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Seward daily gateway., 1929-06-04

Attorney Joseph H. Murray, one of the outstanding members of the bar, arrived on the s. s. Alaska from his Cordova offices to attend this term of court. Attorney Mur- ray has the distinction of being one of the passengers on the first air plane flights across the Gulf of All aska, from Juneau to Cordova, also is Alaska's widely known member of the Alaska Legislature of which august body he has been member since the year six.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-06-04

QUALITY DEVELuPINss PRINT NC AND ENLARGING. SchaIlef- r's Alaska Shop.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-06-04

Miss Dorothy F. Ellison was admitted to citizenship last week in Fairbanks.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-06-04

The halibut boat Marmot left for the fishing banks today as also did the Northern.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-06-04
HAND PAINTED ALASKA PIC- TURES AT SYLVIA'S.

Real Chinese Noodles and Chop Suey can now be obtained each evening at the Union Cafe.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-06-04

c. P. Hale, prominent Alaska packer, is a northbound passen- ger on the s. s. Yukon for Seward.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-06-04

The s. s. Admiral Watson, of the P. s. s. Co.,, is expected to arrive in port from the south, either tonight or in the morning, according to the local office.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-06-04

Great show on at Liberty tonite.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-06-04

The nine members of the grand jury wNo reported and qualified yesterday were excused until Thursday morning at 10 o'clock at which time a special vcnire of IS which were drawn in open court, will report for duty,
Seward daily gateway., 1929-06-04

The court announced yesterday that there will be no sessions on Saturday afternoons winch an- noancement is in conformity with the federal law applying to one half holiday during the months of June, July and August
Seward daily gateway., 1929-06-04

Attorney Waller, Truitt and Nor on are expected to arrive tomorrow night from their Anchorage offices.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-06-04

Attorney James Metzenbaum, of Cleveland, O., representing an eastern brokerage firm, is greatly impressed with this, his first visit to Alaska, and would like to remain indefinitely but he anticipates having to leave for Seattle Sunday.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-06-04

U. 5. District Attorney Warren N. Cuddv, arrived today on the Coast Guard Cutter Chelan. from the Westward bringing with him wit nesses and those bound over to the grand jury. 5~
Seward daily gateway., 1929-06-04

Jack Began, deputy U, s. marshal who accompanied U. s. District At torney Warren N Cuddy Westward, arrived today on the Cutter Chelan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
Chief Recommends Early Trial
of Both on Charges to Be
Preferred Later.
HOLDS CAPTAIN INSUBORDINATE
in SUSTAINING AIDES ACTION
Situation Lowers Morale of Force, He
Says and Indicates Desire for Steps
to Preserve Discipline.

Suspension of Capt Robert Doyle eighth precinct
district commissioners today by Maj Henry Pratt superintendent
of police dramatic sequel to Capt Does ouspoken defense of
report Commissioners Maj Pratt accused
Doyle and Allen Of and indicated he desired their
suspension from duty n the interest of discipline and pointed
possible before the Police
Trial Board on charges to be preferred later
Maj Pratt that Doyle in sustaining Allen in
his criticism United States attorneys Office shares
expressed belief
natural tendency the further destruction of the morale OF the
Now Up to Commissioners.
the If MAJ a 6oSe " on the
his
this plan & of the o eSn Of ae
s4s nsa a as zea ssy 1s I n
ssm text 6saav @ SeR rsasd from
staten % 28 9@ Private "a sd 9n Rs nSs % ssF
ss in e s Sssa II @ to a
tie United E two in
the Of Capt Doyle under
question the attitude Of insuhoTdnstiSn
p result % % m ne y opPn en @ S M VIII
that S s Re R ae em cou a1 %
results M as those which have followed
"Inhuenced by Aliens Attitude"
s as0
his aetns in sDmittne letter
his ts o ao t & @ tfeTn MS
@ has 1d @ hs
o in the pss4 ov pqs 5d that h1
ing formulated result of the attached
correspondence.
that the maintenance of discipline is OF
paramount Importance precedence
81 s @ Of paY W h aS may I Re @ y
Suggests Early Trial
be formulated shoud be tried before the Metro
nv a h to be e GngooG @ d %
the correspondence to purpose
the District Building Mai
District officials they
the Of the Budget 8 & m 6egsn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
WOMAN, FIRST IN 10, 100000, SPENDS
NIGHT IN WASHINGTON SHAFT
Vermont Visitor, Officials Assert, Hid in Monument
Watch SIN Rise.

