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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-25
STORM BREWs FOR TEXANS.
Houston Flyers. Up 100 Hours, Prepare
To Battle Elements

HOUSTON, Tex. July IS (Fo.-The
endurance monoplane, Billion Dollar
City, prepared to battle the clements
today A thunderstorm was brewing on
the Gulf Coast The ship weathered
a slight storm two days ago.
Pilots Glenn L. Loomis and Joe Glass
held fast to their declaration that they
planned to stay up long enough to beat
whatever mark the st. Louis Robin may
set
The ship had been aloft 100 hours at
1l:49:S4 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-25
MINNEsoTANs DODGE WEATHER.

Flyers Miss Dinner Because storm
Caused Early Refueling.
MINNEAPOLIS, July IS P).-Suc-
cessfully out Of the way of a severe
storm, the monoplane Minnesota few
onward today in its endurance refueling
record attempt.
Pilots Owen Haughland and Capt.
P. L. Crichton had to subsist during the
night on emergency rations carried on
the plane. They missed their regular
dinner last evening because of an early
refueling due to the storm. Their meal
was not ready when the gasoline was
sent up. The Minnesota has been up
since $40 pm, Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-25

Chang Hsueh-Liang of Manchuria and
himself head of the Kirin provincial
government, in a conference at Chang
chun.
Tension Lessened.
The conference was regarded rs a
significant approach to direct negotia-
tons between Russia and China for a
peaceful settlement of the controversy
over the Chinese Eastern Railway.
Consequently, Rengo and other Japa-
nese agency dispatches reported marked
lessening of tension at ElYbin and also
at the border. Rengo messages from
Manchuli, western terminus of the Chi
nese Eastern and trouble center on
the frontier, said the Russian and Chi
nese troops had arranged q kind of
truce" by which both sides withdrew
some distance from the actual border
line. Manchuli was gradually resuming
its normal APPEARANCE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-25
CHINESE ATTACK
SOVIET AIRPLANES
OVER BORDER CITY

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-25
FLYERS, As HOURS
PAST OLD RECORD,
KEEP ON CHEERILY

CONTINUED From First Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-25
MERGER INVITATION
IS TURNED DOWN BY
STREET RAIL LINE

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-25
BOOZE BREAKS LEES
59-YEAR-OLD RECORD
BY NEARLY 8 HOURS

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-25
$2,500,000 WAR CASE
VERDICT WON BY US.
IN SALE OF LUMBER

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The Washington times., 1929-11-21
WOMAN, z BOYS
HURT IN DAY

a woman was critically injured
and two boys received hospital
Goatment In accidents about
Washington yesterday.
Mrs. Katherine Lessering, 40, Of
Ne 120O block X st. N. E.. was
eated at Casualty Hospital by
pE. Louis Jinal for . possible
Sraeture of the skull received in
"a accident on the Bladensburg
Road, near the District Line.
While roller. skating on q
pereet, near Eleventh Northeast.
Ernest Marcus, IL, colored, Of the
liOO. block Fifth ST., N. E., was
knocked down by an automobile
reported driven by William J.
Hanstein, Of the 200 block Crom.
well Terrace N. Z. The boy was
taken TO Casualty Hospital, where
bis injuries were pronounced as
slight.
Six-year-old william Gaines, of
ehe 1900 block Ontario Rd., N. W.,
was treated at Garfield hospital,
following receiving injuries to his
head when he was knocked down
by Q car operated by Robert H,
Palmer, of the 2200 block
wyoming Ave-, N. w.
The Washington times., 1929-11-21
ROBBERY STORY
CALLED FAKE

