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THE WEATHER
Cloudy and cooler tonight and Friday) proba
bly shower*; moderate north to northeast winds.
Temperature yesterday—Highest, 84; lowest, 69.
Humidity yesterday—Highest, 96; lowest, 58.
Full Weather Rapart on Foge 4
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HOOVER BLAMES WORLD BANKERS FOR CRISIS
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Kenilworth School Is Closed as Unsafe
CANNON FAILS TO HALT JURORS
PROBE BEGINS
WITH SNAG
AT HAND
' Clerk of House Cannot Offer
- Expense Record; 2 Clerics
Heard for But Brief Time
The Grand Jury went before
Justice James Proctor this after
noon and asked his advice sa
to how it should proceed in
regard to .the refusal of Wil-
Ham Tyler Page, clerk of the
House, to produce before it re
ports submitted by B’shop Can
non and Miss Burroughs.
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After hurdling a barrier setup
by Bishop Jamse Cannon, jr., the
District Grand Jury today ran
into additional difficulties as it
started an inyestigation of the
. clergyman’s'Bfcfributlon of polit
ical funds entrusted to him ,n
the 1928 campaign,
i Bishop Cannon,/ just at the
start of the investigation,
through a legal brief filed at the
District Attorney’s office, attempt
ed to balk the inquiry by con
tending that the funds which he
/ expended did not come within
/ the purview of the Federal cor
' nipt practices act and were not
subject to investigation by the
Federal Government.
Case Goes Ahead
Assistant District Attroney John
J. Wilson, who is handling the
case before the Grand Jury, dis
regarded the Cannon brief and
i went ahead with the presentation
of witnesses.
However, the jury was able to
hear only two witnesses this morn
ing, both of them clergymen who
were associated with Bishop Can
non in his anti-Smith activities.
The Rev. Arthur J. Barton, of
Wilmington, N. C., who, with
Bishop Cannon, issued the call for
the Asheville conference of oppo
nents of Smith, was before the
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WOMAN, 2 OOGS
FOUND SLAIN
CHICAGO, Oct. 8 (I.N.S.).—A
flashily-dressed young woman was
found shot to death today in the
* rear- seat of a bullet-pierced
sedan that had been parked all
night on the South side.
Two dogs, also dead from bul
let wounds, were in the car. The
sedan also contained a jug of
wine, a suit case, a hand bag and
a man’s hat.
The license plates for the car
had been issued to, Freida Mc-
Erlane, whose address was given
as that of Frank McErlane,
notorious gangster. Police be
lieve the woman was McErlane's
wife or sister.
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ZELMA ADAMSON
WEARING HER CROWN and royal robes, Miss
Zelma Adamson, Provo, Utah, reigns as queen of Mor
mondom in Salt Lake City. Miss Adamson was chosen
as Utah’s beauty for 1931.
FOUR IWGULLVS
SAVED IN DAY
(Picture on Page 2)
NORFOLK, Va., Oct. B.—Rear
Admiral Newton A. McCully, re
tired, and three of his adopted
children escaped drowning in
Chesapeake Bay during the night
when they were picked up by a
Baltimore pilot boat after the
Norwegian freighter Verona col
lided with their houseboat, it was
learned here today.
Occupants of the houseboat left
here for Virginia Beach as soon
as they landed.
Rear Admiral McCully several
years ago adopted several Russian
children who were orphaned dur
ing the World War.
Kidnapers Torture
Victim, Free Him
ST.PAUL, Minn., Oct. 8 (1.N.5.)
Suffering severe bums and bruises
as a result of torture. Morris Rut
man. young business man, was
today released by kidnapers who
held him three days. He was
picked up unconscious and partly
clad in a street and rushed to a
hospital.
Lindberghs to Sail
For U. S. Saturday
YOKOHAMA. Oct. 8 (1.N.8.).
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh, returning to America be
cause of the death of Mrs. Lind
bergh’s father, Senator Dwight
W. Morrow, were cn route here
today from Shaighai and will Mil
Saturday, arriving at Seattle Oc
tober 20.
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BRIDGE LEAPED
UNIDENTIFIED
Plunging more than 100 feet
to the ground below, an unidenti
fied colored man met death today
in a leap from the William How
ard Taft Bridge on Connecticut
Avenue. ♦
But for rapid work on the part
of police several curious persons
might' also have toppled from the
edifice. The curious had climbed
to the bridge rail to view the
scene below when the police ar
rived.
