Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1931, Page 2

A2 ¥¥% SHELBY ORDERE BEFORE SURGEDS Action Is Taken Looking to Retirement of Assistant Police Head. ___(Continued From First Page.) abetted by the strain of the Beulah Limerick shooting mystery, which de- veloped last December. Dr. Reed cculd not be located by The Btar this afternoon for comment on todiy's events. Friends of Shelby point out that three of Washington's most noted police mysteries—the McPherson, Baker and Limerick cases—all fell to the lot of Inspector Shelby during his brief as- signment as chief of the Detective Bureau. A grand jury, which later was dis- qualified, accused Inspector Shelby and Capt. (then Lieut.) Eaward J. Kelly of “bungling” the investigation of the death of Mrs. McPherson, whose body was found in the Park Lane Apart- ments with a pajama cord tied around the neck. The police had reached the conclusion that the young woman com- mitted suicide, but the grand jury, after sensational hearings, charged she was murdered by her husband, Robert Mc- Pherson. McPherson Exonerated. ‘The Department of Justice was called 1nto the case, and it presented its find- ings to & new grand jury. which ex- orerated McPherson. In the meantime Shelby and Kelly had been relieved of their assignments because of the ex- traordinary excoriation of them by the previous grand jury, and they were tried before a special board composed of municipal officials. The board held lengthy hearings amid much_publicity and accorded Shelby and Kelly a sweeping and unqualified exoneration. Kelly, who had done much of the actual investigative work in the case, was given a_special “com- mendation” for “the efficient manner in which he handled the case.” The repercussions of the McPherson ense scarcely had ended when the bul- let-torn body of Mary Baker, Navy elerk, found in a culvert alongside Arlingtcn Cemetery. Shelby and Kelly ‘bore the brunt of much of the investi- Pative work in this case. into which The Department of Justice and Virginia authorities also were drawn. Shelby was forced to seek medical treatment several times as a result of overwork during the Baxer and Lim- erick investigations, and remaived on duty frequently against the advice of his physicians. Had Unusual Career. Shelby's career on the pclice force has been unusua! in that most of his 30 years of service has been of ad- ministrative character. Until the Mc- Pherson fireworks his record was de- void of the spectacular, but marked by a series of rapid promotions in recog- nition of executive acccmplishments. Born in Thompsonville, Ky., on Janu- ary 8, 1874, Shelby attended school in Boston and Holyoke, Mass. In 1895 he enlisted in the Army in response to a youthful urge to “see tne world.” He was discharged February 18, 1898, but re-enlisted with the cutbreak of the Spanish-American War, serving with Ennis' Battery, 4th Artillery, Shafter's Corps, and participating in the battle of Santiago. He was discharged from the service June 10, 1902. Two days later he was appointed to the Metropolitan Police Department and assigned to the second precinct, where he ‘“pounded” a beat until August 1, 1905. He was then trans- ferred to the sixth precinct and on August 5, 1905, was transferred to the fourth precinct. He went to the first precinct February 7, 1906. He was relieved of patrol duty on June 17, 1907, and made desk sergeant at the fourth precinct, where he served until November 1, 1913, when he was detached and detailed to the office of the corporation counsel at Police Court. Assigned as Contact Officer. Shelby remained at Police Court until November 10, 1917, when he was pro- moted to sergeant and assigned to the first precinct. He was detached from the precinct, however, for special serv- ice at police headguarters and the late Maj. Raymond L. Pullman assigned him | as contact officer with the public schools. In his role as contact officer with the | schools, Shelby made a round of visits to all the schools of the District for two terms and addressed approximately 150,000 children on the principles of | government, responsibilities of citizen- | ship, rights of property and rules for health and safety. He wes made an acting lieutenant Yebruary 22, 1919, and on August 10, 1919, was promoted to the permanent grade of lieutenant Two years later he took the civil serv- ice examination for promotion to cap- | in and passed at the head of the list, he had done previously when ex- amined for a sergeantcy. He was ap- pointed captain January 16, 1922, and assigned to command the eleventh pre- cinct. Made Sullivan’s Aide. Remalning at the eleventh precinct only one month, he was brought to po- lice headquarters and assigned per- sonnel officer and administrative alde to the late Maj. Daniel Sullivan, In August of that year he was acting in- spector and on July 1, 1924, was given | the full rank of inspector. He has held the title of !lss'\s!nnt‘ ;up!