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The Washington times., 1923-09-21
/ IND DEAD
COUPLE IN
ROOM
Police Say Husband Turned on
Gas Which Killed Him
and Wife.

John Reidy, former deputy
United states aarshal. and his
wife, Martha of 614 Upahur
street northwest, planned last
Sunday Is Iaave the city On 4
short atiOii. At least, chat is
what Reidy was careful to in
form his neighbors.
Today Reidy and his wife were
found dead IN their twin beds in
"a second STORY room Of their
home. They had been dead for
five days, Deputy Coroner Her
bert Martyr said.
The bodies were found by
Policeman w. M. DunaWin, Of the
Tenth precinct, who was called
by neighbors when they noted the
odor Of; gas coming from the
Reidy home. Dunawin found the
couple lying on their beds, with
a lone gas jet fully turned on.
Husband Blamed for Deaths.
Deputy Coroner Martyr said that
everything pointed to q murder and
4 suicide. In his opinion Reilly
planned to end his own life ana
Continued on Page 2, Column 4.)
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Cafe Entsrtainer's Body Is
Foupd in Pool Of Blood.
Child Half Starved.

By InternaflonaI News Service.

Los ANGELES, CAL Sept. 21.--
Despite D divorce two years ago
James Cass, of FL Centre. was re-
ported to have arrived here today
20 assist the police in solving the
mystery surrounding the brutal
slaying Of his former wife, cafe
entertainer, known in night life
circles as Ethel williams, formerly
Of Buffalo. N. T., whose nude
body was found lying iIf a pool of
blood in her North Toluca street
apartment. The dead woman's two.
year-old baby boy, Bobby. ex.
hansted from lack of nourishment
and neglect, was found by his
mothers body. Mrs. Cass had been
dead ten hours before the tragedy
was discovered.
The autopsy examination only
tended to surround the woman's
death with greater mystery. It es-
tabiished that the injuries Mrs. Cass
received about the head-lacera-
tions, bruises and the thrust of a
sharp instrument in the mouth
were not sufficient to cause death !,
unless she bled to death. Physi
Clans VINO performed the autopsy
were inclined to believe the HOOD
on the woman's body came from
the mouth wound.
A robbery motive for the crime
was revealed when a young woman
known as 'Mercedes.,,', employed al
the same South Spring street cafe
where Mrs. Cass entertained, de
clared Mrs. Cass possessed 81 ,00C
at the time of her death, with
which she was to travel East en-
the first of next week. A search
of the apartment after Mrs. Cass
dead body was discovered, failed Z.
reveal the money, which Mrs. Cas-.
Is believed to have carried on hel
person.
The. police today centered thei,
efforts on finding the driver of {
large automobile which was seen t.
drive hnrriedly away from in from
= OF Mrs. Cass' apartment early Wed
nesday anorning. Mrs. Cass' land
lady told the police a man had beer
seen peering into Mrs. Cass' apart
ment late Tuesday night, but that
tne barking of a dog had friehten
ed him away.
The Washington times., 1923-09-21

To Settle Dispute As
To Who Is Hero Of
MontfaucOn

settlement az the controversy
Is to whether the Three Hum
dred and Thnteenth Infantry,
comprising Maryland and Dis
trict Of Columbia soldiers, Or
troops from Ohio captured Mont
faucon Hill, during the Meuse-
Argonne offensive, probably will
be effected soon, according to
John Philip Hill, Congressman
from the Third Maryland dis
trict.
Congressman Hill is one Of
seven members Of the American.
Battle Monunn snts Commission
appointed eeer months ago
81 Preid lent ing, which is
meeting today 80 Rnllize ~
eiallY,
lie creation Of the coInmis-
sion Is the result of an act Of
the last session of COngre ss,
empowering iit ca 4 ee aliif e
memorials COMMUNICATING
services Of che American sol.
diers III Europe, and for other
purposes = As the title Of the
measure reads.
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
TELLS
JURY Of WARD
Confession
Werner, on Stand, Gives 0ra-
phic Description of Night of
Staying, as Told Him.
BY JACK CARBERRY,
InternationaI News service.

