Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1926, Page 17

FLAG OF THE CITY OF B! MORE. A delegat tled at the White House yesterday and presented the ntation by Mrs. Luln R. Powell, ¢ ard was | the CURB 15 DEMANDED ‘SHOWDOWN' ASKED ON POLICEWOMEN IN TAYLOR MURDER Travelers’ Aid Delegate and, Los Angeles Paper Says Dis- Others at Hearing Want ’ _trict Attorney Should Act tomh Powers Specified. or Drop Case. Mrs. William T resenting the Travelers former president of the Club: M= R. Kal chairnisn of the Juy Chamberlain, rep. ‘N\ the Associated P Nid Socie LOS ANGELES Woren's Cityd William Desmond \hach. former | caxe will be drapped unless the Los e Court - L Angzeles County ziond jury s <ked mittee of the Congress of lavent- | (o return indiciments in the case Teacher Clubs, and Mrs. James *W. | When Dis L \tiorney \xa Keyves Bayler. the present chairman, testifie i Ve E the Los in opposition 1o the Policewomen’s | Angele 1oda A “show- Rureau bill today before the subcom- | down™ will he asked in order 10 ve- mittee on police and firemen of the |lieve the rrowed feelings cau Honse Distriet committee by repeated questioninzs” of per. Al said thex favered o measure to | helieved to have possible clues as to give' legal permanent status to the | the er of the motion pleture di- Pellcewomen’s Rurean. hut opposed | 'ector four v Ago. the provision defininz the powers of | The Times declares that the grand the policewomen. and especially their | ) R having jurisdiction over children | iy e RpETI e Mrs. Mina Van Winkle, head of the go. It has heen during Bblicey iticn e imeat ik How et ts in various Eastern chies Yshed without substantive law in the | that numerous storles have come up Police Department. was allowed o put | relating to his examination of possi- in the record her reply to charges|ble witnesses in the Tavlor case. Bf ot i e niice Benving by 9ok Demands are declared to have heen SCathrin Sellors made from several sources that an The b | end be put to the repeated auestion- 730 o'clock cancws | T of witnesses. Although it was om0 e Houee Office Buiiding. | 00t said whether Mabel Normand, Mrs. Chamberlain said she felt there | film comedienne, was among those to was much good work to be done by | make such a demand. it is known | both the Travelers' Aid and the ~ had wearied of the case. declar- licewomen's Bureu, but that the worl t she has “answered & million | e e, Bolie eaprenned| deiir juh in un effort to assist the | the bureau would absorh the work of the Travelers’ Aid, since the bureau would live legal authority, while th T Aul IS o velunt agen' She also advocated that the power of policewomen should be specitied and lmited in the police manual reh 26.—The vlor murder i st, ntinued 1 uuthoritie: PET DOG SAVED HER LIFE, EVANGELINE BOOTH SAYS | Antmal Ran to Awaken Attendant | When She Began Sinking Dur- | ing Recent Illness. Separale Houses Urged. The estion was made by resentative Han er, Democrat, North Carolina, t the entire ject should he referred to the legis tive council of the Senate, with in structions to eliminate any overlap. ping with the proposed welfare board. Mrs. Van Winkle said this had been done. but Mr. Hammer thought she must be misinformed. as. he said. the bill under consideration clearly shows to any lawyer that this has not heen done. Mrs, Kalmbach testified that al thouzh Congress appropriated for a teacher at the house of detention, for A considerable time there was no teacher there until she herself had in quired into the matter. She urged separate house of detention for chil- dren under 17 years of age within the Jurisdiction of the Juvenile Court. Represcntative Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, said he wished Congress would wive Mrs. Van Winkle suffi- clent room in a house of detention s0 she could provide separate quar- ters for white and colored hoys and gitls and could. keep children segre- guted from adults. Mrs. Kalmbach promi: Mr. Blanton with a list improperly treated the house of detentlon. She declared it is “against every principle of chfld welfare for the Policewomen’s Bureau,to have charge of the house of detention for chil- dren.” Mrs. Kalmbach and. Mr. Ham- mer agreed that the house of deten- tion is a “jail.” Mrs. Van Winkle Asks Probe. Mrs. Van Winkle of the House of Detention invited Congress to make anv investization it m desire, hut that=it should he se constderation of the | Rureau bill. Mrs. Byrler confirmed the state- ments of Mrs, Kalmbach, with whom Rep of ut By the Associated Press NEW YORK. March 26.