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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-24
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DEATH
Misdated ''FIu" Prescription
Leads Coroner to Direct
Exhumaticn Of Body

CHICAGO, Dec. A.1egendary
misfortune, which has followed the
possessors of the McClintock mil
lions, took on a sinister turn here
today as Coroner Oscar Wolff pre-
pared to go into court to Sc
cure an order for the Uxhuming of
the body of twentyvone-year- olo
BILLY" McClintock, the last of
the line, for a postmortem exam
ination to determine if any unto
ward cause entered into his death
from typhoid fever" three weeks
ago.
The first real developments in
the case which have been made
public came today.
Clue in Prescription.
The first was the finding of APP.
parent discrepancy in the filing of
prescription for McClintock at a
Kenilworth drug store. The pre-
scription, calling for Flu" capsules,
was dated NOVEMBER rs, but had
been filled, according to the drug
store record, November 25.
The second was a declaration OF
the father of Isabelle Pope, McClin.
tock's fiancee, that the couples
marriage had been discouraged by
William D. Shepherd, McClintock' &
foster father and the chief bene.
ficiary Of his fortune.
"The Shepherds have ignored lisa,
belle since McClintock's death, even
to the extent of failing to send her
any little memento Of Billy" the
father declared today.
About to Wed.
Investigation Of young McClin-
tock's death, which took place al.
most on the eve Of the day he
was to have married Miss Isabelle
Pope, was ordered, it became known
today after reports of something
wrong" reached the coroner's office
At first these were little more than
insistent rumors. Then they took
| on the phase Of certain definite
allegations in anonymous letters
which finally wound up with a
demand for a probe.
The coroner's office today, how.
ever, refused to make public the
charges which have been made. or
reveal what facts are in possession
Of the investigators.
Little could be learned from the
| attending physicians, both Of whom
declared that Ito all appearances"
McClintock was victim of hem.
orrhagic typhoid, contracted pre.
sumably, from oysters which he
had eaten. They refused to com.
ment on the possibilities Of poison
in the case which have been
nlnted at in the orders for the
probe, which provided for a chemi.
cal analysis OF McClintock's vital
organs.
Claim Death Natural.
Attorney and Mrs. William n
Shepherd, foster parents of Nc.
Clintock, to whom his entire estate
with the exception of $4,000 an.
nuity to Miss Pope, was beuueathed
are IN Alberquerque, N. NJ, for the
Christmas holidays. In a long dis.
lance telephone conversation, how.
ever, Shepherd declared he knew
OF no reason for the Investigation
and that William had died a natural
death of typhoid fever.
He refused to discuss the case
or the coming probe farther ex.
cept to say that 1t might hasten his
return to Chicago. To all other in.
quiries he advised his questioner 10
"see my attorney"
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Father Kills His Babe,
but Refuses to Tell
His Motive

MUNISING, Mich, Dec. a.
Carlisle Rudd, twenty-five, today
told sheriff's officers he had
murdered his six months-old
baby, deputies stated.
81 won't tell you how, but /
did," he said, after surrendering
voluntarily.
Thinking it was but a phan-
tasy, deputies went to the Rrdd
home only to be shocked by the
sight of Mrs. Rudd weeping
over her babes body.
HE wouldn't tell me either"
the mother said.
A post-mortem will be he'll
today.
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HOLD WOMAN AS
POISON CANDY
SENDER
Dreadful Mistake" Package
All Right When Sent,
She Insists
By InternatiOnal News Service. !.

CLEAN. N. Y, Dec. 24.-Mrs.
Hilma Barnes Ensminger, Of Colum.
bia, Miss, suspected of sending
poisoned candy to George E. Ems
minger, jr., six, the son of her
husband by "a former marriage, will
be bought here for trial, District
Attorney Archibald NJ. Laidlaw an.
nounced today.
The district attorney swore to in.
formation charging the Columbia
woman with attempted murder in
the first degree and a warrant was
issued. Laidlaw wired Columbia
authorities to arrest and hold Mrs.
Ensminger for them. and to ascer.
tain If she will waive extradition.
Long distance telephone calls
from the boys father in Columbia
to the mother, Mrs. Marjorie Muir.
ply Ensminger, came last night.
The mother failed to understand the
father. who is a golf professional
in Columbia, but she said she heard
the screaming Of woman over the
wires.
Miss Hattie Mosier. forty.four
grand aunt of the boy, who was the
only one of household of five to
eat the candy, is entirely out of
danger, it is said today.
The candy came by registered
mail with other Christmas presents,
and the names of Mr.. and Mrs.
George E. Ensminger of Columbia,
Miss, was written on the outside
as the senders. In the package was
note signed Mother Hilma."
II made some candy today read
the note, but it never got hard,
so l couldn't send much. Am send.
ing one date and two pieces of
candy. We want to have you for
good before very long and am sure
you will like the South fine-Cau
play out all the year round. just
hope you will have a's great big
time Christmas. Mother Hilma."
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Woman Arrested.


