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POYNTON ELECTED
TEMPLARS’ READ
Former Deputy Inspector of
Buildings Is Chosen Grand
Commander.
Arthur M. Poynton, general build
ing contractor, formerly deputy in
spector of buildings for the District,
was elected grand commander of the
Knights Templar of the District of
Columbia at the meeting last night
In the Masonic Temple.
Mr. Poynton’s fraternal honors are
many. He served as master of Pen
talpha Lodge, P. A. A. M., in 1918 and
he is past commander of Washington
Commandery, No. 1, Knights Tem
plar, of which his son, Edward A.
Poynton, has just been installed as
eminent commander. He is a mem
ber of Almas Temple, Mystic Shrine;
of Kallipolls Grotto, Veiled Prophets,
of which he served as monarch for
two years; past patron of Naomi
Chapter, O. E. S„ and grand patron
of the order in the District in 1915.
P. Raymond Boesch, elected last
flight as grand warder, and thus put
tenth in line for the supreme office,
has been instructor general in the
Grand Commandery for a number of
years. He Is praised for efficient work
in perfecting the ritual. Member of
Hope Lodge, F. A. A. M„ he is a past
high priest of Mount Horeb Chapter.
Royal Arch Masons, and is now serv
ing in the office of master of the first
veil, Grand Chapter, R. A. M. He
holds the position of captain of the
guard in Adoniram Council, Royal
and Select Masters, and is a past
patron of Esther Chapter, O. E. S.
Other officers elected art: Arthur C.
Shaw, deputy grand commander;
Maurice L. Brewton, grand generalis
simo; James Graham, grand captain
general; J. Fred Huber, grand senior
warden; J. Walter Karsner, grand
junior warden; Rev. James Shera
Montgomery, grand prelate; Frank E.
Gibson, grand treasurer; J. Claude
Keiper, grand recorder; Otto B.
Roepke, grand standard bearer, and
Fred E. Mlood, grand sword bearer.
The following appointments were
made by the grand commander:
Oliver A. Phelps, Inspector general;
Knut I. Nillson, assistant inspector
general; George I. Laizure, Instructor
grand quartermaster.
bridemedofgas,
M’DONALD RULES
Coroner to Continue Medical
Study in Death of Woman
Found With Head in Oven.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald
today issued a temporary certificate
of death by illuminating gas poison In
the case of Mrs. Anna Lucille Bald
win. 35, bride of less than a month,
whose body was found in the kitchen
of her Cathedral Mansions apartment
Sunday night. An autopsy indicated
this was the cause of death, he said,
but a further medical study Is being
made.
The body was to be sent to Mrs.
Baldwin's former home, Moberly, Mo„
this afternoon for burial. Her
mother Mr*. J. T. Kelly, lives there.
Mrs. Baldwin was found with her
head In the oven of the stove. All
jets were turned on. The doors and
windows were closed and sealed with
towels and sheets.
After finding his wife dead, Bald
win had to be taken to Gallinger Hos
pital for treatment. He told police his
wife must have died during a 25-min
ute period while he was visiting his
physician.
KAISER HANGS SELF
WITH CLOTH NOOSE
IN DEATH CELL
(Continued From First Page.)
made of strips torn frpm the mattress
cover of his bed.
In his cell was found the letter to
his mother. Dated May 13, and ad
dressed, “Dear Mother," it was as
follows:
“In my last hours I wish that I
might do something to brighten your
heavy load of sorrow. I wish that I
might believe in your religion, but I
cannot, nor any other either. I just
simply don’t know. I don’t have the
faith. I wish that I could have gone
through life without antagonizing the
law, though I am a killer of men by
nature, though I have never desired
to Injure anything else.
"I regret that my children have to
suffer for what I have done, not that
I feel or have felt any remorse for
anything that I have ever done, but
that the law wishes to make an ex
ample of me.
“Every day people do as bad or worse
than I have done and get oS lightly.
I lived a law-abiding citizen for 40
years. I go to my long sleep with an
untroubled mind. We have perhaps
met for the last time, as I expect this
life finishes all, though I shall know
or not know shortly.
“It is like getting ready to go on a
distant journey, and I am presently
exhilerated, and, oh, what a relief to
escape from this dreadful dungeon
in which the sunlight scarcely enters
and from man’s Inhumanity to man
which In his evil thinks he’s entitled
to another life.
