Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1928, Page 17

THE FEVENING STAR. WASHINGTON 0 A0 WEDNERDAY, OCTOBER P 1 1928.° Massachusetts towns get a brief glimpse of the Republican standard bearer on his irip to deliver (he Bos- ton address. Mr. Hoov through Medford on hi s standing in bis car here to acknowledge the cheers of the crowd as he passed short tour in the Bay State. ~—Wide World Photos. Dr. Hugo Eckener, commander of the Graf Zeppelin, st the Lakehurst, N day before boarding the train tha t carried him to the erithusiastic recey . railroad station yesler- m given the skipper and his crew in New York, He is shown with members of the crew and officials who accompanied him. CRILL 100 CHINESE ~ ONENTRYTOU.S. Detectives and Immigration' Official Hold One Man After Questioning. Spurred to activity by the slaying | Sunday of two Chinese and the wound- | ing of two others, headquarters detec«| tives and an immigration official from | Baltimore last night questioned approx- ately 100 residents of Washington's | nue, regarding their right country. All but one of those question- ed succeeded in satisfying the officials of their proper identity, producin birth certificates and passports to show that they are here legally The one exception gave his name as Lee Manto, 28 years old. of the 300 block Pennsylvania avenue. Manto sald that he came here abouf seven months ago, after having been in New York and Philadelphia. He said that he was born in San Francisco, but was unable to speak any English. conver- satlon with him being carried on through an interpreter. Inspector Henry G. Prati, chief of detectives. and members of the De- tective Bureau homicide squad, under the direction of Lieut. Edward J. Kelly were assisted in their round of the Chi- | ferred severe-iacerations to the head | nese quarters by Inspector Charles E. Frank of the immigration office in Bal- timore. For several hours they went quietly from place o place, requiring each Chinese 1o produce his identi- fication. In some cases, when they did not have their papers with them. they were allowed to get them aund return. Nearly all of those quesiioned the police said Although the anthoribies Vshed fheir inyestigatinn rinz] Chinese auariers tn begin today ve fin prin anged Chinese a1 country sacition 10 idlag 1 who & g 0 Unlon Stalioit &% LS Wa$ 00ardlug & isain for New York City the morning following the murders. Yee had been employed in the kitchen of one of the gdowntown Chinese res The police say that if has been estab- ished to the satisfaction of =zl cerned thai he did not have any co nection with the shootings. He b however, been unable to furnish ps identity and his c: has becn referred to the immigration authoritics. If neither he nor Manto can satisfy ihe officials, they will 13 Commissioner Needham C. n effort 1o deport them ‘Members of the homicide squad weie | the member of held for aclion ner’s jury identified al well satisfied today over result of Lee 5-year-old On leong Tong, w of the grand jury by Loi was positively snguest by Chang Lung, member the Hip Sing Tong, rivals of ihe Leong Tong. as one of the men who fired the shots thal resulted in the death of Joe ook nd Lee Fong & Hip Sing headquari This is th t time in ihe bistory of the of on | Counter Set Up At Capitol for Lawyers’\ Luuch By the Associated Press. A lunch counter was set up in the Capitol yesterday just outside the Supreme Courtroom. Counsel for the Interborough Rapid Transit Co. headed by former Attorney General Wickersham, stood beside & table and ate sandwiches and drank milk. All lunchrooms in the building had been closed and the short half hour taken by the court for lunch did not afford suf- ficient time for counsel to go outside for something to eat. There were a large number of lawyers appearing in the case and many of them brought sandwiches which they munched in the corridor outside the court. SIX PERSONS HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENTS Policeman Cuts Hand Running It Through Window to Make Arrest, Struck by an automobile and M streets last night. Arthur H. lBo,w:e. 44, 421 Peabody street, was taken to Emergency Hospital. He suf- at Sixth | when knocked down by an automobile | driven by Roger R. Grissel, 3812 Fifth | street. 