Evening Star Newspaper, June 17, 1925, Page 4

4 * GANGSTERS BEAT AGED WATCHNMAN Loot Store of 400 Suits of Clothes—Chicago Gun- men Striking Back. By the Associated Press. x5 CHICAGO, June 17.—In the West Side nelghborhood, where the Genna gangsters have been most active, six men today heat an aged watchman and looted the Standard Jobbing Co. of 400 suits of clothes valued at upward of $10,000. After assaulting ! the watchman, the robbers loaded the clothing into a motor truck and drove away. y Angered at the city’s greatest drive against gangsters and their beer- running feuds, started Saturday after @ street fight in which two policemen and one gangster were slain, gang- land attempted last night to strike back A gunman went into the stronghold of the law—the office of State's Attor- ney Crowe in the City Hall—and fired a bullet which Mr. Crowe believed was intended for him. But is missed the only occupant of the office, Police Sergt. Elbrid H. Curran, who b '8 a striking resemblance to Mr. Crowe, and the supposed emissary of the un- derworld turned and fled before Cur- ran's fire. Guard for Crows for the would-be Killer ex- the city’s catacombs, the subterra maze of tunnels that ordinarily are devoted to the transfer of merchandise underneath Chicago's dyguards vere assigned to Crowe and Chief of Police I two policemen were or. vel with William Sweeney, Mike Genna, Search tended to For a time it was thought the bul- let fired at Curran was intended for Sweeney, in view of an anonymous telephone threat that he would be killed for slaving Genna, but Cur- ran's resemblance to State's attorney led authorities to believe the latter was the intended victim. 50, YOUARE GOING TOPUNISH ME ARE YOU MR GIANT? 1AM AFRAIDNOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE CHANCE, THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1925. Jack the Giant Killer IIIL. HE GIANT STARTED TO CLIMB OUT OF THE PIT BUT UACK STRUCK HiM A BLOW WITH HIS PICK AXE AND THAT WAS THE END OF THAT GIANT. i® McClure Newspaper Syndicate AMUNDSEN RESCUE PARTY GETS AWAY Norwegian Aviators Leave Spitzbergen on First Lap of Searching Flight. Many inquiries are still being received by The to whether the correct spelling of the name of Amundsen’s moth. er-ship is “Farm” or n. The correct spelling Is “Farm, and the boat is so named after WHITNEY IS WINNER IN JERSEY PRIMARY OVER EDGE CANDIDATE | __(Continued from First Page.) contrary to expectations, did not drive a fatal wedge into the Whitney fary vote. | Stewart Appleby of Asbury Park was nominated as tne Republican caundidate for Congress in the third district, defeating Frederick Schneider | of New Brunswick by 1,243 votes in| 286 of the 293 precincts. The vote wnxvi Appleby, 16 Schnelder, 15,010. The nomination at this time was| necessitated by the death in December, | 1924, of Representative-elect ank T.| Appleby, father of the nominee. The Democratic contestant at the Novem- ber elections will be J. Lyle Kinmout publisher of the Asbury Pa who was unopposed in yesterday mar SHIFTS TO BE MADE BY SCHOOL BOARD AT MEETING TODAY (Continued from merged with those in contiguous divi: sione. The board will' clean up as much routine work uas possible this after- noon, but school officials believe it will be necessary to hold a special meeting next week to dispose of all of the im. portant reorganization matters before the vacation period sets in. The an- nual organization meeting of the board will be held July 1, at which time of- ficers will be elected and the commit- tee assignments arranged. Want Graham for President. Members of the board are endea oring to have Edwin C. Graham cept the presidency for the new ssor to James T. Lloyt Mr. m once declined this office, due ve 4 WITH THE GREAT NEWS AND FLOCKED TO SEE THE GAANT. CHARGE DENTIST PLANNED SLAYING Los Angeles Authorities Make Public Extracts From Dead Wife’s Diary. By the Associated Press. gree murder upon Dr. Thoma: Los Angeles dentist, Young, with lethal gas and concea the body OPLE FORMILES AROUND WERE QVERJOYED Kuomintang, reported to —More evi e of first de Young, who confe: to levy in the false bottom of a o taxes #THIS ISTOTHE VALIANT CORNISHMAN | —BY W. J. ENRIGHT. PLASTERER STRIKE PARLEY TO RESUME Disputants to Meet Again With Davis Friday—Si- lent on Negotiations. The