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- - TIMBER FIRES RAGE .. There were also showers in parts of ONMICHIGAN STRIP Upper Peninsula Battles 12 Blazes Believed Started by Berry Pickers. By the Associated Press MENOMINEE, Mich, August 11.— Timber lands were ablaze on the Upper Michigan Peninsula today. Hundreds of drought-stricken acres were afire. Dense smoke hanging over the Mackinac Straits endangered lake traffic. Forty acres of timber and brush, blazing west of Menominee, spread to within half a mile of the city last night. A north wind aided guards in Te- pelling the fire at Menominee. The city was in little danger unless the wind veered to the West. “There can be no guarantee for the safety of Menominee should a West wind come.” Joseph M. Hornick, county conservation commis- sioner said, “unless we get rain imme- diately, the entire county is threatened.” Dozehs of Fires Rage. Dozens of fires in cut-over and timber lands raged from Sault Ste. Marie west to Marquette and south to Menominee. Conditions in many places were critical. Rainless weeks have left the area parch- ed and crisp. In Luce, Alger and Schooleraft Coun- ties 17 separated fires burned through | small timber. Blazing ve-mile lake front in Mackinac County left a heavy pall of smcke over the Straits. Vessels navi- gated the Straits at slow speed to lessen the danger of collision. A few fires, some serious, were raging in Chippewa County. ‘Three hundred men fought fires near Newberry and Cooks. Fire apparatus, backfiring, blasting and sand were being used-to fight the flames. Berry Pickers Blamed. rry pickers were blamed for the flr? at Menominee. The fire broke out last week in Blueberry Marsh and once was believed under control. It flared anew yesterday over a larger area. Three hundred acres were burning ne Carbondale, 120 acres were afire at Greenwood, and a sérious fire was re- rted near Gourney. P Fimber also crackled cross the Wis- consin line In Ashland and Bayfield ties brush and slashing blazes threatened to spread into the Moquah National Forest unit. Nearly 1,500 acres area have already been ruined. e Wis, fres advanced on farm homes and grain fields. Indians fought @ blaze on the Bad River Reser- vation near Odanah. Ten small fires were g near Wabeno, threaten- ing more than a million feet of cut Jogs on the D. W. Jones properties. HUNDREDS FIGHT FIRE SPREAD. Michigan Skyline Reddened by 17 Separate Outbreaks. NEWBERRY, Mich., August 11 (#).— Flares from blazing trees and brush t the Upper Michigan sky- 5. tonight from near Sauit Ste. Marie ‘west to Marquette along Lake Superior and south to Menominee as hundreds New York Held Dishonored by Productions of Summer Season. “Lysistrata” and “Vanities” Scored by Implication in Broadside. By the Associated Press. - NEW YORK, August 11.—The Cath- public opinion, to clean up the New York stage, which it denaunces as an “outrage of public decency.” The campaign, under the auspices of Cardinal Hayes, is directed by Mgr. | Michael J. Lavelle, rector of St. Pat- rick's Cathedral, who, in a letter to his | parishioners, declares that the New | York stage this Summer has sunk so low that it has become the “dishonor of America’s finest, noblest and most hospitable of cities.” The letter was copied in the Summer] bulletin of the Catholic Theater Move- | ment, of which Cardinal Hayes is hon- | orary president. Though neither is named in the bul- letin, productions which have been | found to be particularly objectionable are Earl Carroll's “Vanities,” which has brought, the producer and several prin- cipals into court on charges of public indecency, and “Lysistrata,” ancient classic of Aristophanes. | An editorial in the bulletin refers to “Lysistrata” as a “classic of unabashed pagan mockery, as audacious an assault upon public decency as has ever been perpetrated upon our stage.” | Concerning “Vanities,” the editorial | quotes a critic describing it as “nude and leering and close to the mood of the gutter.” Mgr. Lavelle, in his letter, e the hope that public opinion will drive indecency from the stage. olic Church has begun a drive, thrmlgh! THE EVENING I[CAMPAIGN TO CLEAN UP STAGE STARTED BY CATHOLIC CHURC MICHAEL LAVELLE. EARL CARROLL. IN'3 PRIMARES 1928 Fight Up in Alabama, Arkansas and Nebraska Voting Tomorrow. (Continued From Pirst Page.) Wooster and Charles V. Truax, once State director of agriculture. No primary opposition faces Senator Roscoe C. McCulloch, the Republican incumbent, who is a dry. DRY REPEAL IS OHIO .ISSUE. Question Brought Up by Senatorial Candidates of Both Parties. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 11 (#)— Prohibition will be a sharply drawn is- sue in Ohio's primary ‘election tomor- row. v Democrats will say whether they want the eighteenth amendment re- pealed in their choice of a candidate for United States Senator, while Re- publicans likewise will record their views on the subject in some congres- sional districts. ‘The repeal advocates are former Rep- resentative Robert J. Bulkley and George S. Myers, both of Cleveland. Former Representative John McSwee- ney of Wooster is an avowed dry, while Former Director of Agriculture Charles V. Truax of Bucyrus and former State Chairman W. W. Durbin of Kenton have virtually ignored the prohibition ue. The outstanding Republican contest in which repeal is an issue is between Representative W. W. Chalmers in the ninth (Toledo) district and Wilbur M. White, editor of the Toledo Daily Times. White is advocating repeal. VOTERS URGED TO STAY OUT. Alabama Is Stumped by Senator Heflin and His Supporters. MONTGOMERY, Ala., August 11 (#). ‘What course will be pursued by 75, BUCKLEY SLAYING DENIED BY PIZZINO Suspect in New York Line-up| Says He Knew Radio Man Only Casually. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 11.—Theodore Pizzino, 36-year-old “ladies’ taflor,” denied in the police line-up today that he knew anything about the murder of of men fought forest fires in cut-over and timber lands in the drought-strick- en area. Three new fires started near here to- day, bringing the total to 17 in Luce, Alger and Schoolcraft Counties. A brush fire near Marquette that swept a territory was believed under con- About 300 men battled fires spreading '-hlvugh and small timber near Newberry. The worst fire was re- ported near Cooks. Back-firing, mod- ern pumping nmnm and even shov- eling sand in path of fires were utilized in attempts to halt the flames. SHOWERS AND COOL BREEZES ROUT HEAT IN MANY SECTIONS (Continued Prom First Page.) Tex, and San Antonio, Tex, 96; Charleston, S. C., Vicksburg, Miss., and Birmingham, Ala. 94. Heat Lingers in Kansas. Parts of Kansas were none too com- fortable, Dodge City and Wichita re- 98 degrees and Concordia 96, but the temperatures in the other Cen- tral States were near the normal for the season, most of them in the 70s and 80s. Chicago's high for the day was %2, Cleveland's 70 and Minneapolis’ 74. New Yorkers enjoyed the coolest day in 10 days with an early moraing rain and a Northwest breeze keeping ther- mometers at 88 and lower. Louisville's maximum was also 83 and Kentucky as a whole was much cooler. A heavy windstorm injured seven persons and ; caused extensive property damage in the Louisville vicinity, but brought only & little rain. Showers in Various States. Showers fell at a few points in the corn belt and over the Middle Rocky Mountain region and in New England. Nearly all sections of Iowa received some rain yesterday, and in a few lo- calities it was heavy enough to be of real benefit to .crops and pastures. “Missouri and Illinois as well as in scat- tered sections of the Southwest. 8t. Louis received a rainfall of .4 inch, ‘but was not yet over the effects of the heat wave. Three persons died as a re- sult of prostrations earlier in the week. There were also two deaths in Cincin- nati attributed to the heat, although the mercury got no higher than 81 yes- terday. ‘The most unusual bit of weather news came from Plattsburgh, N. Y. Travelers arriving there after driving through the Eastern Adirondacks re- ported extreme cold in the mountains and a flurry of snow LOUISVILLE GALE KILLS ONE. Seven Are Injured and Property Dam- aged More Than $250,000. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., August 11.—A 70- mile gale struck Louisville and sur- rounding territory last night, killed one person, injured seven and caused prop- erty damage estimated at more than $250,000. The storm hit Lexington a ghort, time later and lightning fired a barn at the Kentucky Association race track. Sixteen thoroughbreds and the structure were destroyed with loss set at $55,000. A _14-year-old Negro boy was killed at New Albany, Ind., across the Ohio River from Louisville, when his skull was crushed by a falling tree limb. The seven persons injured included four Louisville firemen hurt while fighting fires caused by the storm. The storm struck Louisville in the early evening, the rapid sweep of the wind was followed by the wailing of fire sirens in all parts of the city, as anxious property owners summoned fire- men to extinguish fires or remove fall- ing trees that blocked traffic at various points. One Louisville building worth $50,000 collapsed and another valued at $35,000 was struck by lightning and destroyed by fire. The loss at New Al- bany and Jeffersonville, Ind., was set at_$100,000. ‘Very litlle rain accompanied the storm, hence it failed to break the five- Gerald Buckley, radio announcer, in Detroit July 23. The tatlor, who Detroit police allege is a gangland “trigger man,” was ar- rested here Saturday just a few hours before he planned to sail for Italy. Pizzino declared he left Detroit 11 days before the slaying and that his acquaintance with Buckley was of the most_casual sort. 4 John Hoffman, Detroit detective lieutenant, who brought about Pizzino’s arrest, returned to Detroit yesterday to arrange for extradition p.ren Pizzino is held as a fugitive from justice from Detroit, where he also is wanted for -questioning in the double