Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1927, Page 6

* POLICE VACANCY | INGPIRES POLITICS Many Candidates Put For- ward for Post Which Was Held by Evans. Considerable essure hoing brought to bear on the District Com missioners by members of Congr and men prominent in Washington's tusiness and professional circles, i the interest of the various candi for the vacancy in the administrative staff of thd Metropolitan Police force ed by the death of Charles A. superintendent, is Evans, a ant was learned Building. Letters have been received by the Commissioners indorsing Inspector Al- bert J. Headley for the post. Some of them came from members of Con- xress, principally those among the Pennsylvania delegation in the House. The inspector, however, numbers among his supporters a group of bus iness and professional men of the Capi- 1al, some of whom take an active part in the movement for his restoration to an inspectorship following his de- motion to a captaincy by former Com- missioner Frederick A. Fenning. ‘Another familiar figure in the Po- lice Department, Capt. Guy E. Bur- lingame of the second precinct, whose name has been mentioned as a poten- tial successor to the late Asst. Supt. Evans, likewise, has a number of supposedly influential friends who have urged the Commissioners to re ward him with & promotion. Capt. Fred Cornwell of the tenth precinct also has been comemnded for the vacant post, and his supporters point proudly to his long record as a police officer, especially his 21 years of service in the Central Detective Bureau. All to Receive Attention. Most of these indorsements have found their way to the desk of Com- missioner Proctor L. Dougherty, who has administrative supervision over the Police Department. The Commis- sioner has promised to give them the same consideration that he does all other communications that come to kis attention. The Commisisoners, however, it is pointed out, make the appointment and order the promotion of police of- ficials upon the recommendation of Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, superintendent of police, who has repeatedly declared that advancements would be based upon the records of candidates and not upon political Influence. Maj. Hesse is expected to send the name of his selection for the vacant office to the Commissioners some time this week and early action on his recommendation is _anticipated. If Inspector Henry G. Pratt, chief of the Detective Bureau, is named for this post, and is is reported that he is being seriously considered for it at this time, the Commissioners will be re- quired to appoint a new head for this department, which will create a num- ber of additional vacancles through- out the various ranks. Inspector Pratt also holds the rank of an assistant superintendent and his assignment to the administrative de- partment to fill the vacancy in the assistant superintendency would mere- | 1y mean a transfer. The detective chief would be familiar with the duties of the office at the outset, however, as he performed them at one time jointly with the late Asst. Supt. Evans. Other Possibilities. District Building attaches who are familiar with activities in the Police Department believe that should In- spector Pratt be transferred, a caps Yuin of one of the fourteen precincts would be promoted to the position he would leave. The other vacancies, which would automatically occur in such an event, however, would have to be filled by a competitive examina- tion conducted by the Clvil Service Commission. A new set of rules and regulations governing candidates for promotion of officers below the rank of captain 18 now being drawn up by Police De- partment officials, in conjunction with representatives of the Civil Service Commission, and probably will be put into effect before an examination is held to create an eligible list from which would be drawn the names of the men for the various vacancies. ‘While there is no restriction on the officers above the rank of captain in meeking the support of friends in order to get a promotion, those under this rank are forbidden by a rule of the Civil Service Commission to solicit in- fluence. Maj. Hesse called the atten- tion of the entire force to this rule June 24, just prior to the promotion of a group of officers. The reason for this, police authorities explain, is the fact that Congress has given the Com- missioners authority to promote the men who hold the rank of captain or higher, but that those of lower rank are governed by rules laid down by the Civil Service Commission. SAW WAY OUT OF PRISON. Murderer and Mail Robber Escape in Stolen Launch. TACOMA, Wash., September 10 (#). ~—Sawing through the bolts that lock- ©d their cell doors, two prisoners, one serving a life sentence for murder and another 25 years for a mail rob- bery, broke out of the Federal peni- tentiary at McNeil Island and made good their escape in a stolen launch :’:tha mainland, near Day Island, to- y. The prisoners were Wesley Ogston, 24 years old, sentenced for a murder in Paris, France, while he was a member of the United States Army, and Henry B. Holstein, 30 years old, sentenced from Jarquette, Mich., for & spectacular mail robbery. SAILOR SEEKS $50,000. Charges Burns Were Received| Aboard British Vessel. NORFOLK, Va., September 10 (#).