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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
MITCHELL REPORTS -
AGAINST HOWELL
BILL SEARCH CLAUSE

Continued From First Page)
lieve this discrimination would be justi-
fed It Is true that in some States
local State Legislatures have made more
drastic provision for search of dwellings
than has the Congress in the national
prohibition act, but that does not seem
to Justify lack of uniformity in Federal
legislation. Furthermore, in my iudg-
ment, effort to improve the enforcement
of the national prohibition act may
better be expended, at least for the
present, in other directions than in an
attempt to make more drastic the pro-
visions for searching private dwell
ings-an attempt which would arouse
controversy with doubtful results"
On Return Of Liquor.
In frowning on Senator Howell's
other proposal not to return liquor I'M
less the lawful possession of it in the
beginning could be proved, the Attorney
General said:
"a serious constitutional question
arises as to the validity of a provision
which attempts to put the Government
In an advantageous position as the re-
suit of a seizure in violation of consti-
tutional guarantees; but aside from
that, and as a matter of principle, the
Government, by violating the constitu-
tional rights of the citizen, should not
be placed in a better position than it
otherwise would be in. In the long
run, nothing will be gained for the
cause of law enforcement by such
means.
I'm the other respects in which Sem
ator Howelrs bill differs from that pre-
pared in this department, see no rea-
son to take any exception to what his
bill contains"
The remainder of the bill, to which
no exception was taken, would extend
the power to enforce prohibition to all
District policemen, whereas only 80 men
now have that authority, and would re-
enact portions of the old Sheppard law,
relating to intoxication, drinking in
public, furnishing liquor to minors and
similar violations not covered by ma
tional prohibition.
The Senate District committee has
not decided when it will begin consid-
Grafton of the Howell bill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
RABBI R0SENTHAL GUEST
AT FOUNDRY CEREMONY
New Yorker Will Conduct Two
Services at Sixth Street
Synagogue.

Rabbi Henry Rosenthal of New York
will be guest of the Adas Israel Com
gregation this week end for the celebra-
ton of the sixtieth anniversary of the
founding of the Sixth Street Synagogue,
DR.. Rosenthal, a graduate of the
stephen S. Wise Institute of Religion,
will conduct the Friday night and sat
urday morning religious services of the
synagogue and participate in the cele-
oration Sunday, which will bring to the
city number of Jewish leaders.
The anniversary dinner, for members
OF the congregation, will be held at the
synagogue Sunday night. Among the
speakers will be Rabbi Samuel M.
Cohen. executive director of the United
Synagogues Of America, made up of 900
congregations.
Announcement of the selection of a
permanent rabbi for the Sixth Street
Synagogue is to be made within a few
weeks, according to Joseph A, Wilmer.
president of the congregation. Guest
rabbis have been conducting the reli-
gious services since last November,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
GROUP TO ENTER UNEMPLOYED
RECESSES OF CARLSBAD CAVERN
Presence of New York Newspaper Men
. Stimulates Fresh Interest In Under
ground Wonderland.

