Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1931, Page 1

WEAT 8. Weather Bureau Porecast ) Pair and cooler tonight: probably light frost in exposed places. tomorrow fair. Temperatures— Highest, lowest, p.m. yesterday; tod: Full report on page 7. . Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 HER. 78, at 3:30 57, at 6 am ’ ¢ Foen ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION The only Associated ¢h in Woshington with the ing Sar, = ‘Yfl!ll‘gy'l Circulation, 117,110 Press news — Entered as sec: post office, No. 31,763. Washington. WASH ond class matter D; C. GTON, D. (., SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1931—THIRTY-TWO .I'.\_(HCS. # ) BERENGUER FACES CHARGES IN SPAIN FOREXECUTONS Acts of Monarchist Leaders in Rivera’s Dictatorship Also to Be Probed. MADRID AND BARCELONA ARRIVE AT AGREEMENT Catalan Autonomy Question Will Be Settled by Proposed Consti- tutional Convention. By the Associated Press. MADRID, April 18—The possibility of presecuting former Premier Damaso Berenguer and monarchist leaders in the dictatorship of the late Gen. Primo de Rivera was being studied today by the republican government. Neither Senor Berenguer nor others ‘will be actually arrested, spokesmen say. until the government has investigated thelr acts and formulated definite charges against them. The former premier surrendered last night and was liberated on his pledge that he would present himself when needed. Senor Berénguer's alleged Tesponsi- bility for the execution of Capts. Galan and Hernandez, who were leaders in the Jaca revolt in December, is one ©f the accusations pending. Anido to Be Investigated. The government also plans to investi- gate the administration of Gen. Mar- tinez Anido as governor of Barcelona and a right-hand man of Senor de Rivera. Gen. Anido suppressed vigor- ously disturbances against the dictator- | ship and it is alleged he personally was responsible for deaths and injuries to civillans. The peseta improved to a mark of 9.60 to the dollar, the exchange showed increasing strength and a general at-| mosphere of more confidence in the Republic seemed to develop. ‘The government also plans to investi- gate the disposition of some 4,000,000 pesetas contributed to the De Rivera! dictatorship by banks and commercial houses—some say under pressure—and | mflpflefll‘ y used by the dictator for| y. Angel Galarza, new attorney BEn‘.‘raLl :l.n‘d in regard to the general prosccu-; - o formai charges or formal public trials will be made unless and until the Republican government is ready to pre- sent formal bills of indictment.” We will | arrest nobody until we are prepared to, car. ge{;_rt" \:hnre:k . We will nrtv‘. lnrvesulgad.e‘ “processos’ reports of maiad- | ministration of funds, abuse of power | and other crimes attributed to the pre- eeding administrations. Facd Exitintion Monday. | ‘Thus, Senor Berenguer probably will be examined privately by a special Judge Monday in proceedings similar to a grand jury investigation. It is the opinion in some quarters that h: may be sentenced to prison because repub- licans, many of whom werz jailed by feel that s:me one same medicine. She monarchy, should taste the ‘The republic has no idea of attempt- ing to try King Alfonso for his respon- sibility in setting up the De Rivera dictatorship or for the Mourocco mili- tary disasters, observers said. The prevailing idea seems to be that Alfon- %0 is finished as a ruler, is abroad, not | to return, and should be left alone. | Catalonia’s battle for independence will be fought by the orators in the halls of a natioral constitutional convention | and not by soldiers on battleficlds in | the sunny southern coast province. | ‘The new provisional gcvernment here’ today hailed the victory of three of its ministers, who, after an airplane flight to Barcelona last night, wrung from the Catalonian President, Col. Francisco | Macia, a pledge to submit Separatist de- mands and demands for political au- | tonomy to the projected constitutional | convention, meanwhile with Madrid. The accord reached at Barcelona re- moved the most pressing of the political problems facing the junta set up by Don Niceto Alcala Zamora, provisiona! President. Alejandro Lerroux, minister of state, said that the other pressing Separatist movement. that of the Basque Provinces, had not taken def- inite form and was causing no appre- bension. Crowd Cheers Accord. Col. Macia, at Barcelona, announced the accord with Madrid from a govern- ment house balcony to a cheering crowd, informing them that it had been decided that the Catalonian Re- public would cease to exist for the