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With him came Norman | Vaughan, Eddie Goodale, Jack O'Brien | and Mike Thorne, the dog drivers, who ad dropped their loads where they can | be picked up later and had come back | , with light sledges. Carl Petersen, who had gone out to test the radio set and a radio direction | finder for use in connection with the | plane later on, and Joe Rucker, Who | made moving pictures of the trail work, | also came back. Surface Crust Slows Teams. They had perfect weather during the three days, but brought back word that the supporting party was having a hard { time because of the condition of the | surface. It is in a state of transition | and has a hard crust through which the | sledge runners break to the granular {and sandlike snow beneath, over which |¢raction is very difficult. | As a result they will probably travel | | slowly for a time until the warmer | weather (it was zero yesterday afternoon A |and has been hovering around zero all this morning) makes the surface softer and hauling easfer. While the dog teams are struggling over the surface,. the airplanes are rapidly being put in condition. The engine of the Fairchild was sorted the day the teams left and is being run again this morning for a final tuning. Plane Is Ready to Take Alr, | That plane, which was used so much | last year and was in perfect condition when dug out this year from its snow hangar, is about ready to take the air whenever it is needed. But, of course, | | with a blizzard likely to blow up at any | moment, it is not probable that there | | will be any flying yet awhile. |~ The sun smiles here ohe moment and | {an hour later there may be a howling | wind and blinding drift. But it is gdod | to_hear the sound of a motor again, for !it 'means that the time when fiying is | possible is rapidly approacegy?- . 1928, by the New and the St. Louis Post-Di for bublication reserved {h rid.) > atch righi roughout the woi “DROLL’ DETECTIVES RISK | DEATH TO GET FUGITIVE | Gulfport Officer Almost Shoots New 4| Orleans Authorities, Thinking Capture Was Robbery. | By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, October 21.—Cap- ture of “Connie” Ritter, Illinois gang- ster, has started a controversy between the New Orleans and Gulfport, Miss., | police authorities. Ritter, who had lived openly in Gulf- port for months as “Fred Randall,” was arrested on a Gulfport street by New Orleans detectives, who jumped from an automobile with drawn weapons and brought a Gulport officer on the run, thinking it was & hold-up. The Gulfport policcman disarmed one of the detec- tives before he learned who they were. |, The chief of police of Gulfport for- .mally eomplained’ to Stpt. e | Ray of the New Orleans Police Depart- | ment, that “his unshaven, droll” de- tectives had made an unnecessary scene {on the streets and exposed themselves | to being shot as bandits, Replying, Supt. !Ray said good police work should be encouraged everywhere and that he was proud of his officers for'capturing a | fugitive, who had been sought all over ‘BYRD DOG TEAMS THE EVENING S ELEPHANT KILLER EXECUTED Black Diamond, the second largest elephant ever to be displayed by the Al G. Barnes Circus, which killed a woman and injured his keeper, has paid for his crime with his life. An attempt was made to poison him, but he refused to eat and it was necessary to shoot him. execution at Kenedy, Tex. Photo shows him being prepared for —Associated Press Photo. RETIRED “RACKET" BARON I SLAIN | Third of Brothers Dies Before Hail of Bullets in Chi- cago Gang War. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 21.— Frank Lonardo, one-time corn sugar | baron, who “got out of the racket” when his brothers, “Big Joe” and John, were killed two years ago in a gangland bat- tle for supremacy, was dead today, the victim of a fustilade of revolver shots which roared out as he hunched over downtown barber shop last night. Lonardo, silent partner in the busi- | ness which . made millionaires of the brothers, was understood to have aban- doned the game when “Big Joe” and John were shot down side by side. Nev- ertheless, police worked on the theory that his death was in reprisal for the slaying of Sam “Blackjack” Todaro, rival bootleg czar, credited with having plot- ted the death of the Lonardos. Only One Survivor. ing left only Domi- nic, last reported in San Francisco, alive of the four Lonardo brothers. Dominic was indicted here in the Sly-Fanner pay roll robbery and murders, but evaded extradition and trial. Mrs, Concietta Lonardo, common law wife of “Big Joe,” and her eldest son, Angelo, 20 years old, were indicted for first-degree murder in Todaro’s death. Angelo is at liberty, but his mother s out on bond awaiting trial. Prank met death as he played rummy with three others. Ten men stood in the small smoke-filled room watching the game. Suddenly a hail of bullets rang out from among the bystanders, accord- ing to Louls.Kelles, restaurant owner, who sat in the game. Hit by Eight Bullets. Powder smoke drifted across the table and Lonardo, hands. flung high, leaped to his feet and then, pitched to the floor. | bullet_holes in his | There .were . eig] body. Lonardo had & .38-caliber re- volver in & pocket, but it was fully loaded. Police, who said-they had the names of four of the men present, began a round-up of suspects, which netted 12 | persons. Two of those