The man’s head struck the
ground first and dug a hole more
than 4 inches deep in the closely
packed soil. The man’s death was
instantaneous, his neck being
broken, physicians said.
The man’s pockets were empty
when he was found by L. D.
Mason, Park Police officer, patrol
ling a beat near the scene.
The man is about 45 to 50
years old. and was dressed in a
blue shirt and dark blue suit. He
was of medium build. On the
left eye near the nose, was a
small patch of adhesive tape.
The Initials “J. M. N.” offer the
only clue to the identity of the
victim.
Flier New Chief
Os London Police
LONDON, Oct. 8 (LN.S.).
Baron Tlenchard. former chief
of the royal air force and a war
time combat pilot, today was ap
pointed commissioner of the
metropolitan police, suceeding
Lord Byng, who resigned because
of ill health.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1931
153 DISMISSED,
0.0. SCHOOL
UNSAFE
Kenilworth Building Locked
After Danger Is Declared
Menacing to Pupils’ Lives
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One hundred and fifty-three
students at Kenilworth School.
1410 Kenilworth Ave. N. E., were
sent home today when the mu-»
nicipal architect’s office decided
that the structure was unsafe.
Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superin
tendent of schools, issued the
order dismissing the children as
soon as he received the report
from the architect’s office, and
in a formal statement indicated
that the school building would be
permanently abandoned.
Preparations to take care of the
children were immediately in
itiated.
New Portable Due
Fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth
grade students were ordered to
report to Benning School tomor
row for regular instruction. Later,
they will be accommodated in a
portable' to be built on the
grounds of that Ifthonl which is
located on Minnesota Avenue
Northeast between Benning Road
and Foote Street.
Students in the first, second,
third and fourth grades of Kenil
worth School will have a holiday
for a week or more pending the
construction of portables in the
rear of the school lot.
Huge ci acks in the front wall
of the present building caused
the issuance of the order aban
doning it for school purposes.
Will Be Rased
The cracks have been noticed
for several months, but until the
inspection today were not deemed
sufficient to endanger the lives
of the students.
Ultimate decision as to the
fate of the building rests with
the Municipal Architect’s office,
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Policeman Takes
50-Cent Bribe; Ousted
CHICAGO. Oct 8 (I.N.S.).—Be
cause he allegedly accepted a
bribe of 50 cents. Policeman Ber
nard Waters today was without
his job. The civil service com
mission dismissed him after Fred
H. Cluff testified Waters ac
cepted 50 cents for overlooking
a traffic violation.
Windshield Makers
Sue Ford Company
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 8 (1.N.5.).
Suit for $18,000,000, alleging in
fringement of a patented wind
shield improvement, was filed in
Federal court here today against
the Ford Motor Company ,by Ar
thur L. Banker, operating the
Banker Windshield Company.
"COMPANY DINNERS DAILY"
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Miss Howe Talks on Family Morale
Company dinners seven days in
the week promise to be the rule
hereafter in the households of the
members of the class attending
the third session of The Washing
ton Times Cooking School this
afternoon at the Washington Au
ditorium. , ,
Members of the class were ufged
by Miss Eleanor. Howe, culinary
expert in charge of the school, to
make a daily fete of the family
dinner.
Said Miss Howe:
“The housewife will find ‘pret
tying* up the table and prepar
ing special dishes have an
amazing effect on the family
morale. Nothing is more de
moralizing than to sit down to
a meal, no matter how well
cooked, if the food has been
‘thrown’ an the table in an un
appetizing manner.
“Company dinners should not-
DEAN SOLS FIKE
IN EXTORTION
CONSPIRACY
Bowles and Siegal Are Among
Those Named in $151,500
Suit by Real Estate Man
Suit for $151,500, which he
alleges was extorted from him
through false allegations of as
saults upon women, was filed in
District Supreme Court today by
Edward B. Dean, sr„ against
N<tman S. Bowles. Abner Siegal. |
Robert Lloyd, Edyna C. B. Lloyd
and George Gormley.
Dean alleges in his declaration
thkt tin December 1. 1929. Bowles
fraudulently conspired to extort
large sums of money from him ,
by accusations of crime and mis
conduct, and by threats of civil
and criminal prosecution.
Charges Plot
From and after February 6.
mt it is alleged that Siegal
joined in the conspiracy, and
frotn Jitay 1 of this .year the
Lloyds and Gormley carts into the
alleged conspiracy.
