Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1921, Page 13

DRASTIC GUN LAW e R vt BEST CRIME CHECK Senator Capper Expects Such Bill to Be Reported to | i Senate at Early Date. FAVORS HEAVY PENALTY All Bootleggers Are Armed and Ready to Commit Murder, He Declares. A drastic law against ‘gun-toting’ will do more at this time to prevent murder, robbery and a score of minor crimes than any other measure,” said Senator Capper of Kansas, republican member of the Senate District com- mittee, discussing today the recent saults and murders in the National Capital. ongress should give Washington badly needed protection. I eve the Senate District committee will report a for the pu e without have now in Washingion a epidemic of ‘sun-toting." tolerate personal armament of worst kind criminals because the the law so far has fuiled to recognize a it the man or youth who carrie: IN HIGH AIRPLANE FLIGHT Soldier, Who Lost Speech Follow- FEARSNOTE OF .. WLPROVOKE REDS Maxim Litvinoff Afraid Com- munication Will Be Misin- By the RE] condit; “I am afraid the masses in Russia state- will i ment of Mr. Hughes intertere with the internal affairs of Ru ut- e a ia and THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30. 1921. terpreted in Russia. PROTECTION IS PLEDGED Feels Sure That Trade Relations Will Be Renewed—Urges Ac- cepting Mission. Associated Press. L. Esthonia, March 29 ions under which and resent the s an attempt nterpret o dictate from the of scheme for the Russian so —Com- menting on the recent note of Secre- tary of State Hughes concerning the trade rela- tions with Russia might be resumed, Bladensburg road last whisky between quarts of detective, five a two automo inet gers and their aids. Two of the They gave their nan loads le five are under ler, forty-one years, of Marion and Henry Randolph, thirty-si gress court. Search s b ducted for two white men other colored man. Precinct Detective Denny and Prohibition Agent Harold E. 3 and : : ®d | phenson, in a semi-conscious condi- Maxim Litvinoff, citfef of the sovict e e o Auartecor . A. RENZ, Jr. delegations abroad, Wwho recently s mile from the wayside ravine, where made a proposal to the Washington |the fight took place to the Corby yeast e government for a resumption of |plant at Langdon. Both were covered VETERAN REGA'NS VO'CE trade, said today: with blood flowing from cuts about sailants. Murphy, to a torn shirt and trousers to fering from gashes arrest. the ninth precinct station last night as Carlie But- court, of Con- con- an- Murph Ste- the head and shoulders sustained in the hand-to-hand fight with their as- although stripped and bad 1y beaten about the head, was in t| better condition. Stephenson was suf- inflicted on the scalp and face from the butts of re- night rang with volleys of shots in a fight for a chauffeur, a prohibition agent, a pre- leged bootleg- of Creecy laarne, the patrol arrest had po drawn in an Suddenly switch: precinct on a two injured men On both of the men found .. FIVE | ¥s stepped out man’s POLICE FIGHT PISTOL BATTLE WITH GANG TO SEIZE LIQUOR Officers and Alleged Bootleggers Battered Along Bladensburg Road—Twor Men Under Arrest. in* a private machine, had d of the fizht and outditanced He arrived in time Butler and Randoiph. The in the road as tl arrived and. with ordercd ar revolvers, effort to make 4 bright . headlizhts w. ed on them. blinding them, and v, policem from the arrived by patrol, while Creasy went couting trip and picked up the t the Corby plant arrested were caliber bullet CHILDREN HURT N STREET ACCIDENTS Man Breaks Arm Crankinz Auto Af Whi near o'clock yesterday ter Rushing Injured Lad to Hospital. le running acr. 1st and L the roadway streets about fternoon, e . He is| ing ion, i . C he . 5 ¢ S T iens. ana | el e e ey e el S Wolf, seven years old, 101 I, s n‘.‘.‘.r ;.mlm-:: :n‘}lm« ing Himself Talk. [for which they have fnu::l\t]fm; m'nrn‘ Tells of Fight. :I'n:k?fi;”!