Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1928, Page 4

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4 D. ©. SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 1928. GETS PRISON TERM INELECTION FRAUD Former State Treasurer Sen- | tenced to 12 1-2 Years. Appeal Planned. | [ January 28— , millionaire coal and Irvine, K was found | aced to serve a total of 121 ¥ entiary. He was gi years on each of five | nd a hal d the case would be released on $10.- was o nges in ed, netted him which would ¢ him the nc - Perkins, who was| votes. from purported 28 votes in original re- gV Dbeen su 3 tion over John M successful with a 1 Rock turmns v = | SENTINELS FAVOR | DRY LAW REPEA National Body at Baltimore Meet-| ing Hears Gov. Ritchie and Representative Garrett. By the Associated Press. | BALTIMORE, January 28 —Adopting | policies recommended by the ! committee, the Sentinels of ational body formed went on rec- ht at the! al meeting | g repeal of the eighteenth | on the basis that it is the Repul 10 protect State’s righ jon, which followed adop- legislative policies, the or- ganization was addressed by Gov. Albert | C. Ritchie and Representative Finis J. Garrett of Tennessee, Democratic lead- er in the House. The Sentinels recommended to all State Legislatures enactment of a law similar 1o the public opinion law of Massachusetts, declaring it to be the policy of the Legislature to consult the | people of their State on Federal amend- ments by an advisory referendum. DREDGE STARTS WORK ON POTOMAC CHANNEL Deepening Program Will Allow | Vessels of 24-Foot Draught to Come to Capital. When the Army suction dredge W. T. | Rossell completes the dredging of about | six miles of channel between Maryland | Point and Quantico, Va. in about six| months, vessels drawing as much as 24 feet of water will be able o come to/| Washington. The completion of this| waork will give the channel to Wash-| ington a controlling depth of 24 feet. | The dredge, which came from Mobile, | Ala., for this duty, reported on the scene | of operations yesterday and immedi- ately started to work. It is not of the| ordinary suction type with long pipe lines running to the shore, but steams over the area to be dredged, sucking tp the river bottom a&s it goes, placing the siit in its holds. When loaded it} t the dumping ground and| @rops the material The mud taken| from the area now being worked on will be dumped in the Potomac in deep | laces near the shore, where it will not | depth, and in waters vessels. | EST POINT MEMORIAL BUILDING IS PROPOSED Structure to Honor World | War Heroes. nuary 28.—A memc- tes Military Academny uates who served during the World st Point Soc t that C 4rs ago as a Uriouts umnd who tell in 4 at ] s | Riew Eethel Bapriste Also Mark tur's 25th Auniver oratk of Wy Jusry & Us prisstn WREAKS HA\'IOC IN CAFE. Youpioye Hurle Dishes sud Breaks " Cenal Union Misslon, and em b of M. Lan 4 precinct, wrreswed @ charge of Gestioying privau Refuses Drink; Is Robbed 6 ) ena K b repored { tion of customs bor Upper: The restaurant of the passen- gers’ quarters on the R-100, the huge rigid airship built for the British gov- ernment, which is to be placed in regu- lar mail service across the Atlantic. On the right is a two-berth cabin: at the left. the staircase leading to the deck above and the deck below, where | the officers and crew are to be quar- tered. Lower: The foremost gas bag is shown inflated. A portion of the upper balcony fppears at the left, leading to the upper deck. CANADIAN RUM FIRMS SCORED IN SMUGGLING Companies Exist Almost Solely for Illicit Trade, Royal Com- mission Holds. By the Associated Press. OTTAWA, January 28.—Liquor ex- port firms in Canada exist almost with- out exception for the purpose of smug- gling to the United States, according to a report of the Royal Commission on Customs and Excise, which recommend- ed in a report y rday the cancella- s held by the firms. The report, offered the House of Com- mons yesterday after 14 months of pub- lic hearings in every province of Can- ada, stated “smuggling has been greatly | facilitated by individuals, firms and cor- porations carrying on business in cer- | tain provinces of Canada as exporters of liquor.” No amendment to the anti-smuggling treaty between Canada and the United States, the report stated. would be nec- essary if provisions of the report are carried out. . In addition to cancellation of customs bonds, these included the suggestion that clearances be prohibited to vessels or vehicles of all kinds carrying a cargo | of liquor to the United States. RELIEF WORKER MISSING IN DESERT WITH $10,000 Near East Director Reports Ab- sence of Georgia Girl Carrying Funds. By the Associated Prese, VIENNA, January 28.