IaEEsBURG, va, Nov. 21.-M.
B. wenner, 10, who Saturday
asked county officers to arrest
the two white men and a negro
who he said held up and robbed
him of $3.50, representing checks
that he had cashed for fellow
laborers, has been arrested at the
instance Of the men to whom
the cash was to be delivered. Wen
ner who lives at Lovettsville, this
county, has been released under
bail.
According to the statement Of
wenner, while driving through
Clarks Gap woods, three miles
west Of here on the Hamilton
State Highway, he was crowded
off the road by another auto
mobile. The three occupants Of
the other car jumped out and
rifled his pockets, he said.
The Washington times., 1929-11-21
W7HEATI kind of cf:
w fort is the most ef-
fective and the least dam
aging-push OF crash2
The sudden blow is force

full for a moment, but its explosive i'm
pact is destructive and quite ineffective
compared to sweeping J0k0w-tbrw PUSH!
The motor of your car damand5 smooth,
continuous power. At 40 miles per hour
it fires 5000 times m1nute-1OO times
each second! No wonder anypiston shock,
however slight, is so disastrous For it
spreads with terrific rapidity, straining
at joints, pounding at bearings-loosen-
ing every part of the motor and body.
But not with beuzolblaudsd Betholine sup
The Washington times., 1929-11-21
BUILDING
NOT TO
BURN
Do we build 10 BURN?

Do we build 10 BURN?
The frightful FIRE waste Of this country
has often caused such question.
Much has been accomplished toward inn
proved conditions, but in many instances
there is woeful lack of foresight In pro.
viding adequate defenses against fire, cSpe"
ciaTly In the construction of buildings for
mercantile and industrial use, hospitals
schools, hotels and other structures where
Large numbers Of people are housed.
There are numerous activities, maine
tanned by the Stock Fire Insurance COM
panies, which aim for better day when
America shall consistently build NOT TO
BURN.
Better Building Practice
One of these activities is the Committeeon
Construction of Buildings of the National
Board of Fire Underwriters, which asscm~
bles tho best available information ON proper
building methods. For many years it has
been tho leading clearing house of infOrma-
ton in safety construction.
The information In Its possession IL based
upon the latest scientific and engineering
facts and is supported by moro than fifty
years experience in organized FIRE proven
ton by the 239 Stock Fire Insurance
companies which transact tho great bulk
of the fire insurance business.
Municipal Codes
Few indeed are the municipal building
codes that have NOT used IN whole or h
part the information and services of the
Department of Building Construction. This
department has constantly worked for
many years in cooperation with officials
and others in authority In the interest Of
safety construction.
Better construction retards fire waste and
contributes to the consequent decline In the
average cost of fire insurance,
9 = : =
THE NATIONAL BOARD OF
FIRE UNDERW WRITERS
sS Jahn Street, New York
A NAy1oeeAz. oQOANIxATFoN OF
STOCK FIRE INBURAERQn COMPANIES
ESTABLISHED IN 1865
The Washington times., 1929-11-21
It's the foDow-thru that coutnt'
plying the powell For
the benzol makes Betho-
line actually bn'n-stead-
lily and evenly! Instead Of
crashing down upon the
That's the secret of benzol-
blended BETHOLINE'S
smooth mighty piston-stroke

piston with explosive violence, Betho-
lines vast power is spread over the en-
tire stroke. PUSH! not crash-that is Beth
olines famous j6l2ou-tbm power stroke.
But the benzol in Betholine does even
more! Quick start and getaway in any
weather More power per stroke and
more miles per gallon. Elimination Of
carbon and knocks. Longer car life with
less upkecp expense ;. And a sweeping
surge of mighty J0Azow-tbw power always
at your command-thrilling unbeatable!
The Washington times., 1929-11-21
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The Washington times., 1929-10-31
BROOkHARTH|TS
FIJI. SMITH CD.