“Give my good-bys to Lois, June,
Man and Bess and tell them that I
just couldn’t write and that they are
in my memory, and tell Charlie that
I just could not answer his letters.
That I didn’t know how. You who
have an understanding heart will
know.”
Kaiser had been given two stays of
execution. Originally scheduled to
die April 26, he was given a stay
until May 28 and had just received
notice of another stay to June 11.
Found Guilty Quickly.
It took a jury in District Supreme
Court less than two hours to find
Kaiser guilty of slaying James P.
Morgan, an officer of the Washington
Navy Yard Machinists’ Union. Mor
gan was slain September 29, 1932, and
Kaiser was convicted February 20,
1933.
WHITEHURST ELECTED
BREAKFAST CLUB HEAD
—
Roland Whitehurst was elected pres
ident of the Early Bird Breakfast
Club at an election held in the Wil
lard Hotel this morning. He succeeds
Harry Cunningham, who held the
office for the past two years.
Other officers elected were: Dr. W.
Marion Fall, vice president; Charles
Light, secretary, and William Edel
blut, treasurer.
A Board of Directors was a iso ap
pointed, consisting of Leo Mayo, chair
man; Powel Browning, George Harris,
Robert H. Winn and ■rsse Willard.
And All Lived to Tell the Story
Judging from the splintered wreckage shown above it appear* remarkable that no one waa killed when the
big milk truck and the small sedan (in the foreground) collided on a Philadelphia, Pa., street corner. Five
occupants of the two vehicles were injured and 200 cases of milk were scattered upon the pavement.
—A. P. Photo.
STROKE IS FATAL
_
Commandant at Quantico to
Be Buried Tomorrow in
Arlington.
A fatal heart attack last evening
ended the career of Maj. Gen. Harry
Lee. commandant of the Marine Corps
post at Quantico, Va., following a
brief illness.
He was 63 years old and during his
37 years in the service had attained
distinction in the World War. when he
commanded the 6th Regiment of Ma
rines overseas and later as military
governor of Santo Domingo.
Friends here recalled today that
Gen. Lee as a young man once served
as gate keeper at the old Sixth Street
station for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
His father was one of the chiefs of
division in the Adjutant General's
Office at the War Department. He
was born here June 4, 1872.
At Marine Corps Headquarters it
was said plans are being made for
his burial tomorrow in Arlington Na
tional Cemetery with full military
honors. Tentative arrangements call
for services at 9 a m. at the Quan
tico post, with Lieut. August F. Hohl
of the Navy Chaplain Corps, officiat
ing. At 11:30 a.m., the body is due
to reach Fort Myer, Va. Further de
tails of the last rites will be an
nounced later, as will the honorary
pallbearers.
Stricken Saturday.
Gen. Lee suffered a severe heart
attack Saturday morning and this
resulted in his death about 8:45
o’clock last evening. Capt. W. L.
Mann, U. S. N. M. C., post surgeon
at Quantico, remained at the stricken
general's bedside for some 60 hours
without rest in an effort to give him
every medical attention.
Flags were at half staff at Quantico
today,
Maj. Gen. John H. Russell, com
mandant of the Marine Corps, said in
a statement at the Navy Department:
“Gen. Lee's death leaves me keenly
aware of what a great loss the Marine
Corps has sustained in his passing.
To me personally, the loss is deeply
touching, for not only were we close
friends, but brother officers who
served for many years together in
the Marine Corps.”
Surviving the Quantico general are
his widow, three daughters, Evelyn,
Mercedes and Laura; two sons, Harry,
Jr., and Ernest, and a sister, Mrs.
George Watson of this city.
Cited for Services.
Taking over command of the
Quantico po6t on March 1, 1933, Gen.
Lee thus climaxed an illustrious ca
reer which he began as a second
lieutenant during the Spanish-Amer
lcan War. He was second in com
mand of the famous 6th Regiment
of Marines at Chateau Thierry during
the World War, and later he com
manded the regiment in the Aisne
Marne offensive, the Marbache sector,
the St. Mihiel offensive, the Meuse
Argonne offensive and in the Allied
armies’ march to the Rhine.
Gen. Lee received 15 decorations,
citations and medals for his service In
France. Included in these were the
Distinguished Service Medal from both
the War and Navy Departments, the
French Legion of Honor, three times
the Croix de Guerre and four citations
for his conduct with the 2d Division.
