Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1923, Page 20

20 PLAN ST OVER RADIAL ARRESTS Officers of Civil Liberties Union Call Action Here “Flagrant, Inexcusable.” Plans for a sult for false arrest against local policemen and Depart- | Thent of Justice agents for appre-. Rending sixteen alleged radicals here Monday night, were announced yester- day in New York by officers of the American Civil Liberties Union. The sfinouncement was made after the or- Eanization received a telegram from Gilson Gardner. local correspondent £pr the unlon, who characterized the arrests as “flagrant and inexcusa- ble.” In his telegram to the Civil Liber- tiés Union, the official statement, {s- sued in New York, declares Gardner “eonfirms the suspiclons” of the of- ficers of that organization that the arrests are “an attempt by Wiiliam J. Burns to continue persecutions of the workers' party, following his de- fent by the Foster jury In Michigan.” Sellg C. Bres, local attorney, has been handling the cases of those ar- the American Civil Liberties Union.” Officers of Union. The officers of the union include Harry F. Ward, chairman; Duncan M¢Donald and Jeannette Rankin, vice chairmen; Roger N. Baldwin, direc- tor; Albert de Silver, associate direc- tor, and Walter Nelles, counsel. A habeas corpus hearing before Jus- | tice Hoehling, In Circuit Court No. 2, Wednesday closed official records of the latest police case against the al- leged radicals, when Edward J. Ir. vine, the last of seven held. was or- dered discharged by the court, Irvine WAy the only one actually charged by, the police with an offense, the | others being held for investigation and released without a charge being placed. ‘The charge against Irvine made by local police was conspiracy against the government. Asdistant District Attorney Frank J. Kelly himself told the court that he could not find suffi- cient evidence under section 6 of the | 1910 Penal Code to hold Irvine, and moved his release. Detectives Culli- nane and O'Dea of headquarters were the arresting officers. The men were i of Vicar General Butchkavitch as we . | street northwest, SACRILEGE OF SOVIET BITTERLY CONDEMNED Washington Hebrew Congregation Adopts Resolution Scoring “Ignoble Conduct” of Russians. Protesting against “the sacrilege of religion and; religious institutions by soviet Russia,” the Washington Hebrew congregation Wednesday night unanimously adopted resolutions at a meeting held at the Eighth Street Tem- ple. The resolutions, which were pre- sented by Rabbli Abram Simon,. set forth. “We condemn no less scatch- ingly the assault upon the Catholic Church culminating In the murder do the brutal desecration of Jewish inatitutions and the forcible and un- righteous conversion of several syna- | gogues into working men’s clubs. We commend the attitude of the State| Department in withholding the hos- pitality of our country from Mme. Kalinin a» an expression of America's resentment of the ignoble conduct of the rulers of Russia.’” RING BASIS OF SUIT. D. N. Moxley Sues Jeweler for Al- leged False Representation. David N. Moxley has filed sult in the District Supreme Court against Charles Schwarts, trading as Charles | Schwartz & Son, jewelers, at 708 7th for the return of $327.50, which he claims to have pafd | on account of the purchase of a dfa- | mond ring. Moxley says the ring was | guaranteed to him to be worth the | purchase price of $420. but he says he | | recently learned it is not worth more than $100. The sale was made Decem- ber 9 last and Moxley paid $287.50 in cash and promised to pay $20 month- | ly. He has paid a total of $327.60, | Moxley says, which he wishes to have : returned. Attorneys Fred C. Geiger, Olive E. Gelger and Henry M. Fowler appear for the purchaser. PLEA FOR COLORED MEN.| Larger Representation in Pollcei and Fire Departments Asked. i Request that a larger percentage of | colored men be appointed to the che] and fire departments was mlg: to Commissioner Oyster yesterday by the ' , THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON Civic Center of Affiliated Aswocigtions, The petition also asked that a colored physiclan be placed on the board of police and fire examiners. 63 fire: 17 are colorcar o OF the “A like unjust and un-American bias prevails in other departments of the sovernment,” the petition recites, “but the police and fire departments of the District show that of 1,623 em- ployes for the protection of the city, only 53 are colored. And out of living wage of $2,690,380, only $92,8! go into the homes of colored people.” Method in His Compliments, - “Does your husband ever pay you any complimentat” ““The only on m; pearan last ; l-D. clothe: compliments me when I wear my «r The Hech?t Co Tomorrow—Our Opening Spring Sale of Bicycles For Men—for Boys These makes are so well known and approved that it isn’t nec- essary to say a word except regarding the special prices, which will prove so tempting that Washington men and boys will find it easy to own bicycles. Raner Motorbike Heavy rubber pedals, spring saddle, imported roller ball-bear- ing chain, heavy rubber grips. Completely equipped with stand, List price, $65 Illustrated FREE with each bigycle purchased during this sale, ONE HAND HORN (as illus- D. O, FRIDAY, XPRIL 13, 1923. 7th at F The Hecht Co. . Genuine Savings on DELION CORD TIRES i Guaranteed 10,000 Miles The Hecht Co.’s guarantee is back of every Delion Tire sold in Wash- ington. Think what this means! 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