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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-16
A. F. OF |. OPPOSES
WAR CONSCR|PT|ON
Pending Measures Would Mil
itate Against Good Faith,
Declare UnioniStS.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TORONTO, Ontario, october 16.-
Without dissent or debate, the con-
vention of the American Federation of
Labor today expressed its opposition to
measures pending before Congress for
universal conscription in time of war.
1t adopted a committee report de-
claring it to be essential as an .evi-
dence Of good faith to the world that
the American people shall, at least for
the present, refrain from warlike prep
arations in the enactment of legisla-
tion.'
Conscription of labor in war time, it
added, would mean that trade unions
would be dissolved"
NOn-Partisan Policy.
A traditional policy of American
labor, committing the federation to a
non-partisan political position, was re-
affirmed by the convention without de-
bate. 1t called upon "all trade union
lists to prepare to participate in the
next congressional election under the
old plan of supporting candidates
friendly to labor and opposing its
enemies" 1t warned delegates that "if
labor expects to eliminate labor injunc-
tions from the Federal courts, it must
have friends in Congress" and called
for most energetic activities by trade
unionistS throughout the United States"
in the 1880 campaign.
Private employment agencies should
be made to feel effects of competition
from free public employment agencies. .
another adopted resolution said, while
still another asked labor forces to sup
port Federal census efforts next year to
collect unemployment statistics, that
opportunities for dealing effectively
with this vexing problem might be-
come more numerous"
Age Problem Up.
A proposal that the convention direct
the federation executive to study the
important question of preventing dis
elimination against older workers in In
dustry, with view to formulating def
mite plans to remedy the declared evil, I"
brought considerable oratory but little
opposition.
Delegate after delegate, from half a
score of crafts, told of the tendency to
eliminate older men from employment
in their industries. William D. Mahon
of the street car men, demanded the
federation stand for a policy of com
pelling industry to care for the men
who have grown gray in its service"
Furuseth Is Heard.
Andrew Furuseth, president of the
seaman, declared himself "in frame OF
Il - Ill r0IN S,F IoF
social Welfare in legislation" but the re-
port was adopted.
A warning to trade unions consider
ing establishment of old age pensions
Ito use care that they proceed on q
sound acturial basis,". was adopted
Likewise, unanimous assent was given tc
the proposition that labor should owr
and control one high power radio
broadcasting station" with proper as
signment of Federal radio channels, ano
urging labor bodies to take the initia-
| tive IN eating I'm cifrh arraY1UoFnPf1fS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-16
WEATHER.

70. s. Weather Bureau ForecastJ
Partly cloudy. not so cool tonight: to-
morrow partly cloudy, cooler in the
afternoon or at night.
Highest. 65, at noon
today; lowest, As, at 4 am. today.
Full report on page 9.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-16

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The Washington times., 1929-11-08
NORRIS QNHVRT
SENATE GLAD
Times staff Photo,
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lowed by Senators Kean CRD of
New Jersey and Fess (RD Of
Ohio. both regulars. The Demo
Gratis next sent a delegation led
by Wagner CD of New York.
Voice Not Hurt. He Says
1T was nothing" said Norris.
Then with a smile. he added: 1T
didn't hurt my voice BIT"
Earlier Norris had appeared in
Traffic Court as the complaining
witness against Milton Griffith
Wood, 81, of the 800 block John
Marshall Pl. N. W., charged with
reckless driving. The case was
continued until Tuesday.
Norris was crossing B Street
N. E. at Delaware Avenue late
yesterday when Woods automo-
bile struck him, throwing him to
the ground.
Senator Only Bruised
Norris told the court he was
only bruised. He said he and
two other Senators were crossing
the street at a signal given by
Policeman F. r. Tierney when
Woods car hit him.
Tierney said he had signalled
the defendant to stop. Wood
said he had been blinded by the
headlights of another car and
had not seen the policeman's
signal. He said it was his first
mishap in eight years of driving.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
AUDITOR
WAS CONVICT
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House Ways and Means Com.
mittee where the funds of the
Taxpayers League were kept
Arnold said he didn't consider
this the business OF the House
committee.
More letters were introduced to
show that Arnold'S organizations
made efforts during the past
year to influence the votes Of
Democratic senators on the tariff
question. One letter was to the
effect that the votes of four
Democrat Senators, Fletcher Of
Florida. BrouSSard and Ransdell
of Louisiana. and Kendrick OF
Wyoming. were assured, but that
the votes of at least two more
Democrats were necessary to pass
the pending tariff bill. The letter
suggested that at least one Texas
senator's vote should be secured.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08