COLUMBIA, Miss, Dec. 24.--Mrs.
Hilma Ensminger, wife of George
Ensminger, local golf professional,
was placed under arrest here today
at the request of authorities in
Clean, N. ", who asked, she be held
on charges of having attempted to
poison her seven.year-old stepson,
enrse Ensminger, ,jr., by sending
him poisoned candy. Mrs. Ems.
minger was paroled in the custody
Of her attorneys.
Sheriff Branton, who made the
arrest, quoted Mrs. Ensminger as
having declared a dreadful mis-.
take" had been made. He said the
"oman told him the candy was
pure and go51 when 1t was placed
- a registered package. 1t was
backed with some toys.
Before her marriage Mrs! Ems
ninger was Miss Helma Barnes, a
y" resident of Columbia and
- "spected here. She Is thirty
years old.
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POSTAL REPORT
|SFLAYED BY
PUBLISHER
Protests to Congress Against
Proposed Increase in Sec
ond Class Rates
8 that American newspaper

Charges that American newspaper
and magazine publishers were
framed" by the Postoffice Depart
ment, in order to secure from Con.
gress an increase in postal rates,
were made today by Arthur j.
Baldwin, president of the National
Publishers Association, before the
Joint Congressional Postal Commit
tee.
Baldwin assailed' the cost ascer-
tainment report of the Postoffice
Department, upon which rate in.
creases were based ''as wholly alb
surd."
THE indictment already has been
returned against u.s." Baldwin said.
THE report was framed and collect
I'D with one specific purpose In mind,
to show the cost of second.class mail.
Calls Report Absurd.
"As a basis for rate making, the
cost ascertainment report is wholly
absurd.
Proper bookkeeping would show
that the Postoffice Department is
not run at a deficit. The depart.
ment Is obsessed with the idea that
its deficiencies are caused by the
handling of second-class mail, news
papers and magazines. The de-
partment has repeated the state
ments so often that 1t has convinced
the jury
Senator Moses, Republican, of
New Hampshire, chairman, admitted
that he had great skepticism about
many Of the conclusions reached by
the PostOffice Department"
Baldwin attacked the contention
that the Postoffice Department
should be self-sustaining. 1t should
not be. he said. so long as Congress
provides for free delivery of de.
partmental mail: free in.county serv-
ice. free delivery of literature for
the blind and performs registry
and money order services at a loss.
Sees No Logic Here.
There h nothing logical or equit-
able In this." Baldwin said. "Con.
ereHR allows all Of these services
FREE and then the Postoffice Depart.
ment says that the l0ss must be
Cp-sinusd On PaEs 2. Column -
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JUDGE ANDERSON TO BE
NAMED FOR HIGHER BERTH

Judge A. B. Anderson, now pre-.
siding over the Federal District
Court in Indianapolis, will be pro.
noted to the Circuit Court of AID.
peals. 1t was indicated at the White
House today. The nomination Is
expected 70 go to the Senate
shortly.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-12-24
COOLIDGE SIGNS BILL
TO FIGHT FOWL DISEASE

President Coolidge today signed a
bill appropriating 100000 to combat
the new chicken disease that has
broken out in many States.
1t was the first bill signed by the
Executive since the assembling of
the Sixty-eighth Congress.
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D. {. HEADS
PROTEST
FUTILE
csIperollsr's Ruling in Case
q Temporary District
Workers Holds

