Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1930, Page 1

WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Yesterday’s Circulation, 114,601 No. 31,615, " Jiseetae msnt siase gatter WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1930—FIFTY-SIX PAGES. *» UP) Means Associated Press. TWO CENTS. AID OF MERCHANTS SOUGHT IN DRIVE ON RACKETEERING National Crime Body Plans Secret Poll to Learn of Experiences. CHICAGO ORGANIZES NEW ANTI-GANG GROUP Dispatches Tell of $5,000,000 Fund for Civic Fight Against Underworld. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 21.—Details the Nation's largest cities by the Na- tional Crime Commission. J. Weston Allen, chairman of the commission, has written County Dis- trict Attorney Thomas C. T. Crain of- fering to co-operate by a secret poll. The commission is & private organisa- tiod which has many public officials for a questionnaire was re- i it s | b i g 3 post office Washington, D. C. DRYS SEE “DANGER” IN SALE OF NEW WINE Dr. ClarenceT.WilsonHits Grape Fermentation Scheme. U. S. AIDS BY LOANS | brandt, Mrs, Willebrandt Describ- ed as “Very Shrewd Law- yer” in Interview. Dr. Clarence True Wilson, general secretary of the Methodist Board of Temperance, declared in an interview today that the manufacture and sale of & grape concentrate which becomes wine through fermentation is an ex- periment “more dangerous to the suc- cess of prohibition than any evolved since the eighteenth amendment be- | came effective.” Describing Mrs. Mabel Walker Wille- formerly Assistant Attorney General in Charge of Prohibition nnd; now general counsel for a California co-operative association, which is mar- CONCENTRATE DR. CLARENCE TRUE WILSON. keting the concentrate, as a “very shrewd lawyer,” D, Wilson said: “We have had a very shrewd lawyer put a deal over on us. The dry forces were not looking for it. “We had the idea,” Dr. Wilson added, smiling, “that anything Mrs. Wille- brandt did would be about right. Evi- (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) WARRANT FOLLOWS FALSE BANK RUMR A. & P. Tea Co. Accused of Circulating Story—Ninth Failure in Carolina. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky, November 321.— false rumors about the Stockyards Bank here . today. ‘The action followed five days of financial stress which closed nine banks in this county, six in other parts of the State and six along the Southern In- diana border. Under Kentucky law it is a felony willfully to circulate false rumors that would embarrass a bank, g o - the = § | 1 é Ei 3 i pe H hii =g ; g ITALY BANISHES SLAVS 8,000, Failing to Seek Citizen- ship, Told to Leave. RECH OPENSDRIVE T0 U1 BXPENSE Bruening Acts After Curtius Intimates Possibility of Moratorium. By the Associated Press. BERLIN, November 21.—The German .| government which has notified the world that it may be compelled to in- voke measures of safeguard provided for in the Young plan, turned its atten. tion today to a Germany-wide cam- paign for economy. While the front pages of the news- papers were filled with stories and com- § Rg B35 af g : B i : PUTS LOSS AT $50,000. Head of Surety Firm Surveys Closed Banks in Seven States. NEW_YORK, November 21 (#).—E. A. Bt. John, president of the National Burety Co., said today that after care- fully checking their depository bonds on t losses exceed & total of $50,000. NINTH CAROLINA BANK CLOSED. American National, at Asheville, Falls to Open Its Doors This Morning. E a H § . 3 | j i E z E £.3 (] 8 i -1 I Hap gl i i B8 %sEE : L g s it 1 g 8 E-‘ % 4] E i g § g E mofld show bene- effect within the next two years. PARIS DISCOUNTS SPEECH. View Held Dr. Curtinvs Was Talking For Home Consumption. was widespread today that Dr. Jultus Curtius, in informing the Reichsrat cipally as a concession to German clst n’m g:m-muumuun sentiment which found so vociferous e; in the recent German alecuvmm It was understood here that France’s answer to Dr. Curtius will be the same the Fascist leader, Hitler, k | that to attempt all over sgain the laborlous work of the Peace ference would do more to prmkeogyr than to assure peace. — :|FULL REIN IN CUBA IS VOTED MACHADO Senate Authorizes Suspension of Constitutional Rights All Over Island. By the Associated Press. HAVANA, November 21.—The Cuban Senate today authorized President Machado, at his discretion, to extend to all the suspension of constitutional (Continue: on Page 2, Column 5.) ABOLITION OF UNANIMOUS VOTE BY JURY URGED BY BAUMES GROUP guarantees granted some time ago for Havana and its environs, —— EX-TREASURER FREED Tor | being held at the THRD HA 1 LD N CLERKS DEATH NOTTHER, HE SYS Arthur E. Murphy Admits Be- ing in Party Preceding Shooting of Nurmi. VICTIM’'S éRIPPLED ARM BACKS MURDER THEORY Could Not Have Shot Himself, Po- lice Believe—One Prisoner Kept Secreted. With the arrest of a third man in Washington, Montgomery County, Md., police continued their investigation to- day of the mysterious death of Aarvi Nurmi, 26-year-old Census Bureau clerk, who was found shot to death ‘Wednesday night on the lawn of his Takoma Park home. The man is Arthur N. Murphy, 27 