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CUBS LEADING A'S,
‘ 21, IN 4TH INNING;
QUINN-ROOT IN BOX
Charlie Grimm Hits Homer in
Fourth With Cuyler on
Third.
WILSON GETS SINGLE
ON FIRST TRIP AT BAT
Weather at Philadelphia Best Since
Series Opened—Stands
Packed.
Line-up.
CHICAGO. ATHLETICS.
McMillan. 3b. Bishop. 2b.
English, ss. Haas. ci.
Hornsby. 2b. Cochrane, c.
Wilson, cf. Simmons. If.
Cuyler. rs. Foxx. lb.
Stephenson, If. Miller, rs.
Grimm, lb. Dykes. 3b.
Taylor, c. Boie.v, ss.
Root, p. Quinn, p.
Umpires—Van Graflan. at the plate; Klem.
(first base, Dinneen, second base; Moran at
third
BY DENMAN THOMPSON,
Sports Editor of the Star.
PHILADELPHIA, October 12.
The Cubs were leading the Ath
letics in the fourth inning 6f the
. fourth world series game.
The score was 2 to 0.
Root got away to a good start
by retiring the first two batters
on two pitched balls.
The Athletics missed a good op
portunity to score in the third,
when Jimmy Dykes, led off with
a single, but died on third. '
* Capt. Charlie Grimm furnished
the first big thrill by hitting a
homer over the right-field wall in
the fourth, with Cuyler on base.
FIRST INNING.
* • CHICAGO —Quinn failed to locate
the plate for McMillan and he walked
on four pitched balls. On a count of
two and two English fouled with the
hit-and-run signal displayed. Miller
then crossed the foul line to gather in
English’s foul. Hornsby took the first
strike and fouled another. The next
two were wide, and the Rajah then
swung futilely at a ball that cut the
heart of the plate. This was the
seventh time In the series that Hornsby
has fanned. Wilson fouled Quinn's
Initial pitch, but whacked the next to
right field for a clean single, sending
McMillan to second. This was Wilson’s
sixth hit of the series. When a third
strike was called on Cuyler it was the
seventh time in four games that he had
fanned. No runs.
1 ATHLETICS —Stephenson came in for
BMiop's high fly. Haas bunted the first,
ball pitched by Root and was thrown
out by McMillan. Root was in the hole
3 and 1 to Cochrane when he popped
to English back of second base. No
runs.
SECOND INNING.
CHlCAGO—Stephenson sent an easy
roller to Bishop. One strike and one
ball had been recorded for Grimm,
when he lifted a foul fly which Coch
rane caught in front of the A’s dugout.
Bishop went to his right to get Taylor’s
roller and flagged him at first. No runs.
ATHLETICS—Simmons was at a dis
\ advantage With two strikes and one ball,
when he missed an inside delivery for
a third strike. Foxx gave English an
easy chance. The latter’s throw drew
Grimm off first base, but he tagged the
t runner on the line. McMillan came up
with a nice stop of Miller’s hot smash.
No runs.
THIRD INNING.
CHICAGO —Boley went to the far side
Os second base for a sensational one
hand catch and off-balance throw of
Root’s roller. McMillan skied to Foxx
close to the line back of first. Quinn
got but one strike over to English in
the process of walking him. Hornsby
had a ball sandwiched between a fouled
■trike and a missed swing. Another
wide one followed and with the next
Boley again crossed to the other side
of the diamond to get his roller and
' end the half round with a peg to Foxx.
No runs.
ATHLETICS—With the count of two
and two Dykes lined a single to right
field and continued to second when Cuy
ler fumbled the bounding ball. He was
the first Mackman to get on base.
Boley sacrificed. Grimm getting his
roller and tagging him on. the line.
"Root was wide with his first to Quinn.
Another ball and two strikes followed
and with the third ball Root protested
so vigorously as several of the Cubs
gathered at the plate that Umpire Van
grafian warned them to resume their
positions. Quinn then swung for the
first time and missed the ball. Bishop
1 took strike one and fouled the second.
Three straight balls followed. A roller
to Grimm was called an out by Umpire
Klem at first base, and after a protest
the A’s trotted to the field for the start
of the fourth inning. No runs.
