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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-03-17
.SNIDDY GIVES
IRISH PRAISE
By TIMOTHY A. SMIDDY
Minister PlsnipOtentiaRy Of the Irinh
Free State to the United States
0f AmNPloA

dLNl8HDoEE OVERWHELMINGLY NEM.H
Free State to the United States
Of America
NWritaSA Expressly for International
News Gervice)
I gladly avail myself Of the oppor.
tunity OF the invitation rendered to
ma by the international News Serv-
Ice to extend my greetings and those
Of my government TO the citizens Of
the United States on the occasion Of
the national festival OF Ireland-St.
Patrick's Day.
those of the Irish race throughout
the world join together in expressing
Their attachment to their mother
shrined in their hearts, and for the
welfare Of Ireland.
1t Is to this devotion on the part
OF Americans of the Irish race and
American citizens who have always
sympathiZed with Ireland's struggle
for freedom that is largely due the
newly found freedom that the Irish
Free State has achieved.
This freedom she hopes to de-
velop 80 as to further her civiliza-
ton along lines of ancient culture
and ideals. and by grating thereon
all that IL best in other civl Stations
70 make a substantial contribution
to literature, art and drama.
See Bright Future
1t is with qualification that 1 an
nounce the satisfactory results that
have accrued to the efforts of the
government of the Irish Free State
during the last five years by which
political stability is assured and life
and property are as secure as in any
country in Europe.
In spite OF the aftermath Of the
great war and the recent Irish revo-
luton and civil war, Ireland has
laid foundation for q healthy ag-
ricultural, economic and financial de-
velopment.
It has introduced no panaceas or
shortcut methods to prosperity.
Already there are signs that the
seed of economic development which
the government has sown is begin
ming to bear fruit, and l am assured
that American citizens who will ia
vor the Irish Free State by a visit
will see therein the notification of
hopes for a prosperous and happy
Ireland in the near future.
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international Newsreel Photo
WALTER SCHMITH
HAROLD j. CROARKIN,
son of wealthy parents in
Chicago, was found guilty
and sentenced to life i'm
prisonment yesterday for
the murder of Walter
Schmith, 6, lured by Croar-
kin to a barn. Croarlin
has offered an insanity de-
tense.
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Watch for "The Hollywood
Girl starting Monday, March 81.
Beatrice Burton, who wrote
"Gilded Kisses" Il the author.
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NANKIN'S + ALL
REPORTED

LONDON, March General
ri has seized control Of the Kiang-
nan docks in the native city Of
Shanghai, where 3 number Of
American vessels are under re-
construction. according to d Shang.
hal dispatch to the Daily Express.
General ri has declared the SELF
uro OF the docks necessary be.
cause OF urgently needed repairs
to northern WafshfDs g ! Ut ss
Admiral Williams, Of tlae United
States Naval forces. has dispatched
. warship TO protect American
interests.
SHANGHAI, March 17.-Hsa.vy
lighting is in progress about Nanking
and there are unconfirmed reports
that it has already fallen to the Can.
tonese.
Pi shou Chen, Shanghai defense
commissioner, stated today that
heavy fighting is proceeding in the
vicinity of Marking and predicted a
sweeping victory. He declared start
ling developments are imminent, but
refused to disclose details.
The general labor union has &C.
cepted the report of the fall of Nan.
king and in celebration has ordered
a general strike. There are Is 900
already idle and it is expected that
250.O00 will eventually be involved.
There are five American firms do
ing business in Marking, and the
last census showed over 400 Ameri
cans resident there, but it is believed
that many of these have already left
the city for Shanghai.
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Pleasures untold are realized through
an Investment In home ownership. See
I9days Best Home Buys" In Times
efsrin0
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FETED BY
H0NDURANS
--In.srnatlonal Nswr.sI phsts.

