Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1930, Page 1

Closing N.Y.Markets, Pages 5, 6 and 7B - No. 31,616, Enisrst,ss sgsond, citss master FUNERAL “RACKET" FOUND IN MILLIONS PAID T0 GANGSTER Tribute Exacted Covers Busi- nesses of Almost Every Type in New York. $5,000,000 TOLL TAKEN FROM SHIPPERS ALONE Failure to Pay Results in Pérsonal Injury or Damage to Property. B the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 22.—Com- plaints indicating that racketeers ob- tain millions of dollars annually prey- ing upon activities ranging from funeral processions to corner golf courses were before the authorities today in their onslaught against the underworld. After recelving 50 statements testify- ing to 15 rackets in the city, District Attorney Thomas C. T. Crain said: “It would sppear that they have their hands in everything from the cradle to |less the grave—from babies' milk to funeral coaches.” $5,000,000 Graft Seen. On the basis of one complaint, Mr. Crain estimated that om shakes down $5,000,000 ann: from the con- signees of ship and railroad freight, matter Chef in Gallinger Over Press Story ' Of Routing Count Preys on His Mind Despite Denial by Sol Bloom and Attache. Worry over a published report, later contradicted, that he had attacked an Itallan count with a butcher knife in the home of his employer, Representa- tive Sol Bloom of New York, ended early today in the commitment of Vincenzo Marchitelll, chef for the Blooms, in Gallingher Hospital for mental observation. Night and day since the unfortunate incident, the temperamental Vincenzo, whose culinary attainments have be- come famous in official society here, grieved over what he and his employers declared was a false account of a brief argument over Fascism s in the Bloom’s kitchen betweem the anti- Fascist chef and Col. Pennaroli, military attache of the I embassy. ‘The report declared that Vincenzo chased Col. Pennaroli from the kitchen with a knife during a tea which Mrs. Bloom and her daughter Vera were giving for a group of about 25 guests. Col. Pennaroli and Bloo) joine in vigorous of the story, explain- ing that Vincenzo and the attache merely mr.hnged & few words over the chef’s slighting remark regarding “The story preyed constantly on Vin- ' d,” Rej past few days. ly thiss morning he became so rambling and incoherent in his state- ments at his home that it was neces- for wife to call a doctor, who in | been with us for four ye‘n and before !Egfi;fi that he was with the Henry Chiltons for sev:n years. He is & faithful servant for whom we have high regard. He has never caused us any trouble in the past. Vincenzo is 35 years old and a veteran of the World War. His wife, Frieda, and 7-year-old son Toby, live at 1848 Kilbourne place. RUMORS OF STALI MURDER PERSIST Soviet News Aoeqcy Denies Assassination and Red Battalions’ Mutiny. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November 22.—Reports of serious disturbances in Soviet Russia persisted in the capitals of Europe today, despite repeated denials by Rus- sian spokesmen. t of Lhe "“%’:‘; The mo:t im was ccutained a_Reuter's dispat from of Eastern and, in effect, the 8o government, was murdered in Moscow y. ‘Tass, the Soviet official news agency, answered the report with al saying all rumors of M. Stalin’s as. tion were “malignant and ab- solutely unfounded inventions.' The same cablegrams denied other reports of mutiny of Red ers and whole- arrests of prominent ieaders, and sald they were duved by anti-Sovirt leaders to divert public attention from the forthcoming trisl of “Rsmzin and other TS.” Charges Called Fantastic. This reference was to fortnight ago were indicied f ter-revolutionary activity. ernment-inspired press printed alleged confessions that they haa piot- with Raymond Poinc: and Aristide Briand of Fran Churchill,” Sir Henri Deterding and Lawrence of Arabia cof Great Britain - and other prominent persons to bring about intervention in Russia. Soviet charges were considered by those concerned as too fantastic for denial The Associated Press Bureau in Per- lin, after hours of difficulty, reached its Mcscc"ll/‘_‘.