8 o'clock, looking out Of one of the win
dows, he said. She had apparently
slept in hte guardroom on the top
floor of the Monument. She was stay
ing at a private residence here.
Walter Knight, 1416 T street south
east, an electrician and elevator opera
tor at the Monument, took the woman
in his car to the private residence fol-
lowing a telephone call.
AS result Capt. Ray G. Montgomery,
head of the protection division of the
ONCE Of Public Buildings and Public
Parks, has changed the method Of
clearing visitors from the Washington
Monument. Hitherto the guard clear
ing the steps has started down before
the last elevator of the day descends.
In the future the last elevator will
start its descent and then search will
be made.
The elevator operator on duty last
Friday afternoon said that he counted
the number of people taken UP in the
last load of the day and checked this
number on the down trip. The theory
Is that Mrs. Longaell was q Hangover
from previous trip and hid behind
some furniture, eluding the vigilance Of
the guards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
BOY AND MOTHER
KILLED BY TRAIN
Child'S Desire to Watch En-
gineS Go BY Is Held Cause
of Fatal Crash.

The desire of 6-year-old Milan Lem
mons Ito see the trains 60 by" was the
innocent cause of his death and his
mothers death when they were trap
ped in their stalled automobile on the
Pennsylvania Railroad crossing at
Landover, Md, last night and killed
by a southbound New York-Washing-
ton express, before the eyes of the hor-
rified father and husband, who was
powerless to aid them.
Since the recent acquisition of an
automobile, Douglas Lemmons, 30-year-
old and his wife, Edith, 81 years
old, have taken their small son, Milan,
to the crossing at Landover so he might
watch the trains.
Shaken by the tragedy. Lemmons, a
fireman attached to No. Truck Com
pany, was unable to give a coherent
version of the tragedy, at George Wash
ington Hospital. where he is being
(Continued on Page 2, Column g.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
FOURTEEN QU|zzED
IN DREYFUS PROBE
Versions of Inquest Wit.
nesses Tally With Stories
Given Police.

Fourteen witnesses had been ques-
toned this afternoon at the inquest
into the death of Mrs. Aurelia Fischer
Dreyfuss, 80 years old, who was fatally
injured early Sunday when she fell from
the belcony of the Potomac Boat Club, at
Thirty-sixth and K streets. m sharp
contrast to the Mcpherson inquest last
month, at which 80 witnesses were sum-
moned and only about four required to
take the stand, the inquiry into the
Dreyfus death was conducted In a
meticulous manner and every available
bit of information was given the jury
in an attempt to establish the circum-
stances of the death.
The versions of the various witnesses
Tailed In almost every instance with
the stories given police by various per-
sons shortly after the death Of Mrs.
Dreyfus.
j. Edmund McBrien, New York stock
broker, who was Mrs. DreyfuS' escort
to the dance Saturday night, and sup
(Continued on Page 2, Column -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22

The first person in the nearly ten mil
lion who have visited the Washington
Monument has spent the night alone in
that famous landmark Of the Capital.
Lieut.. Col. U. s. Grant, Sd, director
of the once of Public Buildings and
Public Parks, revealed today that Mrs.
S. e. Longaell, 40 years old, who gave
her address as Middleburg, VT, spent
last Friday night in the Monument
alone. Ofhcials Of the ONCE Of Public
Buildings and Public Parks believe that
she purposely secreted herself in the
shaft, and it was no oversight Of the
guard that left her behind when the
Monument was closed for the day. Mrs.
Longaell, they said, had with her a
lunch and thermos bottle Of tea.
Foiling the guards, the oficials be-
lieve, she desired to enjoy the moon
light last Friday night and see the sun
rise from this vantage point. When
custodian william H. Lohmar, the gen.
eral foreman at the Monument opened
up. he discovered Mrs. Longaell, about
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
Everything of Public
Interest

that is worthwhile is thor
oughly covered in the news
and editorial columns of The
Star.
Every kind of personal
business activity affecting
the economic life of the peo-
pie Of Washington is pub
lished' daily in the advertis-
ing columns of The Star,
from the great merchandiS-
ing announcements of the
department stores to the in
Vulnerable small personal
service "AdS" in the claSsi-
fed columns.
No family worthy Of re-
SponSibilitieS and keen to get
the best out Of living In
Washington can do without
The Star. 1t is a vital part
of the lives Of most Wash
ingtonians.
Telephone National 5000,
and delivery service every
evening and Sunday morn
ing will start Immediately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
FISHERIES OFFICER
QU|zzED ON LOBBY
F. W. Bryce Denies CooIey's
Statement He Threatened
"Free List" Drive.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