The declaration says that from
December 1. 1929, to May 8, 1930,
the defendants procured and
caused women “to fraudulently
accuse him of unlawful. Improper
and criminal assaults upon them,
and to threaten to sue him and
prosecute him criminally.”
Cites Payments
On March 15. 1930, it is charged,
the defendants caused certain
persons to falsely accuse him of
alteration and forgery of a cer
tain contracts between the At
lantic Utilities Company and the
plaintiff, and threatened to sue
and prosecute him criminally.
As a result of being intimidated
and coerced, Dean’s declaration
says, the following payments of
money were made to the defend
ants :
December 9, 1929. $8,000: March
26. 1930, $22,500; May 12. 1930,
$15,000; October 23. 1930. $35,-
000; February 16. 1931, $16,000;
April 25, 1931, SIO,OOO, and May
20, 1931, $45,000.
Dean is represented by Attor
neys Edmund D. Campbell. Doug
las. O’Bear & Douglas, and Neil
Burkinshaw. .
Adams Hops Off
To See Bombing
Secretary of the Navy Adams,
piloted by Assistant Secretary In
galls, flew from the Capital today
to witness the bombing by Navy
planes of the old Navy cruiser
Pittsburgh off Tangier Island,
Va„ in Chesapeake Bay.
Reports that the airplane car
rier Langley had gone aground
could not be verified by the
Navy Department.
be restricted to special occa
sions or to days when guests are
expected. Your family should
rank as high in your regard as
outsiders, and the little time
and effort necessary to make
meals attractive is amply repaid
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In The Times Today
Page
Comics 22
Death Notic s 30
Dramatics 14
Fashion News 21,23.30
Financial News 28,29
Magazine Page 23
Radio 15
Seldes”*TruetoTypo” 13
Society 20
Sports . .. .25,20.27
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PRESIDENT MAYING ADDRESS
PRESIDENT HOOVER, today delivered an address
before the fourth Pan-American Commercia! Conference
in the Pan-American Union Building. Secretary of Com
merce Lamont alsb* is shown jin the photo.
EDISON-LINGERS
TAKES FOOD
WEST ORANGE, N. J.. Oct. 8
Q.N.S.).—Thomas A. Edison's
amazing vitality was sustaining
him today in his long fight
against death.
After an examination this
morning his physician. Dr. Hubert
S Howe, said that the inventor
appeared to be no weaker than
he was, yesterday and that he
had been able to eat breakfast.
He added:
“Mr. Edison had a very rest
less night,” Dr. Howe’s bulletin
said. “He ate a fair breakfast
and does not appear to be any
weaker than last night. His
vitality is amazing.”
The bulletin was immediately
telephoned to the White House
in accordance with President
Hoover’s request made yesterday
that he be kept informed of
Edison's condition.
Tractor Plows Field
By* Radio’s Control
NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Oct. 8
(I.N.S.).—That the farmer of the
future may sit at a switchboard
and let radio and television per
form his tasks appeared indicated
today by Successful experiments
in which a radio-controlled trac
tor plowed a furrow around a 30-
acre field.
CoWerf “Will
Brings “Yes!” So
Solos Are Duet
NEW YORK, Oct. 8 (1.N.5.).
Desiree De Frere, tenor of the
Chicago Opera Company, re
cently sent a cablegram from
Europe to Mrs. Hilda Hopkins
Burke, sopamo of the same
company, in Baltimore.
“Will you marry me?” he
wired, and then whistled to
keep up his courage until her
reply, “Yes,” came in.
Today De Fere arrived here
on the liner Paris and Tight
there on the pier, waiting, was
Mrs. Burke.
They hurried to the Munici
pal Building to get a license.
At 3 p. m.. on the Paris, the
Rev. George Castelie. of Bal
timore, was on hand to make
a duet of the soloists,"
Latins Hear
President
In Attack
On Loans
Abroad
DIAMOND'S GIRL
FEARED DEAD
BOSTON. Oct. 8 (I.N.S.).—Miss
Maiion “Kiki” Roberts, sweet
heart of Jack “Legs” Diamond,
notorious New Yor gangster, has
been slain or is being held captive
in fear she might talk, according
to Mrs. Grace Strasmick, of Rox
bury, her mother.
Mrs. Strasmick denied reports
from New York that “Kiki” would
surrender to authorities.
