Evening Star Newspaper, August 1, 1931, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON D C, SA l‘l'R.l)AY. Al f ]931.' {WICKERSHAM GROUP INDICTS A—2 x» CHICAGO ADDS LIST OF PUBLIC ENEMIES| 28 New Names of Gangsters Announced in Renewed Crime Drive. B the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 1-—A new offen- sive against Chicago gangsters was opened today. It took the form of the issuance by the Chicago Crime Commission of & list of “public enemies,” adding 28 nn:.r'r,lea to Y.h:%flglml roster of 56 which was headed by Alphonse Capone, over- lord of Chicago gangdom. The 28 additional names were made public in a letter sent to public officials, urging that the anti-gang campaign be continued. Among them were those of men who for years are reputed to have been pioneers in the racketeering field. They included Joe Fusco, an alleged Capone liquor lieutenant; Theodore “Ted” Newberry, once a power in the George “Bugs” Moran gang; Sam ‘Lit- tle New York” Campagnia, a Capone follower; Claude Maddox, & suspect in the 1920 St. Valentine's day massacre of seven Moran henchmen; Bernard O'Donnell, alleged beer racketeer; An- thony “Red” Kissane, reputed ‘hoodlum, and John “Jack” Barry, alleged labor racketeer. “Who's Who in Crime.” the same time the commission pr:i:\\szd that the list would “be ampi- fied from time to time, as this h‘:y no menm;l a cen}\‘ple’u :c;l:‘leo of Chi- 's ‘who's who in t.g': letter stressed that of the or\z\nul‘l 28 “public enemies” 2 have been sla: X 3 were sent to penitentiaries 'Mhu others have been sentenced. One . been ordered deported, 3 are await- ing trial, 5 are fugitives from justice and 7 have been cleared of charges. Another is free on bail, awaiting & re- view of an extradition case. Meanwhile Capone was free under $50,000 bond as & result of his decision to try to withdraw his pleas of guilty io indictments g income tax vio- lation and conspiracy to violate the pro- hibition law. He had planned on 'tak» ing his sentence this week, but ‘when heavier penalties than he had bargained for threatened him, he changed his mind. ral Judge James H. Wilkerson de- flclllee: eyesm'?ley to allow Capone to withdraw his guilty plea on the income tax case, but withheld his decision on the liquor indictment, ordering the grand jury to review the evidence and decide whether more serious charges could not be proved. The prosecution viewed the ruling as a chance to multiply convic- tions on the 5,000 specific liquor of- fenses the liquor indictment alleges, but the defense regarded it as favorable to Capone. Michael Ahern, the gangster's attorney, sald this would require the Government to prove each offense separately. May Ask Venue Change. pone's trial on the income tax usilwfll be fixed on September 8. but he may not be tried before Judge Wilk- erson. His counsel said Capone re- garded Judge Wilkerson as “prejudiced and said he would ask for a change of venue. eClpm’m had protested that the Gov- emment had promised to trade & recommendation for leniency for his pleas of guilty. In this_ connection United States Senator Thomas D. Schall' at Minneapolis issued a state- ment criticizing what he termed a “‘deal between Capone afid the Attorney Gen- eral” of the United States, involving a light sentence in charges against Capone. _Senator_Schall and Attorney General William D. Mitchell are politi- cal enemies. Another name to the list of dead in gang warfare in the Chicago area was ndded. It was that of Matthew Hoffman | of Glenview, a reputed beer merchant. His body, with bullet wounds in the head, was found near Aptakisic, Ill. Louis Prisco, 34, who lives at the Lexington Hotel, known for years as Al Capone’s headquarters, and who_told authorities he was the gang chief's chauffeur, was held to the grand jury on a narcotic law violation charge. Ruth Willlams, 26, of the Metropole Hotel, another reputed Capone hang- out, was arrested with Prisco and her bond set at $1,500. o “If Capone knew I peddled ‘junk,’ it would be curtains,” Prisco told police when he was arrested. Officials said a quantity of narcotics was found in Miss Williams’' room and in Prisco’s pockets. MITCHELL 1S SILENT. Leaves Capital Without Comment on Capone Case. Still declining to answer any ques- tions concerning the unexpected turn in the Al Capone case in Chicago, At- torney General Mitchell left the Cap- ital yesterday to be gone until Monday. Officials at the Justice Department said his destination had not been an- nounced. The Attorney General's departure left locked in the department a state- ment of commendation to Chicago offi- cials and others who had worked upon the case t Capone. It was to ‘have been made public after the Chicago gangster was sentenced. Officials declined to comment upon reports that an agreement had been reached between Federal officials and defense attorneys, prior to withdrawal of Capone’s plea of gullty, under which the gangster would be sent to prison for two and one-half years. COL. LUCIEN D. STARKE, PUBLISHER, IS DEAD President of Norfolk Virginian Pilot Succumbs After Brief Tllness, By the Assoclated Press, NORFOLK, kVi., h!!?hzrw;( u}.