Evening Star Newspaper, February 1, 1929, Page 2

OF CAPTAINS GULT wm Not Seek Burlingame Ouster Until Witnesses Corroborate Evidence. Ruffied somewhat by the tactics fol- lowed in the investigation of Mrs. Helen Blalock's Sensational charges against Capt. Guy E. Burlingame of the second precinct, Maj. Edwin B. Hesse, super- Intepdent of police, today announced that he would not yecommend discip- linary action against the police captain until witnesses are produced to cor- meborate the alicged documentary evi- dence given the United States attor. ney's office by Representative Blanton of Texas. The investization has now become a triparty affair, with the District Com- missioners, the Gibson subcommittee of the House and the United States attor- ney’s office each taking part. But thus far none has reached a definite objec- tive. The Police Department, which is vitally concerned, has been practically ignored, however, and Maj. Hess> said he is still waiting for photostatic copies of Mrs. Blalock’s affidavits and senti- mental love notes turned over to Blan- ton by the missing palmist. Maj. Hesse declared he did not want #o be placed in the position of protect- ing Capt. Burlingame if he is guilty, but that he would not set idly on the sidelines and see one of his command- ing officers “persecuted” before any steps are taken to prove the felonious charges of Mrs. Blalock. “If Capt. Burlingame is gumy. then I will turn on him and fight for his removal from the police force, just as vigorously as I intend to suf t him until witnesses are produced 1o corroborate the evidence in the documents which Mr. Blanton has given to the District attorney.” the dolice superintendent said. Commissioners Undecided. ‘The Commissioners ‘already have given serious attention to the Burlin- game case on two occasions—at a spe- clal meeting Infe yesterday and at the' regular semi-weekly board meeting this morning—but have been unable to reach & decision as to what action should be “taken. Ma). Hesse and Inspector Henry G. Pratt, assistant superintendent, wnr;- this morning and disfussed various :Ie'ullu of the case. . ‘The smcul meetln( of the Com- missioners yesterday afternoon foi- lowed ;)o cunfmnc%o betwea: csmmi sioner rporation Counsel Wl.lfllm W“‘m United States Attor- A. Rover and Assistant United Btl" Aflnflu! ‘William H. Collins. ‘The ' procedure to be followed in m, time the United States will mark time with its un and prosecution of the Goff, Frank r JohnA.xnu,P. # terday. District Building. TOTAL CHEST FUND REACHES $758,551, LEADERS REPORT (Continued From First Page) fect on community life. Catholic and | Protestant, Jew and Gentile, colored and white, the citizens of Washington are being knit together with a commu- nity spirit that no other movement has ever inspired, and I am sure that the close of the campaign will find Wash- ington a closer, better, more civic- spirited city than ever before.” General soliciting for contributions is ing undertaken at Catholic Univer- sity. A letter sent out to all members of the university over the signature of Rev. Dr. Charles A. Hart, chairman of a committce designated by the univer- sity officials, reads as follows: “Naturaily the Catholic University of- ficlals are anxious for full co-operation of its personnel in an enterprise which emphuwel our real community char- acter instead of the too-frequent stress of differences of party or creed or color. This is true brotherhood. The univer- sity’s committee hopes to be able to re- port a 100 per cent reply to this :ppeal and as near to 100 per cent as possible in donations as well.” Today’s Contributions. The following contributions were re- ported today: ul' and Mrs. Peter A. Jay, $750; Mr and Mrs. George P. McLean, $500; Mra Sidney L. Smith, $400; Mr. and Mrs. L. Corrin Strong, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Mikkelson, Dr. Charles L. Smith, jr.; Mrs. Guy D. Goff, Mrs. Charles H. Con- ner, Col. and Mrs, Henry C. Newcomer, $300; Claude W. Dudley, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Nathan, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Clifford, Dr. and Mrs. Philip 8. Smith, W. H. West Co., Mrs. Julla MacMurray, 250 each. Wlur F. Chappell, James jr.; Arthur Tirrell, Thomas R. Mary C. Schafer, Willlam King & Son, Henry E. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Inc.; William 8. pite reports v.hn the United Btates attorney's office has information nmflwwh*mbouuof the mjssing ‘palmist, Oomm-ldmhiuuu much “in the dark” as where she might be as he was last week when the case 'umrnedovnmhlnmlnvemu The rumors that the woman board when it met and ‘police officials said the obably will not re- until the case is e from his comment on the pro- !-he mve-undon of t Capt. Burlingame, nt,” Maj. Hesse declared, “and is any ring. l'. is about my head.” WIFE SHOOTS MAN AS SHE CALLS HIM FROM COURTROOM (Continued From First Page.) there ~persons in the onn'ldor just a few min- i"tes before the shooting, but that near- {1y all of { t.hem had gone down to the { third floor to watch fire engines which | were answering an alarm in the vicin- ity of the court. They were coming upstairs, sald Weinsteln, when Mrs. Brown began shooting and promptly turned and ran back down the stairs, many of them lelvtn' the l1ding. Wher headquarters detectives arrived he the eourthouse they found confusion. IConflicting versions of the shooting were flven by nearly all of the supposed eye- witnesses, some, asserting that five shots fired, whilé others said Mrs. Brown | shot but four times. An examination of i the pistol revealed, however, that there , was but nn: cartridge remaining in the | mg ’ Bmwn ‘was taken to Emergency Hos- plu.l in an Army ambulance which was g the courthouse at the time of he shooting. The driver heard the Imund of the explosions and stopped to 1see what the. ttrouble was. Police | promptly pressed his convgyance info + service. j At the hospital surgeons discovered | Brown had been shot in the arm, 1 shoulder and chest. | . Mrs. Brown's daughters -were_taken 1to the House of Detention at the re- ! quest of their mother, who asked that | the Woman's Bureau care for them. + _Just as the shooting started Mrs. | Patline L. Boycé, 5320 Forty-first street, i & cousin.of Mrs. Brown, who had ac- companied her to court this morning, . ran up to Judge Given, who was stand - ing in the room, and almost swept him ! to the floor as she shouted for protec- tion. A police matron quieted Mrs. | Boyce. Judge Given recalled that Mrs. Boyee + had accompanied Mrs. Brown In a visit to his ofiice last June when he was prosecuting attorney. Mrs. Brown at that time protested that the police had failed to serve @ summons on her hus- band, Mr. Givens drew up new papers garet E. Shea, August Plugge and Mrs. John P. Fillebrown. John Lewis Smith, mo, .nmu Y. Pennebaker, ‘1‘0, Hubert E. and Mrs. G. L. William H. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. Mur- ray T. Donohoe, M. Hol in 'and Arthur S. Browne, $150; Dr. C. B, Allen, $150; Miss Chhrlotte OImpbell, $140; ‘Thomas Harrison and Mrs, Ednl 7 $125; Mr. ud Mrs, J. Harry Cunn H R. Kin[. $114; Dr. lnd . J. H. Branson, $110. $100 Contributions. ‘The Iouowlnl gave $100 each. Frederick Stohiman, James Sloan, ir.; Mathew L. Rue, Hr. and ‘Mrs. A. L. !-Idwln,su)glwn Al.(r and Mrs. Joseph gene Gott, thtol’ C. James Berr-ll. Ralph P. rd, ‘W. Wallick, Mrs. Irving: Paull, Edward Parsons, heodvn Cammon, Randolph lkkh. F. G. Addison, ir.; As- ~ | sociated General Contractors of Amer- flll"fln (employes) Brentano, Inc.;| €YS, ica, Inc; Dr. N.'N. Smiler, Mrs. James 8. Parker, Ml’l Prank E. Weedon, J. McKenny Berry, Angus McDonald cflw(urd Rus~ sell P. Freeman,” Mrs. Free- man, Mr. and Mrs. wmhm W-rd. