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The Washington times., 1929-11-14
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what promises to be lengthy
and exhaustive investigation of
conditions IN the police depart.
nnent and the district attorneys
office Is proceeding vigorously to-
day. under the direction Of the
Sackett subconmittee of the SEN
ate District Committee.
The inquiry was launched last
night at q meeting of the COM
naittee. and so grave and impor-
tant were the facts disclosed at
the session that It was decided
that the work will have to pro-
Ceed In secrecy.
Consequently every safeguard
was thrown around last nights
session and the same precautions
are being taken today as agents
of the committee delve into the
matters the committee is directed
to study under tlle Blease reso-
luton.
Has Secret Agents
It is believed the investigation
work for the committee is being
conducted by agents of the De
partmetlt OF Justice. When the
inquiry was authorized, more
than "a month ago. Senator Fred
erick nj. Sackett. chairman OF
the subcommittee, asked Attorney
General William Mitchell fof the
assistance of operatives. The
reply Of the Justice Department
head has never been made public,
hut Sackett. has intlnatad that
the COMMITTEES is receiving OUT
side help. and the logical place
to obtain 1t is in the bureau OF
Investigation.
The inquiry Of. the Sackett
committed win be long dra Vn
out affair. One Of the few ques-
tions the chairman would answer
directly last night after the meet
ing dealt with the length Of the
probe and he frankly admitted
that ''it win take long time. =.
In the meantime nothing is to
be made public regarding facts
uncovered by the group or the
lines along which IL is working.
This is In the public interest, :"
according to Chairman. Sackett,
who feels that If the committee
proceeded openly its own ends
would he defeated and the public
would be poorly served.
j .JEs: " E
Agreed ON Pratt
One matter officially before it,
the committee is ready to dispose
Of, according to Sackett. That is
the resolution Of Senator Cole T..
Blease Of South Carolina, de.
n1anding that Chief Of Police
Henry G. Pratt, Inspector William
8. Shelby and Lieut.. Edward
Kelly be suspended until Police
man Robert J. Allen is re-inStated
Members of the committee are In
agreement on this matter, accord.
Ing to the chairman.
Since they reached the agree
ment at last nights session. with.
out any witnesses or testimony
~ is believed that they are In
agreement that nothing should be
cone. The police situation mas
aLtered considerably since tho
resolution was introduced.
ALI tive members of the Sub.
C0semlmlCtee sel gathered under the
glittering crystal chandelier of
the District committee room Ia ST
mgnt to open the investigation,
reporters gathered outside.
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
Marchand Urges Need
OF Training in Business

g. E. Marchaud tonight will
deliver the first of q series of
lectures to be given at the Ma
sonic Temple. Thirteenth and
New York Ave. N. W., under the
auspices of the National Univer.
Sity Society.
Marchand will point out that
without specific and specialized
training with which to meet the
changing conditions in business
today men and women are Sc
verely handicapped in their ef'
forts to succeed.
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
Aero Club Luncheon
To Honor Major Young

In honor Of Major Clarence M.
Young, the recently appointed AS,
Sistant Secretary Of Commerce for
Aeronautics,. the Aero Club will
give q luncheon tomorrow at
1880 at the Carlton Hotel.
A feature Of the luncheon viii
be a sketch by Col. c. de F. Chand-
ler, president Of the Aero Club Of
Washington, Of impressions re-
ceived in an extended South
American ali tour.
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
DR.. Lambdin to Give
Talk on Ancient Tyre

The curtain of time will be
rolled back 2.500 years tomorrow
when DR.. Milton Bennett Lamb
din speaks on Tyre, Queen OF
the Seas" before the Foundry
Mems Club at Foundry M. E
Church, Sixteenth and P SITS
N. W., at s O'Clock,
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
CITIZENS TO ELECT

The Connecticut Avenue Citi-
zens Association will elect officers
in All Souls Parish Hall, Cathe-
dral Avenue and Woodley Place,
Monday, November 18, at 8 p. m.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28
POLICE SEEK
3 KIDNAPERS
Woman Teacher Taken From
School Room AS Fright
ened Pupils Look On

