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Evening star., 1924-03-02

Syracusians Lodge, No. TO-. at It's
last meeting unfurled a silk American
flag, recently added TO the properties
Of the lodge. The rank Of page is to
be conferred Friday evening, and q
dance is being arranged for March 81.
Evening star., 1924-03-02

Columbia Floral Circle will meet at
ne home OF Mrs. Bertha Dudley. 1875
Sp,inE ,!, road northwest, apartment
ivl' tomorrow afternoon, Mrs. Shirley
Ernst assisting hostess.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
GUARD BLAN|ES
RUM FOR BIC
ROBBERY
Man Who Stole 500. 900 Of
Bank Funds Says He Had
No Motive to Steal

SPRINGFIELD. Mass, Oct. II
william j. Hanifin. bank guard Of
the Union Trust Company, Of this
city. who disappeared with $4,000
OF the bank funds and SURRENDERED
to the police in Albany, N. r, wiz
be arraigned in district court today
charged with larceny.
According to officials Of the bank,
Hanifin told police that he had not
spent any Of the money, paying his
expenses since Thursday out OF his
own savings. He said that he had
sent the money back to the Union
Trust Company by express from
Chicago Sunday night.
After leaving Springfield Thurs.
day, Hanifin said he went to Hart
ford by train and then to Fordham,
N. II, by taxicab. From there, he
said, he went to Chicago.
On the return to this city Hani.
fin was taken from the train in
Westfield and brought here by au-
tomobile to avoid crowds at the
railroad station here.
According to the bank officials,
.Hanifin declared he had no motive
In taking the money, and blamed
his act to the drinking of moon
shine" Whiskey II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
FA|lC|ER DIES
AMONG BIRDS
He LOVED
500 canaries Look On As
Aged Czech Meets
the End

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. - Michael
Groschick, an old Czechoslovalxian
bird fancier. regarded in the neigh
borhood as recIuse. was found
dead among the 500 canary birds
whose cages filled every one Or the
rooms OF his three-story home ut
No. AS Fernberger avenue.
Neighbors had not seen the old
man for some days and noticing he
did not take in his morning supply
Of bread and milk, climbed q ladder
and looked Iii his bedroom window.
Groschick was part way put Of the
bed. Apparently, he had felt some
attack coming and was struggling
to his feet when he died. Police
believe his death was due to natural
causes.
The case presented q problem 10
the police. They solved it by calling
upon the Pennsylvania s. r. C. A.
Its supervising agent! Harry Lcpper.
undertook to care for the canary
birds, valued at more than $500,
until q brother Of Groschick, living
in New Jersey, Is located. Mean
while. policeman has been sta
toned to guard the house.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
FREY Haunted
WILDA, WIFE
CHARGES
Had to Do Something ii
Case Of Actress Husband
Brought to Home Town

NEW YORK, Oct. 1T had to
do something in my own defense
when my husband Haunted this
diamond-decked woman in my face
in my home town"
In a soft Kentucky accent that
carried with 1t whisper Of blue
grass ana beautiful women, Mrs.
Katherine Frey told why she had
brought her 100000 alienation suit
against Wilda Bennett. musical
comedy actress in several Broadway
successes.
Mrs. Frey had little to say abouA
Miss Bennett, and that generally
free OF personalities. In the home
Of friends at No. 81 Nome street,
Forest Hills, she discussed the ac.
ton against the actress.
The one statement that Mrs. Frey
resented especially was that Of Frey
that she works In a beauty parlor
with her sister and IL thirty.four
years old" To this she replied In
q Voice that breathed scorn:
40 Az AAolA9tSC " WOAh AOE
living, and no disgrace to be
thirty-four years old. l think the
greater disgrace lies at the door OF
the man who, through his neglect
made II necessary for me to 20 to
work Tor my sister. She has an
established business, eighteen years
old.
II had to work or starve. pre-.
of It."
She continued:
1T Ii not true as Mr.. Frey
states that ! deserted him at New
Orleans. Why. he drove me to the
station and put me on the train or
my way home to undergo an oper
alton for appendicitis. IL that Ii
desertion, It Is so only by his owI
definition.
81 And that il all he can allegs
against me"
Mrs, Frey asserted 1t was wher
Frey and Miss Bennett were in
Louisville last November that hs
brought his divorce action on tbs
ground of desertion. She was
awarded $50 a month alimony. She
| said yesterday he has not paid q
dollar.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
FAvERsHAM's ATTORNEY
GETS $500 JUDGMENT