—Returning to duty after nearly four months of | illness,” Comdr. Evangeline Booth, na- tional leader of the Salvation Army, told her comrades last night In the| army’s headqu that her shep. herd dog Mazie had saved her life | one night during her illness by going for help. Miss Booth bhecame serjously ill shortly before Christmas. One night | in February she awoke. experiencing “a strange sinking sensation,” and unable to move her legs or raise her arms or call for help. Miss Booth finaily awakened the | dog sleeping by her bed and whisper ed, “Get Giddie," the nickname of her attendant, Maj. Mary Wells. Miss Booth said that Mazie rushed off at once and pawed the bedclothes of Miss | Wells’ hed. Miss Booth heard the at- tendant tell the dog to keep silent, and soon Mazie returned to his mistress’ bedside. Sent off again, Mazie caused such a stir that Miss Wells investi- gated, found Miss Booth in a serlous condition. and ‘administered artificial respiration until the doctor arrived. a to supply of children she worked for five vears in attend- ance upon Juvenile Court, and said she opposes children being put on probation to policewomen and ob- Jects to giving policewomen jurisdic- tlon over children. & | Representative Rathbone, Republi- can, of Illinols, said it is hoped the subcommittee will be able to re- port the bill to the full committee next Wednesday. Mr. Hammer said it would tike several dayvs to make | certain amendments he believes are necessary. in this billy licewoman's n from the Women's Republi Chief Executive with their city's i ational Photo. g at ier and the red yeste of the Unkn FORREST Mrs. Reid Back row: M. R. Baumbart and “Joint Owners in i CHECK' CONTINUES ON SEIZED LIQUOR Inventory of Squibb Distillery Sup- ply Follows Charges of Distribution. By the Associated Press. INDIANAPOLIS, Ma ventory of the stock of at the W. P. Squibb distillery, Law- renceburg, Ind., in 1922, and which has been stored in the local Federal huilding ever since. was not completed vesterday. It is being listed by A. J. Signaigo. examiner for the Depart- ment of Justice, and Lineus P. Mere- dith, United States marshal. Meredith, A. R. Harris, deputy ad- ministrator _of prohibition enforee- ment in Indiana: Albert Ward, Fed- eral district attorney, and other Fed- eral officials doubted the charges of entative F. H. La Guardia, So- st, of New York, that 350 cases the Squibh liquor had heen taken the Federal building. La ‘s charges were made Wednes- day in a speech in Congress. Bert Morgan, former prohibition en- ment_director, said yesterday that heck of the liquor two years ago vealed that 220 cuses were missing. bout 1,600 ¢ were seized at the fllery,” Morgan sald. He asked a ‘ashington investigator to look over thé stock when he heard rumors that “all was not well” with the liquor. The Squibb liquor.is said to have belonged to George nus, Cincin- nati millionaire bootlegger, who was accused of releasing some of it to bootleggers in the Middle West. Remus was the Government's principal wit- ness against the Jack Daniel con- spirators of St. Louls, who were con- victed here last December. Elks’ Club Steward Fined. MUSKOGEE, Okla.. March 26 (#).— Mike Anderson, steward of the Elks Lodge of Okmuigee, was fined $300 in the Federal Court here-yesterday after he pleaded guilty to violating the pre hihition Jaw.. Anderson’s. defense was that the 10 gallons of whisky found in +hs clubbouse belonged to memberh A He s by the use mete will measure th See Y A Chevy Chase afternoon. — He is w* with the clubs and one hest golfers in the Presi hinet. National Phot th yester “southp J. Moran, Harold Six Years in Prison By the Associated Press MILWAUKEE, Wis. Six vears ago Walter tered the State penitentiary at Wau pun a convicted gunman, a daring, desperate youth who belleved he { never had had a chance in life. On May 28 McDanlels is to he re ledsed from prison by executive order, a qualified electrical engineer and in ventor of electric devices for which he holds valuable patents. Back of the penitentiary walls, where most men give up hope and fall into routine until the day comes March McDaniels en- McDaniels planned a new life. even though the court had ordered him confined 25 vears. His education had bheen neglected, so, McDaniels, through a University for them to go back iInto the world, | €. Hains of expedition ction of upper : am the the Byrd he speed and dir of gas-filled balloons. Conyright by Underwood & Underw of the highest wodels. Lilli Guenther, 11, of Los Angeles, poses for _children’s fash nd for special photographs. | . Front row, Edith K. Wood, Bernard F dene Davis, The plays will be “Miles Standish,” Converts Gunman Into Engineer and Inventive Genius of Wi up stmple pay for the course i ne had to work ovel Finlshing avithmetie, he took up algebra and -« tectrical eng | mathematics. rhen followed course in_electrical engineering studies In examinations he made hizh ades. Later McDanfels hegan work upon an electric sign and fasher, a device in which electric currents are opened