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second' Brews SECTION SPORTS, FINANCIAL, CLASSIFIED SECTION SATURDAY SPORTS, FINANCIAL, CLASSIFIED SECTION NOVEMBER 23, 1929. ijpost (gazette MORNING Welfare Fund Officers Pleased With Total ill xr CTj ft FEDERAL COURT SPECIAL TERM MAY BEHELD None of Pittsburgh Rum Plot Cases Listed Now. CITY WIDE CONSPIRACY McKeesport and Versailles Police Chiefs Most Important Trial. None of the untried Pittsburgh rum plot rases, resulting from the I'nited States grand jury inquiry about IS months ago. are listed for presentation at the Novemlier term of United States criminal court, beginning next Monday.

A date for a disposition of the cases has not been announced. There is a likelihood, however, that a special term of court may be held in February, at which time the Somerset county rum conspiracy trial may get under way. If the siecial term is held it is lielieved at the Government building: that the Pittsburgh rum plot cases will lie aired before juries or be otherwise disposed of. At the time the Federal inquisitors handed down the local indictments, the members had examined more than 1.600 witnesses and had. been in almost daily sessions for about six weeks.

The orobe attracted nation-wide attention and the United States attorney ington, D. detailed representative here to at Wash-a special assist In drafting the true bills. 173 Indicted. Sis indictments were handed down, accusing 173 persons with having participated in conspiracies to violate the national prohibition act. Pot-GaPtte Photin.

William Penn Hotel, are: Augustus K. Oliver, president; Mrs. John W. La wrence, vice president; E. W.

Smith, vice president, and G. G. Coolidge, secretary. The drive, in which T.7T7 canvassers are engaged, closes with a dinner in the hotel next Wednesday night. Pictured above are the officers of the Welfare Fund, which to date have received pledges for about 1800,000 toward their goal of $1,168,055 to aid the work of 3 philanthropic agencies in this district for the ensuing year.

Left to right, beside the blackboard in the TRAFFIC JAM RELIEF IDEAS ARE PROPOSED Chamber Committee Will Ask Aid Of City Officials. SEEK RADICAL CHANGES Some Deliveries at Night In Triangle, Parades On Sundays Suggested. Alarmed bv traffic congestion downtown, resulting from large increases in vehicular traffic, the city ami suburban transit committee of the Chamber of Commerce has made the following proposals: That coal deliveries, ash and garbage removals and similar services in central business distnat be performed outside of business hours; That parades downtown be prohibited, except on Sundays or holidays That definite traffic lanes be marked on all wide streets; That loading platforms for street railway passengers be installed where possible That parking regulations be strictly enforced, and fines collected for violations. The report was approved by the Chamber of Commerce, and will be forwarded to the mayor, city council, better traffic committee and city planning commission. Show Heavy Increase.

The proposals were made in the form of a resolution and. if adopted, would affect the entire district bounder by the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers. Eleventh street and Grant street. Tart of the report was a chart showing traffic volume, as contrasted with past periods. This showed 115.176 vehicles.

Cother than street cars.) entering the "Golden Triancle" every day, as against 104.123 in 1924; 94.129 in 1927; 90.7S5 in 1926; 73.65 in 1923; 52.761 in 1920. and 44.482 in 1917. "This." said the rejxirt. "in your committee's opinion. presents an alarmin? situ.itmn.

Kieven thousand additional vehicles this year over last, are shown to Ie entering the triangle day. The chart, too. indicates that 192S represented a daily increase of lO.ooo vehicles over those of -927. That we ar confronted by a problem of serious character, which from day to day is rapidly increasing in perplexity Is felt to be self-evident." L. Duggan is chairman of the committee.

Its members Include M. J. Dishop. Robert J. Bassett, Charles A.

Kinley, T. Fitzgerald, John B. Reynolds, Edwin C. May, and F. L.

Dobson. NAME PRESIDENT OF SECRETARIES YY. i. Martin Is Klccted to Head WeMerii Chapter of Hoys VVork (iroup. V.

fJ. Martin, city-wide boys' work secretary of the I'ittsburgh V. M. C. was elected president of the Western chapter of the Association of Hoys' Work Secretaries of Western Pennsylvania, which met yesterday in the downtown branch.

