Evening Star Newspaper, November 6, 1928, Page 10

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MEXICO CITY, November 6.— | Threats made at the trial of Jose de Leon Toral and Mother Concepcion Aceveda de la Llata caused the gov- crnment to have troops ready today. The jury was contemplating resign- | ing. Toral is on trial for killing Gen, | Alvaro Obregon. The nun is accused | of being an accomplice. | Threats of death were hurled at one of the defense attorneys when a group of men threw the courtroom |into an uproar and shouted epithets, | some of which were disaparaging to Mother Concepcion. The members of the jury have re- | ceived threatening letters. One jury- man requested that they be allowed | to carry pistols. Each juryman already | has two policemen assigned to accom- pany him and protect him all the time. The jurymen have not been locked up, but have been allowed to go home and do as they pleased when court was not in session. Jurors May Quit Case. It was doubtful whether the jury- men would return to court this after- noon. The public was barred from further session of the court. The radio broadcast of the trial was stop- ped. Newspapers were requested to abstain from comment and were re- fused stenographic reports of the pro- ceedings. Disorder was precipitated at the trial last night by a group of deputies who were followers of Gen. Obregon. and who came to the courtroom from the Chamber of Deputies, where a heated discussion of the trial had just been held. The courtroom was thrown into an uproar when a group of men began to shout “Death to Sodi!” Pleas for quiet were made. The crowd disregarded these and threatened to attack the jury. Demetrio Sodi, as- signed as defense counsel by the court, and Attorney General Ezequiel Padilla failed to restore order and the room be- came & bedlam. Court Adjourns. Finally when Prosecutor Correa Nieto began to speak order was restored and court was adjourned. ‘The Obregon bloc of deputies con- demned the treatment of the trial by Bank Robber Halts Escape to Give $3 to Woman for Ill Baby By the Associated Press. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Novem- ber 6.—As three men who robbed the Erie Avenue Bank of $8,000 at noon yesterday were making their escape, Mrs. Mary Bsehr, a depositor who entered the bank during the hold-up, halted them, saying: “I only came to draw out some money for my baby.” She looked at one of the men whose pocket was bulging with currency. “He's sick and I need it,” she added. Placing his hand in his pocket, the man drew out three $1 bills and gave them to her. “Hope he gets well,” he told her as the three scurried to their automobile. THREE FACE PENALTY FOR STOCK FRAUDS Prison Terms and Heavy Fines Im- posed for Overissues of Petro- leum Corporation Shares. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 6.—Sen- tences of 7 years each to the Federal prison at McNeil Island, Puget Sound, and fines of $16,000 each were meted out in Federal District Court here yes- terday to S. C. Lewis, former head of the Julian Petroleum Corporation, and Jack Bennett, alias Jacob Berman, fol- lowing conviction of fraudulent over- issues of stock in that concern. C. O. Steppe, co-defendant with Lewis and Bennett, was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000. Charges against the men grew out of their asserted misuse of the mails in the sale of nearly $1,000,000 in gold bonds of the Lewis Oil Co. Lewis and Bennett were sentenced to serve five years in Federal prison and fined $1,000 on each of six counts of the indictment charging misuse of the mails. They were sentenced to serve two years and fined $10,000 on the count of conspir- acy. John R. Aiken, fourth defendant in the case, who entered a plea of guilty at the start of the trial, is to be sen- tenced Wednesday. Motions for new trials and arrest- ments of judgments were made by the | the Mayflower Hotel yesterday after- CITIZENS REAFFIRM BALLOT OPPOSITION Dupont Circle Group Resists “Noisy Appeals” for Vote. A resolution reaffirming its stand against a vote for citizens of the Dis- trict was passed at the meeting of the Dupont Circle Citizens' Association at noon. Demarest Lloyd, formerly European cable editor and Washington repre- sentative of the Christian Science Mon- itor, assuming the post of president of the association, in his acceptance speech attacked the proposal of District suffrage. He said: “At one time, as'many of you know to your sorrow, there were votes in the District and local self-government. Things got so bad that the Federal Gov- ernment took back control of the area where it is so important that conditions should be favorable for efficient and un- disturbed conduct of the business of government. This step was taken be- cause of the special facts in the case and a set of conditions distinctly local in character, and for these good and sufficient reasons Congress year after year has resisted the noisy and hys- terical appeals which have been made :Jv‘ 'proponents of ‘votes for the Dis- rict.” Mr. Lloyd succeeds Admiral William L. Rodgers, retired, as president of the | association. Mrs, Henry