Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1931, Page 12

A—12 POLICE PLAN PROBE OF LEAVITT ARREST Officer Declares President’s Brother-in-law’s Seizure Was Accidental. My the Associated Press. *»SANTA MONICA, Calif., November 11.—Chief of Police Clarence Webb in- i dicated today his office would investi- | gate the “accidental” arrest of C. Van | Ness Leavitt, brother-in-law of Presi- | dent Hoover, on a liquor possession | charge. The investigation, it was said, will Jeal with the circumstances which led to taking into custody of the 57-year- old retired plumbing contractor as he was going out the back door of a neigh- borhood grocery with a gunny sack con- taining 19 pints of liquor. Leavitt was confronted by two Federal prohibition officers and arrested. Webb's investigation will precede the eiring of the charge in court next Mon- day. Leavitt is at liberty under $250 bond and has entered a plea of not flty. The arrest was made under the tate prohibition law. Stumbled Over Officers. Police Officer Tom Carr, nemesis of Santa Monica liquor law violators who at times has disguised himself in a bathing suit in conducting raids, de- clared the arrest yesterday of Leavitt was “bona fide but accidental” in that he had no intention of raiding the grocery. “Leavitt stumbled over one of the officers in an alley as we were looking over another place,” said Carr. ‘The Federal prohibition agents had been assisting Carr in raiding Santa Monica speakeasies. “Some one handed me the sack when I was visiting in the store,” said Leavitt. “He told me to take it out the back door and get rid of it. I did it as friendly service, I didn’t know it con- tained liquor.” C. R. Dailey, 43, owner of the store, was arrested with Leavitt. Dailey denied knowledge that the liquor was in the store and said he believed it was left there by a bootlegger fleeing the officers. Dropped In for Visit. Leavitt said he had taken his wife, Mary Hoover Leavitt, sister of Presi- dent Hoover, to a club meeting and had dropped into the store for a visit. “When some cne shouted ‘Tom Carr 1s®coming, take the sack out the back door;’ I did it,” Leavitt said. “I am Just a vietim of circumstances. I %flmbbcd the sack—and now I am hold- g it.” In his story of the incident Leavitt remarked : “I don't agree with Hoover on the dry question, but I wasn't drihking.” Leavitt said that, as relatives of the President, Mrs. Leavitt and he had carefully ' avoided publicity. - - ‘They have lived here for several years. No Raid Was Intended. On being formally booked, Leavitt said, a man whom he took to be an officer suggested that he give the name “M. Jones.” Leavitt gave -his correct name, however. Carr said no raid on the Dailey store was intended. He expressed the belief that a “kidding threat” which he had made to “raid every store in the block” had caused some cne to rush to the Dailey store with a warning. Carr said that if Leavitt had not virtually “stumbled over” one of the Federal officers who was crossing an alley in the rear of the store there probably would have been no arrests. Mary Nolan’s Arrest Ordered. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., November 11 () —Mary Nolan, film actress, and her husband, Wallace T. Macrery, were or- dered arrested yesterday on a complaint filed by the city prosecutor charging them with failure to pay an employe’s wages. Mrs. Sonia Sovere alleges they failed to pay her $50 for_ designing clothes for a shop owned b; 2R S S S S R RS S XS A RN Mills Building Corner Pa. Ave. 17th and G Sts. SRS S S &Q«\‘\\“\fi\\\“‘“‘m A suite of 2 offices. overlooking State Dept. Also a single office. v, Large, Bright Rooms Moderate Rentals Arthur Carr 206 Mills Bldg. 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All trucks and slow-moving vehicles should be prohibited from using the “express” streets, Mr. Espenschied said, and they should be patrolled by motor cycle officers to enforce a minimum speed. The letter, containing a number of other ideas for expediting traffic and improving operating schedules of motor busses and street cars, follows, in part: “Designate certain obvious main rush- hour traffic arteries as ‘express’ streets during certain morning and afternoon hours. Prohibit thereon during these 0NCE you have tasted the delights of a fresh cigarette hours all parking or curb delivery by trucks (sometimes on one side only would suffice). Would Limit Stops. “Prohibit thereon all horses, slow elec- tric trucks, decrepit vehicles and trucks of large size. Where such prop: reets now carry street-car tra streets should be chesen w practicable), operate thereon two three car trains of light-weight, modern, silent design and operating on a ‘limit- ed' schedule, a few well placed stops near main sources of traffic and main destinations and intended for through rather than local traffic. Proper mark- eliminate confusion. or W 3N | ] . r speed; also | (by cars, busses or trucks) between street | hours. Possibly a similar fleet down g:;';rlrx;x:::n I D i trifTic'| s’ londing Iiakforms ‘or Iands-end | town would be siribls. lights to facilitate speed and safety. “Eliminate all loading platforms and islands except for scheduled stops and prohibit taxis, trucks or private cars stopping at the curb during these hours D. = 4l - 1931 _— —————————— | curb at all times. | Urges Traffic Patrol. | | “On express streets a maximum speed | of say 30 miles per hour and a mini- “Free parking at outlying points| would invite street car riding and week- 1y or daily ‘pass’ systems have proved helpful in encouraging passengers. “It is unquestioned that a single mod- —they can turn right on cross streets to | mum of say 15 or even 20 miles could be | ernized city transportation system, op- | stop if needed. Proposes Street Car Busses. “For local traffic on these streets pro- vide modern street-car type busses, oper- ating on e skip-stop schedule next to the curb at all times, with stops at center of the block at the curb. “During non-rush hours operate suf- ficlent street cars as single units and | made safe by an active trafic patrol | and a strict enforcement of regulations | regarding impeding traffic in any form. “Prohibit all street repair (track, { manhole, etc.) excepting for emergency | during_rush hours. erated in' closer harmony with our police and traffic authorities, can great- ly improve conditions. The transition period may be painful—it usually is— but it is difficult to see how rules and {ROOSEVELT “T00 BUSY” TO GATHER DELEGATES Makes Reply to Friends Who Sug- gest He Act to Gain Support for Presidential Nomination. By the Associated Press. ALBANY, N. Y., November 11.— It 1s obvious that| regulations can long satisfy a popu- | Gov. Roosevelt still'is “too busy being the { most Washington main arteries can |lace evidently entirely dissatisfied with| Governor” to start gathering delegates carry more traffic if & serfous and un- | our street traffic situation. Leadership | for the presidential nomination. | hindered_effort is made to do so by along even somewhat radical lines is| He sald so again Monday in answer | traffic officers under military discipline. | sorely needed to clear up the present| to a question about suggestions by busses to care for traffic, with additional | Speeding ‘general traffic will speed street | situation.” | intermediate stops for both, possibly every block if needed “Where these express streets do not | now carry car tracks, operate them with fast modern limited busses down the center, loading and unloading at center of th» block curb stations, strictly limit- number. Otherwise treat these s as suggested for similar streets car tracks. “On all city streets within the down- town zone that are not express streets | and on all others where local conditions make it necessary. prohibit during rush hours all double parking or stopping ex- | car and bus schedules, and with quieter, | modern light street cars and less fre- quent stops, travel thereon will be more inviting. “‘As trackage wears out, it may be desirable to operate entirely with street car type modern busses. Their flexibility as regards change of route and general and more quiet and smoother opera- tion seems to make thom more attrac- tive than street cars on rails. Favors “Taxi” Transfers, | PAPER IS 1 Illinois State Centennial at Springfield. SPRINGFIELD, &) —The Illinois State served its centennial yesterday. The morning daily, one of the chain owned by Col. Ira C. 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