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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04
DEFENDS
COLLATERAL PLAN
Bureau Head Answers OBJ
jeCtions to Changes in
Police Court Methods.

Certain objections of Corporation
Counsel William W. Bride to a plan
advanced last Summer by the Federal
Bureau Of Efficiency for cNpediting
Police Court business by making the
colateral-forfeiture system more eff
tective We're answered today in re
port received by the District Commits
slouers frcm Herbert ID. Brown, chief
of the bureau. The report was writ
ten by I. + Murphy. one of the hu'
reaus investigators.
One of the bureaus proposals was
that each police precinct he furnished
with . schedule of minor traffic Of.
lenses. showing the fines usually i'm
posed by Police Court Judges in such
cases. when no unusual circumstances
are present. and that these schedules
he followed by the police in requiring
collateral in similar eases. thus max
ing il unnecessary for such offenders
or the complaining officers to appear
in court unless they desired to con
test the charges.
Sworn Statement Proposed.
The plan also proposed that the
compla lining officer make oath to anu
file sworn complaint in such cases
at the precinct station. thereby max
ing 1t unnecessary for them to appear
in court except in contested cases.
Mr.. Bride had said that the scheme
might work we'll i'm expediting the
business of the Police Court. but that
ii would not he conducive to effective
traffic enforcement To let a motnrist
know in advance the exact amount he
would be fined or permitted to forfeit
for a particular violation. In answer
TO this the Efficiency Bureaus report
said:
The foundation of the bureaus sug-
Sestion rests on fact. not theory. In
no part of the report is the adequacy
or inadequaCy of penalties fixed by the
Police Court judges for these ordinary
minor violations discussed. The re-
port merely states the amounts as
seSsed as fines by the judges in such
cases in proposing that the amount of
collateral deposit in similar cases be
determined in conformity Herewith.
Why assume that the citizens of Wash
ington are now ignorant of the fact
that the Police Court judges assess a
fine of s. in the ordinary case of con-
yiction for parking overtime?
Matter of Public Record.
1.-THE action of the Police Court in
these cases is matter Of public rec
ord and ia known to the public. In
the face Of this. would any person of
ordinary intelligence hesitate to park
overtime in the belief that. il detected.
he would he fined $500 or be impris
onod for 10 days.
Another objection OF Mr.. Bride re.
lated 10 the suggested affidavit which
he said would not constitute swear
ing to the information and would
cause confusion and unnecessary liti-
cation requiring final decision by the
Court of Appeals. To this Mr..
Murphy replied;
II believe that the corporation
counsel Is correct in his conclusion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04

About II 900 Indians fought with
the American forces n the recent war
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14

two hours before the girls body was dropped almost at Parker's feet. They were carrying news paper-wrapped bundles A third man waited in an automobile outside
 Word came from Seattle that a man identified as Hickman had passed one of the marked s20 bills in q haherdashery there.
 December 22 = Hickman was captured by police after chase near Echo. Ore. and taken to jail. at Pendleton Officers arriv- ed two days la.er and took him to Los Angeles. Enroute he con- fessed the horrible details of the crime
 January 4 - Hickman entered a plea of not guilty.
 He was later placed on trial, under a new law of the State of California, on sanity charge The jury found him sane when he kidnapped the girl and sane when he murdered her.
 Perhaps nexi to the last chap ter was written today when he was sentenced to hang.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14
CLASSES IN
 FIRST AID BE
 HELD JUNEAU
George Miller, Foreman Miner, Return In March
 Now Going to West

Classes in first aid and mine rescue will be held in Juneau ill March, it was announced todas by George Miller. foreman miner with the U. S. Bureau of Mines. who arrived here on the steamer Admiral Rogers to assume the work of his office in Alaska. Def mite arrangements for the classes to be held will be completed after the return of B. D. Stewart, Fel- eral Mine Inspector. who is now in Washington, D. G.. to Juneau
 MT. Miller is leaving tonight on the steamer Yukon for Seward enroute to his headquarters in Anchorage. He expects to spend two weeks in Anchorage and VII then go to Fairbanks where he will hold classes in first aid and mine rescue for the mining men and prospectOrs, who are taking the short course in mining at lhe Alaska Agricultural College 1ni School of Mines, and others inter ested.
 MT. Miller will also visit the mines in The Alaska Railroad bcls before returning to Juneau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14

