Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1931, Page 5

CRIME COMMISSION TASK NEARS FINISH Eight Wickersham Reportsl Still to Be Made Before July 1. ough it still has reports to make m’:‘uhf ‘major crime investigations and onlv 16 days remllnh&‘ before its offi- clal life expires, the Wicknreham Com- mission will be able to show a clear slate by fl:lkyml it 'b:. predicted today comm! ‘members. by’x‘he commission is racing against time to complete the most extensive single survey of crime ever undertaken. Though the eight reports still remain in the commission’s hands, after 24 months and 18 days of work, 1t was said authoritatively that all would be de- livered to President Hoover or the GOV- | Head| ernment printer by July 1, on which date the commission officially ceases to exist. Purse Not Empty. Tt was predicted, too, that the com- mission’s purse would not be turned back to the Government empty. It could not be estimated how much of the $500,000 appropriation will remain, however, since expenses for future printing remain to be deducted. The opinion gathered today repre- sented a comidenbl;un‘:hlnn ';r:nn'\hfl;: nsensus as to_conditions & fl?m ago. At that time—with only the hibition report out of its hands— t was the private view of more than one member that their calendar would be almost hopelessly jammed as July 1 spproached. Even with this danger apparently averted, however, it was pointed out today, there remained small possibility that more than three of the pending erime reports can be delivered to the White House before the commission as such is automatically abolished. It was explained that arrangements had been made whereby—if the re- maining reports are deposited at the Government Printing Office by July 1— they can be paid for out of commis- sion sppropriations. Under this plan the reports could be laid plece by piece before the President, even though the commission had ceased to exist. ‘Washington Awaits Reports. ‘Washington officials have been awai ng with considerable interest the co tents of some of the remaining reports One in particular will discuss “govern- menta] lawlessness,” investigations into which have been in progress for months by the commission’s private investi- “&rr:m of the eight reports will deal . with such subjects as “crime among the foreign bern,” the causes and cost : of crime, the work of the police and i the conditions of the Nation's prisons. Chairman Wickersham acknowledges, however, that the studies initiated by , tife commission will not be finally com- leted for years. He named particu- E.rly the study of the courts, upon which the commission will make only @ “progress” report. This will be car- ried on by an independent group. Thus far, after 24 months of work, the commission has delivered to Presi- dent Hoover four reports, upon one of which, the prohibition report, it spent the greater part of 20 months, and around which it erected a wall of o0 crecy seldom paralleled in official Wash- ington. & Report Praise Qualified. Since it was laid before Congress last January it has been claimed as a victory by both sides of the con- troversy. Even President Hoover re- ceived it with qualified praise. In his message to Congress he said he was in accord with the commission in opposing repeal of the admendment, but “saw serious objections to and therefore must not be understood as recommending the commission’s pro- posed revision of the eighteenth amend- B feimbers of the commission recently have been willing w’ fll&lflusl this phase its rej more freely. o‘ln themmm of thel gport, -ru; eclarations against repeal, Government :’l]e of liquor, the saloon and light wines and beer, this phrase was used: “Some of tge commission are not convinced that prohibition under the eighteenth admendment is unenforce- Ol was pointed out that the four members favoring further trial under this clause employed the double nega- tive, while thos; cfh“or}ngn"c';:x:n ‘:r evision—seven of the elevel - }mrs—-nld they believed the law un- enforceable. . Recommended Greater Force. Tn other of its recommendations the eommission said it believed there was “yet no adequate observance or en- forcement” and recommended that the enforcement organization be built up to ater strength. n?rhe first report of the commission, a preliminary statement on prohibition submitted in January, 1930, urged the since completed transfer of the Prohibi- tion Bureau from the Treasury to the Justice Department, the creation of a unified border patrol, a strengthened padlock procedure and the broadening of the powers of United States