Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1929, Page 35

FRENCH: POLICE Famed Attitude of Foreign Band ‘Toward Civilian Au- thorities Undergoes Change. | By the Associated Press. SIDI-BEL-ABBES, Algeria, Novem- ber 8—By surrendering a murderer to the civilian to stand trial for a crime committed previous to his en- listment, the French Foreign Legion has caused earnest confabs in the bar- racks here and the places frequented by _the leglonnaires. For years the idea has been generally | accepted that no matter what crime a | man was accused of in civil life he was safe from prosecution so long as he remained in the Foreign Legion. Civillan detectives have long com- | plained that when they called at head- DINNER SERIES AWAITS DAWES’ RETURN TO POST Prince of Wales Will Be Guest at Opening Function in Lon- { “don November 14. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November. 8.—United States Ambassador Charles G. Dawes, Who is scheduled to resume his post mnext Tuesday, faces a string of lunches, din- ners and other welcoming engagements that will test his prandial powers to the limit and take the edge off his Thanksgiving dinner appetite uniess he is careful. Beginning with a dinner at one of the inns of court, where the Prince of Wales also will be a guest, on November 14, many of the Ambassador's “three a day” have been booked until after the big annual Thanksgiving banquet of the American Society in London on November 27. One of the most im- portant functions is the Pilgrims’ din- ner for Gen. Dawes and former Sec- retary of State Kellogg on November 22. While Porto Rico has had a severe economic depression, motion picture theaters displaying talkies are doing THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1929. 4 S N » N, Z . 4‘/:(‘ L S8 2 %, 3O QL R Py 'A X NNy D & 2 S - S R quarters evasive answers were received | more business than ever before. concerning alleged criminals whom they sought. Or, by strange coincidences, it appeared that these men had been de- tailed for service in the lower Sahara or on the fringe of the Hoggar, where the hand of the law, lengthy as it is reputed to be, was too short to reach, “A man is known in the legion by the name under which he enlisted and that alone,” the correspondent was once 24 L2 SOOI AT EKLELSKE >) ik told at headquarters here. “His former private life does mot concern us and we are not concerned with it.” Doty Case Is Recalled. This confidence was volunteered at the time of the release of the Ameri- : can, Bennett J. Doty of Biloxi, Miss. ! 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Recently two Paris detectives arrived at Sidi-Bel-Abbes lnf rt:old t}le o&lor:;l: “We have a warrant here for Gaston Proissart, who killed his grandmother 607-609 C St. with an ax in 1926, robbed her and g then enlisted in the legion as Rene Metropolitan 0151 | Bernard. | i 1655 “Prove to me that Bernard and Frois- e sart are the same man,” the colonel aske and with a hard, durable surface that defles marks, , etc. Let us ad- Paint Company ed. Bernard was sent for, Bertillon meas- urements were produced establishing L the identity of the man as Froissart t O 0 O 4 o ToMothersWhoWonderWhere Smart Washington Children [ i IIlI||IlIIIlIIIIlIIIllI[II|lIlIH!Hllllfllflflllll|flflllfl1fllflflllllIlllflll Proissart is on his way to Paris to before the assizes and many of his former companions in, the legion are wondering whether this means a radi- cal change in the policy which they had always believed ruled in the deal- ings of the legion authorities with the plain clothes police. One corporal then summied up the tuation : “It served him right for Hlling his dmother with an ax and robbin . Perhaps if it had been a rea stand-up murder between men, it wouid have made a difference.’ ATHLETICS MANIA BLAMED ON PUBLIC Michigan University President | Asks for “Saner Attitude” on Part of Alumni. _ ome From The Answer Is THE HECHT CO. B £F == B £F = - B = The Family Chilly fall evenings at home —how do you plan to enjoy them ? Here’s a welcome sug- gestion, A Kodascope home movie projector and a reel or two of professionally produced . drama, comedy or travel films will provide entertain- ment galore. ‘The Kodascope—you can purchase on our budget buy- ing plan. The' films—you can rent from our own Ciné Library. Ask us for details . today. By the Associated Press. ANN ARBOR, Mich.,, November 8.— A plea for a “saner attitude” by alumni and the public toward intercollegiatc athletics is contained :l‘: the (h'live\'sit.yt of Michigan reply to the recent repor! of the Carnegie Foundation, in wm):h American cole‘:l::a ‘were censored for mhnm:m, a cs. _The was made public yesterday by Dr. nder G. 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