—cc“ 1. clen D. Starke, e Nor- E’g‘lk Virginian Pugt‘,l died last night in Sarah Leigh Hospital after a brief liness. Col. Starke was a native of Norfolk, 63 years old, and had practiced law in this city for upward of 30 years. He negotiated the purchase of the old Norfolk Pilot for the late Albert Gran- dy in 1896, was made treasurer and on the death g: Mr. Grandy in 1903 was nt. m'm“ VP!T;:'. had cohsolidated with the Norfolk Virginian in 1898, and January 1, 1912, the company bought the Norfolk Landmark, taking control of the morn- newspaper field. mgn hndp l?:ver held public office, but was a member of the staff of Gov. Hoge Tyler of Virginia, with the rank of colonel. i FACES LARCENY CHARGES Robert D. Fuller, 15 years old, of -y A ok 0. :“h tllh in e%'tmceflo: an mpt'i dmmu and money the home of Mrs. ‘The valued at $28; $40; a watch, at $25, and $8 was recovered.” according -to except $7 cash. POLICE SYSTEMS OF nor was any individual report by him included. Appended to the comparatively brief re] of the commisison itself was a 12° -plge study of police conditions pre- pared by August Vollmer, professor of police administration at the University of Chicago; David G. Monros and Earle ‘W. Garrett, research assistants in the department of political economy of the same university. Of the cities specifically mentioned in doth l‘:?om Milwauke¢ was the only one to receive unqualified praise. The com- mission cited it “a city free from crime or where the criminal is speedily detected, arrested and promptly tried and sent on his way to serve his time.” It added that “no other city has such a record.” Condemning the methods und:r which police chiefs are selected and controlled, the commission said Indianapolis a few y::rs ago had furnished a “classic in- stance. Tailor Named Chief. 1t said the mayor appointed his tai- lor as police chief “because he had been his tailor for 20 years and he knew he was a good tallor, and so necessarily would make a good chief of police.” Speaking of factors that contributed to make police departments “the play- thing of crooked politicians,” the swift changing of officials in New York and Chicago was called “deplorable.” It was said that Los Angeles was once controlled by a few gamblers. San Francisco was said to have been so completely controlled by gamblers at one time that three of them shook dice to determine who would name the first police chief, who the second and who the third. ‘When gamblers were driven out of Detroit recently, it was said, they re- taliated by ousting the commissioner from office, despite his being ‘recog- nized by police chiefs as one of the ablest police executives in America.” Kansas City was named as having been controlled by a vice ring that would brook “no interference with their enterprises.” It was added that “Chi- cago, despite its unenviable reputation, | 1s but one of the numerous cities where | the people have frequently been be- | trayed by their elected officials.” | The commission asserted that often | the chief of police, being subject to | dismissal when displeasing the mayor or the politiclans who put him in office, many times was forced “to heed the admonitions of his patrons and to follow their often brutal orders to g0 easy on this or that criminal or criminal gang who are in alliance with his patrons.” Public Sickened. . “The public has long been sickened.” the commission said, “by the usual for- | mula perfodicaily issued by the mayor's | office whenever there i & change in | that office—that the new chief has re- celved orders to heed no one in the discharge of his duties, but fearlessly to protcet the public against the criminal. “They know from experience that it is not true, and if the chief were to follow such reputed directions his term | would be very much shorter than two ( and forty-one hundredths years (the estimated average tenure in the larger cities) " Vollmer oraised conditions in Mil- waukee because the chief of police there wl: removed entirely from political con- trol. “To suggest that the head of a po- lice department.” Vollmer said. ‘“be protected by civil service provisions would undoubtedly be met by violent objections by the professional politictan, because-he knows that it would weaken his chances of controlling the police in the city, and thus interfere seriously with financial collections from the un- derworld for campaign expenses. “While there are many other sources from which the political bosses secure contributions, in the main the funds which really make sucessful campaigns possible, come from the owners and habitues of vice, gambling and bootleg- ging resorts. Acordingly, every effort is directed toward securing the appoint- ment of a police executive favcrable to their cause, one who will take orders ‘without hesitancy.” Attacking the types of men who make up most police forces, Monrce asserted that 60 per cent of the present person- g} nel have never entered high school. The great majority, he said, are “nct suited either by tentlgeramem. training or education for their position,” and ac- cording to some standards 75 per cent “are not mentally endowed to perform the duties assigned them.” Communication Poor. In urging that the police be more modernly equipped, the commission as- serted that, “with perhaps two excep- tions, not a single police force of cities above 300,000 population has an ade- quate communications system and equipment essential in these days to meet the criminal on even equal terms.” It particularly praised Detroit, saying out of 22,598 broadcasts in 1929 the po- lice