Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1926, Page 7

AGENTS GET STILLS INMARYLAND RAID More Than 100 Gallons of Moonshine Whisky Are Reported Destroyed. i i More than 100 gallong of moonshine | whisky and 5350 gallons of mash were destroyed vesterday afternoon, with 1,500 pounds of sugar, 30 cases of jars, 1300 pounds of meal, and all 1he equipment of three stills, when weven deputies under Prohibition Agent L. J. Tutt ralded woods in St. Marys County in southern Maryland. Two colored prisoners, giving their vames as John Hope, 25, and John I'rances Fowler, 21, both of Clements, d., were taken at the first still which was found on the Bushwood farm near Hurry, Md. The Bushwood farm still was lo- cated with difficulty. A tip had been received regarding the approximate lo- atlon of the still and the agents halted their automobiles in a little &len on the narrow road through the woods near where they thought the still would be found. It w not un- til they had forced their way six miles of forest ti denly came to a halt. «“hopping wood. See Plant in Clearing. Advancing stealthily, they they sud- Some one was | wull in a Jittle clearing in the Two men were Lu: the plant, while i third was getting firewood. The ngents surrounded the wp, and | when the woodchopper came in a few wminutes later the wrose from behind | i logs and bushes and demanded | that they surrender. The three col- | ored men turned ard ran, with the deputies in pursuit. Two were brought ack, but the third escaped. This still was small, having a capac- 0 gallons. A 50-gallon low steam boiler was at work Ymt the still had been in operation only a sh and 1% gallons of hisky ws 1 that was found besides gallons of mash. The second pl discovered sooner than w > ted. On the | w down the rdad two men in a field | LS al hundred yards away were seen | to notice the cars approaching, and | when the ¢ turncd on the road | Jeading in the direction of the sup posed still they suddenly disappeared. [ The cars later passed a farm house. Two men W in the fron yard, and when the deputies happen ©d to look thelr way they ran towards through 0 | assassination of W. WED IN ROCKVILLE. C. E. Lauer and Mrs. Geneva J. Butler of D. C., Each 52. Special Dispatch to The Star. | ROCKVILLE, October 27.—Charles | Edward Lauer, 52, and Mrs. Geneva, J. Butler? 52," both of Washimgton, | were married ‘in Rockville shortly be: fore 12 o'clock Monday night by Rev. J. Goode, pastor of the Christian Church, at the home of the minister. | When 'they reached Rockville, the | couple found the marriage license bu- reau closed, but got in touch with | Clayton K. 'Watkins, deputy clerk of | the Circuit Court, by telephone, and induced him to come from his home in Galthersburg to Rockville to issue the license. | N VIRGINIA SWANP {Assassination of Richmond | Man Following Suit Charged ; Against Fugitive. RICHMOND, Va., October 27.— Edward C. Burnett, charged with the R. Robbins in the door of his home here October 16, is surrounded in the Henrico | County swamps near Elko, according to police and detectives who are guarding the entrances there. Burnett is a former city employe and his salary was stopped to satisfy 1 judgment obtained recently by Rob- bins. A man of his description called at Robbins home about 7 o'clock on the morning of the tragedy and called | Robbins to his door. In the conversa- ton between the two Robbins was heard by members of his family to e You wouldn't do a thing like that for such a little matter, would you?” | The shot followed, Robbins sank {in the doorway and the visitor fled, | leaving his revolver beside the vic- | tim. Two persons saw him running through a side street and gave his description to the police. This tallied with the description of Burnett, who has since been missing from home. Robbins was taken to a hospital [ where he died without speaking again. | Officers watching the home of the mi has been received by his wife or other relatives from him. Traces of a man the house. have been found in the swamps near This confirmed the scout idea In| o 1f the fugitive there is Burnett the minds of the prohibition men, and | ja"\Will 'be hard to find, the police say. the fence in they leaped out and Get him! Catch pursuit of cries of that man.” wo of the men escaped in the near. by woods, and signal shots were fired Liere and there. The agents then noticed a man pouring something that Jooked like whisky from two jars out of a_ secondstory window. They forced their way Into the house, but could find no evidence against the man | As they came downstairs they no- | ticed a_woman running toward the road. The men pursued and brought her back. She was hysterically ner- vous, declaring that she didn’t know | these people, had never been there hefore, and wouldn't ever come again. Presently they let her with in- structiols to put on her coat so as not to catch cold. She dricd her eyes und hurried ities came in! had- discov- | Soon one and_announced ered the still. The whole force, cepting one who stayed with the ac cused, then went to the plant. It w: in full blast, the operators having le it in a hurry One of the men left t behind to run the fasf mite Destroys Plant. leather cc found a 300-gallon cop. S fonz with 4,000 gallons of mash and 10 of whisky. They and the little was soon flow set to with “tream running ing with the contents of the masl xes and One of the men then of dynamite in the kettl few minutes the plant was rendered totally use The still and occounterments at this place were said to be worth rly $S00. and the liquor was med worth $1,000 The nest place was only a short dis nee from torm and W reached by road_througl woods, He woods had clenred so th . 