From two to eight dry agents
are on duty at each of the so in
dustrial alcohol plants of the
country, checking every step of
production, while distribution is
supervised by experts to prevent
diversions to bootleg channels.
Virtually none Of the 100000
600 gallons of denatured alcohol
produced during the past year
has gotten into bootleg channels,
Dorm said. He explained that
the denaturing formulas are so
effective that the bootleggerS
abandoned industrial alcohol as
their principal sourse of intoxi-
cantS and turned to the manufac-
The Washington times., 1929-11-08

legation to make known to the
court information which has
been obtained only on the con.
dition that it will not be re-
peated, yields before the moral
obligation to keep this kind of
promise.
Certain Exceptions
"TO be sure, the legal obliga-
tiOn will become supreme if the
revelation is necessary in order
to avert grave injury to an innO-
cent person or injury to the com
munity. Neither of these ex-
ceptions is present in the case
of the three Washington re-
pOrterS."
mo innocent person suffered
injuries by their refusal to tes-
tify. That the common good
was injured in any substantial
degree through failure of the
public prosecutors or enforce
ment officers to get the names
and addresses of q few boot
IeggerS more or less, is a sup
position that no sober and ia
teIlIgent citizen will seriously
entertain for q moment.
Bound to Keep Secret
ut seems clear, therefore.
that the three reporters were
not only not morally obliged to
give the Grand Jury the InfOr
nation demanded, but that
they were morally obliged to
persist in their refusal. Whether
the personal inconvenience Of
serving IS days in Jail is suf-
ficient to abSOlve them from
the cOntractual obligation of
secrecy Is a question that need
not be considered in this place.
It is to be hoped that the ap.
peal which their attorneys have
taken to q higher court will he
acted upon in time to prevent
them from serving their entire
sentences and that the question
of their legal obligation will be
authOritatively determined by
the highest court of competent
jurisdiction"
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
LOOMS COMING
To FACE JURY
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tor Brookhart on the floor of the
Senate. khat drinking is the prac
tice in high circles.
Fahyr it is understood
has told friends that he mad
nothing to do with furnishing
liquor at the party and cannCt
recall having seen any.
Otto H. Kahn, multi-millionaire
banker at ended the party
Whether he will be called before
the grand jury depends somewhat
on the testimony Of LoomiS, Rover
said.
Rovers telegram to Loomis fol
lows:
The grand jury has requested
me to invite you to appear before
that body Monday, November II,
at II o'clock, to give such in,
formation as you may have in
connection with the alleged use
of liquor at a dinner given by
Walter J. Fahy in December,
1926"
Rover consulted with J. N. Fitz-
patrick, foreman of the grand
Jury, before sending the invita-
ton.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
Votes of Dead Man
May Call For
Recount

BOSTON. Nov. 8 uN.S0-
Rumors that the name of a
dead had been upon the voting
list of mayoralty election stirred
city hall today, coming on the
heels of q demand for a recount
Of the vote that gave Mayor
elect James M. Curley, nearly
10000 majority over Frederick
w. Mansfield.
Mansfield, Good Government
Association candidate, said the
tip" of the voting dead man"
had come to him among other
charges of alleged irregularities
in the voting.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08

ture of moonShine alcohol out Of
sugar and other commodities.
That does not mean that 1t
will be safe to drink anything
distributed by the bootleggers
during the holidays, however.
Doran pointed out that occa-
sionally a consignment Of bootleg
whisky or gin concocted from
wood alcohol. a deadly poison,
gets on the market frequently
causing deaths. He also declared
that much Of the illicitly distilled
alcohol and whisky is poison be
cause Of improper methods OF
haste In manufacture.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08

1.-THE reporters were
not morally obligated
to give the Grand
Jury the information
demanded, but were
morally obligated to
persist in their re-
fusal.
According to the
moral theologians, the
legal obligation to
make known to the
court inform a tt on
which has been OBJ
tanned only on the con-
.lition that it will not
',e repeated yields be-
'ore the moral obliga-
tion to keep this kind
of promise.
"To be sure, the
9gal obligation will
9ecome supreme if the
~evelation is Necessary
in order to avert grave
A. ao
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
Josephine Greenwell
Dead at LeOnardtOwn

