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The Washington times., 1929-03-18
0G Y
ON RUM
SEEN

Out Of the seizure of a
liquor-laden truck, carrying
choice drinkables to the
Siamese legation, there may
emerge an international Incl
dent which will both make
and break precedents, and
which may be climaxed by an
apology from the United
States to His Majesty, the
Emperor of Siam.
The state Department seems I'd
regard the affair as comedy OF
errors attributable to the zeal OF
the police in enforcing the new
Jones law. and does not want t.
have the American Government ap'
pear in any way as questioning or
infringing upon diplomatic immuni'
ties established through decades OF
custom.
May Press Question
Diplomats are not SO sure that
they ought to drop representations
in the case, saying that from their
point of view the detention Of the
liquor-rather than the arrest Of
the two truck drivers. who were
American citizens and. therefore
not covered by diplomatic imrnun-
ity-was the serious aspect of the
issue.
II the Siamese legation desires to
press the matter, there appears to
be little doubt that the State De.
partment viii apologize for the in.
cident and will seek an under
standing with the Federal and
local law enforcement officials
which will obviate such contre.
temps in the future.
Rover Studies Law
In the meantime District Al
torney Rover is studying the ap.
plication of the law in the case
with reference to the two truck
drivers placed under arrest and the
enforcement officials responsible for
the affair.
The publicity given to the liquor
importation is said to be the most
offensive aspect OF the affair from
the standpoint of Siamese liplo.
matte officials.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
DEMANDS
SUSPENSION

AS prelude to his appearance be-
fore the police trial board Thursday
on charges Of having shot a colored
youth without justification last week,
Private Robert j. Allen, of the Third
precinct, stormy petrel' of the
force, today requested Major Edwin
B; Hesse, superintendent of police, to
suspend him Immediately.
Policeman Allen says that he is
"shamed and Inundated" by the
charge Of having shown the very
type of brutality and police violence
against which he has been conduct
Ing crusade for the past year.
ut seems utterly incongruous to
me to allow or require policeman
to perform such active duty still in
possession of his weapons of author
ity, in view of the charge that he has
misused them" says Allen in his let.
ter to Major Hesse.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
To Be
READY IN
FALL

The problem Of reorganizing
the Federal establishments, as
forecast by President Hoover,
probably win be placed in the
hands Of three men-former
Representative Newton. of Min
nesota, now a White House
secretary, Herbert D. Brown,
chief of the Bureau of Eff
cheney, and Walter F. Brown,
Postmaster G e n er a |, W h o
drafted the reorganization plan
of 1922.
The part Secretary Newton will
play in this work win be moulded
largely by his work as contact
man between the White House and
the Government departments and
bureaus. It has been intimated Of
ficially that he will be President
Hoover's spokesman on all issues
affecting reorganization.
Technical Expert
Herbert D. Brown probably will
be assigned to work out many of
the technical problems involved in
the duplication and overlapping Of
functions in the various depart
ments. He has already made ex-
tensive Investigations along this
line and many Of his reports have
been submitted to Congress, for
the most part unacted upon.
Postmaster General Salter F..
Brown was in charge of the Hard
ing program OF reorganization which
failed of acceptance by Congress
chiefly because of departmental
opposition, especially in the War
and Navy Departments.
Plan to be Changed
Probably the leadership in the
reorganization work again will fall
upon his shoulders, although his
original plan probably will be en-
tirely revamped. It is not likely,
however, that the work will be
undertaken for several months, al
though present plans call for the
presentation of a reorganization
program to Congress when t con.
venes for its regular session in
December.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
Stephan Names M. and M.
Committee Members

Gen. Anton Stephan, president OF
the Merchants and Manufacturers
Association. today made public his
list Of committee assignments for
the current year.
On the audit committee there
are F. W., Harper, chairman, and
G., s. DeNeale; executive committee,
General Stephan, chairman, Mark
Lansburgh. Jos. A. Burkart, and
James E. Colliflower; traffic com.
mittee. Charles II. Frame, chairman
j. II. Hanna, Robert Buckley, Otto
Raymond, Louis Levey. L. s. III.
man and Ford Young.
Law and legislation committee, i.
A. Burkart, chairman; J. e. Coli
flower. Philip King. o. T. Wright
and X. p. Andrews; freight and
transportation. j. e. Colliflower
chairman. R.. p. Andrews. d. j.
DeMoll. p. M. Dorsch and ". c.
McDermott: industrial development,
j. I'll. Hanna and Jos. A. Burkart,
and membership. "A. J. Sundlun.
chairman. Dewey Zirkin, Bert Bre
wood. Joseph kaufman. F. M. Fade.
ley, Bert: Olnstad. and L. "A.
Payne.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
HORNER 7 RIAL
POSTPONED BY
ILLNESS