2 might be seen hefore ¢ thus allowing the ope 1o escupe The still was found with little diffi culty and it was apparent, from the ~till smoking tire under the two 400- gallon copper kettles, that the men 1 just redently le Also, 15 hure mash boxes were turned up on their sides and cvervthing else was cleaned » pre; ¥ to moving out for the Winter. wve was evidently to Te made Iy as the last bit of taash had been used and the liquor all carried away. A coop full of chick- the shed, spropriated. ens was discovered i nd these the he plant was destroy LEGION POST DELEGATES INDORSE CONSOLIDATION Merger of Evans and O’'Connell Groups Approved by Committees. Plan Halloween Dance. . of the Robley D. Ev: nd_the Mc No. 7. Amel body. to be designs night at a meeting of the com- nitte of the tw . Comdr. Lee Schwalm of Mcd O’Connell Post election of of Past Comdr. E. Y. Intosh Comdr. John W, 1t: Evans Post, who pembers com- committe place: Rob ison L. Hill, John 2. V. Mcintosh n- awalm, anahan and posed which met at 24 Gr D. Evans Post—M: ¢harles Schroder, Members of the McGre »Connell Post will meet in the District Build- tomorrow to ratify the eady been in- D. Evans Post. pleted for a Hal- rween dance ombined mem- ership of the two posts will number 280, AUXILIARY CELEBRATES. uxiliar ebrated night with memorativ program dinner of the a liary. Mrs. Minnie F. Keves, right worthy zrand secretary of the Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star, was the principal speaker, stressing the importance of | a com- at the annual | maintaining home life in this country. Other speakers were: Harry D. Appleb; Berney, president of the Crafts ub, and Col. George ¥ Iams and Maj. O. W. Clarke, us- sistant direc of the Veterans' Rureau. Mrs. May D. Lightfoot was | toastmistress, and Miss Catherine | Birch sang. | unless he surrenders, as he knows all the thickets and bogs in the vast area, where he spent many days on hunting trips. The swamp is guarded day and night by armed men, so that cape of the fugitive is believed im- possible, o ELEVATOR SLIPS 4 FLOORS | Overcrowding of Cage in Treasury | Annex Blamed. An elevator in Treasury Annex No. 1, corner Pennsylvania avenue and Madison place, opposite the Treasury, slipped four floors to the basement vesterday when overloaded with Gov. rnment employes leaving at 4:30 o'clack. Investigation by officials today dis- closed that the elevator had been crowded beyond its capacity, and had <lid down the four floors slowly, with- out hurting any one. rict orders nst overloading had been issued prior to the accident. Newr Bus Stops Authorized. The Public Utilitles Commission sranted the Hyattsville Hills bus line hermission today to stop on Bunler Hill road northeast at Eighteenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-fourth and enty-elghth streets, to take on or scharge passengers, The line, which tes from Little Ninth street and siana avenue to Hyattsville Hills s heretofore bcen prohibited from king on passengers within the Dis- SUSPECT CORNERED ing man say no communication | 0v THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1926. GRANGERS 0PPOSE FEDERAL BUS RULE Interstate Commerce Com- mission Hearing Develops First Hostility to Plan. | The first definite opposition to Fed- eral regulation of interstate transpor- tation by motor bus and truck de- veloped today at the third day’s ses- sion of a hearing culminating a Na- tion-wide survey of the truck and bus situation by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The National Grange, an orgimiza- tion of farmers, in a paper presented by T. C. Atkeson, its Washington rep- resentative, declared that since the highways are outside of Federal juris- diction, except in so far as they carry the mails, the Interstate Commerce Commission “is without authority to take cognizance and control over them.” ‘“‘Admittedly, however,” Mr. Atke- son continued, “the. control of the road and of the traffic over this road may be assumed and taken over by a State. The argument that because the transportation of persons or property, or both, over highways by motor trucks or motor busses is in competi tion with the business of the railroads and becomes interstate commerce can- not be maintained. The argument thas traffic on motor trucks or busses which proceeds to or from a railroad termi- nal, to be, or which has been moved by rail in interstate commerce, is thereby made ‘interstate’ is a very far- fetched argument. Viewpoint of Farmer. “The farm producers who use this form of transportation, and who are increasing this use day by 4 safe roads and _competitiv While most of this is done in owner. operated vehicles, every farmer-opera- tor wishes freedom of choice 