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FOUR ARE INDICTED ! INROTHSTEIN GAGE George McManus, “Richard Li Roe,” “John Doe” Charged Il With Murder. {5 the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 5.— George PMcManus, “Richard Roe,” “John Doe” #nd a fourth unnamed man were under Bndictment for murder today in con- pection with the fatal shooting Novem- ber 4 of Arnold Rothstein, big Nhlc: {gambler. Only McManus was under arrest. Dis- frict Attorney Joab H. Banton said he had good descriptions and fingerprints of the other men, including a photo- MUSIC THE DAVISON GLEE CLUB. A Christmas concert by the Davison Glee Club, with John R. Monroe con- ducting, was given last night in Cen- tral High School. Adolf Torovsky, a pianist of splendid ability, was as- sisting soloist. The last half of a rather long program had the assistance of a woman's chorus of 16 sopranos and 8 altos. The “Improperia” of Palestrina, ar- ranged for men's voices by Archibald T. Davison, was the second selection of the glee club, and it was perhaps the most effective of the three by Palestrina. Following the Palestrina group Mr. Torovsky was heard in a group of three selections, & “Gavotte in E Major” by . S. Bach, the “Vecchio Menuetto” by G. Sgambati and the last and best played of these, “Pastorale Variee,” by w. Tt was a German folk song, “Gute Nacht,” by Woodworth, that brought the glee club up to its powers and also swung the audience to real enthusiasm. From this song on, there was evidence of a keener interest and joy on both sides of the proscenium arch. “The March of the Peers” from Sir Arthur Sullivan’s “Tolanthe,” which directly followed the folk song, benefitted great- 1y from the impetus which the singing of the German piece had given the singers. The first selection to have the added interest and beauty of the women’s voices was “Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light,” the chorale from the Christmas Oratorio, by J. §. Bach, and in it there was offered a fine blending of the voices. In the second group of piano selec- tions by Mr. Torovsky, “The Rhapsodie in G Minor,” by Bflmhms stood out in splendid interpretation. pUndoubbedl,v a great deal of the credit must go to the conductor of the glee club, Mr. Monroe, for the club shows able training. J. J. Blaney, the accompanist, plays well. THE OPERA PLAYERS CLUB. The Opera Players Club of Immacu- late Conception Church opened its twelfth semi-annual operatic season last night in the hall on N street with a new musical comedy, “The Pride of Virginia,” before a large and responsive audience. This club of young artists have been singing together for six years and have to their credit 10 operas. In this last, the sixth_composition of Harry Whea- ton Howard, it has an excellent vehicle in - hich to show ability and talent. The story is consistent and the score is bright and colorful. “The Pride of Virginia” concerns a beautiful girl, Virginia Lee (Florence Yocum); two suitors, Max (Willlam Stoddard), the jealous lover, and John Sterling (Leonard Townsend) and a wager, and is brought to a dramatic climax in the second act, when the discarded lover makes a present to the bride of the note book in which the wager is written. The song “As but One Sun,” by Vir- ginia and John, was exceptionally well done, and in the “Waltz Song and Fi- nale,” with Virginia and the chorus, the youthful artists established a high- er record histrionically as well as vo- cally. Tsklle story opens at Christmas, with virginia’s brother, Robert Lee, home from college with some classmates, and her girl friends in the old Virginia town all ready for a lively holiday. Jimmy (Frederick Nolan) is a collegiate with social aspirations and a love for flowers and girls, and Martha (Cather- ine Ryan) boasts a passion for ancient Greece and also for Bull Billings (John | Sherman), a college athlete. Ephraim (George Neumann), the colored servant of the family, sustained the comedy role splendidly. 5 The whole performance showed re- markable co-operation between the cast and director, Irene Bontz and her corps_de danse put over clever inci- dental and solo dance numbers. In fact, the performance was smooth and finished a degree seldom found in an amateur organization. Scenically, also, it was exceptionally good. “The Pride of Virginia” will be re- peated tomorrow and Friday nights. THE CONCERT FOR THE BLIND. ‘The concert for the benefit of the Co- Ilumbia Polytechnic Institute at Foundry Methodist Church, last evening, was unique, as most of those who took part were blind. The performance was sponsored by an organization whose entire board is composed of blind men. The audience was Jarge and enthusiastic, and the en- tire program was well rendered. A work by an American composer