Capt George II. Wilkins, Aus tralian ayiator-meteorologist, plans to fly wooden plane over the north pole this summer while he searches for sites for meteorologi- cal stations.
 The plane and other equipment for this, his third Arctic exploring expedition, are aboard the steamer Yukon, in port this afternoon. Ben Eielson. army airman, will accom- pany Wilkins on his flights which are expected to carry the men from Alaska to Spitzbergen. Cant. Wilkins and Eielson are on the Yukon bound for Seward.
 Captain Wilkins expedition is sponsored scientifically by the National Geographic society and financially by The Detroit News and by fund raised in Detroit
 A wooden plane was chosen by
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14
1927 WAS A FAIR
 YEAR FOR THIEVES
 IN NEW YORK CITY

NEW YORK, Feb. H. Police Commissioner Warren has made public statistics of the aggregate losses suffer- ed in New York City in 1927 by victims of assault and robbery, grand larceny and burglary. and of auto mobile thefts when the in- dividual loss was $1,000 or more.
 There were thirty-six cases of assault and robbery where $100 or more was stolen. Total loss, $313,673.50.
 There were sos losses of $100 or more for burglary, totaling 955,151.44.
 There were 2S5 grand lar ceny cases at S1,000 or more. Total loss, S761,S67.
 There were 4.444 automo- piles valued at $1,000 or more stolen. Total loss, $6,- S64. 443.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14
GOOD TOURIST
 YEAR IS SEEN
Ala s k a Steamship Com pany Anticipates Record
 Season, Says Novel;

With three steamer sailingF completely filled up. and reseryd- tions coming in rapidly. the Alas
 "a Steamship Company officials anticipate the largest tourist sea- son in years, Willis F. Nowell ocal agent. who recently returned rom Seattle. said today
 All indications are that the 1a2S tourist season will be record breaker Not only have numerous tours signed mp to visit the Terri lory. MT. Nowell said, but several national conventions are to De leld in Seattle this summer am some of these inclade in the'r itinerary, a trip to Alaska.
 On one July sailing of the Ala meda, which is sold out, there Wall be one hundred or more newsbays of Spokane making a special tr;p to Southeastern Alaska
 Sailings for the tourist season on the Southwestern Alaska run will begin May 26 with the sail ing of the steamer Yukon and that steamer, with the Alaska an i the Aleutian will continue on tha. run until the western season enlls with a sailing on August 25.
 Tourist sailings on the South eastern Alaska route will begin on June 5, with the Alameda and the Northwestern doing duty. The final sailing from Seattle on this run will be on September 1.
 Few cannery crews have signed up as yet, MT. Nowell said, be. cause of the proposed great mera- CT of Alaska canneries. Although it is generally thought in the States that the combination will not go through, he asserted, there is a possibility that it will. If such merger were made, the canneries would expect special rates from the steamship com panies in the event they did not run their own special boats for bringing cannery crews up.
 The steamer Northwestern, which ran on the rocks December II, is now in the Todd Dry Dock in Seattle, undergoing repairs and renovation, and will be ready to be turned over to the Alaska Steamship Company in the early part of April, MT. Howell said.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14

Captain Wilkins for his latest quest because he believes 1t will be less affected by ice, and hence more manageable than the ail- metal ship he has used in the past.
 The pane is a trim. fast craft with bullet shaped fuselage lis cruising speed is about 115 miles an hour and it's cruising rangs 3,300 miles. It was built by the Lockheed Aircraft corporation Travelling by steamer from San Pedro to Seward, Alaska, the plane and equipment will be taken thence by train to Fairbanks.
 At Fairbanks the explorers viii take to the air to fly to Point Barrow, where they plan to estab- fish a base.
 From this point Captain Will. kins and Lieutenant Eielson win begin their search for suitabis places in the polar wastes to es- tablish stations for the study of atmospheric phenomena. Three such sites already have been found by Captain Wilkins in pre- vious flights. All were approxi- mately in the same latitude.
 The plane will carry short wave radio set and 100 pounds of | the explorers end their flights cn the other side of the north pole in Spitzbergen, they will return through Europe by more conven- tional modes of travel to New York.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14

December 17-A third ransom letter was received by Parker. Ii contained another appeal from Marian. The kidnapper again threatened death to the girl. On the fathers insistenee the police halted their attempt to catch the abductor. At 7:15 o'clock thai night the kidnapper telephoned Parker to meet him not far from the Parker home, with $1,500 in $20 bills. Parker took the money and drove to the designated place. With the lower part of his face masked the kidnapper drove alongside Parker's parked motor car. He saw his daughter in the abductor's motor car and was told the girl was asleep. . Parker handed over the $1,500. The abductor then drove a block and put the bundled girl at the curbing. Parker rushed to the spot and found the dismembered body.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14

