Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1927, Page 17

THE "EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ¢, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1927. at the unyeiling in_the Capitol yest of Georgia is shown making the present at the unveiling, and Vice President Dawes (at Wide World Photos, ne at the presen ion yesterday of the L ices to aviation, Chief Justice Taft, ¢ 3 board meeting. Col. Li ce-in the Smithsonian’s collection of hi angley Medal to airman of the dbergh informed the regents that his & A. Photos. STATUE OF DISTINGUISHED G AN UNVEILED IN STATUARY HALL. The gatl the statue of Alexander Hamilton Stephe ident of the Confedel Gov. Hardma dress on behalf of his State. Seated behind him are Senator Harris of Georgia, another speaker right), who accepted the statue on behalf of the Nation. aircraft. Copyright by P. Miss Ivy Randall, local dance and song entertainer, who will appear on the program at Mount Alto Hos- pital December 14, arranged for YTISH VISITORS The chairman of FELTON ATTENDS UNVEILING. Mrs. Rebecea Felton of , the only woman who ever served in the United States Senate, came to Washington for the unveiling of the Stephens statue yesterday. She is shown here with Senator Walter F. George of Georgia, who spoke ANOTHER SPORT BRINGS FAMOUS GEORGIA ATHLETES TOGETHER. en it comes to hunting dogs and field trials, Ty Cobb, veteran diamond star (at left), and Bobbie Jones, ie’s famous young golfer, meet on common ground.. Here they are with Ty’s son Herschell admiring odffof the ball player’s entries icht by P. & A. Photos. in the recent Georgia field trials at Waynesboro. ‘Wide World Photos. the veterans by the Red Cross. at the unveiling. D BEACH | EEK NEW TRIAL “Additional Evidence Claimed After Conviction on Man- slaughter Charge. By the Associated Press. MAYS LANDING, N. J., December 9.—Mrs. Margaret Lilliendahl and Wil- lis Beach, convicted of killing her hus- band, will be sentenced tomorrow if they fail to win a new trial, the maxi- mum sentence possible is 10 years and & fine of $1,000. Mrs, Liillendahl, mother of an 8- year-old son by the retired physician, who was about 30 years her senior, and Beach, an elderly poultry farmer, were declared guilty late yesterday of voluntary manslaughter by a jury, of seven men and five women. Dr. A. ‘William Lilliendahl’s body was found in his automobile, with three bullets in the head, in a wooded lane near Hammonten, N. J., September 15. Voluntary ma ughter is defined as 2 “homicide intentionally commit- ted under the influence of passion sud- denly arising from adequate cause but neither justified nor excused by law. It is distinguishable from murder solely by the ahsence of malice.” Mrs. Liiliendahl's counsel said that tomorrow they would apply for a new trial, based on information they had obtained after the jury was given the case Wednesday afternoon. The nature of this evidence was not aisclosed when the jury returned its verdict after deliberating for more than 23 hours. On the strength of the assertion, Justice Campbell deferred sentence until tomorrow. e widow, who had stuck to her stoly of an attack by two negroes, was on the verge of collapse when she was Jed back to her cell. She had aston- ished the spectators at the 10-day trial by her almost constant smile. Beach Grins at Verdict. Beach, who insisted that he junching at home in South Vine when the crime was believed to taken pface, grinned when he returned to_the fail. In her cell Mrs. Lilliendahl thought about her son, who attended the trial for eight day: | Her_brother, J. S. Thempson, as.| sured her that ‘the boy would be taken care of. Harr orters th: within one v quittal by juror, told re- lliendahl 'had come of obtainin Smith s en her freedom, 1 of testimony of star witness for the week that he could | ity Beach as the from the state, tes I ot positively id man_he had seen fleei murder scene, but when he took the | gtand a second time, he made the| ation. Sandersén filed an affi- | davit claiming that he intimi- | dated when first on the stand by the sight of a frying pan in the hands of defense detectives | Smith sald the firs seven | to five for acquittal it gradually | changed to 11 to 1 until'a compromise “hec was Sam 4 and self-styled { testimony 8 shooting the doctor. Fark told of two men going to the scene of the crime " to get “dape’ from Dr. Lilliendahl whose dmitted | Shecial Di ATHOLIC MISSON NEETNG PLAME Apostolic Delegate to Offi- ciate in Ceremony at Sacred Heart Shrine. Practically every Catholic institu- tion of learning in Washington will be represented by its student body at the mission demonstration to be held Sunday afternoon at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart on Sixteenth street, under the auspices of the Catholic students’ mission crusade, which has as its object the furtherance