after her. applied
the brakes and came to q neat stop
beside her bruised and PROSTATE form
why didn't you use your brakes?"
he asked in q tone which fused con-
tempt with compassion.
"Brakes?" she asked. do bicycles
have brakes?"
***
THY BON BON"
MRS. GEORGE H. PRICE, who
N lives on Eighteenth street, has .
dog that can do trick which parents
always have thought was so smart
when done by their children.
The dogs name is FLUFFY. Fluffy
has always had an eye and o mouth
for candy. Recently he developed. OF
all things. an ear for 1t. Whenever
the word was mentioned, Fluffy
begged.
The family sought to get around
Fluffy's higher wisdom by the old
device Of spelling out the word. It did
not work with FLUFFY any more than
it has with children for generations.
Apparently. 1t sounded even more de-
sirable spelled out that way.
A***
COSTUME.
There's really lot more appro-
prtateness than you ,oould think In
the riding costume OF the man you
may haze seen pedalIing a bicycle
doUn Constitution avenue eperg
morning and epenisa this Summer.
Spurs, boots, riding breeches and
shirt open at the neck do look as
il the man belonged more definitely
on horse than anything else.
And that. precisely, Is wheTs the
bicycle leads him-to stable where
he is employed as riding in
Structor.
So, as our operative insists, It Il
not so odd as you might hnue
thought.
Two members of Washington's
younger set made an unexpected con-
tribution to international good viii
not long ago. They had been cruising
around in their automobile and
stopped In the Mount Pleasant district
to replenish their supply of cigarettes.
The one who did the shopping espied
some Of the long paper holders dis
played on cigar store counters and
decided to try them. The first few
puffs convinced him that, so far rs
ho moe ron~nrvad thn fare xl@A .-S.~k
satisfy when consumed with q holder,
50 he threw 1t and the freshly lighted
cigarette out on the Sidewalk.
Just then an Oriental, with . bag
Of laundry over his shoulder, was
passing and promptly inquired "You
lose cigaret7" No response from the
car and he started down the street
with smoke trailing behind him and
the holder held at q jaunty angle.