The Senate lobby investigating COM
mittee today heard F. w. Bryce, presi-
dent of the Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co.,
testify regarding charges that his COM
pany, a member of the Connecticut
Manufacturers Association, had been
influential in obtaining through C. L.
Eyanson a reduction in the duty on
fish, when the tariff bill was before the
Senate finance committee.
EyanSon, the assistant to the presi-
dent of the Connecticut Manufacturers
Association, was employed by Senator
Bingham of Connecticut, member Of
the finance committee, to aid him III
work on the tariff bill.
Answers Cooley Testimony.
Mr.. Bryce's statement to the COM
mittee was made largely in reply to
testimony given yesterday by Edward
H. Cooley, business manager of the
Massachusetts, Fishery Association. Mr..
Bryce denied, among other things. he
ever had threatened Mr.. Cooley In a
telephone conversation to make cam
paign to place flsh on the free list IL
Mr.. Cooley would not join him in a
request for reduction of the duty on
fish.
The committee tomorrow will go
ahead with its inquiry into the sugar
lobby in Washington. The first wit
ness tomorrow probably will be II. G.
Lakin, president of the Cuba Sugar Co.
John Holland of Butte, Mont, now
with the prohibition unit, who was Sem
ator WalSh'S right-hand man during
the Teapot Dome investigation, was to-
day appointed to act as counsel and
Investigator for the Senate lobby COM
mittee.
Burgess Recalled.
William Burgess, former United
States tariff commissioners and now
an adviser to the American pottery in
dustry, was recalled to the stand at the
opening of today's session and ques-
toned by Senator Walsh regarding
previous testimony before the commit
tee.
He and Senator Walsh differed over
whether Mr.. Burgess in his earlier tes-
timony had referred to a pottery tariff
case in 1907 or in 1912.
Senator Caraway asked Mr.. Burgess
II his contract with the potters called
for his appearance before congress
sional committee.
Mr.. Burgess said that he would be
under obligations to do 1t II he were
asked and that he had been sent down
to Washington as a member of the
American Pottery Association. He in
sisted that he was not a lobbyist, al
though Senator Caraway tried to pin
him down and make him admit that
lobbying had been part of his contract.
II have never lobbied," said Mr.. Bur-
CESS. Il have been down here repre-
Senting an industry and had right to
do So"
Brice, then was the next witness
At the hearing yesterday Cooley, had
charged that the Atlantic Coast Fish
cries Co., with plant in Groton, Conn,
had sought lower duties on imported
fish and had impressed its view on
Senator Bingham of Connecticut.
Cooley also charged that the Atlantic
Coast Fisheries Co. was interested in
Canadian fisheries.
Mr. Cooley told the committee that he
himself, who favored increased duties on
fish, had sought in vain to see Senator
Bingham and had been turned over to
c. L. Eyanson, assistant to the presi-
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22

Capt. Doyle and Policeman Allen
went to the Capitol shortly after noon
today and had brief conference with
Chairman Capper of the Senate District
committee. The officers did not discuss
their visit Senator Capper, however,
said they had talked over their trou-
bleS" with him. According to Senator
Capper, they indicated that they
thought they might be suspended. Sen
ator Capper said he told them that
the committee had referred all Of these
recent police matters to the subcom-
mittee which recently began its inves-
tiRation. that Chairman Sackett OF that
subcommittee is out of the city, but
that he would advise one OF the othel
members of the subcommittee OF the1l
visit.
senator Overman. Democrat of North
Carolina. was present at the conference
Capt. Doyle's strong support o
Policeman Allen, contained in an off,
cial report submitted yesterday after
noon TO Mai. Pratt. struck the Police
Department like thunderbolt. Th'
report was Capt. Doyle's response tc
Mai. Pratt's demand that he comment
and make definite recommendations or
Aliens defiant letter of explanation
regarding a published statement ina
he proposed to investigate the failure
OF The OnlL6Q OLdJCS dIbOAhCJ OAASC "
prosecute Moffatt, an investment broker
indicted in February, 1928, and arrested
last week on new charge.
Capt. Doyle was unstinting in hi
rraise of Aliens work since he has beer
= member of the eighth precinct, ant
declared that for the policemans atti'
tlIde in the Moffatt case he should havt
been commended rather than criticized
at is high time, in my opinion" Capt
Dovle said, for the Police Department
as whole to forget whatever petty ami
rnosItles tney may cherish against Pvt
Allen and by their future actor
demonstrate to the public that the.
realize, as I do, that he is an homes
and fearless public servant to the Dis
trict of Columbia in the way Of clearing
up dificult crimes"
Can't. Doyle's report contained tw
recommendations one that, in accord
ance with the customs of the depart
rnent. I commend to you the excellen
work of Pvt. Allen in the Moffatt case,
and second, believing as do that Pv1
Allen meant no disrespect to the majo
and superintendent or the honorabi
Conn1issioner proctor L. Dougherty
in writing the said letter OF october Il
1929. I recommend that said letter 0
fled without further action"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
PRESIDENT PRAISES
OHIO CANAL|ZAT|0N
Engineers Lauded for Sue
cess of Project When Monu-
ment Is Dedicated.
Weather Fairly Favorable"
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
stan corresnondent of The Star.