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Waterman, Mrs. Henry W. Seymour, Mrs. Jane D. Caruth, Clifton Aires, le” H. Bowling, Long. Nyce, Swindler & Mc- Intosh, M. Patrick, Denise Barkalow, Mrs. Alice D. Julius A. Hobson, A. Chester Flather, Rev. Michael J. Curley, Miss mnnu H. Byers, Laurence Mills, Francis A. Biundon Co., Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Stewart, Grant L. Barnhart, Edward Brashears, H.' Rozier Dulany, urs Sarah M. Ford, S8imon R. Galiba) and Mrs. James F. Hood, Dr. J. Rulsell Verbrycke, jr.. James Morris Wood- ward, Rev. J. R. Matthews, Anonymous, Garnet C. Wilkinson, Dr. Mildred E. Gibbs, James A. Cobb, Kflly Miller, J. F. Hulland, Berean Baptist Church, Mr. and Mrs. Mordecai W. Johnson, M. O. Dumas, Moon. & Allen, Prof. and Mrs. George W. Cook, Thomas H. R. Clarke William A. Warfield, William loe, John H. Thurston, Mrs. Augustua W. Gray, Emma G. Merritt, Stansbury E. Boyer, Simeon T. Car- son, Mrs. M. A. McAdoo, Mr. and Mrs, Daniel B. Thompson, Edward D. W. Jones, G. David Housten, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Robinson and Dr. and Mrs. (Jammi A. Brooks. Mrs. Walter T. Wheatley gave $80, Ianclml'ls was given by each of the fol- owing: Mrs. Alfred H. Brooks, Dr. Frank L. Wtulman‘ Mr. and Mrs. Welss, Mr. Fred H. Moffitt, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Slade, Reuben A. Edlavitch, Miss Agnes Hanna, Judge and Mrs. Wilmer Lal mer, Isabel K. Macdermott, John P.[ Bheehan, W. A. Carpenter, and Charles F. Danman. ' Albert S. Ritchcock, $72; Miss Sibyl | Blker. Dr. and Mrs. Prentiss Wilson, . L. W. Holbrook, (Major) Julia C. Stim- son, Herman Blumenthal, William F. Bowen, Rear Admiral Albert M. D. Mc- * Cormick, Frances Nevius, J. Max Cun- " ningham, Miss Caroline L. Lanman, Will | H. Carleton and Adrian J. Peters, $60 each; Eastern, Viavi Co., Arthur Day 'and Mrs. May D. Lokerson, $57, and Emma J. Searles, $52. | Those who gave $30: The following $50 contributions were { made: Harry Rriedling, Nathan H. Cowsill, Grahame H. Powell, Lamont Norris, and the trial set for today resulted. BAND CONCEET By the United States Marine Band Orchestra, Friday, Pebruary 1, at 4 pm., st the auditorium, Marinc Barracks. Program: March, “Silver Jubilee”. Overture, “Bartered Bride’ (a) “Pale Moon," Indian song (b) “March of the D‘m!s . Bolo for violoncello, “Kol Nidrei, d Musician, Angelo Bernolfo. Excerpts from “Boccaccio” (a) onenm mumem “Lotus Blossom: lh) Valse lenu, “I'm Lon uite, “Les !rlnnyes" Pnlude, scene “Religioso,” finale. Marines’ hymn, “The Hells of Monte- zuma." “The Star Spangled Bapner.” Zamecnik .Smetana .Logan . Grieg ‘Bruch Suppe | Massenet, Mrs. F. E. Middleton, jr.; Mr, and Mrs, Simon Hushman, E. R. Haas, Joseph C. Colquitt, Dreyfuss Bros., Hnrry W. Pin- ney, Dr. and Mrs. John H. Iden, s | Ellen M. Lawler, Willlam Piser, E. L. Smead, Thomas' Frederick Whittlesey, Dr. and Mrs, George T. Vaughan, Du- punt Garage, Mrs. W. E. Safford, Amasa M. Holcombe, Mrs. Joseph Fair- banks, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos B. Mirick, Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Sherman, Krafft, Murphy Co., In¢c.; Mrs. Stephen L. Tabor, Miss Harriet P, Winslow, Ed- ward C. Stone, Miss Edna C. Spaulding, Dr. Alexander C. Soper, Mrs. Michael J. m-dy John W. Townsend, John H. mall, Bertrlm G. Lennon, Miss Mary ix L Radford, Sherman Raleigh, Mrs. nov 1Ty, Jole'ph H, Galliher, Louis Cor- rado, Arme Chapter, No. 10, O. E. 8.; Mr. and Mrs. Art Brown, B. J. Corridon, 55 Mary Crane, Dr. J. Le Roy Elliott, ity ‘Citizons’ Association, B. son, “Hadse = Hamiltod, .