Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1931, Page 7

BANK HEAD TAEN TO FACE CHARGES Former Mayor of Nebraska Town More Concerned About Reward Than His Plight. By the Associated Press. OMAHA, Nebr., April 6—Paul Wup- per, 52, erstwhile mayor and bank pres- ident of Beemer, Nebr., was brough here last night from Philadelphia, en route to Lincoln, where h: must answer to charges arising_from the failure of the Beemer State Bank in 1928. Wupper, whose bigamous marriage in Philadeiphia led to his arrest, was taci- turn on his arrival. The party left for Lincoln soon after arriva'. Taken to County Seat. State Sheriff Michael Endres, who took charge of the prison°r here, said that after reaching Linccln with Wup- per, he would take him immediately to West Point, Nebr., by automcbile. West Point is the county s°at of Cuming County, in which Beemer is situated. His one major worry, Wupper. said on his arrival, was that his arrest as a_fugitive might cost the State the $3,150 reward offered two years ago. About facing forgery charges totaling $890,000 he was apparently unconcern- ed, but about that reward. he was voluable. Concerned About Reward. “My only concern,” he said, “is that my giving myself up may cost the State of Nebraska that reward. I figured long just to avold such a thing. I had read in a New York newspaper about that reward-——but my name was mis- spelled. “I knew that if T went into court| and said ‘T am Paul Wupper,’ the court could not collect the reward, And that is just what I did. No one else had anything to do with my stating my true 3 These claims and stories from Philadelphia are pipe dreams.” U. S. TO NAME REINDEER COUNCIL FOR ALASKA Group to Formulate Range Rules, Develop Market Outlets and Name Superintendents. A Reindeer Council of five members for Alaska will be established soon at the recommendation of Secretary of the Interior Wilbur. The council was recommended by the Reindesr Committee of the department in its final report. The council will be composed of Gov. George A. Parks of Alaska, the chief of the Alaska Division of the Indian Office, the superintendent of reindeer in Alaska, a native representative of the Eskimo deer owners and a rep- Tesentative of the Lomen commercial interests. It will be instructed to formu- late range rules, develop market out- lets at a fair price to the native owners, appoint Government-paid superintend- ents for each of the five principal rein- deer ranges and order an early round- up of reindeer throughout the Seward Peninsula. CADETS PLAN TRIP ‘West Point Class to Visit Posts in/| Virginia and Maryland. All the members cf the 1932 class at the West Point Military Academy, numbering 270, will. undergo three weeks' intensive training during the Summer at Army posts in the 3d Corps Area, including Fort Monroe, Fort Eustis and Langley Pield, all in Vir- ginia, and at Fort Meade, Md. At the last named post, the cadets will witness an elaborate demonstration of the newest type tanks, covering a period of three days, just before their return to West Point, about July 5. AD CLUB WILL MEET Bhoe Dealers’ Association President Listed as Speaker. A. H. Geuting of Philadelphia, presi- dent of the National Retail Shoe Deal- THE EVENING STAR, AUTO FIRE L:AID TO BOY Match Tossed Into Wreckage After Collision Causes Arrest. A 15-year-old boy will appear in Juvenile Court today on a charge of destroying public property for tossing a lighted match into the wreckage of two automobiles at Eleventh and Pennsylvania avenue southeast last night. The boy was arrested and taken to the Recelving Home where he was later released in custody of his parents. Julius J. Whittington, 18, colored, of Lothian, Md., received severe head in- juries when his automobile was demol- ished following a collision with a taxi- cab at the Pennsylvania avenue inter- section just previous to the blaze. The taxicab was operated by Eli Thompson, 21, colored, who failed to give police his address. Police said the blaze, caused by a lighted match, was small and quickly extinguished by responding fireme; MEMORIAL SERVICE HELD FOR A. E. F. COMMANDER Officials Join 5,000 War Veterans in Paying Hribute to Maj. Gen. Edwards at Boston. By the Assoctated Press. BOSTON, April 6.—Civic and mili- tary officials joined mcre than 5,000 war veterans yesterday in memorial services at the Boston Garden for Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards, war-time commander of the 26th (Yankee) Di- vision. Similar services were held at the same time at Gen. Edwardy grave in the National Cemetery at Arlington and at the Yankee Division Chapel at Belleau, France. Maj. James G. Harbord, Army asso- ciate of Gen. 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They will continue their journey on the same vessel. They were the first reigning sov- ereigns to visit Japan since Queen Liliuokaland of Hawali in 1881. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1931, y o MURDER SUSPECT SHOT IN BATTLE WITH POLICE Baltimore Man Severely Wounded in Gun Fight in New Jersey ‘Woods—Denies Guilt. By the Associated Press. MERCHANTVILLE, N. J, April 6— ‘W. Linton Dowdy, 25, of Merchantville and Baltimore, was severely wounded in & gun battle with police yesterday before being captured as a suspect in the killing of the alleged proprietor of a speakeasy a short time previously. Dowdy before lapsing into unconscious- ness at a Camden hospital declared: “I am an innocent citizen.” The slain man was George McGuire, 53. A neighbor of his, who reported having been awakened by shots, said he saw McGuire running in his night clothing, with a man in close pursuit. 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