Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1926, Page 17

OWNED BY MARTIN LUTHER. () book whi ad a2 littl 'he Song of of Martin Luther, ziving t u of the Bible. ongs” ter" tree in t of the P several g ————— COURT GONFIRMS SENTENCES OF 12 Three of Indiana Mortgage Men to Get New Trials. Accused of Fraud. By the Lscociated Pross CHICA March 12.—The United Btates Cirenit Court of Appeals in a deciston vesterday confirmed the con- vietton of Marton . Hawkins, former president of the Hawkins Mortgage « Portland, Ind. and 11 others, sentenced on charges of using the mails in 2 scheme I Haw Kkins was sent vears . of ad to s at Leavenworth and pay a $10.000 fine, and others were given 5 years and $2.000 fines At the same time the higher court reversed the conviction of three others of the 15 defendants and remanded their case for a new trial. The in- dictments against the 15, most of whom are heads of welfare loan so- sleties who were consolidated into the Hawking Mortgage Co.. were re- turned in November, 1f The mort- gage company. of which Hawkins was head, was supposed to e 000,000 concern, with £2,000,00 surplus and undivided profits. Those whose conviction i are Wiliiam Sack 1 oand Frank O, Willi Those whose convietions 5 firmed are Norton S Hawkins, An thony A. Scheib, Carl | William M. Webb. Harry Mord carter, Willlam M R. Mecallum, Leo P. Harrington, John T. Sutton, A. R. Sax and Frank P. Lacqua, SELL GIRLS TO CHINESE. Criminals Kidnap Young Woman in Irkutsk District. Is Charge. MOSC March 12 (P).—Young eriming the Irkutsk district of Si- berin are kidnaping voung g E sellinz them to Chine ys patch to the Young Communist Truth from Irkutsk yesterda In one instance a_youth kidnaped a 17-vear-old girl and took her across the Chinese border. where he sold her to a Chinese for $25. Fearing the same fate the girls of that district now re- fuse 1o g0 on the streets after dark. In another village a 1a-year-old was carried off and sold to a Chinese for $8 and 30 pounds of flour. Struck by Engine. James Maughan, 45 vear Bowie, Md.. an_employe of the | Rail Co, ax o track w struck by an engine Wednesday night and serious injured. The accident oc- curred on the company’s tracks he tween Bowie and field. He was prought to Emerzency Hospital here where he was treated for a fractured skull and shock. His condition i¥ critieal. The injured man has a wife snd two children. | | The arles E. Gannon h he prizes. The volume i \d bears notes in the handwri « interpretation of a much-disc: Copsright by Underwood & Undes Cooledge, daughter of Mr. lives in t bungalow, Wide World Photo Senate Approves $343.,153,393 Army Appropriation Bill enate m:wqarm.,v rheeed | iy appropriation hill, carry- total £343.1 3, without ord vote As oved hy the the hill v in ased $3 hove the 1lon measiure $40 N more than the estimates, attempt by the in. hudget An Senator King, Democrat, Utah, to reduce from 50,000,000 to $40,000,000 the amouni for rivers and harbors was defeated. The Senate likewise rejected a motion by Senator King to return the bill to the military committee with Instructions to reduce the total to $300,000,000. | INQUIRY IS ANNOUNCED INTO MARKET PRACTICES Ziv Live Stock Commission Co. and | Others to Be Probed Under Pack- f ers and Stockyards Act. By the Associated Press Notice of inquiry under the packers and stockyards act into practices of the Ziv Live Stock Commission Co., James J. Flanigan, Arthur C. Me- Gurk and Joseph P. Coat all trad- ers at the Chicago stockyards have heen issued by Acting Secretary of Agriculture Dunlap. Tt i leged hy the department that Flan McGurk, a rtnership, diverted “oates the proceeds of cat- tle made for him which were due Peterson & Turnbull Live Stock Commission Co. the notice said, The latter company, pance h had agreed with Coates to transactions on condition tha should remit to them the proceeds of the sales. Charges of insolvency also were made against Coates, Flanigan and McGurk. The Ziv Co. is accused of insolvency and of illegally diverting the proceeds of sales made by it for customers