Evening Star Newspaper, October 18, 1927, Page 17

LINDBERGH RETURNS TO SCENE OF GREAT OVATION LAST SPRING. is greeted by William P. MacCracken, jr., Assistant Secrei steps from his famous Spirit of St. Louls on arriving at Bolling Field for his air-tour visit. On the right is Harry F. Guggenheim, sponsor for the colonel's tour, who flew with him from Richmond. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. of Commerce for Aerc Col. Charles A. Lindbergh nautics (in center), as he CHOSEN AS TENTATIVE OIL JURORS. Miss Bernice K. Heaton (at left) and Mrs. A. L. Bailey, who were chosen as members of the jury to try the Sinclair-Fall ol conspiracy case, Copyright by P. & A. Photoe. BRITISH ADMIRAL MAKES OFFICIAL CALLS AFTER CRUISERS DOCK. Cowan, commanding the British cruisers H. M. 8. Cairo and H. ington Navy Yard, meets naval officials as he calls on Secretary Wilbur. 'W. Eberle, chief of naval operations; Assistant Secretary Warner, Secretary Wilbur and Admiral Cowan. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. BRITISH ENVOY GREETS VISITING ADMIRAL. Sir Esme Howard, the British Ambassador (at left) with Admiral Sir Walter H. Cowan as he called at the navy yard to greet the commanding officer of the two Brit'sh cruisers now docked there for a 10-day visit. Wide World Photos. SANITY HEARING | GRANTED REMUS Jury to Quiz Former Rum King October 31—Accused Seeks Depositions. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, October 18.—George Remus, former bootleg king, under in- dictment for first degree murder of his wife, Mrs. Imogene Remus, will be tried before a jury upon the question of his sanity October 31. Judge Ches- ter R. Shook of the criminal division of Common Pl Court made this order yesterday, after Remus announc- ed he would file an insanity plea to- «day, supplemental to the not-guilty plea_he entered last Saturday when arraigned. Should the jury in the insanity hear- ing find him to have been insane at ihe time he shot his wife, he will be committed to the Lima State Hospital, but if the verdict holds him to have heen sane, he will go to trial on the murder charge November 14, the date originally set. Plea Ordered Filed. Remus, who is conducting his own ided by Attorney Charles H. ston, wanted to wait until the time his trial to plead insanity. Elston ued a motion for leave to do this, tacking the constitutionality of an | that an in-|Alabama is‘one of the leaders in the Ohio statute providing sanity plea must be made at the time | campaign. Judge Shook overrul- | mond, of arraignment. MILD DIET FOR A REAL LION. When_the mother of this lion cub showed a total indifference to its offspring, Mrs. Charles Gay, who helps out around her husband’s lion farm at EI Monte, Calif., put the cub on a bottle. ment. Father and Son Lose Left-Hand Finge In Corn Blnder By the Associated Press. FOND DU LAC, Wis. 18.—Father and son lost fingers of their left hands in two accidents within 30 minutes of each other yesterday. Arnold Thill was at- tempting to fix a broken corn binder when his left hand was caught in the chain and the index finger taken off. While he was on the way to a physician his father attempted to repair the machine and caught his hand in the same manner, losing the first and sec- ond fingers, | ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE PLANS STATE DRIVE Speakers to Tour Virginia in No- vember With Big Rallyat * Norfolk. Special Dispatch to The Star. RICHMOND, Va., October 18.—The Virginfa Anti-Saloon League has launched a campaign to last several weeks as an educational movement to acquaint the people with the purposes of the league. Rev. David Hepburn is the director of the league for this State. Capt. Richmond Pearson Hobson of He will speak in Rich- Fredericksburge- Berryville, ed the motion and informed the de- |Manassas, Winchester, Charlottesville, 1ense that the plea would have to be 5 !\\ aynesboro, Salem and Roanoke. tiled today. Under Ohlo law, three alienists must Norfolk, Suffolk, Chase City, Staunton, Rev, Smith, for a number of he named to examine the defendant |years superintendént of the Anti-Sa- in the sanity hearing and the reports |loon Leagué in Missouri, will ald the which they make may be introduced | Virgini #s evidence. Judge Shook named Dr. Fmerson A. North, Dr. David Wolf- stein and Dr. E. A. Daver to serve in this capaci Although Remus lost one phase of his legal contest yesterday, he won a vietory in another. His victory came when Judge Shook ruled that the de- fense may take depositions for the purpose of evidence, from all the per- =ons living in other cities who were med in an application Remus filed saturday. “These depositions may be used either in the sanity hearing or in the trial. By means of them, Remus said he will prove the existence of a con- spiracy between his wife and Franklin L. Dodge, jr., former prohibition agent, 10 rob him of his fortune and to take his life, and also an illicit relation- whip between Mrs. Remus and Dodge. It was agreed that the State would he permitted to take depositions at the same time as the defense, In order 10 expedite the proceeding. representatives of the pros fice and Wiiliam Copeland, offic nographer, will begin taking the llopr) =itions this week They cities and take depositions from 75 Pastor Declines Call. Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICKSBURG, a., October 18—Rev. E. V. Peyton, pastor of Fair- vania County, has declined a call to (Jem and Goshen churches in Spotsyl- * wvania County has d ned a call to the pastorate of the Saluda and Ur- hanna Baptist churches. Re Mr. Peyton came hr this field from luda about two ¥ s ago and has twice heen approac hml to return to the Mid- dlesex post and he has also received a call to Harmony Grove Baptist Church in the same county, all of which he has declined in order to re- main here, S — will visit 10 | of this city. organization. He will have his headquarters in Roanoke and is expected to use that as his base for meeting appointments. Norfolk, which is believed to be op- posed to prohibition to a greater ex- tent than any other city, is to be the scene of a great rally on Sunday, No- vember 13, when Rev, David Hep- burn, Capt. Hobson, Dr. F. Scott Mc- Bride, the national superintendent; Edward B. Dunford of Washington, (mm J. Meetze of Manassae, and Dr. . Upchurch of Raleigh, N. C., will ~pea H. T. WALKER, 86, DIES. Confederate Veteran Survived by Three Sons and Three Daughters. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBURG, Va., October 18.— Henry Taylor Walker, 86 years old, his home, 625 Main street, Sun- y after an illness of four wes e was a Confederate veteran and | survived by the following children: al rs, Eleanor Walker, , Harry Walker, Mrs. Kate Spe mer and Mrs. S — New Congregation Forms. Special Dispatch to The Star, MARTINSBURG, W. Va., October A Primitive Baptist ( h was ganized officially here Sunday and Elder J. T. Power named the first min- ister. The congregation numbers a membership of 16 as the church be- gins its existence. Members of the faith from adjoining sections in Penn- sylvania, M and and Virginia at- tended the ceremonies incident to 1 Cora Mullen | opening the church here, the service being in charge of a preshytery headed by Elder B, W, Power, of this country, aged Yl MY - R |County by the City of Alexandria as = |9750.000 SEIZURE NIPS DRUG PLOT Y. S. Agents Confiscate Five Trunks in Philadelphia. Owners Sought. By the Associated Press, PHILADELPHIA, October 18.—Con- fiscation of five trunks containing nar- cotics with an underworld value of $750,000, Government agents said to- day, nipped in the bud a plot to flood the Eastern section of the country, through a well organized system ex- tending over the Middle Atlantic States, with drugs smuggled from China. One of the trunks was seized at a railroad station here yesterday and the others were taken in New York. Michael J. Collins, a customs agent stationed in New York, said that one of the trunks found in that city had been consigned to a leading hotel and that apparently people of wealth were behind the smuggling plot. Collins seized the trunk here. The customs service moved swiftly in ferreting out the destinations of the five trunks after receiving a mys- terfous “tip” that six of them had been smuggled into New York from | China several weeks ago. The trunks | had been constantly under the of customs agents in their journeyvs from city to city, but the agents de- layed action in the hope of arresting a claimant. Fearing that the contraband might get away from them, they decided to make the seizure and take a chance on arresting the owners later, ROADS’ RESTORATION | ASKED IN ARLINGTON | | Citizens Want Damage Done by Digging Machine Repaired Before Frost. Special Dispatch to Thb Star. ARLINGTON, supervisor for the Ar terial district is requested in a reso- lution offered before the monthly meeting of the Arlington District Council of Citizens’ night at the Old Schoolhouse and adopted to restore to their former condition roads that have been marred by the digging machine used in laying the water mains. The resolution asks that this work should be accomplished, particularly on the main highways, before freezing time. In a resolution offered by Grover E. |Payne of Ballston the association went on record as opposing the an- nexation of any part of Arlington proposed, and that the committee on law and legislation together with the counsel shall use its effort to combat the movement. Candidates for the office of super- visor for this district, William J. In- gram, the present incumbent; B. M. Hedrick and Lyman Kelly, presented their platforms for a progressive and constructive program for the next four years. J— Edwin A. Raine Dies. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYNCHBU! 1"(,, October Edwin A. at his hom day night, having been ill two years. 18.