Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1924, Page 22

OES AL INRUM CASE SEEN Policemen— Associate With + .Bootleggers to Get Tips, Trial Reveals. al police associate with Root- loggers In order to get tips on viola- tions ‘of the prohibition laws, it was stified vesterday before the Police al Board, sitting at No. 6 precinct, when Precinct Detective Guy Rone W placed on trial. Rone is charged with glect of duty and conduct prejudiciai to zood order and police | discipline, growing out of the dis- covery of Rone and Harry Grossman the cellar of the home of G. W. 3 sberg, 1907 Fourteenth gtreet orthwest, early in the morning .ot July 1 last. Thé specification of the second charge was that Rone asso- iated with Grossman, who, it was stified at 't trial yesterday, is hootlegger Upon the resting of the prosecu- tion vesterday, Attorney L. M. Van Uoren, for Rone, moved dismissal Of the case, which the board took un.- | der advisement and immediately went | nto executive session. Upon conclu- | the session President W, M.| of the trial board announced | papers had been turned over | last night to the night chief of detec- | ves. Questioned as 'to whether he| ad set a'date for hearing the de Tense, he answered in the negative d th in conjunction with the fact that the papers have been sent for- ward and not retained by the board, s taken to indicate an acquittal for Rone. sion of Wahly Identified ax Officers. Detective Brown of No. 10 precinet testified as to the reports received of robberies in the Forsberg home and| S AN TURS FAL T0 FND VESSEL hands on package, | |Fleet Forced to Give Up Search for Fishing Boat as Storm Rages. ken into custody. They were! rtifled as Rone and Grossman. M. Cornwell, No. 6, testi- that Rone left the station on the ight in question and told him he as golng home. Before he left, how- ever, he said he received a telephone 1. Asked if a detective was:pro- ted from going out of the pre- t,- he said he really had never rd of the guestion being brought P befor On cross-examination, Lieut. Corn- 1l testified that Rone’s reputation of the best and “there was no »r man who ev the uni- By the DUNKIRK, N. Y. Decembe 11:1)‘-— e said there was nothing in { Four stecl tugs of the Dunkirk fish- i Saaual which probivited | ing i foet rétiened. to the :Rarbor.to: ct detective from leaving his | night after a fruitiess search in a on & casc. Lake Erie storm for the missing fish- Stoll, a member of the trial | 'ng tug, Helene, manned by Capt. W ked Brown if there was any ; H.' Hornke of Cleveland and five the wine room, to which ! Dunkirk fishermen. the witness responded in the affirma-|{ The Helene, missing since Thurs- tive. But he said neither Rone nor|day morning, 'when she left Dunkirk (frossman had any when they came Harbor to lift nets in the Dunkirk t | grounds 25 miles oft shore, was re- Detective Sergeant C. J. P. Weber | ported today in a2 message from the ded as to the arrest, and said | master of the lake freighter F. W when Rone him and the! Hart at Lorain, Ohio, to be anchored r police, h his hand from | 10 miles out in the lake. The mes- his pocket, and held his police badge | sage received by the Alexander Fish his hand. at the same time saying Company -for whom Capt. Hornke “Pclice Department.” | was fishing, sald the Helene's fuel Attorney Van Doren sought to get|tanks were empty from Weber why he testified before| Tugs of the fishing fleet, which set Chief Justice McCoy, at Rone's trial, | out for the open lake immediately on at Rone made certain statements|receipt of the message, were driven at the time of the arrest and he did [back to the harbor by a rising gale. not remember them hexe, to which | Four steel tugs, with reserve supplies Weber replied that he answered the|of fuel, beat their way out into the Questions: there as asked and as he|lake from the ‘Dunkirk . breakwater had been instructed to. this- afternoon. Upon their return ut. Walsh, No. 10, testified as to | this evening they reported that snow ing Rone at the time of ar-|and sleet with resultant low visibil- nd also that he knew of noth- |ity, had hampered their starch It in the manual which prohibited | was possible, they said, that the¥ had policeman from leaving his pre-{passed within a short distarce of the cinct Helene without sighting her. Capt. Ira Sheetz, No. 4 precinct,| (. J' Alexander of the cailed to the stand, testified that he | Fish Company sald the Helene w knew Grossman and that he was @ sturdily built and expressed - bootlegger. On cross-examination he | gence that if she is anchored wéll off said he had known Rone for a num- shore as reported she will be able to ber of years; that he was an excel- | ride out the storm. ent police officer, and while under | WRECKAGE WASHED ASHORE. him brought inmore large cases un-i | Associated Press the Liquor in 1t - der the prohibition act than any other man He said that the main way of get- & tiDs on violations of the prohibi- *ion law was from bootleggers them- he considered it proper police’ work 1o get information in bl e ah 3‘;‘:‘,."