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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
BANK BANDITS ESCAPE
WITH $4,000 LOOT
Condition Of Minnesota Woman
Shot in Fusillade Reported
Slightly Improved"

BY the Associated Press.
WILLMAR, Mimi, July 16.-Loot
amounting to at least $4,000 was OBJ
tanned by five machine gun bandits who
held up the Bank of Willmar yesterday
and escaped after shooting down two
women.
Edwin Selvig. vice president Of the
bank, today said the bandits obtained
about 100000 in stocks and bonds
in addition to $4,000 in cash. He es-
inflated that about $4,000 of the paper
was negotiable The exact amount
taken was still undetermined.
Meanwhile authorities of Minnesota,
South Dakota, Iowa and Wisconsin pa
trolled highways in a search for the
gunner, whose robbery was the most
sensational since the days of the James
gang raid on Northfield, Mimi, in 1876.
That raid resulted in the death of two
outlaws, the capture of the three
Younger brothers and the breakup Of
the James gang.
While the search continued for the
bandits, Mrs. Emil Johnson, one of the
women wounded, remained in q critical
condition from a bullet wound in the
chest, although physicians said she was
slightly improved"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
PASTOR SENTENCED
FOR AID TO ALIENS
Cleveland Minister Pleads Guilty
to Helping Men Enter
U. s. Illegally.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JAMESTOWN, N. Y, July lr.-Fev.
Stepher Czuturos, IS, pastor of the
Magyar Presbyterian Church, Cleve-
land, pleaded guilty in Federal Court
here today to an indictment charging
alien smuggling. Judge Simon L. Adler
imposed fine of $500 and suspended
a sentence of one year and one day In
the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta.
Mr.. Czuturos was not represented by
Counsel, and appeared in person to
enter his plea Of guilty to the secret
indictment, which contained two counts.
The first count charged that on Sep
TENDER 10, 1927, and June Is, 1928, Mr.
Czuturos made false statements to the
American consul at Niagara Falls, On.
tario, in connection with applications
filed by Alex Mako and Joseph Dara.
by for immigration visaS. The seconc
count charged him with bringing Dara'
by into this country illegally.
It was charged that Mr.. CZuturos
while pastor of the Hungarian Reformed
Church, Welland, Ontario, by misrepre'
sentation induced officials Of the Bloom.
field Theological Seminary, Bloomfield
N. J., to certify to the American con-
sui that ARRANGEMENTS had been made
for acceptance of Mako and Daraby
| as students at the seminary.
The Government alleged that neither
of the two men intended to become
students, but used that subterfuge Il
gain illegal entrance to the United
States. Mako was said to have re-
turned to Canada, but Daraby, an ar
tist was said to be. living in Cleve'
land, under a Government immigration
bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
GANG GUNNER FAIL
TO KILL SLEEPER
Chicago Public Enemy" Not
Even Weakened by
Fusillade.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 16.-An attempt was
made early today to assassinate Edward
(Spike) ODonnell, one of the crime
commissions listed public enemies, y
but the gunmen's aim was so poor that
ODonnell, who was asleep at his home,
was not even awakened.
Shots Fired From Car.
The shots were fired by several men
in an automobile that cruiSed slowly
passed O'Donnell's bungalow on Honore
street. The gang leader had retired
for the night when the guns began
showering lead in the direction OF his
home.
The home of Edward Jones, neigh
Dor of O'Donnell, was peppered with
several hundred slugs. Police said there
was no doubt that O'Donnell was the
intended target but that either the gun
men were too hasty or were nisin-
formed as to the correct address.
O'Donnell was still sleeping when
police arrived to question him.
II sleep pretty sound" said ODonneIl
"A bullet would have to hit me before
I'd know anything about It,"
Motive Unknown to Police.
Police knew of no motive for the at
tack. ODonnell, they said, has re-
tired"
O'Donnell had been talking with foul
men in an automobile shortly before
midnight In front of his home, but he
declined to tell officers who they were
or what was their business.
After fruitless questioning, the police
went away and O'Donnell went back tc
bed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
GOVERNMENT COST
TO Be FORUM TOPIC
Senator Wesley L. Jones to
Discuss Expenditures of
United States.