3 Six stitches were required to close a wound on the back of one hand of | Policeman W. A. Pennington, 30, of | the fourth precinct, after he it through sn eutomobile window while Fred Coe, 27 vears old. 611 I street northeast, on & reckless x charge Miss Juaniia el Srect. and Frank | 1483 Pennsylvania avenue, were froated Tach | night, 2 Aazualiy Haspital after the an- . 100 Second Paie sy on of in> ;e Cl venve pod ¥ | sucer, by %a sulomoolic operated by IMTS, Mande Clardy, 1718 Fuclid street, i James Sturgeon, 5, 3725 T street, was ! injured about both knnes when knocked down by an automobile driven by Fred- | erick W. Bogel. 733 Rock Creek Church d. Anna Reed, colored, 45 years old court, was injured on the ight leg when struck by an automobile operated by Thomas Trundle, 3506 T iree! pariment, it was said, that the police ve ever been, able fo gel sufficlent idence in & supposed tong war killing jury. Another suspect is still ught Following & careful exam ation by ized on hooting, in a store | of the On Leong | is Dot the one from which any of the fatal shots were fired. The pistol which was sald o be of Spanish make {but which i claimed by the bhe an American gua, s a 32 fatal D””ffl we b sociated Press Photo, BOMDTOEKPMND S -~ PRIONINDUSTRY | Aims to Aid Inmates to Make; Honest Livings After | Release. | 1In expanding the industrial activity of the District Workhouse and Reform- | {atory the Board of Public Welfare be- | lieves the primary object should be to | provide training and employment for the prisoners that will fit'them for hon- est self-support when they are released | rather than to produce goods at a profit. This policy was advocated by the board in its second annual report sub- | mitted to Commissioner Taliaferro to- | day by George S. Wilson, director, sum- l marizing the work of all the penal and | charitable agencies of the municipality. | The board points out, that up to this time prison labor at Occoquan and Lorton has been required largely in | clearing and developing the land and buildings, but as the buildings at the ! institutions are completed, more labor | will be available for the establishmient | of new industries to produce articles | for use outside the prison. The board has appointed & superintendent of prison industries to direct this activity |as it increases. | “The board recommended that the | Commissioners take action at an early | date on the question of the sale of th: ndusirial Home School for White | Children on Wisconsin avenue, as au- | thorized by recent act of Congress, the | proceeds to be used for the purchase of a site and erection of buildings fo 4 new school for the children. The port. shows that 124 familles n fnancial aid during the past ear as compared with 102 the hefare In veferving 1n the mn- 21 lodging house on Twelfih in i yeay | niein 2 Tith the jCommizcinnnie on 1ae nnr e, ARTILLERY T DRILL. ‘Specinl E\t;ir\)ltinrnr to ABe Given at Fort Myer Friday. | The 1st Battalion of ihe Sixih Field | Artillery, at Forth Myer, will give a spe- { cial exhibition of light artillevy tactics {on_the Washingion Monument grounds | Friday oon, at which Attorney | General | reviewing officer. Maj. Cortland Parker, Field Artillery, will be in command of the troops and the program will include anis to have a.man bound over to the grand | a mounted arill, a'fancy drill and a| general parade. ! “"The program will get under 0 oclock, with a concert by Army Band. way at the Col. E. E. Wood Dies, NEW ORLEANS, October 17 (P).— Col. Elmer E. Wood, commander of the | Gertrude Breshlau Fuller of Pittsburgh | 2d Louisiana Infantry during the Span- d commonder of the gar- ison Al Havana after American occu- ! pation, died today. | get her car. | One man took in the situation at a | The paper deluge ihat greeled the courageous crew of the Graf Zeppelin as they passed up lower Broadway yesterday. The blanket of ticker tape and newspaper confeiti reminded New York street A harmless garter snake, which had , been dead for 10 hours prior to its| discovery, was responsible for a minia- | ture panic along the exclusive upper | stretches of Connecticut avenue this morning. Mrs. James W. Peters, 1832 Connecti- | cut avenue, went out into the alley | back of her home about 10 o'clock to | She had placed one foot on the running board and was