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Evening star., 1932-11-07
MERCHANTS FOUND
POORLY PROTECTED
AGAINST BURGLARY
Burke Says a Fourth of
Stores Visited Have In
adequate Safeguards.
SPECIAL SQUAD PRESSES
CITY-WIDE INSPECTION
Survey of Banks and Other Places
of Business to Take About
a Month.

About fourth of the city's business
houses visited last week by police in
veStigators are not adequately protected
against burglary and many of this
group are almost IAN open invitation to
thieves" the first report of Inspector
F.. S. w. Burke's special protection
squad revealed yesterday.
The squad. made up of As picked
men. was organized by the chief of de-
tectlVes TO Illustrate increasing criminal
operations by surveying protection IA
cllitleS OF business houses and instruct
ing owners of those inadequately pro-
tected IN methods Of safeguarding
them
After operating in all the precincts.
the squad reported the store owners
had co-operated with them, anxious to
learn now TO protect their businesses.
Rated in Two Glasses.
All business houses visited were rated
IN two claSseS-those safe against
thieyery and those improperly safe
guarded
The survey, which is to include banks
as well as other places of business. will
require about month to complete. it
Is estimated. The banks protective IA
cllltleS are being investigated by De-
NsA'N oS'6Io ". dSo ana FlOEQ
Truscott.
Twenty burglaries were reported to
pollce over the week end, netting the
robbers well over 81. 900 worth of prop
erty, according to police. Among the
reports were:
Peggy M. Hartman. HOO block Mount
OIlVet road northeast, told officers the
door OF her home had been limmied
and dimond ring valued at 1915 and
diamond necklace worth S275. as well as
SOB in cash. had been taken from the
room OF a guest Mrs. Myrtle Cheek.
Mov;egoer Robbed.
Mary Hufty of the 1900 block of
Seventeenth street said her apartment
was robbed of S85 worth of ieWelry after
it had been ransacked.
A pickpccket took s48 from Herman
Fisher, 2300 block of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast, as he sat in an F street
theater last night. he reported to police.
James Croft reported the theft OF
jewelry valued at $50 from his apart
ment in the 5000 block of Connecticut
avenue
Clothing valued at S207 was reported
stolen from the home of Harry A.
Seary. 100 block of Euclid street, by
thieves who entered by jimmying the
rear door, police were told.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
S|EGAL SENTENCED
ON BRIBERY CHARGE
18-Month Conviction of Law
yer Confirmed by Court
of Appeals.

Abner Siegal, lawyer, must serve 18
months in prison for bribing a District
Jail emplCye to insert a card in the
Identification Bureau there showing a
man charged with murder in Pennsyl-
vania was an inmate of the Jail when
the crime was committed
The District Court of Appeals, in an
opinion by Chief Justice George E. Mar
tin. affirmed the lawyers conviction to-
DAY. Siegal has been at liberty on bail
OF $4,000 awaiting the decision. He ar
gued his own case before the Appellate
Court last month and at the conclusion
OF the argument was taken into custody
on a warrant from Pennsylvania growing
out OF the murder case there He also
gave bail and was released on that
charge.
Siegal contended the indictment fail
ed to charge crime because it did no.
show that the Jail guard was the sub
Ject OF bribery as not being clothed
with the authority to keep the records.
The appellate court. relying on its de-
cislon in tie case of Albert B. Fall. for
mer Secretary of the Interior. over
ruled the contention and pointed cut
that Harry S. Deane, the Jail guard,
was person acting in an official func-
ton, exercising by delegation a part of
the official authority possessed by the
superintendent of the Jail
If Deane had corruptlv accepted the
money, the court said. he would have
been guilty of accepting a brbe to in
f1uence his official conduct.
United States Attorney Leo A. Rover
conducted the prosecution Of Siegal and
showed the lawyer had approached
Deane. who was in charge OF the Jail
identification cards. and paid him $3.50
to substitute the card De3ne reported
the matter to Col. william L. Peake,
Jail superintendent. and then to ]. Ed
gar Hoover of the Justice Department S
Bureau of Investigation.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
RATTLESNAKE GIFT
TO zoo is DUE TODAY
Proprietors of Reptile Farm, Being
Closed for Winter, to
Make Donation.