BELIZE, BRITISH HON.
DURAS, Dec. S1.All the skin.
Of Col. Charles "A. Lindbergh,
the worlds foremost aviator,
will be needed when he hops
off here on the third leg Of his
Latin American goodwill tour.
Field Small and Rough
The smalIness and roughness Of
the combination polo and flying
field, part Of which is a swamp,
and overhanging telephone wires,
will make a getaway hazardous
even for Lindbergh. But the fly
ing colonel has no qualms. He
is confident the Spirit Of st. Louis
win rise as safely and q grace
fully as though from one Of the
great airdromes Of Europe and
America.
Goes Over Plane Today
Colonel Lindbergh thoroughly ex-
amined his plane and superintended
some slight repair work that il un-
der way. During the 242-mile
flight from Guatemala City the ex-
haust pipe Of his Wright Whirlwind
motor broke, but the damage was
not serious and did not interfere
with flying.
Colonel I4indbergh hopes to hop
off on the 262-mile leg to San Saliva
dor at dawn tomorrow, but IL me-
chanical or weather conditions pre-
vent he will leave on Monday.
Tonight Colonel I1indbergh viii be
honor guest at = banquet and ball.
Mother StiII Delayed
ST. LOUIS, Dec. s1.--Mrs. Evan
geline Lindbergh, after arriving In
st. Louis Thursday afternoon on the
return trip, was forced to spend yes
terday here because of fog.
Today a snowstorm threatens to
delay the Detoit hop again. William
B. Stout, designer of the plane. hopes
the party can leave here this after.
noon. stopping perhaps at Indian
apolis, but the wind, snOWstorm and
visibility win decide the starting
time. he said.
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'aThat Guys Trying to
Butt In," Says Hickman
OF Detroit Confession


Los ANGELES. Calf. Dec. al.
s'That guys trying to butt in. He
never worked with us. We never
heard Of him."
In these words, William Edward
Hickman, confessed kidnaper and
killer of little Marian Parker, to-
day branded as a "hoax" the pur-
ported confession OF James Ellis
worth, held in Detroit, Mich, that
he was bandit accomplice Of
Hickman and Welby Hunt.
Hicknaan's statement came while
he was being questioned on the
Detroit confession by Frank Dewar,
county jailer.
At the same time, Dewar disclosed
the contents Of an anonymous let.
ter which he said had Just been
received from Detroit, addressed to
Hickman. This letter read as fol-
lows:
william Edward Hickman-If
you would have met me when I
told you, you wouldn't have got
into this mess. Some day I may
see you, IL they don't catch me,
and I'm not going to let them do
that"
There are discrepancies in the
youths story. He says he was also
known as Jack Forest and Jerry
Hammond. Hickman. he says, knew
him only as Jack.
Under grilling by police Ellsworth
admitted the murder of an aged
man near Cottonwood Falls, Kan,
which has been laid to William Ed.
ward Hickman, confessed slayer Of
Marian Parker and Cy Ivy Thoms,
druggist in Los Angeles.
Ellsworth described an association
with Hickman and Weiby Hunt,
who q held In California as crime
partner Of Hickman's. Hunt, ac-
cordtng to Ellsworth, was the do1ni-
nant figure in the trio.
Ellsworth denied completely in the
murder Of the Parker girl and in
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Motorist Is Stunned
When Meteor
Hits Car

LEXINGTON. KY, Dec. b.
Reese Worick. Of the firm Of
WorIck Brothers. garagemen. il
recovering from shock suffered
when he was target OF q meteor.
A telephone message said a
car had been damaged on the
Brentsville road, and asked that
it be towed in. worick drove
the wrecker to the scene.
While attaching the damaged
car to the wrecker. Worick was
stunned by 4 loud report which
he at first thought was lightning.
Investigation showed that the
derrick Of the wrecker had been
broken and there was smoking,
hot ball Of metallic substance ON
the floor Of the car about the size
Of an orange, which evidently had
been detached from a meteor.
The missile IL on display here.
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4 T0RNEY
FOR HUNT
COMING
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wealed nothing in these stories. The
atathcritiea, however, are running
down other reports Of similar
nature.
Meanwhile, plans for the young
Blayer's defense when he IL ar
raigned Tuesday. were going for
ward rapidly. Attorney Jerome K.
walsh, oR Kansas City, engaged by
Hicknian,g mother to lead the fight
for her sons life, has announced
that the plea win be INSANITY"
Mr.. Walsh reached his decision
and announced the defense strategy
late last night after an aIl-day
session divided between consultation
with his client and study Of the
criminal code Of California.
Officials report that Hickman is
definitely attempting to throw the
direct blame for the killing Of
Thon1s, Los Angeles druggist. upon
Hunt. He said that Hunt had
carried q .SS revolver. q bullet Of
which caliber had killed the drug.
gist, in the ho1dup Of Christmas
Eve, 1895. He himself had carried
q weapon Of a different caliber. he
declared.
Hickman has declared that Hunt
had no part in the Parker crime.
District Attorney Keyes was in.
formed today that A. Gray Gilmore.
Oklahoma City attorney, viii arrive
here Sunday to represent Hunt In
the matter Of the Thoms holdup
ana murder. Hunt is in no danger
OF the death penalty. being only
is years Of age.
Identifies Bandits
Police reported that B. L. Casteel,
owner Of a fruit stand, today
identified Hickman and Hunt as
the youths who held him up on the
night Of the Thoms killing. One of
the robbers stabbed Casteel in the
side, sending him TO the hospital
for three months.
Investigation has revealed, police
reported, that Hickman had no part
in the murder OF Policeman p. L.
Bennett in holdup last January.
Fingerprints taken at the time did
not check with those Of Hickman,
It was stated.
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Maria Jeritza Gets
Wrist Snrain in .sT0sca,, ],