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Sept.
21.-Walter s. Wards verbal adrnis-
sion that it was he who shot and
year-old HayerhiIl, Mass, sailor. on
placed before the jury trying him
on charges of first-degree murder
today.
Sheriff George Werner on the
stand, gave a graphic description
of the scene which occurred in the
living room Of the sheriff's home ct
Rye the night Of May %, 1922,
when Ward surrendered.
Attorney Allen r. Campbell, who
represented Ward, did the talking,
Ward sitting beside him." Werner
said. Campbell said that on the
night of May Is Ward met three
fellows by appointment on the road
between White Plains and Port
Chester. He said they were known
to Ward as Jack Rogers, Charlie
and Pete. Pete was in the car with
| the other two, Campbell said. He
said it was a big red Stutz car
and that when Ward drove up in
his coupe Pete got out. pulled a
gun out of his pocket and climbed
into Wards car.
Ward Covered.
THE attorney said Ward drove
along the road at Pete's direction,
| and all this time he said Pete kert
the gun pressed into his side.
They got out on the road
where they found Peters BODY the
next day, the attorney said. Peters
had some trouble opening the dovr,
and while he did, the attorney said,
Ward got his gun out Of a pocket
of the car. Ward. he said, reached
over and grabbed Peters by the
wrist. Peters gun exploded, the
attorney said. Then Ward shot
him just as he was standing there
with one foot In the road and the
other foot on the running board
of Wards car. He said he stae.
gered back and that Ward Kent
holding his wrist until he fell"
Werner stated.
"All this time the attorney fold
me. Jack and Charlie, in the bje
car, had been up in front. sCar,n.
bell said they fired at Ward and
that Ward fired at them. and he
said he thought Ward hit one of
them in the shoulder. After ahcut
nine shots were fired, he said
Charlie and Jack drove away.
/ AFTER that, he testified, Ward
! Continued on PaGs z. Column II
The Washington times., 1923-09-21

Tt is the first of the late Presi-
dents major policies to go into
the discard under the new ADMIN
tstration.
Regional consolation was the
remedy for the railroad problem
which MIR. Harding and Sesator
Cummins CR) of Iowa, chairman
Of the Interstate Commerce Commit
tee, favored above all others. 1t
furnished the keynote for all the
Iate Presidents utteranceS on
TRANSFORMATION matters during his
fatal western trip. He dealt with
it specifically and at length in Kan
sas City.
AS a result, however, Of the con.
ferences which the new President
has held since taking up his duties,
II now appears extremely unlikely
that Congress- will be asked to pass
unon the plan at all, or II 1t ls
brought up it will not be pushed.
In any event, it will not be the
chief plank in the administrators .
railroad policy in the 6Sth Congress.
as it would have teen under Mr..
Harding.
Various Reasons Assigned.
Various reasons are assigned for
the abandonment of the proposal:
|. The strong opposition or most
Of the railroads themselves.
Q. The even more strenuous OPP
nosition of the so-called LaFollette
group In the new Congress, shared,
CONTINUED on Paxs-2 Column a.
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
Tangled Porch Swing
Breaks Neck Of
Baby Girl
INTERNATIONAL NEWS REEL
y InternnfionaI NeIra aerrioa-.

DURHAM, N. G., Sept. I'll
Little Martha Lassiter, aged
twenty months, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. William Lassiter, was
Instantly killed this morning
when she fell fom i porch
swing.
In falling from the swing the
child became tangled with the
rope, throwing her against the
porch railing, breaking her neck.
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
Fiun1e Settlement Seen.

ROME, Sept. 21.-The semi-of.
ficial Messagero and the Corriere
d'Italia both stated today that a
settlement of the Fiume dispute ls
imminent.
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
DROPS RAILROAD
PLANS OF HARDING
By GEORGE r. HOLMES.
international News Service.