A large number of rattlesnakes were
expected at the Zoo today as a gift
from the proprietors of Bills Snake
Farm, on the Frederick Gettysburg
road near Frederick, Md
Dr. William A. Mann, director of the
Zoo, said the collection would be well
come addition to the reptile house. The
donors did not say how many snakes
they expected to bring. They were dis
continuing business for the Winter.
however, and planned to turn over their
entire stock to the Zoo.
Two animals. a small elephant and
an antelope, were put up at the Zoo
last night while en- route from New
York to Atlanta, Ga, where they will
be added to the private collection Of
Asa G. Gambler, jr., soft drink magnate.
The transients, which passed the
night in a truck parked on the res
ervation. were in charge Of "Heinie'
Ruhe, son of Louis Ruhe, New York
animal collector.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
RepOrted Lincoln
Speech, Now Will
Vote for Hoover
Newspaper Man, William
H. Smith, 81, Leaves
for Indiana.

A newspaper man who covered a
speech by Abraham Lincoln and voted
for him, and has voted in every election
since, left the Capital for his native
Indianapolis yesterday to cast his nine
teerth presidential ballot-for Herbert
Hoover
William H. Smith. at "a, thinks
naught of miles nor years when 1t
comes to voting for President. He dem
onstrated this yesterday when he joined
a party from the Republican State
Committee here on motor trip to In
diana that he might visit the polls to-
morrow.
Mr.. Smith. who lives at 14l8 Perry
place. is probably the Oldest newspaper
man in Washington or, for that matter,
in the country. He covered the election
campaign of 1896 in Indianapolis and
has been active in newspaper work in
Washington and elsewhere since 1865,
when he joined the staff of the In
dianapolis Journal.
The veteran journalist was among
the corps of Capital correspondents who
covered the House and Senate when
this group numbered only eight.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
BUSINESS LEADER
DIES AT HOME HERE
Bernard Walls, II, Active for Many
Years in Northeast Area and
in City-Wide Affairs.

After an illness of several months.
Bernard Walls, for many years engaged
In business in Northeast Washington,
died at his home, 1854 Wyoming ave-
nue.. yesterday. He was II years old
Mr.. Walls, whose family was among
the earliest settlers in Maryland, was
born September 3, 1861. in Prince
Georges County. He came to Washing
ton 20 years later, and has been actively
engaged in business here since.
He was member of the Association
OF Oldest Inhabitants and the Wash
ington Board of Trade.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Margaret
Walls, he is survived by three daughters
and three sons. They are Mrs. Donald
F.. Mallette Mrs. Richard F. Field. Miss
Lillian Walls, Bernard E. Walls, Alvin
j. Walls and w. Nelson Young.
Funeral services will be held tomor-
row at IL am. at the late residence.
Interment will be in the Episcopal Gem
etery, Forrestville, Md
Evening star., 1932-11-07
FRANC0NiA WOMAN DIES
special Dispatch TO The Star