‘rslm!ndent of police since December 5, 1927, He applied for retirement because of disability on March 8, 1928, but the Re- tiring and Relief Board recommended at that time that he be retained in the service. Shelby became head of the Detective ‘Bureau April 1, 1929, and it was just 5 months iater that the McPherson case “broke.” While serving as detective chief he also was administrative as- sistant to the superintendent of police, exercising general svpervision over the personnel office. . In his capacity as administrative aide to the superintendent, Shelby handled police arrangements for the Harding, Coolidge and Hoover inaugurations, for the Harding funeral, for the Shrine convention in 1923 and for the Lind- bergh reception. He was officially com- mended by the Comimissioners, together with Maj. Hesse and Asst. Supt. Evans, for services i.'vident to the Lindbergh ceremonies. Inspector Sheiby has been secrelary of the Washington Lodge of Elks, No. 15, for the past 18 years, and he is a fl\e{mber of the Elks Committee on Re- ef. He also is a member of the Dewey Camp. United Spanish War Veterans; the Woodmen of the World and the Policemen’s Association. He 18 married and resides at 3706 ‘Thirty-fourth street® with his wife and 14-year-old daughter, Mary Elizabeth. Sherilaiag, Z BAND CONCERT. By the United States Soldiers’ Home Band, this evening at Stanley Hall, at 5:30 o'clock. John 8. M. Zimmermann, director; Anton Pointncr, assistant. March, “The American Legion,” ‘Vandersloot Overture, “Athalia”........Mendelssohn Buite orientale, “The Willow Plate” ......Herbert “The M ‘The Little Garden House " ‘Chang the Lover.” ‘Kong Shee.” “The Wedding Procession.” Excerpts from musical comedy, My Maryland” ... ..... Romberg Fox trot, RM}' Bluebird Was Caught. TELLS C By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, October 13.—The private life of Al Capone, an authentic account | that makes up in documentary proof i what it lacks in romanticism, is being { written into court records by an ener- | getic corps of prosecutors. It shows him as an humble barkeeper in a Coney Island saloon. as a $75-a- | week employe of the old Chicago gang | boss, Johnny Torrio, and finally as the affluent hoodlum leader, assuming his role of a millionaire playboy. | The authors took more than two years to gather data for this story, and they {hope to write & new chopter them- | selves, a chapter in which the scar- faced gang lord will find himself behind Pederal prison bars for evading income taxes, No Details Too Small. No details are too minute for these {busy prosecutors and investigators. From his $12 silk underweir to his diamond-studded Christmas _gifts, the jury and the records get it all. One of the Christmas gifts, a $275 diamond belt buckle, has been introduced as evi- dence and duly examined by the 12 | farmers and tradesmen who must decide { Capone's case. A witness siid Capone { bought 30 just like it for Christmas in 1926, The Capone wardrobe, according to the sales persons who served him, in- neckties, $2.75 handkerchiels, shirts (plus $1 each for monograms). $2 collar He buys, they said, $250 TWO HOSPITALS TURN | AWAY STRICKEY CHILD IN SPITE OF DEATHS immediate entry. 0 resident physician at Children's Hos- pital, said the girl was sent to Gal- linger because “we frequently send charity cases there.” Neither hospital illness, emergency room attendants in both cases listing the ailment as “un- Getermined.” Mrs. Zanelotti said her i child was “Stiff as a poker when we took her to the hospital.” “Her eyelids were fluttering and she seemed to be in a sort of unnatural sleep,” the mother said. “At the Chil- | dren’s Hospital they said the baby ought to have hospital care and told us to take her to Gailinger.” When taken to Gallinger, Dr. F. Remick, staff physician, also recom- mended that the baby be given hospital treatment. He filled out a blank recom- mendation addressed to the Board of Welfare and told the child's family that when they got & permit authoriz- ing entrance into the hospital he would take the baby in, according to Mrs. Zanelotti. Dr. Remick said his examination of the child did not reveal a condition sufficiently serious to warrant immedi- reatment. B e was pretty_sick, but not in a | eritical condition,” Dr. Remick sald | she was not an emergency case, I did Mot think it necessary to admit her jmmediately. but told” the parents to get a permit from the Board of Wel- fare.” Called Family Physician. atherine’s parents final- and phoned their ganaro. The 's allment as nelotti said. iscuss the reported Discouraged, C: Iy took her home family physician, Dr. Man doctor diagnosed the baby acute indigestion, Mrs. Ze! The physician_refused to d case today. Cnrlhenne was improved this afternoon the Board of Welfare, Ommclals o et as to. the procetiure that of the Zanelotto is left to the judg- hospital physicians e admission shall be delayed until a when questioned in cases such as girl, said that it ment” of the whether immediat granted or entrance rmit is cbtained. “In_ all emergency s should be admitted immediately an the permit obtained later,” it was ex- plained. “What constitutes an emerg- ency case is left, of course, to be judg- ment of the hospital cuthorities. ©If the hospitals were to admit every- one who applied, they would soon be filled with patients unable to pay for heir care.” n’Ol’fldlh of the board had no knowl- edge of the Zanelotti case fore declined to discuss the matter. ‘Was Lighting Lantern. The Dixon child, who lived at 1012 Jackson street northeast. got hospital care after two hours following burns which proved fatal while playing with some companions at 101§ Kearney street northeast. The accideht occurred {at 6:15 p.m. October 5 and she was ad- | mitted to Children’s Hospital at 8:15, | Where she died at 11:15 p.m. the same night. "The Dixon child’s clothes were ignited from flaming gasoline used by some of her playmates in an effort to light & | Halloween lantern. The girl was rushed | to Sibley Hospital