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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
POLICE MOVING COST EFFICIENCY
BUREAU MORE THAN LOW BIDS
Failure to Include Big Safe and Large
Amount of Lost or Stolen Property in
Estimates Raises Expense

called for three, but when tile moving
men came around 1t turned out that
there were four, one Of them very large.
Just whose errors these were does not
appear at this time. AT any rate, when
the Efficiency Bureaus trucks started
to move the lost and stolen property, 1t
was found that there was more than
three seven-ton truckloads of 1t, and
the cost mounted accordingly.
In discussing the situation today,
Assistant Engineer Commissioner II. L..
Robb, under whose jurisdiction the
matter comes, said that the proposals
were advertised before he took over
his job in Washington, and that he is
not informed as to their previous his
tory.
He said that he had no doubt that
il the $500 bid had been accepted and
the bidders had been asked to move the
stolen and lost property in addition to
the once nxtlires. furniture and files,
they could not have been compelled to
do so under the contract; If they had
consented to move, extra compensa-
ton must have been paid them for the
job.
Under these circumstances. he said,
when the final figures are In it will
probably appear that the District has
not actually lost any money on the
deal. Meanwhile. the moving, which
was supposed to have been complete by
O'Clock last Monday morning, was
still in progress today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
lNFORMER ESCAPES
CAPTORS' BULLETS
tampa Prohibition Chief
Makes Story Public After
Rendering Aid.

BY the Associated Press.
TAMPA, Fla, August ga prohibit
ton tnformer's story of being kidnapped
by q gang of bootlesgers and of his
escape in q shower of bullets after being
made to sign papers to be found on his
body was made public here today by C.
N. Hall chief prohibition agent at
Tampa.
The informer, whose name was with
held, told his story, Hall said, after
spending part of the night in the woods
on the outskirts of the town. Hall said
he brought the man to town after q
telephone call reached him about day.
break.
The statement described an invitation
to the informer to take an automobile
ride that ended at a lonely house, with
threats of death by the mans captors.
He described the signing of two papers
designed to throw suspicion on others.
A gang conference followed and the
ride was resumed.
About 10 miles farther on, the in
former said, he leaped from the auto
mobile and escaped into underbrush
amid volley of bullets. He said the
sangsters hunted him. but finally gave
up the search. At daybreak, he said, he
called Hall for help.
Hall said the man knew the gang
leaders and that two men had been ar
rested. He did not disclose their iden.
tity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
WALKER ASKS AID
TO CLEAN UP.CITY
Civic Leaders Appealed to as
Charges Against officials
Pour In.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, August 28.-With accu-
sations of ofice-buying by magistrates
and judges increasing daily, Mayor
Walker has appealed to civic leaders to
help him rid the city of graft.
Ten judges, ranging from occupants
OF Municipal to Supreme Court benches.
have been charged in letters and tele-
grams, some of them anonymous. with
purchasing their Offices from political
leaders.
Assistant Attorney General Thomas
Penney, jr., chief aid to Attorney Gen.
eral Hamilton Ward, in a State investi-
CATION into charges of Office buyinV bv
former Magistrate George F.. EWald,
said more Than 20 letters Of accusation
had been received. Few, he said. dealt
with specific instances of graft and
corruption.
The mayor, In addressing 200 repre-
sentatives of civic and mercantile inter-
ests at City Hall, suggested the organ
izations form a central committee Ia
receive complaints Of graft and corrup-
ton. He promised a full investigation
of all complaints and the driving from
the city's service of all those found
guilty of grating
After the meeting several of those
who attended criticized the mayors
action and accused him of trying to
pass the buck"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
PREPARES BUDGET STATEMENTS.