December 16-Ransom was de- manded in the first letter receiy- cd by the. father It was signed "The Fox contained threats of death to Marian and ordered Par ker to obtain $1,5o0 in gold Treasury notes A second letter contained pitiful appeal, api parently written by Marian. At night the kidnapper telephoned the father. instructing him to proceed to q repdezvous with the ransom. Parker complied, but police were spread out in the vicinity and the kidnapper failed to appear.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14
ATTENTION EASTERN STARS

Regular business meeting Ju- neau Chapter No. ', O.. E. S. at s o'clock Tuesday evening, Feb ruary IA. Visiting members wei come. E
 MILDRED MARTIN, w. M, adv. ALICE BROWN, sec'y.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14

hour, telling Mrs. Mary Holt, teacher. that he had come for the Parker girl He declared the girls father. Perry Parker. as sistant bank cashier, had met with serious accident. Marian was permitted to accompany the man. Two telegrams, one from Pasadena, the other from Alham- bra. suburbs. were received by Parker. They were signed George Fox" and instructed Parker to do nothing until further orders.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14
ELECTS DIRECTORS

The N-range.I Commercial Club recently elected the following as members of it's Board of Direc- tors for the current year: Harry Coulter. l.. A Olson. Charles Oar well, N. Nnssbaumer, Dr. o. H.. Whaley, Rev. k. J. Diyen.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14

December 21 = Two persons were found who had seen Hick- man and another man leaving the Los Angeles apartment about
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14
KIDN HAPPIER AND MURDERER MUST DIE FOR CRIME E
Is Sentenced to Hang for Staying of Little
 Marian Parker

fContlnuen from Page one.D
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DAYS OF '98 WILL
 BE REVIVED HERE
 BY PIONEER IGLOO

Bringing back the days of '9S
 when gambling halls were running wide open, with the roofs off, the Pioneers of Alaska will give on Friday and Saturday, March 9 and To- a big entertainment including dancing. gambling and other forms
 of entertainment to provide thrills. Everything will be high and loose. with shell game. three cara monte. poker. pan, blackjack. low ball. chuck-luk. faro. roulette ' gambling of all kinds, the commit tee in charge promises.
 On both evenings there will De dancing. Those who are handling
 arrangements are James Morgan. II. k. Shepard and l.. Van Lehn.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14

December 18 = Newspaper wrapped packages containing the missing parts of the body were found in Elysian Park by a Stroller.
 A mark on a towel found with the body led police to raid an apartment house. They found a young man known as Donald Evans, but later identified as Hickman, in bed He made no resistance when four of the off cers searched his room, and sBlandly declared he hoped they would catch the kidnapper. After the raid Hickman vanished. M December 19-Rewards for the scapture of the slayer. dead or alive. reached the $l00,00 mark.
 December 20-Poliee announc- ed they had identified definitely the ffend by finger prints as Will liam Edward Hickman, former messenger at the bank of which Parker is an officer. The officers revisited the apartment house and found blood stains and torn newspapers which previously had been overlooked It was devel- soped that Hickman had been ar rested for forgery of checks; that his petition for probation had been opposed by Parker, and that the banker had refused to take him back on the job.
 Hickman was found to have been brilliant student in high school, a former Sunday School student at Kansas City, Mo. The automobile which the abductof used had been stolen from Dr Herbert l.. Mant2 in Kansas City.
 December q - Two persons were found who had seen Hick. man and another man leaving hpnalor pappt n han1
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14
ATTENTION EAGLES

Regular meeting Wednesday night, Feb. 15, Odd Fellows Hall. at 7.30 o'clock. Import ant business. All members urged to be present
 GUY SMITH, adv. Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14

Ler us take care of your ban quet or cake baking Mrs. Sully
 -adv
The Daily Alaska empire., 1928-02-14