NEW YORK, Oct. LA sudg
ment has been docketed IN The
Supreme Court against William
Faversham, actor. for $500 ir
favor Of Joseph P. Bickerton. jr.
a lawyer.
Bickerton said that he and Fever
sham entered into a contract where
by the actor was to pay hin
$4,000 for his services n negotiat
ing a contract with Lewis J. SELF
nick for Faversham's appearance il
motion pictures! Suit was brought
later and dismissed when the actor
It is said, agreed to pay fifteer
notes OF 500 each. In the even
that he defaulted, judgment wal
to be entered for $500, less tn,
sum that had been paid on tn,
notes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
PIICROT
LAFOILETTE
BACkER
Brother cf Governor Comes
Out for Third Party Says
Senator Is 7. RS Heir

CHICAGO. Oct. Denouncing
the ex.progressiyes who have Dues.
toned the right OF Senator La Fol
lette and Senator Wheeler to the
party mantle. Of Theodore Roose-
welt and quoting Lincoln and Roose.
welt as, forefunners Of the La Fol.
lette attack on the powers Of the
Supreme Court, Amos Pinchot has
made public long letter in sup.
port Of the third party ticket and
principles
The letter was given out by the
La Toilette headquarters here. II
opens with an attack on many Of
the men who recently signed an
attack on the wisconsin Senator'S
progressive record and follows with
a detailed defense Of the third party
nominee.
In concluding Pinchot challenges
several Of the more prominent ex.
progressives to come out In open
support OF President Coolidge.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
FRANCE MAKES
It EAS|ERFOR
WOMEN
Gradually Receiving More
Consideration From Mere
Man IN Everyday Life
BY ALICE LANGELIER.
international News service.

PARIS, Oct. French women
are Enthusiastically rising in mere
mans estimation. They nave not
vet been put upon the pedestal from
which the American woman pre-
sides. according to the French
point OF view, and they have not
obtained the vote, but they are
gradually receiving more and more
consideration.
The Paris city council has Just
decided that street cleaning il too
hard work for the ladies' who are
accustomed to doing 1t. Within a
short time It is probable that the
red.faced women, wrapped up in
their heavy wooden shawls, viii
cease to clatter through the streets
IN their wooden sabots,. sweeping
them clean with q MEDIEVAL broom
made from fine twigs. 1t Is pic
turesQue sight for onlooke-s, true
enough. but it is certainly not a
woman's work.
Let mother do It," is too often
the slogan on this side of the water.
There is too little distinction be.
tween the work of the man and
that of the women In France. AS
a matter Of fact, 1t usually turns
out that the so-called weaker sex
Is doing the hardest labor. Go
to the great markets early in the
morning and you will see who il
Handling the heaviest sacks and
baskets Of fruit and vegetables.
Watch the crowds coming in at any
railway station. More often than
mot mother will be seen trudgine
along under most Of the luggage.
The women are as much to blame
as the men for this condition Of
things. They take the initiative,
and the men allow them to do it.
"Chauffeuses' are fast increasing
the number OF their ranks. Women
are seen very often at the taxi.
wheel In the French capital, most
LOT them first.rata drivers, although
1 perhaps more apt than men are ia
lose their heads in an emergency.
On the other hand, they are much
more careful than the men, and a
very few accidents are laid at their
door. Within four months, It'll
women in Paris alone applied for
ldriving licenses. More than half
ipassed the first test, and nearly all
the others were successful at the
second attempt. At this rate, women
Idrivers will increase by 1000 every
year, not counting those who obtain
their licenses IN the provinces.
Women are also invading the pro.
fession Of railway guards. Recently
fifteen applied for posts on the
North line, something that has
never before been heard Of in the
history of the company. The work
is easy enough on trains with cor
ridor carriages, but on the crowded
suburban lines frequent stops and
many passengers cali for quick
faction and continued movement
Then, unfortunately, the pay Is not
what it should be.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
NORKMEN RESCUE BABY
AND FATHER FROM FIRE