‘:k ‘:‘\:ruu Iyymlele 1 o'cl morning, the bureau head stating that he kncw nothing about the report of M. Stalin’s death. The Daily Express, in a dispatch frem Berlin today, printed additional T of disorders which were said to ve evaded the censorship. Ne hes. e it to have t | Sonirmed the previously reported mu- . |to take two batteries of artillery tiny of two battalions of Soviet troops near Moscow. Two other mutinies were re| one at Leningrad aud the r at Kronstadt, where officers and .»w of the gunboat Vorkov were alleged have been put in irons. dent said a man named called the ‘('nowme)- tioner of the ogpu (secrel jce! “was said to have been given authority Moscow and cleanse the Red Army of its disaffected elements.” He M. Kork, commander of the Moscow mfl{hh:y ud\unfl. and M. Tuchachevsk! of ningrad relinquish their posts pending an in- quiry into unrest in their commands. Es ks °f 2 E 4 d|of a speech supporting a Dutch pro- - | accept any such exchange of informa- b | DORNIER MAY TAKE The | . | The United States probably will receive | @ to | DO- also said | area were ordered to! he WASHINGTON, D. IPANESE QPP PXCHANGE OF WAR DATAASKEDBY S Tokio Delegate Replies to| Gibson That Nation’s De- fense Requires Secrecy. PUBLIC PRESSURE SEEN FORCING DISARMAMENT Commission Admits Weaknesses in Draft Convention Now Nearing Completion. By the Associated Press. GENEVA, November 22.—Hugh 8. Gibscn, speaking for the United States, today tcld the Preparatory Disarmament ed | Commission that full exchange of in- formation regarding war materials was essential to the success of any disarm- ament treaty. The United States, he said, already employes a system of full publicity and exchange of information. His statement was made in the course posal to this effect. The Canadian delegation also sponsored the policy. Japan In Oppesition. N. Sato, the Japanese delegate, how- ever, declared that Japan could not tion, which he considered as contrary to the interests of national defense. Obligations under Article 8 of the League of Nations Covenant he inter- preted as permi a country always to consider its defense requirements. Gen. De Marinis withdrew Italy's res- ervation, made at a previous session of the committee, and threw his support to the Dutch plan for an annual report of all arms and ammunition in service and reserve. finally The entire question was referred to a subcommittee, which in- cluded representatives of the United States and other Jarge powers. Expect Treaty Pressure. Although realizing the deficiencies of the draft disarmament convention which is now nearing completion. the com- mission hopes that the force of public may -cure some of its more defects. & For the most part the del tes ex- pect a further advance by worl 5 before the General Disarmament Con- ference meets, which will u:'m the ts into - adoption more mmmu-l views in favor of it. Economic pressures of and an increasig abhorrence of are m as the chief factors supporting. expectation. Lord Cecil and Maxim Litvinoff, Soviet commissar for foreign affairs, both have told the commission of their faith in the efficacy of popular senti- to achieve an vement in the commission’s own 3 le the the the M. Russian’s tireless fight to Tt word “reduction” into the fixto most part seems fo have failed, M. Litvinoff himself appears undaunted. He relies upon his agitation here before the commission and before the well pulated press section to stir up public g?mut in the cause of disarmament. CAPE VERDE ROUTE Brother of Do-X Inventor Says Weather Causes Change of Plans. By the Associated Press LISBON, November 22.—Dr. Maurice Dornfer, brother of the inventor of the DO-X, giant German seaplane, told air officials today that because of adverse weather conditions on the North At- lantic the DO-X might try to reach Brazil by way of Cape Verde Islands and Fernando do Noronha. Not to Visit U. 8. This Winter, TORUNNA, Spain, November 22 (#).— no visit from the 12-motored DO-X, Iargest seaplane in the world, this Win- ter. Herr Traumann, local represent- ative of the Dornier brotheis, an- nounced last night after a telephone | conversation with Dr. Claude Dornier | at Santander that the big Al’%lp ‘would terminate its present flight at El Ferrol, | near here, and would not even visit Eiana Q | He sald the DO-X would fly from | | Santander to El Ferrol as soon as the | weather improved and probably wwld! remain there all Winter. | Passengers Leave Shi SANTANDER, Spain, November 22 Eight of the 13 passengers of the ., German seaplane, who came herg fiom Bordeaux and had passage. way to Corunna, Spain, have left the | eraft and will not continue with it when | the airplane leaves. ‘The French _journalist, Gerville | Reache, and thé Spaniard, Irazusta, both abandoned the trip du the night when it appeared improbable the ship would get up today. Six Spanish passengers previously had abandoned g T, ude Dornier, inventor and bullder of the ship, has not announced whether the ship will go to Ferrol or to Corunna, but it is believed landing - ditions are better at reml.ln - GERM OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS, LONG SOUGHT/IS BELIEVED FOUND Apparently New Specimen Photographed, but Its Signifi- cance Is Still in Doubt. : | i i WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION b Gy | HAVE FEELING OF BEING hBl‘(g ] t SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1930—TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. ## RACIAL DIVISIONS