in a car belonging to |a Mr. Searles, 1023 Kearney street | northeast. She was accompanied by {her mother and a neighbor, Frank Snyder of 1006 Jackson street north- east. Mrs. Dixon later complained that there was a delay of 25 minutes before her daughter received emergency treat- | ment in the Sibley clinic room. Dr. R. E. Dunkley, in charge of the emergency room at that time, denied this charge, stating that the usual emergency application of tannic acid was emploved on the child's injuriés as soon as the solution could be pre: pared. He estimated that this opera. tion required two or three minutes. cases patients put on afterward, Dr. Dunkley sald. Ordered to Garfield. During the course of this treatment, Mrs. Dixon mentioned the fact that Eva Mae had been suffering from and since Sibley Hospital has no con- tagious ward, the physician sald he telephoned the Department of Health to ask where the child should be sent. The Health Department ordered that she be removed to Garfield, where a contagious ward is maintained, and promised to send the department’s am- bulance for the transfer. The depart- ment then notified the contaglous ward at Garfleld Hospital and preparations were made there to receive the patient. are transported in the so-called *con- tagious ambulance” of the department, as private vehicles must be sterilized after use for this purpose. ‘When the Department of Health am- bulance did not appear, father, George M. Dixon, wko had-been notified of the accident, suggested that she be moved in a private car.. This was done. Not understanding that the isolation ward and the general hospital are sep- arate units at Garfieid, the parents took Eva Mae to the emergency room of that institution. There they were advised by the attendants in charge and Dr, H. M. Wolff, resident physician. that probably some mistake had been made as Garfleld did not have a chil- dren’s ward. It was suggested that the Health Department migh have intend- ed her to be taken to Children’s Hospi- tal, only a few blocks away. . Declares Nurse Waited. Dr. F. J. Eiseman, supreintendent of Garfield Hospital, explained that had the child been in need of emergency treatment she would have been ac- cepted in an adult ward if necessary. In@smuch as she had received this eare, 2“ sppeared advisable to send her to flAran’e Haenital whava ~he asnld pe. cludes $150 overcoats, $135 suits, $4.95 | $27.50 | Dr. Frank Corrigan, | 1 diagnosed the bsb_v'pI “As | and there- | Blankets and hot-water bottles were ) Wwhooping cough, Dr. Dunkley stated, | It is understood that infectlous cases; the child's | THE EVENING _STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1931. FROM BARTENDER TO PLAYBOY AREER OF AL CAPONE Income Tax Trial Reveals Private Life\ of Gang‘ster—Start Humble Enough, but Later Used $2.75 Handkerchiefs. | worth_of ties and handkerchiefs at e time, $300 worth of shirts, $90 worth of | silk ‘underwear. One store sold him $3,715 worth of suits and overcoats in | two years, Custom-made automobiles have cost from $5,500 to $12,500, witnesses said. | Thousands of dollars went for Chinese rugs, glassware and knick-knacks. | Relates Conversation, | In the midst of all this show of | opulence, an unexpected note crept into | the proceeding late yesterday. Henry E. Keller, an old grizzled engineer and dock builder from Miami, on the stand. | He had told, as had many others before | him, of receiving prompt payment, in | currency, for services rendered the gang leader. His was $500, he said, for work lon the Palm Island, Fla. estate. Then the witness launched into a chatty ac- count of a conversation he once had |neighbors who battered in the doors. with Capone, and he was allowed to continue despite defense objections. “One day Mr. Capone and I were sit- ting ound after lunch,” Keller re- latcd, “and Mr. Capone sald to me, ‘Dad, where are you from?’ “I'sald, T'm from New York. I was born and ralsed in the old twentieth | sicians said Davis and his wife had ward. “And Mr. Capone said: ‘I came from New York, too. The first job I ever had was tending bar at Coney Island.'” The witness nodded to Capone as he was led out of the court room, and the burly gang chief smiled fot about the Arst time all day. FDISON GRADUALLY SINS N STUPOR Failing Day by_Day, but Crisis Is Not Near, Physician Reports. By the Associated Press. WEST ORANGE, N. J., October 13. —Thomas A. Edison continued to cling to the straining thread of life today, but his personal physician, Dr. Hubert S. Howe, reported that while his gen- eral condition remained unchanged, the aged inventor was experiencing a ‘gradually progressive somnolence.” Dr. Howe, in his morning bulletin, said: “Mr. Edison slept through the entire | night and there is but little change to report, except & gradually progressive somnolence.” ‘The physician said the wizard whose magic wand of invention helped to change the world’s manner of living had not yet slipped into the coma from | which he does not expect him to awake, but that it seems only a matter of days | until he will do so. | In the last 96 hours, he explained, the only nourishment Edison had been | able to take consisted of six teaspoons- ful of stewed pears. | Despite his inability to eat. the aged | inventor had lost very little weight, Dr. Howe said. Mr. Edison failed yesterday for the first time during his iliness to recog- |nize his wife. A bulletin issued last | night by his son Charles said the in- | ventor's condition was “practically un- changed” and that “no immediate crisis is feared.” WANTS U. S. TO BUILD | INTERSTATE ROADS System Without Aid of Several States Advocated Before Highway Association. By the Associated Pre BIRMINGHAM, Ala, October 13.