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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-27
POISON LIQUOR
MEN HELD

ANNAPOLIS. Md: April 81.
Four men were indicted for man
slaughter by the grand jury of
Anne Arundel county yesterday In
connection with the deaths of sew
eral persons from drinking poison
liquor last January.
Included in the number was
Ashby Owens, whose son, Nelson
Owens. was one of the victims.
The others were Saul Margulies,
Of Baltimore, who is alleged to
have manufactured the> liquor. and
Abraham Spessler and Joseph Ribes,
10 whom it was sold in turn.
Joseph Lewis, of Annapolis. was
indicted on two cases of selling
intoxicants.
The liquor Lewis is alleged to
have sold caused the blindness of
Charles Thompson. but no deaths
have been traced to 1t.
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'SUITOR' SILENT
ON CHARGES

BY agreement today between the
Government prosecutors and coun
sci for walter L. Brandt. depart
ment store buyer, who was ar
rested yesterday on charges pre-
ferred by Mrs. Josephine Baackes,
daughter in-law of a Chicago mil
lionaire, the white slave charge
against Brandt was continued until
Nav. IL for a hearing in Police
Court.
Neither Brandt, who has re-
fused to discuss the case since mas
arrest yesterday, nor Mrs. Baackes,
his accuser, appeared in court.
Mrs. Baackes repeated today her
intention Of pressing the charge
against Brandt who, she alleges.
had heen her sutton for more than
a year, despite the fact that she
learned. during his alleged court
ship, that he had wife and two
children in Chicago. ,>
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TWO now HELD
IN SHOOTING

Mrs. Mary C. May. felled by q
bullet from the gun Of a drink
crazed man as she stood in me
door of the Raleigh Hotel with
her husband yesterday afternoon,
is fighting for her life at Emerg'
ency Hospital this morning with
chances good for recovery.
Meanwhile, police are holding
jackson Thompson Elgin, 22, ele'
vatOr operator at the Evening Star
Building, on charge of assault
with a dangerous weapon.
Hoped Taxicab
He attempted to escape from the
building and hoped into a taXicak
driven by Charles A. Pepper; pointed
his gun at Pepper and ordered him
to drive away.
Pepper refused and Elgin Tired
point blank at Peppers head. The
bullet missed by a fraction and
struck Mrs. May as she came out
of the Raleigh Hotel. She and her
husband. William Howard May, vice
president of the Porter Motor Com
pany, of Wilmington, Del, were
visiting in Washington.
District Attorney Ralph Given an.
nounced today that he is ready to
lodge more serious charges against
Elgin if Mrs. Elgin does not re.
cover.
Liquor Sale Charged
In an effort to go to the bottom
Of the sensational shooting, police
today arrested Gustave A. Giesler,
of 416 Tenth st. N. W., charging
that he sold Elgin the liquor on
which he got drunk. Arraigned in
Police Court this morning. Giesler
pleaded not guilty to charges of
sale and possession, and was re-
leased in $1,000 bond.
Following the. shooting Of Mrs.
May, Elgin jumped in another cab
driven by Henry G. Bahr. 1902
r st. N w. pressed the gun to
his head and compelled Bahr to
drive up the Avenue. He was fol-
lowed by Frank M. Manning. ALP
Seventh st. S. W., and c. w.
Galloway, 81 K st. N. E., both
taxi drivers, and was caught at
Fourteenth and the Avenue in a
traffic jam. Detectives Arthur
Scrivener and Policeman Carl Paul
arrived just in time to help catch
the man and disarm him.
Threatened Sweetheart
Detective Thomas Sweeney, who
made an investigation of Elgin's
movements before the shooting. re-
ported that after getting drunk at
the Star Building, Elgin went to his
home, 1927 o st. N. w. From there
he went to the home Of his aunt at
1915 Twelfth st. N. W., and told
relatives there that he was on his
way to kill his sweetheart, Miss
Dolly Pates, 22O4 Perry st. N. E.
Miss Pates this morning indig-
nantly denied that she was Elgin's
sweetheart. She said she knew
the man and had known him for
a long time. She said she had
stopped going with him "some time
ago" She talked reluctantly and
would not say whether Elgin came
to her house yesterday or whether
she was at home.
Mrs. May formerly lived in Wash.
;ngton. Both she and her husband
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STEAMSHIP, WITH % MEN,
BELIEVED LOST AT SEA