FOURTH INNING.
t CHICAGO —Wilson sent Miller back
Into right center for his long fly. Cuyler
slashed the first ball pitched past Foxx
to right, and when Miller let the ball
go through him, Cuyler took third.
Stephenson was set down on a little pop
to Boley close to second base. But
Grimm, after fouling one strike, wal
loped over the fence in right field for
a home run, scoring Cuyler ahead and
putting the Cubs in the lead by two
runs. It was Grimm's fifth hit of the
series, and the first Chicago clout for
the circuit. Taylor then bounded to
Boley. Two runs.
ATHLETICS—TayIor went into the
center of the diamond to catch Haas’
high fly, taking the ball away from Mc-
Millan. Root pitched carefully to Coch
(Lrane. He finally got two bases on a
little looper to left that eluded Stephen
son. In the hole with two straight
strikes. Simmons took one ball and then
bounded to McMillan, and Cochrane
was run down on the line, English get
ting the putout, while Simmons held
first. The count for Foxx was two and
two, when he filed to Wilson in deep
center. No runs.
SERBIAN PASTOR SUICIDES
BUTTE, Mont., October 12 UP). —Rev.
Vlavimlr Porovich, 34, pastor of the
Serbian Orthodox Church here, leaped
from a Northern Pacific Railway pas
senger coach 8 miles west of here and,
failing to fatally injure himself in that
manner, slashed his throat, authorities
* said. as-.he lay alongside the railway
bed. The train was stopped, and its
crew found the minister dead. His pas
torate Included all of Montana. Wy
oming, Idaho and Eastern Washington.
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PEACE IP ENDS
IN PREMIER’S PLEA
; TO ALL NATIONS
i Macdonald to Rest two Days
Before Going to Canada to
Aid Similar Cause.
DECLARES DEALINGS
FOR UNIVERSAL GOOD
No Exclusive Understanding Be
tween U. S. and Great Britain
Discussed, He Says.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, October 12—With a
last appealing message not alone to the
British and American people, but to
all the nations of the earth. Prime
Minister Ramsay Macdonald has brought
to an end his peace mission to the
United States.
A very tired man after the efforts of
the past week, the British statesman
today began a two-day rest before go
ing to Canada to begin there the stu
pendous task that lies ahead in work
ing out the many problems to the solu
tion of which he and President Hoover
have pledged themselves.
In this talk, which continued for
nearly an hour, the prime minister
spoke with a feeling which was appar
ent alike in his voice and his gesture.
He gave some intimate details of how
he and the President carried on their
personal negotiations in the wilderness
of the Virginia mountains and in the
Lincoln study at the White House.
Public’s Patience Asked.
More than that, he undertook to again
reassure the world that what took place
was solely for the promotion of uni
versal peace and he appealed to the
American people for patience, for un
derstanding, for good will while the
British people are replacing the old
furniture of their minds with the new
and more modern furniture of naval
limitation and'parity.
His message to the other nations
regarding the conversations between
President Hoover and himself was
briefly but earnestly delivered.
“I want- to say quite definitely and
clearly," he said, “I want the whole
world to know it, and I say it without
any reserve and any withholding of
any kind whatever, that during the
entire course of our conversations there
has never been any idea whatever of an
exclusive understanding between Great
Britain and the United States.
“There has been nothing discussed
which the two governments would not
be happy to see discussed on the same
basis with all the powers in the world.
• The understanding ’we have been try
ing to establish will always be incom
plete and unsatisfactory until it has
become the common possession of all
the nations on the face of the earth.”
Without Any Maneuvers.
The British statesman introduced his
description of the conversations between
himself and Mr. Hoover by saying that
they did not try to maneuver each
other into position or out of position.
“We tried, as I have said, for no
alliances and no balances of power,”
he asserted. “We did not sit down
to play a creeping and waiting game.
We did not watch each other as swords
men watch each other or as prize
fighters study the faces of each other.
We did not begin by offiering little
things, trying to best each other and
then to advance step by step and stage
by stage as the one forced the other.
We did not examine statements me
ticulously in order to discover how we
could put something over the other
without his knowing it.
Difficulties Frankly Told.
“The method was altogether differ
ent. We knew what we were out for.
We stated the difficulties of our re
spective courftries. He told me his. I
equally frankly told him mine, lie
told me what he thought he could do.
