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Evening star., 1924-12-05
1-YEAR PRISON TERM
FOR 3 LAWBREAKERS
Sentence of Young Men on Whose
Complaint Third Degree" Meth
DDS Are Under Probe.

Walter z. Bush, Charles II. Clinton
and Frank W. Gardner, young white
men who stole an automobile in Gary.
Ind, and brought it to Washington,
and who were apprehended in an at
tempt to commit housebreaking here.
were sentenced today by Justice Sid
dons in Criminal Division l 10 serve
one year and one day in the peni-
tentiary. The sentence is to begin
at the expiration of a term of one
year in the District jail imposed on
them in the Police Court for the at
tempt at housebreaking.
These are the accusers of the police
of using third degree" methods in
extorting confessions, and the jury
which tried Bush. the other two hay-
ing pleaded guilty, was so impressed
with the evidence that through its
foreman. John Ihlder of the United
States Chamber of Commerce. recon-
mended to the court a judicial in
quiry into police methods. Justice
Siddons, following the suggestion OF
the foreman. asked the grand jury
to investigate the charges of alleged
brutality of the police, and the in
quiry is now in progress.
Outside of the alleged confession,
the court said, there was sufficient
evidence to convict Bush.
Evening star., 1924-12-05
HANOVER BUTCHER
IS ANXIOUS TO DIE
ConfesSing Murder of ID,
Wants to Be Dead Before
Christmas.
By the Associated Press.

by tne AsSOclateO HreSs.
HANOVER, Germany. December s.
Il want to be dead before Christmas"
is the insistent demand of Fritz Haar-
mann the Hanover butcher, whose
trial for the murder of 81 young men
since 1918 opened here yesterday.
Haarmann, who at the time of his
arrest gloated over the murders he
had committed, now acts like a man
violently insane. jumping about. ex-
citedly tearing his hair, and suddenly
breaking off in the middle of SEN
tences, apparently losing continuity
of thought. He stubbornly declines
suggestions from the court that he
retire for a while and try to calm
himself. He insists upon having the
trial hurried along
Haarmann confesses to the murder
of II of those he is accused of slay-
ing. but agrees with suggestions that
his victims may have exceeded this
number. He admits cutting up the
bodies and disposing of them, a task
which he says usually took him two
days, but denies selling the flesh as
animal meat.
References to his late father in
variably provoked outbursts from the
prisoner.
my last word before being behead-
ed will be a curse upon my father"
he cried on one occasion.
Haarmann's alleged chief helper
Hans Grams, denies all the charges of
completely in the crimes. One hun
dred and ninety witnesses will be
summoned in the course OF the trial,
1t Is forecast.
Evening star., 1924-12-05
CO-EDLOSESF|GHT
AGAINST N. i. HEAD
Court of Appeals Decides Dr..
Woods Right in Refusing
Reinstatement.
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd, December S.
Miss Vivian Simpson, Maryland Uni
versity coed, who obtained a man
damus to President A. F. Woods of
the Maryland University to reinstate
her, following a dispute over her ex-
pulsion and questions of discipline,
lost out last night when President
Woods appeal was decided by the
Maryland Court of Appeals in his
favor.
Miss Simpson had charged irregu-
larities among the faculty of the
university, and It was the universi-
tvs contention that she stirred up
trouble, refusing to tell what stu
dents were responsible for deroga-
tory articles appearing in a Wash
ington newspaper. At the trial of
the mandamus case last March she
testified that she had prot tested
against conditions in the dormitories.
where her sleeping quarters were
separated from those OF a freshman
and his wife only by thin partition
that did not reach the ceiling. The
girl was accused of breaking rules
of the institution.
Evening star., 1924-12-05
S. R. WARREN DIES AT 90:
VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR

Samuel Reed Warren, 80 years old,
who witnessed the inauguration of all
Presidents from Grant to Wilson, and
who was long employed in Govern
ment service, died at Sibley Hospital
yesterday. Mr.. Warren was a vet
eran of the Civil War.
Born at Wardsboro, VT, April 4,
1884, Mr.. Warren was the son of the
late DR.. John Parker Warren, q well
known Brattlesboro physician. Mr.
Warren was graduated from Yale
University, in the class of 1850, and
at the time of his death was the old
est surviving member of the class.
Due to close application to his studies
he lost the sight of one eye while
at college, but nevertheless served
in the commissary department dur
ing the Civil War. He was for some
time stationed at New Orleans under
Gen. Banks.
After the war Mr.. Warren studied
law, was admitted to the bar and
for a short time practiced law In
New York. Later he came to WASH
ington and practiced.
Soon after coming to this city he
gave up the law and entered employ
ment Of the Government In the Bu-
reau of Education. In 1875 he was
editor-in-chief of what was then consid-
cred an elaborate volume, issued by the
Board of Education, on Public Id
braries" His last employment WAS
in the Pension Bureau, from which he
retired several years ago.
Mr.. Warren was a member of the
Cosmos Club from 1880 to 1912.
Burial will be in Brattlesboro.
Evening star., 1924-12-05
MLEARy S[AYERS
ARE ELECTROCUTED
King and HarrelI Die Calmly.
Killed Army Officer En-
Route From Capital.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA. S. c., December g.
Mortimer n. King of Canton, n. c.,
and Frank Harrell of Union County,
S: c., were electrocuted at the State
penientiary here shortly after 6
o'clock this morning for the murder
Of Maj. Samuel II. McLeary just off
the Raleigh Columbia highway on
July 2, last. McLearly was en- route TO
Washington, ID. G..
Both had previously confessed to
having formed the plot to rob a pass
ing tourist, which resulted in the
death of the major after he had
given them n ride in his automobile.
Although King had confessed to
having fred the fatal shots, Harrell
was the first to be led into the death
chamber, being electrocuted at 6:22
am. King was seated in the chair
and the current was turned on about
Is minutes later.
Strapped successfully in the chair
each of the condemned men substan-
tiated his confession to the robbery,
although Harrell maintained that his
completely did not warrant his being
given the death penalty.
Trusts in Divine Mercy.
The death warrant was read at $50
o'clock by the captain of the prison
guard. Harrell was led into the death
chamber at 6:15 and asked to make
his final statement. Reaffirming his
trust In Divine mercy, he said;
I've beat a lot of people out of
money, lot Of cotton mills, but ]
want to tell you one thing, l have
had as good a mother and father as
any of you. I realize I have sinned,
but l have not done enough to place
me where 1 am today"
At 6:22 am. the current of 1900
volts I3 amperes was turned on for
the space of one minute and four min
utes ten seconds later he was pro-
nounced dead by three prison physi-
clans.
King was led in shortly afterward
and strapped in the chair.
I'm very sorry to have to sit down
this way this morning before you
people," he declared In clear, even
tones. Il realize my sins have
brought me to this place, but It can't
be helped now"
He asked the blessing of God on all
gathered in the room and told one of
the spectators to tell all the boys to
do right"
The current was turned on at 6:3S
o'clock for the space of one minute
and four minutes later he was dead.
Evening star., 1924-12-05
AUTO|ST HITS BOY
THEN SPEEDS AWAY
Police Are Searching for
Driver Who Ran Down
Ralph V. BeaII.

Police last night added another
machine to the list of those wanted
because their drivers failed to stop
after accidents when Ralph V. Beall
10 years old, of 627 Q street was
Knocked down by a small sedan on
y street near Sixth street The
boy was riding a bicycle on Sixth
street when the automobile turned
south on Sixth street from Q street
and crashed into him. He sustained
a dislocated shoulder and cuts about
the legs. The injuries, 1t was said
at Emergency Hospital, where he was
treated, were not serious The auto
mobile which injured him sped away.
Mary Nolan, 81, of 1928 Eighth
street was knocked down while cross
Ing N street between Seventh and
Eighth streets, last night by a bicy-
Gle ridden by Edwin Davis OF 1923
First street. She was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital for treatment of la
cerations of the scalp, which are not
regarded as serious wounds
An automobile, the driver of
which failed to make his identity
known afterward, collided with a ma
chine operated by John A. Dulaney Of
1924 Duncan street northeast, at Sec
ond and K streets northeast, yester-
day afternoon. Both automobiles
were damaged. No one was hurt.
Evening star., 1924-12-05
; 3COMMUN|STS DIE
IN Pitched BATTLE
Police Wounded in Siege at
House Where Participants
of Outbreak Hid.
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
REVAL, Esthonia, December s.
Three communists, including ex-
deputy Somerling of the Esthonian
parliament, were killed and three po-
licemen wounded during night long
siege by the police at a house in
which participants of the recent COM
munistic outbreak had taken refuge.
The house was surrounded last night
and firing by both sides lasted until
daybreak, when the police effected an
entrance.
The state funeral held TO-DAY for
the victims of last Mondays Com
Inunist rising was made the occasion
for an impressive display of mourn
ing. All the government departments
and private shops were closed, and
enormous crowds lined the route over
which the cortege passed.
Relief for Families.
Subscriptions for the relief of the
families of the victims, which are
coming largely from commercial
firms, already have reached 100000
Esthonian marks.
All the foreign diplomatic repre-
sentatives here, except the Russian
have expressed official condolences to
the government on the death Of NJ.
Xark, minister of communications,
who was killed in the uprising.
Reports of disorders in the Narva
and Petchura districts and that the
Esthonian army had been modified
on the Russian frontier were officially
denied today.
Evening star., 1924-12-05

