Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1929, Page 17

FRST JONES LAW OPERATION MONTH - ENDS N “DRAY” Opponents and Proponents .. of Measure Concede Virtual Tie. i TRIALS UNDER MEASURE AVOIDED IN TRIBUNALS | Disinclination of Test Case Ex- " pressed by Rover—Imbibers Use Medicants, Records Indicate. The first month of the operation of the Jones law in the District of Co- lumbia has resulted virtually in a “draw” so far as contending claims of opponents and proponents of the measure, made prior to enactment, are concerned, &c- cording to a review of pelice and court records for the month, bolstered by opinions from official sources. The assertion that the increased pen- alty for “liquor violations would drive the operators out of business and re- sult in a sharp decline in arrests has been borne out to some extent, the fall- ing off being approximately & third, as compared to the r three months, which were considered “average.” This drop, however, it is said, is no as great as was expected. On the contrary, the contention of opponents that juries would be inclined to leniency on all liquor cases because of the severity of the law also has failed to stand up. Of 38 cases presented to the grand jury, there have been 15 indictments, 5 cases in which indict- ments were refused and 18 still pending. There have been no trials under the Jones law yet, but meanwhile there has been no inclination on the part of juries to go lghtly on prisoners up under the old statutes, it is declared. 117 Arrests Made. Since the signing of the Jones law by President Coolidge on March 12 117 persons have been arrested on liquor charges, Considering the evidence ob- tainable as being substantial, prose- cuting ‘attorneys have held 52 under bonds, ranging from $2,500_to $5,000, pending grand jury action. From these the 15 indictments came. Desiring to present only those cases in which the circumstances indicate they -merit criminal procedure, prose- 8. Carlton Ayers of Altoona, Pa., and Mi ss Doris Willis of this city, who have leading roles in “Nice Goin',” a new musical comedy of college life, next Friday night at the auditorium on the university campus. ROVER HITS KELLEY JONES LAW STAND Attorney’s Volunteering to| Defend Dry Violators Raises Issue. ‘The announcement today of Ralph J. cutors have withheld 14 cases of D!rr-‘ Kelley, secretary to former tor Ed- sons charged at police precincts witl sale or . transportation. Assistant | wards, Democrat, New Jersey, and a United States Attorneys David A. Hart, | practicing sttorney, that he would vol- R. F. jer and James Kirklan refused to when affidavits | unteer his services in the defense of ress of police &(ormers alleging sales are [ any person indicted under the Jones not. corroborated or police have made | jaw, met with the disapproval of Leo arrests without probable cause. The stringent provisions of the Jones A. Rover, United States attorney, who stated that attorneys doing such work law, falling to extend to those 8PPre- | 5,1q take care to comply with the hended on charges of possession, in and charged with sale or m.n‘.mm tion at the precincts have been allowed to plead guilty to the possession eount sad escape prosecution under the felony statute. 5 Such action is taken only when the evidence is insufficient to warrant jury action and the accused prefers to admit his guilt on a minor rather than face the ility of con- viction on criminal counts. Raiding on complaints of disorder or similar minor m?uunn, m!lee are permitted, - if uor, to charge "l:ln&: possession. Arrested on this count, 24 persons face Police Court action. Insufficient evi- dence or id searches and seisures has led.t&d dl;ml.ll of 27 of those apprehen on the charge. pghzre have been 175 quarts of liquor seized since March 2, and the guality has been about the same as usual, ac- cording to Dr. Albert Spear, Govern- ment chemist, who analyzes the ma- jority of samples submitted to deter- mine the alcoholic content and decide ‘whether the liquor is fit for beverage purposes. Comparison of Case~ ' - Arrests in the three prer aonths averaged 183. In Febru persons | were arrested under the , ..wpition law, in January the number totaled ‘3224, while in December the figure was only 161. In March of 1928, one year g0, 249 persons were arrested for. liquor violations, but in other- months numt:.ehl; deamdm mwwfluly to main- tain the comparable a 5 Police continue to maintain that pur- wveyors of liquor in some instances have | increased prices to such & point ihat men of average means are- unable to buy it, and use bay rum @r extracts. Police Court records bear this out. Judge Ralph Given and Judge Gus A. | Schuldt have' discovered' that the use of the medicated liquids wes extremely prevalent. . S . Discussing the effects of the law on Pollce Court juries, Assistant United | States Attorney Camalier declared “no increased antipathy against enforce- ment has been shown by juries. There | have been more convictions since the