murder of William Cannon and llins on July 3. Pizzino admitted to- day. that he was in Detroit at the time Cannon and Collins were but denied knowledge of their slaying. EXTRADITION DELAY FACED. Action Must Await Obtaining of Affi- davits From Witnesses. DETROIT, August 11 (#)—James E. Chenot, prosecuting attorney, said today that the preparation of extradition papers for Ted Pizzino, held in New York in connection with the slaying of Radio Announcer Je Buckley, must ::‘rm the obtaining affidavits from tnesses. ‘The prosecutor said that the New York law does not permit the waiving of extradition ‘and at the hegring there affidavits to support the request of De- troit authorities must be presented. The police -today were endeavoring to locate witnesses to make these affidavits. Police Commissioner Thomas C. Wilcox announced that a mistake had been made in the identification of one of three men he had said are sought in the case. Mike Morgany whom the commis- sloner had named as one of those police believed to be implicated in the assas- sination, is not wanted, he said. He substituted the name of Mike Zuerilla for Morgany in the list of men sought, but said that police have no record of such a person. Morgany was under- stood to have communicated with police through a New York attorney with an offer to surrender for questioning if his expenses were paid. The way appeared cleared for the assembly of a 23-man grand jury to inquire into the ecrime situation in Detroit. The grand jurors under the order calling for the panel will investi- gate the motives back of the killing of Buckley. Commissioner Wilcox declared that “Detroit is closed up for the first time in 10 years and will stay that way as long a5 I am commissioner.” He said that the raids on speakeasies and other resorts which followed the killing of Buckley have stopped the “rackets” and that the places will not be allowed to reopen. CAPT. HEAD IS DEAD Infantry Instructor—Lieut. Dolan Dies in Savannah. According to War Department advices Capt. Albert M. Head, U. 8. Infantry, died at Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, Colo., yesterday and Secon Lieut. Thomas C. Dolan, 8th Infantry, died at Savannah, Ga., yesterday. Capt. Head was a native of Jefferson, Towa, and served. in the ranks before being commissioned a first lieutenant of Infantry in the Colorado Nationai Guard in June, 1916. During the World War he served as a major in the Na- tional Army. At the time of his death he was instructor of the Colorado Na- tional Guard. Lieut. Dolan was born in Lowell, Mass, and was graduated from the Military Academy in June, 1929. At the time of his death he was stationed at Fort Screven, G GUNMAN RIDES-AMUCK Chicago West Side Terrorized by Man in Speeding Auto. CHICAGO, August 11 (#).—The West an Wi month drought. Light rains fell in Kentucky today, but they were of slight value to crops. Dwight F. Davis’ Mother Dies. ST. LOUIS, August 11 (#).—Mrs. Martha J. Davis, mother of Dwight F. Davis, Governor General of the Philip- and former Secretary Side was terrorized yesterday by apparently crazed gunman, who shot at pedestrians from a speeding automo- bile. None was wounded. A of War, | had her home hi yesterday after Gincek, an ex-convict. Te al o a ytielni either became iliness of two years. sty Bk by insane or was intoxi- cated. oo |QUILL FIVE DIE AS FIRE DESTROYS COTTAGE Two Others Seriously Hurt When House in Amusement " Park Burns. By the Associated Press. JOHNSON CITY, Tenn., August 11.— Five persons were burned to death and two ers suffered serious injuries in a fire that destroyed a six-room eottage located in an amusement park mear here early today. The dead are Mrs. Hugh Lee Witt, 25; her two children, Hugh Lee Witt, jr., 2. and Marie Witt, 3; Iva Witt, 16, her brother-in-law, and Paul Reeder, 25, an _employe at the park. Hugh’ Lee Witt, 26, and his father, Charles Witt, 50, were taken to a hos- pital in a serious condition. Charles Witt had concessions at the park, known as Cox's Lake, and Hugh Lee Witt had charge of firework dis- plays. Officers investigated to de- termine whether fireworks had been stored in the cottage. The fire occurred about daylight and the victims were burned to death in their beds. MUST FACE GRAND JURY QUIZ IN PEARSON DEATH (Continued From First Page.) porch to call for the police. Then I heard a terrible crash. “The young man next door said he would call the officers, and I hung around the garage, afraid to go inside. The maid and I stayed out in the back yard for about a half an hour. We couldn't hear any sound from the house and began to believe somebody must be dead in there. I went over to the neigh- bors, and the young man called the police again, and they came pretty soon after that.” Several times, while other witnesses were ‘on _the stand, Quill objected audi- bly to their statements and had to be silenced by his attorney, Charles W. Darr. The first witness was Dr. Thomas J. Kennedy of 3809 Georgia avenue, who pronounced Pearson dead. Dr. Ken- nedy