Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1928, Page 24

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KNAPPP GAINS DELAY IN HEARING Former New York Official Is in Seclusion—Attorney Here Raps Charges. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, January 24.—Sev- | eral days will elapse before Gov. Smith | will take up an investigating commis- | sioner’s recommendations for prosecu- tion of Mrs. Florence E. S. Knapp on charge of grand larceny and other of- fenses. | Mrs. Knapp, who as secretary of state had charge of the census in 1925, has vanished from public sight. and wasteful expenditures. | Alexander Otis, Mrs. Knapp's at- torney. In a statement at Washington, 4!\}L\ ‘characterized the commissioner’s | findings as “foolish and futile.” He a: serted his client had not been allowed her constitutional privileges during the | investigation: that Commissioner Ran- i dall J. Le Boeuf, jr. had attempted to | try Mrs. Knapp “without giving her an opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses against her, through coun- sel, or testify in her own behalf under the protection of her legal advise He expressed belief that no prosecut- | ing officer would recommend an in- dictment, or if an indictment were | found, it would never be brought to | trial “because there is no evidence in the record that there was any crimi- nal intent on the part of Mrs. Knapp. “FOOLISH,” SAYS LAWYER. 1 Charges Would Not Have Been Brought | | in Fair Hearing, Attorney Holds. | By the Associated Press. Chnmcwflzlng as “foolish and fu- | | tile” the reports of Randall J. Le | Boeuf recommending criminal pro- | cecdings against Mrs. Florence E. S. {Knapp for her handling of the New York census fund while secretary of | state, Alexander Otis, her attorney, de- | clared here yesterday that Mrs. Knapp | had not been allowed her constitutional | privileges during the investigation. | Otis is here on business. ‘ “As for the recommendations of young Mr. Le Boeuf that half a dozen poople be indicted and pmsec\llcd it | | will meet the fate it deserve tis de- | qJared. | ™ At the close of the hearings, Otis said. | affidavits were filed on behalf of Mrs Knapp., which Le Boeuf rejected. “al-| though he had taken into consideration | much unsworn testimony.’ If “any competent attorney™” had been allowed to examine witnesses against __EDUCATION National School Fine & Applied Art FELIX MAHONY. 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When every delegate was armed, of cowse his impulse was to shoot: and he was ways pleased and charmed to pull his gun on some galoot. It wasn't safe to look askance at bad men in that bygone day; they might interpret such a glance as a request to shoot and slay. And so the forms of murdered gents went daily to the Boot Hill gate; the crowner, he drew 50 cents, for kecping all the rc ords straight. And there were then old- maidish ones who held it was a beastly crime for citizens to carry guns, s shoot the town up all the time. They | cailed on people to disarm, which gu men all refused to do: they viewed with | sorrow and alarst the yappings of the | peaceful crew. If they should put their | guns away the fate rm\hul\lln]{ them was plain: thes had to be prepared to . that they might keep from belng And yet in time the d the weapons they had worn so in peace Dodge City's burghers walked where once the powder smoke | ! was strong. In Abilene the merchant | prince beholds the wheels of commerce hum. and it has ben a lon tine sinc he had to dodze di v I)umb The warlfke nation: : men talked in frontic hey have be prepared to resiall other nations’ crimes. WALT MASON. (Conyrisht 1978 ) A R O, | Mrs. Knapp, Otis declared. most nY the charges against her would have “been shown to be without foundation “Those few matters which remained unexplained” would have been disposed her personal te allowed to give her evidence according to the estab- | lished forms of law and procedure in the State of New York." Otis held The governor in other investigations ordered had made it plain that t! d should be given opportunity to stity in their own’ behalf without e dangering their lawful right clared, and other lawyers consulted had taken a st contrary to that of Mr. Le Boeuf.” “The most serious irregularity which | the evidence disclosed was a matter of | filling in forms and vouchers for small | items of traveling expense_accounts.” | Otis said. “In this regard Mrs. Knapp: | followed the long established practice | in the State Legislature by which red | tape had been cut with the tacit ap- | proval of both political pai | “Under the circumstanc Otis de- clared, the report which Mr. Le Bouef has bur- | dened the State records at great public | expense. Displa for Lewis J OD Graduate ewed by Clifford Lewis “We desire to secure manager for four-hun. dred-room commereial hotel now building. this city Hotel to open Junuary first. Desire services of manager in advisory capacity in co- operation with contrac tor, melection of furni- ture und other A at this tim royear. Will arrive W y. Wire if convenient. shington Men and Women Wanted Fequests for Lewls gradus ed Blates. Tho nds of pe tea room feterian Demand iner Our Free is thioughout the Un tart with goud executive on Dollurs was aent Bre now for this uncro 1 porition: £ 1Y Have 1 e country S dianlen sttt wt u wurious wpuriments often | Humine # come from all parts of the Monx open in hotels, clubs, res- institutiony, schools, colleges ama cowen duily. You enn prepare for ployment Bureay 1s in close touch ited Htateg and places graduates positions everywhere. Oue and & 1527 for hotels. clubs, apart- which gives you a rich corent wasd fisid, rapid nd TURNé DOWN '$5,000 JOB Engineers’ Club, o Lev ftered hrough our Kmployme tin receipt of your offer unk you for the off re.” had 41400 rafse in lost three