Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1931, Page 3

PRENIER BENNETT KEEPS DAY OPEN Canadian Makes No Appoint- ments, Except With News- paper Men. .i the Associated Press. nln: an "m!ormulty" un: S SE TR ouf purposes o p :z‘lntwn ‘The premier’s program for the day ‘was kept entirely open, except for a few conferences with newspaper men, ®0 that he might discuss the affairs of the Canadian legation with officials I the mission. For Common Welfare. Although it was indicated officially the premier's conversations with Sec- retary Stimson had concerned no mat- ters of international importance, President Hoover said he considered such a visit was in the interests of the common welfare of both nations. The dinner Mr. Hoover gave last night in honor of Mr. Bennett offered an opportunity for the informal dis- cussions which the President said ! would take place between the premier and American officials. Only Six Guests. The guest list was confined to the six officials in Washington having the most intimate relations with Canadian- American affairs. It included Secre- tary Stimson, Willlam R. Castle, Jjr., Assistant Secretary of State for West- ern European affairs; Hanford Mac- Nider, American Minister to Canada, and Hume Wrong, Canadian charge d’affaires. ‘The Canadian National Railway's private car Bonaventure, cn which the premier is traveling, will be attached to the Pennsylvania Railroad Washing- ton-Montreal Express, the Montrealer, t‘murrnw for the return trip to Ottawa. WOMAN LONG RESIDENT IN WASHINGTON, DIES Mrs.” Isabel M. Park Had Lived Near Capital for Many " Years. Mrs. Isabel M. .Park, 74 years old, ‘widow of Cassius M.®Park and for many years a resicent of this city and nearby vicinity, died at hor hom", 6518 Ridge- venue, Chevy Chlse Md., yes- terday after a long illness. Mrs. Park was a native of Baltimore, Md. At the outbreak of the Civil War | she went to Virginia to liv: and fol- Jowing the wer made her home in Washington. She had resided with her daughter, Mrs, Ivy Park Cain, in Chevy Chase for nearly eight years. Besid:s her daughter she is survived by two | sisters, Mrs. J>nnie B. Brown of Chevy Chase, Md., and Mrs. Elizabeth Jacobs of Takoma Park. Funeral servic's will be conducted at the residence Monday afternoon at 2| o'clock. Interment will be in Glenwood Cemetery. ST x SACCO-VANZETT! ECHOES IN BANDIT’S CONFESSION Di Giovanni Aid Tells Argentina| Council They Plotted Bomb At- CHAPLIN PIGTURE Prime Minister R. B. Bennett of Canada (left) greeted upon his arrival at | ‘Washington by Secretary Stimson of the Department of State. with President Hoover shortly after his arrival at the White House. His visit to Washington is unofficial. minister conferred THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO The prime —A. P. Photo. WILOLY ACCLAIMED Multitudes in Near-Riotous Frenzy at Premiere of “City Lights.” By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, January 31.—Adula- tion of the star-gazing multitudes of Hollywood and Los Angeles rose to a near-riotous frenzy last night at one of the most spectacular premieres ever ac- corded a moticn picture here. The talki:s yieldeu wue spotlight to the first important non-dialogue movie Hollywood hs produced in three years, and a littie pantomiming tramp proved to the satisfaction of a distinguished first-night rudience his art—pure pan- tomime—was beyond the need of micro- phonic assistance. The occ2sion was the premier show- ing of “City Lights,” the picture on which Charles Chaplin, alone of all Hollywood deaf to thunder of the talkie revolution, has besn working for nearly three years. Thousands of men, women and children assembled before the theater and police had to battle to kecp back the crowds. Chaplin's car arrived moving inch by inch. The star escorted Miss Georgla Hale, his leading lady in a former pic- ture, with Frof. and Frau Albert Ei stein and Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Milli- kan as his guests. | Those se:ing the picture acclaimed the Chaplin genius of old. Not a word of dialogue is spoken from the screen, but sound effects and a con- tinuous synchronized mus'cal score ac- company the action. Chaplin has used isound to enhance rath'r tnan dominate his comedy, and music, composed by tempt on Bank in 1027. By the Associated Press. