Evening Star Newspaper, July 17, 1930, Page 1

WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Mostly cloudy tonight; tomorrow part: g‘ cloudy, probably followed by local undershowers tomorrow afternoon or Temperatures—Highest, 86, at 2:30 pan. yesterday; lowest, 67, night. 5:30 a.m, today. Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 13,14 & 15 Pu.l’; report on page 9. Bureau Forecast ) ht; at No. 31,488, post office, Entered as second class matter Washington, 2 T ANOTHER ARREST IN BAKER CASE E @h L WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION D0, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1930 -FORTY-EIGHT Foening Star, PAGES. #%* “From Press The Star's car (#) Means Associated to Home Within the Hour” rier system covers every ity block and the regular edi tion is delivered 1o Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed Yesterday’s Circulation, 109,179 TWO CENTS. Press. ECTED DETENTION OF BARRERE [SHAPIRO REFUSES MAY CAUSE ARREST OF NEW MURDER SUSPECT Gloth and Kelly Leave to Bring Man Here CIRCULAR LEADS POLICE TO ACT Searchkfor Prisoner Under Way for Two Months The capture in Montreal of Herman H. Barrere, itinerant painter, wanted for questioning in connection with the murder of Mary Baker, is expected to lead to the arrest of another man, it was indicated this afternoon by | ‘Washington officers, who are| speeding toward the Canadian city to take Barrere into custody. Dispatches from Troy, N. Y, through which the Washington officers passed shortly after 1 o'clock this afternoon, en route to| Montreal, said that the finding of Barrere would serve to facilitate the investigation of the murder mystery, but that another man is involved in the further inquiry. ‘The officers who have gone to Montreal to bring Barrere back to Wasbington | are Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, chief of the | homicide squad of the Detective Bu- reau; Commonwealth-Attorney William newspaper men who_are on the with the officers that ‘e pjsns turn with Barrere as soon as possible mnd take him before a special grand %rlz on a first degree murder charge Arlington County Circuit Court is i session, he said, and a grand jury ©an be imj within a few hours. Early reports from Montreal indicated that Barrere was planning to fight extradition to the United States, but Gloth said he did not expect to run I‘r‘:nw any international legal complica~ ns. “If Barrere walves extradition,” Gloth said, “we will start back to ‘Washington with the prisoner imme- diately, possibly tonight. If we should have to resort to extradition proceed- ings, our return necessarily will be de- layed. However, from what we have learned we do not anticipate any trouble In securing custody of Barrere under the murder warrant which I have with me. I shall ask Judge Mc- Carthy 4o call an extraordinary ses- sion of the grand jury as soon as Bar- Serue is back in the Arlington County The three officers are due to arrive in Monreal at 7:45 o'clock tonight. According to present plans they will go direct to police headquarters, accom= panied by A. E. Farland, another De- artment of Justice agent, who has been Montreal for several days investigat- ing a report that Barrere was headed | for the international boundary. | Barrere was arrested last night when he walked into the Montreal Detective | Bureau to complain of a theft of $50. A detective there immediately recog- | nized him from the description in the cireulars broadcast by Willlam S. Shel- | by, chief of the Washington Detective | Bureau, Officers Go for Suspect. A few minutes later the Montreal | authorities wired Inspecior Shelby of | his capture, and at his request the | painter was placed in jail to await the arrival of officers from Washington. Shortly after midnight Lieut. Kelly, ac- companied by Commonwealth Attorney Gloth, left for Montreal to bring Bar- rere back for questioning. The party was joined at Philadelphia by Hardy. ‘The Montreal authorities were just & few hours ahead of the Department of Justice in capturing Barrere, and had not the missing painter gone to ! the detective bureau there to complain of the theft, he undoubtedly would have heen picked up very soon. Several hours prior to Barrere's visit at the Montreal detective headquar- ters, Farland, who had trailed him to Canada, had been in conference with Capt. Gorman