enactment, on :n(:lm charges of sale, tion the three months which | passage. March has been one of the ' 'most_encouraging months since my ap- pointment.” Immediately after the passage of the . ities revealed the fact that bootleggers, undetermined as to its effect, were dis- - | courts. Kel Jones law & lull in Police Court activ- | J. rules governing general practice in the lley issued & formal statement in which he said he is “prepared to co- operaté with Mr. Coudert and his fel- jow New York and Brooklyn attorneys in their proffer of legal aid and assist- ance to those who face five years in jail and a $10,000 fine for or transporting & pint of stimulant.” Asserting fountainhead of prohibition enforce- taent, boasts of more dives, speakeasies and bootleggers per city block than any city of its size in the United States,” Kelley said in his statement that “some- . | thing should be done to convince the courts, the fanatics and the churches that true temperance can never be at- tained ‘hrough the imposition of fab- ulous fines and unjustifiable prison sen- tences.” Unifed States Attorney Rover took vigorous exception to Kelley's descrip- tion of Washington and said further that a serious effort is being made by his office to enforce the prohibition law. Rover was also emphatic in his as- sertion that no effort is made by “higher-ups” here to block liquor prose- cuht‘%nl, as Kelley charged. ALMAS TEMPLE BALL LARGELY ATTENDED 1,000 Guests Listed at Entertain- ment Given in Honor of Illus- trious Potentate Dutton. More than 1,000 persons attended & ball at the Willard Hotel last night given by the uniformed bodies of Almas Temple of the Mystic Shrine in honor of Edwin C. Dutfon, illustrious poten- uumof Atlt::sdm was pronounced the [ ce largest ‘e’::r sttracted to an Almas Temple dance. : 3 Novel lighting effects were employed. Officials of James C. Hoyle, chief rabban; 1 S. Regar, assistant rabban; J. T. t of uniform bodies; C. P Benner mél‘npl‘?;r of .the band and drum corps; cap- tain of the legion, and Louis S. Yulgl, director of bands. The dance commit- A ‘W. E. Lawson, general chairman; Dwight L. Bromwell, John 5. "Tanclit, jr. Charles. S. Watson, Frank Jones, Jesse Newton, Raymond | third A. Florence, George E. King, Charles H. Purcell and Willlam M. Auerhamer. PSRN HEALTH DRIVE PLANNED. District Officials Seek to Popularize Diphtheria Immunization. The District, ,’},"‘,_‘& I t, in TWO JURIES PROBE ‘DEATH OF POUTRA Previous Gun Play at Green: Gables Reported to State UPPER MARLBORO, Md., April 3.— Investigation into the fatal shooting of Charles Wesley Pontra, 29, at Green Gables, Suitland, Md., roadhouse, March 20, was scheduled to be made today by two Prince Georges County juries. The grand jury now holding session at Marl- boro was scheduled to receive the evi- dence that has been collected thus far some time this afternoon, according to State’s Atwl"ney lem rnrr ‘hile a corcner’s jury its inquest at 7:30 this evening. st Reports that the roadhouse where Poutra was killed has been the scene of gunplay on previous occasions-reached the State’s attorney's office toddy. The reports, conveyed by county police, were based on an investigation made after Otto Lee Brauchamp, 2500 block of Mills avenue northeast, is said to have told of being robbed of $54 there early to his statement, armed men entered the establishm tflwn by n:lfl:e hfer!%nt -ngh:hree by the rear loor, up lest mlk!.n( away with about u.ooo.w = ‘The incident was not reported investigation is said to disclosed that on at least one other occasion highwaymen robbed the roadhouse guests. The other occasion was on election night when the estab- lishment was said to have been crowded ‘The coroner’s inquest was postponed this morning following a conference be- tween Justice of Peace H. reside; State’s Attorney Par- | other native foods. Weaving and basket- heriff Charles S. Early. Joe Hauser, 1600 block of S street, | men make waterproof baskets with grass who was also wounded at the time|and banana leaves and spin cotton Poutra was shot, was arrested yesterday, | thread with simple spindles. following his release from Emergency Hospital, where he has been recuperat- brought to Marlboro. He has lodged in the jail, together with Emilio Torre, Lucille Grisson the last three being | fist by burning sand in it. Then a that Washington, “the | this Behrens, 1600 block ef S street, and John Law- 2100 block of Pennsyl- vania avenue, who are under bond as State’s witnesses, probably will be called rence Brenner, rsons permitted ing held at Marll terday- afternoon, when and Miss Effie MBI~ | o oping tin, who said they were sisters of the 'lwomenm held, were allowed to been retained as counsel by the woman prisoners, -conferred with them for the e order present ‘were | ALLEN FILES APPEAL ! IN POLICE DISMISSAL | “*5cs A anlnu‘ Denies Shooting Vio- lated Manual of Department. Other Matters Are Cited. £ged g EEE i | g 5 EF iz i g ; ] S!