Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1932, Page 5

JENES VS 0T LOTERY TIAES Defense Witness Says H: Signed Senator’s Name for Moose Package. By the Associated Press. B NEW YORK, September 27—A Wit- | ness at the Davis lottery trial testified today that United States Senator James J. Davis never received a_pack- age of alleged lottery tickets addressed to him in 1930 at Pittsburgh | Davis is cherged with ro:iicip alleged lofteries which, U S ass~rts, were conducted in connection with the 1930 and 1931 charity balls cf the Loyal Order of Moose, of which Davis is director-general While the prosecution was presenting its case last week® an express company agent told of packages of tickets being | sent all over the country and a receipt was produced showing that one of these packages was addressed to Davis at Pittsburgh. Pred W, Jones, the first defense wit- ness, testified today he received the package in Pittsburgh and. as Davis’ secretary, signed the receipt for it Contained Moose Tickets. “What did it contain?" he was asked. ckets for the charity ball.” ‘Where was Senator Davis at that time2" ot in Pittsburgh.” as it turned over to Senator Davis?” “It.was not.” The defense considered this verv im- portant testimony. bolstering as it did | the defense assertion that in 1930 Sen- ator Davis practically withdrew from all active participation in Moose activ- ities and so would not necessarily have had to know anything about the alleged lotteries. 2 Judge Warns Jury. Judge Coleman resumed the trial with an admonition to the jury that it was not to be influenced by news- paper accounts of his remarks yesterday. , The court’s remarks on the evidence were made out of the jury's hearing, on the defense motion for a directed verdict He nad said: “I thing the evidence thus far adduced would justify a jury in finding thet Davis knew of the plan to operate a lottery cn a nationwide scale and knew that almost inevitably tickets would be transported across State lines.” This was picked out as a significant quotation by most reporters. Defense attorneys say, it meant only that the Government had established a prima facie case. The judge told the jury his remarks had nothing to do with the merits of the evidence. The court told the jury in part: “I want to prevent a possible in- justice. A motion was presented before me yesterday and the newspaper ac- counts, due to the necessity for brevity, did not give all of the proceedings. “It would be perfectly natural that your eye might strike a headline on a newsstand and from that you might have gotten an erroneous idea of my remarks. Try to eliminate from your mind anything that might have got- ten in in that manner. “My ruling yesterday in no way continue to receive deposits of its bsnds touched the merits of this contro- versy. fault. It is not possible to get every- s | Drunken Charges Dismissed. OKLAHOMA CITY, September 27 (#). —Drunkenness charges against Jose A. Valenzuela, Mexican comsul here, ar- rested Saturday, were dismissed by po- lice Judge Foster yestercay. | The newspapers were not at ' anncunced yesterday following a meet- Actress to Divorce Husband to Become “Better Friends” Dorothy Hall and Neal Andrews Sign Pact With Nothing but Good Will. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 27.—Dorothy Hall, Broadway actress, and her hus- and, Neal Andrews, cocmetic manu- facturer, have decided upon a divcree so they can live their own lives and become “better friends.” The beautiful and successful actress and her husband, who have been mar- ried six years, signed an agreement reading: “We have decided to separate by mutual agreement. We agree to leave cach other alone, permitting each to five his cr her life as he or she chooses. We make this agreement in the best | cf faith, with nothing but good will toward each other.” Amplifylag this statement, Miss Hall said: “We feel we'll be far better friends living our own lives than we are mar- ried.” Born In Bradford, - Pa., blonde Miss ! Hall has advanced steadily along Broad- way in the last three seasons. She f now being featured in “Lilly Turner.” |, | Last season she scored successes in “Child of Manhattan” and before that in “The Greeks Had a Word for It.” She said she will seek a divorce either in Mexico or Reno “as soon as possible.” Meanwhile the couple have agreed to | ceparate immediately, Mr. Andrews con- tinuing to reside in their apartment and Miss Hall moving to a hotel. - 5 $95,000 DAMAGES ASKED THE EVENING BTAR, WASHINGTON, NAVY BALLOONITS American Craft Comes Down Near Vilna, on Polish- Latvian Frontier. By the Associated Press. | WARSAW, Poland, September 27— | The United States Navy balloon partici- | pating in the Gordon Bennett Cup nce‘ landed at 10 a.m. today close to the |town of Wasjule, near Vilna, on the | Polish-Latvian frontier. | The exact distance it had traveled | from Basel, where the race started, had not been computed, but it apgeared vir- tually certain that the Navy bag had won the race and the cup. The Navy balloon won last year's American National Race also. The pilots this time were Lieut. G. W. Settle and Wilfred Bushnell. Word from the little town where they | landed said they had been forced down when the balloon cover burst. They landed safely, however, anthoaded the | the line between Vilna and Riga. Lieut. Comdr. Thomas G. W. Settle, who has long been famous in balloon races, is a native Washingtonian, hav- ing_been born here on November 4, 1895. Until designated recently to ccmmand the Navy's balloon in the James Gordon Bennett race, he was on duty at Akron, Ohio, supervising the construction ot the Navy's new airship, AFTER AUTO COLLISION! 