years old, 911 O street, Murphy readily admitted that he was a member of the drinking party which preceded Nurmi's death, but apparently proved to the satisfaction of the police that he was at*his home when the shooting took Pplace. He told the police that he was under Nurmi's supervision a¢ the Census Bu- reau and that the two of them took Wi y oon off and went to 8 bootlegger to buy liquor. Later, he said, they went to the home of John J. O'Brien, held by the land authori- tles for investigation in case, where they had some drinks. Went To Nurmi's Home. The three of them then went to Nur- mi's home in Takoma Park, he said, and continued drinking. By 4 p.m. he :d' h‘el"’“pnnegqflut" '.';,‘;,,‘"‘h" mem- of party took home. His landlady told the ~ at home in bed at 10 p.m. when Nurmi l&elleved to h:n}r: mshot urphy, W questioned at ice headquarters here this afternoon would have prevented him raising a gun to his head and shooting himself, it was disclosed today by the Mont- PARIS, November 21 (#).—Feeling Hele hesda substation. Both Chief of Police Alvie A. Moxley and Sergt. Earl H. Burdine, who 15 %‘l‘mfie l.zvuflllm Wflm of the case, red exp] secrecy. Nurm! was the second cousin of the famous Pinnish runner, Paavo Nurmi, McGuire said today. He was born in New York Oity not Jong after his parents migrated here from Finland. He was reared in Wi December lice that he was |. ALways —_ DEMOCRATIC. ONAL COMMITTEE el ofEM | ’ THE EE!J NORRSSEES EXTRA SESSON POSSBLE Nebraskan Says Call Will Be Forced Unless Progressives Can Get Action. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator George W. Norris of Ne- braska, progressive leader in the Senate, returned to Washington today prepared to fight for the passage of legislation favored by the progressives at the com- ing short session of Congress. He made it clear that if the adminis- tration would not yield and permit this legislation to become law the regular Republicans might as well expect a session of the new Tt i means a such a session if necessary. War Diary Shows Gibson Effort to Save Edith Cavell Spanish Ambassador Re- lieves Kaiser of Blame for Nurse’s Execution. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, November 21.—How the Marquis de Villalobar, Spanish Ambas- sador to Belgium, and Hugh 8. Gibson, then first secretary to the American legation, tried to prevent the execution of Nurse Edith Cavell by the Germans is told in extracts published from the diary of Marquis de Villalobar. The marquis relates that at Gibson’s request the two of them went to Baron von der Lancken, then director of political affairs in the occupied Belgian territory, and tried to get Miss Cavell reprieved on the eve of her execution. Charged with Alding Escapes. Miss Cavell, head of an English nurses’ training school in Brussels, was executed by 1915, on the « of British, =WV RUM CARGO SEIZED Two Barges and Tug Are Captured by Coast Guard Patrol. By the Associated Press. BOSTON, November 21.— Liquor valued at a million dollars, one of the largest seizures in the history of prohibition enforcement, was in the hands of Government agents today. This estimate of the value of cargoes of two lquor-laden barges was given S0P | ot the office of Capt. William Munter, be _done.” Senator Norris said that the “ma- in the House who ‘ash- began work | their own man spoken him- self when intoxicated, that he was of and moody and in his ph! of life. “The three of us visited a bootlegger about 6 o'clock Wednesday evening,” (Continued on Page 2, Column 6.) For the Linen Closet Items for the family linen closet that may be purchased now at prices that show a savings in- clude, for example, sheets and towels. A standard make of sheets sold regularly last year for $1.65 while the present price is $1.50. Similarly, towels are now selling for 19c while last year’s price for the same article was 25¢. Careful reading of adver- tising in The Star will show many desirable and needed articles which could well be purchased at this time. Yesterday’s Advertising et Y The Evening Star. . 73,959 Eastern division commander of the Coast Guard. ‘The the Edith and the Eagle il SV, P S0 B vell of New York were captured by Coast Guard patrol boat Jackson off the Maine coast Wednesday and brought to Bostorr last night. Nineteen men, the crews of the tug and barges, were taken into custody by customs ; | officials. period of 10 years, has resolution five times. Before House Only Once, ‘Only once has the proposal been per- mitted to come before the Huulep:;r bill has been under consideration for a couple of years. He insisted that the (Continued on Page 2, Column 5.) CHINESE REDS DRIVEN FROM KIAN, SAYS NANKING Fate of 14 Catholic Missionaries Captured October 8 in City Not Stated. By the Associated Press. NANKING, November 21.—Nationalist S e e b re o A Province, from Red forces, 'mxm held it for several weeks. Nationalist anti-bandit forces were sald to have entered the city November 18. The Red forces ;‘uppoud.b with- No mention was made of the fate of 14 Catholic Missionaries captured in Kian by -the Reds October 5. The misslonaries were held for $200,000 WEATHER HOLDS UP DO-X Clouds and Wind Xeep Seaplane Anchored Off Santander. SANTANDER, Spain, November 21 (#).