Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1930, Page 4

;s FIDAC 1S PLEDGED - ASENEMY OF WAR Sir lan Hamilton’s Resolution Is Adopted at Closing Meeting Here. (Continued From First Page.) Ttaly, the nation honored on yester- day's program, made the principal ad- dre: sses. This morning at 11 o'clock the for- eign veterans will make a pllgrimage to the tomb of Woodrow Wilson, Amer- ica's war President, who is buried in the crypt of Bethlehem Chapel at Washington Cathedral. There they will place a wreath upon the tomb of the gut exponent of world e. Earlier ‘the morning, at 9 o'clock, Catholic delegates will attend mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Eighth and N streets, where Rev. Fran- eis J. Hurney will officiate. The sessions yesterday officially end- ed the eleventh annual congress, this afternoon the delegates will bid farewell to Washington and board the Fidac special for Annapolis to inspect the United States Naval Academy. They will mot return to the city, the train being switched off at Annapolis Junction for the Western trip that will take them to the Indianapolis head- quarters of the Legion, Detroit, Cleve- land and other cities before their re- turn to New York. Adopt Four Reports. The election of a president having been postponed until next Tuesday, the Pidac delegates concluded their sessions here with the adoption of the reports from the four special committees on ce, propaganda, war victims and the mmn?non and finances. One of the interesting incidents of the closing session was the presentation to Col. Abbot of & Jugoslovakian deco- ration. This was & medal conveying to the PFidac president the rank of com- universities for their accomplishments tary of Commerce J Academy. WONAN ARRESTED mander of the White Eagle. The deco- ration was presented amid cheers by Col. Milan G. Radossaviievitch, vice president for Jugoslavia, During the day Col. Radossavlieviteh called upon Df. Luther H. Reichelder- fer, District Commissioner, and pre- sented - him wh}:’ s }e.fzw.rdmfum ge Mayor of Belgrade. on, . ner was given & beautifully bound album presenting views of Ju slavia. The ch s d’'affaires of the le- gation, Bejidar Stolanovitch, was pres- ent at the informal ceremony. Protect Veterans’ Interests. In the report of the War Victims' Committee, presented by Chalrman Maurice Randoux of France, the con- ess ordered steps taken to protect g’ uniform legisiation the interests of veterans who have had difficulty, years after the war, in establishing their claims to privileges for disability re- sulting from their war service. These cases present a series of legal and mpdlctr roblems, it was pointed out, for whlcg & common solution may be found in all the countries of the world. Attention also was directed to the new n all nations by the of w: oq')‘lk.‘nnl no‘: approaching age when they -mus congider the question of schooling and @ career. Fidac pledged itself to give special attention to the forming of an After-Care Advisory Committee charged with the duty of co-ordinating the work of all existing agencies in connection with these war orphans. The object of this work, it was declared, should be of permanent employment, commert or industrial training, medi- cal treatment and the establishment of holiday camps similar to the Boy Scout movement. Among other activities on behalf of victims of the war the congress voted to. study the village settlement scheme for- tubercular patients. ds Com- for the Propagant mif l. E. C. Heath of Great Brit- ain brought about the adoption of a resolution pledging Fidac take steps to.rectify all false news circulated ma- HNciously “to create misunderstandings between our countries.” The congress mlso voted its co-operation in stamping out social plagues which decimate hu- manity and to do its part in ecreating better international understanding by means of bulletins and lectures. Establish Junior Fidae. An important matter dealing with the -future of Fidac was the adoption of 'a rtesolution to establish a junior Tidac through the affiliation of war orphans and the children of veterans with the work of the senior group. ‘These steps were taken, as the reso- lution pointed out, in consideration that “one of the first duties of the veterans 18 to perpetuate among the young gen- erations the doctrine of the Fidac for an era of peace through the memory of the dead and the sacrifices of the war.” The report of the Constitution and Finance mmittee, presented by