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The Washington times., 1930-11-20
CUSTER FOUGHT
BY POLICEMAN

Counsel for Policeman William
F.. Burke, who was ordered dis
missed by the police trial board
after he was found guilty yes
terday of being intoxicated in an
alley October 8, IS preparing to
wage q bitter fight TO set aside
the verdict.
Burke, at his trial, contended
that he was suffering from an
overdose of q sedative. Attorney
James A. O'Shea, who appeared
for the policeman, said that he
viii have his appeal perfected
within three days.
Capt. William G. Stott, Of the
Sixth precinct; Sergt. C. C. Perry
and Private r. j. Reynolds tes-
titled that when they found
Burke he was lInmistakably un-
der the influence of whisky.
Burke was exonerated Of an
intoxication charge several weeks
ago in Police Court by Judge
Gus A. Schuldt.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
REF. FISH RAID
LAID To JOKE

BALTIMORE, Nov. 20 G.N.S0.
Local officials believe Representa-
tive Fish, Republican, New York,
chairman of the House commit
tee investigating activities Of com.
munists In the United States,
probably was the victim Of practi-
cal jokers.
Fish came here Tuesday, and
under protection of a squad Of
policemen, searched the !, Ameri-
can Refrigerator and Storage
plant for conmunistic documents
believed stored there.
No documents were found.
Somebody fooled Fish, thinks
Walter G. Finch, president Of the
company. He characterized
Fish's mysterious visit as 'abad
for business, because it "incited
police interference. He added:
"A customer wanted to with
draw . tub Of butter today
but couldn't until he had re-
ceived permission from practic.
ally every policeman in the
State"
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
Is Hulted;:
Strikes Cor FIees

Policeman A. r. Houch, cf the
Fourth precinct, was slightly in
jured last night when 3 truck
driver ran him down sc -Four and
q Half Street and MARYLAND Ave
nue. Southwest.
Houcf and Policeman r.
Reilly were cruising In 3 precinct
car i and chased the driver. q
young white man, who was speed
ing. When they finally stopped
him. Houch stepped from the aU.
tomobile and aS he walked in
front Of the truck the driver sud
denly started, striking the police
man.
The chase was again taken IN
but the truck escaped near the
District end Of the Highway
Bridge. .ss
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
ROYAL 7I FETES
KING OTTO

BRUSSELS. Nov. 20 nNS).
Regal festivities reminiscent Of
the splendcr and colorful spec
tacles of the days Of the dual EN-.
pire marked the eighteenth birth.
day OF Archduke Otto of the
House Of Hapsbl1rg, who today by
royal prerogative attained his ma
jority and the theoretical right to
be Hungary's king.
Despite the promise Of Ex-Em-
press zita, his mother, to King
Albert Of Belgium that the Sched-
uled festivities at Chateau Stee-
nockerzeel, overlooking rural
Belgian town, would be Just Q
birthday party for her grOWn-up
son, " the gathering quickly turned
into q court function common in
the days when Vienna was, the
meeting ground Of European roy
atty.
Besides SO distinguished Hunga-
rian delegates, the guests at the
chateau included Count HLnyadi.
Count Sigrai and Count Scziraki,
the Princess Sixte and Xavier De
Bourbon. twin brothers Of Zita:
Prince Dechenfeld, and Prince Fe-
lix De Bourbon, conSort Of Lux
emhourg. Count Apponyi also was
expected.
The young archduke for q day
deserted the role OF student at
the University Of Louvain and
decked himself In the robes Of
royalty.
Seated onfa throne which is an
exact replica Of the real throne
in the state chambers Ia Vienna
and wearing his fathers ermine
robes, Otto win receive the
pledge Of fidelity from his sun
porters.
At q banquet tonight he win
preside as His Majesty Otto H."
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
DR.. e. C.. Williams
Is HOnOred .bH Group

A tribute to the late Or. ID
ward C. Williams. former lihrar-
ian Of Howard University, was q
feature Of the opening program
today at the dedication OF the
new $4O0, 900 library at Fisk uni
versity., Ma hYille, Tenn, and Of
the National Negro Librarians
Conference. . y.
The tribute to Or. williams
was paid by DR.. c. c. Williamson,
director Of Libraries and the
school of library at Columbia
University Of New York city. DIR.
Williams was well known in this
city as q negro educator, having
ct one time held the principalshib
Of both the Old M Street and
Dunbar High Schools. He died
here a year ago!
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
Lord Reading Raps
Indian Dominion