available man in DR.. Jardine. Secre-
tary James Wilson of Iowa, who held
the record for length of service in
Presidents cabinet, was at one time
professor in the Iowa State Agricul-
tural College prior to his appoint
ment as Secretary of Agriculture.
DR.. Jardine is described as a man
of great firmness and an able execu-
tive.
1t is probable that the Kansas dele
cation will be guided largely by the
attitude of Senator Curtis in this
matter Of the Endorsement of a can
didate for the Office Of Secretary of
Agriculture, and that the members
will sink their individual opinions in
the general cause of obtaining this
honor for their state. Kansas is
strongly Republican, and in the last
election gave the President an over
whelming vote. 1t is felt that the
State should be recognized when II
comes to the selection of a Secretary
of Agriculture.
Iowa Has Post Longest.
The Department of Agriculture was
created almost 36 years ago, and the
first Secretary of Agriculture, ap-
pointed February 13, 1889, by Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland, was Norman
men have held the Office of Secretary
of Agriculture up to the appointment
of Secretary Gore. OF the seven, two
were appointed from Missouri, one
from Wisconsin, one from Nebraska
and three from Iowa.
In fact, Iowa has been represented
in the cabinet through the office OF
Secretary Of Agriculture for the ma
jor part Of the history of that De-
partment. Mr.. Wilson, appointed first
by President Mckinley, served under
Roosevelt and Taft also. The other
two Secretaries from Iowa were f. T.
Meredith, appointed by President Will
son, in 1920, and Henry C. Wallace,
appointed by President Harding.
Gore Is Confirmed.
The Senate yesterday afternoon
confirmed the nomination of Secretary
Gore. Secretary Gore had served as
Assistant Secretary and his appoint
ment to serve until he enters the gu
bernatorial office in West Virginia
next March, is intended, 1t is said, to
give the President opportunity to look
around and pick the man he desires
for the place.
Former Gov. J. M. Carey of wyo-
ming, chairman of the agricultural
conference, 1t Is understood, also is
being considered with close attention
for the position of Secretary of Agri-
culture. Others whose names are be-
fore the President with some show of
favor, it is said, include former AS
sistant Secretary of Agriculture Pugs-
ley and ]. H. Taber, master of the
National Grange. Mr.. Taber is from
Ohio.
Evening star., 1924-12-05
GAS TAX is ASSURING PROGRESS
IN PAYING HERE, ENGINEER SAYS
Hunt Cites Actual Cut Of $5OO,OOO in amount Al
Io,oed in Budget-Lery on Fuel Estimated
at S725,OOO by Officials.

