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The Washington times., 1932-04-11
DETENTION
INVOLVES
LIQUOR
RING
Prisoner Has Police Record
But No Convictions
Against Him

NEW YORK, April II
I.N.S.).-The man taken into
custody here Friday for ques-
tioning by the New Jersey
authorities in connection with
the Lindbergh kidnapping is Syl-
Wan Ortlib, 50, Police Commits
sioner Edward P. Mulrooney
announced today.
Ortlib, the commissioner said,
had been arrested several times
but never convicted.
The authorities, it is under
stood, are checking rum running
gangs in connection with his de-
tention.
Commissioner Mulrooney said
he did not know what led the New
Jersey authorities to ask the po-
lice to pick up Ortlib, who was
taken into custody in Harlem.
The Washington times., 1932-04-11
HAWAII ASKS
F.. LIFE TERMS
FOR FOUR
Taking of Testimony in Honor
Staying Trial Starts in
Honolulu Today
IFICLureS on rage 81
BY GILBERT PARKER
Copyright. 1882. International
News Service)

HONOLULU, T. H., April II
G.N.S.). With all the power
at its command, the Territory
of Hawaii moved today to place
Mrs. Grace Hubbard Fortescue,
Washington society WON a n =,
and three compatriots behind
prison bars for life for the
"honor Staying" of a native.
Deity, his plans shrouded in
secrecy, Clarence Darrow, one
Of the greatest lawyers of the
age, prepared to counter the
case that Prosecutor John G,
Kelley will place before a
mixed racial jury.
The Government has marshaled
its witnesses and testimony was
ready to be taken aimed to show
that Mrs. Fortescue, her son-in-
law, Lieut.. Thomas H. Massie,
and two naval enlisted men kid,
naped Joseph Kahahawai, half
caste, and shot him to death.
Honolulu On Edge
Kahahawai. a few months
previous to his shooting, had
stood trial accused as the leader
of five hoodlumS who attacked
Mrs. Massie. The case ended in
a hung jury. His killing, it was
charged, was an attempt by the
four Americans to do what the
law had failed to do-wipe clean
the slate of a woman's honor.
ApprehenSively the city of
Honolulu, shaken by the attack
on Mrs. MaSsie and the tragic
events that followed, watched the
start of the drama of the tropics.
The scene of the trial was a
dingy courtroom in the ancient
Hall of the Chiefs" famed in
Hawaiian history and now known
as the judiciary building.
To Attack Lynch Law
Immediately under the block
tower of the building, seen alike
by the defendants, by the jury.
and by prosecution and defense
lawyers, is a solemn statement of
King Kamehamena the Great. 1t
Continued on Page 2, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1932-04-11
5EN.CROWDER
To OPPOSE
M'FAYDEN
Hoover, Sec. Mills, NotabIeS to
Attend Ceremonious Event
That Opens Season
By GARRETT WATERS

Baseball's annual spring
spectacle -opening day
makes its official bow locally
this afternoon when Manager
Walter johnson sends his
Washington Griffmen into bat
tie against the Boston Red Sox
at your Uncle Clark Grifr
fith's spacious stadium at 3
o'clock.
Despite the bad weather which
has prevailed since the Griffmen
arrived in town last Thursday
from spring training, today's game
will be played unless it is raining
at game time, it has been an
nounced by Clark Griffith.
Hoover to See Game
Official Washington in all of it's
dignity is prepared to make its
appearance this afternoon for a
period of unusual entertainment.
President Hoover, Mrs. Hoover,
and the entire Presidential Cabi-
net will be in attendance, while
many State dignitaries will sit
around the President in flag-be-
decked boxes behind the Griff-
mems dugout.
At 2:45 O'Clock members of
both the Griffmen and Red Sox
will line up at home plate and
march to the center field flag
pole to enact the annual flag
raising ceremonies. The teams
will be led by Secretary of Treas
ury Ogden L. Mills, President
Clark C. Griffith, of the Griff-
men; Manager Walter johnson,
and Shane Collins, manager of
the Boston Red Sox.
In the Event of Rain
In the event of rain at game
time all of these ceremonies will
be postponed until April 20. when
the Griffmen will be home"
again after 10 days of play on
the road. President Hoover has
agreed to attend on this date
should a postponement occur,
while the "other dignitaries" of
course have given their nod.
Manager Johnson says:
"We're ready. I'm satisfied
that the team is in pretty good
shape and that we'll be able to
hold our own in the important
race before us. There's one
thing sure, we'll be out there
to win every day. My hope is
that we get off to a good
start this afternoon"
Buddy Myer will be at second
base, Heinie Manush in left field,
Sammy West in center field, Carl
Reynolds, right field; Joe Judge,
first base; Ossie Bluege, third
base; Roy Spencer behind the
bat and General Alvin CroWder
in the pitchers box.
Opposing Crowder on the
mound this afternoon will be
Danny MacFayden for the Red
Sox. This .hurler has been par
ticularly effective against the
Griffmen in past years, thus his
nomination for mound duty to-
day.
The Washington times., 1932-04-11
Katherine Garrison
Weds in Paris TOdGy

