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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-07-02
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Harry Heyn0Ids. the /. ~. ID.
boss pro tenn busted ~ thlu q.
IA. with the remark, Mrs. =. B0r.
Den Harrinlan has 3 GOOD one a
her story today. She saye, Llio
convention II naOfo eopOrlklo To.
day than ever before.
Speaking Tor lslyeslk, Z. wise
cracked Mr. Reynolds, - may not
know what the word means, but
III bet it'll Keep me awake TO-
night until ! do
we are profoundly sorry 10
hear that Captain Roaid Aknund-
zen has abandoned his polar
cruise. We had decided % 70
the rest ct the boys one better
and 50 to d real summer resort
with the expedition.
II was ) happy little rcup in
the WCAP studio last night, al
with pencils ana paper, checking
UP the convention returns. II
WAs especially happy Wlaen ].
Harry Cunningham came III and
later Jim Lloyd, the able barflster
ana educator, with some visitors
whom We shall EacettOusly call
visiting 1ireaneTa.
10 our list Ok persons % Be
exterIninatod we have addod the
man who reads aloud tho results
of the last ballot ID the the new
Ole 81 coming m. and ends each
ver4ficakion with mo change. Z
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
FARMER PARTY
|. RED AYERS
I GOMPERS
A. F. of 1. Chief Warns Labor
Unions to Shun St. Paul
Convention

Following up Senator Robert
M. La Follette's denunciation of
the "Farmer-Labor- Progressive"
convention to be held at st. Paul
June 7, the American Federation
OF Labor today warned trade
unionists throughout the country
to have nothing to do with the
convention.
The warning was signed by
Samuel Gompers, who said that
he had evidence that the conven-
ton would be controlled "by in
ternatiopal communists fro IN
Moscow"
Keep Away, He Urges.
American labor has given nc
support to the st. Paul convention.
said Gompers. THE executive off
GERS of the National Farraer-Labol
party, realizing the danger Of the
situation have called upon all pro
gressive farmers and trade union
lists to abandon the Farmer Labor
Party for the time being and tc
support by every honorable means
the laws, principles and policies Of
the American Federation of Labor
Non-Partisan Political campaign
Shun it (the convention) as yol
would and should shun a band Of
political pirates"
Compers charged that the st
Paul convention was a "plot Il
trick you into injuring the labor
movement and undermining our ma
tional institutions"
There was no reference in thu
Gompers communication to Senator
LaFollette's letter: of yesterday, bu
one followed SO closely upon thu
heels of the other that concerted
action against the convention wa!
apparent
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
Il KILLED IN
OKLAHOMA
CYCLONE
About 100 Persons Injured
and Big Property Damage
Reported

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, May
29.-The death toll stood at eleven
today in the cyclone which swept
through certain sections OF Okla.
homa late yesterday.
According to reports received
here, Wetumka was struck the
worst blow Of any of the towns In
which the storm passed. Nine per
sons were known dead at that little
town. which is twenty miles from
Holdenville.
Two persons lost their lives at
Warner, fifteen miles south OF
Muskogee, further reports said.
About 100 persons were injured,
OF which from twenty to thirty are
in a serious condition. Doctors
from Holdenville and Okemuh were
ordered there this morning.
The Wetumka dead:
j. L. Ramsey, cashier National
Bank; w. r. Armstrong, retired
farmer. his wife and baby.
S. A. Woodruff, and his wife, In
FAINT child of Edward Cole, and two
unidentified persons.
The Warner dead are:
William Winklepeck, farmer, and
Madge Ward.
The fierce wind travelled directly
through Wetumka's residential sec.
ton, wipipg out several blocks Of
homes. The damage there alone
was conservatively estimated at
500 900.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
WHEN
VERDICT IS
GIVEN
Jury Out About 13 Hours.
Slayer Bitterly Denounces
Prosecutor