Although the new District estimates
for street and road work are $500, 900
less than current appropriations, C.
b. Hunt, engineer of highways, is
optimistic over the outlook, declaring
that the new budget means progress
in improving the highway system
despite the reduction in the total
amount allowed
The progress, however, will come
largely from the gasoline tax fund
paid direct by automobile users, since
more than half of the cut in the new
estimates was taken from the item
or street improvements chargeable to
general taxation.
IN the current approximation act
there is $605,000 for street improve
rnehts, which means the paving of
new streets. The estimates just sent
forward provide only 100000 for
that purpose. This does not mean
that the Bureau of the Budget cut
tnts particular paving item in half
here Is what happened:
Stable Site Refused.
Ihe highway division has been no.
uhed 10 Vacate the property II now
uses Tor stables and repair shops on
Cahai street, which has been ac-
auired for the Botanic Garden.
tealiZlhg that they must move soon,
the commissioners themselves cut
the new street paving estimates from
$6o5.OO0 to 100000 and asked that
the other 100000 be allowed to buy
land and build new stables. The
budget Bureau disallowed the build
ing project, which had the effect of
reducing the highway departments
total allotment
The remaining 100000 cut in the
new estimates came from the gaso-
line tax fund. In the current act the
gax tax fund was placed at $925,00o.
collections thus far, however, led
city officials to believe that was too
high, and in the new budget they
have only figured on collecting s725,-
600 from that source.
In one other respect the Budget
Bureau was more liberal to the high
way department than the current ap-
propriation by Congress.
The item for upkeep OF suburban
roads is 100000 in the new budget,
as compared with S275,0 in the cur
rent act. This is more than the city
ever has had for this work, which
covers the maintenance of miles of
macadam roadways in the outlying
sections.
The gasoline tax has put us on our
feet" said Engineer Hunt today, dis
cussing the street paving situation.
Evening star., 1924-12-05

The part the gasoline tax has play
ed in enabling the District to catch
up on delayed street work Is obvious
when the new estimates are compared
with the appropriations for the years
preceding the imposition of the tax
on motor fuel.
In uhe fiscal year ended last July,
for example, total appropriations for
all kinds of street work were $1,783,-
300. The new estimates aggregate
S2,335,000 This is an increase of
$551,7oo If the $725,000 gas tax esi-
mate Is excluded from the new bud
get, however, the total recommended
would be only $1,610,000.
Taking the new estimates for street
work rs a whole, Mr.. Hunt feels that
they are most satisfactory as COM
pared with past years.
Has Eight Appropriations.
The highway division has eight
different appropriations. The follow
ing is a comparison of how each esti-
mate for next year compares with
current funds:
For assessment and permit work,
which covers the paving of alleys
and sidewalks, 100000 in the cur
rent law and 100000 recommended
for next year.
For paving roadways under the
permit system, $4,000 now appropri-
ated and the same amount recon-
mended for next year
For grading, $4,000 now appro-
priated and the same sum recon-
mended
Repairs to streets, 100000 now
available and the same amount
recommended for next year. OF this
appropriation about 100000 is used
for general maintenance of exist
Ing surfaces and the remaining $780,
600 is devoted to the complete re-
paving of wornout asphalt streets.
$4,000 for Sidewalks.
For paving sidewalks around Gov
ernment buildings. $4,000 appropri-
ated now and the same amount esti-
mated for.
For new street improvements, $685.
600 appropriated now, but only $780,
600 asked for in the new estimates.
This cut was due to the request for
100000 for the purchase of ground
and the erection of stables and a
repair shop for the highway division.
Repairs to suburban roads. $275,-
600 now appropriated, and $500, 900
recommended for next year.
Gasoline ia xcollections. used for
new street paving, s925,0 author
ICED for this year, reduced to $725,-
600 for the next year.
Evening star., 1924-12-05

sioners believe should be given priority
are:
To establish a Board of Public We'll
fare in the District government in which
would be consolidated the activities now
performed by different city agencies.
To regulate the possession, sale and
use of deadly weapons as a means of
preventing serious crimes.
The bill providing for the elimina
ton of certain grade crossings of
steam railroads in the District. There
are only a few such danger points
remaining in Washington, and this
bill contemplates their gradual elm
iation.
To amend the tax and license laws
fixing the fees paid by various classes
of business for their annual license
To prevent fraud in securities of
fered for sale.
To amend the law relating to taxa
tion on banks.
The bill adding two more members
to the Public Utilities Commission.
4 bill to authorize the Commits
sioners to close certain streets
rendered useless by reason Of the
opening and widening of other
streets in accordance with the high
way plan.
The bill to authorize the widening
of Fourth street south of Cedar
street northwest.
Evening star., 1924-12-05
DIES OF FOOT BALL HURT,

MONTCLAIR, n. J., December s.
Alan Fitch, II, Montclair High School
foot ball player, died last night as
the result of a compound fracture of
the left leg which he received while
making flying tackle in a game
with East Orange High on Novem-
ber 1.
Blood TRANSMISSION was resorted to,
but Infection is believed to have set
in, causing his condition to become
serious. He was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Douglas Fitch.
Evening star., 1924-12-05
Slept With 8 Guns
Under His PiUOiU;
arrest FOlIOaUS