PHILLtPsBLJRG N, y. Oct. IL
Gilbert Hartung and his one.year.
old son, Adrian. had narrow escapes
from death in tire which de.
stroyed their home at Rocksburg.
north Of here. Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
tung were III the barn when they
discovered their home ablaze
Hartung rushed In to rescue the
baby. asleep on the second floor.
He was overcome, by smoke after
getting the baby. Workmen pass.
ing at the time rushed to the farm.
house, and by means of ladder
rescued the father and child.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
Steam Heat for Snake

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL
PARK. Wyo. Oct. L. Slim, q five
foot bull snake, has obtained life
time lease on steam.heated living
quarters. The abode claimed by
"Slim," situated in a cave in hot
spring crater, where the hot water
has ceased to flow, but the steam
and hot gases still issue through
the opening, was discovered by a
party of Government naturalists
while on a visit here recently.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
ITALY PLANS TO ERECT
so-STORY SKYScRAPER

ROME. Oct. /. Premier Mus
solini has approved plans of this
architect, Palanti, for erection here
OF the worlds largest sl1yscraper, ii
was learned today.
The building Is to be eighty
stories high, 100 feet from tin to
tip and have $500 rooms.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
Rum Schooner Wrecked

BOSTON, Oct. IA tragedy OF
rum row was reported here when
the fishing schonners Igomar and
Nathalie Hamnuns brought word
that the British schooner Beryl NJ
Corkum was sighted. capsized and
darelict, off Georges Fishing Banks
lest Friday. She was apparently a
victim of recent storms.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-01
u. S. Wants Name For
Its Newest
Sky Baby

Want to name 4 new baby ?

want 70 name q new baby
The War Department is look
ing for q name for the IRA,
the German Zeppelin, which will
shortly be flown from Germany
to the United States and become
the youngest member Of Amer
ica,s aerial defense.
Her sister ship, the ShenaIl-
doah, was so named because the
Indian word means Daughter
of the Stars"
The War Department wants a
similar name for the ZR-3.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
PRISONER DIVULGES
 PLAN FOR ESCAPE
Nashville COnvicts Waited Week
 For Chance To Break

{ NASHVILLE. Tenn. July 2s.-- Mack Whitlow, one of the five prison CTS who escaped from the state pelii- tentiary Monday, all of whom have been recaptured, told today, prison off, fieials said, how the escape had been effected.
 : The break, WhitIow is alleged to have said, was planned weeks in ad- vance and each of the participants had a special duty. He declared that the fugitives did not leave the vicinity of the prison on the afternoon of the escape but lay in hiding until daybreak before making their first move.
 The posse, WhitlOw's alleged con fessiOn, came within hundred feet of him while he was hiding in the river bottoms. He declared that he stood behind large tree until dark, when the posse disappeared He then worked his way down the Cumberland river. the confession says, stole canoe, used stick for a paddle and floated down the river. He left the river, hailed a passing motorist, and rode to the ferry near Ashland City, where he was cap, tured
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
BRAZIL REVOLT GAINS FOOTHOLD
 IN MANY STATES
Government Commu' niques Refuted By Au-
 thentic Reports
lRx Associated Press.l

BUENos AIRES, July 26.-While the Brazilian official statements con tinue to insist that with the exception of Sac Paulo the entire country is calm and supporting the constituted govern ment, reports from various sources In Brazil reaching Argentina and Uruguay appear to contradict this.
 These reports include one considered here to be authentic, that the federal government has declared a state of seize in more states owing to unrest. These states are given as Rio Grande, Do Sul, Matto Gresso, Santa Catherina, Sergipe and Bahia.
 Mutiny Reported
 Another says the federal garrison in the state of Sergipe has mutinied and that two ships have left Santos with troops to put down the movement. Still another declares that the revolutionary movement is prospering in santa Catherina>and PaFana and intranquility prevails in Bahia, and Rio Grande Do Sul.
 Reports from other sources describe the situation of unrest as such that the federal government fears to withdraw troops from some posts to aid in the seize against Sac Paulo.
 Todays commuhiques. concerning the military operations suggest that fight ing is going on between the rebel and federal forces considerably west of Sac Paulo. Mention is made of the capture of prisoners by the federals at Porto Feliz, which is some 50 miles north west of Sac Paulo and about 25 miles north of Soamoaba, described in yes terday's eommunique as having been occupied by the federals.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
100000 ISSUE
 IS DEtII ARED LEGAL
Action Expected To Speed Plans For Develop
 Hnent At Mobile

