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REPAIRING R-100
STARTS IN CANADA
Dirigible Will Not Come to
U. S. Hangar, Officers
Now Believe.
By the Associated Press.
BT. HUBERT AIRPORT. Quebec.
August 2. —The work of repairing the
damaged ftn of the British dirigible
R-100, from which the fabric was tom
loose In her voyage from Cardington.
England, to St. Hubert, was well under
way today.
As thp repairs proceeded it seemed
certain that they would be completed
here without recourse to United States
naval airship facilities at Lakehurst.
N. J. ;
A new panel had been measured and
was ready for lacing into place. After
it is placed the really dangerous part
of the work will begin, that of “dop
ing” the new fabric.
Will Improvise Stage.
Unable to reach the fin by ladders,
aa would be possible in a hangar, two
men will be swung from the top of the
dirigible in Bo's’ns chairs, one on
either side. The two chairs will be
pulled together, and from this impro
vised stage. 200 feet above the ground,
the two men will glue in and paint
the patch.
For a time it was believed the big
ahip might have to be taken to the
United Btates naval hangar at Lake
hurst. where expert technicians and
machinery and material would make
the operation a comparatively simple
ene
Officers of the R-100 decided they
eould repair the damage at the mast
here.
Time Is Factor.
Another point against taking the air
■hlp to Lakehurst is that the time re
quired to make the 500-mile flight there
and return would disrupt the program
of flights over Canadian cities which
had been arranged. These flights in
clude trips to Ottawa. Quebec and Tor
onto, with possibly a trip to Windsor,
Ontario, across the border from Detroit.
A strip 15 by 6 feet was ripped off
the port ftn on the afternoon of the
third day of the flight as the R-100
flew up the St. Lawrence Valley. A
erew of 15 riggers worked two hours in
great peril to effect temporary repairs.
A few hours later the airship encoun
tered violent air currents during a
thunderstorm which caused her to sh it
up noae foremost 2,500 feet In less than
a minute.
A substitute crew which had been
aent from England in advance was in
charge of refueling operations today
while the men who brought the airship
across the Atlantic were on shore leave.
Official receptions in honor of the
officers and erew and the series of
flights to Canadian cities have been
arranged to begin next week, provided
the necessary repairs are completed in
time.
TWO CONFESS $4,000
PAY ROLL ROBBERY,
POLICE ANNOUNCE
'Continued From First Page.)
gangsters coming Into the Capital from
ether cities.
Carl Davis is being held In the first
precinct and Beck is In a cell at the
third precinct.
Beck. Davis and their companion,
the police said today, have admitted
they trailed young Hyatt for several
hours yesterday. The original plan,
according to the police, was to hold up
the youth as he was returning from
the Treasury Department yesterday
morning with $30,000, but, the police
declared, they were frustrated in this
plan when they became caught in a
traffic Jam Just as they were about to
stop Hyatt.
Captured After Struggle.
Carl Davie was arrested last night
only after a fierce struggle in which
Detective Sergfc. Howard E. Ogle and
Patrolman E. F. Lewis of the thirteenth
precinct finally subdued their prisoner.
Ogle last night went to Davis’ room
to search it while other headquarters
detectives formed a cordon about the
house to arrest Davis if he should ar
rive. Davis, in some way, eluded the
police guard about the house and en
tered his room to find Detective Ogle
ransacking it. He dove for the police
man and the pair fought about the
room for several minutes.
Patrolman Lewis, hearing the sounds
of the scuffle, ran to the detective's aid
and between the pair of them they sub
dued Davis.
Memory Proves Value.
Detective Murphy's memory for num
bers brought about the arrest of Davis.
About a week ago Murphy, with
lewis, his partner at the thirteenth
precinct, sought to arrest Davis and
the third man sought in the hold-up
for questioning in connection with some
housebreaking cases in the thirteenth
precinct.
