Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1924, Page 12

SUPERCHIEF PLANS TO QUIT POLICE JOB Scientific Sleuth Blames Guard” For Opposition Shown in Los Angeles. “Home | HAD OWN PUBLICITY MAN Criticized for Chargingi Personnel Is Mentally Deficient. By Consolidated Press. BERKELEY, Calif, June 11.—Au- gust Volimer, who first won fame as Berkeley's scientific chief of police and who later, answering the same call of fame, went to Los Angeles to become chief of police there, has just discovered that scientific methods of crime detection, coupled ‘with equally sclentific ways of getting front-page publicity, cannot cope with insidious, if somewhat less scientific, “home- town” politics As a result of this discovery Chief Vollmer, who holds the chair of criminology at the University of California_here and who has intro- duced such learned things as applied psychology, arterial reactions, sphyg- momanometers and amnesia-hypnosis into the business of catching crimi- nals, is expected to resign his Los Angeles police job August 1. Will Return to Berkeley. After that date, it is reliably said, he will return to his old job at Berke- lay, where he will be more appre- ciated. Word that the scientific chief is mot averse to being “recalled” to Berkeley leaked out yesterday. Berke- ley city officials in sympathy with his ANNUITIES MUCH OLDER THAN LIFE INSURANCE First Mentioned 40 B.C. in Rome, But Relieved to Have Been Long Used. From the World's Work. Historically, annuities antedate life insurance by far. It is thought that the great development of banking fa- cilities in Assyria and Babylonia must have provided annuities. The first definite mention of them, however. was 40 B.C. in Rome, and is of such a character as to Justify a be- lief that they had been long in use. In the Middle Ages kingdoms, munici- palities and bankers obtained money by selling annuities for life or terms of years. It is said that England’s na- tional existence during the wars of William of Orange was largely main- tained through the money obtained by selling_annuities. At first the values of such contracts were determined without scientific calculation. HUNDREDS AT WORK ON CONVENTION HALL Historic Madison Square Garden Being Prepared for Democrats. By the Associated Pres: NEW YORK, June 12—The vast amphitheater of Madison Square Garden is reverberating these days with the clamor of an army of work- men and a corps of architects, who invaded the historic old structure June 1 to dress it up for the national Democratic convention, June 24. The Democratic party will be in beginning | LEOPOLD AND LOEB TO PLEAD INSANITY Corps of :Mental Experts Starts Examination of Youthful Slayers Today. TRIAL PLANS ARE RUSHED Prosecution Is Continuing Ques- tioning of Witnesses. By the Associated Presa. CHICAGO, June 12.—Preparations for the trial, August 4, of Nathan E. Leopold, jr.. and Richard Loeb, mil- lionaires’ sons, confessed kidnapers- slayers of Robert Franks, school boy. began today, with insanity expected to be the issue. Beginning today, a corps of alienists and psychiatrists, in charge of Dr. James Whitney Hall of Chicago, will examine the youths in their cells without the attendance of jail guards or prosecutors. Defense Attorneys Protest. Although defense attorneys declared the defense had been given insufficient time to prepare for the trial when the date wag set vesterday, it will begin at once to lay the groundwork for insanity plea, it was indicated. Mean- while, "the prosecution continues to question witnesses before the grand jury relative to the mental states of the accused. Chief Justice Caverly of the criminal court, set July 21 for arguing preliminary motion. Isostasy Theory Wins His Reward. John F. Hayford, director of the Col- lege of Fngineering at Northwestern University, has been awarded the Vic- WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1924 A TAILOR DEFIED HAPOI.EOI‘. Refused to Make Tunic According to Emperor’s Ideas. From the Manchester Guardian. Napoleon, the salé of whose waist- coat and other similar relics has caused some excitement in Paris, had a passion for clothes, but, according to his tailor Leger, & very defectivc sartorial taste. “I constantly ignored Napoleon's suggestions_concerning clothes,” Le- ger said. “He wished the skirts of his tunic to be turned back like those of Frederick the Great. ‘I should not think of allowing such a thing, sire,’ 1 told him. “The eyes of the whole world are upon you. I would not make you such a tunic if you offered me the whole of your empire’ The emperor laughed heartily and gave way.” 5 According to the same authority, before stocking his wardrobe in 1810, his client had been “so parsimonious that his whole outfit, exclusive of lace and trimmings, was not worth Motor Car Runs Sideways. A motor car that can go forward, backward and sideways to the righ( or left with equal facility recently caused quite a sensation in London, says the Popular Science Magaszine. This queer vehicle can also leap a ditch, climb the highest curbstone without a Jjar and turn completely around in twice its own length. It derives its unusual abilities from the fact that each wheel can be steered and operated independently of the others. — o Girl Scouts in Palestine. Girl Scout troops are very popular in Palestine, accordIng to Dr. Joseph Silverman, a recently returned rabbi from the Holy Land. “There are music schools and art schools for students of special tal- ent,” he stated. ‘With this system of Jewish education, nothing modern has been omitted, not even Boy and Girl Scout troops, which are very popular in Palestine, ESTHONIA STRUGGLES AGAINST SOVIET PERIL Pygmy Baltic State Hopes to Win U. S. Sympathy in Effort to Survive. LOOKS PARTLY TO LEAGUE Statesmen Striving to Make Na- tion Prosperous and Peaceful. BY GEORGE R. WITTE. __ Correspondeace of The Star and Chicago Daily ows. REVAL, Esthonia, May 25.