&‘?3.‘&;:’,’;”5 blizzard accompanjed by a 45-mile did thi o brosecution rested | Bale Is raging over the Michigan 2 { copper district fonight, and parts of a pilot house, Window casings and a cabin door, washed ashore at Calu- met, Mich., late this afternoon, caused apprehension for lake craft, accord- ing to word from Calumet. No indicatlon of the identity of the ship was found in the wreckage and the Eagle Harbor Coast Guard wj preparing to maintain an all n patrol of the shore. Snow plows were keeping railroad trafic open In the city, the report said, but other traffic is practically at a standstill. The temperature 18 at zero. \ It is feared the {ll-fated ship'may be the Camden or an unidentified Canadian ship, sighted earlier in the day. GRAIN SHIP MAKES PORT, Blizzard Accompanied by Gale Sweeps Michigan Copper Section. By the Associated Press, MILWAUKEE, December selves, and torney ought Van Doren said: “This be laughed out of the | board room.” Rone, he said, was ac- quitted by a jury of 12 men, and then some one in the police depart- ment—he would like to know who— was not satisfied, and they made these charges. CHARGES HUSBAND - HIT HER WITH PHONE Wife of John Borden, Capitalist «and Explorer, Is Awarded Divorce. Vessel Arriving at Sault Ste. Marie Reports Terrific Seas. By the Associated Press, SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich., De- cember 13.—The steamship John J. Boland, one of 20 steamships known to have left Port Arthur and Fort Willlam last night with cargoes of grain, reached here late today after coming through the worst storm of the season. According to the captain of the Boland, the wind In the vicin- ity of White Fish Point is blowing 64 miles an hour, which statement was corroborated by a later bulletin trom that point. The wind velocity is 46 miles an hour here accompanied by a blinding snowstorm with zero weather pre- dicted. iy The steamship Morrié S. Tremain, which, according to the Boland, was following close by in the lake ‘early this morning, has disappeared and come apprehension is felt for her safety. HOWARD ALUMNI ELECTS. J. Franklin Wilson Named Presi- dent of Body. Reports from committees and_ the treasurer were reeeived at the local branch of the Howard University Alumni Association, at a meeting held in the Library Hall, last night. A esolution was adopted appoint- ing & committee to obtain facts rela- tive to the allocation 'of the funds given for the increase in salaries in the university. Officers elected for the ensuing year were elected without opposition, per- sons present being authorized by vote of the méeting to cast the unanimous vote of the organization for persons placed in nomination. The following were elected: President, J. Franklin Wilson; vice presidenit, Mrs. Alma J. Scott; secretary;!Mrs. B. Beard Jack- son; assistant secretary, Miss Ethel Harris; financial secretary, James M. Carter; treasurer, Dr. W, Smith; chaplain, Rev. B. iseman 8 rtunt-r-m-. Mirtin Powell. Prof. Charles Syphux, Attorney Arthur A Greene and Dr. F. Maloney made short addressels - Ry the Associated Press. CHICAGO, December 13, — john Borden, sportsman, explorer and cap- italist, was charged by his wife with having struck her last May when she told him she was going abroad, ac- cording to the evidence in the divorce hearing vesterday. when Superior Judge Sabath indicated he would grant her a decree. After her return from Europe in September she charged her husband struck her with the telephone when she went to the instrument. She told him, she testified, that they would dine away from home that night. Mrs. Borden said her trip to Bu- Tope .was intended as a temporary separation. Mr. Borden did not always control his temper, she said. Mr. Borden filed a formal denial to the charges but /otherwise did not contest the divorce action. It is un- derstood he had arranged trust funds providing $25,000 a vear income for each of two children, custody of whom was given to Mrs, Borden. The Borden home also will be deeded to Mrs. Borden, who is a daughter of the late James Breckenridge Waller. Judge Sabath today signed the de- oree giving Mrs. Borden the divorce on the grounds of cruelty and the custody of the two children, - Ellen, 16, and Mary, 15. $25,000 FORFEIT POSTED. Mining Isterests’ Action Con- nected With Big Stock Deal. BAKERSFIELD, Calif., . December 13.