time being, but would bear the name “'Com- monwealth of Catalonia,” a unit in the Spanish Republican Federation. ‘The Barcelona negotiations were car- ried on by Fernando de Los Rios, min- ister of justice; Marcelino Domingo, | minister of instruction, and Luis N u-! lau Dolwer, minister of economy. a Catalan. Prior to their departure Ler- Toux had said that Madrid government | would not have hesitated to use force to maintain Spanish Spain as a whole. Debts to Be Recognized. | Miguel Maura, new minister of in- terior, hes instructed newly appoint- ed provincial governors to report to the government any cases in which priests used their churches for spreading po- litical prcpeganda. There is no formal | law iorbidding preaching of politics in the churches, but the government feels il wise to restrain such procedure for the present The governors were told to remain neutral in questions relating to the | church 2nd nct to attend ceremonies in their official capacities, 2dding that | they were “always to maintain maximum | courtesy with the ecclesiastical authori- ties.” The provisional government an- nounced that it would fecognize all debts of the monarchy, the immediate result being strengthening of stocks and securities on the exchange. It was un- derstood that there has as yet been no draft on the $60,000,000 credit arranged for the previous government by the J P. Morgan interests in New York. WARSHIPS RENAMED Alfonso XIII Becomes Espana in Republicans’ Rechristening. MADRID, April 18 (#).—Monarchist co-operating APPLE VENDORS BARRED ‘Judge Hitt Convicts 6 as Public Nui- sances, But Remits Fines If They Abandon Stands | The days of unemployed fruit and|free use of a sidewalk. The men with flower vendors on Washington curbs| wagons may halt only In spaces desig- were ended today in Police Court where | nated for them. = s six sellers were convicted by | Roy Brooks and Rhoney Brooks, col- b ) ‘: by Judge| o4 Gerald Marco, George Vasilles, soao of blocking the sidewalks. | Toney Pappas and John Rainey wers Judge Hitt characterized the street|arrcsted ty Licut. Frank Varney and vendors as public nuisances and sus- | Policeman A, P. Griffin yesterday r]m F = street. The first four were said to have jpended $5 sentences imposed on thelpoun “coling flow:rs and the last two { men only when they promised that they , fruits and vegetables would abandon their stands. Police| All of the men picaded with Judge were authorized to arrest the mcnl:“trtkthfl'-dtm} \\'ln- méal‘fllv mhzv{t‘ .}(':}m' A i | work. and scveral aid th-y had fam- whenever they were seen to place thelr | yjos"gopendent on their selling for sup- baskets on the strect, and according | port. to Assistant Corporation Counsels E.[ Pictures wers introduced by the Di v y - ;trict to show how the baskets crowded W. Thomas and Stanley De Neale, they | o™ sproct” corn-rs and impeded the police believe them to be blocking the | street or boarding street cars BALTIMORE PARTY - ROBBED OFJEWELS To Put Fingerprints In Criminal Records of Disapproves Policy {$56,000 Haul Follows Return' Having Personnel Check- of Society Women From | Opera, Bandits Escaping. < ed by Probers, BY REX COLLIER. ‘The Navy doesn't “like the idea” of ! By the Associated Press. '« worgn | W€D OF Tecruits checked by criminal | BALTIMORE, April 18.—Jewcls Worth | jsentification experts of the Depart- | 850,000 were taken from the fingers ment of Justice and therefore has re- | and necks of four well known Baltimore gxsuid to s “mlh ithex Arm);,. Cnai{. E 7 .| Guard end civil service in sending a society women early this morning bY pereonnel prints to the Bureau of In- two young masked robbers who held | vestigation them up as they were returning to their | Under the joint working agreement homes from an opera. A $30,000 neck- FROM CURBS IN CAPITAL are liable to arrest when moving if progress of pedestrians crossing the | U. S. Navy Declines | having the fitngerprints of its midship- | OAL PRICE PROBE BY 11,5, IS HINTED AS FXNG 5 BARED Cost Setting by Wholesaler in Supplying Retailers Charged by Roberts. COLLIERS PAY TO PEG FIGURE, D. C. IS TOLD Bills to Consumers Cited to Show ‘ Increases—Bride's Opinion on 2,000-Lb. Unit Asked. | The Departm:nt of Justice may | asked by the District govi inves'igate charges of price-fi coal in Washington, coincident with the change in the system of selling | | from the regular long ton of 2,240 | pounds to a 2,000-pound unit. | The charges were made by George M { Roberts, superintendent of weights, measures and markets, wh> s conduct- ing an investigation into the change in ! the method of selling. Mr. Roberts, in