of tke cause of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church throughout the world. An elaborate program, beginning at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, has been planned by the committee in charge and will have as its main feature a solemn high pontifical _benediction. His excellency Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni-Biondi, apostolic delegate to the United States, will be the cele- brant and the ceremonies will be sur- rounded with all the pomp and dig- nity of the Roman ritual. The corps of student cadets from St. John's Col- lege will act as guard of honor. Megr. Patrick C. Gavin, S. T. L., pas- tor of the Sacred Heart Church, will preach the sermon. Membership in the organization Is limited to the Catholic students of the United States, and numbers at pres ent 415,000 members. The executive committee of the Dis- trict conference of the Catholic stu. dents’ mission crusade is in charge of all details for the celebration. This committee, made up of members from various high schools and colleges of the District of Columbia, is as follows: i Mary Louise Colliflower, St Academy, chairman; Miss Catherine Redmond, Sacred Heart Academy; Miss Hilda Jackson, St Paul's Academy; Miss Mary Smith, St Cecilia’'s Academy; Miss Eileen Halti gan, St. Paul's Academy; John J Meng, Catholic University of America, .]\nd Joseph M. Barker, St. John’s Col ege. OYSTER CROP LOWER. November Harvest 143,780 Bushels Under Month T st Year. atch to The Star. BALT December 9.—The month ended No- | nd waters showed 0 bushels under the imount of oy dredzed or scraped during the same month of 1926, ac. cording to reports of the State conser- vat month oystermen v 6 bushe the 3-inch-cull law limit, compared to the figur t 791,116 bushels for November, 1 ing to Swepson Earle, conse x the decreasc last month of oy pmer, the « 1 forcement of the 3-inch-cull law, which prohibits the ng of any biva under three inches in length. — rlock Holmes” Dies. 9 P .—Dr. ‘man Sherlock German “She BERLIN, Paul Jes Holmes was Germany’s foremost expert in legal chemis December L] - POLICEMEN ELE(' BOY KILLS FATHER 10 SAVE MOTHER Man Shot Down After Firing on Woman and Threaten- ing Son With Death. By the Associated Press. CAMDEN, N. J., December 9.— “Yes, I killed my father, I had to,” said 13-year-old Joseph Cucinotta to- day to Prosecutor Ethan P. Wescott, in telling of the events that led up to the shooting of Joseph Cucinotta, 38, vesterday. “There was nothing else I could do,” the lad continued. “He had fired one shot at my mother and told me I was next. He was drunk, and 1 know he would have carried out his threats.” Mrs. Josephine Cucinotta, the wite, agreed with her son. With his father's own shotgun— used by father and son on gunning trips i the south Jersey meadows— the lad took his father's life. “My father and I had lots of good | tim hunting in the Fall and fisk- ing in Summer time,” Joseph said “But he treated me awfully bad. He beat me. He punched me in the face and if I wasn’t around he beat one of my brothers or sisters.” Polica records show that Cucinotta been arrested many tim He ral sentences for “‘boot: a h: been arrested at four times for attacking his to the Detention ge of murder The boy was sent House. The torm: was lodged against him ‘The mothe rased on her own recogn four other children, Mary, 10; and James, A gift by a former mayor of Min neapolis is providing th> city with a hospital for crippled children. EW OFFICERS FOR ORGANIZATIO! Left to right: George B. Wheelock, first vice president; P. S. @ Stressing the “great Interest and importance” of sunlight, the Public Health Service, which has been measuring the daylight in Washing- ton since 1924, today announced that in midwinter at noon on & bright day the illumination here “seldom exceeds 3,500 foot-candles.”” A foot- candle is the illumination on . sur- face at a distance of one foot from a standard candle. On a bright day in midsummer the illumination here was found sel- dom to exceed 10,000 foot-candles. The big difference in_illumination on sunny and cloudy days, it was explained, is illustrated by findings of the average illumination for De- cember and June. In December the average illumination on cloudy days was found to be about 23 per cent @® City Completes Sunlight Measurement For District in Summer and Winter of that on sunny days. In June this ratio was found to be about 26 per cent. “Sunlight is of great interest and importance, since work in the office, shop, schoolroom or on the farm is performed under it; and the preser- vation of eyesight, the general health and the prevention of acci- dents throughout childhood and adult life are largely dependent upon having plenty of sunlight both in- side and outside the buildings in which we live and work,” the report says. A study of the decrease of light by smoke is now being made in New York City by the Public Health Service, whose findings show, it was said, “the great importance of get- ting rid of smoke in our great cities.” WITNESSES DEFEND REMUS’ CHARACTER | Slayer’s Standing in Chicago Com- mended at Trial by Former Officials. By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, December 9.