—If one looks at a map of Europe and com- pares the pygmy border states in the Baltic with the vast bulk of Russia. the question that suggests itself is, “what chance would these little coun- tries have if the Russian bear reached out to get back its outlets to the sea™ I put that question to Jaan Ton- nisson, president of the Esthonian parliament, who in times of cabinet crisis automatically becomes head of the government. “Esthonia’s future is uncertain,” Herr Tonnisson replied. “We realize only too well that Russia can overrun us at any time, but we believe that by dint of hard and peaceful work we can establish in the eyes of the world our right to exist. Raxsta Uses Harbors. “Our program is based on that principle. We are careful in our politics. We are doing our best under adverse conditions to stabilize our economic life and make our tradc productive. ‘We are permitting Rus- sia the use of our harbors, and we are trying to make close friends with otr nelghbors who are contending with very much the same problems that confront us. “In addition to all this, however, we are ready to fight for our ex- istence. Our late war with the bolshevists showed that we are able to fight. During that war Russia lost 300,000 men in dead, wounded and prisoners; our losses were only 2,000. We believe in free transit trade for Russia, for so long as Russia can troely and unrestrictedly use the Baltic ports. which used to belong to her, &0 long will she have no jueti- flable cause for atacking us and try- ing to rob us of our independence. Hopes for U. S. Help. “Countries depend on one another for certain products which they can- not make themselves. Once the cus- toms frontiers separating the various countries are abolished and the lcague of nations becomes a real factor in arbitrating disputes that in the past have been settled only bv wars, peace on earth will become more than a pleasant {llusion. “We hope, however, that the west- ern powers and the United States will grant us, in addition to their formal recognition, which we already have. their full protection as soon as they are convinced of our absolute desire for peace with Russia and our impor- tance as a conncting link between them and eastern Europe Baltic Alllance Favered. “It is not our desire to be regarded as another Balkan region, where, at any moment, trouble may break out. Ever since we gained our independ- ence we have been striving to estab- lish a Baltic alliance among all the countries that used to belong to Rus- sia, and also with Scandinavia. While we have suffered several disappoint- ments in this connection, our recent pact with Latvia shows that we are making progress. There are hopes of settling the dispnies between Lithu- ania and Poland, and as soon as that has been accomplished I think we shall be able to reach an agreement with these two countries, and even- tually with Finland. “Many distinguished visitors to our countries, including Americans, have remarked on the progress that has been made since we won our freedom. Under Russian rule civilization in these parts was stagnant, but now we are making our countries the oases of culture along the border of Russia.” DOPE INVADES JAPAN. Doctors Say Evil Claims Many Theatrical Peopie. TOKIO, June 12—The drug habit evil is invading Japan, according to leading physicians, and is finding many of its victims ameng theatrical people. It has become known that the recent death of Sunosuke Sawaan- tura, one of the leading actors of Japan, was due to narcotic poisgn- ing. Physicians are urging stricter gov- ernment and police control of the drug habit, which until recent years has not been serious in this country. i i Disappointing. From the Kansas City Star. A glass dealer's truck had drawn up at the curb, and from it a number of workmen took a big plate glass pane to be placed in a shop window. As, carefuily bearing the big pane, they proceeded toward the window, there gathered the usual crowd, including two young fellows who appeared to evince more interest in the proceed- ing than any one else. ‘When fifteen minutes had passed, one of the youths, growing weary of the extreme deliberation of the work- men with the glass, turned to his companion and said: “We may a= well be moving on, Henry They are not going to let it fall.” Up to Her. From the Chicago Tribune. Nervous Woman (to persistent beg- gar)—If I give vou a piece of pudding, you'll never return, will you? Beggar—Well, lady, you know your pudding better than I do. PUBLIC OWNERSHIP PAYS, Sweden Gets Big Return From Government Utilities. STOCKHOLM, June 12.