his report to the Commissioners recently, submitted a !leaflet from a wholesale coal dealer in| which the retailors were instructed to | sell coal for a certain price or get no| {more coal from that particular whole- | saler. Price Fixing Levy Bared. Mr. Roberts says he has information that, at a meeting of coal merchants held here recently, there was an as | sessment levied against them all for! { the purpose of advertising the change | in the weight unit and also for main- { taining the price of coal. He says he | | has not been able to obtain a list | of merchants attending the meeting. between the Bureau of Investigation Mo o e 16 thie Took, B e R robbers were armed. The robbery occurrcd in the drive- way of the Green Spring Valley home of Miss Peggy Chew Stewart, who had been driven home by her neighbors. Mr. | - and Mrs. Wilbur Miller, and their three daughters, the Misses Nancy, Grace and Edith Miller. Mr. Miller is'a chemical manufacturer. Shot Fired at Tires. | The robbers' car, after following for more than a mile, halted bchind the Miller machine in the drive znd a shot was fired at the tires by the robbers. With their faces hicden behind masks the two young robbers pulled the rings from the fingers of the women and un- clasped valuable necklaces. Mr. Miller was forced to surrender h's watch Then they demanded the key to the With this in their possession th ran to their own car and roared aw but the number on the license tags was noted by the victims. Chauffcur Takes Trail. ‘The chauffeur of the Miller car. Law- | rence Flaherty, by tinkering with the | wiring, was able to start e motor and | was quickly on the trail of the robbers. | The police wire notified and news of | the robbery was flashed to all parts of the city. Whnile chasing the robbers | the chauffeur was forced to stop by a | flattened tire. | Highways Jeading out of the city were being watched and the State police were co-operating with the local authorities. Two more shots were fired by the robbers at the rear tires, but bcth missed and were buried in the back of ! the machins. CHERRY BLOSSOMS HOLD BEAUTY FOR TOMORROW Presentable Showing Assured Though Wind and Rain Hit Trees Heavily. The cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin, although hard hit by last night's rain, will make a presentable showing for tomorrow, if the weather remains | | favorable, in the opinfon of horticul- | turists of the Office of Public Buildings | and Public Parks. The wind and rain caused great num- | bers of the petals to fall, and the blooms Capt. | supcrintendent of the United | park police, said today that he docs not anticipate that traffic will reach the great proportions attained last Sunday and consequently for tomorrow’s trafic | in Potomac Park an effort will be made | to permit the flow as naturally as pos- | sible. If conditions warrant, he said, ipunx of the plan put into operation last Sunday and sponsored by Repre- | sentative Frank L. Bowman, Republican | of West Virginia, again will be put into | effect. The park police, the captair | said, will be governed by actual condi- | tions cbtaining tomorrow | . . Doumergue Returns From Tunis. PARIS, April 18 (#).—President Dou- mergue returned to Paris today after an extended trip into Tunis and French North African possessions By the Associated Press NEW YORK, April 18.—Take a peep into the American home of the future It's made of aluminum, glass, steel and rubber, without a stick of wood in it. It has a roof garden, but no cellar A garage is part of it It will com from factories, with large scale pro- duction. This house is on display today at the Architectual and Allied Arts’ Ex- position. Its designers say that when things get going, any one will be able to purchase a new home, equipped with the most modern gadgets, for $4.000. The house was designed by A. Law- rence Kocher and Albert Frey, New York architects. It was erected at the exposition with funds contributed by 10_builders. The architects say that, with proper- Iy standardized methods such & house could be ready for occupancy eight days after it was started. It comes in parts names have been taken from three Spanish warships and republican names given them. i The Alfonso XIIT becomes the Spain [l the Victoria Eugenia the onso. the that are screwed and riveted together. The house is three stories high. It lis hung on six aluminum columns 6 inches in diameter. On the first floor are the porch, the heating plant, the entrance hall and cepting the Navy, the fingerprints of | In this situation, Corporation Coun- every applicant for civil or military duty | se] Willlam W. Bride said the ques- are ‘sent to the National Division of | tion probably could be settled better | MOTOR T0 RAPIOAN Week End of Trout Fishing Lures President—First Lady Drives on Trip. Marauding Am Like the Sioux and the Mohawk In-| dians, who used to creep under the'pro- Identification for comparison with prints of criminals on file there. According the the last annual report (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) WALKER T0 STAND ORFALLONREGORD Mayor Finishes Reply to Charges and Says He Wants No Lawyer. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April Walker, finishing his reply to the charges of incompetency that have been filed against him, has announced flatly that he intends to stand on the record | of his administration, “I want no attorneys or counsel or advocates,” he said that T am responsible for is good or it is bad. 1f the record is bad, I'm bad The mayor stated his position yes- terday at a mceting of the Board of Estimate when Stewart Browne, presi- dent of the United Real Estate Own Association, began an fe City Hall. In the past Mr. Browne has been a frequent critic of the mayor. The mayor’s answer to the charge of condoning negligence and encouraging corruption probably will be filed with Gov. Roosevelt Monday. The investigation into the district attorney’s office was widened yesterday with the announcement that the in- quiry, when it is resumed next week, will take into consideration the “general conduct” of the office. Previously the inquiry had been limited to the effi- clency with which the prosecutor, Thomas C. T. Crain, had carried on his campaign against racketcering and stock frauds Fifteen specific cases dealing with alieged stock frauds will be tzken up. ATTACK INDIAN BANDITS British Planes Aid Irak Army in| Repulsing Tribesmen. BASRA, Irak, April 18 (#).—An offi- cial communique today said that British airplanes were working with units of the Irak army in punitive operations against the nortorious outlaw Shaikh Mahomond who has been raiding the Irak border at the head of his tribes- men. The communique said that there had been “almost continuous Royal Airforce action” in the neighborhood of Sulai- mini. Kurdistan. ‘FACT ORY-MADE HOME OF METALS]| [AND GLASS SHOWN AT EXPOSITION | Three-Story House, Which Will Cost $4,000, Can Bci.mn Weight, which I have found is in Occupied Week After Work Is Begun. the garage. The garage door would open either by an “electric eye” which picked up the beam of a headlight, or else there would be a pcst 10 feet front of it, equipped with a lock into which the’ driver would insert a key that would start an electric arrange- ment which would slide the door side- | ways, On the second floor is a living room —two stories high—and a dining alcove, kitchen, bed room and bath. A china closet of glass with slim steel frames is suspended. from the ceiling, and under it the collapsible dining table disap- pears, The third flocr has a sun porch, | library with folding bed, and the top section of the living yoom. Almost_one-third of the exterior is of glass. The rest is aluminum sheeting. |On certain flocrs, entire exterior walls |are glass, with the exception of steel frames. | A rubber composition takes the place | of carpets throughout. Walls are made | sounidproof with air chambers and stag- | gered uprights. And the whole thing fits in & space 122 1eet, by 28 feet 6 inches. 18.—Mayor | | by the Department of Justice than by | the District Government, although he | did not say definitely the Federal Gov- ernnment would be called on for a decision. ‘The District Commissioners today in- structed Mr. Bride to render a rewrit- ten opinion as to whether it is legal for Washington dealers to sell coal in long ton of 2,240 pounds, as directed by the act of March 3, 1921 vestigetion April 2 into the sale | coal by units, when Supt. Roberts called to toeir attention advertisements in the local press, notifying the public of the change and cailing attention to reduccd { coal prices. Prices Advanced. In his statement yesterday, Mr customers at least, the price of coal ha: not been reduced, and has, on the con- trary, slightly advanced. His statement read | “The impression that there has been | a reduction in coal prices all along the | line in Washington, as well as a reduc- | tion in the weight of the ton by coal | dealers, does not appear to stand up | under scrutiny, and in some instances, | at least, there has been an advance in price. It is not fair to compare the | prices for April this year with the | prices prevailing in Winter. Prices are | units of 2.000 pounds. instead of by the | | The Commissioners