}fe' WASHINGTON, D. C; WEDNE TRIBE§'_I]ES_BRIBEI]| Missionary Tells of Customs| of Fierce Head Hunters at Source of Amazon. PRIEST WON FRIENDSHIP; TOOK MOVING PICTURES Six-Year Sojourn in Jungles, Where White Men Seldom Go, Re- veals Native Life. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. A six-year sojourn in the mysterious depths of Jivaro land among its savage head hunters. was described to the an- nual meeting of the Catholic Anthropo- logical Conference at Catholic Univer- sity yesterday by Rev. Carlo . Father Crespl, an Italian priest, has just returned from the jungles that the sources of the Amazon in paring dried human confidence is difficult to win. Father Crespl succeeded to the ex- tent that he was able to bring back moving pictures of some of the cere- monies connected with the head hunt- ing. ‘He plans to return in a few months. His mission, he explained, has been rather as a student than a mis- nnmry.dmm‘ g,!he six years he has traversed 6. miles. The Jivaro territory, he said, consists of approximately 100,000 square kilo- meters of forests, mountains and rivers in which thuefimmve people _live without much outside interference. Mis slonaries on the outskirts have made PLAN DISCUSSED BY TRADE BOARD BODY Public Utilities Committee Considers Problem of Pro- viding Terminal. John W. Childress, Earl V. Fisher and Assistant Superintendent of Police Brown Speak. The movement for establishment of a union terminal for motor busses en- gaged in interstate transportation was given & new impetus by the public utilitles committee of the W n Board of Trade today when it went on record as favoring privately owned off- :hm terminals for this class of car- TS, The committee's action followed a detailed explanation of the bus terminal problem by John W. Childress, chair- man of the Public Utilities Commission; Earl V. Pisher, its executive secretary, and Assistant Superintendent of Police E. W. Brown in charge of the Traffic Bureau. Warner Tufts of the bus trans- portation~ division of the American Automobile Association also spoke, stressing the importance of locating the proposed terminal as close to the con- gested section as posible and yet rout- ing the busses so they will not pass di- rectly through the business area. Commitiee to Study Problem. Aside from indorsing the principle of off-street terminals for the busses, the committee authorized its chairman, beginning in introducing the arts of lem snd ivilization, but the great majority of :he people still cling to the forest depths, with frequent head hunts. Precedes Hunt. Frenzy | The head hunt, it was explained, | starts with some real or fancied griev- | ance, not infrequently over a woman. The aggrieved warrior paints his ‘body black, works himself into a frenzy, and then summons his friends. ~Then, as shown by Father Crespl’s photographs, he proceeds to convince these friends of the greatness of the insult. The parley lasts about three hours. By that time they are ready to go. They | the steal to the nut of the unsuspecting | later. Mr. Childress told the committee of five sites that have been suggested to the Utilities Commission for the pro- posed terminal. These are located at 1329-1331 H street, where the old Hud- son Hotel is now; the old Cosmos The- ater building, at 921 Pennsylvania ave- nue; the southeast corner of Tenth and E streets, the square bounded by Tenth and Eleventh streets and New York avenue and K street, and the site of Pirst Congregational Church, on the northeast corner of Tenth and G enemy, fush upon it, and the luderistmu. takes the head. Then they flee to their own village. The head is emptied of the brain and reduced to the size of a clenched new house is built for the victory feast, the village goes on & hunt to get meat in abundance, and in a few weeks the great celebration is held. The slayer has fasted in the meantime. First, the master of ceremonies chews some tobacco and blows the paste up the hero’s nose, an act supposed to in- dicate that the sin of taking human life has been forgiven him. Then the dried head is hung around the slayer's neck and the feast begins, to end in an orgy lasting all night. Culinary Art Deseribed. The culinary art of the Jivaro wom- en, as pictured by Pather Crespl, is more primitive than appetizing. The popular dish s a sort of paste of yucca roots. ‘The 1cots first are steamed, then the women chew them. The mas- ticated material then is allowed to fer- ment for one night in & jar. Then it is mixed with water and is ready to serve. Agriculture is in the hands of the women, who plow patches with a point~ ed stick and raise yucca, bananas and making are masculine prerogatives. The Some of the Jivaros use modern fire- arms, but they still prefer for hunting the native blowguns. In these poisoned | arrows are adjusted so delicately that they can be discharged with a alight Tour of Cities Planned. In addition, Mr. Childress said, real estate firm suggested that Louisi- ana avenue between Sixth and Seventh streets be reserved for all the interstate bus lines, and