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The Washington times., 1924-04-05
WHEELER WINS
FIRST POINT
IN SUIT
Francis Clay Harley Ordered
to Amend Declaration in
100000 Damage Claim.
MARSHALL. STONE

Chief Justice Mccoy has sus-
tanned demurrer to the declaration
filed in the suit of Francis Clay
Harley against Wayne B. Wheeler,
general counsel for the Anti-Saloon
League of America, who, with nine
other defendants, was sued fhr
500, 900 damages for an alleged de.
famatory publication against the
plaintiff as president of an organiza-
ton known as the Liberty League.
The demurrer, filed through At
torneys E. Hilton Jackson and An
declaration was fatally defective in
that 1t improperly attempted to state
an action of libel and of SANDER in
the same declaration, which failed to
state whether the language COM
planned Of was spoken or written.
The court directed the plaintiff to
file an amended declaration, certain
paragraphs Of which had been previ.
ously stricken out on account of
surplusage by order of the Chief
Justice. Attorney James B. Archer
appeared for the plaintiff.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
MAN KILLED IN
FIGHT WITH
OFFICER
Companion of Dead Autoist
Fatally Wounded by Ten
1essee Marshal.
By International News Service.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, April s.
Emmett Lane is dead today and
his companion, Harry Willis, is
dying. as result Of battle with
an officer at East Ridge, a Chat.
tanooga suburb, last night.
The officer, Ernest ludlow, city
marshal Of East Ridge, said he
came upon an automobile parked
along the roadside near East Ridge
and began to search it. While
doing this two men came from
some nearby woods, one Of them
covering him with a revolver.
After establishing his identity,
ludlow said, Willis, who was hold
ing the weapon, handed it over to
the officer who at that time was
unarmed. After learning they were
under arrest, however, they secured
other revolvers from the automobile
and opened fire on ludlow, accord
ing to his story.
The marshal said he proved to be
the better shot and brought both
men to the ground before they
could injure him. Although ludlow
is being held pending an investiga-
ton. statement issued by Attorney
General G. w. Chamlee declared he
was without blame.
Willis is Of Cleveland, Tenn, and
has been indicted for the murder of
Clay White in Sequatchie county.
Lane lived in cartwright, Tenn.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
IDENTIFY BODY
OF GOLD STAR
MOTHER
Woman Burned In Vendome
Hotel Fire Said to Have
Been Rachael Nathan.

The '.Gold Star" mother, who reg.
istered at the Vendome Hotel where
she was burned to death early this
week as Mrs. Mary A. Duvall, has
been positively identified as Rachael
Nathan by Mrs. Hunter Eddington,
426 Eleventh street northeast.
Steven w. Cranston and his wife,
Beatrice Cranston. of 1922 East Capt.
toll street, also identified her as
Rachael Nathan, but they rAfnsad
to make their Identification posi-.
tive.
Mrs. Freedmen, Of 213 Third street,
will view the body today and If she
also identifies it as that of Rachael
Nathan burial will be in Potter's
Field instead Of with honors by the
American Legion.
The name Rachael Nathan is Just
as unknown to the Veterans Blu
reau as the name Mrs. Mary A.
Duvall, officials Of the bureau said
today.
To her friends at the hotel the
woman was known as one whose
husband and two sons had been
hAAiC0 Ah NCLCh0O vi country.
To the deaf mutes of the city she
was apparently known as a
wealthy mute of New York city
who devoted her life to create sym.
pathy for herself. While at the
hotel the woman was not deaf and
dumb, but when selling the mute
alphabet to those bereft of their
speech and hearing she was one
of them, according to the police.
With the discovery of numerous
pamphlets bearing the mute alpha.
bet, investigation was started and
the double role was unearthed.
The burned body was identified
yesterday as that OF Rachael
Nathan by Edward Burns, a mute
living at 113 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest. Burns told the police he
had known the woman several years.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
J. {. WILLARD
DIES At n. Y.
HOME
District Hotel Man Was AM
bassador to Spain Under
Woodrow Wilson,.

