Evening Star Newspaper, May 15, 1929, Page 6

T YOUTH CONFESSES ARIZONA MURDER Foster Son of Rich Chi-| cagoan Slew Driver Who Picked Him Up on Road. By the Assoclated Press DENVER, Colo., May here three days ago_on suspicion of driving a stolen car, Richard Burrows, 19-year-old-foster son of a prominent | Chicago livestock broker, confessed last night to the murder of Jack Martin of Mesa, Ariz., on April 26. Burrows told the police he ran away from St. John's Military Aeademy near Chicago with a chum. Milton Drucker, son of George A. Drucker, 3 president of a Chicago photo house and engraving concern. roaming about the West for several davs In a car belonging to Drucker’s| mather. they were arrested in Phoenix, Aris., on her requesi. Mrs. Drucker joined her son there, sold the car, and took Lie boy back to Chicago. Foster Parents Quit Him. Mrs. Drucker told the authorities that Burrows’ foster parents Thad said that he had reached Phoenix by tunning away and could “come home the Bame wa) Left stranded, Burrows told the police he determined to beat his way back to Chicago. He boarded a train at Phoenix and was forced off by the crew near Wickenburg, Ariz. Martin, driv< ing by in his car, picked the boy up at that spot In his confession Burrows suid he shooting I Burrows said he hid Martin an 1solated spot a short the main road. Refuses to Reveal True Name. ance from Phoenix | ’Wales Saves Man Caught in Belt at ]nduslrlal Show Foreman Pulled Out of| Danger After Second Grasp of Overalls. | By the Associated Press. | LONDON, May 15—The Daily Ex-| | press today said the Prince of Wales | yes‘erday saved a foreman at the in- | By the Associated P 15.—Arrested | qustrial exposition at Newcastle from | serious injury or worse. The foreman, named Guinness, be- came entangled in the belting of a machine used to manufacture tin con- tainers. The prince, ed to him explain the mechanism, was |5 to 10 years for realization. standing only a yard away. He instantly grabbed the man’s over- alls and pulled him clear. just as he was about to be drawn into the ma- | tional committee of temperance, chinery, which was revolving at high speed. Once he lost his hold, but re- covered it. Only a few officials saw the inci- dent and the public was not aware of jt. Tt was gaid the man would have lost his legs. if not his life, but for the | timely throne. Mrs. Gray Silver Elected. | MARTINSEURG. W. Va., May 15 (Special) —Mrs. Gray Silver was elected president of the local chapter of the American _Assoclation of University Women at an annual meeting last night. Mrs. Harry C. Hammann was named vice president: Mrs. Lida | D'Aiuto, corresponding secretary; Mrs Fdzar M. Sites, recording secretary Miss Vanetta Chambers, treasurer. his body into a shallow ditch about a block from the main road.” Burrows' foster father, Walter M. Burrows, at Chicago, said last night he | had adopted the boy 10 vears ago at St intervention of the heir to the | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15 1929.° PORTES GIL PLANS DRASTIC DRY STEP Mexican President Launches Temperance Drive Against Hard Liquor. MEXICO CITY, May 15—A broad temperance campaign, looking to event- ual drastic prohibition Jaws. has been initiated by President Emilio Portes Gil. It is to be developed as quickly as na- Who had listen- | tional conditions permit, taking perhaps Expenses | Prohibition are to be borne by the government. The first step in the campaign will be the formation next Monday of a na- to be | | | and_children. | and distilleries to other pursuits. activities, having as its eventual object | prohibition of all alcoholic _beverages except beer and wine, with public sale | of these even to be denied to women | A probable first step| of the committee will be promulgation of regulations permitting sale of hard liquors only in sealed bottles, to be | consumed other than where purchased. | Listed as “hard” liquors are whisky, | | gin and absinthe. Pulque, the drink | most popular among Mexico's poor, was not mentioned in the President's an- nouncement. | The government will make every ef- fort to aid in adaptation of breweries Other phases of the campaign include com- pulsory classes in Mexican schools in which the evils of the drink habit will be taught, a system of reducing in num- ber dancing halls and cabarets and pro- viding sports activities to develop healthy physiques, less likely, it is claimed, to demand alcohol as a stimulant. It is the President’s contention that will be best achieved in Mexico by accustoming the Mexican people to it little by little. While his views on liquor often have been made | known heretofore, they have had the headed by the secretary of public health | aspect of temperance, rather than pro- | and containing representatives of all classes interested in public welfare This national committee will have hibition. | ment late y For this reason his announce- terday of a policy con- templating “prohibition caused consid- | Mary would hold courts in Buckingham | charge of the government's temperance erable surprise. % | CANADIAN NATIONAL—TO EVERYWHERE IN CANADA 0 -the Cofast COMMERCE BUILDING FOUNDATION COMPLETE Work on Superstructure Is Expect- ed to Be Started Soon. 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