and closed to illuminate outlined figures on sign boards. . This was patented and now he is working upon two other de- vices for use in knitting hosiery. McDanfels and a companion in 1920 held up a Milwaukee saloon with drawn guns, getting §2 Four hours later the men were arrested and next day they went to prison. nein extension course, arithmetic. He had nd that, meant ime in prison. took TWO SWEDISH ESTATES SOON TO BE SUBDIVIDED Breaking Up of Famous Properties Part of Move to Provide Small Holdings. By the Associated Press, STOCKHOLM, March 26—Two fa- mous old estates of the Swedish no- bility are to he dismembered shortly as part of the movement to provide small holdings for as many families as possible, a movement which has the active support of the government. They gre Lundholmen in Smaland and Hoek in Uppland. The Riksdag alteady has established @ loan fund 'of 18,000,000 kroner (about $4,800,000) to support the “own your own home” movement, while the government has decided to ‘make a general survey of all tillable land with a view to the establishment of further small_holdings. Even the crown and church domains will be included in the s Obser say that Sweden's new “land hunger” is due, in part, to the fact that the surplus population no longer finds an outlet in emigration to. the Uniied At FLOATING HOSPITAL PLANNED FOR YUKON Boat Will Save Many Lives in In- terior of Alaska, Doctor " Declares. ' By the Associated Press. SEATTLE, Wash., March 26.—Gov. eorge A. Parks of Aldska announced here today that a floating hospital to carry a physiclan and two nurses will be put in service this year along 4,000 navigabie miles of the Yukon River in the interfor Alaska, and serve 5,000 isolated natives and whites. “Throughout the district drained by the Yukon and its tributarfes,” Parks said, “we have only two doctors and three nurses. “When\news of an epidemic of any kind reaches us it takes days and sometimes weeks to get medical as- sistance to the stricken area Most of the natives live along the rivers, so that a hospital boat will he able to reach practically all of them. “Not long ago a number of natives 400 or 500 miles from Fort Yukon died from eatinz spoiled caribon meat. Our traveling hospital will prevent FOUR HUNDRED FE rded 1 1926 gold me A slip of the foot and th ABOVE of th wi HE BROADWAY TRAF An 1 Society of Terp we o sudden endi Y 1 if o\ tlett (rig left to right: Aeton I ter and Mrs. 0. . istorical 1. Washington Star Photo, |BASELESS DOGMAS l BLAMED FOR WARS | T to | Sociologist Says Cults of *“Patriots” | Are Aided by Gold Braid and Clergymen. By the PHILADELPHIA, Mareh Base less dogmas “that are spouted indis | criminately by some teachers of his | tory and social science withont regard to fact probably the most | prolific causes of war. in the opinion of Dr. Harry Eimer Barnes. pro- fessor of historical at Smith and Amherst colleges. remark were made in an addr esterc to educators attendin, hoolmen week at the Unive vania. “The history teacher i great a sinner in this direction as the newspaper editor and the pre Dr. Barnes continued. “In ov of the civilized has_ grown up. tional honor that must be vindic: the pictures of national heroes, g erals in gold-braided uniforms, Fourth of July orations and professional pa triots all belong in this category. “The principal leaders of the war cult are the clergy. In the eth and theological fields we have the dogtha that war is exalting to ma that it brings out his finest and high: est spirftual. qualities. In the last war the clergy on hoth sides were, with few exceptions, the most blood thirsty advocates of war.” ed Press. are of Hi not as Rhode Islanders Defend Founder. PROVIDENCE, R. L, March 26 (. —Baptists are aroused over a state- ment that Roger Williams, Raptist founder of Rhode Island, drank and got the Tndians drunk when dickering for land. Objectors to a'-speech by Judge Claude . Bell, a Baptist, | that the voung folks have always heen taught {0 believe Williams was a godly man. Tt you need work, read the want Solumng of The Star, | wounld i STAKES. 2 ws(second from left) 000, MOOT FOR STRICT FRENCH DEBT PLAN Cannot Have Liberal Terms Granted Italy, He Tells Senate. $nioot i noon that terms ax 1l 1taly in tundin United States. The { Seaate finance com ma tement in his o spe, the pending hill for ratification of the Ttalian settlement. When Semator cluded Senator the Fr was efven by Nenate vesterdiy Sena wir del chairman of ( moot had { ohnson of Cali congratulated him upon the exhaus. tive presentation he’ had made of the Ttalian financial <ituation Senator Johnson added. however, that he Would net surrender ment fo any of the distinguishéd individuals mentioned hy Senator Smoot. decide his course of his ju but would ac tion, own Sees Problems Unlike. In making