‘l:: a;;'nf;r‘-lrm':?a'fohnr’.“:Zlh in- e taaties His power of spéech, whic st six | Lhan three years, and for which they | gr.ro's how Murphy, swathed in an|juring him. William A. Coutts, New el ot B ‘O,;;' | underwent ‘enormous privations, aref overcoat, told the story at the minth | Plaza Hotel driver of the auiomo- circle down to the 2 s 4z, [ nctifor asic: precinct station at 1 a.m. toda bile. took the injured boy to Nibley king liquid poison Jr., twenty-two years of age. and a for- Takes Brond View. “We knew that a bootlegging auto- | Hospital. Physicians d he twas armed. They { Mer soldier, after a flight in an “Personaliy, I am disinclined to be- | mobile ha‘d hrn(i(rn ldm\;n r;:;(“;:;::g .“;:fl’]rlrml: from a fracture of his 72 and | plane a o] vield. "He was taken |lieve that such w the meaning of|and we hopped into Fr > skull. e O i sedpitol plane at Bolling Bield.: He:wasjtaken|| S¥e- L B8 o vt ol ear and went out. When we ar-| Vernon Dixon, colored, cight vears e i e e and as. | L2.an altitude of 14.000 feet. Six months | cartain apprehensions regarding the | rived the men were probably await-|old, 1808 14th 'street, was knocked ot heir illegal trafc, | 280 his voice left him while asleep, but igifety of life and property of Amer- |ing assistance. ~They were dragging | down by an automobile while cros hot need or wish | §Pon Stepping from the pline after a ljcans visiting Russia for trade pur. | the gunnysacks filled with bottles 10 |ing in front of 1406 T strect Ia only the crimi-| ight of less than an hour he was sur- Such apprehensions are based | the ravine at the side of the roadnight about 7:30 o'clock and slight- e e personal armament. ] Erised at his own voice. ‘saying “I don't sinformation and. misrepresen- | about a mile and a quarter from 15th 1v” hurt. Ralph W. Howard, 1801 nal who desires Berson A arry | know whether I can talk or not tation of the actual state of aftairs|and H streets. . Wyoming avenue, driver of the car, very man ot et el as o |4 enz. while in the Tank Corps atiin''Plucgia and should form no eb.| “We jumped out and lined ‘em UD|took the boy to Emergency Ho; s diin which he is, and | CamP Colt. Pa, injured a finger, which o commercial relations. along a fence. One of us held up | pital Gt iavy pemalty until|failed to heal. and finally was’ampu- o Sthte most emphatically | the five while another searched them. | Ww. G. O'Bannon, thirty-six Jocked up uBder B that ‘gun-tot- | ated. It is not known whether the iy the nmame of my eovermment that|Then we started to get the Whisky|old. 225 14% street northea be and his Kind learn et ted | infection was in any way responsible | it protection would be given to|into a machine to take it back. = | control of his bicycle last night near i ptaad. 3 for the loss of his voice, and in an effort | \mariian citivens and their tmport.| 1 had an idea that something|gth anl F streets northeast, fell and in to recover his speech he also had re- |aq mocds, and . aleo. the neceseary |mMight be hidden around there. 1I)received injuries to his side. arm moved his tonsils, adenoids and b | B e hsecation of s | searched near the top of the ravine |and knee. He was given first aid at MOTORISTS’ CAMP S|TES mucous resection. Eminent specialists | 1,\cc” and customs of international |2nd found a pump gun. And just | Casualty Hospital. have treated him for recovery of his|iraqe then along came a roadster and a Driver Breaks Arm. IN CITY TO BE SELECTED Board of Trade Committee Makes Tour This Afternoon for General Inspection. Inspection of proposed camp sites| %! : S : zency 4 cisi ~api- | Field. It is the first case of the kind on | Notwithstanding that the Ellis Is- Vith “45.7 i i for motor tour who visit the Capi- £ - 2 D y = 5 : A 5 Attacked Wit 5. aid in the hospital. tal will be made at 4 o'clodk ;:;;’;‘ public health service °m°lfl’=!’fi;’,’,},,,’i'",",',‘,’,f",r:t:';?','.,.f;?