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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
Y D J. I H Stays
WOMAN, Al, IN
JEALOUSY
James r. Evans Failed at
Reconciliation After Quar-
reI-Shoots S Times

YORK, Pa, Aug. PA warrant
charging murder was served on
James r. Evans. twenty-one years
old, who shot and killed Mrs. Edith
Hamme, forty-one years old, while
in fit of jealous rage. Her
body was riddled with bullets.
Evans, who made a complete, II
somewhat incoherent confession cf
the killing to officials immedi-
ately after the crime, sat stolidly
while Detective Oscar Stoner read
the warrant. He was committed
to Jail to await n preliminary near
ing before Alderman Walter F.
Owen.
Mrs. Hamme's first husband,
John Hamme. died, and she was
divorced by her second, Earl Green.
Evans had been assiduous in his
attentions for several years Quar-
rels were frequent, relatives of the
woman declaring that on several
occasions the youth had beaten her.
Mrs. Hamme began prosecution,
but withdrew the charges before
the date of the hearing.
Quarrel Follows
The two went to Tyrone, which,
the confessed slayer says, exhaust
ed his funds. They quarreled sew
eral days later. Evans says: Il
wrote her a pathetic note, asking
for a reconciliation. Mrs. Hamme
did not reply. so the man went to
her home. He says he heard
rival talking to Mrs. HanIme in the
kitchen. They discussed him and
the trip to Tyrone.
Later Evans went to the door
and called Mrs. Hamme to come
out. When she failed to do so he
stepped into the kitchen and shot
her. One bullet entered the head,
another the heart and three the
abdomen. Any one of the five
shots would have produced death.
Was Ward Ten Years
Evans said he had been a ward
of a Philadelphia children's aid
society since he was ten years old,
and that a Miss, Barley, of that
society, had visited him recently.
After the shooting Evans went
into the backyard, intending to
commit suicide, but changed his
mind while he was reloading his
revolver.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
COAL MEN MEET
MINERS IN
SECRET
Both Sides Refuse to Yield
Inch in Stand With Strike
Looming
By IaAernatIonal News service

PHILADELPHIA. Pa, Aug. "a
With but six days remaining before
the expiration Of the present anthra-
cite coal agreement, secret meetings
between miners and coal operators
were reported here today in an eff
fort to stave off the expected strike
on September /.
These informal conferences have
attained no more success than the
official Negotiations broken off
three weeks ago at Atlantic City.
The 10 per cent wage increase
and the "check off, continue to be
the center Of heated discussion. with
both sides refusing to retreat an
inch on their stand.
John L.. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, is continuing
his conferences with members of
the miners representatives. He de-
clined to divulge the nature Of these
meetings.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
GIRL DIES FROM NOSE 3
AILMENT DUE TO WATER

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-Miss Man
ola Bliss, eighteen years old, daugh-
ter of Gerald D. Bliss, postmaster
for twenty years at Cristobal. Pan
anna, died, in Muhlenberg Hospital,
Plainfield, while on vacation with
friends here. An autopsy showed
death was due to an lnfection of the
nose, apparently the result of a
swim in Long Beach.
On returning to the hotel in which
her aunt, Mrs. Glenn Bliss. has been
staying in Westfield. Miss Bliss
complained of pain in her nose.
Little attention was paid to it. ana
it grew worse. Then the fever set
in A physician was summoned
and Miss Bliss was taken to the
hospital. When an operation was
decided on, arrangements were be.
gun for her parents to make the
trip here by hydroplane.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
FACE
DISCRETION
CHARGE
2 Guards Of President Cool
idge Reported for Leaving
Post and Sleeping

SWAMPSCOTT, Mass, Aug. "a
Charges Of being asleep while on
duty and with deserving their posts
were preferred today against two
of the marines in the detachment
guarding the summer White House
here.
A third marine is already in the
brig at Charlestown Navy Yard
for characterization, including the
disobeying of an order prohibiting
bathing off Little's point, where the
marines are encamped.
One of the marines, against
whom charges we're filed with Cap
tain Adolphus Andrews, commander
Of the Presidential yacht Mayflower.
is said to have deserted his post
and returned to his tent. The other
is said to have been discovered
asleep in field near White Court.
Names of the alleged offenders
were not made public.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
NIGHT-BLOoMING PLANT
FLOWERS AFTER 10 YEARS

