Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1925, Page 19

RECOURSE 70 LASH 1S URGED INLONDON Depredations of Gangsters Arouse City—Cat-0’-Nine | Tails Thought Remedy. By cable to The Star and New eptember 12 “gunman” of the New Side and Chicago type known here, ing York World lthough | York East ilmost esent fac serfous problem in the wave of | m which has sprung up in nearly every large city through the aperations and internecine battles of sengs of “toughs,” who are lumped togethe »the general heading of “race g These gangs bv no o their energies to race their nuclei is supplied by infest cks, rob br looking _ sports black mail “bookies” and gen make nefarious living out of the turf. Some are fraudulent ‘“bookie: but more often than not the fraudulent “bookie’ is the easiest game for the gangsters, ‘who will either offer to protect him, for paymer or compe! him to dis gorge 't of his ill-g en gains by threats or actual violenc Real Reign of Terror. In one thing they are unanimous— their complete recklessness and dis regard for law and order. Police eadquarter ate that the gang number something like 3,000, this ativ small number of men are causing the officials more anxiety than all the rest of British crookdom put togeth So flagrant X n of te become that Sir Willlam Joyn announced that he intend: ut the ind by every mea power. Probably amendn of the law of violence will be mally the crimes of wolld come under common > alicious woundi ble by quate—6 to 18 which is ruffians S nd are pun 1ces entirely inade nths’ imprisonment, rs for the harden convictions are ain, owing to m of witnesses. reme ed is sharp of penal ude with flog- long terms of “preventive for notorious characters. Not * The British gangster careful not to c because he has any particular objec tion to the use of the lethal weapon but because a criminal found in po session of firearms becomes liable to far more serious penalties than the “‘unarmed” variet Britishers will | ot tolerate gun play in civil life, but, fllogically enough, t d detentic n Toters.” is generally revolver, not he favorite weapons of the “ra. are bottles, crowba: lead pipes, wandba sticks or the ¢ weapons thej to the nature of they inflict and in their int gang wars they deliberately set to kil or im opponen knowinj friends v to the police. Two Sentenced to Death. The ment. of shown du these men w: murder tr at Leeds, when two t were | sentenced to death and othe: ven long terms of penal servitude for the murder of a rival gangster. Thel death sentence absolutely stunned the two men so condemned and one them burst out, “I am absolutely nocent; I only hit him with a poker. The victim had died m a shower | »ws_from pokers, ¢ and razors. He w ““tough” himself, and gone to meet warned that the: him. The idea E in such an affr: be punish- able by hanging came as a real shock to the gangste i | In any other quarter than Shéffield | (the actual scene of the crime) they might have aped with a _prison term for manslaughter, but Sheffield has long been notorious for its mur. derous * and the author jties preSsed the charges to the ut most. Incidentally, had the crime and trial occurred in Chitago or New York | the London pers would have printed long reports—as evi. dencir the isness in of { evidence | of them’ by t all costs seems, fortunately for him, not to have been there) but escaped with amazing sang frold—and continued their hunt in other parts of London. A score of such outbreaks of vio- lence could be quoted among the happenings of a few days. The gang- sters are mostly well known to the police, but it is rare that satisfactory can be produced against them, and despite the intensified po- lice campaign usually only minor pen- alties can be infiicted in the event of a conviction. Some 25 years ago London had a serious outbreak of gang warfare (called in these days “hooliganism") but exemplary sentences and floggings | promptly suppressed it, if it did not | entirely stampt it out. The “Hooli- gans” of 1900 began to confine their operations to race tracks, boxing matches, etc., and little was heard the stay-at-home public. Lately, however, whether it is that iungsters have become too numerou: or that victims are fewer, the “race | gangs” have had to extend their sphere of operations. | The “cat-o'nine-tails” and really severe terms of penal servitude will, it is thought, prove the mest satis actory remedy for the present out- break. The carrying of a razor to be treated as a penal offense, proving the malignant intentions of the possessor, | is one of the remedies suggested, and | this finds favor with the large body | £ British opinion which is not used to razor-slashings and knife-work. Whether the home secretary will be able successfully to cope with the problem remains to be seen. He will