Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1923, Page 22

.22 REA SLAYER O FOUR Meekly- - Sq‘rrénder_s_'_ Fair i Sized Arsenal When Sur- - - prised by Sheriffc By the Associated Pees: s BEMIDJI, Minn.,, ‘November 1 Leonard Portano, confessed :lla) r“o‘f four persons, was: captured . casily Tast might mear Kelinor and datled here, despite anéffort of twenty men to take him from the sheriff. He sald he intended to plesd guilty to tirst degree wurder -and accept & sentence of lfe {mprisonment. Portano was - surprised by the sheriff, J. R. .Johnson, and . three possemen as he burrowed into a-bed of hay In a barh for the night. He surrendered meekly, handing ¢ two automatie pistols, & revolver, & powerful rifle and 150 rounds of am- munition. Myrtle Sanders, fiftcen daughter of Mr. and M Sanders, who were shot and killed by Portano as the girl looked on, and who was forced,to witness the kill- ter of Ostar Timmy and J. A, at Kelither, is reported to show mno effects of her terrifying cxperience. Sh was found in Portano's ¢ubin sterical, but recovered .when re- ored to friends, A quarrel with Timmy over the affections of Miss Sanders was ong of the contributing causes of the 100tings, with the dislike. of “the tire country around Kelliher” for him another, aéeording to Portano. | ———— MEXICO: LAGS'IN DEBY " - PACT, BANKER CABLES Benate, in Secret ‘Session; Considers Compliatice With Agreement. By the Associated Press. MEXICO CITY, November -17.—The AMexican senate fast evening In a ser cret session considered, it is learned. the question of Mexicois compliance With the terms of the Lamont-de la Huerta agreement on the national debt ©f the republic. The session 1s said to have. been called as the result of & cablegram sent to Presidént Obre- gon by Mr. Lamont, in which the anker set forth polnts of the agreo- irent that have not been fulfillad by Mex: Unofficial reports say 39,000,000 pesos of - the Pezos needed to make the f pa ment have b made available. FORT MYER HORSE WINS RACE AFTER RIDER HURT Mej. J. A. Barry Sees Mount That Broke His Arm Take durance Race. Cavalry, Fort r, esterday when he was throw! from his horse. Allahmonde, in the first part of the endurance test officers’ mounts in Centralj tonight watched his mount.} performing under a fellow officer, win squadron A challenge veted trophy In'the military at_the national horse show. Maj, Barry's performance, in' com- eting the'last mile and 2 half of & twenty-mile race with a broken arm hanging limp, contributed to Allah- monde’s viotory. Maj. Sloan QUK ramk: the horse in the final round-ef the contest In the squadron A-armory ring tonigit, while Mas. Barry, pwath- ed In bandages, watched tha éxhibl tion from 2 box. Only4he results'of tho entire compétition” were anyounRs . but the ‘Showings mades,By - horses in the twenty-mile race were considerad in the.final ratings. Another 3d Cavalry. horse, ance, woa second place in the con- 5 as ridden by Maj V. 1. Padgett SEsen —egdTn The -people- of Yueatan, - once ‘the tome of the Maya, are one of t most cleanly ‘races in the world, and shower baths are in quite meneral use in that country L.ESTATE. TCOSBRAVE UNMOVED: BY HUNGER STRIKERS Declires Deflance of Prisoners Greatest Failure in All By the Associated Presy, : DUBLIN, November 17.—Appeals {for the Tetease of ‘Tepublicans held | prisoner by the Free-State were made in the dall cireann last night, but Presfdent Cdsgrave refused ‘to be moved. He described < the hunger 8trike as the groatest failure in his history, saying that out of the orig- fnal 7,000 only 300 are still on strike. Richard Mulcahy, minister of de- fense, declared the ,prigoners - were secking release in order to go_into the field again swhenever they got mouey or material, or when some hot head umong them wanted to restart & campaign. of.gdestruction. P. J. Rutledge, gocting republican president, issued a_ statement calling attentlon to the “cease fire” orders of Eamon. De Valera and Frank Aiken, commandant general of the republican army and the loyalty with which they had been obeyed. Mary MacSwiney, through whom the Rutledge statement, was . given to the press, ‘'declared the republican government 'has mo intention, of . re- suming war. She challenged Do lera’s critics to let him out to speak for _himself. $ : stability’ of a cause,” she hose protagonists ‘are obliged ock thelr chief opponent from communication and then sys- tematically calummfate him.” NEW YORKERS PROTECT GARBLING OF .ANTHEM Delegation Charges School Official “Mutilates” Two i Stanza By the Assoclated Press. 