was among the most interesting selec- tions. It was “Etude de Concert Op. 36,” by the late Edward MacDowell. Commissioner Dougherty made an éx- cellent, address, giving many interesting facts interspersed with humor. As the Columbia Polytechnic Insti- tute, founded in 1900, is to be included in the Community Chest, it is not known if these concerts, which have been popular in the past, will be con- graph of the fourth man. “The world is not big enough for fhem to hide in,” he said, forecasting Parly arrests. McManus, supposedly Rothstein's friend, has been identified as the ‘George Richards” who rented room B49 in the Park Central Hotel, in which [Rothstein is believed to have been shot. Me also was named by a waiter as the person who called Rothstein to the phone in Lindy's Restaurant that night, | after which Rothstein left for the Park Central. McManus' overcoat was found in the room after the shooting. Banton Gives Views. ““There is no doubt in my mind.” the #istrict attorney said, “that Rothstein Wwas lured to the Park Central Hotel and %hen killed in cold blood, and that the Your men now under ingmt‘rvnent were articipants in that murder. g » Justpwhich of the four men actually red the shot he was not prepared to Having completed the main work for ik §t was called, the county grand jury today turned to other phases of e life and death of Rothstein while B Federal grand jury was concerned vith Rothstein's possible connection vith narcotic smuggling. Seek Files Searchers. ong subjects of the county grand ur‘ymln!i]xuiry is the identity of the per- lon or persons believed to have ran- sacked the gambler's files after his death and to have taken therefrom evidence which the police believe would fink him with many underworld activ- fties. The police also want to find out if jewelry valued at thousands of dollars and for which pawn tickets wwere found among Rothstein’s posses- ssion was part of the loot of several un- golved major robberies in New York #nd Long Island. ———e. ASKS $50,000 DAMAGES. LOS ANGELES, December 5 (). oMrs. Violet Merchant yesterday was suing her former husband for $50,000 damages for claimed breach of promise #o marry her while they were married. In explaining this marital puzzle Yo the court she said she had agreed to a divorce to enable her husband to settle certain property rights and on this promise that afterward they would Temarry. But Merchant married anoth- r woman. THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Fair and much Polder tonight, lowest temperature .mbout 24 degrees; tomorrow fair and pomewhat colder; fresh westerly winds, hing and becoming variable. Maryland—Fair and eolder tonight; #much colder in east portion; tomorrow fair, somewhat colder in east portion: fresh westerly winds, diminishing. Virginia—Fair and much colder to- hight; tomorrow fair, somewhat colder in east and central portions; fresh grorthwest minds, diminishing. “West Virginia—Partly cloudy and gnuch colder tonight; tomorrow fair. Records for 24 Hours. ‘Thermometer—4 p.am., 55; 8 p.m.,, 48; i ., ; 8 am., 46; n, 48. Barometer—4 pm., 30.14; 8 pm $0.13; midnight, 30.05; 4 am., 29 # am, 29.95; noon, 30.04. Highest temperature, 58, occurred at $:45 pm. yesterday. Lowest temperature, 45, occurred at # a.n. today. Temperature same date last year— Bighiest, 45; lowest, 32. Tide Tables. WFunished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today—Low tide, 9:17 am. and 9:52 .m ; high tide, 2:40 am. and 3:16 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 10:08 a.m. and 30:46 pm.; high tide, 3:39 am. and $:09 pm. The Sun and Moon. Today—Sun rose 7:11 am.; sun sets $:46 pm. ‘Tomorrow—Sun rises 7:12 am.; sun 4:46 p.m. .flfiloon rises, 12:47 a.m.; sets 1:37 p.m. Automobile lamps to be lighted one- $alf hour after sunset. J Condition of Water. Great Falls—Clear. Harpers Ferry—Potomac and Shen- $ndoah Rivers clear this morning. ‘Weather in Various Cities. inued. ‘The blind people participating were Susie Dufty, J. Francis Germuiller and Catherine Grady, who played the MacDowell selection, and Robert Swann, Assisting most ably were Fritz Mueller, violinist, and the Imperial Male Quartet, composed of W. A. Mc- Coy. E. G. Lippett, J. Benton Webb and F. P. Heartsill, who sang a capella. STUDENT IS HELD IN BOWLES’ DEATH Rosenfeld’s Automobile, Containing Eight, in Collision With Truck on Bridge, Is Verdict. ' K g g 2 8 H v g o s 25007 Weather, ASIUAIH - +quanu 1ser Statlons. e gUPINSIA wegoy Special Dispatch to The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., December 5.