— died | Admiral | harbor was totally inadequat He is survived hy his widow, Mrs. Corm Biown Raine, This picture of contentment proves the success of the experf- Herbert Photos. RETURNS AFTER TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT. Charles A. Levine, who flew from New York to German: z witl the monoplane Columbia, is shown with Clarence Chamberlin in his wife and daughter Eloyse, who greeted him on the official tug Macom, which met the flyer as he arrived on the Leviathan. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. Three New World’s Records Set At Anaual Typewriting Contest By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 18.—Two new world’s records for speed on a type- writer and a new world's record for accuracy were made last night at the international typewriting contest. George L. Hossfleld of Paterson, N. J., successfully defended his world’s professional title and established a new record for speed in that class when he wrote 133 words a minute, exceeding last year's record by one word a minute. In this class contest Albert Tan- gora, also of Paterson, N. J., was sec- ond,” writing 131 words a minute. Barney Stapert, also of Paterson, was third with words a minute. Stella_Willins of Brooklyn, N, Y., one of the two woman contestants in the world’s professional class, estab- lished & new world's record for a HARBOR DEEPENING ASKED IN ANNAPOLIS Naval Academy and Citizens Rep- resented at Hearing Before Engineer. Special Dispatch to The Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., October 18— Citizens of Annapolis and Capt. Wil- liam F. Halsey, representing the Naval Academy, held a_meeting here late vesterday, before Maj. C. R. Pettis of the Engineer Corps of the War De- partment relative to dredging the channel from the Chesapeake Bay into Annapolis and for widening and deep- ening the city harbor. The matter will come before the War and Navy Departments for final action. The movement was begun several years ago when Admiral ward W. Eberle was superintend- of the Naval Academy. He and . J. Armstrong, present city post- master, made several surveys. Mayor Charles W. Smith, recently got back of the old movement and Louis M. Nulton, present uperintendent of the Naval Academy, is also said to favor the plan. Several meetings have been held between the city and academy heads at which Maj. Pettis and Senator W, Cabell Bruce and Representative Stephen W. Gam- brill were present. The meeting yes- terday to determine the needs from a commercial standpoint. Ridgely P. Melvin, attorney, spoke as a representative of the Rotary Club. He pointed out that the present nd that it was because of the poor harbor that commerce was kept away from the city. Representatives of Marine Construction Co. also pre- sented their views. This company spoke on war-time conditions of 1914, when they had great difficulty in launching vessels built for the Gov- ernment. Another speaker told of a large ship construction company which was forced to leave here be- cause of the shallownes: It was pointed out by old seamen that when a northwesterner sweeps up the bay the water is scarcely four feet deep in certain localities. Ships are forced to wait for high tide in order to depart, speakers said. Capt. Halsey stated that it would an advantage to enable the big sels to lay close to the instead of four or five miles out. The trips back and forth to these ships in the small boats at the academy in a hazardous journey. SURE A new government honded ware- Louse in Papauw is in operation. the Chance raey when she made but 15 errors in one hour's continuous writing. Another new world’s speed record was made in the school novice class contest when Chester Soucek of Corap- olis, Pa., wrote 81 words a minute. This exceeded the old record by five words. Lucille A. Coulcombe of Ber- lin, N. H., was second in this class with 80.9 words a minute, while Leslie P. Kiniston of Brockville, Ontario, was third. She was credited with having written 80-plus words a minute. The new world’s amateur cham. plon is Joseph Pitison of Brook- lyn, who wrote 117 words a minute for one-half hour's continuous writing. This exceeded last year’s speed by one word a minute. Second in this class was Ruth Manly of Portland, Oreg., vith 111 words a minute, while Rich- rd Myers of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, was third with 110 words a minute. SIX TO FACE COURT IN BANK CONSPIRACY Former Officials of Minnesota In- stitution Acoused of $1,000,- 000 Fraud. By the Associated Press. MANKATO, Minn.,, October 18— Trial of six former officials of the Southern Minnesota Joint Stock Land Bank at Redwood Falls on charges of conspiracy and fraud involving more than $1,000,000 was on call in Federal Court today. The six are Guy Huston of Chicago and New York, former fiscal agent of the bank; J. F. Huston, his brother, also former fiscal agent; W. H. Gold, former president of the bank; Glenn W. Gold, his son, former vice presi- dent; Donald W. Gold, another son, also a former vice president, and W. G. Smith, another former vice presi- dent. Two indictments, containing 26 counts, were returned 10 months ago by a Federal grand jury in St. Paul. The three Golds and Guy Huston are named in the first indictment, which in nine counts ¢! ges violation of the Federal farm loan act by misapplica- tion of $783,000 of funds of the bank and in four counts alleges violations of the act by falsification of bank records. In a final count conspiracy to commit these acts is charged. The second indictment names the three Golds, John and Guy Huston and Smith. 