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GUARDS KILL UNRULY CONVICT; WILD SHOTS WOUND EIGHT
“CUN MOLLS” IN SLAYINC
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MARCELLA
THESE GIRLS, Marcella Royce, 17, and Dorothy
Evans, 16, are shown in a Chicago jail after their ar
rest in connection with the slaying of a detective dur
ing a hold-up. Four men also are held in the slaying
probe.
CUN GIRLS FACE
ELECTRIC CHAIR
CHICAGO, Dec. 29 (1.N.5.).
Two girls, still in their teens,
came within the shadow of the
electric chair today because they
wanted a “thrill” and “needed
some dough.”
The girls—Marcella Royce, 17,
and Dorothy Evans, 16—sat in
a county Jail cell, relating their
story of how they flung them
selves into careers of crime,
which reached a swift climax
when Detective James J. Caplis
was shot and killed during a
case hold-up.
Meantime, Assistant State’s At
torney Harry 8. Ditchbume pre
pared to go before the county
grand jury today and ask for
indictments charging murder
against the two girls and their
four jailed companions, Frank
Freeman, Jack Burlison, Nicholas
Bruno and Tony Pape.
According to the story told by
the Evans girl, who already at
the age of 16 has been married
and divorced, she was the first
of the two girls to enter the
hold-up plot and she induced
Marcella to join up.
In their statements the girls
Indicated that they, too, carried
guns. Marcella named Tony
Pi-za as the actual killer of the
detective. Police visited Plaza’s
home, but foun . that he had dis
appeared, leaving a rifle behind.
Ths rife, according to detectives,
was used in the holdup slaying.
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SOLDIERS IN the machine gun corps of the Japanese army in trenches along the
Jisin Min front in Manchuria waiting for Chinese soldiers to advance.
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DOROTHY
GANDHI RALLIES
HIS LEGIONS
BOMBAY, Dec.. 29 (1.N.5.).
Mahatma Gandhi, just returned
from the ineffective Indian con
ference in London to an India
still more unrestful than the one
he left, today was rallying his
followers for an aggressive fight
to the finish.
The aged nationalist leader on
his first day here broke his day
of religious silence to advocate a
belligerent attitude fcr India in
her fight for independence should
peaceful means fail. He said:
“If a fight becomes inevita
ble, I invite you to be ready
for it. I will not give up my
attempts to save the nation
from a fiery ordeal, but, if there
is no single ray of hope, I will
not flinch from inviting you to
undergo any amount of suf
fering.”
Truck Driver Dies
In Crash at Luray
LURAY, Va„ Dec. 29.—Swerv
ing his truck to avoid crashing
into another machine on the
main street here today, Robert
Smith, 20, of New Market, Va„
was instantly killed when his
truck overturned. Two small chil
dren riding with him escaped in
jury.
Smith was a student at Vir
ginia Polytechnic Institute of
Blacksburg. He was driving the
truck during his Christmas vaca
tion to earn money for school
expenses.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
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Jacoby Withdraws as Lenz’s Partner Only Temporarily
GONVIGT SLAIN,
9 WOUNDED
AT PRISON
San Quentin Violator Fired on
Fleeing Guards; Smoking
Rule at Mess Defied
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Dec.
29 (1.N.5.). — Violation of a
“no smoking” rule was blamed
today for the shooting to death
of a fleeing convict and the
wounding of eight other per
sons in the worst disorder San
Quentin prison, largest penal
institution in the United
has experienced in years.
More than 40 shots were fired
by gun tower marksmen, creating
havoc behind the walls and caus
ing high excitement among the
prison’s population of approxi
mately 5,000.
Seven Are Convicts
Seven of the wounded were con
victs. The eighth was a guard.
All were characterized as "inno
cent bystanders” struck byrico
chetting bullets.
Declaring the affray was “in no
sense an attempted general out
break,” Warden James B. Holo
han announced the dead prisoner
was Hugh Adams. 24, Los Angeles
negro, serving 10 years for assault
with intent to commit murder.
Holohan said:
“He was a tough customer. He
ran amuck after defying a
guard’s order not to smoke in
the mess hall.”