Flags on the New Willard Hotel
flew at half-staff today, in memory
of Joseph Edward Willard, former
Washington resident, ambassador to
Spain in Wilson's administration,
and once owner of the famous
hostelry. Mr.. Willard died last night
at his home. 9 Sutton place. New
York city.
Mr.. Willard was porn in Washing.
ton, May /, 1865, the son Of the
founder of the hotel, and was edu.
Gated at the Virginia Military Insti.
tute. He also took summer law
studies at the institute.
He was commissioned a captain of
the Third Virginia regiment in the
Spanish American war, later serving
on the staff of Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee. President Wilson named him
minister to Spain in 1918. In the
same year. the American legation in
Madrid was raised to the status of
an embassy, and Mr.. Willard became
the first, American ambassador to
Spain.
Mr.. Willard was we'll known in
Washington, making frequent visits
between this city and New York.
He was a member of the Metro
politan Club. The hotel which bears
his name was operated by him,
through the Virginia Hotel Corpo-
ration.
Mr.. Willard is survived by his
wife and two daughters, Mrs. Ker.
NIT Roosevelt, Of New York city,
and Mrs. Mervyn Herbert, of
Taunton, England.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
GIRL, POISONED,
GIVES D. {.
AS HOME
Catherine Frazier Took BIZ
chloride Of Mercury Tablets.
In Baltimore Hospital.
"He would not meet me-"


Muttering this, pretty twenty.
year-old Catherine Frazier, said to
live at 1919 Eleventh street north
west" is today suffering from the
effects of bfchloride of mercury
poisoning in a Baltimore hospital
Though the girl swallowed three
tablets, doctors say she will re-
cover.
Washington and Baltimore police
are today endeavoring to identify
the young woman, inasmuch as
there is no such address in Wash.
ington given. An empty envelope
bearing the address, 'Mrs. Laura
Frazier, 81S l. street, Cincinnati"
and dollar bill, made up the con.
tents of her pockethook.
Baltimore police report that the
young girl was in the women's
room Of the Camden station. She
suddenly went up to the matron
and told her she had taken the
three bichloride tablets.
An ambulance was summoned
and she was rushed to the Uni
versity of Maryland Hospital. She
was well dressed. The only clue
as to her reason for her act was
the single phrase. which she per-
sisted in repeating.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
DO I H ARE
DE.ADOF
WOUNDS
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told hospital attendants: "Cliff
Shepherd shot me-"
Sheriff Ingomar w. Albaught was
called in and he Immediately went
TO Shepherds home, on West Third
street here. He found Shepherds
coupe parked in front Of the house.
When Sheriff Albaugh entered the
house he found Shepherd lying
on the floor in the parlor. A 45-cali
Der revolver was in his hand. File
was unconscious. Shepherd was
then rushed to the Frederick Hos
-pital where he died shortly after
II o'clock last night without recov
ering consciousness.
Investigation revealed that Miss
Whittier, when she got possession
Of the revolver. fired shot at
Shepherd which hit the mark. 1t
entered under his chin, passed
through the mouth and emerged
on the side of his nose.
Shepherd, his face bleeding pro
fusely and suffering from consider
able loss of blood, rushed to his
home after leaving Miss Whittier