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Janu- ary 31.—Paulino Scarfo, sentenced to be executed this morning as a lieu- tenant of the notorlous gangster, Sev- erino di Giovaani, was reported to have told the Supreme War Council that he and Di Giovanni were the organ- izers of bombing attempts against the First National Bank of Boston branch Here during the Sacco-Vanzetti agita- tion in 1927, | Di Giovanni, who was e-ptured -mr a 13-year-ol were d yesterday, W-lwddelthltfiuh.lndloflflr\ny( . He and Scarfo connected also, the police said, wnh the recent bombings of three railway stations here. . Scarfo, taken at his suburben head- quarters, was captured in a battle, in which three ns, one of them a policeman, were killed. ‘The Sacco-Vanzetti agiation in Ar- gentina was responsible for bombing attempts on the Boston bank branch and also on the branch of the National City Bank of New York. The perpetra- tors of the attack were never appre- hended. KING NAMES AMERICAN Ohioan Will Prepare Youth for Abyssinian Throne. ADDIS ABABA, Abyssinia, January 31 (#).—Halle Selassie, newly cr;“[erd Concord, Ohio, to pup-re his 14-year- old son, the Crown Prince Asfavu Wassen, to succeed him to the throne. Dr. Work, who is a professor of his- tory at Muskingum College, already has as his pupils 10,000,000 illiterate Abys- sinians, the Emperor having recently appointed him director of education for the whole of Abyssinia. 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Harry Myers, star o( “A Connecticut Yanke:,” makes splendid screen comeback in the other principal rcle, that of the millionaire, who in his less sober moments, aids the tramp in lna lln!ul romance. COINS FIX ORDER OF 3 EXECUTIONS Bank Robbers Put to Death in Colorado for Murder of Deputy. By the Associated Press. CANON CITY, Colo., January 31.— ‘Three bank robbers who shot it out with officers in a two-State flight last March have atoned in death for the murder of a Colorado deputy sheriff. Gambling for the last few minutes of life, they were hlnzed .z the State Pen- itentiary here last The flip of & eoln decxded Jonn Wal- ker, 45, an outlaw 20 years, who led his band in the robbery of a Manter, Kans., bank of $4,000 and the subse- quent slaying of Carol A. Hickman, | !‘efi Colo., deputy, should be the last e. Claude Ray, 23, was the first An- drew Halliday, 22, followed Ray to the death chamber. ‘They chose their order of execution by coin tossing with the sanction of War- den Francis E. Crawford, who said they were calm in the last moments “There were no untoward incidents,” the warden said. ‘“None of the men made a last-minute statement.” Under a ruling of the prison admin- istration, no details of the executions were announced. Newspaper men were barred. All had accepted religious consola- tion. Each had written final letters to relatives. Ray's body, unclaimed, was to be buried today in the prison ceme- tery. The bodies of Walker and Halli- day will be sent to relatives in Webb City, Mo. ‘The robbers were captured near Jet- more, Kans., about 24 hours after they robbed the Manter bank. They were driven back into Kansas by Colorado possemen m flight after slaying Hick- man. They were’ convicted of = murder charges in the Kiowa County District Court. The. Supreme Court sustained the judgments. Music and 0000 ASKED [N AIRPORT CLAIM Mary Quackenbush Sues Di- rectors—Charges Assets Wasted. The legal troubles of Washington Air Terminals Corporation, operators of Washington Airport, were augmented yesterday afternoon by the filing of suit for $2,000,000 damages and an account- ing against members of the board of di- rectors of the corporation by Mary A. Quackenbush, a stockholder, in the Cir- cuit Court of Arlington County, Va. Several actions, including a suit for $3,000,000, are pending against the cor- poration in the District of Columbia courts, Slemp, Bruce Named. The Virginia suit names as defend- ants C. Bascom Slemp, former secretary to President Coolidge; Howard Suther- land, allen property custodian; James O. Watson, a vice president of the finan- cial house