held, they sald, Celebrates Birthday | | 1 | JOSEPH LUCHS, Former vice president of the Washing- | ton Tobacco Co.. who celebrates his | seventy-ninth birthday anniversary to- | | morrow. | 5 |“UNCLE JOE” LUCHS TO HAVE BIRTHDAY | Former Tobacco Firm Official to Be 79 Tomorrow—Celebration Is Planned. Joseph Luchs, 2844 Connecticut ave- | nue, for many years vice president and | treasurer of the Washington Tobacco Co., will celebrate his seventy-ninth | birthday anniversary tomorrow, sur- | rounded by his children and grandchil- dren. Coming to this country at an early age from Buttenweisen, Germany, MT. Luchs began work as a salesman and later became clerk for a wholesale to-) bacco company. He is known by his| friends and business associates as “Un- cle Joe.” Mr. Luchs has four sons. They ari Morton Luchs, vice president of the re estate company of Shannon & Luchs, | Inc., realtors; Sylvan Luchs of Shan- non' & Luchs; Arthur Luchs and Wal- | lace Luchs, who conduct the Washing- ton School of Art, Inc. | | proper of the chiet (solicitor or cor- a card table in the back room of a| . | claims, B.. O, MONDAY, O LAW ENFORGEMENT BOARD IS URGED | Institute for Government Re- | search Asks Centralization | of Responsibility. In advocating a department of law enforcement as one of the most import- ant_changes in the District government | made in its recommendation, the Insti- | tute for Government Research of the | Brookings Institute says that “in the | case of no general function of govern- | | ment is the matter of departmental or- | ganization more important than in that | | of law enforcement.” | The report, just published, emphasies | |that not only is performance of this funcgion the most fundamental task | confronting a government, but it is one in regard to which it is peculiarly de-' sirable that responsibility for its per- | formance shall be definitely located. | “In the government of the District of Columbia this primary requisite of | efficient organization and administration | is violated,” says the re| . written by Laurence F. Schmeckebier and William | F. Willoughby. | Responsibility Here Divided. “There is no ‘éne officer or agency | which can be held responsible for thi in which the laws are en. | forced.” the report explains | sponsibility is divided among four offi- | cers or agencies—the United States dis- | trict attorney, the corporation counsel, | the corcner and the police—eaeh of | | whom has an_independent status and | |is responsible for but part of the work |to be performed in insuring a proper | enforcement of the law. | “The correction of this condition of affairs,” the report conitnues, “is to be found in the creation of a department | of law enforcement, which will be co- | ordinate in rank and importance with | the other departments of the District | Government and have at its head a di rector, who will exercise superior au. thority over all law enforcement | agencies and be responsible for the | manner in which they perform their duties. The set-up of the proposed depart- ment_follows: 1. Office proper of the director. 2. Bureau of civil affairs: (a) Officer | poration counsel), (b) division of (c) division of land cases (ex- | |amination’ of title, condemnation pro- | | ceedings, leases, etc.); (d) division of | | miscellaneous affairs. 3. Bureau of criminal affairs: (a) Office proper of the chief (prosecuting attorney), (b) division of medical ex- aminations (medical examiner), (c) di- vision of criminal records and statistics, | (d)_division of police, (e) division of | traffic, (f) division of weights and | measures, Compares With Justice Department. “It will be seen from this outline,” | says the report, “ihat the proposal for creation of this department "contem- | plates giving to the District government | a general service of law enforcement analagous in some respects to that pos- | sessed by the Federal Government in its Department of Justice. This depart- | ment, in addition to the office proper of the head of the department, will em- | brace two major bureaus, one dealing | with civil matters and the other with criminal matters, with the present cor- poration counsel as chief of the bureau of civil affairs and relieved of all re- sponsibility for the handling of crimi- | nal cases. The new officer to be created would be known as prosecuting attor- ney, who will be the head of the bureau of criminal affairs ‘The duties of the bureau of civil af- fairs would not differ materially from those now discharged in part by the corporation counsel. Relief of the United States district attorney of all duties and responsibili- tles concerned with law enforcement in the District, except those constituting “this re- | Policeman T. M. Poland, who has charge of the schoolboy patrolmen in the Southeast section of the city, took ti Grand Theater several days ago. Reynolds, manager of the theater, their 3 JUDICIARY RIGHTS he boys to a performance at the Avenue —Star Staff Photo. host. scheme, the authors of this report tate. “It is difficult to find any justification for the present arrangement under which a Federal officer is given charge of, and indeed is made prosecutions of offenses which in other jurisdictions are handled by State or local offic ' the report emphasizes. “It is inequitable that the expense of this work should be made & chaige upon the National Tr the work of the Federal Department of Justice