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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31

posed few people knew that that was the best
newspaper for thief to read, because the top
edge of the paper was rougher than that OF
other papers and could be used conveniently
to slip under q gentlemanS Scarfpln ana raise
it out Of his tie.
He was required to report every week, and
at these weekly meetings would discuss further
his sporting achievements. But always had
a feeling that Eddie was not playing fair, he
was not quite able to conceive that these evil
days were going to last He was simply biding
his time until the new unavoidable syStem
should break down, and he could again return
to his profession under . protecting partner
ship agreement with the police.
10 systematic form of pillage thrive
without police protection. And no form of
systematized professional lawbreaking, save
one can last "A hours after an honest police
commissioner, not fearful Of the higher-ups,
assured OF long tenure Of oface and known to
be assured, passes out the word that the lid
is on and must be clamped down.
The lower East Side used to be known as
one of the principal homes Of the gangSter,
and the gangster had various ways Of earning
an honest living. One of the chief methods
was levying tribute. In addition to blackmail-
ing shopkeeperS committing assaults upon or
numbering citizens for hire-SometimeS during
labor troubles, sometimes on election day-or
holding up citizens on the street. they fire.
uuently received tribute from sh0pkeeperS and
keepers Of disorderly houses, each gang having
its own domain and guaranteeing protection
from other gangs within that sphere Of in
fiuence In all these forms of crime many Of
the gangs were highly trained and highly paid
specialists. Strikers would approach gang
leaders and hire them TO assault men who con-
tinued to work in spite Of warnings from the
strikers to desist. Employers hired men of like
character attached to So-called detective
agencies" who used strongarm methods against
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31
BY ARTHUR WOODS,
Former Police CoHnriSSi ouer of Nesv York CITY.

the strikers. In various strikes almost every
conceivable crime has been committed by
guerrillas hired by one side or the other in
Guiding robbery, extortion, assault, arson riot
and murder.
One famous gang leader. Who by the way,
Is now going straight" approached trades
man, demanding that he be employed to beat
up certain employees who were on strike and
were forciby preventing others from taking
their places When the tradesman refused to
deal with him he proceeded independently and
had several strikers assaulted by his thugs. He
then demanded $500 for services rendered. The
tradesman could not pay. He was given two
weeks to come to his senses, and the gang
leader made the meaning Of continued re-
fusal clear to him by putting his revolver to
the bridesmaids stomach and explaining in his
own way what would happen. He was in q
panic and paid $50, but could not raise any
more and appealed to q friend who immedi-
ately brought him to see me.
That afternoon at O'Clock $50 installment
was due, and o trap was laid. BY the use Of
marked money and clever detective methods
the detective IN charge arrested the gang leader
in the act Of blackman after obtaining such
evidence as led to the conviction Of the leader.
This Is what Is known as q racket. But 1t
was q racket that failed, because . racket cam
not be successfully carried out when the police
do not conniye:
In the old days, before the advent OF the
Great Racket, the unh0ly alliances between the
police and the underworld, through which the
denizens of this realm Of darkness were per-
mitted to ply their professions for price,
might be grouped under four heads:
1. The vice racket, where poor unfortunate
women were the victims and where the profits
went to the police and higher-ups
2. The gambling racket, under the terms OF
which keepers of poker clubs and more pre-
tentious gambling dens heeced the unwary with
the connivance Of the police.
.. The crime raH Ut, WlsiAh projected thieves
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31