I told him what I thought I could do.
He told me what public opinion de
manded of him. I told him what nubile
opinion demanded of me. 9
“In that sincerity, in that simplicity,
in that informality, we conducted our
negotiations and that is the reason why
in four brief days we came to con
clusions that under the old diplomacy
would have taken at least as many
months to have achieved.”
The text of Mr. Macdonald’s
New York speech will be found
on page 3.
SHERIFFS, SENSING CRIME,
FIND TAILOR’S DUMMY
Attracted by Legs Dangling From
Car, They Pursue to
Learn Mistake,
i By the Associated Press.
I SAN RAFAEL, Calif., October 12.
|An automobile hurried down a San
[ Rafael street with a pair of legs dang
-11 ling unnaturally from one side. Deputy
I Sheriffs Leslie Tracey and Jack Mc-
I Ginnis, sensing a murder and a corpus
' i delicti, pursued and overtook it.
11 While McGinnis whipped out his gun
i and covered the driver, Tracey flashed
■ his star and demanded:
“Who’s the victim?”
> “That ain’t a victim; that’s a tailor's
dummy,” said the astonished driver.
> And so it was.
RESIDENCE IS BOMBED.
I
District Attorney and Family
> Thrown From Beds at Sharon, Pa.
I SHARON, Pa., October 12 UP). —The
l residence of District Attorney Leo H.
j McKay was dynamited here early to
j day, the front porch being demolished
and the front of the house otherwise
damaged. McKay, his wife and their
baby were thrown from their beds, but
) were unhurt.
The Mercer County prosecutor was
active recently in liquor law prosecu
■. tions and a number of extensive raids,
e including a fashionable club, In which
j more than a score of arrests were made.
Ten sticks of dynamite were used in
I, the attack, police said.
t .
Ex-Kentucky Judge Dies.
S LOUISVILLE, October 12 UP).—
- Thomas R. Gordon, 76 years old. for
- 25 years a judge of the Jefferson Cir
i. cuit Court, died early today at his home
here. He had suffered a stroke of pa-
Sralysls a week ago. He retired from the
bench In 1927.
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WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1929-THIRTY-SIX PAGES.
The Modern Diogenes Looking for a Senate Majority That Mill Stay Put.
HOOVER’S LONDON
VISIT IS DENIED
White House Announces He
Plans No Jourhey Beyond
Western Hemisphere.
Printed reports that President Hoo
ver may make a visit to London for
the purpose of returning the good will
visit of Prime Minister Macdonald are
without foundation, according to high
White House authority.
In response to ihquiries regarding the
possibility, it was said at the White
House today that the President has no
intention of making any journey be
yond the Western Hemisphere during
his term of office. This admission on
the part of the White House not only
sets at rest the rumor regarding a pos
sible return visit to the prime minister,
but also speculation as to the possi
bility of Mr. Hoover heading the Amer
ican delegation to the London dis
armament conference in January.
Mexican Tour Possible.
The fact that the White House denial
specified that the President would not
go beyond the Western Hemisphere in
dicates that he is still considering visits
some time in the future to Mexico and
Cuba, Porto Rico and other points in
the Carribean and other places he w&s
unable to visit during his good will
tour of Latin America last Winter.
The President is known to be anxious
to make such a visit and it is thought
likely that he will do so within the next
13 months. Aside from the good will
features of a visit to Mexico and Cuba,
the President is known to be desirous of
personally visiting American insular
possessions such as Porto Rico and the
Virgin Islands, to study conditions In
the latter places at first hand.
The only trip away from Washing
ton in the near future Mr. Hoover has
in mind at this time is the journey he
is to take to Detroit, Cincinnati and
Louisville, October 21 to 25. However,
it is expected that the President might
arrange two weeks’ vacation for him
self sometime during the coming
Winter. He has made no secret of the
fact that he would like about two weeks
of deep sea fishing, but there is nothing
definite in this respect, and if the busi
ness of his office keeps up throughout
the Winter like it has been this Fall
it is doutful if he will be able to gratify
his wishes.
Has Mapped Busy Week.
