Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1931, Page 1

Closing N.Y. Markets, Pages13, 14 & 15 .7 No. 31016, Ent 15 POLICEMEN FACE |ND|BTM[NTS FUR Commerce Department Employe’s Article Blamcd {Or Confusion Ovel’ 1al Paper. 3 DEGRE ABLSE Several Headquarters Detec- tives Figure in U. S. Exposure. GRAND JURY FINDINGS EXPECTED TO INVOLVE 20 Probe Next Week Will Center on Administration Blame for Condition. More than 15 policemen, including several headquarters detectives, face indictment for sssault as a result of the Government's sensational exposure of third degree abuses in Washington. Indications are that the grand jury’s wecond presentment in court, probably next Wednesday, will bring to more than a score the total of indictments handed down against ‘“strong-arm” policemen. Five officers indicted two weeks ago are under bond, awalting trial. ‘The grand jury late yesterday heard testimony in the last of a group of so- 3 tion” cases, but is not with its third degree in- % mautnr; TWO MEN WOUNDED AS 14 BREAK JAIL o as second class mat post office, Washington, D. he Foenit WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 0 Commcrc American mercantile trade with Rus- sla was reported today to be in a con- siderable state of confusion because a $1,40) & year clerk in the Department of Commerce commercial intelligence division, Bureau of Forzsign and Domes- tic Commerce, had made public his own views on this nation’s trade relations with the Soviet Government. Department officials admitted they had received an official protest from the American-Russian Chamber of - merce, resulting in stepping into to Hugh L. Cooper, pre: dent of that association, with headqu ters in New York City. The clerk, G. L. Pass, in his article, printed in the United States Dally of St ber 12, set out that in dealing | between the Soviet government and pri- vate foreign firms certain definite ad- vantages accrue to the former. “Russia,” he said, “well understands how to take advantage of an economic t manufactured for her. If this procedure WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1931—FIFTY PAGES. s#» $1.400 CLERK'S PUBLISHED VIEW MUDDLES U. S. -RUSSIAN TRADE | depression which is local or confined to & definite area by playing a firm in ohe country against those in another in order to beat down prices and obtain larger credit for future orders. * * * Heretofore, competition has been be- tween firms in one country and firms in another, but now it is competition be- lons. ! ‘The. various branches established | throughout the world by the Soviet government forces the sale of Russian | goods, and when this cannot be done, they attempt to exchange their goods for merchandise or machinery to be fails, then the manufacturer is request- ed to commercial paper for goods delivered. As there is no assurance that hese bills will ever be met at maturity, they are, however, disposed of to various banks with recourse to the manu- facturer. “In other words, the American manu- ' facturer takes and guarantees payment by his firm in (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) CROSBY PROPOSES NEW TRIAL BOARD Second Group, With Civilians, to Probe All Complaints Against Force Asked. Creation of an entirely new Police WOW S ABSENT AT COLLINESPROBE Policeman Says She Told Him She Saw Body Float- ing in Sound. By the Associated Press. | 'HUNTINGTON, N. Y., September 18. first story to police that she left the Collings’ cruiser Penguin with two men in a canoe while her husband, beaten and bound hand and foot, could still be seen floating in the water, it was testi- . | fled at the inquest today. “Our -y 5 ; it a question one in is more Guard and Prisoner Shot as Long-|lack of evidence and testimony Termers Escape Dela- ‘ware Prison, By the Assoclated Press. 'WILMINGTON, Del.,, September 1i A guard and & prisoner were shot day in a jailbreak at the Newcastle County Workhouse, which resulted in the escape of 14 prisoners. Both men will recover, physicians said. Prison officials said the break was evidently the result of a carefully planned plot. The guard, Anthony Hayden, was taken to the Wilmington Hospital with A bullet wound through his abdomen. Clarence Cole, the prisoner, was shot in the shoulder and is being cared for in the workhouse. B was effected through bk’\xxum with an explosive of the Jock on a door Jeading from the work- shop to the recreation ward. The ex- plosion occurred when 300 prisonars in mmm-muzmnwmam- ing hall MISSIONARY SLAIN BY WOUNDED LION proper nature. Thez“e’ seems red among citizens generally a tendency { avold