reach- ing for the door handle, when her | eyes fell on a 5-foot snake curled on the ground directly beneath her. She, screamed. Neighbors jumped up to invesiigate. | glance and called police. “Hurry,” he sald. “A 12-foot snake is attacking & woman in back of my house.” | Officer O. F. Beal, was dispatched from the eighth precinct. When he sweepers of the Lindbergh receptios n. ~Wide World Photos. ko Dhoid 10 Blowew; Coies Sioall Pasic In A“ey, but Officer Attacks Brave]y The policeman Is a man of courage bul. cautious withel. Gripping his baton tightly in his right hand, he ap- proached the snake, feinted as though | aboui, to attack, and jumped nimbly to one side. - Still the snake lay motionless. En- couraged, he approached again, *and launched & heavy blow with his stick, which crushed the reptile’s head. His- face glowing with the justi- fiable pride of a man who has faced a tough fob and done it well, Officer Beal walked over to his victim and | picked it up. He found the snake's | back was broken, presumably by Mrs. Peters' car as she drove in last night, and that it had been dead for many hours. ' The excitement has died down and only one surviving clement remains to tell the story. Mrs. Peters’ colored maid has heard that snakes travel in pairs and nothing can induce her to go reached the scene the motionless snake held undisputed sway in the alley. to the cellar, a favorite hiding place for vengeful snakes. SMITH IS INDICTED INFIRST DEGREE {Grand Jury Returns Three Murder Counts in Slaying ! of Daughter. Franklin E. Smith, 50-year-old bank man, the admitted slayer of his /' who was | 19-year-old daughter Bessie, killed in their apartment, 1151 New Jersey avenue, Seplember 26, loday was indicied for Arst-degree murder hy the | grand jure The 0 the gren ice Mcfay 10 s vig, , Tae fusi couat of tue inaictment Audeges they wne fainer Wit premeci- wated malice did maxe au &ssault on his daughter and with both hands about her throat, intending to kill| her, caused her death by strangula- Aave for | tion. ! | In the second count the same assault | is charged, but it is alleged that Smith placed both hends about and over the | mouth and nose of the girl and caused | her death by suffocation, ° i The third count alleges that, intend- ing to cause the death of his daughter, ent will be the principal | he made use of both means set out in | | the two preceding counts. | . = | Rally Dates Announced. | Special Dispatch to The Star. FREDERICK, Md., Oclober 1 Dates for a series of Democratic rallies | were announced today, as follows: Sat- | urday, Brunswick; October 22, Fred- 23, New Market; 24, Burkitis- 25, Motint Pleasant; 26, { 27, Myersville, and 29, Woodsboro. | will speak at the latter meeting. Speak- {ers will include Gov. Ritchie ¢ | Bruce, John Burns and David J. Lewis, e | |UTHERANS DISBAR HYMIN AS “TRASHY” |Chureh Convention Delays Consideration of Divorce Issue. By the Associated Press. ERIE, Pa., October 17.—The question of the right of remarriage of the inno- cent. party o divorce granied on the aronnds of “malicions desertion” or adulfer one af the mast imporfant, tee on mory 24 soc Thmitted o the closing s: canvandon he Was 02c102d 10 deay final ¢ A report of tne music commitiee rec- ommending ‘that the hymn “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere” be barred from use in the service of the United Lutheran Church was adopted by the conven- tlon. The committee classed the hymn as “snycopated and trashy and unfit for the worship of God.” An ovation was given Dr. Peter P. Hagen of Philadelphia, one of the lead- ers fn promoting the endowment ‘fund for. the payment of pensions to disabled Lutheran ministers and their families, when the successful completion of & campaign which resulted in the sub- scription of $4,176,133 was announced. It was reported that more than 200.000 persons in 34 district synods subscribed to the fund. | " The report of the pension board de- | clared the campaign “has been a vision | of the church's latent resourses and of | the possibility of mobilizing and com- ! bining them for the service of God and the world.” | lowing charges. | grand | Wis., Airplancs are being used to herd the reindeer on some of the large Arctic stock farms, according to reports from Alaska. President Coolidge with the