dying in the roadside. He then
entered his own home and fired
the shot into his head which
caused his death.
Girl Died Later.
Miss Whittier died at 2:40 o'clock
this morning. The bullets had en-
tered her chest. Miss Whittier was
the daughter Of John Whittier, the
village blacksmith Of Adamstown.
She was unusually attractive and
was well liked in her home town
when she gained the nickname of
the "Village Pet" because of her
popularity. She bore an excellent
reputation in this town, friends say.
Shepherd is a widower. His
wife and young baby died on the
same day in 1918 from the in
fluenza epidemic.
Shepherd had been friendly with
Miss Whittier for some time and
was a constant caller at her home.
She is said to have liked Shep.
herd, but did not want to marry
him. He met her almost every
day in the florist shop here and
when she finished work in the
afternoon took her home.
Had Two Pistols.
Shepherd. who is employed at the
Palmetto Fiber Brush plant near
here, worked until o'clock last
right. When he quit he took with
him two automatic pistols belong
ing to one of the managers of the
plant. He had the two revolvers
with him when he was taking the
girl home.
The gun with which he shot the
girl and himself was found in his
hand when the police entered Shep-
herds house. The other gun, with
one chamber empty, was found in
his room. 1t was this gun, authori-
ties believe, that Miss Whittier got
possession Of in Shepherds car and
used to shoot him.
Shepherd was a member of one
Of the old families in the city. His
father for years was professor of
mathematics at Frederick College
and later served one term as city
tax collector. His brother, E. Clar-
ence Shepherd, jr., is well known
merchant.
This is said to be the second
suicide in the Shepherd family.
Fifteen years ago, police say, Ran
dolph Shepherd, a younger brother,
committed suicide by taking poison.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
125 ARRESTED
IN LIQUOR
RAIDS
Police Strike Wet Centers in
Rapid Succession-Much
Rum Seized.
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were taken at the home Of William
Handlers, 470O Ninth street north.
west. A large kettle that, police
say, was being used to manufac-
ture wines, and quantity of
liquors Of pre.Volstedian days were
seized.
The raids were the direct result
Of work done in the past ten days
by Asher and Lieut.. 0. T. Davis
and Sergeant McQuade, Of the vice
squad.
Asher, ever-mindful of the value
of Disgusting himself, went about
in a canvass of suspected neighbor-
hoods, in a large Packard.
Used Many DISCUSSES.
He first disguised himself as an
ashman, made a purchase of liquor,
and then went back to his car,
which had the curtains down.
Quickly changing his disguise,
the willy sleuth went from door to
door. Among the DISCUSSES he used
were those Of a book agent, insur-
ance agent and a salesman. Asher
changes his attire in the automo-
bile.
I'm going to make raids late
today that will shake this city," he
declared.
at put on my little full dress.
hobnobbed with the elite of the
town, and found startling facts of
the wholesale use of liquor in the
highest circles. I'm going to get
'em as soon as l get through with
this little stuff" he said.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
NONE To CLAIM
BODY Of BOY
SUICIDE
Police Broadcast All Over
Country FaiIs-Buried in
Potter's Field.