What it costs the American people 10
operate their Government will be dis
cussed by Senator Wesley L. Jones of
Washington, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Appropriations, in the
National Radio Forum, arranged by
The Washington Star and broadcast
over the coaSt-to-coast network of Co.
lumbia Broadcasting System, at $3.50
p.m. tomorrow.
Senator Jones is well qualified to tell
the American people what is being done
with their money, paid into the Treas
lry of the United States through the
system of taxes levied by Congress. He
holds the purse strings as chairman OF
the Appropriations Committee.
The cost of government has mounted
in a quarter of a century to a point
never expected, perhaps, by the last
generation. But while the cost has
mounted, the services performed by the
Federal Government for the States and
the people have multiplied.
In the session of Congress just closed
the total appropriations made reached
almost the huge total of $4,000, 000, 900.
A similar appropriation in the next Ses-
sion of Congress would bring the total
almost to the $4,000, 100000 mark in
the way of expenditures. 1t was not
many years ago that there was a shout
of surprise the country over when 1t
developed that a Congress had ex-
pended a single billion dollars.
The Washington Senator will dram
atize for the people the expenditure OF
the money. He will show how huge
sums now go for war veterans and their
disqualification, for aid to the American
farmers, for road building and other
construction, which helps to keep I'M
employment down in this country. as
well as improves the living conditions
of the entire people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
M'ALLISTER FUNERAL
CONDUCTED HERE TODAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Julia S. Nc
Allister, a lifelong resident Of Wash
ington, who died Sunday at Sherborn,
Mass, on the anniversary of her
seventy-sixth birthday, were held here
this afternoon at her late residence,
5ll9 Connecticut avenue. Interment
was at Glenwood Cemetery.
Mrs. McAllister, since suffering an
illness nearly a year ago, had resided
at the Winter home of her daughter,
Mrs. Ruth B. Phipps, in Brookline,
Mass. Recently. however she had been
staying at the Phipps Summer home at
Sherborn.
Mrs. McAllister was a member of the
washington Society of Natives and the
Epiphany Church. Her husband, Joseph
Calvin McAllister, former member Of
the Board of Tax Appeals. died in 1915.
Mrs. Phipps Is the only immediate
survivor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
McCarl Interprets Pay Bill
Controller General Explains Conditions Under
Which Government Employees VIII Beneft
Under Brookhart Act.

per annum. Would employees who were
increased from 81 $50 20 the new min
imum of $4,000 be eligible for increase
one salary step"
No. See answers TO question 2 (c).
8. Rates of compensation for classes
of positions in grades l. 2 and 3, Of
the clerical-mechanical service are in
creased ) cents an hour by Ihe act
approved July 3. 1890 Under The WEIGH
act all positions in these three grades
received fiat increase Of cents an
hour. Since the act approved July 8.
1880, was apparently primarily intended
to provide a second promotion step for
those who received only one under the
WEIGH act is the increase of 5 cents an
hour provided in the act of July 3.
1880. to be construed as a second step
increase for the personnel in the grades
'eferred to and must all in those grades
DC given a fiat increase CT cents an
four regardless of whether they have
received an efficiency promotion since
the passage of the WEIGH act. No
definite salary steps are provided IN
the Jaw
Yes.
80. Are employees whose compensation
on June 80, 1923, was above the average
in grade for example, grade Qua
and who received two-step increases on
July /, 1928, entitled to an additional
step under the act approved July 3,
1880, employees in the three lower steps
of the grade having received three-step
increases?"
No. These employees received more
than one step July 1, 1928, solely by
reason of the provisions of the act Of
May %, 1928, and the benefits of the
present statute are limited to those who
did not receive "the equivalent Of two
steps" July 1, 1923.
Provisions Mandatory.
40. Are the provisions of the Brook
hart act mandatory as to the field serv-
ice?"
Yes. Section of the statute uses the
words authorized and directed" with
respect to the duty of the administra-
tive officers in adjusting salary rates in
the field services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
FRENCH APPROVE
GERMANY'S REPLY
Press Holds Answer on U. S.
of Europe on Whole to
Be Satisfactory.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, July 16.-The French press
today passed its verdict on Germany's
reply to Foreign Minister Brands invi-
tation to join in a European federal
union, considering the Berlin answer on
the whole satisfactory.
The reply, received yesterday, was ia
vorable to the project and asked that it
be discussed at the meetng of the
Assembly of the League of Nations in
September. Anxiety was expressed that
montague states, such as Russia and
Turkey, were not included in the invi-
tations and reservations on the present
political structure of Europe were made
ut is an acceptance in principle" LIE
Matin said, land a promise of COL
liberation, but also an announcement
of an energetic campaign for revision of
the peace treaties"
The widely-read Petit Parisien like
wise found the reply speciouS, even dis
quieting on certain points, but more
satisfactory than Berlin dispatches had
led it to expect.
The left organ, Oeuvre, regretted that
on the day I'VE receive note by which
Germany does not separate her fate
from that of Europe that President Won
Hindenburg makes himself an advocate
of the most narrow nationaliSm by TAX
ing up a defense of the steel helmets"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
Roll Call Answered by 90 Senators
At Today's London Navy Pact Session