NEW YORK, Dec. S1.-Maria
Jeritza IL apparently recovering to.
day from wrist injury sustained
while playing the title role Of
"Tosca" in a benefit performance
at the Metropolitan Opera House.
She emerged from the dramatic
tussle with the Scarpia Of Antonio
Scottf. which results in the latter's
stage death. with an injured wrist
not prescribed by the libretto. De-
spite the pain she finished the act.
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the killing ana mutilation Of q
young woman In Madison. Wis.
Discrepancies In Story
One OF the discrepancies ia Ellis.
worth,s story placed Welby Hunt,
Hickman and himself IN Cottonwood
Falls, Kan. and incriminated all
three In the staying Of the farmer.
Los Angeles authorities say that
at the time the Cottonwood Falls
man was killed, Welby Hunt was
employed In Los Angeles.
A second discrepancy was spuri.
Gus address. Ellsworth told Detroit
duestioners that his parents, Ralph
and Mary Ellsworth, lived at 1889
East Forty.fifth St., New York. The
uumbers Of this New York street
do not run into four digits.
Another unlikely point In the
young mans story was the coinci.
dence OF meeting Hickman and
Hunt and rejoining them in a New
Mexico town after they had robbed
him and deserted kim III Kansas.
No Police Record
Ellsworth has no police record
here.
Ellsworth said he first met Hick.
man and Welby Hunt while hiking
his way to California.
II was walking along the road
between Kansas City and Cotton
wood Falls" Ellsworth said. "A car
came along with two men in It.
They told me to hop in.
We rode about three miles when
the machine broke down. While
we were standing there an old man
about 20 years old came riding
along driving q big machine. He
asked us what was the matter. He
said he would give as q ride as far
as Cottonwood Falls.
Hickman got in the front seat
and Welby Hunt and I got In the
back. Hickman said he wished he
could drive q car like that and the
old man said he was tired Of driv.
ing and would be willing to let
Hickman take the wheel awhile.
$50 they changed seats. After
Hickman drove q short distance he
looked back and smiled and nodded
at Hunt Tive next thing / knew
Hunt had pulled two guns out of
his pocket. He put one in my hand
and covered me with the other.
We, are going to bump the old
man off and you are going TO do
the shooting, he snarled.
Kicked Him Out. Too
"Just then the old man turned his
head and I shot,
Further down the road Hickman
stopped the car and he. and Hunt
dumped the body out. Then they
took the gun away from me and
robbed me Of $40 and kicked me
out, too.
4 did not see them again until
several weeks later when I was in
Ration, N. M. Al car drove up and
In it was Hickman and Hunt. Hick-
man stopped and told me that see
ing hadn't squeaIed, / better come
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MAY GET.
FREEDOM SOON

NJ AAteknauonAl News Service
LIMA, Ohio, Dec. 31.Possi-
bility that George Remus win
be released from the Stats
asylum here after few months
was voiced today by Dr.. W.
81. Vorbau, superintendent Of
the institution.
DR.. Vorbau said that from three
months to . year would Be r.
quired for observation Of Remua
before he could possibly Be dis
missed as sane.
kenus' attorney has appealed the
probate court decision and IA also
attempting to obtain his clients
release on writ of habeas corpus.
and Il II not likely that Renus viii
be brought here for several. daye
even II these efforts are unsuccess.
Remug win Be treated no differ.
emily from other inmates within the
s0nbre walls Of the City of n.
sane" DR.. Vorbau said. HA win
not be kept in q cell unless he Be.
comes uncomfortable, but win Sc
placed in the nonsyiolent division.
which entities him to space in 4
corridor with others Of the same
classification.
Six Of the most prominent alien.
lists in the State have already de.
clared that ReEnus IL sane. Three
Of these were introduced BY the
State during the murder trial. The
other three who, with Judge Lued.
ers. presided over the sanity hear.
Ing. reported that Renlus was sane.
but n dangerous psychopath, !" who
should not be permitted liberty,
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cisco with Hickman but left him
there and went to Butte. Mont. I
pulled several jobs. in Butte.
The girls ! was going with In
Butte had some trouble and we
went to Madison, Wis. pulled
three jobs in Madison. After the
girls trouble IN Butte blew over she
went back there. / went to Kansas
City and then came to Detroit, land.
ing here the twenty-seventh OF this
month";"
Ellsworth refused to reveal the
The Washington times., 1927-12-31
ERROR MADE IN
CRIME STORY

