Evening Star Newspaper, November 28, 1930, Page 2

{BREAK T SOV DENANOED INPARS Frenoh Kotion Would Answer Russian Charge of Plot Made at Trial. .. § A ‘ The official Soviet newspaper presents the story to its ?ubllc in three sections ==the of the beginning of the 2ot in 1626, the confessions and the t by Krylenko, the ', now presiding over the trial amid the tarnished splen- dors of the old czarist hell of columns. Exiles Started Plot. According to the' historieal narrative, it was exiled WAY CLEAR TOTRY ists and | I Scene at Central hmhr; Ca‘l!eh yesterda, unday school building. In the group are, P. Clarke, treasurer, and H. D. King, senior FISH 0 BROADCAST Communism as follows: nnh 1931 might or for the plan. He dle Western est. those who waste no love on the Boviets ::eth':t I::td vnult:"h‘n“va' been quite pos- luce anatics to face imprisonment, or even death, with a d en, “framed' ied” tmmun wives and the i neers had icted a serious crop tail-- ure in 1931, this being another ‘;e:on’ for postponement. The Chinese East- ern Rallway incident, it is stated, was br t about in order to bring & test of the temper and resources of the rulers of the Red army. The resuit wa ?ellqu]etlmg. Tvention was to begin, says the. Pravda, with & frontier inéident on the | Rumania de- Star coast fol 5 tods. ‘Wi WARNING ON REDS, Investigating Group Chairman to Be Forum Speaker. ’ We Ao the entire country against of Communism ‘menace is manifest in some of the 3 depressipn and | being harangued, | are iployment, -be voiced in the v;-uonn mglg Eve: and broadcast over the coast-to- networks of the Columbia Broad- System. POLICE-FIREMEN s | Uniformed Foroes of City-Of« fer S'omi'i)f'fist Sea’fs ?fll’ quartered and wh quarters have been OLD GRIPS MOST OF NATION; TRAFFIC DEALT HARD BLOW when the Chief Executive to right: Dr. James H, deacon. LINELE SUSPE Foster Accused as Accessory. Son Injured, Joe Saltis Returns to Chicago. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, November 28.—The State, Assistant Prosecutor Charles P. Rath- bun said, was ready today to try Frank Foster, reputed Moran gunman, for the murder of Alfred Lingle, Tribune re- porter. Foster, captured in Los Angeles last July 1—three weeks after Lingle’s death —has, through his attorneys, demanded in three previous terms of court imme- diate trial. If the State’s case was not ready today o rtomorrow, the law, through its provisions for automatic re- lease after trial demands in four con- secutive terms of court, would free him of the charge. Witnesses before the grand jury which '| indicted Foster were reported to have assisted in the corner stone ‘Taylor, pastor of the church; —Wide World Photo. TROOPS PROTELT REPRESENTATIVE HAMILTON FISH AID TICKET SALE Benefit Grid Game, The police and firemen of the trict todsy started a city-wide sale of both reserved seats and general admis- tickets to the foot ball game to be pla; by the United States Marines and Coast Guards Saturday, December 6, at Grifith mgnm. for the benefit the policemen have tickets for sale on the streets and at the precincts. Some of the best reserved seats to be offered for the game may be obtained from the e and firemen, it was stated today of the Benefit Game Com-~ mittee. Uniformed Forces Aid. tion of the police and fire- men was accorded the Game Commit- tee after Newbold Noyes, chalrman of the committee, had addressed a meeting of precinct commanders and inspectors t_police headquarters. Tond: | ** Permission. for with ta, Jowa and Mid- Minneso! States suftering the great- Rise Starts Eastward. HIIng temperature i sarting eastward Tature L eastware i With @ result, it was said, that will be far more com- le on Sunday. There is even a tting a definite for the time be- ‘wandering search for . Gradually the mercury until it reached the minimum 3 degrees in the city and several lower in the suburban districts. 4 | their intention of atten and | present not only s first-c them !renly Telieved our own work,” Supt. John 8. Bennett of the Central Union Mission sald today. Al- he had provided Thanksgiving dinner for 350 men, fewer than that number applied, with'a result that there were plenty of “seconds” to go around. 320 Given Dinner. The Gospel Mission fed 320 at its ‘Tha: ving _dinner yesterday, and Supt. rvey V. Prentice said that ap- rroflmwl 200 were given shelter du ng the night. Both missions were over- m‘mmen who had were among to whom clothing was given be- - | fore they started out in the morning. ,;i!