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A—2 *¥% PICKET DIES, ONE HURT IN'MINE WAR Three Alieged Supporters of Communist Newspaper Ar- rested at Ohio Scene. By the Associated Press. | BELLAIRE, Ohio, July 11.—One| picket is dead, a working miner was | wounded probably fatally and three al- | leged reporters of a New York Com-| munist newspaper were arrested inj fresh outbrezks in the Ohio bituminous | coal strike over the week end. ! Steven Bowen, 40, Buchtel, a picket | at the Millfield mine of the Sunday Creek Coak Co., died today from the effects of a bullet wound sustained yes- terday when he and other pickets are alleged to have tried to stop Clarence Grant, a working miner, from report- ing for duty. Mine Worker Wounded. Gamble, 23, employed at the To | mine, in Belmont County, | was wounded, probably fatal fired cn by a group of alleged pickets. were in ambush near the mine Gail isoners were detained on the Natlonal Guard observer, and removed to Steubenville for a hearing before a United States Commissioner. Commissioner Samuel Friefield de- clined to hear the charges cn the only Federal Judge Benson K ough, who issued the order, was elizfble to listen to contempt proceed- ings Lieut. Thompson then took his pris- | oners—Donald Young. 24 Ladi 22, and Irwyn Lerne 8t. Clairsville, where State wili determine what charges shall be placed against them. The trio, who said their homes were in New Yo City. declined 10 say who their em- plovers were Hidden in heavy woods, the alleged pickets d shots in the direction of a k carrying workers. Gamble, & 1 man, collapted with two bullet is side. He probably will Guard officers. The newspaper reporters, alleged to have been trans- porting a quantity of alleged Cem- munist literature, were stoned before the National Guard officer arrived. He reported to have told them to move on and they refused. He then ordered their arrest. Since the mine is pro- tected by a Federal Court order. they were taken to Steubenville for hearing. INDIANA PARLEY ASKED. TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July 11 (®.—| As a result of the $5 wage agreement tentatively reached in the Illinois coal | Abe Vales, president of District United Mine Workers of America, | erday mailed a letter to officers of jana Coal Operators’ Association | suggesting a reconvened scale conference in Indiana. Three previous attempts to reach an agreement have failed. T am reliably informed a wage agree- | t between operators and miners in | s has been reached.” Vales said | letter to the operators. “This nt provides a readjustment in nd reduced scale he past any change in wage| agreel wages a “Tn Indiana or Illinois | Therefore, I am | Committee should meet as soon as pos- sible.” Neither John Templeton, president of | the operators’ association, nor Harvey | Cartwright, commissioner for the as sociation, could be reached last night for comment PADLOCKINGS BREAK RECORDS IN CHICAGO 763 Permanent Injunctions for Year Ending June 30 55 Per Cent Over Previous Year. By the Associated Press. July 11.—The padlock wearing_prosperity smiles. places in Chicago were pad- | * liquor law violations in the | for the fiscal year ended - any other year since flect issued totaled | Permanent injunc 763, an increase of 55 per cent over the previous yvear, and locked the doors | on almost $5.000.000 worth of property. | The heaviest activity occurred in the three months of the fiscal period | g the list in number FAMILY PLANS PLAQUE Rockefellers to Pl; Tablet for Kin Who Fought at Saratoga. ALBANY, July 11 (P).—The Rockefeller received T sion to erect the battlefield of Saratoga or of eignt members of '.hg‘ who fought in the battle as| al soldiers. plans to dedicate a nze plate onl | BAND CONCERTS. y the United States Marine Band | his evening at the Marine Barracks, at 8 o'clock. Taylor Branson, leader; Ar-| ar S, Witcomb, second leader. | Tell It To the .Branson | Rossini ‘r Donizetti | ....Gershwin tic, “La Mariposa™.....Dlaz | Patrol, “Gathering of the Trombone so Love! of Montezuma.” Spangled Banner. ates Navy Band this st front of the Capi- Charles Benter, lea Morris, assistant leader Up_the Street’ ... Morse “Oberon” .. Von Weber et, “Culver he ea March. Overture, Solo for © b 5 Steinhauser \fisician, Birley Gardner. Grand scenes from the opera, AR 1dio sinfonica, Del Oro” .... Excerpts from “Of Thee Sinaees ey “Prelude and Love Death From “Tristan and Iosolde. Valse, “Danube Waves” . Suite from “Carmen’ Aragonaise. Intermezzo. Prelude. ... Verdi ‘Torre ..Gimenez Gershwin | Wagner | Ivancvici | ..Bizet Saint-Saens | “Anchors Aweigh.” “Star Spangled Banner.” . the United States Army Band this éven at Grant Circle, at 7:30 o'clock. ium J. Stannard, leader; Thomas F. Darcy. second leader. selection, “Ca Rusticana” .. “The Lost Chord” . Waltz, “Eternelle Iv March, “Our Coun ..Sargent Suite Romantique, “A Day In Venice” . ... Nevin #Marzh of the Legiol Grabel j « [MFae Star Spangled Bannes, ) .Sullivar Ganne THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. MONDAY. JULY 11. 