— After deliberating two hours last night the coroner’s jury investigating the death of Lawrence Webster Bowles, 19 years old, of Chillum district, near here, who died as result. of injures sustained when his truck plunged from a bridge over the Northwest branch on the Ram'’s Horn road early the morning of November 24, held David A. Rosenfeld of 4415 Dean avenue northeast, Wash- ington, for his appearance before the grand jury of the Prince Georges County ~Circuit Court next April at Upper Marlboro. He was released under $2,000 bond. The jury rendered a verdict that Bowles had come to his death as the result of a collision with a car operated by Rosenfeld and recom- mended that Rosenfeld be held for the action of the grand jury. A charge of reckless driving against Rosenfeld in connection with the accl- dent has bcen continued until next Wednesday morning in the Prince Georges County Police Court here. He 15 under $1,000 bonds on this charge. Rosenfeld, a student at the University of Maryland, College Park, and seven fellow students were in the automobile, which police ailege collided with Bowles’ truck. Bowles dled in Sibley Hospital, | Washington, as the result of exposure in the water of the branch. Students_testified that they did not feel a jar between their car and truck, 3 though heard a slight scraping, follow- 19 ChiayUe | ing which the truck went off the bridge. 38 Partcloudy | All the boys said their machine had 38 cloudy | mpassed over the bridge when they heard U odasr) €10u4Y | the scraping sound. Hurrying back to CI Abilene, Tex. Albany, N. Y Atlanta. Ga. imnuc City. Cloudy . Ptcloudy aitimore, irmingham ismarck, N. ston, Mas! Bhanesion arleston, Chicago, Til.. . 3 Cincinnati,Ohio. leveland, ‘Ohio. . 8. C.. 30 i Cloudy 902 Clear 5 r Jacksonville &ansas Cl os Bngel ouisville, jami, Fia ew Orlean, ew York,N Kklahoma, Omaba. Fhiladelph oenix. 3 PBittsburgh, Pa. Portland, Me n .02 Clear Pt.cloudy | 646 Cloudy | ar A 0. San DiegoCal Ban _ Fra Mo lear Clouay FOREIGN. (7 a.m., Greenwich time, today.) Temperature. Weather. London, England........ 40 Parls, France Perlin,_Germ ersshaset B3 Brockigoon. Greeuwich {ime; orta (Fayal), Azores o (Cufrent observat Hamilton. Bermuda o8 Ban Juan, Porto R Havana, Cubs_. Colon, Canal Zoti ARGENTINA DATA. Por the week ending December 3, 1028, ~Temperature—Precipitation.— Cur. Depar. Cur. Depar. wadded into the water and succeeded, Part cloudy Part cloudy Clea T wagon and his helper, who were hailed, Cloudy in removing Bowles from under the ma- Rosenfeld were Bernad Rosen of Balti- more, Harry Siegleman, Watertown, S. Dak.; Benjamin Epman, Centerville, M.; Louis Wise, Baltimore; Rayfleld Blackman, Mount Vernon, N. Y.; Hy- rn _and 4 Northern wheat zone. ‘ 13 Routhern @hest zone. 24 +03 +18 L K +17 +6 Abraham Miller of Rochester, N. Y. the bridge the boys testified that they with the help of a driver of a milk chine and bringing him to shore. With _THE .. EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER ARMS PRODUCTION CONFERENCE OPENS Agreement on Control Sought by Commissivn Meet- ing in Geneva. By the Assoclated Press. % | GENEVA, Switzerland, December 5.— | A special commission, which is seeking {to reach an agreement concerning the | control of the manufacture of arms and material of war, opening in Geneva togay under the presidency of Count von Bernstorfl of Germany. The delegates did not take up any general discussion of the difficulties before the commission, today's activi- ties being confined to the appointment of a committee to meet privately in an effort to attain an accord on a draft convention. J. Gustavo Guerrero of Salvador was appointed chairman of this committee. Hugh R. Wilson, American Mirister to Switzerland, was one of the members appointed. Count von Bernstorff, after the open- ing sessicii_of the experts, told the Associated Press today that Germany believes that subcommittees, including a committee of naval experts oi the five great naval powers, should meet to discuss disarmament questions, Favors World Conference. “This was our position during the last assembly,” he said. “I am con- vinced that the way to achieve progress is for the naval afficials to get together in an endeavor to break the present deadlock. Furthermore, if we are able to advance our work on arms manufac- ture control at this session, I believe that we should convoke an international conference without waiting for a com- plete agreement.” An international conference two years ago adopted a convention for the super- vision of international trade in arms and considerable dissatisfaction was heard from countries that are obliged to purchase arms since they do not manufacture them. These countries claimed then and they claim now that it puts the non- producing countries in an unfair posi- tion. Their attitude was that a non- producer must publish the amount of armaments brought for national defense while countries producing armament can manufacture as much as they please