—Two | character witne: from Chicago | where he deseried a promising legal | pract to come here and engage in | bootlegging, testified for George Re- mus in his murder trial today and brought the end of the defense's verbal testimony. There remained only the reading of two or three depo- sition: Michael Tgoe, South Park commis- and Joseph v, former it re the goans who sa reputa- tion for peace and quiet and citizen- ship was good. Mr. Labuy testified, however, that vations of Remus after his re- e from the Federal penitentiary in Atlanta, Ga., September 'y had convinced him the defen: insane prior to the time he s killed Mrs. Remus in Eden Park here October 6 last. . ob - \l MAN PUT ON PROBATION AFTER ASSAULTING WIFE Navy Yard Machinist Wins Court Consideration Because of “Remarkable” Record. Because of the defendant’s previous good record, which the court charac- terized as ‘‘remarkable,” Justice Sid- dons in Criminal Division 2 today sus- pended sentence on Joseph A. Vitale, navy y: machinist, recently con- victed of an assault on his wife, Mrs. Ruth Vitale, at her beauty parlor, 908 Fourteenth street, last May. Harry A. Nelligan, 5517 Thirteenth street, who was visiting the wife at the time of the assault, shortly before mid- night, was attacked by Vitale with a curtain pole. Justice Siddons sald he put little credence in the statement of Nelligan that he was calling to show the wife proofs of some printing which he was doing for her establishment, and as- <erted that Vitale was not alone to blame for his marital troubles. Vitale was directed by the court to report to Probation Officer Stecle for a period of four years, Vitale was defended by Attorney P. H. Marshall, and the Government was represented by Assistant United States Attorney Fihelly, L ] The new slate of officers elected by the Metropolitan Police Relief Association. Tormey, president, and N. F. McDufly, second vice president. ‘Washington Star Photo. RUNANANSSHEAR BEARDS OF WS Organized Bands Charged With Outrages—Rioting on Border Reported. By the Assoclated Press. BUDAPEST, Hungary, December 9. —Rumanian students at Oradea Mare (Nagyvarad), Rumania, formed into ranks and, armed with scissors, sheared off the beard of every Jew they met, according to reports reach- ing here. Oradea Mare, a former Hun- garian town, is Inhabited largely by orthodox Jews. A wave of indignation is sweeping Jewish society here as a result of the report. Government is Blamed. Provocation of fatal anti-Semite riots in former Hungarian towns to divert attention from the present Ru- manian political erisis has been charged against the Liberal govern- ‘The riots occurred in Cluj umania, 80 miles from n frontier, and Oradea Mare (Nagyvarad), Rumania, within ten miles of the border. Prof. V. N. Madgearu, a leader of the National Peasant-party, in mak- ing the charges in Parliament, assert- ed that the Government gave univer- sity students 3,000,000 lel (roughly $18,600) to support the anti-Semite movement. Set Fire to Synagouge. M. Duca, minister of interior, re- plied that the government would make no statement until it was in possession of all the facts of the case. The students, Madgearu continued, indulged in the wildest excesses, en ing in setting fire to a synagogue at Cluj. They arrayed themselves in rabbis® vestments in mockery and shouted epithets against the Jaws, he de- clared. Copyright by P. & A. Photos. SCHOOL BODY ASKS CITIZENS” SUPPORT | Board Seeks Indorsement of ‘ Legis!la* ~ Program by ’ Local Associations. ! With the framing of proposed leg- islation authorizing free text books nd supplies for high school students, leave of absence with pay for teach- ers and officials, and relief of the individual members of the Board of liducation from personal liability in | actions brought as a result of the { hoard’s legal acts, nearing comple- tion by the legislative committee of | the board, Henry L. Gilligan, chair- | man, said today that indorsement of these three major projects in the committee's program by civic organ- izations would constitute a valuable influence toward the ultimate suc- cess of the bills. ‘The bills, which the board's commit- tee is preparing, will be framed with-| in a week, Mr. Gilligan said. Follow- ing their completion, they will be pre- sented to the District Commissioners, then to the Bureau of the Budget for its approval and finally to the Dis- trict committees of the Senate and House. Urges Citizen Indorsement. “I can say for myself and for the MOTHER APPEALS FOR MRS. SNYDER Governor Gently Refuses Im- passioned Plea to Save Con- demned Woman From Chair. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., December 9.— Stepping clear of the ponderous legal machinery lawyers have set in motion to save Ruth Snyder from the electric chair, her mother has made direct and dramatic appeal to Gov. Smith for ex- ecutive clemency. The appeal of the almost hysterical woman, Mrs. Jo- sephine Brown, was denied. In a hearing lasting but a few min- utes, held in the executive chamber at the capitol yesterday, the governor gently but firmly denied the plea to save Mrs. Snyder from execution for the murder of her husband. He held forth one hope, however, that of pre- senting the plea at the expected joint hearing for Mrs. Snyder and Henry Judd Gray, who also was convicted of killing the art editor. Mrs. Brown presented herself at the governor's’ office with a man described as a friend of the family. She began to weep as the governor approached, and his first few words, kindly spoken, appavently unnerved her still more. “Clemency, governor, clemency,” she begged, and these words, reiterat- whole committee on legislation that the indorsement of these projects by the various citizens’ ~associations, parent-teacher organizations and Kin- dred bodies will greatly enhance the chances the bills might have for pas- sage in Congress,” Mr. Gilligan as- serted. “In our work we must de- pend upon the support of the citizens as given by the sentiments they voice through the medium of their several organizations. Their expressions of approval are powerful, and we shall be glad to have their indorsements on these particular projects.” The committee’s legislation concern- ing free books and supplies calls for congressional appropriation of funds for the purchase of this material, as are made at present for similar sup- plies used in the elementary schools. If the measure is adopted, free text books and supplies would be provided throughout the District school system with the exception of the normal schools, which are yet unprovided for. Want Responsibility Lifted. Under the present laws, the in- dividual members of the Board of Education may be held iiable in court actions brought as a result of the action of the board as a body. plaining the effect of the present Gilligan said that if a teacher who been suspended with- out pay pending the outcome of a criminal case against him and is sub- sequently acquitted of the charges brings suit for salary lost during the period of suspension, the action would be directed at the individual members of the board, rather than at the board s a unit. The District of Columbia paid all such suits brought in the t, the committee chairman said, and no, complaint is directed at the local government, but the board is of the opinion that its legal acts should he treated as the acts of a govern- mental department. A measure to grant leave of ab- sence with pay to teachers and school officials was given first place on last vear's legislative schedule, but it failed of enactment. Another attempt will be made to have the proposal pass at this session of Congress, and before the bill, as it is drawn up by the ed, constituted the greater part of her incoherent and sobbing appeal. The governor has announced that he will hear the joint appeal some- time during the week of December 26, but has received no application from counsel for either of the condemned. It is not customary for him to hear in- dividual appeals by relatives of on- demned persons. SEEKS OLD BUS TOKENS. W. R. E. Co. Redeeming Those Sold Prior to June 27. The Washington Rapid Transit Co. is making an _effort to call in and re- deem 12,233 bus tokens which were purchased by patrons of the motor coach linés prior to June 27. When the straight 10-cent fare went into effect, August 1, 1927, these tokens, which had been purchased at six for 50 cents, were voided by the Public Utilities' Commission. Their sale had been discontinued on June 27, but they were accepted as fares up to midnight of July 31 The company had 50,000 of them in circulation at the time of the order. Since then they have taken in in fares or redeemed 37,767 tokens. Officials of the company have been unable to determine what causes the public to hold on to $1,019.42 worth. The com- pany is carrying this amount as a Hability on its books. Mrs. Beall Asks Divorce. Absolute divorce is asked in a suit filed by Catherine E. Beall, 1411 Rhode Island avenue, against Robert V. Beall. They were married November 25, 1903, and have five children. At- troneys Neudecker and Sirica appear for the wife, who charges miscon- duct. — ———————— board’s committee, is presented to the District committees of Congress it will be presented to the adminis- trative officers, the teachers’ council and the teachers generally for ap- proval or action. o o J