Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1929, Page 10

- JO %% (ITIZENS TO PROBE J. H. Lily, J. C. Doocy THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., THURSDAY, Sabin, Mrs. Helen Reed, Philip Simpson and James R. Nash, Utilities Committee. Public utilities—W. C. Thom, chair- man; E. Edgar Merriman, A. E. Finley- PUTS 1928 FRAUD NOVEMBER 21, 1929. 500 Attend Show Given at D. C. Jail; Sinclair, Preparing to Leave, Is Absent JUVENILES SET APART. | Largest Towns of Italy to Have Courts for Children. Special children's courts will be set| Edmonston & Co. INCORPORATED No Branch Stores Carl M. Betz, Mgr. 0SS AT MILLION Rothschild, However, Says Business Here Is Funda- mentally Honest. son, J. E. Bird, W. F. Hummer, E. J. Payne. Philip Simpson. Publicity—Donald A. Craig, chair- man; John H. Kilroy, Arthur E. Calla- han, Mrs. H. Shipstead, Alfred B. Hur- |ley, H. H. m, Harry E. Nau. | Parks and playgrounds—B. Frank Campbell, chairman: John W. Barnes, J. C. Haadles, Col. W. L. Peake, George R. Hartman, Jesse W. Speakman, John C. Curran. Public health—Dr. D. B. Holloway, The Players' Guild of St. Patrick's | gler of Marjory O'Donnell, and James | =y = B R e CRES B ¢ S Church gave an entertaizment for ap- | Crawford, colored, who was sentenced | P he chief to y. In| 612 13th St. proximately 500 prisoners at the District | to the chair recently for murder during | the circular announcing their institu- | a hold-up. | tion, says the Rome correspondent of | Jail Jast night. Surpassing Values West Sid Between F & G Sts. POLIGEFRENEN Lircoln Park Association Names Committee to Conduct Inquiry. t The show was the first one staged at | _The San Francisco Chronicle, Signor Harry F. Sinclair, the oil operator. | the jail that Sinclair had not seen since | Rocco, Minister for Justice, calls at- was almost the only prisoner who didn't | his arrival there on May 6. The pro- | tention to the importance of diminish- attend the show, as he was making prep- | gram included vaudeville numbers, the|ing juvenile crime and of establishing arations for his departure. In ihe au- |principal performers being Miss Mary |a closer collaboration between the judi- dience, however, were Robert McPher- | Deery; dancers from the Clara Roehrie | clary and the National Paternity and son, jr.. charged with the slaying of his | Studio, the Arlen sisters and the Carrol | Child Welfare Institution. wife;” Dexter Dayton, confessed sf sisters, The cases, except where there are An inquiry into Police and Fire De- | paiiment conditions in Washington, | whizh will form the basis of action I by the Lincoln Park Citizens' Associa- tion, is to be made by a new commit- Samue! Crump, C. D. Reckeweg, H. Grubb, John Brayshaw. chairman; Dr. Jeseph A. Eckert, Walter A. Brskine, Mrs. N. E. Leech, James E. Collifiower, W. B. Castenguay, Herbert | C. Douglas. Welfare—F. Blaine, chairman: Wil- iam B. Phalen, Richard P. Mm:’pktxly. ohn Rivers and harbors—J. M. Crown, | loss of approximately $1.000,000 to in- nocent investors in fraudulent schemes, Louis Rothschild, director of the Better Although business in Washington is | fundamentally honest and hl’comlng‘ more so every day, last year saw a Orphan Girl to Have Seven Homes With Kinfolk of Parents older persons involved, will be heard | behind closed doors, and whenever pos- sible in rooms at a distance from those used for ordinary cases. In this way of undesirable contact of young persons with older criminals will be avoided. Minors are also to have their scparate prisons, while every facility in High-Grade Shoes We appreciate the suc- cess Washington has ac- corded us and take the Every shoe in the house is reduced — Foot Forms for everybody — Physical Culture (style plus com- fort) Shoes for women— Stacy-Adams, Nationally Famous Shoes for men. Men’s Shoes Reduced. is to be given to the officials of the Child Welfare Institution to visit them in prison and work for their re-educa- tion and redemption. reaily practical way to show that appreciation. tee on police and firemen appointed by Joscph L. Gammell, president of the | association. Mr. Gammell is chairman | of the committee on police and fire | protection of the Federation of Citi- | ball. chalrman; H. T. Vie gens' Associations, which is expected t0 | Gonway. R T Beflin, 1. & conduct a similar investigation. i p] = T x wn | 5 ttee is headed by | chairman; Mrs. C. G. Chapman, Wil- s e e ana. I | lant Di¥Beatiy. ¥ ‘W, Parkers ACW, i RS o S i Hagerman, Andrew J. Herd, E. F. Teat. cludes the following members: Leland | " Histortan, Mrs. Helen Nelson