certainly want more police in addition to extended judicial powers. The pres- ant home secretary’s much trumpeted | campaign against the ‘night clubs” and his promise of suppression of Bolshevist agents, Communists and | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Heads Bible Institute I REV. C. W. OYER. REV. C. W. OYER CALLED. Accepts Superintendency of Bible Institute of Washington. Rev. C. W. Oyer of Archbold, Ohio, has accepted the call of superintend- agitators have not so far produced | ent of the Bible Institute of Wash- much more than official talk. ington, 1316 Vermont avenue, and will enter upon his new fleld of work with the beginning of the school year September 16. Mr. Oyer comes to our National Capital with his wife and daughter, after having had some 12 years of experience in the work of a Bible institute. He will be.on the staff of teachers, as will Mrs. Oyer. The opening of the Bible Institute will be next Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. B s TONG LEADER INFORMS POLICE OF DEATH THREAT Hip Sing Organizer Says Price of $10,000 Has Been Placed on His Head by Enemies. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohlo, September 12. ~—Wong Bowe, aged organizer of the Cleveland Hip Sing tong and a power- ful figure in the tong war, today in- formed police he was warned by Chi- cago friends that Chinese gunmen have been sent from Chicago and New York to kill him. A price of §10,000 has been placed on his head, he re- ported. Police are searching for the alleged slayer of Yee Chee, New Kensington, Pa., national secretary of the Hip Sing tong, who was traced here. A reward of §1,000 for his conviction has been offered by the Hip Sings. Wong said. The man sought is alieged to have told friends that he had refused $7,600 to kill Yee Chee. When the price was raised to $10,000 the slayer accepted the money, the police were informed. With prosperity general in Italy, workers have begun to ignore low prices and are buying goods according to quality, thus giving consideration to the articles made in America. (T g G | fil ] miss the money. D. C., SEPTEMBER 13, 1925—PART 1. BOOTLEGGER WORE SILK N JAIL CELL “Am | in Russia,” He Asks When Judge Has Him Haled in for Assault. Special Dispatch to The Star. CHICAGO, September 12.—That a criminal ¢an be above the law even in jafl is demonstrated by Terry Drug- gan, “valley” gangster, who became possessed of large wealth by turning his talents from burglary to beer. Though serving a. Federal Court sen- | tence of one year in jail, he was never in a real cell until today. ~ Two jallers have been dismissed for extending him {llegal privileges. Un- der Warden Westbropk he attended cabarets and visited his wife two or | three nights a week for 10 months. A jall guard was his guest. He lived in ‘the jail hospital when inside and | had all ‘meals for guards and himselt served from the. outside. His term is nearly up, but he lost “good time” by a_vicious assault on a reporter Thursday. The reporter did not believe Druggan was in jail. He asked to see him. The new war- den, Thomas Brookmeyer, took him to the hospital. John Lovering, the re- porter, found Druggan, and received a broken nose and bruises aplenty. He went before the grand jury and | Druggan was indicted for assault to kill. Druggan was called upon to PEERLESS FURNITURE CO., 829 SEVENTH ST. N.W. plead today, but the jail physician de- clared he was too ill to appear. Judge Lynch refused to believe ‘the doctors. Druggan was ordered into court if he had to be carried. He came in tur- rounded by bailiffs. “Step up here,” Judge Lynch said, sternly. Druggan held back. “Come on, bring him up,” the judge repeated. Druggan looked hurt. Russia?” he demanded. “You're in a court of justice, young the judge retorted. “Mr. Clerk, read the indictment.” Druggan heard the charge through, “Not guilty,” he said weakly, when the clerk had finished, “and I'd like not to be tried just now.” “You'll be tried in this court on Sep- tember 21,” the judge interrupted. “Now take him awa: Reporters who calied upon Druggan before he was taken to court found him In a clean, soft bed, though it was still midafternoon. He had on purple silk pajamas. A reading lamp was over his pillow. A half dozen books were on a table beside him. His suit was on a hanger. Bedroom slippers were under the “Am I in bed. So were a pair of patent leather | | source of much interest to aviation pumps, the complement of his evening clothes. Another pair of tan shoes, the kind that might be Worn by any beer runner, were beside the pumps |past and slippers. He had been thrust in a cell after the Lovering assault, but suddenly became sick and was taken back to the hospital. Druggan and a partner, Frankie Lake, obtained first one, then three abandoned