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ill WILL PROBE
Hearing Will Start July 27.
Equity Corporation to
Be First.
•y rht Associated Preas.
The Securities and Exchange Com
mission announced yesterday It would
begin public hearings July 27 in a
broad inquiry into investment trusts
and investment companies.
The Investigation was launched
under authority of the public utility
holding company act of 1935, which di
rected the commission to study the
functions, activities, corporate struc
tures and investment policies of the
trusts and companies.
In addition, the commission is to
determine “the influence exerted by
auch trusts and companies upon com
panies in which they are interested
and the influence exerted by inter
ests affiliated with the management of
such trusts and companies upon their
Investment policies.”
Officials said they proposed to opep
the investigation with an examination
of some of the predecessor companies
of the Equity Corp. of New York.
Among these are Interstate Equities
Corp., New York; Chain and General
Equities, Inc., Boston; Yosemite Hold
ing Corp., Detroit; Joint Investors,
Inc., New York; Union Investors, Inc.,
Detroit, and Granger Trading Corp.,
New York.
As a preliminary move in its in
vestigation, the commission has draft
ed a list of 921 investment trusts and
companies.
"The relationship of the companies
will be developed in hearings and re
ports,” the commission said yester
day.
“A few companies are being studied
through field investigations, another
much larger group through their an
swers to detailed questionnaires, and
an even larger number through short
questionnaires. The field studies will
be developed at public hearings and
some testimony will be taken in con
nection with the summaries now be
ing prepared from the questionnaire
replies.”
Storms
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ern Nebraska, Kansas and Western
Missouri. Tomorrow afternoon more
warm weather was expected in the
Dakotas.
Texas and Oklahoma remained in
the grip of the heat. A prediction of
cooler weather was made for drought
stricken Eastern Montana.
Selling orders inspired by more
favorable weather conditions carried
corn futures down almost the full 4
eent limit as the Chicago pits opened,
but later trading brought prices back
to about a cent under Saturday’s close.
Speculative buyers turned to wheat,
which at one time scored more than
i cents a bushel rise.
Corn traders studied a report that
• large part of Iowa, principal corn
producing State, with favorable
weather hereafter, would yield 90 to
95 per cent of a normal crop.
The effect of the falling tempera
ture was demonstrated in North Da
kota, where the mercury sank into the
sixties. Last week temperatures of
MO and above were common in that
State.
A low of 67 degrees was recorded in
Chicago today and Forecaster J. R.
IJoyd predicted temperatures in the
seventies would remain until tomor
row at least.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS UNIT
ON OUTING WEDNESDAY
The twelfth annual outing of the
Columbia Heights Business Men’s As
sociation will be held Wednesday at
the Sixteenth Street Reservoir
grounds. The program will begin at
< o'clock and continue until 7, with a
base ball game between teams of
members as one of the feature*.
The Committee on Arrangements i*
Leslie C. Rucker, chairman; Walter
P. Gray, Dr. Erwin Steinman, Miss
Lillias Cropper, A.' R. Swan, W. F.
Dismer, B. A. Levitan, Dr. W. V. Con
nors, Mrs. Bertha Ann Murray, George
A. Ford, P. A. Hanigan and Morris
Stirman.
G-Men
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euizscd police officials in Chicago u
ro whether f ederal Bureau of Investi
gation agents were justified in open
ing fire on Diilinger.
Grady Boatwright, agent in charge
of the Secret Service office in St. Paul,
already has made a detailed state
ment to W. H. McReynolds, adminis
trative assistant to Secretary Mor
gen t ha. u, and W. H. Moran, veteran
chief of the service. McReynolds and
Moran are said to be determined to
sift the affair “to the bottom,” with
a view to learning who was respon
sible for the concerted "spying” on
Justice Department activities.
Joseph Murphy, assistant chief of
the Secret Service, said to have been
named by Boatwright as the source
of his “orders,” will be interrogated
when he arrives here from the West
Coast, where he was reached by tele
phone. Murphy told McReynolds over
the phone he was “horrified that any
thing I might have told my men had
been misconstrued by them.”