Senator Smith w. BOokhart OF
Iowa, today resumed his attack on
the r.. II. Smith Company. I0rIl
realty investment corporation, fIay.
ing that organization : alleged uneth.
iral business practices in IA brief but
bitter speech on the Senate floor.
A resolution which BroOkhart in.
troduced during the current session
last spring is now pending before
subcommittee OF the Senate Dis
triCt Committee. which is making an
investigation Of the business methods
which Brookhart asCribed to the
Smith Company.
Pro0khart had inserted in the
record a, report made by the De
partment of Justice to the District
Grand Jury on the opera tions of the
Smith Company, being the result OF
an investigation of the corporation
by Federal operatives.
Sometime ago I offered resolu-
ton TO investigate the operations
of the +. If. Smith Company and
other like companies here in this
city" Erookhart said. ''The De
partment of Justice has made an
investigation and report and | have
learned that the Smith Company
outfit is still engaged in this bust
ness thrOugh the mails"
Brnokhart said he had received a
letter from r. Golden Donaldson, To-
cal banker ana attorney, stating that
he had received $4,000 in what
BroOlhart termed a 'rake-off' from
his realty investment connection.
Brookhart declared that these deal
Continued on Page 2, Column g
The Washington times., 1929-10-31
Student, %; Woman, so,
Obtain License to Wed

PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 31.-A
May.December romance. with the
woman in the role of December,
was revealed to astonished clerks
Yesterday in the marriage license
bureau here,
A couple applying for a license to
we'd turned out to be a young man
OF 20. who said he is law student
at Temple University. and short.
white-haired woman who admitted
amiahly that she was 60 years old
and had once been married for
many years.
The bride later tried to persuade
A reporter that she was only As.
and had made a mistake when she
fixed her age at the license bureau
The pair was Alfonso A. Mongelli.
Of 927 South Thirteenth St. and
Sadie c. L. Cananico, of 1908 South
Broad St.
The Washington times., 1929-10-31

Don't mind that, Buddy, you'll
get used to it"
That is the cousoling message of
cellmates to newcomers as they en-
counter ways that are strange.
Our sympathetic public gathered
around us in the dormitory as cur
finger prints were taken.
Don't let that humiliate YOU.
They even do it to us drunks."
One speculeted on how Jack
Nevin would set the print of his
mighty hand on one piece of paper.
The Racket Club" maintained
for murderers. thieves, drunhs and
contemptuous reporters, passes all
inspections.
The only criticism made is that
the doors will not open when
pushed.
Missing lunch We cot food from
the store. Hendricks and NeVir
had canned fish and the third con
temptuous reporter ate beans.
Being unable TO keep a dinner
date at the Earle restaurant. the
writer accepted the invitation of
Colonel Peak to eat hominy and
tea and vans.
Nevin insisted the stock market
shut down because Of the failing
of The Times financial editor.
Hendricks and the other con
temptuous one wanted 20 know Il i
was by way OF celebration.
SO far no cigarette companies
| have sought testimonials.
Hendricks snoring alone marret
/ an otherwise perfect night.
The Washington times., 1929-10-31

That decision holds that
a defendant is entitled to
bail after conviction as we'll
as before conviction. It is
expected that the court will
refuse to apply the higher
courts opinion in the case
of the three reporters on
grounds that it does not ex-
tend to contempt cases.
If Justice Gordon does de-
eide, however, that de-
fendant in contempt case is
entitled to the same constitu-
tional rights accorded de-
PENDANTS in all other cases, in
cluding homicides, he may
change his mind and allow
them bail pending their ap-
peal,
Should he continue TO refuse bail.
the only recourse left for Attorneys
Wilton ]. Lambert and George D.
Horning. jr.. who represent the
men. will be for them to file a
petition for writ of habeas corpus.
which they have already prepared,
and apply for bail in that proceed
ing.
Lambert said he would use every
resource at his command to llher-
ate German Nj. Hendricks. Linton
| Burkett and Jack Nevin, ir.
! Hendricks. Burkett and NeVin
each were sentenced to serve A.
days in Jail by Justice Gordon yes
/ terday. when the reporters. defend
ing their professional ethics, de-
/ clined to reveal sources OF in,
/ formation by which they obtained
data on hootlegging in the District
of Columbia.
Following the imposition Of the
+ sentences. Lambert moved to set a
, Superscdeas bond, hut this action
was rejected by Justice Gordon
and the reporters left the court
Continued on Page ,, Column II
The Washington times., 1929-10-31
IS CRY
ON STOCK
MARKET 7
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