1932, Student Given Oratory Medal BICENTENNIAL PRIZE PRESENTED TO JEROME J. DOWNEY. EROME J. DOWNEY, Georgetown University student, of 3527 Tenth street, winner of the local competition on May 23 in the National Bicentennial Oratorical Contest, today was presented a silver medal as first prize, at a brief ceremony at the headquarters of the District Bicentennial Com- mission. Photo shows, left to right: Leo Kolb, member of the Contest Committee; Downey, Issac Gans, presenting medal as chairman of the Contest Ccmmittee. and centennial Commission A second prize ! George C. Havenner, executive vice president of the Bi- of a_bronge Bicentennial medal was won by Seymour Mintz of 1209 Farragut street, who is absent from the city and could not be present at the ceremony. —Star Staff Photo. CURTIS GETS YEAR AND FINEOF 1.0 Boat Builder Sentenced in Kidnaping Hoax—Wiil Take Appeal. __(Continued Prom First Page.) which counsel shouted back and forth, Judge Adam O. Robbins ruled that these points already had been passed on denied the motion. Lloyd C. Fisher, chief counsel for Curtis, showed that Curtis had never had any contact with the kidnapers. “He was just 4 man with wild dreams about boats and things,” he said. This statement came as a complete surprise because the defense stand dur- ing the trial seemed to be that Curtis had been in touch with the real kid- napers and had done everything pos- sible to help obtain return of the baby and capture of the kidnapers. Curtis was arrested after he signed a confession that all his negotiations re a hoax, but later he repudiated confession. and when the trial ned the State accepted the repudia- tion and based its charges on the alle- gation that Curtis had been in touch with the kidnapers and then had pre- vented their capture by the hoax confession. Says Curtis was “Goat.” In arguing for arrest of judgment, Fisher said Curtis had been mace the “goat” because he was “honest enough to come within the State’s jurisdiction.” “Prejudice is the only reason John Hughes Curtis sits there convicted,” he said. “We plead for mercy. The jury urged mercy. Only John Hughes Curtis, the goat. is tried. Thousands of clues and letters were received, But none were charged Wwith obstructing just He is charged because he was honest enough to come within the State's jurisdiction.” After the motion for arrest of judg- ment was denied Prosecutor Anthony Hauck recommended, in view of the jury’s plea for mercy, that Curtis be sentenced to two vears in State Prison and a fine of $1,000 In an impassioned plea to the couri before sentence was imposed, Fisher dwelt at length upon his assertion that prejudice had caused Curtis’ conviction. He said that Curtis was tried “in a court room steeped with prejudice in which the most famous man in the | country, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, sat | throughout the trial.” “It all worked out beautifully,” he shouted. “they brought in the verdict wanted.” Fisher also said that one of the jurors, after the verdict was handed down, said he did not believe Curtis guilty, but that a new trial would have i | cost ‘the State $10,000. This was the | Assoctation, Inc. | juror who through several ballots held | out for acquittal, but who finally agreed o join the other members of the jury in a verdict of conviction on the stipu lation that a recommendation for clemency be included. Defendant Calm at Bar. As soon as arguments were concluded Curtis was called to the bar, where he faced Judge Adam O. Robbins without apparent nervousness. “You have been convicted by a jury of committing a misdemeanor,” said Judze Robbins. “It now becomes my unpleasant duty to impose sentence. In my 10 years of experience I havi never given a sentence so much con: sideration and thought. “The jury recommended _mercy. There is evidence that you are a Te- spectable citizen, but these matters can- not sway the court. I sentence you to | serve one year and pay a fine of $1,000.” Curtis then returned to the defense counsel table, where he sat with folded arms while defense and prosecution at torneys moved up to the bench to dis cuss details of appeal. Fisher immediately launched into an argument in favor of a new trial for Curtis, but Prosecutor Hauck protested that such an argument could not be given in the county court, but in the appellate court. Judge Robbins denied the motion. Fisher then announced that he would seek appeal in the regular manner by going to a higher court. He had earlier announced that he would not seek ap- peal at all if the sentence consisted of nothing but a fine. ’After sentence was imposed. the ques- tion was raised of issuance of a certifi- cate of reasonable doubt permitting Curtis to be released on bail pending appeal. Procedure in such a matter has been changed during the past year, and a recess was taken for discussion of the proper course to be followed. Counsel went into the judge's cham- bers and Curtis remained at the de- fense table. In arguing for a new trial, Fisher said “the best lead in the Lindbergh kidnaping case is in an Army canton- ment,” but he did not elaborate on the statement. Bail Fixed at $10,000. Later Fisher said bail had been fixed at $10,000 and Judge Robbins would issue the certificate of reasonable doubt to permit Curtis’ release under bond. Curtis went back to his cell and Pisher said he did not know yet whether bail would be provided. Judge Robbins issued. the certificate of reasonable doubt and signed the writ of error which sends the case to the Supreme Court. Fisher said he would get in touch with Curtis’ friends in Norfolk, Va., and try, to arrange to have bail supplied in a day or two, . Sentenced to Jail | [ [ JOHN HUGHES CURTIS. 