Morgenthau, on vacation in New
England, haa been kept advised of de
velopments. So has President Roose
velt, it is understood.
Indignant over the inquiry by Se
cret Service men, Department of Jus
tice officials are demanding “proper
disciplinary action.” Treasury offi
cials already have promised their
apologies if the present investigation
by McReynolds supports preliminary
findings.
In going to the Chicago police for
information on the shooting of Dil
linger, it is pointed out here, the
Secret Service men went to the wrong
source, as no member of the Chicago
police department was present when
Diilinger was trapped outside a Chi
cago theater on the night of July 23,
1934.
The only police accompanying the
G-men on that occasion were several
members of the East Chicago, Ind.,
force. It was to a police sergeant of
the Indiana town that the "woman
in red” first gave her tip on the where
abouts of Diilinger. The East Chicago,
Ind., officer referred her to the Chi
cago office of the F. B. I., which ar
ranged the trap. The Chicago police
were not in the confidence erf the De
■prtment of Justice at that time and
knew nothing of the shooting of Dii
linger until the theater manager
phoned that a “hold-up” was taking
place.
Washington
Wayside
Tales
Random Observations
of Interesting Events
and Things.
D. C. TAGS.
UNLESS you get out and about
like H. M. Harlan, you may
not realize just what it means
to live in Washington and
have D. C. tags on your car,
Mr. Harlan found out on a recent
trip to Georgia. Briefly across the
border, he stopped at a filling station;
a sort of wayside stand of pumps
quite unlike the port-cochere arrange
ments which are called filling stations
in Washington.
As the ancient attendant filled the
tank, Mr. Harlan calculated the exact
price of the fuel, plus the 6 cents a
gallon tax.
“You gave me too much,” the
proprietor protested.
The Washington traveler defended
his mathematics, explaining the pro
cedure in the smallest detail.
“Oh, the tax,” the filling station
man said, “you should not have in
cluded that. We re not allowed to
charge you Government people for it.”
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TECHNICAL.
‘In view of the fact you don’t
have a Police Court record, I’ll take
your personal bond this time," Judge
Robert E. Mattingly said patroniz
ingly to a youth who faced him on a
charge of drunkenness.
‘ Couldn’t you just make it a
small fine, judge?" the youth
pleaded. "You see, I havent got
very much money."
A personal bond, of course, means
only that the defendant promises to
be a good little boy and not return
to further annoy the court.
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LIKENESS.
rPHOSE funny looking photographs
turned out “in 10 minutes” for
passports never looked half so funny
as the one a member of The Star staff
found on his desk the other day as he
was preparing to go abroad.
He had posed for a picture in The
Star studio. Later he telephoned and
asked for a print.
“Print up that negative on the left
in the rack,” a photographer leaving
for the day told a man on the late
shift, and send it to Mr.-,
The next morning a fine likeness of
Soko, prise chimpanzee at the Zoo,
appeared on his desk. The photog
raphers still insist it was due to a
mix-up of negatives for the current
series on Who’s Who in the Zoo. but
there are some who say!
* * * *
BATH.
lV/TOST wrist watches drown when
1 1 you swim while wearing them,
but the one belonging to Clarence Jor
dan just went on strike for a little
while, then came back as good as ever.
For 25 minutes of a recent after
noon, Jordan splashed gleefully in the
salty waters of the Chesapeake, his
watch accompanying him throughout
his tryst with the waves.
When he looked at it, once back
ob shore, it was quite dead: promised,
indeed, to stay that way. It did not,
however, for some hours later, Jordan
discovered it to have resumed its re
fined ticking. It has been doing so
ever since.
An interesting variation on the
theme of a man biting a dog. our
operative insists.
* * * *
SPECIFICATIONS
TDICHARD N. ELLIOTT, the former
V Indiana Representative, who now
is acting controller general, is not
in the slightest awed by the pontifical
atmosphere that for years has sur
rounded that office.
Headed for lunch, he invited a
friend to join him.
“Where to?’’ was the query.
v
“Oh, it's a line place," responded
Elliott. “They give you a lot of food
and they don’t charge much for it.”
