Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1928, Page 1

WEATHER. (UF'S. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair with lowest temperature about 30 degrees tonight: tomorrow increasing cloudiness with slowly rising tempera- ture. -Temperatures: Highest, 51, at 1:45 p.m. yesterday; lowest, 35, at 5 a.m. today. Closing N. Y. Markets, Pages 14 and 15 Full report on page 9. ch ¢ Fpening WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Star. The only evening paper in Washington with the Associated Press news service. Yesterday’s Circulation, 108,073 No. 30,887, office, ‘W post Fntered_as second class matte ashington, D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER . 1928—FIFTY-EIGHT PAGES. * (#) Means Associated Press. ' TWO CENTS. “HOPE 1S HELD OUT BY PHYSICIANS AS *KING GEORGE RESTS His Majesty’s llness Serious, | but'Not Alarming, State- ment Points Out. LUNG CONGESTION SHOWS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT Prince of Wales, on Hunting Trip in Africa, Is Being Kept Informed. By the Associated Press. LONDON, Ncvember 23.—King George, 111 with a lung trouble that develo] from an ordinary eold, was able 0 ob- tain a little rest this afternoon. At the palace it was stated that this fact was » considered as a hopeful development. A man in close touch with royal cir- cles was quoted this afternoon as saying that the King's illness, although serious, should not be regarded in any way| ‘alarming. Congestion in one ‘lung has further developed. A bulletin issued at Buckingham Pal- ace at midday said: i “The King passed a restless night, his temperature remaining at 101 {*There is a slight extension of the m!.s'- ‘chief in his lungs, but his majesty’s strength is maintained.” Sir Stanley Hewett and Lord Dawson of Penn, the King's physicians, who went to Buckingham Palace at 10 o'clock this morning, signed the bul- letin. While there was reassurance in the ‘bulletin that his majesty was maintain- ing his strength, public anxiety over the iliness of the King was not allayed. It was recalled that King Edward’s fatal "iliness started with a congestion in the Jungs, and therefore it was inevitable that anxiety over the King's condition would be accentuated by this fact. Late Bulletin Expected. ‘was likely to be o One development of the royal patient’s case this morning was the announce- |, ment that a late visit of the 's phy- sicians to_his bedside last it was pmmp(edhyad:sh&mme:rhln bacteriological in . This, it was explained, is customary in all cases of microbic infection. Tt is understood that a third physician ho called at the at the time ‘York received a re- o from Lord ‘Ambassador; Frau cess Louise, the duchess spent a Mary in her aj , There was " (Continued on Page 2, TWO ARE ARRESTED FOR BANK HOLD-UP Pennsylvanian Kidoaped by Ban- dits, After Sounding Alarm, Rescued by Police. Duchess of Argyle. The short 'flme with Que By the Associated Press. TRAFFORD CITY, Pa, November 23 —Kidnaped by four bank robbers, who this morning held up the First Na- tional Bank of Trafford City and es- caped with about $18,000 in cash, O. M. Kimmell, borough assessor, and two of the alleged bandits were found in an automobile by Duguesne police several hours later. Kimmell, none the worse for his experience, said two of the obbers left the machine at McKeesport. The two prisoners had $1,000 in cash 'on their persons. nwhile rcompanmn sat at the wheel \of the auto, three of the bandits, armed with pistols, entered the bank and forced the cashier to turn over money just brought from the vauits. was making a deposit at the time. Fred Schusha, bank employe, accepted the deposit but wrote in_the pass book, “Bank being held up. Spread alarm. Kimmell walked to the door and gav the alarm. The three bandits, each carrying an armful of cash, seized him, placed him in their car and drove away. A description of -the machine, re- ported stolen in Pitisburgh last night, was telephoned nearby towns. Du- quesne police halted the car as it passed through that city. Officers were sent to McKeesport to search for the two bandits who left the machine there. “BROKEN” ROPE FAILS AS DOG-THEFT ALIBI Pair of Co’lv:d— Youths Are Found Guilty of Stealing Animal. Woman Swears Off Politics Forever For Good Cooking By the Associated Press. : DETROIT, November 23.