of the detective office and exhibited the circular .calling for ! the arrest of the painter, Captain Recognized Man, ‘With the description of Barrere fresn in his mind, Capt. Gorman recognized him almost immediately. While In- spector Foucault and Sergt. MecCoy stened 'to his story, Gorman walk:d jnto another rcom and telephoned the inspector to detain the man. He was then subjectec to a severe grilling. At that Barrere was not hard ‘o identify. His signature tallied with the specimen signature carried on the look- cut circular sent out from Washington. His tattoo marks also coincided exacrly | the homicide squad, that Barrere was | | I | Barrere, fl".’.:‘""“!‘“"’ rlington County common -wut's-kutl’u. FIGURES IN BAKER MURDER QUIZ T0 SGN IMUNTY INHORTGAGE QU Realty Man Warned by Sen- ator Blaine That Govern- ment May Take Action. HALF DOZEN TESTIFY OF INVESTMENT DEALS Examination of J. W. Jacobs of .B. F. Saul Co. Delayed by Senate Committee. The refusal of Jacob - Shapiro, an officer of the Joseph Shapiro real estate firm, to sign a waiver of immunity to testify before a Senate District sub- committee investigating allsged mort- gage frauds, some of which involved his firm, was a high light of the hearing which got under way today. When Shapiro refused, on advice of counsel, to sign a waiver Senator Blaine of Wisconsin discharged him with a threat that “there will probably be pro- ceedings by another department of the Governmen The committee had heard half a dozen witnesses testify concerning transactions involving the Joseph Shapiro Co. and the B. F. Saul Co. In each cass the testimony showed that witnesses had purchased homes from the Shapiro Co., receiving no title, and months later had learned from the B. F. Saul Co. the existence of a “hidden trust” hitherto unknown to the purchasers. > J. W. Jacobs Called. After hearing these witnesses, Oscar an, xplelcul attorney for the . Brinkm: "I subcommittee, called J. W. Jacobs, vice Top: Herman under arrest in Montreal in murder of Mary Baker (TML.’ Center: Licut. Edward ponweaitirs at torney, to brin which helpgd estatiih s identity FRIENDS' REPORTS INVOLVE BARRERE Suspect Identified by Men Given Lift and by Girl Acquaintance. Herman Henry Barrere, arrested in Montreal last night for questioning in the slaying of Miss Mary Baker, first entered the investigation as a logical suspect early in May, after in- formation concerning his activities around the time of the crime was turned over to investigators by friends. Police interest in the veteran reached its height when Miss Harrison Smith of the 200 block of East Capitol street, a friend of the suspect for many years, told Lieut. Edward J. Kelly, head of acquainted with the slain Navy De- partment clerk. “She told Kelly that a short time before | the Baker girl's body was found, Barrere had come to her home on & visit. She said the suspect told of having known many girls. She said he told her of knowing a girl by the name of Baker working at the Navy Department. Barrere is sald to have told Miss Smith that he had been keeping com- pany with the Baker girl for several weeks prior ‘to his talk with Miss Smith, Told to Keep Silent. Miss Smith said she saw Barrere several days after reading of the slay- ing in the newspapers. Upon question- | ing the suspect as to whether the Baker girl he spoke of was the same girl who was found slain in Arlington County, she cays, Barrere replied: “You keep your —— mouth shut about that case.” | This story was told to Lieut. Kelly | by Miss Smith when the investigation of the murder was at its height. At the time Lieut. Ke&); attached little or no importance to story. “There might be something to the | story,” Kelly said, at that time, “but unless other informatfon we get on the ~(Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) TAXICAB FARE REDUCED TO ZERO IF PASSENGERS WILL TIP DRIVER Blue Auto Appears on Streets Announcing no Charge| te and Adds to Local Rate War. Free taxi cab service appeared on the streets of Washingtcn today to add the latest tangle in the already tangled taxi rate-cutting war . A blue taxicab was seen on P street about noon today, bearing a large sign, “Pree taxicab<tip the driver. On Tuesday a fleet of cabs took the E:{l offering rides for a nickel for the for every additional third. ° |°'i:rmu- to that the streets were flooded with the 35-cent fiatrrate cabs MURDER GUN ONLY Owner of Weapon Declares Barrere Had Access to It Before Crime. ‘The .32-caliber gun used in the mur- der of Mary Baker is the only tangible evidence in the hands of the pollcel which has developed in their investi- gation into the crime. 