authorized an in- ! of | Roberts pointed out that, as to certain | Determined to get in as much fishing as possible today, President Hoover left the White House at 7:30 o'clock ! this morning with Mrs. Hoover and a party of friends for his camp on the Rapidan River in Virginia. He arrived at the camp at 10:20. This will be the first trout fishing Mr. Hoover has had in nearly a year. and he expects to make the most of his brief holiday at his mountain re- treat. He was especially enthusiastic last night as he laid out his rods, resls, | fiys and other fishing paraphernalia | preparatory to packing his camp kit. i Trout Plentiful. | The streams which form the famous | Rapidan River have been stocied well | since last year and the President and { his week end companions should have ! tection of dense forests to attack peace- ful American settlers by surprise, mur- der men and children and take women into captivity, Nicaragua's outlaws under Augustino Sandino are swarming from the west coast to the east coast, burning every undefended settlement and killing their prisoners if they hap- pen to be Americans and Europeans. This scction where the Sandinistas are operating now—the east coast of Nicaragua—lends itself to this kind of warfare. It is almost impenetrable. There are but few trails, which lose U5 EMPLOYMENT | adventurers seeking fortune no difficulty landing their legal num- ber of trout this afternoon.. With the President and Mrs. Hoover when they left the White House this morning were their son Allen, Asso- clate Justice Stone of the United States Supreme Court, Solicitor ~General Thatcher, Assistant Secretary of the Doak Announces 48 States and D. C. Will Have Bureaus. Jones Retained. “Either the record ! always lower in the Spring. The fa ri Navy Jahncke, Assistant Secretary of | way is to compare present prices with | the Treasury Heath, Mark Sullivan, prices last Spring. Lawrence By the Associated Press If the record’s good, I'm good. | unsolicited de- | se of the present administration in | in | “I have examined some bills rendered { by deslers to consumers. In one case | a consumer bought last May seven iong tons of coal of a widely-advertised name, and paid for same $99.75, which is at the rate of 6.35 per 1,000 pounds. { The same coal in the present month was priced to the same customer by the | at §12.75. which is at the rate of $6.37!, per 1,000 pounds. A slight advance in- stead of a reduction. Bills Show Higher Cost. “Examination of bills rendered to a | substantial business concern discloses | that in March this year it paid $6.80 | per long ton for a certain grade of soft | | coal. In the present month of April | this same concern was charged for the | same grade of coal. by the same dealer. | $6.35 per short ton, or so-called 2,000~ | pound unit, which is an advance in price. The manager of this concern, | purchasing this coal, informs me that | the advance in price will amount to! between $35 and $40 per month on the quantity it customarily uses Another consumer has brought to | me bills showing a slight advance over | {last month on the same kind of coal | purchased by him. | “In March of this year, & dealer who is sending out large numbers of circu- ( lars in regard to low prices of coal in | April sold to & customer, who is poor. | and therefore buys a low grade cf coal | in_small quantities, half of a long ton, | 1,120. pounds, for $4.75, including stor- | ing. In April the same dealer sold the same customer half of a short ton, or 1,000 pound, for which he charged $4.25, and the purchaser stored it him- self. Deducting 40 cents from the | March bill for storing, which is the | advertised price for storing half a ton, | this consumer's bills indicate that he | was charged only 10 cents less money {and was sent 120 pounds less coal. “As early as possible it is my inten- | tion t> explore the ramifications of the admitted system of price-fixing to re- | tailers being operated by at least one |of the large wholesale coal dealers in {this city. I intend, also, if possible, to | | ascertain whether there is a general | system of price-fixing in existence here. “The only substantial reduction, ex- | the wage they propose to allow the col- | ored man who stores the coal by heav-; |ing 1t in on his back.” ALASKAN LEGISLATURE . VOTES FOR DRY REPEAL Memorial Addressed to Congress Asking Approval of Action in Killing Prohibition Law. By the Associated Press. JUNEAU, Alaska, April 18—The| Alaska Territorial House was on record today by a 10-to-5 vote for repeal of the bone dry law. A memorial asking Con- gress to approve the action accompanied the repeal