Evening Star Newspaper, June 12, 1930, Page 6

BR—6 POLICE ROUT TAXI DRIVERS IN SESSION Meeting Called to - Protest Refinancing Scheme of Checker Cab Officials.. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, June 12.—A stormy pro- | test meeting of 800 Checker Taxi Co. | drivers against what they termed un- | fair tactics of company officials in a | refinancing Scheme broke up early to- | day with 50 policemen, under Capt.| Joseph Palcaynski, on guard. | Police were called after 2rivers found | five carloads of brickbats piled in the | street near the meeting place. The | drivers also told police -several hun- | dred members were driven away by sluggers who tried to storm the doors. | Every one who applied for admission | was searched for credentials and pis- | tols, and police roped off the street for & half block on either side to help keep order. The drivers said they opposed a plan | to sell the company to an Eastern firm | and called the meeting to elect new | officers, Each driver voted to subscribe to a | fund to retain counsel to seek an in- | Junction against the officers’ refinancing | plans. A long list of murders, bombings and lawsuits has marked the history of the company in Chicago. Outstanding was the killing in 1926 of Joseph Wokral, | who sought re-election as president, and that of Barney J. Mitchell, treas- urer, Jast January. On his death bed Wokral named Eugene “Red” McLaugh- lin as his slayer. McLaughlin's body | was found in the drainage canal last week. His brother, Robert McLaugh- | 1n, is president of the company. CONVICT MURDER RUMOR | BRINGS AUTOPSY ORDER Birmingham Prisoner Dies After Three Hours’ Confinement in Tortuous “Dog House.” By the Assoclated Press. BIRMINGHAM, Ala, June 12.— Coroner J. D. Russum has ordered Jef- ferson County authorities to open a grave yesterday and permit an autopsy on the body of John A. Marshall, a| convict, who died after three hours’ solitary confinement. in & small cell known as the “dog house.” Prison physicians ascribed Marshall's death several days ago to heart trouble. | Since then, however, reports have per- | sisted that he was struck on the head with a hammer a-short ‘while before he died. The “dog house,”. ordered abolished by the Jefferson Oounty Board of Rev- enue soon after Marshall's death, was a small, boxlike cell which permitted a prisoner to stand erect but was so small that he could not sit down, stoop nor M: even turn around. Two small auger hcles were the only avenues for fresh air. HENRY MARTIN, CHICAGO FLOP HOUSE ‘BUM’, DEAD Burial Delayed in Hopes Wealthy Sisters Will Keep Him From Potter’s Field. By the Associdted Press. CHICAGO, June 12.—Old Henry Martin's dead, though probably his| name wasn't Henry Martin at all. He was a South State street “bum.” Not _over 50 years old, but he looked much older. Not a flop house on South State street that didn’t know him. Sometimes his wealthy sisters would come down in their fancy automobiles and buy him-new clothes, fill his pockets with money and ask him to come home. But he never would go. ) He died mad&y,hzu&hthe{‘t:re dlefi aying burial, ving the sisters wi ¢hance back soon, seeking Henry Martin. His pals are sure Henry's sisters :elaldn'l want him- buried in potter's eld. T A a 1re a 1o Wi ce; The SUGAR for Fruits—Berries—Morning Cereals me FRUIT POWDERED SUGAR Hence the na ideal for Iced Drinks JACK FROST SUGAR MELODY MOMENTS—brought to you nv::: Thursday evening over WEAF NBC Chain, 8:30 o’clock, Eastern Standard Time. fn | SPONSORS ASHEVILLE FETE - | rhododendron festiv who have been appointed by their govetnors, are Theola Matson, Birmingham, Ala. (upper le Sackett, Willys and Edge Will By the Associated Press. I}Epllclllon of American policies t Warsaw, meeting with Walter here. with Mr. Ed; been informed of the coming of Mr. | ‘was bent upon a general talk, as he r v BV EN1NC FENG WOULD JOIN FORCES OF CHIAN THE Twelve States will send young women as sponsors to the third annual | i heville, N une 18-20. The four beauties above, | iss. (upper right); Christie (lower right), and Eleanor Powell of Richmond, Va. iated Press Photo. 'AIR MAIL REVISION SAVES $1,000,000 [Annual Reduction Seen on Five| Routes, Glover Tells Appro- priations Subcommittee. nces Ransom, Aberdeen, C. (lower left) aynard, Wilson, Owner of Barrel Forgot Its Gas, Havoc Results By the Associated Press. CARLETON. Mich., June 12.— Harry Parish brought a stecl bar- rel to the local blacksmith shop Tuesday for some welding. He needed the barrel to go home in. Seth Roberts, the blacksmith, applied the welding torch and the barrel blew up, half of it going through the roof and the other half through a wall. A police dog was blown out of the window. Ed Harpst, a farmer, was knocked uhconscious. Rob- erts skinned both his knees in the cinders near his forge, and Parish lost his shoes and several other pieces of clothing Parish remembered later that he had used the barrel to store gasoline. HREE U. S. ENVOYS WILL MEET IN PARIS By the Associated Press. A saving to the Government of more | than $1,000,000 annually on five air ‘| mail ‘routes alone was the ‘result of the recent revision of the air mail contract systém described to the House appro- priations subcommittee in hearings on | the sscond deficiency bill. | ' Appearing in support of a request by | the Post Office Department for a defi- | clency appropriation of $1,700,000 for air_mail transportation, w Second Assistant Postmaster said the revised system had been placed in effect with the other air mail routes. The five lines referred to were the Boston-New York, Chicago-Fort Worth- Dallas, Chicago-St. Lonis, Salt Lake- | asco, and Los Angeles-Salt Lake. The new contract rate m approved re- cently by Congress, provides for a space- Confer on Policies in Eu- Imxlraw rate, as compared with the old ropean Affairs. straight poundage basis. PARIS, June 12.