Sen- ator Demets of France, recommended the adoption of provisions that would further strengthen the ties of Mdac and solidify its work in the respec- tive countries. At the State Department banquet last night, which was attended by high officials of the Government, Col. Me- Nutt, the principal speaker, declared that Pidac is “a living monument.” “It is not a mogument to war” he declarey'. “War is a scourge. not & mmonument to valor alone; valor may be bought and sold. It is a monu- ment to the glorious victory of the al- Hed - f It is & monument to the everlas e of comradeship. It is a mor *mas st useful monument, to perpeiuation of peace and the presérvation of civilization.” Col. McNutt declared that those who once constituted the armed forces of the allied nations must re-enlist as citi- zens to insure the peace which their vic- tory made possible. “The implements of sich a war need not be swords and guns,” he said. “They may be minds and hearts.” Notwithstanding the associations found in the propaganda of professional pacifists, Col. McNutt pointed out, “we are convinced there is no certain formula for peace.” It must be earned, he said, by “fair dealing, by toler- ance” and by “respecting the rights of others.” Bignor Rossi, in his address at the dinner, brought from Italy a message of comradeship. He pressed the hope that the new president to be elected would be able to make Fidac “more and more worthy of world esteem, as did the comrades who have preceded him.” He closed by paying a high tribute to the- retiring president of the veterans' ‘organization, TWO U. S. SHIPS ASSIGNED Vessels to Attend Fishermen's Races Off Gloucester, Mass. The U. 8. S. Oglala, flagship of Mine Bquadron No. 1, now at Yorktown, Va., was directed yesterday by the Navy Department to be present during the fishermen’s races, participated American and Canadian sportsmen, off Gloucester, Mass, October 9 to 13. The destroyer ‘Sturtevant likewise will be assigned to’this duty. The Navy Department likewise as- signed the destroyers Cole and J. Fred Talbot to Wilmington, N. C., October 7 to 10, as a feature of the annual con- vention of the Decp Waterways Asso- clation Mississippi Banks Merge. It 1.<] in by INBANK CLOSING Miss Elizabeth Coffman, 45,/ Charged With $36,900 Shortage in Virginia. Special Dispatch to The Star. HARRISONBURG, Va, September 20.—The Bank of Dayton, Inc., located | in the Rockingham College town, four miles south of Harrisonburg, was closed today by the State department of in- surance and banking when an examiner discovered a shortage of $36,900 in the bank's accounts. Miss Elizabeth Coffman, aged 45, as- sistant cashier and bookkeeper in the | bank, admitted the defaleation to Com- monwealth’s Attorney D. Wampler Ear- man. She said that she had been tak- | ing the money over a period of 10 years to meet her personal needs. | Miss Coffman Arrested. Miss Coffman was arrested tonight | and later released on $15.000 bond, | with her uncles, Frank and Ed Garber of Harrisonburg, as surety. No date ll,\u been set for the preliminary earing. This is the first case of shortage in the history of Rockingham County banking, authorities pointed out. The closing of the bank at this time works a particular hardship upon farmer de- positors, who are planning to purchase their Winter supply of feed and seeds. ‘The deposits total $150,000. Miss Coffman expressed regret for the act and said she could not explain why she did it, other than that she needed the money. Miss Coffman en- joyed the utmost confidence of the officers, directors and patrons of ‘the | bank. Believe Shortage Covered. M. E. Bristow, State commissioner of banking, will arrive here Monday to take charge of the bank. Directors ex- | pressed hope today that the depositors | will not lose as a result of the short- . The bank has a paid-in capital | :’!325.000, a surplus of approximately $10,000 and Miss Coffman is bonded for $5,000. These amounts, it is believed, will be sufficient to cover the shortage. Considerable hardship was worked to- day when depositors gave checks for| the purchase of their week end supplies, | only to find that & warning had been | brouki:u'. not to accept Bank of Dayton checks, | Miss Coffman first admitted a short- | age of $16,000. She later confessed to more than $20,000 additional. She explained to the bank examiner how | she had been successful over the past decade in manipulating the individual depositors’ acoounts so that they always checked when the examiners appeared. MARYLAND PILOT HURT | IN CRASH MAY NOT LIVE/ Gordon Benton's Plane Falls in Pennsylvania—Engine Trouble Believed Responsible. By the Associated Press. BRADFORD, Pa., September 20.