Special Dispatch to The Star
FRANCONIA, Va. November T.
Mrs. Catherine Talbot, a. widow of
the late Alfred Talbot, died yesterday
morning, at the home of her daughter
near Alexandria, She has been resi-
dent OF this community for over so
years. Funeral services will be held
tomorrow afternoon at 3 pm, at
Beulah Baptist Church, Rev. w. Gray
of Llncolnia being assisted by Rev. j.
G. Dugger of Marshall, Va. Interment
will be in Beulah Cemetery
Mrs. Talbot was the daughter of the
late Alfred and Malinda Petit. She is
survived by two sons. Zachariah Tai
bott of Washington and Alvin Talbot
of Fairfax; two daughters. Mrs. A. NJ.
Bowling of Alexandria and Mrs. H. H.
Holbrook of Fairfax: one grandson,
Talbot Paul Jeucas, and one brother,
Silas Petit Of Woodlawn.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
GANGSTER is FREED
BY SUPREME COURT
White Slave Charges Against Nc
Gurn. Linked to Chicago Mas
sacre. Set Aside Here.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The sentence imposed on Jack
Gebardi, alias Jack McGurn. Chicago
gangSter, on charges of violating the
white slave law was set aside today by
the Supreme Court.
McGurn, as he is more generally
known, was frequently mentioned in the
furore which followed the massacre in
Chicago of several members of the
Moran gang on st. Valentines day sew
eral years ago.
He was convicted Of transporting
Louise Rolfe from Chicago to Miami,
Fla, in December, 1923. for immoral
purposes and was sentenced to two
years imprisonment on each of three
counts. the court directing that after
he had served two years he should be
placed on probation for five years.
Louise Rolfe, who afterWard became
his wife. was sentenced to four months
in the Cook County Jail McGurn in
sisted his trips with the woman had
her consent He also attacked the
ruling that he had been guilty of trans
porting her for immoral purposes.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
DECISION IN DIVORCE
ACTION is CONFIRMED
Court of Appeals Approves Decree
for Wife Prosecuting Husbands
Suit in Virginia.

The District Court of Appeals, in an
opinion by Justice Charles H. Robb. to-
day affirmed the decision of the District
Supreme Court which had granted
Emitted divorce to Mrs. Rose M. Frazier
and had enjoined Harry H. Frazier
from prosecuting a divorce proceeding
in Virginia.
The court pointed out that the matri-
monial domicile was in the District Of
Columbia and the court here had juris-
diction both of the parties and the sub
ject matter. The District Supreme
Court, under the circumstances, in order
to render effective its decree was
clothed with power to restrain Frazier
from proceeding further in the Virginia
suit, the court held
Mrs. Frazier was represented by At
torneys Raymond Neudecker and s. Nc
Comas Hawken.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
CHESAPEAKE FERRY
CASE TO BE HEARD
Railways Plea for 5000, 900 R.F. c.
Lean to Open New Line Scheduled
Before I. C. C. Tomorrow.

The finance division of the Inter-
state Commerce Commission will hold
an informal conference tomorrow with
representatives Of the Chesapeake Beach
Railway Co. and the Claiborne -Annap-
oils Ferry Co. concerning the railways
application for a 100000 loan from the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation to
establish ferry service across Chesa-
peake Bay. The Claiborne Annapolis
organization is opposing the loan.
This proposed new ferry service has
been the subject of controversy for more
than two years, the Claiborne Annapolis
company first dsputing the right for
its Establishment in the courts and later
fighting the loan.
The conference is considered as only
routine measure at the commission,
which must authorize r. F. c. loans
sought by railroads.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
OFFICERS OF MT. VERNON
RELIGIOUS GROUP NAMED
Special Dispa. .ch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star
WOODLAND, Va, Noyember L
Carson Bowers was yesterday elected
president Of the Mount Vernon District
Council of Religious Education at the
semi-annual meeting n Woodlawn Bap-
tist Church Mrs. j. w. Cox was elected
secretary. The heads of the several
departments will be appointed by the
two officers.
The meeting was well attended with
five Sunday schools represented. E. T.
Fenwick of Falls Church, president OF
the Fairfax County Council of Religious
Education, and Rev. Clarence Stuart
Mcclellan, rector Of the Falls Church
made addresses. urging cooperation
with the religious education work being
carried on elsewhere in the county. and
character building through Sunday
school work.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
Plan Tacky Party Dance.