Blaine, wisconsin; Borah, Idaho; CouZ-
ems, Michigan; Dale, Vermont, Deneen,
Illinois; Tess, Ohio; Gillett, Massa-
chusetts: Glenn, Illinois; Goldsborough,
Maryland; Gould, Maine: Green. Yer
Hatfield, West Virginia: Hebert, Rhode
Island; Johnson, California; Jones,
Washington; Kean. New Jersey: Reyes,
New Hampshire: La Toilette, Wisconsin
McNIaSter, South Dakota: McNary.
Oregon; Metcalf, Rhode Island; Norris,
Nebraska; eddie, Nevada; Patterson,
Missouri: Phipps. Colorado; Pine, Okla
homa; Reed, Pennsylvania; Robsion,
Kentucky; Shortridge, California !;
Smoot. Utah; Steiwer. oregon: Sullivan,
wyoming; Thomas, Idaho; Townsend,
Delaware; Vandenberg, Michigan: Wal
colt, Connecticut, and Watson, In
diana-40.
Democrats-Black. Alabama: Cara
way. Arkansas: Copeland, New York;
Fletcher, Florida; George, Georgia:
Harris, Georgia: Harrison, Mississippi;
Kendrick, Wyoming; King, Utah: Nc
KellSr, Tennessee as;see, o .S, North
pard, Texas: Stephens, Mississippi:
Swanson, Virginia. Thomas, Oklahoma;
Trammell. Florida: Walsh, Massachu-
sets: Walsh, Montana-19.
Farmer-Labor Shiptead, Mime
sota-1.
Absent Senators:
Republicans--Allen, Kansas; Baird.
New Jersey; Brookhart, Iowa. Capper,
Kansas; Cutting, New Mexico; Frazier,
North Dakota Golf, West Virginia;
Grundy. Pennsylvania: Howell. Nebras-
ka; McCulloch, Ohio; Mosese. New
Hampshire; Norbeck, South Dakota;
Nye, North Dakota; Robinson. Indiana;
Schall, Minnesota; Waterman, Colo
rado-16.
Democrats-Ashurst, Arizona; Bark
ley, Kentucky; Blease, South Carolina:
Bratton, New Mexico; Brock, Tennes-
see; Broussard. Louisiana: Connally,
Texas; Dill, Washington; Glass, Vir-
ginia: Halves, Missouri: Hayden, Ari-
IONA; Hef1in. Alabama: Pittman. Me-
vada: Ransdell, Louisiana: Simmons,
North Carolina; Smith, South Carolina;
Steck. Iowa: Tydings, Maryland; Wag-
ner, New York, and Wheeler, Mon
tana-20
Total absent, &c.
Senators who entered the chamber
after the roll call included Allen and
Capper, Kansas; McCulloch, Ohio, and
Wagner, Nv York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
MANY STRIKES LAID
TO AMERICAN REDS
BY OFFICIAL OF u. S

Continued From First Page)
end of the strike, he said, the Com
munists left town
Commissioner Wood, under question:
ing by Representative Nelson, placed
the direct responsibility for the disor-
ders at the Gastonia, N c., strike, be-
ginning in April, 1929, on the Com
munists. He said Fred Bsal had
sumed name end secretly .rganized the
employees and with the assistance Of
his colleagues began the strike.
Nearly 1000 employees were affected.
he said, all of them being white and
native-born Americans. Without max
ing any arrangements to protect the
strikers and without intending to nego-
tiate settlements of the disputes be-
tween the companies and employees, the
Communists led the walk-out, Wood
said.
Kept Up Conflict.
Representative Eslick of Tennessee
asked the witness II 1t was not true
that the Communists kept up a con-
slant conflict between the strikers and
workers in the mill, which led to a
battle in which persons were killed.
Wood answered in the affirmative and
added that the Communist leaders were
100 per cent responsible"
Wood said that the agitators had no
desire to arbitrate the differences, but
used the strike as a means Of procuring
funds from sympathizerS, which they
converted to the use of their afiliated
international organization,
The witness explained that he had
attempted to bring about negotiations
for q settlement OF. the disputes in New
Bedford. Passaic and Gastonia and that
1t had been impossible to obtain an
agreement with the Communist leaders.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
POLICE PLAN RUSE
ON CHICAGO GANG
Secret Flight Would Foil Kid
naping of Foster, Lingle
Prisoner.