— Three American mbassadors soon will be in Paris for discussion of European affairs and the PRINCE TOKUGAWA SAILS em. | "The envoys are Frederick M. Sackett, | Tretident of Japanese Houss of om Berlin, and John N. Willys, from Peers Leaves for Canada. . Edge ¢ | YOKOHAMA, June 12 () —Prince Mr. Backett came with his family for | Iyesato ‘Tokugawa, president of the House of Peers of the Japanese Parlia- r ‘s discussion of general conditions Ment since 1903, sailed today for Van- ge. | couver, British Columbia, on the liner The Paris embassy yesterday had not ' Empress of Russia. Other passengers on the liner in- cluded Waiter Hagen and Joe Kirkwood, famous golfers, who have been touring | the Orfent. visit, but in utilizing the opportun fllys, but considered he also probabl ntly took the Warsaw post. President Refuses Offer, Demand-| %Y *piopies” Army, By the Associated Press. 3 STAR, WASHINGYON, D. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1930. Feng Yu-Hsiang, Northern general, has approached Fresident Chiang Kai- Shek offering tp surrender and express- | ing willingness to attack troops of the Shansi government. Feng was said to have demanded in return that the Nationalist government pay $3,000,000 for the reorganization of of which he is leader. Chiang Kai-Shek was stated to have refused the offer, demanding that Feng first attack Shansi as a demonstration of his sincerity. In the midst of the vigorous drive | which Yen Hsi-Shan, governor of NANKING, China, June 12.—Official | Shansi, has been making. on Chiang ing Demonstration of His Sincerity. military reports from Hankow state | Kai-Shek, chief of the Nanking Na- that because of a lack of ammunition | tienalist government, reports that Feng and food, a representative of Marshal | Yu P The Mandarin Cool, smart, comfortable and enduring. From settees. Regularly sold at $11.50 Now $ 8.90 P. J. Nee Co. also has rockers to match this chair. No. 1—Regularly $19.75 Now. ..ive0 $|4.80 No. 2—Regularly $29.75 oW, ..c.hu 522.30 No. 3—Regularly $34.75 INOW.. isis ¢ o7 526.00 . 4—Regularly $39.75 Now. .. ...._529’75 N Beautiful variety of Reed and Fiber Furniture that is priced from $50 to $350 for three All these suites carry a re- duction of 33Y3%. pieces. “FRUIT 'POWDERED » Fom f “PRUITS,CER .+ AND |c!n,om!r?0'€§ : e warionic RSN s <o o This specially prepared sugar is really a triumph of refining. 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Park Citizens Oppose Pro-| tions against the Northern troops. posal in Resolution—Hear Talk | on Park Beauties. 1 | | COMMUNISTS ACTIVE. et | SHANGHAL, June 12 ().—A strong | i = have seized the town of Tayeh in the | thority to the Zoning Commission to| Province of Hupeh. | make ‘alterations in certain zoning clas- | Numerous _atrocities Were reported sifications at its discretion was voiced | from the place. in resolutions adopted by the American far-away Hong Kong P. J. Beauty is the Characteristic of the Peacock Chair Usually sold for $45.00 After a most successful selling season, P. J. Nee Co. is distinctive pieces at \lzery remark- able prices. Each one is different, and you will find all P. J. Nee Co. has, right on the floor. These pieces nothing in furniture that is — University Park Citizens' fion, meeting in Hurst Hall last night{ After the business session\Dr. S, A. Varielman gave an illustrated talk on the “Beauties of the National Parks.” is was the last meeting of the season, the next meeting to be held in October. Thomas E. Lodgeé, president; presided. Derr to Head Pathe. NEW YORK, June 12 U®) —Directors of Pathe Exchange, Inc., Tuesday elect ed E. B. Derr, president; C. J. Scollard, executive vice president; Lewis Inner- arity, vice president and secretary; Arthur B. Poole, treasurer, and T. S Delehanty, assistant treasurer. Joseph B. Kennedy continues as chairman of the board. riced for Immediate Clearance... ) A S, -v% 1 vy ¥ A, more gaceful than these Chinese Imports. and Beautiful Gliders, too . .. at 25% Discount No. 5—Regularly $45.00 Now....... 33475 No. 6—Regularly $57.00 Now....... 34275 No. 7—Regularly $65.00 Now: ... 547.75 Stick-Reed and ‘Fiber Suites at and others. P. J. Nee Co. needs room, and with these prices throughout our Summer Furni- ture Department we will not have any left after a few days. row, don’t wait. P. J. Nee Co. Offers the Complete Line of Heywood-Wakefield Carriages and Strollers with a discount of 25% There are over a hundred different pieces, each one you RS and backs, or slat backs. Jumbo rockers, all are going at These are made in the heart of the®Ver- mont Maple Country. will be proud to own. h This carriage regularly sold for $32.50 This rocker regularly sold for $6.75 Now 53.38 < Come early tomor- Solid Maple Porch Pieces With closely woven rush seats Small rockers, high-back rockers ‘and P.J.NEE CO. 745 Seventh at H Street