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The Washington times., 1928-11-22
COP'SD|SN|SSAL
To BE URGED

Policeman 8. NJ. Anglin, of the
Third precinct, who was supposed
TO have appeared before the trial
board last week and explain his
failure to comply with an order to
paw $40 a month on certain oblIga-
tions. today again failed TO put in
his appearance.
Instead OF showing up to stand
trial today, Anglin sent message
to the board. through his precinct
commander, Captain Stott. stating
that the board could not force him
intend to Fay them, and that he
? would not stand trial. The board
will recommend his dismissal from
the force.
c. S. Creel, of the Fourteenth
precinct, a policeman for more than
n years, was before the board on
charges of insubordination and con.
duct unbecoming. an officer. He
was cited to appear before the tri
bunal as the result OF an argument
with Acting Sergeant Bingham
November H.
Creel, according to his accuser
argued against calling in headquar
ters detectives following an arrest
suggesting that the precinct work
out its own problems. His case was
taken under advisement.
r.. f. Williams, Second precinct
was charged with being intoxicated
off duty, and c. A. Bailey of being
off his beat while on duty. Ths
board also took these cases under
advisement.
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HOOVER PLANS
FIRST TALK
By LAWRENCE SULLIVAN
International News Service

ABOARD u. s. s. MARYLAND
(via Arlington, Va. Radio Station),
Nov. 22.-While the Maryland pIowed
southward today at II knots an
hour, $50 miles off the Mexican
coast, President-elect Herbert Hoo.
yer. wearing a yeOrnan's cap pushed
far back on his head, spent some
time at his desk weaving the genial
mood OF a successful fisherman into
the first speech of his goodwill tour
which will be delivered at Amalpa,
Honduras. on Sunday.
The President.elect. who Is an
ardent angler, had full cause to feel
happy over his fish exploits yester-
day.
Even before the launch bearing
the fishing party returned to the
Maryland, Mrs. Hoover, who had
been watching through glasses at
the rail of the warship, noted with
iubilation that the expedition was a
success. The launch was two miles
away, but clouds of flying spray
could be seen where fighting dol
phin was churning up the water.
"They have caught something
that is beating up tremendous
fuss" remarked Mrs. Hoover.
Return at Twilight
The fishing was done in 500 faith
oms 5000 feet of water and 1t was
twilight before the Hoover fishing
party returned. A searchlight played
on the starboard gangway while the
Fl esident-elect and his fellow anglers
boarded the ship, their catch being
carried in canvas bags.
A canvas sheet was spread upon
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The word of pretty blonde Mrs.
Ruth Keyes before the rogues
gallery shot the slickest of New
York's detectives to Cleveland, Chi
cago. Detroit and St Louis. Police
of these cities Immediately went to
work. on this latest tip expected to
spring the inside story of an in
visible empire of crime.
Jack Diamond Sought
AS District Attorney Joab Banton
promised within few days a bomb
shell development, the basis of Mrs.
Keyes' information, it became
known that Jack Legs" Diamond,
former Rothstein bodyguard, was
The Washington times., 1928-11-22
IN5ANI | !
PLEA IS
MADE

Shortly before II D. m. Justice
Walter ]. McCsoy turned the case
Of Franklin Ellsworth Smith over
70 the jury.
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NOTES
WRIT TEN
IN B|BLE:
CITED