NEW YORK, Oct. 81
1N.SJ Buy" That was
the cry in Wall Street today,
for Mr.. Public is coming back
into the stock market, and in
a big way. :
Long before the New York Stock
Exchange opened for the day-at
noon, two hours later than Gus
tomary-great crowds Of small IN
vestors, many Of them customers,
swarIued into brokerage and in
vestment houses in the financial
district with cash in their pockets
or checks in their wallets eager to
get in on the buying side Of the
rising stock market.
Confluence Supplants Fear
At go Wall Street" Henry l..
Doherty K Co., prominent in
vestment house, the corridors and
waiting rooms were jammed with
customers when the International
-NC"S s'Si WV ~ IS' 80 P'''''N 49,
way through. Il want to buy So
many shares of such and such,
men and women We're saying to
weary-eytd statesmen.
Nobody seemed to be selling, but
everybody was buying. according
to an official of the company. Con.
fidence had supplanted fear and
hysteria.
Eighty statesmen. worn to the
point of exhaustion, We're taking
orders as fast as they came. They
were "all in" having had practi-
cally no sleep all week
A. "39 Broadwa y" John Muir &
Co, the same situation prevaild.
AS r. F.. Kelly, manager of the
auditing department, expressed it:
They're coming in. with cash.
They're not buying on margins. In.
stead OF purchasing 100 shares ON
one third margin as they did before
the crash they are buying or 80
shares and paying cash.
"They're new customers, for the
most part, buying for investment.
They're not specuIators.'
Like SiXDay Bike Race
Twenty employees were asleep on
cots in the rear Of the Muir and
company office. AS one OF the
officials remarked. its like a six Y
| bicycle race, these market emdur.
ance tests. We're working in shifts
! two hour shifts. Nobody las time
/ for q real sleep. Those two holida Us
| tomorrow and Saturday will he
| a codSend, even though we have Il
| work"
The Washington times., 1929-10-31
PREPARES
To FIGHT
To END
n ~

Ma jor Henry G. Pratt, super
'intendent of police, has raised
the white flag of truce in his
battle with Capt. Robert f.
Doyle, of the Eighth precinct,
recently suspended without
pay for insubOrdinati0n.
Major Pratt has had word passed
to Captain Doyle that II the latter
will retract his statement in de-
fense OF Private Robert J. Allen
and in criticism OF police officials
for attempting to persecute this
patrOlman, the superintendent OF
police will be quite ready to accept
an apology and drop the pending
trial
Captain Doyle's reply to this
polite offer will be an emphatic
NO" fle will apologize for moth
ing, retract nothing. and will not
back down an inch in anything he
has said or done.
Will Fight On
Not only that. but instead or
assuming the defensive, Captain
Doyle will Oper up barrage on
the superintendent of police that
promises to blow the lid off ;he
Police Department and to furnish
the biggest sensations since the
trial of Capt. Guy r. Burlingame.
Captain Doyle. known as
square shooter" is ready for bat
tie, stripped for action, eager to 90
to the mat.
His attorneys, T. Morris Wamp'
ler and Chapman W. Fowler, are
scheduled to unearth mass OF
evidence dealing with alleged
political pull and influence in the
conduct Of the police department
They already have prepared a
long list OF witnesses and are work
Ing day and night to marshal thelI
forces for the fray.
Believe Him Scared
Pratt is scared stiff, said Mr.
Wampler today. 'Fle knows ht
made II bad mistake when he calie'
ON Captain Doyle for comment ii
the Allen case. When he specifically
called for comment. lie certainly
| cannot rightly censure Captain
Doyle for complying with this
command and giving comment, n'
natter what its tenor.
ct is rumored that Pratt realized
| his blunder and attempted to change
| Continued on PaCe 2, Column 81
The Washington times., 1929-10-31