Murphy and Lewis, in a police ma
chine. drew- up beside Davis and the
other man in another machine. Lewis
jumped from the running board of the
police machine onto the other machine
to force the men to stop. Instead of
stopping, the men are alleged to have
shoved Lewis from the running board
of their car and fled.
Gesture of Bravado.
Murphy and Lewis lost the fleeing
machine in the traffic, but managed to
get the license number, and Murphy
impressed the number deeply in his
memory.
Yesterday the robbers gave young
Hyatt the license number of their ma
chine as they dumped him out in Rock
Creek Park, merely as a gesture of 1
bravado.
It was their undoing for when the !
robber ear s license number was broad
cast, Murphy and Lewis happened to be j
on duty. Murphy took down the num-;
ber and checked back in his memory.
The number of the car from which
Lewis had been shoved and the number
of the car mentioned in the look-out
were the same.
STATE DEPARTMENT POST
VACANT SINCE DECEMBER
President Delays Choice of Assist
ant Secretary to Succeed Nelson
T. Johnson, Transferred.
Apparently the President is having
some trouble in the selection of an As
sistant Secretary of State to fill the va
cancy which has existed since last De
cember, when Nelson T. Johnson re
aigned that office to accept the appoint
ment of United States Minister to
China. At the State Department it is
naid that no action may be taken until
after Secretary Stimson returns from
his vacation in the Adirondack in Sep
tember. In another official quarter the
impression prevails that the office is
being held open for a certain promi
nent gentleman of high diplomatic at
tainments, who will not be available for
the office for several months.
As the vacancy existed during the
aassion of Congress, any person ap
pointed to the office during the recess
would not be entitled to any rompen
#> cation for his service unless and until
' his appointment was confirmed at a
gubeequent session.
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BIRTH TO DUCHESS OF YORK
WILL BE ATTESTED BY CLYNES
His Majesty's Home Secretary, Wko Rose
From Mill Boy, Going Soon
to Scotland.
By the Associated Preas.
GLAMIS. Scotland. August 2—Th
mill boy who became his Majesty’s sec
retary of state for home affairs, J. R.
Clynes. will soon come here to be present
at the birth of the baby expected by
the Duchess of York early this month.
This is in accordance with the ancient
British law which decrees that the
birth of a possible heir to the throne
must be attested by a secretary of state.
Mr. Clynes will carry out this state
duty in the same manner in which
the birth of the Prince of Wales was
attested by the late Lord Asquith.
Sits Behind Screen.
Asquith sat behind a screen In Queen
Marys room. At that time she was
the Duchess of York. The Princess of
Wales, who later became Queen Alex
andra, was with Asquith. When the
present dashing young Crown Prince
was born, the Princess of Wales, wear
ing a blue dressing gown, carried the
infant in her arms and showpd him to
Asquith. The home secretary then ;
went back and reported the historical
fact to his government and the royal |
birth was duly registered.
A special room in Glamis Castle has 1
been reserved for Mr. Clynes and he j
will be the guest of the Duke and
Duchess of York.
Should the expected infant be a boy 1
Solves Hold-Up Mystery
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DETECTIVE DENNIS J. MURPHY,
whose work led to the round-up In the
Mount Vernon Bank rase.
—Star Staff Photo.
: BORDER TOWNS FLOODED
; Cloudburst Causes Damage at No
s gales, Ariz., and Nogales, Mex.
[ NOGALES. Ariz., August 2 (/P). —A
■ cloudburst yesterday sent flood waters
! from the mountains of Northern Sonora !
’ through the twin cities of Nogales, Ariz.,
’ and Nogales. Mexico, inundating a large
„ area and doing considerable damage to
property.
, The two main streets in both cities
were turned into raging torrents, mak
‘ lng traffic impossible. The waters re
ceded in an hour.
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i Sugar is found in the sap of nearly
200 plants and trees.
THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, T>. G, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2. 1930
he will be third in line, after the Prince
of Wales and Duke of York, for the
crown, displacing his sister, Princess
Elizabeth.
In this connection, it is interesting
to note that while no salic law applies
to royal succession in England, the
daughters in royal families must al
ways take a subordinate position to the
sons.