and of paying their customers with worth- less checl The Acting Secretary also has issued an order of suspension for one vear against Charles H. Stief, ji cattle dealer at t St. Louls, 11, on the grounds of insolvency. GAS TAX BILL SIGNED. THE FVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, n. C, n the aph shows some of her dogs, whi of the Na- “the perfect pe of girl. oy Underwood & Tiderwood. Mrs. Eleanor J. Capital who trains h will be Photo vie Ameri Copy an Nutional BURNING OF UN1 fire at the dock at Newport blaze is that a wor D. C. RAIL MERGER } HELD NOT IMMINENT President Hanna of Capital Trac- tion Is Hopeful, However, of D STATE Uultimate Consolidation. 1 today that | of the traction companies of | Confidence was expresse am Washington W aventually vesult negotiatios, hut of the that a John wital consoli from H. Hanna, president Traction Co., denied dation is imminent “We are still w present rking on a plan for a merger, ajd Mr. Hanna, “and I am hopeful that it will be brought about. 1 have no reasons to helieve, however, that it is imminent.” Mr. Hanna succeeded George E. Ham ilton as president of the company ves day, and announced emphatically t mo ch > in the policy of the ipany is contemplated, nor would it_ever be sanctioned as long as My s chairman of the hoard Published intimations that Mr. Ham fton had been a stumbling ock in the path of the proposed merger were denied by Mr. Hanna. "X Hamilton has been in favor of merger.” he said, “and T am certain that he has not changed his mind.” OBJECTS TO SHOVELING. Police Employe to G;nn Trial for Not Doing Job. “Does refusal on part of a Police Department en e tn shovel sand on a public street constitute dis obedience of order is A qu the police trial hoard will be upon to solve at ils regular se at the sixth precinct station next Thursday. capt. A. 1. Headly of the fourth precinet. contending that it does, has filed formal charges against Joseph M. Maynard. colored patrol driver in his precinct 1t is said that during a recent rain there was so much nd in front of a Seventh street building that an overflow and miniature flood condi- tions threatened to obstruct traffic and possibly do damage. Maynard. it is alleged, was directed to move enough of the sand to permit the water to flow freely in the direc- tion of the nearest sewer, and when Virginia Governor Apprnvés Change to 4 1-2 Cents a Gallon. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., March 12.—The governor has approved the bill which makes the tax on gasoline in this State 435 cents, and the measure be- came effective at once. Dealers all over the State will attach the extra cent and a half to the cost of the sup- plies they purchase. The countie are to get one-third of this tax and Ithe roads the other. This is expected to add about $1.500,000 to the road |fund. The gover led a tax of 4 cents. but the Senate added the extra half cent and the House consented without much of a fight. Advocates of the measure say |that if the auto owners want good roads they must pay. The cities will pay about one-half of the tax and re- lceive none of the fund thus created. or had recommend- | Rohert asked if he had performed the task, S LIN News, Va,, 1 left o burning gasoline o The sl is R’ AM W edne RICA | »oand t hoina cabi IN AN INQUIRY. ady age by five i water the ship. at ALL ENGLISHMEN FOUND LOYAL IN BOOSTING BRITISH PRODUCT ~ . _——— s : . For Broadcasting 4 -3 ol > ' ; o 4 ¥ 1A » Traditions Verified by Letter From Noted Pilot, ov pead child's Former Custodian - = Long Flight. Who Enthusiastically Lauds Testifies at Trial on Fatal S U I n i Make-Up of His Airplane. Beating Charge. s o . Al Wlition savs It matters not what (up to the present the enzine has run Dispatel to The Star, perts of the burean hold that kind of a task an Englishman m‘\]}'\!