bishops and delegates atiending the Forty-ninth Triennial Convention of the Episcopal Church, whom he received at the White House yesterday. In center of group, left to right: Bishop John G. Muorray of Maryland, presiding bishop of the convention; President Coolidge, and Bishop __.hmc! E. Freeman of Washington, —Wide World Photos. A close view of the damaged port fin of the Graf Zeppelin, which is now heing repaired as the great airship rests in the Lakehurst hangar. A great streich of fabric was torn from the stabilizer frame when a squall struck the tail of the airship midway over ¢he Atlantic. It slowed down the big ship’ proven disastrous, TWO ARE INDICTED Grand Jury Returns Charges Against 16 Others—Truck Driver Exonerated. Earl C. Smith and William H. Nally. both white, were indicted today by the grand jury for highway robbery. Ac- cording to the complaint of William J. O'Brien of Clarendon, Va., the two men invited him for an automobile ride September 8 last and after relieving him of h iwsallet containing $37, threw him from the machine on Riggs road | soufheast shortly after midnight. Sixteen other Indictments were re- ported by the grand fury, in which were included the following: ~Clifford Barnes and Lavenia Cooper, grand larceny; Daniel Johnson, Bernard N. Belton, Waddell Anthony, Willlam C. Beard and George W. Bailey, joy-riding; Frank Coates, Nelson Kelly, Marle Tibbs, Ophelia Johnson and Norman F. Fowler, robbery: George Turner, Hop- kins Harper, Willlam Kinley, William Anderson and James Pinkney, assaulf, | with a dangerous weapon: E. H. Bozell, | using the malls to defraud, and Her- | man Davis, violating the Harrison anti~ narcotic law. ‘The grand jurors exonerated George T. Lueas, colored, who was held by a coroner’s jury as responsible for the death of Charles W. Loveless June 21 last. Lucas was driving a truck in an alley between Ninth street and Georgia avenue, near Farragut street, where some children, including Loveless, were playing, and struck the boy, causing his death. . ‘The grand jury also ignored the fol- Charles T. Herbert, larceny: Fdgar Ames, Warren Riston and William S. Streeks, joy- : Manriee H. Drummond, fo ry; Clande Nirkcrson, grand laveen: ; s O uction, and IS FILM PLACE, Chaplin Ghanses Inexperienced Chi- c2go Wise for Next Film. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., October 17 (#). —A Chicago girl, who was educated in a convent and never has appeared in a_motfon_picture, has been chosen by i Charlie Chaplin as his leading lady in his next comedy. ‘To Virginia Cherill, 20-year-old girl, went the prize of a Chaplin contract after the comedian had studied .nu- merous screen tests of candidates. The two met socially in Hollywood, where Miss Cherill was visiting, with no thought of a film career. Miss Cherill, a blue-eyed blond, was educated in a convent at Kenosha, and later atiended a finishing school in Chicago. THIEVES ‘GET 10 YEARS. SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, October 17 (%) —Sentences of imprisonment for 10 years ai. hard labor, the maximum pen- alties the court could impose, were meted out to three men who recently robbed thegRed Cross Chapter head- quartcrs hfffe. stealing clothing intend- ed for the jyrricane sufferers, speed and might have —Associated Press Photo. ‘Mrs. Wilson Now | On Way Homg to INROBBERY CASE, Vore for Smitt Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the war-time Democratic President, is on her way back to the United | States from Geneva to vote for Gov. | Smith for President. In a cable- gram made public by the Demo- | cratic headquarters here, Mrs. Wil- | son says: “I hope to see Gov. Smith | | | i elected for our next President, and I am sailing home to vote for him.” In this connection it will be re- called that Mrs. Wilson was a guest of honor at the Democratic nation- 2l convention that nominated Smith, and immediately after his nomina- tion she wired him her congratula- tions. While adhering to her rule to avoid political discussion, Mrs. Wil- son. in an interview, said: “My per- sonal interest in Gov. Smith’s suc- cess is the same as that of any other individual citizen who has the cause of American Democracy at heart. 