In monoplane made entirely of wood above) Capt George H. Wilkins eIt) will his aerial exploration of the Arctic seeking sites fer meorolo sea stations The map shows Fairbanks and Pt Barrow which will be his bases and Spz whthr he will fly his exploration ended On it traced previous aerial voyages of polar exploration by Byrd and Amundsen
Evening star., 1928-12-16
BARBUTI AND BALL
ARE ASKED TO RACE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, December 15.-Ray
Barbuti, Olympic 40a-meter champion,
and James Ball of Canada. who finished
only six inches behind him in second
place. have been invited to race IN the
columbus 500," feature event OF the
K. of C. games which open the indoor
track season January S at the 1O6tn
Infantry Arnnory in Brooklyn.
If the invitations are accepted, tne
crack field of quarter-miler in the
5O0-yard chase for the Gov: Alfred
e, Smith Trophy also will include Frank
Cuhel. former University OF Iowa track
captain, who was runner-up to Lord
Davis Burghley of England In the
Olympic 400-meter hurdle champion
ship.
With Barbuti and Ball heading the
field the race should prove natural, +"
as their only previous meeting produced
one of the most hair raising finishes
in history. Barbuti has been training
steadily since the Olympics. Graduated
from Syracuse University in June, he
is now an insurance salesman here.
LLOYD Hahn, whose retirement was
reported on his return from the Olym-
pics. has been invited to run in the
special half-mile event, which he won
last year, and sponsors of the meet hold
some hope that he may return for
another indoor whirl Other half-mile
stars invited are Phil Edwards, Ray
Conger and Bernard McCafferty.
For a special sprint series the COM
mittee has hidden Karl Wildermuth,
winner last year, and a flock OF other
stars, including Jimmy Quinn, Bob Nc
Allister, Frank Hussey, Hank Russell
and Chet Bowman, while Leo Lermond:
Willie Ritola, Gus Moore, Bill Cox and
Verne Booth are counted upon to pro-
vide the class of the special 2-mile field.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
L GAMES LISTED,
MORE ARE LIKELY
Two Contests Are Carded
TomorroW-CentraI viii
Take a Jaunt.

w YITH eleven matches already
Y n carded and more likely to be
" " added schoolboy basket ball
teams of the District group
face a busy time this week,
the last before the Christmas holidays.
Action is scheduled every day except
Thu-2;. Tuesday and Wednesday
will be The big days of the week with
three games listed for decision each
day.
Central which will take a week end
trip and Eastern. Business and Emer-
son, each of whom are to play two
contests. will be the busiest. Business,
Tech, Emerson and Georgetown Prep
will open their schedules.
Two games are carded tomorrow.
Eastern is to entertain Alexandria high
in the Eastern gym and Business is TO
open it's session against Catholic Uni
versity Freshmen at Brookland.
Central, which has lost only to
Georgetown University Freshmen, will
entertain Georgetown Prep in the lat
ters opening match in the Central gym
Tuesday afternoon. Tech will make its
debut against Woodward School on the
Y. NJ. C. A. floor in another afternoon
tilt and Eastern will engage Catholic
University Freshmen in the Brookland
gym in the preliminary to the G. u
William and Mary varsity match at
night.
Business will entertain Emerson on
the Stenogs' floor in the latter's first
clash and the only home game We'd
nesday. Western is to appear against
Swavely at Manassas, Va, and Hyatts-
vile High and Oakton, Virginia, High
are to meet at the latter place in other
encounters Wednesday.
Two matches are listed Friday, after
Thursdays idleness, both on alien
courts. Central will open week end
trip against Hagerstown High in the
Maryland city and Emerson will meet
Old Dominion Boat Club at Alexandria.
In the lone game booked Saturday
Central will come to grips with York
High basketers at York, Pa.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
TWO GRID GAMES
ON TODAYS CARD
Hawks Play Irvingtons and
Northerns Oppose Team
of Picked Men.

Mohawks, champion unlimited grid
men of the District, face their final test
of the fast-ebbing campaign today ct
Griffith Stadium when they meet Irv-
ingtons, champions of Maryland and
conquerors of Homestead A. c., formtr
champions of that State.
Hawks have fully recovered from theri
battle of last Sunday when they re-
gained the title by overwhelming
Apaches. Coach Craig Wilton has all OF
his regulars ready for action today
against the Marylanders who boast
string of former college stars who have
demonstrated that they are still capable
of handling themselves on gridiron.
Northerns, after several weeks of
idleness, will face a well coached eleven
composed of former high school and
college players under the direction OF
Dinty Hughes at Union League Park at
2:3O o'clock. Many former schoolboy
teammates will be opposing each other In
todays contest. Matt Heard has brought
his Red Bird warriors out of retire
ment to meet the picked eleven, but
has been busy the past week getting his
machine in working order.
st. Mary's CeItics and Virginia A. G..
are scheduled to stage their annual game
for the Northern Virginia championship
on Baggetts Field at Alexandria at 2:30
O'Clock. These teams are as well
matched as they have been at any time
Three Washington boys will figure
prominently in this contest. They are
Boots Eggleston, Mouton, former Wa
verify A.. 6. captain, and Eddie Darby,
Celtic fullback.
Clarendon Lyons will visit Seat Pleas
ant to meet the Firemen'S team Of that
place at 2:30 o'clock. Both teams have
enjoyed successful campaigns and a
close struggle is expected.
A 125-pound struggle Of Importance
on Reservoir Field at q o'clock VIII
bring together Columbia Heights and
G.. P. o. Federal elevenS. Each IS seek.
ing the title in that class. Federal
players are asked to report at 1:30
o'clock, at which time sweat coats VIII
be distributed.
Evening star., 1928-12-16
Three Marylanders, Are Placed
On All-SOuth Atlantic Eleven

