Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1931, Page 4

Y. s TAILOR S GRILLED INHUGE BOND L0SS Chicago Bank: Demands Key. to His Safety Deposit Box of Alleged Broker. . By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 4.--The Con- . tinental Tlinois Bank & Trust Co., seex-" ing recovery of $2,000,000 in embezzled | securities, today demanded that David D. Weiss, & tatior who sald he handled $1,000,000 of the stolen papers for Wal- ter Wolf, embezzler, surrender the con- | tents of a safety deposit box for in- vestigation. | Weiss, owner of & tailoring shop. and also & broker, said that for threc years he had handled stock and grain transactions for Wolf, held by detec- tives for an insurance company inves- tigating his peculations from the bank. ‘The Chicago Stock Exchange said ‘Wolf had no dealings with any of its member firms. It became kpown today that the se-| curities embezzled by Wolf were tax | anticipation warrants, Liberty 'bonds | and Fryeral Treasury certificates of in- | debtedness, thus suggesting an explan2- tion of how he:was able to cover the thefts for 13 years. It was pointed out that if he had taken regular bonds for collateral, attention would have been attracted by the bulk of the securities. Weiss, a boyhood friend of Wolf and & member of the Board of Trade, was in custody of Toplis and Harding, local | representatives of Lloyds of London, which insured the bank against loss through embezzlements. PR S YOUTH IS ARRESTED IN BLACKMAIL PLOT By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 4 —A $100,- | 000 blackmail attempt . following a death that was listed as suicide was charged to 17-year-old. Arthur K in the police line-up today. i A real estate man—Walter Mezick— was found dead near Lis home some time ago, a razor beside the body. | Police listed it as suicide. A few days ago Mrs. Mezick received a demand for $100,000, being told -the writer of the letter had ‘the mate to the razor found byr_vour husband's body.” She was instructed to deposit the mcney in n package in the hallway of a house where Kilkes lives. A dummy package was piaced there, and Kllkes was arrested when he picked it up. The biackmail letter told Mrs. Mezick “somebody will ‘be killed” unless the demand was met. | i BODY SENT TO INDIANA | Seaman Who Vanished Called Vic-| tim of Accidental Drowning. The body of Chief Quartermaster | Carrol Henry Thomas, commanding the | 3 S. Choctaw, who disappeared | from the ship near Piney Point, Md.. | Saturday afternoon, and was found Tuesday, was sent yesterday to India- napolis, Ind., tor burial there. Wash- ing Navy Yard officials said the coroner at St. Inigoes, Md.. found at the civil inquest that Thomas' death was due to | accidental drowning. | Lieut. Comdr. Frank E. Beatty, one of the inspectors at the Washingion Gun Factory, who was named as a one-man board of investigation, has not as yet completed his report. Officials said the | report of the naval inquest has not ye been filed. t | River electricity project are still good, ' declared Minister for Industry and THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, ShramabisR 4, 1931. e e i e "Preparing' Floats FIREMEN WOBIINQ HARD TO GET THEIR. Lml DAY ENTRIES IN SHAPE. or Big Parade P the Labor day parade. Lower: Members of No. 12 Engine Company are putting the finishing touches on their entry for the vari- UPPER: Members of No. 7 Engine Company, R street, between Ninth and Tenth streets, prepering their float for —Star Staff Photo. ous awards in the parade. Commerce McGilligan during a disous- | success it was intended to be he did tion of the electricity supply bill in the not know. With prudence and enter- Irish Free State Senate. 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LUCE AS SPEAKER Declares No One Can Ques- tion His Superior Quali- fications for Post. ‘When it comes to selecting a com- promise candidate for Speaker of the House in the Republican caucus Rep- resentative Robert Luce of Massachu- setts will not be overlooked, according to Representative Allen T. Treadway, dean of the Massachusetts delegation. Treadway sald yesterday he believes Luce has a good chance to become Speaker, and that one of his chief recommendations for the post is that no one can question his superior quali- fications. Questioned regarding the proposal of several compromise candidates for Speaker in the event Floor Leader Til- son and Chairman Snell of the Rules; Committee run into a deadlock, Tread- ‘way seid: “If any Republican attending the party caucus receives a majority of the votes of that meeting I will lufpon him and it will afford me great pleasure to vote for him, whoever my personal can=- didate might be. I belleve firmly in party organization and party harmony. ‘That is more essential than any par- ticular candidate. “If it is found that the conference is 'deadlocked and it is necessary to have | a compromise candidate other than the | leaders now under consideration, I hope | it may be a man on whom all Repub- | licans can agree, and go into_the House | election with a united vote. It is recog- | nized on all sides that no member of | the House has greater aualifications for | the pesition by virtue of experience and | a thorough knowledge of parliamentary law and as a student of government than Robert Luce.” Representative Treadway made it clear, however, that he has not com- municated with Mr. Luce since Congress adjourned and 8o is in no way speak- ing for Mr. Luce, and insisted that he wants to be careful not to embarass Mr. Luce. AMY JOHNSON DELAYED MOSCOW, September 4 (#).—Amy Johnson, British woman flyer, who is | flying back to England from Tokio, made a forced landing yesterday be- tween Arsk and Kazan, about 500 miles east of here. The landing was made necessary by fuel shortage. An urgent message brought her a new supply and miss Johnson continued on her g | The reduced prices which prevailed in August are still available at Mayer & Co. SON GETS NEW CHANCE TO BEHAVE 5 YEARS FOR KEREN’S $1,900,000 Setting Aside of Award Long Standing, St. Louis Fight Leaves Loophole for Scion of Late Capitalist. By the Ascoclated Press. 5 , September 4—A loop- hole was open today to Vincent Kerens in his fight to gain outright the $1,- 900,000 trust fund left him by his fa- ther, Richard Kerens, capitalist and former Ambassador ‘to. Austria-Hun- gary. The United States'Circuit Court of Apprals yesterday set aside the year- old award made to Kerens by District Judge Charles B. Fairs. Under the trust Kerens must spend five consecutive years of sobriety and good behavior before getting the for- tune The opinion yesterday held Ker- ens had not complied with the stipu- Pt ot el HERRIOTT SEES DROP IN LEAGUE INFLUENCE Former French Premier Says Bank | geles hotel prior to his secret divorce | {Irom his first wife was false. for International Settlements Will Take Precedence. By the Associated Press. PARIS, September 4.—Former Pre- mier Edouard Herriott published in Ere Nouvelle yesterday a signed article saying that the League of Nations is declin- ing in influence. ‘The article fol lowed editorials in several French newspapers point- ing out that impor- tant international problems recently had been handled outside the League of Nations. M. Herriot pre- dicted that it will not be long before the only prominent feature of the League will be its odchild, the Bank or lnm':natlg{mhl Settlements, whic! Edousra Herriont. 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