made 1,325 arrests at an average of 1 minute 42 seconds, frequently getting the guilty person in the very act of committing his crime. Monroe's report said 600 important arrests, made in Detroit in the average time of 80 seconds, constituted “the most astounding record ever entered in polics annels.” He quoted Ccmmissioner Rutledge as saying murderers had been caught at the scens of their crime, burglars had been apprehended while still piling up their loot, bank stick-up men placed in handcuffs within 60 seconds after leav- g the bank and a man saved from drowning 70 seconds after the alarm was broadcast. Chicago was criticized because at least 15 minutes were reported neces- sary to sound an alarm in its 40 sta- tions by telephone. Monroe said that “in this day and age of minutes and seconds that type of service is medieval and must be abolished.” Headquarters Praised. This same report praised the types of police headquarters found in Mil- waukee, San Francisco, Cleveland, St. Louis and Detroit. “On the other hand,” it added, “‘we have conditions in our large cities which are the very antithesis of proper policing. Kansas City, Los Angeles, Minneapolis and Denver are repre- sentative of the extent to which rapidly changing conditions have created prob- lems with which the police depart- ments have not been given adequate acilif to cope. 7 “Agde:d to. th:e common defectiveness of the headquarters is the great in- adequacy of properly situated and up- to-date substation houses. The sur- veys made of Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Kansas . Detroit, Cleveland and Cincinnati all disclosed facts that de- manded immediate change. “From time to time, as occasion de- manded, these staticns were established in various sections about the city. Usu- ally, once situated, they remained, re- flrdlul of the r‘:luumaz these W!:latrm: moving populations, or con: lZcm residential to manufacturing dis- ricts, soon rendered the location im- ractical.” 3 Milwaukee, San Francisco and De- trolt all were praised for connecting closely the headquarters of their city and county police and their city and county ecurts. Other cities were urged to foliow this example. The report by Garrett urged the ex- tended use of policewomen in crime pre- vention work. It quoted a 1928 report from Detroit that feminine cflicers were instrumental in returning to _their homes 235 girls from otner cities, locat~ peb128 Biftng saa removing 193 ‘s d g 2o m hotels and rocming houses. Sherift System Assailed. the general inefficiency of the ~constab] as com- with ability u}gsn lice forces, e arrett’s report cited mpwutiu of et County, Ky., of appcinting & valued | Jefferson Y, Ky. pps! inder the (Continued Prom First Page.) missing. No explanation was given, | regular COUNTRY dictate the appointment of the person- nel; the force is too small to warrant a school; the sheriff as head of the force may chi every four years or so as happens in some States where the sheriff may not suc- uu{‘n ;’{ nded collection of g the expa col police records, Garrett asserted the most complete bureau of its kind was located in Sacramento, Calif. He pointed out provision was made for collecting crime records from all sources, special investi- gators were and a competent tatistician emple The California he said, cost but a) year in 1927 loyed. bureau, roximately $40,000 and 1928, but was instrumental in re- covering stol alone worth six times that amount. ‘The report dealing with the selection of police 1l sald Kansas City had’ presented an example of wholesal® dismissals at the start of each new police regime. In 1928, it reported, approxi- mately 53 per cent of the force had had less than three years' service. It added that five of seven licutgnants taking an examination in Kansal City had not gone beyond the graded school, while among sergeants 31 of 35 had never entered h school, with 23 of 33 detectives in the same category. Of the-531 persons taking the test in ques- tion, it said, 70 per cent had no train- ing above the grades. Few High School Trained. In Detroit, it was reported, an analy- sis in 1925 of 142 patrolmen showed 72 per cent had never entered high school. Describiog an intelligence test in which the results obtained by Univer- sity of California freshmen were com- pared with those from the police forces of several cities, the report sald 91 per cent of the freshmen were shown intel- lectually fit, against 27 per cent for the Los Angcles force, 26 per cent for Min- and 17 per cent for Cleveland. ‘The report on police training praised the program offered at Detroit: de- scribed the school at Louisville as one progressing from the type dedicated only to the recruit; that at Cincinnati as one of the most “complete and spe- cialized.” and that at Berkeley, if., as opening up new field of school- ing” in which training was given be- yond the mechanics of police problems. The rt cited as “splendid ex. amples of the new type of the courses oftered at Northwestern (Calit) | University and the San Jose State Teachers’ College. “The last 15 years have inaugurated the change,” the report sald. “The next 15 may see a great chain of instruction throughout the country which will make | possible an education for every police- The commission itself gave no con- clusions, but the study by the three ex- perts made the following