The succession to the British throne
at the moment stands as follows:
Rights Are Made Clear.
The Prince of Wales, the Duke of
York, Princess Elizabeth, the Duke of
Gloucester, Prince George, Princess
Mary, Lord Lascelles. The right of
each of these is dependent on there
being no issue with prior claim for his
or her immediate predecessor on the
list.
Thus, if the expected child of the
Duchess of York is a boy it will auto
maticaly cause Princess Elizabeth to
, give way on the list, although Princess
! Elizabeth's claim would still precede
1 those of her uncles, the Duke of Glou
cester and Prince George, and her aunt.
! Princess Mary.
Princess Mary, although the child of
the King and Queen, stands sixth on
j the list of royal succession and soon
will be seventh. In the ordinary course
I of events she must expect to be placed
i even more remotely in succession.
GIRLS FOUND SLAIN
ON COUNTRY ROADS
Two Similar Cases in Ohio Mys
tify Police—No Shots
Were Heard.
By the AssocUted Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 2.—Au
thorities werp mystified today by the
i findings of bodies of two women in their
| early 20s on country roads in localities
| about 25 miles apart during the last 18
j hours.
The circumstances of their deaths ap
! peared to be similar. Both bodies con
! tained bullet wounds, indicating similar
deaths. One was found yesterday after
noon near Wadsworth, and the other
this morning near Berea, a Cleveland
suburb.
The body found near Berea was well
clothed, her hair and eyes were dark
and she was about 5 feet tall. There
was a bullet wound just above the right
eye.
The body near Wadsworth was mod
erately well dressed. She wore a black
crepe dress and flesh-colored stockings.
Near the body was a silver-colored slip
per, a mate to the one on her right foot.
She was 5 feet 5 inches tall, and
weighed 140 pounds. Her body bore
two bullet wounds.
Hundreds of persons who viewed her
body in the Medina County Morgue
failed to give any indication as to her
identity. She was believed to have been
slain Thursday night.
In neither instance could any one
i be found who had heard a gun fired.
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Legislature to Judge Election.
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, August 2 t IP)
—The Chihuahua State Legislature nas
been convoked in extraordinary session
on August 4 to learn the results of the
recent elections for governor,
Both the revolutionary pfcrty candi
date, Andres Oritz, and the Socialist
candidate, Manuel Prieto, arc claiming
victory.
The crew of the giant British dirigi
ble posed for the above photo just after
leaving the ship at the St. Hubert Air
port, Montreal, Canada, at the end of
the flight from C’ardlngton, England.
They related the exciting experience of
running into a violent upward air cur
rent near the end of the voyage. The
R-100 is seen at right as she arrived
early yesterday over the mooring mast
at the airport.
MMSON RITES
TO BE HELD MONDAY
Cemetery Whose Charter
Was Obtained From Crown
Will Receive Body.
Mrs. Walter Johnson will be laid to
rest on a secluded eminence in the
Rockville Union Cemetery following fu
neral services at the Johnson home in
Bethesda at 11 o'clock Monday morn
ing.
Mrs. Johnson, wife of the famous
speed-ball pitcher and now manager of
the Washington base ball club, died at
Georgetown Hospital yesterday follow
ing a brief illness.
The spot chosen for her burial over
looks a large tract of woodland and
Is hidden from the road, giving it the
privacy with which the manager of
the Washington ball team sought to
surround his private life.
Tup funeral services will be con
ducted by Rev. Joseph E Williams of
the Bethei da Episcopal Church, where
the Johnsons attended. All members
of the base ball team are to be honorary
I pallbearers. The plan is to have each
of them carry a floral offering from the
house to waiting automobiles and then
line up on either side of the walk
leading to the front porch as the casket
;is carried to the hearse. The active
; pallbearers have not been selected.
Offerings of flowers have already
commenced to arrive at the Johnson
home and hundreds of telegrams have
been received from all parts of the
country. These include messages of
sympathy from Judge Kenesaw Moun
tain Landis. Commissioner of base ball,
and President E. S. Barnard of the
American League.