NEW YORK, May e. Harry
L: Hoffman, middle-aged motion
picture machine operator, tried
for the staying of Mrs. Maude A.
Bauer, was found guilty of muir
der in the second degree this
morning. Hoffman was sentenced
to from twenty years to life in
prison.
The jury was out twelve and
one-half hours.
Staying March IS.
Mrs. Bauer, mother of two chill
dren, was killed in a lonely Staten
Island road March. rs, last, after
she had accepted a lift" from a
passing motorist. Her automobile.
mother had been riding had stalled
and Mrs. Bauer was in search Of
garage when she met the man
in the machine who killed her.
Hoffman waived the usual stay
Herman Immediately sent him to
prison.
Hoffman COllapSes.
When the verdict, guilty Of muir.
der in the second degree" was
announced, Hoffman's face fell. He
teetered forward on his toes. He
involuntarily stretched out a hand
as though to support himself. Then
he collapsed in a chair.
Hoffman buried his face in his
hands and his frame shook with a
convulsive sob.
His lawyer, Alfred v. Norton,
quickly crossed the room to him
and dropped a sympathetic hand on
his shoulder.
Pulls Himself Together.
After a moment or two, Hoffman
pulled himself together and Iose
from the chair. The two men went
to one side of the court room and
held a whispered conference, the
lawyer talking earnestly.
Norton then turned to the court.
"My. client valves the usual stay
Of sentence and is ready to receive
his sentence" he said.
Judge Herman then pronounced
sentence.
Hoffman Bitter.
Hoffman's pent up emotions found
verbal expression when he was led
out of the court building to the
prison van.
Now you and you lying wit.
nesses," he shrieked Historically at,
District Attorney Each, "can divide
up the reward. 1 am innocent and
you know it,"
Hoffman did not speak as he rode
in the prison van back to his cell.
Once in his cell, Hoffman dropped
to the bunk, buried his face in the
palms Of his hands and wept bitter.
", according to the keeper.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29

Bishop roWnAsks to Quiz ClergyonU northodoxy
Bridegroom TO Be,
Who Was Kidnapped,
Is Returning

PITTSBURGH, May o.
Love triumphed over all OBJ
stacles today when Frank Mil
Ter, twenty-three, telephoned
his fiancee, Miss Ida Jones,
twenty-one that he was return
ing here on the next train from
Wheeling for their marriage
which was stopped yesterday,
Miller said, when three men
beat him into Inconsistencies
and then drove to the West
Virginia city in his automobile.
Miller .telephoned his BRIDE
to-be today, declaring he met
the three men yesterday when
on his way to meet her. After
he had taken them into his ma
chine in answer to their re-
quest for a lift, Miller said
the trio had slugged him. He
awoke early this morning in a
small hotel at Wheeling. He
remembered family a terrific
crash during the night and be-
lieves the car was wrecked
near Wheeling.
The marriage will take place
Immediately after Miller ar
rives here, Miss Jones said.
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Nv WILLIAM HARD.

Does he say nothing because he
has nothing to say? Does he sit
and think or does he just sit? If
he thinks; what is it about? Is he
so deep that it won't come up or so
empty that it isn't there? Is he
the wisest man that ever lived? Or
is he the perfect vacuum? Which?
And how do you tell? :,
Thus Calvin Coolidge's fellow
citizens seem to while away their
political evening hours. Learning
mah.jongg and solving Coolidge;
those sometimes seem to be Amer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
T|NNEY IS
FREED ON
Wife of Comedian Puts Up
$4,000 for Release Pending
Charge of Actress