lU Ho Hum.
one day OF the As generously
handed US for saying mo" too
many times has rolled past and,
W. three birds in a giided cage
don't seem 10 have taken on the
prison pallor as yet.
This has heen some experience
here at Colonel Peaks Hotel on
the Eastern Branch ard for one
| want to say l have been pleas
antls surprised.
After we heard the Judge tell
US our new address for the next
~ days we We're taken 10 Marshal
I'd Snyder's office, and let me
tell you that man is a prince. We
rode to 200 Nineteenth St. s. r.,
our new boarding house. ana aftrr
being searched landed in Ward 2.
Given Clean Beds
We We're each given towel and
instructions and assigned to most
comfortable, clean beds.
Another thing right here, and that
is that it is a pleasure to 90 time
in Colonel Peaks Jail house, bastile
or what have you.
The guards are real fellows anC
the prisoners are regular guys
mostly in for hitting the Gu that
cheers.
We were given the low-down or
how to behave and received the
sympathy of all the boys in oul
room.
Jim Corhett. head orderly. tool
us in hand and helped us over the
jumps on our first day in the
calabOOSe.
Plenty TO Eat
When supper hour rolled arOunt
we marched down to the dinin!
room and sat with the boys of th'
ward.
We had plenty to cat hominN
sweet potatoes and broad and tea.
Having loaded MP on sardines IL
the earlv Afternoon this writer haC
NO appetite. The food though plair
was To he had in plenty and unlike
most iaiis I have known was serVe'
| in a really nice manner.
Later after dropping spoons in
| Continued on Page >. Column y
The Washington times., 1929-10-31

No reg ctS.
This il the consensus Of opinion
of three reporters who have finished
the first day Of 45-day contempt
sentence.
When we were told the sad news
by Justice Gordon yesterday we had
visions of spending As dreary days
in a terrible bastiIe.
We We're wrong. Colonel Peak. SUI
perintendent of Washington jail,
treated us like gentlemen and We
have since been treated nicely.
Upon our arrival at the jail. ac-
compa anied by Marshal Ed Snyder,
we were searched and sent through
the usual routine.
Then we We're placed in No. ,
Dormitory, a clean, light, airy room
on the top floor. The room is on
tirely filled with beds and chairs.
There are approximately sixty
men in the domitorY. Some of them
are down for imhibinS too freely;
others for other minor offenses.
None of the trio of which | am
one has the slightest bit OF regret
! for our actions.
| personally am proud, cor IL |
! had betrayed the confidence of the
men from whom | received secret
| informa ton, l could never have
looked another newspaperman in the
eye.
MIR. Burkinshaw, who aided in
sending us so we'll on our way. says
! that he was once a reporter himself.
| He went into court, if that was true
! fully knowing We could never betraN
I the trust Of the profession he for.
sock to enter law. a profession
which has practically the same
ideals as journalism; the only dil
| ference being that court of law
recognizes the right OF a lawy.' =
con fi1pnCO
The Washington times., 1929-10-31
Now Please Get
This Straight!

There apparently is a mis-
understanding on the part of
many people as to what was
given the Grand Jury and
what was withheld in connec-
tion with The Times expose Of
the rum traffic.
The detailed reports of the
three jailed reporters. giving
the NAMES and ADDRESSES
of SPEAkEASIES and BOOT.
LEGGERS and describing fully
conditions at the places visited.
were PRESENTED TO THE
GRAND JURY by Dan f.
O'COnnell, city editor. and were
formally rec wed.
What the reporters refused
to do. and what Justice Peyton
Gordon insisted that they do.
was to swear before the Grand
Jury individually and in person
that they wrote the reports,
visited the spealIeasies. and
purchased drinks there.
This the reporters refused to
do on the ground that it would
compel them to violate news
paper condolences. in that they
had sOIemnly promised the boot
leggers who gave them entree
to shield their names.
Also should they testify in
person and act as prosecuting
witnesses. they would assume
the role Of snOopers and stool
pigeons and render themselves
omen to ridicule. scorn. humilia-
tion. loss of caste, and future
handicap in obtaining news
paper employment.
All of the information these
reporters could possibly have
given. with the exception of
the names of the boOtleccerS
who gave them entree. already
was in the hands of the Grand
| ,Tuy.y and now is there
The Washington times., 1929-10-31
American Ambassador
HOnOred By Peruvians