— | Construction and maintenance of inter- state highways by the Federal Govern- ment_without assistance from' the vari- ous States were advocated by T. L. Kirkpatrick of Charlotte, N. C., presi- | dent of the United States Good Roads Association, in an address at the as- soclation’s annual convention here to- day. “Highways logically divide themselves | into three groups—national interstate, | intrastate and lateral or communal highways"—he said. | "“The national system should be bullt largely by national funds, State high- | ways by the various States and county | roads by the local taxpayers.” | Mr. Kirkpatrick advocated a national | gasoline and license tax, should the Government find itself unable to ap- | propriate $2,000,000,000 annuaily for | highway construction for the next 25 | years. Failing in this, he said, appro- | priations for other purposes should be | diverted to complete a national system | of highways. Total expenditures by State Highway Departments in 1930 for road building amounted to $980,000,000, a 22 per cent, increase over 1929, he disclosed. He said 2,393 more miles of highways were surfaced last year than in the previous year, and that at present State systems include 324,496 miles, of which 226,221 | are surfaced. | main, rather than to accept her at Gar- Ilfl.elled thereby necessitating a transfer T, | _The doctor said he was informed that no mention was made of whooping cough, or the contagious ward, while the injured child was at Garfield. A nurse in the isolation ward waited until 12 o'clock for the arrival of the ex- pected patient, he said. Had the child been brought in the Health Department :;l;udll;c:h she would have been di- e proper divis ly.Ah:‘ s Prop ion immediate; cting on the advice of the Garfield staff, Mr and Mrs. Dixon removed their daughter to Children's Hospital, where she was received at 8 o'clock and placed under the care of Dr. \l:loyd Wademan, a hospital attache, who gave her an immediate injection \g;cr:o{&m‘n: I‘I;Ad remained in attend- i e | pnce Uil he time of her death three Burns Inevitably Fat#. | Eva Mae remained conscious through- {out the course of the intricate !e“sgch | for care, and did not sink into un- | consciousness until a few minutes be- fore her death. Dr. Wademan said that her burns were inevitably fatal, 'n“.s‘ls;e ;1;;:, !nhl,led the flames and a ion of R;m’- her body had been n an effort to account for the two hours which elapsed before the little girl finally was accepted at Children’s Hospital, the course over which she was carried has been retraced. Only 20 minutes is required for the complete trip from the scene of the accident to Sibley Hospital, then to Carfleld and finally to Children's Hospital. Dr. Dunkley at Sibley said the child was at that institution approximately an hour. _ F. Vivian Dunn, 23-year-old violinist, has just been appointed ‘director of music to the Royal at Ports- SUSPECT GUARDED ' Huge AirPlane Christefied by IN FOUR MURDERS Ring of One of Four Victinp at Berlin, Md., Reported Found on Man. By the Associated Pre SNOW HILL, Md, October 13.—A heavily armed guard of State troopers and sheriff’s officers patrolled the walls of the Worcester County Jall here to- day, guarding Orphan Jones, 60-year- old colored farm hand, suspected slay- | er of an entire Eastern Shore farm family of four. At Berlin, 16 miles from here, Cor- oner William J. Bratten impaneled four juries, one each for Green Davis, 55; his wife, Iva, and their two children, Elizabeth, 15, and Mary Lee, 13, found dead in their beds late yesterday by Juriers Visit Farm. The jurles visited the isolated farm house which the murderer turned Into a shambles with his sutomatic shotgun and ax attack on the Davis family. The report of autopsy phy- been bludgeoned to death and the two girls slain with the shotgun. The Inquest was adjourned pending the outcome of steady grilling of Jones, the suspect. Jones had worked for Davis for three weeks up to Saturday night. At that time the men quarreled. Jones was discharged. The body of Davis was found yester- day in bed beside that of his wife on the second floor of their farm house. Bodies of the two girls—both high school students—were in bed in an ad- Joining room. Bodies Bludgeoned With Ax. Shotgun slugs had been fired into the bodies and the killer had bludgeoned his victims unmercifully with an ax. - Pleces of burned cloth were under the beds. indicating an attempt to fire the house, and the bodies had been sat- urated with coal oil. ‘The colored man, & native of Vir- ginia, was arrested Jast night by police at Ocean City. In his clothing police said they found a pocketbook and other property identified as belonging to | members of the Davis family. A class | ring of the younger girl was on one finger. Neighbors Find Bodies. ‘The bodles were found by Charles Johnson and S. E Howell, poultry farmers, whose land adjoins that of the Davis farm. They had seen no ac- tivity about the place since Saturday ! and yesterday afternoon battered down | the door and entered. 1 The interior of the house was in' the wildest disorder. Tables were up-| set, cupboards had been thrown open | and bureau drawers ransacked. It was| not known how much property was! taken away. In a corner on a back porch, covered with blood Sheriff Wilmer 8. Turnell | found the ax believed to have been used to hack the bodies of the family.