4 NEW YORK, November 17.—A dele- gatlon of Afty persons, mostly wom- en, yesterday lodged a protest with municipal guthotities against an edict sald to_haye been issued by As ant School Supt. Straubenmuller, re. quiring public school teachers to use j“a deleted and mutilated version” of “The Star Spangled Banner in their music classes. Thomas Tulte, organizer of the Star Spangled Banner Association, de- clared that a persistent propaganda had brought-about the fhe ‘national anthem in public school books. He de in the recent welcome to David Lioy George at the Metropolitan Opera Hptee DOIK “the " third .And fourth | verses of the anthem were omitted from the program. but that the en- tire text of the British national an- them was printed. The manugl of patriotism . pub- lished by’ the state ‘omits the” third verse and garbles the others In “The Star Spangled Banner,” he zdded. + Deputy. Commissionar of. Accounts Loudon,. who .heard .the protest,. told the delegations-he would report to Commlssioner Hirshfield. 50-YEAR ‘BONUS:BONDS ONLY WAY, SAYS McADOO By the Associated Press. ALT LAKE CITY, Utah, November 17.2-William G. McAdoo, candidate for dgmocratic. nomination for President, yesterday snswered criticism of his froposed fifty-year government bond ssue to pay a:soMier bonus. the fepublicans in Congress who ‘prothss 16 favor a soldier bonus really ‘want-ome they must adopt the only | raetical. means without overburden- g the esefit gemeration.” Mr. Mc: lared. 3, ation, such as a n the people, would | be a hypocritical way. of trying to de- teat justice to-thiewoldiers while pro- ing friendship to_them. Mr. McAdoo said he was mot pre- pared-to comment on the announc ment of Senator Hiram Johnson's can- | didacy for' the Tepublican nomination. | At Ogden earlier in the day he re marked, “the race for President is a free-for-all and anybody has a right to enter.™ ‘He stopped here & short time en’ route to his home in Los| Angeles from the east. Z | | | | F dr .iLeas,ei 1232 14th St. N.W. Fireproof—Elevator. Store and :3 Floors Above - - BORDEN & NEWBOLD .+ 1415 K Main 280 MASS. AVE. HEIGHTS ‘Beautiful Colonial Type Residence, just being completéd at the corner-of Massachusetts :avenue and 35th place.. Ten large rooms and three complete. baths. of the city and Cathedral that cannot be surpasséd anywhere. Ready for occupancy about December 1. Your ifispection”invited Sunday. Located just off 14th street—convenient to market, schools and churches—this " six-room ‘Hous? “with “bath ‘and tiled ‘fava- tory and garage. on deep lot, is one of .the best offerings on the market today. Everything about the house is in.first-class con- 'you are interested please call our offi dition. ment to inspect this very desirable home: "NEAR SACRED A Colonial Home of eight is 22 feet wide 3sd the lot is 157.fect deep, with a brick garage on a paved alley. We are duthorized to offer this attractive home at_the original cost of construction if you can make a sh payment. We will -be pleased to shqw“yon the house good ca: at any time. Main . . BORDEN & NEWBOLD. St. N.W.. Ideally situated, with a view e for an appoint- 1 whi THE EVENING -STAR, WASHINGTON, .D. "WEBSTER LIFE’S DARKEST MOMENT.—By HELLO, Doc! $M G My waY To Tue Cuus, . ABTIHUR AND | ARE oINS T PLAY 18 HOLES. L0 PROBABLY SHoOT ABUND 120 Toiy, e e T Tugoor Wt - 'EoLE . Don T ESPECT To HAVE. Time T> CHANGE b DRY L CLOTHES « MATYY @AW, OAY THiS POSSE IN BIG LIQUOR |NEW YORK TO LONDON HAUL IN TENNESSEE, GIRL, HELD ON CHECK | CHARGE, WAR-VICTIM The blackmallers, -|mind said to be clouded. BY'AIR FOR $360°SEEN|juRY T0 PROBE DOCTORS’ Seven Men Arrested and Six Stills, | Naval Air Station Official Says Fifty Fermenters, 2,000 Gallons of Beer Destroyed. By the Associated Press. