Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1929, Page 6

Z00CASES AREHELD LAW ENFORGEMENT BEYOND JONES lAWj LEAGUE TO MEET Officials Decide on Trials Un- der Previous Statutes, However. Penalties Jones Jaw will the more than 200 cases pertaining to liguor law viola- tons pending in Police Court, it has nce between Police Court Judges Gus A. Schuldt, J P. Mc- Mahon, Isaac R. Hitt and h Given, District Attorney Leo A. Ro and his assistants, David A. H: R Jemes Kirkl Charl Herold W. Oreatt, it « the . trials pend would not be dismissed as previou: int.m: in order to conform as nearly as possible with the intent of Congress when provisions of t hat pre- arrested s jurisdiction limirary heari under the Jones will be hel Police ice Court | Judges will decide whether the evidence is suffcient to | hold the defenda: tion. United Needham i issue sear: tain mot P Court ner inue to | enter- sts. sentence un unconstitutios , when it was shown that sections of the United States code provide “that the repeal of any statute shall not have the effect to release or extinguish any penalty for- feiture or liability incurred unless the | repealing act shall expressly provide.” ‘There is no such provision in the new law and prosecutors declare for the | purpose of prosecution that the act| shall be considered as. remaining in force. | Discussing the question of ampie | bonds to be. posted by defendants for their release before trial, it was decided that in cases of transportation and| sale the security should be $2,000 on each count. The charge of possession would necessitate a bond of $500 in cases where a small quantity of liquor | was involved. As the amount of the| seizure increased, the security should increase proportionally. | Law Having Effect. | Evidence that the new law is having | the desired effect has been shown by the decreasing number of arrests. liece believe .that many bootleggers, rather than face the drastic penalties if apprehended, have discontinued the | trade.. Others, they say, are awaiting | results of the first cases to be tried un- | der the present system, and if the out- | come is favorable, will resume their practice. i | ‘Rum runners who previously attempt- | ed to escape, by depending on the speed | of their machines, will not hesitate at | gun play in their flight, police feel. | Smoke screens that have practically disappeared will again be used, police believe. The liquor squads that previously ‘made numerous arrests practically every night have cruised about the lanes of | liquor traffic in nearby Maryland and Virginia without success. R DR. OWEN M. HARRAH, FORMERLY OF D. C., DEAD| Was -Graduate of Central High‘ School and Son:of Panama Canal Commission Member. Dr. Owen Melville Harrah, former | resident of Washington, and son of the late Judge B. F. Harrah of the Panama | [ | Canal Commission, died Monday at | Pasadena, Calif, following an attack of pneumonia. Dr. Harrah will be buried | in Washington, the date to be an-| nounced later. | A graduate of Central High School with the class of '09. and of George- town University with the class of '13, | Dr. Harrah served his internship in St. | Mary’s Hospital, San Francisco. During the World War he entered the Army, attaining the rank of first lieutenant. After the armistice he be- | came a practicing surgeon in Pasadena. He was a member of the Phi Chi medi- cal fraternity. AR In addition to- his wife, Mrs. Mabel R. Harrah, Dr. Harrah is survived by two daughters, Owenita and Patrica Har- rah; his mother, Mrs. Ada S. Harrah; two sisters, Mrs. Portia H. Sloat and , Miss Helen S. Harrah, and a brother, Eugene B. Harrah. Swap Your Surplus Fat For Surplus Energy! If you are overweight, take it up with somebody who can take it off! ...consult the Atlantic Ocean!... friend of symmetry and foe of obes- ity!...eliminates produces surplus energy...gives spring to the step and resistance to the muscles, color to the cheek and lustre to the eye.. lungs and the heart and the blood and the brain and the viewpoint life-impelling, fat-repelling draughts of ozone!! and start a HOLMHURST-A KNICKERBOCKER-A-E ASIDE-4.E SHELBURNE-E [A—American Plan < Reduce your weight at reduced rates 7 N T R ATLANTIC CITY R s a1 Write to cAny of the Following for Rates or Reservations LAFAYETTE-A4 MARLBOROUGH-BLENHEIM-4-E MORTON-4 E—Furopean Plan Mrs. Keynote