suggestions: “Remove Politics.” “The corrupting influence of politics | should be removed from the police or- | ganization. “The head of the department should be selected at large for competence, a leader, preferably a man of consider- able police experience, and removable from office only after preferment of | charges and a public hearing. | “Patrolmen should be able to rate a | ‘B’ on ths Alpha test (a standard in- | telligence test), be ablebodied and of | good character, weigh 150 pounds, measure 5 feet 9 inches tall, and be be- tween 21 and 31 years of age. These requirements may be disregarded by the chief for good and sufficient reasons. ‘‘Salaries should permit decent living standards, housing should be adequate, eight hours’ work, one day off weekly, annual vacation, fair sick leave with pav, just accident and death benefits when' in performance of duty, reason- ;l:; pension provisions on an actuarial s “'Adequate training for recruits, offi- cers and those already on the roll is imperative. S Thorough Communication. | “The communication system should | provide for call boxes, telephones, re- call system and (in appropriate cir- cumstances) teletype and radio. “Records should be complete, ade- quate, but as simple as possible. They should be used to secure administrative | control of investigations and of depart- | ment units in the interests of efficiency. “A_crime prevention unit should be established if circumstances warrant this action, and qaulified women police should be engaged to handle juvenile delinquents’ and women's cases. “‘State police forces should be es- tablished in States where rural protec- tion of this character is required. “State bureaus of criminal investiga- | tion and information should be estab- lished in every State.” neapolis, 18 per cent for Kansas City, | & | REPORT SURPRISES ALCOCK. CHICAGO, August 1 (#).—Commis- sioner John H. Alcock expressed sur- prise today that Chicago's police com- munications system had been criticized as slow in a Wickersham Commission report. ‘When the police radio, telephone and telegraphic typewriter alarm sys- tem began functioning as a unit a year ago this month it was regarded as the most unique and modern equipment in America. Fourteen police operators speaking at least seven languages answer calls to “Police 1313” at the only switchbcard of its type in use. They note alarms in triplicate and in less than 3 seconds the general alarm is broadcast by short- wave radio to roving detective squads, trai itted by electric typewriters in- stantly to every police station in the city and dictated to the particular sta- tions involved by telephone, requiring only the touch of a button. Commissioner Alcock sald the asser- tion that 15 minutes were required for communication with the 40 police sta- tions was ridiculous. The triple com- munication system, all operated from the same central room, has resulled frequently in the capture of criminals while robberies and burglaries were still in progress. KANSAS CITY ANSWERS. Police Commissioner Declares Wicker- sham Report Inaccurate. KANSAS CITY, August 1 (#).—Rus- sell Field, police loner, today said conditions here pictured in the Wickersham r no longer existed. The Wicke im report is faulty as far as it touches upon conditions in Kansas City, the commissioner said, be- cause it is based upon observations, three years , of August Vollmer, pro- fessor of ice demonstration at the University of Chicago. Pleld said these conditions had besn corrected largely by adopting the Voll- mer recommendations. . TAILOR NAMED CHIEF. INDIANAPOLIS, August 1 (#).—The “classic instance” of the selection of a police chief in Indianapolis because “he was a good tailor,” cited in the ‘Wickersham Commission’s report, re- fers to the appointment made by the late Samuel Lewis Shank, former mayor of Indianapolis. “B:I:nk during his '!::t Idml.:llls'-rlflfll; -gpom as police chie Hmm , proprietor of a taijor shop. Shank explained at the time that he wan! ted a business man to head the 3,""“ force. Rikhoff served as police chief in 1922 and 1923. A . Read Bible 30 Times. GOLDSBORO, N. C., August 1 (#).— Timothy Norris, 90 years old, a Con- federate veteran who claimed to have read the Bible through 30 times, died here today. Three Families Saved in Flood. MRS, HENDERSON | 700 UNFIT; ARTH SAYS Report of Arnold Guardian| Declares Late Dowager Was “Incapacitated.” . __(Continued Prom Pirst Page) they have plenty of money themselves and that sl t do more. I sald that I was not g on behalf of the Arnold family, except in so far as the interests of Augusta Arnold were concerned in the pending suit, and I ain referred to the averment of the man may know something about it." Upon reading the name, I saw it was that of Mr. George E. Edelin, attorney of record fo~ said defendant. I there- upon informed her that I had talked with Mr. Edelin briefly about the case and would see him again, but in the meantime I wished to talk with r regarding it. She stated that Shi¥ia was her lawyer: that he was responsible for her being alive today and that hé had saved her from the evil designs of an employe in her household. “When Mrs. Henderson stated that Shima was her lawyer, I turned to him nd asked, ‘Are you Mrs. Henderson's| lawyer?’ to_which he replied, ‘No, Mr. Edelin is; I am her secretary.’ “Shima further stated he was not & lawyer; that Mr. Edelin had been his professor in a Jaw school, and that he. Shima, had employed him to look after several matters for Mrs. Henderson dur- the past five or six months, and that he, Shima. had among others oc- cupled the position of gardener and chret butler in Mrs. Henderson's house- hold; that he had been away for a while and came back as her secretary about five or six months before the in- terview. I then endeavored to learn from Mrs. Henderson the facts regard- ing her present and past real estate| holdings and transfers in the District| of Columbia and elsewhere, since the| One of the champion cowboys with 101 Ra death of her son, John B. Henderson. ir., but she failed and apparently was unable to impart any information what- ever in reference thereto. When asked s to the disposition of the proceeds of sale of the ‘Spanish house.’ she said she | did not know, whereupon Shime. n.-wdl that the Spanish house had been sold long years ago. “When asked concerning the house she had offered as a gift to the United States for a home for Vice Presidents. Mrs. Henderson turned to Shima and asked.him if that was not the Spanish | house, and he nodded assent. She ap- | peared to have no conception whatever regarding the contents of the bill of complaint, and when questioned in re- spect of them she apparently was un- able to make any coherent statement. She started sentences, faltered, then looked at Shima, who undertook to fin- ish them for her. She referred to Mrs. Wholean as ‘Trix’ and said that jt was reprehensible of her to have filed the suit, o which remark Shima nodded, saying ‘Yes.' Shima Tells Trust Detalls. “When asked as to the approximate | income derived from the property in | which the infant defendant herein has | an interest. Mrs. Henderson said she | did not know. Shima, thereupon, volun- teered the statement: ‘We are now | receiving about $3,500 per month from | the trust at the Metropolitan Bank, and Mrs. Henderson herself is collect- ing rents amounting to about $1,500.! making approximately 35000 per month,’ all of which, he said, they were using for the payment of household ex- | penses and that the said sum hardly covered them: that the bank account was being kept in & bank on Four- teenth street. “‘At the time of the interview, Mrs. Henderson was a small, frail woman, | but seemingly in fair physical condition, { considering her age, which I understood 10 be about 90 years, but in my opinion, she was wholly incapacitated mentally for the transaction of business and had no understanding of the averment of the bill of complaints nor memory of her real estate and financial transactions in recent years. “A few days after my visit with Mrs Henderson I informed Mr. Edelin and Attorney H. Prescott Gatley of the fact of such visit and also of my conclu- sion that she was wholly incapable men- tally of transacting business. I asked | Mr. Edelin for information regarding | the real estate owned by John B. Hen- derson, sr., at the date of his death, which of said real estate had been sold and the disposition of the proceeds of such sale and similar information with Tespect to the real property of John B. Henderson, jr., from the date of his death; also information concerning the real estate sequired by Mrs. Henderson from the date of the death of John B.! Henderson, sr.; which of said properties | had been sold since and the disposition of the proceeds of such sale; also con- cerning Mrs. Henderson's gifts of money and real estate, it any, since the death of John B. Henderson, jr. Mr. Edelin said that he would endeavor to obtain; such information from Shima and one Harry Seay, who, he said, knew more | about Mrs. Henderson's business than anybody else. Thereafter, from time to time, he delivered to me three type- written memoranda, which are attached. These memoranda do not fully disclose the information desired. “I have received information to the effect that in January, 1931, Mrs. Hen- derson deeded to Harry Seay or to Seay's wife, as a gift, two lots on Six- teenth street; that sul ently these lots were sold by the grantee for $300.- 000, of which $10,000 was paid in cash and turned over to Mrs. Henderson and that Mrs. Henderson used the money in the purchase of ‘a house back of her home on Fifteenth street. Japanese Given Property. o L also informed that in Decem- ber, 1930, a deed was recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, whereby Mrs. Henderson conveyed to Shima, as a gift, the fee title to certain valuable real estate, and that the income of this property -?pmxmm $300 per month. 1t is possible that this property and that alleged to have been conveyed to Seay or Seay's wife were part of the real estate in which Mrs. Henderson ap- parently had but a life interest and the infant hérein a contingent interest.” Arth, in his report, then refers to the death of Mrs. Henderson at Bar Harbor, July 16, and the filing of the six wills and two codicils, and points out that up to this time no effort had been made to probate any of them. He points out that in the meantime the Tentals of valuable real estate and other income due the estate, as well as rentals aceruing to the estate of John B. Hen- derson, uj;., un and un- accounted. He points out that his infant de- t has & contingent interest under the will of John B. Henderson, jr. in | | i probability, he says, the estate of Mary F. Henderson, deceased, must make an account in this suit before the in- terest of infant defendant can be Tn the light of the foregoing facts “In the of cf and circumstances,” concludes Mr. Arth Or}ihans to Be Guests of The Star and Circus 101 RANCH PERFORMERS TO THRILL YOUNGSTERS MONDAY. POLICE SHOOT FIVE INGANESTER DRIVE Sixteen New York Detective Squads’ Campaign Follows Youth’s Slaying. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 1.—Sixteen police cars. each carrying four detec- tives armed with automatic shotguns, cruised the city today, fo “‘meet with force.” the gangsters responsible for the death of one. and the wounding of two others in two more outbreaks yes- terday. The automobile squads swept out of & dozen police stations at 6 p.m., and by midnight had already sent five men | to hospitals, all suffering from bullet wounds. The five men were shot while attempting hold-ups last night. Two by a patroiman, three others by one of the shotgun squads. Brooklyn Shooting Fatal. ‘The fatal shooting was in Brooklyn. The other was in East 103d street, but a short distance from the Harlem neighggrhood where one child was killed and four others shot on Tuesdav. The Brooklyn killing of Guido Pererri, a mild-mannered youth who had no underworld connpeections, was blamed on racketeers by police. He was evidently mistaken for a man well known in the clothing labor circles, which has been terrorized by gangsters. In the second shooting on East 103d street, a large black touring car over- took & small roadster and eight men sent a salvo of revolver shots at the two men in the roadster. ‘They gave their names at a hospital as Joseph Gozola and Prank Christifore, both under 30. Neither would name his assailants. although both may die of their wounds. ‘Wounds Shop Robber. | ‘The first policemen to put Commis- sioner Mulrooney’s order into execution was Patrolman James MacFarland. He reported seeing three youths holding up a cordial shop. He fired. Anthony | Rizsi, 19 years old. was taken to a hos- pital, seriously wounded. A companion | was slightly wounded anc placed under | arrest. The third escaped. | In Harlem, four detectives in a shot- | gun squad car reported seeing three Negroes holding up a drug store. The pump gun barked once. Twelve bullets | sent the three to a hospital. One ! may die. An additional reward of 85,000 was | made yesterday, bringing the total to $30,000 in the hunt for the gunmen who shot Michael Venzalli, 5 years old. The rate at which New York’s pistol and shotgun killings have mounted in 13 years was revealed by the medical | examiner's figures submitted yesterday to Police Commissioner Edward P. Mul- | rooney. | The 108 shooting homicides of 1917 | stood almost tripled at 316 in 1930, and 200 such homicides, far above last year's average, already are police history for | the first seven months of 1931. | Should the present rate of such slay- | ings continue, the end of the year will show 342 cases in the metropolis, al- most one fatal shooting victim for each 24 hours. Oeme P. Lebrun, secretary of the medical examiner’s office, released the figures at the behest of the county ad- ditional grand jury. In 1911 Lebrun, then a clerk of the Board of Coron lted the so-called, Sullivan firearms law, which forbids sale and purchase of firearms without a t. Lebrun deplored the fact that only five States have similar statutes. Lighten Police Burdens. “Such laws,” Lebrun said, ‘lighten mc& burdens. The pistol with which old Rothstein, the gambler, was killed was purchased in Minneapolis. The shopkeeper who sold it, however, was unable to remember the buyer. A law like the Sullivan statute would have per a record of the in 1919, but leaped to 31 ‘The figures published- did not include accidental shootings, but cases persons L STACK GIVEN COMMAND Becomes Major of Second Battalion, , Twentieth Marines. nch, who will be host to 700 Washii the children Monday. HE glamor and the joy of the sawdust. ring will bring cheer to the orphan children of Wash- ington Monday, when 700, gath- ered from 16 of the rity's insti- tutions for dependent youngsters, will visit the celebrated 101 Ranch Wild West Show in the old Camp Meigs grounds as guests of The Evening Star and the circus management. A fleet of 25 motor busses will con- vev the children direct from their homes and ls to the special re< served section beneath the giant tent on the circus grounds at Fourth street and Florida avenue northegst. They will be ushered by a corps of guides through the aisles of sideshows of whe tented city and into big canvas- covered arena. Mrs. Walter Newton will act as hostess. Wild West Features, ‘The children will thrill to the antics of dare-devil cowbove and broncho- busting cowgirls: their little hearts will beat faster when blooded ‘“outlaw" steeds with" their skillful riders bound into the ring in an exciting battle for mastery. ‘Their pulses will quicken, too, when the Indian squaws and the sun-tanned chiefs on their bare-backed ponies step into life from the pages of the story books. Many youthful eves will sparkle with excitement as the Indians, cowboys, 1 cowgirls, Cossacks, Mexicans, Orientals and othet circus' folk parade before | them in a gay panorama of pioneer life | and eireus gaiety. | Hundreds of animals. in addition to | the bronchoes. headed by “The Squaw.” | celebrated bucking ‘‘varmint,” will be | with the show. and for many of under- | privileged children due for this Mon- day afternoon treat it will be the first time they have viewed such a spectacle. | City Homes Combed. ! ‘The city's charitable hcmes have been combed by The Evening Star to locate every deserving child old enough to ap- preciate the circus, regardless of color or creed. The busses will journey forth Mon- day shortly after noon in order to have | all of the children in the circus grounds by 1:30 o'clock. half an hour before ' the afternoon matinee is scheduled to begin. The children a'e being gath. ered from the following institutions: | |ington Welfare Association | _ Washington Orphan Asylum, Jewish | | Foster Home. St. John's Orphanage, | | Swartzell Methodist Home for Children, Central Union Mission, Home of the | National Association for Colored Wom- en and Children, Masonic-Eastern Star Home, St. Joseph’s Home and School. Washington Home for Priendship House, Noel House, Wash- (colored). Neighbothood House, Providence Day Nursery, Mother Child Center and St. Vincent's Home and School. MACDONALD GOES HOME LONDON. A:g’u’slr lilm.;Pflme Min- ister MacDonald left Hendon by air today for his home at Lossiemouth, Scotland, where he will spend A vaca- tion made possible by the adjournment vesterday of the House of Commons. Dissenter WICKERSHAM ATTORNEY STANDS ALONE IN REPORTS. By the Associated Press. Monte Lemann, New Orleans lawyer, C chief dissenter Foundlings, | ngton orphans at The Star’s party for HUGE WAVE KILS FVE N SWINMING Near-Cloudburst at the Head Swells Kentucky Creek. Three Others Escape. By the Associated Press. COVINGTON, Ky.. Angust 1.-A near-cloudburst at the head of Bank- lick Creek sent a wall of water rushing down the stream, which swept two women and three children to their deaths last night. Two other women, one holding a 2- vear-old son, were struck by the current but managed to save them- selves. Two men sitting on the bank, startled by the sudden sweep of water, were unable to prevent the tragedy. Woman's Body Found. The dead are Mrs. lola Lucas, 27/ vears old; and her 7-year-old twin chil- dren, Ruth and James; Mrs. Martha ‘Tiller, 31 vears old, and Mary Lou Har- |vey, 3 years old. All lived at La- tonia. Ky. | Policemen and firemen from Coving- ton searched all night for the bodies. The body of Mrs. Lucas was recovered four miles downstream two hours after midnight. Two With Child Escape. Miss Blanche Smart, 42 years old, and Mrs. B. J. Darr saved themselves and Buddy Darr. 2 years old. from the | rushing tide. Mr. Darr and Charles | Lucas, sitting on the bank, made an | effort’ to reach those who were swept ., but were unsuccessful. The party had gone to a point on the creek eight miles from here to swim. ' Darr and Lucas said the wall of water was 80 high that it nearly covered their two automobiles, parked near the bank. | The waters receded soon after the | tragedy. Hundreds of persons were on | the ereek banks at the time, but no | others were caught by the current. THREE DROWN TN TORRENT. | Storms Hit West, Causing Flood and | $500,000 Loss—Dam Fails. By the Associated Press. DENVER, Colo. August 1. prospect of revival of a heat wave, after severe rainstorms which caused three deaths and property damage estimated at_more than $500.000. ‘Warmer temperatures were forecast |for today and tomorrow. Rain had "l”!n throughout the region two days. Floods were charged with crop losses in the neighborhood of $100,000. | Near Fort Deflance, N. Mex., three | Navajo Indians drowned in a wall of | water during a storm which laid waste |an 80-mile square srea. A Federal | diversion dam at Ganado, N. Mex., was | washed away. Cost of replacing the | dam and repairing irrigation facilities | was estimated at $175,000. The live | stock loss was high, reports saying that | many large flocks of sheep had been reduced to a few dozen strays. Utah Town Damaged. A sudden torrent rushing down the canyon in which Eureka, Utah, is built, tore up sidewalks and damaged business houses. Efforts were made today to clear the town of debris. Damage was estimated at $10,000. Many Utah highways were flooded and Provo Can- yon was blocked by slides. Light rains fell in all sections of Montana east. of the Rockies and a heavy rainfall was reported at Kali- spell, west of the range. Rain was of some help to firefighters in the North- west, but many blazes were still taking their toll of valuable timber lands. ‘The border cities of Nogales, Ariz., and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, were re- covering from floods which covered the business area late Thursday. Terriffic hail and rain storms in ‘Wyoming stranded ,many motorists west of Cheyenne and ruined car tops. Tourists Are Terrified. Tourists arrived in Cheyenne Denver with tales of te: "‘5 ences in the hail storm. they had feared they would be béaten to death by the stones. Accompanying rain washed cars from the roads and into the ditches, where they bobbed along with the water, four and five | feet. deep, swirling about them. Offsetting the heavy farm loss over the region was the fact that the rains, in many cases, saved. crops from ruin by. drought. A steady doy i on the area the Great Northern verses Banana Workers' Wages Cut. SANTA MARTA, Colombia, August 1 (@ ~Pive hundred whart thrown out -~The | Rocky Mountain region today faced the | venlnld” BANK OF ENGLAD GET B CREDT U. S. Federal Reserve Joined by France in Offering of $250,000,000. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 1.—The Pederal Reserve svstem today concluded in co- operation with the Bank of France. & $250,000,000 credit to the Bank of Eng- land. It was explained in high banking eir- cles that the Pederal Reserve Bank of New York, in co-operation with the other 11 banks of the Federal Reserve systemn, had arranged to purchase from the Bank of England up to $125,000.000 in prime commercial bills, as a measurs to ald both American and British trade. Bankers here applauded the aggres- sive measures taken by the Bank of | England to correct the situation arising from the flight' of its gold to the con- tinent, primarily to France, and de- scribed the credit negotiated today merely as a measure to make the pro- | tection of sterling exchange doubly sure, Sterling Sags in Automn. Although the Bank of , through raising its discount “l;dlndm 25 to 41, per cent in the past two weeks, has largely checked the flight of its gold, it is explained in Wall Street that the Autumn is the season when the pound sterling is inclined 1o sag. 1n terms of dollars, as London iz then paying for her importations of grain and cotton from the United States. Today’s credit is expected to keep the pound sterling close to gold parity, so the British will not have to pay an [ expensive premium for dollars to pay for their purchases from this country. In view of the extreme depression in cotton and wheat, bankers felt that action io preserve foreign buying power was imperative at this time. Sanctioned by Board. Although Wall Street has heard only of British negotiations with the Bank of France this week, it was learned the negotiations have been carried on simultaneously with the Pederal Re- serve The American credit to London was approved by the directors of the New ! York Federal Reserve Bank at its meet- |ing on Thursday, and was sanctioned | by the Federal Reserve Board yester- (day. ~The arrangement was finally | concluded this morning. | WIGGIN SAILS FOR EUROPE. American to Take Up Duties With Reich Inquiry Group. NEW YORK. August 1 (#.—Albert H. Wiggin, chairman of the governing board of the Chase National Bank, | sailed today for Europe to undertake his duties as American member of the International Banking Committee which is to study German credit needs. “The duties of the committee on which I am to serve, as I understand them,” said Mr. Wiggin, “are to in- | quire into the immediate futher credit yneeds of Germany and to study the | possibilities of converting a portion of the ‘-non-wrm credits into long-term ts. “It is of course too early to make any statement with respect to the | studies to be pursued by the committee or its ultimate conclusions.” Mr. Wiggin sailed on the steamer Tle de France. BALDWIN OPTIMISTIC. Says Tories Will Help Labor Restore Financial Equilibrium. WORCESTER, England. August 1 (P —Former Premier Stanley Baldwin, Conservative leader, said today the Labor government would have the sup- port of the Conservative opposition in any determined effort to bring the Brit- |ish financial situation back to equi- | librium, but the government would have to_bear its responsibility. His statement was made in refer- ence to the recent Economy Commis- sion’s report. ‘The former premier. in his speech. eonceded the row would be a hard one to hoe. but said nevertheless he was not_pessimistic. “I hope and believe the storm will be weathered.” he said. “but it is a period of anxiety for all of us and if I might make any suggestions to peo- ple who are interested in financial mat- ters and domestic finance, it will he ‘don’t adopt a defeatist attitude and talk as if this country were done for. because it is not by a very long way.'” GERMANY OFFERED EXCESS U. S. WHEAT ON LIBERAL TERMS tinued From First Page) ‘With this statement unamplified, considerable conjecture surrounded it, because it came & few days after Presi- dent Hoover announced his war debt reparations moratorium plan. REICH TURNS TO SELF-HELP. Dapat Bank Back on Feet—Reichsbank Raises Rediscount Rate. BERLIN, August 1 (#).—The rescue which many Germans during the Lon- don Conference expected from President Hoover or from the seven-power con- ferees is being effected right within the fatherland. ‘The Darmstaedter und National Bank, known as the Danat, which everybody expected must be liquidated suddenly, has become solvent through the joint action of a group of industrialists in the Rhine and Ruhr Valleys. This outstanding manifestation of Germany's readiness to pull herself out of her mess was taken today as an indication that other reservoirs of strength will open up as one situa- tion after another calls for remedy. Further evidence of Germany's deter- ‘mination 10 mend her own ills was seen in the action yesterday of the Reichs- bank, which raised the discount rate " he promintnt German_spokssman e ent, German told the ‘Associated Press the German people, finally freed of their illusions of an immediate long-term loan, are beginning to see that the nation's mhl lmr;!a m blollednmm loans and that the Germas yeo— 2 borrowcd money withous a Hought on money reckonin, termt.he d.m:nlnm weat o0 fir 8 could