Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1928, Page 23

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ©. TRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 19%8.° t Providence Hospital, where the in- YOUTH, 18, WOUNDED iy s 41 o 53 o serious. | " According to the story told by BY ACCIDENTAL SHOT | boys, they were examining a pistol be- _ | longing to a District Jail guard, w!io | Samuel Bobey’s Injury:in Shoul-|330ms In the house, when it suddenly St. Louis Declared Standard in Use of Ameriéan Tongue APARTMENT HOUSE ROBGER S SOLEHT Armed White Man Demanded | Keys From Janitor, Police Are Told. Search has been instituted by the police for a tall white man specializing in apartment house robberies. Such an individual, described as having a mole on the left side of his face and wearing a dark suit and brown derby, is reported to have appeared in Bordeaux Apart- ments, 6921 Georgia avenue, yesterday afternoon and demanded of Samuel Kiess, the janitor, keys to every apart- ment. Kiess told the police the stranger displayed a pistol in an effort to inforce compliance with his demand, and left the building without having obtained anything. Mrs. Elizabeth S. Billard, 2820 Thirty- eighth street, returned home early last night and discovered intruders had been in her home during her absence. En- trance was gained by jimmying a window, police were told, and the house ransacked. Jewelry valued at $231 was stolen from a bedroom. Boys Loot Home. ‘Two unidentified colored boys are sought as the individuals who entered the home of John T. Howe, 153¢ T street, between 3 and 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. They are reported to have entered through a rear window and stolen a watch and chain valued at $50 and a revolver. ‘Two suits of clothes and an overcoat By the Associated Press NEW YORK, November 9.— The American language seems to be spoken in St. Louis more than in any other city. Such was the conclusion of an audience at Columbia after listen- | | ing to 20 records of as many va- | | Tieties of speech in the country, from the Vermont twang to the Southern_drawl. Prof. William Cabell Greet of Barnard suggested that St, Louis was the standard and the au- dience, 100 graduates of Colum- bia, agreed. ACQUITTED OF CHARGE | Taxi Driver Held Not Guilty of Transporting Liquor. | Patrick Edward Hanlon, 52-year-old taxi driver, was acquitted of a charge | of illegal transportation and possessior | lice Court yesterday. Hanlon was arrested with Samue! | Kushner, 23, and his mother, Mrs, Re- | becca Kushner, 50, both of the | block of Shepherd street, Wedne: The arrest was made by Detecti Dennis J. Murphy and James A, Springman of the tenth precinct, aftet | the trio are said to have carried about | 100 quarts of liquor from the Kushner home to Hanlon’s_taxicab. | Hanlon contended that he was a | “victim of circumstances” and did not | know the nature of the packages whicn | were being placed in his cab. Mrs. | Kushner<and her son are at liberty un- der bond for jury trials. | siris o ! A palatial motion picture theater to | be erected in Tokio, Japan, will have a | der Is Not Serious—Com- panion Reports Case. Samuiel Xobey, 18 years old, 635 | Fifth street northeast, was accidentally | cd the case. | shot in the shoulder last night while | visiting Joseph McCarty, also 18 years | in his home, at 1425 A street south- | of tiquor by Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Po- | § District Attorney Ralph Given for a The injured youth was treated definite decision. McCarty ran to the street and hailed Joseph B. Thompson, 270 Fifteenth street southeast, who took.the boy to. the hospital. 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