He first saw service in Cuba and
was promoted through the various
Career Ended
MAJ. GEN. HARRY LEE.
grades until he became a permanent
major general on May 29 last. He
served in the Philippine Islands, In
China aboard several vessels of the
Navy, in Panama, in Nicaragua, in
Haiti, Santo Domingo.
As a lieutenant colonel on August
1, 1917. Gen. Lee joined the 6th Regi
ment of Marines and went overseas
with it, returning to the United State*
in August. 1919. Atter the war he
commanded the 1st Regiment of Ma
rines at Philadelphia, served for a
time at Quantico and then went to
the Dominican Republic to command
the 2d Brigade of Marines there. In
December, 1922, he was a pointed mili
tary governor of Santo Domingo.
Later he was commanding general of
the Marine barracks at Parris Island,
S. C.. and from that duty he came
to Quantico.
D. C. BOY AT PRINCETON
TO GET SABER AWARD
University Unit of Field Artil
lery, R. 0. T. C., to Bs Re
viewed by Gen. Nolan.
By the Associated Press.
PRINCETON, N. J., May 14.—MaJ.
Gen. Dennis E. Nolen, commanding
the 2d Corps Area, will review the
Princeton University unit of the Field
Artillery, Reserve Officers' Training
Corps, and present awards at annual
exercises on the polo field this after
noon.
The cup given annually by Mr*.
William Townsend White of Prince
ton to the freshman attaining the
highest standing in the gunners’ ex
amination will be presented by Gen.
Nolan to Cadet Charles R. Stevens of
Evanston, 111.
Cadet Lieut. Col. Charles A. Mc
Kenney of Washington, D. C„ will
receive the saber awarded each year
to the cadet regimental commander
by the officers of the 391st Field Ar
tillery. Cadet Lieut. Charles W. Per
Lee, Jr., of Liberty, Mo., will be
awarded the saber given by the New
Jersey Soelety, Sons of the American
Revolution, to the undergraduate with
| the highest general average In mili
tary science during the four-year
course.
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HELD IN ATTACK
Young Farm Hand Taken to Bal
timore for Safety.
By the Associated Press.
FREDERICK, Md„ May 14. -Minor
Gray, 17-year-old colored farm hand,
was arrested here late yesterday In
connection with an attempted crim
inal assault on a 8-year-old white
Kiri.
Sheriff Roy M. Hlltner, who an
nounced the youth's arrest alter an
all-night search, said the prisoner
admitted the attempted attack and
was taken to Baltimore for safekeep
ing.
The child was found In a garage
behind the house. Dr. Carl van
Poole examined the child Sunday and
said she was not seriously Injured
COL SHAW. FAMED
“Lawrence of Arabia” Sus
tains Skull Fracture in
Cycling Accident.
By tb« Associated Priu.
WOOL, Dorsetshire, England, May
14.—Col. T. E. Shaw, famed as "Law
rence of Arabia,” who was badly In
jured last night when hU motor cycle
crashed Into another cyclist, was
reported still unconscious but "hold
ing his own" shortly after noon today.
While strict censorship was clamped
down, since the accident occurred on
war office property. It was understood
Lawrence was flung 130 feet from
hla motor eycle by the force of the
Impact.
He was found lying with his left
shoulder embedded In the ground,'*hia
skull fracturede.
All relatives of the noted leader of
the Arab revolt against Turkish rule
during the World War were sum
moned to his bedside at the military
hospital here, where he was brought
last night
Condition Critical.
The staff captain at Bovlngton
Camp, near the hospital, said the
picturesque figure of the Arabian
campaign was "in a critical condition
and suffering from concussion.”
Hospital authorities maintained the
closest secrecy concerning the actual
gravity of the patient’s condition.
They refused to comment on the re
port that Lawrence had received a
fracture of the skull. Soon after he
was admitted to the hospital they de
nied his condition was critical.
“It has now been ascertained that
Shaw has a fractured skull.” ap at
tache at the hospital said. "His con
dition la very serious.”
Lawrence was listed on the hospital
records under his adopted name of
T. E. Shaw, which he assumed to
avoid publicity after his Arabian ex
ploits had brought him world-wide at
tention. Only a few weeks ago Law
| rence, who Is 47 years old. retired to
his cottage In Dorsetshire seeking se
clusion.
His 10-year term of enlistment In
the Royal Air Force expired last
March.
Book Revived Publicity.