breweries. They made real beer for three years without molesta- tion. Druggan had a home on the Lake Shore drive in the midst of the millionaires. Finally both received a year's sentence for violafing an in- Junction closing the breweries. Lake is out and was In court today. It Is estimated they divided $800,000 in the three ye: they made beer. | |speed of 2. E NEW PLANE MOTOR 1S HELD BEST YET Fifteen Miles an Hour More Than Speed of Old Ships May Be Obtained. What is regarded in aviation cir- cles here as the most highly devel- oped airplane engine yet produced is the new Curtiss *V-1400,” which will | be the power plant for the two Army and Navy Curtiss racers now emerg- ing from thé factory for the world- | famed Pulltzer trophy race in October. racers and their motors were recelved from the manu. Detalls of the new facturers yesterday and were men in the Army and Navy. The new motor, produced within the | is enormously powerful, | vear, producing ‘about 500 horsepower at It has successfully passed all the Go ernment _acceptance tests, engine be operated continuously ove alling down.” each. Its welght is well below the 70 pound Iimit specified in the cc under which they were buiit. thing of the engi: ited in this power plant D) 00 revolutions per minute.| Aleging which, | 5 00 M street nort among other things, require that the | oo JirocL nothy or period of 50 hours without signs of The design is some: what similar in appearance to airplane engines that have gone before, in that | ourt to adjudge Hershowits it is the “V" type, with 12 cylinders | ranged in two banks of six cylinders | neering skill exhib. | bacteria, 8 19 said an announcement from the Afr Service, “when we remember that here with a weight considerably less than 700 pounds we are producing 500 horsepower, while in the automobile engine we find 60 or 60 horsepower de. veloped in an engine weighing 200 or 300 pounds at the best The planes themselves, while somewhat similar to the Navy Curtiss racer produced in 1923, neverthele embody many improvements. Tt overall span or width of the plane is 22 feet, while the total wing area, not including that of the axlefairing is approximately 144 square feet When the airplane is fully loaded— welghing about 2 pounds—every square foot of the wing surface will support 14.9 pounds of load in fiight according to the load te: at tr factory. The wings and faces are bullt of wood, ribs and spars be ing covered with thin strips of twe ply spruce plywood about 3.32 inch thick. bt The maximum speed over a | mile triangular course with the 1 racer was 243.67 miles per hour. W a more powerful and lighter mot | plus a more cleanly designed plar | engineers look for at least 15 miles | hour faster out of the Arm Navy craft this ye a Petition in Bankruptcy. that | conducting a a| Morris nen’s fu Hershowit shing stc st, is insc vent and has committed an act of solvency and admitted to one of I creditors that he is not able to p: his debts, r of his credi vesterday asked the Distri iprex an | voluntary bankrupt i s Formaldehyde | gation, is hi but gas, used i ly efficlent a. does net kill T T T Featuring During Our Second Anniversary Sale IR Just at the time when you are planning the furnishing of your home for Fall and Winter we offer you the opportunity of a lifetime in worth-while furniture for every room in your home at savings worth coming for—terms arranged so you won’t even 10-Piece_Group bl mm""qm@iw —With Luxurious 3-piece Overstuffed Velour Suite or Kroeh 'l ler Davenport Suite in Mahogany or Velour i i L)) i i lfl{““ m,y L1 i N/ LRl U ML i | ' iy 1L If you want to see what is really new m rurniture come here and stroll through our six floors and view the most ad- vanced creations in the furniture world. to show you through. No obligation to purchase visit tomorrow. Of the Newest Styles in Living Room Suites Dining Room Suites Bedroom Suites It will be a pleasure pay us a 11-Piece Bedroom Group In American and French Walnut A truly remarkable offer for those in need of Living Room Here's an opportunity to se- cure a fine bedroom suite at a real saving and on terms that you will find convenient. These pieces are excellently built of genuine walnut veneers and other woods. The finish is a rich walnut effect or the much wanted French wal- nut. This price Bow-end Bed, Drawers, Good Size Semi-Van cotton Mattres: steel Springs, W Feather Pillows, Swinging Easel Fi 13 E tric Bed Light with s Add $30 for Suite With Full Vanity—Pay a Little Each Week or Month includes Large the Chest Full of Large All Al Two America. heffield, and as ay, the whole affur was merely lumped the work of race s and got very little publicity in ding English | newspapers. Cripple Their Victims. the gan rather Furniture. 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