WILKESBARRE, Pa, March %.
@P)-Suffering from shock and
bruises, Miss Margaret DodSon, 20
remained in a hospital today, while
search continued for two men and
a woman who kidnapped her and
abandoned her in a wooded section.
She is a teacher at the rural school
in Muhlenburg.
She was seized at the school yes
terday and, while her frightened pu-
pills looked on, was thrown into an
automobile. Some of the children
ran to their homes and told their
parents, who notified state police.
Searchers found her in the woods
several hours later and after being
taken to the hospital she frequently
lapSed into Inconsistencies. She
gave no detailed account of her ex-
perience, but said she did not know
the men and woman who took hel
away.
Police started search for the writ
er Of three threatening letters, one
Of which was found in Miss Dod-
sons desk Monday after the schoo
had been broken into the night be.
fore. The letter was signed Franz
j., an dread: "This has gone far
enough. Watch your STEP" Two
other letters were pinned to the
schoolhouse door recently.
Belief was expressed by the po-
lice that the kidnapping was actuat-
ed by revenge because the teacher
had reported a parent for not send
ING a DlIDil IN cnbnol
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28
onomic foundations, a strong oppo'
ritiOn nortyv

onomic foundations, a strong. oppo-
sition party"
Nothing could contribute more
vitality to the health and strength
of the democratic party" he said,
than the knowledge that when the
democrats nominate a weak, cor
rupt or inept candidate for office,
this man will have the fight Of his
life to win the plum he seeks"
Tammany Spelled Defeat
Concerning the outcome of last
years presidential election, Mr..
Milton declared that "by no means
do I attribute to the operation of
religious prejudices IN the south
the most substantial share of the
determination of the result. The
democratic candidate in 1928, al
though a mar of appealing person.
atty, was nurtured by a political
organization, the very name of
which has been for decades a hiss
ing byword in the south, and was
committed to political views which
were anathema to probably a ma
jority of the people of the south.
THE dry anti-Tammany demo-
Gratis of the south who left the
party rather than vote for a wet
presidential candidate who was a
sachem of Tammany Hall, can
hardly be expected to return to the
ranks of democracy on a further
campaign by the party against pro-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28
OFFICERS ELECTED BY
MISSION LIONS CLUE

MISSION, March 28.-Nomina-
ton and election of officers occu-
pied the session of the Lions club
held here Wednesday. Election re-
suits will not be announced until
next week, it was stated by Hubb
Jefferies, retiring president. Those
voted on follow:
President: Eddie hamburger, Ray
Landry and George Holder; vice
president: Eddie Marburger; secre-
tary treasurer: Ira Goble, Eddie
hamburger, r. E. Shrader, Albert
Stewart. ID. G. Decker and George
Holder were nominated for tall
twiSters.
Visitors present were H. H. Kid
der, Ed wilkins, of San Juan, and
Rev. George Benson. Mr.. Kidder
delivered an address on canal and
irrigation activities of the San
Juan-Pharr district.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28
GRAF ZEPPELIN
RETURNS HOME
Eckener Completes 5000
Miles Of Travel In Less
Than A Days

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Germany,
March 28.@P-The dirigible Graf
Zeppelin returned to her base here
today, completing a voyage Of 3 Ia
days and 5000 miles over the east
ern Mediterranean to the Holy Land
and return.
1t was the second long cruise of
the giant dirigible, and in mileage
exceeded that Of either the trip to
America, or the return last year.
En- route it passed over Lyons
and Marseilles, France, Corsica,
Rome, Messina, Corfu, Crete, Cy-
prus, Haifa, Jerusalem, Crete, Ath-
ems, then back along the Adriatic
sea by way of Hungary to Vienna,
Ulm and Friedrichshafen.
The objection of the British gov
eminent prevented the ships pass
ing owe Egypt, but its master. DR..
Hugo Eckener, in messages back to
Germany mentioned 'unfavorable
Winds which kept him from visit
ing that country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28

BATH, Eng.-James Carr refused
to work at the poorhouSe and was
sent to prison for three weeks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28

hibition or to put the Tiger in the
White House.
1.-The 1928 campaign led to the
national referendum on prohibition
which Mr.. Raskob had forecast.
The American people emphatically
disapproved the attempt to overturn
prohibition as a national policy. In
view of this nation wide verdict of
the voters, north, south, east and
west, prohibition must be regarded
as having received the definite ap-
prevail of the people, and the demo-
cratic party must no more be COM
mitted to a candidate and a cam
paign for prohibitions overthrow"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28
MISSION READY FOR
MEET
Especial to The Herald)

