Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1928, Page 4

4 * THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, n. @ ., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1928. AGENTS INDICTED N SINCLAR CASE Two Are Charged With come Tax Extortion Conspiracy. B iie Akso Press NEW YORK. Scptember 8.—Two fnternal revenue agents were indicted by the Federal grand jury today for tn obtain $35,000 from Harry oil magnate, by extortion Andrews and Edward F. Brown are charged with offering to ap- prove a $250.000 income tax reduction claimed by Sinclair if I wyer. Reg- inald nd. would arrange a s 000 for them 12 r‘nf‘ 1'1rctd $10,000 was. found in | t which Ragland said h had given the agents as a first pa re_demanded bribe chief of the in- { the Internal Revenue partm the deductions claimed by Sinclair were regular so far as he knew and thers no reason to sus- pect they would not be allowed. Fed eral Attorney Charles H. Tuttle said | Sinclair had taken 19 part in con- ferences between the :gents and Rag- | the two mcn were arrested knew nothing of the whole The whole business was | v his legal department, Hugh telligence '$3.000000 deductions claimed | Sinclair for 1925 and 1926 were 250.000 lost in the Selah Oil Co., one ot those in the syndicate that promoted the Mammoth Oil Co., the corporation formed by Sinclair to hold the Teapot Dome oii leases. The other | £750.000 was listed as losses of $250.000 through his Rancocas racing stable and | $500.000 in miscellancous bad debts. T | TWO GIRLS SOUGHT IN NORTHERN STATES | Pair Who Disappeared From Semi- | nary Reported in New Hamp- | shire and Vermont. B the Associated Press, NORTHFIELD, Mass.. September 8 — Bearch for two girls who disappeared from Northfield Seminary on Wednes- day spread to Vermont and New Hamp- shire today as State police investigated various reports that the girls had been | seen. In every case, however, the rc- ports proved to be groundless and thc | searchers were without a clue. The girls, Marian Mullen of Brooklyn. | Y., and Mary Shapleigh of Buffalo. N. Y. were close friends and last year roomed together at the seminary. year they were placed in separ: mitories, but school authorities declared this was not a disciplinary action and expressed the belief that it was not the Teason. the girls left the school. They &till held their belief that the girls had not met with foul play. The girls were last seen on Wednes- day night just before the start of a study period. ————e- ELECTRIC LINES NEED NEW CARS, SAYS SHARP Washington Man Speaks at Meet- ing of Maryland Utilities Association. Epecial Dispatch to The Star. BRADDOCK HEIGHTS, Md. Sep- tember 8.—Electric railways must replace antiquated rolling stock to compete with busses and trains. C. Melvin Sharp, assistant _to the president of the Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co., told several hundred delegates to the mid- year meeting of the Maryland Utilities Association in an address here yester- day. 1t is time for electric railway officials to stop broadcasting their troubles and mect squarely the problems confronting them, he said. Traction companies| should place enough cars in service during rush hours to assure each passenger a seat, he stated, adding that he was not voicing the policy of his company, but expressing his own opinion Others from Washington at the meet- ing were: Col. Harrison Brand, Public Utilities Commissioner; H. A. Brooks, [T. Connolly. Robert Dougan, J. A. Duff. R. B. Fleharty. A. M. Kremkaw, H. L. Leonard. Charles M. Marsh, Mr and Mrs. H. B. Potter. Misses Nancy. Virginia_and Barbara Potter, Richard Potter. E. S. Pardoe, John H. Hanna president of the Capital Traction Co.: H. G. Richardson, J. H. Ferry, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Fellows, H. G. Hayden, H. C. Hoover, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hebberle, R G. Klotz and Malcom Sharp. GRAF ZEPPELIN TO FLY ATLANTIC WITH MAIL Great Airship to Make Crossings in September and October. Several Br the Associated Press Postmaster General New was advised foday that the German airship Graf | Zeppelin will make two or three flights | during September and October betw Friedrichshafen, Germany. and Lake- | J., carrying mail in both di- Letters weighin, ounce each 3 dressed to a be carried for cenis for each postcard. Mail will be accepted at New York for dispatch on the return flights, the German postal service advisea. The exact dates for the flights have not been fixed. and the department said that dispatch by this means could not be predicted SMITH ANSWERS CHARGE. not more than one 1l as postcards ad- European country, will Toviteassachtisetts an toBoing] Out Albany Gambling. ALBANY, N. Y., September 8 (#) to a letler from Clarence ses of Boston, Republican candidate for attorney general of Massachusetts, charging a “notorious Alb: pool” was in operation in sight of the capitol building here, Gov. Smith today | invited Mr. Barnes to come to this city and point out to him the pool’s head- quarters. In the past five vears Jewish farmers have been settled in ane and the Crimea. Russia, 'l'lldzv—-lh\a Your Collars Tolmamzed MAN LAUNDRY. 18th St NIGHT COUGHS Positively stopped almost in- e stantly with one swallow of (L HOXIN =X =S, { | tective bureau, ! gerous 1 for each letter and 50 | Al | estimates based on CERTIFIED HEATING STANDARDS, and installations arc desig 1y base ball | 5000 new | HARRY F. POLICE “CLEAN-UP" Prcmlses Startlmg Develop- ment in Philadelphia Graft Probe. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, September 8. steam ahead!” was the order of District Attorney John Monaghan yesterday in his drive against hmlloggrn hi-; jark(‘rt and gangsters, who, he declares, have been aided in_ accumulating millions of | dollars through the protection of police | and police officials | Developments even more startling than the summary suspension of Capt. | Charles Beckman. head of the city de- | who was denounced by | the special grand ju investigating | underworld conditions as “unfit. to hold any municipal office,” were promised by the district attorney Before adjourning Thursday over the | week end, after its term had been in- | definitely extended, the grand jury, in a | preliminary report, recommended that Beckmen be immediately removed, and said there was “a direct connection be- tween members of the police force and a well organized group of persistent law- | breakers who comprise the most dan- element in our community— desperate men, defiant even of the rules under which our | After he had ordered Beckman's sus- pension, Mayor Mackey announced that he had asked the district attorney to submit to the grand jury a number of reports turned in to him by commanders | of police districts. Some of these, the mayor held, “constitute evidence of irregularities on the part of the very police officials who prepared them.” Every policeman in the city was or- dered by Supt. of Police Mills yesterday to “clean up” Philadelphia. They were | told that they must stop the transporta- tion, manufacture and sale of liquor and | beer. Orders were issued to halt all sus- picious-looking trucks, question _the drivers and examine the contents. Four | men, alleged by District Attorney Mon- | aghan to have been responsible for the diversion of much of the alcohol in the Eastern United States, and five others said to_have been in charge of the cen- tral headquarters for the retail dis- tribution of bootleg liquor, were arrested Thursday night. Monaghan announced that four City Hall detectives, subordinates of Beckman, were in “hot water,” and_that subpoenas had been issued them to ap- pear before the grand jur: RGIEIRaRE e The railway connecting ancient Pir- aeus, Athens and Pelopponesus, in profit of nearly $175,000 lut year. ONAGHAN ORDERS | sought HOOVER DEFENDS 1. PEACE MOVES Raps Democratic Charges/ ‘i That Administration Failed | to Seek World Amity. 'WALKER FLAYS PAMPHLETS ATTACKING SMITHS RELIGION| Mayor Cr|t|c|zes Postal Of-\ | ficials for Lack of Censorship. Attack on Church Of- fensive to Decency Calls Herbert Hoover biuntly attacked the | Democratic charge that the Republican | administration has been remiss in peace work, at his bi-weekly conference with | newspaper men vesterday, and remov- ed the bars which he had previously set up by allowing hims 1y quoted. He opened the conference by de- claring that the Democratic platform attempted to convey the impression that accomplishment to publican administration. | sized that the signing of the Briand treaty renouncing wa coupled | with_the naval limitation treaty and the Dawes reparation settlement. con- stituted a complete charge These three contributions,” he said, “point to this administration as having accomplished the gr t steps toward | international peace made by any coun- | u\' since the signing of the peace treaty | :nding the Great War. “The arrival home of Secretary Kel-| iogg after the signing of his great treaty | for the renunciation of war at once demonstrates that this is not the case Secretary Kellogg has accomplished a magnificient step toward world peace | | by the renunciation of recourse to war for the solution of international contro- | versies. “The Secretary has brought about a change in fundamental ideas which will affect all future international relations. | The carly return of Secretary Hughes | also brings to mind the tremendous ac- | complishments of the Washington Arms | Conference. “To this may well be added the \fll\l-} tion of reparations through the com- mission headed by Gen. Dawes. Chese three contributions point to| this administration as having accom- plished the greatest steps toward inte) national peace made by ar since the signing of the peace treaty endmu l)w great war, we quote you on that?" in- quired a reporter who recovered his wits a trifie ahead of the others for inee has made it a practice in his s _conferer to decline to be for publication. u may,” Hoover replied with no ation and there was a furious mak- ing of notes as the newspapermen to recapture upon paper his rapid fire of words. Some failed uL— terly, but the official stenographer came | | to iheir rescue with twpewritten tran- scripts. SEE PROGRESS. Germans Believe Rhineland Evac- uation Nearer. GENEVA, September 8 (#)—German | circles say that some progress has been made in pourparlers on the evacuation of the Rhineland. It is thought, how- ever, that an accord in principle is tt best which can be hoped for at Geneva French circles are reticent, merely pointing out that any real negotiations must coms later and elsewhere than Geneva. THREE DIE IN BLAST. Two Meet Death While Trying to Rescue Third. TORONTO, September 8 (4).—Three men were kiiled and eight injured in an explosion at the plant of the Dominion Tar & Chemical Works here today. According to first reports, one of the men was overcome by fumes. The Greece, has announced that it made a | others died while attempting to rescue | Lhelr l'ellov. \‘Iurkc Film Stars Announce Be- trothal, but Deny Secret Ceremony. Rumor Based on Actress’ Jewelry Engraved “to My Beloved Wife.” By the Associated Press. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., September 8.