We have not achieved temperance ana We
apparently are learning that we cannot achieve
it through prohibition. To our sorrow we have
learned further that prohibition has given birth
to the Great Racket, racket Of undreamed
proportions, o racket that has given wealth TO
the low elements of our communities making
thug into q millionaire almost overnight, and
enabling O lowly policeman to bank several
hundred thousand dollars in the course Of
few months. The recent police graft disclosures
prove all this.
In order to understand the failure Of pro-
hibition we must go back to the days when
the Volstead act and the eighteenth amend
ment were things that only Missionaries dreamed
This will bring US to discussion Of the saloon
which YVES o blot upon our civilization and an
institution Of evil that all sane men hoped
to see eradicated. The saloon is gone. But let
US return to the days when it was with u.
In those days we had in the district attor-
ney's Office Charles A. Perkins, hard-headed
man Of the best reformer type-not the i'm
practical, incorporating, self-righteous sort.
For more than 10 years he was head OF the
indictment bureau Of the office Of the district
attorney of New York County.
He gave me figures covering . period Of 8
few years while he was in charge Of the prep
aration of cases for the grand jury. In this
period he submitted more than 900 cases OF
violations against the State law prohibiting the
sale of liquor ON Sunday. These were copper
riveted cases, every one. have forgotten the
number Of indictments, but they were unbe-
hevably few as is shown by the following fact,
which Is impressed upon my memory and is
supported by notes Of q series Of lectures I
delivered at Yale University, in April 1919, on
the relations between the policeman and the
public.
Out Of these thousand cases there wsge
but three convictions by juries.
why were there only three convictions out Of
more than thousand conclusive cases? The
reason was that Sunday closing In the City
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31
FROM THUG TO MILLIONAIRE
Boogg Da M Other Criminal Professions and N0~ IS the Great R4fkef
Natn Police Ae handicapped in Their Efforts Bring Ord FROM Chaos
u1Arfnkb "a Student Of the Problem.

for a share of the profits. This
form of racket was much more dir
ficuIt to maintain than the others,
for public opinion which would
wink at violations Of the sumptuary
laws would take an entirely Diff
ferent attitude about crime.
4. This saloon <racket, which
enabled sellers of liquor to serve
drinks on Sundays and during
other restricted hours.
This last is our immediate con-
Germ: and, OF course, when I say
saloon, I mean the forerunner: OF
the speakeasy of prohibition days.
Two or three years before pro-
hibition was written upon the law
books of the land gave q lecture
on crime prevention at Princeton
University. I spoke from knoWi-
edge acquired at first-hand. ] had
had the opportunities given me to
see the ravages Of drink and its
effect on crime. ] had been q re.
porter on a metropolitan journal;
had studied crime abroad; had
served for two years Is q deputy
police commissioner Of New York
City, and subsequently I had been
in charge of the department for
four years, less o few weeks.
In the lecture ut Princeton I
said:
ut is not my province here To
go into a discussion OF prohibition,
although from = police point OF
view it would be godsend to any
community"
A FTER giving this conclusion,
y which was shared generally
by policemen in the country in the
years before prohibition, I con-
tinued: "As a cause of crime the
habit of drink takes high rank. As
q cause of want and misery and
despair it ranks equally high.
From the police point of view 1t Is
not germane to discuss what may
be the best means of attaining
VIC soy CAAksAA1S-
ically. however, that If intemper-
ance in the use of hard liquors
could be prevented the Police
Courts would lose very much OF
their business. At a meeting of the
police inspectors in New York,
when the subject CT discussion was
the cause Of crime, one experienced
inspector gave it as his judgment,
which seemed to be generally con-
Cured in, that drink was the big
gest single cause of crime"
I have not changed my views.
They have only been strengthened
by the lapse Of years. But I want
to make it clear that what I had
in mind was temperance, which I
hoped would be achieved by . sys-
tenn of prohibition.
not achieved temperance and We
~ hi
The Washington times., 1931-11-12
MARY P|CKFORD
HOOVER GUEST

Mary Pickford arrived in Wash
ington today for a luncheon en-
gagement with President and
Mrs. Hoover.
Her husband, Douglas Fair
banks, was scheduled to lunch
at the White House, but was un-
avoidably detained in New York.
Miss Pickford and Fairbanks
have been making a series Of
speeches in New York in behalf
of unemployment relief. She will
present to the President and First
Lady tickets Nos. / and 2 Of the
1O,0OO,O 900 advance printing for
National Motion Picture Week,
when theaters will stage special
benefit performances for the un-
employed.
Miss Pickford said:
I'VE come to bring President
Hoover the cheering message
that the 2O,OOO motion picture
theaterS in the country and
the producers and distributors
are a unit behind the Clifford
and Young committee and the
Presidents plan of each com.
munity caring for its own dur
ing the critical winter"
Miss Pickford, who is staying
at the Mayflower Hotel, will leave
tonight to rejoin' her husband in
New York.
The Washington times., 1931-11-12
BERG k|DNAP|N
CASE JA|LS 6