—With the assertion that “I'd rather be considered a good cook than a good woman politician,” Mrs. James N. Downey, prominent Detroit political leader and for six years a member of the Republican State central com- mitice, today announced hen retire- ment forever from politics. “I'm completely disillusioned after all these years,” Mrs. Downey said in a prepared statement. “Never again will I have anything to do with anything political except just to cast my vote. “Women in politics here are not interested in the candidate or the party,” she declared. “They oppose each other because they do not like cach other’s clothes, or husbands, or friends. They know nothing of poli- tics either.” Mrs. Downey has reared four chil- dren and has three grandchildren. POWER BILL 60T Actual Figure Will Be Made| Public After Check | Is Completed. The amount which the Potomac Electric Power Co. will cut off the elec- tric bills next year, because of excessive earnings this year, has been fixed, ex- cept for one matter of minor detail, at close to $600,000. ‘The actual figure, to be made public in a few days, represents one half of | the earnings of the company in 1928 in excess of 7% per cent on its fair value. ‘When negotiations between the Public Utilities Commission and the company first started_October 10, accountants of the commission estimated that the cut \WHITE SUITS DO;\INED AS WEATHER WARMS | | Next Executive and Wife Enjoy | TO AMAPALA, MAY TOP 3600.000 { to enjoy the changed conditions, as he 'HOOVER PREPARES SPEECHES AS SHIP PLOVS SOUTHWARD | President-Elect Devotes Self| to Studying Latin Ameri- | can Conditions. | Sea—Games Fill Day for Others in Party. By the Assoclated Press. U. 8. S. MARYLAND, EN ROUTE Honduras, November 23.—With the Maryland steadily draw- ing nearer to her first port of call sn Herbert Hoover's good-will tour, the President-elect today was devoting himself to a study of conditions in | Latin America. He was also sketching | out the various addresses that he plans | to make. The Maryland was running into choppier seas than it had encountersd earller on the trip south from San Pedro, Calif., and Mr. Hoover appeared is a good sailor and has been through storms in many seas. Mrs. Hoover is also accustomed to the sea and seemed to enjoy the voyage equally with the President-elect. ‘White Clothing Popular. ‘When the weather became warm as the ship plowed through tropical waters officers and sailors all donned white uniforms and most of the officlal party also put on white clothing. Mr. Hoover, however, appeared on deck in a dark doublesbreasted coat with white shoes and trqusers. Mrs. Hoover wore a light tropical dress. She spent some would be $550,000. Today, however, Vice Chairman Har- , of the commission rate of 3.5 cents or a combi- nation of these two with other new | Zfeatures in the schedule. | One of the proposals known to have been introduced by Mr. Ham calls for establishment of a ‘“reconnection charge,” to be assessed against a cus- tomer for the privilege of having his el turned on again after it has been cut off for non-payment of bills. Another proposal would do away with the “ d load” system of figuring bills for domestic consumers. Other propositions involve combining certain schedules and abandoning others, BAPTIST EDU.CATOR DIES. | Dr. Edgar Y. Mullins, 68, Succumbs Following Stroke. LOUISVILLE, Ky., November 23 (#). | —Dr. Edgar Young Mullins, president lof the Southern.Baptist Theological | Seminary here, and an internationally known denominational leader, died at his home at noon today. He suffered a stroke of paralysis No- | vember 10 and had been in an uncon- | scious condition most of the time since. | From his first illness physicians had | said there was little hope, He was 68 | years old. BANDIT GETS $82. Grocery Store Manager en Route Kum-nelli to Bank Is Held Up. | A bandit this morning held up Ervin | P. Ballard of Mount Rainier, Md., at the Northern Liberty Market, and escaped with $82.40 belonging to the company. Ballard told police he had started to the bank at 930 am. and was walk- ing on K street between Sixth and Seventh streets when a white man stepped from an alley, leveled a pistol at_him and took the money. Following the hold-up, Ballard said, the man jumped in a closed automobile that stood nearby and escaped. He adding | f manager of the Sanitary grocery store | | the national trade organization for the | dustry, E. W. Clark of Los Angeles be- |ing the incumbent. time on the quarter deck in a steamer chair knitling and watching a goif game on an improvised teeing board. Although Mr. Hoover will visit only one capital in Central America, he will from Punfarenas, Costa Rica, to the capital, San Jose, on Tuesday. grecled 8t Gorinto, Nicatagua, by Frest: al 3 by = dent Diaz, President-elect Moncada and President tha be gradt withdrawn, although both Liberal and Conservative leaders have e: a wish to the United States Government that the Marines ;:;I; supervise the election four years Interested in Canal Rights, Gen. Chamorro was president at the time of the of the Bryan- Chamorro treaty, by which the United States for $3,000,000 acquired an option on a canal route through Nicaragua and on naval bases on the Atlantic and Pa- " (Continued on Page 3, Column 3.) OIL MEN MAY SEEK COOLIDGE AS HEAD Report Indicates He Will Be Offered Presidency of Petroleum Institute. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, November 23.—The New York Herald Tribune says a move | to offer the presidency of the Amer- ican Petroleum Institute to President Coolidge at the institute’s anpual meet- ing in Chicago, December 3-6, has been started by officials powerful in the in- dustry. The New York Times quotes W. R. Boyd, jr,, assistant general secretary of the institute, as saying: “The names of President Coolidge, Gen. Pershing, Vice President Dawes and Owen D. Young have been sug- gested in this connection, but nothing has been done about it, and, so far as 1 know, the institute has not given the matter any consideration.” ‘The American Petroleum Institute is coil industry. Heretofore the president has been selected from within the in- Infante Visits White House. The Infante Alphonso, a cousin of the King of Spain, was presented to President Coolidge today by the Spanish Ambassador, Senor Padilla. They were | furnished a description of the bandit. accompanied by the Infanta Beatriz. Having made a personal ifispection ‘Judge Holds 15 Motorists Guilty i After He Inspects Traffic Lights reau OMAHA SPURS HUNT Terrorized City Is Under Heavy Guard as Search Is Intensified. By the Assoclated Press. OMAHA, Nebr, November 23.— Omaha remained today a city under | arms, still without definite clues to| the identity or whereabouts of its “hatchet man.” | All. suspects and pictures shown to| Mrs, G. Harold Stribling, who with her | husband were the last victims of the slayer and the only two to survive his blows, have failed to be identified. This included the picture of an “ax man" captured in Chicago. All police and detectives have been put on 12-hour shifts and calls at the | rate of 20 an hour last night were being checked and investigated. The now, totals $2,375.. fed at Weeping Water, Nebr., yester- day. The funeral date of the other vic- tim has not been set. KANSAS FARMERS ON GUARD, Posse Fires on Suspect Believed to Be Hatchet Murderer. KANSAS CITY, November 23 (®).— Fegr gripped the farming communities about Wolcott and Lansing, Kans., to- day following reports that a man re- sembling the Omaha ax murderer had been seen in the vicinity. Many per- sons guarded their homes with dogs and guns throughout last night. Police here were ordered to be on the loakout for the young mulatto held re- sponsible for the three hatchet murders in Omaha early this week, and whose activities held that city in terror for several days. Roger Williams, Missouri Pacific Sta- tion agent at Cochrane Junction, near Leavenworth, Kans., was the only per- son who met the man face to face. Willlams reported he took a hatchet away from the slayer Wednesday night. ‘Willlams said the mulatto, who had just left a train, entered and asked if he might get warm. Shortly afterward, he said, he saw the man holding a hatchet he used to split kindling with in the station. He recovered the weapon | and the negro fled. Missouri Pacific trainmen reported the mulatto, who held a ticket for| Leavenworth, got off at the junction after remarking police might be, watch- ing for him in Leavenworth. Yesterday afternoon a colored man seen crouching in a ditch near Lans- ing wag fired on by a hastily organized farmers’ posse. He escaped, apparently unhit, and headed in the direction of | Wolcott, 12 miles northwest of here. | Kansas City police took up the search | and scoured the bluffs along the Mis- sourl River without avail. ‘The police believed the man was at- tempting to reach Kansas City, Mo., or Kansas City, Kans. Highways and rail- roads were put under guard. " SON CUT OFF IN WILL. Laborite Inherited $300,000 From Grandfather, However. LONDON, November 23 (#).