#f‘éii' ‘The Salvation Army had similsr the uniformed forces of the city to work for the success of the game was given by the District Commissioners as a special concession and in view of the charity aspect of the game. Permission was given with the understanding that it would be the only such request this year, and would not be regarded as a precedent for other ventures of this or any other sort. At the same time Mr. Noyes an- nounced that efforts are being made to have Congress the afternoon of the game and for all members of both houses attend en bloc. Conferences weré being held today with leaders of both houses to have the matter given consideration. Other Box Holders. ‘The committee today issued a list of | 2dditional boxholders for the game as follows: Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, secuuré of the Navy Charles Francis Adams, Ciyil Service Comm! liam O. De: secretary tion, and Wilbur C. Carr, Assistant Sec- retary of State. President Hoover and other members of his cabinet ali have announced the game, ngress can the game will lass foot, ball game, but also a colorful mh‘lm of and if the two Houses of be persuaded to atten supply of such equipment was pri tically exhausted and many Imfi the mission are insufficlently equippes With the missions evidently ring the brunt of the rellef work, the Mu- nicipal Lodging House last night had |12 beds that went a mm for occu- | pants. Its capacity is 50 3 Other Rellef Activities. | Elsewhere throughout the city the | Associated Charities and the churches | were extending relief in every possible manner. PFrom nearly every destitute home the especial appeal was for cloth- ing, blankets and fuel. All the relief cies, it was sald, could easily dis- s Doine the partonia; heed. Beeck con ar need. {of them have a corps of willing workers who spend hours each day mending raiment and mak! up garments, for 'h!ch!l’wrlllln’:v‘"-lfllll‘ emergenc: the ‘past 34 hours. ~ Officials al}‘m A. A. A, who are al- for safety and pre- renewed their measures, ap- torists today, # TEXTILE WORKERS Large Numbers Enter Dan- ville Mills Unmolested by Strikers. Special Dispstch to The Star. D » Va, November 28— Troops in greater strength than that seen yesterday morning afforded full protection to non-union workers enter- ing the Schoolfleld textile plant this morning, and from 6 o'clock on sub- stantial groups of men and women went to work free of the embarrassment of catealls and jeers. The workers entered one gate today, according to county police, in greater | this numbers than at any time since the strike began and while three squads of A & position from which the scene of mill entry was covered. Not a group union sympathizers could be seen, the troops having orders to keep every circulating and to disperse nmdgn( Col. Hiram L. Ople his staff were in lors of umry injunction restraining from interfering with s through the gates of ills was today extended by Henry Leigh until January 19. to have expired on December 2. ar injunction applying to the ver division of the mills of QUAKE 2,200 MILES AWAY Taemor Was in South America, Georgetown Scientists Think. An earthquake, about 2,200 miles from Washington, was recorded today at Georgetown University Seismological Observatory. ‘The disturbance lasted frnn‘mz 40 a.m. :a"‘ -;;l.. with the maximum movement a! 3 ‘While the direction could not be de- termined definitely observatory scien- tists believed the quake might have been in South ca. U. S. LEGATION DEDICATED King Zogu and Cabinet Members Attend Ceremony in Albania. TIRANA, Albanis, November 28 (#). ~—King Zogo with members of his cab- inet and the diplomatic corps today attended the dedieation of the American legation, the first bullding specially con- structed here as a foreign legation. Hegman Bernstein, the American Min. Hisn Seaple-1n e interesta of peace n_people in ace and progress in his dedicatory lddperfil MOTHER JONES NO BETTER | shou Priends Say Labor Leader’s Condi- tion Still Oritical. Mother Jones, 100-year-old labor leader, today still was in a,critical con- dition, -her friends reported. Miss M. Emmilinne Pitt of Pitts- burgh, Pa., & close friend of Mother Jones, arrived in Washington today and took up her residence at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burgess, near fhglum, Md, to be with the labor eader. SRR TORSO STILL A PUZZLE Detroit Fails to Solve New York Mystery by Fingerprints. DETROIT, November 28 (#).