com- missioners. A third report, which appeared last April, dealt with criminal statistics. It condemned as inadequate and often misleading the present methods of gath- ering statistics and asserted some Gov- ernment departments used .this method of making “the most favorable showing possible.” The most recently published report, ene on prosecutions, aroused a storm of from the Senate. It asserted ‘was_political interference in pointing Federal district attorneys and said the using of this office “as a re- * ward for political activity is a serious | that thr menace to enforcement of law.” BRIAND PLACES HOPE OF PEACE IN WOMEN Foreign Minister Makes Moving Plea to Avert International Conflict. By the Associated Press. GOURDON, Prance, June 15.—For- eign Minister Aristi Briand yester- day launched an earnest plea to the women of the world to support his work in behalf of universal peace with all their energies. In a moving oration, statesman, who a month ago was de- feated for the Xrealdency of Prance, vigorously defended his pacific policy. His message was addressed to nearly S e ve, witers aa datghiers. ives, sisters an ug! : m"l count on the women,” he shouted. ot is to them that I turn. “As long as they are with us, as long they defend their little ones and the veteran | “Untouchables” Rewarded - Prosecutor Praises Eight Young Agents Who Ob- tained Evidence Against Capone; Offers of Bribes Rejected in Drive Against Chicago Gangsters. By the Associated Press. Its bribes , gangland gun. Ness if 'was placed “on spot” several times, but escaped. Mafla leaders on one sent Mike e | Picchi . to ambush him and & up evidence for the consp! ments against “Scarface” Al Capone and his booze syndicate, today received their reward. It was & declaration by United States District Attorney George E. Q. Johnson, director of the Government’s cam) against Capone cohorts, that all e praise heaped on him for the dogged pursult of the gangsters should be shared with the eight members of the mflnl unit. They were the men on firing line. Seven of the eight, the pick of prohi- bition agents from all over the country, remain anonymous for va TeAsons. ing the small group which braved angland to evolve a deriouement which as brought more than a whisper that “Capone is through,” is 28-year-old University of Chicago These young men, all college-trained, whose average age is only 30, and whose average annual salary is $2,800, John- son said, rejected proffers of amounts far in excess of their year's wages that they might continue to bulld up the Government's case. on. Only because Ness on the draw did the Government overpowered, escape. Plcchi wes rested and convicted. Intimidation,” likewise, was A hoodium emissary attempt: frighten Ness into inactivity by him that evidence had been which would reveal the sgent as having obtained his job under false pretences. Offiers of as much as $2,000 a time for others of the small band to move a couple of blocks away to permit move- ments of beer ‘were almost com- monplace. But the hunt went on. Telephone wires were tapped, the liauor “industry of the gang bailiwick in Chi its was cleaned up. and finally stills of the Capone mob in this city were “knocked over” in quick succession. The evidence accumulated, Ness and his associates last week saw the fruition of their efforts—the indictment of Ca- pone and 68 members of his syndicate last week on cha of oconspiracy to violate the prohibition law in 5,000 in- stances over a period of 10 years. Woman Succeeds in Industry D. C. VISITOR ST. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. TARTING in business with a cap- ital of $65, accumulating more than 10,000 times that emount in six years, and yet a few years later becoming president of the company, employing from 350 to 500 persons and doing an annual business of approximately $750,000, has been the remarkable achievement in the self- made career of Mrs. Sophia Delavan Cowles, president of the Woman's As- sociation of Commerce and the Illinois Women Manufacturers’ Association, who has retired from her business in Chicago, and has come to Washington for a visit of several weeks. | In 1906, Mrs. Cowles began her career as a manufacturer of notion novelties, building up an extensive wholesale bus- iness with a line of chain stores throughout the ccuntry. Born in Al- sace-Lorraine of French-German par- entage, Mrs. Cowles brought to her bus- iness a thoroughness, a perseverance and a charm of personality, which car- ried her to heights of success in her | career. a business manager she possessed a de- gree of ingenuity