his reference French debt Senator Smoot had heard a number of Se that whatever ttiement b | with Italy would he made | France. This. he said. was far from | the mark, because the two debt prob- [ lems could in no way be compared. | I want to assu Senators | personally.” he said. “that ne such tement ever will be muade with Franee as has been mad with Ttuly notwithstanding nxland b n ettlement with Ttaly than we ourselves have made. . the he to w Calls Ttaly's Terms Best. Only a few Senators were in the Chamber at the time, and Sen:to | Smoot was not questioned his statement in urging approval of the Ttalian settlement. He declared the terms< were the Lest that could he made and represented the utmost of Italy’s capacity to pay. t would be better, he argued. to collect the sum that Taly could pay than to let the whole debt go by de- fault. | Senator Johnson listering to the speech. he anticipated | would be brought forw i float another Liberty loan” and give | the proceeds to Italy. He declared he ther forgive every penny of the debt than insist on that set tlement."” FRENCH AVIATOR BAJAC SETS DURATION RECORD Carries 3,207-Pound Load 3 Hours 40 Minutes 24 Seconds, Beating Macready's Flight. By the Associated Press |, VILLACOUBLAY, France, Mirch | 26.—The French aviator, Bajac, today broke the world’s record for duration flight while carrying a_“useful load"” of 1,500 kilograms (3,307 pounds). He remained in the air 3 hours 40 min- utes 24 seconds, using a new fou motor plane destined for commercial purposes. The former record was established | October 2, 1924, by Li ready of the United States Army, who stayed aloft 2 hours 13 minutes 49.6 ng a Curtiss-Martin said that. while tor's . About 90 per cent of Australia’s coal is mined in New: South Wales, me ook place st the mateh h 1f he won, Bartlett was to pay now | ut. J. A, Mac- | weers who wer dway ho Waorld P'hoto, at the Annane Club, would sell his office building to 00, Andrews played ex- Wide World Phote LEITERS RANCH FIGURES IN TRIAL Money Lost in Method ot Op- eration, Witness in Court Fight Says. timony nmentary in the ik and piges of d ited vesier Countess of S vemoval of her hrother, co-trustee the father, Levi Z. Leiter dealt wholly with the $1,000,600 Leiter ranch near Sheridan, Wyo., and irrigation projects near it. Yesterday's testimony by W Raker. manager of a beet sugar fac. [tory at Sheridan. provided a liheral | education in the art of growing sugar heetx in-the semi-arid regions of Wr- |oming. and in the marketing of the | product. Wednesday's chief witn H. V. Kurtz. regional waterway [ pervisor. dealt with the methods irrigation. evide r su the ks to foree Joseph Leiter te of their I of ilities Were Lost. | Kurtz testified that Says Poss Leiter had not - |made the best of his possibilities in ex pending many hundreds of thousands dollars in impounding water when {his property already was plentifully | suppli «nd Baker testitied that after the Leiter estate forced chunges in a regular forn ntract payments to the Leiter hefrs dropped considerably | below relative amounts patd “<IA r beet growers, Leiter recently t uminous mini uther Kk over the estate, properties in 11l nois, upon payiment of $2,000,000, and i letter he wiote October 12, 1823, to A E. ¢ ton, head of the Holly 8 Corporation, indicated he and his sister, Mre. olin Campbell, co-trustee, Who supports Leiter, intended to man |age the Wyoming properties without | reference to Lady Suffolk. The letter sald | “For a long time we have had our hands tied through the operation of | the ranch being tied up with trustee- | ship. hut my sister and 1 have effected |an arrangement by which we will | take it over and managze it ourselves {in such a way as to eliminate the | trouble attendant upon management | by trustees. and we ean dn business in a reasonable way.’ Lady Suffolk charges that her | brother proved himself unfit to econ |tinue as a trustee by ignoring her, |as well a< managing in a manner | nefficient rinl vesterday some of Its < a great drama involving v disruption. Lady Suffolk, Campbell and Leiter posed for photographers for the first time 1 began, and at journ- ment the s walked from the courtroom arm fn arm Wednes when the court session ended the sisters embraced and kissed for the first time in five years. It was made known that Lady Suffolk had previously besought all parties to the suit not fo let it antagonize thelr personal relations. los MILAN, Italy, March 26 (#).—The Matteotti murder trial, which ended {at Chieti Wednesday, had an interest- |ing sequel here vesterday. Pietro | Neni, former director of the Socia in?\\'unflpor Avanti, was ordered to ap- pear in court and face charges of in- cltinz to crime for having last August | eiveutated mphlet entitled: “The agsassination of Matteotti and !