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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast), ‘Mostl; erally rature. Temperatur: D315 pam. yesterday; am. today. Full report on page Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13,14 & 15 cloudy tonight; tomorrow gen- air; not much change in tem- es—Highest, 83, at lowest, 68, at 2 b No: 318461 Tetomce we Entered as second class matter shington, D. WASHINGTON, RHEEM SENTENGED TO SEVEN YEARS AS HE PLEADS GUILTY Admits Concealing Notes for $162,000 Belonging to Bankrupt Company. JUSTICE GORDON GIVES HIM MAXIMUM PENALTY Enters Jail Immediately—Similar Charge Against Brewer Expected to Be Dropped. Edmund D. Rheem, executive vice president of the bankrupt corporation of Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co, pleaded guilty this afternoon betore Justice Peyton Gordon in Criminal Di- vision 1 of District Supreme Court to the first count of an indictment charg- ing him with carrying away and con- cealing notes of $162,000 belonging to 1he company and with embezzling that amount. The count admitted by Rheem re- Jated to the concealment of the notes. The second count, charging embezzle- ment, was nolle prossed by Assistant United States Attorney General Nugent i Pleads Guilty | EDMUND D. RHEEM. LUTHER GONFERS WITH M. FLANDIN Remains in Paris Despite Announcement He Would Return to Berlin at Once. | By the Associated Press. PEACE IS SHORTEST CUTTOPROSPERITY, - MUSSOLINI AGREES Believes, With Stimson, That Disarmament Is Next Step on Road to Recovery. DECLARES ITALY READY TO ACCEPT LOW FIGURE Holds Success at Geneva Indis- pensable That People Have Faith in Government. By the Associated Press. ROME, July 10.—Premier Mussolini | s——————e .= —_—— agrees with Secretary of State Stimson that world peace 18 the shortest road to econcmie recovery. Universal disarmament, they believe, | is the next, milepost on the trail al- | ready blazed by the suspension of war debts and reparations for one year. Mussclini granted one of his rare interviews to forelgn correspondents last night in the Paiazzo Venezia and | communicated to them the import of | his conference with Mr. Stimson. “There are two roads—a r:ad toward | wir and a road toward peace,” he said. “I told Mr, Stimson that I have chosen D. | | 1 | ‘WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ¢ Foening Sfar. (., FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1931—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. ##%% “From Press The Star’s car: to Home Within the Hour” rier system covers every city block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. Yesterday’s Circulation, 110,019 () Means Associated TWO CENTS. Press. WATCH ME GET HIS MIND OFF THAT PAPER ! 7S)57% News Note: Repub) MINE UNION CHIEF ON Educational Film WORLD CommMENTS HOOVER Ex-Senator France of Maryland tomorrow will launch his campaign for the in nomination for the presidency, 1S, WILL EXPLAN | This was learned at the WITNESS ONGRAF N COTHAM KILED *BY SUBMHAY TRAN jCity's Chief Dock Engineer | Leaped to Death, Rail Line Officials Declare. ‘ MAN WAS EXPECTED | TO SAY WHO GOT FEE Traugott F. Keller Had Testified in Two Inquiries—Due Today for Further Questioning. By the Associated Pri NEW YORK, July 10—The suicide this moming of Traugott F. Keller, $10,000-a-year chie{ engincer of the dock department, forestalled by little more than an hour the intention of investigators in the Lewislative Com- mittee’s city-wide investigation to make him either identify or admit that he himself was the “Frank Baxter” who received nearly all of the $250.000 pier ;’]eaxe fee traced by Federal authoritie | to former County Judge W. Bernard Vause. investigators’ | headquarters Iate today. ATLANTA'PRISON ' GRAFT ENDED BY FEDERAL AGENTS |Justice Department Denies | Officers or Employes Received Money. LEAVENWORTH NOT BEING INVESTIGATED %Overcrowding Blamed in Exposure of Transfers Out of In- | stitution. The Justice Department announced oday Federal agents had broken up & stem of graft within the Atlanta Penitentiary under which prisoners were P money to facilitate their transfer to road camps and other institutions. The department said the money was paid to other prisoners occupying key positions. | The number of men involved in the the department said, was small scheme !and little money changed hands. | Al of the prisoners who secured transfer to camps by improper means, it was said, have been sent back to At- 1 The investi; nta. denied & nilar department ion was being con- | s Dodds and Special Assistant Neil Burk- | PARIS, July 10.