Evening Star Newspaper, August 11, 1933, Page 5

BROKER ARRESTED IN“PONZI" FINANCE Charwomen and Other Small Savers Alleged to Be Victims. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, August 11.—Charwom- en’s cheers echoed in the ears of Lorenz Strack, a real estate broker, as he sat 1 a cell today, but they brought him no comfort for they were not for him. They were for a magistrate who, on hearing him denounced as “a Ponz,” held him in $100,000 bail on grand lar- ceny charges. Strack. a corpulent man who looked straight ahead and said nothing, was until recently a pillar of Yorkville, New York's “little Germany.” He was every one’s friend; every one trusted him. Brought Him Savings. House servants, scrubwomen, store- keepers brought’ him their savings for investment, the magistrate was told ye.- terday. Many did not even take the legal papers he cffered them in retu:n. Everything was sailing smoothly until there was a little difficulty about che interest on Maria Blessing’s $5.000. Maria, a charwoman, went to see At- torney Owen S. M. Tierney, who used to prosecute fraud cases when he was as- sistant Federal attorney. He found, he said, that Miss Blessing’s $5000 was represented by a real estate bond form on which all reference to mortgage se- curity had been stricken out so it was little more than a promissory note. “Worse Than Rbbber.” Tierney had the broker arrested, and terror struck Yorkville. Two hundred of its citizens crowded to court yester- day, some of them weeping, some of them standing on benches to hear better what had become of their savings. They heard Tierney say that he alone had in his safe claims for $1,000.000 in mortgage participation certificates is- sued by Strack. Faces went white when Tierney added that these are “not worth a nickel” 3 They also heard a deputy assistant attorney general say that Strack was “worse than a robber.” As the prisoner was led away they rushed hysterically toward him, but police closed around him and escorted him away. POLICE SAY 28 CITIES WANT CHICAGO PRISONER 59-Year-0ld William Elmer Mead Alleged to Have Fleeced Man of $65,000. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, August 11.—The arrest of # man police said had been identified as William Elmer Mead, 59-year-old al- leged confidence man said by authori- ties to be wanted in 28 American cities, was revealed early today by Herbert Graham, United States postal inspector from New York. The inspector said Mead had served prison terms in London and San Quen- tin, but had evaded arrest 17 years. The latest exploits of which he was ac- cused, he said. was the alleged fleecing of Parker C. Morton of Whitman, Mass., out of $65.000 at Jacksonville, Fla. Mead was seized by Inspector Graham and Sergts. Thomas Alcock and Thomas Morris of the Chicago Detective Bureau after he had left a fashionable North Side hotel. Inspector Graham was sent rom New York by the Government especially to capture Mead, who was ac- cused by the police of having come to Chicago to prey upon visitors to a Cen- tury of Progress. Transport Strike Ordered. SEVILLE, Spain, August 11 (Friday) (#).—A 48-hour transportation strike ordered by Communists in protest against the use of strike breakers on the docks began at midnight. Authorities ordered all who joined in the strike discharged from their Jobs Minute Mystery Solution to THE ARREST OF AN AC- COMPLICE. (See Page A-4) Fordney arrested Mason as an accomplice because his story was patently untrue. He said he found the trunk floating, and as the body was decomposed by water beyond recognition this could not have been so. If enough water had entered the trunk to decompose the body to the ex- tent mentioned, the trunk would not have been floating. Mason was later convicted as an acces- sory to the murder. THOU PAUSEST NOT IN THINE ALLOTTED TASK, O DARKLING RIVER! —William Cullen Bryant. AMERICAN IS WOUNDED BY TURKISH GENDARMES Teacher Is Mistaken for Escaped Brigand and Is Shot in Foot. | By the Associated Press. ISTANBUL, Turkey, August 11.—Ray- mond 8. White, an American teacher of the Smyrna International College, was wounded in the foot last night by Turk- ish gendarmes who Inistook him for an escaped brigand as he was motoring at high speed from Bergama to Smyrna. White and three friends had visited the Bergama ruins, leaving for Smyrna ‘lbelol'e dawn. The gendarmes had fixed a '.rng along the Bergama-Smyrna road |for the famous brigand Ghiavour Ali, | whom they had traced as far as Ber- ama. Driving along the lonely road at 50 miles an hour, White did not hear the challenge of the gendarmes nor their subsequent first shot into the air. Thereupon the gendarmes shot lower, hitting him in the foot. His condition is not serious. JOKER IS SEEN HERE IN COUNTER-PROPOSAL OF CUBAN GOVERNMENT (Continued From First Page.) a victory for the Liberal party at the polls during the next presidential elec- tion. This being the situation, it is problematic whether the opposition which has been fighting Machado and his Liberal party would accept a man | |at the helm of the state who, for all intent and purpose, would be the same |88 Machado. While the question of the Cuban sugar quota, which is being