measure. ‘With no debate or subsequent remarks by House members, the two proposals were passed yesterday. They now go to the Senate. The memorial explained the move- ment for repeal of the prohibitory legis- lation in Alaska, but added that doubt existed whether the Territorial Legisla- ture had power to act. Radio l’roln;; ~°;‘ Page B-16 short ton, or so-called 2.000-pound unit, | author and political writer | Ritchie and Walter H. Newton, two of | the President’s secretaries: Capt. Joel !'T. Boone, the President’s physician, | and Mrs. Boone: Secretary of Agricul- | ture Hyde and Mrs. Hyde. Mrs. Stone {and Mrs. Thatcher will join the party at the camp some time this afternoon. First Lady Drives. When the little caravan of auto- | mobiles left with the camp party this | morning, Mrs. Hoover was at the wheel | of ber own car. it being ner intention to drive the entire trip of slightly more | than 100 miles. | The President said upon leaving that i he hoped to remain at the camp until Secretary Doak today announced complete reorganization of the United States Employment Service. The Secretary announced there would be 48 State employment bureaus and one for the District of Columbia to be operated under seven special di- visions to cover various trades. There will be a supervising director to which post John R. Alpine of New _York has been appointed Director General Francis will be retained in that posi 1. Jones A. D. Lewis of Illindis as a rector general. Lewis also perintendent of the mining division of the service, early Monday morning. This is the first” time the President has visited his irginia camp since last October, when it was closed for the Winter The presidential party took a new route to the camp, going by way of Warrenton, Sperryville and thence to Crieglersvilte. BLAST AND FIRE KILL ONE AND INJURE FOUR Seven Special Divisions. The seven special divisions into which the service will be divided are the build- ing trades, mining and quarrying, man- ufacturing, transportation, clcthing, mercantile and marine seamen. The veterans' eervice will be Nation- wide in its scope, and the farm em- ployment service will be expanded. There also will be a director of in- formation. In announcing | Secretary Doak said “The United States Employment Service has decided to open up at least one employment bureau in each of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) 30 SKELETONS FOUND Accumulated Gas Causes Explosion Destroying 60,000-Barrel Oil Tank at Texas Well. the reorganization By the Associated Press KILGORE, Tex., April 18.—One man was burned fatally and four were in- jured by an explosion and fire which destroyed a 60,000-barrel oil tank at a well here late yesterday. J. W. Smith, 35-year-old pipe lin: worker, died at a hospital. L. H. Gray, vice president of the Sabine Pipe Line Co, who suffered burns on his head ' and arms, said the fire was caused by an explosion’ of accumulated gas nearby. The cther victims were Claude Up- church, co-owner of the lease, who suffered a fracture of one leg and severe burns, and R. C. Holcomb, and E. T. Greene, pipe line workers, who were burned. The fire was the second to result in tragedy here yesterday. Mrs. Kata Dod- son, 39. her two sons and a stepson died when burning oil from a broken pipe line destroyed the tent in which they were sleeping. Victoria Fecls Slight Quake. | VICTORIA, British Columbia, April 18 (®)—A slight earth tremor lasting for nearly a .ninute was reported felt | here at 7:27 o'clock, Pacific standard | time, last night. Pictures on the walls were n.oved. Discovery Made While Restoring Ancient Pantheon in Rome. ROME, April 18 (#)—Workmen en- gaged in restoring the ancient Pan- theon, built n 27 B.C., discovered 30 skeletons beneath the ruins. Ortiz Rubio Calls Special Session. MEXICO CITY, April 18 (#)—Presi- dent Ortiz Rublo today convoked the Chamber in special session for April 30, to consider the foreign debt agree- | ment signed in New York fast July by | the secretary of the treasury, Luis Montes de Oca, and Thomas Lamont | chairman of the International Bankers’ Committee. UNAYED ANR DADTV TINY JUNGLE OUTPOSTS TARGETS RPN | ™ i sarvoneo s aessamrassine icaraguan Outlaws, Seeking Loot in Iso- I lated Settlements. Follow Methods of erican Indians. themselves in the jungle as soon as any one dares venture for more than 15 miles from the outskirts of the so- called cities. The region is thinly pop- ulated with some officials of an Ameri- can fruit company, a few engineers who are working for an American lumber and mining company and a few daring in the jungle, reputed to hide great natural