PARIS, April IL (U.S0.-Kath-
crime Garrison, New York society
girl, and Walter Leslie Runci-
man, son of Sir Walter Runic-
man, president of the British
Board of Trade, will be married
here today, Mrs. Constance Cou-
dert Garrison, the brides mother,
announced.
The Washington times., 1932-04-11
$4,000 CAN SEE
TITLE FIGHT
Times Staff Photo

NEW YORK, April II QN.S0-
The Jack Sharkey-Max Schmelling
worlds championship heavyweight
battle will be fought in Long
Island City June 16. it was an
nounced today.
And it's going to be in spe-
cially built arena. put up by the
Madison Square Garden Corpora
tion, bigger than the Yale bowl,
capable of seating $4,000 people.
That quiets reports and plans
that the Garden would build its
outdoor fight plant near Jersey
City, or that the championship
battle would be held in one of the
ball parks.
The Washington times., 1932-04-11
Lindy Certain He Dealt
With Kidnapers

TRENTON, N. j., April IL
GN.SD.-The first direct suspect
in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping
mystery was questioned today by
New Jersey police at Hopewell,
N. j.
Questioning of the suspect was
the first development to become
public after Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh revealed Saturday that he
was led into paying $4,000 in
ransom to men he believed to be
the kidnaperS of his son, but
who failed to restore the child as
agreed.
Note Code Used
In new statement today,
Lindbergh told of his conviction
that the men he dealt with were
really the kidnapers of his 81
monthS-old son because they
identified themselves through use
of a secret code contained in the
original ransom note left near
the baby'S crib.
The suspect provided an alibi,
Schwartzkopf said, which was
being checked.
Unusual activity revived at the
Lindbergh home last night indi-
Gated a conference of some sort.
DR.. John Grier Hibben, president
of Princeton University, was
among those who attended it.
New Barter Hinted
RumOrS gained circulation that
the conference, which lasted until
far into the morning hours, was
called because Lindbergh received
another communication from the
kidnapers, who identified them
selves through the cryptic symbol,
never published, contained in the
ransom note.
They offered, it was reported,
to exchange the $4,000 in SIS,
$40 and $40 paid them by Lind
bergh, the serial. numbers of
which were made public when the
child was not delivered to it's
Continued on Page 2, Col. p
The Washington times., 1932-04-11
Hit-Run Victim
Taken to Hospital

Hubert A. Thebo, AZ, a limo
type operator, is in an undeter-
mined condition at Emergency
Hospital. He was struck down
in front of his home, 1925 Fifth
st. N. W., by a hit-and-run driver
yesterday.
Thebo was returning home
with a neighbor, John ]. Ferber.
Ferber picked up the injured
man and took him to Walter
Reed Hospital, whence, after
treatment, he was transferred to
Emergency Hospital.
The Washington times., 1932-04-11
Coolidge to Help
Omen Fishing Season

Simsbury, Conn, April IL.
G.N.SO.-The Connecticut fish
ing season will open with dis
tinction Friday.
Former President Calvin Cool
idge, an angler of note, has &C
cepted an invitation from former
United States Senator George P.
Mclean to do bit of fly casting
on the Mclean estate here on
that date.
The Washington times., 1932-04-11
Democrats of County
To Hear Rep. LOzier