said that Pearson had been a pa- tient of his for 20 years, and that he had been subject to violent nervous disorders. He said he found the body slightly bloody about the face, lying beside the dining table. Marie Washington, the colored maid, of 344 I street southwest, said she saw Pearson sitting on the back porch be- fore the argument started. She said she was not an eyewitness to Pearson’s fall and could not recall many details of the afternoon. Policeman Edward H. Henson of No. 10 precinct testified he was sent to the Quill home at 3:20 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Quinn let him in at the front door and he found the body un- disturbed. He asked what doctor he should summon and Quinn suggested that Dr. Kennedy had looked after Pearson. Declares Fight Denied. Lieut. John H. Fowler said he visited the home about half an hour after Henson's arrival. Quill was seated at the dining room table and Pearson'’s body was lying where it had fallen. Fowler said he asked Quill at the time if there had been a nght and that Q’ulnn had replied quickly in the nega- tive. “About three hours later,” Fowler continued, “after I had taken Quill to the precinct station he sent for me and told me he wanted to change his story. He admitted hitting Pearson.” Deputy Coroner McDonald, who con- ducted an autopsy over Pearson’s body at the District Morgue yesterday morn- ing, testified the veterinarian's death was occasioned by “cerebral hemorrhage and shock.” He said a plate of Pearson’s false teeth had been twisted and driven out of place, apparently by the force of a blow. There also were scratches on cne hand, on the cheeks, nose, and chin of the dead man and the interior of his mouth was lacerated. McDon- ald reported further that Pearson had had a chronic ailment of the heart and other prominent physical impair- ments. SEVEN ACCUSED IN ROW By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., August 11.—S8ix men and one woman, all of Washing- ton, were arrested on charges of dis- orderly conduct yesterday afternon after neighbors near Shaffer’s Lock, off Con- duit road, had complained that a fight was in progress at their Summer camp. Those arrested were Paul C. Leary, 800 block of Seventh street southwest; Paul Lawler, 1800 block of Belmont road; Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Evans, 3000 block of Georgia avenue; Francis Henson, 3000 block of Georgia avenue; Thomas Mc= Kinley, 300 block of Fifth street south- east, and E. J. Shiehan, 300 block of Fifth street southeast. They were taken into_custody by Policemen J. S. Mc- Auliffe and James maker of the ‘Montgomery Coun 000 Democrats who voted the Republican ticket in the 1928 presidential election was the major question engaging po- litical observers today on the eve of ‘Alabama’s Democratic primary. Senator J. Thomas Heflin and his supporters have stumped the State, urging voters to stay out of the pri- mary. Followers of Senator Heflin held “Jeffersonian Democratic” primaries in three counties the past week, polling more than a majority of the normal vote in two counties and a bare third of the votes in the other. In the gubernatorial race six candi- dates seek the Democratic nomination. ‘The winner will face Hugh A. Locke of Birmingham, running on the inde- pendent ticket with Senator Heflin. OKLAHOMA CAMPAIGN BITTER. Wrightsman Opposes Gore in Demo- cratic “Senate Race. OKLAHOMA CITY, August 11 (#). Ending a whirlwind two-week cam- paign of bitter personalities, Oklahoma’s Democrats will nominate candidates for Governor and United States Senator in the run-off primary tomorrow. For their gubernatorial nominee the Democratic voters must choose between Frank Buttram, Oklahoma City oil mil- lionaire, and colorful Willlam Henry (Alfalfa Bill) Murray of Tishomingo, who had a 65,000-vote plurality in the first primary July 29. Charles J. Wrightsman, wealthy Tulsa oil man, and Thomas P. Gore, blind former Senator, will contest for the Democratic senatorial nomination. They finished the first primary on virtually even terms. The senatorial nominee will face a stiff general election contest against Senator W. B. Pine, Republican, and an independent field, including J. C. (Jack) ‘Walton, ousted as Governor in 1923, when he ordered martial law to quell a Ku Klux Klan disturbance. NORRIS SEES 3-1 VICTORY. LINCOLN, - Nebr., August 11 (#).