“fis«',:nfiro;}dfhdg' “One_of those fellows started at| John Garrigan. nine vears old, 710 afiernoon by a committee of the 2 - ST aatl N et wfth'a forty-five. He had it above [ K street northeast, running acros: 5 3 1a ohis st. v e | th > tyr ment = 5 Then we rolled |afternoon, came in contact with an Judge . S. Bundy is chairman of | F*SL e was a former sec: fation |what subsided and immigrants are|all my strength. 5 r me cor h who will participate in the inspection o = ’ come from quarantin creek. Somebody o 2 SRAT) aaud rass 3 Touy Yhis afternaan are Fred G. Cold-| Appreciation of Faithful Service. | FPart of the congestion at the sta- [ head, and [ dow't remember anything purt, Mr. Kane toolein Lol Casualiy ren. William F. Gude and Dr. Harvey | 1, ype paitor of The Star: tion. he said, was due to the many | else. T know [ vellet; ] : Robert L. Paul, eizhteen years old W. Wiler. SRR et immigrants ‘awaiting funds from | quarters’ and thats it . ol rode his bicycle against the automo- o eT: tes are under comsidera-| A few days ago an editorial ap-|friends to continue their journeys. Stephenson also was I e Rk ts | Dile of James H. Spence, 942 Vire tion and these will be looked into peared in The Star giving homage to i Recently increased rail rates have|the fight. From the E!‘—T(-Pfl‘).lfi ginia avenue Southwest. in front of v S e Bailiff Kendig, who recently died, |caused = confusion among agents | fired at the men, not one took effect. | &, 5 v ‘esterday a this afternoon i s time were on |920 B street southwest vesterday aft- is afternoon. : ¢ sround te |09 Who, for thirty-two vears. did his jabroad. who are unable to provide| Several men at one time WeOLE SR L oonTang received injuries to his | They are the plot of gro 19| duty as an eflicient civic officer. It |through tickets at ports of destina. | Stephenson, pummeling him with the | Sro0f 0 = the south and west of the Highway | wouig gl . el f their guns. ody beidge, between the Military road ana | OUIS SOCHD B aspecially frueg trib. jtion, he sald ULt of e the chauffeur whose | J» C. Flanagan, ten years old, 002 idge, en the : d e Star, and such apprecia- rank Beach, = 2 g oae S temporary buildings to the east of | o % e was o DAl | a8 e Swas knocked out by a|down by 3 rect {emporary vuldings (o the cast of | readers.” For Mr. Kendig was a banit | SHIPYARD OPTION EXTENDED. | Murphy. also was knecleed out by, & | 205 pelf " 02” yesterduy afternnon the Patierson tract, at Fiorida and | 3na position reecived the hale of dig. | Option of the government on the Mer- | BioTtea. He soon recovered, how-and slightly hurt. First aid was “New York avenues northeast, and nity through faithful service and king. |chant Shipbuilding Corporation vard at|‘aver. and telephoned police’ head- | given at a mearby drug store. Picnic grounds, just south and west|p.oo I | Bristol, 'Pa.. has been indefinitely ex- Quarters for aid. —_— of the 16th street reservoir. It may be the ‘time will come when |tended, pending a decision as to the > ven Called Out The one hundredth anniversary of The committe according to Mr. - > b = course to be adopted by the Shipping Reserves < . L o o L Codgen. Who i& the vice chairman, | the deacons and trustees of churches | By, Chajrman Benson announced| The ninth precinct patrol wagom [the birth of Clara Barton, orea will first inspect the sites, and then e the artisans and toilers. and |, "hight. The option would ordinarily | carrying a squad of reserves. was of the American Red Cross, will } Sl e iz not always the lawyer and the man of 3 v Y 3 celebrated next Christmas day = will take up with the officers in charge of public parks the matter of obtaining them. The exeuctive committee of the Board_of Trade has authorized the expenditure of funds to beur the expenses incident to preparing the sites for the reception of the visiting motorists. The water supply and sewerage. as well as fire protection and police fa- cilities