of Hambleton & Co.; Cedric E Fauntleroy; Albert G. Ober, g! Reed, Merian C. Cooper, David K. E. Bruce, son-in-law of Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon; Robert E. Funkhouser, and T. Howard Duckett. Tllegal Sale Charged. ‘The suit alleges fllegal sale of stock, mismanagement and action on the part of the board, which “has deliberately wasted the assets, stopped income-pro- ducing activities, and wrecked the cor- poration with the avowed purpose in view of forcing the minority stockhold- ers to lose their entire financial interest in the corporation.” GIRL AND COMPANION HELD FOR POSSESSION Police Say They Trapped Pair Aft- er Detective Ordered Two Quarts of Gin. A 19-year-old girl, driving an expen- sive automobile, was arrested I’llh a companion for illegal possession of two quum of alleged gl.n hl! n!lhk in hflnl of aparument the block of Twelfth street by memben ol Inspector T. R. Bean's vice detail, pos- ing as customers. e girl, Marle A. Ludwig, 1311 Quincy street northeast, and her com- on, 'ge W. Wenkenback, 25- year-old mechanic, of 5816 Chevy Chase parkway, were to be arraigned in Police | mits he Col\;r]tl today. o 'olice chlrgc that they trapped the girl and Wenkenback after Detective H. G. Wanamaker telephoned an order for two quarts of gin, to be delivered to him in the Twelfth street apartment. Wenkenback was arrested when he went into the apartment to leave. the gin, police say, while another group of offi- cers surrounded the car, which the girl was driving, and took her into custody. Miss Ludwig was taken to the House of Detention after being booked on the illegal possession charge, while Wen- k:antll,“k was held at the sixth precinct station, VIRGINIA WOMEN OFFER AID IN BILLBOARD WAR Bethesda Club Also Joins Civic As- sociation Drive for Road Beauty. Assurances of active support and co- operation in the campaign to improve the appearances of thways leading into Wasl n were received today by the American Civic Association from the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs. Resolutions backing the campaign also were received from the Bethesda Com- munity Garden Club and the Livingston Heights Civic League of Arlington County, Va. Mrs. J. L. B. Buck, president of the Virginia federation, wrote that the or- ganization, through Mrs. Janet Steuart ' Durham of Richmond, chairman of the Committee on Roadside Beauty, would co-operate not only in the fight inst billbonrds but in the movement tition business firms not to resort to advertising on the landscape. She sug- gested that Mrs. Eli Swavely of Ma- nassas, Va. chairman of the women's clubs- in that district, would be very helpful in the campaign. Musicians Reviews and News of Capital.s Progrnms. Friday Morning Club Presents Varied Program. T the last moment vesterday the program of the Friday Morning Music Club had to be juggled, due to the ex- igencies of illness. And in place of Mrs. McGuffey there was Borothy Sherman Flerson, with Katherine Cullen as accompanist, and in a later group Ina Holtz- scheiter and Catherine Gross, a duet team, of sudden and unexpected brilliance. ‘The fact that '.hue two youn{ ;mm‘m und prem the roof clear off its hinges, were so good, must be in great mesure due to their teacher, Florence Howard, who sat very near to them and beamed and smiled alternately as the applause thundered up to the ceiling. They sang Prench and they sang English hubert’s “Serenade” and . sich and pleasingly, and refrained from trying to overtop each other, which so often is the fault with lyrical couples. And when it was all over they received a near-ovation—which for that time and place is some- thing of a miracle. Mrs. Plerson also was greeted with great warmth. A singer with a most delightful voice quality, who shows no sign of strain or -mmpung things beyond her reach, her grou) of songs was an absolute deli(h', ln fact, one wonders if there has been better singing current this season. Mrs, Plerson sang compo- sitions that were bright, and in one case extremely amus! l. md volun- teered but one encore, which seemed much too short for the talents she had dlmhyed rogram also included some vlolln ulecmma by Mrs. Dickey, ac- companied by