Morgue Master William Schone.
berger today is preparing the body
uit. 80
himself at Union Station, December
81, for burial in Potter's Field
Thursday.
Although the police have broad
cast his description in every city in
the country, they have been unable
to find anyone to lay claim to the
body.
Police described the suicide as
about twenty-five years Of age, five
feet ten inches tall, and weighing
- pounds IT III. t&
He wore dark blue suit, black
shoes, and gray mixed cap.
A label in the cap read; "Ben's
Clothing Shop, Boston, Mass" His
muffler and overcoat were Of brown
mixed material. A laundry mark,
III. S." appeared on a shirt and
handkerchief.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
40 Gallons of ''COrn'
Whiskey Seized by
Men of Two Precincts

Twenty gallons Of corn whiskey
was confiscated in the raids made
by officers of the Sixth precinct
station, which were led by Sergt.
j. E. Thompson and Policeman
N. j. Dowd and c. C. Penn.
A similar quantity Of corn whis-
key was taken in the raids made
by Fourth precinct men under the
leadership of Capt. Ira Sheets and
Lieut.. w. E. Holmes.
Arrests at the fourth precinct
station follow:
Maud Smith, colored, 900 Des.
mond court; illegal possession and
selling.
Hattie Hoes, colored. Oil Des-
mond court; illegal possession and
selling. y
Made Peters. colored, 915 Golden
street southwest; selling.
John Peters, colored, 915 Golden
street southwest; illegal possession
Edith Woody, colored. $50 E
street southwest; selling and illegal
possession.
Calvert Woody, colored. $50 z
street southwest; illegal possession.
James Simpson, colored, 718h
Fays court southwest, Illegal pos
session and selling.
Richard Coleman, 1914 Union
court southwest, illegal possession.
Mary buckley, 315 Virginia ave-
nue. southwest, illegal possession.
Annie Tills, 321h Virginia ave-
nue. southwest, illegal possession
and selling.
Clarence Meade, 922 Third street
southwest, selling and illegal pos.
session.
Cornelius johnson, COS First street
southwest, selling and illegal pos
session.
George Holmes, 227. O'Neils court
southwest. illegal possession.
Louis Gusts Atkins, 1920 Har.
ward street northwest
Arrests at the Sixth precinct sta.
ton follow:
Henry Britt, 10 jackson street
northeast, illegal possession.
Edgar Stafford, 923 Fourth street
northwest, illegal possession.
Harry Beavers. 70 L street north.
east, illegal possession.
+. S. Jenkins, GIG e street north.
west, illegal possession.
Harvey Sinms, 500 Fourth street
northwest, illegal possession.
Those arrested at the Second pre-.
cinct station are:
Sarah Hill, 1904 Fourth street
northwest.
Henry White, Alb Franklin street
northwest.
Rose f. Baker, 1910 Fourth street
northwest.
Blanches Lancaster, ID Naples
street northwest.
Raymond Brown, 1925 Four.and-a-
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
FIVE TRANSFERS MADE
IN DIPLOMATIC SERVICE

Five transfers in the diplomatic
service were announced today at
the State Department.
They are: Henry I. Dockweiler,
third class, from Santo Domingo
to Madrid; Joseph Slack, third class,
from LIE Paz to Santo Domingo;
Frederick F. A. Pearson, third class,
from Prague to Sofia; w. Rockwell
Barker, fourth class, from Belgrade
to Lapaz, and l.. Lanier Winslow,
second class, from Mexico City to
Santiago,
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
NIGHT FIRE DRIVES
FAMILY FROM HOME

LANCASTER, April s. Fire
which started in the basement de.
stroyed the home Of Attorney
Charles L. Miller on Wheatland
avenue just west Of the city. Fire.
men were handicapped by low-water
pressure and the massive interior
walls. Virtually all the costly
furnishings were destroyed.
Mr.. Miller's young daughter de.
tected the ordor Of smoke and
called her parents, but before they
residential section. The loss is es.
timated at $4,000.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
MRS. DU PUY CALLS PEPPER
ASSERTIONS "PIFFLE"
BY International News Service.

The Democratic women Of the
country are thoroughly aroused
over the serious charges brought
against the Republican Administra-
ton by the Congressional invevti-
eating committees. Mrs. William
Atherton Du Puy declared in a
speech before the Rockville branch
of the Women's Democratic Club
OF Montgomery County. Maryland,
yesterday.
Senator Peppers assertion that
the Democrats have aimed at the
Republicans and hit America is
piffle," Mrs. Du Puy declared. 1--WE
have aimed to clean house and are
doing it. Cleaning house is not
mud singing. The investigation
and exposures will cease when the
corruption ceases"
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
DOG. ADOPTS FIVE KITTENS
ORPHANED BY STREET CAR

CHESTER, Pa, April 5.-Mrs.
Harry Bischoff, of Wanamaker ave-
nue., Essington, is the owner Of
prize Eskimo dog that has adopted
litter Of five kittens. The mother
walked across the trolley tracks
ahead of a car shortly after the
quintet was born and left them or
phans.
The dog carries the kittens from
one end of the room to the other,
sees that they are properly fed
and carefully tucks them away in
box when he finds them sleepy.
He sleeps beside them at night, and
resents any interference with their
slumberS,
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
100000 Asked
As BALM FOR
BEAUTY
Helen Jesmer, Stage Star,
Was IrreParabIy Disfigured
in Joy Ride.
By HELEN FOX,
Cosmopolitan News Service.