* * * *
/. Q.
The man and wife sat before the
bench in Police Court. Each was
charged with assault on the other.
A policewoman testified that the
woman’s “I. Q.“ (intelligence quo
tient) was only 59.
“What is his I. Q.7” asked Eugene
Carusi, assistant district attorney.
“I don't know—I’m not a psychi
atrist,” the policewoman replied,
and Carusi called the next witness,
a policeman.
-Do you know what his I. Q. is7”
Carusi asked.
“Sure I do,” replied the bluecoat,
pridefully.
-Well, what is it7”
“He's a huckster,” almost shouted
the policeman in seeming glee.
NURSE AT PROVIDENCE
DIES AT AGE OF 70
Sister Pauline, 70, of the Daughters
of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, 10
years on duty as trained nurse at
Providence Hospital, died Saturday
night at the hospital after a short
illness.
Funeral services will be held at •
a.m. tomorrow in the Providence Hos
pital chapel. Burial will be In Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Sister Pauline was the former Mary
Ann O’Toole. She is survived by two
sisters, Miss Della O'Toole and Miss
Elizabeth O’Toole, both of Worcester,
Mass.
FUNERAL IS HELD
Mrs. Mary McMahon Randolph,
1301 Madison street, who died Satur
day in the Episcopal Eye, Ear and
Throat Hospital, was burled today in
Mount Olivet Cemetery. Funeral serv
ices were held at the Church of the
Nativity, Brightwood.
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LANDON IS READY
FOR NOTIFICATION
Acceptance Speech Virtually
Complete, He Prepares
for Visitors.
By the Associated Press.
TOPEKA, Kans., July 20. — Re
freshed by an overnight break in th«
beat wave ard encouraged by addi
tional pledges of support from avowed
Democrats Oov. Alf M. Landon began
bearing his desk today for Thursday’s
notification ceremonies.
The Republican presidential nomi
nee’s acceptance speech, which also
will open his drive to oust the Roose
velt New Deal, virtually was In final
form and the governor planned to de
vote as much time as possible to Vis
itors arriving for the notification.
The Chamber of Commerce esti
mated more than 100,000 persons
would come here for the occasion, the
number in excess depending on
whether the oool spell continues. Heat
that has sent the temperature above
100 degrees for 17 consecutive days
was broken last night by • cool, high
wind.
City Already in tiaia Dress.
Early arrivers found Topeka already
in gala dress. Landon pictures and
posters, Kansas sunflower emblems,
flags and red, white and blue bunting
adorned downtown buildings and poles.
Mrs. Landon and the children, her
mother and Gov. Landons father are
due tomorrow morning from Estes
Park, Colo., where they have been
vacationing in the mountains. They
planned to leave Estes Park at noon
today and board a train at Denver
this afternoon.
Gov. Landon spent most of the
week end at the executive mansion.
Callers included Hill Blackett, di
rector of public relations of the Re
publican National Committee; George
Rothwell Brown, writer for the Hearst
newspapers: William Hard, radio
commentator, and the Governor's
uncle, William Mossman of Pitts
burgh, Pa.
All-Day Program Set
The notification ceremony will
begin at 8 p.m. icentral standard
timei. The throngs will be enter
tained beforehand by an all-day pro
gram of Indian dances, receptions,
teas, luncheons and music, climaxed
by a parade in which 10.000 persons
are expected to take part.
The Governor's office made public
copies of letters from Edwin M. Way
land, Covesvilie, Va.; Q. E. Knight,
Chicago; John W. Craddock, New
Orleans, and Rosemary B. Chappel,
I.o6 Angeles, describing themselves as
Democrats and pledging their support
to the Republican nominee.
Alfonso
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were Socialists and Communists, who
said the garrison at Jaca, 30 miles
south of the French border, had
joined the rebellion after defeating
government forces.
Railroads Are Cat.
Rail communication between Huesca
Province on the northern border and
Madrid were reported cut by the
destruction of a section of railroad.