/ LONDON, Noy. 40 (I.N.s.) A
strong rebuff to the hopes Of fun
dominion status for India was
delivered BY Lord Reading, one
Of the chief British delegates. st
the Indian round table confer.
ence here today.
Lord Reading told the confer.
ence he believed that any do
minion status granted to India
should be Of 8 decidedly limited
character. The speaker added
that questions regarding the
army and foreign affairs would
be bound to arise. necessitating
q strong hand BY the British
government.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
TO RAISE
s5,000,000
FOR DRIVE
Anti.SaIoon League VIII Lead
New Educational Campaign,
Dr. !. Scott Mcbride Plans

Reluctantly coming to the con-
ciusion that prohibition Is facing
: crisis under repeated attacks.
dry leaders here have decided TO
launch b counteruffe ffensive.
It's aim, according to pr: T:
Scott Mcbride sliperint ntendent o.
the Anti Saloon League, Is mainly
educational. He wants To enlist
educators business men. ecO1o-
infsts and Professional men gen.
orally ia q national drive to @sell
prOfibitions 70 the country.
Particularly, the hope u 70
convince American business that
prohibition Is economically valtl-
able and worth saving.
Seeks SIS, S,0OO,oOO Budget
pr. McBride has hopes Of rails
ing q 5000, 900 budget for ex-
penditure during the next year.
This amount Is far larger than
the drys have been spending in
recent years, and where 1t is to
come from is not yet apparent.
All Of the twenty-odd prohibit
tion organizations such as the
League, the w. G. T. o., the
Methodist Board Of Temperance.
Prohibition and Public Morals,
have. been seriously embarrassed
for several years By lack Of funds.
Revenues started dropping off
simultaneously with the apparent
national drift against prohibition,
and In recent months the dry
organizations have had to curtail
sharply their activities to con
form with their budgets.
"Antis" Wen Financed
At the same time, there has
been a steady growth Of anti
prohibition organizations, Well-fi
nanced and welldirected. The As
sociation Against the Prohibition
Amendment alone spent well over
q million dollars in the past year
The present budget Of the
league Is about 81. 500 600 annually
DR.. Mcbride said. It is not be.
lieved, however. that the collect.
tions are sufficient to meet that
budget. He said:
''We propose that the whole
nation shall be informed regard
ing the merits OF prohibition
and there win be an abundance
Of facts concerning conditions
in the saloon days, which are
bound to recur III the national
prohibition laws are weakened.
''The work win be done under
the auspices Of the league, which
led the fight to eliminate the
saloon.
All Of the smaller dry organiza,
tions, he said. had agreed to back
the leagues efforts.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
TRAFFIC SNARL
At FOOD SHOW

Although termed q tempest
in teapot by Capt. Beckett of
the Third precinct, q traffic
snarl at the government parking
space across from the Washing
ton Auditorium last night held
up several visitors to the food
show last night.
Three hundred cars we're
parked on a government reserva-
ton so closely that the owners
could not get them out for some
time. 1t was reported that when
the owners complained to the
police, they were told to set fire
to one Of the cars and the Fire
Department would move them.
Captain Beckett denies this,
and said he was on the. scene
with q detail Of Is men and that
when the snarl occurred he had
two of his men move one car
that opened up g. driveway after
a 1S-minute delay.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
POLICE SEEKING
MURDER CLUE
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window locked and a half screen
set In it.
One Of the men, It is revealed,
said he heard four shots. The
other heard nothing, he averred.
Police found no powder marks
near the wound in Nurmi's head,
indicating the gun was nsld some
distance off and the death was
not from suicide.
Police claim bloodstail1S were
found on the colthing Of the two
men held for Investigation. The
latter explained these, 1t vas said,
by the fact that Nun1i had suf-
fered q hernorrhage shortly be.
fore he leaped from the window.
No bloodStainS were found on
the second floor, where the man
is supposed to have suffered the
hemorrhage. police declare.
The body was. found at the
side of the house, some seven
feet away ffam the steps, and
was clad in slippers, underwear
and q pair Of trousers.
The two detained men say that
Nur1ni had gone to his room on
the second floor after one Of
them had passed out" from
overdrinking.
Missing From Room
Later. the men went to the
room. Nlrmi was missing. A
search followed and the body was
found.
Both-men were under the influ-
ence of liquor when taken into
custody, police said.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
French Commission
TO Sift Levine Case