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Nov. IL
1N.SD Six persons, including
Paul A. Richards. an attorney,
were being held by police today
in connection with the kidnapping
of Alexander Berg, millionaire
furrier who was freed early yes
terday.
Meanwhile police were conduct
ing a search for Berg'S abductorS.
The abducted furrier. who was
held captive four days, denied
through his attorney that any
ransom had been paid.
According to Adrian Levinson,
representing the Berg family as
an attorney. Richards represented
himself to Levinson's father, Nor
ris, as an agent of the kidnapers.
Chief of Police Gerk declared
last night that he has in his
possession a stenographic report
of the statement in which Rich
ards was quoted as saying he
could arrange Berg'S release
within two hours upon payment
of $50, 900 ransom.
The Washington times., 1931-11-12
HALL
PROMISES
HOME: To
EDITH
Francis Riley Says AiredaIe
Was Treated Better Than
Himself and Sister

The eventual fate of Edith
Riley still remains in the hands
of her brother, Francis, whose
months of plotting led to her
rescue from the dark, dungeon
like closet where, it is alleged,
she was imprisoned four years.
Given into the custody of his
maternal aunt, Mrs. Louise Hall,
and her husband, Frank Hall, by
the Juvenile Court yesterday,
Francis Immediately began to adj
just his life to the new environ
ment and attempt to prove to
the satisfaction of the court that
when and if Edith RECEIVERS she
may have a satisfactory home
with him at his relatives home.
Faces Strict Discipline
Restrained and restricted most
of his life, Francis, in his new
freedom, has been told that he
must mot run wild" but must
attend school, obey discipline and
must refrain from further dis
cuSsion of the case of his sister
that has led to the arrest of his
step-mother, Elsie Riley, and his
father, Harry, on charges Of
cruelty to children.
In his new home at 1920 Mon.
roe Street, N. w., Francis last
night was given his first instruc.
tions as to his future actions. His
aunt and uncle told him they also
will seek custody Of Edith so she
may once more live in the proper
environment. in the event Of her
recovery.
DislikeS Boys School
Judge Kathryn Sellers commit
ted Francis into the custody Of -Iis
relatives after he insisted he had
done no wrong and did not wish
to return to the Boys Industrial
Home School where he had been
temporarily confined under super.
vision Of the Board Of Public Wei.
fare. Said Francis:
'ThOSe boys out there are
bad. Why some Of them have
stolen automobiles and robbed
stores. I didn't want to stay
there when / had done no /
wrong"
Because of his dislike for the
home school and the knowledge
that if he misbehaves the board
that has supervision of his new
home may return him to the In
Stitution. Francis has promised
to lead an exemplary life.
Has Aunt's Confidence
Mrs. Hall said:
"Re may get into rough and
tumble play, but he has been
told and knows that il is up
t0 hin. He will be given his
chance AMI we know he will
make good.
we have told him that we
were not going TO discuss the
case further. He has been in
vay I'd in 1t enough in the last
8s. days and it is up to him
Il ontinued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-11-12
Sino-Jap Warfare
In Summary

Tokyo sent uItimatum to
General Ma, demanding
evacuation; protest made by
China to League of Nations.
A new and perhaps de-
ciSive engagement along the
NOnni River in Northern
Manchuria was presaged to-
day.
japanese military head.
quarters at Mukden reported
powerful Chinese forces mass
ing near Anganki.
japanese headquarters re-
ported heavy reinfOrcementS
of Chinese arriving from the
Russian zones of influence
in Northern Manchuria.
Peiping reported that
HSuan Tung, depOSed ''bOy
emperor" of China, had been
smuggled aboard q Japanese
warShip from TientSin and
was being hurried to Muk-
den to be installed as ruler
of Manchuria.
Skirmishing again broke
out in TientSin.
Aristide BRAND, president
of the League Of Nations
Council, asked Japan and
China's consent to the dis
patch of a body Of neutral
observers to the NOnni River.
The Washington times., 1931-11-12
ED|CT CITED
IN PROTEST
To LEAGUE
Evacuation Order Deepens
Extremely Grave" Crisis,
Geneva Is Told