LOS ANGELES, July Is tP.-The
Associated Press learned from an au-
thoritative source frankie Foster,
gangster, arrested here for the muir
der in Chicago of Jake Lingle. news
paper reporter, left Los Angeles early
today on his return to Illinois. Fos-
ter was accompanied by two Chi
cago detectives.
By tine Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. July 16.-Fearing
fellow gangsters might attempt to kid
nap Frankie Foster, detectives today
prepared to return him by secret air
plane fight to Chicago. where he is
under indictment for the Staying Of
Alfred Lingle, newspaper reporter.
Foster lost his fight against extradi-
ton yesterday when two employees Of
the st. Clair Hotel in Chicago testified
they saw him, in the hosiery June IL,
two days after Lingle was slain.
To thwart possible attempt to kidnap
Foster on the way to Chicago, De-
tectives Edgar Dudley and John Scherp.
ing chartered an airplane for a secret
flight.
The detectives refused to disclose
when the plane would hop off or what
route it would take to Chicago.
Foster was arrested here two weeks
ago. He fought eXtradition on the
ground he was in Santa Fe, N. Mex, at
the time of the Staying.
Superior Judge McComb granted the
extradition. The Chicago officers i'm
mediately were given custody of the
prisoner and whisked him out of the
jail and apparently placed him in an
outlying Jail. When the officers re-
turned to their hotel Foster was not
with them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
RETURN OF FOSTER AWAITED.
LingIe Murder Investigation Marking
Time in Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 16 [P).-The Lingle
murder inquiry, to outward appearances,
marked time today pending the return
from California of Frank Foster, who
failed to prove an alibi, and the appear
ance of Harry T. Brllndige, st. Louis re-
porter, who is to appear before a grand
jury. Foster is under indictment for
the murder of Jake% Lingle, Tribune
crime reporter, because he bought the
weapon found beside Lingle's body. II
linois officers obtained custody of Foster
yesterday and were expected to bring
him back secretly by airplane.
Brundige is expected to appear early
next week to give details of his charge
that other newspaper men besides Lin
gle were allied with crime
1t was intimated today that the grand
jury, advised by Chief Justice Normyle
to take the club against crime in its
own hands, might also call William r.
Russell, former police commissioner, and
his detective chief, John Siege, close
friend of Lingle's, to explain their as
sociations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
LOST PILOTS TRAIL
BELIEVED FOUND
Searchers for Graham of Mail Serv-
ice to Push Deeper Into
Utah Mountains.
By the Associated Press.


CEDAR CITY, Utah, July Icon
fident they have picked up the trail
made by Maurice Graham, airmail
pilot, when he left his wrecked plane
in the Kanarra Mountains last Janu-
airy, searchers today prepared to push
deeper into. the mountainous country in
their quest to learn his fate.
Maj. r. N. Mcdonald, World War as
sociate of Graham, and j. G. Leigh,
sheriff of Iron County yesterday dis
covered what they are convinced is the
trail taken by the pilot.
Several miles south of the wreckage
of the plane they discovered remains of
a campfire and articles which they be-
lieve were carried by Graham. includ
ing three revolver cartridges.
The rumor circulated yesterday that
Maj. Mcdonald had sent plane to in
vestigate the report that an unidenti-
fed man, suffering from loss of mem
DRY, had been living in a shack near
the Boulder Dam site, proved I'M
founded. A check-up revealed no plane
had been dispatched to the Boulder
Dam site on the Colorado River.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
"MISS PORTUGAL" NAMED