The French tourist also said:
“All day Sunday we saw an un
usual number of trucks rolling through
the streets of San Sebastian and
the suburbs. They flew red flags and
were loaded with armed worker! who
seemed to be serving the police.
“We failed to see a single uniform
of the assault or civil guards all day.
“Leaving San Sebastian in the
morning by automobile, we found the
roads barricaded just outside of town.
We were treated politely, but had to
undergo a careful search by guards,
an of whom were workers, among them
several women with revolvers in their
hinds.”
The tourist said his party was the
only one to cross the frontier, where
customs agents were anxious for news
from the Interior. Since Saturday,
when many Frenchmen hastily crossed
the frontier, only Frenchmen with
passports have been allowed to enter
Franca.
MONARCHY MOVE DENIED.
Establishment of "Rightist” Regfcne
Reported Aim of Kebab.
PARIS, July 30 (S’). — Spanish
»ourc°s close to the situation said to
day tne present reoel movement serve
the overthrow of tm Leftist “popular
front” government and the establish
ment of Rightist rule in Spain.
These sources said the movement
definitely wai not aimed at the resto
ration of the monarchy.
LOYALISTS SEIZE SHIPS.
Kebd 0;cers Held an Board ia Mo
rocco Port.
TANGIER, International Zone, Mo
rocco, July 20 {&).—Seven Spanish
warshipe arrived in the harbor here
today on a mysterious government
mission, with their officers imprisoned
by loyal crews.
It was assumed ashore the officers
had joined the Franco revolt, but how
the crews overpowered them was not
known.
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ARMY UNITS READY
TO RE-ENACT FIGHT
First Battle of Manassas to
Be Staged Tomorrow
Before Spectators.
By a Staff Correspondent oi Tne Star.
MANASSAS, Va, July 20—The
stage was set today for the re
enactment of the First Battle of
Manassas near here at 2:30 p.m. to
morrow.
Opposing Union and Confederate
forces, represented by 2,000 Marines,
Army and Reserve officer units, have
been encamped since Saturday near
the Henry House on I.ee Highway,
where the anniversary battle will be
fought.
Unlike the original participants,
they already have been over the Bull
Run battle grounds in practice drills
and will go through a final dress re
hearsal this afternoon.
30,000 Spectators Expected.
Automobiles which are expected to
bring at least 30,000 spectators to the
scene tomorrow will not be entirely
out of place in the general scene. In
a manner they will represent the
hundreds of carriages driven to the
battlefield In 1861 by Washingtonians
who expected to witness the squelching
of • rebel” forces at the hands of Brig
Gen. Irvin S. McDowell.
The motorists, like the carriage j
occupants of 75 years ago. will see |
Jeb Steuan s Cavalry and Stonewall
Jackson's Infantry regiments with
stand the Federal assault of Henry
Hill as a prelude to the Confederate
victory that made the Southern •'up
rising” a four-year war.
Blank Shelia to Be Fired.
“Mimie” balls and musketry fire |
of the 1861 battle sctoe will he repre- j
sented by 170,000 rounds of blank i
rifle, pistol and artillery shells
Directional signs on all principal [
highways point to the battlefield to j
aid motorists. Virginia State police- j
men and Citisens' Conservation Corps (
men will direct traffic.
An hour before the sham battle,
a program, which includes a narra- j
tion of events leading up to First j
Manassas.” by Dr. Douglas S. Free- j
man, Richmond historian, will atari,
at 1.30 p.m.
.
Hratiro
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and raptured, while others report his i
rebellion is gaining headway.
Through It all Mai. Franco scan*
the newspapers and eagerly questions
any one who might have any informa- ;
tion.
**Tt i* most distressing,** he said,
“this inability to find the truth.”
Accounts fault Him.
Mai. Franco believes that wide- |
spread social unrest in Spain lies ft
the bottom of the present rebellion,
Tf this is the case, however, he can
not account for the fact that the revolt
seems entirely in the hands of Fascist*
and monarchists in the army, unless
these militarists are trying to further
their personal political ambitioni by
striking while the country is tn the
rhroes of economic distress. The lack
of reliable information, he pointed
out, makes it virtually impossible to .
fix certainly the immediate cause.