OF D.C. ANALYZED Census Shows Population Gains by Colored—Native Americans Decrease. The colored population of the Dis- trict totaled 27.1 per cent of the total in 1930, against 25.1 in 1920, according to the first complete population census figures for the District of Columbia, re- leased today by the Department of Commerce. The figures are subject to “slight correction.” The figures show an increase of 20.1 per cent in colored population during the past 10 years, from 109,966 in 1920 to 132,068 in 1930. The percentage of gain in white pop- ulation in the same period was 8.3, with & total white population for the District in 1930 of 353,914, against 326,860. | * Women lead the men in the District, 50 far as numbers are concerned, ac- cording to the statement. There are in the District 254,086 females and 231,883 males, or 90.9 males for every 100 females. Those Over 21 Years. A total of 341,465 persons m the Dis- wrict, or 70.1 of the total population of 486,869, are 21 years of age and over, the bureau states. The native Am:rican population of the city is stated to be 323,982, divided into males, 153,330, and females, 170, 652, against a total native population: for the District in 1920 of 208,312. The percentage of the total native Amer- icans in 1930 was 66.5 against 68.2 in 1920. ‘Those of native parentage in the District totaled 262,427 (124,500 male and 137,927 female) against a total of 239,488 in 1920. The percentage of distribution of this class in 1930 was 53,9 t 54.7 in 1920. Of foreign or mixed paren were 61,555 (28,830 male and 32,726 female) against 58824 in 1920. The percentage in 1930 was 12.6 for this class, against 13.4 in 1920. Foreign Born Listed. In the city in 1930 there was a total of 29,932 foreign born (15,652 male and 15,280 female), against 28,548 in 1920. ‘The percentage of distribution of this group was 6.1 of the total in 1930, against 6.5 in 1920. Of these foreign born, it is revealed, 10,039 were naturalized (10,478 males and 8,561 females), against a total of 15,507 in 1920. Naturalized foreign born totaled 3.9 per cent of the total in 1930, against 3.5 in 1920. ign born who have taken out pers totaled 2,342 (1,616 males and 726 females), against 2,186 in 1920. The percentage of distribution for this group was 1.3 in 1930, against 1.7 in 1920. ‘There were 6232 aliens in the Dis- trict in 1930 (2478 males and 3.754 females). against 7,427 in 1920. The percentage of distribution for this group was 0.5 in 1930, against 0.8 in there | 1920. Division of Colored. Of the 132,068 colored persons listed, mal d 60,843 females. heading “other colored,” 887 Mexicans, Indians, Chinese, Japanese and Filipinos. ‘There is a total of 341,465 persons (160,809 males and 180,656 females) over 21 years of age in the District, against 305,255 in 1920. Of these, 252,431 are white and 88, 388 colored. The whites, divided as to sex are 118,683 males and 133,748 fe- males. The colored persons, divided a8 to sex, are 41,584 males and 46,804 females. RUM MEN SURPRISED ON ADAMS ESTATE Coast Guards Get $150,000 Cargo Being Landed on Navy Head’s Property. By the Associated Press. [ , Mass, November 23— SPURNS 01D HONE Cigarette Is “Shot” From Hold-Up Gun, Surprising Bandit By the Associated Press, LOS ANGELES, November 22.— This is Edward A. Knight's story: A colored man, who was hold! him up last night, got excif and accidentally glle‘d the trig- display of speed. MRS. GAMBLE, FREE, Goes to La Plata Hotel After Acquittal in Death of Mrs. Davis. By & Staff Correspondent-of The Star. LA PLA' November 22.—Mrs, Lulu Mae walked out of the Charles County Circuit Court at sun- down yesterday a free woman, acquitted in 40 minutes of the murder of the woman described throughout her trial as her rival, but she did not go home to the four little children for whom the jurors and scores of spectators at the trial wept as their mother's fate hung in the balance. Instead, she went to a La Plata hotel, while her attorneys, , State _Senator Walter J. Mitchell and John F. Mudd, sought to iron out her disturbed domestic relations. Her husband, Joe Gamble, well-to-do farmer and beekeeper, who was her chief accuser, didn't g home last night either. He stayed witn friends in the Gamble domestic affairs Attorneys Mitchell and Mudd have not yet decided. “Unwritten” Law Invoked. t took only & few minutes for a jury | of farmers to throw to the four winds the statutory law of the State of Mary- law, and set Mrs. Gamble free. | Warned by Presiding Judge W. | Mitchell Digges ‘that any demonstration on the part of the spectators would be summarily dealt with, the crowded court room sat silent as John H. Reeder, fore- man of the jury, returned the verdict of “not guilty.” The court was im- mediately adjourned, and Mrs. Gamble became the center of & of men and