II appeal Of the District Com
mizsi1mers from the decision of
J. L MrCarl. Comptroller General
e tha United States, who cut off
90 ffssen A6ys annual leave If
49, Per aiem employees of the
nzcri<< government, was denied
omamy-
Comptroller McCarl notified
MA5.r Daniel J. Donovan, District
u1Etsr. that despite the protesta-
Gu.s and arguments of the city
h%a6s. his original decision must
aAMnd
q. q. Heads 10 Appeal.
To csmptrOIler declared the law
gsrfficzIly excluded certain District
ZpiuEes from annual leave, class
ny thsm 4s temporary employees
- sd the fact that some Of these
-ssmporary employees" had served
esur1ssusly for many years made
~ a1ffs-smoe.
The District Commissioners will
49, 4ppaai direct to Congress for
ap~rtfhe legislation granting per diem
MrtuTes thirty days annual and
tA3rtF days sirk leave-the same
rise<es enioyed by annual en-
U1yes - the Government.
MrCarfs Decision.
~ McCari's decision In Fart fol-
va the data which YOU CThe
Clmw1Hlpners' have submitted NAV
@mc1mm@ What the District authori.
49, tatended when requesting the
@4Se heElalAti0n. IL cannot be con-
m4~r~a a. Influencing the construc.
- - The plain terms Of the
Rmxu1a
WA@th-r an empIoye is a perm
e1gnt - q temporary employee il
81 ~ eetsrmination solely on the
@mw<h 20 time the employe may
eMrpen - serve. hut other condi.
umma mFe fur consideration, such as
60 cs4r4cfer - the employment.
~us far which EMPLOYED, and
pmrEsr4aMrtF the express terms of
- Guurupri1ttnn under which the
49, are pald-
EmNG Awwmzt. A & Oliver, per
- swrt9y- - the Water Regis
eWa offins IN the District build
mw- mwwMma o. the Commissioners
- q avs stck ieave. He contend
- - waa entftied % the same sick
MMu8 prfstleEes a. statutory en-
~ e. HaaAs' Ruling.
- go employes az the time
wWra ne1ux Eivsn fifteen days an
mmnl ave TIE Commissioners
ref tha1 fen months continuous
@u1gm@mf una9e q ger diem man
q u~ma1enf employe and entitled
49, 60 ieurs
0ws Gase vas forwarded to
U1Ur9rEler McCarl who on Deem
- , aurzfiel TIE District Commits
mmmFM tMMf th@v rad no authority
- Eranf ffteen days' leave TO per
60 $50 Thts hrou<ht an imme-
@mHw ew9 tu this teave privilege.
60 - ann@ai frun this decision.
49, lls1aF mlaate a fiuai ruling.
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them with a mixture Of vinegar
sugar. allspice, garlic and 'quelque
tieurs," and you have a confection.
But its food value Is still that of
a slice of bacon rind and strip of
orange peel.
Fine for a few meals. But after
that, you feel a great and chronic
longing for Sam Ward steak'-a la
United States OF America.
"Similarly. with the chassis of an
European car. The outside is beau
tifully finished. 1t Is an appetizing
CONNECTION.
But the inside--the parts that do
the work-are not as finely. nor as
accurately, made as our standard
American jobs: none of its parts are
interchangeable: and in operation it
must be handled and cared for al
ways by an expert: coddled and put
up with; and allowances made at
every turn, for its lack of power, its
slight road clearance, its rigid con-
struction and other shortcomings.
u. s. Motor Cars Dominate Market.
THAT is why American motor cars
now dominate the markets of the
world, outside a very limited area of
continental Europe and the British
Isles, where the poverty of the gem
eral mass renders the possession of
any. motor car impossible; and where
the deep-seated prejudice of the up
per classes combined with the per-
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weave the rope back and forth often
enough, the pony will move as great
a load as Percheron. But 1t will
move just that much slower.
How fast do those small" Euro
pean motors pull those big" cars'?"
asked a friend who was telling me
all about it.
why the speedometer said 24,"
he replied.
'Precisely-15 miles per hour.
That speedometer talked in kilo-
grams and you climbed every little
grade on low-which was fourth or
flfth-and at a snaiIs pace. And
how long would you tolerate any such
speed even in the congested streets
of an American village?"
"'Aren't they more economical of
fuel?' you ask. Not any more than
Shetland is Of hay-they eat less
and produce just that much less
power, therefore go slower.
L. $. Holds All Speed Records.
America. you know, holds all speed
records. Has for many years.
"All aviation records. too. excepting
only the altitude records, which
France recently topped by a few
feet, and which We will get back at
the next try.
Then they tell us about their Won
derful body designs. Now, in the
first place, European types are not
as difficult to make as American
standard types.
For, always. the European. who
makes a special body for almost
every customer and must therefore
make it almost entirely by hand,
must compromise at every point with
the limitations of a cabinet factory
or a tin shop.
!:
ficult curved parts, as we do here.
when you consider that the Amer
lean maker Of a car selling at about
$1,000, spends as much as half mil
lion dollars on one set of dies for
the pressing into shape of curved
parts of his standard automobile
body (Which he makes in tens of
thousands), and then consider that
such die cost would be more per unit,
on the limited number made by an
European builder than the entire
body costs here, you can see that our
methods are hopelessly beyond their
reach.
LAS for body construction, they are
in their infancy.
Where Foreign Car Would Fail.
NO European automobile body
would stand up for one trip across
the American continent. The occu-
pants would be riding on the bare
axles-if they were still left under
the car-before they reached the real
ly hard going.
They don't make bodies, they make
confectionS.
Like the much Wanted French
cuisine. il looks good but is devoid
of stamina
a French chef will take a bacon
rind. strip of orange peel, cover
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petual propaganda urging the support
Of home industries, dictates the pur-
chase of the homemade product, re-
CARELESS of its limitations or high
price.
Put, they tell me. the European
buyer insists upon a body specially
designed and built for him.
THAT is true. The rich European
cannot enjoy a banquet unless he can
see the hungry people peerins
through the window at him. Here in
America we have a different sent-
ment We enjoy our car most. when
we see our neighbors also riding.
And we have learned that in the
standardized model we obtain the
greatest value for our money. the
greatest durability and comfort, and
the most dependable service.
Right now, while a certain coterie
Of American engineers are advocating
the adoption of European standards,
with smaller motors, ] notice that the
London and Paris papers are warning
their makers that unless they quickly
abandon those very standards and
emulate America in building motors
Of such size and CLASSES OF SUCH
stamina as to negotiate the rough
roads and long distances OF Colonial
countries'--Canada, South Africa, In
dia, Australia, South America, etc
they will forfeit forever that Colon
ial trade which they say is the only
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DENIES CLAIM THAT EUROPE
EXCELS IN MOTOR BUILDING
B. F. Euerin attacks Propaganda the Boast OF Su-
t,eriority Of Foreign Manufactures Over the
Products of america.