Mr. Hoover has mapped out a busy
week end for himself at the White
House. Faced with the task of writing
three speeches he is to make on his
forthcoming trip to Detroit. Cincinnati
and Louisville, the President is denying
himself to as many callers as possible
so as to give his full attention to his
speech writing. There were no en
gagements on his guest list today. He
was at his office at the usual early hour
and spent the greater part of the fore
noon laboring with the drafting of one
of the three speeches he has in mind.
It is his intention this afternoon to
continue at this work in his study at
the White House, and it is probable
that he will keep at the job until bed
time tonight.
It is understood that Airs. Hoover
will motor to Baltimore this afternoon
to witness the foot ball game between
the Annapolis Naval Cadets and Notre
Dame University. The President was
anxious to accompany her, and it was
not until after breakfast this morning
that he made up his mind to forego that
pleasure and apply himself to the work
before him.
It is expected that the President and
Mrs. Hoover will attend religious serv
ices tomorrow at the Quaker Meeting
House at Thirteenth and Irving streets,
and in the afternoon go for an automo
bile ride in the nearby country for sev
eral hours, possibly Indulging in a pic
nic luncheon along the roadside if the
weather permits.
HAYSTACK IS STOLEN.
Farmer Gets Warrant Against Man
Who Paid Debt With Rick.
CHICAGO, October 12 (/P). —Some-
body’s stolen Alphonse Volchaert's
haystack.
1 Mr. Volchaert said Walter Knippen
-1 berg gave him the haystack in payment
of a bill. Knippenberg moved the hay
' stack to Volchaert's farm near May
wood.
1 Volchaert later dwit to admire the
' haystack and 'twas gone. He got a
' warrant charging Knippenberg with
1 stealing it.
i •
Grounded British Ship Floated.
NORFOLK, Va., October 12 OP).—The
British steamer Pacific, which went
ashore on Frying Pan Shoals. 11 miles
r south-southeast of Cape Fear, N. C.,
- was floated shortly before 2 o’clock and
• proceeded toward her destination, ac
- cording to advices received by Coast
? Guard headquarters from the Coast
Guard cutter Modoc,.
School Arrested
By Mexican Police
And Forced to Work
By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, October 12 -
El Universal today said the entire
student body of a public school at
! Milpa Alta, south of Kake Xo
chimilco, the federal district, were
arrested and forced to work for
24 hours carrying stone.
The report said the police sur
rounded the school And took the
pupils to jail. They were put to
work and released the next day.
The paper offered no explanation
of the action.
SMOOT CONFIDENT
OF TARIFF VICTORY
Informs Hoover at ‘Parley
Senate Will Reach Final
Vote by November 20.
%
; Chairman Smoot of the Senate
; finance committee, after a conference
• with President Hoover today, expressed
| confidence that the Senate would reach
t a final vote on the tariff bill by Novem
i ber 20,
1 The Senator said he had reviewed
. the situation surrounding the tariff bill
; with the President.
’ Although asserting that the Demo
cratic-independent Republican coalition
; has power enough to defeat the bill,
Smoot said he had assurances from
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the
! Democratic leader, that this was not the
1 intention of his party colleagues.
Promulgation Opposed.
i Fears of Republican leaders that the
; administration would not favor a con
l tinuance of the tariff debate into the
. regular session, beginning in December
: meanwhile have received neither con
■ firmation nor authoritative denial.
I A dozen more individual amendments
i will still confront the Senate when it
« reassembles Monday, to be disposed of
! before the rate schedules can be taken
up. With that in view and only six
: weeks left for the special session, those
t working to get the bill out of the way
’ found cause for addition worry in the
fact that two days were consumed in
disposition of the. Cutting amendment
to modify customs bans against im
ported books.
Under that amendment, as adopted,
the bar against “immoral” books would
be removed, leaving the customs
authorities concerned only with litera
ture urging forcible resistance to any
American law or containing a threat
against the life of an American citizen.
Prison Labor Up.
The first of the individual amend
ments awaiting action Monday is a
proposal by Senator Blaine, Republican,
of Wisconsin to extend the prohibition
against importation of convict-made
and convict-mined goods to Include
all goods made by forced labor.
Senator Reed, Republican, of Penn
sylvania, who has carried much of the
brunt cf the debate for the Republican
regulars, meanwhile, made public a
telegram from officers of the America’s
Wage Earners’ Protective Conference.