NEW YORK, April SIS $500 900
fair exchange for rare beauty and
a brilliant theatrical career?
Hardly.
But that amount can at least as.
sure q few luxuries and a life in
come to Helen Jesmer, former
Greenwich Village Follies beauty,
who is hiding in Los Angeles a face
that Is pathetic to gaze upon.
Helen Jesmer's beauty is gone.
A joy ride did it. And now Helen
is asking the supreme court to OBJ.
tain 100000 Of the SIS, 000, 900 for.
tune inherited by Philip Morgan
Plant, co-joyrider and owner of the
car, in which she suffered her ter
Tible injuries.
Five hundred thousand dollars!
Is Helen Jesmer asking too much?
Can it make up to her for the cruel
loss of one beautiful eye? Can 1t
replace the part of her gloriously
luxuriant hair that she has lost
forever? Can 100000 put back into
charming symmetry again her fea-
lures that are now SO grotesquely
awry?
Career Is Gone.
Helen Jesmer was a principal in
the Greenwich WALLACE Follies. And
she was not yet twenty-one. Can
$500,000 make up for the thrilling
career that might have been hers?
These are the questions Miss
Jesmer's attorney will ask the court
Monday when the case is called.
The sum Helen Jesmer asks is
only one-thirteenth of Mr.. Plants
inheritance. Is it too much to ask
for her staggering loss?
The joy ride that ended so tragic
ally for the their budding stage
beauty occurred in 1920. Philip
Plant and several of his friends
were escorting Miss Jesmer from a
Yale University entertainment at
New Haven back to New York.
They were speeding along gaily in
Mr.. Plants large touring car.
1t was early fall-the first day
Of November. The night was
balmy. There were stars and tink.
ling laughter-Helen's laughter.
Then Came Crash.
Then came the crash-into a tree,
dripping with autumn leaves.
Stars, tinkling laughter were shat.
tered into a thousand atoms
Helen Jesmer was a huddled, un.
conscious little figure in the road.
All the joyriders were hurt. But
Helen was a beauty. And beauty
was Helen's great asset in life.
Helen was hurt more seriously
than the others. She was rushed
to the hospital. And surgeons de.
SPARED of saving her life!
A pitiful broken little thing. Did
she want to live?
But whether or no, she does live,
hiding her SCARED face from Broad.
way and its million glittering lights.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
TRYING TO SAVE INVALID
MOTHER, MAN DIES IN FIRE

NORFOLK, Va, April SIN a
vain attempt to save the life Of his
invalid mother asleep in a second
story room of their home on the
Dam Neck Mills Beach, south Of
Virginia Beach, in Princess Anne
county, Clarence Bailey. forty.three,
and his mother, Mrs. Lillian Fiske.
seventy-eight. were both burned to
death early today.
Other members of the family
barely escaped with their lives.
Oscar Woodhouse, a negro living in
the vicinity, made an heroic effort
10 save the mother and son, but
was unable TO reach thenG
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
HUSBAND AND WIFE EACH
ADOPT OTHERS CHILD

PITTSBURGH, Pa, April g.
Arthur w. Parry and his wife pro.
tected their children by each adopt
ing !. the others child. Sounds
strange, but the explanation is that
both were married before and had
child.
The husband and wife explained
that they had been getting along
happily. and that the children were
causing no trouble, but that they
wanted to protect each child by
adoption.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
BOSTON SEEKS
MAN Of MANY
ALIASES
Police Chief Here to Claim &C.
Dundas" on Charges of
Forgery.

The extradition of G.. Dundas,
alias Harry Harris, Lawrence M.
Farrell, William Keough, Travers.
Howard, Durham, Paget, Mcleod.
McKinnon and many others, to
Massachusetts,, is demanded in re-
QUESTION papers presented today to
Chief Justice Mccoy, of the Dis
trict Supreme Court, by Michael j.
Burke, inspector Of police of Bos.
ton, entrusted by Governor Chan.
ming H. Cox, of Massachusetts,,
with the delivery of the extradi-
ton request.
The man Of many alias, who is
over sixty years old. is wanted in
Massachusetts on charges of forg-
ing and uttering travellers checks
in 1913. Since that time "Dundas''
has spent various terms in peni.
tentiaries. Detective Sergeant T. F.
Sweeney, of police headquarters,
is bringing him her from Joliet.
In 1900 and previous to that year,
Dundas, under the name of Law
renee NJ. Farrell, which the police
believe is his right name, had been
prominently known in Western
pugilistic circles. His first bank
swindle was put over in 1908, in
Chicago, and since then he is
charged with continuous career
of crime. 1t is stated by police
that in 1909 he obtained 1900 by
means of forged checks; in 1912,
s2,450; 1918, $500 and $4,000; 1914,
$780,: 1915, $500: 1916. $1,000:
1917 $500. Under the name of
Farrell. he had rented a safe de-
post box in a New York City bank.
which upon examination contained
number of counterfeit drafts,
checks. securities and other papers.
Farrell's principal season of ac-
tivity, the police say, was around
the Christmas holidays.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
RID OF ONE WIFE, CAN'T
GET ANOTHER TOO SOON