appearing before the Police Trial Board as now constituted. I believe such hesit would be curbed if we FOuIGn" Tave 5o many ergindly i ve 50 man; 'anlm :J with itely refusing policeman.” would be given authority to testimony of witnesses and under the Commissioners would be provided with a 1 force of investigators lwhonu(h be used to inguire into the affairs of any department of the Dis- government. Comm| to form as many trial boards as they wish,” he remarked. Discuss Discipline. the ever-present problem of preventing obscure En(. from mad_ with a fi sense of authority, Gen., Crosby drew on his emmn: s an Army officer to put DI Toth Hands and Foot Chewed OF | of & After He Misses Three Shots at Beast. 2By Cable to The Btar. an officer l'l 8 ‘soldier’ me?wm"'%m who is not & soldier. ” — . Bridge Bombers Sought. This testimony was given by Police Sergt. Robert Forest, who was the first | to question Mrs. Collings. He said she | “Yes,” he sald she replied. “He was E3E g9 858e s & T | sald, accor her hu&bundngm ‘When they neared and waded $10,000,000 HEIRESS FINED AND JAILED Days Behind Bars and Pay $250 for Calling Judge “Criminal.” BY the Associated Press. . DETROIT, Mich., September 18.—An heiress to a $10,000,000 estate was sen-~ power | tenced to 10 days in the county jadl and fined $250 for contemipt of court ::,Otrcult Judge Homer Ferguson to- The heiress, Miss Bertha A. Stott, one of the children of the late David Stott, Detroit flour miller and real estate operator, was charged with con- tempt August 27 when, while lstening opinion being she accused | COLOMBIA FORMS BANK | New Institution to Protect Savings the commercial paper |, | —Mrs. Benjamin P. Collings said in her | the “Was your husband visible at that|ent. , | time?” he said he asked her. Miss Bertha Stott to Spend Ten 100 ROOSEVELT ISSUES WARNING OF VETD ONG. 0. P. AID BILL Governor Gives Legislature | Second Session Threat if Own Plan Fails. B REPUBLICANS’ SCHEME NOW BEFORE ASSEMBLY Measure, Passed by State Senate, Provides for Reimbursing of Cities by New York. BY the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y, September 18— | Formal notice that he would veto {the | Republican-supported bill for unem- | ployment relief and reconvene the Leg- islature in a second extraordinary ses- sion for the purpose of passing a measure carrying out his own ideas was served on legislative leaders by Gov. Roosevelt today. A letter, addressed to Majority Leader George R. Fearon of the Senate and Speaker Joseph A. McGinnies of the MAY THE BEST B “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star’s carrier system covers every cit, block and the regular edi- tion is delivered to Washington homes as fast as the papers are printed. ' Yesterday's Circulation, 110,633 (®) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. AR, RASSRRS D N OAT WIN! Assembly, stated that the Wicks bill was so at variance with the Governor’s views of the proper method of unem- ployment relief administration that he would not approve it. “It the Legislature were to MACDONALD WINS session,” the Governor wrote, “the tax- of the State would be forced to the additional of this sec- . If, however, Legislature remains in session to continue its deliberations relative to the present emergency, this additional ex- pense will be saved.” Again Asks Parley. The Democratic executive again asked the b} leaders for a parley, at wi he belleved the differ- ences could be reconciled. McGinnies and _Fearon replie making formal wpuutdlon for a ! hearing on the Wicks bill bef Government Has Majority of | 64 Votes on Proposal to Reduce Fund. By the Assoctated Press. INDON, September 18. — Prime Ramsay MacDonald’s govern- | ment got a majority of 64 votes in the House of ons today on its . grnol'pmun to reform the unemployment The vote was on the financial reso- lutions which, as a matter of form, pre- the bill which would code debate on cut the role by about 10 ‘would i ] SEEEE gEE § EEE? i ‘Houses ‘epass the bill the theory that “if it is & good bill (lk'fl.u on Page 2, Column 4.) , it will be a good bill next weel 'BELIZE CONDITIONS REPORTED IMPROVED section | Death Toll-?xp;—u; to Exceed 1,500—Marines Patrol Streets as Repairs Are Begun. ptches predicted the desth total would exceed 1,500, ‘Belize was being patrolled by marines from the 5" B Sacra U. mento and orgagized for Lightning Kills 1, Hurts 50. WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE, Ohilo; September 18 (#).