NEW YORK, April 81. - No
further word had been received to-
day Of the freighter Suduffco. over
due at the Panama Canal since
March %, by her owners, the Trans
marine Corporation Of Port Newark.
y. ].
The ship was commanded b.
Capt. T. Turner and carried a crew
Of twenty-eight men.
The Suboatco and the Sugaresce.
sister ships. have kept close look
out for the Saduffco. 1t was re.
ported.
Hope of finding the vessel is
remote" said an executive of the
Transnarine corporation.
The Suduffco left Port Newark
1eE Pacific Coast ports on March I2
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-27
EXERCISES TO BE HELD
AT GRANT MEMORIAL

Exercises to commemorate the
1O4th anniversary of the birth OF
General Ulysses S. Grant will be
held this afternoon before. the
Grant Memorial in the Botanic
Gardens at 4 o'clock this after.
mono.
Representative Henry r. Rath-
bone of Illinois, will deliver the
principal address. The ceremonies
will be under the direction of the
Cushing Auxiliary No. Sons Of
Union Veterans of the Civil War.
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Continued from First Page9
three instances which we have no
yet developed"
Among the admissions forces
from Fenning last night, were:
1. That he took out bonds in
the company for which he is
agent on nearly all Of his
guardian cases. This, it was tes-
titled less than three hours earlier
by Herbert L. Davis, auditor OF
the District supreme Court, be-
fore the Veterans Committee, is
an absolute violation Of the law.
2. That he obtains for himself
as commission from the bonding
company one.fourth OF the amount
Of premium on the bond, this
amount coming Indirectly from
the estate of his wards in add.
ton to hsi direct commissions.
3. That he has received commits
sionS in excess of 10 per cent on
the estates or incomes OF his
wards. ~
Received 90 Per Cent.
4. That i'm one case he received
. commission Of 30 per cent, stat
ing that the amount was email. "
however.
). That with only two dissent
the District less than three years
ago adopted a report sharply con-
demning practices In which Fem
ming is alleged to have induIged.
s. That since 1929 he has been
committee i'm 154 Veterans Blu
reau cases and that his total Of
cases has been approximately 164,
fur exceeding previous estimates.
2. That his income in commits.
sions alone on Veterans Bureau
eases has %been> i'm excess af Sl2.-
900 a year for the last five years,
and probably win exceed that fig
ure this year. 5.
Lunacy Fees, $4,000
3. That his total income from
Iunacy cases I'm. the last five
years has averaged between $751;
900 and $50, 900 annually, In ad.
ditiOn TO which he receives com. /,
missions from bonds.
Q. That uniformly ne has ,re-
ceived, with but one single OK.
ceptiOn, the maximum commits.
sion in all Veterans Bureau cases.
In the single. exception he re.
ceived . per cent, l per cent be-
low the maximum.
10. That he had approved the
order to the District Health De-
paFtment TO ignore certain prOvis-
sfOns Of the Gilbert law providing
for control Of social diseases in
the District.
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FAWN GRAY TO TESTIFY
IN ANNULMENT ACTION

BALTIMORE, April 27.-Fawn
Gray. dancer, was expected to
testify in her annpIrnent suit
against Theodore Macfariand TODAY
.or. tomorrow. The testimony
viii be taken before an examiner
The dancer, who filed suit in
circuit court. in the name OF Gladys
Marie Brown. said she was intox;-
Gated. when she married Macfa~-
land. a newspaper man Of Phila-
delphia.
Miss Gray said they We're married
in New York following a drinking
party in Philadelphia in Novembe-,
1926.
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Love sick BOY
TRIES To DIE
=.