— Party regularity will be the principal issue before Nebraska voters as they decide tomorrow whether to nominate Senator George W. Norris for re-elec- tion as a Republican. Administration Republicans and sup- porters of State Treasurer W. M. Steb- bins, Norris' oppgnent, have charged the veteran Senator with being a poor Republican. Stebbins’ campaign has been mainly an attack of Senator Norris’ record, in- cluding his bolt to the Democratic party in_the presidential campaign of 1928. Norris headquarters predicted his re- nomination by a vote of 3 to 1, while Stebbins’ managers said they expected the State treasurer to win by a margin of 50,000 votes. FOUR ARRESTED AT CLUB Pendennis Employes, Louisville, Charged With Dry Violations. LOUISVILLE, Ky., August 11 (#)— A fourth employe of the Pen-Dennis Club, leading Louisville social organiza- tlon for men, was arrested yesterday as a result of a raid on the club by pro- hibition agents Saturday. Martin Cuneo, when arraigned before United States Commissioner Henry E. James on a charge of possession of liquor, pleaded not guilty and was held under $1,000 bond. E. C. Jutt, manager of the club; G. L. Kranstad, athletic director, and William J. Benninger, cigar stand proprietor, were arrested Saturday and released on bond. Pre- liminary hearings were set for Au- gust 22 wheels down. Both cars come down a steep incline with a double ri STAR, WASHINGTON, Here’s a new thrill for boardwalkers at Atlantic City. in the air turns three somersanlts as it leaps over the other and then lands A vaudeville team is putting on the thriller three times daily. D. 3L SMITHISISSUE. |NATIONAL POLITICS BECOMING LIVELY Dry Law Pronouncements by * Fess and Dr. Butler * Arouse Interest. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Three developments this week make national politics of more than passing' interest. ‘Senator Fess of Ohio, Republican na- tional chairman, eliminates prohibition as an issue, though himself a dry, by arguing that certain groups of both parties are wet or dry, depending on the sentiment of their regions. Nicholas Murray Butler, pronounced wet, pre- dicts that both the Republican and Democratic conventions of New York State will adopt a plank advocating re- peal of the eighteenth amendment. And tomorrow Nebraska, Alabama and Ar- kansas will have their primaries for nominations to the United States Senate. In Alabame Senator Heflin, who in 1928 deserted Al Smith, will run inde- pendently, having been Tuled out of the Democratic primaries, while in Ne- braska Senator Norris, having deserted Herbert Hoover in 1928, will face hostile Republicans who will try to rule him out of their party. Neither Will Decide Issue. Neither vote will decide the issue, for even if Mr. Norris wins the Republican nomination in the primary he then faces former Senator Hitchcock, Demo- crat, who probably will acquire some of anti-Norris Republican votes in the Autumn election. Also, Senator Heflin is trying to bring about a coalition of Hoover Democrats and Hoover Repub- licans in Alabama in the hope of de- feating the regular Democratic nomi- nee, The votes cast in both instances tomorrow, however, will be examined carefully for an indication or trend. ‘The announcement by Chairman Fess that prohibition is to be side-tracked as an issue by the Republicans means that the national leaders have found it im- practicable to try to guide local State conventions on the subject, and will be content to see enforcement planks in- serted wherever possible in support of the Hoover program. ‘With a large Republican sentiment on the wet side in New Jersey, where Dwight Morrow is the Republican nom- inee for the Senate, and in New York, where the wet Republicans, taking their cue from New Jersey, are going to try to commit the party to a repeal plank, the administration would prefer to keep nlul:i of the controversy as much as pos- sible. Tariff Seen as Welcome Issue. Mr. Fess states that he believes the people will welcome the tariff as an issue, as it will give those who are “protection-minded” a chance to ex- press themselves, and he thinks an overwhelming number would therefore support the Smoot-Hawley law. The opposition to the tariff, on the other hand, according to Democratic leaders, is not going to be made against pro- tectionism, but against excesses In various items and the damage done to foreign trade by what are deemed by the Democrats to have been unneces- sarily high rates. Mr. Fess did not mention the unem- ployment issue, but the Democrats will keep on talking about it, linking it with the effects of the tariff. Economic con- ditions will be perhaps the Jurmcxpu issue, aside from the personalities in- volved in the more or less local contests that make up a congressional cam- paign. (Copyright, 1930.) JACKSON AND O’BRINE NEAR WORLD RECORD Fifty Hours Separate Flyers From 554-Hour Flight of Hunter Brothers. By the Associated Press. ST LOUIS, Mo, August 11.—Less than 50 hours separated Dale Jackson and Forest O'Brine from a new world endurance refueling flight record as they began their fourth week aloft here today. At 7:11 am. (C. 8. T) Jackson and O'Brine had been in the air 504 hours and their motor was running smoothly. If they are still up Wednesday they will pass the record of 554 hours set by the Hunter brothers of Sparta, I, at_Chicago last month. Pield attaches today said they could detect nothing wrong with the motor as the plane soared leisurely above Lambert-St. Louis Field. Jackson, yesterday, however, reported that the oil pressure was a trifle low, but this apparently was corrected when the re- fuelers, William Brewster and Percy “Shorty” Chaffee, took a heavier grade lubricant up to the endurance plane. Interest in the flight is growing as the Greater St. Louis comes nearer the Hunter brothers’ record. More than 15,000 persons visited the field yesterday afternoon to watch the flight. After sweltering for several days, the fiyers yesterday complained of the cold weather, and Jackson told the ground crew he was getting sleepy. A rain, too, added to the tribulation$ of the Fnir yesterday, but by descending to low altitudes the ship rode out the storm. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 11, [PATRIARCH OF TREASURY, 83, 1930. .RETIRES Was Usher af Ford’s Theater on the Night Lincoln Was Assassinated. Has Destroyed More Than| $13,000,000,000 in Torn | Bank Notes. The patriarch of the Treasury De- | partment, Edmund'E. Schreiner, 83 | years old, retired today. | The oldest employe both in point of age and years of service, Mr. Schreiner, | superintendent of the office of the Controller of the Currency, concluded | & 67-year service record this morning. A mere slip of a boy when he en-| tered the service, Mr. Schreiner, ac-| cording to his fellow workers, is still more akin to his 'teens than to his 80s. | It was probably this _convincing youthfulness that induced Government authorities to grant him five extensions over his retirement age. He was eligible for retirement in 1920. Although born in Gettysburg, Pa., Mr. Schreiner has resided here since he was. one year old. In 1863, with Washington under the grip of war ex- citement, he entered the Commissary Division of the War Department, His most vivid ,remembrance of those eventful days was the assassina- tion of President Lincoln. On the night of the assassination he was an usher at Ford’s Theater, but having already REASURY. 83, s/ IFEBOATS LAND 63 EDMUND E. SCHREINER. seen the play, he left shortly before the -shooting. In 1867, as a messenger and office boy, he entered the Treasury Depart- ment in the office of the controller of the currency, remaining continuously in this division. Since the controller’s office, during Mr. Schreiner’s 63 years with the re- demption division, has destroyed more than $13,000,000,000 in frayed or torn bank notes, he has undoubtedly been assoclated with the actual destruction of more money than any man that ever lived. Mr. Schreiner lives at the Balfour Apartments, Sixteenth and U streets, with his daughter and sister-in-law. EX-ACTRESS' ALLEGED CAPTIVE, RICH CANDY Litigation in Strange Case of Aaron Unger, S AND CREW OF SHIP Six-Hour Struggle With Rough Sea Follows Ground- ing Off Newfoundland. By the Associated Press. ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, August 11.—Sixty-five passengers and the crew of the steamer Caribou were recovering today from the ordeal of a six-hour pull in lifeboats in a heavy sea into which they were forced at dawn yes- terday, when the ship struck a plece of land off the southwest tip of New- foundland. All, including nineteen women and several children, were landed safely at Port Aux Basques, their destination, when the ship put out from North Syd- ney., Nova Scotia. Efforts were being made today to salvage 200 sacks of mafl and other valuable freight from the Caribou, ich is believed to be a total loss. It was crushed almost from stem to stern by the crash. Passengers were almost all in their bunks when the ship struck. Wild with fear and excitement, they rushed on deck. Capt. Robertson and his officers and crew went among them, reassuring them. Then they launched the life- boats, hampered by a heavy sea that was running after a two-day gale. The passengers taken off safely, the boats made their way through a thick foy to Port Aux Basques, where they were landed six hours later. The Caribou, built at St. John’s in 1925, is believed to have mistaken the mouth of Grand Bay for the entrance to Port Aux Basques. It is owned by the Newfoundland government. WALKER IS CALLED MAKER, EXPIRES Paralytic, Automatically Closed After Long Standing Controversy. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, August 11.—Aaron Unger, 48, wealthy New York candy manufacturer, died yesterday in his apartment, in Lansdowne, near here, where relatives charged he had been “held captive” by Miss Amelia Phillips, a former actress. His death automatically ended liti- gation in Delaware County and New York courts. Unger had been paralyzed for some time. Habeas corpus proceedings brought by relatives seeking to remove him from Miss Phillips’ custody were to have been heard shortly in Delaware County Court. Miss Phillips had testified that she was engaged to Unger, although he was undivorced. Another suit that will remain un- decided because of the manufacturer’s death is one brought against him in New York by Miss Phillips’ divorced husband, Jack Strouse, actor. Strouse sought $100,000 for alienation of af- fections. Unger had been ill for nearly two years and Miss Phillips had nursed him and administered his affairs through power of attorney. Recently Unger