Capt. Schwartz of Carolina might
have had the call If he had not made
several bad and costly passes in the one
game which saw him play.
THE ends were motley crew: lots
of good ones, but all Of them with their
faults. Maryland and Virginia seemed
to have the best pairs as pairs go, and
the flip of a coin would probably be
as good way as any to decide just
which man was the best.
"Flippin followed the ball so closely
and took advantage of SO many breaks
that he can't be left of.
Plenty Of Tackles.
"There have been many sayings pro
and con regarding the tackles and
guards in these three States. The cap
tains of the Generals and the Cobblers,
Fitzpatrick and Bailey. seem to be rec
ognized as the best, both experienced
men who know how to meet emergencies
on the field. Howard of Carolina and
Lombard of Maryland, were given Sec
ond places, but these might just as
easily have gone to Hawkins of Wash
'ington and Lee, or to Capt. Luke Of
Virginia.
"Farris of North Carolina won gen
eral recognition as the outstanding
guard of this section. Hewlett, one OF
the powers in the Cadet line, is shifted
into the other first team position.
Vaughan of Carolina State, Hotchkiss
of v. P. L., Synington of Virginia,
Crothers of Maryland and Haase Of ".
M. I. are all guards worthy of being
named with the best.
Sees Many Teams.
During the season I was able to
watch all of the Southern Conference
teams in the States of Virginia, Mary
land and North Carolina with the one
exception of Carolina State, but per-
sonal opinions in thsee selections have
been re-enforced by comments and sug-
gestions from coaches, officials and
players and from observers, experienced
and otherwise"
Evening star., 1928-12-16
GU. AND MARYL AND
HAVE A TOUCH FOE
William and Mary to Bring
Strong Quintet Here
for Games.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, December Is.
William and Mary's varsity basket
ball team, 1928 State collegiate cham
pions will leave tomorrow morning for
the annual invasion of the North.
The Indians, with three weeks Of
intensive training behind them, will
make Baltimore their first stop. There
they are slated to pry open the cage
program against Johns Hopkins Mon
day night, moving over to Washington
for game the following night with
Catholic University. Wednesday after
noon the Indians will play Navy at
Annapolis and on Thursday will en-
counter Burton Shipley's Maryland five
at College Park.
Two Brilliant Players.
Washington fans who see the Indians
in action against Catholic University
and Maryland will focus their glim-
mers on two of the best basket ball
players in Dixie. Silverman, sopho-
more, who plays forward, and Light,
junior, who patrols the defense. Each
is speedy and shifty and possesses an
eagle for the rim.
Silverman last season scored 248
points to lead the Virginia cagers. Light
plays whale of a game on the de-
fenSe.
Sauerbran will be Silverman's mate
at forward, he being a fair eager with
lots of fight. Butler, tall and rangy,
will Jump center. He is consistent
player
The Indians are captained by Winn,
who is fast and aggressive. Winn and
Light will work the defense. These
five are certain to start in each game.
Has Second Combination.
william and Mary also has another
varsity combination, this one consisting
of Ryder and Dunbar, forwards, Harris
foot ball star, in center; Darden and
Taylor in guards.
Wallace and Scammon are other
members of the squad making the trip.
Tucker Jones. physical education di-
rector, is coaching the Indians this
season, but will be unable to make the
trip. The team will be in charge of
Billy Gooch, former Virginia athlete,
who is athletic director at William and
Mary.
The Indians lost by graduation Davis
and Farrandini
Mozeleski. star guard who broke his
leg in the Catholic University foot ball
game at Williamsburg, will be with the
team, but hardly will play.
Last season the Indians won 18
games and lost 3.