While being escorted to the
office of the yard captain. Adams
broke away from his guards and
ran across the “garden beautiful”
in front of “condemned row.”
Amid the greatest confusion the
sharpshooters in the gun towers
opened lire. Hundreds of milling
convicts, going to their cells from
supper, dashed for shelter.
Adams dropped just as he was
running between two cell blocks
behind “condemned row.” He
was riddled with bullets, two of
them piercing his heart.
GOUNTYHTADS
END DUTIES
Meeting tomorrow morning the
county board of supervisors of
Arlington county, Va., will auto
matically turn in its “uniform”
and go out of existence.
An injunction having recently
been granted preventing the board
from using any of the county
funds to pay off notes on fire
equipment and additions to the
county building, the meeting of
the board will be only a perfunc
tory gesture.
Thursday evening Edwin Dun
can, a member of the board for
25 years and defeated candidate
for sheriff in the recent elections,
will retire from public office.
Also retiring that evening will
be E. C. Tumburke, of Cherrydale.
B. H. Hedrick resigns to assume
the duties of judge o f the county
court. ,
INSTALLATION
The installation of officers of
the Pentalpha Chapter, O. E. S.,
of Gaithersburg, Md., will be held
Friday at 8 p. m., in the Masonic
Hall.
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CASKET OF MARIAN McLEAN CARRIED FROM CHURCH
THE CASKET of Marian McLean, 6, slain by a fiend in Cincinnati, is being borne
from St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Covington, Ky., by playmates of the child. A congrega
tion that taxed the capacity of the Cathedral attended the funeral mass which was
sung by the Rev. Thomas J. McCaffery.
Exhibition of Cosmic Rays
Viewed by Scientists
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 29
(I.N.S.J.—The universe’s greatest
present mystery, the cosmic rays,
were put on exhibition here to
day as a series of clicks in a
loudspeaker.
Photographs of the rays in the
act of destroying atomic struc
tures were recently distributed in
New York by Dr. Robert A. Mil
likan, who believes they possibly
are produced in interstellar space
oy the building up of matter out
of light radiations.
As a feature of the conven
tion here of the Society for the
Advancement of Science, two Gei
ger counters were set to work
recording the steady bombard
ment of the earth by the mys
terious rays.
From Outer Space
The Geiger counters are mount
ed so they can be turned in
any direct' n.
In this way, it is possible for
any visitor to the exhibit to de
termine for himself tnat the
chief source of the rays is from
outer space.
None of the rays was recorded
as coming from the earth. Along
the line of the horizon fewer rays
penetrated through the added
atmosphere and buildings than
from directly above.
As the direction of the counters
is changed from above toward the
earth, they begin to click slowly at
the earth surface line. They then
are registering rays penetrating
through the buildings along the
ILETMER
BEFORE BIRTH
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 29 (1.NJ5.)
“The Stronger Sex” may be
man’s title out in the wide world,
but before birth the male is the
weaker of the two.
Dr. Sanford Winston, North
Carolina State College sociologist,
gave this dictum ’to the national
convention of the American Asso
ciation for the advancement of
science now in session here.
Lack of proper care of the ex
pectant mother is • more apt to
affect male children adversely
than females. Dr. Winston told
the assembled scientists.
Strides in the conquest of
filaria, dreaded disease parasite
of the tropics, were described by
Prof. Richard P. Strong, head of
the department of tropical medi
cine at Harvard University.
In coffee 'growing regions of
Central America, filaria parasites,
called threadworms, produce tu
mors on the head. Another type
produced the disease known from
ancient times as elephantiasis,
characterized by swelling of the
legs and other parts of the body.
It has been discovered that
these parasites are carried by cer
tain insects and war is now being
waged on these carriers of the
I tropical scourges, Professor Strong
• declared.
The National Daily
streets of this city and the at
mosphere beyond it for several
hundred miles into space.
Bombarding Gas Cells
Then, as the direction is raised
to vertical, the clicks increase in
rapidity until they reach a steady
staccato about one second apart
when the counter is aimed direct
ly at the space above, where the
atmospheric interference is thin
nest.