Mrs. Freitag, as well as Dorothy Radde Emery -at the plano. Mrs. Emery displayed some Q‘.f{“%a‘r‘é""“fi, Somped. ihrouen unal Tom| many -of her selections more or less -zmumyotmmarm E. de 8. M. PC' | his ~ [FRAZIER MAY DROP | HAGERMAN CHARGE Indian Commissioner Says Senator Attacked Charac- ter in Statement. By the Associated Press. Asked by Indian Commissioner Rhoads | whether he intended to retract charges that led the Senate to stop the pay of | Herbert J. Hagerman as special m-i missioner for the Navajos, Senator Fra- zier, Republican, North Dakots, said today he would do so “at the proper time if necessary.” “From whom did you get the infor- mation on which you based your state- ment of January 21 attacking the char- acter of Mr, Hagerman?" Commissioner Rhoads inquired as the Senate Indian Committee were resumed. Statement Was “Hurried.” “It’s hardly fair to say 1 attacked hll ' character,” the BSenator replied. was late in the evening, and I made uu statement very hurriedly.” azier sald some of hil lnfomlflun “What was your the amendment to the ment appropriation to Hagerman_from the payroll?” Com- missioner Rhoads asked. “I felt it was in the interests of the Indians of the whole Southwest,” the Senator answered. “Was 1t in the interest of truth and fact?” the commissioner ui “T certainly still think it was in the interests of the Indians,” was the an- swer. Charged Hagerman “Fixer.” Rhoads said he came to the hearing yesterday “in the hlipe and expectation” that Frazier would be willing fo with- draw his statements. “Do_you intend to comply with the reuoluucn of the New Mexico State Senate asking you to make public re- traction?” he queried. “I have pot made any reply yet,” Prazler sald. The Senator’s charges in the Senate included the statement that Hagerman sold for $1,000 Navajo oll leases that later brought $1,000000,7and that he was a “political fixer” fof the Indian Bureau. BOOTH TARKINGTON LEAVES HOSPITAL Writer's 14-Year Fight to Over- come Cataracts Is Suc- cessful. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, January 31.—Able to recognize friends and distinguish the color of the landscape, after monthl nt Hackeapis orips o leave Joums xopu ed leave Jol ns Hospital, nppy in the knowledge hi 14-year fight to overcome cataracts hu been successful. His improvement, however, will be gradual. He _made plans to go to Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, to rest before return- ing to Wilmer Institute to be fitted to three pairs of glasses. “I will have to have a holster made to carry them in,” he sald. He will continue his writing. “I mever did work up much emotion over my own work and when a story was ?lz!ed I quickly forgot all about it, but I did shed a few tears over ‘Sidney Carton,’ ‘Les Miserables,” and Indiana novelist admitted. ‘The creawr of the “Gentleman from Indiana” and “Mirthful Heaven,” says “I think ithe young writer of 'odly has a less favorable chance to get his work published thar the beginner 10 years ago because of the greater number of people writing today.” Biography nnd detective -wflu are his hobby just now and he keeps his wife and secretary busy reading them to him. “My percentage in sol" de- tective stories is good, but it is hard, as the writer nowadays doesn't give a fel- low a chance. They hold out some of the facts and in the lu‘ chapter can pin the crime on any For biography he nyl “little, but ad- doesn't care for Ludwig. “It's too much Ludwig and too littlé Na- poleon.’ ““Arundel,” by Kenneth Roberts; ‘Father Means Well,’ by Hugh Taylor, and ‘Those Hitch Hikers, by my nephew, Booth Jameson, are about the best fiction stories I have read this year. “My characters are camposite pic- tures, seldom an individual pm".\"n 1 have a series of neplmu zro'ln: up and from them I made ‘Pem Some time ago while in the ‘midst of his fight to restore his sight, he had this to say of the pain he had suffered: “Pain is a whip which drives a man to greater effort and achievements. It comes unheralded and strikes like a whip, until the man writhes beneath it. But if one regards it in the proper light it is a means of constructive accom- plishment.” MYSTERY MAN ILL; HAS HUGE FORTUNE Anxiety Felt for Sir Basil Zaha- roff, Now 80 Years of Age. | By the Assoclated Press. | NICE, France; January 31.