— Gordon Benton, 28, Stevensville, Md., { aviator, was probably fatally hurt at | Turtle Point, east of here, when his plane crashed late this afternoon. He was taken to an Olean, N. Y, hospital, | where it was said he had a fractured ckull and possible internal injuries. ‘The pilot, a son of Dr. J. R. Benton | of Btevensville, failed to regain con- | sciousness at ihe hospital, and as a result his destination or the place where he took off were unknown. | 'The engine of the ship was said by persons who witnessed the crash, to have stalled at a height of about 1,000 feet, the machine going into a nose | dive. The plane was badly wrecked. AIDS POLISH JEWS i Minister of Justice i | Abolishing Anti-Hebrew Laws. | WARSAW, Poland, September 20 () —The Jewish Telegraphic Agency said today that a decree abolishing the ex- Advocates of Poland has been signed by Stanislaw Car, minister of justice. It now will be_submitted to President Moscicki These czaristic ordinances, some of | which date back o 1843, curtail the ele- | mentary rights of the Jewish popula- | tion, -such as restricting their volun- tary choice of residence, the right to freedom of trade and commerce and ) the right to hold certain offices. Thej also subject the Jews to more sever penalties than the Christian populac for civil and criminal offenses. GANG FILMS BARRED | CANA TS {Ohio Will Not Allow Display of COLULBUS, Ohio, September 20 (#). —The Ohio Board of Film Censors for- Big House” may not be displayed in Ohio. In announcing the ruling, the board held that its order would apply to all GULFPORT, Miss., September 20 (). —Officials of the First National Bank and the National Bank of Gulfport to- day announced their merger. The oconsolidated bank will have capi tal stock of $400.000 and resources ap- proximating $5,500,500. “racketeering and gangland” films here- ‘lhcr. and that such pictures would be banned. It was contended by the board | that display of such films “is harmful iw the hoys and girls of Ohio.” Film producers have no right of mpellfivln the decision except to isting czarist laws against the Jews | “‘Big House” or Any Crime Pictures | mally ruled today that the film “The | SEPTEMB 21, 1930—PART ON The Fidac Congress, which has been in session here for several days, yesterday awarded medals to three American on behalf of peace. Photo shows Lieut. Col. Fred W. Abbott, president of Fidac, presenting the medals. ius Klein, representing the University of California: Prof. Willard E. Dodd of Chicago University, | Dr. Stephen P. Duggan of the Institute of International Education, a member of the jury of award; Lieut. Col. Abbott, | Dr. Noel T. Dowling, representing Columbia University, and Gen. L. R. Gignilliat, superinendent of Culver Military Left to right: Assistant Secre- Underwood Photo After Day as A. P. Man, Police Chief Approves Editing By the Associaied Press SAN FRANCISCO. September 20.—Desiring first-hand knowl- edge of how crime news is han- dled, Chief of Police Willlam A. Quinn turned editor for a day at the office of the Associated Press here. When he finished the intensive course in journalism yesterday he expressed the opinion that the Associated Press news report was edited “about right.” DEMOCRATS HERE AIDED IN VOTING National Committee Will Help Residents to Vote in Home States. An information bureau has been es- tablished by the Democratic National | Committee here to assist in steps neces- | sary for Democrats residing in the Dis- trict to vote in their home States. The | bureau will be open daily at Room 1066, National Press Bullding, and at such hours in the evening as may be neces- sary to serve Democrats here. Virtually all States have provided for registration and voting by citizens who | are necessarily absent from voting precinets, or who are temporarily or permanently employed by the Govern- ment. Those wishing to qualify in their | respective Btates in the approaching | elections will be furnished information request. The bureau's telephone is National 8364, RELATES NEW VERSION OF 46-YEAR-OLD MURDER | Man Bought Since 1883 Tells Of- ficials His Brother Committed Act in Self Defense. By the Associated Press. TYLER, Tex., September 20.