they be ordered to ter- minate there pending the erection of a union terminal. Chairman Childress and Mr. i . Fisher are planning a tour of inspection of [Bold modern bus terminals in other cities for' the dual purpose of determining howrg‘zlr‘"re financed and how they are ted. The tour will take them to Charlotte, Nashville, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Wheeling, De- tcr:m., Chicago, Minneapolis and Atlantic conferred with a real estate agent, who offered property on the southeast cor- ner of Tenth and E streets as a site for the proposed bus termin: al, and Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, commander the District militia, who recently an- nounced he could consider leasing a g::uon of a building emhd‘ for a s an arme or the militia. g Plans Conference With Bus Men. Mr. Childress ted out that the commission is without authority to di- rect the erection of a terminal, but that it could, if one is built, order the bus lines to terminate in it. The terminal, he said, will have to be financed by pri- vate capital. The commission, the chairman ex- plained, will not take any definite lb! tion, until it holds s conference With | representatives of the 25 lines | bus ?.enuu Ieo and out of Washington. | call such confe either before he leaves on‘hhe mmeel ivaney | inspection trip or immediately after he LT ONARLBIRE DRY REPORT SQON - 55533 f5gset EXPRESSED BY MORGAN for Enforcement of Liquor - Laws. By the Associated Press. Commissioner of Prohibition Doran § L 35" iehi cluds SEIPEL CABINET QUITS. Bustrian Ministry ‘Resigns® Atter Nearly Two Years in Office, SDAY, APRIL 3, 1929, MAIL IS PROBLEM FOR R ADIO COMMISSION e | NEED FOR CENTRAL DEPOT, M STRESSED IN ADDRESSES: | prehefisive traffic light installation pro- | [in the traffic department’s budget es- Some of the “surplus” communications that almost threatened for a w) | District Commissioners before June 1. commission Miss disposal was authorized. E. Sprague and Fred J. Cannon are studying the question of dispesition. “EAN MALL” JANS RADID OFFIES Carloads of Protest Letters Await Removal by “Old | Paper” Men. out of its home, until MEMORIAL RITES FORM.E. MINISTERS Services Held in Tribute to Six Deceased Members of Baltimore Conference. A special service in memory of the | six members of the Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal | Church who have died within the past | year was held this morning, at the, 145th session of the conference, in prog- ress at Foundry Church, Sixteenth and Church streets. The list of those honored was headed by Bishop Luther B. Wilson of New York, and included Dr. George C. Bacon, retired; Dr. J. St Clair Neal,; retired; Dr. B, F. De Vries, retired; Rev. James P. Feltner, retired, and Rev. W. ‘Wilberforce Costin of Baltimore. Following the service and immediate- ly preceding a luncheon attended by ters of the conference, Bishop Herbert Welch of Pittsburgh, presiding, f devotional address, marking his first formal appearance be- fore thé conference, yesterday morning and which will con- tinue with daily sessions through Mon- Conference Program Today. Most of the morning today was con- sumed in the business of organization and the afternoon was to be devoted |ond to 2 45“ lock Bmhh%pm :45 o'cl ‘Wel before the Woman’s Society at the church. afternoon Rev. J. T. Wardle . D, will speak on “The Eagle, the Athlete and Man.” At the meeting ald :llp.'rl pett, pastor of the c%'m of . Tip) All Nations, New York City. Last night Rev. Dr. Albert E. Kirk of Chicago, secretary of the board of 3 education of the Methodist Church, told | only the conference of need f education in the United States. The time has come for a great religious awakening. and schools of religion will | ning to purchase lights for independent Prediciea o n the Several carloads of radio “fan mail” received by the Federal Radio Commis- sion during 1928 have been bundled to await collection by old paper dealer- purchasers, and the personnel of the commission's offices are heaving sighs of relief over the approach of the re- moval of the letters, which in recent months actually have threatened to ob- struct the entrances and exits to the The Government guards its offices against possible loss or embarrassment by the untimely destruction of com- munications addressed to them. Ac- cording to an act of Congress of 1889, a committee must examine all nd recommend their disposal. lisposal recommendation Congress, which in turn authorizes the paj is material is forbidden, and it is required that the material be and the proceeds paid into the further that all letters must remain in the files they are eligible for | da. disposal. ‘This law, along with the recent real- location of radio station wave lengths, very nearly brought about the complete obst the Radio ‘Commission’ More than 168,000 letters |, were recelved from friends of station KWKH alone, Shreveport, La., who wrote their pro- gainst the commission’s rule which of |obliged it to share its wave