at home without any obligation to in- form the world as to-what they are do- mg. . Efforts Are Widened. Partly as a result of this criticsm the efforts to bring about a draft con- vention were widened and they now include both State and private manu- facture. Several countries have taken the position that complete publicity as to armaments manufactured in State-owned factories is undesirable at this time, because it would divulge the details of national defense. Delegates of France and Italy were willing that the total value of armament produced be disclosed, but not matters like the welght and number of specific arms. Gustavo Guerrero, former foreign minister of Salvador, has led the fight for the most complete publicity con- cerning both government and private manufactures. In this he was sup- ported by the United States delegation, of which Hugh Wilson, American Min- ister to Switzerland, is the head. Amendment Rejected. An amendment submitted by the Russian delegation calling for statistics on the production of arms and muni- tions of war was rejected today on the ground that it was a political question belonging to the n of armaments. The Russian representa- tive was the only one 1o vote in favor of the amendment. Italy took the lead in opposing it. The Soviet delegate proposed the in- sertion of a paragraph in the draft con- venticen for annual returns on all kinds of armaments, including rifies, revolvers, machine-guns, grenades, tanks, war- ships and “all poisonous materials for war.” g Asher Hobson presented a motion, which was accepted, appointing the Brazilian expert, Barboze, chairman of a special committee to study commercial statistics, MARY C. BOLAND HEADS CATHOLIC DAUGHTERS District of Columbia Court Blects “Miss Jennie Simms as Vice Regent. Miss Mary C. Boland was elected grand regent of the District of Co- lumbia Court, No. 212, Catholic Daugh- ters of America, at the annual meeting of the court last night in its clubhouse, 601 E street. Other officers were named, as follows: Miss Jennie Simms, vice regent; Miss Florence Winter, historian; Miss Cath- erine Ruppert, corresponding secretary; Mrs. Anna Holmes, treasurer; Miss Marle Creahen, financial secretary; Miss Nell Calnan, monitor; Miss Ethyl Sweet, prophetess; Miss Grace Spruce- bank, lecturer; Miss Margaret Breen and Miss Josephine Walsh, organists; Miss Helen Honan, sentinel, and Miss Ann Doyle and Mrs. Alice Ashe, trustees. Assault Case Continued. Desiring to give the defendant, Staun- ton L. White, a salesman, an opportu- nity to have his testimony corroborated, Judge Ralph Given of Police Court to- day continued the assault case against him after partially hearing the testi- mony. White is accused of having beaten Mrs. Mary Bishop in an auto- mobile on Rodman road early yester- day morning. A illustrated— proof case ... CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. ‘TODAY. ‘The District Aid to the Blind will hold a sale of articles made by the blind, at Thirteenth and G streets, all day until 9 this evening and tomorrow. ‘The Ladies’ Ald Society of the First Universalist Church will hold a Christ- mas sale from 3 to 9 o'clock at Mrs. Arthur M. Poynton's, 1434 Kennedy street, The Zeta Sigma Theta Sorority will ‘r;:eet’. 8:30 o'clock, at the Hamilton otel. » ‘The Church of the Transfiguration. Fourteenth and Gallatin streets, will continue its bazaar and Christmas sale today and evening, to close with a supper, to which the members of the perish and all friends are invited. Proceeds for the church. Kenneth B. Nash Post, American Legion, will meet, 8 o'clock, at the Hamilton Hotel. ‘The Women's Society of First Con- gregational Church will close its an- nual bazaar with a day and evening sale in the parlors of the church. Zion Guild will have an oyster sup- per and bazaar from 4 to 8 o'clqck, in the new chapel, New Hampshire avenue and Buchanan street. Dr. Joseph R. Sizoo will give a slide- illustrated lecture on “The Land Where the Star Shone,” 8 o'clock, at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. All in- vited. Silver offerin; FUTURE. A Christmas bazaar for the benefit of the First Spiritualist Church will be held tomorrow at Thomas Circle Club, 1326 Massachusetts avenue. There will be a memberchip social to- morrow, 8 p.m., at the Phyllis Wheatley Y.W. C. A. Mrs. Cleo Key is in charge of the program. The annual carnival will be held at the Y. W. C. A. Decem~ ber 10 to 15. with Mrs. Julia West Ham- ilton in charge. A Christmas bazaar will be held to- day, tomorrow and Friday at Christ Lutheran Church. Supper from 5 to 8 each evening. The University of Michigan Alumnae Association will meet at luncheon Fri- day at the A. A. U. W. clubhhouse, 1634 street. The Duke University Alumni dinner will be given