The rays will register their
presence continuously in this po
sition night and day until the
counters disintegrate.
The clicks emitted by the loud
speaker are the direct result of
cosmic ray bombardfent on gas
particles in chambers of the
counters.
Round Table Hears
Manchurian Topic
A discussion on whether “the
organized peace movement” has
broken down in Manchuria was
led by Dr. Fred W. Perkins, of
the Universalist National Me
morial Church, at the Washing
ton Round Table at the Univer
sity Club today.
“THE SHOW MUST CO ON”
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JEAN HARLOW BEING CARRIED BY HER FATHER
THE FAMOUS platinum blonde of the Screen is being
carried to the edge of the stage of a Pittsburgh theater
by her father to make a personal appearance. Miss Har
low insisted on making her scheduled appearances al
though she was seriously ill.
TUESDAY—DECEMBER 29—1931
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MILAN KILLING
CHARGE NEAR
CINCINNATI, Dec. 29 (1.N.5.).
A definite accusation against one
of the suspects held in the
Marian McLean murder, charging
him with the attack that caused
the 6-year-old girl’s death, ap
peared near today.
Three small girls identified one
of the men held as the same who
tried to entice them to accom
pany him last June.
The same suspect was to be
taken today before Russell C.
Chump, 28, who has told police
he saw a man standing in front
of his home with a clothes basket
about which he appeared to be
very anxious on the morning of
December 22, the day on which
Marian’s body was found. He
said:
, “When the man saw me, he
appeared very excited.”
A heavy rain was falling early
that mornnig, Chump related.
The man held an umbrella over
himself and the basket, and ap
peared “flustered” when Chump
approached.
ELY’S WIFE BACK
IN BATTLE DE
‘'SYSTEMS"
Opportunity for Brilliance
By Husband Described
By Mrs. Culbertson
Following is a description of
features in last night’s play in
the Culbertson-Lenz bridge match,
expressly written for The Wash
ington Times and International
New Service by Josephine Cul
bertson, wife of Ely Culbertson.
By JOSEPHINE
CULBERTSON
World’* Greatest Woman Bridie Player
(Copyright. 1931, by International
Newa Service)
NEW YORK, Dec. 29
(1.N.5.). —My return to the
bridge battle of 1,001 hands
as my husband’s partner last
night was signalized by our
opponents winning the firgt
rubber with hands so strong
we could do nothing against
them.
However, we made small
plus scores on the next two
rubbers and increased the lead
bequeathed to me by Theo
dore A. Lightner by a few hun
dred points.
There were a few opportunities
for interesting bidding, but none
for especially brilliant play in the
first three rubbers of the night.
The session ended with a net loss
of 250 points for us.
Ossie WiU Be Back
I was sorry to hear that Ossie
Jacoby had resigned as Mr.
Lenz’s partner, but was pleased
to learn later that the resignation
was only a temporary withdrawal
and that he would be back later
to play in the match.
Bridge is the type of game in
which one learns to have a very
sincere regard for one’s oppo
nents, especially, when they play
the game so brilliantly as have
mine in this match, and while
they may have done a little bick
ering among themselves I have
not minded it.
Chance for Ely
The first hand of the fourth
rubber gave Ely an opportunity
for very brilliant play. The hand
and bidding follow:
Mr. Lenz
4932
V 9853
♦ K 10 8 6
♦ 75
Mr. Mrs.
Culbertson _____ Culbertson
♦ AB7 Z 4KJS
VA 7 6 W K VlO 4
♦ A97 „ 4QJ532
♦JIOB4 8 ♦ A Q 6
Mr. Jacoby
♦ Q 10 6 4
VKQJ2
♦ 4
♦ K 932
The Bidding:
South West North East
1 N. T. Pass
Pass Pass Pass 3 N. T.
The opening lead was the Six
of Diamonds, undoubtedly one of
the most favorable leads which
could have been made, but it gave
to Ely an opportunity to make a
backward squeeze, that is, a
squeeze where the hand squeezed
plays after the hand squeezing it,
a very rare play indeed. He pro
ceeded to develop the hand as
follows: . •
Mr.L. Mrs.C. Mr. J. Mr.C.