MISSION, March 28.-More than
1000 contestants are expected to at
tend the Hidalgo InterScholaStic
league contests which will open here
Friday morning and continue until
Saturday night. S. L. Hardin, SUI
perintendent of schools, is making
elaborate plans to entertain visitors
to the meet.
This is the first time in IA years
that the county league meet has
been held in Mission. 1t was through
the financing of the local chamber
OF commerce that brought the con-
tests to Mission this year.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28
HOOVER KEY TO
DEMO FUTURE
Attitude On Patronage Out.
RACES In South To Be
Deciding Issue

WINTER PARK, Fla, March %.
1.-The solid south" Is
definitely broken depends on the
attitude Of the Hoover administra-
ton toward patronage outrages'
IN the south and "the alacrity with
which the democratic party recog-
nlzes the fact that national cleo
tion results last year spelled an m
pnatlc endorsement of prohibition
George Fort Milton, editor of the
Cnattanooga (Tenn.) News. told
~ Institute OF Craftsmanship to-
MI. Milton addressed the gather
ing on The Future of the Demo-
cratic Party in the United States"
he expressed the hope that Gin
eacn OF the southern states there
Will grow from sound social and &C.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28
STEAMER BURNS WITH
LOSS OF $500

MOBILE, Ala, March 28.-(P-
The steamer Bay Queen of the
Eastern Shore Transportation COM
pany, laid up here for the winter.
burned to the waters edge today
with a loss of SOS, 900. The vessel
formerly operated around Long Is
land, N. Y, and was IS years old.
She was engaged in the coast trade
during the summer months.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28
PEOPLE r R AS
LINER RUNS

CHERBOURG, France, March %
-(P)-The Cunard anchor liner
Pennsylvania, with American tour
lists aboard, came into Cherbourg
at II a. m, listing sharply at her
port bow and well down after run
ming aground near UrvilIe- Hague.
The 100 or SO passengers debarked
immediately none the worse for
their experience except for the
shock of the sudden grounding
which threw some of them out Of
their berthS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28
MISSION DOCTOR HURT
AS NCINE HITS AUTO
Especial to The Herald.)

MISSION, March 28.-Dr. ]. w.
JefferieS of Mission received lac
erations about the face and severe
body bruises here at II p. m. Tues
day when the car he was driving
struck by a Missouri Pacific switch
engine at the Lomita avenue cross
ing.
DR.. Jefferies did not see the back
ing engine until too late to avoid
the crash. The car was demolished.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28
20 SHAKEN UP AS
TRAIN LEAVES RAILS

NORTH CHARLESTON, N. H.
March 28.-P-Twenty Of the so
passengers aboard THE Owl" ex-
press, bound from Montreal to
New York over the Connecticut
river division Of the Boston and
Maine railroad were shaken up to-
day when five of the eight car OF
the train left the rails. Two of
the cars, a sleeper and a coach
plunged down an embankment.
Railroad officials said the cause
was undetermined.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28
RATES TO G. OF q MEET

HOUSTON, March 28.-Attractive
reduced rates from points on the
Missouri Pacific lines to the third
annual convention Of the East Tex
as Chamber of Commerce, to be
held at Bryan, May ST. were an
nounced today by c. w. Strain, pas
Senger traffic manager for the Mis-
souri, Pacific lines.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28
TO OPEN

MISSION, March 28.-John Boat
right, who came here with his fam
lily from Oklahoma last fall, is put
ting in shelving and repairing the
Dustin building on Lomita boule-
ward. He will occupy the structure
with a grocery store, under the firm
name of Boatright and Wiley.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28
EDUCATOR DIES

PONCA CITY, Okla, March %.
-LP-Charles F. Martin, president
of the ponca City board of educa-
ticn and former official of the Mar
land Oil company, died here today
after an illness of a day and a half.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28
SPANISH FLYERS TAKE
OFF FOR RIO JANEIRO

BAHIA, Brazil, March 28.-P)-
The Spanish aviators, Captains Ig-
nacio JimeneZ and Francisco lyle
sias, took off at $3.50 a. m. $3.50 E.
S. I'd for Rio Janeiro to complete
the flight from Seville, Spain. in
terrupted when they were forced
down here Tuesday morning.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-03-28

DETROIT-Jolly Pearl Stanley
weight 643, height 4 feet 5, is dead.
For Is years she had been a fat
lady in carnival shows. She was
27 wears old.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19
IS ISN'T 4 BATTLE,
 ONLY FIERCE FIGHT