Each wear in the past our engi-
neers have gone over to the Paris 'Sa-
lon and the Olympia show in Lon
| don.
when they returned they had bales
! of blue prints. other bales of de-
scriptive data and trunks full of pho
tographs showing novel body types
and trick mechanisms.
after we had mulled il all over,
we found we had again learned lot
of things not to do. And we who
have been in this industry since it
started learned not to do those same
things about 20 years ago.
"Europe's calendar is simply two
decades out OF date. that is all The
most advanced shop practice in Eu
rope in 1924 was shop practice here
in 1904.
and that is not fgurative-it is
literal truth.
"lt is fact that the methods used
| in the making of the most famous
cars in Europe are methods that we
used in our primitive stages and
abandoned for better-w Mich is to
say more accurate. as we'll as more
efficient ones-long years ago.
VIII Not WASTE Time.
This year our engineers are not
ropean shows. because we already
know all they have there. and that
the most advanced things that will be
exhibited, will be American cars,
models of which are now familiar to
every American boy.
We hear lot about the wonder
full small motors q. :, IL horsepower,
etc. that are found in large Euro
pean cars.
oil he
What do they do that motors Of
the same dimensions would not do
here"
They are tolerated by European
drivers simply would not tolerate
thsm.
big automobile in France and Eng
land. They actually put eight pas
Senger bodies on that chassis there.
And l have. seen wealthy Londoners
ride in limousines mounted on Ford
truck chassis.
European engineers do not get an
ounce more power out of a motor of
Pinch cylinder bore than any good
American engineer gets from the
same motor.
Piston displacement is the answer
to power-and no European engineer
has yet been able to amend nor re
peal natural laws. Nor do they pos
sess any engineering secrets or
other advanta geS.
"Of course, if you hitch a Shetland
pony to a ten-ton truck. using
block and tackle for the hitch, and
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own mechanicians as we'll as chauf-