1In 11 counts it charges use of the malils in furthering a scheme to defraud by the sale of $1,200,000 of stock in the bank and in a twelfth charges conspiracy to com- mit_these acts. The bank has since been reorgan- ized and moved to Minneapolis. None of the men named in the action holds office or is now involved in the bank's operations. MADE MASONIC HEAD. F. W. Van Horn Becomes Grand Master in West Virginia. Special Dispatch to The Star. MARTINSBURG, W. Va., October 18.—Frank W. Van Horn, this city, was notified today of his elevation automatically to the grand mastership of West Virginia Masons through the death yesterday of Willlam Taylor ‘Workman, 75, at KEcho, Wayne County. Grand Master Van Horn has been the deputy during the past year. The election of flicers in the Grand Lodge occurs next month in Huntington. MRS, BRUEGGEMAN RETAINS U. 5. J0B President Reappoints Chair- man of Employes’ Compen- sation Commission. Mrs. Bessie Parker Brueggeman of St. Louis has been reappointed by President Coolidge as a member and chairman of the United States Em- ployes’ Compensation Commission. She was appointed to this commission by President Harding and her term of six years is about to expire. Her re- appointment for a new term of six vears has been made by recess appoint- ment. 5 Mrs. Brueggeman has always taken an active part in the civic affairs of her native city, and is nationally prom- inent in Republican politics. She is vice president of the Republican State Voters’ Association of the District of Columbia and was active as a speaker during the national campaigns of 1920 and 1924, Service During World War. During the World War she organized the ambulance division of the St. Louis Red Cross Motor Corps, the first division to be formed in this country and which was later used as a model for other ambulance divisions of motor corps in other parts of the country. In July 1919 Mrs. Brueggeman, was elected Republican national commit- | teewornan from Missouri, the first of |her sex to hold this position in her | State. She was a delegate-at-large from Missouri to the Republican na- tional convention held in Chicago, June, 1920, at which convention Wa ren G. Harding was nominated for President. Aids in Party’s Campaign. During the ensuing campaign of that year she was made a member of the executive committee of the Re- publican State committee of Missouri, being the first woman to serve on that committee, and later was appointed by Will H. Hays, chairman of the Re- publican national committee, as a member of the campaign advisory committee. YOUTH, SHOT, ACCUSED OF ROBBING MAIL TILL Member of Prominent Family Caught in Act of Stealing Pos- tal Money, Officer Says. Special Dispatch to The Star. DANVILLE, Vi October 18.— Thomas Hundley, 19 member of a prominent family at Darper, N. C., near here, was nursing a leg wound in the Draper jail today after he is alleged to have been surprised in the act o frobbing the Draper post office. Joseph Mitchell, postmaster, has for several days checked up from $10 to $15 short each day. Yesterday an officer hid in the building, which was locked up while Mitchell went to dinner. Hundley is said to have let himself in with a key and was at the till when the officer revealed himself. Hundley struck the officer in the face wth a milk bottle, it is charged, the latter drawing his revolver and wound- ing him. Detailed to National Guard. Capt. Edgar E. Robinson, 34th In- fantry, Fort Eustis, Va., now in this city on leave of absence, has been ordered to Oshkosh for duty with the Wisconsin ‘.\Iluanal Guard,” ___ Admiral Sir Walter H. Calcutta, now visiting at the Wash- Left to right: Admiral Edward WASHINGTON PUP WINS AT BRP}"}V MAWII.M Ml- Audh Newman, lnclli!n‘hn cler, with her chamj ho added one more blue ribbon to n chow Moosilauke Pao his of 14 at tha recent ler, Pa.,, Kennel Club dog show and wl 't races. Sightless Musician Plans Singing Tour To Get State Post By the Associated Press. ELIZABETH, N. J., October 18.— Louis Schnepel, blind musician, one of the four Democratic nominees for assemblymen from Union Coun- ty, will campaign with a motor truck bearing a piano. He will tour the county, he says, to ‘“‘sing his way into the Legislature.” He seeks the seat now held by ‘Thémas L. Muir, also blind, Re- publican, a former newspaper edic tor of Plainfleld. —_—— BISHOP ASKS SUPPORT OF WHOLESOME PLAY Approval of Clean Dramas Will Purge Stage, Manning Tells Gathering. By the Associated Press. NEW YORIK, October 18.