—Sir Basil Zaharoff, so-called mystery man of Eu- rope and reputedly one of richest | men in the world, was sald y to be seriously jll at Monte Carlo. Consid- erable anxiety is felt lor him because of advanced age. He is 80. Sir Basil was born at Constantinople in 1850 of a Russian father and Gre- clan mother. He was educated in Lon- don and Paris, but little else is known of his early life, or, for that matter, of his later life, which has been the sub- Ject of much speculation. fortune has been bullt of plants, aid ts servi the B WM 4 fht- ces, the Br government knig! ing him in 1919. He exerted considerable influence at the Versailles conference and was an intimate of Lloyd George, Venizelos, Clemenceau and Briand. He married the Duchess of Villa Franca de Los Caballeros in 1924, but was made a widower by her death in 1926. He is said to have given Greece $2,- 500,000 a year during the Balkan War and half that sum during the World War. He contributed several thousand pounds to American Near East relief z,mltcu and he gave 1,000,000 francs P‘nneg' for “save the franc He established chairs for aviation at the Universities of Paris, Petrograd and London and endowed the Marshal Foch professorship of French lterature at Oxford University and the Fleld Mar- shal Haig chair of English literature at Paris Unlvermy civil Wu- Veteran Dies. NAPERVILLE, IiL, January 31 (#)— An 83-year-old veteran of the Civil War, Jm;x’u.h Al‘?xu&y died yesterday leaving widow,. years younm . than he, and an 8-year-old " survivors. Kochley enlisted in when he was 18, . . From the ffont Row Reviews and News of Waslfindton:s Theaters. “Royal Family” at Keith's Good Entertainment for All. OYALTY, especially in the land of the free, flutters the. hearts of its doting friends with the same cer- tainty that brings continu- ous ovations to the baby of the household. The popular pride of ownership elevates to the sublime all the little traits that might be over- looked other- wise. A char- acteristic mo- tion, a spirited remark--almost anything that attaches to the royal personages —stirs _ storms of mirth or prods the will- ing_emotion: “The Royal Family of Broadway” is not new to the stage, but the film version, which ogcned last evening at R. K. O. Keith's, is a production which introduces Washington, under most favorable circumstances, to this work of the indefatigable George 8. Klufnlnn. who is at home in any of linguistic exercise, in_col- ation with the versatile Edna Ferber, and the result is both good entertainment and applause for the royal family. It is probable that this branch of royalty, which shines in the play as the “Cavendish” family, is espe- cially adapted to the form of action presented on the screen. The un- emotional person might call the treatment satire, while the seasoned theatergoer would be inclined to respond to sentiment. Sentiment grafted on satire is a wider inter- pretation, The proud satire of sen- timent also exists. Whatever it is, there is no doubt that the play has a double chance to be interesting. ‘Without knowing that the Caven- dish family, so called, has main- tained the tradition of the stage, there is much to quicken the pulse in “The Royal Family of Broadway.” ‘When it is possible for the friends of the family—and that includes the American public as a whole— to exclaim “Isn’t it just like him?" or “Isn't it just like her?” this show presents the ingredients of— well, what else could anyone desire beyond the pleasure of enjoying the whole thing and going home with the thought that the royal family is an American institution? ‘There is further significance in a crowded house and audible sounds of approval In the whole production there is just one little word which is taken from the vocabulary of pro- fane protest, while the rest of the plece is dependent upon clever- ness and real gray matter, with the clearness of a mountain stream. Frederic March, who appears as ‘Tony Cavendish, romantic and tem- peramental member of the family of stage celebrities, has the farcical method in its perfected form and approaches extravaganza in some of