COLLINGTON. Md. November T.
A tecky party dance will be held Fri
day night in Holy Trinity parish hall
near here by the Forest Cotillion Club.
Dancing will start at o'clock and con-
tinue until / O'Clock. The patronesses
and patrons will oe Mrs. Frank Addi-
son. Mrs. Arthur Bowie, Mrs. r. Lee
Mullikin, Arthur Bowie, Kent r. Multi
kin and Walter D. Addison.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
6,288 VISIT MUM"
SHOW ON SUNDAY
Experts Plan to Perfect New
Hanging Basket Type Dur
ing Coming Year.

In spite of the rain, 6288 persons
visited the thirty-first annual chrys-
antllemum show of the Department of
Agriculture yesterday, bringing the
total to 1881. which is nearly a record
As a result of the interest shown by
the public and commercial florists in
the innovation of cascade NUNS or
plants Of the hanging basket type. a
novelty originated by the department
this year. 1t has been decided by Off
Gals of the Bureau of Plant Industry,
under Dr. William A. Taylor, to make
a special effort to perfect this type
during the coming year.
New Blossom Favored.
A group of commercial growers from
eight States who visited the green
houses Yesterday decided the new seed
ling named by Dr.. Taylor, chief of the
Bureau of Plant Industry. in honor OF
Edward M. Byrnes. who originated the
departments mum" shows. is excellent
commercial material and is to be eX-
tenSively grown during the coming
season. This is considered a triumph
for the department gardeners il having
produced a new seeding bloom which
has so promptly attracted commercial
attention and adoption.
More than 1900 young women from
various colleges and academies are
scheduled to attend the show today in
bus parties.
During the early afternoon yesterday
scores of persons prominent in Wash
ington society were seen at the green
houses and as far as possible they were
escorted by officials of the Agriculture
Department.
New Plants in Bloom
Visitors during the remaining days
will have an opportunity to see addi-
tional and varied attractions. Besides
number of new varieties which have
come into boom since the show opened.
there are crown of thcrn" plants on
exhibition in green houses No. and
No. T.
Supt. j. Wise Byrnes today directed
that mum" show visitors should also
be allowed to view the collection of
citrus products in their special house
This is the only opportunity that many
persons will have this year to see grape
trult. oranges, lemons. lines, kumquats
and similar fruit coming into color and
on the trees. The cactus
house, containing the largest museum
of cactus plants in this country, is also
opened to mum show visitors.
The Agriculture Department green
houses, Fourteenth street and Consti-
tuition avenue, are open daily. free to
the public, from am. until pm.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
SCIENCE HEAD TO SPEAK
ON POLITICS ABROAD
DR.. w. C. Johnstone to Address
Meeting Tomorrow at
Y M c. A,

DR.. w. C. Johnstone of the depart
ment of political science, George Wash
ington University. who spent several
months last Summer at Geneva and
other European centers, will discuss
political conditions abroad before a
meeting at the Y. w. C. A., called for
1890 pm. tomorrow by the World
Fellowship and World Affairs Commit
tees
The luncheon session will be presided
over by Mrs. E. E. Danley. chairman CT
the Y. w. C. AS Public Affairs Com
mittee DR.. Johnstone, with Mrs.
Johnstone, made an extended tour of
Europe studying conditions there. His
topic will be Reflections on Present
Conditions in Europe"
Evening star., 1932-11-07
U. S. LOSES REFUND SUIT
Fails to Compel Great Nd0herr
R. R. to Deliver $1,329, ,7S5.

The United States failed in the Su-
preme Court today in efforts to compel
the Great Northern Railway to make a
refund to it of $1,329,785.
In settling with the Great Northern
Railway after the wartime period OF
Federal control, the United States paid
S12,5OO,OOO The Interstate Commerce
Commission said the amount should
have been only $11.170,000. but lost in
the lower courts and before the highest
court today.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
RECORD VOTE SEEN
|NMONTGOMERy0 ON.
EVE OF ELECTION.
BaIIoting Is Expected to Ex-
ceed IS, 900 Cast in Cam
paign of 1923.
"DEPRESSiON' is MAIN
TOPIC AMONG VOTERS
Officials Distribute Paraphernalia
to Districts-Cost Of Project
Set at $4,000.
BY JACK ALLEN,
Staff Correspondent of The Star.