His brother, he said, became chief
of staff after Premier Quiroga came
into power, and had not taken an ac
tive part In political strife prior to
that time.
“In 1931," Maj. Franco said, “my
brother took only a minor part,. He
did not seem interested in the issues.
I was fighting then for a political
ideal—the right of the Spanish people
to have a republican form of govern
ment.
Sees l.itile Hope for Xing.
“I will fight for an ideal.” he con
tinued, “and that is all. T am not
interested in personal advancement.
It may be that the rebel forces now
are fighting for a political ideal of
their own, but If they are seeking the
restoration of former King Alfonso
XIH as ruler of Spain I believe they
are doomed to disappointment. I
don't think my country will ever go
back to a monarchy.”
Maj. Franco has been in this coun
try about eight months, and has lost
touch with developments at home.
“Things happen so quickly in
Spain,” he said, “that one must be
there to really know what is going on.”
He pointed out, however, that Spain,
with a total population .of 25,000,000,
has about 1.000,000 unemployed.
“That is too much for Spain,” he de
clared. • My country has been
baissAsd by su ites and ihe' e it wide
spread social unrest. It docent ap
pear that the working people have
gone orver to the rebels, but the latter
may be eounUng on their sympathy
and, perhaps eventual support.”
The present Leftist government
came into power as a result of the
February elections. Maj. Franco said
he did not know where the new gov
ernment had been trying to curb the
military forces, but said there had
been no changes in the diplomatic
set-up.
CARNIVAL OPENS TODAY
A carnival will be held by Holy
Comforter Church on the campus of
the Parish School at Fifteenth and
East Capitol streets, beginning today
and lasting through Saturday.
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The National Scene
BY ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH
CINCINNATI, July SO.—The attempted attack upon the King
of England emphasizes the necessity so little understood by
many civilians of protecting rulers of nations against danger
of assassination. The English monarch is one of
the safest in the world if mortality figures mean
anything. Yet seven unsuccessful attempts upon
the lives of English rulers have been made during
the last century, precautions taken by thoae in
charge of the King’s safety seem somewhat in
adequate, since Edward the Eighth is reported u
going about aipong the people almost wholly un
guarded. Personal courage cannot, however,
ward off attacks by determined killers, or even
mere lunatics.
Unfavorable comment upon the elaborate pre
cautions taken to protect President Roosevelt,
particularly the force of armed guards provided
on the night of his acceptance speech, are made
without a realization of the danger to which the head of a nation is
exposed whenever he is in the presence of a large crowd. In view of
tragedies that have occurred, the protection of the American President
should be in future increased rather than relaxed.
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Concert Lovers—On Land and Water
A view of some of the concert lovers who took to canoes to listen to the first Summer sym
A general view of the audience, that was estimated to number close to 10,000 persons.
- Star Staff Photos.
SLAYER OF FAMILY!
IS HELD FORCIBLY
Sunday School Leader Put
in Straight Jacket After
Fighting Guard.
Ev h« Associated ’•ress.
ERIE, Pa, July 20.-A AO-year-old
Sunday school superintendent ac
cused of slaving his wife and two
children, mumbled Incoherently today
about a cardinal sin” after spending
a night in a straight jacket.
The prisoner, Samuel C. Weed,
quoted by Acting Police Chief Richard
J. Dundon as admitting he fatally
beat his family with a machinists
hammer, was placed in the jacket
after he anatched at a guard'* pistol
and fought for its possession.
The wife and two curly-haired chil
dren, David. 5, and Charles, J, were
killed Saturday morning. They were
found by Mrs. Edna Reck, a distant
relative living arross the street, after
Weed came vo her home hinting about!
the tragedy.
Jumped in Path at Car.
He threw himself into the path of i
an automobile a few minutes later, !
receiving slight injuries.
Dundon quoted the man as saying:
”1 committed a cardinal sin. I
didn't want my wife and children Vo
live. They were white and clean."
