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The Washington times., 1924-04-18

congressman Johnson declared
that this bill lends forever the idea
that America is the asylum for the
oppressed Of the world"
He Sees Challenge.
Immigration in Japan is regu-
lated by Japan" he said. sour
right to say who shall live among
us has been challenged, and we
have been threatened with grave
consequences. To compromise on a
matter OF sovereignty is to invite
war. Not to compromise on mat.
tiers of sovereignty prevents war.
Congressman Johnson was fire.
quently interrupted by applause
when he made plain to the daugh-
tiers that the United States does
not purpose to obey the dictates OF
any foreign power on matters re-
lating to Congressional legislation.
The speaker declared that the
nation was preparing to reconstruct
Ellis Island, providing convenienceS
for immigrants in order that pros
pectiye citizens may be given q
fitting welcome to our shores. The
provisions Of the bill, he said,
stimulate that aliens applying for
entry to the United States shall be
examined, at their. port Of embarka-
ton overseas regarding their inten-
lions in coming to this country.
All Immigrants, He Says.
Congressman johnson reminded
the assembly that the people OF the
United States are all descendants
Of immigrants.
"Tt makes no difference" he said,
whether our ancestors came over
on the Mayflower or whether they
missed the first boat"
The next step of the United
States in assimilating the larger
alien population is the development
of real Americanization. Congress
Continued on Page IA. Column ~
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MAINTAINS
He NEVER
ABUSED
THEM
Millionaire, on Trial for San
ity, Is Pleased With De-
velopments in Case.
By w. E. ROGERS,
Cosmopolitan News Service.


PHILADELPHIA, April 49,
No layman can tell in ten min
utes whether Harry K. Thaw is
sane.
Standing beside the jury box in
the courtroom in which he has
been fighting to prove himself Of
sound mind, however, Harry K
Thaw demanded Of an t.veniHSg
Journal reporter:
Question in Sanifg
do look insane?"
And that was a hard question to
answer. II still is. He was natural
ly jubilant because he had had a
victorious day in court. He has al.
ways been highly strung, which,
no doubt, is why he jerks the
muscles Of his face and eyes when
he talks.
That may be, too, why Thaw
doesn't look one straight in the eye.
1t may be the reason why his eyes
twitch when he talks, even when
he looks at a person.
Certain 1t is that his speech
comes in jerks. His mouth witches.
There are times when he catches
his breath, when he stumbles over
words and falls over phrases. He
does not act queerly, actually, but
at the same time he does not act.
really normally.
Layman Cannot Say.
Is Harry X. Thaw sane? That,
Of course, is question for his jury
to decide. No layman can do it.
And for that same reason It Is and
was impossible to answer the ques-
ton he so directly put. The jury
will not have to worry over its de-
cision until Monday. Both sides in
the controversy are resting today,
preparing to renew the battle then.
The interview. started in corner,
well back of the jury box--and
ended in front of the box.
"The story Of the rabbits" began
Thaw that is g. damn lie."
mo, Harry" broke in ex-Judge
Patterson his attorney, don't talk
about the case"
Was Kind" TO Rabbits.
81 don't want to-" he said, half
to his lawyer and half to the re-
porter, but am going to say
this. No, judge, you mustn't stop
me. I'm going to say 1t. The
things they said about me and the
rabbits aren't true. was kind to
the rabbits"
That was all he could be urged
to say about the case as 1t stands
today. After saying it he was
willing to obey orders and talk
about anything and everything
else. ftl
Those rabbits, however, stick In
his mind. Sane or not. ThRw has
realized that all the strength given
to his case by medical testimony,
which did not ring soundly against
him was as nothing in the snifieas
Of the jury, IL they beloved tfi4
rabbit story.
Ho was jubiIant. ETe felt he had
won from the other side, day in
court. He had been terribly dis.
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Editor Goes to Harvard.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, April 49,
Appointment Of Edwin r. Gay,
who for four years was editor of
the New York Evening Post, as
professor Of economic history at
Harvard University, was announced.
He viii assume the post in Septem-,
Der.
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SENATE IS TOLD
Of BOOZE
RING
Columbus Druggist Says
Prison Parole Was Revoked
When He Testified.
By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON.
International News Service.