| Ham Warren Hoeki A ride in the police reserves’ patrol wagon was the reward for the leading Community Chest drive committee yes- At _the right, Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith, who again painted up the figures in the thermometer before the —Star SuflPhoto ‘The C ommumty Chest BY JOHN H. MURRAY, Honorable Mention Star’s Community Chest Essay Contest. Opens to all the opportunity to give worthily. Preserves society from professional mendicants. Inspires all with a common cause. Insures against misfortune by communal co-operation. Measures the charity of the city. Apportions properly one’s charity budget. Guards the giver against waste. Distributes donations impersonally. Proniobes social -service impartially. Lessens all suffering equally. Protects the donor against his own prejudice. Christianizes charity above creed or race. Dreitzler, George H. Ztlhls. Frederick E. Altemus, Dr.. HDITY Ong, C. A. Martin, Charles S. Shreve, Edwin A. Swingle, Arthur Deerin Call, R. M. Hicks, lrnuc A. Swingle, Cornell Wall Paper Co. B. Clarkson, Gus Blech- man, Wllhnm uvy City Fire Pighters’ Association, Emily S. Moore, Miss Helen Keane, Burt W. Carr, Henry J. man & Co., Dr. Harry H. Donnn]lv the Copeland Co., Mrs. Euuene Byrnes, R. M. Brown Co., B. 8. Bogan, Samuel H. Blumenthal, Charles H. Bates, Rob- ert W. McChesney, Mrs. Ada C. Mills Payne, Jacob Stein, Charles A. Mc‘ Pherson, Rev. and Mrs. Francis Bland Tucker, Joseph M. Wise, E. C. Stone, Mrs. Carl ‘Schumann, Col Louis Little, Mrs. M. E. Thomas, . E. Morrison, Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell ! McDowell, Clarence U. Hibble, Lul M. Hixson, Dr. and Mrs. Raymon Wolven. D. Knphn‘ Miss Margaret . Brown, Mrs. Jane 1. , Flora R. R. M. ulian P. Robinson, Ralph ueph Shipley, Dhlrl’u K Welt Wit~ r., zlrpel ‘William Wln'ln Hoeke ullenberg, Ezra You- llmedl E. Ynme, Allce M. 'hylo! Miss QGeorgla M. Nevins, Mr. and . J. D. O'Connor, almnal A, Nicolson, Mr. and Mn. Dubois, Dr. %eln!zim Inez S, '(’:ulel thers, James J ‘Deady, Stew- !ceu Brothers, Minna F. Chaml A. conny. Walter W. Hall, George R. Ellis, Mr. Dorsey, Mrs. Clara Come- swphm Bonsel, ‘Mrs, Homer A, Hl.'l!y Charles P. Maloney, Mrs. Clara §. Robbins, Mrs. Franl iin v, Reed, wmum B. O'Connell, Mr. and Mrs. oeor'e tt, Mrs. gther M. , Grey Pat- ternn Jumu W. Marbury, William H. Holohan, Mary ctuevenl-rfin wil- liam P. Kennly, ice M. Peters, Dr. W. D. Redding. HUSBAND OF ACCUSED WOMAN ASKS DIVORCE Suit Follows Arraignment on Charge of Fleeing After Alleged Assault on Mother-in-Law. From the 5:30 edition of yesterday's Star. Mrs, Patricia R. Bennett, 19 years, old 1120 Twenty-fourth street, was sued . | cial statement of the Universal Co. be- . | pany, but that a- | thing about =3 trick and Mrs. N. Worth- |Co, WIRELESS FIRM UNDER HOUSE FIRE Committee Told Inaccurate " Report of Cash Raised Was Made. By the Associated Press. Commissioner H. A. Lafount today told the House merchant marine com- mittee that he un the Universal Wireless Co. of Buffalo, N.'Y., had raised only $250,000 in cash of the '$25,000,000 it was to have raised before the Federal Radio Commission granted it 40 short-wave frequencies do- muuc ud.\o communication. tative Free, Republlem. c:l'nm‘xftfwn sald the commission did not call for s nn-n for fore the uencies were granted, e felt it was inconsistent for the company to raise all of the $25,000,000 until it had been assured obtaining nmnny radio facilities for its projected service. Lafount said the Universal Co. was the only one to apply for permunhn to set up a Nation-wide point-to-point radio service, but that “we do not represent to the invest public that this company will be a financlal suc- cess” and “we do not represent to the American people that their apparatus