It protested against “the malicious and
unwarranted insinuations made by Sen
ator Henry F. Ashurst on the floor
of the Senate Tuesday, October 8,
toward Senator Reed while the latter
was at labor’s request urging the adop
tion of legislation of great value to the
American wage workers.”
Release of the statement by Reed fol
lowed an attempt by Senator Watson
to read it into the record, as the mes
sage requested, which was blocked by
protests from Senator Robinson and
other Democrats. Watson offered to
withdraw it in view of their attitude
that it was an attack on Ashurst, but
it was expunged from the Record
instead.
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PALL NOT TO TAKE
STAND AS WITNESS
Doheny Is Expected to Tell of
SIOO,OOO Loan Made to
Ex-Cabinet Officer.
Whatever the expectations that Albert
B. Fall would be called upon to testify
during his trial on bribery charges
were abandoned today when Govern
ment counsel announced the former
Secretary of the Interior would not be
asked to take the witness stand.
Conditional upon tyie sick defendant's
physical ability to continue with the
trial after court reconvenes Monday
morning, it was the general consensus
of counsel on both sides that the case
1 would go to the jury October 21 or
October 22. If it is at all possible an
endeavor will be made to conclude the
trial at the end of next week.
Doheny to Tell Story.
Frank J. Hogan, chief defense coun
sel. agreed with Government counsel
1 that it was obvious that Fall was unfit
i to take the stand. Hogan will rely upon
i Edward C* Doheny to tell the jury the
story of the SIOO,OOO received from him
1 by the former cabinet officer, which the
Government contends was a bribe.
Through the California oil man the de
fense will present its claim that the
money was given as a loan to an old
! friend. .
Two days at the outside will be oc
. cupled by Owen J. Roberts of Govem
! ment counsel to complete his case.
Hogan will require about five.
Government counsel disclosed today
. that Edward B. McLean, publisher of
[ the Washington Post, from whom Fall
at first said he received the SIOO,OOO, is
ill in a sanitarium outside of Wash
ington. He will be unable to testify
next week. By agreement, his testimony
in the former conspiracy trial will be
read to the jury.
Occupies Wheelchair.
His condition “somewhat improved”
since his legal victory late yesterday in
averting a mistrial, Mr. Fall today
came into court in a wheelchair, and
appeared quite at ease as he watched
the proceedings from the prisoner’s
bar. He again occupied the big com
fortable chair furnished him on account
of his weakened condition.
While the trial proceeded with cross
examination of C. C. Finney, former
First Assistant Secretary under Fall, the
question uppermost in the minds of
the court and counsel alike was how
long the iron nerve of the defendant
would keep up under the strain. Only
Mr. Fall’s announced determination to
seek vindication despite his condition is
believed to make it possible for him to
leave his sick bed.
With an uninterrupted opportunity for
complete rest this afternoon and to
morrow, it was apparent that Mr. Fall
would be able to continue with his trial
Monday unless some unforeseen setback
occurs in the lung trouble which phy
sicians declare indicates bronchial pneu
monia.
Mr. Roberts had completed his ex
amination of the present solicitor of
the Interior Department when court
adjourned yesterday.
Greets Jurors.
The jurors received a polite and
hearty “good-morning” from Justice
William Hitz, after they had filed into
their seats. They responded in a choruv
and also smiled at the array of counsel
on both sides.
Examination of the Interior Depart
ment official by Attorney Hogan was di
rected at bringing out the defense
claim that no secrecy was involved in
the bffis for the Elk Hills lease for
construction of the naval storage oil
tanks under the accepted bid of Do
heny’s Pan-American Co. He called
for a voluminous list of documents and
letters bearing on the leases and the
negotiations between Fall and the Navy
Department.
The trial was resumed under dramatic
(Continued on Page 2, Column 3.)
SHELBY AND KELtY
SEEK SENATE’S AID
AS QUIZ DEBATED
Letter to Capper Carries
Plea for Full Hearing on
Grand Jury Charges.
COMMITTEE UNDECIDED
ON COURSE OF ACTION
New Probe Now Might Influence
McPherson Trial, Say
Members.
Inspector William S. Shelby and
Lieut. Edward J. Kelly today turned to
the Senate District committee to seek
vindication of the grand jury's severe
condemnation of their activities in con
nection with the investigation of the
mysterious death of Mrs. Virginia Mc-
Pherson while the committee was try
ing to decide whether it should go for
ward at once with its investigation of
the Police Department and the United
States attorney’s office. It was Anally
decided to refer the program of the
inquiry to a subcommittee.