VIENNA, Nov. 20 (I.N.S.) "A
French commission charged with
thoroughly investigating the case
of Charles A. Levine, held in Jail
here In connection with suspicion
Of c0unterfeiting French money,
was awaited here today.
The Vienna prosecutor refused
the plea of the transatlantic f1ier's
lawyer that Levine be admitted on
bail. Levine's lawyer stated his
client was without cash, but New
York banks later cabled that all
his checks are covered.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
Police Capture Safe
Crackers; Pals Escape

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 20.
Martinsville. Va, police surprised
q safecracking. party in the act
the other night when they sud
denly came upon thre men who
were moving the safe out Of Kes-
ter's cleaning establishment.
The officers gave chase when
the trio leaped into . waiting atl-
tornobile and fled from the scehe.
Two lot the three men escaped.
Arnold Gordon, Of Winston-Sa-
lem, N. c., was captured and
lodged in jail.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
Three Ban rs III M. g.
Citu Closed Otl1I,

HENDEREONVMLE, N. G. Nov.
20 IN.S.l Three local banks
closed their doors today by orders
Of their board Of directors.
They were the First MAI tioaal
Bank and Trust Company, cauital
$500 deposits $Hl3 sS the
Citizens National Bank. 100000
capital, and deposits 81 ,OI7 ,S07;
and The American Bank and
Trust Company, deposits $l6O. 900.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
.GIPS|ES BAT TIL. !.
IN STREETS OF
PHILADELPHIA
Romany Bands Resume Feud
Of Old Days IN Hungary
Theater Crowds See Fight

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. ~ lin.
H.)Ancient gypsy feuds, started
in Hungary and brought into the
New World by surviving members
Of the embattled bands, flared IA.
to renewed activity last night pe.
fore hundreds Of pedestrians IN
the theater district. Knives and
smoking pistols left in their wake
q. toll Of two wounded and q
dozen or more Of the restless
clansmeIl under arrest.
The warfare was followed by an
attempt on part Of the surviving
gypsies to rescue their wounded
comrades from q hospital. An
orderly, disarn1ing one OF ia
dozen gWarthy intruders, backed
them UP against q wall until the
arrival Of police.
Spectators reported that more
than so gaudily dressed tribes
men and their wives dashed down
Market Street in pursuit Of their
blood enemy. For five blocks the
battle ragged until brought under
control by police. The fracas
started when John Smith, %,
failed to remember the ancient
feuds and paid q visit to another
tribe making its winter headQuar.
ters here. As he entered, the
widow Of man slain years before
in Hungary, screamed in rage
and came at him. In an instant
Smith was surrounded by the hos
tile clan.
Then, 1t is said, he pulled q pis.
tol and opened fire, wounding
two men.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
CHILD WELFARE
GROUPS BUSY

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meetings. the others Of which
dealt with problems Of medical
service. public health service, ad-
1ninistration, and the prevention,
maintenance and protection Of
handicapped children.
Davis Urges Aid
Urging action on behalf Of mil
lions Of American children who
are suffering from various handi-
caps, Secretary Of Labor James
j. Davis delivered q stirring plea
for expansion Of the Children'S
Bureau at the morning session
Of the conference in Constitution
Hall.
Mr.. Davis stated that unless
action resulted from the con-
ference the findings Of the con.
ferees would be a matter for his
torians alone.
Three thousand men and wom-
en- from all parts Of the country
heard an address last night by
President Hoover.
Problems Discussed
Following announcement Of the
program, the delegates split into
four sections and began discus
sion Of problems.
One group win discuss medical
service In the COrcoran Art Gal
1ery; q second, public health
service and administration, In the
American Red Cross Building; q
third. education and training In
the National Academy Of Sciences,
and q fourth. handicapped chill
dren In the District Red Cross
HEADQUARTERS.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
SnDnnt Calls Women
MOreIRsteRse in Mind

American women ara much
more interested ii intellectual
pursuits than men. This Is the
conclusion arrived at after years
Of contact with students Of both
sexes here and In France by DR..
Auguste Desclos, associate direc-
tor of the National Bureau Of
Universities, in Paris. In the
course Of an annual two months
lecture tour in the United States,
DR.. Desclos Is stopping In this
city to deliver an address ct the
Bureau Of Education today.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
Taxes Boom Nation,
State Official Says

NEW YORK. Nov. 20. tIN.S0
Taxes IN the United States win
continue to rise to provide the
finest public facilities Of any
civilization, Edward Martin, State
treasurer 81 Pennsylvania, said
in q discussion Of taxation at
the annual convention OF the
National Association Of State Au-
ditorS, Controllers and TreaSllr-
ers. He said the American Gov
ernment was the most expensive
in the world, but produced the
finest citizenship.
Closing sessions Of the conven-
ton will be held today. marked
by q speech on the executive
budget system by Ogden L. Mills,
under-secretary of the Treasury.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
Richard Re1snaett Has
EscnDe IN House Fire