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24.-Ar-
ter having given up all hope some
time ago of ever witnessing in
flower her night-bloominG cereus,
which she has had for ten years,
Mrs. William Block, of Germantown;
was delighted when she saw the
rare tropical flower unfold its
beauty.
The beautiful specimen of the
selenicereus was placed on the
front porch, the plant being about
two feet in height. This is the first
time in a decade that it has bios.
somd. AS the evening approa ched
the long, white petals Of the plant
began to open, and with the arrival
of dawn closed again, hanging down
ward.
The bud is as large as a good.
sized pear. 1t opens slowly, and a
pure white blossom. twelve inches
in diameter. turns it's face to ting
moon. After the Towering, the
leaves contract into a bud again,
and in a few days drop of.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
SOUTH RIVER IS
DRAGGED FOR
BODIES
Search for Rev. .. 3. Miller
and Nephew FaiIs-church
Offers Reward

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Aug. "a
Searchers engaged in graphing for
the bodies Of the Reverend Dayton
3. Miller and his ten-year-old
nephew, Frederick Ridenour, who
were drowned in South River, near
here, Saturday afternoon, have had
no success.
This morning the Boundary Ave-
nue. M. E. Church OF Baltimore.
where the Reverend Miller was min
Ister, offered a reward Of 800 for
recovery Of his body.
The Naval Academy authorities
this morning ordered two boats to
proceed to the scene of the drown
ing and aid the local people. In
addition, crews Of airplanes now be-
ing used in instructing midshipmen
were ordered to assist in the search
While the planes will not deviate
from their regular courses, they will
% on the alert.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
SANITY EXPERT
HOLDS SCOTT
FOR TEST
Or. F. A. StubbIefieId Denies
Story Crediting Him With
Mental Opinion
By international News Service


CHESTER. Ill, Aug. 24.-Em.
phatlc denial was made today by
Doctor Frank A. Stubblefield, su.
perintendent of the State Asylum
for the Criminal Insane here thai
he had adjudged Russell Scott,
Chicago slayer, sane and had taken
steps to return Scott to Cook coun-
ty for execution.
Commenting on published reports
that he awaited only corrobora-
ton of his decision by two con-
sultant experts before returning
Scott to Chicago for hanging -
Doctor Stubblefield said:
''Such reports are the widest of
imaginings. never issued such
a statement to anybody that might,
in any way, allow them to draw
such conclusions.
How such rumor could get
out is beyond my comprehension.
Russell Scott is still under observa-
ton. have never discussed his
case.
IT am not prepared to say at
this time whether he is insane or
not. Until our regular examina-
ton which requires several months
has been completed, no decision can
possibly be forthcoming.
Doctor Stubblefield could not be
persuaded to offer a personal opin-
ion of Scott's mental condition. 81
cannot speak at this time either
from a personal viewpoint or from
my official capacity. Until such
time as Scott has progressed
through our regular observation re.
quirements, nobody can say what
the mans condition is"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
PoLIcEFIND SIS, 900 FURS
WHEN BOYS ARE ARRESTED

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24.-Af-
rest of three youths in the home Of
Charles w. Frost led to the finding
of $1,000 worth of furs in the home
of one Of the boys.
Knowing that the Frost home was
closed for the summer. the sus.
picions Of Patrolmen Kelley and
Dever. Of the Fifth district. were
arounsed when they saw lights and
heard sounds coming from the
house.
Forcing an entrance, the patrol
men found Luke Taylor, seventeen;
Thomas White, fifteen. and John
Una, fifteen. in the house.
A revolver and a deck Of cards
were found on one of the youths.
After questioning the boys the
patrolmen went with Sergeant Will
liams to Whites home, where they
found the furs. A leopard skin
coat, several neckpieces and other
costly skins were found.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
HUNDREDS
FIGHTING.
BLAZE
Loss Already Estimated at
$500, oo0-Bears, Deer, and
Other Animals Fleeing

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 24.-Be-
Heved to have been set afire by
moonshiners at work in one of a
score of stills throughout its vast
area, a section of Dismal Swamp,
fifteen miles west of Norfolk, to-
day is a mass of roaring flames
on wide front and the property
loss will be enormous.
Three hundred men, who have
fought the huge blaze for thirty
six hours without rest, are digging
trenches and telling hundreds of
trees to choke its spread and save
millions of dollars worth of other
timber. Already the loss is esti-
mated at more than half million
dollars. large lumber corporations
being the principal losers.
Wild Animals Flee
The Norfolk and Western Rail
road Company has sent a big force
Of men to protect its property and
aid the forest wardens.
The fire has driven many bears,
deer and other wild animals from
their retreat in the swamp.
Up to today the blaze had not
reached the dismal swamp canal and
vessels were passing UP and down
without interruption.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
FARMERS
Wet ms Of
COMBINE
MiddIemen Keep Prices Up to
Consumers and Down TO
the Producers
By DANIEL O'CONNELL
international News Service