—Contrary t0 €X- the yoaq toward peace. Mr. Stimson ~ . Mi. Keller was ground between the Given Seven Years. Justice Gordon imposed the maximum eave on the north express for Berlin ! today, still being tied up in negotiations ing that road. As eachers Boo - JAILING OF CONSUL n, near the southern tip of Manhat tan. The Interborough Rapid Trai een subjected to a close watch by deral agents for the Jast decade or i Sincere Desire for Peace. Co., reporting the case to the transit more. It first came und v o 3 landin. | 3 2 s . 5 er a wholesale penalty of seven years in the peniten ‘“':;(r"‘t;"cl' M:““" . lement| _Ttaly, for her part, will go to the | BAI_'_ED In PARI_EY\ commission, said he jumped from the |official = investigation when Gerald tary on the first count. Rheem was er the Juncheon with Gov. Clement | oyt Gkarmmament. Conterence. with | g platform. | Chapman, a bandit, scaled comimitted to Jail and was immediately | Moret of the Bank of France and other sincere desire for peace. In order (0| RSO0 Effort to Award Prizes SEurda ol | Teatiion n Bite Lessos: the walls of t ution early one 3 sted | finenciers Dr. Luther went to the Solve the eccnomic problem it is neces- | i [ g ; { mor s escape. He was | conveyed to prison by Deputy United . sary , i | i x b, 2 In his pocket, ce said, was & - | States Masshal Jobn J. Clarkson, | minlstry of finance and was veceited | $hal of morafe. The' Success of i i Doak Slates Conference Here| at Luncheon Today Reply to, Mexican Protest bpoena notitving hun to appear be- | Soing 25 sears for engineering a $6. ! | immediately by Pierre Flandin. M. gy / ‘ . | fore assistants to Referee Samucl Sca- | ey, Y f Sl wae Axpecied o | Ime armament conference is_indispensable 8 : e~ : | fore | Sea- | Gigy, e e openig.of cout| TSSO, 1 1 e 30 102 the people may nave Tt m for - Monday—Strikers T —" Being Prepared After | buy; wio b coniuring 1ot 52017 cuupman pays with it n 5 ater Dr. Li peir government, e people must not et AN | . se cf the investization | y 3 morning but Rheem was a little | lcft M. Flandin's office, but declined 10 po - gisillusicned : s | is an examination of pier leases grant- | Chapman later was recaptured and g o ay where he was going next. A state- | aunicriduciions should be discussed Parade in Protest. The United States Education Office’s Governor’s Report. ed by the city to steamship companies. | hanged in Connecticut for killing a po- late in reaching the courthouse and | ey tiChon Bo® (e finance ministry Justice Gordon had begun the hearing, caid merely that M. Flandin, Dr. Luther at Geneva next February in terms of les rather than terms of guns | experiment method of teaching ended in confusio with motion pictures 2s & n of the | liceman. The preliminary police vers! report on Keller's death Wi s that he| A few months after Chapman’s es- of lunacy cases and deferred action in | und M. Moret had talked together. : | " “fell § a4 | cape his famous confederate, “Dutch” Rheem case until 12:30 o'clock. While Dr. Lu still in confer- . he said e Gadngn ;i cerving ‘he | PY,1he Associated Press ell or jumped. il g %) s uired less than a minute. Burkinshaw | man embassy announced that he would jSare 0% 2rmame 8 lmit of ', .;hference of mine union labor lead- | o> “OUGY oed efforts of Fox FUM today to express its regrets to Mexico pog Hhorr b i Sl E e illediby & Bl & that Rheem was |leave for Berlin at 4 oclock this after- | 10:000 rifles for all Italy,” he con- | i Corporation representatives to award P! 8 headquarters to submit to further ques l:;)r; l\nxtl;rdl:aw iled by a policeman in informed the court prepared to charge his plea. The p noon, to remain there only a few hours was entered and then Justice GOrdon pefore starting for Basel. where the di- pronounced scntence. {rectors of the Bank for International Settlements will meet on Monday. tinued, “provided no other nation has Of course, if any other nation more such a reduction would be placing Italy in the position of defend- more. had lers to meet at the Labor Department on Monday, July 13. | The conference will be {of a series designed to determine wheth- the second Drizes to winners in the te: After listening wish_int procucer’s discussions of the m teachers, apparently of the opinicn that est to the ies. the for the sentencing in Chicago of Adolfo Dominguez, acting Mexican consul, for contempt of court. The State Department received a re- t tioning by lawyers seeking evidence of graft payments in connection with the| Later, several pier leases and other dock matters. For | When Georg three days, the la s disclosed, he | bootleg * the “moonshine fraternity” confined in ficials were removed Remus, the Cincinnati and other members of Will Go to Lorton. e g th a pistol against a club. ; had been undergoing examinafyn. The Havas N Agenc; ! 