By WILLIAM X. HUTCHINSON,
international News Service.
Operations of a Georgia "whis-
key ring" occupied the spotlight
today before the Wheeler Brook
hart committee investigating the
Department of Justice.
Clark Grier, a former Depart
ment Of Justice agent, testified
that he was discharged by Will
liam J. Burns, chief of the bureau
of investigation, after he revealed
some evidence against q "whiskey
ring" operating in and about
Savannah, Ga. /.
Former Agent Testifies.
Before Grier took the stand, Capt.
HI. L. Seattle, also a former depart.
ment agent, told the COMMITTEES of
Grier's discharge, but admitted that
of the Georgia liquor
law violators were later carried on
by the Government.
Seattle charged that Clark Grier,
an agent Of the department, was
discharged when "he revealed
evidence Of the Savannah whiskey
ring"
,'Didn't the department prosecute
that ring?"
eyes, later on" Seattle admitted.
cit was q notorious case. Some
i25 persons were involved.
1t was also brought out that the
prosecutions were carried out
under Daugherty's administration.
Before Seattle took the stand
George HI. Maxwell, OF New Orleans,
executive director Of the National
Continued on Page 30. Column 81
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"HeaIer" Is Arrested.

HARRISBURG, April 1S.-At the
corners inquest into the death
Of Eugene Claudell Miller, year.old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Claudell Mil.
Ter, DR.. G. H. Champion, coroner's
physician, testified that toxic pois.
cning caused the death. Robert
s. Oregon, an alleged faith healer,
is being held in that connection.
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FAIR WEATHER FOR
SUNDAY FORECAST

Fair weather. throughout the
United States, except in the far
northwest, on Easter Sunday was
forecast today by the United States
Weather Bureau
The weather viii not be exception
ally warm anywhere, except in the
extreme South. Rains are looked
for in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho.
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FIVE GERMANS TRADED
BY FRANCE FOR OFFICER

LEIPZIG, April 1S,--Captain Oar
mant, a Frenchman who was SEN
fenced to twelve years FOR espionage,
was released today in return for
the release of five German prisoners
detailed in France.
Darmant left Immediately for
France.
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OVER.
WOODS
CLAIM
Senator Penrose Held Il at.
G. o. r. Convention, Wit
ness Tells Senator'S.
By KENNETH CLARK,
international News Service.

Col. William Cooper Proctor,
milIionaife Cincinnati soap manu-
1acturer, who was the financial
'.angeT' Of the Wood campaign
in 1920, denied flatiy before the
Senate Public Lands Committee
today that General Wood had
made any deal at the Chicago con-
Vention to give the Secretaryship
OF the Interior to ian oil man" in
return for delegate support. His
claim was supported by A. A.
Hartman, tax expert Of Chicago,
who said that Senator Penrose
had held a club over the head
Of General Wood. He quoted q
Wood leader as saying that Pen
rose offered Wood the nomination,
# he would let the old guard
name three Cabinet officers. Wood
refused the offer.
The story to the effect that
on the night before Warren G.
Harding was nominated at Chicago,
the late Senator Boies Penrose, Re-
publican boss of Pennsylvania,
Offered the nomination to Gen:
Leonard Wood IL Wood would al.
low Penrose. and his friends to name
three Cabinet MEMBERS was re-
lated by Hartman.
Hartman said he got his informa-
tion from DIR. J. L. Himrod, of
Mooseheart, Ill, whom he described
as Woods confidential man. :"
Hartman quoted Himrod as saying
the night before the convention
closed, a voice came over the tele,
phone wire, and made the offer Of
the nomination. f.
'"Wood replied" Hartman said,
s'that he had given no promises and
would give none. G
"Hiprod told me also that Gen.
Edwin f. Glenn, who was in the
room, told General Wood If you
answer in the affirmative you'll be
president Of the United States
n When Woods answer was given,
Himrod told me the voice said:
"'Very well, we are sorry, for
We are going to have a Republican
President and we want to name
three Cabinet officers"
Under questioning by Senator
Spencer Rep.l of Missouri, Hartman
explained he himself wrote Sena-
tor Walsh about his conversation
and that his acquaintance with Him
rod did not extend beyond the
''casual meeting in the hotel lobby"
Even while Hartman was testify
Ing. Senator Wash (Dem.) of
Montana received and read a tele.
gram from DR.. Himrod, stating he
KNEW nothing pertinent to the in.
CURRY" and asking to- be excused
from subpoena.
Heard Of Arrangement
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CONGRESSMAN PRAISES
ALIEN BILL TO D. A R.