his most spirited moments. Re- buked by his sister for “acting” in domestic life and declared by her to have “gone completely Hollywood.” his numerous appearances are both humorous and violent, while his arrivals from travel experiences are to the accompaniment of the rattle of a string of porters. His love affairs and fear of retribution lend to his movements. Ina Claire, as Julie Cavendish, actress of the second of three gener- ations, - furnishes the royal atmos- phere’ with fine skill and carries the plot with her customary l?,?! ciation of the requirements commanding feminine role. ' Hen- rietta Crosman, another in the cast who has many great successes to her credit, gives force to the part of the oldest member of the Cavendish clan and reaches dramatic heights in her recital of reminiscences of a night on the stage and her final collapse while in the harness. Mary Brian is cast for the youngest gen- eration and makes vivid the protest of those born to the stage against the conflict between the profession and domestic life. Arnold Korfl, as the manager, creates a likeable type, and the two business men, who find that marriage with the royal h.mfly is a problem, are played by Frank Conroy and Charles suDrrm Frederls Mareh. C.C. GRAND JURY RECESSES PROBE OF GIRL’S DEATH Limerick Investigation Expected to Continue to Thursday of Next Week or Later. The grand jury investigating into the fatal lho:)tlnl of 19-year-old Beulah Limerick was recessed at conclusion of yesterday’s seasion until Monday. About half of more than 60 witnesses in the case have bsen heard during the first five days of the inquiry, which prob- ably will - continue through Thursday of next week. A number of those already interro- gated are expected to be recalled Mon- dly, lm:ludln{ Lyman Greene, the Cas- ullty Houpl interne, who pronounced k dead of natural causes, -nd uvenl ‘members of the slain girl's famil; Auylvltl.nt District Attorney Julian I Richards, who is presenting the case to the jury, said today there was little chance that the hearing would be con- cluded before Thursday. D. C, SATURDAY, K JAN Gayner and Farrell In “Come Back” Picture.’ TH! sight of Janet Gaynor keep- ing a box of n-rcouel in her burelu drawer, g!rn the tempted !‘ll as a husband in a similar ht over that “ol’ davil alcohol” somehow an lnwnmau.l and mystitying .n.u-mm one swallowed, perhaps, but rnldmn(ly Hence, the new fllm at the Fox, “The Man Who Came Back,” which reunites this young couple to the delight of the back-row sentimental- ists, may be sald to be a grave mistake. Miss Ggynor has, however, the kind of role she has been scream- ing for. Instead of the pretty young girl in silks and crinolines which she has heretofore .| rayed, she becomes overn'ght “dramatic,” and talks about the wind whistling through the trees, and the crooning of the waves, and the night with the thousand eyes—all of which is fairly sloppy entertainment at this stage of the game. Unfortunately she can't, as yet, get away with it. She is no Ruth Chatterton. She is not able to make you believe things that are absolutely unbelievable. Her assets are a pretty face, an ability to act like a child and the most captivating smile in the cinema. When she tries a semi- Sadie Thompson, therefore, grabs furiously for a gin bottle and emerges wild-eyed after a long nar- cotic sleep, one is forced to smile and say, “Lookee—Janet is playing at_acting.” ‘There is no question but that some of the audience agreed with this point of virw yesterday. Miss Gaynor and the high-tenored Mr. Farrell received what is colloquially known as “the bird.” There were cheers when the young husband said if it was a question b:tween going to his dying father or staving with his “fighting” wife he'd choose the wife. ‘There were laughs when Farrell ! ran for the bottle and then re- pented by tossing it into the out- stretched hands of his wife. And | well there might be, for this is not the kind of story that these young actors have been groomed for. They are an engaging pair when they make adolescent love—anything too melodramatic should be saved for Mr. Jannings and his last week’s angel, Marlene Dietrich. Others in the cast who carried along this