which enabled her to place upon the market several articles of her own design, sold under her own patent rights. In 1922, Mrs. Cowles retired from the novelty business to succeed her husband | as president of the Cowles Fire Escape ‘Works, with factories in Chicago. Last Fall, Mrs. Cowles decided to retire from | business to take her first vacation in| 23 years. Her last contract was for all the iron work and fire escapes used in the construction of the new Chicago Board of Trade Building, completed a | few months ago. Although ‘Mrs. Cowles tells you she has come to Washington to rest, her keen and alert mind will not permit her to remain idle, and while in the Capital, she will occupy much of her time in conducting research work to| assist in the preparation of lectures on the subject of women in business, which she will deliver before women groups throughout the country. “I hope to devote my time in the next five years,” she said, “to advising women in business. I will place at their dis- posal my experience of past years, ad- vising particularly at this time, when hundreds of women have been wn out of business by the depression, how they can best recover themselves and succeed in the future.” Mrs. Cowles takes an optimistic view of the depression. “I think we passed the crisis a year ,” she remarked. “The trouble is that people refuse to accept a new order of things. They refuse to take any work they can get, thinking that by waiting, they will get something better, or that the old times will come back. ‘They will never come back. We have been living above our means in every way. Now, we are arriving at a saner mode of living. Wages have been re- duced everywhere, and prices will have to be lowered in keeping with the future earnings of the people.” Mrs. Cowles is an accomplished speaker and during the war, through her addresses before un labor meet- ings, she obtained mor® than 80,000 members for the Red Cross. She was the only woman to make an address before the United States Chamber of gqmmm in Washington, on produc- on. Petite and feminine, always smartly attired, Mrs. Cowles, despite the years which she has brushed up it a hard business world, has retained her love of domesticity. Interested in beauty of all kinds, as vice president of the All-Tllinois Society of Fine Arts, she has done much to encourage the ‘works of artists' in her city and State. Mrs. Cowles was accompanied to ‘Washington by her only daughter, Miss Victoria Raphael Delavan, and will make her home while in the city at 1901 Columbia road. Dock Strike Ends. NEW ORLEANS, June 15 (#).—T. J. Darcy, chairman of the Workmen'’s Strike Committee, announced today ee locals of the International Longshoremen’s Association had voted to return to work. They went on strike PFebruary 23. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Carnival, Sacred Heart Church, Six- teenth and Lamont streets, tonight and remainder of week. Concert, Mount Pleasant Congrega- tional Church, Columbia road near Fourteenth strest, 8 p.m. PUTURE. Luncheon, Washington Association of Credit Men, Raleigh Hotel, tomor- row, 12:30 p.m. Buffet luncheon, Women’s National Press Club, Willard Hotel, tomorrow, 1 pm. Luncheon, Civitan Club, La Fayette ‘Hotel, tomorrow, 12:30 p.m. Eckener Says Sub Will Bé Late for Meeting at Pole By the Associated Press. FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Ger- many, June 15.—Dr. "H Eck- ener said today that much to his rendezvous in sul carried out this year, “Even if¥the Nautilus is re- paired,” he said, “ make the Pole in time. .ready t> start, but all depends on whether an independent fiight In addition to her ability as| ARTED WITH $65. MRS. SOPHIA DELAVAN COWLES. FUNERAL OF MRS. CLARK TO BE HELD TOMOBROW Wife of Agriculture Department Scientist Died Saturday of Heart Attack. Funeral services for Mrs. Flora Bar- ton Clark, 62 years old, 1650 Harvard street, will be held in Arlington Ceme- tery at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. Mrs. Clark, well known in Arlington County real estate circles, was the vic- tim of a heart attack late Saturday which resulted in her death. A native of Ohio, Mrs. Clark bhad lived in Washington for more than 20 vears. She is survived by her husband, Samuel C. Clark. 