Dooey: G. Bigelow, William Ahearn, Wilson G. | Southeast ‘Community ~representative, | ~ | Mrs. Nellie B. Gammell; Eastern Hign | Compton, John C. Curran, Milton Bair- | g po) Community representative, Les- | stow, and Francis Meehan. At a meeting of the association, Mon- lie J. Leiper. day night, when this committee was | named, _several speakers, including Charles W. Darr, president of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce, scored those responsible for the ‘“public hys- teria” in Washington due to “extrava- gant criticism” of the Police Depart- | ment and local officials. The public was asked to withhold judgment until | the accused officials have been given #their day in court.” Membership Drive. ' The Lincoln Park Citizens' Associa- as inaugurated a special drive to its membership. ‘The cam- n will be conducted by an enlarged cmbership_ committee, of which La | Favette G. Buehler is chairman. The other members of this committee are John W. Barse, John P. Kern, Wil- lam C. Furr, J. T. Albers, N. V. Brien- disi, W. A. Carlin, Frederick Mueller, Harry R. Alexander, H. H. Batsen, F. I Business Bureau, told the District branch of the League of American Pen Women at a meeting last night. public lost $400,000 during the year { through the activities of bucket shop | New Methods Fo"owed in operators and that one fraudulent stock promotion alone fleeced the public of . War on Speakeasies Meets With Success. chairman: Charles M. Barker, Milton J. | Havener, E. M. Pierce, Samuel Fried- | lander, 8. 8. Nicholson, J. H. Shimp. Streets and avenues—Harry G. Kim- ball, chairman; H. T. Vieth, W. B. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 21.—Five months ago 6-year-old Rosalyn Bloom was made an orphan when gunmen killed her father, Her- man_Bloom, but yesterd: in- stead of being a homeless waif, she has seven homes in which she may spend her time. ‘This was_the result of a court ruling by Probate Judge James R. Pritchard. In passing judg- ment on a petition for her guard- ianship, he held that she should live with a great aunt during the school year and spend one week cach with six uncles and aunts during the Summer, HEART ATTACK FATAL That is by giving all an opportunity to make substantial savings on footwear. Women’s Shoes Reduced Peru Is granting a subvention of $1.80 an acre to all who put under cultivation land which has not previously been worked. o] $100,000. Honesty Trends Upward. Despite this, he declared, there is a decided upward trend in the honesty of business methods here. There are three reasons for this, he explained. They are, first, that' many persons have learned by sad experience; second, cau- | tions from business agencies have had widespread circulation and effect, and lastly, fear of prosecution under the law is acting as a deterrent to many dis- honest persons. During the past three months, Mr. Rothschild declared, the office of the | ~ictyiot attorney has instituted prosecu- | tions in 12 fraud cases, and as a result | Up-1a.0lS Of aisnonest schemes have be- come extremely wary. Costs $13,000,000,000 a Year. Quoting figures for the country as a whole, the speaker sald that there is a of $13,000,000,000 yearly because of Four student clubs at the George- | crime. Three billions of this is due to | town University School of Law inaugu- | crime in business and of this amount rated a series of prize debates last|two billions are lost in security frauds, hight, with vietory in-the first con- | he asserted. test_going to Martin William Myer [ As a remedy, he proposed that j 2{1 Déflam;f. b«.;‘mméI a representative of | jaw be enacted rrqfilri‘x’& bmk:rsll:";:‘ e Carroll Law Club. bonded and establishin; | e debate ook e form of the |seeuriies. R rial of a case before an appellawe | Judge Mary O'Toole of Munici Barr, Joseph Brand, M. R. Barnes, R. A, | court, with Myer and Ward E. Lattin | Court, the other speaker at the meet‘\?:';l Crusan, W. E. Doherty, James M. Ford, | 0f the District of Columbia, a repre- | discussed modern theorles on erime and Mrs. A, J. Gardiner, Albert H. Kuhns, | sentative of the Gould Club, acting as | punishment. She said that the proper Mrs. John Little, William Padgett, J. E. | attorneys for the appellee. The ap- | function of a penal institution is not Taylor, Miss Johanna Bernsen, George | Pellants were John Jerome Manning |to punish, but to reform and educate. M. Burgess, Miss Christine Carrothers, | of Llin]s{omé P, I(o{rlmti nger f“fllb- The District institutions are above the R’ M. Drmmond, Joseph H. Frank, |#nd Alesanter SUc(el of Philadelphis | average in this respect, she asserted. James P. Hunter, Houston Kerlin, James S o oy TR B O e ok Goce- | Myer for his victory. Stiefel was sec- P, Mrs Y. . Cotter, George T.