own mechanicians as we'll as chauf-
feurs.'
"One London paper published a
leading editorial on this subject for
eight consecutive days in August.
with Europe awake to our leader
ship, with European engineers now
coming here for ideas and frankly
conceding our supremacy in manu-
featuring, with European manufac-
turers buying American machine tools
and trying to learn how to operate
them to advartage--isn't it ridiculous
for us to keep on repeating the pre-
war prattle about superiority in this
or any other Industry"
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1T is long years since Europe
could teach US anything about auto
mobile engineering-and Europe
never did know how to manufacture
motor car. says e. F.. Everitt.
president and general manager of the
Rickenbacker Motor Company.
Il am getting a little bit tired OF
all this talk about European SUI
premacy and Americas backwardness
in automobiles. aeroplanes, and other
things" says Mr.. Everitt. respectfully
when those who voice such opinions
shave SO few facts upon which to
sbase their Judgment.
"In fact, | find that, when ques-
,tioned closely, the most rabid pro-
Europeans are those who have just
made their first Transatlantic" trip
land who have as yet. travelled little in
america
In other words. the first essential
ito the absorption of European propa-
,ganda. and waxing enthusiastic over
things there. is an almost total Ig-
norance OF your own country and
lack of understanding of what and
how we do things here.
Supremacy Talk mt Its Height.
Just at this time of year. the
food of European supremacy-talk is
ii its height of course Because the
tIludI wave OF tTdlS- oceanic touIlStS
return with the equinoctial gales, in
September.
, Like all tidal waves, it will thin
out as il spreads and will soon spend
its force. After a few months at
home. with wholesome American
food and hot-water baths. these good
folk viii return TO normally.
after about three trips to Europe
an American becomes just as rapidly
pro-Unted States. For, once the
novelty and the veneer have worn
of, things present an entirely differ
tnt aspect.
"One of the things that I do know
about, and upon which the opinions
OF the uniformed. therefore, appear
most ridiculous, is the relative status
OF Europe and America in automotire
engineering and fabrication.
Those whose sole experience with
motor cars has been in the tonneau or
at the steering wheel come back all
enthused over European cars.
Yet l will venture the assertion
that if these same persons had to care
Tor. drive and coddle an European
car, as it must be cared for and cod
died: if they had to tolerate four or
I've speed transmission, and shift
gears every time they turned a sharp
corner or tried to run over a sheet of
paper they would not bother with it
long.
TT is 10 years at least since Eu-
rope had anything to offer US in the
way of engineering knowledge.
And Europe never did know how
70 manufa cture a real automobile.
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THIS AND THAT.

MOTOR tourists are now warned by
the Government not to transporr
nursery stock, such as young whit
pines. from one place to anotS.r
owing TO the prevalence of blIgrfx
and nursery diseases. One OF -.
most common of these is the Whit
pine blister rust. now being found s.,
the New England and Lake stat
A young tree dug up and brougbr
home may mean sacrificing a Iot ~
shrubbery at home that is man.
times more desirable
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trade worth having, and which Amer
lean automobile makers now control
London Daily Quoted.
Says one big London daily-'Our
home trade is not sufficient to put
our makers on volume basis and
they cannot therefore compete with
American manufacturers in value for
the money
Our small motors are all right for
our local good roads, but they cannot
stand up in competition with Ameri-
can Ears on Colonial roads. nor under
the abuse and lack of care they get
in the hands of owners who are their
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HUNDREDS OF WASHINGTON
IANS are waking UP to the
Il i fact that Garage is an
INVESTMENT. THE MAN WHO
OWNS A CARS a, possible tenant.
and there are thousands of men in
Washington who don't want to let
their cars freeze up overnight
THEY ARE WILLING TO PAY A
FAIR RESTAL. which is in most
teSms w mote tnan tns s o m9n TH
PHONE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-08
PYTHTAN LODGES . WELL HONOR DEAD
Grand Chancellor Sends Circular
 To Subordinate Bodies

Grand Chancellor Leonard l.. Shorter of Demopolis has issued an official circular to all the subordinate lodges, Knights of Pythias, calling upon them to- observe appropriate exercises to the memory of deceased members on or about June 10. In the circular the grand chancellor calls attention to the fact that by special enactment the su- preme lodge has called upon all the lodges to carry out memorial services.
 The official circular No. 1 follows:
 ''To all subrodinate lodges, Knights of Pythiaseof Alabama:
 "Brethren:i Iy~:
 During the past year many of the lodges have lost by death one or more members. It is the. duty of Pythians to cherish the memory of departed brothers and we should be glad to emu late their many virtues.
 ''The supreme lodge by special enact ment calls upon every unit of the order to prepare and hold proper memorial services for our deceased brethren in our lodge rooms or other suitable places on Tuesday, June 10, 1924, or on a date as near thereto as can be conven1 iently arranged"