Continued from First Page.)
made a farewell gest'r.-o to his
audience of one and to the world
and jumped into the Potomac.
Then Harrigan got into action.
He raced down the bridge and called
a policeman at the District end.
There were three policemen there,
wv. j. Carter, C. III. Bradley and
J. NJ. Heathcote, all OF the Fourth
precinct. A rope is kept at the
little police box and one policeman
grabbed that. They hoped into
the cab and raced back to the mid
die of the bridge. They clambered
out and peered into the black river.
Jeff Changes Mind
Jeff was still there. Padding
around, sputtering and trying to
hold to a bridge timber, he was
fighting now for his life. The pO-
licemen shouted to him:
whats the matter with your
ann all wet jeff hollered back.
He was shivering and his voice
quivered. The police asked il he
wanted to be rescued and jeff as
sured them he did. very much.
well, you'll have to catch on to
this rope. It's too cold to go in
there after the likes of YOU" the
policeman called. They threw him
the rope and Jeff fastened it around
lis body. He was hauled out, rub
bing a bruised right eye while be-
ing drawn to the bridge level.
He was wrapped in policeman's
coat and driven away to Emergency
Hospital.
Just after he had gone, his sister
and friends arrived. At the hos
pital it was found that Duffey was
not hurt. that he was merely soaked
dry .nightie fixed him up. His
Tuxedo is a wreck.
Jeff Scared Of Publicity
Today Jeff was making brave
efforts to keep the story out of
the papers He said he got his
black eye from boxing a gold fish;
he said again that the town was
too dull and he wanted to give
them some news 80 he jumped
in the creek etc.
The party of young people in
cluded, besides Duffey and his
sister, Raymond Lamb. of New
LNOuSSCcdy OA
Takoma Park; Henrietta Johnson,
Of Arlington cotnty, Va, and an
other young lady whose name
could not be learned 1t is APP
parent that Duffey's home is one of
refinement. His sister said she
could assign no other reason for his
escapade other than that he is ian
emotional kid and had quarrelled
all evening with his girl"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-27
IOWA FISHERMEN ARE
OUT or LUCK THIS TIME

The fishermen of Burlington,
Iowa, will have to cast their lines
below the Keokuk dam, upper
Mississippi river, as a result of a
decision by the Secretary Of War
TODAY that it would be inprac-
.ticable to construct a lock during
the spawning season.
A request for such a lock was
made by the Izaak Walton League
of Burlington.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-27
[ { Ak BETRAYS
100 QUARTS

A leakage in a carton addressed
to a man called A. Smith, at 11lS
o st. N. W., resulted in the
seizure late yesterday Of 100 quarts
of alleged Scotch whiskey.
The package had been shipped
by American Railway Express and
was on it's way to delivery when
the driver of the express truck
noticed a leak and notified police.
Since it was not delivered and
there was. no one in possession Of
It, no arrests were made, although
police are investigating. 1t had
been shipped from Trenton, y. j.,
and each bottle . was labelled
Scotch Whiskey"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-27
PRESIDENT IS PARTIAL
TO MOUNTAIN VACATION

President Coolidge has yet reached
no definite decision as to where the
summer, White House will be To-
Gated. It was stated today at the
White House. a
The President has, score of
offers from all parts Of the country,
but he favors some spot in the
mountains. Of New England or in
the Adirondacks, it was said.
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RLINGTON 90
NEWS NOTES

