Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1929, Page 5

STAR, WASHINGTON, D, C. DECEMBER 27, 1929, SEARCH CONTINUD| ~ FORBANK SLAYERS Highways, Rai}roads', Woods and Caves Guarded to Find Three Bandits. By the Associated Press. SMITH'S GROVE, Ky., December 27.— Embattled Southern Kentucky farmers and officers, incensed by the killing of a country bank president by three bandits, today guarded highways, bridges and miles of railway track and peered into woods and caves for the layers of J. Robert Kirby, 45. Although it was believed that one or more of the men had been wounded and two stolen automobiles the bandits used and a portion of the bank loot had been recovered, the posses, at cne time numbering 800 or 1,000 men, had been balked after a search of ali day and night. Aid of Tennessee officers was invoked late last night after officers at Scotts- ville. 20 miles south of here, had pur- sued two men in an_automobile toward Gallatin, Tenn. ~ Scottsville ~officers | were informed one of the men had been shot in the shoulder. Kirby, president of the Farmers' Bank of Smith’s Grove, was shot and killed as he and a party tried to halt the bandits’ car about five miles north of here. The three desperadoes had robbed the Oakland Bank of Oak- land, near here, of between $1,000 and $1,500 and Kirby had been notified by telephone. ARMY OFFICER GIVEN NEW POST OF DUTY | i Many Transferred From Present Assignments—Lieut. Col. Swift Promoted to Rank of Colonel. Lieut. Col. Arthur W. Bradbury, In- fantry, has been relieved from duty in the Militia Bureau, War Depart- ment, effective in May, and ordered g Hawali for duty with troops; Col. illiam H. Tefft, Medical Corps, has ‘been relieved from duty at Fort Thomas, Ky., and ordered to Fort Sheridan, IIl., effective March 1; Maj. Carl A. Har- ligg, Quartermaster Corps, has been transferred from the office of the Quar- termaster General, Munitions Building, to the War Department general staff; Capt. Robert P. Kunnecke, Veterinary Corps, stationed at Fort Snelling, Minn., has been ordered to his home for retirement; Maj. Edward T. Comegys, Finance Department, from the Finance Bureau, Munitions Building, to Fort Sam Houston, Tex.: Lieut. Col. Eben Swift, jr., Field Artillery, at Pittsburgh, has been promoted to the grade of colonel. COUNTS LIKE PRESIDENTS TO BOSTON LICENSE CLERK Graf Gets the Pen Line on Mar- riage Application Filed by German. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, December 27.—Evidently ‘counts count for less here than in Ger- many. Frederick Francs Graf Grote applied for a license to wed Miss Rachel D. Smith of Back Bay. Joseph A. Cahalan, assistant registrar, asked the pi ve meaning of “Graf.” “It means ‘count’,” said the applicant. “If President Hoover came in here :lnfl':rmu h‘ll.s name ‘!ieabx:n President loover," we'd cross ou president,” &u‘pamsn. running his pen through SHIPPING NEWS Arrivals at and Sailings From New York. Baracoa—Puerto Colombis Matura—Trinidad .o - DUE TOMORROW. De Grasse—Havre .. -December 18 DUE SUNDAW. DECEMBER 29. .December 21 Bremernaven Becemeer 33 Amsterdam—Rotterdam’. . December 18 DUE MONDAY, DECEMBER 30. American Merchant—London December 19 Nieuw Oscar II—Copenha Porto RicoBan 3 Teno—Vaiparaiso ‘Transylvania—Glas; Pennland—Antwerp Favorita—Kingston Fort £t George—Bes December 28 DUE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31. Antonia—Liverpool . ember 17 DUE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1. Munargo—Havana . .December 25 Western World—Bue; December 12 DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 3. Banta Rita—Valparaiso ........December 14 OUTGOING STEAMERS. BAILING TODAY. Mauretania — Plymouth, Cherbourg Southampton. Columbus—Cherbourg, Southampton Bremerhaven. Carmania—Havana and Nassau cCruz—Kingston, - Crisiobal, Talara ) Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Mon- tevideo and Buenos Aires. readian—Bermuda. acchus—Inagus. Port-au-Prince, and Mar; | Australic—Ac ighe—Bahia | St. Mihiel—Cristobal. SAILING TOMORROW. ric—Cobh_and Liverpool Cameronia--Moville and Glasgow. | Degtschiand—Cherbours, Southampton and m) € | Lapiand—West Indies cruise Virgini Cristobal and San Fran- cfsco. Pone Juan’ Venezuela—Puerto Colombia, Cristobal and San_Jose de Guatemala. Pastores—Havana, Cristobal ~ and Port jon. silvia—8t. John's and NewZfoundiand. Bermuda—Bermuds. Maga—Santiaso. Kineston snd Puerto Bar- and and Curacao —Havana, gn Soviet Russia. tecture in Russia. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, December 27.—Police Commissioner Grover A. Whalen was on his way to Chicago today seeking information concerning a ‘“killer-for- hire” who made his clients sign contracts. His trip was prompted by the state- ment of Police Inspector Joseph dJ. Donovan that Frankie Yale and Frank Marlow, New York gangsters, were killed by a Chicago gunman under the terms of a $20,000 contract signed by Cira Terranova, known to police as a Bronx racketeer. Donovan, testifying at the police trial of Detective Arthur Johnson for dere- liction of duty, yesterday said that the Designed to give impression of & wartime “tank,” is this new building in It houses an electrical company and is the latest type of archi- WHALEN NOW SEEKING KILLER WHO CONTRACTED FOR VICTIMS|™" New York Police Commission Told of 'Dinner Party Hold-Up Staged to Get Document. e —P. & A. Photo hold-up of a testimonial dinner given for Magistrate Albert Vitale was staged | at_Terranova's orders to recover the contract. Johnson, who was & guest at the dinner December 7, is on trial for losing his service pistol to the hold-up men and failing to report the crime promptly. Donovan said Terranova invited the gunman to the dinner, instructing him to bring the contract, then arranged for the hold-up, which was put on by seven men. They searched the guests, took the contract from the gunman’s pocket, and took jewelry and money from the other guests to make the rob- bery appear genuine. The jewelry, money, and Johnson's gun later were returned through undisclosed sources. HOSE LEADS TO STILL. Dry Weather Cause of Discovery by Utah Raiders. SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, December 27 (#)—Dry weather hereabouts is threatening the liquor supply. Federal prohibition agents who went out on a Christmas raid found a still that had obtained its water through a garden ! hose a mile and a half long. The spring that had been the original source of supply had dried up and a connection made with a pipe line. To prove it the agents brought in the hose along with the still. The operators had abandoned it. Holiday Toll Set.at 17. MEMPHIS, Tenn., December 27 (#).— Christmas holidays in Arkansas and ‘West Tennessee took a toll of 17 daths and injuries totaling more than 45. Arkansas reported 10 deaths and at least 12 persons seriously injured. Most of the deaths were due to holiday auto- mobile crashes, with a few attributed to DIVIDENDS! 2 | Toltec—Puerto Cortez. ui—Puert, lombia. e g Calom ‘Thode flflllndA Santos. SAILING SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29. | San Ablo—Porto Castilla. BSAILING MONDAY, Hamiiton—Norfolk. SAILING TUESDAY, DECEMEER 31. | President Roosevelt—Plymouth, Cherbourg ambure ¥ A Batacos—Puerto Colombla. SAILING WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, Metapan—Kingston, Cristobal, Cartagena, Puerto Colombia and Santa Marta. | SAILING THURSDAY, JANUARY 3. American Merchant—London. Bresident Jonnson—world cruise. Berlin—Cobh, Cherbo i and Bremerhaven and nto Domingo City ristobal, Callao and Vajpa- rasse—Havre. | Bt DECEMBER 30. ) P - jas—_San J mg.n Guayrs, Puerto Cs- rmuds. o Noted New York Pastor Dies. NEW YORK. December 27 ().—Rev. Dr. Harry Emilius Stocker, 63, pastor of the First Moravian Church of New York, died at the Neurological Insti- tute yesterday, following an operation. Would Bell the Cats. MIAMI, Fla. (#).—To protect birds, a movement has been started to bell all cats in Coconut Grove, & Miami sub- url holato8.2.8.8.0.2°9 ¢ 2 We Can Supply Everything to Enclose Your Back Porch We have all the necessary materials, including window rames, windows, Celotex, Sheetrock, paint and hardware. Small Orders Given Careful Attention—No Delivery Charge J. Frank Kelly, Inc. 2101 Georgia Ave. N. 1343 Lumber — Millwork — Du Pont Paints — Coal — Hardware — Building Supplies x X AR OOORK x X X x X X x * ok 3k ok e e kkok measure up—and SHERIFF DEFENDS APATHY ON RUM Trial of Idaho Officials on/ Conspiracy Charges Nears Close. By the Associated Press. COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho, December 27.