Dy
posdent Coolidge has virtually decided to abandon
f the ho poicies of the President Hardingthat of
connecting the railroads of the country to consolidate into
systems it was learned today from authoritative
The Washington times., 1923-09-21

Bureaus Of Standards Death
Was Accident, Coroner
Finds After Inquest.

IA verdict Of accidental death,
'sdne to eauses not definitely de-
ternined was rendered III noon
ttOday III the case of Logan q.
Lauer, Bureau of EtafdnEda' ex-
pert, killed in the explosion yes
terday at 2:O5 o'clock, which took
i toll of four lives and seriously
injured Ave others.
Testimony BY Experts.
Testimony at the coroner's In
quest. given by stanwood ". Spar
row, who qualified as an expert OF
the bureau, was to the effect thai
the explosion was caused in tlls
dynanometer laboratory, when ga1
fumes leaked out, Of an engine on
the testing block, filled the sealed
chamber, and was ignited by an
electrical spark, or an engine back.
fire.
Lauer was working about ten feet
from the wall OF the dynanOmeter
room, making a test on a carburetor,
when the explosion occurred, and
was killed when a section Of an
iron door, was blown loose, striking
him on the head, causing ID frac-
ture. Deputy Coroner George r..
Rosson stated that he had died In
stantly.
Start Own Investigation.
Officials of the bureau began a
- SPNT 49, -,
the exact cause of the blast.
1t was Officially stated by the
Department of Commerce that. the
explosion occurred during q series
Of tests on the performance OF high
volatile gasolines in airplane and
automobile motors which ''were
recognized as highly dangerous"
Because of the exceptionally
hazardous nature Of the work per.
formed by the men who were the
victims of yesterdays blast, 1T was
stated the tests were conducted in
specially constructed strong vault
with walls of solid concrete ten
inches thick. The only access to
the chamber, the department an.
nounced, was through a heavy, her.
metically sealed iron door.
Within this sealed chamber tIle
actual tests were conducted. Be
fore the tests began every person
was required to leave the chamber
which was then Theoretically seal
ed. All observations of the per
formance Of the motors and fuels
within were made through gauges
located outside the chamber.
The Department Of Commerce de
cnneo, TO make any statement re
garding the cause of the acciden1
until. after an investigation has
been made.
1t was officially stated, however
that the victims. were injured from
the blowing out Of the door or walls
or from the burning gases which
rushed out OF the shattered cham
Der Following the explosion.
The toll OF dead up to noon today
was: ;
Logan L. Lauer, physicist, of
1907 monroe street northwest.
Urban j, Cook, machinist, 1919
northampton street, Chevy Chase.
stephen NJ. Lee, assistant physi-
cist, 1882 Macoirib street, CIeve-
land Park.
James e. Kendig, assistant
electrical engineer, who lived with
Lee. - :,
At Emergency Hospital at moor
today it was stated that the fiv,
injured men were resting comfort
ably and unless complications aros,
| would survive.
Kendig's name was the last tt
be added to the death list. He dies
at the Emergency Hospital at
o'clock this morning. His injuriel
were 80 severe that doctors at tn
AcAnttnIAd-en- Pass- q; Column -
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
PASSENGERS LANDED
WHEN LINER GROUNDS

NEW. YORK. Sept. 21.-The hun
dreo and fifty passengers aboard
me Colonial line steamship I.exing.
TON were taken ashore this morn
ing shortly after the vessel ground.
"a on q sand bank thirteen miles
south OF Providence, r. l.. accord
ing to reports received at the com.
Dany offices here. 80 00'''
nne snip Is in no danger, it was
saio' and probably will be reToated
nus afternoon when the tide comes
Eassehgers were taken ashore by
4tne steamer Sycamore vvb;1.t, ra :,
alongside the grounded vessel ner.
mitting them to step across t,c
rails.
The Lexington grounded at War.
Wick Neck, enrouts from New York
20 Providence. :. :
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
About White
Elephants!