Only recently publication of a book
written by Ernest Main reflecting on
Lawrence's Arabian activities brought
him new publicity.
Main's book, called "Iraq." asserted
that Lawrence had “raised problems
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Injured
COL. T. E. SHAW.
"LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.”
Infinitely more difficult” In Iraq than
those he solved
A military policeman stood guard
today at the scene of the accident,
which is known to members of the
Tank Corps stationed at Bovlngton
j camp as "Hell Fire Corner.”
It was understood that not only
have members of the Tank Corps been
instructed not to discuss the incident,
' but that their wives have received
; similar Instructions.
The hospital where Lawrence lies is
) a plain little tiny structure. He was
conveyed there in a truck which was
pressed into service as an ambulance
| after the accident. At the time of the
collision Lawrence was riding the
famous black motor cycle he has used
for mysterious and lonely trips he has
j been accustomed to take since he es
| tablished his residence in this section.
D. a CRIME PROBE
House Committee to Act
Soon on Advice to Re
move Garnett.
Copies of the printed record of the
60-day investigation of Waahlngton’i
crime situation were distributed today
to members of the House District
Committee who wanted to study the
testimony of more than 70 witnesses
before passing on the apeclal Crime
Committee's report, which recom
mended the immediate removal of
United States Attorney Leslie G. Gar
nett and retirement of the Police De
partment "high command.”
The primed record, a voluminous
document covering 950 pages, contains
the official stenographer's transcript
of the testimony of the various wit
neasee—District government and Po
lice Department officials, judges of the
various courts, court attaches and civic
leaders.
Garnett TesUmony Started.
Members of the District Committee
particularly are anxious to examine
the testimony of United States Attor- |
ney Garnett to determine the Justl-1
flcatlon of the Crime Committee’s rec
ommendation that he be removel from
office.
The full District Committee will
meet May 22 to pass on the Crime
Committee's report and In the mean
time all of the members plan to scru
i.tlnlse the testimony and check It with
' the findings and recommendations.
The closest study will be made by
Representative Werner, Democrat, of
| South Dakota, who plans to file a
, minority report.
Werner Is a member of the Crime
! Committee, and It Is known that he
■ Is not In sympathy with certain of its
recommendations, especially those re
lating to Garnett.
To File Minority View
The House by unanimous consent
has given Werner the privilege of fil
ing the minority report up to mid
night Friday.
tt is doubtful whether he will be
able to complete it by that time since
he plans to read and analyze ^he
testimony of the numerous witnesses.
An extension of time is expected to
be granted, however.
The printing ol the record of the
crime hearings has removed the only
objection of the full District Commit
tee to action on the report. The full
committee declined $o pass on the re
port two weeks ago because tome of
the members claimed they had not
followed developments during the in
vestigation and were not in a position
to accept the recommendations.
VIOLENCE MARKS STRIKE
IN PACIFIC NORTHWEST
Truckloads of Logs Dumped,
Constables Beaten Up in
British Columbia.
Br the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, May 14.—Labor difficul
ties on the Pacific Coast extended Into
Canada today as violence entered the
spreading Pacific Northwest’s lumber
strike.
Between 28,500 and 31,000 men
were estimated to have walked out
from lumber mills and timber camps
in Western Washington and Oregon.
The lumber strike violence occurred
late yesterday near Hillsboro, Oreg.,
when truckloads of logs and lumber
were dumped.
At Prince Rupert, British Colum
bia, two special constables were beat
en up yesterday when 40 striking re
lief workers attempted to prevent
others from going to work. Various
strike votes are pending.
The mill and timber workers, who
have been on a 40-hour week basis,
seek a 30-hour week and a minimum
wage of 75 cents and hour. The code
wage is 42 y* cents an hour.
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Snake Sleeps With master.
Snakes eating live pigs, frogs eat
ing poisonous serpents and a man
who has a deadly Mamba sleeping in
bed w ith him were some of the strange
things told by Lieut. Col. R. H. Elliot,
an expert in snake venom, In a recent
lecture at the Institute of Hygiene
in London. He related how a Mr.
Wassenaar of the Transvaal had
tamed a Mamba, one of the deadliest
snakes known, so that It slept at the
foot of his bed Wassanaar used to
sleep in a room with 30 other men,
and kept the snake unknown to them,
taking it out for exercise at night
like a dog. Once, when the snake
was disturbed during the night. It
crept into the bed and hid itself be
hind Wassenaar’s back.
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