three s involved in plasterers’ New York Chicago met y h Secretar of Labor Davis at the Labor Depart ment, the |and agreed on adjournment late in [afternoon to meet ag |ment Friday morning |ence was held in the he only th called last | Plasterers and Cer {ternational U n the and strike in discussed ts issue th t the depart The confer- points at nishers In WHO SLEW THE GIANT CORMORAN AND THE PEOPLE THEREAFTER CALLED HIM JACK. THE GIANT KILLER SO RO ALK CANTON, China, June g7 (#) Peoples' have decided the civil governorship and place the government of Canton in the hands {of a commission of seven. ciston, it is understood, was taken at a meeting here last Sunday. Regarding financ to o through the civil treasury, the military commanders being forbidde Many existing taxes are being abolished and the authori ties expect to meet the expenditures s, all FOREIGNERS TO PAY FOR CHINESE SLAIN, UNDER SETTLEMENT (Continued from First Page.) foreigners had been obliged to send their families to Shang! NEW RULE ai. PLANNED. —The party, to abolish This de- funds are is Ope cklayers, Internatio; numt s ar Unlon of vears m ers’ for | more effective than official protest to | the so-called government which ob-|tjons Viously is powerless outside of Peking. | Davis d The best Japanese authorities upon mude ut tb China regard the situation as the uny the most difficult faced In the Orient in |y the last 20 years. These persons re-| gard the complete victory tonese in South China as calculated to | tjon of feed the rapidly spreading fames | Thomas J which undoubtedly have been fanned | micsioner; by widespread propaganda of Soviet-|vice p 1&m »hn J. Gleesor (Consright, 19 rice, represen Masons and P SIXTEEN . 8. T of the Can-|Hugh L by Chicago Daily News Co.) < SUBS SAIL. - HONOLULU, June 17 Navy submarine tender Beaver and 16 | {submarines sailed yesterday fc | Manita to take the places of vessels | which recently have left the Phil » | pines either for the mainland of the | United States or from Oriental sta tions. | While officers admitted that the ves scls might be dispatched to Chine ports, as the result of anti-foreign up- rising, it was said the future move- Garden Club to Hear Bell Special Dispateh to The Star tern, was the object of a search without the revenue hitherto received ments of the submarines would not he determined until their arrival Manila, and then upon conditions as they obtain in China demon. | The battleship Colorado arrived |terday from the mainiand, read 2 oin that part of the United ritsh | feet which will mage the long cr to Australia. One | China All Republican Senators were victo- rious in their fight for renomination. Senator Whitney took the lead on first returns and maintained it steadily. His strength in the larger counties was unexpected. today to the pressure of business, but those in_ close touch with school affairs believe he will accept when nomi- nated at the organization meeting, July 1 | Several high officers in the school | system who have been holding of- fices temporarily probably will be given permanent appointments by the board this afternoon. liberately planned murder. Among them is Alvin W. Miller, Extracts from an eight-page memo- principal of Central High School,|randum, said to be In the handwrit- Whose temporary appointment ex-|ing of the slain made public pires June 30. last night by the district attorney Mr. Miller was appointed tempor- | dicated Mrs. Young anticipated arlly last December as principal of |fate which finally overtook her. Central to succeed Stephen E. Kramer, | memorandum dated Jan who was promoted to be first assistant | less than a month prior t | superintendent of schools. His able | read in part supervision over Central, Washing-| | from gambling. All gaming houses, therefore, are being closed and the laws suppress ing opium enforced. The scheduled anti-foreign stration did not materialize here and the strike in Shameen, the | settlement, has been postponed Fighting between the victorious | | Cantonese troops and the defeated Yunnanese, who were forced to give | up possession of the city, has come | | to_an end, but looting continues. | in-| Many of the Chinese refuges who | the | left during the fighting are return | ing, but the inhabitants are uneasy owing to the uncertain condition The