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., November 17.— Arrest of seven men with evidence procured agalinst four others, destruc- tion of six copper distilleries, fifty termenters, 2,000 gallons of beer and seizure of one automobile followed a serles of talds .made into Unlon county by a federal prahibition posse, termnated. Thursday > W. O. Hill of Dandridge, leading the | raiding crew into sections of Union county, where moonshiners were said to have openly boasted that no eral officer would go,. yesterday said the party, which left Knoxville Mon- day, covered more than 200 miles. On | U. S. Will Establish Regular Service Later. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, November | ship within the near future, Liew . J., declared, vesterd: |ing the Busipess Science Club. The _dirigible Shepardoah, Lieut. Whittle, barring accident, wi make a filght to the north and with 17— Regular passenger air service be- tween New York and London at $350 | a passenger is well within the realm {of possible dcvelopment of the air- t. George V. Whittle, chief engineer.of e naval alr statlon at Lakehurst, in address- sald i ole’ next year, the completion of |, the latest dirigible’ under construce Wednesday one of the talders was|tjon for the United States, the ZR-3, held at-ths point of a shotgun by 3 woman found near one of the still | sites until Mr. Hill appeared and dis- suaded her from further resistance. | An information, chargipg assault, was ‘Todged against her. On Thur: day night the raiders followed a liquor car into Maynardville and were fired on. Three occupants of the car | were arrested and required to post| bonds of $1,000 and $2,0 | BOMB AT FRCNCH LEGATION. BUDAPEST. November 17.—An un- exploded shrapnel bomb found last night at ‘the door of Karolyi Palace, in which, the French, legation | is quartered. e - { Counterfeiting fell off 90 per cent at | the adoption of the process of putting | silk threads in bank not, ! or reparation, the N Europe. Open Daylight House 3816 4th St. N.W. Corner Randolph Eight Rooms and Bath Front and Rear Porches Built«in Garage v All Modern Improvements LACY & BELT 493 G St. S.W. Phone Frank. 5773 or Main 538 vy intends ess tablishing a regular air service be- tween New York, Washington and Business Property in ""a Proven Location Individual Stores W And apartinents above containing four rooms and bath. Cellar under entire building. They. offer an ideal opportunity for a business home or invest- ment... Let us go over this proposition with you.’ Priced Right—Reasonable Terms th Limestone Fronts J.-DALLAS GRADY 1410 H St. NW.. . Main 727 New Homes. L e Very Easy Terms Four rooms and bath. Cellar under entire housé:: 7 . | o Modern heating plant. Deep. yard to alley. -«° Modery” plumbingrfix« tures. HEART CHURCH' rooms and two baths. This home Sample House No. 1421 Ives St. S.E. (Be 13tk and: i5th, Pa.’Ave. and K Sta.) Lo PEN FOR INSPECTION:"* Become g Home Owner With Your Rent Money St.NW.... ., 280 Issued Worthless hper, She Says, - o Escape. Black. - ———— By.the Associated Press. ] qnm CITY, Mo., November 17.— Mrs. Isabelle T. Edwards, arrested here for passing checks which she ad- mitted were worthless, told the po- lice that she had disappesred from home In Bridgeport, Conn., six years ago, had suffered 10ss of mem- Oory as a war-ambalance driver in France, and had been victimized by blackmallers on her return to America. aggregating $277 ‘written here to a taflor ‘and $750 to & motor car company in psyment for an automobile were resorted to to enable her to escape the blackmailers, she declared. Inquiry revealed thatpirs. Edwards, then Miss Isabelle Briey, left her home &t Bridgeport in 1916. She went to Newfoundland, enlisted in . the French Red Cro and- safled for France. Two years later she ca: of the war reported “miesing,’ Her mother.instituted a search. One of her sons retufned from France, the other died in battle. Returning to America, Miss Bruey he fell In | with blackmatlers in New York, ac- cording to her story. Interest in-iden- tity of the girl was aroused by a clipping found in her possession from & Bridgeport newspaper, and a reply written to. Mrs. Jdwards by her mother. Mra. Edwards had wrilten to the paper, she sald, representing her- self to b i1t touch'with the' daughter, in reality herself. S P DIPLOMAS IS SWORN IN Connecticut Judge 8ays It Is First, Time in History of g State. By the Assoclated Press. > HARTFORD, Conn., November 17.