WrathfuI over charges
which he alleges are the re-
s,,lt Of s.undue influence,
Fulton r. Gordon, millionaire
real estate operator, today
stoutly declared he would
fight the divorce suit brought
bv his 2S-year-old wife, Mrs.
Ellen Marjorie Gray Gordon,
to the limit.
The cruelty and niggardliness
which Mrs. Gordon attributes to her
husband. whose sixty-first birthday
she celebrated with party in his
honor at the Mayflower last June,
are trumped-up charges. the real
estate man says
~ have given her ~ q Week
min money. not SO . week a. ene
saws" Gordon declared. Further.
more, she has charge accounts -
two local department stores totailng
$4,000, over which I haVe masie hO1
complaint"
Calls 8fbte AuE0 Eiay
with this defiant answer to the
allegation that he is q stingy
spouse. Gordon then mustered the
family Bible to the support Of his
charge that his wife loved him as
= generous, thoughtful husband.
The real estate operator declared
eIle had written these excerpts, uII.
der her own signature, in the Bible:
eff Fulton made each OF his
other two wives as happy as ne
has made me, he has done more
than his share i'm this world. Full
ton is most perfect husband, and
his wife comes first in every way.
That God bless and guide him is
the wish of his wife, Ellen Mar
jorie."
birthday Tribute
Then another extract. written on
June 18 last, on Mr.. Gordon's sixty
first birthday:
aFor my devoted husband, Fulton
r. Gordon, on his sixty-first birth
day. May we live many more birth
DAYS together, is the sincere wish
of q, loving and devoted wife. Mel
lie Gray Gordon"
Another note from her:
"a dinner at the Mayflower, a
gfft / know you win enjoy, because
it l. with perfect love / honor my
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Describing the murder ok
I9 year-oId Bessie Smith, by
|her father, Franklin u. Smith,
now under trial in District
Supreme Court, as the most re-
pulsive criminal act ever
paraded in the courts here,
Assistant United States At
torney William H. Collins in
his opening argument today
asked the jury to exact the
supreme penalty Of death.
Collins declared the case was so
repnlsive and so nauseating that
he hesitated to comment on certain
phases OF the evidence.
-Four possible verdicts are open
for the jury Collins declared. first
degree murder. second degree muir.
der, not guilty because OF insanity.
and a straight verdict of not guilty.
Motive Apparent
First degree murder is the only
crime which can be held to the
defendant, Collins insisted.
The motive for the killing Is so
apparent that 1t stands out like 4
beacon light, Collins declared He
then described the '.lustful jeal-
ousy" of Smith when he suspected
that John steele, whom he had
referred to as a thief was gain.
ing the affection of his daughter,
and declared that when he found
he was about to lose her for HIM
self. he deliberately and premedi-
tatedly killed her.
The fact that Smith followed mp
the strangling of his daughter by
suffocating her. when the tell-tale
mirror still disclosed the spark Of
life, clearly shows preneditation
and deliberation, Collins pointed out.
He then quoted Smith as saying
that after the operation of holding
his hands over his daughters mouth
and nose he was satisfied she was
beyond all human aid.
Thought Him Sane
Collins discounted the testimony
of alienists, both for the Govern.
ment and defense. He pointed out
to the jury that all men do "un-
usual things at different times, but
are never suspected of insanity. and
declared that Smiths eccentric habits
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BANK STATEMENTS

Washington Clearing House,
$4,596,275.61.
New York Clearing House bal
ance, $156, ,OOO, 900.
New York Clearing House ex-
change, $1,55O, ,OOO, 900.
Treasury balance, sis, GAG, 1855.
Customs receipts, $33, ,4O6, ,531 81.
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wanted for questioning by authori-
ties.
They do not say that Diamond
had anything to do with the Roth
stein murder-but police are in
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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Gangster Identified
In Rothstein Case
By DAVID P. sENTNER