— Nicholas Nowell, former seaman on the British steamer Emperor of Mon treal, today instituted libel proceedings in Federal Court here against that ship, seeking $50,000 for burns he alleged he suffered on the ship last year. Nowell alleges he was burned when ‘he was sent into the storeroom to get & quantity of turpentine. lights were out of order, he alleges, ?.nd he carried a lighted ofl lantern 'rom which the turpentine caught fire and burned him so badly he suffered the loss of his right leg and now is unfit for any work. ‘Woman, 103, Found Wandering. Maria Katner, said to be 103 years old and to e been born a slave at ‘Wakefield, Va., was found wandering in Cleveland Park last night, a few The electric | esterday at the District [ | MRS, FRANCKE. FETE T0 OPEN SEASON FOR JEWISH CENTER Hadassah, Zionist Women's Society, to Join With Community Or- ganization in Event. BE The Jewish Community Centes teenth and Q streets, will inaugurate its season of social uctivites Tues: ay evening with a tainment, the Fete Paris The fete is being given by the cen- ter in conjunction with Hadassah, the Zionist women's s and the two will share the proceeds. The Hadas. gah proceeds will be devoted to the emergency hospital fund being raised for Palestine. Final rehearsals for the Fete Pari- stenne are belng hcld at the center today, under the direction of Aaron | Rosenthal. Co-headliners for the show are the Novelette Girls' Orchestra and Elizabeth Gorman and Orme Libby, stars of St. Patrick’s Players produc- tions. Others who will give specialties | are Elsie Weber and Henrietta Per- skin Karmel, “blues” singers, Elaine Behrend and Nathan Freehof and the | George W gton University Trou- | badors. Scenic effects are in the | charge of Miss Behrend. The committee- arranging the fete | includes Maurlce Bisgver, director the center; Edward Rosenblum, presi dent of the Y. M. H. A.; Mrs. Benjamin | Francke, Mrs. Henry Hirsh, Mrs. Jack Schlossberz. Mrs. M. Gewirz, Mrs, Charles Piizer, Mrs, Julius Wolpe, Mrs. J. Panitz, Mrs. Hyman Shapiro, Mrs. Willam Rosendorf and Mrs. Garfield Kass. The center’s educational classes and cultural courses will be started early in October. A concert series and lec- tures by prominent persons are in- cluded in this program. Among the features of the concert series are the Russian Symphonic Choir and the Shera Cherkassy. The Round Table and Music Study Club will be continued this season, after a successful inauguration last year. The children's ~department, under the direction of Miss Kitty Shapiro, will open October 15. A Health Club for adult members of the institution will be started soon. JE——— CANADA DISLIKES ILLICIT RUM TRADE Alcohol Seeps North From U. 8. to Be Redistilled for Bootleggers. By Cansulidated Press. MONTREAL, September 10.—Cana- da has been smacked smartly by the back lash of bootlegging and does not enjoy it one bit. In fact, government officials and hotel men alike are deep- ly resentful of the incursions made into Canadian pocketbooks and morale by the illicit trade. Thousands of gallons of grain alco- hol and denatured alcohol are seeping northward from the United States into the Dominion. Once here, it is redis- tilled if its contents demands it, and turned into the synthetic gin, Scotch, rye, rum, cordials and liquors of com- merce prevalent in the United States, One still has been raided here which never had been operated, but which, it is estimated, cost §250,000 or more to equip. This synthetic liquor comes into competition with the legitimate bev- erages distilled, brewed or dispensed under the regulation of the Quebec liquor commission. To a certain ex- tent it cuts into the profits of the @overnment, since the denaturéd al- cohol can be bought fairly cheaply. But the government officials do not regard this competition as dangerous, They can readily sell all the liquor which the law permits. What they object to is the moral effect the traffic is having on the communities of the province. Respect for law and order is a prin- ciple imbibed early by the ordinary citizen of the Dominion. The inns and hotels which are al- lowed to sell