Maj. Donovan Explains Justification And
Priority Of Schedule Of Figures.
Maj. Daniel j. Donovan, District bud
get officer, Is busy completing the state
ments of justification and priority of
the various items In the Districts 1882
budget for transmission to the Bureau
of the Budget Hearings on the Dis
trict budget will be held by the bureau
beginning October 6.
Under the new procedure which Is
in effect for the first time this year
each department and the District must
send in their total budget figure by
July is. This must be supplemented
later by a statement of. the need for
each appropriation sought, together
with statements of the priority Of the
various appropriations.
The Budget Bureau officials then go
over each f1gure with the department
heads, and the bureau decides which
figures shall be cut out or scaled down.
According to the old system each
department and the District submitted
q tentative total before July /. The
Budget Bureau then returned to the
departments and the District O figure
known as tentative totaP' or upset
figure" and the department heads and
the Commissioners did their own prun-
ing to get their totals down to this
figure They then submitted their re-
vised budget, together with supplemental
items for any project which they con-
sidered absolutely necessary.
The present system does away with
the necessity of submitting the sup
Elemental items.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
Says Armed Drivers Are Sent
for Patrons of Place on
BIadenSburg Road.
PRATT ORDERS PROBE
OF CAL VERT COMPLAINT
Asks Bride if Carrying Passengers
From City in Cars Without
Hackers Permit Is Legal.

Charges that a notorious gambling
house across the Maryland line on
Bladensburg road is sending automo-
biles operated by armed drivers into
Washington to carry patrons to and
from the establishment in violation of
the District hacking regulations were
being investigated today by the Police
Department.
The complaint was submitted to Maj.
Henry G. Pratt, chief of police, in the
form of letter from Charles B. CAL
vert, Mount Rainier attorney who re-
Gently asked Maryland authorities to
take action against the gambling house.
Upon receiving the letter, Maj. Pratt
turned it over to Inspector E. w. Brown
of the Traffic Bureau. with instructions
to make thorough investigation of the
charges.
"If it is true, as Mr. Calvert charges,
that the drivers of these automobiles
carry pistols on their persons or in the
cars" the police chief said, that is
clearly violation of the law. The
courts have definitely settled the point
that it Is illegal to carry a pistol in
an automobile without proper authority.
Opinion Sought From Bride.
~ am asking Corporation Counsel
w. w. Bride for an opinion as to
whether the carrying of passengers
from the District in cars which do not
bear hackers licenses is illegal. We
will be guided by his decision on that
matter"
Other police officials who were al
ready aware of the fact that passen-
gers were carried to the gambling house
in tine manner described by Mr.. Calvert
expressed doubt that any of the Dis
trict regulations were being violated.
"Of course, If the men carried to the
eSta blishment were charged for the
service, then hackers tags would be re-
quired for the cars" one official said.
However, 1t is our understanding that
the transportation is furnished gratis
by the operators of the gambling house.
In so far as the police are concerned
the situation Is analogous TO that Of a
private citizen sending his private car
and chauffeur into town to bring some
friends out to his country home I'm
less the patrons are charged for the
service, II is not probable that the hack
ing regulations could be invoked against
the practice"
Urging Prosecutions.
MFR. Calvert's letter to the police chief
follows In part:
CAS- the representative Of many of
the reputable citizens of Prince Georges
County, Md, l have urged the prose-
Continued on Page 2, Column a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
SEE NEW RUM ROW
Off JERSEY COAST
Guards Scout Story Three
Swan Ashore to Get Aid
for Drifting Ship.
BY the Associated Press.

by TIC ASSOClbIeQ ETeSk.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., August 2e.
Existence of a new rum row on the
Jersey coast was seen by Coast Guards
men today in the reported drifting at
sea of the schooner Francis T.
Three members Of the schooner's
crew landed on the beach here yes
terday and said they had left the ship
in leaking and sinking condition 16
miles at sea with four members of her
crew aboard. They said they were or
dered by their captain TO obtain help
and reached shore after rowing l6
hours in dory and then swimming
two and half hours after their boat
capsiEed.
After an all-day search of the coast,
a Coast Guard life boat crew re-
turned last night without finding any
trace OF the ship.
Lieut.. Duke Of the Cap May Coast
Guard station was inclined to disbe-
lieve the mems story. He said the
Francis T. was known to Coast
Guardsmen as q rum boat and ex-
pressed belief that the three men had
become lost from the ship and rowed
ashore because 1t was easier than To-
eating the ship.
The ship cleared Halifax, Nova
Scotia, on July 81 for st. Johns, New
foundland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28