1 atters of pri 2 the penitentiary ; Rheem bore up_well and there wim,"‘igm o ey aDr T Optimisiic Over Fompests. er there is a possibility of getting all | PAILrS O B ared with the mubjeet | Port on the incldent from Gov. Emmer- Hoped to Trace $25000 K. !{Qf\cvc?\l;‘ra tiary admitted they paid a half smile on his face throughout.|ther's negotiations undoubtedly would I factions and persons interested in the | of education. set up a loud chant of son of Illinois this morning. Keller had furnished the nalwes of | cial privileges. %mus Rttt e As he was escorted frem the cell l’ooml to the autcmcbile, in he was to be moved to the District Jail he shiclded his face from photographers with his hat. Rheem will serve his sentence at Lorton, Va. He will be eligible for parole in two years and four months. Attorneys William E. Leahy and Ed- mund Teland accompznied Rheem into court and in his behalf waived the reading of the indictment. When asked by Clerk William 8. Adkins how he vleaded to the indictment, Rheem said “Guilty.” He shook his head when asked if he had anything to say before sen- tence was passed. confine his conversation with M. Moret |to technical aspects and that no de- {cision regarding German credits could ibe_taken. | It was understood that the refcrence {to political questions meant those al- {ready raiced concerning a pledge by Germany to refrain from building war- | ships and to give up the idea of a | customs accord with Austria in return | for credits. | Abcut the time Herr Luther arrived from London last night. the finance { ministry issued a communication de- Inying reports that France wanted to i be relieved of her engagement to pay |a guarantee fund to the World Bank “I have a great optimism over the prospects of economic recovery during the coming years, especially if the dis- armament confcrcnce s & success Disarmament, success would clear & | horizon which would be obscured if the conference does not produce results. The date must not be postponed.” He described the Hoover moratorium as a momentous - ent and Mr. Stim- | son’s visit to Eur pe as an important one. “Italy seconds fully President Hoo- ver's initiative,” he said. that 1 consider onc of the greatest political factors since the War. “Secretary Stimson’s visit to Europe “an initiative | coal industry around & common con- ference table. The operators at a con- ference yesterday with Secretaries La- mont and Doak expressed the belief that little could be accomplished by a conference between the operators and labor. The Secretary of Labor notified John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, thzt the conference w held and told him to bring w such labor leaders as he wished. Will Be Second Conference. denuriciation when the film men under- took to accelerate scoring of the chil- dren’s cxamination papers. They also booed some of their own members who (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. 12,000,000 ASKED INDOHERTY'S SUIT Department officials said the report satisfactcrily exphained the situation. Orders Matter Closed. “Upon receipt of yours of the sev- Emmerson wired Acting Secre- Castle, * ative to the arrest of er ary the Mexican consul of Chicago by or- der of Judge Thomas Green of the Municipal Court of that city, T asked Chief Justice John J. Sonsteby to at once get in touch with Judge Thomas Green in an effort to bring about a atisfactory conclusion of the matter.” several contractors who paid mol.y to | city officials, it was said at iiuiry headguarters, but investigators haf ex- pected even more important staterint from him today. His death was re- garded by Seaburys assistants 85 & low to their inquiry. They had hoped Keller would identify “Frank Baxter,” mystery of a recent pler-lease iry. Authorities have ck up on this man re told he eventually most of the $250.000 pier