'FLOOD DROWNS 11 -~ INWEST VIRGINIA | | Definite Death Toll in Doubt as Creeks Suddenly Leave Banks. By the Associated Press. CHARLESTON, W. Va, July 11— Fleven persons were reported drowned today by flood waters of Paint and Armstrong Creeks, near here. Eight bodies were recovered. An unestimated number of families were made homeless as the creeks sud- denly left their banks® A heavy rainstorm early in the morn- ing sent the creeks to flood stage in a few minutes and sleeping residents of many communities were almost trapped in their beds. Forty-two houses owned by the Kop- pers Co. on Armstrong Creek were re- ported washed out. One estimate placed the number of destroyed houses on Paint Creek at 100. The latter | were owned by the Paint Creek Land 0. Magistrate S. B. Hastings of Mont- gemery, who made a tour of the flooded | area. sald he was certain several per- ons lost their lives on Armstrong Creek. Telephone lines were washed out | and it was difficult to obtain accurate information as to casualties and prop- erty damage. Reports that more than 150 homes on the two creeks had been washed away were received here, It was not | known how many were occupied. | Mute evidence of the havoc was seen |in the Kanawha River, at Charleston. Both creeks empty into the Kanawha. Sides of houses, stair cases, mat- tresses, brooms, telephone poles and arious articles of furniture floated in | great profusion down the river. Navi- | gation was almost impossible except | in small craft. CAMPAIGN INQUIRY DECIDED BY SENATE | Dickinson Resolution, Providing for Special Committee, Is Adopted. The Dickinson resclution providing for a special committee of the Senate to investigate campaign expenditures of presidential candidates and candi- |dates for the Senate was adopted by the Senate today. Senator Dickinson of Iowa intro- duced the resolution on March 1, but it Ihu hung fire until today, there being |no great demand for an investigation of campaign expenditures up to this time. The resolution originally pro- | posed an appropriation of $100,000 to carry on the investigation. This, how- ever, was reduced to $25,000 before the resolution was passed. The Senate has had similar inves- tigating committees for years during presidential campaigns and also during the congressional campaigns in off years. Its last campaign investigating committee was headed by Senator Nye of North Dakota. That committee, in 1930, held extensive hearings into senatorial campaign expenditures in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Nebraska and several other States. Vice President Curtis is called upon by the resolution adopted today to appoint the investigating committee. The resolution provides that no Senator. shall be appointed to serve upon the committee from the State in which & Senator is to be elected next November, VETERANS LEAVNG TV URDERGARD Those Accepting Travel Money Said to Have Been Threatened at Camps. (Continued From First there were approximately 150 veterans inside the building awaiting approval of their applications for loans. Unma- tured balances of their adjusted service compensation certificates are security for the Government loan. Shortly before noon Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of veterans’ affairs, called at the White House and reported to President Hoover that in his opin- fon “much progress” had been made in evacuating the veterans. He told the President he expected more than 1,000 would be out of Washington by tomor- Tow. Estimates at Variance, The administrator said he had esti- mated the total number of men in camps here at 7,975, including late ar- rivals who are not entitled to loans un- der provisions of the bill. estimated the total at 11,750, while the army commander says there are 22,000 men here, The President was informed that the average cost of a ticket at one-third rate allowed by the railroads was $13.66, and the average amount of cash given for food en route was $1.71. Gen. Hines said he had interviewed a number of veterans and the majority were high-type men who preferred jobs instead of their demands for full pay- ment of the sa-called soldiers’ bonus. He declared he instructed all his field agents and regicnal officials to make all efforts to get jobs for