The cemetery in which Mrs. Johnson
is to be interred dates back to before
the birth of this Republic. Its charter
I was obtained from the English crown.
TERRIFIED CHINESE
SEEK FOREIGN HELP
Thousands Try to Enter Bar
ricaded Concessions as
Reds Advance.
I By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, August 2 —The Yangtze
| River cities of Hankow , Hanyang and
Wuchang, with a joint population es
timated at several millions, today lay
in the path of China’s advancing blood
crazed revolting armies and Communist
force*.
Thousands of terrified Chinese, bear
ing their property, sought refuge in
the barricaded foreign concessions of
Hankow as Communist armies moved
toward the tri-cities, fresh from the
conquest and destruction of Changsha.
The cities were under martial law. The
capital at Nanking also was under mili
j tary rule.
Changsha, smoldering remnant of
what once was a prosperous silk manu
facturing city, still was reported occu
pied by remnants of looting Red forces,
activity of which prevented entry of
landing parties from foreign gunboats,
standing by in the Slang River.
Hundreds of wealthy Chinese were
reported captured and held for ran
som. Sixty provincial officers, hiding
| in the ruins of the city, were sum
! marily executed by the conquerors. All
i foreigners were believed safe aboard
| the gunboats or in other cities,
j Evacuation of Kiukiang and the near
by mountain Summer resort of Ruling
was under way. Chinese authorities
I gave foreigners three days to leave, dis
j claiming responsibility for them after
I that time
Nationalist authorities at Nanking,
explaining establishment of martial
law, said it was precautionary against
possible Communist activity within the
capital.
Missionary Tells Story.
A city aglare with ghastly fires and
a country without government or con
trol was described yesterday by Rev.
W. H. Lingle, American missionary, who
fled the city of Changsha during its
recent sack by Communists.
Nearly 70 years old and a worker in
China 40 years for the American North
ern Presbyterian Mission, Mr. Lingle
lost everything except the clothing he
wore. He had been stationed at Chang
sha many years.
AMOY FEARS RADICALS.
AMOY, August 2 UP).— A tense situa
tion arose here today when Commu
nists threatened vengeance on munici
pal officials for their continued oppo
sition to red activities in this area.
Martial law was declared and troops
patrolled the city.
Whether the Amoy Communists were
associated with those figuring in the
disorders m Hunan and Klangsi Prov
inces was a matter of conjecture. The
reds had been inactive in this area for
several weeks.
“FUNG” SAVES LIFE I
OF CO-INVENTOR'
Lieut. Momsen and 3 Others
Escape Gas of Submerged
Submarine S-4.
By the Associated Press.
NEW LONDON. Conn., August 2
The Navy's recently perfected artificial
“lung” yesterday was credited with hav
ing saved the life of its co-inventor, i
Lieut. Charles B. Momsen. U. S. N.. and
three motion picture men who were
trapped this afternoon in a gas-filled
compartment of the submerged subma
rine S-4.
It was the first time the “lung,” which
has been the subject of numerous tests
lately, had been called upon for emer
gency duty.
The three newsreel men, Claud R.
Collings, director: John Bockhorst,
cameraman, and Arthur Fernandez, in
charge of sound apparatus, went out
in the S-4 off the submarine base here
this afternoon with Lieut, Momsen to
take moving pictures of a test escape
of 10 men through an emergency hatch j
with the aid of the “lung.”
Crew Down 45 Feet.
The craft was submerged to a depth
of 45 feet in the Thames River Harbor.
Lieut. Momsen, the three movie men
and the 10 men who took part in the
experiment occupied a small compart
ment of the submarine.
The test escapes were successful, but
each time a man left the submarine a 1
certain amount of water gushed into i
the compartment. When all 10 had j
‘‘escaped” the water in the compart- j
ment had risen to the waist level of the j
remaining four. Specially designed ap- |
paratus to expel the water temporarily j
failed and a sudden lurch of the S-4 j
so tilted the craft that the water
reached batteries used for the movie j
sound apparatus. Chlorine gas fumes
were released, which quickly filled the
compartment.