The move Of the Police Department
from the District Building to the
Walker Building, 462 Louisiana avenue,
has proved to be much more expensive
than first estimated, and although the
final figures are not in yet they viii
probably add up to considerably more
than the lowest bids submitted for the
job. All bids were rejected by the Com
missioners when the Bureau Of Efficiency
offered to get the work done for less
money than the lowest bidder.
When 1t was decided to move the de-
partment. the Commissioners advertised
for bids for the job. The bids received
ranged from $500 to 81 800. The Bureau
of Efficiency offered to do the work for
$50. by using the various ABILITIES to
be furnished by other Government de-
partments at cost.
The advertisement on which the bid
ders and the Bureau of Efficiency fig
ured called for moving Of all office fur
niture and fixtures, files, etc. and three
safes. No mention was made of the
enormous amount Of property stored
by the department and held for own
ers from whom 1t had been stolen or
who had lost it.
There was also discrepancy In the
number of safes. The specifications
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
MUSICIANS TO KEEP
Jobs TILL SEPT. IS
Agreement to Continue Is
Reached Pending Nego-
tons on Contract.

An agreement between the Washing
ton Motion Picture Theater Owners As
ISOLATION and the Musicians Protective
Union, under which the threatened dis
miSsal or orchestras in all downtown
motion picture theaters will be averted
for at least two weeks after September
l, while negotiations are being conduct
ed for a new contract, was reached in
New York City this morning, according
to word received here.
The Palace Theater, which, with the
Fox Theater, would have found an or
chestra indispensable if it continued its
regular program of stage features, an
nounced early this afternoon that a
stage presentation had bsen booked for
next week, and that the management
understood the musicians would con-
tinue TO work there until September Is.
Negotiations On In New York.
Unable to settle their dispute in
Washington, the opposing factions in
today carried their grievances TO the
"higher-ups" in their respective organi-
zation in New York.
A meeting to bring about negOtia-
tons between the musicians ana their
employers opened yesterday morning
at the international headquarters Of the
American Federation of Musicians be-
tween representatives of that body and
the four great theater circuits involved
These latter are Warner Brothers,
Loew's Theaters, Fox Theaters, Inc,
and Radio-Keith- Orpheum.
Leaders Go to New York.
Following the virtual collapse of at
tempts to Surmount the obstacles in the
path of settlement here yesterday, the
Motion Picture Theater owners Asso-
citation of the District, whose refusal to
renew expiring contracts for musicians
in local theaters gave rise to the con-
troversy, decided to send to New York
as its representative A. Julian Brylaw-
ski, president of the organization. Ac-
companying Mr.. Brylawski on the part
OF the managers was Charles Kurtz-
man, general manager of the Fox The
aters, who arrived here yesterday morn
ing and participated in the conference
with the musicians yesterday.
The Musicians Protective Union IS
represented at the New York conference
by A C. Hayden, president: John e
Blrosell, secretary and Richard Ashby.
member OF the board of directors.
Holds OFFER Rejected.
Hardie Meakin, manager of the Fox
Theater. who is member of the COM
hlitcee representing the owners aSSo-
caltion, said this morning that an offer
mad been made to the musicians to ex-
teno the contract for one week pendinp
settlement of the dispute, but that this
oner had not been accepted by the mu-
slcians. Following his latest develop
ment. New York conference was de-
clded upon, and on the outcome of this
session Will hinge the climax in the tan
gled situation.
At midnight Sunday all projectionists
and stage hands had expected to go
on strike in sympathy with the mil-
sicians II no settlement had been
reached by that time. This announce
ment came a week ago as a result of
instructions to the local Moving Picture
Machine Operators Union from its ma
tional headquarters
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
RESCUERS TAKE TWO
FROM STREET CAvE-IN
Nine-Hour Imprisonment Follows
Second Avalanche Caused by
Mine Under Scranton.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SCRANTON, Pa, August 20. - Two
men, who were plunged 20 feet into
the earth when a street over a mine
operation caved in, were rescued at
midnight after nine hours imprison-
ment.
The men, Ralph MaSsankiel, IS years
old, and William Williams, So, were re-
pairing the street after a subsistence
earlier in the day caused several thou
sand dollars damage to homes and in
jury to residents.
The second subsistence came without
warning, burying the men. Fear of
another avalanche forced reScuers to
proceed cautiously. The men were
found late in the afternoon.
Both were able to partake of susie
nance during the greater part of their
entombment Massankiel was given
milk through a tube and williams was
able to be fed shortly after he had
been found. Both were removed to a
hospital for observation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
HAWKS SPEEDS AT 22O MILES
IN TRIAL FOR THOMPSON RACE
Transcontinental Record Holder Holds
Back Engine in Test Fligh for Trophy
Event Scheduled Monday. Il