—The fout public utilities owned and operated by the Swedish government, together with the productive public domains, earned a surplus of $24,543,000 last year, representing & return of 4.54 per cent on the total investment, Wwhich is $540.400,000, according to an official announcement by the Swedish department of state accounts, The utilities referred to are the post office, the telegraphs, the rail- ways and the wateér power station:. Each of these, like the crown land., is administered by a governme: board, and is operated as a busine: concern. The aggregate fncome in 1923 was about $108,590,000, while the expenditure was about $84,040,000. The best return was made by the post office, which earned 47 per cent on the investment, while the crown lands earned oniy 2.2 per cent. The telegraphs carned 9.4 per cent, tho railw: 3.4 per cent and the water- works 3.1 on the respective invest- ments. Simultaneously with the publica- tion of these reports it was an nounced that the Swedish national debt is now calculated to be about $11.600.000, while the total govern ent assets are val out $901,200,000. AR MSpraroy = e Conscientious Edna. From the Boston Transeript. A motorist speeding through a coun try neighborhood killed a henm. He stopped and pressed a $2 bill into the hand of little kdna, who was on her way to Neighbor Reed's Bdna ra and told her mamma of her good for- tune, “Well,” said her thrifty mother, *pu: the money in your bank and T will « the hen's head off 50 we can eat her. “Perhaps. mamma “atd kA thoughtfully, “as long as we have tho~ money we had better let th. |the hen. It was their hen desires and also appreciative of his ) learned contributions to crime detec- possession of the garden until July 15 under the terms of the executive committee’s lease with Rickard | torian medal for notable achievement |in establishing the theory of isostas: | The medal was awarded by the Ro tion already are said to have decided upon ways and means of bringing him back. Chief Vollmer was ‘“loaned” by Berkeley to_los Angeles almost a year ago. His job was to put a sclentific crusher on a lot of less erudite bank bandits, yeggmen, stick- ups and two-gun movie maids who were shooting up that popular tourist town. Encountered Oppesition. From the very outset, however, the scientific chief encountered strong opposition. The los Angeles chief- tainship was a big political plum, and never before had an “outlander’ been brought in to usurp the job. Home-guard politicians were both jealous and mad. Chief Vollmer went on the new job August 1, 1923 Po- litical enemies gave him just thirty days’ tenure. Their choicest quip at that time was that “September Morn will see the last of August.” Vollmer met his enemies more than half way. He hired a first-class pub- licity man as chief aide. Then he proceeded to whittle down l[.os An- geles’ climbing crime statistics by metting out and doing a little scien- tific crime detecting of his own. Fvery time the scientific A scientific catch of some underworld denizen his trained publicity agent saw that he had the proper front- page s ce In Los Angeles newspa- pers. Occasionally the chief zave le tures to women's clubs and other cit zens' organizations on scientific cri inology, with a few intimate sid. lights thrown in regarding the po- itical affiliations of some of his high nolice department aides. Publicity Helped Chief. For a time scientific police methods, plus publicity, more than held their own. Then the chief ordered a scien- tific’ examination to determine with scientific exactness the degree of in- slligence possessed by every man in the Los Angeles police department. The results were somewhat startling, ~ven to Chief Vollmer. Some of the tasts showed that even among cap: tains and licutenants the degree ol mental development was akin to that of a twelve-vear-old child. The aftermath has been that the scientific chief as a publicity agent hasn't been getting so much favor- #ble publicity for his principal. Such A blow at the intelligence of its po- lice department was also a blow at Tos Angeles’ civie pride. “Home Guard” Active. Since then the Los Angeles “home- =uard” politicians have heen gaining rround gradually o the imported chief. They have finally got him to the point, it is re- llably said here, where he longs for his old job at Berkeley. At the same time he does not want to undergo the ignominy of “quitting” under fire of the Los Angeles politicians, So, according to information avai able here, the Berkeley city counci which really appreciates Chief Voll mar and the fame his scientific met! ods have brought the college city, will shortly notify him that the leave of absence under which he went to los Angeles will not be renewed: that the period for which he was “loaned” is up, and that unless he returns by August 1 he will lose h civil service standing and also h chances for a police pension in his old age. “YEGETABLE LAMB” ONCE BELIEVED TO BE FACT Cotton Plant Seriously Described in Books Published 200 Years Ago. From the Detroit News. ‘When travelers in strange climes first saw the cotton plant and its pods full of a woolly substance, they were struck with amazement. They brought home specimens of the pods and at once the weird legend of the “borometz,” or vegetable lamb, was started. Tt is due to the travelers to say that it was not they but the imaginative people at home who invented the story of lambs that grew like plants. This