| CAPONE’S GUARD RETURNS TO JAIL UNTIL NEXT WEEK| (Continued From First Page.) rozz0, street sweepers' business agent, who was carrying a weapon on the strength of a badge showing he was a fish warden. “Private detectives usually have spe- clal police stars. The State's attorney's office issues stars to special undercover investigators. Many business men like to flash a star for the purpose of fix- ing a ticket.” Capone is on trial charged with in- come tax evasion, The profits of an alleged Capone gambling house were $150.000 in 1927, a former cashier testified in the gang- ster’s trial today Fred Ries sald Capone was a fre- quent visitor at the gambling house and always went to the private office. The profits were turned over to Jack Guzik, whom Capone had described as his “financial secretary.” Ries is the witness who was sent on a trip to South America to “hide” be- fore the trial slarted. He was the principal witness in a similar trial, which resulted in a five-year sentence for Jack Guzik. The gambling house was the same one which figured in previous testi- mony. ~ Several witnesses, who once conducted a raid on the house, said Capone met them at the door and an- nounced, “I own the place.” Although it moved frequently, the gambling house was in almost coniin- uous operation in Cicero under mes, such as the “Smoke Shop. ‘Subwa; the “Ship” and the “Radio.” The management was changed in 1927, Ries sald. Ralph Capone, brother of the scar-faced gang leader, told the employes that “Pete” Penovich was in charge from that day on. Ries testified the next day Jack Guzik told him (Ries) “not to turn over money to any one but himself or somebody he sent—not even to AL” Ries is a tall, thin man, with a sharp nose and a bald head. He looked di- rectly ahead as he answered the Gov- ernment's questions, never glancing at Capone, who was busy consulting with his attorneys. In January, 1927, the witness said he saw Capone and Guzik talking in the telegraph operator’'s room, to which the public was not admitted. ‘The “bank roll” which the house al- ways kept on hand was $10,000, Ries said. After deducting the day's ex- penses, the witness said, he would take the profits to a bank, have a cashier's check made out to himself under an assumed name, sign it and then give it to Guzik or one of his men. ‘The Government introduced as ex- hibits a batch of these cashier's checks, most of them for $5,000, and one made out to “Al Capone.” W‘ten said he also talked to Capone in 1926, asking the gangster about®a newspaper story which stated Capone had won $1,000,000 on the races and that he owned & string of horses. The witness sald Capone replied that the story of his race track winnings was “all baloney,” and that it was his brother Ralph who owned the horses. Quizzed About Memory. The defense asked Waters if Capone told him he understood he had to pay no tax, as his business enterprises were illegal. The witness replied Capone “might have” sald that, but he could not be sure at this late date. Edward Waters, a former Tevenue agent, told of interviewing Capone in 1922 or 1923 regarding income tax mat- ters, but he insisted “my brain is not an adding machine” and that he could recall nothing of the conversation. Judge Wilkerson questioned Waters about his lack of memory, and the de- fense attorneys called him back after he had been excused from the stand to state he had not discussed the case with defense attorneys or any one connected with Capone. ‘Westmont, N. J., Bank Closes. ‘WESTMONT, N. J., October 13 (#).— The Westmont National Bank closed its doors to business today. Its deposits, according to the last public statement, approximated $460,000. Earl Jellicoe Better. COWES, Isle of Wight, October 13 (&) —Ear] Jellicoe, commander of the !;mlh Fleet during the wmlewWfi who was reported seriandtv M. was Wnfle&' today. Mrs. Hoover FIFTY-PASSENGER AMPHIBIAN FLIES NOTABLES AFTER CEREMONY. \ Mrs. Hoover is pictured as she christered the biggest airplane ever built in this country. a 50-passenge: Sikorsky amphibian, ‘at Anacostia Na- val Alr Station yesterday. The plahe will be placed in service in Pan-Ameri- |can Airways, flving across the Carib- ship's stewards. INNEW YORK PROBE District Attorney to Inquire Into Incomes of Four Dem- ocvatic Leaders. | | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 13.—While four Democratic office holders faced official fire on twc fronts because their incomes have been found to exceed by far their salaries, the Legislative City Investigation Committee switched its spotlight today to the activities of two | Republican leaders. | Part of the day's hearing was as- signed for interrogation of another | Democratic official—Peter J. McGuin- | ness, deputy commisisoner of public | works in Brooklyn and head of one of | the political clubs raided for gambling. Turn to Two Others. Following McGuinness' testimony, the session was to concentrate its attention on Deputy Sheriff Jacob Rosenberg of Manhattan and Tax Commissioner John R. Crews of Brooklyn, both Re-| publican leaders. They are heads of political clubs raided for gambling just as the Democratic Clubs previously scrutinized by the -Hofstadter Commit- | tee were raided. i Meanwhile the Legislative Committee has been actively joined by the Fed- eral Government in its interest in th2 incomes of the four