Extra “Lungs" Are Used.
Lieut. Momsen had some extra "lungs"
with him. These were quickly donned
by the four and through the use of them
j they were able to remain for 15 minutes
in the atmosphere of deadly gas.
By that time. Lieut. Norman F. Ives,
in command of the S-4 was able to I
right the craft and bring It to the sur
face. Hatches were opened and the
four trapped men stepped out. Only
Fernandez suffered any ill effects. He
had been a little slower than the others
in adjusting his “lung.” A few mo
ments in the fresh air, however, com
pletely revived him.
VETERANSRETIRE
FROM ARMY POSTS'
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More Than 50 Years Each Is
Record of A. N. Ober and
Louis Jacobson.
Two veteran civilian employes of the j
Army, w'hose terms of service were
more than 50 years each, were hon
ored by fellow workers yesterday and
today on the occasion of their retire
ment.
Albert N. Ober took a leave of
absence today after 54 years in the
office of the chief of Army Engineers
preliminary to his transfer to the re
tired list the first of next month.
Mr. Ober was presented with a reclin
ing chair and a foot stool on behalf of
his fellow employes by Col. R. R. Ral
ston, chief of the military division
office, at a reception this morning.
Worked as Draftsman.
As a draftsman, Mr. Ober assisted
in the preparation of plans for many
famous engineering projects here, in
cluding the strengthening of the base
of the Washington Monument. Mr.
Ober, a native of Washington, is now
a resident of Upper Marlboro, Md.
Louis Jacobson, who Is 78 years old
and spent almost 53 years in the Army
service, first as an enlisted man and
later as a civilian, was retired yesterday
with exercises in the Munitions Build
ing. Maj. Oen. R. L. Carmichael, chief
of finance of the War Department,
where Mr. Jacobson was a division clerk,
presented the retiring employe with a
handsome leather bag on behalf of his
associates.
Born In Germany November 7, 1852,
Mr. Jacobson enlisted In the American ;
Army in 1868, re-cnlistlng several times j
after honorable discharges.
Served in Dakota.
During his services as an enlisted
man he served in the department of j
Dakota and among his commanding j
officers was Maj. M. V. Sheridan,
brother of the famous Gen. Phil Sheri-1
dan of Civil War famp. After enter- j
ing the Army as a civilian. Mr. Jacob
son remained for a time in the Depart- I
ment of the Dakotas and then came to I
Washington, October 9, 1905. in the j
Ordnance Department. He was trans- j
ferred In 1919 to the Fine Arts Divi- I
sion of the Quartermaster Corps and :
later to the fine arts department of the 1
Army and assigned to the office of the
director of finance July 1, 1920.
Mr. Jacobson reached the retirement!
age, 70 years, in 1922. and his time
was extended seven times.
ACCUSED OF FRAUDS
NEW YORK. August 2 (/PV—William !
Domroe & Co., Inc., its president, Wil- j
Ham Domroe, and Nathaniel A. Wii-1
Hams, a salesman, were permanently
restrained from further stock sales
Thursday by Supreme Court Justice
Strong on motion of the State Bureau
of Securities. The securities bureau
alleges the defendants sold stock In the
Prudence Corporation of California
under fraudulent representation and for
more than the law permitted. Their
sales were made on the claim that the
Prudence Corporation controlled a chain
of banks, it was charged, whereas It
owned only one small bank in Los
Angeles.
MEARS STARTS ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT
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John Henrig Mwrs (left) of New York and his Henry J. Brown, who took off Jo® Roosevelt Field early
today on a projected flight around the world. Their plane, City of New York, is shown above and below is a map of
their route. • —A. P. Photo.