December 11, 7 p.m., at the University Club. ‘The Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Gavel Club will have a 500 card party Satur- day at the residence of Mrs. Alice Heimer, 1232 E street southeast. Kit Carson Post, No. 2, G. A. R., will m:fi!. tomorrow, 2 p.m., at Grand Army Hall. Park View Platoon School Parent- Teacher Association will meet tomorrow, 2 p.m., in the school for yearly confer- ence. Th> Ladies’ Aid Society of the Con- gress Street M. P. Church will give its annual supper tomorrow and Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. in the lecture room of the church. b ‘Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Church will observe church night to- morrow from 5 pm. on. A turkey din- ner will be served, and William Tyler Page, clerk of the House, will be the chief speaker. Bishop Frank M. Bristol will be the special guest. ‘The Kiwanis Club will hold a business meeting at the Washington Hotel to- morrow, 2:30 p.m. The Loyal Knights of the Round Table will meet at luncheon Friday, 12:30 p.m, at the University Club. Speaker, Secretary of the Interior West; pianist, Mrs. N. K. Gardner. ‘The Finance Club, War Department, will give a dance at the Hamilton Hotel tomorrow, 9 p.m. The executive board of Columbia Junior High P. T. A. will meet tomor- row, 12:30 p.m., at the school. The school will serve luncheon. MAN HIT BY ENGINE. Car Cleaner Found Unconscious in ‘Terminal Company Yards. Found lying unconscious between tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in the Washington Terminal Co. yards this morning, Early C. Wood, colored, 30, of 316 I street southeast, is suffering from a compound fracture of the lower jaw, internal injuries and a fracture of the left wrist and hand. His condition is -serious, ‘Wood, a car cleaner employed by the ‘Washington Terminal Co., was found just south of the New York Avenue Bridge by A. H. Marvil, 1307 Emerson street northeast. When revived at Emer- gency Hospital, Wood Is sald to have told physiciaps that he was struck by a yard enginc, . CENSORS’ POWER TESTED. Right to Delete Phrases From Talking Films Is Questioned. PHILADELPHIA, December 5 (#).— The right of the State Board of Censors to censor language in talking motion pictures was at issue before the State Supreme Court yesterday on two ap- peals directly opposed to each other. One was taken by Vitagraph, Inc., from a decision by Judge Martin of Common Pleas Court, which held the right of the board to censor language was lawful. The other was an appeal by the board itself from decision of Judge McDevitt of Common Pleas Court, which held the board had no such authority. The Supreme Court reserved the decision. e GRAF ZEPPELIN TESTED. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, De- cember 5 (#).—The Graf Zegpeun, which has been thoroughly overhauled since her transatlantic flight, ascended this morning on the first of seven test flights prescribed by the German aeron- autical testing station. The dirigible carried 90 persons, mainly technicians, Capt. Lehmann was Distinctive ! FINE Strap Watch is truly a distinctive gift—one that through its unfailing ac- curacy establishes lifelong friendship with a man. Our completely stocked Watch Section contains a bountiful selection of famous timepieces, from $15 to $250. The handsome, AMBASSADOR—15-jewel move- ment, radium dial, dust- R.Harris &.Co. F Street at Eleventh Jewelers and Diamond Merchants for Over Half a Century navagating the airship, which will make a seven-hour cruise over the Lake Con- stance region. rugged BULOVA model ‘2 4.75 man PFriedman of Brooklyn, N. Y., and RIVER AND HARBOR PLANS DISCUSSED War Secretary Holds Water- ways Improvement Factor in National Defense. From the standpoint of military preparedness in our next major emer- gency and because of a detrimental effect on the development of rivers and harbors, Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis opposes any attempt to separate the Army Corps of Engineers from the duties connected with the improvement of the Nation’s waterways and harbors. Addressing the opening session of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress i 2t the New Willard Hotel today, Secre- tary Davis took a decided stand in favor of continuation of the work of Army .engineers on the waterways of this_country. “For the needs of national defense there must be an engineer force in the Army,” Mr. Davis said. “The results demanded of its members n wiar time Tequire constant peace time practice of the profession of engineering. To de- velop capacity for war-time needs the engineer officer must have peace-time experience requiring major decisions. Peace-tibe Training Field. “The engineering works involved in our river and harbor improvement pro- grams