LEONARDSTOWN, Md, Nov. g..
Miss Josephine Amelia Green
we'll %, youngest daughter OF DR..
and Mrs. Francis F. Greenwich,
prominent physician of st. Mary'S
County, is dead at her home after
a long illness.
Miss Greenwell was a graduate
of st. Mary'S Academy and was
talented pianist.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
Five Killed in Tunnel;
Injured Man Is Rescued

COLEBROOK, Mass, Nov. 8
Q.NSD Foreman James Tiatti
and four drillers met death in a
premature explosion in tunnel
on the new Swift River project
of the Metropolitan water district
here lay.
TW. 0thers in the tunnel were
injured. One of them was rem
dered unconscious for half an
hour. When he regained con-
SciouSness he stumbled through
the mile-long shaft and then up
450 feet to bring reScuerS to
those in the shaft.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
Shift of Wind Saves
Berkeley From Fire

BERKELEY. Calf, Nov. 8
G.N.SD A change in wind late
today came to the aid of 5000 fire
fighters and was believed tonight
to have saved the city of Berkeley
from a fire disaster similar to that
of six years ago, which took a
property toll of upwards of S.
100000.
The fire. estimated to have
covered 5000 acres of grass and
brush, was not believed to have
caused any serious damage.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
HUNT BOY
HELD IN JAIL
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command of the precinct told him
his men were unable to recognize
the two names as the same.
According to the youth, Lorin
Johnson, IT; Alex Mackenzie, IS.
and George Demisa. II, were
arrested by the policeman after
John DaSSauls. delicatessen dealer
at Fourteenth and Fairmont
Streets Northwest, had reported
to police that group of boys
were "disorderly"
He was taken to No. 10 and
then to hte Receiving Home,
Rhinehart declared, where they
told him a telegram had already
been sent to his mother at their
College Park home. When no
word of him had been received
by supper time. Paul Rhinehart,
ir., his brother, went to the
Eighth precinct and reported him
missing.
1850 Policeman Looking
Police of that precinct prom
ised to find him. At 10 o'clock
that night, Paul Rhinehart. Sr.,
father of the boy. Unexpectedly
c~0o" - r.~ ~~1. &" .'->s~.;
Va, where he is working. He,
too. ". 4 20 .. T. Wee ne was
told that 1850 policemen were
looking for his SON."
The next morning. Paul. jr.. re-
ceived the same information again
at No. 8 and decided omake some
inquiries in the neighborhood. Mrs.
DaSSaulS, told him Of Marks arrest
and said that Armstrong had
grabbed him just before the patrol
arrived from the Tenth precinct.
Paul went to No. 10 where they
admitted both the arrest and look
out but said they had never con-
nected up the two names. In the
meantime, the boys father was
notified. He went to the detective
bureau and talked to J. E. Fuller,
he declared, who gave him the
same story of the city-Wide search
by keen-eyed Sleuths.
Finally Found" Officially
Then he told Fuller where the
boy was Fuller called the Receiv-
ing home and corrorated it and
then insisted on Officially mott
flying" Rhinehart that his son had
been found, then entering the
notification" on police records to
close" the case.
Paul, Jr.. went to the Houst Of
Detention to bail the boy out.
A Mr.. Baker there called No. 10.
he said, and reported that No. 10
said he was not to be released on
bond.
Paul and his fathers next step
was to hire Maurice M. Grudd
and Frank Denunzio. attorneys,
who Immediately went to JuVe-
nile Court, from which he was re-
leased by Judge Sellers this morn.
ing because of lack of a case.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08

today knows how polite and ga
Terry Druggan, former beer
hustler. has capitulated to Mrs.
Blacklidge, collector of internal
revenue, after his henchmcn ran
her off Druggan'S cogntIy estate
near Lake Zurich, where they went
armed with licn5 on Druggan' :
olooded GuornSeys to SATISFY
$500. 600 debt.
1T was all a mistake" he ex-
planned when Mrs. Blacklidge and
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
Rev. DR.. Ryan's Defense
Of Jailed Reporters