NO BABY MIX-UPS WITH THIS
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The celebrated Chicago case of confused babies won’t be repeated at the
Delaware County, Pa., Hospital. Photo shows the system in use there of brand
ing new-born babies with vioiet rays to make certain of their identity. The
“suntan” brand, applied with the use of a stencil, is perfectly harmless and lasts
for the average two weeks of a baby’s sojourn in the hospital. — Wide World Photos.
NYE WILL CONTINUE
CAMPAIGN PROBES;
Committee to Take Up Again
Situations in Pennsylvania,
Nebraska and Illinois.
By the Associated Presa.
Plans for further investigation of the
Republican senatorial campaigns in
Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Illinois
this month were announced yesterday
by Chairman Nye of the Senate Cam
paign Funds Committee.
Hearings on the Pennsylvania pri
mary, interrupted last May, will be re
sumed here next Tuesday. The com
mittee will return to Nebraska about
August 25 to make a further study of
the situation created by the attempt
of George W. Norris, a Broken Bow
grocer, to oppose Senator George W.
Norris in the primary on August 12.
Additional information on the Illinois
campaign is to be gathered on the same
trip.
Plan Informal Studies.
In addition, the Senate investigators
will make an informal study of the
Massachusetts and Tennessee cam
paigns to determine whether formal in
vestigations there are Justified.
Complaints of “lavish” expenditures
in Massachusetts have been received
from various individuals. Including Con
rad Crooker, general counsel for the
Liberal Civics League, with whom
members of the committee will confer
on Monday. Crooker has complained
that William M. Butler, a former Sen
ator, has expended more than a half
million dollars in his campaign for the
Republican senatorial nomination.
Tennessee Situation.
John B. Neal of Knoxville has ad
vised the committee that there were
indications ballot-box stuffing and ex
cessive expenditures would be resorted
to in Tennessee, and Nye said yester
day he had promised to “give imme
diate attention” to the situation.
Discussing the Nebraska campaign,
the committee chairman said he had
made a personal inquiry there and
found a situation so “intensely serious”
that it “plainly merited the study of
more members of the committee.”
BANK ASKS RECEIVER
FOR OIL CORPORATION
Minority Stockholder of Tulsa
Company Also Brings Action,
Involving Both.
By the Associated Pres*.
TULSA. Okla.. August 2.—Two suits,
each seeking a receivership for the
Superior Oil Corporation of Tulsa, were
instituted here Thursday, one in State j
District Court by the Exchange Na- I
tional Bank of Tulsa and the other in j
Federal Court by E. Stewart Matlock j
of New Castle. Ind., a minority stock- ■
holder. In the latter suit the bank j
was made a defendant with the oil;
company.
The bank alleged in its petition that'
payment of a $500,000 note executed by
the company was refused. Holdings of
the company were valued at $5,000,000.
Matlock alleged the company’s af
fairs had been mismanaged. In addi
tion to the appointment of a receiver,
his petition asked an injunction to re
strain the bank from prosecuting its
action against the company.
DIES IN 1,500-FOOT FALL
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. August 2
UP). —Harry Powers, stunt parachute
jumper, received fatal injuries in a
1.500-foot fall from an airplane to the
ocean last night when his parachute
failed to open. He died in a hospital a
few hours later.
Powers' jump, which he had previous
ly made hundreds of times, was a regu
lar feature of the Steel Pier program.
RETURN TO COUNTY
OF m ASKED
Demand Made Montgomery
Heads Get Back Funds Paid
Publishing Company.
BY WILLIAM S. TARVER.
Staff Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md., August 2.—De
mand on the commissioners of Mont
gomery County was made today by
Walter W. Mobley, taxpayer of Der
wood, Md., for the return of all moneys
paid the Maryland Publishing Co. since
1927 on contracts for public printing
and advertising, alleged to be void by
reason of the commissioners' financial
interests in the publishing company.
The demand was in the form of a
letter addressed to the board of com
missioners and is expected to reach its
destination today.
$25,000 Involved.
If the monies paid the Maryland
Publishing Co., claimed to amount to
approximately $25,000, are not returned
to the county by the commissioners
or a satisfactory reply received on
or before August 6. the letter states.