—One person was killed, five were injJured seriously and 45 were stunned when tning O A R b T peaan Al Pauline Lord Faces Divorce. RENO, Nev., September 18 (/) —O. Winters, husband of Pauline Lord, for 8 are understood to be under way. WHAT IS THE DOLE? Is It Necessary in Periods of Depression? Or is it an economic weevil that bores in and saps the life blood of any nation? The Dole in Ehgln_nd Is regarded as the best test of this economic and governmental theory. HENRY J. ALLEN Former United States Senator and Governor of Kansas Has written a special series of articles on the situation England finds herself in today as a result of the dole. This Series Will Start in The Evening Star saec| MARINE LEAGUE HAS ivention at an informal opening ses- Hon time for Soviet and Narcotic Radio Stations Are| Probed in New York | ' ———— | Outlaw Broadcasts by “ Aliens Being Traced by ‘ Federal Authorities. ond Vietim of State Law in Years. Press. SALISBURY, Md, September 18— A confessed wife beater, Clarence Bell, 40, was given 30 lashes today on his bare back by Sheriff G. Murray Phillips. 1t was the second such punishment Maryland in years. Earlier this year, in Baltimore, 10 Iashes were administered to a man con- w“ 'wbncoboh'-nt.mm P ot when her husband was for two weeks. is the ty in.the State PR o L were not needed. Al- AR MODIFICATION PLAN Resolution Urging Dry Iaw Change Offered at Na- tional Parley. By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y. September 18.— The United States Marine Corps League, holding its eighth annual convention here, had before it today a resolution urging modification of the eighteenth amendment. The resolution was drafted by a committee and presented to the sion last night. zNo definite discussion was set. *Fhe resolution states, in part: S are convinced that laws which are en- forceable are only those laws which are B and respected by the people. \ “The Volstead sict is cunningly VEiataa: to the : SPEED BOATS OFF 1S BROVIS AT Largest Regatta in Capital History Draws Many Thousands. ekl ?E' il »5 more of rds, which had finished the 33,418 El 3 i e} £ i (Continued on Page 2, Column 8. —_— More for YOUI‘_ - Moncy Retall prices are lower than last year. 'For instance, the average price of women's ap- rel is 10% to 25% less than ast year. Shoes are 10% to 15% less; coats and dresses 20% less; silk underwear 33% less, and silk hosiery 25% less. Men's apparel is from 10% to 15% less. Shoes 15% ‘to 20%; shirts 20%; silk hose 25% less. House furnishings run from 10% to 35% less. Domestic rugs 10% to 15%, and Oriental rugs 35% less. Yard goods average 33% off for silk and 25% off for cotton. Children’s clothing also run 10% to 25% off. % Yesterday's Advertising (Local Display) | es. The Evening Star. . . 54,168 Total Shah%)....., 46,889 ] HUSBAND DETAINED INTWO DROWNINGS; INSURANGE FOUND Harry C. Wimbley’s Account of Tragedy Being Checked by Detectives. TWO COMPANIONS ALSO BEING QUIZZED BY POLICE Mrs. Elizabeth Traylor Wimbley and Daughter Lose Lives While on Picnic on C. & 0. Canal. ‘While police were holding Harry C. Wimbley, 32, and two other men to- day in their investigation of the mys- terious drowning yesterday afternoon of Wimbley's 26-year-old wife and her 3-year-old daughter, Capt. Bdward J. Kelly, assistant chief of detectives, an- nounced that it had -been definitely determined that Wimbley, two months 2go, took out a $10,000 sceident policy on his wife. The police are also trying 10 locate Detective Dennis J. Murphy of the Homicide Squad will leave herc today for Dendron, Va. to question members of Mrs. Wimbley's family and Wimbley. Crowder, meanwhile, in in search of the child. . Clutching Fishing Pole. unsu oving i er ashore to telephone for help, the | Wimbley righted the canoe and renewed his search. Seeing a fishing jecting from the water, he it n The other end was cluf in wife's hand. Wimbley said he towed her ashore and appli resuscitation methods at once. Meanwhile, the Fire Rescue Squad, summoned by Crowder, had, through some misunderstanding, gone to the wrong address. When chey urrived, an hour'’s work on Mrs. Wimbley of no avail. She was pronounced dead by D&J. ‘Rogers Young of Casualty Sty inaviny the body of the (Continued on Page 2, Column 1.) HATHAWAY DENIED RETRIAL IN SLAYING Son of Bay State Legislator, Con- victed of Nurse’s Murder, to Appeal to Higher Court. PROVIDENCE, R. I, September 18 (). —Superior Court Judge Charles A. ‘Walsh today denied a motion for & new trial for Elliott R. Hathaway of Fall River, Mass., who was convicted at New- .port June 28 of the murder of Verna Russell, Portsmouth, R. L, student nurse. The decision seid that in the opinion of the court l:xe Siaie had fully