which tourists are taken to the 75O-foot
level.
Courteous rangers act as guides and
explain the wonders of the caves. Elec-
trio lights emphasize the beauties and
make travelling easy. At one point in
the tour q stop is made beside the
Rock of Ages" mammoth spectacular
column of stone which biologists esti-
mate has been sixty million years in
the making. From this point q piano.
rama of peaks and mounds is visible
and gives the impression of a range of
mountains seen from commanding
height.
The guide announces that lights will
be turned off and after q few minutes
OF abyssmal darkness and silence, the
most distant circuits are turned on In
succession until the chamber again is
flooded with light. AS the lights APP
at the guides suggestion, sing the old
hymn, Rock Of Ages" In the brief
interval Of pitch darkness an oppor-
tunity is afforded to mediate on how
fairy hands of nature have been build
ing and Sculpturing in tnky gloom and
silence through millions of years of
produce beautiful and fantastic forms
that everywhere abound.
BOttOmIess Pit Stirs Imagination.
Beneath the 750-foot level of the big
room" of the cavern is another vast
chain of caverns, 1,750 feet further be-
low the surface of the ground. The
bottomless pit, a yawning chasm that
Stirs the imagination; the kings palace,
the devils den, are only a few of the
vast passages through which visitors
are taken on a seVen-hour trip.
Recently a bill was introduced in
Congress to convert the cavern and
surrounding territory into a national
park. The cavern was made a national
monument by. a proclamation of Presi-
dent Coolidge in 1923. Many other
caves OF spectacular beauty are located
In the Guadalupe Mountains near Carls-
bad Cavern.
Him White, a Texas comboy, was given
the credit for discovering the cavern
In 1901, but old settlers in the region
have since claimed they knew of the
cavern before that time. White, how
ever. was the first to make extensive
explorations and to take visitors to the
cavern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
DETROIT GANGSTERS
MURDER ATTORNEY
Defense Counsel in Thomp-
son Case Shot as He Drove
Along Street.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, February 2T-Underworld
shotguns were turned last night on
Alfonso Sirica, 3l-year-old attorney
who defended James Fernando in the
Jackie Thompson kidnapping case and
who appeared at police headquarters a
Few days ago as counsel for the estate
OF an Italian cafe owner who was shot
to death on February 10.
Forty slugs were poured into sirica's
automobile and, dozen or more Of
them tore away the lower part of his
face. He was taken to Receiving Hos
pital in a dying condition while detec-
ives sought the connection which thev
believe exists between the shooting and
the killing of two other members of the
local italian colony.
Was Associate of Cafe Owner.
few hours before the lawyer was
attacked detectives had established that
the slain cafe owner, Arthur Califano.
was an associate Of Roy Gennaro, who
was fatally shot last Monday night
ana died clinging to the underworld
code OF silence. They learned that
Gennaro, of whom there was no Local
record. often had been seen with cali
fano in his cafe.
Before the attack on Sirica it had
Deen believed by police and Federal
authorities that the killing of Califano
was connected with the narcotic
racket. He was lured to a room over
= confectionery which had been watched
by narcotic agents and was shot
througn window. The Gennaro kill
ing strengthened this theory.
Today, however. detectives were riv-
ing more serious consideration to a
rumor that Califano was killed because
he refused to contribute to fund be-
ing collected to finance an appeal for
Fernando, who Is serving a 80 to so
year term for the kidnapping of the
5-year-old Thompson boy. SIrica had
obtained from the State Supreme Court
a writ which gave him the right to
appeal the conviction.
Shooting In Gangster Fashion.
The shooting of Sirica was in char
acteristic gangster fashion. The at
torney was driving on a comparatively
quiet street. A small coupe drew along
side, and the volley was fired. The
attorney slumped over the wheel, and
the uncontrolled car, powered by fuel
fed by dying mans foot, sped on
half block until stopped by collision
with parked machine.
Two patrolmen, John Maher and
Charles Melton, were near in the patrol
car. They gave chase to the gangster's
coupe, which quickly outdistanced them.
Another patrolman, Walter Koehler,
took up the chase in a Communicated
automobile, but with no better SUCCESS
The Thompson kidnapping case, In
which Sirica's client was convicted, was
one Of number in which ransom was
paid in Detroit. The boy was held for
20 days last Summer and was released
after his father, Henry S. Thompson,
had paid $4,000. Fernando, who had
$4,000 OF the money in his possession,
was one of several suspects arrested
but was the only one ever brought to
trial. He was convicted in December.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
K|LE PAID &3,292
FOR SHOALS LOBBY
Publicity Man Tells Commit
tee of Activities Between
1926 and 1929.
BY the Associated Press.