Continued from First Page.)
and Samuel Kushner were indicted
yesterday by the Grand Jury,
charged separately and pointly with
q statutory offense against the
kiser girl, whose home is at 44O
Tenth st. s. w.
She alleges that on December is
she was taken for q ride by the men,
forced to drink whiskey until she
became groggy and was then as
saulted.
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along with them and make some
easy money. went.
I'VE pulled four holdups in Eaton
Pass and then went to Albuquerque
and did four jobs. From there we
went to Phoenix, but did nothing
there except steal another car.
Left Hickman
I'VE drove tn Los Angeles, and +
stayed at the Bellevue Arms Apart
ment with Hickman while Hunt
roomed In another part iof the city.
In November went to san Fran
The Washington times., 1927-12-31
TITLE VICE IS
FOUND IN \. !.
CONTINUED from First Pagel

Continued from First Page.)
have to hunt. There IL no segre-
gated district.
Greenwich Village II only a
ballyhoo- nothing like the village
Of the days before the war. Hotels
have developed q technique to
check immortality by means Of
private detectives. floor clerks and
strict supervision Of bell boys.
Politicians have come to the con-
a political standpoint and 1t has al
most disappeared in Americas big
gest city.
Open IN Reno
"Reno, New. is something else
again. Reno. . city Of 1900. has
legalized system Of tolerated
prostitution. Relatively speaking.
it's the worst town In this respect
in the country. Politicians have
the upper hand. but there are evi-
dences Of an awakening public
sentiment led by professors who
are fighting the situation.
'"The situation throughout the
United States az regards CONNER
cialized vice Is showing marked Inn
provement-and has improved al
most steadily since 1910. when the
Mann act was passed. This law
strengthened our immigration law
so that undesirabIes could be
barred and today the traffic of
women and girls into this country
il surprisingly small.
my investigators report that
Chicago is slipping back somewhat
THAT the lid Is partly off, A
year or two ago Chicago was pretty
clean. New Orleans has drifted
back since the war but public senti-
ment Is springing up and demand
ing an improvement. Detroit has
improved rs per cent.
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address OF the place at which he
stayed in Madison.
''No," he said, "you want to hang
the murder Of that Wisconsin girl
on me-
In Chicago 9 Years AGO
Ellsworth said he went to Chicago
about six years ago and four years
later moved to Cleveland.
Ellsworth said he and Hickman
pulled off about rs holdups in Los
Angeles and several in San Fran
CISCO.
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Mother stiII Delayed