BY International News Service.
NEW YORK, May 29.--The
laughter died and the smile faded
from Frank Tinney's face when he
was held in $4,000 bail today on
a charge of feloniously attacking
Imogene Wilson, twenty-one-year-
old "Follies" girl, who said she
was in love with the famous mar
ried comedian.
Wife Furnishes Bail.
Mrs. Tinney, who threatened to
divorce him in 1921 but changed
her mind, furnished the bail money.
The comedian said his wife had
him thrown out of her automobile
on Broadway Tuesday after the
city was stirred with reports of a
party at Miss. Wilson's apartment,
during which she made an alleged
effort to commit suicide over a
break with Tinney.
The alleged attack was subse-
quent to the Suicide party"
Miss Wilson was not in court.
Her attorney said she was not able
to appear because Of injuries. He
said she would be there Saturday,
when the case is tried.
II don't think she'll appear
against me-" Tinney said. "She is
not as sick as she pretends."
T1nney denied attacking the Fol.
lies beauty former st. Joseph.
Mo-, convent girl.
IT don't feel like the Diamond
brothers Obank bandits under SEN
tence Of death for murder) or Hoff.
man convicted today of killing a
woman, and had no intention of
going to Europe over this affair." -
! the comedian said.
Mrs. Tinney was in court when
her husband was arraigned. She
Is the former Edna Davenport
musical comedy star. She said she
felt sorry for Miss Wilson.
Says He's Not Worried.
Mrs. Tinney said she had not de-
vised any punishmenb for her hus
II think he's getting punish,
ment enough" she said.
T1nney joked with the nolicennan
before the arrangement and seemed
to be enjoying himself.
He looked glum when Edward
V. Frederick, Miss Wilson's at
torney denounced him and asked
the court to fix bail high.
This man has left a trail III
manned women behind him." Brod
erick declared. His latest vic
tim is too Ill to appear today an6
would like postponement."
Judge Henry Goodman set the
hearing for Saturday. Toward the
end of the hearing Tinney bright
ened considerably.
She will not appear" he said
confidently. Nobody ever an
will"
| The comedian and his wife left
together.
Tinney was arrested at his sum.
mer home at Baldwin, N. Y, and
held in the Nassau county jail un.
| til Manhattan police arrived.
Detectives had been searching for
Tinney since late yesterday when a
warrant was issued for his arrest
In her complaint Miss Wilson
alleged Tinney came to her apart.
ment Tuesday evening, threw her
on the floor, beat her and pulled
her hair out by the roots.
Brutal, Says Doctor
''The girl has all the appeara noes
Of having been struck by an auto.
mobile" said Doctor Jerome Wae.
ner, who examined her injuries
1T was most brutal attack"
Miss Wilson said Tinney told her
his wife was going to California 10
get a divorce, after which he would
marry her.
II loved him like many other little
fools" abe said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
A ACCUSE
MELLON
BANKS
''Worst BootIeggers" in U. S.,
Is Charge Made by Means
to Senate Investigators

The big banking interests of
Pennsylvania, including those in
which Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon is connected, were described
today as the biggest bootleggers
in America" by CASTOR B. Means,
former Department of Justice
agent, testifying before the
Wheeler Brookhart committee.
Means said his statements were
based upon an investigation of the
"Guggenheim liquor case"
81 got in touch with a lawyer,
Oscar Cummings, of Johnstown,
Pa. Means said. "He knew of a
plot to release thousands of gallons
Of whiskey from the Guggenheim
distillery on forged permits"
Means produced letter written
by Cummins to former Attorney
General Harry Daugherty, telling
of the "plot," and involving pro-
hibition enforcement officers.
Found $1,5OO,OOO Worth.
ION the strength of CUMMINGS
story, we sent to Pittsburgh and
got the forged permits" Means
testified. There was $1,50O,0OO
worth Of liquor drawn from the
distillery on forged permits"
Means said he made daily reports
to William j. Burns, then chief OF
the Bureau. Of Investigation, Assist.
ant Attorney General Mabel Walker
Willebrandt and Assistant Attorney
General John w. H. Grim. He got
valuable papers, Means said, for
which offers OF $4,000 were, made
on several occasions by persons
who wished to get them back
Means did not say who made the
offers.
IT kept on asking for more in.
formation" Means said. 1.-THE
evidence went way up"
'If you'll investigate you'll find
that Secretary Mellon knows more
about the liquor situation than any
other man.
':His banks were interested, too
The big banks were the big boot
leggers and the dady of them all
were the Mellon string.
Investigated for Harding.
Senator Wheeler D) of Montana
began questioning Means about
large sums of money which he pre-.
viously testified he mad turned over
to the late Jesse Smith, close per.
sonal friend and alleged bumper
of former Attorney General Harry
M. Daugherty.
Means explained that after leav.
ing the Department of Justice in
August, 1922, he began an investi
cation of prohibition enforcement
for Jesse Smith, who was acting
upon the orders of the late Presi
dent Harding.
President Harding was alarmed
at the breakdown Of prohibition, y
Means said.
Ibid you investigate oil matters
also?" asked Wheeler.
YES"
Means explained that in January
1922, Richard Cole, "a free lance oil
man." gave q dinner at local
hotel which was attended by sew.
eral Senators and William J. Burns
formerly chief Of the Bureau of In
yestigation Of the Department OF
Justice.
Cole was associated with the Ma.
tional. Association for the Protection
OF American Rights in Mexico, 3
propaganda organization" Means
said.
1.-THE organization was to fornent
revolutions FIN Mexico, II necessary,
to protect oil lands Of Americans"
Means added.
Edward l.. Doheny, president Of
.nN.antinuad on Page 2. Column A.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
PAUL CAMBoN, FAMOUS
DIPLOMAT DIES IN PARIS

