Evening Star Newspaper, March 17, 1933, Page 6

rAS HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 17. 1933. YOUNG FAIRBANKS DENIES ALIENATION Actor Plans to Fight Suit for €60,000 Brought by Chem- ical Engineer. - By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, March 17.—A vig- orous denial of the charge of alienation of affections and false imprisonment was made today by Douglas Fairbanks, jr., screen actor, who yesterday was sued for $60,000 damages by Jorgen Dietz, chemical engineer. ‘Two actions were filed by Diets. In the first he accuses the actor of steal- ing the love and affection, comfort and ;mlstnnce of his wife, Mrs. Solvelg ietz. In his second suit, the engineer gharges Fairbanks, Michael Levee, iiooc<' manager, and others co- erced and lhreatened him with im- prisonment to compel him to desist from making any claim against the film actor. Probe by Fitts Revealed. Dietz: charges that Levee, Fairbanks +and others compelled him to go to the district attorney’s office, where he was restrained from his liberty for two hours. Later, he alleges, he was forced to go to a room at a downtown hotel where he again was imprisoned for_four hours. Filing of the suit brought to light an investigation involving Fairbanks, Dietz and a screen actress, Lucy Do- raine, conducted by District Attorney Buron Fitts last December. The in- vestigation, Fitts said, was requested by Fairbanks, jr. At that time, Fitts said, Miss Doraine and Dietz were questioned by him at his office after, he said, Miss Doraine at- tempted to sell young Fairbanks a necklace. Fitts said the investigation disclosed the pair had threatened the alienation suit against Fairbanks if he 4afled to buy the necklace. They said. Fitts declared, they wanted the money i order they might marry. Will See It Through. “I hate to appear a martyr, but I am ing to see the thing through,” said irbanks, declaring that Fitts had wanted to prosecute the pair last De- cember, but that he (Fairbanks) had deen prevailed upon by the pleas of ‘Miss Doraine and Dietz not to prosecute. “I am not going to dodge the issue this time,” sald Fairbanks. “My wife, Joan Crawford, understands the whole }hing and has known about it all along. ‘At first we laughed and now we are mad ~—not between ourselves, but at the ‘whole situation.” Dietz's suit alleges the alienation of affections of his wife took place over & period of a year, beginning in Febru- ary, 1931. Mrs. Dietz is now reported 1;) be in Copenhagen, Denmark, her ome. GETS MARRIAGE LICENSE. PHOENIX, Ariz, March 17 (#)—A inarriage license was issued here yes- Bag With Unwanted Kittens Is Snatched FromWoman’s Hands A Washington woman of promi- nence, whose rame is not nec- essary to the interests of the story, ' recently had an unusual robbery. Presented with an unwanted ltter of Kkittens, this woman chloformed them, placed the re- mains in & small bag, and saun- tered down the street to dispose of them in a small grave that a neighbor guaranteed to dig. Hardly a block from her home the woman encountered a colored man, who dashed up, snatched the bag, and rapidly made off. The hold-up was not reported to the police. terday to Jorgen Dietz and Helen Ko- vacs. Attempts later to locate the couple were unsuccessful and it could not be ascertained here whether Diets was the same person named as the plaintiff in a suit filed in Los Angeles -g:ormn Douglas Fairbanks, jr, film ac Advices from Los Angc'~s said the real name of Lucy Doraine, ilm actress, was Helen Kovacs. Miss T raine, who has been in pictures for a number of years, was last seen in “The Trial of Mary Dugan.” e 25 MISSING IN SHIPWRECK Japanese Steamer Reported Sunk. 15 Die on Norwegian Vessel. LONDON, March 17 (®)—A Lioyd's shipping report from Brisbane, Aus- tralia, said today that the Japanese steamship Kinsen Maru foundered March 14, with 13 of its crew picked up by anotler ship and 25 others missing. An Exchange Telegraph dispatch said the ship sank 400 miles east of Mackay, on the northeast coast of Australia. COLOMBO, Ceylon, March 17 (#).— Fifteen persons were killed Tuesday night in an explosion and fire aboard the Norweglan steamship Hinnoy. It sank in the Indian Ocean 300 miles from here, survivors reported today. Your Heating Plant ‘Take advantage of the new plan of local banking houses for financing necessary repairs and replacements in your home, by utilizing some of the money you borrow in purchasing a new PIERCE-EASTWOOD boiler. You can pay the bank back in easy monthly payments. During This .Campaign, " New Low Prices og Tt “Schafer Quality” Materials E. G. SCHAFER Co. 4100 Georgia Ave. Telephone ADams 0145 *“Renovise Washington” Campaign THREE HELD. IN JAIL FOR OFFICER'S DEATH Slaying of Oregon Constable by Zditor Climaxes Long Po- litical Battle. By the Associated Press. MEDFORD, Oreg., March 17.—Three ! persons face charges of first degree mur- der following the fatal shooting of George P. Prescott, Medford constable, when he attempted to serve a warrant on Llewellyn A. Banks, 62, political crusader and editor. Banks, indicted with several others jon a charge of stealing and destroying 10,000 ballots from the court house here February 20, was held in jail at Grants Pass. Police said he admitted firing the Hhex:t yesterday that picrced Prescott's rt His wife, Mrs. Edith Banks, and E. A. Fleming of Jacksonville, who police said were with the editor, also were Rev. Edwin K. 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