students of the Canton Chris tian College have requested the for- | eign teachers, who took refuge in| representatives of the district attor ney’s office od: Young has insisted that he killed his wife, who was the widow of Patrick ogan, olive millfonaire, because she pped him during a quarrel in a afe and broke his glagses. The offi als who have investigated the cz e convinced the killing was a an early Norwegian explorer. Dr. Nansen, in his Arctic studies used a ship which s the gian word fo “Forwar Search for Brother. As a result of the incident, the police were directed to reh for | and arrest Joseph Costa,' said to be & half-brother to John Scalice, who was indicted Monday wit Arthur Anselino as 2 member of the Genna gang that killed two policemen Sat urday | “It is the latest defiance of the Genna gangsters, desperate at our attempts to dri them from power and to purge the city of rule by the gun,” State's Attorney Crowe de- clared. He said he had recelved hun- dreds of threatening letters in the last few days. The 89 men arrested members of the Genna cohol distillers 2 ors were ar- | raigned in F Court yesterday | The auxiliary s and released in blanket bail of $1,000 | day for Trondhjem, ay. The each after all had pleaded suilty, patrol ship Heimdall, which is to re CONDUCTED TODAY vessel loaded the spare pontoons with Masonic Ritual Attends Burial of other materials brought here by the steamer Ingertre and left by that ves Former U. S. Treasury . . | Rail-Rate Chief. i a a meetin to | Club to he issued this state- nday nt | | “I am much gratified at result of the election. It indicates clearly that the | Republican voters of the State have confidence in me and approve my public record and platform “I wish to express my deep appreci- ation to all my supporters for thelr | helpful co-operation 1 sincerely hope that 1 may again rted assist- mpaign so a Republican By the Associated P ADVENT BAY, Spitzbergen, June 17—The two aviators of te Nor- weglan government's searching expe- dition for the Amundsen-Ellsworth North Pole explorers hopped off to day In thelr seaplanes for Kings Bay, 30 miles distant Icy blasts from the East Spitzber. zen glaciers tossed the two seaplanes 1S they lay moored to their buoys in the bay here. There had been no flyjng done since Sunday de local bank, on has discon Chinese exchange. ads ted the j’The _‘0[0 Swimmin’ fio}()" Lake Washington Conduit Road Near District Line Turn Left at New Filtration Plant at Sign Sunday as ang of al that wi victory in Mr. McCran received returns at his Newark headquarters, leaving for his home at Paterson early today without comment. Republican State Chair- man Edward C. Stokes announced at Trenton that he had telegraphed Sena- tor Whitney his ¢ atulations and | surances of a united support. while | enator Edge in a statement from ntic City asserted that “whatever | the result, the party fight is over, and all loyad Republicans will unite to pre sent a solid front on election day.” Senator Whitney during his cam. ared himself opposed to | utocratic domination and intimida tion of those who vote contrary to the wishes of the hoss.” | tled Mon- | nd Cnucago Daily News " ‘Forbearance may in Mrs. | ase to be possible or even advisable Dank |16 tha Japanese government hopes to the | maintain its position in the Orient and ©f|retain its respect for the Japanese By Radio to The Star TOKIO, June 1 The Ideal Place for- Swimming, Bathing and Picn Fifty thousand square feet of pu Fed by a flow of 100 gallons per Dalecarlia Reservoir. Diving boards and other swimm L.ake Washington is f; f Twenty acres of picnic grour ground Expert and courteous attend, “Service.” Opened from 9 AN to 7 P.\M L. Gordon Leech, Manager sel on the jetty. FUNERAL OF S.D.LINCOLN. | Services for Vice President of Bank E By the Associated Press HOQUIAM, Wash., June Surpassing the discovery of the dino- saur skull and its identification by “niversity of Wasni e that he would be goy. | URIversity of Wasnington sclentists fact as well as name, and | recently, J. H. Geoghezan of Hoqui- would not take orders from |am has brought to light fossils and | te chamber in Washington | massive forms of saurfans on an ex- the city hall in Jersey City. |pedition to the hills adjacent to Sag ng his legislative career he was |inaw Logging Co.'s camp No. 12 3|a leader in the fight to empower the | Several forms visible on the sides .