lease fee paid by steamship companies. | Although Vause declared the bulk of the money went to “Baxter,” no further identification was obtained. court, inquiry that he “bought” his job as_assistant librarian. | _'This investigation revealed that the | Department of Justic: had arranged ! with a Federal court to sentence an lagent to a certain number of years in prison to secure information. | In the latest investigation the de- | partment said there was no evigence | “that moncy had been paid to any of- | ficer or emplove of the institution or | the department.” Threat of Prosecution. | It 1t should be disclosed that any | Covernment employes are involved they | will be speedily indicted and vigorous- jin case Germany declared a mora- is highly important. even though it he b an nt of Siersion nt k p t i |1y prosecuted, it was said Brewer Status in Doubt. | torium. is not official, because he is the See- | Bevond the bare announcement of | The Governor quoted the statement| The dock department’s engineering | ™ .qpe™ 5 ctice Dey e " h ! 5 7 s s the PReo it e et LetToa e it i eller Wi e he Justi partment blamed the the date and the fact the invitatior of Judge Green that he was expunging | bureau, of which Keller was the head, | peme “partiy on the overcrowding at The Government prosecutors were n-t prepared to say what ection would be taken sgainst J. Newton Brewer, an- other vice president of the brokerage firm, who was jointly indicted with Rheem, but it is generally considered It was said that France only acked | that in case the World Bank demand- [ ed such a fund it could be paid month- |1y in the same manner that it would |be allotted to the nations concerned retary of State of the largest republic in the world. 1 am most favorably pressed by the Secretary. Besid a likeable and cordial gentleman, he | is also a very wise statesman.” Second Talk at Dinner. nad been extended, the secretary would not_comment. The conference is the second of a scries designed to develop whether there is a sibility of getting all fac- Kansas City Star and Heads Named as Defendants Libel Action. the order from the record to “remove any possible belief that my act was any indication of any feeling toward Mexico.” Reply Being Prepared. computes rentals and passes on plans for pier superstructur He was 45 years old and had been the city service for 21 years, risin | his $10,000-a-ycar post as head of Gock department. approves lease: g to the {the Atlanta penal institution. It was | said that road camps to which prison- D | ers sought transfer were established to make possible employment of prisoners on manual labor rather than permite . DEPRESSION HITS BOURSE. | | tions and persons interested in the coal 3 ting them to be idle in the penitentiary. “nmbe w‘fi"hmsee;h?s ::eh:::?mmm - , | Mr. Stimson again talked with Pre- | industry around a common conference 1L rr¥ly to the Mrgl(‘nn gmemm;n:’.s Third Witness Eliminated. | e e e p,g.;’s Will Be/ROlic PROSS ) . Imi:r Mussolini and Foreign Minister | table. The operators at a conference _ note of protest is being prepared by | e 9 " o recently auth d by Congress ar He is ot liberty on bail. Brewer s | Report of Luther'’s Return to Berlin| Grongi at a dinner given by American | vesicrday expresced the belief that lit- KANSAS CITY, July 10 (%) —Henry | the State Department and will be for- e e il e aerostneats cewn o charged with having taken the notes Affects Trading. Ambassador John 8. Garrett and Mrs. | tle could b- accomplished by a confer- SV s July (®)—HENIY | yarded to the Mexican government to- ;'églfuamr e dc";ndm “B 1 will be possible to reduce the. over= from the vaults of the brokerage firm | Garrett later in the evening. Il Duce | ence between the operators and labor. | L. Doherty, head of the Citics Service day, It will incorporate Gov. Emmer- 'Tv\go disins “‘g’e N8 4 to them | crowding at Atlanta. and to have delivered them to Rheem at the office of the Washington Loan & Trust Co. The count of the indictment on Which | BERLIN, July 10 (#).