The Rec. John A. Ryan Of the Catholic University
of Amrica w1itlng IN the current issue of the Balti-
more Catholic Reriew regarding the failing of three
reporters Of The Woshlngt0n Times saus:
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
Diuersi0n of Alcohol
Reported Ended

Industrial alcohol production and distribution has been
placed under such effective control that there will be
poison Thanksgiving and Christmas liquor from that
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
JAILED REPORTERS WARMLY DEFENDED BY FATHER RYAl
NURSES DEATH
AGAIN To CO
To JURY
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statement. Hoover also refused
to comment. Lasky did say, how
ever. when questioned, that it
did not mean Mcpherson would
be released from the District Jail
where he is held.
u, s. PenSiOner On Jury
The fight over the indictment
arose when it was learned that
Mrs. Dolores Marmion, a Govern
ment pensioner and the widow
of Rear Admiral Robert A.
Marmion, had been a member of
the Grand Jury which indicted
Mcpherson and 1875 other per-
sons. A Government pensioner
is barred from jury duty.
While counsel for several Of
the indicted persons publicly
signified their intention of at
tacking the indictments, Rover
and LaSkey sat tight" and said
nothing regarding the indictment
Of Mcpherson, preferrlng TO let
Leahy make the first move.
Leahy. confined to his home in
the $500 block Of Garfield St.
N. w, with a severe cold, an
nounced that he had not def
nitely decided whether to fight
the indictment OF TO go to trial
on the merits of the case and
without hiding behind technic-
atty" Today he sent Reilly to
sound out Rover, who promptly
referred him to LaSkey. Before
Reilly could locate Laskey to
question him regarding the Gov
ernment'S intentions, the an
nouncement of the Government
move was made from the Depart
ment of Justice.
Strange Situation Arises
One of the Strangest situations
ever to exist in local legal circles
has arisen as a result of the dis
covery that the Grand Jury was
improperly constituted Indict-
mentS returned by the body are
voidable, but, unless the defense
counsel of the indicted persons
object. those indicted may be
brought to trial and convicted.
Another point raised is that de-
fense counsel could not prevent
evidence being reSubmitted if the
Government demanded that such
be done. If Leahy decided to go to
trial on the present indictment,
faulty as it is alleged to be, and
the Government demanded a new
Grand Jury sitting on the eVi-
dence, Leahy would have to sub
NIT to the Government demand.
He is hardly likely to do that.
close friends pointed out.
The Government goes into the
Grand Jury room in the McPher-
son case bolstered up by thousands
of words of additional testimony
gathered by Department of JUS
tice agents who were assigned to
the case after it had been badly
bungled by the local police homi-
eide squad.
Regarding McPherson'S liberty
pending the outcome of the next
Grand Jury deliberations, Leahy
said he is not yet prepared to
say exactly what action will be
taken toward gaining the 22-year-
old bank clerks freedom.
Il will be perfectly willing to
be responsible for him" the at
torney said. He stayed around
town during the first Grand Jury
investigation. and he will Stav
again. I do not plan at this time
to present a petition for a writ
of habeaS corpus; merely a re-
quest to Laskey to free him from
iaU"
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
RUTH ROLAND RETURNS

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Nov. g.
The return of Ruth Roland, wiz,
quit the screen in silent DAYS
will be made as the star in
Reno" Cornelius Vanderbilt, jr.s
novel. it was announced TODAY.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
RIVERA FOR REFORM