these men. The rcported intimidation came to light early yesterday when a group of veterans inside the building asked for protection. They said that immediately after each man filed his application and attempted to leave the building to await its approval, he was threatened by vet- erans in the street. Late last night a group of women collection to provide funds for a number of men to sleep outside of the camps because they were told that. should the loan applicants return to Anacostia or other encampments, they weuld be beaten. Each man was given sufficient money to pay for a room in cheap hotels. Work Requires Time. Because of the lack of credentials the work of approving each veteran's application has been delayed, officials explained, and from one to six hours are necessarygto investigate the appli- cations. - Since the intimidation reports were received, the applicants are being kept within the building until the loans are approved. Food from tre kitchens at Mount Alto Hospital is being sent to the bureau and the men are few liberally The chef in charge said he was forced to ask for additional supplies to satisfy the hunger of the men It was estimated that 90 per cent of those leaving Washington had given as their reason that thev feared trouble would break out in the camps. They reported a great deal of dissension among the veterans. Gen. Hines advised the veterans in camp here not to delay in making out their applications, because the bill's authorization expires at midnight Thursday. He said the bureau is pre- pared to give prompt service, and this can best be given when spread over several days instead of being crowded into the last two. The administrator also ed atten- tion to the fact that the “veterans of the Spanish-American War who have eligibility for national soldiers’ homes are being provided transportatior. to the nearest soldiers’ homes if tbey still have eligibility for entrance. Many veterans of the Spanish-American War and World War. now temporarily in Washington, left the national soldiers’ homes to come to Washington to join the en- campment here. Those veterans should keep in mind that unless they make early applications to return to the hemes that, due to the great demand for beds, they may not find facilities avail- able for them later on. For that rea- son, it is urged that they take immedi- ate steps to determine if they are still eligible for national soldiers’ homes in order that transportation may be pro- vided for them. Points to Red Cross Aid. “The American Red Cross has kindly agreed to assist the families of veterans desiring to return to their homes by providing for the tfansportation of the wives and children in all those cases where the Veterans’' Administration has approved the transportation for the veterans. “Those who are sincerely interested in the cause of the veterans can do much by advising those temporarily in Washington to accept immediately the transportation and travel sub- sistence back to their homes which Congress has provided, as most cer- tainly no good purpose can be served by urging them not to take prompt advantage of an early opportunity to return to their homes. Employment cannot be found in Washington, but every endeavor will be made to provide employment in their several communi- ties.” ‘While officials renewed their efforts to evacuate the bonus army. Com- mander in Chief Walter W.-Waters left Washington by plane today to launch a recruiting drive in the East. In an effort to counteract offers of the Veterans' Administration to send Lis men home by railroad, Waters will address the Nation tonight through radio Station WOR, Newark, appealing for recruits and provisions for his army. The 35-year-old Oregon leader left the Capital at 10 o'clock in a plane with Mrs. Waters for Camden, N. J., where he will speak before a meeting of vet. erans. Tomorrow he will fiy to Ho boken, N. J., for another address in behalf of the B. E. F. Declines Coxey's Offer. Comdr. Waters definitely spiked ef- forts of Farmer-Labor party leaders to nominate him as Vice President, run- ning with Jacob S. Coxey, Mayor of Massilon, 2hio, as presidential candi- date. “I appreciate the honor,” said Waters, “but I must decline such a nomination. My sole objective now is passage of bonus legislation, and as commander of the B. E. F., T cannot forsake this cause for any political job.” Approximately 1.400 veterans came in yesterday from the West, 450 of these being from California. Today's arrivals included 200 from Nevada and Wisconsin, who pulled into the Poto- mac yards on freight trains. An out- fit from Las Vegas, Nev, was led by an attractive 20-year-old girl, who headed the men in a parade from the Police have | clerks are known to have taken up a| and more than 20 injured. OME of the wreckage in Verncn, Ind hre, although several were injured. Tornado Wrecks Indiana Town SCENE FOLLOWING TERRIFIC BLOW AT VERNON. , July 8, after the disastrous tornadic winds. Fortunately none was killed | The storm was widespread in Indiana and Ohio, two persons being killed | | | —A.P.Photo. | GRANT ASKS FUND TOGIVEMANY J0BS Seeks Share in Relief Appro- } priation to Hire Men to \ Work in Parks. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, today announced that he is asking the District Commissioners and Sidney F. Talliaferro, former Commissioner, who has been appointed to head a special committee of the Board of Public Wel- fare, to disburse the funds, for a share in the $350,000 fund just made avail- able by Congress for relief here Col. Grant said that possibly he might get as high as $100.000 to put men to work in the parks, cleaning up and making the woodlands more ac- cessible to the public Has Plans for Work. The colonel said that he has plans made for the improvement of the re- cently acquired perk areas, so that men could be given employment imme- diately. This program would be pat- terned after that followed when the unemployed were put to work in the park areas late last year and during the early months of this year, with funds made available out of Community Chest_revenues. In the Patterson tract, in Foundry Branch, near Foxhall Village, in_the Shepherd Parkway, in Rock Creek Park and other park areas, the director as- serted, there is work sufficient to keep a large number of men busy. Funds Held Insufficient. Congress supplies insufficient funds for this work at present, officials say. and when the unemployed were busy at this task last Winter, an appreciable amount of headway was made in clear- ing away dead and down timber, weed- ng out brush, removing debris and dead leaves and making the areas generally more presentable It Col. Grant is successful in secur- ing some of the $350,000 relief fund, the rate of compensation to be paid the workers would likely be fixed by the Commissioners. When the unemployed were at work in the parks last Win the compensation was placed at $2.70 per day. They were on a five-day week and worked six hours a day, being paid 45 cents per hour for their labors. —_————e Joyce Borden Ends Cruise. NEW YORK, July 11 (#.—Joyce Bor- den brought her schooner Northern Lights into New York Harbor today aft- er a world cryise that began at San Francisco in April, 1931. -Accompany- ing her was her husband, Zlatko Galo- kobice, violinist. freight yards t h(ll s at Third street and Penn: R. W. Robertson, commander of the group of 450 from California, refused to affiliate with the bonus expedition- ary force and declined an offer of quar- ters at Camp Marks in Anacostia. He said his group had come to Washing- ton “to be seen by Congress, not to have a vacation.” Waters Expresses Regret. ‘The Californians were encamped to- day at Third street and Missouri ave- nue, énly three blocks from the Capitol. Taking cognizance of the Californians’ arrival, Comdr. Waters issued a state- ment expressing regret that the group “does nct see fit to affiliate with the B. E. F. in Washington.” “I am greatly intcrested in_the nu- merical strength of the B F. in order that we may win our battle,” | Waters' statement said. | “We need the aid and assistance of every sincere veteran in the United States in our cause, which is a worthy one. I am very sorry that Mr. Robert- son does not see fit to fall in line with us. The only way the B. E. F. | to succeed is by the whol operation of every veteran and veteran | sympathizers in continuation of our past record.” Urbain Ledoux, New York's “Mr. Zero,” joined the bonus army yester- | day and announced plans for a “human | auction” of ex-service men to raise | funds for food and clothing. The auc-| tion, in which veterans would be | | “sold” to Washingtonians who need workers, would be held as near the Capitol as possible, under “Mr. Zero's” plans. Another effort to raise funds to re- plenish the fast-diminishing food sup- | plies—the “burial alive” of a veteran | |at Camp Marks, was broken up yes- | terday by Police Inspector Albert J.| Headley, whd ordered the veteran ex-| humed. The food situation continued serious | today, with only about 2,500 loaves of | bread and a few sacks of cracked wheat | |on hand. New supplies are expected | |to result from Waters' recruiting trip | | through the East. After his appear-| |ance at Hoboken, the young com- | nander expects to speak in Pittsburgh | later this week. Washingto Drip! Of course, it's but tomorrow it is a big water bill. There is a good plumber near you. Sponsored by Property Improvement & Business Co-operation Committee n Program Drip! Drip! nothing teday, Bullet Hole Found In House Rented By Libby Holman Actress Paid for Repairs: Smith Reynolds Had Cottage Nearby. | By the Associated Press PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y. July 11.