accustomed to the pylons will fly
around them again before the races"
The flyer made sharp turns and lost
little or no speed at the three pylons
which mark the Smile course. They
are checkered posts projecting into the
air and race planes must ny around
them.
Scheduled Monday.
The Thompson Trophy race is to be
run Labor day and many famous pilots
are expected to start. The distance
will be 100 miles, 20 laps around the
course, and any type of plane with
any sort of motor Is eligible The en-
trants may also equip their motors
with superchargers or special fuels.
First prize is $1,000, second $4,000 and
third $4,000.
The rain stopped before the start of
the days program and the sun popped
out as bright as 1t has been for the
five previous days OF the meet.
The Army Air Corps, which has been
thrilling the crowds daily with fast
wartime maneuvers, introduced an in
novation at the meet today when Lieut..
Continued on Page 8, Column ID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
MARYLAND PAPER
SUES COUNTY RIVAL
$500, 900 Libel Laid to Mont
gomery Independent by Pub
LEGATION of {. Brooke Lee.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, August 26.-The
Maryland Publishing Co. of Silver
Spring, this county, which prints the
Maryland News, a seni-weekly news
paper, today filed suit in the Circuit
Court at Rockville against the Inde-
pendent Publishing Co. of Rockville,
which publishes the Montgomery In
dependent, q weekly newspaper, and
Morris A. Bealle, former editor, claim
ing damages in the amount of $500, 900
for alleged libel
The suit is based upon two publica-
| tions in the Montgomery Independent
on August 80, 1929, which 1t is con-
tended maliciously and unlawfully in
tended to injure the plaintiff in its
reputation and business and to cause
its patrons and subscribers to suspect
and believe it not to be q reliable news
paper. One of the publications OBJ
jected to as set worth in the declaration
is as follows:
George Sacks, millionaire retired
ice cream manufacturer, who allows
his name to go on the masthead of the
Maryland News to give the defamatory
sheet responsibility, gets $40 for coming
to meeting of the Board of zoning
Appeal, Mr.. Sacks recently was given
a road-or rather repairs and develop
ment of one-through his property at a
cost Of over $4,000 to the taxpayers"
Trial Set for November Term.
The other Questionable publication
as set forth in the declaration reads:
when it comes time for the peo-
pies faction to elect a leader and to
name honest, eficient candidates to
run for the various Offices, we will bet
all the rice in China that they will not
ask e. Brooke Lee Qneaning thereby
the z. Brooke Lee, president of and
principal stakeholder in a plaintiff cor
poration and reputed to control the
policies of the said the Maryland
News, ana to be the virtual owner
thereof or his defamatory publication
The Scissors" (neaning thereby plain
tits said newspaper, the Maryland
News, and intending to charge the
publication therein of defamatory mat
ter and that the reading matter in said
newspaper was not original, but con-
sisted of articles clipped or cut with
scissors from other publications. to do
the nominating for them"
The plaintiffs are represented by At
torney Roger J. Whiteford of Wash
ington. The cases will be docketed
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column ID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
PILSUDSKPS REPLY
TO MAJOR AWAITED
Member of Parliament Asks Advice
Abcut Insults" Directed at
Body by Premier.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WARSAW, August 28.-All Warsaw
was curious today to see what might
happen to Dr. Hofmpkl, major of re-
serves, member Of Parliament and noted
wit, who has bearded the lion in his
den by letter to the fiery Marshal
PilSudski.
Pilsudski this week again became die
tator of the country and denounced the
members of Parliament in scathing
terms.
1t so happens that the marshal is
war minister as well as premier, hence
DR. Hofmokl wrote him a letter in the
marshal's capacity as war minister,
asking instructions as to what TO do
about the insults" directed at Parlia-
ment by Pilsudski as premier.
The newspapers rely upon the mar
shals sense of humor to make an APP
propriate reply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28