GENEVA, Nov. IL UNSo.-
Japan has delivered an ultima
tum to General Ma Chan-Shan,
commander of Chinese troops in
Heilung- -Kiang province, demand
ing his Immediate evacuation of
Tsitssihar, according to informa-
ton received by the Chinese dele
CATION here tonight.
The information was imme-
diately incorporated in an urgent
note of protest to be delivered
to the League of Nations Council,
Chinese officials holding the ulti-
matum has created new and
extremely grave situation in Man
churia.
News of the ultimatum came
on the heels of an appeal by
Aristide BRAND, French foreign
minister and president Of the
council, to Japan and China to
consent to the dispatch of an in
ternational committee to study
the Manchurian situation at first
hand.
PEIPING, Nov. II 1N.SD.-A
new outbreak was reported in
Tientsin late this afternoon. Rifle
and machine-gun fire was heard
clearly outside the city.
"A Japanese staff officer leaving
an administration building after
meeting with Chinese officials
was reported to have been
fired on.
MUKDEN, Nov. IL 1.N,SD.
A Chinese attack on japanese
troops in the Anganki region in
Northwestern Manchuria is eX-
pected momentarily. the head
quarters of the Japanese forces
in Manchuria announced here to-
day.
The Chinese arriving in the
Anganki area, Japanese head
quarters here aver, are coming
fror, the Russian area in Man
churia.
The Washington times., 1931-11-12
Police Head Believes
LeaUitt Innocent
In Liquor Case

SANTA MONICA, Calf. Nov.
IL Q.NSO-Clarence H. Webb,
chief of police, today denied poll
tics had played any part in the
arrest of c. V. wan" Leavitt,
brother-in-law of President Hoo
yer, for possession Of liquor.
Leavitt's hearing is scheduled
for Monday. He is at liberty
under $3.50 bond. Chief Webb,
who is father-in-law of Rudy
Vallee said:
7 81 do not believe Leavitt is a
bOOtlegger. I believe the story
he has told, that when he was
caught with 19 pints Of whisky
in a gunny sack, he was trying
to be a good fellow to help some
body else out of trouble"
The Washington times., 1931-11-12
UNDER SPELL
OF LOVER
IN DEATH,
SAY KIN
Parent Alleges "Superhuman
ControI;;" Bares Her Sin
to Save His Son
BY DOROTHY DUCAs
copyright, 1881. by International
News Service)

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. II
0.N.S.).-Th The strange, hyp-
motto power Of Francis A.
Donaldson, 3rd, over 18-year-
old Rose E. W. Allen, Quaker
City debutante, continues from
the grave.
The pretty young brunette sits
In the palatial suburban home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry G. Pearce,
staring into space, impervious to
the pleas of her friends that she
speak some word Of forgiveness
to her father, who moves rest,
lessly about in a room nearby.
She expresses no desire to see
and talk with her brother, Ed
ward n. r. Allen, who awaits in
dictment for the murder of his
sisters stlitor.
Like One in q Trance
She is still in the grip of that
fascination which her father has
likened to supernatural power"
although her Svengali no longer
lives.
She moves and talks like one
In a trance; her eyes, her ears,
her thoughts are for Donaldson,
the dynamic, full-blooded impetu-
Gus Donaldson whom Horace AL
len. Roses father, has called his
daughters betrayer.
The man who transformed the
love of the wholesome, sports low
ing daughter Of family whose
name ranks high in Philadelpnia's
social roster has the power, even
in death. to hold his sweetheart's
loyalty.
DOnaIdSOn'S Defiance
In spite of predictions that Miss
Allen would be reconciled with her
father before another day passed,
she refuses to speak with him.
Donaldson was a powerful
young man. He was q dOminat-
ing young man. He had almost
q superhuman control over my
daughter, which continued un-
til last Friday night, Donald son
getting more defiant in his man.
ner toward me and displaying
greater prOprietorship over my
daughter each day"
Those are the senior Aliens
words, spoken bitterly. The bit
terness deepens daily, as the
(Continued on Page 4, COL. y
The Washington times., 1931-11-12
/ MEN ADR|FT
IN L|FEBOAT
RESCUED
U. S. Vessel SnatChes Starv-
ing Men From Watery =
Graves After Search