8o far they have been unable to de- termine in whose hand the gun was held when the three fatal shots were fired into the body of the Navy Depart- ment clerk. Ballistic experts at the Bureau of Standards have definitely determined that the bullets removed from the slain girl's body were fired from the pistol turned over to police recently by Herbert Campbell, Virginia real estate operator. | Fingerprints will not assist police in determining who held the gun when the shots were fired. The handle of the gun bore many fingerprints, most of them badly smeared. The experts, after photographing the gun for finger- prints, sald it had been carelessly handled by at Jeast half-dozen persons Gun Reported Stolen. It was weeks after the slaying that investigators first got a glimpse of the long-sought gun. It was brought to police headquarters by Campbell, who sald the gun had been stolen, and later turned up in his real estate office desk. : rgularengbel}{ uéd ‘ms suspicions e when he found the in office, instead of at his hmn,‘“v’l‘here he was quite positive it had been. He told | police that his suspicions were fur-| ther aroused in view of the fact that| he had been questioned about the weapon, after Miss Baker was killed by a “stranger with a wart on his nose.” Campbell said he knew some one had handled the gun since he had last seen 1t, because it was fully loaded, whereas he always left one chamber unloaded. Found In Office. c-mg‘beu said the weapon would never have entered his thoughts had he not been questioned about it by the “wart-nosed” man. He said he imme- diately went to his home in quest of the gun and upon not finding it re- TANGIBLE EVIDENCE 257 president of the B. F. Saul Co, as a witne Mr. Jacobs told the committee he waived immunity for himself, but was not authorized to waive immunity for the cflmrni he represented. He told the committee he could not bring all of the records of the company, but that other records showing the re- S cor were. Avaiibie: He Lot : 3 ex~ amination was postponed until the aft- it | ment's financial between the ator Blaine counsel he of immunity. Before the subcommittee recessed for luncheon, Oscar H. Brinkman, its spe- cial counsel, told Chairman Blaine that he had a list of 150 to 200 wit- nesses involving cases of formed Sen- the advice of to sign the waiver possession of information which led him to believe that there are between 1,000 and 1,500 cases of this kind on record. Home-Buying Transactions. All the cases heard this morning concerned transactions of home pur- chasers involving the Joseph Shapiro Co. and the B. F. Saul Co. In each case_the testimony disclosed that the (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) JONES TO EXPLAIN GOVERNMENT COSTS Senate Appropriations Group Head to Be Forum Speaker Tonight. A description of how the United States Government pays its way will be given the Nation tonight by Sena- tor Wesley L. Jones of Washington, chairman of the Senate Committee on Apgopfllzlom. He will deliver an address at 9:30 o'clock in the National Radio Forum, arranged by The Wash- ington Star and broadcast over the coast-to-coast network of the Colum. bia Broadcasting System. In the last sess| propriations totaling $8,000,000,000 were authorized, and Senator Jones, as chairman of the powerful Appropria. tions Committee, supervised the a thorization of every penny. He will discuss the mounting cost of govern- ment and the increasing benefits de- rived by the citizens. A Business Barometer Classified advertising is a business barometer. For the first three days of this week the public has in- serted in The Star 2,127 more lines of “Want Ads” than at this time last year. This indicates the business \r\.|/j IT GREAT IF THEY'LL Ji 5 HOLD THEIR | = 'NOSES AND \gvfmsnr oo 1 \" =/ ALy N THeY'LL FIND| = REICH THREATENED health of the community. Yesterday’s Metchandising Advertising (Local Display) TheSiar.........: 33013 turned to search his b found it, he said, in his ‘n&umn'-'{ l.