NEW YORK, Nov: % GNS).-The pointed vest
ward today the law alked the known slayer of Arnold
Rothstein, famous gambler.
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would make new record this year a
certainty.
"The gains made this year." says Mr..
BrosSeau, "are due chiefly to the nota-
BILE increase in fast, light trucks having
a capacity of two tons or less than two
tons. The largest gain In the light
truck field has been in the two-ton
class, in which 21,230 trucks were pro-
duced in the first eight months of 1928,
as compared with 1890 in the same
period of 1927. The next largest gain
was made in the half-ton class, with
the one-ton and three-quarter-ton
classes following. 1t may be interesting
to note in passing that of the 1884
trucks produced in the first eight
months of this year about 240,000 or
more than half, were trucks of one-ton
capacity.
Foreign countries have been absorb
ing trucks made in the United States
and Canada at record rate this year,
10l 1923 having been exported during
the first eight months. This compares
with 9O,343 trucks exported during the
first eight months of 1927. There is
every indication that If export of trucks
is continued in the last quarter at the
levels prevailing in previous years, 1923
will equal, If not SurpasS, the record
total of 1927, when 1910 trucks were
shipped overseas.
with the acceleration of general bus
mess during the Fall months and with
the many new models of greatly i'm
proved trucks recently placed on the
market ready to serve the expanding
needs of industry and commerce, there
is every indication that the remaining
months of this year will bring to the
truck industry satisfactory. if not a
record-breaking, amount of business"
Evening star., 1928-10-07
"SUPER- CONFIDENCE"
is ACCIDENT CAUSE
Expert" Drivers More Dangerous
Than Neophites, Says Com
missioner.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
/. BALTIMORE, October g. Super
confidence in their own expertness in
the operation of their car gets many
automobile drivers into difficulties, and
to this cause alone can be traced a vast
number of the serious accidents occur
ring on the highways. in the opinion OF
E. Austin Baughman, motor vehicle
commissioner.
"It is a truly rare occurrence" says
Commissioner Baughman, ito find an
operator who does not consider himself
an expert and as his driving experience
accumulates there is apparently further
initiation of his self-confidence until q
point of super confidence is attained
And then comes the inevitable disaster
Confidence is an excellent attribute if
it is justified; super confidence Is very
apt to prove a menace not alone to the
person possessing it, but, also, to other
users of the highways.
Evidence of expertneSs," the COM
missioner holds "iS not shown in avoid
ing accidents by inches. 1t is rather
to be shown in anticipating possibilities
of an accident, and SO operating that
no emergency measures will become
necessary.
"A study of thousands of accidents
and Investigations of highway disasters
clearly justifies the conclusion that a
large majority of the operators involved
are suffering from super-conf1dence
complex.
Generally speaking, each operator
will endeavor to lay the entire blame
for an accident upon the other person
involved. Statements in accident re-
ports frequently emphasize the fact that
if the other person had conducted him.
self, or operated his car, in different
way, no accident would have occurred" "
Evening star., 1928-10-07
SET new ENDURANCE
AND SPEED RECORDS
Car Makes Average of 6S Miles
Per Hour for 10000
Miles.

Official recognition Of five new world
speed and endurance records made by
an American stock car has just been
granted by the International AsSoci-
alton of Recognized Automobile Clubs
in Paris, according to the contest board
of the American Automobile ASsoci-
alton.
The new world records were all made
by Studebaker president eight road
ster, one of four eight-cylinder models
which covered 10000 miles on the At
lantic City Speedway at sustained
average speeds ranging from "a to 68
miles per hour
International recognition was accord
ed the records made by the fastest of
the four cars at five periods during the
run. The new marks are as follows:
10000 miles, average speed, 68.82 m.p.h.;
$4,000 miles, average speed, $3.50 MI h. !;
10000 miles, average speed, 68.55 m. p h. !:
$4,000 miles, average speed, 68.47
mp.h.; 10000 miles, average speed,
68.37 m.p.h.
According to A. H. Means, assistant
secretary of the contest board of the
A. A. A., the International Association
does not differentiate between special
built racing cars and stock cars in
record trials. Thus the new world
records made exceed all previous rae
ing car performances and are the best
for any class of car for all time.
Evening star., 1928-10-07
Must Build Roads
For Auto Shipped
ChineseC commander

A motor car company has just
shipped car for which road will
have to be built before it can be
operated. When it is unloaded at its
destination, several houses and few
business places will have to be torn
down. to move it to the owners
home.
The car goes to Chang Kai-Shek,
generaliSsimo of the Chinese Nation
alist army. It is to be delivered to
Gen. Chang's home town, Ningpo,
China. Although a city with a pop
ulation of nearly 100000 Ningpo has
no streets or roads over which it
would be possible to operate an apto-
mobile.
Gen. Chang told Mark Moody, dis
tributor of cars in China, that he
would have streets laid out in the
city and roads built in the country
for his new machine. The army will
be used for much of the work of road
building.
Evening star., 1928-10-07
GUESSWORK CAUSE
OF MOTOR TROUBLES
Failure to Make Accurate dag
nosis Is Bad for
Cars.