59; two sons, Kenneth and Robert Clark, and a daughter, Eliz- abeth. Her husband was a lieutenant in the Chemical Warfare Division in the World War and is now a scientist at_the Department of Agriculture. Kenneth Clark is a news correspond- ent residing in Rome, Italy. — ROADS NOT VIOLATORS. I. C. C. Rules on Free Storage and Docking at Atlantic and Gulf Ports. The Interstate Commerce Commission today held that free storage of import and export goods and failure of rail- roads to charge for dock: of steam- ships at Atlantic and Gulf ports does no: violate the interstate commerce act. ‘The ruling was on & supplemental hearing and argument of previous cases involving warehousing and terminal charges on export, import, coastwise and intercoastal traffic. ‘The American Warehousemen's As- sociation asked reopening of the hear- ings in which the commission had made a ruling similar to that of today, and the two issues of storage and dockage charges were reargued. ey CALIFORNIAN SLAIN ported to State Department. By the Associated Press. The murder June 12 of Kingsley Camden Mitchell of San Francisco, about four miles from Ciudad Mier, State of Tamaulipas, Mexico, was re- g;lfl;ed to the State Department today 4 the American embassy at Mexico ity. No detalls of the murder were assistant geol Murder June 12 Near Mexico Re-| Frank! 34000000 CAPONE OFFER IS REJECTED Government Refuses to Com- promise Income Tax Case Against Racketeer. The Government does not intend to compromise in its war on racketeering. Its policy of “unconditional surren- 5| der” already has borne heavily on Al Capone, Chicago underworld generalis- simo. The plan of relentless prosecu- tion is in accord with President Hoover’s denunciation last year of “the hideous gangster and corrupt control of some racketeer’s ,000, but _the offer was rejected emphaticall eral officlals pressing income lif against Capone. Faces Many Charges. ‘The reputed gang leader is under in- dictment on six felony and two mis- demeanor counts for failure to file in- come tax returns. Criminal indictments on a total of 5000 counts under the hibition laws also have been re- urned against Capone and his hench- men and are to be pushed by Govern- ment prosecutors. Elmer L. Irey, chief of the special in- telligence section of the Internal Reve- nue Bureau, who has supervised the in- vestigation of Capone's income, has gone to Chicago to confer with those in charge of the inquiry and prosecution. The drive is being extended to in- clude other racketeers in various cities, especially those in New York and De- troit. Investigations are planned for St. Louis, Cleveland, Philadelphia and other cities. Other Attempts Fall. It is not uncommon for the Govern- ment to compromise tax cases when the violations are minor and the cost of litigation Would be excessive in com- Dlll'l:zn with the amount of tax in- volved. Apparently attempts of other racke- teers to compromise income tax cases also have failed, for several of Capone’s lieutenants are under indictment or in Jjail on income tax charges. - Information gleaned in the tax in- vestigations has been used by the Pro- hibition Bureau in seeking dry law in- dictments against the ‘beer barons” and “liquor lords.” CAPONE AIDE GIVES BAIL. Gang Leader Debates Plea to Be Made Tomorrow. CHICAGO, June 15 (#).—The first of Capone’s 58 henchmen indicted with on a Federal charge of liquor con- spiracy involving 5,000 violations sur- rendered today, while the gang leader debated what plea he should make when arraigned tomorrow. John Heinan, & former pugilist, ap- gelred at the Federal Building, had; is fingerprints recorded and then | handed over five $1,000 bills to insure | his appearance la Heinan is owner of the Paddock Ci which Govern- ment agents say is & hangout of the Capone forces as well as one of its pay- off headquarters. Capone was reported to be in con- o e lecide whet plead ity or fight th% C:cw s::lt chnrges..uu Fie n! tes District Attorne; George E. Q Johnson refused to e | Cuss rumors leader wi dlcnrln’ with the 'G-gv.ernmnt ‘u: hopes of getting a light sentence if he ' pleaded guilty. FRANKLIN FUNERAL SET FOR TOMORROW 'Mining Engineer, Stricken at Ball| Game, Dies of Heart Attack. Funeral services for Nelson Prank- lin, 77, mining engineer, who died fol- lowing a heart attack Friday afternoon at the base ball park, will be held at the funeral home of Almus R. Speare, 1623 Connecticut avenue, at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemete: Mr. Franklin was taken to his home Priday after the ball game, although he would not leave Griffith Stadium un- til the last play had been completed and his score card marked, despite his suffering from the heart attack which seized him during the game. He died at_his home. He was a prospector in the Colorado Rocky Mountains early in his career and later went to Denver, where he became interested in some of the leading