In India, the white elephant
is a sacred animal, considered
worthy Of the worship Of its
people.
In America, white elephants
are plentiful, and are to be
found in most every attic or
cellar. OF no use, perhaps,
to their owners, but who
knows but what they would
be valuable to other people.
The For Sale, Miscellaneous,
columns Of The Washington
Times and The Washington
Herald offer you an econom-
ical way to dispose Of those
white elephants.
Remember, g. three-tiYne Want
Ad in The washington Morn
ing Herald, Washington Even
ing Times and Sunday Morn.
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readers.
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Main $3.50
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
ITALIANS PREPARING TO
GET OUT OF CORFU

LONDON, Sept. 21-Preliminary
steps for eVacution of Corfu were
begun by the Italians today, said
4 Central News dispatch from
Athens.
Artillery brigades were embarked
upon Italian transports and nuni-
tions were removed to the whalves
for shipment.
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
DENIES
SUITCASE
Staying
Dr. Robb Pleads mot Guilty, .
Attorney Springs Surprise,
Wins First Point.

BOSTON, Mass, Sept. 21.-At-
torney John z. Feeney, counsel for
Or. William m Robb, charged with
first-degFee murder ia causing the
death of Mrs Alice M. Wolschen-
dorf, Tyngsboro suitcase victim,
yesterday commenced a contest to
have the indictment against DR..
Robb brought by special grand
jury last Tuesday, declared invalid.
Pleads Not Guilty.
DIR. Robb, brother of Jugtice
Charles HI. Robb, of the District Of
Columbia. Court of Appeals, was ar.
raigned before Judge Frederick J.
Mcleod, in the Middlesex superior
criminal court, East Cambridge.
yesterday afternoon at one of the
strangest sessions ever held in this
State. The Back Bay surgeon was
brought into rho prisoners cage to
plead to indictment after seven
other men, all charged with first
degree murder in various parts of
the county, had pleaded not guilty
to indictments and had been car
ried back to the Jail in shackles
to await their legal fight against
the electric chair.
After the clerk had read the in
dictment charging DIR. Robb with
the killing Of Mrs. Wolschendorf, a
stiffness was felt in the court room,
broken by the clear voice OF DR..
Robb, who pleaded not guilty.
When DIR. Robb's plea was en-
tered, Feeney announced he had
filed a motion asking for the names
of all the witnesses that had been
heard by the grand jury in con-
nectfon with the indictment of his
client.
Gives Name on Spot.
District Attorney Reading was
on his feet in an instant, and ex
plained that the names OF two OF
the three witnesses had been sup
ulied to Feeney and his failure tc
furnish the third name was an
oversight which he corrected or
the spot by supplying the name in
the form of an answG.9 to the mo-
ton.
The huge throng, including over
a hundred lawyers, who had gath
cred because of the rumor that
Feeney was to furnish a surprise
were given plenty of thrills, for in
the next thirty minutes he filed
four motions. and established lega
history in Massachusetts,.
Blocks Speedy Trial.
First the counsel for the defense
startled the court room and upsel
the prosecutions plan for a. speedy
trial by filing a motion asking tina!
a petit jury determine whether ol
not evidence sufficient to warrant
a first degree murder indictment
had been presented to the grand
Jury that indicted DR.. Robb.
The defense contended that nc
evidence of any kind offered to the
grand jury indicated first degree
/ murder. Feeney demanded that q
petit jury decide the matter and of
fered a supreme court decision ir
the Pelletier case as precedent.
Moves to Quash.
Quickly following this came an
other motion from counsel for DR.
Robb asking that the indictment be
ouashed because it had been brought
illegally.
Then came the defendants plea OF
abatement, in which petition his
counsel declared he should not be
held to answer to the indictment be-
cause persons not authorized to be
present in the grand jury room were
present with the grand jury while II
was inquiring into the Robb case.
A fifth motion asked that a trial
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The Washington times., 1923-09-21