NEW YORK. Jan. 19.-Indiea- tions multiplied to ay that al though the Rockefeller-Stewart fight for control of the Standard Oil company of Indiana will be bit terly fought, every effort will be made to make it appear to the pub lie eye as a dignified contest and not a brawl for power
 Col Robert W. Stewart, whom Rockefeller jr., wants busted from the chairmanship of the Indiana company, arrived here yesterday from Chicago but denied that his visit was connected with the con troversy. At the same time the Rockefeller offices made public q letter and it's answer indicating intention to avoid mud singing
 Neither Col. Stewart nor the Rockefeller agents would make q definite prediction how the battle would go on March '. when the an nual meeting of the oil company takes place and the stockholders determine whether Stewart re- mains chairman or will be busted.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19
By BATES RANEY (A. p. Staff Writer)

LONDON, Jan. 19. The house Of lords is demanding reform which would limit it's membership and provide for certain peers to. be elected
 IL seems likely that the country will eventually adopt some sort Of plan like this since it is widely as serted that the present constitution of the British upper house ren- ders 1t not only impotent but in There are many who would like to see it on a par with the United States senate. Others would like to see 1t abolished alto gether-
 This situation is Recognized by the house of lords itself and there have been frequent attempts to in crease it's power and authority and on each occasion this has been blocked by the house of commons and the government.
 The latest move on the part of the house of lords was to vote by 52 10 8 that ''it is desirable sthat early steps should be taken to lir it the number of menihess of the house of lords and to snake pfoyt
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19
By SAvINGToN CHAMPION
 GA. p. Staff Writer)

SARRDBRUCK, Jan. 19- The Sarre region has become such an important economic tributary Of France that politicians have un- dertaken an active campaign to in crease French influence and check German propaganda before the pie biscite which will decide its na- tionality six years hence.
 The French Association of the Sarre. an important organization of French industrials and politi- clans, recently voted a resolution that it's delegates "count on the government to assure the respect of the rights that France enjoys in the Sarre by the treaty of Yer sailles and to defend them ener- getically if need be-
 In general France hopes that the plebiscite in 1884 will add to her eastern frontier a territory of 750.- GOO population. France regards the Sarre as her last guarantee in case of the evacuation of Rhine land.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19
FRANCE AND GERMANY STRUGGLE FOR UPPER
 HIND IN SABRE AREA

Five million of the 25,O00.O0O tons of coal that France is obliged annually to import are now obtain ed from the Sarre mines. With out this supply she would have to pay for the coal at gold prices.
 Moreover, the benefits operate both ways. The Sarre is the sixth largest buyer of French goods, and her trade is worth $S0,000,0O0 an nually to France.
 In 1884 the Sarre Basin will vote, by district, either for the maintenance of the present French control or the union with France or Germany. No article of the treaty of Versailles provides for the return of the Sarre to Ger many before 1885.
 Meanwhile France and Germany face each other in struggle for spheres of influence. The French will base their campaign on argu- ments intended to prove that the Sarre is not agriculturally inde- pendent and that the Sarre metal industry would be ruined without a supply of Lorraine iron ore.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19
Cousin of Pershing Is Riot Leader

NEW YORK, Jan. 19. - The New York Times says George Pershing, aged 23, second cousin of Gen. J. J. Pershing, was the leader of the demonstration be- fore the British Consulate Thurs day which was broken up by the police.
 Young Pershing is Field or ganizer for the All-American An- ti-Imperialistic League of Amer ica The demonstration was in protest against the arrest at Hjharia, India, of F. w. John stone, American labor agitator. The demonstrators carried pla- cards reading: Down with Brit ish Imperialism" Policemen in dispersing the bystanders, knock ed young Pershing to the side walk. The young man refers to the General as My illustrious cousin"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19
OUT OF SICK BED TO WARN
 OF ACCIDENT
Ohio Boy Proves Hero Flags Train and
 Averts Disaster