o. NJ. Kile, Washington publicity
man, testified today before the Senate
lobby committee that he had been en-
ployed to direct Muscle Shoals publicity
for the American Cyanamid Co. at
5000 month from 1925 to March, 1929.
The Cyanamid Co. has proposed to
lease the power and nitrate plant at
Muscle Shoals and bill is now before
Congress which would accept the offer.
Kile testified that in addition to his
regular salary he was allowed an ex-
pense account which included $500 or
$500 q month for an assistant.
Bills Sent Carbide Co.
He said he was told to send bills to
the advertising representative of the
Union Carbide Co., but added he did
not know the relationship between 1t
and the Cyanamid Co.
Questioned about the total amount
Of money he received from both COM
panies, he estimated 1t at $43,292, of
which he said about $4,000 represented
his salary.
Kile said he visited Senator Norris,
Republican, Nebraska, several times.
Norris has been a consistent opponent
Of private ownership of Muscle Shoals.
The witness said, under questioning,
that he did not tell Norris whom he
represented.
Aids in Preparing Speeches.
Kile testified he had aided Senators
Capper, Republican. Kansas; Thomas,
Democrat, Oklahoma, and others in pre-
pairing speeches. He added he had given
similar assistance to Representatives
Jones, Democrat, Texas; Ketcham, Re-
publican, Michigan, and Dickinson, Re-
publican, Iowa.
w. B. Bell of New York, president
of the American Cyanamid Co, told
the committee his company had spent
$l68,7O6 in an effort to acquire the
power and nitrate plant ct Muscle
Shoals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Bark Safely Tied Up to Boiling Beyond
Ice Pack. Radio Man Reports.

SOUTH DARTMOUTH, Mass, Feb
ruary II (P).-The radio operator at
the Massachusetts Institute Of Tech
nology last night announced that the
radio operator with Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic expedition
had told him the City of New York
Admiral Byrd's ship, had been tied up
safely to the supply ship Eleanor Boil
ing yesterday.
The operator said that during the
conversation he learned the City OF
New York and the Boiling were beyond
the ice pack.
The two operators have been on q
regular schedule since the expedition
went South, conversing several times
daily. The station here also handles
messages for the Byrd expedition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
MASTER MASONS FROLIC.
Dance Features Get-Together
Meeting of Temple Club.

A dance and entertainment featured
the get-together meeting of the Temple
Club of Master Masons of the Post
once Department held last night at
odd Fellows Hall, Alt Ninth street.
Many entertainers, including Earl
Carbauh, in a repertoire of funny songs
and stories, took part on the program.
z. w. Van Meter, president Of the
club, was master of ceremonies, and
was assisted by p. H. Bartholow, first
vice president; Lafayette Buehler, sec
ond vice president, and Walter Trey,
secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
WATER POWER THEME
OF FORUM ADDRESS
Senator Black Will Give Compre.
a hensive Discussion on
y Muscle Shoals. ~

Senator Hugo L. Black of Alabama
this evening will discuss water power
in the National Radio Forum. His
address will mark his first presentation
in the radio feature arranged by The
Evening Star and sponsored by the
Columbia Broadcasting System.
The State of Alabama is deeply con-
cerned with the subject of water power
largely because Muscle Shoals figures
in any national consideration of the
subject. Senator Black, a Democrat,
will discuss it comprehensively. His
address will go on the air at 80 o'clock
for 80 minutes from station WMAL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
INVESTIGATION is ASKED
IN LINEN FRAUD SALES
Better Business Bureau Asks Aid
of Detective Bureau in Fol-
lowing Complaints.

The Washington Better Business
Bureau today requested the Detective
Bureau to investigate numerous COM
plants received recently from persons
who claim to have been sold laces and
linens OF inferior quality, by a group of
five women and two men, speaking with
an Irish accent, who represent their
goods as imported from Ireland
Yesterday four women. employed In
the Prohibition Bureau, complained
that they were sold laces and linens by
members Of the band for prices far in
excess of their true value.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
ANGELO'S FAITH BEGINS TO WANE.
ROBBERS TAKE HIS DOG AND CHAIN
Rabbits and Chickens Disappear-Perhaps His House
Will Be Next to Go!

ems, and started with seven. Some
body took them.
While he was getting another idea
fire destroyed his garage, and between
his gritted teeth Angelo Kissed Gin
cendiaryl"
He got q watchdog. He got a big
chain. He tethered the dog to the cor
ner of his house
They even took the chainl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
OBSERVE LADIES' NIGHT.
Gunton Temple Memorial Presby
terrain Has Program.

Ladies' night was observed at the
Gunton Temple Memorial Presbyterian
Church last night, when a dinner was
served. with Miss Lizzie Warman as
toastmiStress. Mrs. George r. Stone Of
fered prayer. Songs were sung and sew
eral made addresses.
The men of the church, under the
direction of William Mooney and Will
liam r. Spilman, were the walters. Will
liam NJ. Terrell was chairman of the
general committee for the entertain
rnent
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Everglades Honeymoon Delayed.