—Detroit police announced today that had failed to identify fin heéadless and legless Hudson River in New York last week. Coples of the prints were sent here because some clues indicated the slain man might have come from Detroit. PRIESTS FREE TODAY Two Irish Churchmen Captured by Bandits Last Spring. of | which was approved without delay, identified the gun thrown away after Lingle's slaying as identical with one of six bought by Foster and Ted Newberry, another former Moran gangster. The Btate did not contend, as the prepara- tions for the trial went on, that Foster fired the single shot which killed the newspaper man June 9, last, but main- tained that Foster was an accessory to the crime and d ity knowl- edge not only of the actual slayers, but also of their motives. Joe Saltis Surrenders. Meanwhile, “Big Joe"” Saltis, “public mmg: and repired “back-of-the-yards” beer baron, returned to Chicago asking for and recel mercy from Judge John H. Lyle, itant foe of gangsters. ‘Wednesday t Saltis was_secure from the law at sanctuary at Winter, Wis, where he could laugh or sneer, i he chose, at the efforts of Chicago police to bring him to the bar of justice as & vagrant. But in the form of a motor car fate stepped in to change his mind. The telephone at Saltis’ hang-out rang Wednesday night and conversa- tion that followed brought the informa- tion that Ris 14-year-oid son, Emil, had been taken to a Chicago hospital, criti- cally injured. One car had bowled him over, and another, following in its wake, had run over him, crushing his skull. ed. “I'll’ surrender to the law,” James Burke, his attorney, like & chance to make bond. I wan! be with my boy, byt I don't want to disgrace him by being arrested in the same rocm with him.” Lawyer Telephones Judge, Burke sized up the situation quickly and telephoned the “I know,” he sal Jail the people you class as ‘public ene- mies.’ I know you show them as little quarter as can—but in a case like this—well, :;ld.'!‘, the boy may be dying gl lice station at once and ar- range to free him on bond immediately, 50 he can stay at the hospital witho fear of being annoyed by police.” 1t was no sooner sald than doi Judge Lyle fixed the bond at $30,000, softened the man who is re| ‘togghest” judge ROTARY HEAD SPEAKS OF NOTED PHOTOGRAPHS George W. Harris Addresses Meet- ing of Soroptimist Club—Nomi- nations Are Reported. George W. Harris, president of the ‘Washington Rotary Club, addressed a meeting of the Soroptimist Club yes- by on gang- the | terday in the La Payette Hotel on the subject ‘Pamous Mr. Men I have Photo- ‘with ecds with photographing succeeding Presi- dents and other famous men. ‘The club's nominating committee an. : Mrs. Grace Goodpasture and Miss Nora Huffman, for president; Mrs. A&Z" 1. Kinnear and Mrs. Bert Hammett, for first vice president; Mrs. Edith Hawes and Miss Mrs. Judge, col ding secretary; Lightfoot and Mrs. Bessie ‘Webster, !or the board of directors. warming® &t 0:30 oelock. Wedneadny " 8t 6:30 o'cloc! y night on the occasion of the ning of the club’s new headquarters in the La Fayette Hotel. JEW REFUSES BLOOD AID FROM GENTILE |z=g. Halts Transfusion Operation in London on Learning Donor Is Not of His Race. LONDON, November 28 (Jewish Tele- graphic Agency). question of whether a Jew, on the point of death, ld refuse any infusion of 1t blood if he knows that such an oper- ation can save him, is l.rousln}gl much discussion here. In the London Hospital lies & Jew, whose name the press does not mention, who refuses to allow steps to be taken that may save his life. A member of e London Blood ‘Transfusion Service was asked today to come to this hospital so that the trans- fusion might be made. The patient, on learning t the donor was not a Jew, refused to submit to the transfusion, saying he would not allow Gentile blood to flow in his veins. GOV. LONG TO FIGHT GRID COACH OUSTER Declares Russ Cohen Will Stay at .. L. 8. U.