Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1930, Page 23

RSB FREHCAOCE Illegal Profits Basis of All| Gang Activity, Randolph Declares. By the Associated Press. i CHICAGO, May 21.—Col Robert| Isham Randolph, president of the Chi- | cago Association bf Commerce, believes the liquor traffic largely responsible for Chicago crime. Addressing the National Safety Coun- cil last night, Col. Randolph, who heads the “Secret Six Committee,” organized to fight crime, said, “Whatever may be thought of the Voistead act, responsi- bility for crime here can be traced to illicit liquor traffic. “Beer costs $2 a barrel to produce,” he said, “and sells for $60, Alcohol costs | ° 40 cents a {;llun to cook and they get $12 for it. Enormous profits there. And the paying of enormous t to some- body goes with it. Illicit liquor couldn’t be distributed otherwise. We can't cope | with erime as long as this source of | g profits exists.” Gangs perpetrating almost every kind of crime—bootlegging, hi-jacking, rack- eteering—are interlocked. ““If the booze xnmu':{ngeu overcrowded they turn to something else,” he said. ‘The speaker urged that crime news be | printed on the front pages of the news- B iweeping the dirt under the bed: | STATE TO GET EVIDENCE Arrests in Richmond Murder Case Depend on Conference. RICHMOND, Va., May 21 (#)—De- tectives yesterday had prepared all evi- dence lheyt;.uvel ;‘e;no;ble to Il'fimr concerning the slaying of Harry Rohm, 45, leather dealer, of this city, found shot to death in his home on the night of May 12, to submit this afternoon to * Commonwealth Attorney Dave E. Sat- terfleld, jr. Mr. Satterfield said this morning that he would issue a statement regard- ing the status of the case after the conference this afternoon. Capt. of De- attorney for instructions as to the mat- , ter of making arrests. He added that an arrest may be made today if Mr. Satterfield deems the evidence gathered ¥ t.hgn far by the police warrants such action. il TWO SHOT IN ROAD HOUSE Blot Machine Thieves Believed Guilty of Slaying. GREEN BAY, Wis, May 21 (P).— ‘With arms slashed and shotgun wounds in their heads, John Van Veghel, 36, and Lucile Birdsall, 30, were found | dead yesterday in the Golden Pheas- it e. ant road house. Officers believe that a gang of slot machine thieves who had been oper- ating in this region are responsible for the double slaying. Lady Astor Learns She Is “No Lady” to One Woman Voter By thy Assoclated Psess. NOTTINGHAM, England, May 21.—Lady Astor was told yester- day—and by a workingwoman— that she was no lady. The American-born member of the House of Commons was ad- dressing & women's meeting, and in the course of her speech re- ferred to George Lansbury, first commissioner of works, as “a dear old soul, muddle-headed and half-witted.” Whereupon the woman of the working class interjected heat- edly: * “Mr. Lansbury, at any rate, is a gentleman, but you are no lady.” Imprisoned as Grafter. OAKLAND, Calif., May 21 (#).—Wil- | liam H. Parker, former Oakland City commissioner, was sentenced in Su- perior Court yesterday to San Quentin Penitentiary for 1 to 14 years. He had been convicted of criminal con- in connection with. gri f"l‘ ' 714 13th St. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY ~21, 1930. SMALLPOX SCARE OVER Prisonet Has Chickenpox—Police Back on Duty. Five policemen heaved sighs of re- lief and returned to duty, two highly fumigated patrol wagons and as many squad rooms were in use again with the announcement of physicians that & colored prisoner Monday m:{:: to be a smallpox victim was suffe from chickenpox. ‘The colored man was taken into cus- tody Saturday night by Policeman G. C. McCarron. Noticing that the prisoner was {ll police confined him to the squad room of the second precinct and called e Gallinger Hospital ambulance. Somebody said something about malipox. All policemen who came in contact with the prisoner were relieved from active duty by Inspector Albert J. Headley. Squad rooms were locked and patrol_wagons were decommissioned. _ SUN AWNINGS inds, tooand® Awning® Hardware: Cornell Wall Paper Co. X Natl. 6708 The “Francine” —OF BLUE OR BEIGE CHIN- CHILLA WITH KID TRIMMING TOMATCH; ALSOIN GUNMETAL WITH - BLACK AND WHITE LIZARD CALF TRIMMING; ALL AT $10.50. . 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