wines, beers and ales are notable for absolute obedience to regulations which impose a closing hour of 10 p.m. and an opening hour of 9 am.. with nothing sold on Sun- day except by those hostelries having a large number of rooms. The government liquor stores are strenuously regulated, with only one quart sold to any individual in any day and that before 6 p.m. Drunken- ness is most unusual and disorder in a tavern instantly suppressed. But now comes the bootlegger. When drinkers run out of supplies and desire more, the bootlegger is anxious and willing to oblige—at a price, Bellboys and porters find means of supplying hotel guests, and the country districts find certain farms and peddlers can fill orders. | i Fir Lumber Is Better hours after she had disappeared from the home of her greatgreat-grand- daughter, Mrs. Jean Chafin, wife of Meridian street y Patrolman B Black of No. 14 precinct Police Get Driverless Wagon An white wagon of the pe horse towling driveriess anclent ||| “Everything for Building” THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. FRANCE FAVORABLE 10 TARIFF TRADING United States Is Moved to Action by German Pact and Asks New Treaty. BY GERVILLE REACHE. By Radio to The Star. PARIS, September 10.—Since the signing of the Franco-German com- mercial treaty last March various American exports to France have been hampered by the increase of certain French minimum schedules. The De- partment of Commerce at Washing- ton, accordingly, has notified the French government that it would like to open negotlations for a new Franco- American treaty of commerce, and the French government has signified its willingness to begin pourparlers in October. Meanwhile various American mer- chants have been besieging Paris for information concerning the new schedules, while Maurice Bokanowsk, minister of commerce and aviation, now in the United States, though not accompanied by technicians, has been asked many questions to which he could scarcely reply adequately, but which doubtless revealed to him the state of mind of American traders. Other Countries Suffer. Of course, the United States is not the only country which suffers from the present situation. For example, Belgium and Switzerland also have notified France of their desire to open commerclal negotiations. But, first, the exact incidence of the new French tariffs must be carefully studied, and this investigation will take time and bring to light many grievances to which complete satisfaction cannot be accorded. Tndeed, the United States always has enjoyed an unusually privileged fon in trade with France. There never been any reciprocity, and Franceg has accorded favored treat- ment without compensation. It is a long story which cannot be told here, but it is sufficient to say that, since the war, France has had the lowest tariffs in Europe, while the United States, under the Fordney act, has the highest tariffs in the world. Even when France, in 1921, to com- bat the currency depreciation of Cen- tral Europe, quadrupled her previous minimum tariffs, she maintained the old rates with the United States with- out reciprocity, although doubling them in the case of certain British colonies and other countris Following stabilization the cur- rency, “France, which buys twice as much from the United States as it sells to the latter, feels it is abso- ‘lutely necessary to protect certain in- dustries and obtain more favorable conditions for exportation to the States. . It must be remembered that France’s best export goods—wines, cognacs and champagnes—are excluded by the eighteenth amendment, so France feels that the door should be opened a little wider to her silks, chemicals, ma- chinery, etc. Welcomes Chief Exports. France will always keep the door open for America’s chief exports, of which certain categories, such as cot- ton, sulphur and tobacco, are duty free, while others, as meats, motors, copper, lead and zinc enjoy the min- imum tariff. TUnless France, by obtaining better export conditions, can sell goods to America and obtain dollars, she can- not easily continue to purchase American exports and maintain pay- ments on her foreign debts. The only just and workable solu- tion is an agreement according reci- procal advantages. Many Americans today do mot agree with the late President Hard- ing that the Fordney act is “the greatest progress in a century of tar- iff legislation.” America’s best policy today is to grant to less-favored coun- tries the same advantages which have been accorded her in the past by those nations. (Copyright, 1927.) . Rather than decrease the shifts or working hours of cotton-yard spinners in Japan, the spinning association has put one in every seven spinning ma: chines temporarily out of use. | Barber & Ross, Inc. | | 11th and G Sts. NW. | We Are Prepared to Need Fire Sets $5.00 Third 6hand C Sts. S W. 8™ and FlaAve NE. GHTWOOD, gin Ave. NW €., SEPTEMBER Cosgrave Says He Will Forgive and Forget If Irish Republicans Give Up Arms By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, September 10.