— | An extraordinary grand jury to in quire into the conditions ~upder ! Wwhich certaln physictans,. now prac- | ticing -medicine in Connecticut under | license “fssued by the state electric medical board, obtained their diplo- mas, was -sworn in before Judge Willlam M. Maltble of the superior court yesterd H Judge Maltbie said that so far as e knew this was the first tims an extraordinary grand jury would be called on in this state to carry out | puch an investigation. =The grand jury. Investigation was reques y Gov. Templeton. e By Massachusetts 3610 Garfield .. the most beautiful hom 1418 Eye St., N.W. Tl -ered the time was here t . Home. y SATURDAY,. NOVEMBER 17, 1923. ORLEANS STIRRED DRY-AGENTS’ THREAT Warning of Possible Prosecution of Prominent Citizens for Con- epiracy Brings Jolt. By the Assoeiated Press. 2 NEW ORLEANS, La., November 17 —New Orleans received another jolt yesterday when xgrnhlbm«m‘o clal 2unounced. an_exhsustive - investiga. tion” was under way with a view of progecuting for consplracy a number of prominent citizens as a result of & rald on the Atheneum, the largest auditorium in_ the 'city, while the annual ball of the stage hands’ union was in progress. The dry agents Seized a quantity of champagne, fine whisky and beer, The "authorities also - afe investi- gating to determine whether liquor ever has been served or taken intn the building with the knowledge and consent of officials of the Young Men's Hebrew Assoclation,. owner of the structure. 1f the wer -is in the affirmative, it was said, padlock pro- ' ceedings would be instituted. 1t was stated that the enforcement officers have demanded of officlals of the Y. M. H. A. that they conduct an inquiry and report their findings, Fallure to do 80, George Smart, legal wdviser to Mack Overpeck, divisional dry ohief, sald amounts to the same thing as| prima facie evidence of gullt. MONUMENTS DAMAGED. Vandals Work Havoc at Catholic Graves in Cemetery. TORRINGTON, Conn., November 17. = More than a score of monuments over Catholic graves in old St. Francis' cem- etery here were found to have been much destroyed by vandals, -Sacred images and stone crosses were smashed and monuments pushed over. lice theory Is that the vandallem was committed by persons antagonistic to Marfano De Dominicis, local monument maker, by whom all of the wrecked monuments were carved. Some of the monuments overturned are o heavy that three ordinary men would. be reguired to move them. MARTIN HOUSES 34th and R Sts. N.W. Cheapest and Best Buy in 1 . the City Y 16 built—12 sold—4 left 3401 R St.—oorner house: 2 storles #nd cellar brick: 7 rooms and 2 batbs, bullt-in garage, front and rear porches. Lot 20398 ft.'to alley. th St., North of R large yards. Eawy terms. D8y You to inspect these hodses before buying elsewbere. Light- ed at night. James Martin 721 13th St M. 2850 Crenes: P‘“ will Ave. Heights Street N. W‘ (Drive Out Mass. Ave. to Garfield St.) A splendid detached brick hame. Center- hall plan, combining superior location, sterlin construction and marked individuality. . One o es in exclusive Massa- “chusetts Avenue Heights. Open for Inspection "Today and Sunday - Lighted Evenings N.L. Sansbury Co.,Inc. “Everything in Real Estate” Phones Main 5903-4 Members of Washington Real Estate Board. ‘ Jusf Completed ‘which:;uerc sold during construction " .. Wehave added to these Homes several entirely new and practical features. - Then, too, we tonsid- o give to the family pur- chasing a moderate-priced Home the same care-_, ful construction, thoughtful planning, -the ‘Tatest applied -conveniences, pleasing; re'fif\_eq ldecor_a-‘ tions, as the man able to })uy a 'higher-priced "This will doubtless be concirred in by every one-inspecting these homes. - il -'S:ample 13th CHAS. D. 4ome’ o;t and see a ‘Realtor really nice home at a and:So; Cralina Ave.