| State Highway Commission instead of |of a grade cut for the logging com- to Be Held Tomorrow. Funeral services for S. Dana Lin- coln, 65 years old, first vice president of the Lincoln National Bank, who died at his residence in the Roydon apartments, 1619 R street, vesterd: ¢ the residence | will be conducted in St Alban this afcernoon at 2 oclock and inter. | Chapel tomorrow _afternoon at 2 ment was in Glenwood Cemetery, with | 0'clock. Rev. Dr. Charles T. Warner oLl fes i titre prave will officiate. Interment will be in | e fmipe. was chief of the divi.|Rock Creek Cemetery, with Masonic sion of railroad transportation rates, | Tites at the grave. United States Treasury Department, | during the World War and had served | for many years in the department. Later he was in the Agricultural De- | partment, until forced to retire about a year ago due to failing health. | He was the inventor of many ball- ring device: some of which are de use. He a native of Co- lumbia, Pa., but had lived many vear in this city and California. He was a member of the Masons of Pennsyl- vania. Mr. Knipe is survived by his widow | and a_daughter, Miss Olive Knipe, of | this city. . P. KERNAN DIES; RITES TO BE FRIDAY| District Government Employe Had Been Resident of Capital for Last 25 Years. in he Oliver Cromwell Knipe, 68 vears old, long a Government emplove and in- ventor, died at his residence, 526 Co- lumbia road, Sundav. school authorities that he deserves a| .jjo old me I was crazy. Said he |turn for the present. EEnatiClofithe schocin | ened to kill me. Safd he would de HUGE SAURIAhé' FORMS | bcument was Tou vault. The box also contained | coptideabisenumber o€ jewel |and nuthoritative comment is made angle that entered the case vestetday | ment whose antl-Japanese and anti lethal gas, which a_coroner's jury| rpe Kiukiang demonstration, in-| [g bofore (he fxand Jury YSsterlluy, Wio | sulate. allexed violation of the e Gondusteaiat (o siaencel Her first loss of composure since ! tuller reali- | F ton's largest high school, has satlsfied | Said She Was Crazy. Shameen and at Hongkong, not to re- | permanent appointment. Mr. Miller, | : 2 5 ould send me to Patton (a State = previous to that time, was assistant | e o He | JAPAN IS IRKED. | ened to . | stroy my guardianship over Patrick The document was found Young's safe deposit box in a FOUND AT LOGGING CAMP | xait T ot e omients e | which were not made public, and a {04 Chinese masses.” The significant | 9% Investigators were expected n-pant 2 g were e "M | here upon the rapidly developing anti | tinue their investigation today on an | poreicn” movement in China, a move —that a young and handsome woman | pER e Secially bitt ‘dls alded the dentist In administering the | PUUSh Phases are especially but dis declared caused Mrs. Young path o i 1 volvi the burning of a Japanese | One ot\{np miineages that soredrea [ pons vy ok ont the Japaness con E fiss Dorothy Leopold, the dentist's - | s o . {nese flag and assaults on Ja ciice. s andiconiicinee | residents, has brought the Investigation started came when | Zition of the serfousness of the situa | the Legislature to make additions to |pany’s railroad were easily identified | she ran from the grand jury room brought realization of for some practical step 1150 has the necessit the State system. He also advocated | by Geoghegan. Each measured close |in tears shortly after the testimony | budget reform and reduction in legis- [to 100 feet in length. Parts of the |began lative expense through the curtail-|creature’s limbs and all of the ribs| I cannot it in here” | ment of the number of attaches and 'were visible, and samples identified |cried. “Everybody is saving | employes. as teeth and a rib were brought here. | terrible things about me.’ she | such | Canada has a building rush FREE Piano Lessons for Your Child! of New York are among the numerous depart- ment stores established the: service on ""h'mzh 1e:} basis throu e use YELLOCAB TRUCKS ave delivery James P. Kernan, for many vears an emplove of the District govern. | ment and widely known in this city, died in Garfleld Hospital vesterday af- ternoon, following an operation. 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