are the peace-time traininfi fields of our military engineers * * *. The waterways problems must be solved in the national interest. No body of men is more nationally minded than the Corps of Engineers, Our military enginecrs must be trained on large works, in- volving the meeting of serious emer- gencies. ‘There is no other civil work comparable in value in the development of emergency decisions to the problems of waterway improvement. Finally, the works so prosecuted return dividends in reduced water transportation costs and in assured military preparadness for war. This utilization of the Corps of Engineers in our river and harbor work thus returns double dividends to the Nation. I¢ would short sighted, ecc- nomically wasteful and a serious blow to the national defense not to use this trained corps, which must be main- tained in any event, on work which they have carried on with signal suc- cess for over a century and which is vital to our military preparedness.” Reviewing progress in rivers and har- bors work over the last four years and especially this year, Secretary Davis declared that passage by Congress of | . the Denison act is of the utmost signifi- cance. “Of especial importance is the provisions directing the establishment of joint rail and water routes, rates and divisions,” he said. “Under this act we hoped to work out an equitable set- tlement with the railroads, by co-opera- tion if possible, by compulsion if necessary.” Some of the outstanding accomplish- ments of the year were listed by Secre- tary Davis as follows: Adoption by Congress of a definite and comprehensive flood control plan for the Mississippi River. Successful operation of the Federal Barge Line, with net earnings of nearly $245,000 in nine months. ‘The vastly improved condition of our seacoast harbors. Recommendations of the War Depart- ment for expansion of the program for the Great Lakes. Surveys and studies looking to formu- lation of plans for co-ordinated deveiop- ment of the waterways of the Mississippi system, not only for navigation, but for flood control, irrigation, reclamation and power developement. Rallroads Antagonize Proposal. ‘The principal reason for non-use of the inland navigable streams of the United States is the active opposition of the railroads, Representative Deni- son of Illinois, told the Congress. The railroads have adopted a reactionary course of opposition to development of the commerce of the inland waterways, and have thwarted their own purposes in not developing commerce by rail hand in hand with water-borne com- merce, he declared. Water transpor- tation is cheaper than any form of trans- portation by the rail carriers, Mr. Deni- son said, adding that because of lack of development of water transporta- tion the farmers of the Mississippi Val- ley and other parts of the Midwest are suffering from expensive rail trans- portation. Mr. Denison pleaded for co-operation between the rail carriers and the agen- cies controlling water-borne commerce, declaring that no transportation scheme which relies upon a single method can be successful. He said it is clearly the intent of Congress, under the trans- portation act of 1920, that development of water-borne commerce must go hand in hand with co-operation of the rail- roads and that the railroads should not wait longer to establish joint rail and water rates. Seaslagran it U. S. Capitalist Dies in Managua. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, December 5 (#)—Manuel Gutierrez Pena, New Or- leans capitalist, died here yesterday from natural causes. The body will be sent to the United States. XMAS SAVINGS Open Evenings Until Make Baby Grand Xmas A Carload of Steck Grands Have Just Arrived No matter what make you contemplate buying, or price We strongly recommend that you see the Steck Petite Grand before deciding. “The Smallest High-grade Piano in the world.” is you have_ decided to pay. This Petite Grand 785 Pay $25 down and the balance in 2!; years 5, 1928. " WDANIEL BETTER AFTER COLLAPSE Silver Spring Bank Robber Soon to Begin Serving 15-Year Term. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., December 5.