Due to the illness Of juror the
trial of Mrs. Lorraine Horner, wife
of Stanley Horner. local automobile
dealer. on five charges of forgery
and uttering in connection with the
altering of narcotic prescriptions.
was postponed until tomorrow by
Chief Justice Walter /. Mccoy today.
The trial adjourned Friday, until
today after hints of dereliction on
the part OF the physician in the
case and two druggists were made
by defense. counsel.
j, Evidence thus far has brought to
light interesting information on the
comparative immunity of physicians
as against that of the addict-patien..
Knows $500 Offer
It has been testified before the
jury that in less than a year, Mrs.
Horner's physician, DIR. M. c. Doll
man issued to her 222 narcotic
prescriptions for S85 grains of
opiate. DR.. Dollman was indicted
on three counts of misuse of mar
cotic prescriptions but the jury has
already had read before it the
physicians offer of $500 in settle
ment and compromise of his case.
The main reason offered by the
physician for immunity against
prosecution and in support of the
compromise was the fact that he
had no criminal intent In preserib.
ing the narcotics and his willing.
ness to testify against the "princ'
ipal offender"
Fireworks are expected today
when the defense counsel begins its
fight to order the production of fur
ther papers of the narcotic bureau
in the physicians case to show that
the compromise offer was accepted
by the Government.
Assistant United States Attorney
William HI. Collins had denied that
the offer has been accepted and de.
flies defense counsel to prove it. Ad-
mission that the $500 check offered
by the physician has already been
cashed, is already before the jury.
Both druggists have admitted that
when narcotic inspectors asked why
such enormous quantities of the
drug had been sold to one won1-
an in such a short time, that they
replied she was dangerously Ill with
cancer and might die at any time.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18

1t happens that the two men WHIT
would ordinarily be working hard
est to get The merger up will
actually be trying to prevent i.
from coming UP in this. session
They are Senator Capper Of Kan
sas, chairman of the Senate Dis
trict Committee. and Senator Van
denberg Of Michigan, whose name
the merger resolution bears.
Have Other Interests
Senator Capper is more interested
In farm relief than anything else
and will do his best to prevent any
thing that may slow it up.
Senator Vandenberg is primarily
interested in reapportionment and
will bend his best efforts toward get.
ting that considered. He is expected
to oppose consideration of anything
else until the reapportionment bill
Is out of the way.
If the merger has any chance 4
lies in the Senate. House leaders
are planning to restrict legislation
to farm relief. the tariff, and re
apportionment.
They are planning to leave only
one loop-ho1e for other legislation
That is the possibility Of taking up
under a special rule legislation first
passed by the Senate.
Traction Fight Planned
That is why the attitude of sena.
tors Capper and Vandenberg Is so
important. Senator Capper probably
viii not even call meeting Of the
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
.CO-inventor of Lung"
To Talk for Civilians

Frank NJ. : Hobson, co-inventor of
the Lung" which enables men to
breath while under water, viii
describe the device at the luncheon
meeting of the Civjtan Club at the
Lafayette Hotel, tomorrow at 1890
o'clock.
Hobson is a civilian engineer
attached to the Navy Department
and has been working for the past
several months to perfect a means
of escape from sunken submarines
His invention is believed to have
solved this problem.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
Eight Traffic Deaths
Here i'm Four Weeks

Eight persons died in Washington
from injuries received in automobile
accidents during the four weeks
ended February %, the Department
OF Commerce reported yesterday
after completing traffic fatality
poll OF 7S cities OF the eight
fatalities here, four resulted from
accidents within the city limits, the
department. reported.
Automobiles caused the death of
466 persons in 78 cities during the
four-week period.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
Optometric Society
BanOuets Next Monday