Confirmation of the approval of the legality and validity of the proposed first issue of $1,00O, 900 in bonds by the state of Alabama for development of the port of Mobile, was received in Birmingham Saturday by Judge Thomas c. Mcclellan, general counsel for the state. 5s..
 The action is expected to result in a speeding of plans for the port pro. gram, being subject, it is stated, to sub. sequent administrative conditions which Gov. w. w. Brandon and the state docks commission are expected to speed fly meet. Judge MeClellan's confirma- tion' was from the Boston legal firm of Storey, Thorndike, Palmer and Dodge.
 Steady progress on the plans for the development of the port under direc- tion of Maj. W. L. Sibert, is reported, and actual work is said to> be well within sight Proceeds of the first sale will be used for the site of the great development of Mobile and for the necessary removal of railroad track.
 The first issue of the port improve ment bonds will be sold by Governor Brandon, with the concurrence of the state docks commission, just as soon as appropriate advertisement of the pro- posed sale can be effected, Judge Me Cleilan said The form in which these bonds will be offered to purchasers al- ready has been prepared. Judge Me Clellan is now busy on the legal phases of the development Which arise from time to time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
LECTURER S SHOT
  BY TEXAS DEPUTY
Better Government AdvO' cate Instantly Killed
 Following Quarrel

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, July 28.-- J. M. CaIpepper, 65, Baptist lecturer, and worker for the better government ticket in the local primary campaign, was shot and instantly killed at Harlan dale box late this afternoon. Jim Luh- book, former deputy sheriff, is being held by the sheriffs office. Lubbock was roughly handled by the crowd at the polls before taken into custody.
 The shooting occurred soon after Lubbock and Deputy Sheriff Ed Knight reached the polls in answer to a call declaring there had been trouble at the booth and asking for an officer.
 Lubbock became involved in dis pute which resulted in blows, Knight said. Half dozen men are said to have rushed for Lubbock during the aItercation, in which he was knocked down. Lubbock fired twice while lying on his back, according to Knight.
 Culpepper dropped at the first shot. Lubbock then fired second time, and Is believed to have struck another man in the shoulder. The man ran and had not been found by officers late Saturday night. Knight declared the crowd scattered after the shooting and he put Lubbock under arrest and took him to the county jaiR in his automo- bile. #
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
LAPS ARE WARNED
 BYlKU KLUX KHAN
California Sheriff Finds Mes
 sages On Several Ranches

SANTA ROSA, Calif,, July 26.- Warnings to Japanese to vacate their jobs as pear packers have been de- livered in the vicinity of Hopeland, in Mendocino county, by party of men in two automobiles, and by 8 note left on the steps of the Earle Fruit Pack ing company warehouse. according to Sheriff Ralph Byrnes of Uriah.
 Adyices from Tokio that California correspondents of Japanese newspapers had cabled articles telling of efforts of the Ku Klux Klan to intimidate Jap ansse workmen oecasioned the investi- gatiOn which brought the information today.
 The warning was delivered Tues day night to three ranches near Hope land. and the note. reading Out with the Japs! Fire Warningl K. K. K" was found yesterday. Twenty Japa- nese workmen are said to have de- parted from one ranch saying they were going to San Francisco.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
SIX MEN JAILED
 IN DRIVE AGAINST SVINDLER GANG
Swindled American Tour ists In Montreal Of Mill
 lion In Six Weeks

MONTREAL, July 26,--The arrest of six men, two of whom, English Chappie" Lewis, alias Edward Long and George Wallace, were arraigned in police court today, marked the first re- suit of the drive started recently by the Canadian and United States secret service against gang of international confidence men who are alleged to have swindIed tourists visiting Montreal dur ing the last six weeks of more than a million dollars,
 They. are charged specifically with having obtained $25,000 under false pretenses from H. l.. Christie of Chi cago. Lewis was held without bail and Wallace was also committed to prison because of his inability to fur nish bond for $10,0OO.
 31O,OOO In Vault
 More than $1OOO0O, part of the profits of two weeks operation of the gang, is said, by the police, to be hid den in q safety deposit vault which they have under surveillance.
 Richly furnished orflceS Tn the Dusi- ness section were raided by police on the trail of the swindlers. Search of the room, according to authorities, yielded bundles of bogus money cam ouflaged with genuine $100 and $1,OO0 bills and also a supply of stationary bearing the letterhead of J. P. Morgan & O., of New York. Eight false tele- phones and two dummy telegraph i'm struments were also seized, as we'll as blackboard on which were posted supposedly fictitious stock prices and racing results.
 Called Notorious Gang
 Fl. N. Graham of the United States postOffice department and Bert Don alson of the United States secret serv. ice, said thats'the gang they were as- signed to round up is the most noto- rious" which has ever operated on this continent. Last year, they stated, this group of swindlers did business in Cuba for % days and during that time cleaned up" $605,00
 According to United States officials, Lewis is wanted in the United States on charges of having obtained fraudu- lently $50,000 from simon Touch of St. Augustine, Fla, and $20,000 from J. E. Blumenthal of Jacksonville, Fla,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
NEGRO CONFESSES
 HOLD-UP SHAVING
Illinois Police Clear Up Villa
 Ridge Death