—Reports that Hans Luther would return suddenly to| ! Berlin from Paris had a depressing ef- | fect on the bourse today. was dressed in a white flannel was in the best of humor, English when he could and resorting to suit, | Lewis several weeks ago appealed to vhite shocs and a sofi blue shirt and | president Hoover for a general confer- Joking i\ ence on conditions in the industry. He asked that the administration take the Co., filed suit for $1%,000,000 damages against the Kansas City Star here to- day as an outgrowth of a campaign by the Star and Gov. Harry Woodring for son’s report. The note probably will express the regret of this Government over the in- cident. Dominguez was held in jail but four when Cherles Brady, former superin- tendent. of buildings, and John O. Lewis, resigned assistant engineer in the Man. hattan Bureau of Buildings, disap- new prison to house 1,200 inmates will be completed within a yeer. Con- | struction work on a new ho:pital for | defective delinquents, two new re- | formatoties and one narcotic farm will Rheem was sentenced alieges that he | ™" Gossip was busy wi s - | Italian when words failed him. = 3 i S carried away and concealed WTItings | cerning political e O on | Ifie Secretary issued a brief state- | (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) " |a reduction in Kansas gas rates. hours, waen he was released on his per- Peared. o L | ettt dnAng the S to the prejudice of another, including!pank president encountered, such as ment denying a story reported to have - . — The action, brought in the Circuit | sona)l’ recognizance. Yesterday Judge Examination of Lc\u.§ ‘ank account | et Wil notes of $162,000, which he substituted | the granting of a long-term loan being been published in the United States | {Court "of Jackson County, MO. Green dropped the case. revealed. they said, that he had depos- piracy. y for notes held by the trust company | made dependent upon abandonment of that he favored postponement of next PAIR OUESTIONED | named the Kansas City Star Co., George = ited more than $150,000. His salary | Officials of the Bureau of Prisons dis- as trustee of the estate of his father,the Austro-German customs accord and vear's disarmament confercnce. | | B. Longan, presidont; Roy A. Roberls, | Protest Filed. was $3,120 a year. | closed today that one of the prisoners involved in the Atlanta investigation Clarence B. Rhcem, and which had | the putting off of completion of the He said there was no basis for such managing editor. and Prod C. Trigg.. Before it became known that the case - - - L \mpaired by the release of the |next German “vest-pocket" cruiser. a report, adding that the United State: IN SU |C|DE PROB Er editor for the Star, as de- | had been thrown out, Mexico had filed E¥_OK| AHOMA BANKER 5sp;aPuu'laR3rgl‘&Jiné, ST DS cndants. a protest i smugg:e securing them. Harry Wardman, faiher-in-law of { The run on foreign exchange con- | tinued today to the extent of another does not favor postponement and will be reprcsented at the conference. | i | | | | B. C. Adams. vice president and gen- eral manager of the Gas S°rvice Co. Ambassador Tellez delivered ‘& note . and_while its con- EXECUTED FOR MURDER | quantities of Swiss watches in viola- { tion of the custem laws Rhcem, was in court this morning and | 50,000,000 marks (about $12,500,000). : i " hl N hiis ank his sl |As Gt ae ool te Sataea g:rc?ogrge?i- Talks Satisfactory. Retired Navy Man and Mrs. Geiger noiaing corporation for the Doh tents were not made public, Tellez said | Joseph Pearlman, convicted of the Investigation into the Rheem affairs { can withdrawals had stopped and the| Secretary Stimson said the talks he H : subsidiaries in Missouri, Kansas and his government was seeking the acting | By the Associated Press. e e e was conducted by Charles T. Malone | persisting demand was said to be due had with Premier Mussolini and Min- Return to omes In | Oklahoma, described the action as & consul's immediate and unconditional — McALESTER, Okla. July 10.—! a1 | the investigation. and E. J. Armbruster, Depariment of | wholly to French pressure, for which | istor Grandi were eminently satisfac-, Lif. civil libel suit. ; release. I D Cale. famuts Bitioans Okial, ‘bankes |- Sk omictis siid Boll Renis ard Sustice agents, under the direction of | firmness of the French franc was cited | to Coronado, Calif. | " Adams sid the suit was “one of sev- | Learning the case had been closed by |and druggist, was execuied early today | Leariman had been transferred from J. Edgar Hoover, director of the bureau of investigation of the department. as proof. | Other rumors were that the Germans again are becoming frightened and an- other “flight of capital” movement was | _“They furthered one purpose T nad ~(Continued on Page 5, Column 3.) By the Associated Press. Th CORONADO, Calif., July 10.