min-| ing developments in that State. He was prominently identified with many Colorado izations, includ- ing the Denver Club, the El Paso Club of Denver and El Jebel Temple of the Shrine. He was past exalted ruler of the Elks of Colorado and was a mem- ber of the Washington Gun Club here. Besides his widow, Mrs. Zora Frank- Our Specialist on RUPTURE —is_now at 1424 Mass. Ave, =:c r The POWERS & JOHNSON Specialists Since 1860 cimens at the fow The IMPRESS Is a Monthly Bloomer de s R o thly bfim‘) is_wanted. ‘He revealed that the dirigible ‘weathered 610 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. The ROSE SENSATION OF THE YEAR We Are Introducing the New Rose IMPRESS In a Special Sale Tuesday and Wednesday, June 16th ing qualities. We offer 3-year-old, healthy spe- $or $1.18 St. Anthony’s Death Observed - MASS AT FRANCISCAN MONASTERY MARKS 700TH ANNIVERSARY. mass at the Pranciscan Monastery, in Brookland, which led to the reverential observance of the 700th anniver- HE Most Rev. Pietro Fumasoni-Bjondi, Apostolic delegate to’the United States, 'was celebrant of the solemn high | sary of the death of St. Anthony of Padua here yesterday morning. While the mass was celebrated here, elab- orate ceremonies were under way through Italy and Portugal. ‘The upper photcgraph shows the beginning monastery ‘The lower photograph pictures Rev. Father Anthony Braum of the Franciscan Order and Augusto Merdes Leal, first secretary of the Portguese legation, as they left the monastery following the mass. —Star Staff Photos. the mas. SHIP LINE LEADERS AGT T0 END FIGHT Operators. Form Committee to Seek Means of Wiping Out Rate War. By the Associated Press. A committee of intercoastal ship op- erators to consider methods of ending their rate war was named today at a| conference with the Shipping Board. ‘The committee was named after con- flicting proposals of Government regu- lation and a new rate-fixing conference | of operators had been made. It con- sisted of John McAuliffe, Isthmian Line; J. D. Thomlinson, American Hawallan Steamship Co,; C. B. Kel- logg, Munson-McCormick Line; E. H. Cocke, Panama Pacific Line, and Johni W. Chapman, Dimon Steamship Co. Formation of the committee was pro- | posed by Edgar F. Luckenbach and at the suggestion of Shipping Board mem- | bers he named the ccmmittee. Previously Luckenbach and P. A. S. Pranklin of the Panama Pacific line reproached some of the industrial ca: riers who showed a disposition to re- main out of & conference. Urges Strong Compact. M. J. Buckley, representing the Dol- lar steamship lines, said the shippers| should be governed by strong confer- | ences. He agreed with Luckenbach that there should be some sort of regulation to _stabilize rates. C. B. Kellog of the Munson McCor- | mick line asserted that “regulation must | be elastic because of the varied in- terests in the trade.” ‘The operators were warned by Chair- man O'Connor of the Shipp Board that unless they put their irs in ! |G For the of the procession at the #% A5 ORDERED DEPORTED Qardina!, Taken With Broth- ers, Being Escorted to Frontier of France. By the Associated Press. MADRID, June 15.—Cardinal Pedro Segura y Sszenz, Catholic primate of Spain. was deported today by the- Re-. publican government. Cardinal Segura, with police guards, left Guadalajara this afternoon in & government automobile for the French frontier under orders to leave Spain. Charges Withheld. Minister of the Interior Maura, an- nouncing the cardinal’s departure, de- clined to reveal the charges against the cardinal or the route to be followed. but said he would be outside of Spain by mid-afternoon. This indicated he would cross the French frontier at Iruns for Hendaye. . President Alcala Zamora said: “I am not able to discuss this mat- ter as it does not belong to my juris- diction, but belongs to the minister of the interior to give the reason and ex- planation.” ik 4 & The cardinal n protected dur- ing the night and this morning from mobs who streamed through the streets shouting, “Down with the clergy! with the priests!” Arrested With Brothers. Cardinal Segura, in priest's garb, was arrested in an automobile with his twe brothers near Guadaljara, the party offering no resistance. They asked to yesterday which preceded ~—Star Staft Photo. order regulation of a more drastic na- ture is sure to come.” O'Connor opened the conference by telling the operators that un- less the rate-cutting practice ended either the board or the Interstate Com- merce Commission would soon lay down strict regulations for them. 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