The officer said Weed did not talk
further about the “sin "
Patrolman Robert Holmes, a 190
pound man, was placed beside the
hospital bed of the 125-pound Weed.
Suddenly the prisoner grabbed Ihe o'
Peers gun and the two struggl'd f«r
its possession. Pny.kians and nill's ti
helped suoaue Weed.
Had “Lived Quiet Life.”
County Detective Leroy Search said
he failed to find a blemish In the
accused man's life, adding:
“He lived a quiet life, had been a
Sunday school instructor and appar
ently a normal citizen.”
Three charges of murder were sworn
out against the prisoner. Authorities
said his arraignment may be held
up until tomorrow or Wednesday, after
he is recovered sufficiently to go to
jail.
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Rhodes
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shall "have power to take possession
of any company or association when
ever in his judgment it is insolvent or
is knowingly violating the laws under
which such company is incorporated,
and to liquidate the same in the man
ner provided in the laws of the United
States in respect to national banks."
The reference to company or associa
tion refers to a building association or
building and loan association doing
business in the District of Columbia.
Although the controller has taken
over several insolvent banks in this
city, the Fidelity is the first building
and loan association ever to be thrown
into receivership ny the controller
himself and put in the hands of a
receiver.
The case is thus setting a precedent,
and because of the difference between
a bank and a building and loan asso
ciation, authorities Indicated It would
be some time before any definite Indi
cation could be given as to the remits
of the investigation.
Concerning the statement of Rhodes
in regard to a recent dividend paid
by the association. It was pointed out
that under the law the controller's
office could have prevented the divi
dend only by throwing the institution
Into receivership. It was said that
the controller did not have authority
before taking over the association to
Stop payment ef a dividend. _ *_
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Spanish Premier
JOSE GIRAL PERIERA,
The third premier Spain has
had in three days
—A. P. Wirevhofo.
Spanish
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up the situation shortly after noon,
stated “except for Valladolid and
Zaragoaa, the rebellion has been
broken completely or almost com
pletely dominated” on the peninsula.
The official announcement stated
Gen. Francisco Franco, leader of the
rebellion, had fled from Southern
isoain by seaplane, apparently ’ra\
ing h’S forces
right at Maine Barracks.
The fight at La Montana barracks
was the most serious at Madrid.
The blasts of artillery shells echoed
through the city more than four hours.
Loyal airplanes roared overhead, as
sisting the bombardment.
Other planes scattered leaflets urg
ing loyalty to the government, par
ticularly on the part of soldiers.
At times volleys of rifle and pistol
fire were heard in the streets as
assault guards subjugated disorder
ly elements, but this street fighting
had practically ended by noon.
Gen. Franjol, commandant of I*
Montana garrison, was removed to
security headquarters as a prisoner.
Thousands of armed Socialists,
loyal to the Leftist government, joined
the assualt guards in suppressing the
military uprising in the capital. They
fought several hours against the re
volting garrisons, forcing capitula
tion in all cases.
Socialist and Communist militia
men petrolled the streets and out
skirts of the city all night long in
requisitioned automobiles.
The barracks at Carabanchel sur
rendered under intense artillery fire.
Casualties were reported, but the num
ber was not immediately determined.
Socialists, Comm on isle Parade.
Groups of Socialists and Commun
ists paraded the streets in enthusiastic
victory demonstrations, predicting that
the news of the rebel surrender in the
capital would demoralize the remain
ing rebels in Spain, although there
might be a "forlorn hope” attack on
Madrid.
Labor groups, including Socialists, ]
Communists and Syndicalists, issued
the following radio proclamation:
"With courage and decision, the
workers have triumphed against their
enemies.
“All barracks are in the hands of
friends of the government. The re
bellious (enlisted men) were betrayed
by their officers, who placed them
under the control of Fascism.
"After dominating Madrid, we will
send more forces any place they may
be needed for the triumph of the pop
ular front."
• With a British warship on the way
from Gibraltar, the plight of British
citizens In the reputedly partially da
stroyed city of Malaga was reported
critical. Several Britons were reported
marooned there by opposing ele
ments.)