—Mining and financial interests of New York have posted a forfelt of 325,000 in connection with an offer to purchase the capital stock of the Califorpia Rand Silver Co., Inc., con- sisting of 1,280,000 shares, and the atock is being escrowed with imtent to consurhniate the deal, according to announcement made today by Alfred lll;{pu. jre:ldant‘oih the c‘neml;:nv. P e purchasers have ys in ‘TW the examination of and 60 days in which to of some two and &' / Alexander | 13— A Amidst impressive ceremonies Mrs. Calvin Coolidge and Dr. Marion Talbot, dean of women at the Laws conferred on thefk by the Boston University. In conferring the degree, Lemuel H. Murlin, president of the university, champloned the education of women. In the group are seen Mrs. Coolidge, Dean Luey Jenkins Franklin, Dr. Marion Talbot, Mrx. Fiske, Mrs. Child, Mrs. Rivey and President Murltn. HOLDS STREET SAFETY WORK RESTS WITH P |Committee Reports to Hoo Upon public officials rest and must | coutinue to rest the brunt of respon- | sibility for street and highway -\ ty. the committee on public relations | of the national conference om street | and highway ‘safety declared in its | report yesterday to Secretary Hoover. | The report is one of a group of eight | reports from as many committees to | be discussed at the sessions of the | conference which begin tomerrow at | the Chamber of Commerce of' the | United States, Connecticut avenue | and H street Recommendations of the committee are divided into three parts-as fel- | lows: A sound program for assign- Ing responsibility to the proper gov- ernmental agencies—Federal, State and local—and for organizing the other elements of soclety, to bring about a solution of the inter-related problems of trafic and trafiic safety. | Co-Operative Action. A program of co-operative action | for obtaining prompt and effective nation-wide attention to, and appli- | cation of, the recommendations of the | conference. A temporary committee to assist in furthering the campaign for putting | the recommendations into effect, and certain similar committees and tech- fnical experts to develop further spe- clal phases of the' problem, the need for which has been brought up by the studies of the other committees, | | such as uniformity of laws, regula- | | tions, statistics and practices courts under tate upervision are recommended “to in- sure uniformity of administration in handling traffic violation The re- port points out that “the Federal Government's relation to the safety ! program is one of encouragement, of | assembly and distribution of Infor- | mation, and the development and use of the best practices, assuming that | it is possible to secure uniformity | by voluntary action of the various States.’ Under State Conmtrol. A State department or bureau should administer the motor vehicle | law: the report says, and should have adequate forces to. examine drivers, police the highways and in- | vestigate accident Sta enforce- ment divisions must have “sufficiently broad powers to formulate the regu- Jatory provisions necessary to the | detalled control of traffic. There! should be an adequately manned ! traffic division in the police depart- ment, with traffic safety a major functjon of such bureau.” In areas faced with highly compli- {100,000 and over. | taining UBLIC OFFICIALS ver on Means of Reducing Traffic Accidents and Solving Highway Problems of Nation. cated traffic movement, the committee points to the desirability of a special traffic planning commission to study the flow of trafic and make recom- mendations to correct unsatisfactory and unsafe traflic conditions, Classtng of Committees. In outlining a program of co-op- erative action’ the commitee recom- mends a classification of communities into groups: those of 5,000 or le 00 to 25,000, 25,000 to 100,000 and Except in the case located on malin traveled communities of less!than 5,000 population *“do t have an acute traffic problem,” s ¢ the com- mittee. Findings of the conference should be sent to the political heads of communities of ated on main traveled highway as« well as to organizations which enga in civie. work in such communities, elther through their national head- quarters or direct For the next class, it is recom- mended that a complete set of the reports of the conference be supplied to the political head of the com- munity and to the chamber of tom- merce or corresponding civic body. “There is considerable overlapping and duplication in the field of ty education, publicity and the collectfon and dissemination of data,” says the report, dealing with the third part of its recommendations. “Such dupli- cation is Inevitable and will of neces- sity continue, with a subject so close to the public interest. It is especially sirable that a much duplication as possible be avoided in the efforts of unofficial organizations, which are more particularly concerned in the natidnal field. -Their combined facil- ities utilized in the furtherance of the conclusions of the conference will contribute immeasurably toward at- a common objective—in- creased safet: Continuation of the co-operative steps takep with the calling of the conference is urged. The committee recommends that the Secretary of Commerce appoint & joint committee consisting of representatives of the co-operating organizations to co-or- dinate the safety programe of na- tional organizations; and to conduct & steady drive through the local agenciés provided for in' the recom- mendations. Y Creation of voluntary committees of technical experts is suggested to further develop certain special phases of the safety problem, most promi- nent of which is that of securing uni- formity ~of legislation, . regulation, of those highways, statistics and practices. 