discussed in America, will not be used as a club to force a peaceful solution of the po- litical situation in Cuba, it is considered likely that auinless an early solution is brought about the Cuban sugar planters may suffer. The representatives of the | Cuban sugar industry, as well as the | representatives of President Machado, have been making a point of the fact | that unless the Cuban export quota is increased the prospects of an economic rec;)very of that republic will be re- mote. Idea Impresses United States. ‘The United States Government has | been sympathetic with this argument, although the American beet sugar in- terests and the Louisiana sugar inter- ests together with those from the Phil- ippine Islands, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the Republic of San Domingo have been pressing for an increase of their own quota at the expense of the Cubans. If the Cuban government cannot suc- ceed in re-establishing order and gov- ern in accordance with the constitu- tion it is not unlikely that the ad- | ministration would leave that country to its s:‘n de\;lceslmg agree to in- crease the quota of the other sugar- p“l)g‘i:mgi dcol;lntri&. = said that the hurried departure of Ambassador Cintas this mon‘:tng to :-Iavanq was d&e :o the fact that he had suspicion that something like may happen. s Cinta’s Role Obscure. The Tole of the Cuban Ambassador since the beginning of the crisis ap- Dears extremely obscure. It is stated in well informed quarters, that he has completely failed to inform his Presi- dent about the exact attitude of the American Government regarding the crisis and that in his antagonism for Ambassador Welles he has conveyed the impression to his government that Welles did not actually have the back- ing of the State Department. Because he knew the American Government was reluctant to intervene in Cuba with armed forces, he is said to have told Machado an unyielding attitude would |in the end be profitable, since the American Government is going to do a good deal of talking without daring to take any definite drastic measures. Nominee Is Selected. DANVILLE, Va., August 11 (Special). —Robert C. Vaden of Gl'etnl,pies th)e choice of Democratic political leaders tof the thirteenth senatorial district to succeed the late Senator E. J. Harvey. He was nominated yesterday at the copvention of the district held in le. WATER COOLERS For Sale As Low as $6 1120 20th St. N.W. Phone STerling 9517 a /2 Try Our Fresh > STRAWBERRY THE EVENING FIRST LADY SEEKS FACTS ON WAGES Mrs. Roosevelt Invites Gen. Johnson and Secretary of Labor Perkins. By the Assoclated Press. The subject of equal minimum wages for women and men in N. R. A. codes of competition was to be discussed today at a White House luncheon, to which Mrs. Roosevelt has invited Brig. Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, the recovery adminis- trator, and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins. Mrs. Roosevelt revealed at her press conference yesterday that she is'bent on informing herself on exactly what is happening in this connection, and the luncheon invitations were sent out with this in mind. Several temporary codes now in opera- tion and some permanent ones being formulated provide a lower minimum wage for women than for men. Mrs. Roosevelt explained she had received several letters on the subject and had sent them to Johnson and Miss Perkins with her luncheon invitation. She said she fully realized there might be “temporary and special things” which would justify a difference—for instance, a lower minimum for women might have to be a temporary expedient in some industries to keep from throw- ing them out of work. Mrs. Roosevelt praised Mrs. Johnson, wife of the recovery administrator, for taking a volunteer pcsition, without pay, on his consumers’ board staff. “It is a grand thing for her to do and a chance for an awfully good piece of work.” ENTIRE ACCO;!D REACHED AT* RADIO CONFERENCE Chairman of U.-S. Delegation Re- ports Agreement on Channels for Other Than Broadcasting. MEXICO, D. F., August 11 (P)— Judge E. O. Sykes of Mississippi, chair- man of the United States radio dele- gation here, in a press statement said the nine North and Central American countries represented at the radio con- ference, reached an entire agreement regarding frequencis of channls for radio other than broadcasting, and mentioned in this classification tele- vision, aircraft, state police, point-to- point telephone and telegraph, coastal telegraph and telephone, ship telegraph and telephone and amateur. He further said that agreements reached on technical matters relating to broadcasting would be of great benefit. American delegates leave for Wash- ington tonight. SAILING BARK-LOST Last of Spanish Ships Sinks in Ca- ribbean With ‘Crew of 13. NEW YORK, August 11 (#).—The Tidewater Oil Co. has announced that the three-masted bark Guadalhorce, last of the Spanish sailing ships in the New York-Canary Islands trade, was lost, with all 13 of the crew, about two months ago in the Caribbean Sea, off the Cuban .coast. ‘The wooden ship, which put into New York about once a year, was bound from Las Palmas, Canary Islands, to Jacksonville, Fla. EFINISHING FURNITURE Refinishing. interior decorating, painting can now be had at exceptionai prices. Over 40 years'_experience. 