Earlier the government announced
that by this action the rebellion in
the capital was completely dominated.
The government declared it was in
“complete control of everything.”
The interior ministry announced the
suspension of all banking operations
throughout the country for 48 hours.
A moratorium was decreed for all
commercial debts and a. 2.000-peseta
($280) limit was placed on withdrawls
from banks.
Augusto Barcia, minister of staie,
thanked the people by radio for
“their heroic conduct, which is in the
best interests of the nation in this
decisive moment for our future, for
Spain, and for the republics future.”
After the bombardment of La Mon
tana Barracks, on the outskirts of the
city, the only sounds heard as the day
wore on were scattered shots of rifles
and pistols, apparently in mopping up
operations through the city.
Rebels Suffer Heavy Losses.
It was understood that the rebels
in La Montana suffered heavy losses.
When the loyal forces gained con
trol the government took over the
building, which was badly battered.
It was reported that loyal troops
had dispersed other rebel forces ap
proaching the capital.
The telephone lines to Paris, which
had been cut for three days, were re
paired.
Reports from various sources indi
cated the fighting amounted to a vir
tual war between Fascists and anti
Fascists. Spain's Fascists, in general,
favor the restoration of the monarchy,
although many of them are Republic
ans, who merely desire a strong cen
tral government.
Much of tha fighting appeared to be
attempts to gain control of the air.
From Gibraltar came the report that
the rebels threatened an air-bombing
attack on Madrid ur'ess the govern
ment capitulated.
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GREEK BILL SOLD
BY RIGGS ESTATE
Historic Home of L Enlant
to Become Headquarters
of Catholic Order.
Historic Green Hill, until recently
home of the laie Col E Francis
Riggs, was sold today by the Riggs
estate to the Congregation of the
Resurrection, a Catholic order which
will use it as a national headquar
ters.
Green Hill will be used as a school
of education for the priests of the or
der. Thirty priests and students will
comprise the initial group to take
residence in the historic manor in two
weeks.
The property was famous as the
home and for almost a century the
burial place of Maj. Pierre Charles
h'Enfani, who designed the city of
Washington in Revolutionary times
the place was known as Chillum
Castle Manor, and was occupied by
William Dudley Digges, L'Enfant's
benefactor in the closing days of his
life. It came into possession of the
Rigg3 family in 1824
The Congregation ol the Resurrec
tion was represented in the transac
tion by Father Michael Jaglowitz,
head of the order at Rome, and Father
Startzynski, American head of the
order and publisher of a Polish news
paper at Chicago. The sale was an
nounced by Edward N. Bums, vice
president of the real estate firm of
Bradley, Beall and Howard
The estate lies to the east of Age>
’OiO, which runs from the Riggs road
at The north 10 tre Queens Chanel
oad to toe south, leading ;o Hyatts
vilie.
ORCHESTRA OK
WATERGATESERIES
10.000 Throng Riverside to
Hear Wallenstein Lead
80 Musicians.
Thai Washington'* interest in Sum
mer symphony concerts has not
dimmed was demonstrated beyond
any doubt last night, when the second
season of “Symphonies on the Polo
mac” was inaugurated.
When the young guest conductor,
Alfred Wallenstein, walked on the
stage of the Water Gate Amphitheater
to direct the orchestra of 80 Wash
ington musicians he was greeted by
an audience estimated at between
9.000 and 10,000 persons. '
Thousands sat along the park wav
and on the terrace. Hundreds of
others stood several deep in the TJn
coln Memorial Plaza, on the Arling
ton Memorial Bridge and along ths
Memorial Causeway.
The musicians, garbed in Summer
attire, played on a stage built partly
on the roadway and partly over th»
water's edge, instead of the barge
used last year. The huge sounding '
board shell used last year also was
absent. The sky was the musician-:'
roof as well ss the audience's. *
high sounding board provided a white
background.
First »t VI Concert*.
The concert was the first in a sen.-*
of 22 to be presented by the W? n
ington Summer Concerts Association,
which was formed by musicians of
the National Symphony Orchestra
early this Summer after the National
Symphony Orchestra Association
abandoned its plans for Summer con
certs.