—Mrs. Daniel A. Murdock said today she found a bullet hole in a dining room table in the Long Island house which che rented to Libby Holman, widow of Smith Reynolds, last Summer. “The course of the bullet was defl- nitely shown across the table top,” she said. “I asked my agent to suggest to Miss Holman that she pay for repairs. She readily »greed.” Mrs. Murdock said she had not seen Miss Holman since the discovery of the bullet hole and had never spoken to her about it. Miss Holman did not explain to the agent how the table came to be damaged. she said. Miss Holman rented the house. in the Spanish bungalow colony near here, for the Summer. Smith Reynolds occupied a cottage near the actress and near an airport where he kept his plane. “Every one seemed to like Miss Hol- man. She was a respectable and charming tenant.” Mrs. Murdock said “Mr. Reynolds was sometimes consid- ered a bit erratic. Once he drove his car right into the water near where he kept his yacht.” CONGRESS HOSTILE TO DEBT CUT PLAN:; FEARS U. S. MOVE __ (Continued From First Page.) unless the United States scales down Europe’s war debts. McKellar knew, when he presented this resolution, that the State Depart- ment insisted there had been no change in the administration’s position since June a vear ago. But, like many other members of both houses, he was not so enthusiastic since the Lausanne agree- ment about President’s Hoover's state- ment a vear ago. The President said then that while he opposed cancellation of war debts, he was “sure the American pecple have | no desire to attempt to extract any sum beyond the capacity of any debtor to pay.” To some Senators this phrase was ore meaningful in view of the Lau- sanne Conference. Like McKellar they recalled that in ratifying the morato- rium last December, the Congress de- clared unequivocally against further re- duction. For that reason, they, again like the Tennesseean, wanted to know whether the Government had indicated it would accept a reduction and “if so by what authcrity any repressntative of the United States has taken such ac- on.” Fears “Near Treason. Senator Shipstead (Farmer-Labor, Minnesota), said last night in a state- ment that a promise by any official of this Government that war debts would | be curtailed in proportion to reduction of reparations would be treason.” “The debts owed to’ us are honest debts on money borrowed from us aft- er the war,” he said. tion pending in the Senate for cancel- lation of the debts only after the Euro- pean governments have agreed to a progressive annual reduction of mili- tary and naval armaments totaling 40 per cent within 40 years ana abotish- ment of conseription for 30 years. “Such an arrangement we could afford to agree to because we could “very ,near save in military and naval expenses | many times more than is owed to us, insure peace for at least 30 years. “Such an arrangement would give security to all nations and restore con- fidence, international credit and trade. “If any official of the United States Government has promised foreign agents that we would cancel debts owed to us for cancellation of reparations he s States and certainly is guilty of swind- ling foreign governments.” TWO IN D. C. TAXI HELD AFTER BATTLE IN VIRGINIA ROBBERY (Continued From First Page.) plates had been removed, but in the machine they found license plates of District of Columbia, Illinois and Mary- land. Authorities brought the car and impounded it in the jail vard. A quantity of blood found in the car indicated, police said, one or more of the men had been wounded. Nearby ‘West Virginia authorities were given a general description of the men, all of whom were described as being scarcely more than youths, several without coats and bareheaded. Battle Arouses City. The gun battle, occurring at a quiet hour of night, aroused the entire north- ern and western sections of the city, and scores of citizens dressed, armed themselves with shotguns and revolvers and joined police in a hunt for the bandits. Police found in the aban- doned car, a& brand-new Studebaker sedan, a registration card issued to Lee D. Butler, Inc., 2155 Champlain street northwest, and dealer’s license tag D-1374. Two young men, arrested in a Washington taxicab, still were be- ing ?uel'.loned behind locked doors by Chief of Police C. W. Hollis and other officers late this forenoon. Mr. Lee D. Butler said this morning that the license plates-on the bandits’ machine and the registration card were stolen more than a month ago. The theft was discovered June 11, he said, but through an oversight was not re- ported to police. J very near treason to the United | iyears in the/United States, REYNOLDS' FRIEND UPHELD IN PROBE Actress Backs Walker’s Story—Fifth Person Found to Have Been in Home. __(Continued From First Page) | ran out on the balcony, inside the house, and saw Walker run upstairs from the reception room. | Unofficial reports said Walker testi- fled Mrs. Reynolds was at the head of the stairs near her bed room adjoining the sleeping porch when he ran up the steps. He said she was “hollering.” | Walker is reported to have said Miss Yurka belped him carry Reynolds from | the sleeping porch. but her testimony was quoted es being that Walker brought the bedy from the porch to the interior baicony and that she helped