MADRID, Nov. 8 1NSD-
Deep transformations" in the
economic life of Spain were prom
ised today by Gen. Primo De
Rivera. for the purpose of helping
TO stabilize the currency.
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
SENATE ROLLED
BY ASSES"
EP|THET
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crew who run the Senate I'll be
glad to use it,"
The recent statement of Senator
Reed (R) of Pennsylvania that
Republican insurgents from the
northwest who are fighting the
rates in the Hawley-Smoot bill
ARE more dangerous to the coun
try than all the communists com
bined" also was discussed during
the controversy.
Was Dry Dinner
II want to call attention of
those Republican Senators from
the West that this man Senator
Moses who has made these re-
marks is the man selected to run
the campaign to re-elect Senator
Norris next year and to make a
strong campaign for all those
who come up for reelection in
the Northwest" said Senator
Wheeler, referring to Moses chair
manShip Of the Republican Sena-
torial campaign committee.
In the days before dry dinners
the Senator from New Hampshire
referred to the farm bloc as
being composed of II lawyers,
one editor and one we'll digger, "
interjected Senator Brookhart
(RD Of Iowa. Since it has be-
come the fashion to have dry din
nerS the Senator calls them sons
of wild jackasses."
Their Masters Voice
Wheeler declared that Moses and
Reed both expressed the thought
Of manufacturers in New Eng
land and Pennsylvania, and said
the Northwest would resent it.
AS Senators banded such terms
as silly" and stupid" in their
quarrel, Senator Wheeler suggested
that Otto H. Kahn. Wall Street
banker. who declined Moses offer
to become treasurer of the Repub,
lican senatorial committee. did so
because of the wet dinner" ex-
posed by Senator Brookhart.
The fact that Kahn declined
shows you don't need wet dinners
to rise to new levels" said Brook
hart.
Heflin Quotes Bible
Senator Heflin CD of Alabama,
suggested that perhaps Moses
complaint that the coalition was
writing a sectional tariff bill to
injure Eastern manufacturers was
made on the theory that "the OK
knoweth his owner and the ass his
masters crib"
The cat is out of the bag" said
Wheeler. At last the people of
the Northwest have wakened up
to who has been running the Re
publican party, why they have
demanded tariff duties on manu-
factured articles and want the
products of the Northwest on the
free list. They know that they
have been handed a sop by duties
on wheat and other articles which
mean nothing"
Senator Nye (R.D of North Da-
kota, par ticularly condemned
Senator Reed for his declaration
that the insurgents were more
dangerous than communists. He
read an editorial from the Fargo
IN. d. Forum calling Reeds
statement stupid and selfish" and
referring to him as "a spoiled
boy"
The Washington times., 1929-11-08

injury to an innocent person or injury to the com
muntty Neither of these exceptions is present in
the case of the three Washington reporters"
The Washington times., 1929-11-08

~ ~ wv Z O"-44AN4 y N9N1AA~-N~ 3 y
liant a former beer lord can be.
three assistants visited the farm
again Yesterday.
Anybody night make a mis-
take like this" he declared. eS-
corting tie visitors a'5aut the
fem. "L,O-E at President Hoover.
I d1't h" forget to invite Senator
Eiram Jcnn@on to dinner the
other day' and wasn't he for
givenS"
The Washington times., 1929-11-08
Beer King Surrenders
To Tax Collector

CHICAGO Nov. (I.N.Sl-M Myrtle Tanner B'ackhdge
today knows how polite and gallant former lord
Smyrna times., 1929-07-03

to cold winds and wet weather,
Somerset county growers as a
whole are believed to have made a
little money. The crop average,
according to C. z. Keller, county
agent, is estimated at $3.50 a crate
which was better than 1928, when
a good percentage of the crop sold
for less than 81. The red spider
injured some of the Candy fields in
Somerset, but did not do as much
damage as last year. Quality of
Somerset berries was reported as
very good this year, the weather
being suitable for their develop
ment. It is believed that more
than eighty per cert of the cars at
Marion station, largest shipping
point in the WORLD, graded U. S.
No. 1. In Wicomico county at
Pittsville the quality reported was
better than usual, with yields
about average. Fruitland reported
fair quality, about average yields,
with some money being made by
the farmers. In Sussex county,
which grows about ninety per cent
of the Delaware berries, farmers
as whole are reported to have
made little money on berries this
year.
Smyrna times., 1929-07-03
d3Hzzx(Zznea5
Strand Theatre, Smyrna

Friday and Saturday-Tom Tyler
fans are hereby warned that their
favorites will be seen in their lat
est picture THE Tyrant of Red
Gulch." Tom and frankie are dis
playing a flock of new tricks that
are sure to ring the bell. This is
Frankie's first picture since the
completion of ''The Circus Kid in
which he starred with Joe E.Brown
and Helene Costello. THE Tyrant
of Red Gulch" deals with the ad-
ventures of a wandering. cowboy
and his pal in the wastes of North
ern Nevada. They discover a tiny
forgotten village under the power
of mysterious bandit who has
seized all the wealth of the neigh
borhood. After a series of thrill
ing adventures Tom and frankie
manage to solve the mystery in
typical Tyler manner.