—The Daily Express said today that although Oswald Mosley, Labor member of Par- liament, had been cut out of his father’s | will, he inherited more than £60,000 ($300,000) under the will of his grand- father, who died in 1915. The will of the late Sir Oswald Mos- ley, father of the Laborite, was probated on Monday and made no mention of any member of his family except a sis- ter, whom he appointed a joint executor with a Derby solicitor. FOR AX MURDERER THOMAS F. RYAN. 'THOMAS F. RYAN DIES Aged Financier’s Career Was Fea- tured by Rail and Light Projects. By the Assoclated Press. 1 NEW YORK, November 23.—Thomas Fortune Ryan, aged financier, died at his home here today after a short illness. Mr. Ryan’s career as a financier was mainly devoted to the consolidation and extension of street rallway and electric light and power systems in New York, Chicago and other cities. About 1908 he resigned as the controlling factor on the directorates of more than 30 cor- porations, retaining directorships in only three—the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway, the Clinchfield Coal Cor- poration and the Guaranty Trust Co. of New York City. He combined politics with business, and for years was a leading figure in | the counsels of the anti-Bryan wing of the Democratic party. Born in Nelson County, Va. October 17, 1851, Ryan went to Baltimore at the age of 17 to worR in a dry goods store. There he remained until 1870, when he came to New York and began work as a clerk for a Wall Street con- cern. Four years later he became a member of the Stock Exchange. NANSEN AND ECKENER TO PLAN POLE FLIGHT Norwegian Leaves for Berlin to Confer With Builder of Graf Zeppelin. By the Associated Press. OSLO, Norway, November 23.—Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, polar explorer, left today for Berlin to meet Dr. Hugo Eck- cner, builder of the Graf Zeppelin, re- garding a North Pole flight in 1930. Dr. Nansen has been chairman of a committee that has been planning for some time to make a flight from Europe 40 the United States by way of the arctic regions to determine the practic- ability of that route. It was announced on October 13 at Koenigsberg, Germany, that the airship used on such a flight would be commanded by Capt. Walter Bruns, secretary general of the Society of Arctic Research. Second Edition of ‘| tlon of Manuel Trejo-Morales, ACTIVITY IN STOCK TRADING CONTINUES Bullish Operators Push Fa- vorites Despite Profit- Taking. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 23.—Another riotous “bull movement on the New York Stock Exchange, carried prices of about a dozen issues up $5 to $30 in the first hour of trading today, but around | midday ran into heavy profit-taking, which reduced most of the gains $1 to $10. | " Case Threshing jumped $30.50 a | share to a record price at $515, then fell back to $505. Wright Aero shot up $19 to a new peak price at $289, then a share, in contrast to the year's low price of $2, but dropped to $9.50 on profit-taking. volume- -~ during the 3 er, even with the new arrangement of omit the volume of sales, fell about a half hour behin the trading at midday. The following table illustrates some of the large opening blocks and the net gains: No. shares.—-Stocks. Price. Gain, c 84 134 i e e athe 10000 fmupivation Goppe 10,000 Columbia flrlgm:’ *New high record. 'MENDEZ TAKES OFF ON FLORIDA FLIGHT Wives of Mitchel Field Army Offi- cers Kiss Colombian Flyer Good-By. | | By the Associated Press. ROCKAWAY NAVAL AIR STATION, N. Y,, November 23.—Lfeut. Benjamin Mendez, chief pilot of the Republic of Colombia’s air force, took off at 7:35 | this morning for Jacksonville, Fla., on the first leg of a 4.600-mile flight to Bogota, his native capital. Good weather conditions were fore- cast for his 1,040-mile flight to Florida. A small group of Colombians, Navy officers and Army officers and their | wives from Mitchel Field were present | when Mendez drove his big Curtiss sea- | plane across the water and into the air, | The plane, christened the Ricaurte, after the famous Colombian patriot, was loaded with 275 gallons of gas. With Mendez, as his mechanic, was John Todhunter, an American. From Jacksonville Mendez's next hop will take him 600 miles to Havana, Cuba. Other stops and their distances apart are Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, 700 miles; Colon, Panama, 1,000 miles, (and then the final 1,300-mile flight to Bogota. Wives of the Mitchel Field Army . officers kissed Mendez good-by. They had known him for some time as a stuaent at Curtiss Field and later at the Army School at Mitchel Field. HELD IN OBREGON DEATH. MEXICO CITY, November 23 (#).