%fl County au= of May. .polho For three emained with- the ZNIQMMMIIM A week later 12,500 circulars for the arrest of Herman H. Barrere, World War veteran, were published and mailed to every part of country and Rt Dol o i "atter hearing . police said, Campbell's story, had access to third of a mile and a nickel more | to take office as well April 10, the visited him at 2d Newspaper 17,891 3d Newspaper..... 7,080 4th Newspaper..., 3,864 5th Newspaper.... 3,223 Total other four Newspapers. . .32,058 There were more ads for Help in yesterday's Star than in Wednesday’s Star a year ago. Situation Ads were the same amount as Wednesday a year ago. . 3 BY DICTATORSHIP Chancellor Acts to Force New | Tax Plan Rejected by Parliament. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, July 17.—The club of vir- tual dictatorship, government by decree, was brandished over Germany today by the’ chancellor, Dr. Heinrich | S P S chancellor’s plan to the govern- in this wise, In such an eventuality, President Paul von Hindenburg, the chancellor and the finance minister, Dr. Hermann Diet- rich, would exercise, under article 48 of the constitution, an almost limitless au- thority, not responsible to a legislative body. The situation came to a head yester- day in discussion of article 2 of the finance ministry’s program, involving new forms of taxation. Article Is Rejected. In a division upon this article the government’s majority, never stable, fell down. The article was rejected, 256 to 204. The chancellor, amid cries of “Re- sign! Resign!” from the Communists, said: “In the name of the government 1 must now declare that it no longer places any value on continuation of de- fbate.” ‘Shortly afterward the cabinet met and decided to enact the finance measure by decree, an action authorized by the President, who also gave the chancellor authority to dissolve Parlia- ment. Article 48 says: and order in the German Reich afe dis- turbed or endangered, the federal pres- ident may take measures necessary for ;:’wndnn of the public safety and er.” “If the public safety Soclalists Ask Revocation. ‘The article also states that measures ecreed by the German President “are to be revoked upon demand of the Reichstag.” ‘The Botllmn’tv today introduced a motion to e the tax laws decreed last_night, and also a motion of no confidence. Under the rules of the mlchnu.b:hue‘ 'x::‘tlom'unm come a vote before tomorrow. w‘l‘he tax invoked by decree levies, it is estimated, new taxes ':mmul::- ing to $115,000,000. new taxes in- l:.;:de -' reduction of income tax ex- emptions and increases levies on gov- I0WAN ONE-ARMED SLAIN BY DRY AGENT Gun Battle Follows Delivery of Can of Alcohol on Lonely Road. ated Press. .'HTM;'I%‘N. Towa, Suly 17.—Harland (One-Arm Pete) Peterson of Waterloo, Towa, was shot and killed by a State dry agent last night in a gun battle that followed Peterson's delivery of a gallon of alcohol to the agent, authorities said. The name of the¢ agent who shot Peterson was not revealed. have made an a lrp 4 1 B et 0 ly roadside point 3 miles east of Hampton, :‘Y:n )',1'} xr-ltefl him as he o0 "'wund toward the men, car- the agents ac- In the car with Peterson were Mrs. Lois Wheeler, 26, and Cecil Vinton, 25, both of, Waterloo, They were held nding an inquest and investigation of ;haru; ‘?z‘e McNames said twe of the ts were undercover men and the 3{3: three, includi the man who prohibition shot Peterson, were State . agents, Gold-Tinted Teeth In Mountain Cow Stir Mining Men By the Associated Press. ' _WENATCHEE, Wash.,, July 17.— Cows, innocent of acquaintance- ship with dentists, but with gold- |. tinted teeth, have caused a search for gold in Adler Creek Basin, high in the Cascade Range. The jawbone of a cow, the feeth glinting with gold, was brought here today as proof of the story. Victor Koerner, Yakima miner, said he believed lime in the cow’s teeth caused free gold in grazing-ground dust to adhere to the teeth. ==z [NJUNCTION BARS GARFINCKEL STRIKE Justice Bailey Grants Tem- porary Order Against Ironworkers’ Local. Justice Jennings Bailey of the District Supreme Court today granted a tempo- rary injunction against Local No. 5 of the Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Ironworkers of America, and John A. Locher, its business agent, to prevent continuance of a strike called at the Garfinckel Building, Fourteenth and F streets. The local and its agent are directed to vacate and suspend until further