Democratic chief- tains recently called before the inves- tigating body. Will Probe Income Tax. Federal District Attorney George Z. Medalie, it was learned, has already ordered a study of the income tax re- | turns of the political quartet whose | bank deposits of more than $1.000,000 were disclosed during the committee's | inquiry. The objects of the investigation are Sheriff Thomas M. Farley, Register James A. McQuade of Kings County, | City Clerk Michael Cruise, and Chiet | Clerk Harry C. Perry of the City Court. | MIDDLE ATLANTIC PROS SEEKING TITLE| Barnett and McKimmie, Betschler Meet Semi-Finals. Semi-finalists in the match-play championship of the Middle Atlantic Professional Golfers’ Association at the Woodmonw Country Club this after- non are Al Treder of the Manor Club vs. R. C. McKimmie of the White Flint Country Club and Robert T. Barnett of | Chevy Chase vs. Charles P. Betschler | of Baltimore. ‘Treder defeated J. M. Hunter of In- dian Spring, 2 and 1, in the second round today, while McKimmie defeated | CIHiff Spencer of Baltimore by 4 and 3. Barnett won from George Diffenbaugh | of Indian Spring, 3 and 2, and| Betschler defeated Al Houghton of Ken- | wood on the nineteenth hole. Betschler scored & birdle 3 on the eighteenth hole to square his match with Houghton and won with an eagle 2 on the first extra hole, sinking & chip ‘The semi- Treder, in shot from 40 yards away. final round was being played this after- noon and will be followed by a 36-hole final tomorrow. America Has More Yachts at Present Than Ever Before By the Assoclated Press. ‘There are more yachts in serv- ice now than at any time in America's history. The total was boosted by 8 per cent during the last year. There now are 3,582 of the pleasure ve sels, & total tonnage of 205,272. The sloop Nebula, owned by Emma L. George of New York, is the oldest. It was built in 1885. | lin_test law again burst into open re | deputies” protecting veterinarians. The Diesel-powered Orion, with 3,015 tons, is the largest. It is owned by Forstmann ef WAR FLARES AGA 500 Farmers Storm Jail to Release Heckler of ‘ Militia. { By the Associated Press. NEW LONDON, Iowa, October 13.— Hostility of Southeastern Iowa farmers to the State compulsory bovine tubercu- | as veterinarians | inoculating Henry bellion yesterday sought to begin County cattle. | About 500 embittered men marched | on the New London jail and freed | Roland Hart, 20, arrested for scoffing at Iowa National Guardsmen engaged in dispersing 150 farmers, who had gathered to hinder work of the testers on the farm of one of their leaders. | The arrest of the young man fol- lowed that of Mike Hennessey and | Henry Connor. who. likewise, ware | among the group that heckled the | military escort near the McInnon Farm. | Hennessey and Connor were taken to | Mount Pleasant. Henry County seat, | under guard, while Hart was placed in the New London jail. Two others ar- rested were released on their promise to return home. Parade to Jail. As the soldiers were attempting to disperse the crowd near the McInnon place, some of the protesters returned here. With more than 400 farmers from Cedar and Muscatine Counties, | where testing was finished in the last three weeks, and from Des Moines County, they gathered at the city | park and paraded to the jail. ‘There they overran the fire hall form- ing the front part of the Municipal | Building and broke jail lock and cell | bars to free the young man. | In the ensuing disturbance it could | not be learned where Hart was taken. | The throng took with them also for a short distance the New London marshal, | Earl Brewer, but released him un- | harmed. The soldiers arrived quickly at the Municipal Building, but many of the | farmers already had disappeared, and | the militia directed its efforts to scat- | tering groups of farmers and onlookers. | They said Hart was not being sought. | Today's disturbance recalled sim: recent attempts to hinder tests in Ced: County, notably the open deflance shown by 200 farmers toward 65 sherifl: ‘This precipitated the mobilization of 1,700 Guardsmen September 21 to enforce the law. Again, when the troopers and veterinarians moved into Muscatine County, several farmers’ leaders were arrested following like demonstrations. 250 March on Farmers. ‘The veterinarians yesterday were ap- proaching the McKinnon farm when their escort of soldiers was stopped by the 150 protesters. A detall of 20 troopers, followed by & machine gun squad, and 250 more soldiers, marched upon the angry farmers. They refused, however, to disperse and Brig. Gen. Park A. Findley, com- manding the Mount Pleasant camp, ordered the detail to move upon the crowd with drawn bayonets. Henry Connor cried out: “Hang me, shoot me, arrest me. I'm just a farmer here, standing on my rights. I am not trying to resist.” He was arrested and the crowd was subdued. They permit- ted McKinnon's herd of 35 cattle to be tested, and seemingly the rebellion was crushed. Detachments were at once placed around the neighborhood, but were re- called almost immediately to New Lon- don to scatter other groups of farmers and townspeople. 1t was planned that testing would not be continued until Tuesday by the 38 veterinarians. BANK CLOSES DOORS Officials S8ay Move Is Necessary to Protect Monessen, Pa., Depositors. MONESSEN, Pa., October 13 (#).