'h;yxggfima from the Naval Acad- Three Suits Filed Against Motorist Accused of Disregarding “Stop” Sign. Damages totaling $95,000 are asked in three su.ts fi'ed yesterday in the District Supreme Court as the 1esuit of an au- tomobil> collision Sunday at Thirteenth and Euclid streets. The Gefendant is Henry Warren of Scott’s inn, near Fourteenth and K streets, who is ac- cused of disregarding a “stop” sign at that corner. Mrs. Sarah S. Porter, 4512 Thirteenth street, asks $25,000 damages for her in- juries, while a passenger in a car driven by her husband, Frank S. Porter, with |emy in 1918, and during the World War scrved aboard destroyers. In 1924 he was assigned to duty at the Naval | Air Station, Lakehurst, N. J.. and sine has been ascoclatea With the Navy's | Highter-than-air aciivities. He served |on both the Shenandoah and Los Angeles, and made a transatlantic flight on the Graf Zeppelin. Settle was a member of the Navy's ba'loon racing team in each of th2 national elimination balloon races since 11927, with the excepticn of this yvear when the Navy did not enter a balloon. His_associate in the balloon race just finished, Lieut. Wilfred Bushnell, 2lso was his comrade in each of these carlier races. He fs 29, and a native of Watertown. N. Y. Bushnell was ap- which the Warren car coilided. The pointed to the Naval Academy from husband asks an additional $20,000 for his injuries and the loss of his wife’s | t services. | ¢ The third suit is filed by Charlotte M. Wood, 1326 Quincy street.a guest in t} Los Angeles. ) was transferred to the Akron. His New York in 1922. He was attached to he Naval Air Station at Lakehurst un- il 1930, when he was assigned to the In April of last year he Porter car. She places ner dameges at A home is in Malone. N. Y. $30.000. Settle and Bushnell established a Attorneys @harles C. Collins and Al- | world record for distance in free bal- Ll:pfln E. Brault represent the three plain- | I iffs | ¢ STILL ACCEPTS BONDS St. Louis-San Francisco Railway to oons in 1929. when they won the Ni ional race. They started at Pittsburgh, and traveled to Prince Edwards Island, Canada, a distance of 952 miles, in 43 | hours and 2 minutes. ALL ENTRIES NOW DOWN. Continue Recapitalization Plan. |Two American Balloons Outdistance 14 NEW YORK, September 27 (#).—The | St. Louis-San Francisco Railway will under the recapitalization plan, it was European Contestants. BASEL, Switzerland, September 27 () —American entries in the Gordon Bennett Cup race, which began here Sunday with 16 balloons entered, ap- ing of the readjustment managers. No red to have won the race today. thing into the newspaper accounts.” | time limit was fixed for the future de > posits. The Goodyear 8, one of the American bags, piloted by W. T. Van Orman, re- Yesterday was to have been the final | ported it landed near Kaunas, Lithu- day for accepting securities under the | ania, at 8:30 a.m. today and the United plan, but it was stated by the readjust- | States Navy balloon, piloted by Lieut. ment managers that deposits have been rece.ved in good volume during the past few days and that because of this an |11 extension of time was felt justified. | rom, NEW YORK AVE IT PAYS TO PAY CASH AT P-B'S G W. Settle and Wilfred Bushnell, came down near Vilna, on the Polish-Latvian rontier. All other balloons, representing vari- THIS SEASON THE MOST MODERN MEN’S WEAR STORE IN AMERICA P-B’s $24.75_ SUITS With @ Pairs of Trousers HE suits that have everything a man wants—up- to-date style, good looks, long wear—at a low price effected by buying and selling a tremendous volume for cash. 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The Young Women's Christian As- sociation will give another of its Toof | Unless unexpected-evidence develops, garden parties tomorrow night from | District authorities have closed their in- 8:30 to 11 o'clock at Seventeenth and | vestigation in the case of Sylvia Roch- K streets. kin, 23-year-old artists’ model, whose The program will be similar to that | {¢3th by hanging aboard a house boat of other parties in the Fall serles, with | by a coroners jury yesterday. dancing, bridge ana gemes included in | _Assistant District Attorney John R. the entertainment. Miss Hettle P. An- | Fitzpatrick said he “knew of nothing derson will act as hostess. to keep the case open” after the verdict 7 D. C, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1932, of the inquest, which released George P, Speidel, 30, an amateur artist, who had rented the boat and was present when Miss Rochkin died early Thursday. Detective Sergt. John C. 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