DUBLIN, Aug. 24.-This is the
best Irish harvest for more than
thirty years. In fact, the crops are
SO good that many old-timers main
tain that there has never been such
a yield since the sixties Of last CEN
fury.
Unfortunately, neither the con.
sumner nor the farmer is reaping
the benefit. Ireland, alas! is land
OF rings and combines. Conse.
Quently, the farmer receives the
lowest price possible, while the
townsman has to pay the last
penny in the way Of high prices.
For instance, meat to the con-
gunner is three times as dear as 1t
was in prewar times, although
there are many more cattle in Ire.
land, and the farmer receives just
the same price as he did in 1914;
the same Is true Of vegetables and
other produce.
1t is not to be wondered at that
farmers are forming unions Of their
own in order to obtain proper
prices; and there is talk OF an all
Ireland consumers union to strug-
gle against the profiteering now go
ing on.
There has just been an election
for the district councils that exist
throughout Ireland, and the newly
elected members throughout the
Free State are finding chat the
task Of putting things in shape, az
ter the work of their predecessors
Is no light one.
THE old councils wero all elected
on the Sim Fein ticket, and the
around the twenties. In days gone
by It used to be the custom in Ire
land to snee- at the council men,
bers as just gangs of grafters. But
at the present time the average
elector believes that the beardless
youths who, until recently, COM
posed the councils could just beat
their grandfathers to a FRAGILE when
it came to political jobbery, both for
their friends and themselves.
Consequently, the people of the
Free State have brought lack the
old dinners, who understand them
and who are understood by them.
On their return they found that
all expenditure had risen more than
200 per cent in their absence, and
there is nothing to show for it.
In the case Of the Cork County
Council, formerly reckoned the most
efficient body in Ireland. it was
found that there was not a single
penny in the Treasury; no funds to
pay wages. and debts existing every
where.
Where the money has gone-no-
body knows!
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
ELL|NGSON GIRL
INDICATED
SHE SAYS
Glad Jury Found Her Sane, as
She Prefers Prison to
Asylum
By ELLIS HI. MARTIN

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Aug.
24.-Before the week is over,
Dorothy Ellingson, seventeen-year
old matricide, is expected to join
clara Phillips, hammer murderess;
Mrs. Louise Peete, slayer Of Jacob
Denton and others of the little
colony of women who spend their
days in a drab wing of San Quentin
prison.
She is satisfied with the verdict
OF manslaughter which may send
her to San Quentin for from one
to ten years.
1T was a vindication' she said
today. THE jury found that
am sane and. they believed that l
never intended to do what I did.
Takes II Easy
Seemingly more at ease than at
any time since her arrest last
January, Dorothy today awaited
sentence at the Ingleside, Jail.
Judge Louderback will pronounce
sentence Wednesday.
Walter McGovern, her attorney,
will ask that the sentence be sus-
pended and Dorothy sent to a re-
form school until she is twenty
one.
OF the two sentences Dorothy
prefers prison.
az guess the reform school isn't
the place for me after all. she ex-
planned. i've associated with a lot
of people here (the jaiD since I
was arrested. But whatever the
judge does will be all right. He
was very fair to me-"
Members of the jury declared to-
day that the verdict Of manslaugh-
ter was intended to best protect
the girl and the State.
One woman member, Mrs. Alma
D. Harris, held out until the fifth
ballot for a verdict of mot guilty
by reason OF insanity"
Girl Is Optimistic
She declared that all members of
the jury We're satisfied that the
girl was abnormal but were un-
able to agree that she was entirely
irresponsible. They were agreed
that the killing was unpremedit.
tated and without malice, and there
fore agreed on the manslaughter
verdict.
= And with the optimism of youth,
Dorothy looks forward.
I'm young yet" she said. III
sent 20 prison she will be eligible
to parole in four years If forced
to serve the entire ten years she
will be only twenty-seven when re-
leased.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
REV0LT SPIRIT
SPREADS IN
SPAIN
News of Revolutionary Propa-
ganda Leaks Out Despite
Strict Censorship