LOS GATOS,, CAL, Nov. 20 GIN.
s. )Bedridden following d ner.
Vous breakdown, Richard Bennett,
nationally known actor, had a mar.
row escape from death early today
when fire swept through the home
OF A. j. Raisch, his father-in-law.
Bennett and his wife have been
at the Raisch home for some
weeks.
When the fire started from b de-
fective furnace, Mrs. Bennett and
Mr., ,aIld Mrs. RaiSci1 had difficulty
In removing Bennett from the
house, hut he was rescued without
any, i'll effects. Damage to. the
house was estimated at $1,000.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
Natural Gas Cheap
In Montana, Report

HELENA, Mont, Nov. 10
U.NS.).-Natural gas rates are
lower in Montana than in any
other State of a which use this
fuel except West Virginia, &C
cording to figures compiled by
r. F. McLaren. assistant secre-
tary Of the Montana Railroad and
Public Utilities Commission.
McLaren'S figures revealed that
the average price for natural gas
throughout the country is $3l 40
per $4,000 cubic feet. Montana
consumers pay $21.50.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
zEP UP 155 TIMES

FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Nov. 90
uN.S.)A total of 155 flights
covering nearly 145 900 miles and
carrying Ia all 6,278 passengers
were made by the German dirig-
ible Graf Zeppelin during 1880.
The ship carried 2,200, 900 pieces
Of mail.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
WITNESSES ODD

WILLESDEN. England, Nov. 90.
It looked like q farmyard when the
clerk Of the court called the wit
ness list In q court case here. The
witnesses were named Chicken.
Swan and Katz.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
BANK STATEMENT

New York Clearing House ex.
change, 100000.
New York Clearing House bal
aace, S133, 900 900.
Custom receipts, $21. .s02. .352. 81.
Treasury balance. S104.lS6,-
1912.
The Washington times., 1930-11-20
CAPT. s. G. S. MCNEIL

CAPT. IS. g. S. MCNEIL
THE MAURITANIA, com
manded by Captain Mcneil,
yesterday rescued % members
of the crew from the Swedish
freighter Ovidia, sinking 1000
miles off the New England
coast.
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GRAIN SHIPMENTS
AT HEAD Of LAKES
LACKING IN ENERGY
With Only 100000 Bushels Of
100000 Out in 10 Days,
Demand Still Lays
CONGESTION LATER FEARED
Receipts Since April I Nearly
Equal to Exports This
Spring So Far

Duluth, May 15.-(R9-With the "a
elevators at Duluth and Superior
stocked with approximately $1,000 00
bushels of grain and export demand
lacking, shipments from the head OF
the lakes during the first 10 days of
navigation show a marked decrease
over the business of previous years,
according to figures at the Duluth
Board of Trade.
While interlake navigation has
been under way for more than two
weeks, the first grain-laden freighter
leaving here April 20, total shipments
of grain down the lakes did not total
100000 bushels during the period
ending Saturday, and there is no i'm
mediate hope that demand will in
crease. it has been pointed out here
by grain men.
That a similar situation as existed
last summer at the twin ports will ex-
list this year, that of having all ele-
vators near capacity stock. has been
expressed by grain men. although
there may be a better demand for
grains at a later date. With the
working capacity of the elevators
given at approximately 1000, 00o
bushels, grain men are seeking to
keep the grain moving so as not to
cause a congestion that will result In
an embargo, such as was the case
last year. Last summer an embargo
was placed on some grains for about
a week, during which time elevators
unloaded materially to take care Of
receipts by rail. This action was
taken as a precautionary measure te
prevent an embargo on all grains
later in the season. Shipments oil
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-15
MYSTERY, MONEY
HOLD INTEREST IN
SKACHENKO CASE
Court Battle lmpends for $780,
900 Estate of Man Killed
by Poisoned Brew