LISBON, Portugal, July Is R.-A
jury of Portugal's most noted painters,
sculptors and fashion experts yesterday
picked Fernando Goncalves, a 2l-year-
old brunette, as Miss Portugal" for the
forthcoming Galveston, Tex, world
beauty contest.
Miss Goncalyes is a daughter of
modestly situated parents. She prob
ably will sail for America with party
of excursionists by way of Rio de
Janeiro on the steamship Nyassa.
Fifty candidates competed for the
selection. Seven other nations recently
sent their delegates from Havre, France.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16

to have here the we'll defined meaning
that has become attached to said term
in the administration of the classified
ton act, and includes any ALLEGATION or
reallocation of the positions occupied
by the employees on June 80, 1923, and
July 3, 1880, provided said positions are
within the grades mentioned in the
Brookhart enactment
The questions which McCarl answered
today were prepared by a committee
representing the personnel officers of all
Government departments and establish
ments. They were submitted to the
Controller General through the medium
of the Civil Service Commission, and
McCarls answer of eight pages was adj
dressed to that commission. 1t will be
distributed to all Government depart
ments and establishments and answers,
it is understood, all the questions which
personnel officers themselves thought
might arise in administering the new
Brookhhrt act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
indians to Meet in london.
BOMBAY ECONOMIC AID ASKED.
IS Leaders Tell Gov. Sykes Ruin Faces
AgriculturiStS.

POONA, India, July 16 R.-An ex-
tremely grave economic situation in the
Bombay presidency was revealed today
by rs representatives OF various com.
munities in the presidency, who called
on Gov. Sir Frederick Sykes to urge
immediate relief.
They said that If the relief should
fail the whole agricultural community
would be ruined within two months.
The representatives also urged upon
the governor the immediate necessity OF
Cancellation with the Nationalist Con-
gress pointing out, however, that this
would be impossible unless responsible
men were allowed to confer with Ma
hatma Gandhi and his lieutenantS at
the earliest possible moment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
COMMISSIONERS SET
THIS YEARS TAXES
AT $1.70 PER 500
Continued From First Page.)

They had no power to lower it, the ap-
preparation act for the current year
expressly forbidding it.
May Force Future Cuts.
If the $1.70 rate is to be preserved
in 1882, the present prospects appear
to be that very drastic cuts must be
made in the departmental estimates
which are now on their way to the
Bureau of the Budget. Donovan esti-
mated that not less than $1,000 900
must be Topped from the total of $54,-
100000 sought by the department heads
to allow the city to carry on in 1882
on the $1.70 rate.
Even this estimate did not take into
consideration large expenditures that
may be encountered in the Municipal
Center project. The current act car
rieS 100000 for buying land for this
new project. All of the $3,0000 900 is
to come from the Districts cash sur
plus. That will be the last of the
surplus, and beginning with 1892 the
outlook now is that If any such sum
Is to be carried, without cutting down
other District activities to make way
for it.
All of the foregoing is on the assump-
ton that the Federal Government will
continue to contribute at least $9000,-
900 to the Districts operating expenses.
The contribution this year is SO 500 900,
but what it might be next year Is a
matter of pure speculation.
Although the tax rate remains the
same, undoubtedly more money will be
collected under it this year than last.
During 1880 the collector of taxes took
in $34, 1854, 276.25. OF this sig, 735, 84680
came in real estate taxes. The levy,
or amount of real estate taxes supposed
to have been collected if everybody
had paid his 1880 taxes Is $40, 101 ,876.87.
OF this, $l6,914 ,20985 was paid on the
1880 tax bills, the balance of real estate
taxes being payment on bills for years
before 1880. This left $3,187 ,667.02 I'M
paid on 1880 bills. Tax Collector Chat
ham M. Towers attributed this to slow
business conditions. Assuming that
conditions improve, much of this might
be paid in.
Revenue Will Increase.
Even making no allowance for i'm
provement of conditions, the assess
ment for 1881 will be greater than that
for 1880, on account of new buildings
put up and appreciation in the value of
land. The levy for 1880 exceeded that
for 1929 by about 100000. The 1881
levy will not be made up until Sep
TENDER, but it is probable that the nor
NAL growth will be shown and that
another 100000 would be added to the
levy.
Thus a combination of increased levy
and favorable business conditions might
well work to save the tax rate for 1882
and give the District little leeway for
its municipal center and other major
improvement programs.
Besides the real estate figures, Mr..
Towers made public complete analy-
sis of his collections for the 1880 fiscal
year, showing that the $34,864,2762
was made I'D as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-16
Fall Proves Fatal.

william E. Albrecht, SO years old, of
3412 N street, who fell on the rear steps
at the fourteenth precinct police sta
ton late Monday afternoon and frac-
tured his skull, died at Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital shortly after / O'Clock
this morning 1t was reported by the
police that Albrecht fell on the steps as
result of an attack of illness. A GER
tiflcate of accidental death was given
by Coroner J. Ramsay hewitt.