1 am delighted to see in the papers that Mr. Smith apparent- ly is gaining strength rapidly.” |STUDENTS EXPLAIN | American University Assembly Re- grets Impression Educator Speaks for Entire Personnel. Declaring for their right of political freedom, but without impugning the motives or the right of Dr. Edward T. Devine, dean of the graduate school of American University, to campaign for Alfred E. Smith, Democratic can- didate for the nresidency, the student American University today_adopied a resolution regretting that, Dr. Devine's itier unintentionally had 4 2as U ! tos graduaie school of the Americaa University, Df Edward T. Devine, in defending and promoting the candidacy of one of the presidential nominees has been regard- ed, although unintentional on his part, as the spokesman of the entire univer- sity, be it resolved thai the students of the college of liberal arts of the uni- versity rogret that this impression has been created, and declare that no one person or group of persons has the right to speak for them with regard to their political affiliations, and be it of the student body that any person or group of persons connected with the university has absolute freedom to Pexpress his opinion regarding party, candidates or issues, insofar as no at- tempt is made to represent the attitude of this_student body.” Dr. Devine recently has been deliver- ing addresses for Gov. Smith under the auspices of the Democratic national committee. .. Every rat in this country, according to Government estimates, eats $2 worth of produce annually. As there are about 125.000,000 of the pests the loss is stag- gering, STATUS OF DEVINE body of the College of Liberal Arts of | further resolved that it is the sense | AVIS COMMENDS INMIGRATION LAW | Tells Convention Real “Re- strictionists” Needed at Head of Government. ) The immigration restriction act was pointed out as the principal reason for the lack of serious unemployment in | the United States by Secretary James | J. Davis of the Department of Labor, I in an address before the thirty-second biennial session of the Patriotic Order | of Americans this morning at the Ra- | leigh Hotel. | Secretary Davis ealled the immigra- | tion restriction act the greatest piece | of legislation enacted in the last 50 | vears and added: “We want at the head of the Government those who are re- strictionists at heart, not those who have been won over for the purpose of getting votes.™ ‘Today's meetings of the order con- | clude the convention that began here Monday. Officers elected today include Mrs. Alice E. Abbes of Brooklyn, natio al president; Mrs. Harriet Watkins, Al- toona, Pa., national vice president; Mrs. Minetta Bowker, national secretary; Mrs. Anna Broderick, Chicago, national | assistant vice president; Mrs. Margaret Confer, Pleasantville, N. J., national condvuctor; Mrs. Anna Fetherman, as- sistant conductor; Mrs. Bessie Russell, | Indianapolis, guard; Mrs. Hattie M. Bruen, Brooklyn, member of the nation- al board of appeals; Mrs. Lillian Chest- nut of Washington, auditor, and Reba L. Saunders, Lambertville, N. J,, sen- tinel. Indianapolis was chosen as the place for the next national meeting. The annual banquet was held last night in the ballroom of the Raleigh. Nearly 600 attended. The program in- cluded an invocatiom by Rev. James Shera Monigomery, House chaplain; an address of welcome by James H. Patton, 1 * rics, and Robert S. Regar, ster General. 2 resolution 2dopted today the Auxtliary of ¢l Patriof . Sons of America, asl “mo: Agequats appropviaiions far immi tion 1557 ~niovciment, oplicatio the existiag priaciple of imumigration re- striction to Mexico and the enactment of additional alien demnafiun Tegisla- tion; stronger naturalization laws, na- tionalization of “The Star Spangled Banner” and some such Federal ald to public education as now is extended to State road-building. RELIEF WORK PRAISED. Hoover “Godfather” to European Children, Former Aide Says. NEW YORK, October 17 (#).—Her- bert Hoover “is virtually the, godfather of millions of children in Central Europe,” Col. J. W. Krueger, who was assoclated with Hoover in rellef work in Belgium, France, Central Europe and Russia, said last night in a radio speech over Station WABC. Col. Krueger told of personal mis- sions he performed in Germany for Hoover. A ! buil ° loon 86 feet in diameter, Berlin- expected to reach an alticude of