—! Hugh L. McDaniel, 32-year-old photog- rapher, of Takoma Perk, Md., will be taken from the Rockville Jail to the Maryland Penitentiary at Baltimore tomorrow or Friday to begin a 15-year sentence simposed upon him by Mont- gomery County Circuit Court last night after a jury, dleiberating 25 minutes, had found him guilty of robbing the Silver Springs National Bank and menacing employes with a pistol on October 27 last. The prisoner was pro- nounced nearly normal again, following his collapse yesterday on hearing the verdict. To the very end McDaniel insisted that he was innocent of the daring hold-up, and, as sentence was imposed, | there was nothing about him to suggest | that he was the type of man capable of robbing a bank single-handed and then walking out calmly with an armful of | money under heavy pistol fire from bank ; employes. | Going over the evidence against him, | which he said was inconsistent and cir- | cumstantial, McDaniel insisted that he | was innocent and declared he expected a light sentence and an early parole. The maximum penalty is 20 years. i ‘The trio of judges returned to the bench and Presiding Judge Hammond | Urner asked McDaniel if he cared to| maie any statement before sentence was imposed. “Your honor,” he answered, “I still | say that I am not guilty and I ask you to have mercy on me.” “Isn't there anything else you care| to say,” the judge urged. McDaniel re- | plied that there was nothing more. Escorted From Room. McDaniel was sitting down when the 15-year sentence was imposed, and when the judge finished speaking the convicted man’s throat muscles con- tracted spasmodically and he slumped down in his chair. He began to slip from his seat and one knee was touch- ing the floor when a deputy sheriff grabbed him by either arm and escorted him from the courtroom. McDaniel did not take a step on the short trip to the sheriff’s office, his feet dragging across the floor as the officers propelled him ong. The prisoner was gripped with con- vulsions in the sheriff’s office and a physician was called. The latter ad- ministered heart stimulants, and Mc- Daniel was taken to the Rockville Jail for the night. During his talk with newspaper men in the courtroom McDaniel described himself as a man who had been able to make but few friends during his lifetime. This was the reason, he said, that he had been able to obtain only four character witnesses. These in- cluded the woman at whose home he lived, a young woman who said on the witness stand that she was “very fond” of him, the girl's brother and a social welfare worker who had known him for nine years. None of these was in the courtroom to tell McDaniel good- by after the imposition of sentence. The State’s case against McDanizl rested upon three principal points— identification by eyewitnesses, the re-| covery of $1,480, only $20 less than the amount stolen, in his room, and the finding of a pistol similar to the one used by the bandit in the basement of the house where he resided. The bandit was described as a man not wearing glasses and the defense at- tempted to prove that McDaniel's eye- sight was so weak he could not have committed the robbery without his glasses, and that he was with friends in Washington at 8 o'clock of the morning preceding the day of the rob- bery. State witnesses had said that! the bandit who robbed the bank Satur- day morning was the same man they saw in the establishment on the day preceding. Identified by Witnesses. ‘The State produced four witnesses who positively identified McDaniel as the bandit. It was also proved that five of the $10 bills found In the lining of McDaniel's coat had been received at the bank on October 13. The State was unable to trace the bills after this date and McDaniel asserted that he got them in change for a $50 bill at the bank. The cashier, however, said the bill he changed for McDaniel was a $5 one. ‘The State did not prove that the gun found was the same one used by the robber, but it did produce a Washing- ton firearms dealer who said McDaniel had consulted him about buying a weap- on two weeks prior to the robbery. Mec- Daniel previously had testified he never owned a pistol and never made any at- tempt to secure one. From the witness stand McDaniel described th> money taken from him as his life savings. His average salary, he said, was $35 a week, and he saved more than half of this. He said he never kept a large bank CHECKS CASHED This a only 4); feet long. Individuality in Furniture at De Moll’s De Moll sisieec.. TWELFTH & G \r Convicted in Hold-Up HUGH L. McDANIEL. account for fear of its being attached by his estranged wife. Under cross-ex- amination by State’s Attorney Robert Peter, jr. McDaniel told a fantastic story of the hiding places in which he had kept his money. When he first moved to Takoma Park, he said, he buried the money in the ground beside a stump in a patch of woods. This was made into a dump- ing ground, however, and he said he then buried the money in another lonely spot. After he moved to 30 Columbia ave- nue, Takoma Park, kept part of his money buried in the back yard and part of it in the house. Defense Attorney Harold S. Smith of Rockville announced there would be no appeal by the defense. He was as- sisted in his defense by Attorneys David Hornstein and Charles L. Walker of Washington. After the verdict had been rendered, the Washington _attorneys Judges