Lead
1— <24 4< A 4
2— 4 3 4 2 4 7 4
3— K 4 5 4 4 4 9 4
4— 4 10 V J V 6 V
5— V 4 V 2 V 7 V
6— 4 64 KVAV
7— ♦ A ♦ 3 4 4 4
8— 4 J 4 9 4 8 4
9— 4 Q 4 6 4 8 4
10— 4 5 4 10 4 A 4
11— 4 K 4 Q 4 7 4
12— 4 J 4 Q V 10 4
13— V Q 4 K 4 J 4
Mr. Culbertson’s play of the
ace of clubs rather than the
queen on the seventh trick was
a fine play and was the de
cisive maneuver in the hand.
Vallee Speaks Mind
About Old Broadway
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (1.N.5.).
Rudy Vallee came back to Broad
way today and he wasn’t in a
crooning mood. He called Broad
wayites:
“A bunch of anglers and para
sites.”
He branded them such when
asked about his speech up in
Portland, Me., where he was re
ported to have told the hometown
folks that his Broadway “friends”
were “backslapping hypocrites,”
and he, for one, wanted to remain
a rube and a hick Rudy said:
“Yes, I said that and I meant
It.”
Naval Delegate
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VICE ADMIRAL NAGANO
THIS OFFICER of the im
perial Japanese navy will be
one of Japan’s delegates at the
forthcoming disarmament con
ference at Geneva, Switzerland.
He will represent the navy at
the conference.
LENZ ON A HUNT
FOR A PARTNER
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (I-N.S.).
The contract bridge partnership
of Sidney Lenz and Oswald Ja
coby was on the rocks today.
As the climax to a quarrel, Ja
coby pulled up stakes last night
and announced he was through.
He accused Lenz of unjust
criticism of his bidding, put his
top hat on his head, and marched
out of the hotel, leaving Lens
with the task of choosing a new
partner with whom to continue
his match against Ely Culbertson.
Lenz and Jacoby reduced the
Culbertson lead by 250 points.
When the combatants finally
called it a night, the Culbertsons
had a lead of 16,840 points.
Lenz declared Jacoby in all
probability would return to the
tournament at some later date,
but would not be on hand to
night.
BRIBCTATGR
BID ACCEPTED
NEW YORK, Dec. 29 (1.N.5.).
The frequently discussed Anglo-
American contract bridge match
between a representative team
from England and an American
team composed of ranking players
was virtually assured today.
Ely Culbertson announced that
the match will take place in New
York, probably in April or May.
The invitation for the match
was extended by a committee
formed in London, consisting of
Col. J. J. G. Walshe, bridge editor
of the London Times; Capt. Jack
Dalton, Colonel Beasley and sev
eral other outstanding British
bridge stars.
Culbertson said his wife, Mrs.
Josephine Culbertson; Theodore
Lightner, his partner during
many rubbers of the present
tournament, and Baron Waldemar
von Zedtwitz, who sat in for a
single session, already have been
selected for the American team.
NIEDICSTATCH
Bl LEY CASE
The case of little Edith Riley,
the “cupboard child,” has aroused
the interest of physicians and sci
entific societies throughout the
country, according to Dr. Edgar
Bocock, superintendent of Gallin
ger Hospital, where the child has
been since her rescue from her
cupboard prison.
Dr. Bocock has been beseiged
by inquiries from members of his
profession for a detailed account
of the child’s reaction to the
treatment she received at the
hands of her father ana step
mother, Harry and Elsie Riley.
Recently Dr. Bocock received a
letter from a French mother liv
ing in Paris, bitterly denouncing
the parents of the child and the
social system which permitted
such abuse of parental authority.
Edith is still being showered
with Christmas gifts from every
State in the union.
GIRL7I7?MISSiNG
Nellie Barnes, 17, has been
nrssing from her home in the
3600 block Canal Rd. N. W. since
December 20. according to a re
port to police yesterday.
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