him from that point. | Meanwhile. all occupants of the house were fingerprinted for comparison with marks found on a bath room door of the house. Romance Is Probed. | Authorities delved today Into the ro- | mance of Reynolds and Miss Holman | and his history for the past several | searching some clue to the mys- surrounding his death. | Ore story was that Reynolds had a | narrow escape from death by shooting | on a Long Island outing almost a year to the day he was found slain. Sheriff Scott said he was informed a | bullet pierced Reynclds' shirt on that | be occasion. | Out of the inquiry into the romance | came for the first time the details of their marriage. | _They were married at Monroe, Mich., | November 29, 1931, by justice of the peace. They anncunced their marriage in New York last May and it was re- ported then they were married in Ha- waii = mync!dfs, an aviation enthusiast, was returning from a trip by plan Boat around the world, © Done and Six Days After Divorce. ~The date of the marriage was just | six days after Reynolds' first wife. Rnne Cannon, secured a divorce in Reno. | Miss Holman revealed the date and | place of the marriage at the first ses- sion of a secret inquest held by Coroner | W. N. Dalton, behind closed doors at Reynolda. The inquest was to be resumed this | afternoon. | So far as has been madd public, about | all that has been disclosed by the in- | vestigation here has been these salient | points: | 1. Reynolds was shot about 1 am Wednesday morning while on a sleeping porch adjoining his wife's bed room. | He was carried to a hospital uncon- | scious and died there at dawn without | meking a statement. 2. In the house at the time besides the household servants were Mrs. Rey: nolds, Blancine Yurka, New York act- | ress who was visiting Mrs. Reynqlds | and coaching her for.a new play; Al- bert (Ab) Walker of Winston-Salem, life-long friend of Reynolds and his secretary, and Raymond Kranrer of Flushing. Long Island, who was Rey-| nolds' tutor. Had Given Party. 3. The night before Reynolds had given a party in celebration of the 21st birthday anniversary of C. G. Hill, | a Winston-Salem friend, and his guests | did not leave until midnight. 4. A towel apparently stained with | blood. was found in the bath_room | | adjoining - rs. Reynolds' room. Bloody fingerprints were on the bath room floor 5. A pistol from which one shot| had been fired was on the floor of the slecping porch. Mrs. Reynolds told the jury her mind was a blank in respect to the time from | Monday about 11 p.m. until late Wed-| | nesday except for a “flash” in which she saw Reynolds with the pistol to | his head, heard him call her name| |and saw him fall. She gave no explanation for this |1apse of memory. ! _As a result of the evidence presented | it, the coroner's jury ordered Walker and Mrs. Reynolds held as material wit- nesses. He was lodged in jail and she has been under guard in her apart- ment in Reynclda. Miss Yurka was re- quested not to leave Winston-Salem. Suicide Motive Puzzles. As it faced the case today, the coro- ner’s jury, as well as could be gath- ered from officials, was without any | particular reason to believe Reynolds’ |death was other than suicide, but Jas | been unable to learn any reason why | Reynolds, young and apparently with- fi‘x’: any cares, should have taken his After the death of her husband, Mrs Reynolds was reported to have collapsed, but was said to be considerably im- proved today. Her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Holman of Cincin- nati, Ohio, are at Reynolda, but since the coroner's jury ordered her held as a witness have not been able to talk to her, officials said, except in the presence of & hdeputy sheriff. ers now at the Reynolds home are Smith Reynolds’ two sisters, Mrs. Charles Babcock and Mrs. Henry Walk- er Bagley, both of New York. Richard J. (Dick) Reynolds, jr., eld- est son of the Late R. J. Reynolds, who built from tobacco the fortune of $100,- 000,000 to which his four children are heirs, is expected to arrive in New York Friday. He was cruising in his yacht off the coast of East Africa when noti- | took | movement | rounded them wif SAQ PAULO REVOLT REPORTED GAINING Units of Powerful State Miii- tia Hold Out Against Federal Drive. By the Associated Press. RIO DE JANEIRO. Jul: general staff of the army and navy command of operations today against two rebellious army regiments at Sao Paulo, the southern capital. Prom that city word came that the rebels had asserted that all the ga: sons in the State of Sao Paulo were sup- porting the rebellion. A government statement, however said the rebellion, which began Satur- day, was not yet quelled. but the north- ern states were loyal and in the south the movement was confined to the twc regiments. These units are part of the Fue: . pi of the Fue 11.