Congressman Albert johnson of Washington chairman Of the
House Committee immigration and Naturalization, today
told the of the Daughters of the American
Revolution in Memorial Continental Hail. that the mmigra-
ton bill passed by the Senate and the House is America 8
second Declaration of Independence -
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CHINESE REBELS ATTACK
BURMA FRONTIER TOWNS

RANCOON, India, April 49,
Two battalions of police today were
dispatched to the northeast from
tier of Burma where 800 Chinese
rebels attacked and looted villages.
Frontier posts were fired upon.
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MOROCCO REBELS KILL
OFFICER IN ATTACK

MELILLA, Morocco, April H.
A Spanish colonel was killed and
a lieutenant colonel wounded when
Moroccan rebels attacked Span
ish column today.
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SEVENTH RACE.
one mile and one.eighth.
Markets Are Closed.

NEW YORK, April 1S.--All local
markets were closed today on ac-
count Of Good Friday.
The Washington times., 1924-04-18
HAVRE DE GRACE
SCRATCHES AND
JOCKEYS TODAY
Weather, raining; track, muddy.
FIRST RACE.
Four Furlongs.

Swinging Coltiietti IFS
Miss Pickett--No bog lis
Bel. ........s........1 15
Mbrris.. ..s....... i15
Iynaginati lion Sharks d. ..........115
Oriental Hop Robinson. !. 115
Rejected@ YiIlIaTsls ]. =. -. .l15f
Fair Afyrti Scoble. J. lis
Sea Tide Ambrose u. ............ IFS
Scratched -Slo wand Easy, Men
a!I9olss 8aaF
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SECOND RACEE.
A r,,rInnpa
THIRD RACE.
Six Furlongs,

Fehrah--No Boy ............... 90
Capt. Costigan. Miner. lot
Marble--Marriner ..,............ 1O9
Seths Lemon-Scobie. ..112l
tyOH-pdrHeS 49,. liz
Lieut.. Farrell-C. Allen. .1O3
Excuse Me-Shillick ...........,1 O7|
Hidden Jewel--Shanks. ........ lis
SoDnaIn-W llnams ........s.... 81
Fifty Fifty-Wallace. .......... .112
The Observation-Disclosures. ........ 80
MaDeI h-DaWson .104
sea Sano-St1rilng. ........t. lila
JdcqueS-NQ BOY !108
Scratched-Rosa Yeta, Frank G !,
Honorman, Round Robin, Poppye
and Marie Maxim.
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Woman Who Killed Dentist
Husband Claims He
Struck Her.

Facing prosecution for first de-
gree murder, the penalty Of which
is death on the gallows, Mrs. Ma
rianna Parkins Plug, forty-three
years old, charged with Staying her
husband, DR.. Charles S. Plug,
fifty-four years old, prominent
dentist, has paved the way for her
freedom.
Self-defense win be Mrs. Pflug's
plea, she indicated today from her
cot in the Emergency Hospital,
where, suffering from veronal poi
soning, she was taken last night
shortly after she shot her husband
to death in his dental office on the
first floor Of the Portner apart
ments, Fifteenth and U streets
northwest.
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Heard Of Arrangement

Several hours before the nomi.
nation. Proctor said. he heard an
arrangement had been made to nomi-
nate Harding"
Proctor said he understood win
Hays and Col. George Harvey were
present at the early morning con-
CONTINUED or Page 80, Column ~
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May Plead Insanity.

There was an indication today also
that Mrs. Plugs plea may be in
sanity. If such Is the case, District
alienists will be called upon to ex-
anime her in a. few days. Her con.
dition is now regarded serious, al
though physicians believe she will
recover.
Two versions Of the murder are
now in the hands Of the police.
They are:
Mrs. Plug tells police that. her
husband constantly beat her; that
she bought q revolver yesterday
morning to protect herself: and
that She shot her husband yester.
day afternoon after he hit her.
In statement just before his
death Dr.. Plug told physicians
that she's got me" and that she
has been after me for q long
Time" He indicated he was con.
stanSly in fear Of his life.
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Cannot Be Questioned.

Police were temporarily held up
IN their investigation today when
physicians declared Mrs. Plugs con.
her..
At the Eighth police precinct,
Mrs. Plug is booked on a charge
OF murder. Headquarters Detective
Scriyener and Precinct Detective C
"A. Trammell are making the inves.
tigation.
Mrs. Plug is now under the
guard OF policewoman. When she
was taken to the Eighth precinct
Yesterday, police say she swallowed
veronal Ntablets. She became un-
conscious few minutes later and
was removed to Emergency. Police
prevented her from taking more
tablets than she did.
The shooting took place about
o:SO O'Clock in the dentists office
In the Portner. There were no
eyewitnesses. Several hours earlier
Henry e. Davis, attorney, acting
Tor DR.. Plug, filed a suit for di.
vorce against Mrs. Plug in the
Dlstict Supreme Court, alleging mis-
Evidence in the suit Is said to
nave been gotten by private detec.
yves who are said to have found
men with Mrs. Plug in her apart
ment at the Northumberland.
Locked Office Door.
Mrs. Plug is said to have locked
the door as she entered the sitting
room which adjoins Or. Plugs Of
AAS4
The shots attracted the attention
Continued on Page Q, Column 6.)
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-20
Light Company
Makes $4,000
Improvement