Who has all the gold IN the
world? Where IS itf What il
being done with It? Read Judson
G. WeIliver's article in Sundays
Herald. Order your copy now.
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the other end of the wire replies in
courteous and reassuring tone. To
this unseen official Mrs. X explains
Indignantly that she wants a detec-
tive from the lost and found bureau
assigned TO watch her husband. whom
she suspects of infidelity. Could the
detective trail him at noon, and dis
cover what woman. If any, Mr.. X is
entertaining at lunch? And then,
of course, no one would believe the
fabulous tale that Mr. X is working
until midnight at his office. Would
the detective please shadow him at
night and let her know where the
wretch spends his time?
Smiling inwardly at the humor Of
the situation, the police executive eX-
plains that this does not come within
the Jurisdiction of the Lost and Found
Bureau, and, for that matter, it is not
a function of the Police Department.
Stung by this information, Mrs. \
blandly inquiries what the Police De-
partment is for, If not to aid the pub
lie. Not only that, but she is sure the
department is in cahoots with her hus'
band, because she knows he has po-
Iiceman friend in one of the precincts.
Finally, after considerable time. she
is persuaded to take other measures,
if necessary. Let it be set down that
Mr.. X is eventually found to be hard
at work on those nights when he re-
turns home late, and Mrs. X once
more sings over the supper dishes
steaming in the sink.
Mr.. and Mrs. u live in an imposing
apartment house. They have no chill
dren and usually retire at 10 o'clock.
Until recently they have enjoyed the
privilege of quiet and orderly neigh
bors.. A few weeks ago a family of
new tenants moved into the apart.
ment above II is musical family,
and along with other bric-a- brac Mrs.
T. saw carried in from the van were
one talking machine. a radio set,
piano. one ukulele and banjo.
One of the units of the newly arrived
family was a daughter who. in her
opinion, IL not in the opinion of others,
sang.
Unfortunately for Mr.. and Mrs. u,
the young lady upstairs saved her
songs for the mystic hours of near
midnight, when the neighbors received
them with interest--not for them. how
ever.
It is matter of record that Mrs. Y
met the girls mother in the elevator
one day. The proud mother said.
"Gloria's voice has a wonderful range.
She is going to Europe to sing" To
which Mrs. Z cattishly replied. "She
ought to-"
1t was a matter Of but two weeks
when cir. and Mrs. y and the family
upstairs were no longer on speaking
terms.
One night Mr.. u retired rather
early, having TO take a morning train
for Chicago next day, lie had scarce
~ fallen into a sound sleep when the
young woman above began to enter
tain herself. Annoyed beyond his
usual sense of propriety, Mr.. u sprang
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that he is appointed by decent society,
Of which each citizen is a part, to pro
tect the rights Of every man or wom-
an who desires safety and security
of property. In this respect the or
ganized police are not unlike our
Army Both are maintained for the
peace and perpetuity Of American in
stitutions
In many respects, the Metropolitan
Police Department of Washington is
distinctive in its personnel and unique
in its functions. What these duties,
in the opinion Of some folks, consist
of is amusing. Take. for example,
the 'lost and found" division. To this
might be added a lost husbands"
section. Mrs. KS husband is man
of exemplary habits. He leaves home
at o'clock every morning and re-
turns at 6 in the evenings-some-
times Occasionally, he does not in
sert his key in the front door until
midnight.
It must be understood that Mr.. Y
is struggling to make ends meet, and
he must, at times, do considerable
stretching in the process. Saturday
afternoon he f1ddles about his gar
den. and on Sunday, after faithful
church attendance, goes to the club
for a round of golf. Usually he is so
tired in the evening after business,
when he returns home, that he for
his radio for an hour or two, play
with little Roscoe, fix the furnace and
then retire.
He is what is known as q safe"
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How Rain BoreS Holes.

WHEN rain falls it does not actu-
ally soak into the earth. but
bores its way in. forming tiny tubes.
These tubes are so small that 1t would
be impossible TO insert a hair in ore
of them without bursting it's walls.
Sometimes the tubes are bored dow II
to a depth OF 4 or feet. When the
surface dries, the water evaporates
from the tubes, Just as it would from
a pipe. If the tube is twisted. it takes
longer for the water to evaporate. II
one takes a. rake and stirs the ground
after each rain. he breaks the tops of
the tubes. and the water will stand In
them for months. In this way the
farmers Of the West, on the semi-arid
lands, store the rainfall one year and
raise crop of wheat every other
year, there being sufficient water in
two years, but not enough in one to
raise a crop.
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from the bed and hammered on the
ceiling with his cane. His effort was
rewarded by a renewed outburst from
Carmen" There was only one thing
left for Mr.. u TO do--call a cop.
Attired in an overcoat over his pa
jamas. Mr.. Il sped to the corner,
where he found an officer. To him he
poured the bitter truth.
Now it so CHANGED that the officer
was extraordinarily proficient in his
knowledge of police regulations and his
own legal limitations as they per
tanned to police power. Kindly, but
firmly, he was compelled to explain to
Mr.. u that so far as the police were
concerned, the young lady might con-
tinue her singing, annoying though it
might be.
OF course, if all the neighbors sign
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He is what is know

husband, one who stands without ty-
ing. He is not a. member Of the Ro.
tarians, Kiwanis or any other organi-
cation. No Saturday night game"
intrigues him, and the only woman
aside from his wife with whom he has
more than passing acquaintance is
his stenographer.
Mrs. X, however, has her suspicious.
Lately. she has noticed a strange
light lurking in her spouse's eyes.
For the past year he has been work
ing until midr light two or three times
a week. She begins to see in this
male whose name she bears a phi
laundering Don Juan. a gay Lothario.
There is not Il scintilla OF doubt that
after he has finished his three minute
eggs and closed the door after him.
there is d Lucretia Borgia waiting
around the corner to snare him.
Mrs. X. being a woman capable of
suppressing her words if not her
fears, determines to have her better
half Swallowed. OF course. there is
the Police Department. What are the
police for. anyway?
n II r
nNE morning. when assured that
her husband is safely out OF
sight. Mrs. X goes to the phone and
calls Main 1000. When Main 1000 re-
spends. she asks for the lost and
found" department. A police voice at