— The First National Bank & Trust Co. here closed its doors today. A notice signed by the board of di- rectors ll_ld the move was necessary to rotect depositors following recent eavy withdrawals of derum‘ The bnn.k had total resources of bean. The plane was named the Ameri- can Clipper. Below: Mrs. Hoover as she emerged from the companionway of the airliner after & tour of inspection of the inside. She is being assisted by one of the —Star Staff Photo. ARGEST .S, PLANE IN DEMONSTRATION Makes Flights Here Prior to Trip to Bridgeport, Conn., for Final Tests. ‘The American Clipper. America’s largest airplane, christened by Mrs. Herbert Hoover yesterday afternoon at the Anacostia Naval Air Station before a colorful throng of 5,000 of diplomats, members of Congress and Federal and civil aviation officials, is making a se- ries of demonstration flights at the lo- cal station today, prior to her return to Bridgeport, Conn.. for final Department of Commerce tests. Following the christening. the giant plane, which is the world's largest am- phibjan, made three flights with mem- bers of the diplomatic corps from 30 countries, delegates to ‘he Pan-Amer- ican Commercial Conference, speakers at the christening and Federal and civil aviation officials as passengers. The final flight was not completed until shortly before sunset and the big plane then was run up on the sccplane ramp at the Anacostia station ancd made fast for the night. Upon its return to Bridgeport. proo- ably late this afternoon, the amphibian gear will be removed and the plane given its Department of Commerce tests for approval as a flying boat. Follow- ing the conclusion of all tests, the plane is to be flown to Miami put into service cn the run between Miami and Panama ican Airways fleet of 120 planes now operating on lines connecting 21 coun- | tries of North America, Latin America, the West Indies and Souih America. The Miami-Panama run involves the longest unbroken over-water flight made in scheduled air transport cperations in | the world, a distance of more than 700 miles out of sight of land. On this run the new air giant will be tested for prospective transatlantic mail and pas- senger service by way of Bermuda and the Azores. SWINDLED POLICEMAN TRAILS LOST $22,800 R:tired Coast Officer Finds Rogues’ Photos in Chicago Gallery. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 13.—Police Sergt. Joseph Connelly was- showing his brother, Lieut. Anthony Connelly of the Los Angeles police, through Chicago Detective Bureau today when the Calif- ornian stopped to look at some portraits in the “rogues' gallery.” “That,” he shouted, pointing to one, “is the man who swindled me out of $22,800. Connelly said he had tired of hts‘f}m\b of tracking down confidence men in Los Angeles, had banked a fortune made in real estate and taken a trip to Europe. Returning, he met a man on the boat who said he was Lester Franklin, capitalist from Nevada. They became friends and when the ship docked in Montreal Franklin introduced him to “an old college friend” named Madden. Madden reported he had just made $60,000 on a horse race bet, so Connelly telegraphed to Los Angeles for his $22,- 800 and told Madden to wager it. Madden did. he said, but the horse ran second. to worry, but to meet them in Kansas City & month from that time and they would make a millionaire of him.” After waiting in vain around Kansas City, Connelly said he came here to see his brother. He readily identified pic- tures of both Madden and Franklin, sald to be notorious confidence men. BANKER'’S SON IS SLAIN * William Callery of Pittsburgh Is Found Shot at Home. PITTSBURGH, October 13 _(P).— William Callery, 45. son of J. Dawson Callery, president of the Diamond Na- tional Bank here, and prominent in soclety, was found shot to death in his home at Shields, a suburb, today. His father formerly was president and chairman of the board of the Pittsburgh Street Rallway Co. Baltimore, Md. ‘The manner in which Callery was shot was not disclosed. Philadelphia Banks Suspend. ELPHIA, October 13 (#).— The Ma: ‘Trust Co. and the Rox- borcugh Trust Co., compartively small institutions in outlying sections of Philadelphia, closed their doors today. Jane Addams Wins Prize. NEW YORK, October 13 (#).—Jane Addams; internatinally known welfare worker, was today awarded the annual $5,000 Review ach’evement prive. p flagship of the Pan-Amer- | The pair advised him “not His widow formerly was Irene A. Daly of ICUBANS DENY DEBT MORATORIUM Al {Ambassador Ferrara ~and Senate Envoy Say Credit Extension Desired. ! Disavowing an intention ef seeking | & moratorium on Cuban debts, Ambas- sador Ferrara and Viriato Gutierrez, | Cuban Senator, are considering means of converting Cuba’s short-term obliga- tions into long-term indebtedness, it was disclosed last night. Stating that the object of the trip jof the Cuban Senator was to consult | with him about means of changing the short-term ipdebtedness to a long-term arrangement, Ambassador Ferrara said: “Cuba is ready to fulfill her interna- tional obligations in these payments and we are net contemplating any moratorium. Cuba already has taken the most drastic measures of economir: in reducing the budget with the object jof paying her obligations in foreign | countries. Machado Pledged. “President Machado, despite the gen- { eral clamor for a moratorium, has com- | mitted himself to pay everything which is due. To that end, he has reduced iby more than 10,000 the number of | federal employes. He has reduced by {more than 60 ver cent the salaries in {less than six months and he is disposed to ask any sacrifice