Two new voltage regulators are
being installed at the Baraboo sub
station. The present regulator, due
to the fact that the city's load has
increased considerably over what
it was when the present regulator
was installed, would be inadequate
of capacity as the load keeps on
increasing
The regulators are being install
ed by the Wisconsin Power and
Light company att cost of ap-
proximately $4,000 and will take
care of load conditions in Baraboo
for some years to come. This i'm
provement is in line with the com
pany's policy of preparing for the
future so that they may handle
any emergency which may arise
and give Baraboo the service il
deserves at all times.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-20
MANY attend
Open H()(JSEI:

Tile number of visitors who &C
copied the open-house invitation
Of the local Office of the Wiscon-
sin Telephone company on Satur-
day gave evidence Of the interest
of Baraboo people in their local
exchange. Approximately 600 peo-
pie were taken through the office
and shown HE operation of the
equipment from the point at which
the cables enter the building
through the switch board opera
ton.
The office was, decorated with
ferns and rose carnations and each
lady was presented with flower,
while there were cigars for the
gentlemen.
This was the first visiting day
which the company has held here
in ten years and the local office
feels well pleased with the re-
suits much approaching the in
terest shown.
Manager w. l.. Cash states that
visitors are welcome at any time,
that those in charge Of the office
will be glad to show callers
through the building.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-20
Observe Sixtieth
Wedding Event

The sixtieth wedding anniver-
sary of Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Carver
former residents Of Reedsburg,
which was recently celebrated in
Anaheim, Calf, at the home Of
their daughter, Mrs. w. P. Quar-,
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carver were mar
ried in Reedsburg more than six-
ty years ago in October. They
lived there for some tinte and
then moved to La Crosse. They
have been residents Of California
for the past twenty six years.
They are now SO and SO years
of age, respectively, and as hale
and hearty as many couple u
generation younger. All of their
children with the exception of
Walter Carver, principal of
schools at Gaylord. Mimi, were
present for this occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carver and their
daughter and husband. Mr.. and
Mrs. L. c. Blake, spent month
or more here last summer among
old friends and associations and
derived much pleasure and enjoy
ment from the occasion
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-20
Appoint Judges
In Better Home
Lighting Contest

The essays entered by Baraboo
students in the Better Home Light
ing Essay contest have been turn
ed over to the judges and their
decisions will soon be announced.
The judges are Mrs. F. Fl. Horst
man, Miss Fern Hackett. H. w.
Hawkins. and e. M. Doll.
Mrs. Horstman and Miss Hack
Git, botl English instructors in
the high school, will Judge the
essays as to their form. Mr..
Hawkins, manual training teach
or will Judge the fixture placing
in the rooms, which is Il part of
the contest. Mr. Doll will espec-
oily look over the reports of the
Investigations which the entrants
have made in the various homes
they have taken under observa-
tiCn
The prizes which are to be a
warded in the contest are on dis
play in the Wisconsin Power and
Light company office here, making
an attractive exhibit.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-20
B[Qn1es Farm
Ills On False
Land Values

False valuation Of land has
played a large part in bringing
about the present distress of so
many farmers in different parts
Of the country, declared DR.. Rich
ard T. Ely. professor of economics
at the University of Wisconsin, in
his address before the American
land grant colleges and expert
ment stations in Washington.
Low price of agricultural pro-
ducts is essential if they are to
be plentiful" said DR.. Ely. High
prices means scarcity, and any
politics which means thigh prices
for farm products cannot be per-
manently maintained in this coun-
try in which the urban population
is now in majority and in which
this majority will increase as time
goes on"
DR.. Ely stated that farmer can
be prosperous with low prices
only when rae cultivates good lana
efficiently and when other prices
are in proportion. Remedies for
ills arising from low land prices
can be found in lower marketing
costs, better marketing methods
and lower freight rates. These
have only been partially realized
thus far, according to DR.. Ely.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-20
Funeral Held
In Caledonia

