Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1932, Page 6

POLICE NET NEARS FLOYD WOODWARD Oonfidence Man’s Capture Jmminent on Coast—Sought for 12 Years. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, November 26—Hot on the trail of Floyd Woodward, noto- | rious bunko “artist,” who has been sought for 12 years in this and other countries, officers in Southern Cali- fornia and Arizona said today they believed his capture was imminent. Three men were held at Phoenix, Ariz, by officers trying to round up members of Woodward’s gang, and vic- tims of & $125000 horse race bet swindle arrived there today from Chi- cago. Those arrested gave the names of James Russell, E. C. Ellis and Bur- ton Mooney. Police Capt. Willilam Cusick of Chi- cago, who arrested the trio, telephoned ‘Thomas F. Cullen, United States De- rtrien® of Justice operative here, that 1> citer Woodward hot and fast.” Wanted in Georgia Slayings. Officers here said he is wanted on Government charges of swindling mil- lions of dollars from victims in bucket shop operations throughout the coun- try during the post-war period. He also is sought, they said, by the State of Georgia on charges of mur- dering Ed Miles in a card game and for questioning in connection with the un- solved slaying of Bert Donaldson, At- lanta detective, who had been an in- vestigator of the fugitive's activities. Cusick said from Phoenix that “We seized a lot of bundles of fake money they (the gang) were using in connec- tion with & horse race betting scheme.” His special interest in the case is in ection with the race bet swindle of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kaszab of Chi- cago while they were Winter visitors in Phoenix last February. They arrived from Chicago today to aid in the case. ‘The story of their loss of $125,000 was similar to others reported from va- rious parts of the country. $125,000 Snatched by “Friends.” The Kaszabs told of drawing the money from their Chicago bank to put up as an evidence of “good faith” on a supposedly “sure-thing” horse race out- lined to them by men with whom they became acquainted on excursions around Arizona’s Salt River Valley. They were told, they said, that it would be unnecessary for them actu- ally to wager the money, but only to show they had it before the bet was made. Taking the money to an office build- ing in a paper package as instructed, they were met by their “friends,” who snatched the package and fled, the couple told authorities. Cusick said Post Office Inspector Her- bert N. Graham has started from New York to Phoenix and will be joined there by Cullen, who has been in charge of the Western investigation. ATLANTA BROKE UP RING. Series of Indictments Pend There Against Woodward. ATLANTA, November 26 (#).—A bunco ring, reputedly headed by Floyd ‘Woodward, operated in Atlanta about 1920 and fleeced numerous persons in faked stock trading and “horse races” that were never run. Pive indictments charging mail fraud are pending against Woodward in Fed- eral Court, and there is a State in- against him, charging he P. Miles in a card game at a hotel in 1919. Seventeen additional State indictments charge larceny after trust, larceny from the person, va- grancy, cheating, swindling and oper- ating a disorderly house. Authorities recalled today that the ring operated with offices in which wealthy ‘were induced to invest in stocks by pi s of quick fp.roflt-s made possible through “inside in! % tion” from telegraph wires regar market trends. : The customers always won, ‘but about that time a man dressed as a mes- senger would rush in and shout & mis- take had been made in the quotations, turning the profits into loss. Before the investors could do anything about it, men dressed as policemen would raid the offices and customers and bunco workers alike would run. A similar system was operated in fleecing bettors on fictitious horse races and various forms of gambling. Agents from the office of the county solicitor general, John Boykin, learned of the schemes and staged a series of raids. Most of the cipals in the ring vanished overnight, but a number of men reputed to have been members were arrested later and re- turned here for trial. Woodward was more elusive, but H. M. Graham, a postal inspector, fol- Jowed his trail for more than a de- cade, It led to Mexico, Australia and the Orient, but always Woodward man- aged to stay ahead of his pursuers. Soanli S T CENTER DANCE LEADERS’ CONFERENCE IS TUESDAY Plans for Coming Season