Some members of the committee took
the View that an investigation of the
Police Department at this time might
unduly influence the trial of Robert A.
I McPherson, held in jail under indict
ment on a charge of murdering his
| wife. Senator Blease. author of the
’ resolution, passed by the Senate yester
day, insisted that the inquiry in so far
as it concerned an indictment in the
t killing of Lee King, a Chinese, go for-
I ward, but he was not opposed to a de
lay in the probe regarding the handling
of the McPherson case.
Charges Opium Sale.
He also charged that he had in a
safe in his office opium purchased with
in the past three days in a place not
. far from the Capitol.
Senator Blaine of Wisconsin declared
r that, in his opinion. “Washington has
5 the most inefficient direction of its Po
, lice Department that I know of’ and
. that th; city was "a conglomeration of
politics.’’
Inspector Shelby and Lieut. Kelly,
through their attorneys, made an urgent
, plea to the committee for full oppor
' tunlty to answer the accusations of in
! efficiency and bungling as a result of
■ which they were relieved of their com
( mands in the detective bureau and as
, signed to other duties.
Their request was made in a letter
' to Senator Capper, chairman of the
i District committee, signed by Henry
, I. Quinn and George B. Strong, counsel
for Shelby, and James A. O’Shea, who
is attorney for Kelly.
Ask Specific Ceunts.
The letter asked that the committee
l ascertain specific charges involved in
t the broad attack of the grand jury, so
i that the officers may know exactly
: what they are accused of having done
i improperly in connection with the po
: lice probe of the McPherson tragedy.
. The attorneys also Issued a press state
• ment along similar lines.
■ At the committee meeting Senator
l Blease said that the main question he
wanted investigated immediately is the
• charge as to whether there was delay in
■ the district attorney’s office in connec
. tion with returning indictments grow
ing out of the killing of King,, who was
' found shot on the street last June and
• also to find out how permits are is
l sued in Washington for the carrying
i of concealed weapons.
Agreeable to Course.
Senator Blease indicated that If the
committee thought it wise to let other
phases of the investigation, such as the
police handling of the McPherson case,
wait until some later date, such a
course would be agreeable to him.
One of the high lights of the meeting
was the reiteration by Blease of the
charge he made in the Senate recently
that narcotics can be purchased within
i the shadow of the Capitol. The South
l Carolina Senator declared that he has
in a safe in his office at the present
time a quantity of opium that was pur
chased within the past three days for
$3 by a person who, the Senator said,
obtained it from a place not far from
the Capitol.
Department Denounced.
Senator Blaine, Republican of Wis
consin, made a scathing denunciation
ofi the Police Department, declarbtfg it
is inefficiently directed. He extended
his criticism to the District Commis
sioners and other branches of the local
government.
Senator King, Democrat, of Utah,
took issue with Senator Blaine as to
the wisdom of beginning immediately
on a complete Investigation of the
Police Department, expressing the belief
that any such inquiry started at this
moment would necessarily involve going
into the McPherson case. He told his
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GRAF CREW REPEATS -
POLE TRIP OBJECTION
Eckener May Engage Others ■ Who j
Would Undertake Flight With
out Eeservations.
By the Associated Press.
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany. Oc
tober 12. —Dr. Hugo Eckener, com
mander of the Graf Zeppelin, conferred
again with the dirigible's crew today
: on the projected North Polar trip, the
latter repeating their objections to the
venture.
Dr. Eckener assured them, particu
larly the older members of the crew,
that every consideration would be
given for their safety and comfort,
commenting that the Polar flight prob
ably would bs less strenuous than the
world flight.
No agreement was reached, however,
and it may be necessary to engage a
fresh crew who will undertake the flight
without reservations.
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Held in Woman’s Death.
ATHENS, Tenn., October 12 (A*).
—Garrett Williams, 22, former State
reformatory inmate, was held under
special guard today after the sheriff's
announcement that he had confessed
he clubbed Miss Mahala Long, 58-year
old country storekeeper, to death last
Thursday,
Hunger and the desire for better
clothes led Williams to kill Miss Long,
Sheriff D. C. Duggan said, after ques
tioning him for hours.