ARLINGTON COUNTY. April -.
Fletcher Kemp, county school
superintendent, announced today that
the school board has awarded the
contract for erection Of a four
room school building to the Arthur
Smith Construction Company. Of
washington. whose bid was $21,7Oo,
This building win replace the
Robert e. Lee School which was
destroyed several months ago By
fire. The building win be at Lee.
way. on the Lee Highway.
Judge Samuel q. Brent, in the
c;rc,,ff court or Arlington county
YESTERDAY. refused to grant licensN
to Jacob n. Sells, Of Washington.
for a Junk plant on the Lee High
way at Rosslyn. The judge stated:
ssWhile the law provides that q.
license shall be issued when the
character OF the applicant is proved
good. which has been in this casa
If does not say I shall grant .
license for the construction OF
i,Ink plant at any point, and u
view OF the fact the citizens OF
Arlington county are opposed to
this site. the license Is refused.
An appeal was noted by Judge
K. M. Norton, Of Alexandra, At
korney for Sells.
A contract providing for the
crossing of the Government mill'
tary reservation at Fort Myer and
the tapping of the Fort Myer sewer
will be signed with the Government.
III. G. Saffell, president OF the Clar.
endon Sewerage Corporation, an
nounced today.
Suits for divorce were filed in the
office Of the clerk Of the court yes
terday by Bessie Lee Strong against
Harry A. Strong and Joseph ID.
Concannon against Rachel COncan'
non.
The adoption of the constitution
and bylaws of the recently organ"
ICED Mt. Vernon Playground Assoc
citation viii be the principal bust.
ness to come before the meeting
tonight in the auditorium Of George
Mason High School.
Chief A. B. Eaton, Of the Claren.
QOn IRE department. sSAn4OunSoe
day that the new siren has been
ordered and will be erected on the
building on its arrival.
Marriage licenses were issued TO
Henty T. Nuttycomb and Genevieye
Elizabeth Curran, both of Claren-
don, and to Edmund E. Tyrrell, or
Forty-ninth Street and Western Ave-
nue. Northwest, Washington, and
Florence Binsted, OF Ballston.
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STR|CT Bill
REPORTED
CONTINUED from First Page.)

Phipps. however, that of The
$500 900, which the National Capt.
tai Park Commission has available
for the purchase of local parks.
only $3.50, 900 will be subject to
the % per cent limitation
The balance is money already ap.
propriated to the uses of the com
mission and can be extended for
the purchase of parks at any price
the commission desires to pay.
Senator Phipps. chairman Of the
District appropriation subcommittee,
will make an effort to have the
Senate adopt the conference report
on the District bill late today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-27
C.O7IGAN RAPS
; TARIFF. HEAD

Evidence OF further dissension in
the United States Tariff Commits
son was given the Senate 1nvesti-
eating Committee to-day by Edward
p. sCostigan, member.
He characterized Thomas q. Mar.
win, chairman, and William Bur
CESS. a member, as tariff eobby-
lists"
! ''1n all franEness am obliged
az a public official to express re-
gret that they should have been
1omirated to carry out the flexible
provisions of the tariff OF 1922, to
which President Harding was so
sincerely devoted Costigan de-
clared.
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Approve Patriotic Teaching

The District Commissioners today
sent the chairman of the Senate
District Committee "a favorable re-
port on the bin providing that the
teaching of the Constitution, includ-
ing the study of and devotion to
American institutions and ideals in
all the public schools and colleges
be required by law.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-27
GENEVA CONFERENCE
TAKES UP TARIFF, LABOR

GENEVA. April 27.-|The pre-.
paratory commission Of the eco
nomic conference met today and
considered questions Of production.
tariff and labor.
Although the American delegates
attended the session they did not
participate In the discussions.
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St, Peters Church Benefit

"Too Many Husbands" IA satir-
ical comedy, will be presented to-
night at S:15 o'clock by the local
st. Peters players in Gonzaga Hall,
10 St. n. W., for the benefit OF
st. Peters Church at Waldorf, Md.
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Back TO Saddle

THE SMELL Of the turf i'm
spring inred w. WarTle. veteran
English jockey. back to the sad
die at the age Of So. He has rid
den more than 1000 winners In
English races.
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MOLD IS BLAMED
FOR DISEASE
CONTINUED from First Page.)