Other of-nVers eleete.I included William Thomas of New Castle, vice president Tom vice president. Hilltop branch. Pittsburgh, and H. H. Newport of New Brighton, secretary-treasurer.

Among men who presented papers were J. L. Broderick of Greensburg, E. E. Eaton of Butler, E.

F. Sandow of L'niontown. V. F. Patterson of P.idgway and J.

J. Davey of Sarah Heinz House. Pittsburgh. Charles E. Ford, state boys' secretary, and A.

K. Klemer of New York, a National boys' work secretary of the T. M. C. were present.

Home Again International News Reel Photo. again. She is shown arriving the continent. The diminutive, Prefer Blondes," was feted at a her by John Emerson, her MEET PARENTS OF FRESHMEN Ch 11 Annual ance or Reception Held At Pitt. Chancellor John G.

Bowman of the University of Pittsburgh last night gave his annual reception in the banquet room of Memorial Hall to parents of freshmen. Receiving the gutsts were Chan cellor Bowman, Miss Thyrsa W. Amos, dean of women; Dr. Robert Clothier, dean of men; Dr. Lee P.

Hieg. dean of the college; Dr. Grover H. Alderman, dean of the School of Education; Dr. Elmer A.

Holbrook, dean of Engineering and Mines, and Dr. Louis K. Manley, dean of the School of Business Administration. Acting as student aides at the reception were: Cwens, honorary sophomore fraternity; Mortarboard, honorary senior activities fraternity, and freshmen advisers. Banquet Is Planned For Miles Bryan The of the Twelfth Legislative district will hold a banquet tomorrow pight in honor of Miles Bryan.

Republican political leader of McKees Rocks, in the Flotilla Club. County Commissioner Joseph G. Armstrong, Congressman Guy E. Campbell, State Senator Frank J. Harris.

Mayor Charles II. Kline, Representative M- A. Musmanno and Ben Anderson will be the guests of honor along with Bryan. John A. Fugassi will be the toastm aster.

James A. Manuppelli Is general chairman. Anita Back Anita Loos is back with us on the Olympic after a visit to popular authoress of "Gentlemen welcome home party tendered husband. DRY VIOLATOR FINED, JAILED Assessed $500, Given Nine Months On His Fourth Offense. A flne of $Tf0 and a Jail term of Dine months were imposed on Joseph Majorats yesterday afternoon in Cnited States court by Judg ft.

M. Gibson following a plea of guilty to violating the National prohibition set. The sentence revealed the severity of ttie Jones penalty amendment to the Volstead act. fiajoras' plea- was based on his possession of a still and large quantity' of material for making intoxicating liquor. His establishment in Smallman street was raided March 2.

The sentence was imposed on Ba- joras" fourth offense. Bajoras and IS other persons were fined a total of almost S3.300 yesterday for violations of the "dry" act. The accused, together with the fines and Jail sentences, follow; Youths Seeking Wine Beat Aged Italian; i Antonio lionisio. 62. an Italian.

18b Watson street, was beaten and robbed by three youths who forced their way into his home late last night. He is in the Passavant Hospital. The youths escaped after robbing him of $6. According to the victim the youths stopped at his home last night and asked for some wine. When he informed them that he had none they forced their way into the house and after beating: him, robbed him and fled.

MB Commissioners Are Given Evidence of Tax Frauds These documents later became known as the Northside. Southside, Downtown, Kast liberty and Greater Pittsburgh true bills. In five of the 1 indictments separate groups were named with a few of the accused being charged as defendants in one 'v. or more of the documents. The Greater Pittsburgh true bill in eluded all those named in the other five indictments and it alleged the plot was city-wide.

Bar Association Fraud Committee Representative Says Thirty Registered On Receipts Issued Others. GANGSTER SHOT BY RIVAL AFTERBATTLE Booze Racket And Woman Involved In Brawl. r0UR OTHER MEN NABBED Theft of Truckload 6f Whisky Last Month Leads To Fight. Soho's gangland, split by internal lissension over the hijacking of a vhisky truck and by a love affair in vhich two of the franc leaders were "ivals for the affections of a girl 'hot it out. Peter McGann, racket man and ootlegger, was shot by James Kel-ey, small time politician, police an-lounced yesterday after quizzing lalf a dozen denizens of the underworld and arresting- four.