CAIRO, H., July 26.-A signed con- fession purported to contain admis- sions that he fired the shot which re- suited in the death of Daisy Wilson, IS years old, of Villa Ridge, H., today was made by Hess Connors, a negro, to State Attorney Loren Boyd, it was an- nounced by police tonight
 The written document followed an oral confession in which Connors all leged that he and Fred Hale, another Cairo negro in custody, had attempted to hold up ]. c. Wilson, father of the girl, at their store near Villa Ridge. In the ensuing scuffle the girl was killed and Wilson himself badly beaten.
 Corners statement, which apparent ly exOnerated Ike Brown and Arthur Jones, two Memphis negroes held in connection with the hold up, asserted that Hale had the loot obtained in the robbery.
 Authorities took Connors from the Pulaski county jail here to Mound City, where he was turned over to dep nties who took him to m unnamed des- tination for safekeeping. An unusual phase was that Connors was arrested by negro deputy. He was identified by two negroes, and the confession was made to a negro deputy,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
'2OS ENDANGERED /. AS PICNIC BOAT
 SINKSN HARBOR
Excursion Steamer Hits Derelict Barge Near
 Norfolk

NORFOLK, Va, July 26.-(By As sociated Press. )-The excursion steam CT Gratitude with 2ss employees of the Texas Oil company and members of their families on board, returning from a picnic on Jamestown Island, sank off Craney Island in the Norfolk har- bor early tonight when she struck a sunken barge.
 So far as it was possible to check the passengers late tonight no lives were lost, though three persons, two women and man, were taken so hospital badly hurt.
 The Gratitude was not completely submerged and her passengers were taken off in small boats sei t from the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk railroad steamer Pennsylvania and sev- eral harbor vessels and launches which picked up the distriss signals from the Gratitude and hastened to her rescue.
 Scenes of the widest confusion were enacted on board the striken vessel when her passengers realized she was aobut to go down. Many persons in- cluding women and children, jumped overheard, fearing they would be sucked under when the vessel settled in the water. Others were hurld overheard by the force of the impact.
 Some of those who leaped into the blackness of the harbor below the sink ing ship found they were standing in water. Others were hurled overheard or the submerged barge Others were completely submerged, and many nasty rescues were effected at the very side of the sinking craft. But for the fact the ship had been held firm by the barge which sank her, she would have gone to the bottom, perhaps wit heavy loss of life.
 The moment the vessel crashed her distress whistles were blown, and the Pennsylvania, just passing, hove to, sending out boats to the rescue.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-27
By HEN B. LINDREY

Judge ae the Juvenile Court of Denver
 Leopold and Loeb are no real samples of modern youth. even youth that are spreading their wings and making flights into the realm of the unknown. Nevertheless the case of these boys, with their marvellous but twisted men, taIity, leading to this shocking crime, may yet bring some good to the world if it but impresses upon American par ents the terrific task that rests upon them to know and understand their children, and how. in turn, to help their children to know and understand them.
 So then, let the mothers and fathers Lof America awake! The children's crime of this generation calls you to action.
 The Leopold-I4oeb Franks murder case-yoa have all read about it. Not that you are given to the Ihaudlin fol- lowing of gruesome murder stories; there is more than that in this grim deed that has turnl what should be the bright lexicon of youth into q yeFi- table shambles of blood and death.
 And remember. through all it's grue- some, sickening details, it is a children's s story--a story of yous even though 1t De the story of Chicaeo's direst crime.