order of the court the strike order preventing union men from con- tinuing their employment with the ‘Tompkins Co., which has the general contract for the buils 3 The injunction was asked by the Metal Door & Trim Co. of La Porte, Ind, through Attorney W. C. Sullivan, who claimed that because the Indiana company was using union carpenters to construct elevator enclosures in the building instead of fironworkers, a strike had been called which iater- fered with the completion of the work on the building. The union and Lacher, through Attorney James 8. Easby-Smith moved to dismiss the bill and Justice Bailey has had the mat- ter under advisement. i Contract for Doors. In the course of his opinion Justice Bailey .said: “The plaintiff is a sub- contractor of Tompkins ly, the principal contractor mf?"i‘n the erection of the Garfinckel Building and is under contract to install certain At building. ' doins this 1t ph eras g. In em- Finie 0. cenploy ‘wnion Seepenton tor lor The defandants, union metal work- ers, claim the right to do this work in order to coerce the plaintiff to employ them have called a strike the other work being done by them the building. Bipcie st (e, St ¢ TS alrea - stalled by !.hvemlfi;lmm and having them by the ironworkers or to have the remainder of the work done by the ironworkers and to specify in all future contracts for similar work that it be done by the metal workers. Interference Is Charged. “It is evident that by reason of the inter-dependence of the various parts of the construction of the building that the strike of the ironworkers will pre- vent, or at least materially delay and hinder the work which the plaintiff has contracted to do, and constitutes an unlawful interference with the plain- tiff's rights. There is no contract re- lation between the plaintiff and the de- fendant; it is not a question of m nor even between union non-1 EZ"’I,'M Court of . ‘The a eomrny was to give a bond of $1,000 to the defendants from loss by the granting of the injunction. "Record Catch Made. BOSTON, July 17 (#).—The largest single day’s catch of mackerel in six years arrived at the fish %leet “dl:’nt”.fl;n - in 1,050, poun fish, ught yester- 3 2-cent drop in ) day, causing a 2-cent ‘pw.m a pound. was affirmed by the Circuit indemnity reason of NOTICE OF TREATY CLOTURE I SERVED EWatson Begins Circulating Petition After Johnson Roars His Defiance. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator Hiram Johnson of California, w‘lnder of the opposition to the London naval treaty, roared his deflance in the Senate today, declining to agree to a lmitation on debate. . 4 | son of Indiana, Republican leader, be- gan circulating a cloture petition. Under the rules, & petition for cloture is automatically voted upon by the Senate after one full day has in- tervened between its submission to the Senate and the vote. It requires a two- thirds vote to adopt cloture. After it more than one hour all tols essary. In the meantime efforts will be continued to reach an t for the limitation of debate, which would obviate the necessity of invoking cloture. 25 or More Sign Petition. Senator Watson found no difficul obtaining signatures for the e.lomg R or the cloture . Wil a few minutes 25 or mereuu!en- B enator Watoan said he had ator Watson sal not de- clde'g Wwhether tfi glg the oa or tomorrow. e should bring it in today the vote would be taken on cloture Saturday. If he puts it in to- Torrow the vote would come on Monday. He indicated again that if an agree- ment could be reached the petition would be dropped. This solution would be preferred, since the use of cloture, however well justified, would give the gle:epvlln :l&n":’chmce to cry that it had | When the session of the Senate | opened today, Senator Watson! told the Senate that if the opposition would not agree to limit debate beginning next ! Tuesday, cloture, the only means by which the majority could curb un- necessary debate, would be invoked. Johnson Refuses to Agree. |\ “Is the Senator from California ready to agree to limit the debate?” | asked Senator Watson. m"! am k;::t," replied Senator Johnson loud es. w" ill the s«uh&: tnontinued Senator ‘atson, beginni next Tuesday at 11 a.m. debate l'l'l'.llll be limited to 10 minutes for each Senator r& let:?'h reservation and on the treaty “I will not,” shouted Senator John- n. son. “Then I