HARRISBURG, April 5.-Law-
renee j. Kepner, thirty.one. Steel
ton salesman, obtained a divorce in
the Dauplin county court. He was
among the last to leave the court.
house before it was locked up for
the night.
Today he was the first person
there and obtained license to wed
Miss Martha T.. Kerns, of this city.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
WAR RISK EX-EMPLOYE
GIVEN z YEARS AND FINE

David w. Barrow, former chief Of
the duplicating division Of the War
Risk Bureau, convicted for padding
the payrolls in 1919. was sentenced
yesterday by Justice Siddons, Of the
District Supreme Court, to serve
two years in the penitentiary and
to pay a fine Of $500.
Barrow had been convicted in 1921
and was given a four.year peniten-
tiary sentence without n fine. The
Court of Appeals held that the sen.
tence should also contain a fine.
The corrected sentence followed by
the court reducing imprisonment to
two years.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
IZZY AND MOE START
SPRING CLEANUP, TOO

NEW YORK, April 5.-Disguis Used
as detectives. Izzy Einstein and Moe
Smith, prohibition sleuths, opened
their spring cleanup campaign to.
day by Selling $4,000 worth of
whiskey in a garage.
They represented themselves as
detectives searching for stolen auto
mobiles.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
TWO MINERS DIE
IN POLAND
STRIKE
Many Seriously Injured in
Police Battle With
Strikers.

WARSAW. April 1.-Two striking
coal miners were killed, fourteen
were seriously wounded, and a score
of others slightly hurt in a battle
between strikers and police in the
Sosnowisc district today. The
miners were demonstrating against
a wage reduction at the time.
Several policemen were wounded
with stones.
1t is estimated that so per cent
of the upper Isilesian miners are
idle and the strike is spreading.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
half street southwest.

half street southwest.
Joseph Freeman and Emil krouse,
go E street northwest.
Bertha Shields, 904 New York
avenue northwest.
William Xander, 400 Ninth street
northwest.
Eighth precinct police arrested
the following liquor law violators:
John w. Hunter, 141 Thomas
street southwest.
F. H. Burnett, 1924 Belmont row
southwest.
). T. Holmes, 2139 Fifth street
northwest.
w. A. Washington, 21O9 Eleventh
street southwest.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
THREE BANDITS GET So, 500
CASHIER STARTS TO BANK

DETROIT, Mich, April s.
Three bandits in an automobile
today leveled guns at Archie
Chavey, cashier of the Blue Valley
Creamery, and took $4,000 from
him as he emerged from the com.
pany's offices.
Chavey was taking the money
to a bank.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
30 DAYS for Wife Beater.

A sentence of thirty days in jail
was imposed on Arthur Mason,
colored, said to have been convicted
seven times before on the same
charge, when he WAS found guilty
by Judge Mcmahon today of
assaultihg his wife, Virginia Mason.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
To Draft AngIo-Russ Pact.

LONDON. April 5.-A Russian
delegation will arrive Tuesday to
draft an Anglo-Russian treaty. The
conference probably will open
Thursday.
The Washington times., 1924-04-05
Citizens Federation to Meet.

The Federation Of Citizens As.
sociations meets in the board room
of the Municipal building tonight
at p. m.