‘ clock, never )vm(]n,_ fultered TOWSON, Ma Mareh 1 “hat ;\un]uy conditlons which affect R S : = for moment or giving us any| Apee a3 “oursey of Baltimore, | Droadeasting are as vet so little piven. he always will view it from | anies. Mre. fidna Max Coursex of Baltimore, | IUESHIE SIS 48 Y 20 T strictly husiness viewpoint and hoost | “Our Titanine doping scheme has | Who is en rial for murder in connec- | cast reception conditions on the ritish products with all his might. | been ahsolutely perfect.” he explained, | tion with the death recently of her| basis of weather would be inad rom the wilds of Southern Africa | “for everyone remarkes upon ‘the|5.yvearold son, was an affectionate| Visalle to be exact, from Broken Hill, Rho- | heautiful condition of our wings which sther AW stified e G Further studv of the problem just north of Livingstone— |ire unblemished and are as tight as| MOther Was te d today by Mre. wae urged, with the suggestion aletter to the editor of a Rritish [a drum, whether they are standing|J- T« Clongh of Houston, Md. whoe| that it be undertaken by the Bu- aeronautical publication from Alan I.|In the pouring main for davs ot #o| told a jury in Judge Duncan’s court | reau of Standards. Cobham, one of the foremost civilian |hot that to touch them would burn chile " Y dustade @ = Dilots of the empire, who at the time|one's fingers, owing o standing fn| tnc Child wis in her custody 23 - D STIE —eae 155 Siliea tons s | trop et Rup months following fts hirth and that | COUPL began in Londo; ¢ Mapsietos UEldL 2 her second marrid d her $§730 The letter, printed fn the latest 1 | “Our B. 1. magne B = IN POISON couniry, instead of givink o Elowing | conditions. The P | The confession of Mre. Conrsey. in first-hind account of fhving from the frat g oxge w5 bidken which is told the story of the beating | = editerranean end of Africa te bottle, have stood 1p fo ey | Aube e a ohi i RO UEHEPRIGAL DOSIE 68 the ,,_,,fl\’ '.",’;: .\‘ml, of cour rn.u. the 1!_ ) ‘-;N-” 41‘ to 11\:”..|<u,w 1;.: chila's | Husband, Said to Have Been Pro- tnent laid emphasis on the following: | PIUES we take it for granted that they | death, was admitted as evidence ves | o e Gt P’mdlw . "' :\I wing: | BESE fail, Al the instruments fit. | terday, despite charges of defendant's posed Victim. to Seek Wife's Airpla ingine 0. K. ted by Smith & Son have run per- |attorneys that it was obtained in an | “Both airplane and engine have and caused us not the slightest | illexal mauner. Lawyers attempted | Release. behaved perfectly and the original and the Iughes aperiodic |to show through questions addressed | - supply organization worked without | compass I reckon is the best aero- | to witnesses that members of her hy a hitch, for at every landing ground | plane compass made. I though® our | band's family poisuaded her to sign By the Assoviated Press. we found ample supplies of perfect | paint might blister on some occasions, | the confession in which she admits| LOS ANGELES, March 12 ¢harges .B. P. Spirit and Wakefield's Castrol | but evidently Pinchin & Johnson have | participating in the heatings. The de- | of conspiracy to commit murder were R. What spares we did send for-|some secret process. | fense contends Robert W. Coursey, | filed vesterday inst Mrs. Olive ward reached thelr destination in| “I still continue to admire the |Centreville police magistrate and un. | Brugen-Schmidt Rowers and Elmer M zood order and we found packets of | sporting and long-sighted policy in | cle of Coursey. condueted the nego. | Archer. hank connection K. L. G. plugs waiting for us exactly | the interests of aviation of such con- | tiations which led to Mrs, Coursey's | With the alle: son Mrs. anged.” | sributing companics as 1. Stone & |confession. Defense Inwyers stressed | Bowers' hushand M. Howers, ‘Ne the preformance of the D. H . Earle & Rourne & Co. the fact that Robert W. Coursey had | torney and hanker of Sawtelle 5 continued d la ‘s Aeeles Pollock, visited Mrs. Coursey twice while s} Mr. Bowers said he would provide the present. | Bros., and Mallison's (whose timber, | was in a eell in a police station her the n v hond 1o abiain his wife's svery landing g despite the tropics, is as when we \Vhen she appeared in Detective | freedom. He said that he will permit load. purposely