is what they claim it to be.” ‘The commissioner said he knew that the $25,000,000 claimed to raised by the Universal Co. had been placed to the credit of the com- he did not know any- the company’s sock-selling He understood the company had Mly underwrmg t the’ Radio Com- mmlnn had nlnud to the Universal short-wave lengths worth $14,000,- 000 without investigat! the financial responsibility of the backers and with- out conducting adequate or satisfactory tests of the company's apj nt\u La- fount said that the coi ion had an abundance of information on the back- ers of the project, so much that it was felt that a call for a financial statement Supreme Court by Baxter Bennett, Col- | orado Building. Mrs. Bennet;. the mtmr of cwo chil- dren, was arraigned in Police Court yes- d gave bond of $500 for a ‘bruary 26 as a fugitive from Maryland following an alleged assault with & knife on her mother-in-law at the latter’s home in Prince Georges Oflunty. ‘The mother-in-law, Mrs. Syl- pha A. Bennett, refused to surren the children n to the wife and the alleged attack followed, it is stated. The Bennetts were married May 5, 1924, when the 'fll was only 14 years old. Muwnd is alleged in the hus- mhn‘.nmcd tirough Attorneys band's day for absolute divorce in the Dmmcz Bul‘klrt & Quf ROMANCE of Scotland Scotland stands on the threshold of the storied lands of the Old World. Itis aland whose history is a romance and whose romances are history. Its scenery is a fitting background for the characters who have played their parts in its stirring story— characters whom Burns and Scott have made im- mortal, whose haunts may still be seen by loch- side and glen. 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Bepresi fues # Enter Europe through Glasgaw” HARRIS ACGEPTS 1 | NEW AMENDMENT Democrats Would Circum- vent Mellon’s Objection to Dry Bill. | By the Associated Press. | An amendment designed to circum- vent objections of Secretary Mellon to the $24,000,000 prohibition fund in- crease has been prepared by House Democrats on the conference commit- tee considering the bill and it was ac- cepted today by Senator Harris, Demo- crat, Georgia, author of the item for the increase. Secretary Melion had held that un- der the Harris proposal which was Idorud by the Senate the $24,000,000 be used by the President only for employment of fleld agents. Representative Byrns, Democrat, Ten- nessee, & member of the House con- ferees on the legislation, has drafted the President to use the money in any way necessary for enforcement of the prohibition and narcotic laws. Twice the amended first defictency bill, carrying with it $24,000,000 for pro- hibition enforcément, has gone before the House and twice it has been shunted aside. Supporters of the fund have sought a direct vote on the amendment, but after an extended argument yester- day the measure foday was on its way to conference with the Senate. A proposal igned to keep the bill from conference was beaten in the House, 240 to 141, and this was taken as a victory for those who believe, as Sec- retary Mellon belleves, that the $24,- 000,000 would do more harm than good. Party Ranks Broken. ‘While supporters of the $24,000,000 ran far behind in the voting, they had an opportunity to discuss the fund and prohibition generally and in turn_they were answered by the opposition. Party ranks were broken during the debate and some wets and drys found them- selves in what could be considered en- emy camps. Forty-five Democrats joined with 194 lupuhllcnns in voun¢ down the proposal to keep the bill from confer- ence, and with them went the only So- cialist in Congress, Berger of Wisconsin, Ten Republicans sided with 129 Demo- crats in supporting the motion, and they had the aid of two Farmer-Labor mem- bers, Carss