Evening Star Newspaper, September 29, 1936, Page 6

OLD AUTO CASES ORDERED CLEARED Seal Tells Police Court Aides to Use Judgment in Fixing. ‘While instructing his Police Court assistants to “use their own good judg- ment” in deciding whether to “fix” tickets for parking and other minor offenses, Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal late yesterday issued instruc- tions for prompt clearing of any and all old cases on the docket. In a conference on ‘“policies” with his assistants, however, Seal found the record of “aged” cases pending in Police Court was “not unduly long,” though several dated back several years. - Something in the nature of a “sen- sation” was created last week when Rice Hooe, in charge of the Police Court staff, declared he was opposed to all ticket “fixing”—or nearly all. Last Saturday Seal objected to that, or any “hard and fast” rule, and yester- day told his assistants of the need for “judgment.” Further, he told them, the responsibility rested on them. Seal opposes ticket fixing in cases of driving while drunk, reckless driving and similar offenses, but does not ob- ject to the occasional quashing of parking tickets, unless the accused is ® persistent violator. The corporation counsel was told there were 48 traffic cases pending in the minor court, of which only four were “aged.” One of these was filed in May, 1934; another in March, 1932; &nother in March, 1933, and a fourth in May, 1936. One of them, a jury case of a “no license” charge, had been continued 14 times. Seal found there were 36 cases hang- Ing fire in the District government branch of Police Court, of which only two were “aged.” One of these dated back to April, 1934, and the other to February, 1936. He was informed there were 101 “current” jury cases awaiting trial | THE WEATHER District of Columbia—Rain and con- | tinued cool tonight and tomorrow; moderate east and northeast winds. Maryland—Rain and continued cool tonight and tomorrow. Virginia—Rain tonight and tomor- | row; cooler tonight in south and cen- tral portions. West Virginia—Rain tonight and to- morrow; cooler in south and central portion tonight River Report. Potomac River clear and Shenan- doah muddy today. Report for Last 21 Hours. Temverature. Barometer. Yesterday— i Inche: 21 Hours, ay to noon today.) p.m. yesterday. Year 7:15 a.m. today. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 105. on July 1 owest.” 0, on Januar; Humidity for Last (From noon yesteraay noon today.) Highest, 2 per cent. at noon today. 47 ‘per cent. at 10:30 p.m. Hours. Tide Tables. nished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) , | say that,” said the other. August September October November Stations, Abilene. Tex. Albany. N Atlania, Atlantic City. Baltimore. Md._ Birmingham X Bismarck. N. D Boston. Mass, Buffalo, N. Y, Charleston, §.C Ga. Cleveland.” Ohio Columbia; S. C. Denver. "Golo Nebr Philadelphia Phoenix. Ariz Pittsburgh. Pa Wi D o ESTABLISHED 1865 o WORLD SERIES Will Find Champion y on the baseball field e title of supremacy. Year | Tomorrow. | 10a.m. | rather chucking his weight about. | mate and whispered: “The gentleman A bit of very high jumping at the Takoma Park Playground, Ruth Wright, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wright, 429 Whittier street. She is a student in Paul Junior High School. Tomorrow: Joseph Todd, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Todd, and Joseph Charles Watkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Wat- kins, of the Brightwood School. —Star Staff Photo. “WASHINGTON, - D. C.. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1936. NEW PLEA FILED BY FARNSWORTH Espionage Indictment At- tacked on Grounds Japa- nese Should Have Immunity. A new attack on the espionage in- dictments against John 8. Farnsworth, former Navy lieutenant commander, was made in District Court today by his attorneys, who raised the ques- tion of diplomatic immunity. The attorneys, Willlam E. Leahy and Willlam J. Hughes, jr., asked the court to void one indictment, which charges that Farnsworth conspired to reveal national defense secrets to the Japanese government, on the ground that the two Japanese naval officers named as the persons with whom Farnsworth conspired were attached to the embassy here, and therefore were not within the jurisdiction of the court. | The lawyers maintained that inter- national laws exclude registered diplo- mats from the jurisdiction of crim- inal courts and that the Japanese of- ficers not only were immune to prose- cution, but legally could not commit | a crime in this country. At the time this motion to quash was flled, the attorneys also entered a demurrer to the indictment which | charged Farnsworth was actually| transmitting information to the Japa- nese government. This demurrer was | based on technical construction of the true bill | Earlier today, Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat had dismissed pleas in abatement to both indictments, which | had been filed more than a week ago. He held as without merit the defense contention that Government employes were improperly excluded from the grand jury which returned the true bills. | Irvin S. Cobb Says: Japan Obtains Peace by Eliminating *“War” From Dictionary. SANTA MONICA, Calif., Septem- ber 29.—By edict Japan has deleted HINDENBURG COMPLETES 9TH EAST-WEST TRIP Makes Flight From Frankfort to Lakehurst in 63 Hours, 12 Minutes. By the Associated Press. LAKEHURST, N. J., September 29. —The German Zeppelin, Hindenburg, completed its ninth east-to-west crossing of the North Atlantic dropped’ mooring lines at the Naval Air Station here at 5:54 a.m. (East- ern standard time) and was moored 12 minutes later. The huge airship made the voyage from Frankfort-on-Main, Germany, in 63 hours and 12 minutes. 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As the campaign swings into the home stretch the fight for victory is tense, dramatic . . . the most interesting in tWo generations! G. GOULD LINCOLN The Star’s Famous Political Expert is again touring the United States to follow trends and cast predictions. GOULD LINCOLN PREDICTED: “My belief is President Coolidge will be elected. He may be elected by an overwhelming majority.” RESULT: Coolidge 382 electoral votes: Davis 136. 5 GOULD LINCOLN PREDICTED: l" ]928 “It’s Hoover and Curtis. For the et first time since reconstruction days there is a chance that the Republicans may break into the “solid south” in a presidential election.” RESULT: Hoover 444 electoral votes: Smith 87. GOULD LINCOLN PREDICTED: “The American people will vote for a ‘change’; for Roosevelt and Garner. Only a political miracle could upset the new deep seated resentment against hard times which has accumulated during three long years.” RESULT: Roosevelt 472 electoral votes; Hoover 59. 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