PARIS, Aug. 4-Revolutionas-
propaganda is being spread through
out Spain, according to Barcelona
advices reaching here today via
Pelpignan, the French town on the
Spanish border.
Although all unpleasant news
Is being suppressed, the Barcelona
adyices said, a police official there
admitted confidentia1ly to a CORE.
spondent that sstlae situation in the
Catalonia district was never more
serious than at present
Recent attempts to assassinate
King Alfonso, first reported in In
ternational News Service dispatches,
were declared to be only rumors
in a recent official statement This
statement, the Barcelona dispatch
said, was part of the government s
strate the couutry's tranquility by
the suppression of all unwelcome
news.
1T is undeniable,' the dispatch
said. that active revolutionary pro-
paganda is spreading throughout
the country"
AS the Paris dispatch points out
today the rigid Spanish censor
ship obscures altogether the truth
concerning recent reported attempts
on the life of King Alphonso.
1t is difficult task TO assess
the measure Of public opinion
which supports the revolutionary
movement.
1t claims, as usual, a consider
able section Of the IntelIigentsia
and its most spectacular spokes-
man in recent years has been
Senior Icenti Blasco Ibanez, the
Spanish novelist. He has been in
dicted in Spain for lese majestic,
growing out Of a book he -ub-
lished about King A1phonso.
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is BUSY
ON RUBBER
BOOM
British Monopoly Turns Ameri-
can Hopes to South Ameri-
jean Plantations
BY ROBERT s. THORNBURGH


Operations of the British ruppeT
monopoly. which have driven crude
rubber prices skyward> in the United
States, has brought about a state
of considerable activity in the Bra.
lillian producing areas, according to
advices to the Department of Com
merce from Rio De Janeiro
While officials decline to discuss
the report that merican financiers
are becoming more and more inter
ested in the backing Of South
American plantations, 1t is the un-
derstanding that agents Of several
capitalists have gone South to look
over the suitation.
Turn to South America
It is felt officially that the chief
hope Of the big rubber consumers
OF the United States lies in the
financing of foreign plantations.
South America. according to re-
ports, offers the best prospects.
American capitalists already have
millions of dollars invested in
South America which is having the
effect not only of increasing the
interchange of trade between the
tw continents but bringing about
a better commercial relationship.
Little progress has been made IN
the effort to discover a rubber pro-
ducing plant which will grow in
continental United States, although
the project has been studide by the
Department Of Agriculture. Some
hope ST held out for Philippine rub
Der plantations.
Sales from the Brazilian rubber
market are well above normal, the
Department OF Commerce learned.
In May, the last available figures.
total shipments Of rubber were
1888 metric tons, Of which 1868
tons came to the United States.
May marked the first month since
February that the United States
had taken more rubber from South
America than Europe.
Shipments Increase
Shipments for the first five
months Of the year showed an in
crease of about 20 per cent over
last year, consignments to United
States having increased 4.5 per
cent and to Europe 48,7 per cent.
Price gains ION the Brazilian
market during May were so great,
in spite of the unusually high
levels ruling at the beginning Of
the month, that for some days
sales were at prices larger in terms
OF Brazilian currency than any
that have ruled since 1870" the
was informed. D.
I'm spite Of the fact that oper-
atoms of rubber gatherers have
been extended steadily for some
months the rapid price gains Of
May brought fresh enthusiasm and
greater activity.
Estates that have lain aban-
doned for years are being brought
into production daily. Advertise
ments have appeared in local news
papers for as many as one hundred
rubber gatherers on a single plan
tation. Each river steamer that
sails up the Amazon from Pare
carries ne wmen and quantities OF
SUPPLIES"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
EXTRACTION ASKED
FOR MRS. CANADAY

AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. 24.-Armed
with a requisition signed by Gov
ernor Al Smith, of New York, ask
ing for the extradition of Mrs
Rose Canaday, of San Antonio, on
Roscoe Canaday, jr.. from his
father in New York, Miss Genevieve
Mclaughlin, policewoman attached
to the New York Metropolitan force,
arrived here this morning.
Miss Mclaughlin Immediately
went to the office of Governor
Miriam E. Ferguson and delivered
the requisition to her. Hearing on
the application will be held at 8
o'clock tomorrow morning. Miss
Mclaughlin Is represented by q
Wichita Falls, Tex. attorney.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
ENGINEER
BOILER WAS
UNSAFE
Repair Man, Witness, So Tells
Federal Inspectors in
Mackinac Quiz