Representative Ralph F. Lozier
Cd, of Missouri, will address a
Democratic mass meeting tonight
in the Ashton Heights women'S
clubhouse.
The meeting has been called by
the newly organized Democratic
Club of Arlington County, of which
Robert N. Anderson is president.
The Washington times., 1932-04-11
Gloria Names Babu
Michele Bridget

LONDON, April IL G.N.SO.
From her tiny crib, Michele
Bridget Farmer made her bow
to the world today. Gloria Swan
son chose this name for her baby
daughter, born here last week
Michele is the French feminine
derivative of the name of her
father, Michael Farmer, and
Bridget was a tribute to his ma.
tive sod, Ireland.
The Washington times., 1932-04-11
Letter Improving,
Physician ReDOrtS

CHICAGO, April II QNS0
Joseph Letter, widely.known capi.
talist and sportsman, today was
reported in an improved condi.
tion." He is suffering from an
attack of pneumonia, complicated
by heart disease.
The Washington times., 1932-04-11
Roosevelt Leader
Succun1bS on Coast

SEATTLE, Wash. April II
GNSO "A. Scott Bullitt, Sd, Dem
ocratic national committeeman
and for years a power in Wash
ington"State politics, is dead here
of influenza.
He was State leader of Governor
Franklin Roosevelt's campaign.
The Washington times., 1932-04-11
Copper Men Urging
Tariff on Imports

A large delegation Of Senators,
Congressman and mining men,
representing the IL copper-pro-
ducing States, called on President
Hoover today and urged his sup
port of their drive for 6 cents
pound tariff on the importation
of copper.
The Washington times., 1932-04-11
CHANGE HEAD.
PUTS BLAME
ON HOOVER
Republican Boasts of 'Perma-
nent Prosperity He Says,
Caused Initiation

President Hoover and Re-
publican leaders who boasted
that "permanent era of pros
perity" had arrived in America
were partly responsible for the
initiation which led to a crash
that wiped out hundreds of
thousands of investors, Rich
ard Whitney, president of, the
New York Stock Exchange. de-
clared today before the Senate
Banking and Currency Com
mittee.
Opening the Senate inquiry into
recent bear raids" in the market,
Whitney charged the political
statements Of Administration lead
ers were more responsible" for the
initiation than all the sales talks
of brokers.
''Mere Liquidation"
Whitney denied any knowledge
of reports that a huge bear raid
had been organized to smash
prices last Saturday. incidentally,
he declared there were no bear
raids on the market any more,
describing sharp selling campaigns
as mere liquidation"
Whitney turned over to the
committee an incomplete report
on short-selling transactions on
the market in the past 10 days.
IT'S Gather Data
Whitney announced, however,
that the bulk of the information
asked by the committee could
not be furnished before next
Friday.
He explained that ITS men
we're at work gathering the
information and the 25 trained
experts would have to work three
days to complete it.
Whitney said it was almost i'm
possible" to get the scores of every
transaction of stock on the short
side of the market, adding:
"Many short positions have
been in existence for long pc
riOds of time. Many accounts
have been held by one firm for
another firm. To get this in
formation might require a
months time"
Claude R. Branch, of ProV1-
dence, R. l., special counsel for the
committee, questioned Whitney.
Public Months Ago
He said he had with him list
of corporations having short ac-
counts as of the opening on April
S, explaining the list of April g
QaSt Friday had not yet been
completed.
He produced statistics on short
selling in each stock as computed
by the exchange for the period
from May 25, 1881, to November
80, 1881. He said it had been
made public months ago.
Then Whitney produced addl-
tional short-selling records from
November 80, 1881, to early this
month.
Quizzed by BrOOkhart
Senator Brookhart (R0 OF
Iowa took up the reports of a
threatened bear raid to smash
last Saturdays market. He asked
Whitney what he knew about the
threatened raid.
Whitney said:
"T have no knowledge of it,
except what / heard from Sena-
tor WalcOtt in our telephone
conversation"
He said Walcott told him the
raid was to be directed at U. S.
Steel, American Telephone and
Telegraph, Public Service Of New
Jersey, and the Consolidated Gas
of New York stocks. He said:
"The activities in these stocks
showed no signs of bear raid
ing, but did show great liquida-
tiOn."
Brookhart asked the witness
what was the difference between
short selling and liquidation.
Whitney replied:
Liquidation is the selling of
-
The Washington times., 1932-04-11
Coast Warned Gale
BreuUing Off JerSey