MIAMI, Fla, February ~ CP0,-Hav-
ing been hurt at his speciality Of wres-
ting alligators for the entertainment Of
tourists, Henry Billy, Indian, has had
to postpone his honeymoon. With his
bride, the former Annie John, daughter
of a medicine man, he hopes to start a
canoeing trip into the Everglades in 9
few daYS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
McERLANE UNDER GUARD.
Chicago Gangster's Condition Is Re
ported Worse Today.

ported Worse Today.
CHICAGO, February 81 R). "A
dozen policemen guarded Frank Nc
Erlane, "the tough ONE last night,
much against his wishes.
Il wish you fellows would 90 and
protect the rest of Chicago" he pro-
tested. II can take care Of myself"
The condition of the wounded gang
ster, victim of gun attack, as he lay
in the seeming safety of hospital bed
Monday night, was described as some
what worse early today. His tempera-
ture went to 1903, and the police were
told that even If he survived it was
likely he would be a cripple One leg
is in a cast from a bullet wound
mySteriously inflicted several weeks ago,
and he is suffering severely from the
wounds that resulted from the hospital
attack.
"GirI Angle" Develops.
A "girl angle" developed yesterday
with the arresting of Marion Miller
who admitted having ouarreled with
McErlane over money. Police cues
toned her to learn If the quarrel be-
tween her and McErlane may not have
been the cause of the original wound in
the gangster's knee-a wound which he
insisted resulted from the careless
handling Of pistol being cleaned.
They also were curious as to
whether she may not have become 80
angry with him as to have tipped of
his enemies, making possible the hos
pital attack. She visited him frequent
ly at the hospital, finally being ordered
out by McErlane.
The gangSter, once allied with
"Polack Joe" Salts and now reputedly
in the Spike" ODonnell fold. was
under 500 bond today to answer dis
orderly conduct charges growing out
OF the shooting match in his hospital
room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Banker ACQUIRES stradiyarius.

NEW YORK, February az CP.-Al-
fred o. Corbin, banker, who has played
the violin since his boyhood in Holland,
has acquired Stradivarius made In
f717 His collection of instruments is
valued at more than $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
By the Associated Press.

y LnC A5sUclNts9 FISYss
KENosHA, Wis. February 2T.-An-
gelo Giacomin's faith In human nature,
together with several other items, rap
idly Is disappearing
He had an idea he would raise rab-
bits, and started with four. Somebody
took them.
He had an idea he would raise chick
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Elected to Goncher Fraternity

Miss Josephine Stanton and Miss
Janet Delavan Frost of Washington
W re among the ~ girls elected today
to the Goucher College Chapter of the
Phi Beta Kappa EWternity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
TIMES DENIES SHIPS HAVE MET,
Radio Operator Declares He Has Been
Told That Two Are Together.

NEW YORK, February 81 CP).-The
New York Times said at am. today
that an announcement by q radio oper-
ator at South Dartmouth, Mass, that
the bark City of New York, bearing
the Byrd expedition, had tied up to the
supply ship Eleanor Boiling in the Ant
arctic was incorrect.
CONVERSE REGULARLY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Blinded Painter Becomes Architect,

PARIS, February ~ OP.-,Jean
Julien Lemordant, painter blinded In
the war, has become successful archi-
tect, specializing in the designing of
homes. He dictates the technical details
to a draughtsman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27
Ancient Knife unearthed

KOENIGSBERG, Germany, FEBRUARY
81 Col.-One thousand years ago Morse
men had knives that opened and closed
like modern clasp knives. One Of them
has been unearthed by psychologists at
TilSit
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| Protection" Is Charged.
In letter written February Is, Carter
charged that an individual was enjoy
ing the police protection that other
places in the vicinity OF the Govern
ment Printing once have had for a
long time" Carter again demanded
Pratt to inform him what action he
intended to take.
Carter wrote Pratt February IA that
since police have utterly failed TO pro-
tect the employees of this Office from
the gambling and bootlegging joints
| during all the time of your admins
tration, I believe 1t is my duty, not only
as public printer but as a citizen, to
| take whatever steps are within my
power to combat such evils"
The letter, written by Carter Febru-
airy IA, brought bristling reply from
Pratt, which follows, in part:
With regard to your reference con-
corning my disposition to preserve law
and order in this city, think 1t is
evident to all fair-minded persons that
consistent effort has and will continue
to be made by the department to &C
complish this.
II am of the opinion that you are
prompted in such Investigations as you
have conducted with the desire to assist
the department in Kidding the COM
munity of the undesirable element
which not only operates but patronizes
gambling establishments, and having
this thought in mind am only too glad
to avail myself of your cooperation.
Inspector Beams explanation as to
how the correspondence happened to
be in the possession of Capt. Reilly has,
I am advised, been given to you, which
was to the effect that he, Inspector
Bean, called upon the captain .ol an
; explanation, yet at the same time was
conducting his investigation independent
of the precinct personnel"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-27