resources, mainly gold Besides these people there are & few missionaries, who, in spite of the dangers with which they are confronted. continue their mis- sion of bringing light to the natives. Close to the coast are the more im. portant towns of Puerto Cabezas, Blue- flelds and Cape Gracias a Dios, though (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) TWO “GOLDBRICK” S REORCANIZED BANDITS GET TERMS Sentenced to 10 Years Each for Taking Mutilated Money at Station. Pleading gullty to chieges of assault and robbery in connectiom with the re- cent *gold brick” hold-up At Union Sta- tion, Joseph McCann and Edward J. McNamara, alleged New York gangsters, were sentenced to 10 years each in the penitentiary today by District Supreme Court Justice Peyton Gordon. The pair received the sentences stoically, after Assistant United States | Attorney Walter M. Shea rad read their criminal records to the court. In 1928, the record revealed. McNa- mara escaped from a prison at Paterson, N. J., where he was serving an eight- year term for robbery. McNamara ad- mitted the record, which disclosed he had been in trouble as far back as 1918, was correct. Mail Clerk Slugged. In the Union Station robbery Peter Johnson, a railway mail clerk, was slug- ged with an iron pipe and $800,000 in half bills, being returned to the Treas ury for redemption, were taken. Johnson paid no attention to the robbers when he saw them approach- ing, he said, because he assumed they were fellow Post Office employes. The first intimation he had that a hold-up was in progress, he continued, was when the men drew pipes from beneath their overcoats and one of them lunged at him. Johnson raised his right arm to ward off the blow, which was aimed at his head and the pipe struck his forearm. When he regained consciousness he was not certain whether he had been hit agamn or had struck his head against the floor. His head was cut, however. Money in Three Pouches. ‘The mutilated money pouches whick the robbers picked at random from a truck containing 25. Jesse Swygert, colored post office work- er, saw the bandits attack Johnson and hid behind the truck which he had been (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) e Farmer Killed by Hogs. WASHINGTON, N. C., April 18 () —The lacerated body of Charlie Harris, a farmer, was found in his hog lot to- day. Apparently the hogs had at- tacked and killed him. OFFICER REVERSES PIED PIPER’S METHOD OF ROUTING RODENTS; Answering Riot Call to Beleaguered Auto, Howes Scatters Rats With Sour Notes. News of D. A. R. Full reports of the D. A. R. Convention, April 19 to 26, inclusive: Mail —Postage Pre- paid U. S.,, Mexico and Canada ................ 35¢ | Foreign .. . 70c ' Leave orders with Star ‘ representative at Constitu- || tion Hall or The Evening || Star Office, | 11th St. and Pa. Ave. N.W. The nothing on Patrolman T. B. Howes of | the first precinct. In fact, Mr. Howes ments with scorn. The original Pied Piper, history tells us, lured the rats out of town by play- ing sweet music. Howes' notes last night were so sour the rodents fled be- fore their onslaught. The incident in which Howes figured as the hero had its inception when two young women walked into the first precinct station and told Decsk Offieer Harry Landhan that so many rats had “Pied Piper” of Hamlin has| congregated about their machine plrkl:d; in the 800 block Loulsana avenue they could not get to it. Never before during the decade he |may even look on the piper’s achieve- | has served as desk clerk had Lanahan heard of a rat riot call, but he passed the information along to his superior, Lieut. Frank Varney, and Howes was dispatched to the scene in a patrol car. Driving Mp gn the “convention” abou the s” mac Howes ran over one ra@and killed it, ped on his siren al he dy htened away jority of the rodémts. The oth- ers were not far behindjwith Howes' Baton aiding their prog was in_three | V'I‘\\ O CEN I'N.‘ SANDINISTA THREAT TOBEMETBY U.S. WITHOUT MARINES |Stimson Labels Nicaraguan Ruthless Bandit, Starting Extermination War. NATIONALVCONSTV;QBULARY WILL OFFER PROTECTION Foreigners Urged to Go to Coast Ports, Where American Men af War Will Be Stationed. BY CONSTANTINE BROW! Papers d by Sandino, Nicaraguan leader, show that he has ordered a campaign of extermination and, far {rom a patriot, he i= nothing but & ruthless bandit bent on assassinating defenseless civilians, Secretary Stimson declared today. “This makes the issue quite clear,” Mr. Stimson continued, “and the United States will meet that issue.” The Secretary's statement does not mean the United States will meet the Sandino menace to