Continued rrom F1rSC rags
measles from the mold Of lettuce:
scarlet fever from the mold OF
carrots, yellow fever from the mold
of oranges and lemons, diptheria
from the mold Of barley. ana
tomatoes. 4
At the same time the professors
researches led him to the conclu-
son that cancer and tuberculosis
develop spontaneously in the human
body from certain varieties of mold
which are always present, although
these diseases are capable OF COM
munication.
While the professor did not advo-
cate fasting or abstinence from
vegetable or fruit diets, he urged
closer supervision of food supplies.
Apparatus has been invented to
recover the fuel oil wasted by ships
at sea and to remove the salt water
from it, leaving it ready for use
again.
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are warm personal friends Of Doug.
last S. Mackall. Of the Woodward
Building and had been his guests
at dinner the evening before the
shooting They were just leaving
the Raleigh Hotel, preparatory to
motoring back to Wilmington,
when Mrs. May was struck by the
stray bullet
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-27
Shanghai Queen

VOTED THE prettiest girl i'm
Shanghai, Miss Jeanette Robin,
social 1eaJler in the Chinese citY's
foreign colony, has arrived in this
country.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-27

Chief A. B. Eaton, Of the Claren.
don fire department, announced to-
day that the new siren has been
ordered and will be erected on the
building on its arrival.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-27

Marriage licenses were issued to
Henty T. Nuttycomb and Genevieye
Elizabeth Curran, both OF Claren-
don, and to Edmund 4. TyrreIL, OF
Forty-ninth Street and Western Ave
nue. Northwest, Washington, and
Florence Binsted, OF Ballston.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-04-27

The adoption of the constitution
and bylaws of the recently organ.
fzed Mt. Vernon Playground Assoc
citation will be the principal bust.
ness to come before the meeting
tonight in the auditorium OF George
Mason High School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10
World Sterilization Gaining
From the Birmingham News.

From the Birmingham News.
Marked progress toward interna-
tienal sterilization has been made dur
ng the year just closing, with the re-
urn of Great Britain to the gold stand
ard as the chief feature. This action,
taken. last April under the leadership
of Winston Churchill, has had far
reaching results. 1t was followed by a
return to gold in several European
countries and others in various parts
OF the world and has greatly facili
tated world trade and financial oper-
ations.
With the exception of France and a
few of the minor countries. most of
the nations have maintained their ex-
change on a stable basis. Sterling has
been but little below par since the end
of April, although early in the Au-
tumn seasonal pressure caused suff1-
cient declines 10 bring about the ship
ment of about $40 900 900 in gold from
London to New York. Belgium has
effectively stabilized it's exchange in
preparation for the resumption of gold
payments, and similar measures have
been taken in Italy. Exchange has
strengthened consistently in Japan
and the important South American
countries.
Conditions for the promotion and
announcement of larger volume of
! world trade have vastly improved dur
ing the last IL months. These condi-
tons, for one thing, point to a larger
production Of nearly every exportable
commodity. and natural continuance
of good times in the United States.
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Vesuvius.

a revival OF activity in Mount
yesuyius. accompanied by earth
n1Jakes over wide area, is giving
Italy cause for the keenest anxiety.
When ""vesuv'' smokes, as Neapoli-
tans say, there is cause for great I'M
easiness. This present eruption is
thus far harmless, but 1t has shown
signs of increasing intensity, and de-
spite assurances of scientific OBJ
servers that the outbreak viii not be
dangerous and is in fact acting as a
safety valve TO prevent a possible later
cat astrophe, the manifestations of this
chimney are being watched with the
keenest concern by those living In the
danger zone.
The fate OF Pompeii, buried under
ashes and clnders, its people asphyx-
lated, its life suddenly stilled, has for
centuries been grim warning of the
potentialitics of this giant cone.
There have been numerous eruptionS
since that catastrophe. but none quite
so devastating. Italys other volcano,
Etna, has done more damage in re-
cent years than .Vesuvius. But the
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grim mountain, with its constant wisp
of vapor floating out OF the crater,
has stood as a menace to life and
property, from which there is no re-
lief and against which no protection
can be given.
Strangely do the people who are
born and who live in the danger zone
of Il volcanic area cling to their farms
and dwellings,. Again and again they
have been devastated by the lava and
the cinders. Their houses have been
burned. Sometimes their farms have
been engulfed hopelessly. Yet they
simply move to another location, re-
build, refill the soil and proceed as
though they We're in the safest part
of the world. There is always u
chance that the next eruption may
turn the lava in another direction
than toward themselves. The very
danger fascinates them. They love
the volcano. even though it is their
worst enemy.