and Kvale of Minnesota. ‘The motion to send the bill to confer- ence carried without a roll call. During the debate yesterday there were many charges and countercharges. Secretary Mellon, as is usual when thefe is an argument over prohibition in Con- gress, was accused of favoring wet in- terests, and in turn he found defenders. Since most of those who want the $24,000,000 left in the deficlency bill are Democrats, Republicans said that the former were trying to re-establish them- selves with their constituents for sup- porting Gov'nimnh in the presidential the $24,000,000 Republican &yl were in the pesition of refusing to trust Mr. Hoover. They officials of the prohibition bureaus sald ::n l:mre funds were needed to enforce e law. Cramton Doubts Sincerity. Cramton of Michigan, a Republican, a dry lelder. and one of those who is dry fund, put the reasons for - | against the dry and | Support of it as four-fold and intimated that he belleved none of them was sin- cere. He said the amendment was de- of signed to rehabilitate drys who had sup- ported Gov. S8mith; that it was intended to embarrass the ldmlnmfiou to erit- icize Secretary Mellon and to restore Bishop James Ctnnon lr of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church South good graces of his connlhuncy. Most of the Democrats listened to this in silence, but they cheered when ncp— resentative Byrns, Democrat, Te said there had been testimo: appropriations committee, of is a member, that there was not e money for enforcement. and that ot | $24,000.000 wvas intended to help lupply the lack. 314~316 SEVE AVENUE YES, IT’S TRUE? the most fetching Frocks in town...Paris, rep- licas, too, every one of them...and wherever you see smart women assembled you'll find smart fand calm and the | Beadle, Morgan Cunningham’s DO Avenue Frocks conspicuously Nobel Peace Prize Award to Kellogg Is Urged in Cable By the Associated Press. A group of leaders in Congress, including Vice President Dawes, Nobel prize for the outstanding contribution to world peace last T. ’!:\ cal m has been sent to the Nobel prize committee n Oslo, Norway, recommending M: Kellogg because of his work In negotial the treaty to renounce war which has been popularly associated with his name. Those who signed the cable- gram in addition to Mr. Dawes were Vice President-elect Curtls, Nicholas Longworth, Speaker of the House; Senators Burton and Pess of Ohio, Shipstead and Schall ‘of Minnesota, Walsh of Montana and Representative Newton of Minnesota. LE BOUEF SLAYERS DIE ON GALLOWS AS BITTER FIGHT FAILS the amendment, which would permit|__ (¢ offered a prayer for the forgiveness of Gov. Long for his refusal to spare her life. Dr. Dreher declared in his cell today that James Beadlé, the trapper, serv- ing life in the State Penitentiary for his_part in the crime, did the actual killing and the slashing of Le Bouef's body. . ‘The doomed pair awoke this moming after a fitful, drug-niduced sleep an stared binakly out through the bars at the cold world. A colored nurse sat in the cell throughout the night with Mrs. Le Bouef, while two men on death w-uhh stood vigil outside the cells of each. Cireus Amuses Townspeople. ‘Townspeople went about their busi- mess apparently as usual and to a circus on the outskirts of the village caused more comment on the streets than the executions. Mrs. LeBouef was given Holy Com- munion early today by Father Rosseau: She then drank a ‘cup of coffee and as reported calmer and more collected th-n at any time since her sentence. Dr. Dreher .received the Rev. Me- Cormack, ‘of the Pranklin Methodist Church. Hé also was quiet prepared for' the in- evitable. He returned & book to a friend with a notation on the fly leaf saying he would “walt for him in Heaven.” The book was entitled, “To