—Cldudy skies and a wind ransom. Government agents who made a pre- liminary examination of the cargoes said that if all the containers and cases that appeared to contain contra- band did in fact the seizure would bly be the biggest ever made on the Atlantic Coast. *|RADICALS IN BARCELONA CONTINUE THEIR STRIKE Other Labor Elements Have Aban- doned Movement—Big Mills Still Closed. By the Associated Press. BARCELONA, November 21.—The radical left wing labor group con- tinued its general strike today despite abandonment of the movement by other labor elements. Virtually all big mills and factories continue idle, al- though many smaller industries are functior 3 in the central sections, but unsettled in the surrounding industrial re- DIVERS EXAMINE BOAT Hope to Recover Valuable Cargo From Hull of Sunken Craft. LISBON, Portugual, November 121 (#).—Divers went to Peniche today to see whether conditions would permit them to search the hull of the sunken HUNGARY FLOATS LOAN $15,200,000 Advanced by Syndi- cate at 6 Per Cent. BUDAPEST, November 21 (#).—An the Germans October ‘zv’ HEALTH IS CALLED DEBT T0 CHILDREN White House Conference Leaders Urge Further Disease Research. Society owes every child a healthy body and the greatest pessible chanoce of living. This was the keynote of the section meetings today of the White House Con-~ ference on Child Health and Protec- tion. The committee chairmen urged, as even more important than further research, the giving of children every- where the full benefits of what is al- ready known along these lins study of tuberculosis, both by the spe- cific test and X-ray method, especially to determine the reason for the abnor- from this disease. ‘The possibilities of reducing the - ness rate byulngennvut for measles and w) cough among great numbers of children as & preven: tion rather than a cure were recom- mended for study. ‘The report stressed that “nothing could be more blighting than restraint on the use of animals in experiment,” and urged resistance to any legislation to this effect. Infant mortality, it was pointed out, seems to bear some relation to racial groups in large American cities. Thus statistics show that Poles and colored wfiahflenur’hfihmmflm- pecially connected with their economic status, while Russian Jews and Italians have a very low rate. A renewal of the row between sup- porters of Miss Grace Abbott, head of the United States Children’s Bureau, and Dr. Haven Emerson of New York, broke out early this afternoon at a meeting of the section on publi¢ health relations. ‘The report of a subcommittee headed by Dr. Emerson contained a recommen- dation that medical activities now under the Children's Bureau be concentrated (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) BANQUET IS PLANNED FOR MRS. HOOVER First Lady Goes to New York for Activities Scheduled by @irl Scouts. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 21—The First Lady of the land came to New York today to attend a 'ma" given in her honor by the Girl its. Mrs, Herbert, Hoover, honorary presi- dent of the Girl Scouts, arrived from Washington and went to the Cos- mopolitan Club. Tonight she will be guest at a dinner at the Hotel Biltmore, which will mark the inauguration of the Girl Scout Federation of Greater New York, co-ordinating certain execu- tive functions of the councils in the five ghs. At noon Mrs. Hoover was to attend a luncheon given by directors of the Scouts national organization, but her plans for the rest of the day were unannounced and it was suggested she might do some Christmas shopping this afternoon. | After Drilling Construction of & $2,500,000 model ship testing basin off Conduit road Department was approved today by the National Capital Park and Planning Commission. 87,000,000 pengoe (sbout $15,200,000) | mo; advance on & further Hungarian loan has been near Cabin John Bridge for the Navy | i REPORT 10 ADVISE DELAY ON QUESTION OF HIGHER GAS TAX Traffic Committee Is Moved by Storm of Protest Fol- lowing Proposal. RECOMMENDATIONS TO GO TO D. C. HEADS TUESDAY Consideration of Increase in Levy Along With Other Similar Problems Favored. rely lald aside ‘until the® District's and the’ question 'of fiscal ‘between the municipal and Federal Governments s ‘this 15 done, the . mally high death rate of adolescent girls | - i i g i g s*g i igeis i I i 32 £ 3 g§§g§§§§ B i C e PRAISE FOR OFFICER Hugh M. Frampton Commends Of« ficer Who Gives Him Ticket. Hugh M. Prampton; secretary of the mm of tions, appre courtesy, eveff when he is being given a parking Mr. Frampton was recently presen with one of these official documents Pl e ety pea was so favoral i e E performe ‘unpleasant that he wrote to Police Commissioner and asking that his letter be Le Foe's . Crosby intimated that would be done. . $2,500,000 NAVY.TESTING BASIN FOR MODEL SHIPS IS APPROVED Site Near Cabin John Bridge Found Suitable for Project by Engineers. secure a satisfactory site for the testing Realization of this the nod'ln“