ROCKVILLE, Md. November l.
Veteran political leaders were predict
ing here today that the heaviest vote
in Montgomery County's history will be
cast tomorrow as a result of the great
stress that has been laid on the eco
nomic conditions of the country by
speakers who appeared at local rallies
during the prediction campaign.
officials of both major parties de-
clared that their trips into the various
sections of the county during the late
stages of the race have revealed that
an intense interest surprising ia in
tensity that shown in any previOu, cleo
ton, including the contest in 1923 be-
tween President Hoover and AZ Smith.
is being displayed on every land and
that a record vote will be tl,a natural
result.
Depression Main Topic.
The prime issue and the main topic
of conversation on every hand. they
asserted. is the depression" with the
voters planning to GO to the polls to
cast their ballot for the candidate who
they believe can cure the country OF its
economic ills.
1t was declared at several of the cam
paign headquarters set up throughout
the county that reports OF campaign
workers disclose that approximately so
per cent of the 25.828 people qualified
to vote tomorrow will go to the polls to
cast their ballots.
If that is true the vote will far eX-
ceed the l5,O0O-odd ballots cast in
1928. Hoover carried Montgomery
County, normally a Democratic strong
hold. with 1897 votes in 1923, while
Smith received 6,332 votes.
Officials Rake Preparations.
Final preparations fcr the election
were mcde over the week end by the
Board of Election Supervisors. Of
fetal ballots, ballot boxes, registration
books and ether p2raphornalia were
t.ist.ic;,c,, to the judges for the 81
vct.ng Q e.e3 in the county and every
thing is in r-adiness for the opening
OF the polls at am. tomorrow.
l. is estimated thot ii VIII cost ap-
prCE.rla tely $4,000 to stage the cleo
tea. 4 total Of $1,000 was appro-
pr ed by the Board CT County Com
m.ssionc1s for the primary election held
in Nay and the general election to-
morrow. with S35,000 being levied in
tho county budget and $4,000 beng
t.. rferced from the County's revolv-
ing fund The ballot will be canvassed
i. the super ,isor5 on Thursday, it was
anNcunced today.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
POLICE CAPTAIN SEEKS THIEF
WHO LOOTED ROSE GARDEN
Sullivan Offers $50 Reward to Patrolmen Beat to
Catch Man Described by Neighbors.

man. wearing light trousers and a dark
sweater" and that he unhurriedly up
rooted the bushes, loaded them into an
"olive-colored coupe bearing Maryland
tags" and drove off
The robbery was discovered yesterday
morning when the captains son
Thomas Sullivan, went outside to raise
the flag on pole on the front lawn.
The captain offered the reward to the
policemen in the vicinity and then
drove into nearby Maryland on a tour
of investigation. He later extended the
reward offer to Montgomery County
police.
Similar depredations have been re-
ported recently, and police are particu-
larly anxious to collar the culprit.
Evening star., 1932-11-07

Capt. jeremiah Sullivan of the
Police Department is sparing no pains
to capture the thief who looted his
rose garden of l3 blooming bushes
Saturday night.
Only the bushes in full flower were
stolen from the several hundred which
the captain has set out about his home,
in the 1900 block of Georgia avenue,
while off duty from the command of
No. 4 precinct.
To the patrolmen on the beat Capt
Sullivan offered a $50 reward for cap
ture of the thief Neighbors saw the
man at work between 9 and II o'clock
Saturday night, but supposed he was
in the captains employ.
They said he was a Short, thick-se
Evening star., 1932-11-07
Civic Meeting POSTPONED.

ROSSLYN, Va, November THE
meeting of the Rosslyn Precinct Civic
League scheduled fer tomorrow night
has been postponed until Tuesday. No
vember Is, on account of the elections.
The meeting will be held in the Wood
row Wilson School New officers will be
installed and committees appointed.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
Plan ARLINGTON VOTE.
Political Leaders Meet Tonight to Pre-
pare for Balloting.