dreary story of a mil- lionaire’s son “coming back” were Kenneth McKenna, villainously overacting the villain role, and Ul- rich Haupt, doing his usual bit to- ward the betterment of anything that he is in. The stags show, “Jems and Jams,” is just about negligible, except for an amusing burlesque on the adagio craze by Joe and Jane McKenna, and the Sunkist Beauties looking as if they wers having mal de mer on some sort of rollers. Bob West contributes one of his whimsicali- ties, the Fox Music Masters play the latest h'ts and the Fox newsreel does its bit by closing H.L show. de 8 M. 120 Elupe Domitory Fire. HASTINGS, England, January 31| (#).—One hundred and twenty girls of | | the exclusive Battle Abbey School fled | | before dawn today from a dormitory | which was destroyed by fire. No one was injured, but the historic Abbots Hall part of Battle Abbey, dating back to Willlam the Conqueror, was destroy- ed. The hall stood at the ted spot where Harold was slain by 'mg: of William the conqueror during invasion of 1066. Will Rogers FORT WORTH, Tex.—These people in the drought-stricken country ain’t walting for “the Government to re- lieve 'em. Their well-to-do are help- ing their less fortunate them- selves. At a matinee to- paradi Wi y]lyed to eight- thousand. At my breakfast mtl.n!e yesterday morning at Abilene at 10 o’clock got sixty-five hundred, and every cent of that is net. Pepple in America have got the money and will give if mcy know the need is there, and these people know it is. Say, we got a rnl show. Frank Hawkes is our monologist. National Broadeasting loaned me the “Revellers,” the great- est singing quartet in America: Jimmy Rogers, the Victor artist yodler, and Chester Byer, world champion roper. l!uc quic wiring for dates—we are all fil The Irving-Holmes 3020 Dent Place N.W. Three Rooms, Kitchen and Bath b Reasonable Rentals Dependable Slightly Used HEVROLET 1930 COACH B l)l]I{ISMANS Phone Linc. 10200—Open Sundays and Every Night 'til 10 P. M. TWO MOR! SPECIALS ¢ x Chevhraler c—n in uq-u- |Im ‘sna “ohor- sood As victured abore—iate model " ears carefully re- ! o A" npul bargatni EASY TERMS P’ 625 Hs:N. E Chevrolet Sales Co. ILAUREL HOLD-UP HEARING TUESDAY Preliminary Arraignment Date Fixed for Suspects in Jewel Robbery. 15 By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, I(d Jan 31.—Thomas A. Phillips, 30 years of Baltimore, Md., and Paul M. 'X\ylot 28, of Kensington, Md., who were ar- rested following the hold-up of l Laurel Jewelry store Wednesday, be given a preliminary heltln charges in the Court This afternoon Justice of Peace H. M. Scott wi'l conduct an inquest into the death of Loufs C. Taylor of Indian- apolis, Ind., at Kaiser's Undertakng establishment in Laurel. Taylor shot and killed himself when cornered by police shortly r the robbery. Paul ’rnylor, ho, with Phillips, is being held in the Marlboro Jail. was visited by his wife and Rev. E. R. s?enur of Alexandria yesterday. He | be represented by- J. Wilson Rynn prosecutor in the Brld! has not retained counsel. to link Phillips with crimes committed recently in various cities. Phillips claims to have been a member of the Whittmore gang. He is being closely rded, Burns, chief of the Baltimore Def ive B\mlu. having gredlcwd the county jail would not hol Contrary to reports, Mrs. Paul Taylor, wife of the suspect, said she did not go to Baltimore to meet her husband the night of his arrest. She claims to have taken a taxi from her Connecticut ave- nue bakery to her Bsthesda home and remained there all night. ‘The prompt action of the Maryland authorities in arresting the men after the hold-up brought a letter of com- n-ndluon yesterday from Dr. Oscar er op! work of h\l men In the eup:.m PRISONER MOVED American and Norwegian Held by Chinese, Reported Well. PEIPING,CHINA, January 31 (#).— The Rev. Bert Nelson, an American missionary, and the Rev. K. N. Tvedt, a Norwegian, who have been held by bandits since last October, hlve been taken to Hwang Shihkang near An- huihupeh. This information. came t6 the American legation today in a mes- sage from the Rev. C. C. Skinsnes, of the Lutheran United Mission at Hunan. 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