Theresa Bauman, 28, Beechwood boulevard, said to be the girl in the a5p, was not arrested. She is said have figured in a killing a few ears ago when she was a check in a notorious speakeasy. A narried man left his table where his a if was sitting: to chat with the pretty check girL The married ouple quarreled, continued the quar--el at home, and the wife killed him with a paring knife. She was acquitted. McGann Shot in Brawl.

McGann, 30. of 2320 Reed street, was taken to the Mercy hospital Thursday night with a bullet in his ibdomen following a drunken brawl the pool room of Harry Swartz, .1344 Ffth avenue. Following: the and shooting police 'arrested Patrick McGinniss, former detective k-hauffeur and prohibition agent, of -Marion street; Francis Connors, 18. Jnf 2319 Reed street; David "Cockle" Brown, 22. of 361 Soho sereetj and Kelly.

:9. of 412 Rochelle street, a henchman of Constable Jack Schneider, of the First ward. Others were brought in for but later were released. The other four are being held. McGann's condition was reported critical last night.

For years McGann was recognized as booties' chieftain of the Soho and "Fifth, avenue districts. McGann lost prestige in the recent mayoralty fight -when he supported President of City Oouncil James F. Malone and Kelly said to have assumed his throne. Truck, Booze Stolen. Not only did Kelly assume Mc- Cann's throne but police say he won the Bauman girl's affections which previously had been McGann's ex-; elnsively.

October 31 last a truck said to belong to McGann was taken to Florida, and loaded with a cargo of "good" liquors. It was driven back to Pittsburgh and placed in an Aiken avenue garage with its load intact. During the night the truck disappeared. McGann reported his loss to police and detectives investigated. Whether McGann told them of the truck's contents was not learned.

Louis Saxton. 35. of the Cathedral Mansions was arrested In connec-; tion with the theft of the truck but in the absence of further evidence he was discharged and the truck was never recovered. McGann suspected Kelly knew something about the af-: fair and voiced his suspicions. Kelly denied knowledge of the truck.

Crashed in Dooft Thursday afternoon McGann went to the Bauman woman's home. He was an unwelcome -visitor and was said to have crashed in the door. Beatings the Bauman woman took from McGann are numerous, police said, and she called police fearing another one. McGann was arrested and taken to Hazelwood police sta-' tion where he was docketed as "John Herron. 31.

of Center avenue." He was released in $30 forfeit. Thursday night both Kelly and I McGann were in Soho. Each was charged with "making wise cracks" about the other and in the course of the night both drifted into Swartz's pool room. Cockle Brown, as he is known to others of his ilk. was said to have spoken disparagingly of a woman of Kelly's known only to police as "Devon." McGann.

harboring two grudges against Kelly, was said to have urged Cockle to "take Kelly." Soon the two were fighting with Kelly hacked up against the telephone i booth. Ir-iv (iiin in Fight. McGann became involved in the "free-for-all and it was finally broken up. About an hour later both met (Crtrttiiturd nn Paa Ttrrntu-n'ite.) The most prominent persons listed in the Greater Pittsburgh true bill are Peter I. Walsh, superintendent of police; Samuel J.

re net and Luke Sullivan, members of the state legislature; John J. Sweeney, police magistrate; John W. Orzekowski. alias John W. Orle.

former police magistrate: Francis Kirley. William A. Herd. John O'DonnelL. and Jus- tus Schroedel.

Republican ward chairmen; Charles Faulkner, Joseph i Eisner and John; MCArdle. police in- apectors. Besides these, there police lieutenants. Ave patrolmen and i many alleged bootleggers. I The Northside case was disposed of by Judge R.

M. Gibson last No- i vember. He freed the defendants be- 3 i It was also brought out in one district two persons had registered on the same receipt. Two of the receipts presented to the board yesterday showed erasures and were held by persons whose names were not on the tax books. In one case a woman was registered on a tax receipt issued for a laborer.