By STAFF Correspondent of The Star.
ARLINGTON COURT HOUSE, Va,
November THE Democratic and
Republican Committees, together with
representatives Of all subsidiary Or
ganizations of the two parties To-
cally, will meet tonight with Chair
man William L. Bragg of the former
party and L. c. Macpherson OF the
latter in their respective headquarters
to complete plans for their participation
in the balloting tomorrow.
Included in the service to be fur
nished by both parties will be instruc-
ton in the proper marking of the bal
lot Both parties have sample ballots
showing how they should be marked
if voting for the candidates of either.
These have been widely distributed.
Free Transportation.
Free transportation is promised by
both parties to any and all voters not
so provided This may be obtained by
calling the headquarters of either.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
HUNT YOUNG BANDITS
Police Seek Colored Band for At
tack on Magazine Boy, 12.

Search for a band of youthful high
waymen was instituted by the police
Yesterday when they learned of such in
dividuals having made an attack upon
Francis Long. II. of the 1900 block Of
Tenth street, Saturday night.
Francis, with 81 in his pockets, pro-
ceeds of the sale of magazines, was in
the vicinity of Tenth and M streets. on
his way home. when colored boys forced
him into an alley, beat him and took
his money.
The victim Of the band of robbers
was treated at Emergency Hospital for
minor wounds.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
INSURANCE SUIT LISTED
FOR COURT AT ROCKVILLE
Case Transferred From Prince
Georges County Is Docketed
for November Term.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, November Tine
suit of Harry /. Ward against the Pru-
dental Insurance Co., which was re-
moved here when the defendant made
aefdsvit ,t1l-ut it did not believe fair
and impartial trial of the case could be
had in St. Marys County, where
it was brought, has been docketed for
the November term of the Circuit
Court, which begins next Monday.
Ward claims disability benefits under
Q policy issued to him, payment OF
which. he alleges, were discontinued
without sufficient cause.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
TAXI DRIVER SOUGHT
Mrs. Margaret Phelps Victim of
Hit-and-Run Accident.

A police lookout has been posted
for the driver of taXicab which struck
Mrs Margaret Phelps, 80, of the 2700
block of Fourteenth street, this morn
ing as she stood in a street car safety
zone at Fourteenth and Girard streets.
The driver of the cab did not stop
after the accident.
Mrs. Phelps was treated at ner home
for bruises and shock. Her condition
Is not serious.
Evening star., 1932-11-07

1HE corner stone Of the new school
building of the CCncordia E"an
gelical Lutheran Church, Twen
tieth and c. streets. was laid
yesterday afternoon in the pres
ence Of members of the congregation
and other LutharanS from the CITY end
Baltimore. Re- CharleJ EnGers, pastor
CT the church. laid the stone.
The sermon was preached by Rev
E. j. F Dettbarn Of Baltimore. Rev.
Paul GabIer OF Baltimore conducted the
Scripture lesson. Prayer was offered by
Evening star., 1932-11-07

Dr.. P. A. Menzel, executive secretary of
the Beard of Foreign Missions. Bere-
diction was pronounced by DR.. c. c.
Rasmussen pastor of the Luther Place
Memorial Church.
Others assisting in the ceremony were
DR.. William P. Herbst, H. F. Dunkhorst,
julius Becker, Mrs A. H. Volkmann,
jr.: Mrs. George Steiner, A. N. Schroe-
Ger. John R. Monroe. William Grass.
Miss Josephine Escherich, William
Steiner and Miss Amelia Bender.
The ceremony took place at $50 pm.
in a downpour of rain.
Evening star., 1932-11-07
VOTE TIME GRANTED

District Employees Will Be Given
Two Hours to Go to Polls.
The District Commissioners today or
dered department heads to allow en-
ployes who have vote two hours of
tomorrow in which to exercise this privi-
lege.