Evening Star Newspaper, November 20, 1928, Page 26

o = e THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. D. (. TUESD\Y. YOVEMBER a2 0 FOUR PUT ON BOND. INGEM SHUGGLI Arrest of Jewelers Expected in Charge of $35,000 000-a- Year Diamond Plot. e | Br the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 20.—A trail of smuggled diamonds, over which it is | estimated $35.000,000 in gems has been passing vearly, was expected by Fed- eral agents today to lead to the doors of several jewelers. 1d for the Federal grand jury under $5.000 bail is Morris Landau. a jeweler with a store in John strect. wiho the agents contend was the des- tined receiver for the $50,900 worth of diamonds found in the bunk of Wil- liam Ballyn, “singing steward” of the BY the Associated Press d Line's flagship Berengaria bringing into the country in the las. two years about $1,000.000 in unse smuggled gems were disposed of to| other jewelers. They intimated other [mer he urged that in tne n:erests of | the natives the ) gin into hi: Ballyn alio was held under $5.000 | o oot arrests would be made. Patrolman on Bond. bail for grand jury action, whil irolman John T. McInty between, and Land: 20-¥ Marion. who served was held in $1,500. ‘The arrest of the four caused sa! faction among jewelers, who, throu 2 smuggling for many through purchase of smuggled gems, | The contents of 12 bottles wes 3 ggled gems, | s s were poursd were able to undersell them as a result | out by people unanimously agreeing | that gin would no longer be their riend.” of avolding payment of the z{ .=~ cent tariff on unset jewelry. Emil W. Kohn, | f, president of the Retail Jewelers’ | ciation, recently estimated that § 000,000 in jewelry was smuggled into t the country yearly. Dozen Sm Ballyn. according to the Federal | men, admitted that the package of diamonds he attempted to smuggle into the country Saturday was the twelfth or thirteenth he had brought over. He said he received $100 for each package delivered and that McIntyre received $200 To Mrs. Mclntyre Federal agents attributed the statement that Miss Landau often had called at their home. Mrs. Melntyre knew her as “Miss teel.” SLAYER OF TEACHER | SENTENCED TO CHAIR| C:lored Bootblack Admits Slugging| Peoria Woman—Jury Gets Ver- | dict in 40 Minutes. } Br the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 20.—Death in the electric chair, Illinois’ new and un- tried mode of execui was fixed by 2 Circuit Court fury I night as David * pun’'shment for the murder of | sz Jennle Meta Cor:iance. | The trial end~d quickly as the col- orad bootblack had admitted slugging Miss Constence, an English teacher at Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, | T, on the night of Angust 14. Attor-| neys eddenly waived closing arguments, | and the jury's verdict followed in 40 | minutes, | Miss Constance. a post-graduate stu- dent in Northwestern University Sum- mer School, wos waylaid, beaten and | robbed near th: university campus.| Shanks’ sele o her wrist watch, his only loot. led to his arrest a few days | later, confessed immediately. | Shanks' lawvers hod entered a plea | of not guilty on the ground that the slayer was insanc. The jury, however, voted unanimously that he was sanc althcugh illiterate. | Dewey's Report Reveals Favorable | N { Economic Situation in Nation. WARSAW. November 20 (&) —Charles | . Dewcy, financial adviser to Polaad, today issued a favorable report on the | Polish economic situation for the third | quarter of 1928, i The report seid that, state enterprises showed a profit, the harvest had been | good and that indusiry showed signs | of improvement. The unfavorable trade | balance decreased 20 per cent in com- parison with the previous quarter. Hats were first made by a Swiss at| Pars ‘n 1404. REGISTERZD Importer’s Magnificent S of Embracing all the fin2 we extra large carpets to s 715 13th ful opportu ally their ov f the Large: esires to lig ity to obtain 1 prices as t 1 of his si ideal holiday gift Rug mekes (£4DE ML3N Terms i i I C. G. Stsan e Avctio REGISTERED vn, said the agents, admitted Atta, Cmanhene (paramount chief) of Akyem Abuakwa, a prov diamonds, and they believe that part | Coast, West Africa, is making a deter- of th's and other shipments of { mined fight against gin. w Pa- aifts he received in England was a casc . alleged go- | of i e g as @ case held under $3,500 ba:l.‘f’\ff gin. Since returning home, the 20-year-old daughter | g his bookkeeper. | 13 ;i he Gold Coa: I thelr Sreanisatios, have been NRHOE| ooy sookssomn Fase o thy stats a s ears. | port of my British tour, fen e e S R | e e e ke g ward ridding his domains of gin. [SAVE 20%|| Oriental Rugs at Public Auction Oriental Floor Coverings To Re Seld at Public Auctien Within Our Galleries Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday November 20th, 21st, 22d and 23d, 1928—at 2 P. M. Each Day Also Two Special Evening Sessions | Tuesday, Nov. 20th, and Thursday, Nov. 22d, at 8 P. M. each evenings On Exhibition up to hour of Sale Each Day Note—The above sale offers the Wasl DESERTION IS CHARGE[;. h Operator of Chicago Hotel Chain' Files Divorce Suit. CHICAGO, November 20.—Ernest L Byfield, whose hotel interests include th> Sherman, the Ambassador, the Hotel Ambassador East and the Fort De: born, has brought suit for divorce, av ring that Mss. 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