The next annual banquet of the
District of Columbia Optometric
Society win be held at the Raleigh
Hotel March 25, it was announced
yesterday by M. Luther Discus. chair
man of the committee in charge of
the banquet.
Discus, who is secretary OF the
board Of examiners in optometry
for the District, announced that
the principal speaker Of the eve-
ming would be Miss Ida Phelps, of
New York, public relations counsel
of the American Optomet-ic Asso.
citation.
Several other optometrists and
practitioners of kindred professions
will also speak on the program.
he said.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18

0SI18'~11"3S| S-NW111H VI tI11lv n . '1se1]1H
is robbed of $4,000, many stories
are written about it and large re.
wards are offered for capture of the
robbers.
If an innocent widow is robbed of
her life savings, he said. very lit
tie is said He declared that the
best means of stopping depreda-
tions by promoters and salesmen
who operate without scrup1e is by
publishing the details in the news
papers.
THE crooked promoter squirms
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
Costello and Victory
Posts TO Meet Jointly

More than thousand persons
are expected to attend the joint
meeting of the Vincent Costello
Post and Victory Post OF the
American Legion at S:15 o'clock
tomorrow night at the Jewish Com.
n1unity center. it was announced
today by Harlan Wood, department
vice commander The meeting viii
be held in honor of E. L. White,
of Connecticut. who is national vice
commander Of the seabpard states.
A buffet supper will be served
and a program win follow.
A short business meeting will
precede the session.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18

District Committee as long as farm
relief is pending. And as the major
work of the session is farm relief, it
is possible he viii not call meeting
during the entire session.
In spite Of this outlook, the trac-
tion interests are expected to make
a fight to have the merger corsid.
cred. The opening gun of this fight
has already been fired. It was the
action of the directors Of the Capital
Traction Company in giving their
executive committee the right to re-
new the application for higher fares
at any time.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
CHIEF
Of POLICE
URGED

The first move made by the
dry interests to take part in
the selection of a new chief
of police for Washington
came at a mass meeting on
law enforcement in the Fourth
Presbyterian Church yester-
day.
A resolution offered by Clinton N.
Howard. chairman of the National
United Committee for Law Enforce
ment, and adopted, asks the appoint
noent Of a police head who is
known to be in harmony with the
law in his private life"
Must Obey Law
The resolution adds:
eve urge upon the District COM
missioners the appointment OF
personal and constitutional dry man;
as superintendent Of police for the
city of Washington who is in
sympathy with the purposes OF
President Hoover to give the
Capital city and the country an
administration in support OF the
Eighteenth amendment. No man
is capable of enforcing the law
who does not himself obey it..
Undercover agents found speak.
easies on Pennsylvania Avenue,
DR.. Howard declared. and he at
tackled the local telephone company
for aiding the bootleg element ov
refusing to divulge unlisted tele-.
phone numbers to the police.
Mai. E. B. Hesse. retiring chief
of police, was accused by DIR.
Howard, in a bulletin to the Local
clergy, Of having given his force
amazing instructions to lay OFT
the bootleggers over the 1naugu-
ration period"
Hoover Informed
He also declared that President
Hoover had been made acquainted
with local police conditions at a
conference last Wednesday. DIR.
Howard believes his personal inter
vention precipitated the decision
of Major Hesse to apply for retire.
ment, but the latter makes
vigorous denial of the statement.
"The way is now open for the
appointment OF superintendent
of police who viii bring the de.
partment to a higher level Of
efficiency and cooperate with
President Hoover's plan to make
washington a dry Capital de
| clared DR.. Howard, in his bulletin
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
President and Wife
Attend Quaker Church

President TToover laid aside his
work AID attended services yester-
day morning at the little Quaker
meeti house at Thirteenth and
Irving Streets Northwest. He was
accom- MED by Mrs. Hoover and a
Sc ret Service. agent.
He spent most Of the day quietly
at tho White House
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
Youth Rebels Against
Morality Church
Women Told

The present generation is in
revolt against morality, DIR. Ell
bert Russell. of Duke University,
today told the Women's Mission.
.ary Council of the Methodist
Episcopal Church South, in con-
vention at the Raleigh Hotel.
Part of this revolt is due to
the perpetual struggles Of youth
for freedom and progress" said
DR.. Russell. "If our youth are
tempted to discard fundamental
laws Of morality like the com.
mandments against stealing and
lying. along with ontgrown Vic.
torian fashions and Puritan GUS.
toms. we older people probably
have only ourselves to blame
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
SOL DIERS' HOME CONCERT