women, many of whom she had never seen before, all tearfully con- gratulating her. | Joe Gamble walked from the court room alone. | Mrs. Gamble, with her 12-year-old son, Billy, left the court room and went back to the jail, where she has been kept since she was committed & few days after she shot Mrs. Eisie Davis, on_September 19, got her few (Continued on Page 2, Column 4.) CANNON “OUT OF [;NGER” Bishop's Physicians Report He Is Recovering From Illness. Bishop James Cannon, jr., ill several weeks with arthritis, last night was pro- nounced by his physicians as out of 3 His recovery will require considerable time, however, the physicians said. They e t it to be a few weeks before he could sit up, but said spread of the disease had been checked. g sl s S Grounded Liner Refloated. COPENHAGEN, Denmark, November 22 (#).—The Scandinavian American liner Prederick VIII, which left Copen- hagen for New York yesterday, returned here during the night after grounding on the bottom of the narrow passage % Since the ship mmu““url:;lg , passengers were e the liner Hellig Olav, leaving Tuesday. Kathleen Norris has written a thrilling and swiftly-moving love story, you will not want to miss . . . neighborhood. Just what will be done | Other about the land and invoke the old ‘“unwritten” | “The Secret of Margaret Yorke” Begin It Monday in THE STAR GRAND JURY T0 GET MILK POISON CASE Indictment of Three Men Said| to Have-Confessed to Be Asked Monday. The case of three men held for pour- i i H s2 i ! of sen! dictmen of the Code Columbia, Jure or o g H ! H B £ ag 5% i is £ s i 5 gab § g r : 3 g H 3 -3 e ‘CHANGE RACKET’ CHARGE GETS SOLDIER 180 DAYS Private at Bolling Field Convicted After Case Had Been Put Off Wive Times. Pvt. Richard E. Welton, 21-year-old | soldier, stationed at Bolling Field, oper- ator of what police called a “change racket,” was sent to jail for 180 days in Police Court today by Judge John P. McMahon. Judge McMahon found the soldier guilty after the case had been poned on five different occasions be- cause of Welton’s request that records of Bolling Field and a well known pre- paratory school where the young man attended be brought to court ta prove he was not the man police sought and identified as the “change racket” man ‘Welton was recently indicted by the grand jury on a robbery count. Police sald Welton called numerous drug aad grocery stores requesting that & sma.l amount of goods and change to_jail . Due to this, Judge McMahon cut 37 days from his sentence. CHILDREN' PARLEY MAKES FINDINGS NEEDS N ANERICA Drafts Report on Rights to Which Each Child in Na- tion Is Entitled. “ STATUS OF HANDICAPPED SHOCKS ORGANIZATION Committee's Work Overtime in Order to Draw Comclusions for Session Today. Findings and conclusions of a year's intensive study of American childhood, to be used as a national standard for local legislation and for the guidance ot welfare astivities and sclentific re- search, were adopted at the final meet- ing of the White House Conference on Yesterday’s Circulation, 113,735 UP) Means Associated Press. T™WO CENTS. TWO FACE CHARGES OF MANSLAUGHTER IN DEATH OF NURM Alleged Drinking Companions Accused After Coroner’s Inquest Today. VERDICT HELD TO BLAST SUICIDE EXPLANATION Suspects Declare They Thought Victim Fell From Window—One Man Frantic at Hospital. Charges of manslaughter today were placed against Henry W. McGuire, 30 years old, 1400 block of Columbia road, and John J. O'Brien, 26 years old, 1400 block of Chapin street, companions of Child Health and Protection, at Con- | party stitution Hall this morning. Some of the committees worked until an early hour today putting their rec- ommendations i1 fnal shape and in- the conference, “we tried to make a Report Came as Shock. From the committee on the handi- whose QUAKE DESTROYS 7 g i i i i ; g 18 I ; 55 ! i % i g i s § i i ] ] E I ifl / 5% i t if 3 i § ] Egef H i b i | | i | i o 4 i i {3 3 %Ei i 1 ghel i1 it §§§A 2 E 0 éizg £ i ji i » 2 5 2, uf £yE ALBANIAN VILLAGES |ratcisrse Fifty Persons Killed, 200 Injured by Earth Shock on Shores of Adriatic Sea. By the Associated Press. TIRANA, Albania, November 22. —=Seven villages were destroyed and more than 50 persons killed in the earthquake which yesterday at 3 p.m. shook the Valona district, on the shore of the Adriatic. More than 200 persons were injured. ‘The villages to suffer destruction were Terbac, Brataj, Thermi, Dukat, Le- penio, Vranisht and Liogara. One Dead, 3 Hurt in Train Crash. NANCY, France, November 22 (#).— JURORS DENY CHARGES COERCION USED IN FORCING VERDICT IN SUIT f i £ é 4 ! | E | i i !‘; :fii! | f £ H § i ¥ 5 1 i [ 7 # sBEnd had already been Aft several home, O’Brimwwem into a bed the first floor and went to MeGuire U. S. CITIZENS HELD 6 Naturalized Americans Charged With Military Offenses in Franes