Die With Jesus.” “I enjoyed every word of the book,” the notation said. “I will walt in Heaven for you. I will be with Jesus.” ‘Thrice reprieved, their last legal move was exhausted yesterday when Judge Wayne G. Borah of Federal District Court and the United States Circuit Court of Appeals declined to interfere with the executions. Defense attorneys then gave up hope, but the four children of Mrs. LeBouef carrfed on the fight. They went to Baton Rouge last night to hope they could also declared that | him Her four children visited Mrs. Le- Bouef yesterday afternoon, and Dr. Dreher was visited by his wife and two daughters. When Sheriff Pecot told Dr. Dreher hewouldmvetohnu,flnphylm replied that he “was at peace with God.” ’l'he murder was committed on the night of July 1, 1927, exactly 19 muu uo LeBouef, superintendent the Morgan City branch of the uuhhns Public Utilities Co., was shot while boat riding on Lake Paiourde, near his Mor- gan City home. Mrs. LeBouef, Dr. Dreher and James City trappgr, were ar- restéd and tried for the murder. All three were found guilty in August, u‘.”l The jury recommended mercy Beadle, which automatically gave hnn life imprisonment. The State contended at the trial that the woman md the physician killed LeBouef -o eoulfl not interfere with their love LeBouef had been shot tvlce ‘with & shotgun, J.E.Cunningham NTH SL..NW. success —she went to tea at @ jriend’s house, she threw back her coat and stood radiant in the most entrancing new Swiu, matlt you ever | saw! were wear"w lober Winter frocks and she wu}uud like & :;:; m lmm scored @ tremendous success. And the mext morning seven new cus- tomers were at Cun- ningham’s seeking— FROCKS ave rominent. The newest styles for Spring will be on display in Fashion Lane Saturday...you'll love every model. . .for the types are so varied...that your every whim will be satis fied. TROTSKY PREDICTS RUSSIAN FASCISM Secret Letter Says Soviet Is Heading Toward Napo- leonic Regime. BY PAUL SCOTT MOWRER. By Cables fo The Star and Chicago Daily ws. Copyright, 1929, PARIS, fibmlry 1—The films of the October revolution are running backward. Soviet Russia, under Joseph Stalin, is heading straight toward a Fascist government based on & new rural Bourgeoisie, under some Russian Napoleon. Such are the startling nccu.satlons and predictions made by Leon Trotsky in the famous secret letter to his parti- sans, which has just caused his exile to Turkey by the Stalin regime. A copy of this letter has just reached Paris and been made available to his corre- spondent. The letter insists that all true com- munists must agitate for the establish- ment of the secret ballot in party elec- tions, and says: “This demand s a question of life or death.” It insists further that workers’ wages, which are ridiculously low, must be raised straight away or the workers must strike. It says: “When all other means of struggle are exhausted, it is the duty of Leninist bolshevists to strike.” This time, according to Trot- sky, has now come. As for Stalin's opportunistic and de- vious policy in the face of the present | grave economic difficulties, it is analyzed in relentless terms by Trotsky. Stalin's immediate aim, declares Trotsky, is to muddle through without making ccn- cessions either to the Right or the Left. If .the situation nevertheless gets worse he will compromise with the Kulaks, as the Right urges, but at the same time will deny he is doing so and will de- prive the Right of any credit therefor. In the event this fails, he will effect a rapprochement with such Left leaders as Kamenefl and Zinovieff and try “strong measures” against the new ru- ral hourmiflm Copyright, 1929.) BILL WOULD RETAIN RETIRED SCIENTISTS House Measure Has Support of Smithsonian Institution, Johnson