vegetable lamb is seriously described and illustrated in two books, published respectively in 1605 and 1629. —_—— Inhalarinms May Come Next. Much interest has been centered in the recent medical discoveries that chlorine gas, if used in the early stages, will rout the cold germ. The American Medical Association has taken seriously the suggestion that chlorine inhal- amums be established. Unless the cold is caught in its earliest stages, how- cver, chlorine will not do much good, as the gas is not strong enough, when administered in proportions not in- jurious to human tissues, to penetrate tonsilar_crypts or deep-seated _infec- tigns. The proportion thus far used satisfactorily without harmful results jssin the ratio of .015 milligrams per liter. g Disposition Was Good. Frem London Opinion. % An old farmer was trying hard to fiif out a railway company claim sheet for a cow that had been Killed on the triick. He came down to the last ite which was “Disposition of the carcass After puzzling over the question for a {ime e swrote: ‘Kind and_gentle.” REPAIRED siinilh 33 -:BRADLEY’S 3101 14th St. K.W. 1311 N, Y. Ave. N.W. ONE SHOT WATCH chief made | | fund. in their_opposition | Day and night, from now until con- vention time, the metamorphosis 0{“ the picturesque place will continue. | ‘Then, immediately the delegates finish their nominating and adjourn, will begin the laborious proc of con- verting the garden into old self again. it ‘Will Cost $50,000. The whole job, on which it original- Iy was intended to spend about $40.- 000, will cost approximately $80.000. according to George F. Mara, director of convention arrangemen First, plans for alterations have been elabo- rated to include the installation of thousands of more comfortable seats than the garden boasted. the erection of speakers' and press platform which will cover the entire arena, th. installation of new ventilating tems, and a thousand-and-one jobs that will add to the beauty and com- fort of accommodations. This probably will be the Garden's farewell bow to the public as an au- ditorium for political sessions on such a grand scale, for it recently was an- | nounced that it soon would be razed | so that a towering commercial struc- | ture could be erected on the site. | Hoge Oval Basket. | To the Democratic convention, dele- gate and visitor, Madison Square Gar- den will present the appearance of a huge oval basket with flat bottom and terraced sides. The speakers' platform th seats for delegates, will push out from the long side of the oval. facing south i Platforms for the press will flank the speakers’ stand, on a level three feet and four inches below it and extending right and left almost to the | far ends of the oval. There will be seats for 930 news reporters editors. Then, directly in front of the speak- ers’ stand, but seven feet three inches | below it, will be arrayed the ranks of delegates, with alternates flanking them to right and left at the same Tevel verhanging the bottom of the bowl will be the boxes, seating six to ten | perso s, which will be given over to those who have contributed to the party or local citizens' convention Above them will stretch tier after tier of seats, extending away up to the garden roof, for governors, congressmen, public officials. notables and party workers who fall within the “visitors” classification. There will be 12,206 seats in all, ar- ranged in sections, with wide aisles, which will make for easy exit and a minimum of work for ushers. New York City's share of the v places will be 2,500. - and It vou want work read the want | columns of The Star. Geographical Society. Isostasy at- tempts to demonstrate that there exists a force beneath the surface of the earth which tends to equalize pressure at all points, and that the earth is solid from surface to center, also that it is a floating crust on a liquid interior as against the theory that the earth is a flaming mass at the center. L mmm T “Non-Breakable” Cigars Now Made At Lehigh University, Profs. James Long and Henry Ullman of the chemistry department have succeeded in making practically a non-breakable cigar. The secret is in the binder made from tobacco leaf stems which are first pulverized and made into a paper. When used the cigar does not break easily in the pocket. The idea will pro- vide for the use of what was formerly considered waste in the cigar industry The cigar makers are allowed to use very few chemicals in their work and one difficulty was to keep the tobacco stem binder from tasting like paper. —— e Symptoms, From the Lendon Opinion. When you begin reading the over twice or thrice or more— And studsing even the envelope and postmark— And gazing long at the opening and letter | closing in search of some deeply hid- | den meaning— And admiring the handwriting and the stationery— And smiling a dreamy smile as you read— You're gome. my boy. vou're gone Marmon Slightly hopworn Touring and Sedan Absolutely New 1924 Models Priced at Cost Marmon Agency 1909 M St FREE! Health and Beauty Talks By MME. IDA CHERNOFF Renowned Beauty Authority Subject Tomorrow The Effect of Perfume How to remove pimples, blackheads, and white- heads. eczema. NATIONAL How to treat oily skin, enlarged pores and Broken blood vessels; redness. 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