PARIS. May 29.--Paul Canbon,
French ambassador to England
from 1898 to 1920, died today aged
eighty-one.
He was one of the foremost men,
bers of the French diplomatic serv.
ice having held posts at Madrid
and Constantinople.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29

ica's present most intensive mental
pastimes.
Now in order to solve man II
may be that the best method is to
begin from his merely outward be.
havior. Then, from clues which
that behavior may yield. it may he
possible to work back toward some
conclusions or suspicious - about
his inward nature. This method
will be followed in these articles,
That Coolidge il genuinely physic.
ally reluctant to reveal his inward
nature il apparent to anybody who
Continued On Page 8. column q
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
THREE ARE KILLED IN
HEAD ON COLLISION

EMORY GAP, Tenn, May 20
Three men were killed in a head.on
collision between a Southern Rail.
way passenger train and a freight
train here today.
The engineer, fireman and brake.
man on the passenger were killed.
First reports did not disclose what
passenger train was involved, or
whether any passengers were hurt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
WANTS 100
PRE.LATES
TO. GIVE
VIEWS
Has Long List Of Questions 70
Put on Interpretation Of
Biblical Tales
By GEORGE r. HOLMES.
international News Service.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, May 90
Bishop William Montgomery
Brown, the white-haired church
man who is being tried for the
ancient crime of heresy before .
jury of eight Episcopal bishops
here, made a vigorous effort to-
day to put the bishops Of the
Protestant Episcopal church on
record as to their literal belief
in the Scriptures.
Receives Communion.
Bishop Brown took communion
today - Ascension Day with his
brother bishops, who are also his
judges, in Trinity Cathedral. before
the opening of court.
81 have not left the church." he
said. Il love its ritual, its symbol
ism, what it stands forever though
1 cannot believe all Of the Scrip
lures literally"
Through his counsel the sixty.
nine-year-old "heritic" filed an affi.
davit with the trial court, request
ing that more than a hundred OF
the Heterogeneous of the church
be summoned to Cleveland as wit
nesses for the defense, or, If that
is not possible, to have them give
their views on fundamentalism and
modernism through the medium OF
an elaborate QUESTIONABLE, based on
both Old and New Ttestaments.
Bishop Brown said in his affidavit
that by their testimony he expected
to prove that "heresy" in varying
degrees is rampant throughout the
church, in that few present day
divines accept literally the mar.
velous stories Of the Bible, and
that the doctrine Of the church does
not compel a bishop or a counmuni~
cant to believe literally that God
made woman out Of Adams rib.
Questions Of Faith.
The effort to put his brother"
bishops on record is the crux Of
Bishop Browns defense against the
heresy charges brought against him.
His QUESTIONABLE contains such
questions as:
do you believe:
THAT God made the world in dix
days and rested on the seventh?
THAT Eve was made of Adams
rib as he slept?
THAT the serpent talked with
Eve about forbidden fruit?
THAT Adam lived $50 years and
Methusaleh $50?
Noah and His Ark.
THAT God told Noah to build the
ark?
THAT only Noah and those with
him survived the flood?
That there were three sons of
Noah, and of them the whole
earth has been overspread?
That God did eat when Abraham
set before him butter, milk and a
dressed calf?
THAT Lots wife, looking back,
became a pillar Of salt?
That when Moses stretched out
his hand God drowned the Egyp-
tians?
THAT God ordered the sons of
Levi to STAY every man, his brother,
companion and neighbor?
That God caused Balaam's ass
to speak?
Queries on Gospels
That Jesus is literally and car.
nally the Son of God?
That Jesus walked on the water?
That Jesus turned water into
wine?
THAT Peter restored life to Dor.
cas-. who had died?"
TheSe are only a few of the 40S
speciiie questions bearing on the
literalness of the Scriptures that
Bishop Brown wants his fellow
bishops to answer.
Bishop Brown. after forty years
in teaching the Word, frankly states
he does not believe any OF it
literally. lie declares he accepts It
all in q q nbolical aensA Hal-ac-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
CHINESE TROOPS ATTACK
BRITISH CUNBOAT ROBIN

LONDON, May 20. = Chimes,
troops attacked the British gunboat
Robin while on its way from
Canton to Waicho, wounding Com.
mander Tudway, said a Central
News dispatch from Hong Kong
this afternoon.
The gunboat returned the at.
tacker's fra,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
YOUTH BEGINS LIFE
SENTENCE IN Staying