COLON, Panama, Nov. 12
I.N.S.). - Snatched from a
watery grave that claimed the
lives of five men when the
coastal steamer Baden Baden
foundered in a storm en- route
from Colombia to Panama, IL
members of the crew were res
cued by the United States mine
sweeper Swan today after
floating for almost a week in
an open lifeboat.
First news that the disaster had
taken a heavy toll of life was
given to the crew of the Swan by
the captain of the ill-starred YES
sci, who was among those rescued
after lengthy search by sea and
air.
Captain Injured
Hewitt Walter, the American
captain of the ship, which was
of Costa Rican registry, had a
severe injury to his spine. The
other 10 were weak from ex-
poSure and lack of food.
Joseph Lau, owner Of the ship,
was one of those rescued. All
had tossed for days in the cookie
shell in raging storms, while
American warShipS, passenger
liners, freighters and six sea-
planes secured the Caribbean for
traces of them.
Filler Sights Boat
Air-Pilot r. H. OrmSbee, Of Pan.
American Always, first sighted
the lifeboat. Immediately all YES
sells in the vicinity were asked to
keep a close watch. The first to
arrive on the scene was the
steamer Costa Rica, whose master
advised he could find no traces
of the lifeboat.
Other vessels which secured the
spot prior to the arrival Of the
Swan included the Geisha, which
was equally unsuccessful in its
search. Six Seaplanes went out
from the naval base at Balboa.
The Washington times., 1931-11-12
Rum Runner, Cargo,
Three Men Are Held

NEW YORK, Nov. IL QNSo.
Roaring in toward the entrance
of Sheepshead Bay at 35 miles
an hour early today, the 65-fooV
rum runner Mary. with 400 cases
of liquor, stacked like breast
works around her pilot house,
ran into bad luck.
Coast Guard patrol boats
spotted her. A burst of plank
shells followed, and the runner
was taken. Boatswain Oscar
Carlsen, in charge. arrested three
men on the rum runner.
The Washington times., 1931-11-12
2 Believed on Boat
Dashed OUer Falls

NIAGARA FALLS, Nov. IL
1.NSO Police here are inveStl.
eating the possibility that two
men were in an expensive cabin
cruiser that swept over the Cana.
dian Horseshoe Falls at a. m.
today. Albert Perry, chief of po
lice of Chippewa, Ontario, saw
the craft plunge over the falls.
He found wreckage of the craft
swirling in the rapids. Two life
preServers bearing no marks of
identification. were floating in the
water.
The Washington times., 1931-11-12
Arrests Gained Release
Of BerQ. Say Six

CHICAGO, Nov. IL uN.SO.
Agents of the Secret Six" crime
fighting unit, disclosed today that
the arrest of Lawrence "Dago"
Mangano and five companions
gained the sudden telease OF
eight kidnapping victims, includ-
ing Alexander Berg, wealthy St.
Louis furrier.
One of the eight kidnap vic
tins released was Ralph !. Pearce,
Rockford, Ill, gambler. Two others
were Meyer Gordon, Chicago
jeweler, and Jackie Fields, a
wealthy malt products E7snufac-
turer.
The Washington times., 1931-11-12
State NeGrs Close
In POntGges Trial

LOS ANGELES. Nov. y GIN.
S).-The prosecution moved to-
day to close its case against Alex
ander Pantages. rich theatrical
man charged with attacking Eu-
nice Pringle, a young dancer.
Trial was resumed following the
Armistice Day holiday before a
jury of eight men and four
women in Court of Superior
Judge Clair S. Tappaan.