—Close Tulane Score Peps Up Students. Mrs: | to the Rockville court house. yesterds ,WILL HAYS AND HIS BRIDE M. and Mrs. Will H. Hays leaving Was tast . Mrs. James F. Stutesman, widow of the WILL H. HAYS WEDS MRS, STUTESMAN Couple Honeymooning at Hot Springs After Ceremony at Bethesda, Md. Wi H. Hays, “czar” of the movies and former Postmaster General, todsy is d }l:‘o‘neymoonlnl at Hot Springs, Va., with bride, the former Mrs. Jessie Her- ron Stutesman, whom he married nl!!lh'.’lt Bethesda, Md. bride is the widow of James P. Stutesman, once a United States Min- ister to Bolivia, who died in 1919. The ceremony took place at 6:30 o'clock at the home of the bride’s brother, Col. Charles D. Herron. Bride From Indiana. Mrs. Hays is the daughter of Mrs. Wiliam Parke Herron of Crawfords- ville, Ind. Her father was a veteran of the Civil War who saw service as & rland, under Gen. John Wilder. At the time of his death in 1927 he was president of a Chawfords- ville bank. Mrs. Hays' first husband was James P. Stutesman, also an Indianan. She has made her home with her mother in Crawfordsville and with a brother, Maj. Frederick Herron in New York, Ceremony Is Simple. ‘The wedding, a quiet ceremony, was attended only by relatives of fi two, including Mr. Hays' : gll':‘x‘rch in Washington, performed the Mr. Hays, with Col. Herron, went out afternoon at 3 o'clock to secure th: r | license for the wedding. They requested the license clerk to it a secret ¢ | until 6 o'clock, which was done. WAS DIVORCED THIS YEAR. Mr. Hays and Wife Separated Several Years Before. SULLIVAN, Ind., November 28 (#).— Will H. Hays obtained a divorce June 20 last in his home town from the former Hell Louise Thomas, daughter of Judge A. B. Thomas of Crawfordsville, They were married in 1902 and had separated several years before the di- vorce, which was on the ground of in- compatibility. Hays was given the custody of a 15-year-old son. $250,000 DAMAGE SUIT RENEWED BY DANCER Frances Porter Charges Whitehead, Wealthy Atlantan, With False Imprisonment in Cuba. By the Associated Press. ATLANTA, Ga., November 28.—The Atlanta Constitution says attorneys for the former Frances Porter, dancer, of Atlanta and New York, have revived the $250,000 damage suit filed by her last January against C. F. “Conkey” Whitehead, wealthy Atlanta man. The sult, filed by the dancer’s Wash- ington attorneys in Fulton County Su- perior Court here, is substantially the same as the first, which charges false arrest and imprisonment at Havana, Cuba, in November, 1928. 'l;hl oflglhl:ll Suit was dismissed sev- eral mont ago Superior Court Judge John D. fi”umph?l‘u beca service never was made on Whitehead. Miss Porter has since married Douglas Hall in the East. JOBLESS DEMONSTRATE Rumors Auto Faectory Will Close Believed Responsible. Two French Officials i.elign. last | New York, respectively, and an sgree- . | office here at 1331 G street, of A, A. former Minister to Bolivia. —P. & A. Photos. WORK OF SMITH C0. MISTRIAL DENIED. ™ Hitz Rules Jury Question Wés Proper—Prosecutor Springs Surprise Charge. Continued From Pirst P embeszle funds of the Smith Co. and to destroy various records and documents to cover up the embezzlements. The particular embezzlements are classed in several groups in accordence with the methods followed by the defendants. Describes Alleged Method. “One method frequently used was to present a check on the Smith Co., pay- able to cash, to k in which the company had an accofint, using a mes- senger boy for this purpose. The mes- senger boy would then receive the cash, bring it back to the Smith Co. offices, and turn it over to another messenger, who wotld take it out and deposit it in the Southern Maryland Trust Co., or some other bank, to count of Pitts. “He would then check out the money and use it for various purposes, having no connection whatsoever with the busi- ness of the Smith Co. “In other cases, the cash would be secured in a simi manner, but would then be.deposited in some bank to the account of Mrs. Pitts. Sometimes the money would not be deposited at all, but would be pocketed by. one of the defendants. “In numerous instances, cash derived from cashing Smith Co. checks would be deposited to the account of Anadale, and, again, the checks would be de- ited to Pitts’ account before they d even been cashed. Sometimes the checks were used outright to pay the personal debts of the defendants. Charges Canceled Checks Destroyed. “We expeot to show that the canceled checks, deposit slips and so forth were deliberately destroyed or concealed by one or more of the defendants so that their tracks might be covered up. An- other offense, set forth in the second count of the indictment, deals with the of rds showing the personal ac- cause under the system followed by this concern, money for