PROVIDENCE, r. l., Aug. a.
Edward Cassidy, welder and boiler
told Chief Engineer John
Grand, of the Inflated excursion
steamer Mackinac, that it would
not be safe to sail from Pawtucket,
and Cassidy made no repairs.
The Mackinac sailed, the boilers
exploded on the home trip from
Newport, and fifty persons met
death.
Cassidy gave this testimony to-
day before Federal steamboat in
spectors investigating the Mackinac
disaster.
Following the testimony Of Cas-
sidy, the hearing was postponed to
await the recovery of George Null.
len, assistant engineer, who lies Sc.
riously burned at Newport Hos
pital
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
5ALTIMORE MAN DIES
IN WRECK or AUTO

YORK, Pa, Aug. 24.-Daniel J..
Mccain, thirty-three, of 323 East
rwenty-eighth street, Baltimore,
vas instantly killed yesterday when
he automobile in which he was
dding was overturned on the Sus-
Iuehanna trail at Loganville, nine
niles from here.
Tx years old, of 3O35 Cioverhill
bad, Baltimore. driver OF the car,
held without bail following an
inquest held yesterday by Coroner
L. y. Zech, of this city, which
places the blame for the accident
IN the physician.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
WILL ADJUST
CRABTREE ESTATE

BOSTON, Mass, Aug. 24.-Judge
Joseph r. McCoole, Of the Norfolk
county probate court, and former
Judge Frederic H. Chase, Of the su-
IRENE court, today were appointed
special administrators OF the 3d.
O0O,0OO estate of the late Lolita
Crabtree, actress. They will serve
with General Clarence r. Edwards,
overseas commander Of the Twenty
sixth (Yankee) division.
The appointments made today by
Judge William M. Prest in probate
court here, followed the death of
William A Morse, an administrator,
and the resignation of another ao-
ministrator, Judge William c. Wait,
Of supreme court.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
CTION OF DISMAL SWAMP IS SET ON FIRE BY M00NSElNERS
''Anxiety Neurosis' .
Is Blamed For
Wars
By Internatlonal News service

LONDON, Aug. 24.-Wars
breed from "anxiety-neurosis,"
according to Miss C. E. Payne,
who has written most inter-
esting volume on 1.-THE Neuroses
of the Nations"
In this treatise, which is
creating considerable discussion
in intellectual circles in Eng
land, Miss Playne has made a
deep study into the mental con-.
dition in Germany and France
prior to the world war, and has
found that the root Of the
trouble undoubtedly came from
a nervous condition.
"Anxiety-neurosis," according
to Miss Playne, gathers breadth
and intensity until it seeks its
liberation in the violence of
war.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
ST. LOUIS BANDITS GET
$4,000 IN TWIN HOLD-UP

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 24.-Two
holdups in widely separated sections
of the city netted bandits IN. excess
of $4,000 today.
Two bandits relieved the cashier
of the Peoples Motor Bus Company
OF $4,000, the Saturday and Sunday
bus transportation receipts, while
three youths held employees of the
Dorrence Collery Catering Company
at bay and scooped up more than
1000. Automobiles served in both
escapes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
cred Chiaf,, Threatens

LONDON, Aug. 24.-C Charges Of
A. j. Cook, labor leader, who Is
credited with forcing the miners
strike settlement on the govern
ment, that he had been threatened
with assassination by British IA
scistg and that the government al
lowed it." brought no official reac-
tion today.
Cook, who has openly advocated
revolution by the British workers,
issued another warning to the gov
eminent in the speech at Mansfield
Sunday in which he revealed the
assassination charge.
In reference to the alleged gov
sernment inactivity towards the Ia
eclsts, Cook said
but we shall capture the army
ana navy by having them con-
tro1led by a labor government. /
warn the government not to tempt
the army and navy too far.
Seamen's Strike C6IIapsing
LONDON, Aug. 24--A1though
the seamen's strike apparently was
colIapsing in England, the situation
is serious in Australia where ten
British ships are held up for lack
Of crews.
Conditions in the ports Of the
British Isles were normal today.
There was not even picketing.
Strike leaders, however, predicted
that the tie-up in England would
be general before Wednesday.
There win not be a single liner
moving out of Southampton at the
end of the week." they declared.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-08-24
Police Must Swim

NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-PupiIs at
the Police Academy and all other
members of the Metropolitan police
force who qualify as "landIubbers"
have a particularly warm spot to-
ward Commissioner Enright. His
latest edict is that all policemen
must learn to swim.