length with station WWI of New Orleans. So great was the volume of mail received from this one source alone that-a special de- partment was set up to handle the letters. One bunch alone composed a pile 8 feet square. At last, however, authority was ob- tained by the Radio Commission to dis- pose of its stock of letters, and they, including the Shreveport station’s pro- test mail, now are bundled and await ld paper” man. YOUNG SW JOIN FREE CLASSES Late . Applicants, Crowded Out, to Be Offered Lessons as Guests of Y. M. C. A. which convened for one year before ty. Before the luncheon Mr. Childress ! ition for signals in the year, { for equipment. Installation and main- removal by the Sees Materialism Disappearing. IMMERS terialism, : Dupont Cirele. g and religious schools shoul | It beside schools of and other branches declared, since there is no education where the religious element in life is | ignored. Rev. Dr. N. E. Davis, secretary of the board of hospi deaconess’ work, told last night of the work of his board and its | needs for the future. Bishop Welch met his cabinet yes- | terday afternoon to consider candidates mnpt;mtment The cabinet is com- erick, and will until the end of the conference. COLORED ASSOCIATION 5 MEETS HERE FRIDAY National Parley to Continue Until | 3¢} Sunday—Will Discuss Work ‘Washington.boys who applied too late e to be enrolled in the intensive course of Additional Funds to Be Used e swimting lessons being given this week at ‘the boys’ department of the junior Y. M. C. A. ‘The number of applications for the course being conducted this week in conjunction with the “learn to s imum capacity. am, For of _getf in _close Thkee | touth with "weers and. thels probicens tely | & national Mul'o trial - conference has .| MRS. HOPKINS OUTLINES WORK FOR INCURABLES Association | BOUNDARY CHANNEL LINK | Addresses Citizens’ Discussing the Responsibilities Borne by the x.- Board. Home s : Ak bmrmuummmmmm Devonshire Downs Citizens’ Mrs; -Archibald HARLAND LAUNCHES TRAFFIC LIGHTS INSTALLATION PLAN New Program Based Upon Department’s Budget for Year of 1930. FIRST STEP TO BENEFIT DOWNTOWN BUSINESS Appropriation for Signals Is $15,000—0nly $5,000 Available for Equipment. Tentative plans for the second com- gram were started today by Traffic Di- rector William H. Harland. ‘The new program is to be embodied timates for the 1930 fiscal year, which Mr. Harland expects to submit to the It will provide for a network of - chronized signals on the principal do.’:- town thoroughfares not now controlled by lights as well as independent in- stallations at all of the uncontrolled intersections in the so-called congested area, Assistant Trafic Director M. O, Eldridge and Police Inspector E. W. Brown, in charge of the Traffic Bureau. are assisting Mr. Harland in plannin; the new installations. The number o lights needed, the estimated cost and their location will be determined after an extensive study of traffic conditions. Plan of Harland. ‘The first step in the new N according to Mr. Harland, to complete the light control of the down- town business area, which was started during the current fiscal year. Attention will then be centered on the main crosstown thoroughfares which carry the greatest volume of traffic. One of these he pointed out is Q street, between :mwunnn avenue and Rhode Island venue. Before submitting the program to the Commissioners, Mr. Harland explained, he would discuss it with the Traffic T and other and icies interested. - Extension of traffic light control, Mr. Harland firmly believes, will meet with the approval of the authorities as well as the public in view of the efficacy of the present system of signals in reduc- ing accidents. 3 Mr. Harland’s injtial -extensive pro- gram of traffic light installations is now nearing completion, and the appropria- tion available for new s in the coming fiscal year will §yovide only a few additional lights. this reason he k{lwhn: lo'r:m! to the 1930 mu} year for funds to carry out his plan of signal control. Streets Affected. Fourtee! from I street to Florida avenue, Massa- chusetts avenue from Pifth street to New Jersey avenue and Fifteenth street from Euclid to Irving street. The lights on Fifteenth street between I The traffic department’s a) - mmhnml beginning July 1, is $15,000, but $5.000 of this sum is to be used tenance will use up the remainder. With this $5,000 Mr. Harland is plan- installations around the White House and the Capitol, and also around Thomas and Iowa Circles. The circle installations will be similar to that at ARCHITECT SUBMITS - HIGH SCHOOL PLANS New Business High Building Will Be Ready for Occupancy i February 1, 1931. Plans for the auditorium of the new with approval A e nearly com| o(sm structure. % The auditorium comprises the north wing of the structure. The south wing tnue | will. house the and accom- g panying similar features and the cen! will embrace the stu clasrooms and. lal £ it ! 2 § & g H WORK SHOWS PROGRESS From Columbia Islard to Vir-’