POMEROY, Unio. Jan. 19.-- Glenn Cline, i'll with influenza, erawled from his bed and saved a New York Central Railroad train from almost certain wreck at Dyesville, near here, last night
 Glenn heard roar along the railroad tracks as he lay in bed.
 He was convinced the sound was a rush of stone and dirt in q railroad cut, short distance from his home.
 Glenn got out of bed, seized lantern and made hurried inspection, proving his fears cor rect that tons of earth had filled the cut
 Knowing that passenger train No. 6 was due in a few minutes, the lad hurried to a bend short distance from the landslide and waved his lantern as the loco motive bore down on him.
 Engineer Riley saw the faint light, applied the brakes and the train was brought to stop just as it entered the cut.
 The passengers have started q move to obtain a Carnegie hero medal for Glenn.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19
p PROHIBITION DEBATE AGAIN
 HELD, SENATE
Charges Are Made by Two Senators-House Pass
 es Big Measure

WASHINGTON. Jan 19.-While the House passed the $54t,O00000 Independent offices appropriation bill, the Senate went in for anoth- CT prohibition debate as an at tempt was made to decide how much, if any additional money, should be expended to enforce the dry laws.
 Declaration by Senator George w. Norris is that Prohibition ap- pointments are dictated largely by political influence, brought forth rom Senator J. T. Robinson that Prohibition workers had been mob olized for election of the Republi- can ticket during the last cam paign
 Senator Carter Glass. of Virgin ia, proposes that s25.0GO be apDro- priated for the Presidents use in making a searching Investigation of Prohibition. Herbert Hoover has indicated that he intends to do this.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19
HOUSE OF LORDS SEEKS
 TO REGAIN OLD POWER

sion for an elective representation or nomination as would insure to each political party a fair position in the house of lords
 Theoretically parliament is di- vided in three parts. the king, the house of commons and the house of lord and the assent or each component is required before an act of parliament can become q law. with certain exceptions. Ac- tually the house of commons makes the laws because the king supports it's decisions and the commons control the lords with the threat of creating any number of peers needed to pass bill through the house of lords should the upper house prove recalcitrant.
 When Edward the First called his great council in l295. all the different classes of people sum moned to attend met as a single assembly. but in less than 100 years the body had divided itself into two houses. Tn one house sat the peers spiritual and iegpor. al fn the other sat the representa-
 fcoutiage7 on Eae Sa',Fn)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19
F FJLIBUSTER ATTEMPT IS
 SEEN, SENATE
Continuous Debate Prob ably Directed Against
 Cruiser Measure

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-Sen- ate leaders are beginning to wonder if all the time being consumed in debate these days is not an indirect filibuster against the cruiser construction bill
 The Senate is far behind the regular schedule in disposition of necessary appropriation bills and is beginning to have a crowded calendar, although there is only one major piece of legislation, the cruiser bill, pending.
 A crafty filibuster, admittedly, could endanger the cruiser meas 'ure although Congress has six weeks to go. The determination of Hoover to have an extra ses- sion for farm relief and tariff re- vision removed two of the big gest problems of the session from the calendar but the debate pro position seems to have increased tactics of delay.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19
DEATH, COURTS, STAY REMOVAL
 OF GEN. BOOTH
Commissioner Haines Drops Dead After Speech
 Injunction Granted

SUNBURY-ON-THAMES, Eng. land, Jan. Death and the court abruptly checked the High Council of the Salvation Army in it's task of selecting a successor to Gen Bramwell Booth.
 Commissioner William H a i Il es. .yice-President of the Council, and one of the delegation which re quested the resignation of Gen. Booth, collapsed and died in the Council Chamber at the climax Of a stormy session shortly after he concluded an impassioned speech to his colleagues.
 Gen. Booth and his followers sue cessfully blocked the attempt of the Council to depose him from leadership and control of the Army.
 The London Chancery Court granted an injunction restraining the Councillors acting on their resolution for removal of General Booth as unfit on account of his age and health.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-01-19
KILLED IN TORNADO, STORMS; BIG PROPERTY DAMAGE
CORPORATION FORMED TO GARRY AIR MAIL.
 SEATTLE TO JUNEAU

SEATTLE, Jan. 19.-verne c. Gorst. president of the Seattle Fly ing Service. announced organiza- on Of half a mliNen dollar cor porat.on to operate an air mall route between Seattle and Ju neau and equip a Seattle factory for the manufacture Of seaplane5.
 Gcst stated that the new cor poratioA, which will be named af ter himself, has completed it's f. nanc.ng and VIII not have a pub lie stock issue. The new corpora tien is backed by Seattle and Alas ka business men and will absorb all property and assets of the Sc attle Flying Service.
 Within fortnight, Gorst will go to New York and take delivery of Keystone Looming flying beat which will undertake survey of mail route from Seattle to Ju- neau in March.