defenseless citizens by using United States Marines. It is the Nicaraguan government that will have to protect those men and women who are still left in the interior, on the east coast of Nicaragua. They are now in a position to cope with the situation. The Secretary added that there is & great deal of difference between the present situation and that which ex- isted in 1926. Then there were two distinct factions fighting each other. Both factions had agreed to observe the international customs of warfare and promised to protect the neutrals living in Nicaragua. Thus it was possible to establish neutral zones, where the for- eigners could be gathered: these zones were respected by both factions. Then the warfare which was conducted on established international principles ceased, and was replacd by sheer banditry on the part of Sandino and his followers. Will Not Use Troops. | The American troops cannot and will not be used in the campaign of ex- termination of Sandino’s outlaws. This for two reasons: (1) The east coast of Nicaragua is the thickest jungle in ex- istence in the world. To send American sailors or Marines into that jungle is to expose them to great dangers with- out actual profit for the re-establish- ment of peace in that country. (2) ‘The Nicaraguan national constabulary, which was practically inexistent in 1926, has become now an efficient ang important force. Their number has been increased in the last five years from some 800 to 2,107 men. They many of them having been born in that section of the country and are as familiar with the delnu forest as Sandino’s men them- selves. U. §. to Supply Planes. ‘The United States Government has put at the disposal of the commander of the Nicaraguan constabularly a suffi- cient number of sirplanes to t the National Guards from the west coast of Nicaragua, where the majority of the constabulary is stationed, to the east coast, where Sandino’s outlaws have been operating ‘in the last few days. There is no question that the Nicaraguan constabulary will be able to put an_end to Sandino's brigandage !in time. In the meantime the foreign- jers who are still scattered in the ‘in- terior are urged to withdraw with all their movable belongings to the coast, where they can be protected by the American men of war sent to the Nica- raguan ports for that purpose. i Secretary Stimson’s statement fol- ows: “The activities of the last week of the alleged patriot Sandino have shown him to be nothing but a ruthless out- law. bent on assassinating defenseless civilians. Papers found signed by him show that he has ordered & campaign of extermination. This makes the issue quite ciear and the United States will { meet. that issue.” (Copyright, 1931.) AMERICANS ARE LEAVI Quit Bandit Zone After Warning They i Stay at Own Risk. | PUERTO CABEZAS, Nicaragua, April 18 (#).—Americans in the Puerto Cabezas district, harried by outlaw attacks dur- |ing the last week, were reported today by R. J. Salassi, local manager of the Standard Fruit Co. to be evacuat- ing their homes and businesses. Their action follows killing of nine | American citizens in this general area | since Friday of last week and receipt of a telegram from Alvin T. Rowe, American consul at Bluefields, warning ithat the United States Government cannot undertake their general pro- tection. Cites Washington Message. Mr. Rowe's telegram said: “Advise Americans this Government {cannot undertake their general pro- | tection in Nicaragua with American forces. The State Department recom- mends that Americans who fecl inse- cure withdraw from the country or seek protection in coast towns, where they may be evacuated if necessary. Ameri- cans remain in Nicaragua at their own risk and must not expect protection from American forces.” The message has been received with consternation throughout this section, not only by Americans but by British citizens, who feel their own problem of protection may be gravely compli- cated by the Washington Government's decision. Refugees from outside Puerto Cabezas say that the insurgents appear to be most interested in killing Amrigans and (Continued on Page 2, Colusin 8.) TWO DIE AS FLAT BURNS Mother and Daughter Killed and Son, 16, Is Missing. SAN FRANCISCO, April 18 (#)—A mother and her 18-year-old daughter died early today in a fire which swept their flaf Piremen found the bodies of Mrs. Annie Silen, 39, and her daughter, Edith, lying side by side in bed. They apparently were killed by smoke. Natben Silen, 16, a son, was missing. ‘The cause of the fire was undeter- mined, but firemen said gas was escap- ing in the ropm in which the bodies were found,