CINCINNATI, Ohio, october 22.-In
speech here today, featuring the ex-
ercises commemorating the completion
of the 9-foot channel for the full length
of the Ohio River, President Hoover
predicted untold blessings as result OF
this new instrument of commerce and
paid a high tribute to the engineering
skill which produced 1t.
The Presidents remarks were bIaef,
but we're delivered with genuine feeling,
because he was discussing a subject not
only dear to his own heart as an engi-
neer, but as an advocate of the develop
ment of American commerce as we'll.
He stood before tremendous gathering
assembled in Eden Park, on the banks
of the Ohio River, as he spoke.
His short message was q part of the
program celebrating the dedication of a
monument in honor Of the completion
of the canalization Of the Ohio River.
Besides the thousands who stood within
the radius of the amplification of the
Presidents words millions of others
from coast to coast were enabled to
hear him through the medium of the
radio.
Mrs. Hoover, Secretary of War Good,
Speaker LongWorth, whose home is in
CINCINNATI, and the others who accom-
panied the President stood near him as
he made the impressive address.
Addressing his auditors as MY Fell
low Countrymen and Women" Mr..
Hoover said, in full:
1T is a great pleasure to me to share
in the dedication of this monument
glorifying for all time the completion
Of 9-foot channel for the full length
of the Ohio River The engineering
tod oh sAI, \. A.. L
newspapers, here does come to the sur
face and luxuriateS ia appreciation of
a great engineering job well done. This
new instrument of commerce, from
which untold blessings will come year
after year, is an enduring monument to
those patient men of my own profession
Continued on Page 4, Column -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
III. S. JUDGE SCORES MICHAELSON
ASWETDRINKER, ,BUTDRYVOTER
Jurist Fines Illinois Law
makers Brother-in-LaW
$1,000 in Rum Case.
Coal Dealer Pleads Guilty as
Counsel Pictures Him
as ''FaII Guy"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, October 22.-Walter
Gramm, Chicago coal dealer, was fined
1000 and costs in Federal Court here
today after he had assumed response
bility for liquor found in trunks brought
into this country last May from Cuba
by his brother~in-law, Representative
M. Alfred Michaelson of Illinois.
Gramm pleaded guilty to violation of
the prohibition law.
Il have no desire to punish him for
the faults Of the escaped Representa-
tive, one of those who votes dry and
drinks wet" said United States Judge
A. Akerman in passing sentence after
hearing plea Of clemency from
Gramm's attorney.
Gramm's lawyer told the court that
his client was q responsible business
man. whose error was just a social
one" and that the defendant was a
fall guy" He said Gramm was MEM
ber Of Mr.. Michaelson's party, and there
was mo commercial aspect to the liquor
transaction"
In the trial of Mr.. Michaelson at Key
West in May, Gramm testified that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
DENIES GEORGIA DRYS
BACKING "WHITE" G. o. P
Anti-Salooa League Leader Says
Organization Will Not Take
Part in Party Plan.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, october % tP).-Charles
o. Jones, superintendent Of the Anti
Saloon League of Georgia, in a letter
published today, denied the league
would participate in the organization OF
a white" Republican party in the
South.
The letter was in reply to a state
ment issued by Judge e. E. Galloway
Of Lakeland, Fla, a Republican leader
who was quoted as saying the move
ment to reorganize the Republican
party In the South had the full support
Of the Anti-Saloon League, the Wom-
ans Christian Temperance Union and
the Ku Klu.: Klan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
"BARON" SENTENCED
TO 2 YEARS IN PRISON
Man Who Posed as Government
Official and Deceived Ford
Is Convicted.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, October 22.-William
Robert Gaborzn, alias Taft Thew
Houghton, alias Baron Won Krupp,
faced two years in the Government
penitentiary at Mcneil Island today.
, He was sentenced yesterday after plead
ing guilty to fraud charge.
GaborZn was arrested while posing as
third assistant to the solicitor general
of the United States Previously, he
told the court, he had operated in Los
Angeles by posing as Taft Thew Hough-
ton, son of the former Ambassador to
Great Britain, and as Baron Won Krupp
Gaborzn allegedly deceived several
noted Americans, including Henry Ford
and A. p. Giannini, financier, by posing
as O baron,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
$57,5OO IN JEWELS
STOLEN IN CHICAGO
Police Search for Necklace Taken
From Truck and Articles Stolen
From Salesman.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, october 22.-The disap-
pearance of jewels valued at $57,500
was under investigation today.
A $17,500 pearl necklace belonging to
Mrs. Edward L. Ryerson of Lake Forest
disappeared from a delivery truck in
which 1t was being taken to Mrs. Ryer-
son from Loop jewelry store, where II
had been restrung. The necklace con-
sisted Of 305 pearls. with diamond
clasp and platinum setting.
Louis N. Rose, a jewelry salesman,
reported the loss of jewels valued at
SAC, 900. They were taken from him, he
said, by two men as he was riding In
street car yesterday. The robbers
pressed guns against him and compelled
him to hand over the sample cases in
which the jewels were kept, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
SEARCH FOR OIL BARGE.
Adrift on Lake Michigan After
Breaking Away From Tug.