'ctween using his own vehicle and tiwe on the road, or using a truck for hir leasing his labor, attention hicle for purposes of production. Pro- vided that the road is kept up and that it is kept safe, his further inter- est lles in the utmost freedom of this whole great fabric of activity from in terference, regulation or impediment.” A few moments before Assistant Secretary J. Walter Drake of the Commerce Department described the motor truck and motor bus as indis- pensable adjuncts to a_transportation tem which has resulted in unparal- lelled prosperity for the American peo- ple. “The backbone of our transporta- tion system is the railroads,” Mr. Drake sald. “We have approximately 80,000 communities in this count with freight stations on the railways. The many communities lacking freight | transfer facilities have been linked to the railways by motor truck and motor bus, and have heen brousht into the transportation scheme in this The motor truck is an ind: ble aid in relieving termi stion and in itating store- door delivery. The bus is an_indis- pensable adjunct to electric railways, not alone as competitors, but as co- operating agencies. Says €Competition Keen. Dr. Drake declared that 71 per cent of the busses now operating in the United States are directly or indirectly in competition with the railroads. He added that by the liberal use of the motor bus and motor truck every con- sumer has been benefited, and its use,| s contributed greatly to raising of | andards, prosperity and pro- £ H. MacDonald, chief of the Bureau of Public Roads, concluded a statement begun yesterday explaining the position of his bureau that co operation between the States under power delegated by Congress would serve to regulate motor bus and truck operation interstate. Ie wa 5! ly questioned as to the constitutiona of Congress delegating such power by . Thora, general cour for the Assoclation of Railway Executives. Henry Ford's iron foundry at De- troit is the largest in the world. It Relations Between Science and Church To Be Investigated by Lutherans By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va. October 27.—A pecial commission “to make a care- il canvass,” of the “relationship be- .een science and religion” was ap- pointed yesterday by the fifth bien- nial convention of the United Luth- eran Church in America. The com- mittee was instructed to offer “an authoritative statement” on the mat- ter to the 1928 convention at Erie, Pa. The resolution cajling for the ap- pointment of the commission was of- by Dr. W. J. Showalter of Washing- ton and read as follows: ““Whereas the relationship between science and religion is a matter of the deepest concern to the church and one upon which the church should | sive a guiding voice to its member- ship to the end that misunderstand- ings of this relationship may be mini- mized, therefore, be it ‘‘Resolved, That the fifth biennial convention of the United Lutheran Church instruct a special commission to make a careful canvass of this mat- ter with a view of offering at the next biennial convention an authoritative statement thereon.” Another resolution adopted by the convention approved the measures of the executive committee for the de- velopment of the Lutheran world con- vention movement. This convention, the aim of which “is to develop an international Lutheran mind by pro- viding inner unity In the faith be- tween the Lutheran people of the various nations,” will meet in Copen- hagen, Denmark, in 1929. The execu- tive committee reported yesterday that delegates have been appointed to rep- regent Lutheran bodies in all lands in the large committee of the world convention, and that thus there has been “an actual beginning of a mobili- zation of the Lutheran forces in the world for acceptance of outstanding world tasks as: deflnite proof tha this movement toward an_interna tional understanding of Lutheran peoples is not the outgrowth of an external union, but of dynamic In- ternal unity in the common faith of churches of the denomination in all lands.” The convention worked at high speed this morning in the hope of adjourning this afternoon. ARCHDIOCESE PARLEY DISCUSSES SCHQOLS Country Religious Activities Also Taken Up by Rural Life Conference. Practical phades of religious activ- ities in rural districts of the arch- diocese of Baltimore were discussed today at the second rural life con- forence of are archdiocese, held at Catholic Univer$ity. The morning session was devoted to discussion of types of rural school construction, problems of transporting children to schools and matters pertinent to the co-operation of rural parishes re- ceiving subsidies. Rev. Charles O'Hara of Indian Head, Md., read a paper on religious instruction in parishes _without schools and Rev. John La Farge, a member of the staff of America, pre- sented a paper dealing with rural ronment as a background for re- rchbishop Michael J. Curley of Baltimore presided at the motning session, which afforded members of the clergy an opportunity for in- formal conferenc Prominent clergy and laity of the diocese attended a luncheon meeting, which was open to the public. Speak- ers outlined the development of re- ligious work in the rural