"In fact, have been told that by
the time the police broke through the
doors much Of the evidence had been
concealed, the race sheets torn down
from the walls and burned, the table
and chairs upset and the gambling
paraphernalia had vanished. At the
same time, the man who operated the
betting cage disappeared and was not
apprehended by the police, who were
supposed to have guarded all the exists
This man Is described by witnesses as
tall and slim, Of middle age, white and
clean-shaven. He Is said to have been
a regular emloye Of the place and the
one with whom the racing bets were
made. Undoubtedly, he could be To-
Gated by the police If they so desired
to apprehend him.
1T is further reported TO me that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10
TEXAS UNIVERSITY PAYS
HONOR TO BROWNINGS
Tablet to Memory of Illustrious
Poets Placed on Villa Facade
by Baylor Institution.

FLORENCE IN. A. N. A)-Baylor
University of Waco, Tex, Is responsible
for the tablet to the memory of Robert
and Elizabeth Barrett Browning that
has been placed on the facade of the
villa at Bagni di Lucca, where the
two poets spent the Summers of 1853
and 1857 Baylor is believed to have
the largest collection of Browning works
and of books and articles relating to
the poets that has ever yet been gotten
together. Many people came for this
unwilling ceremony at Villa Polomei
(now Villa Bastiani).
To the Italian period, of course, be-
longs some of Mrs. BroWning's finest
poetry, inspired by the 'Risorgimento."
A tablet on the facade of Casa Guidi,
where she died, bears an inscription
declaring that her verses forged a
link between Italy and England"
In 1916, the Florentines added an
other little tablet to the side of the
house where the poetess looked out
from Casa Guidi windows by the
church." with a quotation from the
poem.
copyright, 1890, by North American News
paper Alliance)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10
TARS TORN FROM DUSKY
PACIFIC ISLAND BELLIES
Sharks Attracted to Boat by Arc
Lifghts to Prevent Men From
Swimming Ashore.

PAPEETE, Tahiti (H9.-The Society
Islands in the Eastern Pacific, inhabit-
ed by dusky bellies and flowing with
cheap wine, were much to the liking
of the crew of the American motor ship
Arcturus.
A broken camshaft forced the Arc
turus to put In for repairs. When the
ship was ready to sail many of the
crew preferred the coy grass huts be-
meath the palms to the hunks in the
focecastle.
Officers ordered the enchanted sea-
men handcuffed and literally dragged
them on board, and on the eve of sail
ing arc lights were hung over the sides
of the ship to attract sharks.
The long, gray, menacing shapes cir
cling the vessel deferred those who felt
inclined to swim ashore.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-10
LYMPIAD OF THEATERS
Is DECLARED SUCCESS
Various Nationalities Represented
in Soviet Union Gather in Color
full Moscow Review.

MOSCOW (NANA)-The olympiad
of theaters has been a great success
This exhibition of theaters, musical
troupes and cinema productions of the
various nationalitieS inhabiting the
Soviet Union afforded an unusually
vivid idea of the varied languages and
costumes and the methods of artistic
expression among the nom Russian peo-
Piles who constitute, after all, nearly
half the population of the Soviet Union.
No fewer than 10 different theaters
gave performances in IA different Ian
guages and a thousand persons have
been taking part. The silken robes and
spangled skullcaps of the Uzbeks of
Central Asia, the high wool hats and
quaint little jackets of the Caucasians
and the rich embroideries of the Uka-
rainian women combined to depict the
life and customs of many races with a
world OF charm and delight.
Copyright 1880, by North American News
paper Alliance)