The u. s. Soldiers Home Band
Orchestra, under the direction Of
John S. NJ Zimmerman. will play
in concert at Stanley Home in the
Soldiers Home Grounds tomorrow
afternoon at 4:30 clock.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
Better Business Head
Warns of Fakes
Times staff Photo

Louis Rohschid manager of the Washington Better Busi
Bureau today told of subteruges used to fleece
suspecting persons out of their money.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18
Merger Chances Slim
At Special Session

The traction merger has little chance be considered in
special session of Congress beginning month
of. unfortunate group of circumstances.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18

w. w. Corcoran, who wrote his
name indelibly in Washington's his
tory, was born in this home, 3119 M
st. N. W., which his father had built
in 1871 and which is still owned by
members Of the Corcoran family.
Corcoran was the partner of
George w. Riggs in the banking firm
The Washington times., 1929-03-18

of Corcoran & Riggs, now the Riggs
National Bank. He was famous for
his philanthropies and the Louise
Home, so named in honor Of Mrs.
Louise Corcoran, home for "South.
ern gentleWomen," is one of the
monuments to his memory. Not the
least, by any means, is the Corcoran
Gallery OF Art.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18

in the light of merciless newspaper
publicity" he declared.
He asked that all persons investi-
gate before they invest in securities.
Although the majority Of invest
ments are ''on the level every once
in a while crooked promoter tries
to ''get something over"
The Washington times., 1929-03-18

Fourteen days left to file your
personal tax return. You need not
be residing in the District of Column
bia for whole year to be liable
for tax. Inquire at Room 1OS, Dis
trict Building.
The Washington times., 1929-03-18

LEADER s%eIisr ssa ss; NfsF fsrm'..sd. + si"'
Lya De, Putti in 'JealOuSy''
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-24

the Aliens whose guest she was at
Bath.
"Well," said Mr.. Allen. do you
think of going too?"
mo. | had just engaged myself
to walk with Miss Tilney before they
told me of it; and therefore, you
know, could not go with them, could
II"
mo, certainly not" Mr.. Allen re-
plies, land am glad you do not think
of it. These schemes are not at all
the thing. Young men and young
women driving about the country in
open carriages! Now and then it is
very well; but going to inns and pub
lie places together! 1t is not right ;
and wonder Mrs. Thorpe should al
low it. | am glad you do not think
of going; am sure Mrs. MorlaEd
would not be pleased. Mrs. Allen. are
you of my thinking? Do not you think
these kind of projects OBJECTIONABLE"
Eyes, very much SO, indeed. Open
carriages are nasty things" Mrs. AL
len replies, thinking more of her
clothes than Of the awful immortality
of which the wild young people were
committing. "A clean gown is not
five minutes wear in them. You are
splashed getting in and getting out ;
and the wind takes your hair and
yonr bonnet in every direction. | hate
an open carriage myself"
II know you do; but thar e pns,
the question. Do not you think it has
an odd appearance If young ladies' are
frequently driven about in them by
syoungtmen TO whom they are not even
related?"
"Yes. my dear, very odd appear
ance, indeed. cannot bear to see
it."
And then Mr.. Allen, more philo-
sophie possibly than his wife, But
one must not be over particular.
Young people will be young people
as your good mother says herself
Young people do not like to be al
ways thwarted."
No more do they today any more
than they did one hundred and thirty
years ago when Jane Austen was a
girl. Perhaps the best solution is not
to take their Irregularities too seri-
ously but to be philosophical about 1t
as Mr.. Allen was. They are going TO
do quite as they please anyway in
spite Of our protests.
CO. 1929. Western Newspaper Union)
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-24
Tons Of New Paper Money ~