Speech at Na- tional Session. Nicholson to Deliver, 1 Woman's Democratic | League, en organiza- | e in support of President | in the presidential campaign, will hold iis sccond annual confer- ence temorrow in the Mayflower Hotel. Jessie W. Nicholson of Chevy d., will preside and deliver the orning meeting, start- members will be enter- on at 1 o'clack be convened at speakers announced for the | neeting are the only two Demoeratic | nited States Senators wha openly op- | posed the Democratic presidential. ca didate ‘n the South, Senator Simmons | ot North Carolina and Heflin of Ala- | enator Robert L. Owen | Dr. William M. Brown, president of Washington and Lee Uni~ versity, also are expected to speak. Among the woman speakers is Mrs, Clem L. Shaver of West Virginia, wife of the former chairman of the Demo- | Form: | i 1 [ cratic national committee. Other speak- | ers announced are: | Mrs. Edward T. Smith, Missourl; Mrs. | Willia all, Maine; Mrs. J. A. Har 5 p Jane Tunniwell, Delaware: rs. Halsey W. Wilson, New York, and M'ss Harriet Sedgwick, New York. MISS SMOOT ELOPES WITH F. H. CHAMBERS | | Granddaughter of Utah Senator Be- comes Bride at Frederick After Being Refused License. | | i | Eloping first to Rockville, where the,\" were refused a license, and thence to| Frederick, Miss Alice Smoot, grand- daughter of Senator Reed Smoot of Utah, and daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. Harold R. Smoot, 2501 Calvert street, and Frederick H. Chambers, son of Mrs. Louise A. Chambers of Wardman Park Hotel, were married yesterday afternoon by the Rev. Douglas Hofl, rector of All Saints’ Episcopal Church. | “We know nothing but what we have seen in the papers,” the bride's father stated today. The young people, their parents| vouchsafe, have been close friends for | about two years. Their marriage was a | surprise to both families. | Because the bride-to-be said she was | only 17, the license clerk at Rockville | at noon yesterday told the couple to return and get thelr parents’ consent. | Instead of returning to the Capital, | however, they continued on to Fred-| erick, where the license was obtained :;1% the ceremony performed by Dr.| off. The groom s -associated in Washing- | ton with Stephenson’'s Radio Bulletin, | & publication devoted to radio news. - | After a honeymoon trip Mr. and Mrs. ‘Chambers F}m to make their home in the Capital. TWO CONVICTS SLAIN. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 6 (#).— Penitentiary authorities here late last night reported that two white convicts were shot to death by two mounted guards near Tucker Prison farm, about 50 miles from here, late yesterday in an attempt to escape. The dead are Jimmy Obermiller, 39, and Jack Smith, alias Roy Wilson, 22. e e e S 1t’s the syrup that fairly drips i with thesweetspring fragrance | of the giant northern maples. | LOG CABIN SYRUP | © 1929, F. Co., Ine, surplus fat and .pouring into the this week! b \‘&\Ss EMMY SCHMALTZ THREW AN EXTRA SWELL DINMNER N wONOR, OF HER STAR BOARDER., M. MOOMSHINE MULLINS, TO CEL! VNS SOWING THE SYATE OF i Aty ELESRATE v oonshine Mullins is one of the New Features of the Enlarged 8-page Color Section that will come to you each week with he Sundwy Star. Beginning Next Sunday—March 10th All the old favorites continue—Mutt and Jeff, Mr. and Mrs., Reg’'lar Fellers—with four others of the funniest of the funny folks— Betty and Lester! Somebody’s Stenog! Moon Mullins! Orphan Annie! The Star’s enlarged Color Section will have right of wfiy to évery fireside—because its fun is clean; its wit sharp, and its presentation characterful. : : It adds another to the many appealing features of The Sunday Star— Editorial Section Financial Review Society Seption Magazine Section Sport Section Radio News Theatrical News - Rotogravure Section - Automobile News Flashes of the '”Scre_en And of Course the Complete News Service of the Associated Press —with special dispatches from Star correspondents from all over the world STRAND.4.E TRAYMORE-4.B WILTSHIRE-4 MBASSADOR-B A-E—Both Plans) © corvhicures, ¥, 1. v, 1929 Home of a Hundred Hotels Offering the Comforts of Home > For sale by Newsdealers, Newsboys, or Phone Main 5000—Circula- tion Dept.—and have delivery made direct to your heme regularly by Star Carrier Service. ] N RO NN N NN NN NN NN 8 A ek e g Ak ek ek ok kA ek ek ke ok ok k X% A A} T