Eliminate guesswork and you elm
mate fruitful source of motor car
troubles"
This point is made and emphasized
by Rudolph Jose, local automotive trade
director, who says that too many car
troubles are allowed to run on and be-
come aggravated simply because owners
fail to make accurate diagnoses, or have
them made"
I'm an altogether unsatisfactory
number of cases." Mr.. Jose explains,
motorists are neglectful on this i'm
portant score. For instance, an an
noying squeak or rattle will show up
somewhere about the car. Quite pos
sibly 1t comes from nothing more than
a little looseneSs about some relatively
unimportant part of the automobile.
On the other hand, it is quite as pos
sible that the noise is emanating from
a place of dangerous weakness.
"And even should the noise be that
of looseness in a part which the owner
may consider of no significance, it is a
great mistake not to have it examined
Immediately and rectified. For, in addi-
ton to that individual part, 1t always
must be borne in mind that in an auto
mobile, as in any other piece of ma
chinery, virtually all parts are interde-
pendant. And here is an excellent place
to recall that old adage about no chain
being stronger than its weakest links"
The suggestion of Mr.. Jose to car
owners is that in all doubtful cases
steps should be taken Immediately to
eliminate guesswork, because guess
work Is the most expensive sport in
which any motorist can indulge" If
the owner cannot satisfy himself on any
given point, no matter what it may be,
he should lose no time in taking the
machine to reputable service station
and having it examined thoroughly.
THE car owner cannot be too care
full" Mr.. Jose says, Ito take his ma
chine to an establishment which will
give it the kind of diagnosis de-
manded by fine piece of automotive
apparatus. A lick and promise won't
do The average owner can give that
kind of diagnosis himself. When the
motorist takes his car to a service sta
ton he expects efficient, thoughtful, in
telligent service. The service station
itself must not depend on 'guesswork.'
However, 1t is fact that most
Evening star., 1928-10-07
GERMAN MOTORISTS
TO TOUR EASTERN U. S.
100 Members of Big Auto Club to
Visit Here This Month;
Others Planned.

America will be host to more than
100 members of the Allgemeiner
DeutScher Automobil Club, largest mo-
toring organization in Germany, from
october 8 to 25, when the party will
make an extensive motor tour of the
Eastern part of the United States under
the auspices of the American Automo-
bile Association.
The A. A. A. announced today that
the tour will be the first of series
to promote international motor touring
through its % foreign Affiliations and
to bring to the attention Of motoring
leaders abroad the greatly simplified
regulations governing touring under the
International Touring Alliance, of which
the national motoring body is the
American member
Members of the German party, In
cluding number of prominent business
men of that country, will arrive in New
York tomorrow aboard the S. S..
Munchen of the North German Lloyd
line. They will spend three weeks in
the United States and will travel in
special parlor car buses.
Evening star., 1928-10-07
MODEST SPEED HELD
BAR TO ACCIDENTS
Maryland Official Says Startling
Cut in Casualties Can Be Made
Through Care.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. October 6-By bearing
in mind the fact that motor vehicle
speed should always be kept down to
a point where 1t is reasonable and
proper" taking into consideration the
condition of traffic, and the highway,
operators of cars can make definite
contribution to highway safety with
but slight extra effort on their part. in
the opinion of E. Austin Baughman,
motor vehicle commissioner.
The simple common sense use OF
Judgment, in at all times operating with
their vehicle under absolute control,
and by never driving at rate of speed
greater than will enable the car to be
stopped in the clear distance ahead
on, the course which the vehicle Is pro-.
ceeding, or about to take, if practiced
by every. operator. would bring about
a startling reduction in highway cas-
ualtes," he declared.
Practically 10 per cent of current
accidents are caused primarily by the
operators of motor vehicles proceeding
at unreasonable and improper rates of
speed, to the extent that the operators
are unable to stop in time to keep out
OF trouble. If We were able to group the
Sorrowful results of this type of opera
ton in actuality, the same as they are
grouped in the form of figures, in acci-
dent analysis throughout the country,
We would stand aghast!
1T is a Self-evident fact in many of
the accidents that no accident would
have occurred If the motor vehicles in
volved had been able to make a full
stop before coming into contact with
the object struck. In view of the fact
that the law definitely requires that
every motor vehicle operated on the
public highways shall be under full con-
troll of the operator, the question as to
why the vehicles are not stopped in time
to prevent accidents becomes of para
mount Importance. Close study of acci-
dent reports clearly establish the fa.s
that in a vast majority of cases the
motor vehicle involved was not under
the full control of the operator, to the
extent that when the operator desires
to stop, or saw the necessity for stop
ping, he was unable to do so in time
to prevent the accident