OctOber Issue Of Vanity Fair On sale
TODAY -AdVA
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
[ANS d
CRUSH It
At ANY
COS
/ ists ofsiciaIs and Ctllsla He1
Accuses h Many outrae s.
Against Citizeils.
By JAMES L. KILt

4
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Sept.
21 Bitter denial Of Governor
WaIton's latest Indictment against
the Ku Klux Klan was expressed
by leaders Of the Oklahoma realm
|of the Klan here today.
NJ. G. Jewett, grand dragon u
the Klan in Oklahoma, who is now
charged with taking personal part
in flogging parties. characterized
the charge as another framed at
tempt at libel and character as
sassination."
Charges In Transcript.
Jewett said It seemed to him that
Governor Walton is using every
contemptible trick within his COM
mand to make q target Of me as.
head Of the kan"
Governor Walton's latest sensa-.
tional charges were contained In =
transcript Of the first evidence taken
by the military board now in session.
In Oklahoma City conducting an in
vestigation Of the alleged domina-
ton Of the khan in the city and
county.
The transcript of evidences was &C.
companied by & statement by the
governor in which he said the neces-
sary guns will be placed in the hands
of every man in Oklahoma who is op-i
posed to the kan.
The high lights Of the evidence ne
revealed in testimony before the
military court were:
/. That N. C. Jewett, grand
dragon Of the khan in Oklahoma,
according to the testimony of DR..
A. A. Maupin, a local dentist, und
member of the khan was mem
Der of a self constituted squad Of
3. That George w. Clark. district
| Judge Of Oklahoma county; J. K.
Wright, county attorney, and
Thomas Cavnar, county sheriff here.
are now or were members OF the
Ku KIux Klan, according to their
own testimony before the board.
Attitude Of Judge.
Judge Clark, although admitting
ne joined the khan a year ago last
May insisted he did not consider
himself a l1lansman now).
s. That according to the testimony
OF DR.. Maupin the telephone lines
In Oklahoma City were frequently
tapped by the Ku Klux Klan.
In making public the testimony,
Governor Walton prefaced the
transcript Of evidence with the
evidence that Jewett and 'his in.
visible empire shall not pass in this
State"
IF necessary" the governor de-
clared, IT shall arm every man in
the State who is opposed to the Ku
Klux Khan"
DR., Maupin told the military he
Joined the khan in April 1920, but
later quit the organization.
The klan tried to get Jack Wal
ton, then mayor, to join. Maupin
said, but failed.
"Jewett, a man named McCarron
and three other fellows then
planned to say Jack tried to set in
ana could not" the witness testified.
Concerning this grand dragon
Jewett has said:
ovation did not frown on the
khan until he learned that the klan
| did not smile on him. 1t IL a
fact of indisputab bile record that be
WaR irragularly raaAa q member g
y
The Washington times., 1923-09-21
GREAT FLOODS SWEEP .
BOMBAY DITRlCT. INDIA

BOMBAY, India, Sept. 21.-Dis-
astrous floods were reported in this
district today, but so far as known
there was no loss of life.
The temples are filled with people
praying for relief.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-11-02
MILFORD BOY Wins HONORS
Clarence Downing Elected To Phi
Kappa Phi Honorary Society.

Six members of the Senior Glass of
the University of Delaware have been
elected to the Phi Kappa Phi HGaor-
airy Society of that institution. Among
this list is Clarence Burwick Down
ing, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. N. B. Down
ing of Milford. Election to this society
is based very largely on scholastic
standing, although other college acUiv-
tiles enter into the election to some
extent. The election is made by the
active members of the Delaware chap
ter who are largely members of the
faculty. In addition to Clarence Down
ing, the students who received this
honor are John Henry Schaefer, of
Wilmington; Godfrey V. C. Hough-
land, of Brooklyn, N. Y; Paul Demps-
ter Owens, of Perryville, Md; Albert
Oliver H. Grier, Jr., of Wilmington,
and Purnal Lynch McWhorter, of Mid
dletown.
Election to the Phi Kappa is one of
the highest hOnors from a scholastic
that can be won by stu
dent. Elections are made each year
from the senior class. Under the rules
of the society only 25 per cent of
class is eligible but only 20 per cent
of the members of the class may be
elected. In this instant less than 20
per cent of the class was elected as
the senior class numbers about As.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-11-02
new RULES TO GOVERN
STATE HIGHWAY COPS
Residents Of Sussex County Are
Advocating All Night Road
Patrol Service.