LANSING, Mich, May 29.-Martin
Woehler, nineteen, or st. Louis,
Mo-, was to be taken to jackson
prison today to begin a life sen.
tence, following conviction of being
an accomplice in the murder of
Peter Hall, Lansing theater mana
ger, in a hold-up of the Place Thea
ter, December %, 1923.
At two previous trials the juries
diSa greed
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
FRENCH WORLD FLYER
ARRIVES IN PEKINC

LONDON, May 29.-Lieutenant
Pellotier D'Oisy, French long-dis-
lance flyer, successfully flew from
Shanghai to Picking today in an air.
plane driven by a borrowed Chinese
motor, said a dispatch from Picking
this evening.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
MoIIa Wins Again at Net

LONDON. May 29.-Mrs. Molla
Bjurstedt Mallory, of New York,
defeated Mrs. Crawshay Williams,
If, 81, 60, in the Middlesex
tournament today. Miss Ryan, of
California, beat Miss Walters. ga,
g.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
HOFFMAN GUILTY; GIVEN 20 YEARS
Rain Decoration Dav.
Weather Mans
Forecast

Rain tomorrow, is the pessi-
mistic prediction of the Weather
Man. 1t is certain to rain most
of Decoration Day with possibly
a let-up by evening.
Arlington memorial services
will be seriously interfered with
as well as many sporting pro-
grams if the Weather Man is
right. He predicts moderate
temperature along with the
rain.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
D'oIsY HOPS TO PEKINo.
ON HIS WAY TO TOKYO

PARIS, May 29.-Loud cheers
greeted an official announcement
at the Bergeyre stadium that Lieu
tenant Pelletier D'Oisy. Frances
most famous long-distance flyer,
reached Picking this afternoon from
Shanghai.
He is expected to continue on to
Tokyo. An olympic football game
was in progress at the stadium.
-
LONDON, May 29.-Lieutenant
Pelletier D'Oisy, French long dis.
lance flyer, left Shanghai for PEEK.
ing at 5 a. m, today, using
borrowed Chinese motor in his
plane, said a Central News dis.
patch from Shanghai.
D'Oisy passed over Marking an
hour and Is minutes after leaving
Shanghai.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
Seeks to SoLUe
Coolidge Riddles

The Republican nominee for President of the United States will
be Cabin Coolidge What kind of Is he? What has the
spotlight Presidency revealed of this Interesting New
lander? William special r for The Washington Times
dGy presents the first Of three articles setting forth has solution of the
"COoIdge Riddle"
By WILLIAM HARD
The central problem the United States at this time
to be try to the puzzle of the true nwardness
Calvin Coolidge.
The wayfarer from Washington, matter where his
wandeng may take him, is confronted first not by any
question about issues in Congress- but by endless lines Of
questions about Coolidge
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-05-29
CONVICTED OF SLAYING
ON LONELY ROAD

4
| Middle-aged
| motion
picture
operator
who was
found guilty
Of Staying
Mrs. Maude
Bauer,
mothor NJ
two children
after offering
her a lift
in his
SEDAN on q
lonely Staten
Island road,
March 90
last.
~
a.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-06
3,339 CASES AWAlT1PAY POLL TAX BEFORE
 CIRCUIT COURT TRIAL FIRST OF FEBRUARY

All Jefferson county voters, ip- cluding former service men, must pay their 1923 poll taxes before they will be allowed to vote. Attorney General Harwell G. Davis stated in C letter received by Probate Judge J. P. Stiles Saturday.
 Prior to the receipt of this letter it had been announced that former service men who had paid their poll taxes during the period in which they were exempt from payment would not be equired to pay the 1923 tax. . Referring to a decision handed down.by the Alabama supreme court in a former case, Attorney General Davis said that a tax due for one year cannot be satisfied by an over payment of taxes made the previous year or any other year.
 In 1917 the Alabama legislature passed a law exempting persons in the army, navy and marine corps from the payment of poll tax for five years, or until 1923. The state is to vote next fall on extending. this eX- empting indefinitely, but this exemp- tion, if passed, will not include 1a23 Judge Stiles pointed out Saturday that, unless former service men pay their poll. taxes before February 1, they will not be permitted to vote on this matter of extension of the ex- emption period.