Advises from Lima, Peru. are to
the effect that William S. Culbert-
son, Of Emporia. Kansas, Special
Amba ssador OF the United States
for tho Inauguration of President
LCguia, was decorated with the grand
cross Of the Order of the Sun be-
fore sailing for New York. His
daughter. Miss June Culbertson. ac.
Conpanied her father on the vova ge
The Washington times., 1929-10-31

ers and their families, William Randolph
Hearst, owner of the paper, today ordered
the salaries of all three men doubled while
they are imprisoned.
Mr. Hearst, who is now in Los Angeles, di-
rected the managing editor of The Times by
telegraph to see that the best of care is taken
The Washington times., 1929-10-31
10000 Turkeys on Sale
From Kent County, Md

CHESTERTOWN, Md, Oct. 81.
The Maryland Turkey Growers As
sociation of Kent county. OF which
Mrs. Helen NJ Baker Is president,
is planning to sell Two carloads OF
live turkeys at a reasonable price
on the cooperative plan.
The DelmarVa Eastern Shore AS
SOCiation, cooperating with the
local organization. will advertise
10000 dressed turkeys for sale and
the bids OF these birds. which will
he supplied from all parts of the
Eastern Shore, will close November
Is
The Washington times., 1929-10-31
Old-Age Pension Law
Likely in New York

ALBANY, Oct. 81 S).-Indica,
tions are that the 1880 State Legis.
Iature will provide for an old age
pension system.
A special commission. created by
the last Legislature. at the request
Of Governor Franklin y. Roosevelt,
is now studying the subject.
The Washington times., 1929-10-31

the critical word has no weight what.
ever" says t'rankestetn in the cur.
rent Goldern Book Magazine. The
cheap novel, the tinsel opera, the
MephistOphelean style of musical in.
terpretation. the sentimental picture,
that keep publishers and librarians
busy, it is these flaShY operas that
form the basis of any successful
Opera season"
The Washington times., 1929-10-31

All the critics of broadway may
exit from a theater shouting Terri,
ble" in unison and the play they
scOrn probably Is aestheticaily terri
be. But only the discriminating few
take any heed Of the critics word =.
The great public goes to see for it.
self and frequently it makes a hugh
success of the offering the critics
have howell down.
with the mass it is apparent that
The Washington times., 1929-10-31

lncensed at the action of the Grand Jury
in bringing about the jailing of three report
ers of The Washington Times in return for
their part in exposing the extent of the rum
traffic in wet Washington, and solicitous over
the welfare of the imprisoned news gather
The Washington times., 1929-10-31
Hearst Doubles Pay Reporters While They Are Jaet

of the families of the reporters and that the
jailed men be given every reasonable COM
fort while they are behind the bars.
Mr.. Hearst regards the action of the Grand
Jury as outrageous and as tending, in effect,
whatever the actual intent, to protect speak
easies and bootleggers.
The Washington times., 1929-10-31
FIGHT IS BEGUN To FREE
THREE IMPRISONED
TIMES WRITERS

Whether the three Washington Times re-
porters who began 45-day Jail sentence for
contempt yesterday are to be freed on bail
today hinges on the Interpretation of Justice
Peyton Gordon, who imposed the sentence, Of
an important precedent established in a de-
cision of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.