A disturbance off the New Jer-
sey coast, moving slowly north
eastward, will cause strong east
winds this afternoon and tonight,
probably reaching gale force off
the coast.
The Washington times., 1932-04-11
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as of April
8, $546.986,15 expenditures,
$19,525, 5,896.43; customs receipts,
$5,937,311.68.
The Washington times., 1932-11-09
.MusieaIPlanne
for Nov. IS

The musicale to be given Tues
day evening, November IS, by
Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, jr.,
and-Mrs. Edward M. Townsend,
of New York, and Miss Eliza
beth Eastman, of this city, will
be an outstanding social event
of the season in the Capital,
and number of important din
ner parties will precede it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Townsend will
have a notable company dining
with them, when their guests
will include the Secretary Of
State and Mrs. Stimson, who
are their neighbors on Long
Island; the British Ambassador
and Lady Lindsay, and others
prominent in diplomatic and Of
ficial circles, together with Mr..
Hans Kinder, director Of the
National Symphony Orchestra.
Eleven artists from this or
'chestra will render the program
and the invitations have been
restricted to very select group
of prominent. members of soci-
ETY. in the Capital.
The Washington times., 1932-11-09
State Dance

The Massachusetts, Society of
washington is making elabo-
rate preparations for their first
entertainment and dance of the
season. to be held on Thanks
giving eve. the date selected
for this meeting is quite in keep
ing with the spirit OF MasSa-
cnusettS as it recalls to mind
that first day which the Pilgrim
Fathers selected as one Of sin
cere Thanksgiving.
Mr.. Frank E. Hickey is preSi-
dent Of the organization. Mem
bers of the society and their
friends will once again celebrate
this holiday, which is now rec
ognized nationally, Wednesday
evening, November %, in the
main ball room of the Shore
ham.
AS Thanksgiving marks the
end of the official Bicentennial
year, Colonial and Puritan cos
tunes may be worn. A grand
march will be held and prizes
for costumes will be awarded.
Dancing will begin at 8 and
continue until / a. m, with a
short and appropriate entertain
ment. An orchestra will furnish
the music and Mr.. Lewis Hart
will again act as floor director.
Last years active reception
committee will be on hand to
greet the guests
Application for membership
may be made to the treasurer,
Miss Harriet M. Cheney, 2127
California st. N. w.
The annual meeting and elec-
ton of officers will be held at
the Shoreham Hotel Monday
evening, November IA.
The Washington times., 1932-11-09
Annual Reception
On Friday

The annual reception of the
Twentieth Century Club will be
. held at the Washington Club
on Friday from 4 to 8 o'clock,
with the members Of the board
as hosteSseS. In the receiving
line with the president, Mrs.
Ellwood P. Morey, will be the
officers Of the club, Mrs. Sid
fey H. Thompson, Mrs. James
X. McClintock, Mrs. e. @.
Montgomery, Mrs. Francis M.
Goodwin, Mrs. Frank r. Rutter
and Mrs. Ernest r. McComas.
Mrs. William Walter Hus-
band, past president, is chair
man of the social committee
and she will be assisted by Mrs.
: Glenn S. Smith, Mrs. John
DENLY Hird, Miss Mary Eliza
beth Young, Mrs. Fred Kent
and Mrs. Guy H. Johnson.
Other past presidents who
will alternate at the tea table
are Mrs. David White, Mrs.
Bernard Green, Mrs. U. G. B.
Pierce, Mrs. John Ebert Wilkie,
Mrs. Guion Miller, Mrs. Thomas
w. Sidwell, Mrs. Edward B.
Clark, Mrs. Ernest P. Bicknell,
Mrs. Gilbert GroSvenor, Mrs.
Lyman B. Swormstedt, Mrs.
Frederic E. harrington, Mrs.
Eugene Stevens, Mrs. Philip
Sidney Smith and Mrs. George
F. Bowerman.
y x
Mrs. SilaS E. Brown. of New
York, accompanied by her
daughter, Miss Josephine E.
Brown is at the Dodge.
The Washington times., 1932-11-09
Mrs. EEkins Back

Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins has re-
turned to her apartment at 2029
Connecticut Ave. from Ventnor,
N. j., where she spent the sum-
mer,
The Washington times., 1932-11-09

Visitor From London
Mrs. Robert Coltman, of
London, England, who is
making q lengthy visit in this
country, is at Wardman Park
Hotel.
Evening star., 1932-02-15
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, February Is. -
Ability as a memory expert, linguist
and an interpreter and the faculty to
order Oriental food for an Occidental
from his description of it. and you
might qualify as an operator in San
Francisco's Chinese Telephone Ex-
change-if you are Chinese.
The 10 Chinese women operators
whose duty it is to connect Chinatown's
1900 telephone subscribers with the
right party have all these requirements
and between calls even finds time to tell
about some of the things they do.
Miss Florence Lo Chan, chief opera
tor, was explaining how the switch
board worked as one of the operators
plugged in line in answer to light
which flashed in front Of her.
Oar huey bin she arp" asked the
operator
she means. What place do you
wish?'" explained Miss Chan.
The operator tried for the party
desired.
The Line Is Busy.
"Gong gum" she chartered into her
mouthpiece. Then turning, she said in
perfect English
ITO you that means the line is
busy"
Chinese subscribers call by name and
not by number. The operators therefore
must carry 1900 numbers in their
heads They quickly make the right
connection, however. when the sub
scriber gives the name of the desired
party.
AS there is no Chinese alphabet, en-
abling grouping the subscribers in a di-
rectory by letters, it became necessary
to list them by streets as they increased.
Finally when Wong wanted to tele-
phone Lee he had to look over the en-
Evening star., 1932-02-15
"GONG GUM" SAYS PHONE GIRL,
MEANING BUSY" IN CHINESE
Chinatown Operator Must Qualify as a
Memory Expert, Linguist and an
Interpreter to Hold Her Job.

tire list of one street to find Lees num-
ber. 1t got to be too big job. so, to
speed things up, the operators learned
the numbers to go with the names.
Now when Wong calls Lee he gives
the street the latter lives on and the
operator can Immediately connect the
two. She can, in fact, even if the street
is not given.
Fluency In the Dialects.
Fluency in the five Cantonese dia-
lects, which are the principal forms OF
speech in Chinatown, is another re-
uuirement of the operators. It's just
as like as not that five different calls
will come in these five different di-
alects: Som Yup, Say Yup, Heong San,
Cow Gong and Sun Duck.
Most of the operators" said Miss
Chan, have friends who speak all flve
dialects, so that makes 1t not so bad. !"
Each new operator spends her first
three weeks learning the 1900 names
in the Chinese directory. In two or
three months she has mastered the task
and can locate any subscriber, whether
asked for in English or Chinese.
If the requirements of the operators
are severe, the idiosyncrasies OF the
subscribers set some kind of record.
Some of the Chinese retire around
midnight and from their beds hold
lengthy telephone talks with friends in
lieu of personal visits. Some OF these
conversations are still going strong
around 4 or S am.
Long Distance Popular.
In these early morning hours, it's not
unusual for Chinese to converse for
an hour with friend in Chicago, New
York or Vancouver. B. c.
Seven mothers, each with daughter
make up IA of the 19 operators. The
mothers were taught by the three
Chan brothers operators when the ex-
change was founded in 1894. and they
in turn taught their daughters.
Tho oycboroa is in a papO6a .rOOfed
Evening star., 1932-02-15
PROPOSALS.