Mr. Mobley will institute an action for
an accounting against the commis
sioners as individuals.
This action followed the statement
by Judge Robert B. Peter in Circuit
Court Wednesday that he would deny a
petition for an injunction against the
county commissioners, county treasurer
and the Maryland Publishing Co., pro
hibiting them from advertising' in the
Maryland News, publication of the
Maryland Publishing Co.
State's Attorney Confers.
The lettea to the commissioners de
manding the return of the money
ordered disbursed by them to the Mary
land Publishing Co. was dispatched
after conferences by Attorneys Vivian
Simpson and Harold C. Smith, repre
senting Mr. Mobley, with Robert B.
Peter, jr., State’s attorney, and Capt.
Joseph C. Cissel, counsel to the county
commissioners.
Both these officials were asked to
seek an accounting by the county com
missioners. but replied that they did not
consider themselves competent to act.
Mr. Peter said he was empowered to
represent only the State, while Capt.
Cissel explained that he represents the
commissioners in individual transac
tions only and is not a sworn officer of
the county.
Individual Responsibility Claimed.
The theory on which recovery of the
money is sought, as outlined in the let
ter, is that the contracts with the
Maryland Publishing Co. were void and
that the commissioners are responsible
i individually, since the money they or
j dered disbursed was held in trust by
I them for the people of the county.
Tne contracts were void, it is alleged,
because two ot the commissioners were
; stockholders in the Maryland Publish-
S ing Co. from its organization in 1927
| until July 16. last. They are said to
be Dr. Benjamin C. Perry, president of
the board, and Lacy Shaw, vice presi
dent.
According to the attorneys for Mr.
Mobley, Clagett C. Hilton and Robert
L. Hickerson, members of the board of
commissioners, acquired stock in the
publishing company shortly after its
organization, and held it until July 16,
when all four commissioners returned
their stock certificates to the company.
This return of the stock followed a pe
tition by Mr. Mobley for an injunction
prohibiting the commissioners from
letting any further contracts for county
advertising or printing to the Maryland
Publishing Co.
Attorneys for Mr. Mobley base their
estimate of the amount paid the Mary
land Publishing Co. on reports of the
county treasurer for 1927 and 1928,
showing a total of $10,870.30. The
treasurer’s reports for 1929 and 1930
have not been completed.
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WOODCOCK TO HAVE
FACT-FINDING BODY
New Dry Chief to Seek Orig
inal Sources on Success or
Failure of Prohibition.
By th« Associated Press.
Learning the actual facta of prohibi
tion holds an important place in the
program of the reorganized Enforce
ment Bureau as drawn up by its chief,
Amos W. W. Woodcock.
He has his own agency, created for
the purpose of digging down to original
sources of information, and has. he
says, no intention of accepting the
propaganda-tinged statistics of organi
sations sponsoring or opposing the dry
laws.
Within the bureau Is a research di
vision, the primary function of which
is to obtain trustworthy data on the
per capita consumption of Intoxicating
liquor throughout the Nation. He plans
to develop this agency to the highest
possible point of efficiency.
Will Publish Reports.
From it will come regular reports on
liquor consumption, and this, Woodcock
says, will show the success or failure
of his campaign against illicit alcohol.
He plans to make the reports public,
whether favorable or unfavorable, at
regular intervals.
In some respects, the work of the
research division will parallel that of the
Wickersham Law Enforcement Commis
sion and an arrangement Is being per
fected whereby the two w-ill work in
close co-operation.
Speaking of statistics already avail
able. Woodcock said while they are ex
tensive, they are for the most part the
output of interested organizations. He
1 was emphatic in asserting the bureau
will not make use of any data received
in this way.
To Seek Original Sources.
If the Prohibition Bureau is to com
mand respect, he said, it should be In
dependent and get Its facts from orig
inal sources. These sources, as already
outlined by the director of prohibition,
I are indices of arrests for drunkenness,
deaths from cirrhosis of the liver, con
sumption of corn sugar, hops and other
commodities which go into the manu
facture of liquor.