to make a good test ried) in contributing to the flight.” | Capt. Burns' offic her to return to their home as soon as and we have had no difficulty. Cobham_ completed the onthound | the confession, Ce the hond is approved. but that h “Ite the Stiddeley Jaguar, it is trua | journey February 17 and now is re- | It was Coursey. Capt. Burns testified, | Would have another woman live there that T am nursing the engine but |turning to London. who told him Mrs. Coursey wa ¢| with her. | SEEKS WIDER AGREEMENT| HELD IN WIFE’S DEATH.. Jugoslav Minister to Resume Ne-|Man Claimed Pistol Was Dis- gotiations With Mussolini. charged Accidentally. ROME, March 12 (#).—It is re- CLARKSDALE, Miss, March 12 ported that Foreign Minister Ninchitch of Jugoslavia will return to Rome after the leagie sessions in Geneva to complete his understanding with Premier Mussolini for the conclusion of a wider agreement between Italy and Jugoslavia. | P).—Dr. 8. W. Glass, Coahoma Coun- ty sheriff, stated last night that T. C. | Cox, 64, former Arkansas planter, was being held on a charge of murder in connection with the death of his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Cox, 38, who was shot according to the complaint, he said he had not. Explaining his failure to perform the task, Mayvnard is said to have told the captain it would have heen neces- sary for him to have shoveled at least a ton of the sand. Such work did not appeal to him as being part of police duty, and it remains for the trial board to settle the question. HOUSE SEATS GREEN. The THouse today voted to sonll Green of New River. Fla., as Representative of the second dis- trict of that State. His seat w contested by H. O. Brown of Punta Gorda. This action was taken after a Housge elections committee’ unani- mously had recommended in favor of Mr. Green, Clauses of the agreement, which al- ready have been submitted to Signor Mussolini, are meanwhile being nego- tiated by Undersecretary Grandi, who is a member of the Italian delegation at Geneva, where he frequently meets M. Ninchitch and other representa- tives of the Balkan countries. and fatally wounded in their hotel apartment here yesterday. . Cox was arrested after a coroner’s inquest, before which he testified that the pistol was accidentally.discharged. Former Cuban Official Dead. HAVANA, March 12 (#).—Francisco Carillo, former Vice President of Cuba and who was a general in the army of independence, died last night of old age. Major Is Retired. Rembert G. Watson, judge ad- vocate general's department, station- ed at San Francisco, has been placed on the retired list of the Army on ac- count of disabllity incident to the ————% — service, Troops Off for China. NEW YORK. March 12 (®).—The Army transport St. Mihiel, salling to- day, carried 600 foreign service troops for the relief of United States garri- sons in China, the Philippines and Hawall, Ma Mrs. Henry Ford, wife of the auto- mobile manufacturer, has purchased the block in Detroit where she was born and will erect a church and - brary as a mn\n:ofld. $2,000,000, TRIDAY. MARCH 12~ 1926 TER SUC( Roi e al be in charge of the er; ' TRIP OF ht of th AMUY shows one of the mundsen-| ISSFUL fler the first abins Isw Norg vill be used by the > ion WAS LOV 1o make a statement. take the statemen were present,so,at suggestion, Samu Gerald Hill were Hill_ now are re| band. while two representing Mrs. RULING FAVORS U. S. Government Giv vene in Jackson Barnett Case. Because the Indian is a ward of the Government, Chief Justice McCoy of the District Su granted the request of the United States to interven the estate of Jacl literate Indlan, sald to be one of the wealthiest in the + W, " SEN'S NORTH POLE SHIP. This photogra ible. Comdr. Nobile Summer. & A. Photos of the diri orth expedit Copsrisht by P EARNS HER LIVING UNDER i N WA Miss Mavie Meitzner, < frip, cauzht ! is the youngest al we diver. tion of the i} license, I8 months < has been engaged in under- Prote by Avm ) water work in the Delaware River Copsrisht ty Kadel & Hernert 'SAYS MRS. COURSEY Weather Experts ING MOTHER Pass Up Forecasts Conversations over a two-party fele- t unless her lawyers | Phone hetween Mrs. Bowers and Arch- Robert W. Coursey's | €. Who is allexed 1o have confessed sel K. Dennis and|t0 purchasing of the poisen to be ad- called. Dennis and | Ministered to Bowers, were related to- presenting the hus.