—Police and $1.000,000 punitive damages | eral” which would be filed against the Star. e plaintiff seeks $1.000,000 actual on Green's order, Tellez said he would 1m- mediately advise his government. The Mexican protest climaxed a series of incidents_involving_her_citi~ | for the murder of Ernest Irby, witness |in a liquor conspiracy case against Cole. Cole denied any connection with th slaying of Irby, who was shot to deat! | Atlanta_to_Fort Rosebank. on Staten |Island, N. Y., but because of their part |in the conspiracy both would be sent | back to Atlanta. responsible for the continued drain. | ALLPOX n. each of counts. based on articles | — e = in March, 1930 i igheed | . It was said authoritatively that the SEVEN ARE RESCUED e condnnedinen. NEW SM 0X SERUM | ccugnt to question Lieut. Comdr. e e o ST (ComineliaEeg Colimn 4, | in March, 1930, and his bods, weighted | snvcatisation into conaitions in_ Atlania ket closed nervous, with no signs of dolph P, Scudder, Tetired naval officer, | Yiuch aPpeared in the Btar op warious | —_— La - | was still in progress and that additional | y evidence was nceded against the pris- FROM FLAMING AUTO Car Overturns and Bursts Into Blaze After Crash With Actors’ Machine. | recovery after official hours. i | ALFONSO GETS U. S. BID | Former King Also Urged to Visit South America. | | DISCOVERED IN BRITAIN esearch Council Describes Find as “Flocculation Reaction” Ob- | tainable in Cases of Disease. | | R | | By the Associated Press. {and Mrs. Francis Geiger further today. follewing the death of Mrs. Scudder and the discovery of Mrs. Geiger's two Mrs. Scudder, 47 years old, died yes. terday of poison, which Coroner Ches- ter Gunn said she had taken apparently | children living alone and without food. | and libelous statements were made. The petition specifically denied the truth of statements made in the quoted articles that a management fee of 134 | per cent of the annual gross revenue of the subsidiary companies went to the personal account of Doherty. the petition stated. “has not ued on Page 2, Column 3.) LLOYD GEORGE HEARS | ADDRESS BY DAUGHTER Commons Urged by Daughter of | Liberal Leader to Extend Rural Housing. Pay® Death Penalty. COLUMBIA, S. C., July 10 (#).—Al- | bert Floyd, 35-year-old Greenville farm- | er, was electrocuted at the State peni- | tent.ary here today for murdering H> |ard Bell, Clearwater, S. C, mechanic. Bell was slain when ke returned home unexpectedly to accost Lloyd and Mrs Bell, found together in the garage. Mrs oners believed to have accepted graft. | DIEGEL TAKES LEAD IN CANADIAN OPEN FONTAINEBLEAU, Francé, July 10| LONDON, July 10—Discovery of &, e | with suicidal intent. ot Bell, convicted of being an accessory GLOUCESTER, N. J,, July 10 (®).— Seven Philadelphians narrowly escaped death when their sedan overturned and burst ames after a collision with a ca: ng a troup of New York actors and actresses here today. The occupants cf the sedan were trapped in the flaming auto when the docrs became jommed. They were pulled to safety by other motorists who extinguished their clothing. The mest seriously injured were: Wil- lism T. Pierce. <u, a contractor, in Whose car the party was riding; Sam- uel T. Blieden, 39. real estate cpera- tor; Miss nancy MacPoyle, 20; Harry Skale, 34, business associate of Blie- den, and Miss Margaret Tomkinson, 22. Pierce's car was headed toward this city when it collided with the auto of Thomas Ball, Newark, N. J. Five ac- tresses in Ball's car escaped injury. DANCE DIRECTOR DIES David Marion, Stockton, Calif., ‘Was Brother of Famous Actor. STOCKTON, Calif, July 10 (#.— David Marion, 62, noted stage and dance director and brother of George ‘Marion, famous actor, died in a hos- pital here Wednesday night after a brief illness. During the late 90s and early part of the twentieth century Mr. Marion ‘was an outstanding dance director. He staged dance numbers in many oper- ettas and musical comedies, including The Merry Widow” and “The Choco- late Soldier.” He also was an intimate associate of the late David Belasco, Flo Ziegfeld, Cecil de Mille and other noted producers. (A).