CHICAGO, October % R.-A Coast
Guard crew searched storm -lashed
Lake Michigan today for an oil barge
adrift with two men aboard.
The plight of the barge was reported
by the captain Of the tug Butte r3eld,
which docked in the Chicago Iii; I
harbor today after q hard fight WITH
the waves. The Butterf1eld was towing
the barge to Chicago from Muskegon,
Mich, when the tow line broke
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
DR.. Straton Seriously Ill.

NEW YORK, October % (Pi--Rev.
DR.. John Roach SCraton, pastor OF
Calvary Baptist Church and promi-
nent fundamentalist, is seriously Ill in a
sanitarium at Clifton Springs, N. Y,
it was learned today. He returned last
month from Atlanta, Ga, where he
was under treatment at q sanitartum
for a nervous breakdown and q slight
stroke, which he suffered last April.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
PLANS TO CHECK SMITH.

CHICAGO, october % P1.-Donaid
Il. Makes, Chicago attorney, said yes
terday he would seek an injunction
writ in New York to restrain former
Gov. Alfre E. Smith from spending
the $4,000, % charity bequest OF the
late Conrad Hubert, multimilionaire
manufacturer. .-.-. ---,-..- T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22

liquor found in the trunks of the nli-
nois Representative and cleared through
the port of Key West were his property
The indictment in that case. which
was read in court here today prior to
Gramm's guilty plea, said that the
liquor had been discovered at Jackson
vile in one of the six trunks brought
into the country without customs In
spection when courtesy of the port was
extended to Michaelson. Twelve bot
ties were seized after the thirteenth had
broken and its contents spilled through
the trunk.
Michaelson was acquitted in Federal
Court at Key West after Gramm had
testified at that time that the liquor
in the trunk was his.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-22
Montanan Leaves NeWfound-
land Without Warning and
Heads for London.
WEATHER is ANNOUNCED
AS FAIRLY FAVORABLE"
Note Left by Diteman Reveals
pestination-Left New York
for St. Johns Month Ago.

HARBOR GRACE, Newfoundland
October % (P.-Without a word of
warning as to his intentions, Aviator
Diteman of Billings, Mont, hoped of
here today for London, England. His
destination did not become known until
after his departure, when a letter to air.
port officials was opened.
Diteman came here three weeks ago,
ostensibly to look up the family records
of Sir Francis Drake.
The take-off was at 1915 pm, local
time, with good weather prevailing.
His plane, the Golden Hind, is low
winged monoplane.
The airman carried only 1855 gallons
of gasoline when he took off. The letter
said he intended to head out over Cape
st. Francis and set his course straight
for London.
Weather Fairly Favorable"
NEW YORK, October % lP).-W. F.
Diteman few from New York to St.
John, New Brunswick, early this month,
saying he intended to search family rec
ords in Carleton County in connection
with an estate in which he was In
terested. At the time nothing was
known of his intentions for a trans
atlantic flight.
DR.. James H. Kimball of the New
York Weather Bureau said today that
weather conditions were fairly favor
able" over most of the Atlantic Ocean,
when informed that Diteman had taken
off.
DR.. Kimball, who has been unofficial
starter for transatlantic flights, said he
had not been informed Of Diteman's
plans.