Will Be Laid at Franklin Administra- tion Building. A conference of community center dance leaders will be held Tuesday at 11 am. in the Franklin Administra- tion Building to make plans for the coming season. Plans are being perfected, it was an- nounced yesterday, for the annual chil- dren’s dance festival, which is scheduled for next May. This will be a fairy- tale festival in which children of all dance and junior drama groups will rticipate. = Weekly meetings will be eld by the dance leaders in connection with the development of this art in the city. At Tuesday's meeting a_special com- mittee, including Misses Evelyn Davis, ‘Margaret Carmody and Ivy Randall, | will report on findings in connection with a stabilization of dance standards and terms among the vorious groups in | Community Centers. | | . “WHAT OF OUR FUTURE” | Minister Announces Topic for Ad- dress at St. Gabriel’s Church. | “What of Our Puture” will be the topic of a sermon to be delivered by Rev. Ignatius Smith, O. P.. at 8 pm tomorrow in St. Gabriel's Church., Grant circle. It will be the second discourse in a series which began last Monday. | The talks are sponsored by the Catholic Information Forum, under the auspices of the Knights of Columbus. Talks are made each Monday night. Della Bundy Wilson pupils will give | 8 pianoforte recital, assisted by Ethyl Wise and Evelyn Hartley, singers, at the Shiloh Baptist Church Tuesday and | IDAHO POTATOES BUY DIRECT—Carload just arrived—$1.75 per hundred-pound sack; best quality; drive over to ‘Metropolitan Warehouse— 50 Florida Ave. N.E. THE Noted Architect Visits Here YOUNG BRITISHER DESIGNED WINNING COLUMBUS MEMORIAL. J year, is officials a SUNDAY L. GLEAVE, 26-year-old British architect, whose design for the Columbus Memorial Lighthouse tinguished compet in Washington conferring with of the Pan-American Union on to exhibit & model of his Mfi at the Chicago Exposition. Gleave was only 32 years old when he began work on his model, one of 455 submitted by architects from 50 na- tions. The memorial, which is to com- memorate the founding by Christopher Columbus of the first permanent Eu- ropean settlement in the New World, is to be erected at Santo Domingo at a cost of $1,500,000. Economic condi- tions throughout South American | countries have resulted in the indefinite postponement of actual construction work. Design in Form of Cross. The memorial is in the form of a| huge cross and is designed to represent | the idea of progress. The central por- | tion is in seven levels, each one rep- | resenting a cent: beginning with the fourteenih. Each level will be designed to suggest the accomplishments of the | particular century it represents. | It is contended that the remains of Columbus are interred i the Cathedral at Santo Domingo an) they are to be|ment of an idea first advanced in placed in the monument. The first g5 gince that time several attempts Jevel will also contain a museum of Columbus relics. | have been made to secure a suitable The arms and shaft of the cross,| design for a memorial to Columbus, which rises in a sweeping ascent from | but the desired result was not achieved the lowest to highest level to suggest |until the young Englishman, just two the idea of the submitted his J. L. GLEAVE. —Star Staff Photo. STAR, will contain clef which are to be| flooded with powerful lights so the| lighthouse may also serve as an air beacon for the planes which regularly | fly down from the Northern Com!nenL‘ Gleave's design marks the fulfill- | proeress of mankind | years ‘out of college, model to the jury on awards in 1929. After the trip to Chicago, Gleave said, he expects to return to his home in Manchester, where he will stay until he leaves for Santo Domingo to super- vise erection of the memorial. There are now more than 17,000 species of insect pests in the United States. During the last year 2,790 new ones have been added to the records, accord- ing to Dr. C. L. Marlatt, chief of the Bureau of Entomology. This was made | known through the work of the insect pest survey, which makes surveys in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Cuba, Haiti and Brazil. Altogether the records of the survey show 26,450 species of in- sects which are more or less injurious. Although considerable success has at- tended the introduction of new para- sites, Dr. Marlatt reported, there is no prospect of stopping the spread of the Japanese beetle throughout the United | States. One ray of hope, however, is| seen in the effect