M. Watson, 1765 Massachusetts avenue, wife of the Representative from Pennsylvania, was elected vice president of the association. The association passed a resolution indorsing the Board of Trade campaign for more adequate provision for the teaching of crippled children along vo- cational lines in the District schools. Elwood Street to Speak. Elwood Street, director of the Wash- ington Community Chest, will speak be- fore the Council of Social Agencies at a luncheon meeting next Monday at 12:30 at the Y. W. C. A, on the subject of “Districting a City for Social Wel- re.” Reservations for the luncheon must be made by noon Saturday. S R M, Norway is just recovering from its de- attorneys of the three convicted. some of the Mexico City newspapers, and were resentful of the fact that Toral had been allowed to broadcast his story from the courtroom. The bloc was rumored to have resolved to “take direct action” unless he was convicted. BANKER’S SUICIDE MOTIVE IS MYSTERY Farewell Notes Fail to Give Rea- son Why Ed C. Cornish Shot Himself. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La., November 8.— Although Ed C. Cornish, wealthy Southern banker, left two farewell notes to his wife in the hotel room in which his body was found late last night, New Orleans authorities today were without a definite reason for the suicide. One of the notes asserted that “a few years added to or subtracted from eternity make no difference,” and an- other declared he was leaving an estate of about $370,000 to his widow and $38,500 to his daughter and urged them to invest the money wisely. Cornish was president of the First American Bank & Trust Co. of West Palm Beach, Fla., which was closed in June, and was associated with banks in Little Rock from 1900 until 1924. He disposed ,of his holdings in the American Southern Trust Co. of Little Rock while serving as its president, in 1924, to accept the presidency of the National. Cotton Seed Products Corpo- ration of Memphis. From there he went to Palm Beach. The body of Cornish was found in the hotel room when a bank messenger, failing to open his door, summoned the hotel management. Cornish died from a bullet wound. He is sald to have come to New Orleans to confer with bankers here who were interested in the Palm Beach bank. VILLAGE 1S T.HREATENED BY STREAMS OF LAVA General Evacuation of Inhabitants On as Molten Mass Rolls Down From Etna Crater. By the Associated Press. CATANIA, Sicily, November 6.— Streams of flaming lava rolling down from the crater of Mount Etna last night were on the verge of overwhelm- ing the small village of Mascali, which nestles ameng vineyards at the foot of the volcano. The semi-fluid mass had reached a point little more than a mile from the town and a general evacua- tion of the inhabitants, which had been under way all day, was being hastened. On their way down the mountain- i side from the new mouth which opened yesterday at Montenaci the molten mass had wiped out rich hazelnut and chestnut groves which had been com- mon property for years and also had destroyed many vineyards. The flaming torrent, progress of which during the night could be watched from afar by its smoky light, had flowed steadily on in a stream about 20 meters wide. |JAILED FOR INTOXICATION. Defendant Given 90 Days and Fined $25 for Rampage. His first offense of being intoxi- cated was blamed by John Thomas | Flannigan, 2300 block of H street, for his unusual actions Saturday night, which led to his being fined $25 and sent to jail for 90 days for assault and destroying private property. William J. Kimball testified before Judge Isaac R. Hitt yesterday in Police Court that Flannigan jumped on the running i board of his automobile and hit him several times. Because of his injuries Kimball could barely walk and was permitted to testify from the floor of | the court. Shortly after the assault on Kimball, Flannigan was seen trying to get in a window of a garage at 2117 E street. Employes of the garage said he failed at first, but went down the street, broke off a piece of iron fence, returned and smashed the window. Sl S DUAL KILLING ADMITTED. | Former Birger Gangster Confesses ! Murder of Man and Wife. | MARION, Ill, November 6 () —Leslie | simpson, former member of the Birger | gang, late yesterday pleaded guilty in | Circuit Court to the murder of State Highway Patrolman Lory Price and his pression following the World War. Belfast Women Hit Short Skirt in Reform Drive By the Assoclated Press. BELFAST, Northern Ireland, November 6.—That the length of the skirt is a true barometer of national degeneracy is the view held by the Irish Modest Dress Crusade, which has attained a membership of nearly 9,000. The crusade is also aimed at immodest postures, loud talking or laughto in public and coarse or irrevere exclamations. Members of the movement mus abstain from alcoholic drinks at dances or entertainments, from improper motion picture shows, from immodesty in sea bathing and from improper dancing. They must not attend all-night dances without proper supervision, Smoking is forbidden. 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