of his countrymen | with & view to keeping the Cuban good | name and good credit.” | Both denied rumors reported from | Havana concerning the reason for Sen- | ator Gutierrez’ visit and explained that | Cuba did not seek a moratorium on her Gebts, but was paying and would con- | tinue to pay her obligations. Promises to Pay. “We are paying and we will pay our | indebtedness.” the Ambassador said. “Therefore these reports of ‘economic intervention’ are foolish He called particular attention to President Ma- chado's suggestion to Congress for a Lew program of economies as indicative of the measikes Cuba was prepared to take to maintain her credit position. Senator Gutierrez plans to go to New York today or Wednesday. e ex- piained the principal opject of his trip there would be to confer with American interests regarding Cuba's sugar situa- tion and future measures to be taken under the Charbourne plan. which he | assisted in negotiating in Europe last ‘Winter. He said he would confer with Thomas L. Chadbourne, author of the plan, by which Cuba and other countries agreed to limit sugar exports in an effort to | keep up the price Ambassador Ferrara also will go 1o New York on Friday to attend a luncheon by Joseph ‘Giorgio of the Standard Pruit Co., it was announced | NEGOTIATIONS BROKEN OFF. i Sl s | Machado Opponents Declare Further Discussion Is Useless. Complete breakdown in the negotia- tions between the Machado governme | and its opponents looking to some so- | lution of the Cuban problem has taken | piace, according to information from | Havana recelved heTe by the Cuban | opposition. The announcement of the government that the conference between members of the Machado regime and representa- tives of the opposition had merely been suspended due to the fact that secrecy for the meetings was impossible was challenged by the government's oppo- nents. They insisted in a statement. coples of which have been received here, that there would be no further meet- ings because the opposition considered the government's reason for declaring the suspension a flimsy pretext cloaking some as yet undisclosed action on the part of the Machado supporters. The opposition believes, the state- ment moreover said, that the confer- ences were initiated by Machado merely for the impression which might arise in the United States that Cuban affairs are improving, when this is not the case. Feeling, therefore, that any further discussion would only be “working in the dark” as far as they were concerried, the opposition leaders decided it would be best to break off ln&lflnefloflatmm until a more propitious time. President Machado's proposal that he be given “full power to suppress judges or courts or alter their decisions within his own discretio; anounced yester- {day by the United States Department | of Commerce, would remove the last | vestige of orderlv judicial procedure {in Cuba, according’ to a statemen issued here by Cosme de la Torrient director of the Cuban opposition. FATE OF PITTSBURGH MYSTERY LIKE THAT OF CYCLOPS IN WAR ‘ o (Continued From First Page.) nvolving the dropping of dummy bombs from airplanes and the explosion of charges placed by hand aboard the cruiser, because the special Navy Board in charge, headed by Rear Admiral William D. Leahy, it is said, is compil- 1ing a report on the tests. This report, it is said unofficially, probably will be completed within 10 days. Whether it will be made public is a matter no one at the Navy Department would discuss. Inquirers were referred to_Admiral Leahy, who is at Hampton Roads in his capacity as commander, destroyers of the scouting force, or to Admiral William V. Pratt, chief of naval opera- tions. It was intimated that they probably would say nothing. Admiral Pratt was in conference and word was sent down that he could not be inter- viewed, even were he disposed to say something about the Pittsburgh, which was regarded as most improbable. ‘Whether the Pittsburgh still floats or whether she is at the bottom of Ches- apeake is a_matter concerning which the Navy Department has no word for the public. Whether the tests were conducted and whether or not they were successful is the subject of an unbroken official silence. In its announcement of September 1. last official apnouncement regarding the ill-fated Pittsburgh, the Navy De- partment said: “These tests are in the nature of lab- oratory experiements on a large scale and are solely for the purpose of de- termining the efficiency of ordnance material. They are in no sense tests of bombing methods. fire control or ac- curacy of hitting, nor will any: attempt 'be made to sink the Pittsburgh. On the contrary, the department may find 1t necessary to use this vessel for future experiments of a similar nature.” The Navy Degmment also announced at that time that “owing to the confi- dential nature of these experiments no information regarding the results there- of will be published and no observers except officers of the Army and Navy will be granted permission to present.” This promise the Navy has kept. The fate of the Pittsburgh, so far as the public is concerned, today remains as unfathomable a mystery as the fate of those vessels lost at sea without any | trace. Coatesville Bank Closes. COATESVILLE, Pa.. October 13 (®). —The Coatesville Trust Co. failed to open for business today and was placed in the hands of the State Department of Bl.nk.l.:s. An officlal statement lest week list dwl $1,011,000 and ' of 81, i, '