—Former King Alfonso of Spain has | 1eW smallpox serum was announced received a number of invitatians to 10day by the Eritish Medical Res:arch | visit the United States and Latin Amer- | Sret. illom . Jonn Tulloen and D {ica, it has been learncd. It is con- | James Craigie. g sidered unlikely that he will accept any |~ The announcement describes the of them in the immediate future. Ls:mm as a “flocculation reaction” ob- tainable in cases of smallpox, which enables a definite diagnosis in the early stages of suspected smallpox when the symptoms are otherwise doubtful. Th> experiments also were said to indicate that the serum might give im- mediate protection to perscns in contact with smallpox cases, acting more quickly than the present vaccination method. \DO NOT EAT YOUR CIGAR WRAPPER; IT MAY BE IMPURE, CORNELL WARNS Floods Drown 80070. CANTON, China, July 10 (4).—More | than 3,000 persons are reported to have | drowned in recent days as a result of floods in Kwantung Province. ‘The waters of the East and North Rivers are believed now to be subsiding. Scientist By the Associated Press. ITHACA, N. Y., July 10.—A caution to the public against eating transparent wrappings of cigars and other articles was issued a% Cornell University toda: some of these products have been found edible at the university, others contain a finish which is not suitable for eating. A plan to feed human beings with certain of these wrapping materials as a substitute for bran, the “roughage” in diet, was announced at the Cornell department of animal nutrition a few days ago. ‘When this news was made public it was believed at the university that the wrapping materials they received direct from the factory were the same as that used commercially. It has developed ‘ Pure Cellulose Is One Thing—Wrappings Are Another, Explains. | since that some of the commercial | wrappers are treated with additional materials to add to their covering value. | Upon being informed of this develop- ment, Dr. C. M. McCay, in charge of lov"'!u\lts stmmc;m: “Transparent wrappings that are used for food or cmarsp sh%mld n:ver.be eaten. since meny of them have addi- |tiens in process other than pure cellulose. The animal nutrition labora- tory of Cornell University has fed large amounts of a specific form of celiulose to rats, mice, fish, swine and even to men. In this form it is harmless and large amounts of it may be eaten with- out injury. This does not mean that all forms of transparent wrap) should be eatem indiscriminately,” | The warning was made because while | the sceding experiment, issued the fol- | l P Radio P“l“r_' Police Chief Ivan J. Smith said Mrs. Lilian Hackney told him she and her friend, Mrs. Scudder, went to Tijuana and saw Scudder there with Mrs. Geiger. He had been away from home ! for eight days, Smith was told. Smith found Mrs. Geiger's children, Gretchen, 16, and Billie, 9, living alone. | and said they had been without food for several days. ¢ Scudder returned Home last night, but declined to talk. Mrs. Geiger, who returned at about the same time, denied she had been with Scudder. but de- clined to reply to other questions. Mrs. Geiger, former society woman of Washington, is the widow of Col. Harold Geiger, World War veteran. Husband Served at Aberdeen. Lieut. Col. Geiger was killed in an airplane crash near Middletown, Pa.. on May 17, 1927, according to records at the War Department. At the time he was serving as a major in the Air Corps, as commandant of Philips Field, Aberdeen, Md. Geiger, a native of Plainfield, N. J., was born on October 7, 1884, and en- tered West Point when 20 years old. Graduating four years later as a lieu- tenant, he was assigned to the Coast Artillery and stationed at Fort Monroe. Later he was transferred to the Signal Corps, and when the Air Corps was formed out of this branch became one of its first officers. He was reverted to his war-time rank of lieutenant colonel by the act of Congress passed last session. In 1921 uel’:.r served as military at- tache to The Hague. His father, Fred C. Geiger, is still living at 34§ Lincoln avenue, Orange N. according to War Department recor o.n Page A-10 DETROIT KILLER SUSPECT SHOT DEAD IN STREET | Gambler Held for Slaying When Police Catch Him Running From Alley. DETROIT, July 10 (#).—Folis Ko- Kolaris, wio was charged with murder in a secret indictment returned by the grand jury which investigated crime conditions in Detroit last Spring, was shot to death today on Brush street near Monroe avenue, a short distance from police headquarters. The police are hclding John Kallipoulis. Both are said by police to be gamblers. Kallipoulis was arrested as he ran from an alley. In the grand jury indictment Koko- laris was charged with slaying Tom Serinotes in a gambling quarrel. FACES JAIL TERM Lloyd Hamilton Must Pay Alimony or Go to Prison. LOS ANGELES, July 10 (#).