—Of three courses open to those who oppose “the evil use of the stage,” the support of clean, wholesome productions is the most effective, Bishop William T. Man- ning of the Episcopal Church said last night at the first annual dinner of the Church and Drama. Assoctation. The other methods of purging the stage, he said were “to denounce it as wholly evil” and “to condemn that which is evil and corrupting.” The Rev. Francis P. Duffey, former Army chaplain, charged that a small group of managers was responsible for the ‘“cheap, sordid and debasing” productions. “When a few of the managers have as high ideals as the bulk of the man- agers and the actors the situation will right itself,” he said. Julia Marlowe urged establishment of State and municipal theaters, as- serting that experience in Europe #had proven such a plan educates the public taste to appreciate the finest things in the theatrical world. WOMAN EXONERATED IN HUSBAND’S DEATH Chesterfield County Prosecutor| Asks Directed Verdict of Not | Guilty in Slaying. ial Dispatch to The Star. ICHMOND, Va., October 18.—Mrs. J. L. Colgin, indicted last Spring on a charge of murdering her husband in his store at Chesterfield courthouse, near here, was released yesterday when the States attorney, after the Jjury had been selected and the State's evidence was presented asked the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict of not guilty, stating that the evidence was Insufficient to convict her and that he was convinced her original statement in the case was true. Colgin was found shot in the back April 14, At that time Mrs. Colgin contended that the three-year-old son of their housekeeper had taken a gun from a drawer and accidentally shot the storekeeper. Alleged Assassin on Trial. PARIS, October 18 (#).—With a large body of police guarding all en- trances to the court, Samuel Schwartz- bard, Russian watchmaker, went on trial today for the assassination of Gen. Simon Petlura, Ukrainian Sepa- ratist leader, Chang, Bom Wldo ‘World Photos. IDRY OFFIGERS HIT HIP-POCKET FLAS War on Restaurants That Permit Private Drinking Baoked by Court Ruling. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, October 18.—Prohibition officers had a Supreme Court shille- lagh today to brindish over cabaret and restaurant owners who might be inclined to permit hip flask drinking in their places. The Supreme Court action was a refusal to review proceedings under which the Friars’ Inn and Moulin Rouge, two bright centers of Chicago night life, were padlocked last year. The petitioners, seeking a writ of certiorari on an appeal from the Cir- cuit Court of Appeals, argued that the “keeping” of liquor by patrons in a hip flask for personal consumption is not a “keeping” by the owner of a cabaret within the meaning of the law. Drastic Action Not Expected. E. C. Yellowley, who administers prohibition enforcement for the Fed- eral Government in this area, found satisfaction in the ruling, but planne no drastic use of it immediately. He said, however, that the efficiency of his forces would be materially in- creased by the new weapon, which provided in effect that places where patrons drink “hip liquor” may be padlocked. Yellowley said no concerted drive cn hotels or restaurants is contemplated under the Supreme Court action. “These places are consantly under surveillance,” he said, “and whenever we find that open, public and undis- turbed drinking is going on there will be suitable action.” “Passing of Blame” Condemned. Yellowley added that prohibition of- ficers always had contended that cab- aret owners had no right to pass the blame to customers when drinking was discovered in their places. “Had the decision been otherwise, he said, “cabaret men might advertise that cusmmerl could bring in their lquor and consume it unmolested.” Hotel and restaurant owners gen- erally were not disturbed by the rul- ing. “We can't forbid drinking,” said E . Steven manager of the Stevens e law already does that But we don’t aid or encourage it.” Frank Behring of the Hotel Sher man said his organization did not en courage public drinking. . Intoxication Arrests Decline. Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, October 18.—Whether due to more strict enforcement of the prohibition law or to other causes, arrests for drunkenness here have shown a decrease so far this year. From January 1 to September 30 police records show there have been 4,035 arrests for drunkenness in Balti- more. The total number of arrests for drunkenness for the first nine months of 1926 was 4,316. Auto Injuries Fatal. Special Dispatch to The Star. FROSTBURG, Md., October 18.— Ralph Herman, 25, son of William Herman, Eckhart, near here, died at Miners' Hospital yesterday from in- ternal injuries received wl the aut mobile in which he was riding, drive by A. B. Willison of this place. plunnd over 2 30-foot embankment. o