The first arrest since the recent
Chinese tong agitation here came
today when detectives took into
custody Lee Ching, 25, who slept
last night with three .3S-caliber
revolvers uader his pillow.
Detectives Kelly, Scrivener.
Sweeney, Waldron, Cullinane and
O'Dea, who have been watching de-
yelopments in the Chinese quarter
since the truce ended a short time
ago in New York, made the arrest
and seized the revolvers.
Ching said he belonged to no
tong. He came here from San
Francisco. He IS being held for
immigration authorities.
Inspector c. l.. Grant stated that
the move was mere precautionary
measure, made with the intent of
nipping any indication of potential
trouble in Washington's Chinatown
in the bud.
Evening star., 1924-12-05
CITES NEEDS OF NAVY.

Immediate construction of % light
cruisers and of $4,000 tons of fleet
submarines is necessary to maintain in
the American fleet at its treaty ratio.
the Navy Leag que declared, in a state
ment placed in the Congressional Rec
ord yesterday by Senator McKellar.
Democrat, Tennessee
The statement quoted Secretary
Wilburs annual report to the effect
that only II of the Is battleships al
lowed the United States under the
Washington arms conference agree
ments were fit for service, and 13 of
the Is are seriously unsafe" for op-
Grafton because of accommodating de
terioration."
Evening star., 1924-12-05
COUPLE FOUND SLAIN
IN AUTO BY ROADSIDE
Police Believe Widower Killed
Wife of Dairyman and Shot Self.
Both Leave Several Children.
y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ROCK HILL S. c., December s.
The dead bodies Of Mrs. Frank Simp-
son. 2S. and J. T. Cornwell, "a, were
found in an automobile parked on
a highway about two miles from
Rock Hill. The woman was shot
through the body and CornweH, in
whose hand a revolver was found,
had a wound through his head.
Authorities expressed the opinion
that 1t was a case of murder and
suicide.
Mrs. Simpson Is survived by her
husband, who operates a dairy in
the Ogden community of Rock Hill,
and several small children. Corn
well, a bookkeeper, was a widower,
but he left two young children and
his mother. with whom he had been
living.
Evening star., 1924-12-05

nection of stations by which a single
voice may be broadcast from all parts
of the United States. This inter-
connection has been most successfully
carried out by the use of the wire
system between broadcasting sta
tions, but other methods of intercon-
nection are in use and process of de-
velopment. 1t is difficult to see as
yet what the public implications of
interconnection will be-
During the past year there have
been discoveries in the use of higher
power and larger areas of broadcast
ng, which may result In single sta
tfon being able to cover a large por-
tion, If not all, of the country. This
raises questions of the rights of local
stations and the rights of local lis
teners.
Still another development has been
the fact that 1t has been found pos
sible by indirect advertising to turn
broadcasting to highly profitable use.
III this were mfsused we would be
confronted with the fact that service
more advantageous to listeners would
be crowded out for advertising pur-
poses.
Because Of this situation there ts
growing up demand for the limita-
ton OF the number of stations in a
given area, and that such a Limitation
would be based on the service needs
of the community, Just as public utili-
ties are generally limited by the rules
or public convenience and. necessity.
Again this enters dangerous field of
recognizing monopoly and implied
censorship"
Stations May Decrease.
"On the other hand, we may be
In a rush to broadcasting which may
in time die down and the number of
stations may decrease. AIternatively
Improvement in the art may increase
the number Of available wave lengths
and no priorities need then be con-
templated.
We may have to come to the con-
clusion that many station owners
must be considered as having aban-
doned the field of private enterprise
and entered that of public service.
In view OF these changes We NAV
have to reconsider the regulation of
the whole art from the point of view
of the listener.
The public interest in radio
broadcasting is rapidly widening. 1t
is rapidly becoming a necessity and
our people rightly feel that since the
public medium of the ether is used
to reach them, they have direct and
justifiable interest in the manner in
which it is conducted"
Evening star., 1924-12-05
Wife Charges Desertion.

Suit for limited divorce and alimony
was filed today by Mrs. Adrienne H.
Walker against Richard J. Walker, who
is said to be railroad manager earning
$3.50 per month. Mrs. Walker charges
that the defendant deserted her and
their child in 1917 and has not con-
tributed to their support since April L,
1920. They were married at Johnson
City, Tenn, March 29. 1911. Attorney
Foster Wood appears for the wife.