was declared mentally incompetent by a New York court. PRESIDENT SEEKS DEFINITE PROGRAM IN DROUGHT CRISIS (Continued From First Page.) ceived the President will then call for the views of the Governors as to the situation in their respective States and for their individual opinions regarding the needs for help. Following this exchange of ideas, the President will then read the draft of his general relief program, which in a general way will constitute the ap- pointment by the Governors of a rep- resentative from each of the affected States to form a local rehabilitation committee, which in turn will work in co-operation with representatives of the Federal Government and the railroads. Credit to Be Discussed. Also the question of the advancing of long-term credits by the Federal Farm Board to farmers for the pur- chase of feed and food will be dis- cussed. To make these loans possible it will be neceessary to organize local emergency Co-operative loan associa- tions throughout the drought-stricken regions, inasmuch as the act of Con- gress creating the Federal Farm Board prohibits the extension of such loans except .through duly organized co- operative associations. In the meantime the President will be able to report just what the railroads have done in the matter of reduced rates and other securities to assist in conveying feed, food and water in the affected areas. Alfred Thom, general counsel of the Association of American Railway Executives, conferred with the President today, during which time he advised him of the reduced rates which have already been filed by the carriers. Representative Ludlow of Indiana left a memorandum at the White House this morning showing that 11 railroads had agreed to cut rates on hay to points in Indiana where the drought has seri- ously affected the cattle feed crop. Reports to the effect that there is a tendency in some localities to boost the prices for foodstuffs for humans was being given consideration at the White House. It is understood that the Presi- dent will be prepared to meet any sit- uation which tends to introduce profit- eering as a result of the drought dam- age. Mr. Hoover contends that food to supply the nation is abundantly in hand and he sees no excuse for soaring prices. It is not unlikely that the De- partment of Justice will be directed to take a hand in the event that profit- eering is detected on any scale. May Not Ask Funds. 1t is considered doubtful if the Presi- dent will find it expedient. to bring | about calling for public contributions | to assist ¥ the administering of relief in handling this problem. Reports from a number of Red Cross chapters in the drought area were given to the President today by John Barton Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross. Mr. Payne said afterward that The car highest way, and the car that does the somersaulling hits a steep upshoot at the botl these reports varied in their nature as to the extent of the drought damage. Some of them showed the conditions to be alarmingly bad, others not so serious, while several of them described condi- tions as being so serious as to warrant the setting up of breadlines very shortly. Mr. Payne did not care to say just what part of the country these reports came from. Drought Facts Presented. Three Kentucky Representatives in Congress, whose districts are in the drought-stricken sections of that State, came to the White House today and presented to the President a rather gloomy picture of the situation in their districts. These Representatives were Blackburn, Kendall and Newhall. They | Teportsd that the corn crop is virtually | a total failure; the tobacco crop has been seriously damaged, but if there is rain within the next few days a portion of it can be saved; that the truck gar- dens are completely gone and that un- employment is developing into a serious problem. They said the counties aré already voting bond issues for the can- | struction of new roads, so as to relieve the unemployment problem. They were | given every assurance by the. President | that the Government will do everything | in its power to assist. Noted Violinist a Suicide. EL PASO, Tex., August 11 (#).— Henrl Ern, 67, widely knowm German violinist, teacher and composer, com- mitted suicide here yesterday by swath- RUM GANG VICTIM THEORY IS DENIED Dry Agent Declares Woman, Found Dead, Never in - His Employ. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., August 11— Deputy Prohibition Administrator Finis E. Wilson said today he believed there was no basis for a theory of sheriff’s deputies that a young woman found dead in a culvert here Saturday bhad been slain by bootleggers in revenge for her activities as an ‘“under-cover agent. The woman has been identified ten- tatively as Miss Clara Patterson, a ho- tel employe. Chief Deputy Charles Garibaldi had said he believed she was an informer for Federal officers. “We never heard of the woman, never used women in any way to get evidence, and did not use her house as a trap for violators,” Wilson said. “It so happens that her house was a place where liquor is delivered frequently. Knowing that it was that kind of place, we have called bootleggers there and have arrested them, but we didn't pick it as a trap.” Another agent had said he had made arrests there, and that some one might ;llfive believed Miss Patterson responsi- . Meanwhile, Paul Waggoner, finger- print_expert, found it impossible to get complete prints of the woman, so bad- ly decayed was the body. He said, how- ever, that it was his personal belief she he took prints of Miss Patterson some time ago at the hotel where she was employed. To Wed Representative IN EWALD CASE Mayor Says He Will Be Glad to Answer Questions. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, August 11.—Mayor Walker was subpoenaed today to ap- pear on Wednesday before a grand jury which is looking into charges that George F. Ewald, resigned city magis- trate, paid for his appointment to the bench in 1928. The subpoena was issued by District Attorney Crain, who also wrote to the mayor and to George W. Olvany, former ‘Tammany Hall chief, asking them to call on him tomorrow for questioning in the Ewald case. The mayor said Saturday that al- though he could not be compelled to appear in the investigation he would be glad to answey questions. Mrs. Beftha Ewald, wife of the for- mer magistrate; Thomas Tommaney, sheriff's chief clerk, and Martin J. Healy, “deputy city co: of plants and structures, have been ques- tioned by the district attorney about $10,000 alleged to have been paid to Healy by Mrs. Ewald at about the time of her husband's appointment to the magistracy by Mayor Walker. ‘They told Mr. Crain that Mrs. Ewald had loaned the money, interest free, to Healy, through Tommaney, so that Healy might buy a house. Ewald quit the bench under fire after his recent indictment for mail fraud in the sale of Cotter Butte Mine stock. RYE TO REPLACE CORN Solvents Company Chemists Perfect Process to Cut Costs. CHICAGO, August 11 (#).—Chemists of the Commercial Solvents Corpora=- sion announced. last night that they have perfected a process by which rye is substituted for corn in the production of solvents and other products. The new process been in success- ful operation at P I, and Terre Faute, Ind. Utilization of rye in place of eorn will effect important economies, rye being obtainable at apj tely 30 per cent under prevai prices for corn. Commercial Solvents consumes annually about 8,000,000 bushels of corn. L e S BAND CONCERTS. By the United States Army Band Or=~ chestra this evening at Montrose Park at 7:30 o'clock. William Stannard, leader; Thomas Darcy, second leader. .Cadmann was not Miss Patterson. Waggoner said | P ..i..Kern ..Jaernefelt ‘Man of the Hour”.....Fillmore “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Navy Band Or- chestra this evening at the east front of the Capitol at 7:30 o'clock. Charles Benter, leader; Charles Wise, second leader. March, “Naval Aviation” Benter Dedicated to the aviators of the United States Navy. Overture, “William Tell”. Solo for cornet, “Dream Musician Birley Gardner. “Dance of the Clowns,” from the opera “Buegourotchka” ...Rimsky-Korsakov Valse, “The Beautiful Blue Danube,” Strauss Solo for xylophone, selected. Musician Louis Goucher. “Entry of the Gods in Valhalls “The Rhinegold”.............Wagner Excerpts from the opera “Mikado,” Sullivan March, “A Fox Hunt".. McKinley “Anchors A “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Marine Band Orchestra this evening at the Marine Barracks at 8 o'clock.” Taylor Branson, leader; Arthur Witcomb, second leader. March, “In God We Trust” Restofl Overture, “Oberon” ceean ‘Weber Intermezzo, “Sizilietta’ .Von Blon Selections from “The Prince of Pilsen,” Waltz, “Wine, Woman and Song,” Strauss y . Hoch from “Reminiscences of Rossini’ ing his head in towels saturated with chioroform, according to & verdict re- turned by a coroner. Ern left a note for authorities saying, “I held up as long as I could.” Mrs. Gertrude Bischoff (lh")"lml‘:e engagement to Representativ n Bacon Parks of Arkansas was announced yesterday. They will be married early in September. ~Below: Representative ri 1dyl, “Canoeing” Characteristlc, “-The Whistiing _Pryor Farmer Fillmore zuma.’ “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the United States Soldiers’ Home Military Band this evening at the band- stand at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zim- mermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. March, “Bunker Hill"..... ..Lake Overture, “The Well of Love' .Balfe " Rimsky-Korsakov Entr'Acté— “A Song of India, “By the Brook” .......Boisdeffre Grand melange, “Souvenir de Quebec.” O'Neill Fox trot, “When the Golden Daffadils Grow” . Archer Finale, “If T Had a Girl Like You,” McDermott “The Star Spangled Banner.” A band concert will be given Tuesday evening at 8 in the Rock Creek Park- way at O and Twenty-seventh streets, under the direction of James Miller, Mn%:nusur of the Community s:rvlc!