— ‘The Police Department ordered a detec- tive to Tuxtepec today to identify a man being held there in connection with the assassination of Gen. Alvaro Obre- gon. A newspaper dispatch from Tuxtepec sald that the man gave the name of Armando Rivas and fitted the dzu;np- 'rom whom Jose de Leon Toral borrowed the pistol used in shooting Gen. Obregon. I i Taxi Driver Seeks Woman Who Ducked Bill Totaling $210 Ovidio Piani, a taxi driver, is today searching for & woman who “ducked out” on him after he had driven her to Philadelphia and back and ran up a bill of $210. The woman last Thursday morning hired him to drive her about this city. In the evening she said sl:> was going to a com- munity 90 miles down in Virginia and told Piani that if he could not drive her down she would have to get some one else. Because the woman was weli dressed, he drove her there, and from there to Philadelphia, and from Philadelphia to Washing- ton, still trustful that she was going to settle her bill. Finally she went into an apartment—and out a side entrance. Piani appealed to *he assistant corporation counsel's office and the district attorney’s office at Police Court today, but was told his case would have to be handled in a civil court. SPEAKER OPPOSES EXTRA SESSION Longworth Believes Farm Legislation Can Be Acted On by Regular Congress. Speaker Longworth is personally op- posed to an extra session. He believes that farm relief legislation should and can be passed at the incoming short session of Congress. 1f there is to be an extra session for a thorough tariff revision, he favors | postponing the extra session until the | Fall, allowing the ways and means com- mittee to hold its hearings and whip its Summer. In the approaching short session the Speaker believes that some modification of the Fenn bill for reapportionment should be passed. FThe Speaker intends to confer with Senator McNary, who now has a farm eliminating from the McNary-Haugan bill such features as are in dispute, in- | cluding . provisions, - cannot be | passed at the short sessio If tariff questions in connection with forsees a demand for a thorough revi- sion of the tariff. Unless his confer- ences with members of the House as they returned show an overwhelming | demand for traiff revision in the Spring slumped to $280 and Pathe touched $15 | rather than in the Fall he will counsel ! | that the extra session, if it is held at | all, be postponed until late in the Fall. in this coming short ses- sion,” said Mr. He ex- d | plained that this makes mandatory the reapportionment of seats in the House among the States every 10 years, as is provided for impliedly in the Consti- tution. He is particularly insistent that the feature of the Fenn bill holding the ¢ | membership of the House at 435, its present strength, be passed, ‘llowinglrmeyw.y, the membership to be fixed depending on the returns of the 1920 and sub- sequent decennial censuses as to how many members each State will be en- titled to in the national House. As no one knows absolutely what the 1920 census will show, it is a fair proposition, Mr. Longworth argues, and it 1s the only sort of reapportionment legislation that can be passed. He fore- sees that if Congress waits until after the 1930 census returns, it will be ex- ceedingly more difficult to pass reap- portionment legislation without increas- ing the size of the House to absolutely unwieldy proportions. Each census of the United States for 10-year periods has increased the mem- bership of the House approximately 50 members per census. As there was no (Continued on Page 2, Column 3.) R G B LENGEL IS REINSTATED AS CANTON POLICE CHIEF| Removed After Mellett Murder and Finally Acquitted After Several Months in Pen. By the Associated Press. CANTON, Ohio.,, November 23— Seranus A. Lengel, removed as chief of police after the killing in July, 1926, of Don R. Mellett, Canton editor, tried twice for his murder and finally acquit- | ted after he served several months of | a penitentiary sentence, was reinstated | y as head of the Canton Police De- partment. Lengel's removal was on charges of inefficiency. His first trial resulted in | conviction, but he was acquitted on a | second hearing obtained after he had | entered the penitentiary. FLORIDA CROPS DAMAGED.; Frost’s Visit of Two Days Ended, Forecast Says. JACKSONVILLE, Fla., November 23 (#).