will be considered by the com- mittee in making its selection. —_————— voice, without result. _As’a veteran and beneficlary of war risk insurance, Renz consulted the public health service, and Dr. Charles | E. McEnerney diagnosed the case as partial aphonia, with paralysis of the adductor muscles of the throat. An air flight to high altitude was prescribed, and through co-operation of the Army Air Service Renz found.his voice some- where in the rarified air above Bolling opulence and position. Recently one of the most exclusive colleges for| women has announced that its doors ! would be opened in the future for those of humble means and _position. This_past summer I wag living in Cambridge, Mass. Outside of the col- Tege yard. in passing one day. I no- ticed a street-sweeper. who was do- ing his work with unusual thorough- ness. T approached him, and althou reticent at first. he became more com- municative. and told me, among other In Japanese mythology the fox is represented as having been born first into this world, and even now, when a fox is seen, he is regarded by most of the more humble classes as a mes- senger from heaven. skill—filbert a pretty package. qu: 3 amem —bet President R. N. Harper Vice Preside ‘W. P. Lipscomb Lewis Holmes C. J. Gockeler N. L. Sansbury nts rative Chocolates of Arrogant Richness Affluent in Flavorful Variety! CORNWELL'S BETTY BOX EXOTIC exponents of exquisite confection logs, pineapple squares, mallows, whip caramels. More than twenty varied kinds, rich with milk chocolate covering, compact in A Pound, $1.50 CANDEPHONE Main or for the same confections done in Ttalian bit- ter-sweet chocolate, packed in a pound-and-a- arter package, CORNWELL'S Bungalow Box, CORNWELL'S 1415 H Street District National Bank 1406 G Street. The “glad hand” Now-a-days Banking is done on the plane of co-ope- things, he had sent two of his sons through Harvard. It was an impres- sive moment to grasp his hand and tell him he had been a great success. Sometimes, maybe, a few flowers, even before the funeral, will give encour- agement. OTTO T. SIMON. clusters, fig rolls, pistache for this assortment ter than the frigid reserve. busine We want P L promp! TYPHUS EXCITEMENT OVER. have expired toda erl sure that trade United States would misconceptions wh ted Mr. Hughes' statement.” MUD relations soon will be renewed, but the accept- ance of the proposed sion to the celerate it by dispelling the misunder- standing and Russian mis- touring car filled with men. started firing. flashed my badge. 2¢7| them. ich| were in back of us. were in front of us. ing started in, tooth and nail. hurried out DIMAN Hot Water for the Bath, Kitchen, Etc. ini C. A 1204 G St. Our new price on the Ruud Double Copper Coil Heater, installed complete; cluding Water, Gas and Flue connec- tions, Only $30.00 We Repair—We Sell Automatic Water Heaters See Our Ryan Thermostatic Boller Get Our Estithate Muddiman & Co. 616 12th St. Phone Main 140 I thought that the)l- i lieve us revenue men, 80 ey That did not stop Quicker than T can htell._rfihe v ed into the fight. They O e The automobiles There was noth- Meanwhile Policeman Droop’s TOMORROW At the National Theater 1 Sergei Rachmaninoff In Recital | Using His F: Steinway “The Piano of the Musical Immortals” 1300 G St. Music House avorite Piano, the Franklin Rector, twelve years old, son of Policeman Rector of the scc- ond precinct, fell from an automobije near his home, night to his gency Park Lane, Va. last and received a serious inju leg. He was taken to Emer- Hospital in the automobile of e & vn, > ighbor, and the o do_but shoot until our am-|R. H. Brown,-a neighbo t ‘e ‘out and then we | latter broke his arm while cranking B ain. a0t his automobile in front of Emer- Hospital. He received surgical YELLOW CABS WILL MAKE THEIR BOW TO WASHINGTON FRIDAY MORNING APR. 1st A NEW AND DEPENDABLE SERVICE S0c THE FIRST HALF MILE HALF MILE FIVE PASSENGERS