Robert B. Peter, John Newman and Hammond Urner for the courtesy shown them during the trial. BORDER LIQUOR LEAK HELD MENACE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IN U. S. (Continued From First Page.) State troopers upstate make cases and turn them over to already overcrowd- ed Federal courts, and through a great many minor cases turned in by New York City police, which have to be taken care of on “bargain days in United States courts and disposed of on pleas of guilty with fines of $10 or $15.” Reference also was made to the Phil- adelphia situation, where, Doran said, there had been “not only a lack of ac- tive co-operation, but a very bad situ- ation in the Police Department.” “That 1s being developed now,” he said, “and that, of course, made it very difficult to ever really clean the town up; when you have a collusive condi- tion between various police captains in charge of precincts and the violators in those precincts.” Chicago, Doran testified, was “bright- ening up a little bit,” as far as Federal enforcement is concerned, but, he said, “a great deal could be done there yet.” Up to last Spring, he continued, there was practically no co-operation from Chicago police. New York Held Brazen. Asked by Representative Bacon, Re- bublican, New York, the reason for the recent restaurant raids in New York City, Dr. Doran said the cause was that they were “violating the law openly and brazenly, and it was becoming a matter of very great public comment, not only in New York, but on the part of those who visited” that city. The commis- sloner later corrected his statement, say- ing he did not wish to say the res- taurants were “actually violating the iaw until the jury said so. The commissioner said he was getting more help from the present administra- tion in Detroit than from the previous | one, but in St. Louis there was not much activity on the part of city and| county authorities to close up speak- | casies. The problem in Florida, he said, was “smuggling and a kind of everglade distilling problem,” with the former a “Winter proposition.” The situation in San Francisco, ques- tioning developed, was in Dr. Doran’s opinion about the same as in other large cities. “We have fair co-operation from the Police Department,” Doran said. “How- ever, it is a serious problem.” Dr. Doran said he believes that the new law requiring dry officers and agents to stand civil service examina- tion will work out satisfactorily in the Md., he said he| thanked | i ] B GIRLS ESCAPE IN'SCHOOL BLAZE Louishurg College, Swept by $100,000 Fire, Closes Un- til After Holidays. By ‘he Assoclated Press. HENDERSON, N. C., December 5.— Fire of undetermined origin early today destroyed the main building of Louls- burg College at Louisburg, N. C., driving 75 girls and teachers into the night in scant attire and resulting in injury to two firemen. The loss is estimated at approximately $100,000. As a result of the blaze the students, all girls, numbering between 250 and 300, today were en route to their homes to remain over Christmas. Arrange- ments to resume classes cannot be made until after January 1, it was said. The fire is believed to have started from the heating system. It was first discovered in the chapel, which is on the fourth floor, by two sisters named Knox, whose home is at Liberty, N. C. Aroused shortly before 1 o'clock, they opened their door and saw the flames. Hurrying to the first floor, they rang the school bell, giving the alarm. By doing so they lost all of their personal belongings, but were credited with sav- ing the lives of many of the 65 students and 10 teachers in the structure. Firemen from Henderson, Raleigh and Rocky Mount, answered a call for help from the Louisburg department. Al- though the main building was & mass | of flames the firemen saved several ol);;r newer bulldings. forris Clifton, Louisburg banker, was slightly injured when a chair, hurled from the building struck him on the head. Marvin Davis, Henderson fireman, was struck by a falling brick. A Raleigh fireman was slightly injured. Louisburg College is owned by the North _Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. . A. W. Mohn is president of the insti- tution. . INVITATIONS ISSUED. State G. 0. P. Men Asked to Take Part in Arlington Banquet. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., December 5.— Republicans of the State who contrib- uted largely to putting Virginia in the Republican column in the national elee- tion have been invited to attend the annual banquet of the Arlington County l:rean;lblfic‘lxl;ltogmlle:twgl,‘w be held Sat- y ni n the cafeteria of Wash- ington-Lee High School. They include Robert H. Angell, Re- publican chairman of Roanoke; C. 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