A communication from Georgetown
says that a shakeup in the highway
patrol system in lower Delaware has
taken place and new rules and regu-
lations will become effective at once.
All patrols from the Georgetown sta
ton will be from a. m. to II p. m.
on Saturdays and Sundays for the pur-
pose of taking care of the heavy traffic
on those two days.
Two additional men have been sent
to Sussex county-Privates w. D..
Macklin and H. Voshell, of FELTON,.
There are now five men under the
supervision Of Corporal Raymond In
gram who has headquarters there.
Private H. Ethan, of Milton, will be
in charge of the highway from George
town to Lewes. The road from George
town to Milford will be in charge of
Private H. Voshell. Private Joseph
Holt, of Blades, will be in charge of
the line from Georgetown to Selby-
vile. Private w. D. Macklin of FELTON,,
will have under his supervision the
from Georgetown to Bridge
vile and Harrington.
The road from Georgetown station
to Delmar via Bridgeville and Laurel,
will be under Private Everett Johnson,
Of Seaford.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-11-02
DELAWARE INCOMES
$49,OOO,OOO in 1921
Large Number Showed Incomes Of
$4,000 And Over, But Only
One $5OO,OOO.
TOTAL TAX WAS S2,22S,2OO
This Amount Was O.16 Per Cent OF
The Total Tax Paid In The
United States.

The total net income reported by
Delaware for the year 1921 was $49,-
1866, of which S43,676,893 was per-
sonal and $6,O56,783 was corporation.
The tax paid by Delaware, both per-
sOnal and corporation was $2,228, 200,
or DIG per cent of the total paid by
the United States.
Complete statistics of income for
1921 have been compiled by the Blu
reau of Internal Revenue, and were
released for publication this week.
In comparison with the figures
above, the corresponding figures for
1920 were: Total, $80,860, TAG; person.
al, $55, 1921; corporation, $25,227,-
1875; total tax paid, $5,7S5,028 or OBI
per cent of the nations total.
The figures, both for the nation, and
for Delaware alone, reflect the bust
ness depression which set in after
1920.
From the bureaus tables relating to
returns for 1921 the following figures
for Delaware are selected:
The number of personal returns was
1889, and of the total income, $34,-
731 ,206 was from wages and salaries;
1861 ,10S from business; $1,681,578
from partnerships, fiduciaries, etc.;
S14,407, 813 from dividends; $4,333,12
from interest and investment income;
and $163,112 from interest on govern
ment obligations not wholly tax-ex-
empt, the items totaling SCI, 189,645,
from which general deductions of S17,-
512,752 were made leaving net per
sonal income of $43,676,893.
Only One Above Half Million
One Delaware personal return re-
veals gross income in the 100000 to
$750,000 class; another falls in the
$10O, 0O0-$500, 900 class; two had gross
income of $90,0OO-$1OO,O0 two, $780,
four $7O,O0O-$8O,OOO; four
$50, OOO-$70,00O; seven, $50, $4,000;
$4o,ooo-$5o,ooo; thirty-six,
SSO,ooo-$4o,ooO; twenty-one, $4,000 /
100000; twenty five, $2O,0O0-$25,O 900;
$15ooo-$2o,ooo; twelve,
S14,000-$15,00O; thirty-six, $4,000
$4,000; thirty-four, $12,ooo-$13,o 900;
-hirty-four, ST., OOO-S12,OOO; forty-two,
900; sixty-nine, $9,0OO-$1O,-
100; eighty-one, $S,OOO-$9OOO; one
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