LOWEST RATES IN CITY 10¢c Cashicr H. L. Offutt, jr. you to feel that you can have the ear of our execu- tives whenever vour busi- ness requires théir atten- tion—because vou can. This is one Bank where “red-tape” is cut out—and red-blooded energy has taken its place—for prompt and efficient service, cor- dially rendered. Join us—we shall be glad to have you for a customer. u.ul $1.75) HIS VICTOR RECORDS Are Masterpieces of the Art of Reproduction These Are Among His Favorites $1.25 | s Coucou (The Ouckoe). Spinning Song (Songs without words), ,,."’Pmmd- in G Minor $1.75 | Prelude in G Major. I Troika en Traineau (In a Three-horse Bleigh). e SUCCEEDING ONE TO {a letter just made public by the State 3 NEW TRAFFIC RULES, IN EFFECT APRIL 2 Police Notify Motorists of{ Sweeping Changes in Dis- trict Regulations. Motori dep s were notified by the police t thday that the effect | | | ito rew method of i & motor vehicte: d Friday, desiring t has on been re to the suy intende nd swear th. he or she t two weeks | of experience, New Method Explained. On and after Friday applicants will | zo first to the traflic bureau of the ice department on the fifth floor of | safely he supe the intendent frst floor, (o i 10,000 Copies for Distribution. on permi E. The traffic bureau has ten thous copies of a digest of the ne ! lations £« ibution | The full t was printed Star of Mary in 3 | Footprint Betrays Blind Burglar Guided | By Sense of Touch COLD "SPRING HARBOR, N. A March 36e—A curiously shaped footprint discovered on a 2 in the home of William I sckwood, in Huntington, which ax robbed early Mo o the arrest vesterday George Hawxhurst, blind burgiar the police here have ever heard of. Hawxhurs: who has been blind from birth, confessed. the police xay. tha he aiso had robbed the bome of in- Matthew Curley, in both stances relving upon hisx wen: of tonch nnd hearing to guide him in hix operation: in loot mprixed n few bottles of grape juice and an alarm clock. After the deputy sheriff ob- merved the peculiarity of the footprint he sought the village shoemaker, nobody who informed him Cold Spring Harbor t Hawxhurst. the [ leads him with a stick most of the time.” The wheriff visited the man and made walk in the dust. The footprinta were alike, and, after talking with him awhile, the sheriffl xaid the blind man confessed the burgiaries. ELLMAKER HERE OTED B < wiiit TO CONFER ON CARILLON Taylor to Discuss Chimes in War Memorial With Arts Club. B. Denison Taylor, one of the most oted of the English bell founders, . Denison A featur e dn el is here for a conference with mem- standard sig to other bers of the Arts Club of Washingt when they intend to turn or stop. linterested in the national pea A driver intending » turn to the|© rillon to be erected in Wash T I s o memorial to commemorate sacri- zontal position and slow down. fic of America in the world war. A driver turning to the right shall| Mr Taylor came to this country to drive as near the right-hand curb rrange the deta of a set of large ible and bend his forearm at al Dells. the largest of which is to ht angl weigh 13,000 pounds. which his firm A = wave his arm up and down driver inten to shall stop ina ition. 1 B AID FOR CHINA APPROVED. State Department Supports Efforts cal De n of Bankers. |n The principle involved in the effort 18 to make completed the new carillon of fort terdam, lower end of the scale. cent studies and inventions, bells are or the quadrangle tower ‘niversity. This will be the in America, it is The Taylor foundry has recently ine bells for the Town Hall of Rot- now considerad the finest rillon in Kurope. The Washington arillon will duplicate these forty- ine bells and ada five more at the Owing to re- of the American group of bankers 2 £ 2 : S| now tuned to an accuracy gnknown Iy co-opers [‘"'l’*_(”""‘“n""“"}“ 8 flto the older bellmakers. and the co. G 3 Y Ja ol Taughbors s B encourage American interesis In the | Fomin