The discrepancy was noted because a housewife pays but S3 cents tax, while a laborer pays $1.24. One of the points brought out at the hearing yesterday was that only a very few of those charged with registering on tax receipts issued to someone else have appeared before the board when summoned. GIRL, THREE YOUTHS HELD New York Elopement Party Stranded Here. What started out to be an elope- i. and hnnfil'mrtnn TtzJ ft 1 1 in Central police station early this morning when a 16-year-old "Wood-haven, N.

girl and three male companions, one of them her sweetheart, found themselves broke and hungry. The girl gave her name as Jacqueline Northridge of 98 Elderts street, Woodhaven, N. Y. Her intended husband gave his name as Edward Rharpe, 19. of 9743 Righty-fifth street, Woodhaven, X.

Y. Their companions said they were Alfred I.rner, 18, and John Kunpel. 19, both of 8505 Ninety-seventh street. Ozone Park, N. Y.

New York police were notified and informed local police that the parents are, en route to return the quartet home. According to the police. the Northside girl and Pharpe decided to elope several days ago. They had I.erner take his father's automobile and drove to Chester, Pa. They told police they were refused a marriage license and drove to where they slept in the automobile Thursday night.

Karly yesterday morning they found themselves hungry and without funds and appealed to the Central station police. i DETOUR LIFTED ON ROUTE 30 Lincoln Highway Now Unobstructed To Lancaster. That rather roueh detour between Jennt.T. and Stoypsiown on the Lincoln highway will be removed early next week at, the latest, the Automobile Chili of Pittsburgh announced last night. This will leave I.

S. highway No. 30 unobstructed from Pittsburgh to I Lancaster. The detour -on P. S.

40. the National highway, between CcnteriHe and West Brownsville was removed yesterday. Next week detours on State Houte IS in College Hill borough. Heaver county, and on State Houte 156 between Shady Planes and Shelocta, will be lifted. The latter is on the new Pittsburgh-Indiana route and is the last piece of construction to be finished on that road this oar.

The automobile club reminded motorists that the roads through the mountains had some snow on them yesterday and probably would have some today, but on neither the Lincoln nor the William l'enn was traffic delayed. U. S. 40 was reported very slippery yesterday. State highway crews were out scattering ashes.

ROB ATTORNEY OF GEMS, CASH Ibxir sfiiaslief. Apartment Kan-sacked As Owner Visits Wife In Hospital. Burglars stole $4,000 in jewelry and several hundred dollars in money from the home of Attorney Virgil N. Caputo. 822 Washington road, Mt.

Lebanon, the attorney discovered early yesterday upon return from a visit to his four months' bride, ill in a Pittsburgh hospital. County Detective Michael R. Stabile beyan investigation of the robbery and learned that the thieves had gained entrance by smashing a glass in a side door. The entire apartment was ransacked, clothing piled in the center of the bedrooms. A revolver and three s.aall banks also were stolen.

Negro Found Shot To Death in Yard Columbus Benjamin, 54. a Negro, 1723 Liberty avenue, was found shot I to death in the yard in the rear of his home, early this morning. lb-had been shot three times. i Police are searching for John Cook, a Negro, who boarded in the I.ilierty avenue house, and who vanished a few hours before the body whs found. police are unable to learn any motive for the crime.

riaqe license. A great. lorr of practical jokes, lie returned with a dog license, which he presented to the prospect i'e uroom with due ceremony. Hall, however, could not see the Joke, if any. lie packed his grip and departed in high dungeon, neglecting even to say good-bye to his fiancee.

Miss Pnmron retaliate,) by filing suit against Hall, alleging that she had suffered a nervous breakdown following the estrangement, and chare ins breach of marriage contract. She asks Mmi. The first trial of the case was held in September, but the jury could not asree. Toda's trial again resulte i in a hnnc Attorneys for Miss announced they will once more. Neighborhood Neivs By Fontaine Fox.

The Pittsburgh registration commission yesterday was given evidence of widespread tax fraud when Attorney Donald C. Anderson, representing the elections fraud committee of the Allegheny County Bar Association, informed the commis sioners that 30 persons in 19 voting districts registered on tax receipts issued to- others, according to rec ords of the delinquent tax office. The names on the face of eight other receipts used in registering in the same districts do not appear in the tax books. The numbers on seven of another lot" do not appear in the tax books. STRIFE CLOSES HILLTHEATER Yiddish Players And Owner in Tilt Over Wages.