of the prolonged Sum- mer droughts of recent years on the beetles. They are shown to be depend- ent to a considerable degree on soil moisture. This indicates that the pest can hardly become very damaging in the more arid regions of the country. Japan Scoured for Insects. Another hopeful sign, Dr. Marlatt said, in the decrease in numbers and damage in the sections of the country where the beetle has been longest es- tablished, especially in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, is through the introduc- tion o{ parasites. Japan, believed to be the native habitat of the pest, has been scoured for insects which prey upon it and a large number have been found. Five have been definitely established in the United States—three varieties of fly and two varieties of wasp. It has been | possible to establish one variety of them over an area of 179 square miles and it is hoped that the range eventually will éxtend over much of the infested area. Among_the problems attacked by the bureau, Dr.” Marlatt reported, is the control of mosquitoes on the Delaware, Maryland and Virginia Penninsula and on the west side of Chesapeake Bay, where, he declared, the infestation is so serious as to interfere with the proper development of the country. During the last Summer a survey of | mosquito conditions was undertaken in | this area. The plan is to determine by means of traps what mosquitoes are most abundant in the different districts and their seasonzl occurrence. At least 25 different varieties of this have been captured and much been learned of their relative importance. A tremendous outbreak of Hessian flies, one of the most dreaded wheat pests, is warned against during the coming year, extending from Eastern Kansas to Western Maryland, Prepar- ations are being made to inform wheat growers by radio broadcast of the steps necessary throughout the threatened area to reduce the anticipated crop | damage. Big Grasshopper Year Seen. There is also a strong possibility, it is reported, of a big grasshopper year, such as was predicted for last year but which failed to materialize because of the long, cold Spring. A survey now is in progress to determine the range of egg depositions. Ertensive egg lay- ing, it is reported, began early in July. Further damage, especially in this section of the country, is expected from the Asiatic garden beetle whose distri- bution now extends from Connecticut to Virginia and which is especially hard to keep within bounds because it is an active flyer. It has increased greatly in numbers during the past two seasons and injury from its grubs was more extensive during the past season |than in any previous year. These - SERVE YOUR By Consistent 17,000 KINDS OF INSECT PESTS INFEST U. S.. SURVEY DISCLOSES 2.790 New Ones Added to Records in Year. Outlook Dark for Checking Spread of Japanese Beetle. beetles are night flyers and when tem- peratures are above 70 degrees Fahren- heit thousands of them may be seen in flight in search of preferred food plants or breeding grounds. Because they are strongly attracted by electric lights on such flights, light traps are being developed. The beetles ALLEGIANCE OATH TAKEN BY BUCKLEY Former Sinn Feiner and Active Opponent of King Free State Governor General. By the Associated Press. DUBLIN, Irish Free State, November 26.—Donal Buckley, former Sinn Fein member of the Dail Eireann whose party allegiance made him an active opponent of British power in Ireland, became the representative of the British King in the Free State today when he took the oath of alleglance to the King as governor general. During his entire political career Mr, Buckley has been active in all Irish na- tional movements. He participated in the Easter rebellion of 1916, organizing a small band of volunteers, who marched from Kildare to Dublin. His activities led to his arrest, but he was released in the general amnesty at Christmas time in 1916. He opposed ratification of the Anglo-Irish treaty, ::hwth set up the Free State govern- ent. The oath of allegiance to the King was administered by the Free State chief justice in the drawing room of the house of a brother of the new governor general at Blackrock, County Dublin. Announcement of Mr. Buckley’s ap- pointment was a surprise in Dublin, as his name never had been men- tioned in connection with the governor generalship. It was received with sat- isfaction in government circles. In the project to put men back on the land in New Zealand, small farms, each with a four-room cottage, are be- ing supplied to worthy applicants, who are paid $5 a week until they can make a living off the place. DINNER Table Service—12 to 8 P.M. Fruit Cocktail Soup Tomato Juice Roast Turkey. Cranberry Sauce Prime Ribs Beef, Broiled Lami Choice of 2 Vel Escalloped Tomatoes ied Sweets sert e Cre: Beverage and Homemade Tenderloin Steak Dinnes 65¢ Dancing Daily to kew Malkus’ Orchestra, 5:30 > 8 P.M. SREYNOLD'S . F. H: 709 18th St. N.W. 