flnmm'guhnld-. ings would be secured through pure hase frolg~l mdhr; M.’her CO! 8 sul , of & mith would Jjournal of the company, day-to-day CROUPS IS MERGED B Bondholders’ Protective Body|ssid the Governmi Dissolves 0 Terminate Confusion. Dissolution of the F. H. Smith Co. Bondholders’ Protective Committes, transactions, were con or taken away and destroyed.” Objection Sustained. The Assistant Attorney General then further ent would Def headed by John J. McDevitt, jr,, and | o¢' ;! Peter A. Miller of Philadelphia and ment for a similar committes headed by George E. Roosevelt of Roosevelt & Sons-of New York to take over the work were announced today in circular letters to Smith Co. bondholders, ‘Work Consolidated. ‘The purpose of the change, it is an- nounced, is to consolidate the work of the two protective committees. Each of the two committees, it is stated in the announcement by Mr. y | Miller, has been acting on behalf of its respective depositors, each seeking the same or similar relief and each acting through its own counsel, “so that the situation has led to confusion and has resulted in duplication. More- over, as & result of the existence of two commi reorganisation of the uv::lou: dnfm lu\uumhu been de- The McDevitt Committee, in its no- tice of dissolution, recommends that all bond holders deposit their bonds with the Roosevelt group, which maintains an Room 401, under the cl LaPorte, as- sistant secretary. Bonds on 11 Buildings Called. ‘The Roosevelt Committee is calling bonds for deposit which are secured by 11 bulldings located in Washington. These are the Al-Roy, Cavalier, Cedric, Corcoran Courts, Hamilton Hotel, Jef- ferson Apartments, New Smith Building, Stanley Arms, 210 Massachusetts avenue, and Tivoli o ments. There are 32 issues of bonds in all called for deposit by the com- aggregat $23,790,500 in Efln- Brincipal amount are bonds lisied upon ‘Washington properties. i PAIR WEDS ON NICKELS SAVED FOR TWO YEARS Waitress and Locomotive Hostler Continue Working and Sav- ing to Furnish Home. By the Assoclated Press. R COUNCIL BLUFFS, Towa, November 28.—For two years Donald Heflin, 23, and Lela Gaskill, 22, saved their nickels against the day when they would be married. ‘The day ‘arrived and they were mi n 3 ‘They counted out §0 nickels te pay for their marriage license at. the court clerk’s office, and they produced another batch of nickels to Bo He is a Both are still worl more nickels to furnish a home. AUTO SMASHES WINDOW Shoe Shop Damaged as Driver Quits Parking Place. The glass window of the Majestic shoe shop, in the 800 block Seventh street, was shattered last night when an unoccupled automobile, owned by Foy O. Beach, 1121 East Capitol fore and was looking at a display in & nearby store window. Harry Lewis of 1222 Seventh street, son of the shoe 'lhbflm'l owner, placed the damage at EMERY TO BROADCAST Presidenit of Bociety of Natives to Speak on Civie Duties. Emery, ent tives, m"r station WMAL {fro; So- uflfl'hflfl%flafi_ bilitles IN SMITH CO0: GASE Maryland avenue northeast; ‘Went! , 80 Seaton place; Bernard F. Robey, 2513 Seventeenth street; Wil- liam L. Bishop, 154 Eleventh street southeast; Harvey V. Avery, 1440 R street; Walter R. Dickie, 1218 Hemlock street; B. LeRoy Yowell, 1503 Monrpe street northeast; Miss Robert- son, 6516 Eighth street; Walter S. Jack- son, 4813 Illinols avenue, and Mrs. Ethel E. lln"“ 133 U street northeast. prosecutl United States Attorney Neil Burkin- shaw. Other members of defense coun- sel are George Horning, jr.; Edmund ‘Toland and Dozier A. DeVane, The first of Government wit- nesses identi numerous depostf, ll!&l, letters and canceled checks of e Smith Co. and various individuals and concerns, 900 Letters Identified. Adolph E. Wienart of the Federal Re- Serve Bank of Baltimore identified more than 900 letters by officials of his bank and the Southern Maryland ‘Trust Co. of Seat Pleasant, Md. He was followed- to the stand by Gaston A. Ghegan of the Guarantee Trust Co. of the. Washington Sevings Bank. Geerge e M. Rouse of the Federal-American Nae Bank, James B. Brooks of the R National Bank, Samuel W. Miller of Union Trust Co. and H. J. Dono- hue, assistant cashier of the old Mer« chants’ Bank & Trust Co. Government attorneys indicated the varjous documents and records would be introduced as evidence later. Centenarian Prefers Pipe. e, sreie o, el flg“y Gld.” Bhe Das been & ears old. away for 108 years.