The research division will gather the
. statistics on these points and from
them arrive at an estimate of the con
sumption of intoxicants, which will be
compared with the pre-prohibition and
later levels.
The division is experiencing some
difficulty in obtaining an accurate
guage of arrests for drunkenness, be
cause of the differing standards pre
vailing in the various cities. An effort
is being made to overcome this handi
cap by having police offlcals inform
• the bureau of their policies in this
■ respect.
; BOSSYGiLUSSEEKS
U. S. SENATE SEAT
f
1 “Bad Boy” Mayor of Newburyport,
1 Mass., Wants 0. 0. P.
i Nomination.
By the Associated Press,
i FITCHBURG, Msiss., August 2.
i Mayor Andrew J. “Bossy” Gillis of
l Newbury port today was a candidate
for the Republican nomination for
United States Senator.
He assembled friends in a lunch
room last night and announced his
. candidacy. "I am going to be the next
; United States Senator and you can put
1 that in your hat.” he said.
Continuing, he declared he would
seek 250 names on nomination papers
! in surrounding counties.
f Gillis, commonly referred to as the
“bad boy” mayor of Newbur.vport, has
had a career that reads like fiction.
After an uphill struggle in various busi
ness ventures, he entered politics to‘op
pose a former mayor who sought re
election and who had been a bitter
competitor of “Boesy” in several busi
ness ventures.
Campaigning with a method new to
the staid old New England city, Gillis
startled even his friends by winning
the election. Frank talks with no
shortage of descriptive words and “hot
blasts” against the “highbrows on thf
hill” featured his campaign. He was
re-elected for a second term by a
slender margin.
During Gillis’ first term as mayor he
had the distinction of directing the
city’s affairs from within the Essex
County Jail. He served a short sen
tence for having erected and conducted
a gasoline filling station in violation of
existing laws. It was the same station
that caused differences that ultimately
resulted in his entry into politics.
CANADIAN VOTE CALLED
“BEAUTIFUL SURPRISE”
Italian Paper Attributes Liberal
Defeat to Economic Difficulties
and Weak Rule.
By the Associated Press.
ROME. August 2. —Piccolo today
characterized the result of the Canadian
elections “a beautiful surprise.” adding
that the Liberal Democratic parties
“fell noisily.”
The newspaper predicts that the new
political orientation with the defeat of
the democracy “may perahps have its
reflex in the British internal policy.”
This "pacific and silent political rev
olution” the writer attributes to eco
nomic difficulties and a growing con
viction that only a strong government,
unyielding to parties and not bargain
ing with them, can overcome such
obstacles.
The editorial foresees a clear ultra
protectionist policy to protect Canada’s
industries against all foreign competi
tion—English as w'ell as the United
States.
13 NATIONS AT CONGRESS
U. S. Among' Those Present at In
ternational Maritime Meeting.
ANTWERP. Belgium, August 2 (A*). —
Delegates of 13 nations, including two
from the United States, attended yes
terday's opening session of the seven
teenth annual International M&ritim*
Congress.
J. Catesby Jones, president of the
American Bar Association Committee
of Admiralty, New York, and George C.
Sprague, professor of maritime rights
at New York University, represented the
United States.
The delegates were welcomed by Paul
Hymans, Belgian foreign minister.
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BAND CONCERT.
By the U. S. Soldiers’ Home Military
Band at Soldiers’ Home at 5:30 o'clock
tonight:
March—“ Laurels of Victory” Woods
Hungarian overture —“Ilka” Doppler
Entr’ aete—(a) "The Two Guitars.”
Herlick; <b) “Wedding of the Painted
Doll” Brown
Excerpts from musical comedy—" The
Vagabond King” Friml
Fox trot “Sweetheart of All My/i
Dreams” Lower
Walts suite—“Au Revoir”... Waldteufel
Final®—“Just for Fun” Simpkins
"The Star Spangled Banner.”