size of currency in use there, which
they found far more convenient IL
handle. When money was first being
printed for the Philippine government
to avoid the confusion that would BE-
caused If both currencies were of the
same size, the islands were furnished
paper money in sizes one-third smaller
than that used in the United States.
Extreme care Is being used in the
printing and engraving of the newt
paper money to prevent counterfeiting
The faces will represent the highl{
specialized and artistic work of som$
half dozen different expert engravers,
and the character of the engraving II
such that it is almost impossible 70
match.
No longer will there be any yellow
backs and the repetition of portraits
on bills of different denominations
All bills will be engraved and printed
in green and black. The portrait or
Washington will be on the one-dollar
bills, Jefferson on the twos, Lincoln
on the fves, Hamilton on the tens
Jackson on the twenties, Grant on the
fifties, Franklin on the hundreds, Nc
Kinley on the five hundreds, Cleveland
on the thousands. Madison on the five
thousands. and Chase on the ten thod.
sands.
While an immense saving is fore.
seen by government officials in the
paper and ink used, and the printing
and handling Of the new paper money.
a question which has arisen and yet
remains to be solved Is the changing
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-24

Washington.-The tornado record
for the first quarter of 1929 as shown
by information gathered by the United
States weather bureau here promises
another unusual year for these disas-
trous storms.
Last year more tornadoes occurred
in the United States than during any
previous year for which the govern
ment meteorologists have gathered
data. The. record for 1928 nearly
doubled the usual number of 80 to
100 q year. But the loss of life due
to tornadoes in 1923 was exceedingly
small and the property loss was far
below that of the worst years.
In the first two months of this
year ten tornadoes caused 80 deaths
compared with only four tornadoes
and no deaths in January and Febru-
airy Of 1923 March kept up the un-
favorable condition, with some half
dozen whirlers and a dozen or so Of
deaths, And the Arkansas tornado
toll gives April the beginnings Of
AS pMay ana June are the months
that usually show the largest damage
from tornadoes, meteorologists feel
that more storms and suffering must
be expected.
The Southern states experience
their tornado storms most frequently
in late winter and early spring. Then
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-24

Washington.-Nearly 9,0OO,O0O bills,
greenbacks and yellowbacks, issued by
the United States government and
scattered among banks, business
houses, and people throughout the
country, on or near July /, will be
able to go into permanent retirement
at the discretion of their holders. 80
This does not mean that Uncle Sam
has decided to call in all his paper
money and issue in its place gold and
silver, but that on that date he will
replace this 1900 tons of money.
which would fill 40 box cars, with q
new series of standardized notes one
third less In size and weight and oc.
cupying one-third less space in storage
and handling
This stupendous task Of replacement
is being done by the bureau of print
ing and engraving In Washington,
where the United States government
manufactures its paper money. The
plant is working night and day under
full force to have this new issue ready
OH time, and is turning out the largest
order in its history. It is producing
six tons of the new money every ~.
hours. Eight hundred and fifty-seven
million pieces of fresh, crisp currency
are being stored in the vaults Of the
treasury to be soon distributed to
every state in the Union.
The suggestion of smaller paper
money for the United States first
came from Americans who had re-
turned from the Philippine islands and
had become accustomed to the smaller
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-24

San Francisco, Calif.-The unem-
ployment situation in San Francisco
has played havoc with the stronger
SEX" in the opinion of the city's old
timers who remember at least few
of the days of 40 and when North
Beach was the worlds toughest COM
munity.
The old-timers' views were aired, in
a typically old-time manner, after an
nOuncement that the Associated Char
tiles of San Francisco had started a
school to train men TO do homework.
ut just don't seem reasonable"
was the comment of one of the old
guard, shat the male folk should
have to scrub floors and run them
ding-fangled sweepers in order to
make livin,."
'Now l remember when" and
here the gray-haired veteran launched
into graphic story of the time when
"men were men" and San Francisco
was the wide open" city of the world.
However, officials of the Associated
Charities can see no reason why men
should not be trained to do domestic
work.
'Men are better fitted to do heavy
housework than women" one of the
officials explained.
Under the direction of the officials,
seven men were chosen to take the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-05-24
Inside Interference

Much heterodyne interference com
planned of originates right in the re-
ceiver, either because it oscillates un-
controllably or because it is an I'M
properly designed superheterodyne
Some receivers of this type squeal and
growl as soon as there are two o;
more stations on the air. The squeal.
ing is due to the fact that in every
superheterodyne any station comes in
ut two-dial settings, the sO-called lone.
spot" not excepted. s