1,500 INDIANANS JOIN IN ANNUAL BANQUET Orville Wright Is Guest of Honor in Chicago—Many Nota- " bles Present. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Decemher 13,—Fifteen hundred Indianans and former resi- dents of the Hoosier State attended the twentieth annual banquet of the Indiana Society here tonight, at which Orville Wright, inventor of the airplane, was the guest of honor. Among the speakers were Senator Samuel Ralston, who confined his address to reminliscenses of promi- nent Hooslers; and Rear Admiral Willlam A. Moffatt, commander of uaval aviation, who fold of the trans- continental flight of the’ dirigible Shenandoah. Maj. Frederick L. Martin of world-flight fame was also present. Other guests Included Comdr. W. E. Weyerhauser, designer of the ZR- and Capt. George W. Steele, jr., who Wwas assigned by the Government to dccompany the big airship on its transatlantic flight from German: Mayor Samuel L. Shank of, Indian. apolis brought the greetings of In- dlana to the Hooslers living here. Among prominent members of the society at the speakers’ table were Scott C. Bone, Governgr of Alaska; George Barr McCutcheon, author; Dr. Chalmers Covert, physician tp Presi- dent Roosevelt;” Will H. Hays and Dr. Edwin C. Elliott, préesident of Purdue University. The Purdue Band and a students’ chorus entertained the diner: HISTORY TEACHER OUT. PSS Was La Follette Backer, in Imst Campaign. ) N. ¥., December 13.— lugh L. Keenleyside, instructor in the history department of Syracuse Unharll? will terminate his’duties here by Jume, 1925, because of & “re- organisation of the department,” it 'was announced at the. university: to- day. - Students in Dr. Keenleyside' classes have signed a pétition for his retention. - Dr. Keenleyside was . a supporter . of the La Follette .cam- paign for the presidency. 5 Thunder is seldom heard in the ILIBRARY FOR BLIND APPEALS FOR FUND Money Needed to Provide Litera- ture in Braille—Organization in Fourteenth Year of Life. The National Library for the Blind, about to enter Its 14th year of circu- lation in the District of.Columbia and the United States, is making its an- nual appeal for contributions with { niversity of Chicago, had the degree of Doctor of DRUG PARLEY ENDS WITH NO RESULTS British and French Dele- gates Refuse to Sign at Last Moment. By the Associated Press, GENEVA, December 13.—The first opium conference, whose membership Is confined to opium-productng coun- tries, adjourned sine die this evening, without the agreement and protocol, over which there has heen much‘con- tention, having been’ signed. It was expected that the final signa- tures would be attached to the docu- ment today, but at the last moment Sir Malcolm Delevingne of Great Bri- | tain, declared that, inasmuch as the subject of prepared opium had been broached at the Rome session of the council of the League of Nations, he was under instructions to walt until he heard from 'Foreign Secretar: Chamberlain before signing. Others Umable to Sign. i Representative Bourgeois of France, | also announced that he, 100, was una- ble to sign, and Alfred Sze of China said: “I should like to remark that for ways that are dark and tricks that are vain, the first conference is peculiar.” When the laughter had subsided an adjournment was thken to await the answers of Great Britain and France. At a plenary session of the second oplum conferénce Egypt's proposal to have her hasheesh problem brought before the proper subcommittee was | adopted after some opposition, Great Britain, India and France holding that this matter did not come within the| scope of the preseni conference. Stephen G. delegation supported the Egyptian move, however, sayihg that, since there was no question of government revenue from the sale of the drug in- volved, the solution should be fairly even. In discussing the conference Wwith the press later, Mr. Porter said: “In the midst of the vexations, delays and aggravations the one oasis was the gratitying way in which all the South American nations supported us. This | is also true of the smaller European | republics and China. | The second conference will again Monday. GIDER LOSES SWEETNESS, POLICE GET BIG SUPPLY 800 Gallons Become Harder Than Volstéad Law Permits—Sam- ples Test High. Eighth precinct raiders confiscated 300 gallons of cider that badn't ob- served the Volstead law requiremen. of remaining as sweet as nature an. a pressing process originally made it last night when five arreats resulte. from visits to four establishments. Led by Lieut. Sullivan the raider: arrested David Kaplan of 1834 Seventh street, Max Lenaben of 1906 Seventh street, Willlam Walker of 200. Georgia avenue, Samuel and Bertle Wertheb of 1766 Florida avenue. Bach was charged with sale and il- | H muelj { Porter of the