—The in the past vernments have questioned the right of a single state to maint ch poweriul military establish: In 1924 the City of Sao Paulo was isolated for 23 days when the Fuerza Publica rebelled against the federal gov- ernment. Virtually the entire federal army was required to put down that The state of Sao Paul never has been strongaly enthusiast>. over the Vargas government. LOPES LEADS REVOLT. Attempt to Oust Dr. Getulio Vargas, President of Republic. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. The annual revolution in B broken out this year earlier t On July 9, Gen. Isodoro Lopes, chiet of the olut v mov n again raised the s a 1 usua’ State of Sao Paulk proclamation to the peopl them that the immediate object o revolutionaries is the reconstituti zation of Brazil and that he and followers were ready to die in order attain that ai itary was arrested and forces took pos: cupled the pul 3 sion of the buildings mac city is quiet which ar count of a communications with the indicate the popu accepted this new move with enthusiasm. The states of Minas Geraes and Rio reported as cause with the revolu Gen. Lopes. The comm governmental troops, who remained faithful to the central government in Rio, have been arrested and the troops which refused to 2 rebels have been disbanded Dr. Getulio Vargas, who assumed of- fice as Presi b of Brazil on Nov prepared to deal dra revolutionary forces able to resi Lopes is unknov Vargas antagonized Brazilian officials with his own partis came into office aft by a revolution the i; ident Dr. Julio Prestes. by the people of Brazil Furthermore, there is deep d! tion in the®ccuntry on accoun increasing economic depression. the circums is believed here revolutionary movement of Gen. Lopes has chances of succeeding. TREASURY P. hy a large number of by replacing them as soon as he had prevented, ion of Pres- was elected 1930. Under ROBE UNTIMELY MOVE, SAYS BALLANTINE ___(Continued From First Page) vestigation of Governmeni Ballantine said, “particularl ing to do with financial m: regard to what such inve: pose upon officials or the public Representative Patman (Democrat of Texas), who sought the impeachment of Andrew W. Mellon as Secretary of the Treasury, urged that the inquiry be made. § “One of the greatest rackets today is he abuse of Government credit by ternational bankers," he said. “I be- lieve an investigation would show a connection with the Treasury - e ury Depart McFadden testified that after visitin; the White House last Saturday morn. ing, Representative Snell, the Repub- lican leader, called in minority mem- bers of the Rules Committee and gave them instructions on “what to do. Republican committee members nied " this _statement. Representative Michener. Republican, of Michigan gaid he had conferred with Snell, but not officials.” | to recetve “instructions.” Representative Crowe. Democrat Indiana said he had been told by missioner Burnett of the Internal Re: enue Department that on March 15, 1932, more than $1,000,000,000 in Fed- eralX taxes remained uncollected. “I am not making any charges,” Crowe said, “but I would like to know and I would like the people to know k:;;t_r,mse taxpayers have evaded these of Garner Makes Reply. _Informed of Undersecretary Ballan- tine’s statement, Garner said “We are not so much concerned now as to how the Treasury plans to ad- minister the new tax laws, but we are concerned as to how they have been administering the tax law for the last 10 years.” “The Treasury does not want the | investigation now or in December, as suggested by Mr. Ballantine.” the Texan said. “If you wait until the Treasury wants it, it'll never want it. Why, it would take one committee an indefinite period to investigate indefensible tax refunds to one concern.” He added that refunds, credits and abatements in the past 10 vears amount- edef[ more than $3.000.000.000. erring to Ballantine's statement that the Treasury had reported all re- funds in excess of $75,000 to the Joint Congressional Committee, Garner said: “The Joint Committee passes only on the legal phases and not the details of the refunds. It does not go into the large depreciations and other items allowed.” Garner asserted that if the “Repub- lican organization and Mr. Snell (the Republican leader), want to make t investigation, we are ready to go ahead. FRENCH TAX.ES DEBATED Communists Shout Objections to Proposed Increases. PARIS, July 11 (#).—Commu notsily shouted_objections to. fax o creases today when debate was opened fied of his brother’s death. Duke of Tetuan Dies. MADRID, July 11 UP)—The Duke of Tetuan, whose father was minister of war in the cabinet of Primo De Rivera. died today of appendicitis. He was 33, and was well known in both North an South Amerjca, having lived for 15 Y on the government’s finance bill, which includes measures e: ted to save the country approximately $18,400,000 this year. Maurice Palmade, bud; said the condition of the fii.::?:’ i not good and it was necessary to re- trench. Louis Germain-Martin, minis- tér of finance, has estimated the 1932 budget deficit will be between .- m.uqo‘oogd undd ;{,000.000.000 francs 'mier Edouar erriot attended to- day’s debate,