—After suffering considerable frost damage to tender produce crops from the cold weather of the last two days, Florida growers were relleved today to hear that the forecast was for fair and warmer weather. Particularly have the crops in Cen- tral and Southern Florida been hit by Jack Frost. Farther south the damage has not been heavy to truck crops, with slight damage reported on the East Coast and from 2 to 8 per cent | in the vicinity of Fort Myers, on the | west side of the Peninsula. | Film, Too Lurid for Mascfiuline Jury, new tariff bill. into shape during the; I relief bill ready for prompt action md: | sees no reason why such a measure | farm relief are dealt with the Speaker | ENGINEER BLAMES BLACK GANG STRIKE FOR VESTRIS' LOSS Claims Crew Deserted Posts Before Noon of Day When Ship Sank. SAYS GREAT CONFUSION REIGNED ON LIFEBOAT Filled With Colored Men All Shouting Different Orders, He Declares. By the Associated Press. NEW YOKRK, November 23.—The Vestris might not have sunk if the “black gang” had stuck to its posts in the stokehold, said Chief Engineer ames A. Adams, testifying today in the steamboat inspection service hear- ing at the Customs House. The volume of water in the vessel, he told Dickerson N. Hoover, supervis- ing inspector general presiding at the | inquiry, was kept down as long as they had steam, but the stokehold crew deserted its posts before 12 o'clock of the Monday that the ship sank. Telis of His Rescue. At one point, Adams told of his rescue by No. 13 lifeboat, in which there were five or six sailors and one fireman. He sald that the men in this boat were not panic-stricken, and Mr. Hoover :ked him if he took command of the t. “I tried to control them as much as I could,” Adams said. “Did you ever have trouble with the black gang?” “In what way?” countered Adams. “Were they ever mutinous?” “There was no trouble except they wouldn’t turn to.” “On this voyage?” “Yes.” In the lifeboat he finally boarded, he said, there was great confusion. Filled With Colored Men, | “It was filled with colored men and { they were all shouting different orders,” | Johnstone said. “They were unanimous i in only one thing—that was to get away { from the ship.” Adams testified that the “black gang” ileft the stokehold about 10:30 the | morning the ship sank. He denied a statement made at the hearing yester- day by Samuel JParfitt, a fire- man, that he -was at 12 o'clock on 3 the sinking. The chief en- gineer said the “black gang” left their posts before the bulkhead between the coal bunkers and the stokehold was broken. He said that water which got into the coal bunker, for some reason he did not know, caused the disaster. ‘The chief engineer testified the en- | gineers remained with him, but that the firemen were on top and in the He said he reported to the chief officer and some came down, but he did not think they remained. He said that there was no serious danger until 11:30, when the bulkhead of the coal bunker gave way. Says Mutiny Large Factor. Asked by Walter F. Brown, Assistant Secretary of Commerce, whether he thought “the mutiny of the black gang largely contributed to the loss of the ship,” the chief engineer replied: “I most certainly do.” Adams then told how the ship had behaved from the time she left her pier in Hoboken until 9 am. Sunday, when the ash ejector began leaking. He stated that after several hours’ work this leak was stopped. The board of inquiry sought to learn from the witness the source of the water that sank the ship. The witness did not know. He was able, he said, to check the rise of water in the engine stokehold and held it almost steadfast until 11:30 o'clock Monday morning, when the bulkheads gave way. Questioned About Pumps. The only theory the chief engineer had as to where some of the water may have come from was that probahly a | scupper plate was carried away on the starboard side. Adams was questioned on the pumps, which, he stated, came under three classifications—service pump. ballast pump and the pump on the ash ejector. With full steam pressure he was able to throw out of the ship, with these three pumps, 60 to 80 tons of water an hour and had not the bulkheads given way to the engine room, he said, could have held the ship afloat much longer. THREE DIE IN WRECK. Auto Struck at Grade Crossing by Interurban Car. MONROE, Mich., November 23 (#).