for The tone ot ite belie: ong famous for the tone of its bells ar ance of China through the in- i the absence of the clang and di ternational group known as thelaoteeable tone common in ordinary , copcertium has the avprovalipells, it is said. Mr. Taylor will be United States. cretary | the guest of = : ol States 41y | the gue: the carillon committee American group M Department. at a dinner at the Arts Club Wednes- day evening. ENGINEERS TO HAVE FEAST. BERLIN PROTESTS SELLNG OF COAL ;Note to Reparations Com- mission Says German Markets Are Lost. SHARE IN PROFIT ICLAIMS Declares Sale of Fuel Delivered on Account Is Permissible i Only With Consent. March 30.—Protest against d governments to neu- 1 delivered by Germany on j the reperations account is made in a sed to the reparations and the Belgian cabinet " government. It is ted that Belgium is disposing of 1in Holland. and that coal several thousand toms en offered for sale abmoad at 3 below those Germany is able t, the note de- onomic interests are injured. that such a y > cons that ntitled to te in any p made, inas- much as the present coal levies which are ssed monthly by the entente make such heavy d nds of her that he is obliged to home con- umption. The ng 0,000 tons of German on coal is now ing d } stored at wa | sitia The note argues 1 coal deliv- ered by ¢ under the terms of | the peac ¥ ix only intended to make good the deficiencies in the entente’s own coal production, and not to enable the cntente nations to traffic in the German product. JOBS IN CIVIL SERVICE. Commission Announces Examin: tions for Various Positions. The Civil Service Commission today announced examinations for the fol- lowing positi Druggist, 0 to § 0 a year, with i maintenance, public health service, {and $1.800 to $2,000, internal revenue | service; shop apprentice, $720, bure: of standards: ior instructore, $1,800 to $2.600 and instructors, $1,500 to $3.00, War Department, for duty in the field; garagemen, $1.300 to $1.600, post office service: superintendent of laundry (chief laundryman) . $6.32 to marine barracks, Quan- val Academy, Annapollg, Mc.: Camp Humphreys. Va.; Camp Meade, Md.; Fort Mye foreman x of laundry (assistant chief laundry- $190,000 LOAN TO BE RENEWED | The Engineers’ Department Ban-{man). $6.32 a day, marine barracks, william J. 1 .. trustee of the Quet Association, connected with thelQuantico. Va.; chief marker and sort- e < = 1¢loffice of the chief of engineers, War| or, $6. a day, marine barracks. ClseniL chis _was_author-| pepartment, will give its nineteenth | Quantico, Va. 1zeds tod 3 Stafford of thelannyel banguet tomorrow night at s o5 the hamc sanaris District me Court to renew for |grielock at the Hadleigh. Invitationsi 17 addition 1o G BEsic’ SO0 three vears a loan of $190.000 on the been extended fo Secretary of|iamed above. the bonus of $20 = Highlands apartment, which belong Chief of Engineers i%an-|month will be allowed for most ng= te. The loan is held by the | acm Enginer Commia. | sitions. the salary of which does not fit_Life Insurance Com-|sioner Kutz and his ass exceed $2.500 a year. Full information pany of Newark, N Ofticers o and application blanks may be ob- i Brady, pr Secre- | tained from the office of the Ciwl t 1 urer. and | Service Commission, 1724 ¥ strcet i KENTUCKY ASKS REHEARING. Reh "ky case in which ssing a special tax of 50 cen =allon on liquor in hond was de ed_invalid, b n k s sought in the Supreme Court by the Kentucky attorney gen- w AN ‘tor V. chairman of the executive committee. - In the little Tepublic of Costa Rica over 630 species of land birds have een found, whereas in all America orth of Mexico only 500 species are now REDUCED RATES “HAIL THEM ANYWHERE” OR CALL - FRANKLIN 1-2-1-2 YELLOW CAB COMPANY northwes! ASSIGNED TO GUARD. Maj. George R. Koehler. infantry. has been ordered to Springfield, 1il., for duty as inspector-instructor, infantry, Illinots National Guard.