Dickinson, N. D., May 15.-Myster-
ious death and money have combined
to present Dunn county residents
with a topic Of conversation and spec
ulation which seems inexhaustible.
The death was that of Mikel
Skachenko. farmer living near Kill
deer. And it is his $4,000 estate
which is keeping the death mystery in
the limelight.
Skachenko died after drinking some
home-brew beer and the state labor
atory at Grand Forks reported that
he had died from poison. Authorities
believe the poison va contained In
the beer, taken by Skachenko from
his cellar and made by Mrs. Skach-
enko, from whom he had become es-
tranged shortly before his death.
County authorities probed the mat
ter persistently but got nowhere. No
arrests eve were made and the death
of Mikel Skachenko bids fair to be-
come one of the unsolved mysteries Of
western North Dakota.
Recently Sheriff Lent Ross suffered
a nervous breakdown. His friends
said he had worried too much about
the Skachenko case and had worked
too hard in an effort to solve it.
The Skachenko money comes into
prominence through the efforts of
q foster daughter Of the Kachenkos
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Surplus at Superior and Duluth Almost Up to Storage Limit

to obtain a share in the estate. The
girl is Katie Skachenko, IL years old.
She was taken to live with the
Skachenkos II years ago during an
influenza epidemic. Mr.. and Mrs.
Demid Trihub asked the Skachenkos
to take care Of the child, then an in
FAINT, until they should recover from
the dread disease. "A month later,
when they went to get the child, the
Skachenkos had become so attached
to her that they wanted to keep her.
The Trihubs agreed on condition
that they legally adopt the child and
treat her as one Of their own.
To be childless is a real affliction in
the Russian-G German families Of this
section and the Skachenkos consent
ed. The child was baptized in the
Russian Orthodox Catholic church
near Fayette as Katie Skachenko, but
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the records do not show that she ever
was legally adopted.

the records do not show that she ever
was legally adopted.
Now, Mrs. Skachenko claims all Of
the Skachenko estate. Demid Tri-
hub, interested in his daughters well
fare, has retained Attorney T. F.
Murtha to represent the child and OBJ
tain for her, if possible, a share In
the estate. The court battle will be
on soon. Murtha hopes to obtain for
the girl a half interest In the estate,
the share which would have been
hers without difficulty had the
Skachenkos carried out the agree
ment alleged to have been made with
the Trihubs when they took possess
sion of the child back in 1919.
Until Skachenko died and the
question of who should get his estate
arose, the girl thought she was the
natural daughter of the Skachenkos.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-15
grain from Duluth and Superior last
year was the smallest since 1926.
Reducing Elevator Supply

4NVSANNAAA8 OOFPAy
The total shipment of grains by
water this spring from the head of
the lakes is 2,708,974 bushels, accord
ing to figures at the board of trade,
while receipts at elevators from the
first Of April up to May z aggregated
2,028,449 bushels, the majority of
which Was wheat. There has been a
total of 2,Ol0,8 89 bushels of spring.
durum and winter wheat shipped by
boat from here since the opening of
navigation, of which amount 1.103, 1886
bushels were durum, 856.677 bushels.
spring. and 5O.327 bushels. winter.
While navigation last year opened
about the middle of April. shipments
Of all grain for the last two weeks of
that month was approximately 9.OOO,-
600 bushels. while receipts for the
month of April, 1929, was 4.173,735
bushels.
Oats, Corn and Flax CargOes
Oats, corn and flax shipments also
have been made from Duluth and
Superior since the opening of naviga-
ton. with 273, 900 bushels Of oats,
GCl wv OuolIClo Va ILL.,, dAlN AVO,OOC
bushels of flax being sent to eastern
and Canadian elevators. Orders for
grain, however, are not coming in at
the rate in previous springs, the rea-
sons being the over-supply, resulting
in insufficient elevator space al Buff
falo and Canadian ports. Due to this
disappointing situation in the export
market, it is feared that conditions
are likely to continue for some time
yet.
OF the total of slightly more than
1000, 900 bushels of grain brought to
the twin ports both by rail and water
since the first of April, 1922, 694 BUSH
els were wheat; 74,953 bushels Of
corn: 5o,172 bushels of barley; 42,330
bushels of rye; 24,595 bushels Of oats.
and 4,705 bushels of flax.
Increasing Facilities
With construction of grain tanks
at two elevators, n here and the
other at Superior, providing addi-
tional capacity for 5000. 900 bushels of
grain, there will be a total elevator
space at the twin ports Of 50,950,0 900
bushels, compared to the present "a
pacity Of $3.50, 900. of which amount
from SO, 1000, 900 to 1000, 900 bushels is
listed as working capacity" There
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are 239 tanks. with a total capacity
for 5000, 900 bushels, being construct
ed in Superior, while the 40 bins be-
ing built here will provide a storage
capacity of 1900, 900 bushels.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-05-15

An enlarged parole program has
been ~inaugurated by the Missouri
State parole board, twice as many
cases being heard each month as in
the past.