—A message | from the director of the Near East Re- lief, under a Bagdad date, has been re- | ceived here, reading “Grave anxiety is entertained for the safety of Miss Alice Carr, Near East Relief nurse, of McRoe, Ga. who is lost in the desert between Bagdad and Mosul while en route from Smyrna. “Miss Carr is a graduate of Johns Hopkins Training School. She carried 210,000 for Assyrian relief. It is feared she may have been waylaid by maraud- ing tribesmen or bandits. “Rellef officials have appealed to the Micers Urge Erection of New British authorities to help trace Miss| “The court,” said Judge Hantt, | Caer, who left Bagdad a week ago by not take lightly cases in which women sutomobtle.” THE LAST WO AGTOR KILLS SELF INL0S ANGELES “Have a Drink,” Says Note Left by Wallace McCutchon in Hotel Room. RD IN DE LUXE TRAVEL BY AIR | LOS ANGELES, Januaty 23,~A! seribbled invitation to “have a drink,” found on a note for which a half- empticd lquor bottle served as a_paper- | welght, was the only message left when Wallace McCutcheon, former British army officer, artist, actor and once hus- | band of Pearl White, the film star, took his life in his hotel room. The note was found by the police in | the same room where McCutcheon's | body was discovered yesterday, sprawled across a bed. A pistol lay at his sid and there was a bullett hole in hi: right temple The police said It was clearly a case of suicide. Injured in War. Police were told by friends that a ‘lrw years ago, McCutcheon had dis- | appeared and was missing for several months. A war-time injury was blamed for this disappearance and police were of the opinion that this also might have caused him to take his life. Reports that McCutcheon was desti- | | ute at the time of his death were denied by close associates. Although born in America, friends | said McCutcheon spent most of his life in England. He made his stage debut at the age of 16 with Willie Collier, with whom he toured America, kurope and Australia. He later played juve- nile leads in support of Elsie Janis. | Rose From Ranks. il | During the World War he served with | the British forces. He enlisted as an ambulance driver and officers’ chauffeur and then transferred as a private to a British regiment. Recognition of re- peated acts of bravery brought him a | commission and he was mustered out as a major. He married Miss White soon after he returned to this country. She obtained a divorce in Providence, R. I, in 1921 He did not contest the suif Coming to Los Angeles a year ago he | renewed acquaintances with theatrical | and motion picture people. A note found by the police contatned the names and telephone numbers of a dozen or more film celebrities. The address book also contained the name of Herbert McCutcheon, Brooklyn, N. Y. He was 45 years old. | YEGGS WAIT FOR VAULT TO OPEN ON TIME LOCK Six Thieves Force Head of Bank to Stand By as They Loot 71 | Safe Deposit Boxes. By the Associated Prees. CHICAGO, January 28.—Pursuing | much the same tactics as a group of men who recently obtained $80.000 from the Ravenswood National Bank, six men spent from midnight until 7:30 o'clock yesterday. looting 71 safe deposit boxes in the Joseph Fekete & Sons Mortgage Bank, of $5,000 in cash and jewelry, and many documents. Fekete and his wife were asleep in their residence above the bank when 'the sextet broke in. Mrs. Fekete was beaten, gagged and bound to a bed. Fekete was escorted to the bank. There he informed the robbers that the vault door could not be opened until 7 o'clock, but they assaulted the — | steel gwr A gar;:, they rm;'e up' and . . waited until the time lock functioned Firemen Raise $50. an hour later, when they entered the EXONERATION BY MATE I st o e e, vault and ripped into the boxes. FAILS TO FREE WOMAN| gy apexseurG, Md. January 26.— s,,’,‘",.’:,?“:,.\.,"'.sofié'l."? :?L%“#L"‘&'L | About $50 was cleared from the card | robbery. Wife Must Stand Trial for Shoot- ! party given by the local Volunteer Fire ing, Minnesota Judge | Department Monday night in the fire- | house. Decides. Twran worlp. s An American concern will supply the $500,000 equipment for the new munic- ipal power station at Sydney, Australia. By the Awsociated Press. ST. PAUL, Minn., January 28.—Wom- | en who shoot and wound their hu bands must stand trial in this county, | even if the husband exonerates the wife, the District Court declared yesterday. Judge Hugo O. Hanft set February 6 for the trial of Mrs. Mabel Hawkins, 27, who shot her husband, Herbert H. Ha kins, November 17. She is charged with first-degree assault When Mrs. Hawkins pleaded not guilty yesterday the county attorney | sald he had received.a letter from Haw- | kins asking that the charges against his wife be dismissed. 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