— Two school schildren and a man were killed and a third pupil was probably fatally injured this morning when their automobile was struck at a street cross- ing here by an_interurban car. The dead are Logan Swope, 15; Jean- ette Swope, 13, and W. F. Koch, 52, Josephine Swope, 18, was seriously in- jured. Koch, who was a neighbor of the Swope family on a Monroe rural route, was bringing the Swope children to school here when the accident occurred. Attention, Bowlers Duckpin enthusiasts of Washington and nearby communities will find something to intrigue their fancy in an an- licemen were patrolling Rhode Islnnfivenue and made 15 arrests dur- ing the rush hour. All aryested were re- quired to deposit $5 collateral. | Last night another detail from the Traffic Bureau, consisting of Sergt. E. Williams and Policemen Graeves, Lang- don and Sinclair, were: sent into the eighth precinct’s territory with orders to arrest cars mnot properly equipped with lights. Eighteen persons were booked, all of whom were released on collateral ranging from $2 to $5. In accordance with an order from the director of traffic, bll persons arrested for trafic offenses are questioned to see if the correct address is on their regis- nouncement to be made next Sunday by The Star. ‘The many hundreds of persons, hereabout, who obtain both exercise and recreation through partic- ipation in the alley game are to be apprised of an event designed to further increase the interest they have in one of the most popular of indoor sports. An outline of the plans for this big event, to be held within the next few weeks, will be found in next Sunday's pink sports section of The Star. yesterday of new traffic lights on Rhode | Island avenue, in company with Lieut. | B. A. Lamb of the Trailic Bureau, Judge Gus A. Schuldt, presiding judge of Po- licé Court, who is now sitting in Traffic Court, today announced he deemed the lights satisfactory and ordered forfeited the $5 which 15 persons, arrested yes- terday for failing to obey the lights, de- A rope that had been neatly cut. pro- | duced in Police Court today to refute the . alihi of two colored youths who | claimed it had been broken by a hunt- | ing dog they were accused of stealing, resulted in the defendants being ad- judged guilty. Arthur Moore testified he had tled his “rabbit dog,” valued at $30, in the rear of 115 E street southeast. Some-lposited at the second precinct. None of time later James Ross and Bernard|those arrested appeared to fight the Brooks, both colored, come down an |case alley back of the house to collect | Judge Schudlt stated that the light at trash. R street and Rhode Island avenue, According tog the youths, the dog|which was reported as being unsatis- broke its rope and trafled them. One | factory, seemed to be working properly of the boys noticed it had no tag and since H.dmd heeln e?iuiplped with lgtnken;_ decided to give it a home. I The judge declared the mo: agrant | {ratj ards. If not, they are charged A policeman produced the rope that | violation he moticed was fncorrect tum e oy s tiotity L5 et Biirea: had been around the dog's collar. ing on the red light \' motorists. v nge in address and fined from “Ropes don't break like that” said! While Jjudge Schu oj" i i i&. W Star’s Radio Log Book Ready for Distribution Brings Indictments for 3 Distributors By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 23.—Mo- tion pictures showing scenes too lurid even for the eyes of - Federal grand jury composed entirely of men led Gov- ernment officlals to move further to- day against what was described as a ring for distributors of indecent motion pictures. Part of one of the confiscated reels, showing a “back to nature” drama, was | Federal agents said the three indicted fiashed on an improvised screen in the | men had realized several hundred thou- Jarkened grand jury room. After a few |sand dollars profit on the venture. scenes the foreman stopped the picture | hortly afte d indicts s . Sehumed sgainst three men. - o 'Radio Programs—Pages 44 & 45 " u’;m detefil&nau 'mmedm were W.w;". vee, cal y_post office inspect the leader of the distributing ring; Harry Winter, who is alleged to have financed the venture, and H. W. Smith, called the head of the Hollywood dis- tributing office. Bond for each was set al t_$5,000. Parents of high school students and other young people emoloved about lolywood testified. Owing to the tremendous demands for The Star's recently published log book, thousands of copies were quickly distributed, exhausting' the supply, but the presses were started again on the second edition and these books now are ready for distribution at the office of The Star, Eleventh and Pennsylvania avenue, or any of The Star’s want ad stations scattered throughout the city. These are listed on page 43. & — ducas Taph Qiven, 23 9r 30 dag” sbe mew Vsl 8 delad o™ S