American |, General Staff Issues New In- structions for All Branches ~pf Service. Far-reaching changes in-the system of training the Regular Army, the National Guard, Orgahized Reserves and other comporfents of the military establishment have been worked out by the General Staff and incorporated in pew instructions issued to corps area commanders. The new training policy will be in- voked January 1 and will be tested througHout the year 1925. It is ex~ pected to resuit in increased efficiency. on the part of officers and enlisted pergonnel in the varlous components of the service and is based upon emergeney mobilization plans, in- tended primarily to give troops train. ing in peace time. So that the Reguldr Army may be brought to a highet degree of effi- clency itself and thus act as a more ffective training body. for the N: i AW = Lz 44 | combat problems. tional Guard, Organized Reserves and other branches during the -Summer instruction periods, the orders to corps area ‘commanders- direct - that certain Regylar units be relieved from time <o tfme from such assigaments %o they may train themselves, while other units take yp the instruction ‘work. In place of the usual two wesks' in- tensive instruction given the Org: ized Reserves In Summer camps, it is ordered that truining for them be conductsd throughout the year by at- taching Reserve officers and men tp duty for specified periods with Reg- ular units at Regular posts, This modification of training plans, it is said, will bave the effect of reducing the number of camps obened each year for Organized Reserve instruc- tions. It i3 planned to give National Guard units all_fnstruction possible in arm- ory work during the Winter and de- vote the time in Summer camps al- most exclusively to fleld work and Divisional organi- zatlons of the Guard are to be trained in divisional maneuvers, at least gnce {n each three years. LABR DEMAND QUIET. - CHICAGO, December 13 (Special). ~=Volume' of employment .in the last month as reported by more than 1,000 manufacturers in Illinols failed to show the increase expected. Of 56 principal industries, 20 showed fewer employes: than in the previous month |and 27 showed' increases. Old Piano BRIDEGROOM KILLS - GIRL AT HER DESK Shot “To Save My Wife From. Ruin,” He Is Quoted as ' Saying-After Firihg. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, » December 3.~11 the presence of his 19.vear-ok- bri of two months and. morc thun 100 erd} ployes of the Western Union Teles graph Company operafing here, C. i( Roark, 32, Center Hill, Ga., tonigh fired four shots into the back of Mis Vena Moore, 20, multiplex operatol as she sat at her machine, She dié instantly, { Roark is sald to have dropped thi smoking pistol and collapsed, cryin; that he had killed Miss Moore “t save my wife from ruin.” oper dting room was thrown into 1d con? fusion, business béing haited for som time. Mrs. Roark laid bl for th shooting upon the victim The world has 18,000,000 moto hicles. ' Trdde in Your In Your Own Home on Our Liberal Exchan ge Plan Washington's Greatest Piano Offer Player-Piano Outfit | legal possession of an 1nwx|mung|; beverage; and each was released on Which to renew its supply of books|$1,500 bond. and fof the current expenses of the institution. Established May 6, 1911, and organ- ized May 15, the first public meeting was held on the 25th of that month with the election of Dr. Thomas Nel- son Page president. The object of the library is to provide literature, by purchase, by printing and hand copylng which is-lent fres to the ‘blind of the United States, and to fur. nish the blind with paid.employment as assistanis at the library, The library fs Tocated at 1800 D street. Books of foreign nations will soon be translated into English and print- ed inwBraille, the raised, letter sys- tem by which the blind are able to read the books. The library is main- tained by funds contributed from various parts of the United States, and partially by funds from Con- gress, JIM MARSHALL DEAD. Three-Fingered Frontiersman Won and Lost Several Fortunes. CHICAGO, December. 13.—Three- Fingered Jim Marshall, who won his title by quick: trigger work in the gold camps in the atage coach Hays of the West, is. dead. ‘He represented the < spirit of the frontier days when gambling was a legalized profession, * and quick, straight shooting an art. He died in the general hospital here last night after closing his career as a-deputy sheriff. . ‘In-the booming days of ‘the famous Cripple Creek mining. camps, “Three Fingered Jim" won. and -lost several fortunes. In his later years Marshall bought_ a_string’ of race horses and invaded the .tracks of the Bast, in- cluding Louisville. S &l —_— | Chemical analysis alleged to have been made on samples showed, ac- cording to police, the following re- spective alcoholic contents: Kaplan's sample, 7.23%; Lenaben’s sample, 5.23%; Walker's sample, 6.279; and ‘Wertheb's sample, 5.11%. 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