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tion is delivered to Washington homes
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Principals in Shooting
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Above: WILLIAM DOUGLAS.
Below: POLICEMAN B. F. HOWZE. *
PEW LACKING
10 EXHUME BODY
Three Justice Department
Agents at Salisbury in
McPherson Probe.
By a Stall Correspondent of The Star.
SALISBURY, N. C., October 12.
Three Department of Justice agents ar
rived in Salisbury late last night to su
pervise the exhuming of the body of
1 Mrs. Virginia McPherson, who is buried
at Greenlawn Cemetery, at China Grove,
10 miles away. Mrs. McPherson was
1 found strangled in her Washington
, apartment September 14.
Dr. C. W. Armstrong, county health
officer of Rowan County, announced to
' day that he had given no permission
! to have the body exhumed. Authority
might be forthcoming from State offi
■ cials at Raleigh, however, he said, but
: believed that in that case he should
! be notified. Dr. C. D. Brown, county
i coroner, has had no request from the
■ Department of Justice to superintend
the exhuming at a subsequent autopsy
i as yet.
Doubt Place of Autopsy.
County health officials are in doubt
as to where the autopsy will be con
ducted.. Dr. Armstrong, however, said
that the body could not bs removed
! from RoVan County without his per
' mission, bufr that in all probability if
such a request were made he would
grant it.
Beginning their investigatfon today,
the Department of Justice agents con
ferred with former friends of Mrs. Mc-
Pherson at China Grove and Saulisbury.
Oppose Suicide Theory.
Residents of China Grove and the
surrounding country are emphatic in
their opinion that Mrs. McPherson did
not commit suicide. Those who knew j
her declared that she was held in high
regard and had had a happy and
cheerful disposition. She was one of
the most, liked young members of the
community.
Her body is interred beside that of
her brother, Ottis Hurley, who died in
1917 at the age of 21.
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RUMANIAN PREMIER
SAYS CAROL NOT BARRED
Father of Infant King May Return
if He Wishes, Says Maniu,
According to Paper.
By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST. Rumania, October 12.
—Adevarul. Bucharest daily, whose con
nection with the Rumanian government
is close, said today it had learned
Premier Juliu Maniu saw no reason why
former Prince Carol, father of the in
fant king, should not return to Rumania
if he is so disposed.
It was said the fears of the Bratianu
government ih this regard were not
shared by the Maniu government.
PEDESTRIAN “ARGUES”
AND FORFEITS LIFE
By the Associated Press.
DENVER, Colo., October 12. —James
Moran, 45 years old, battled rashly for
his rights as a pedestrian. He lost the
battle and also his life.
When he stepped into the path of an
automobile driven by Miss .Marie Treib
lehom, 16 years old, she honked at him.
Instead of jumping for safety Moran
turned and threw a bottle at her, Mb's
Trelblehom told police.
The car ran over Moran, killing him
instantly.
Chauffeur Kills Two and Self.
NEWBURG, N. Y., October 12 (JP).
—Two persons were killed and three
injured last night by a crazed chauffeur
armed with a shotgun. The chauffeur,
Pasquale Parino, then committed
suicide.
The shooting occurred in the crowded
room of a heme in New Windsor, on
the outskirts of this city. ‘Members of
two families were busy sewing for a
Newburg manufacturing company,
when Parino, said to hive been in
censed by the non-payment of money
he believed due him, burst in upon
them and began firing.
Santos Massina, 50, and his wife,
Katrina, were killed.
TWO CENTS.
POLICEMAN MS
REVELER TO STOP
ATTACK WITH CLUB
Navy Yard Boilermaker Dies
With Broken Nightstick
Clutched in Hand.
SHOOTING BREAKS UP
REPORTED NOISY PARTY
, Two Women and Man Companions
Are Held—Patrolman in Hos
pital With Head Wounds.
A reveler in a party at 1321 Belmont
street early this morning died before
the blaze of a policeman’s gun after
he had wrenched the officer's nightstick
from him and broken it on his head.
Fifteen minutes later, when other
police arrived, the fragment of the club
was still clutched in his hand. The
room was in darkness when the shoot
ing occurred.