—A new wersion of the death in Alabama 46 years ago_of Hirm Cooley was offered today by James Neely, 70, arrested here yesterday after being at liberty since 1883 on charges of killing Cooley. Neely said that his brother, Tom Neely, who he said had been dead for a number of years, struck Cooley on the head with a rock, injuring him fatally. He sald his brother struck while Cool advanced on him with a hoe handle. The prisoner was quoted as saying yes terday that he struck Cooley with the rock. Alabama officers were expected here to return Neely to Guntersville, Ala., for trial. |SKULL FRAVCT{VJRE FATAL | TO THE CANDY KID, ACTOR Herbert Miller Injured Week Ago | While Dancing With His i Sister. By the Associated Press. PATCHOGUE, Long Island. Septem- | ber 20.—Herbert Miller, known on the | vaudeville stage as “the Candy Kid," a | character he played in support of his | mother, Mrs. Gertrude Fisk, died last night tn a hospital from a skull frac- ture. He was injured a week ago when he fell while dancing with his sister, Mrs. Herman Kreamer, at the opening of a | Babylon Beach club. | “'Miller began his stage career with his step-father, Frank Libschick, as one of “the Six Chicklets” He is survived by his divorced wife, Mrs. Gertrude Miller of Boston; a daughter, his moth- er, a brother and four sisters. TRAIN CRUSHES FOOT | Young Culpeper Man Injured in Fall Near Alexandria. Special Dispatch to The Star. Falling beneath a moving freight train which he sought to board about 1 mile south of this city last night, Tucker Kilby, 20, of Culpeper, Va, companion applied & tourniquet, | which doctors at the Alexandria Hos- pital said probably saved Kilby's life The injured man and a companion | where they had gone to enlist in the | train was a southbound Southern Rail- way freight. Willlam F. Kleysteuber, his’ condition late last | to_the hospital, where was reported as favorable night. Admits Bank Robbery. LOWVILLE, N. Y., September 20 (#) —Everett C. Hughes, cashier of the Lyons Hall National Bank, arrested to- | day in connection with the $21,000 #ob- bery of that institution on September 2, made a statement, according to Miller B. Moran, district attorney for Lewis County, saying he had taken bank funds of an amount Wwnknown to him. | ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 20— | had his | ght 'foot amputated by a car wheel. | were returning home from Baltimore. | Army, both having been rejected. The | of this city brought the injured man | SMITH 0. TRALS | ARE SET OCTOBERS | | J ‘Pitts. Henry, Anadale and Edwards to Face Court on Embezzlement Charge. Continued From First Page) is expected to represent the Depart- ment of Justice. Associated with him in the prosecution will be a representa- | tive of the United States attorney's of- | fice, probably Burkinshaw. The activities of the Smith com-| pany, which, the Department of Jus- tice charges, have resulted in the loss | of millions of dollars by thousands of | investors in this country and abroad, first came to public attention when Senator Smith W. Brookhart attacked | the company several years ago in a | speech on the Senate floor. | In May, 1929, Pitts was indicted for | perjury in the Hamilton Hotel bank- | ruptcy case. Then the Department of | Justice began an investigation of the company under the direction of Mr. Dodds. | | Built Up Gradually. The Government's case against the officials of the company was buflt up gradually, largely through a deduc- tive process of reasoning. Most of the work was done by Mr. Dodds, assisted by Special Agents Louis Loebl and Aaron W. Jacobson and Accountants Charles T. Malone and Frank Powell | " In December, 1920, the District grand jury returned 'an indictment against {seven men identified with the Smith company, charging them with use of the mails to defraud. In addition to those going on trial mext month, the indictment named Representation Fred- erick N. Zihiman of Maryland, Daniel | R. Crissinger, former controller of the currency, and Henry C. Maddux. On April 11, 1929, another indict- | ment was returned, charging Pifts with embezzling 81,156,000 of the company's funds. The last indictment was re- turned April 17. The validity of the mail fraud in- dictment was_attacked by Wilton J Lambert and Rudolph H. Yeatman, at- torneys for the accused, on the ground that a bailiff had been permitted to | remain in the grand jury room while testimony was being takén by the Jurors, | Chose Conspiracy First. It is believed that one reason why Mr. Dodds elected to go to trial first | on the conspiracy indictment