Trouble has developed in Yiddish theater circles here as a result of which the Lando Theater. Center avenue and Green stret. hitherto the city's only playhouse for the Yiddish stage arts, is closed temporarily. A rival theater has opened across the street Difficulties between William Lando, owner of the theater, and 12 actors, members of the Hebrew Actors' Union, resulted in a performance being stopped Saturday night after the second act. Lando announced he would refund the audience's money, as the actors refused to go on.

One of the actors, Lando said, retaliated with the statement that they would not go on because Lando had not paid them. This, Lando said yesterday, was merely the result of a smouldering antagonism between himself and certain of the actors. He declared he had deposited 32.500 with the union to guarantee wages. He said his contract with the stock company called for nine performances, at the conclusion of which the weekly salaries were to be paid. He said one actor demanded his wages between the second and third acts Saturday night and when they were not forthcoming, fomented a walkout.

The stock company is reported to have rented a movie theater across Center avenue and to have started opposition to the Ijindo organization. TUESDAY DETOUR" By Paul Hrvy Fox i'l i i J5i Spunky Edwards Momkky oust about paralyzed the entire neighborhood7 when hc appeared wftm a gun which no ONE COULD SAV WAtN L.OAPEP. cause he ruled a general conspiracy; had not been proved. The group was divided Into five true bills later a grand jury and three of the true bills have been tried. The South-side and the Strip cases also have been aired before juries.

Two of the Northside groups are li be tried. They are the cases In which Police Inspector Faulkner and Republican Chairman O'Donnell bead the lists of accused. The other rum conspiracy cases not yet tried are the East Liberty, downtown and Greater Pittsburgh indictments. More than 450 cases are ready for trial during the next four weeks. The list is mostly composed of alleged violations of the Volstead pro-: hibition enforcement act.

Thirty cases will be listed for each day, with the expectation that many pleas of guilty will be obtained, thus fa-, cilitating the work for the court, list McKeesport Case. The most important trial of the entire term will be what is known the McKeesport liquor conspiracy case, in which John F. Brennan. for-" mer chief of police of McKeesport, and Charles J. Bergstedt.

former; chief of police of Versailles, and 31 other persons are defendants. McKeesport policemen were suspended from duty by Mayor George H. Lysle when they were named in -the indictment. This case is listed to begin Monday, December 2. Although not yet listed, it is likely-one of the indictments in the Greene county rum plot case will be tried during December.

It will be the true bill in which Sheriff Arno S. McClef-lan of Waynesburg is one of the accused rersons. Two Die of Burns From Open Stoves A man and a girl died yesterday of burns suffered at open gas stoves Thursday, according to coroner's report. Henry Staley. 21.

335 South Pacific avenue, died in St. Francis Hospital of burns suffered when his clothing ignited. Virginia Harris. 4. Negro, 334 State stree Clairton.

died in McKeesport Hospital of burns suffered when her clothing- was Ignited by flames of an open stove. Rent Your Rooms Through the Post-Gazette Mrs. Tomuiio of 413 rtedale street rented three uniurtiiKfted rooms throutrh the Post-Oaaette want ad section. Iter nd in a 1'itts-tiurffh Afternoon paper did not l-'jf bring results while her ad in renteri the nljice. emtmv? Kent jr rooms now too Phone Mi st ATlsntir 100 she'll charge your ad for ymi.

rtemeniber the reaches more people than nny other Pittsburgh new pj, 1 1 i 1 '1 -4 i I Watch For This St on Bog License Not So Funny Jilted Girl Asks $25,000 Practical Joker Sends Prospective Bridegroom Away In Huff and Case Gets Hung Jury For Second Time in Year. "LOVE'S Plotting to cure a wife's jealousy takes a funny turn in this LOVE STORY IN THE S- Nov. 22. Every dog may have its day, but a jury in Floyd circuit court here today was unable to decide whether a dog license's day is a wedding day, or whether a dog license is out of order when nuptials are about to be performed. A practical joker.

Reed Frazure, started the controversy which has raged in court twice and promises to rape again. Miss Kenova Damron of Flemlngshurg, and Wayne Hall. McDowell, merchant, were to be married. The nuptial date -was set for Kehruarv 17 this year, ac cord ng to the testimony of both. I Frazure.

jt seems, was trusted! it hi the duty of procuring the mar- I.