Says. Scientists who have passed retirement, age, but are still physically. it and mentally productive would be retained in Government service to engage in re- search work under a bill introduced in the House today by Representative Al- bert Johnson of Washington. The measure would designate such scientists as research associates and intment for two-year terms at two-t 3 In fl."ffi‘ Representative visions are desired by the ammmxfnm Institution, of which he is a regent, so that the in- stitution may continue to benefit by the labors of several highly educated and broadly experienced sclentists of ad- Two Boys Missing. Police have been med to look for Robert Gittings, 15 old, and Thomas Claggett, 16, both of Kensing: muu to school. A e HOOVER JUBILANT OVER FISH CATCH President-Elect Leaves Early Today to Seek Further Angling Conquests. BY RUSSELL YOUNG. Staff Correspondent of The Star. LONG KEY, Fla., February 1.—Catch- ing sailfish is like eating peanuts or bananas. After the first taste one always wants more and more. At least this seems to be the effect of landing this big; game, beautifully colored fish of the Gulf Stream on all the amateur anglers, and President-elect Hoover made it very plain this morning when he went again to the fishing grounds off these keys that he is no different from the others. He was happy when he returned to his houseboat last night and displayed his first sailfish. Mr. Hoover had him- selt photographed standing beside his prize. Hoover Jubilant Over Catch. Mr. Hoover, who is not given to dis- playing any great amount of enthusi- asm or ' emotion, was a revela- tion. If friends in Washington could have heard him last night and seen his expression when he set out again today they would hardly have believed it was the same retiring and reticent public figure they had known. His catch of yesterday weighed léss than 45 pounds and was not quite six feet in length, but it was a sallfish just the same, During the evening, as Mr. Hoover and members of his party sat about the deck of their houseboat, fish and fishing were the principal topics of conversation. Gets Early Start Today. So eager was Mr. Hoover for another fling at sailfish that he was on bis way to the fishing grounds by 8 o'clock this morning. With him were former Gov. Goodrich of Indiana and Verne Marshall, newspaper publisher of Cedar Rapids, Towa. Mr. Hoover has indicated that he and his party will head back for Delle Isle, Miami Beach, tomorrow night. He intends to return here probably Tues- day or Wednesday. While Mr. Hoover was fishing off the keys yesterday Dr. Hubert Work, chair- man of the Republican national com- mittee, and Lawrence Richey, Mr, Hoo- ver’s personal representative on his Florida vacation, went fishing them- selves and returned with several sail- fish. Senator Reéd Smoot of Utah, chair- man of the finance committee, is ex- pected at Belle Island over Sunday and Monday. It is understood he and Mr, Hoover will discuss the legislative out- look for the special session, especially the framing of a tariff revision.bill. Mr. Hoover is taking the active lead- ership in the movement now being planned and organized to recreate the Republican party in the South and solidify the gains made in the last cam- paign. Col. Horace A. Mann, who man- aged Mr. Hoover’s Southern campaign, is active in the task of laying a loun- dation for a militant Republican party, not only in Florida, but ln other Sontn- ern States. In his efforts he has the advice'of Dr. Work. Thz:t d tra:n uhellll built in news lestroyers, l:nd with torpedoes which mfl{ dodged by any vessel at which they are EISEMAN’S SEVENTH & F.STS. BARGAINS IN SUITS & 0’COATS Hundreds of Garments in This Sale. All Sizes. All Models. 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