—Lloyd Hamilton, funny man of the films, had to choose today between jail and mak- ing a $50 alimony payment. Superior Judge Walter Guerin yester- day ordered Hamilton to make the pay ment today and another of $50 by noon next Tuesday. He also appointed C. W. Horn as receiver to take charge of the comedian’s earnings. Ileana Visits Helen. VIENNA, July 10 (#).—Princess Ileana and her fiance, Archduke Anton, today flew to Castle Mamria to visit Queen Helen. The archduke piloied the.ship. By the Associated Press. LONDON, July 10.—David Lloyd George, the Liberal leader, sat back with a smile today while his daughter. Megan, made a speech in the House of | Commons urging extension of the gov- ernment’s rural housing program. She made a rapid mental calculation in the course of her speech, gave a figure on housing, and added, “If my arithmetic is correct.” “Right,” her father interjected. “I thank my right honorable friend for his support,” the young woman replied. in her husband's slaying, is serving a five-year prison term. BALL GAME POSTPONED icontest With Boston Will Be Play- ed in Double-Header Tomorrow. The second of the three-game series between Washington and Boston teday was called off due to wet grounds. A double-header will be played to- morrow, starting at 1:30 o'clock. Apologizes, Describing | By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 10.—The other day the word went out that Gene Tunney and Chicago, where he made nearly :e million dollars, were not on speaking Tms. But it was learned today that this was a mistake, that*in fact the retired heavyweight champion pugilist had done some talking to Chicago recently and that as a result, Robert Maynard Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago, had plenty of information about Gene's honeymoon island of Brioni, in the Adriatic, when he and Mrs. Hutchins sailed for that place yesterday for a Summer vacation. President Hutchins called on long distance some time ago to New York, seeking talk with Tunney about TUNNEY SPEAKS TO CHICAGO—BUT ONLY TO BOOST HONEYMOON SITE Secretary Refuses Dr. Hutchins’ Call, but Later Gene Brioni Island in Detail. what sort of a place the island was for a vacation, but the operator re- ported back: “We are sorry, but Mr. Tunney's secretary reports that Mr. Tunney does not speak to Chicago.” A few days later, however, President Hutchins' telephcne ‘rang and the voice, as related by the Chicago Herald and Examiner, said something like this: “This is Gene Tunney. I have just learned you telephoned me a few days ago to inquire about Brioni Island. ‘Well, Mr. Hutchins, I simply can't tell you how sorry I am and—" = . Whereupon followed 10 minutes of apology and 20 minutes of remarks on the merits of the island, where Tunney and the former Polly Lauder spent | their honeymoon. Shoots 71 in Second Round to Top Early Finishers at Missis- sauga Club. By the Associated Press. | TORONTO, July 10.—Leo Diegel of Agua_ Calicnte, Mexico, who has won the title four times and was runner-up | to Tommy Armcur last year, carded & 71 today in his second round to take the lead among the early finishers in the Canadian open golf championship at Mississagua Golf Club with a 36-hole total of 145. He finished tne first nine in 34, two under par, but went one over coming home. Sullen skies cast a threat of rain over the scene today. Walter Hagen, who had a 68 yes- terday to tie with Wiffy Cox and Ar- mour for second place behind Alliss, | continued his subpar golf today, scor- ing a 34 on the out nine. “The Haig” was frequently in trou- ble, dubbing no fewer than three iron shots, but he was always there in the emergency with a spectacular recovery, and his putting was phenomenal, sev- eral 10 and 15 footers dropping for him. HERO KILLS SELF Congressional Medal Owner Ends Life Near Heroism Scene. PORTLAND, Me., July 10 (#).—The body ,of Charles Ross White, 70, with a bullef wound in the head, was found last night close to the water's edge of Casco Bay, where 50 years ago his rescue of a drowning man brought him a congressional medal of honor. Dr. forest Weeks, medical exam- iner, said white had taken his own life. In the cozt was the congressional medahy awarded in 1881, (‘