Funeral service for Arnold Rich
ard Mass, well known Caledonia
young man, were held Thursday
afternoon Nov. IS, at one o'clock
from the home of the Mass broth
ers in that town to the German
Lutheran church in Caledonia At
two O'Clock. Acting as honorary
pallbearers and in charge of the
flowers were the following named
young ladies: Amanda Mass, Til
lie Mass, Edith Radke and Emma
Grotzke. The active pallbearers
were William Koepp, Herman
Koepp, Henry STATE, Bud STATE,
Richard Heyne and Edward Paske.
Burial was in the church cemetery
in Caledonia.
Arnold Richard Mass was born
August 1, 1905, and was the son
of the late Albert Mass and Mrs.
Mass NOW Mrs. Albert Rohde)
He grew to young manhood in Cal
edonia, where his life was spent
with the exception of some time
in Nebraska.
Deceased is survived by his
mother, six brothers and two sis
tiers. The brothers are William,
who lives in Minnesota, Herman,
Julius, Otto, Walter and Herbert,
all residing in Caledonia; and the
sisters are Mrs. Robert Anacker Of
Caledonia and Mrs. Frank Rohdc
Of Portage. Another sister Mrs.
Ferdinand Mittelsteadt, passed
away five years ago. He died at
the home Of his mother at 8 o'clock,
the morning of Tuesday, Nov. IL,
following an extended illness.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-20
Says
1928 TO Be
THOUGHT Of

The third party idea will be
given the cold shoulder at lie
meeting in January OF leaders in
the La Toilette campaign, but
plans will be made for strength :
ening the organization already eX,
listing throughout the country, with
a view Of taking a vigorous part in
congressional elections and again
in the presidential campaign in
1928.
This is the word from Repre-
sentative, john NJ. Nelson, Wiscon-
sin manager of the La Toilette
campaign. This, in brief, is he
outline of the program, which, he
says. will be adopted at the Jan
uary meeting, where the future
will be planned:
Retention of the Independent
movement on It's present basis,
with no third party.
The part in the presidential cam
paign in 1928 Will depend, Mr..
Nelson says, upon the situation at
that time.
Mr. Nelson explained that, if
there were a sharp difference be
tween the two major parties in
1928, with one conservative and
the other progressive, -he indie
pendents would throw their sup
port behind the progressive par
ty, if it met the requirements Of
those who supported the recent
La Toilette campaign. If both
}remain conservative, another in
dependent campaign would be con
Quoted, as in the last campaign,
he said.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-20
Dodge Profits
From Speeders

A report prepared to be sub
mitted to the Board of SuperVi-
sors of Dodge county at it's reg
ular November session shows that
the county is enriched by the
net sum Of more than $4,000, be-
cause of it's traffic ordinance en-
forcement during the past sum
mer.
The report shows that the coun.
ty collected $7,222.2O in fines,
from April Is to November 1, fol-
violations of the county ordin-
ance passed by the board in jan
uary. During the busy tourist
season 2 motorcycle officers, both
deputy sheriffs were employed al
cost to the county of $2,487.54
Only one officer is now on duty
The actual net sum turned over
to the county since the law be-
came effective in April is $4,732-
76.-Portage Register-Democrat.
In Sank county three motor
cycle policemen collected $1,S41.
The total expense was $2,S97.13.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1924-11-20
Sank City Man
Critically Ill
After Stroke

0. W. Hahn, Sank City suffered
a stroke of paralysis Thursday
7 evening while trying to get his
car out of the garage. His face
was gashed in the fall and he
was carried INFO his home where
he soon regained consciousness.
His condition is critical.
Robert Homberger of Sank City
attended the session of the county
board in Baraboo last week.
Miss Alma Joyes has returned
home from Madison where she has
been caring for tae newly arrived
nephew at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Jorges.
Mrs. Caroline FRANKIE has gone
to Prairie du Sac where she will
spend the winter with her son-in-
law and daughter Dr.. and Mrs.
Walter Schellenberger
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sorg and
Mr. and Mrs. John Talbot attend
ed the funeral of Mrs. Lydia James
at Mazomaniq Mrs. Games was
seventy-eight years of age and
had been i'll for some time.
Friday evening the Woman's
club gave its annual party at the
high school gymnasium for the
parents and teachers. Refresh
ments Of ice cream and waters
were served.
Andrew Fell of Cassell visited
his mother, Mrs. John Balzer sew
eral days last week.
Miss Lena Hopper is spending
several weeks in Madison a guest
Of her sister.
Miss Ruth Habermann has re-
turned from a visit ito Milwaukee.