communities and predicted steady growth of such Ver: Albert 1. Smith stmas Right Rev. Thomas rector of Catholic Uni- Ylcomed the delegates, of 're are about 150, Brief in- e were given by William J. Kerby, professor of soclology at Catholic ~ Universit; George Farrell, Department of Ag culture, and Dr. Raymond A. Pear- son, president of the University of aryland. The conference will close tonight ith a public meeting, at which pa- s will be read detailing rural mi pe sionary activity and embodying re- ports of organizations in charge of the rural field. The speakers will in- clude Bishop Shahan, Rev. Michael A. Irwin, Newton Grove, North Carolina, and Rev. Edwin V. O'Hara, director of the rural life bureau of the Na- tional Catholic Welfare Conference. Will Accompa‘ny Hines. Capt. Charles S. Kilburn, United States Cavalry, now on duty in the ce of Maj. Gen. John L. Hines, chief ff of the Army, has been ordered n Irancisco, Calif., for duty with Gen. llines, when the latter assumes wrmnm;nl of the Yth Corps Area, wenibe covers 30 acres and produces 2,000 tons of castings every 24 hour: Chambers Steel . oy pu Burial Vaults $85 ANY MAKE ilk Is Rated H_ig:!)ost h’i :the D ? 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Owners of farms, gardens and orchards will be asked to co-operate. Dr. John H. Finley of New York, president of the National Guild, an- nounces a country-wide revival of in- terest in conservation as a result of the activities of the organization. Branches were organized in 12 cities other than Washington during the past Summer, he says. Open Bids for $27,000 Sewer Work. Bids for the construction of $27,000 worth of projected sewers were open- sterady afternoon at the District Building. The projects, low bidders and prices follow: Twelfth street southeast intercepting sewer, A. Me- andlish Co., $13,755; upper Piney Branch trunk sewer, W. Harry Angle, $6.069.50, and the East Brightwood rv!;,e sewer, Alello Construction Co., 88, $7 POISONER GETS 20 YEARS. | Doggett Pleads Guilty, and Wife Faces Trial Next Week. Special Dispatch to The Star. CULPEPER, Va. October Wishart Doggett yesterday pleaded guilty to a charge of poisoning B. Landon Prown, a farmer, and threw himself on the mercy of the court. A minimum sentence of 20 years in the State penitentiary was given. Dog- gett, widow of the murdered man, who married Doggett flve days after the tragedy, will be tried November 4. g $100,000 BONDS VOTED. Front Royal to Extend Water and CHARITIES T0 SEEK MORE FUNDS SCON Appeal for New Year’s Work to Emphasize Increased Demands for Aid. Within the next day or two the Assoclated Charities and CitizenS” Re- lief Association, whose new fi began on October 1, first appeal for funds for current | Provide Reservoirs. Wo! Special Dispatch to The Star. FRONT ROYAL, Va., October 27. The town of Front Royal voted today to issue $100,000 in bonds to extend The appeal will be accompanied by the tenth edition of “Dividends,” a six-page folder which reviews briefly the work of the it ar. Attention Wi e < vate: os is invited by the Associated Charities |and enlarge its present water l!:;(: 4o the unprecedented calls for direct Ppopulation of at least 20,000 financlal assistance Involving an ex| , iarge vote was cast and very de- |>'!I‘H‘| ure fa o ~|"Y"': Gl ?"f termined fight was made on both other necessities including payment of | gijes, The town manager tem of rent fn 19 to $10,000 more than e of 10 per cent government also was approved. over that of the m'evh;us year. The 3 R ) total s ded was $49,84 port points out, is not in the amount of relief given, but rather in the pro- Democratic Candidates Will Be 1 of personal efforts by the social ce each family so far Heard Tonight. ible on a self-supporting basis. | special Dispateh to The Star There were 1,413 families befriended PPER MARLBORO, Md., Octob isting of 6,104 individ- PPER MARLEO! ctober —Candidates for county offices on the Democratic ticket in Prince County tonight will address 1t 8 o'clock in Firemen's Hall, Brentwood. T night they attended rally in Howse: election building at Lanham. The fact that 8.470 of the; were children under 16 is particularly emphas ing the need of doing the right thing at the rizht time to keep these homes together. Republican candidates will speak at The total receipts for the year, *|a rally tonight at 8 o'clock at Smoot’s cluding contributions to the Summer | store, T. B. outings committee of the Associated Charities, amounted to $1 and the dishursements for 3 it were §121,992.57, leaving a bal- ance of $36.82, on September 30 at the close of the year. The officers of the flnance com- mittee, which acts jointly for the ited Charitles and Citizens’ Association, continue the Corcoran Thom and Ord Preston, | reet, s the treasurer. | me as the Eleventh s Soldiers Retired by Army. Two enlisted men of the Army sts tioned in this city, each of whom has served more than 30 years, were plac- ed on the retired list of the Arm: vesterday on their own applications They are Master Sergt. Christopher Cudmore, Ordnance Department, now at the Army Medieal Center, Walter Reed General Hospital, and Staff Sergt. 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