The dead man was William Douglas
of 708 Seventy street southeast, 40-
year-old .boilermaker, employed at the
navy yard. Others with him in the
apartment were Thomas Edward Smoot,
24 years old, of Ballston, Va., held
on a charge of assault; Miss Margaret
Elizabeth Frye, 23 years old, In whose
home the party was held, and Miss
Mae Virginia Campbell, 23 years old,
of 1617 Riggs place. Both * girls are
being held at the House of Detention
as material witnesses. They .are tele
phone operators. Smoot is a tile setter.
Policeman in Hospital.
The officer, B. F. Howze, 26-year-old
policeman of the eighth precinct, is in
Emergency Hospital with numerous
lacerations to his scalp and bruised
and badly swollen face from the terrific
beating he received. His condition as
thought not to be serious.
Howze says he fired three shots from
his service revolver into Douglas’ body
as the man hit him on the head the
sixth time and broke the club. Howze
had been felled by a blow from the fist
of Smoot, he said today, had dropped
on a sofa and sent the bullets into his
assailant's body as Douglas stood over
him.
Police reported that all the occupants
of the apartment were only partially
clad and had been drinking. Howze
says he entered the place when he
heard shouts and curses as he was
patrolling his beat.
According to statements obtained by
Lieut. Joseph Morgan of the homicide
' squad from Smoot, and by Capt. Robert
. E. Doyle, commander of the eighth
precinct, from Miss Frye, the party
. started shortly after 6 o'clock yester
» day evening.
i A Farewell Party.
Douglas was on a short leave of ab
i sence to go to New York to investigate
an offer of a new job and they decided
to hold a farewell party. Reconstruc
ing what happened, police say that
Smoot was at Miss Frye's apartment
when Douglas accompanied by Miss
Campbell arived just after dinner. An
other couple came in a little later, but
about 9 o’clock they went home.
The remaining tour decided on an
automobile ride. Before returning to
j the apartment shortly before midnight,
police were told, they purchased half
a gallon of liquor and several bottles of
gingerale. Both Smoot and Miss Frye
said they began drinking and the hours
slipped by almost without their knowl
edge.
Howze was patrolling his beat about
3:15 this morning when he heard
noises coming from the apartment.
Intending to warn the occupant to be
quiet, he went into the building and
knocked on the door. Miss Frye in
quired who he was and he replied he
was an officer. Howze said he heard
through the door one of the men say
not to let him in. The girl, however,
asked- him to wait a few minutes.
Howze said he waited in the hall
from 12 to 15 minutes. Meanwhile an
i occupant of a neighboring apartment,
I disturbed by the noise, telephoned to
! the eighth precinct and Policeman C. C.
! William was sent to the house in the
emergency car.
When the door was finally opened,
the officer declared, the entire party
was in the room before him.
Asked for Warrant.
“Have you a warrant?” Miss Frve
demanded.
Howze replied that he had not and
demanded the names of the men.
‘ They refused to give me their
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LIQUOR CONTROL ACT
OUTLINED BY RHODES
Nova Scotia Told Especially
Created Constabulary Would
Be Enforcement Agency.
By the Associated Press.
HALIFAX, October 12.—Premier E.
N. Rhodes today outlined the govern
ment liquor control act which would
replace the present temperance law
should a change be authorized in the
plebiscite October 31.
Under the proposed plan local offi
cials would be relieved of enforcement
responsibility, which would be placed ir.
charge of an especially created con
stabulary. Other proposals include an
educational campaign in temperance,
the banning of liquor advertisements
and creation of an independent admin
istration committee.
The premier said the act would em
brace the best features of the control
acts in force in other provinces and, in
addition, such further provisions as
would tend toward temperance and to
eliminate drunkenness and lawlessness.
Government shops would be estab
lished only In such communities where
the majority so desired. No “open
bars” would be permitted. Premier
Rhodes said that should the present
temperance act be upheld in the plebis
cite the government would stand be
hind Its strict enforcement and would
be prepared to consider any such
amendments as might be felt desirable
to strengthen it
Coupled with the premier’s announce
ment was an announcement by Rev.
D. K. Grant, chief inspector under the
Nova Scotia temperance act. who said
he believed it had been given a fair
trial during the four years of his super
vision, but that Its efficiency could be
increased by several amendments,
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