I
There were only two things missing
from the near-perfect setting last
night—the moon and amplifying
equipment. The musicians were un
able to explain the absence of the
moon from a perfect sky, but Violin
ist Paul Brightenburg informed tha
audience after intermission that th?re
had been an unexpected delay in the
arrival of the sound equipment. He
added that it would be installed in
time for Wednesday s concert.
Everybody seemed satisfied with in*
new orchestral stage except the non
paying customers in the yachts and
canoes. They told their friends on
sHhrP thot it. y»/a< nip* out th*r* nr the
river, but they couldn't hear the music.
The marine element took heart, •
however, upon hearing the amplifier*
are to be installed.
The audience was amused when thev
saw a policeman on the stage. During
a short intermission between numbers,
Wallenstein turned around on his plat
form to find himself face to face with
the law. The officer handed the con
ductor a telegram, about-faced and *1
walked ofT
The telegram, Wallenstein felt,
could have waited, but somebody told
the officer to take it to the stage and
del’ver it in person. The officer obeyed
and the crowd wondered.
Audience Mieses Dog.
One of the audience was heard it*
remark on the absence of that friendly
little dog. who, at last year's first con
cert. walked up the gangplank to th*
stage to look the orchestra over.
Two airplanes obligingly waited un*
Ml intermission to fly over tile amphi
theater.
Despite the absence of amplifying
equipment, the acoustics of the amphi
theater made possible appreciation by
the audience for some distance beyond
the farthest paid seat. During the
playing of certain parts, however, it
was difficult for those on the extreme
sides to hear the music. This is ex
pected to be corrected by the ampli
fiers.
After the concert, Wallenstein, who
will direct the Wednesday and Friday
concerts, said that all the credit for
these presentatians must be given the
musicians themselves “and not the
conductor.” He declared the mu
sicians are to be commended for going
ahead and arranging a second season
of these popular concerts.
The plans of the concert association
comprise three concerts each week, on
Sunday, Wednesday and Friday,
through Sunday, September 6.
Wallenstein returned to New York
this morning because of business en
gagements in connection with the
program of the Mutual Broadcasting
system for which he is general musical
director of station WOR. He will
return tomorrow night, accompanied
by Miss Eunice Norton, who will ap
pear as soloist Wednesday night at
the second Water Gate concert.
Miss Norton. American pianist, ha
appeared as soloist with the New Vo:,.
Phihainnnic Symphony, toe Pul.* -
dslnnia O.chesti*, Boston Syaipnorv
Orcnestra, and the Minneapolis, Cin
cago and London Symphonies. A
native or Minneapolis, sne was sent
after graduation from the University
of Michigan, by music patrons of
Minneapolis, to study with Arthur
Schnable In Berlin and Tobias
Mattay in London. She made her
debut in New York In 1932 and then
was presented in concerts on a Nation
wide tour.
The orchestra on Wednesday night
will play compositions by Von Weber,
Liszt, Johann Straus, Rossini and
William Grant Still, whoae excerpts
from Afro-Amtracan Symphony will
be one of the features of the program.
Peltier Comet
Soon to Be Visible
In Northeast Sky
*
Will Be ISearest Celestial
Object to Earth Ex
cepting Moon.
Tow in the northeastern aky just
after dark stargazers with sharp eyes
or small telescopes within the next
two or three days wilt be able to see
a strange visitor to this part of the
solar system—Peltier’s comet.
It will become brighter each day and
will attain maximum visibility on or
about August 4, when it will make
its closest approach to the earth—
about 16,000,000 miles. With the ex
ception of the moon, it will be at that
time the nearest celestial object to the
earth. «
Hie comet, with its visible tail will
be first discernible in the constella
tion of Caasiopea, a W or M shaped
group of stars now in the northeastern
heavens in the early hours of dark
ness. As the night goes by it will
slowly ascend the aky so that by 2 or
3 o’clock in the morning it will be
high overhead.
During the next It days tt will
change position rapidly.