TREAsuRY DEPARTMENT I1sP,a:[ n: oee Of the
sabees to II the sds IN
VII be publicly opened in this office at 2
r. Marsh 3 1872 tSs for
equipment of the B. G post office now quar-
fo and North me captol h 0oe ST.. Washington g D. S
speeifications may nay be Obtained from this
ing Architect. fe13,l5.17
ARLINGTON MEMORIAL BRIDGE COM
s.afss mission, Sd ofGe OF OF the Executive ofissr
February ,b ,;O 20. 1882 and then publicly opened
in Room 1915, Navy Building, for furnish
ing the temporary gravel surfacing for the
Memorial Parkway to the Cemetery, leading
Bridge to the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Turn
pike. Approximate quantities are as fol-
lows: Gravel surfacing: 6 INCHES 1d deep, 5000 o
Sorder curbs, $500 linear feet. Further in
formation upon application. fe15,16
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE
CAPITOL, Washington; D. C.. FEBRUARY r.
1882. SEALED BIDS will be e,s opened @ IN in d this
struction of concrete pavement on, the ter
races to the west approach to the y. 5.
ms and Specifications may be obtained: in
the discretion OF the Archltecs 0i tne WfR6 GaR
LYNN, Architect Of the Capitol. fel5.l617
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAP
1852. SEALED BIDs viii be opened in this
office at pm. Eastern STANDARD Time,
in the new House of Representatives once
building, Washington, D. c., Electrical Sub,
and shown by plans and specifications dated
February g. 1882. Plans and specifications
may be obtained at the of1ce OF the Archi;
ArchNect, BY any Satisfactory Contractor
for this class Of work. DAVID LYNN. Arcnl-
Eact Of tn CapitoA aeiai4tl1
Evening star., 1932-02-15
TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

NationaI-ziegfeld's Hot Cha!" at
800 pm
Belasco-Ethel Barrymore, in THE
School for Scandal" at BIS pm.
Hollywood Honeys," 2:15
and BIS pm.
Fox-"Business and Pleasure" at
1888 am, 2, 4:30 720 and $50 pm.
Stage shows at 1:16, 346, 6:36 and 9 o6
pm.
CoIumbia-"M Hari," at 11:25
am, 1;25, $50, $50. 7:30 and 9:35 pm.
R-K-O Keith's-"Panama Flo" at
ll:l5 am. 2:O1, 4:37, 1928 and $50
pm. Stage shows at 1857, 1888, GIG
and 8:55 pm
Palace-"The Passionate Plumber, ."
at 11:30 am, 1:50, ABS, tbs and $50
pm. Stage shows at /, 3:45, $40 and
pm.
Metropolitan-"West of Broadway,
at 11:38 am, AS, 3:42, 5:39, 7:45 and
9:53 pm.
RiaIto-"Three Wise Girls" at II :o8
am, 1855, 2:40, 4:29, 6:15, and 9 :53
pm.
Earle-"The Hatchet Man." at 11:35
am, 1:55, 4:35, 7:25 and $50 pm.
Stage shows at LOS, 3:45, $50 and 9
pm.
Tivoli-"Charlie Chan's Chance" at
2, 1855, $50, 7:45 and GAS pm.
Guilty Generation" from
II am. to II pm
AmbassadOr-"The Hatchet Man" at
6:15, 8 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1932-02-15

building IA the heart Of Chinatown.
Black and red lacquer and carved wood
work supply native atmosphere.
The Oriental atmosphere which pre-
Evening star., 1932-02-15

vades the buildings extends to the dress
Of the operators, most Of whom wear
embroidered Chinese pajamas, but it's
Offset by American waved and curled
hair.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-27
insult Company
.SholUs Progress

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 81. U.I)-
Operating expenses of the defunct
Middle West Utilities company
two billion dollar holding company
of Samuel insult, have been re-
duced more than $7,000,000 since
the concern went into receiver
ship, according to Edward N. Hur-
ley, co-receiver, who was in Los
Angeles today on a brief vacation.
s'Further reductions are in pros
pect," he added.
The wartime chairman of the
U. s. shipping board disclosed that
virtually all the bank loans to op-
Grating companies have been re-
tired and that the various utilities
are yielding a profit.
"It's an enormous task to reor-
ganize the Chicago offices of the
Midwest company and the many
subsidiaries but we feel much has
been accomplished within the past
eight months" Hurley said.