—President Cosgrave, head of the Irish Free State government, who has addressed scores of meetings in the provinces in the last few days in the general elec- tion campaign, has just made a no- table declaration with a view to ter- minating the political turmoil. He said: “I am prepared to forget and for- give, difficult as that is, but on cer- tain conditions, one of which is that the majority will of the people must declde all issues. “If the De Valera party will sur- render the arms they dumped wheén fighting ceased in 1923, there will be no ‘necessity to put_the public safety act into operation. We insist that the state must have control of all the arms in the country.” President Cosgrave's offer to Ea- mon de Valera, however, is not taken very seriously. It is pointed out by Cosgrave's opponents that he 11, 1927—PART 1. knows De Valera has no control over arms, and the arms section of the Republicans long ago repudiated the authority of De Valers and the politi- cal section, and that, : therefore, De Valera would be powerless to sur render the arms. Mrs. Dalhatten Hurt by Auto Mrs, F. C. Dalhatten, 43 years old, apartment 407, the - Argyl Apart- ments, was shocked and bruised last night when she was struck by an au- tomobile driven by .Mrs. Philip L. Mallum, 22 years old, 722 Ingraham place. The accident occurred at Six- teenth street and Park road and Mrs. Dalhatten was able to return home. Just think of getting $zz a Piano for only . . . Or a taken-in-exchange § Player-Piano foronly . . . Whoever heard of such prices before? Baby Grands, Ampicos, etc., has brought us more exchanges than we can keep on our floors. That's the reason for these unheard-of SPECIAL NOTICE EARLY A heavy summer busine: low prices and easy terms. Within one year we will take back any instrument bought in this sale and allow the full price paid for it on a new Player, Grand or Ampico. Yz SLASHED MAN BEMOANS CUTTING OF BEST SUIT Thirty-Two Stitches Taken, but Operation Fails to Impress Victim Like Sartorial Damage. A slash down the back, inflicted by a knife in the hands of another col- ored man last night and requiring 33 stitches to close did not impréss | Ross Frye, colored, 23 years old, of 234 O street as much as the damage the blade did to his new suit, accord- ing to his statement to _detectives, while being sewed up at Freedman's Hospital. Frye was cut during a fight at Four. teenth and O streets, northeast, with Walter Garrett, 27 years old, Who lives neatby. The wounded man was taken to the hospital and treated by Dr. C. E. Sumner for the gash on the back and cuts below the heart. Gar- rett was arrested and was held Jast night at No. 2 precinct. Two to Be Retired. Lieut Col. Alfred T. Clifton, Signal Corps, at Chicago, and Maj. Charles W. Foster, United States Cavalry, at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., have been or- dered to their respective homes to await retirement at the convenience of the Government. ORDERS Bearing a postmark prior to 12 o'clock noon Monday, Sept. 12th, will be filled if the piano crdered has mot already been sold. Player-Pianos: With Bench and 6 Months’ Free Service $900 Weber Pianola ... $800 Apollo Player ....csm. e tele 0 eiete sie To $600 Lagonda Player....scowiiun $450 Gulbransen Player...... $500 Tryber Player.. .. $750 Arthur Jordan Player.... $900 Lester Player. ... ... ... .. sietele NEDISTIS SO 100 .$92 .$148 . $198 .. $264 c1e 279 o $298 v 9325 $600 Autopiano Player. .. .. $550 Laffargue Player.. $500 Eckstrom Player . $600 Needham Player........, ... $625 Francis Bacon Player.. $725 Arthur Jordan Player.... $485 Meldorf Player (New). egeete $132 .. $248 .$289 .$278 Foamn 9378 v $395 Pianos: With Eacha Hanc_lsome Stool and Free Service $400 Calvin & Weser... ... $450 Standard Upright. .. : $550 Baumister (A Snap). . ....c. .u.. $58 ' $500 Baus (High-grade Make)........$115 $400 Weser (A Fine Piano).... .. $450 Krell Upright (Grand Tone).. $375 Richmond (Fine Condition). .$22 oo 49 .. $112 .$165 Come Early! Sale One Day Only, MONDAY Sept. 12th $450 Sommer ‘(Practice Piano)..... $550 Hardman (Fine Make)... croase. « $500 Starr (High Grade Make)... $425 Shoninger (Well Known).......$155 $400 Richmond (Made by Starr)......$125 $375 Furlong (Excellent Condition). . $145 $400 Rudolph (Wurlitzer). ... .o $125 - Open Tomorrow Evening Until 10 o’CIock." ARTHUR JORDAN PIANO COMPANY | G STREET, Corner 13th