|ond choice of the judges. William 1. Etter R, “Gray, Edward E. Kinslow, | O'Neil of Milwaukee, chancellor of the Carroll Club, and president of the| Georee Lanahan, R. J. Myers, Jr. and| conjor afternoon class at the law school, | | presided. _The judges were James A. President Gammell also has appointed | Pres the following standing committees for | [00TeY; Robert E. J. Whalen and Mor- the ensuing year: ! . 5 Buildings and zones—J. H. Carroll, chairman: A. D. Calvert, Martin Boyle, F. F. Beiler, Edgar T. Grigsby, L. J. Leiper and B. W. Weaver. Constitution and by-laws—D. A. Ed- GEORGE & CO Celebrating 40 YEARS of BARGAINS lar $1 Hg:sufauilofld CRAVATS patterns Assistant United States Attorney | David A. Hart and James R. Kirkland announced today that in the effort to| close up premises in the District sus-| pected of being speakeasies, they had secured 2 convictions lately and have | charged 22 other persons with main- | taining a nuisance. ‘The conviction of Maurice Horan and | D{m&el Dougherty on nvelvlolru]mn.;-1 each | ! of the prohibition law through the ef~ forts of Kirkland was considered an T | important victory for prohibition en- 0 w"'l'lAM SWEET forcement machinery in_the District, was the first big victory of the illi ; District attorney's office under the new | Viuam Adams Sweet, special attor- plan of combining charges against de- ney for the Federal Trade Commission, | fendants TN including & nuisance | died at his home, 2415 Twentleth street, | charge wi m. | toda . e e Vi Ahem, ter. 1200 block of U | 2437 after a sudden fliness, Death street, was convicted of maintaining | W8S attributed to a heart attack. Mr. a Duisance last week, this being the Sweet was a member of the Arts Club rst conviction under {he new methods. | of this cit " L Almost all of the premises which the % yH“"d. . accused persons operate-and are charged | 21 hiere. He was about 50 years old. with being speakeasies are either near | Mr. Sweet was a native of Massa- beer saloons or restaurants. | chusetts and had practiced law in New o . York before coming here as special at- S—— | torney for the Federal Trade Commis- sion about seven years ago. He was un- married. The body was taken to Gawler's chapel, 1754 Pennsylvania avenue, OHIOAN WINS FIRST LAW SCHOOL DEBATE| Georgetown Student Clubs Com- pete for Prize; Philadelphian Gets Second Honors. monston’s INCORPORATED No Branch Stores CARL M. BETZ, Mgr. 612 l3th Street West Side— Bet. F & G Sts. M-Brooks-(o G- STREET BETWEEN_ IITH & 12TH . d a“S\mr]es A one-dny de luxe express railway service_has just been established be-l tween Batavia and Soeravaya, Nether- land East Incies. Baldwin Smiles at Son. LONDON, November 21 (#).—Oliver Baldwin Is to make his maiden speech in the House of Commons a month hence on “The Distribution of Wealth.” When the young Socialist gave notice of his intention, his father, Stanley L Baldwin, Conservative leader, with his T feet on ‘a table, smiled and the House Another One for Yale. laughed. MEXICO CITY, November 21 (£).— ey What will the rock-'emeand-sock-'em Dur(gg? ll:inernl service 'h,f{'";’e‘.’,"" . boys of Yale foot ball teams of yore ness, England, a mourner ur| L3 X“gs' g‘&fmlgfl 'A“"{ia;.';m'?.;e?y" “f;?“;%: | think? Reginald Root, who once played | wasps’ nest and the insects nearly broke Kaufman, H. V. Wathen and’ E. B.,at Yale and is now teaching the game |up the ceremony. . Smith. ,l;ere‘nelmhrxce? hlstglclf(‘h:&nfpupfls be- . 3 , | fore they went on the field for a game chfiflififi?“flii‘.’fi‘zz&S."‘B‘wfm.“,a',‘;, with Mississippi. Coach Stevens better Willlam A. Carlin, Miss Nellie Dear-|not try it in the Harvard Stadium. mont, Mrs. Marie Louise Jameson, Miss | Mississippi won. Audrey Hazell and Miss Elizabeth Did- —_ den. Morgan Shaves Himself. cation—Harold E. Warner, chair- < NEW YORK, November 21 (#)—J. P. man; Miss J. M. Arnold, W. D. Beatty, Mrs. Helen Nelson Doocy, W. G. Ladd, | Morgan shaves himself. The disclosure came when news hunters, upon arrival D. A. Edwards and W. C. Thom. law and legislation — Guilford 8. of the nmam&hlg Olympic, were curious as to the tips the barber received. Jameson, chairman; George P. Barse, and Newest in le‘!n nd Shades Beautiful Floor, Bridge, Table, Boudolr and Electric Novelties ported _an mestic Guaranteed Electric Appliances Gtz Fome Electiic, 517 10th Street N.W. 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