should be added to and com- plicated in this way” the report argues. “It, furthermore, does violence to the principle that a local govern- ment should be held responsible for th conduct of all affairs pertaining to local as distinguished from national matters. From the standpoint of both the national and the local government, it is | believed that this condition of affairs | should be changed and that responsi- bility for the enforcement of other than purely Federal law be vested in the District government, where it properly belong: of law enforcement is created as recom- mended.” Would Control Responsibility. Probably of still greater importance, the report says, is the necessity for making the police force a subordinate agent of the bureau of criminal affairs under the direction of a prosecuting | attorney. “It is recognized that this proposal represents a radical departure from the system of criminal adminis- | tration as it exists in most jurisdic- tions,” the report points out. After explaining in detail the exisf ing conditions the report says that “if the police work and the onurt prosecu- tions are placed under common direc- tion there can be no evasion of respon- sibility.” The authors of the report and rec- ommendations stress the fact that these several recommendations for the organ- ization of a department of law enforce- t are independent of one another certain extent. “The transfer of the prosecutions should be made regardless of whether the police are placed under the de- artment of law enforcement,” it states. “In that event both would be under the common control of the District gov- ernment, but not under the same im- mediate control. On the other hand, the police cannot be transferred to the to department of law enforcement if that | department is not given charge of all prosecutions. “Such a change would not be of m; terial benefit as under the present divi- slon of prosecutions the more serious a part of the duties of a United States district attorney in other jurisdictions, | is an essential requirement of this offenses are prosecuted by the United | States district attorney. = Nor should | officer be placed under th the chief | prosecuting officer for, the conduct of | American Bar Bans Client-Soliciting by Young Lawyers TOPIG OF LAWYERS Rule Making Powers Are Up for Discussion Before Bar Conference. By the Assoclated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 21.—The right of the judiciary to promulgate rules governing pleading, practice and procedure was up for discussion today before the conference of American bar delegation in session here, preparatory to the opening session of the American® Bar Association Wednesday. Creation of a judicial council in each State, giving their courts the full rates making power, is advocated by committee of judicial councils. Rule-making powers once were con= sidered within the inherent powers of the court and were exercised without question. Then legislatures began the practice of passing statutes preser! methods of pleading, practice and pro- | cedure to govern the bench and the = A report of the committee states that for 75 years there has been a “drifting, In the center, Policeman Poland and Daniel | toward usurpation of power” by the Legislatures. The practice of Legislatures, with members wholly unacquainted with legal procedure, regulating pleadings, cause confusion, the report says. The committee advocates that each court be allowed to make its own rules and that the judicial councils recom- mended to the Legislatures changes in present statutes regulating legal proe By the Associated Press. cedure. sury and that | whether or not a department | MEMPHIS, Tenn., October 21.— The young lawyer, if he accepts the ethics of the profession as set forth by the American Bar Asso- clation, must hang out his shingle and while the ink is dry- ing on his sheepskin sit behind his' new desk and wait for his clients to come in. He must not go after them. If he solicits business he posi- tively is not ethical, the commit- tee of professional ethics and grievances of the association says. department of law enforcement unless all prosecutions are placed in that de- partment. Under the present division of prosecutions the logical place for the coroner or medical officer is in the office of the United States district at- torney. If the status quo is maintained as regards the division of prosecutions, the police and the coroner, then the department of law enforcement ,would become the department of law and would have essentially the same duties | as the present office of the corporation | counsel. If the police are not placed ' under the department of law enforce- | ment they should be placed in the department of public health and| safety.” Irish Seek Army Recruits. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, October 21. (#).—A proclamation was posted throughout the city yesterday by “the | Republican Army Council,” ealling on | Irishmen of military age to join the Re- | publican army. It stated that the army was determined “to break the imperial connection and to reassert the inalien- FOR RENT Two Bedrooms, Liv- ing Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Bath and Reception Room. Electric Refrigeration. 2001—16th St. The “Mum” Season Is On The Blackistone Blooms are the selected ones of the cutting. 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