s that | the Court of Appeals may sustain the contention of the defense attorneys that the presence of the bailiff in the room invalidated the indictment. There | is also the fact that the conspiracy indictment covering the alleged efforts | of the accused to destroy and conceal records is fundamntal in nature and | leads up naturally to the other charges | In the indictment which will be tried | next month, the Government charges the defendants with 100 offenses against | the United States, | 1t is alleged that in order to finance | the construction and for the operation of its bulldings, the Smith company from time to time issued and sold shares of its preferred stock, aggrega- ting $7,500,000, to & large number of persons, some of whom had also pur- chased bonds through the company | Records of these sales and receipis | were kept by the Smith company. | Lists 95 Instances. ‘The indictment further charges that i the defendants, with intent to defraud the Smith company and other corpora- tions and individuals, tn 95 instances embezzled money belonging o the | Smith company in its capacity as a corporation, ‘With intent to conceal the thefis imullng $5,000,000, the indictment | | alleges, the defendants conspired and took away, concealed and in at least | one instance burned records covering the alleged embezzlements. |AMERICANS TO TALK AT ART HISTORY MEET | |Six Hundred Delegates Are Wel- comed to Brussels for Twelfth | Nationalist armies ceased, | be the principal factors. International Convention. | By the Associated Press BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 20 —Baron Houtart, Belgian financial min- | ister, today welcomed the 600 delegates | of the twelfth International Art His- | tory Congress here | Among_the speakers at this session | will be G. L. McCann, head of the | Cincinnati Museum, who will talk on | museums in the United States, and George Stout, director technical- in- quiries the Fogg Art Museum of Harvard University, who will speak on the technique of restoring paintings He will explain the results of five years' experimentation in detecting fakes by X-ray and other solentific methods. | The delegates were guests of Burgo- master Max in the town hall after the opening session. | Kansas R(;:-dl ‘“Axdi Jobless. 1 TOPEKA, September 20 (#).—The | State Highway Commission tod m»l nounced authorization of 50 miles of road construction work in Northeastern , bringing to 3179 milgs im- provements to be made this Fall and Winter, at a cost of approximately $1,900,000, as & means of relieving un- employment, MANCHURIAN CHIEF | T0 END CIVIL WAR Believe Chang’s First Move Will Be to Demand Peace Conference. By the Associated Pres: SHANGHAI, September 20.—Troops | of Chang Hsueh-Liang, the Manchurian dictator, poured southward today to- | ward Tientsin and Peiping in & drive expected to end civil warfare between | Northern Alliance rebels and China’s Nationalist Government. Chang’s motives were obscure. Rea- | sons assigned ranged from disinterested | purpose to bring peace to war-torn| China, to desire to carve & new terri- tory for himself extending from his rich realm of Manchuria south to the Yel- low River. Simultaneously came Nationalist claims of sweeping victories in Honan Province that thrust the insurgents| northward toward Shansi. | The sudden but not unexpected de- | cision of Chang Hsueh-Liang to take a hand in the turmoil has cast upon China’s apparently endless struggles for | stable government, prosperity and peace a strong external influence which ob- servers believe capable of bringing forth striking results, if not termination of war within a comparatively short time. Peace Conference Seen. | It is generally believed his first de- | mand as his troops move southward from the Great Wall will be a peace | conference attended by President Chiang | Kai-Shek of the Nationalist govern- ment, Gens. Feng Yu-Hsiang and Yen Hsi-Shan, Northern coalition leaders, | and possibly some of the lesser mili- tarists, The Manchurian is credited with the | desire to terminate devastating civil , which has been sucking China's blood since May. The country | meanwhile has been drifting rapidly toward Communism, even utter chaos, | a5 reds and bandits despoil the populace and countryisde provinces drained of | troops, for civil war. | Some see in the youthful Chang's ac- | tion a philanthropic desire to give China peace. Others belleve he is ac- tuated by the growing need for at least an outward