Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1932, Page 20

5% THE EVENING STAR, DETECTIVES HELD IN RIOT SLAYING Forty Barricaded by Mob After Death of Boy, 9, at South River, N. J. Br the Assoclated Press. SOUTH RIVER, N. J., September 20. —Authorities began an investigation to- | day of labor disorders in the needle in- dustry here which resulted in the fatal | shooting of a 9-year-old boy and mJur) to at least 10 other persons. Forty private detectives who clashed with a crowd of workers late yesterday | were held in jail for questioning. They | were taken to the jail shortly after mid- | night following the arrival of State troopers who dispersed a crowd of 3,000 | that had_held the private detectives | and 13 policemen virtual captives in the | town hall over six hours | Sheriff Barney Cannon said Prose- cutor Douglas M. Hicks would ques- tion them about the fight and the shooting of Walter Rojek, who died in South Amboy Hospital of a bullet weund. | val of the troopers climaxed a | ege between the rival forces. The appar- k e presence of The plant opened yester- . with the approval of lead- after a strike called eks ago. nmcm said the crowd attacked 1 with stones and bricks and they in the air with blank cartridges © the large opposing force. n word was spread that Rojek | was wounded, the crowd showad its anger and pursued the officers ®ntil | they found refuge in the town hall eight Dblocks av shortzy af 6 o'clock. The crowd continued to grow and remained until the troopers arrived MINERS MAY APPEAL | FOR ILLINOIS PROBE Balked in Attempt to Hold Mass, Meeting, They See Their Rights Invaded. September 20— E I Guardsmen from s meeting here, Christian coal miners were home today trek into neighboring Sangamon where they gathered without ference from authorities. The coal diggers w fused admit- tance to a local park sterday by the ops sent here following bombings re- {ACTRESS AND COMEDIAN puted to have been occasioned by the wage scale controversy. Six hundred miners then followed | their leaders to Pawnee, a village just | across the county line in Sangamon. There they adopted resolutions demand- | ing freedom of speech and assembly and asserting they had been deprived of their consmuunml rights. Today, as troops continued to patrol the city, the miners talked of request- ing the Civil Liberties Union to send representatives here to conduct an in- vestigation. ‘The Progressive Miners of America, a newly formed labor movement or- ganized in protest against the wage reduction accepted by the United Mine | Workers of America, denied its mem- bers were in any way responsible for | two bombings which resulied in local officlals requesting aid of !roops T e AT RESORT IN INDIANA Norma Talmadge and George Jessel at French Lick Springs for Short Rest. By the Associated Press | FRENCH LICK SPRINGS, lnd‘ Sep- tember 20.—Norma Talmadge, screen player, and George Jessel, comedian, are here for a short rest prior to re- suming their vaudeville engagement in St. Louis. “We're just resting here” said Miss Talmadge, “and we will go on to St. Loms some time today. “Yes, Mr. Jessel is here. We're ap- pearing _in' vaudeville _together, you kncw. I have no plans involving Mr. Jessel except professional cnes. We'll be on this tour for 10 wecks longer. 1 don’'t know what we'll do then.” Questioned as to her probable return to pictures, Miss Talmadge, who is the wife of Joseph M. Schenck, motion pic- ture executive, said she had made no plans along that line. George Jessel, who established T ce in Reno, Nev., for the pur- se, it was said, of obtaining a di- vorce, was reported missing last Satur- day. “I know nothing about it,” Talmadge said. TWO SA'LORS ORDERED HELD IN CH!LDS DEATH Illinois Courn Authorities Ask Great Lakes Naval Training Station for Assistance. Miss By the Associated Press WAUKEGAN, I, County authorities la: cials of the Great Lakes ing Station, a few n‘)]:: s to hold two Septem } North Chicago ear day morning. The investigation was reopened yes- terday by Assistal George McGaughe: mother, Mrs. S to inquire whet A ‘d (‘ 3 without her permission on an insurance policy he recently took out on the girl's | life. “She revealed Jones four weeks ago took out & $500 policy and that he and the other sailor owned joint policies on | the lives of her other two children. The coroner’s jury previously held the death accidental. Oriental Rugs. Period Furniture. Antiquities—Art Objects. 1210 Connecticut Ave.—at 18th a NOWHERE in Washington are VALUES comparable with these IN EXQUISITE IMPORTED DRAPERY 8 UPHOLSTERING FABRICS A great purchase makes these most unusual values possible. 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Low boys were familiar from 1750 on, but always more of a rarity than high bovs. Good examples, like the original of this reproduction, are usually collector’s pieces. This one is $40. Crow's Nest Table. This pedestal tili-top table is a faithful copy of a quaint Baltimore design of about 1795. The crow's nest under the top is reminiscent of early sailing vessels. The top revolves and tilts. When tilted, it was used in olden days as a shield against draft for the candle, which was placed on the crow’s nest, $19.75. New Eng- land Siat Back Chair, $22.50. Low Corner Cupboard. This pleasant low cup- board, which will fit a corner anywhere in the house, is patterned after an old New Hampshire piece. Its maker evidently tired after completing the base or had not sufficient room for a tall cup- board, so left us the ancestor of an even more adaptable piece. $50. 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Included Among The Pieces Dough Trough Table, $25 Early Virginia Post Bed Low Corner Cupboard 325, 330 $50 Cabriole Leg Stand, $20 PembrokeTable, $22.50 Chippendale Mirror, $1§ Bureau-Secretary, $85 B 3 Pennsylvania Dresser Chippendale Chest, $47.50 Knee Hole Desk, $55 $! Sawbuck Tables, $30 Empire Mirror, $12 Cobbler’'s Bench, $20 Turned Stand, $16.50 Hanging Shel( $075 Desk on Frame, $40 Catechism Bench, $7 Spindle Bed, $37.50 Serolled Looking Glass, $15 Crane Bed, $45 P Joint Stool, $10 High Boy, $7§ Pieces in the Large Photograph Sre -Shelf Bookease, $22.50 The Overstuffed Chair Saw-Back Coftee Table $22.50 $17.50 Mirror, $15 MR. STATTON, maker of these authentic furniture pieces, will be here during this display. He will tell you the history of many of the pieces and answer questions concerning them. FURNITURE, SIXTH FLOOR. Have You Ever Seen Such Values . . . 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