|day 1o the district attorney by two other attorneys are | Women who reported the alleged plot. SUES DEAD MAN’S ESTATE. Testator Killed Self on Wedding Eve—Accused of Breach of Promise | BOSTON, March 12 (#)—A 000 breach-of-promise suit was filed here vesterday agalpst the estate of a man who committed sulcide a few hours before the time set for his wedding. The plaintiff, Sophie Stanion, claim- ed that the estate of John Jackimovicz is responsible to her as much as the man himself would have been had he lived and failed to carry out his prome He refused to en Right to Inter- upreme Court has e in the contest over kson Barnett, an il- United States. h \ ise to marry her. He left a note which Anna L. Barnett, wife of the In- S Y v iy 4 dtan, is_clalming $200.000 worth of | Sai /Sophie fs a good gul. T am no Liberty_bonds now on deposit in the | &' Riggs National Bank claim is being pr nd a counter- ed by a commii . Two Hounds Collide, Both Die. tee appointed in Oklahoma for Bar-| (o1 aBUS 5 et who has een adjudged o un- | oy’ VAniible hounds owned by Sonk e il - Cook of Columbus Wwere killed when = - | they collided while chasing a rabbit. Under the present law in England | The dogs were about £,000,000 women have the right to vote, and if the bhecomes a law, the feminine sex will | losing In from oppo site directions when the rabbit sud equal franchise bill | denly turned and they crashed. One dog’s neck was broken and it died in- BOTTOM OF RIVER STILL IS DROPPING Bed of Smoky Hill. Kansas. Waterway Now Has Hole 169 Feet Deep. Bs the Associated Pri SHARON SPRINC 12.—The bottom continued darop out of the bed of the Smeky Hill | River, near here, and the ground is | still sinking. although its motion h A hole slightly in diameter has formed bed Wedn . Kane, March | slowed up somew 300 feet m the since day mornin e pit last night was 1 feet deep e water was 64 feet decp and slowly rising ‘he cause of the phenomenon ré | matins a mystery, although many the | orles haye been advanced. Word was ved "from Lawrence that R. C ate geolo; . has attributegd underground caverns left when um of limestone was dissolved it was pointed out, however. does not explain the peculiar « sulphur that many have not ound the crater. One theory is it is an old voleano showing signs {life. The State geologist is expectefi here todiy ' When first seen the depression wag ahonf 30 feet aernss and of unknown depth. Since then it b rown stead ilv. A low, rumbling noise and & clond of dust appearing over the spot ave the first indieation that some ing had happened. There was 1o rth tremor of any SUES AFTER ACCIDENT. consequence. H. H. Rideout Says Poorly Lighted Pole Wrecked Machine. Harry 1. Rideout vesterday filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $30.000 from the Distriet of Columbia. the Capital ction Co. and the Potomac Electrie Power Co. for alleged personal injnrie s seriously autome | The plaintiff save he w | injured while operatins | bile November 25 last near the north- ern end of the Connecticut Avenue | Bridge by colliding with a trolley | pole. completely demolishing his ma- chine. Rideout charges that the 2 pole stood in_the middle of treet, was insufficlently lighted and not painted so as to be observa- ble at night. Attorneys Wilton J. Lambert, Rudolph H. Yeatman and Chayles 8. Baker appear for the plaintiff. h 33 New Cases of Measles. ases of measles s to the Distriet “Health 1 nt today inel sed the toral t dditional pneumonia ses and deaths from the dis- o aleo were reported. school teachers in Wilkes rth Carolina, both male and , Thirty-three new Public County, N outnumber the man voters by about |stantly: the other died within a few |female, are prohibited from smoking 1,000,000, - minutes. clgarettes.