BY the Associated Press.
CURTISS REYNOLDS AIRPORT,
CHICAGO, August 2S.-Capt. Frank
Hawks, holder of both cross -continent
speed records Of the United States, was
unofheially clicked at 220 miles an hour
today in practice flight around the S.
mile course Of the National Air Races.
He few Travelair plane with a special
Wright motor.
Hawks few through drizzlng rain to
accustom himself to the course for the
$4,000 Thompson Trophy race. There
is no official record for speed on a
smile course. The American record
for straight-away flying is held by
AL Williams at 266 miles an hour
Capt. Hawks picked an early hour
for the trial. He clicked his own speed
accurately, but declined to let it be
known.
II knew others would be clocking me,
and for that reason did not let the
motor out" he said. II didn't hold it
back much, though. wanted to get
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
Buy Now Before
Prices Stiffen

Advertisements in to-
days Star point out many
reasons why you should
buy things now-while
prices are so very low.
The opportunities offered
are varied and attractive.
Among them
Special Friday Bargains,
Savings i'll Houseware,
Remnant Day Selling,
Clearance of S II m m er
Dresses,
Bargains in Rugs and Fur
niture,
Mems Fall Suits,
Mems Shirts and Pajamas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
CERRo HEADS NEW REGIME.
Assumes Complete Control OF Militar!
Government in Peru

Assumes Complete Control Of Military
Government in Peru.
LIMA, Peru. August % GA new
military government, headed by Lieut..
Col. Luis M. Sanchez Cerro, who last
week initiated the revolutionary move
ment at Arequipa, assumed complete
control in Peru today
A new junta, headed by Sanchez
Cerro, was formed and sworn in. 1t
displaced both the vestiges of the IL
year dictatorship of the deposed Presi-
dent, Augusta B. Leguia, and the junta
of Gen. Manuel Maria Ponce. members
of which Monday forced the Presidents
resignation.
Arriving by airplane yesterday from
Areuuipa, Lieut.. Col. Sanchez received
an ovation from hundreds of his coun-
trymen. He landed to the strains Of
the national anthem and was lifted u
the shoulders of admirers and carried
nearly three miles.
At the government house he appeared
on balcony and thanked the populact
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column ID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
SCRAMBLE IS STAGED FOR 500 CASES
OF RUM WASHED ASHORE BY TIDE
Hundreds Flock Beach at Newport in Dash to
Salvage Contraband.

When police and Coast Ciuardsmen
arrived the beach was strewn with 200
the next high tide last night Early
today 500 cases had come up on the
beach and at dawn it was still COM
ing in.
Hundreds hocked to the beach to at
tempt to salvage wkat they might.
They stayed all night, lodging in and
out OF the shadows cast by the Coast
Guardsmen's flares, managing now and
then to grab a bottle and get away,
shots into the sand to halt q group OF
men who had managed to get at q
bottle or two and were making for the
highway. They dropped the bottleN,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated Press.
NEWPORT. r. J, August pa
small fortune in liquor, packed in bur-
lap-wrapped cases and brought in on
a high tide, lay under the watchful eye
of four Coast Guardsmen at Belmont
Beach today.
The liquor, which Coast Guardsmen
believe had been dumped overheard by
rum runners. was first discovered yes
terday by servants from estates near
the beach Other servants were told
and before authorities knew Of the
existence Of the contraband score Of
cases had been carried Of.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
BOY SCOUT is TAKEN ILL
WAITING TO SEE HOOVER
Suddenly Stricken While Seated in
White House Reception Room
With Twelve Others.

Charles johnson, Is years old, Of An
derson, S. c., the thirteenth member Of
a Boy Scout troop, was taken to
Emergency Hospital when he became Ill
while waiting to see President Hoover at
the White House today.
The unfortunate lad and his IL other
companions had taken seats in the
White House reception room to await
the hour of admission, when he became
suddenly Ill. The fact that he had to
forego seeing the President seemed to
concern young johnson more than his
sudden illness
Emergency Hospital attendants say
that while they have not completed
diagnosis of his case, they do not be-
lieve the youngster Is in q serious con-
dition.
johnson and his companions were en-
route home after q Sightseeing tour of
Canadian and Eastern American cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-28
Scranton Ex-MayOr Sentenced

SCRANTON, August 20 (R.-E. B.
Jermyn, twice mayor of Scranton and
q member Of one Of the oldest and
wealthiest families in this part of the
State, today was sentenced to serve one
year in the county jail and to pay q
fine of $500 for conspiracy in the slot
machine scandal.