—The defense in the trial of 28 citi- zens of Mullan, Idaho, including the sheriff and city officials, on a charge of conspiracy to violate the Federal prohi- bition law, neared its end today. Among those to take the stand yes- terday was Sheriff R. E. Weniger, one of the defendants. He denied the pros- ecution’s charge that the Federal pro- hibition law had been openly flouted, but conceded that “popular antipathy” to the statute had been one of the rea- sons why he had only a few liquor ar- rests in the last four years. ‘Weniger said only 43 liquor law ar- rests had been made in his county since 1925, and testified that a State Supreme Court decision holding that search warrants could not be issued on an “information and belief” basis also had been in part responsible. Several defense witnesses testified that the Government's prohibition in- vestigators had been so intoxicated on several obeasions that they had to be put to bed. 3 Mrs. John Gearon, hotel proprietress, testified that one of them came to her apartment one night, carrying a bottle of whisky, and was so intoxicated that he lrevcnled to her his mission in an. NEW INDUCTOR COM'PASS IS BEING TESTED TODAY Navy Bureau of Aeronautics Di- recting Flight to Hampton Roads From Anacostia. ‘Tests of a new type of earth induc- tor compass which is said to be more accurate than any of this type yet de- veloped are being made today by test pilots of the Navy Bureau of Aeronau- tics station at the Anacostia Naval Alr Station. ‘The contsyss has been mounted in the tri-motored Navy Ford transport plane and is under te a flight to Hampton Roads. The plan §°k off from the local station at 10:2¥.a.m. today with Lieut. M. B. Gardner as'pilot and Lieut. C. F. Harper as co-pilot.. Two civilian electrical engineers from the General Electric Co. also were in the plane. The return trip will be made this afternoon. Following tests of the compass at the local station a report will be submitted to the designers and to the Navy De- partment. LIQUOR DIVERSION REPORT SCOUTED Dry Official Says Chicago Grand Jury Is Probing Alleged $50,000,000 Fraud. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, December 27.—Dry law enforcement officials frowned today upon reports of a $50,000,000 diversion of industrial alcohol ultimately dis- tributed in the East and West by a re- puted illicit liquor syndicate. The investigation into the reported diversion, three Chicago newspapers sald yesterday, was s0 widespread in scope as to include more than 1,000 business men, prohibition officials, poli- ticlans and bootleggers. Alexander Jamie, chief of the Wash- ington prohibition unit, and his under- cover agents are given credit for the expose of the diversion. However, Mr. Jamie told the Asso- ciated Press that “as far as I know thel‘etisn'b any particular truth to the DOTs." report. On the other hand, United States District Attorney George E. Q. Johnson | gave both denial and admission, suying: “What there is to it is before the grand jury and cannot be discussed. But I can say that what there is to it 1s noth- ing at all like the report in the papers. “The report in the papers” referred to was accounts of the case carried by the Times, News and Post, which said the liquor was diverted into the chan- nels of a liquor syndicate that operated throughout the Middle West and from New York to Denver. TWO OFFICERS HONORED. Lieut. Harris and Capt. Tilleson Cited for Meritorious Service. Second Lieut. David C. Harris, ir, Quartermaster Corps Reserve, of Min- eral Wells, Tex., has been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by the ‘War Department for extraordinary heroism in action in the Puvenelle sector, France, October 13, 1918. The citation shows that Lieut. Harris, then a private in the 56th Infantry, 7th Division, made three trips with im- portant messages through heavy enemy fire and was severely gassed while giv- ing first aid to an officer of his com- pany who had been wounded. ‘The Distinguished ~Service Medal was awarded to Capt. Selmar J. Tille- son, formerly attached to the Signal Service, Air Corps, and now a resident of Clintonville, Wis., for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services while in charge of the Supply Depart- ment, 3d Aviation Instruction Center. Dominion to Redeem Loan. OTTAWA, December 27 (#).—Charles Dunning, Canada’s new minister of finance, told a radio audience last night that the Dominion would redeem in cash a loan of $20,000,000, payable on February 1. —— 1 American tractors are being used in raq. “For the Welfare of Children™ THE THRIFT SHOP 504 10th Street N.W. 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