“Kiki” disappeared April 6.
last, as she prepared to leave
New York city with her mother.
Mrs. Strasmick saidr*—
“I hate that Diamond. He
caused all this trouble and he
has made me a nervous wreck.”
Plane Ship Langley
Reported Grounded
LANGLEY FIELD, Va.. Oct. 8
(I.NJS.).—The naval aircraft car
rier Langley appeared to te fast
aground in Chesapeake Bay four
miles south of Crisfield, today, a
civilian aviator reported Iv're. He
said he saw the Langley’s propel
lers churning mud and that other
ships were standing by, with the
Langley apparently grounded.
Famous Engineer
Dies of Hemorrhage
Monrovia, Calif., Oct. 8 <I.N.S ).
Andrew J. Wiley, 69, an inter
nationally known engineer, a
consultant on the Boulder Dam
project, and a consulting en
gineer for Great Britain in India
in 1927, died suddenly today fol
lowing a cerebral hemorrhage.
Labor for Abolition
Os House of Lords
SCARBOROUGH, York shire,
England, Oct. 8 (1.N.5.1.— A reso
lution proposing abolition of the
House of Lords was adopted amid
cheers today at the national con
ference of the Labor Party.
Hoover Plan Sends
Bourse Prices Down
PARIS, Ocv. 8 QJN.S.) .—Securi
ties on the Bourse declined sharp
ly today. Losses were credited to
reaction to President Hoover's re
ported intention to propose an ex
tensoin of the international debt
moratorium.
N Al
ep ITI off
ILL-ADVISED’
LOANS MADE
IN EUROPE,
IS CHARGE
Pan-American Address Cites
Warning of Four Years Ago;
Roosevelt Gets Ovation
Responsibility for much of the
economic distress of the world
rests with American bankers, who
have made ill-advised loans to
foreign countries. President
Hoover said in effect today in an
address before the fourth Pan-
American commercial conference.
Repeating from a statement
made to this same body four
years ago, President Hoover de
clared ■
“No nation, as a government,
should borrow and no govern
ment lend, and nations should
discourage their citizens from
borrowing or lending, unless
this money is to be devoted to
j productive purposes.”
I If this • advice had been fol
lowed during the past five years,
he said, “our problems through
out the world would be far differ
, ent, our difficulties infinitely
I less.”
Ignores Tariff
His address was made before
, the third plenary session of the
' conference, which is meeting at
■ the Pan-American Union. He did
not mention tariffs, the subject
! which has been uppermost in the
minds of most delegates, but this
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BRIOETDAWAIT
HUBBYZYEARS
CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Oct. 8
I •1.N.5.). — Plans to live apart
from her husband. George Hunt
ington Hartford, the “world’s
richest boy” and heir to a $200,-
000,000 fortune for at least two
I years until both have completed
their college studies, had been
revealed today by the former
Miss Mary Lee Epling. daughter
of Dr. G. T. Epling, of Welch.
W. Va.
j Returning to Cambridge after
their marriage at the bride’s
home and their honeymoon to
Hawaii, Mrs. Hartford took an
apartment here. She will share
it with two other- school chums
and a chaperone until she fin
ishes her studies. She is a sen
i ior and was president of her
class last year.
. Meanwhile, her husband has
• taken living quarters in a dormi
tory at Harvard University,
where he is a junior. Mrs. Hart
ford declared that she will teach
school until Hartford is grad
uated.
Factory Speeds Up
\ Clock Production
ASHLAND, Mass.. Oct. 8
• I.N.S.).—An electric clock manu
facturing plant here today began
• working overtime to produce
timepieces. Several hundreds
, hands will be added and two
’ working-day shifts will be started.
! Embezzler Shoots
J Self Dead in Court
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 (1.N.5.),
Harry S. McCormack, 68. a
■ i financier, shot and killed him
self today in a crowded court
I room a minute after a jury
found him guilty of embezzle-
’ ment.
I THE REAL
RUSSIA
Stories that make
II known a strange nev
• land to Americans—
’ Soviet Russia—“ Russia
L in Transition." Read
the first story in The
Washington Times
next Monday.
Raymond P. Brandt,
of the Washington
staff of the St. Louis
Post - Dispatch, has
written the me .t in
teresting and fascinat
ing series of stories to
’ come out of the land
of the old Czars.
In The Times next
| Monday.