appearance of a stable Na- | tionalist government as a means to aid- ing him to solve his own growing inter- national problems, prominent among which are his relations with Russia and Japan. Regardless of his motives, the imme- diate result is expected to be stoppage of domestic fighting. Welcomed by Both Sides. The real positions of the belligerent Northern war lords and the Nationalist government s to Chang’s intervention are uncertain. For political reasons both sides profess to welcome it. | Neither group wishes to admit the Man- | churian acted without its approval. | While Yen Hsi-Shan asserted Chang's march southward “renders the newly | established Peiping government the | principal governing authority in China,” | Nationalist officials claimed interven- | tion “resulted from the pleas of our am- | | | bassadors sent to Mukden, who urged | Chang Hsueh-Liang to become more | active in the Nationalist movement. | We desired to place the Tientsin-Peip- | ing area under his direct authority.” Truth of the matter probably I8 Chang acted independently of the con- | tending parties, wishing to end & ocon- flict he considered was endangering his | Manchurian domain. Numerous observers believe the Muk- denite is planning to take a permanent, strong and positive hand in China's domestic affairs by establishment of his sphere of influence as far south as the Yellow River, This, however, seems un- policy has been to stand aloof from domestic troubles in China, participat- ing only intermittently when combat- ants approached too close to borders of Manchuria. Forces Pour Through Wall. Regardless of Chang’s motives, Man- churian forces tonight were reported pouring within the great wall. Forty thousand soldiers were said to have crossed the Lwan River on the raflroad skirting the Gulf of Chihli and leading. to Tientsin and Peiping. Meanwhile hostilities along the Yellow River between Northern rebels except in Western Honan Province, Between Kaifeng and Honanfu. said Nationalist reports. President Chiang Kai-Shek personally was troops against the rebel, Gen. Feng Yu-Hsiang, with capture of those cities and Chengchow imminent. The North- erners were reported retreafing north- westward toward mountains of Shansi Province Although fighting continued in that area, Nationalist claims of important victories were considered exaggerated and premature. How soon Chang Hsueh-Liang will attempt to end this fighting it is im- possible to foretell, but if a peace con- ference is called the Nationalist gov- ernment and Manchuria are expected to Chang, it is thought, will for $he present control Chihli Province, as did his father, Chang Tso-Lin, officials of Chihli merely doing “lip service” to Nanking officials. Northern Leader Inactive. Yen Hsi-Shan, Northern coalition leader, probably will return to Shansi Province, of which he was known as the “model governor.” He is not ex- pected again to undertake to broaden his provincial empire. Feng Yu-Hsiang, who for many vears has headed various rebellions, is be- lieved about to withdraw his armies to Shensi and Kansu provinces, keep- ing them there until he is able to mar- shal sufficient strength to attempt the | carving of an empire within central China. Important Shantung province, de- spite the Nationalist recapture of its authority of a semi-independent mili- tarist, Gen. Han Fu-Chu, whose prim: | allegiance rests with Manchuria’s gov- ernment. Han Fu-Chu, it is thought, will be allowed to remain there, making Shan- tung a Mukder. buffer state between Manchurian Iaterests and turbulent Nationalists. | campaigr. Mrs. Wiley, | | likely, as the Manchurian's trldmnnll; | | and | leading_ his | :. MISSOURI WAR MOTHERS | TRIAL OF EX-DRY HEAD GIVEN JURY More Than 200 Witnesses Testify in Roy C, Lyle Corruption Case. By the Associated Press, SEATTLE, Wash., September 20 | The case of Roy C. Lyle, former prohi- Mrs. E. F. Park, 84, of Middletown, Mo, and Mrs. Anna Dixon, 49, of St. Louis, Mo., oldest and youngest War Mothers. PARTY 10 COMBAT REPLACING WOMEN Organization Plans Campaign to See That Workers Get Square Deal. Convinced that women work for the same reason that men work and that ‘he reason is economic necessily, th Natiopal Woman's Party has launched & campaign throughout the country to combat what it regards as efforts now being made to give men employment by displacing women workers. “The Woman's Party intends to see that women workers get a square deal,” | Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley of Washington, | Who is chairman of the party's na- tlonal council, said in announcing the who is the widow of the famous food expert, said that State branches of the party would send deputations to the executives of those niills which have indicated an intention to cease employing women on the same terms as men. “A widespread attempt 1s in progress |to create favorable employment condi- | tions for men At the expense of women she asserted. ‘At the recent convention | of the United Textile Workers of Amer- |fca & policy was adopted of placing | further restrictions upon the employ- | ment of women as a supposed solution of the unemployment situation. Also | the executive committee of the Cotton- | Textile Institute recently voted to urge | all mill executives to bar women from I night work effective not later than March 1, 1031.” Mrs. Wiley said that in some cities, Philadelphia, for example, “officials are | threatening to put women out of posi- tions desired by men regardless of the local civil service laws.” “The theory that women work for ‘pin money’ was long ago exploded,” Mrs. Wiley declared. “Studies made in the United States,” | women ‘who are gainfully employed, | women contribute in larger proportions than men do to the support of depend- ent relatives. It is ridiculous to at- tempt to solve the unemployment prob- lem by taking work away from one group and giving it to another, for that will not decrease the number of unem- ployed.” |CHARGE COLORED MAN | AS SLAYER OF CHIEF Policeman Identifies Man Held as One Who Engaged in Pistol Battle With Officers. By the Associated Press. DARIEN, Ga., September 20.—Cap- tured last night near here, a colored | man who gave his name as Dave Chap- man, 36, was identified today by Police- man R. J. Anderson as one of two men who participated in the killing two weeks ago of Police Chief R. L. Free- | man of Glynn County. The colored man was taken to the Brunswick Jail for safe keeping Anderson was wounded when two eol- | ored men attempted to hold up a bank he was guarding. - Chief of Police Free- | capital, Tsinanfu, already is under the |man was killed and two other cfficers | in pursuit | | wounded when they went of the colored men. | ~One colored man was shot to death by & mob in the Darien Jail after he | was arrested as a participant in the shooting of Preeman, and another col- ored man died as a result of gunshot ! wounds inflicted when he was captured by a posse. Styder(@ Litfle NEoRrda rF 607 13th Street (Between F & G Streets) THE JOHNSTON & MURPHY ENVOY FOR MEN SNYDER & LITTLE invite your inspection of the NA- TIONALL BN Y ADVERTISED ENVOY An Outstanding Value in Black or Tan she added, “reveal | that as between single men and single | ™E HoB ——Star Staff Photo. MISSOUR! MOTHERS TOVIITUNKNOWN Seventy in Gold Star Party First to Come to Capital After Going to France. The 70 Gold Star Mothers of Mis- souri, who arrived in Washington yes- terday for a three-day stay while home- ward bound from their pilgrimage to the battlefields of Prance, will go to Arlington Cemetery this ‘afternoon to place a wreath on the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier. Gen. Pershing, himself a native of Missouri, has been invited to participate in the exercises, The party will be escorted to the Tomb by a military detail from Fort Myer. | The party was entertained last night at'a reception in the Washington Hotel | headquarters arranged by the District Chapter, American War Mothers. World War veterans and Missourians residing here were included among the guests. To Visit Cathedral. The delegation plans to attend serv- | ices at 11 o'clock this morning at Wash- | ington Cathedral, to which they have been invited by Right Rev. James A. Freeman, Bishop of Washington. The mothers will be honor guests at a banquet in the Washington Hotel to- | | night. Covers will be placed for 250 guests. Mrs. Bessie Parker Brueggeman, | chairman of the United States Em- ployes' Compensation Commission and | an officer of the Missouri State Soclety | here, will preside. Sightseeing trips have been planned bition administrator, and three former assistants, charged with corruption and bribery, was given to a Federal jury at 5:37 p.m. today. Other defendants are Willlam M. Whitney, former assistant administrator, and Earl Corwin and B L. Fryant, ex-agents. ‘The case was submitted to the jury after six weeks of testimony. More than 200 witnesses were heard and their testimony