2434 18th St. GEORGE PLITT, Sr. 35t 2508 ———————————————————————— Removes Spots Safely That spot on your co Tuinous as you might expect be removed easily. safely and quickly wi Cleansiline, the master cleanin id. Keep a c emergencies. t, oil, pitch, tar, etc. ry to the finest fabri Recommended for clea: satins, velvets, ribbons, and white kid gloves. Get a gen- erous 35c can_for 29¢ today at Peoples Drug Stores. 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Appointed NEW DEPUTY SUPERINTEND- ENT. OF INSURANCE. CHARLES E. CONNER of this city has been appointed deputy superintendent of insurance for the District to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of John B. Payne, who left the position to become controller of the Agriculture Adjustment Admin- istration, Department of Agriculture. Mr. Conner, 34 years old, is a product | of the District public schools and the Georgetown Law School. He served in the Navy during the World War and later was employed in the State De- artment. For the last 10 years he as engaged in real estate and insur- ance business in Washington. LOMBARD DIVORCE NEAR Marriage to William Powell to Be Dissolved Soon. RENO, Nev., August 11 (#).—The mariage of Carole Lombard, blond film star, and Willlam Powell, also of the movies, will end in the Nevada divorce courts today or tomorrow. Miss Lombard has been living in a secluded cottage at Lake Tahoe. The marriage of Powell and Miss Lombard June 26, 1931, was a surprise to the Hollywood film colony. Their separa- tion several weeks ago created an even greater stir. Miss Lombard is Powell's second wife. His first was Jule M. Powell, also an actress. Carole’s ANXIETY 16 FELT FOR MISSIONARIES Two American Priests and Six Sisters Are Held in Town Taken by Rebels. By the Associated Press. HANKOW, Hupeh Province (Central China), August 11.—Anxiety was felt here today over the fate of eight Amer- ican Catholic priests and Sisters of Mercy marooned in Yuanchow, which rebels captured from provincial troops June 27. Since then the government soldiers have been unsuccessfully trying to re- capture the town, which 1s in Hunan Province and 400 miles southwest of Hankow. American Catholic _authorities here and at Shenchow, 75 miles north of Younchow, have tried for two weeks to get direct word from the priests and sisters. Walter Adams, United States consul general, here, has asked the Hunan government to try to safeguard all Americans in the battle area. The eight Yuanchow missionaries are Rev. Edward McCarthy and °~ Rev. Frapcis Flaherty, members of the American Passionist Order, and Sisters Genevieve Ryan, Christiania Werth, Magdaline Ivan, Rosario Goss, Saint- | anne Callahon, and Mark Mullen, all of whom are Passionist Sisters of St. Joseph. SISTERS FEARED TROUBLE. Offiicials at Mother Home of Order Informed by Missionaries. BADEN, Pa., August 11 (#).—Authori- ties at Mount Gallitzin Academy, mother home of the Catholic Sisters of St. Joseph, six of whom are reported ma- rooned by Chinese rebels 400 miles from Hankow, said today they had been anticipating trouble. The eix sisters are residents of Penn- sylvania. Sisters Magdalene Ivan, Mark Mullen and Saintanne Callahan are from Pittsburgh. Sister Genevieve Ryan is from New Castle, Sister Chris- tiania Werth from Lebanon and Sister Rosario Groes from Nanty-Glo. No word has been received from them since Yuanchow was reported captured, but previous letters gave word of im- pending trouble, it was learned at the FRIDAY, AUGUST academy. 11, 1933. CONVICT 5 MINERS OF GIRL'S MURDER Four at Joneshoro, lIl., Given Life Sentences, Other One 40 Years. By the Associated Press. JONESBORO, IIl, August 11.—Five young Duquoin miners were found guilty by a Circuit Court jury here last night of the murder of Laverne Miller, 14-year-old school girl. Four of the _defendants—Robert Shingleton, Sam Ferro, Otis Battagla and Barney Bosetto—were sentenced to life imprisonment. Emery Albers was given a 40-year sentence. None of the five showed any emotion when the verdict was read. Amm‘;yl ::hthe State had asked the dea Y. e Miller girl, a daughter of a Duquoin United Mine worker, was fatally wounded by shots fired from a speeding car as she sat in her home studying her high school lessons the night of April 6. The convicted men were affiliated with the Progressive Miners’ organiza- tion. Counsel for both the State and the defense, in final arguments, at- tributed the murder indirectly to the bitterness between the Progressive and the United Mine Workers in southern Illinois. = Greece has substantially bettered its export trade by barter arrangements with Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Yugoslavia and Sweden. e s AIR-cOOLED’ DINING BOOM pecial for SATURDAY DINNER 5 to 8 PM. Smothered _ Steak, Mushroom Sauce— Breaded Veal Cutlet Our Special 65¢ Dinner Roast Capon Broiled Tenderloin Steak OPEN SATURDAY Until 10 PM. KAU] p 4 ALLMEN’S WEARABLES Drastically Reduced for Quick Clearance H . Men's $72-510- Summer Suits Mohairs, Nurotex, Etc. 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