-S,E. SAGER Owner and Builder. REAL ESTATE, ENRIGHT’S STEP ADDS 2,000 PATROLMEN Tssues Orde{lmn!nr Vacations, Days Off and Lunch Hours to Check Crime Wave. By the Assaciated Press. i NEW YORK, November 17.—Assert- ing that police have New York's crime | wave In hand, Police Commissioner Enright sails for Bermuda on a va- catlon-today, leaving in effect one of ‘the most drastic duty orders ever is- sued to mefabers of the. force. Two thousand additfonal patrolmeh g0 on the streets today undet the 'terms of -the commissioner's order, | ‘while the working day of most of the | ‘torce is extended six hours’ | with all vacations, days off and lunch ;hours abolished. The ‘police are centering their ef- | forts on running down the bandits | who last Wednésday held up and shot two bank messengers and escaped | | hus not been made known. with $43,607 and the robbers who es- caped with $50,000 worth of furs| from a §th avenue shop after break- ing the windows early yesterday. | PACIFIC CABLE BREAKS. | SAN FRANCISCO, November 17.—| Cable communication between San | Francisco and the far east has been | interrupted by a break in the Fa-| cific cable fifty miles out of Ban Francisco, the Postal Telegraph- | Cable Company announced. It will require about six days to restor communication CONFER IN BRAZIL REVOLT o Thing mm ey e LR " o RN state of Rio Grande do Sui, report that e revoiution In that e, In conf _as a_fedaral government interhe- Qary, is‘presenting the terms of & peacs proposal In behalf of State President Borges. Tho program of the conference Investment Location, Prominent Business Thoroughfare "} 3 Stores and 9 Apartments Rental, $5,760 $45,000 Thomas J. Fisher & Co., Inc. 738 15th Street N.W. Inspect at Once Jameson-Built Homes ‘When you inspect the many | features in these homes at a 230 to 254 10th St. S.E. SAMPLE HOUSE 250 10th St. S.E. —you’ are_convinced you have seen nothing to compare with these at the price asked. Only two squares from beau=- tiful Lincoln Park. | Six large rooms, tile bath, | ter “heat, electric_lights, cement {ront porch, - kitchen porch, large sleeping porch,; beautiful living room and din- ing room, kitchen with one- piece sink, built-in ice box and. many other extra features. Sold on Easy Terms hot-wa Thos. A. Jameson Co. 906 New York Avenue REAL HOMES Best Buy in City } 5108 to 5114 9th Street N.W. Facing Proposed Public Park Price, $9,650 Seven large, attractive rooms, with wonderful tiled bath (shower, built-in tubs); ample closet room; attractive fixtures; abundance of light and fresh air; on wide avenue; 15-foot altey i in rear; schools and stores within one black; rectly in back of these homes: TWO SOLD TQ PENT! ERS. No homes in Washington equal to them for the money. OPEN DAILY AND SUNDAY Take Ninth Street car to Hamilton Street and walk one block east. Salesman on premises. - MARCUS NOTES Owner—Builder One of the Best New Ph. Franklin 6566 Home Val:_i‘ - Ever Offered in This Excellent N.E. rustic stone steps. First floor contalns reception hall, r Kitchen with pantry living room and dining room, ‘Sample House—1209 5th. St. ESCRIPTIO! Beautiful new tapestry brick homes, 20 fect wide by 82 feet deep, e??';ucrelc front porch with brick or metal golumns,” with Neighborhood! A Real 7-Room Home NE. clotlics- claget, - spacious d"one-piece porcelain sink and drainboard, and screened bredKfast porch. Second floor linen closet in Hnlly tiled bath and built-In fixtures: large orch, all screened. POre om0 §s moders in_ every electric 1i; Concrote_ cellar with iron beams ful servants' toiJet- and laundry trays. E ghte, hardwood floors, an Four bedrooms cach with larke closets: extr teeping vay, containing hot-water ' heat, 11 high-gvade elactrie fixtyre: 1 length of house, with Deép lot to paved alley with plenty of room: for Earage.