— | Joan Crawford, film actress, and Doug- las Fairbanks, jr. son of the famous | screen star, today announced their en- | gagement, but it only set the film colony | buzzing on whether the two were al- ready married. Cornered by newspaper men while she wad on location yesterday, Miss C ford admitted the engagement after some persuasion, Her fiance later con- firmed the announcement when he was told what Miss Crawford had said. Friends of the couple believe they al- JOAN CRAWFORD BELIEVED WED I'TO YOUNG DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JOA'\‘ CRAWFORD. which, they say, Is inscribed with the phrase “To my beloved wite from Dodo.” ready are married, however, because of jewelry Miss Crawford is wearing and Emphatically NO! Ey | as exposures and conditior meet the individual needs BEFORE PORTA phone or write us, C. N. NICHOLS Secretary, ‘g:u‘a Manager . Both denied this, but said they were | soon to be married, ery house presents its own individu study in order to give a correct estimate for the installation of the proper he 1s vary in each instance. Every mem of each particular house. i copies of both will be sen . and Jiping @ ting uflln?r]l torGuumbin Assgciatisn Juc, f to be direct- | refutation of this the | and Mitactors of Public. B. the Associated Pres ALBANY. N. Y., Ceptember 8.—An- other friend and political ally of Gov Smith- or Walker of New York is concerned over attempts of some ponents of the Democ preside: nominee to make his religion a serious campaign issue, and has expressed his views regarding them in no uncertain terms Gov subject which he intends to de speech drive in the M and northern border half of the month Some of his political lieutenan even his run S son of to wpaign out into The open m fort to halt what they term uafair and baseless methods. They have Leea vig- orous in their attacks on the rd rer, and Mayor Walker. who »\puu to take the stump soon himself on be- half of the governor, w st as out- | spoken, if not more discussion | of the subject late yes terday with news- paper men 1g_mum on the others with 1 in_his si west, Far West States the lattex Smith is well 4 | Confers With Smith, Comi of a long conference Gov. Smith. at which the gener | situation was taken up. the | York city executive, who, is a Roman Catholic, ¢ hat | “fanatical bigots” were s in | the mails “slanderous | atter reflect- ious affiliation of the with polit- | New | ing on the | nomince. Declaring he could not how the mailing priviles open to su . he added | “It is a ry on the Fed- t some of the I have received at my York, dealing with Gov Smith’s religion, to get in the mails. There is either a letdown in the Post Office Department or they are tol- erating it. Any one familiar with the criminal branch of the Post Offi | partment knows how astute it is |HEBREWS BUILDING | EGREAT UNIVERSITY understand printed matter home in New Scotchman Directs Work in Jeru- salem—Institution Now 10 Years O1d. JERUSALEM (#).—A canny Scot s bringing back to Jerusalem the glory that was Solomon's. | As the huge buildings of the new | Hebrew University rise one by one on |the top ot Mount Scopas, overlooking the Kidron Val the 73-year: | figure of Prof. Patrick Geddes o | burgh becomes more and more fam to the inhabitants of the City of David. They have compared him to Socrates, | Aristotle, Pythagoras and other philoso- phers of ancient time he university is ce dceade of its other univer: born under stranger circumstances. The _corner stone was laid in 1918, when the site | was surrounded by British troops and | guns, and Mount Ephraim, Samaria and mel were still held by the Tu | Prof. Geddes was chosen by Zionist | leaders to build the university for them. | and he pushed the work forward with such insistence, despite obstacles, that Lord Balfou able to open the first | cbrating the first Probably no isen on the ex spot from which the Emperor Titus di- | rected the Romans in their assault on | | Jerusalem, which ended in the destruc- | tion of the city The grand “dome 1 ity has s been so de- r religions, Christian and ith the domes of the | and the Mosque of | Institute for mathe- | matics and physical research is virtually | 1 | ar | The | finisned. The department_of Hebrew | | | Einstein | studics, the Administration Building and the Great Hall are nearing completion. 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On- estimated at 100,000 more the attendance to the figur er of a million Previous to ma: at the arena 30,000 rated holy communion Cathedral They. entered the vdifice In relays. of 10,000 each In the midst of Cardinal Cerretti, sided at the by a notable prelates, the — | ful also how alert the Department of Jus ¥ tice is in running down this statt. | Pius There apparently is no attempt to st~y broadec ing of thes 8 ‘ments ed 1f how reat assemblage legate, He was attended galaxy of brilliantly robed ‘whole After th ervice the ad a cabiegram from Pope \l\\nl' \\ ALKE he solemn homage. faith and toward the FEucharist and the i Virgin in Catholic Australia ha ipression upon 11 said _the o ith joy at the for extension of the i in these noble lands His holiness is present in spiri these great demonstrations | his paternal. loving. kindly ble on the magni it | hos b] city, on tk is the | clergy and on all wm'n |BUS DRIVER STARTS v other censorship ayor replied that was pe sible.” but added. “there have bec 'nu(l many periodicals or prosecuted for transmitting ter mlI when you indict the mrm\ I members of a_given faith, ly is just flensive to of the whole prople.” Sees Agnostic Named. 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