would like to serve notice” said Senator Watson, “that the Senate will meet on Saturday.” “And will it also meet on Sunday?” asked Senator Johnson bitingly. Senator Watson assured the flery Californian that no Sunday session would be held. He added that Sena- (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) ——— Quake Destroys Buildings. SAN SALVADOR, Republic of Sal- vador, July 17 Thirteen in the City of Ahuachapan, El Salva- dor, were demolished by an earthquake Immediately afterward Senator Wat- | has ben adopted no Senator may speak | ha tion | in the waters of FAGES 3 CHARGES FOR PINTHIS CRASH Reckless Navigation, Negli- gence and Excessive Speed Are Complaints. SHIP LANES CONFERENCE PROPOSED TO LAMONT Steamboat Inspector Announces Proceedings Against Brooks for Loss of 49 Lives at Sea. By the Associated Press. Charges of reckless navigation, neg- ligence and navigating at excessive speed in fog have been filed by Fed- eral steamboat inspectors at Boston against Capt. Archie H. Brooks, master of the steamer Fairfax, which collided with the tanker Pinthis off the Massa- chusetts coast June 10 with the loss of 49 lives. Ship Lanes Conference Urged. D. N. Hoover, who heads the steam- boat inspection service, announced the proceedings today. He recommended that Commerce Sec- retary Lamont call a conference of ship owners establishing ship lanes in coast- wise waters and that tank ship oper- ators be requested to work out a plan for anchoring such vessels during fogs where there is a chance of collision with passenger carriers. ‘The Fairfax. a Merchants & Miners’ liner operating coastwise, was. held to have collidea with the Pinthis about six miles off Scituate. The Pinthis was a tank carrier, owned by the Lake Tank- ers’ Corporation of Wilmington, Blazing Ojl Trapped Many. Gasoline from the tanker cargo caught fire immediately, and the blaz- ing oil on the water contributed largely to the loss of life. Of the 49 dead, 16 were ers on the Fairfax and the ‘were members of the crews - it d fog, thereby u:fi'-: mn a dense fog, ca a between the Fairfay motor vessel mm Proper Maneuver Held Lacking. A second charge said the “speed was not moderate as contemplated by article 16 of pilots rules,” while the third _ ch -unskilifulness—specified that Capt. Brooks ke the proper maneuver on motor vessel Pinthis, thereby cat a collision” The final charge Oof negligence asserted that the liner's master had “neglected to have an ef- ficient and diligent search made for possible survivors who might have been floating in the water” after the collision. No time has yet been fixed for the trial board to sit. but under the usual custom it will probably convene at Boston. Its members, who will be inspectors of the Federal service, will have authority, in case their findings are adverse to the master, to suspend completely his license or to remove it temporarily, but may make no findings involving fines or imprisonment. CARROLL AND 3 HELD ON INDECENCY CHARGE Six Chorus Girls Arrested in Raid on Musical Revue in New York Discharged. used his at a speed of about 10.77 ‘Massac! By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, July 17.—Earl Carroll, producer of the “Vanities”; Jimmy Savo, comedian; Faith Bacon and Kay Carroll, chorus girls, ‘were today -held for trial on a charge of producing and taking part in an indecent performance. 8ix other chorus girls, arrested with them in the raid on the musical revue, were discharged. Miss Bacon is ace cused by police of dancing npde,. with only two fans as a moral protection Savo was the principal in a windor, undressing scene in which Miss cnrnni was one of the “wax m other girls also were models. The “Vanities” was ralded July § after a matinee performance, which today. The quake was the latest of a series of tremors which have been felt in that region for-the past few days. ‘was attended by Capt. James Coy, offi- cial police censor. The scenes objected to were eliminated from the produce tion after the raid. Musi~ Reaching Ears of By the Associated Press. IOUISVILLE, Ky, July 17—Giu- | some hand ta) the t die. ITALIAN GOES HOME TO DIE AFTER HEARING HAND ORGAN Mine-Accident Victin in Hospital Revives Memories. consul was appealed to. Passage was arranged. Yesterday del Col was at- tired in 1 new, white hospital robe. On & stretcher he was taken to the train, & window