s Bess Bush, another graduate, 1s sglng consultant for Wig hotel men on our wik A ratned men and indarsed by wuch hotels ay New Willard, Mayfower and o everytiing for thix unerowded 0 4150 and $400 8 month, und more i you hove ed free. live or travel on no uil= en o By r oor Winter resont h bemt prope W Investigal e manBECd « quickly by wur students Call ann wee phe Then de Midwinter Classes Now Forming Lewu Hotel Training Schools CLIFFORD L EWIS, President Washington Circle and 23rd St. N.W., Washington, D, C. (Call W0 AM |nvl“41 The Felt Beret of Navy Blie | With the Felt Bow— | Is the smart aceompaniment | for the navy georgete en- semble. Distnctively hand | draped winy 1t side cut 0§15 form a pont on the clicek | COhid Flao ) | w Ensemble mbroidery Navy Georgette All-Over FE Has & skirt with front godets and | wide “pointed belt “of embrotdered georgelte. ‘The coat of the embiola | ered georgetle has Mivat gunmen | ¢ | the Union Station “the incident will be closed with | * trimmed with the navy flat The skirt, is banded with white. box coat, of navy, is lined through- out with white —JHOTELSONPLAZA | CALLEDDISGRACE Dallinger Ends Opposition to Funds When Status of U. S. Buildings Is Explained. Denouncing the so-called “Govern- ment hotels” between the Capitol and Union Station as a “disgrace to the District and the Nation,” Representa- tive Dallinger, Republican, of Massa- chuse! flered a motion in the Hou: late yesterday to strike from the ind pendent offices appropriation bill an ap |v|(|yu tion of $403.250 for maintenance, operation and management of the: When the s of the ho- ained, he withdrew the Declaring that In a war emergency | were erected for three have now been occu- pled for 10 vears, Mr. Dallinger id: Me land between the Capitol and the before the Union Station some yeat outbreak of the European War was | en under authorization of Congre: park purposes, so there could be a utiful approach to the Capitol from | That territory was covered by building and most of the butldings were demolished. Then when war came on these Government ho- | alled, were erected on that lo- cation. I never could understand whv |1t was done. When they were entirely occupied thev onlv provided accommo- | dations for about 1800 of the 30.000 or | 40,000 female employes of the Gowm- m(n! “It’ scems to me Congress ought (n take some action to have those buildings | torn down_and the approach between | the Union Station and the Capitol beau- | tified. It is a disgrace to the District of Columbia and a disgrace to the Na- tion for people to come out of the beau- ! tifil Union Station and come up to |hP Canitol with the situation as it is now Representative Hammer, Democrat, of North Carolina argued that not only should the Government employes who are now housed there not be deprived of this shelter, but that thev are being forced to pay $50 a month, although he hotels are showing a profit of $50,000 a year. Representative Wood, Republican, of Indiana, in charge of the appropria- tion bill, insisted that it would be a ‘calamif to close up these buildings and throw out the 918 young women who live there to the mercy of “prof- be the tels, so nn overbiouse of H\e ‘lhlh crepe. of navy with front tucks The tatlored $79.50 hird Floor.) Mallinson's Silk Print Hat So chic to wear with the navy and white ensemble. Stitched Indian Print silk, blue pre- dominating; banded with. navy and red grosgrain _ribbon. The small turned- down brim has a sls 50| Lucerne blue facing Third Floor.) TUESDAY JAN_TTA'RY "4 1928. T)"(‘. ISOCIETY (Continued from Page Nineteen) Mrs. Lewis B. Thomson, Saturday eve- ing at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Jennie O. Berliner will be toast- nistress at the Spanish dinner to be aiven by the business and professional ‘w .ction of the Women's City Club, in the ballroom of the clubhouse, 22 Jack- son place, tomorrow evening. at 6:30 o'clock. Guests of honor and after- dinner speakers will be Mr. Henry Grat- tan Doyle, Dr. Felipe Barreda, Senor Jose Tercero and Mrs. Frank Barrows Freyer. Senorita Estrella Amores, who will sing a group of Spanish songs, will also be an honor guest. Among those making reservations are Judge Mary O'Toole, Mrs. Ella McCris- tal, Mrs. Edith Newman, Miss Florence Brook, Miss Alice Trefts, Mrs. Walter Florence, Mrs. M. R. Ball, Miss Eliza- beth A. Raymond, Mrs. Frances John- son, Miss Amy Clement Leavitt, Miss Meda Ann Martin and Miss Eunice Wright. 12 of the facuity became sick. The kitchens were investigated and found to be unclean. All the kitchen em- ployes were discharged. The Servants’ Union objected and ¢ sald that if more servants were en- [zu»a they must come through the union. The American women refused and began “doing their own work unusual procedure for foreigners China. Prospects for a new cook ar w0t bright. AMERICAN TEACHERS DO OWN COOKING IN CHINA Kitchen Employes at College Are | Discharged—=8ervants’ Union Calls “Strike.” By the Associated Press. FOOCHOW, China, January 24.— While servants are about the most | i - plentiful thing in China, American | Ciothes of children 3 years ol woman teachers of Hwanan College for should be designed so that they can Women arc doing their own cooking | dress themselves. Government home Trouble started when two members' economics experts declare. a pound Everything Ironed Shirts Hand Ironed 10c Apiece Extra When you want hand ironed, wrap them placing your Evervthing-Ironed vour shirts separately, them inside Bundle. 1101-1109 Raum ih tote st the §35 T clean. wash your HIS is the service to use when there is a big weekly family bundle. clothes thoroughly Every piece is ironed by machine. We All articles are folded neatly and returned promptly. touching up to make good as when ironed Work is done well. homes. 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