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The production will be under the di- rection of Miss Bess Davis Schreiner and the same committee which has ar- ranged this yuletide drama since 1925, as a definite part of the city’s religious celebration of Christmas. The story will be told again this year in the form of drama, with music by more than 75 church players chosen from various groups throughout the city and from many denominations. Only the actual necessary expenses are to be-deducted from the offerings which are given through organized channels to the poor and needy of Washington. D Many new features will be seen this P 2T ; PTRSS €5 > Payments Buy Now—Pay After Christmas in Small Sums 89 NOVEMBER 27, year, with & number of pew roles. It is noteworthy, however, that in the eight years of “The Other Wise Man"” some members of the cast have re- mained unchanged, making the presen- tations of a traditional character. ist, narrator, not_only Other Wise Man” since its very be- ginning, but selected and arranged the musical score for the first presentation. Judy Lyeth, well known in the Capital City for her work in dance drama pro- ductions, has played the Slave Girl in every presentation; Irving Koch of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and a member of the church council at Lu- ther Place, has appeared as the father of Artaban, in every presentation; Ralph Keister has played the Hebrew >xile and Edward Eberly has played the role of the Roman captain each year, and many others in the big cast of | players have participated each year, not always appearing in the same parts, for some of them began as small chil- dren appearing in the crowd in Bethle- hem, and now have grown up and been given more important places in the cast. Assisting in the presentation this year will be players representing many churches, including Presbyterian, Metho- dist, Baptists, Congregationalists, Episco- palians, Catholics and others. The cast is open to players from all groups who are interested in rendering this Christ- mas service to the city. The Big Vein, the largest seam of coal in the anthracite area of Wales, has been struck at a new pit near Neath, and 1,000 men will be put to 1932—PART ONE. THEORY PRESENTED ON COL. FAWGETT Possibility of Veneration by Superstitious Indians Is Suggested. By the Assoclated Press. As another attempt to clear away the mystery surrounding the fate in the |son and countless theories have been | Amazon jungles of the British explorer Col. P. H. Fawcett, Dr. Otto Willi Ul- rich suggested yesterday that Fawcett may be insane and kept alive by savage tribes as an object of veneration. ‘The German'’s theory was part of his report on a recent South American ex- pedition, It was made public here by William Moseley Brown of Ballston, Va., American representative of the German exploring party. The report said Fawcett had disap- peared in a country inhabited by the flerce Arawauki Indians, among whom white men never have been known to survive. Ulrich said he found no evi- dence that the British explorer might be alive, but advanced the following possibility: “It is possible that Fawcett, as a re- work on it in less than a year. Julius Lans " Lady’s Diamond Ring —Modernistic design: fine quality hl\:g-w}me diamond, an exceptionn = R 30950 Bfe 3 Week sult of the great privations to which he 2 burgh Furnitu pers: reer stone any time Pay was subjected, and of the ef- fects of the malaria and swamp fever to which he was exposed, suffered a more or less temporary mental derange- ment.” Dr. Ulrich wrote that since primitive peoples universally are known to rever- ence ns whose minds they believe to have been touched by the great spirit and therefore capable of exercising mn&c powers, “it is entirely possible that Col. Fawcett is now among the Indians, alive and perhaps partially recovered from his {llness.” He believes Pawcett, if alive, is being guarded carefully and carried from al:u to place with every tribal migra- n. 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