filled more than 3,000 pages of typewritten transeript. ‘The trial culminated four years of investigation of the prohibition office by Department of Justice agents. Urges Utmost Care. Judge Frank H. Norcroes, visiting jurist from Nevada, charged the jury- men to use the utmost care in deciding this case, which he sald was of “more than ordinary importance. Lyle, Whitney and Corwin were sus- pended immediately after their indict- ment. Pryant, a former agent, resigned several months before the grand jury met. The prohibition officials were spe- cifically charged with violation of the | prohibition, smuggling and tariff laws | and with accepting bribes to influence | their official acts. Judge Norcross instructed the jury to disregard “any evidence the "de- fendants were too zealous” in the per- | formance of their duties and to give | the defendants the benefit of the doubt in_considering thelr efforts to estab- lish alibls in connection with offenses charged in one or more of the overt acts named in the indictments. Warns Against Animus. Testimony of many of the Govern- | ment witnesses should “be viewed with susplcion,” Judge Norcross ruled be- cause of possible animus because they were sent to prison by the defendants on bootlegging charges. Other Govern- { ment witnesses who were discharged from the prohibition service also might be influenced by animus, Judge Nor- cross ruled in cautioning the jurors in another instruction. | Attention was called by the court to the fact that Alfred M. Hubbard, former prohibition agent and Gov- ernment star witness in this case, had been impeached on numerous occastons. The jurors were urged to rutinize with care any statement of any offi- cial Government witness in the ecase which differed from his testimony in a previous trial.” INSURORS CANNOT OPERATE IN MEXICO Mexican Supreme Court Denies In- | junction Against Revoking of | Canadian Company's Right. By the Associated Press | MEXICO CITY, September 20.—The Mexican Supreme Court today denied | an injunction to the Sun Life Insurance { Co., of Canada against orders revoking | the company's privilege to operate in Mexico last January. The revocation order was issued by the Department of Industry,:Commerce and Labor and was caused by the com- | pany’s alleged failure to conform with the department's orders to invest re- serves on hand in Mexico in Mexican | bonds. | 'The department said this was spe- | cific in the Mexican insurance law In denying the injunction the Su- | preme Court reversed the decision of the District Court. |MRS. M'CORMICK HEADS | THREE MERGED PAPERS | Roekford, 1Ill, Register-Gazette, Morning Star and Daily Republie Involved. | Monday morning to Mount, Vernon with | stopovers at Alexandria. The party will return in time to be received by Presi- | dent Hoover at the White House at |12:30. The visitors will leave for home at 3 p.m. Monday. First Party in Capital, ‘The Missouri party so far has been the only one to visit Washington, since Congress made no provision to bring War Mothers here. Arrangements for | their entertainment were made through & number of firms, patriotic organiza- | tions and individuals, both in Washing- |ton and in Missour | | | wlltfl an will be cl’\;rsed and By the Associated Press. ROCKFORD, Ill, September 20 Merger of Rockford’s three newspapers | under the ownership of the Rockford Consolidated Newspapers, Inc., with Ruth Hanna McCormick, Republican nominee for the United States Senate, | as_president, was announced “today |~ Involved in the consolidation are the | Register-Gazette, the Morning Star and | the Daily Republican. Beginning Mon- | day, September 20, the Register-Re- | publican” will be published in the aft- ernoon and the Star in the morning nd on Sundays. A Bank —doing SM4LL things BIG Character Security for Loans i(oue thinks o“wrrowins money, he not on y considers the rate which he the manner of pay- ment of the oblisa!ion—he is concerned with the type of security which he can put up in order to obtain the lonn. Untfer the Morris P]ln no pl:ysicn] property is requirecl. The Morris Plan has made it possible for a pers n of suod c}llrlcter, neldi]y emp]oyed, to obtain Jouemem, t]’ll‘ 18, th money tltrousl\ en- e signing of a prom- issory note, by two of his friends. We loan on the reputation and char- acter and earning abi lity of the borrowee and his two comakers. Morris Pl an Bank Under Supervision U. S. Treasury Loaning Hundreds to Thousands tal & Surplus, $250,000