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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-06-30
Ak SLAYER OF 4
HELD IN FLA.
By InternatIonal News servIee

TAMPA, Fla, June S0.-Detec.
tives investigating the hacking to
death of two men, an aged woman
and a young girl; early Monday
morning, today declared they have
the ak murderer in custody but re-
fused to disclose his name for fear
or mob violence.
! Those held in connection with the
Staying, termed the most brutal in
tie history of Tampa, are Mr.. and
Mrs. Lijah Carey William Johnson.
E. S. Keene and Lee Weaver.
WELDING a large steel ak. the
killer attacked B. D. Rowell and
then slew Caroline E. Rowell.
Charles Alexander and Miss Eva
Lena Rowell. All were discovered
dead in their blood soaked beds.
Detectives think revenge was the
motive and the murderer entered
the cottage to kill Rowell and took
the lives of the others merely be-
cause they might awaken to identi,
fy HIM
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n AL MERGERS
Planned
BY HARRY WARD

The big railroad executives Of
the country, apparently convinced
that the Interstate Commerce
Commission has abandoned ! al
hope Of consolidating the rail-
roads into 10 major groups, as
outlinee in the Transportation
Act of 1920, are. now centering
their plans on merging various
lines to meet their own individual
requirements
The fact that the Commission
has Virtually strapped its tenta-
tive consolidation plan was en-
phasized today after +. r. Loree.
president Of the Delaware and
Hudson, spent 4 day with mem
bers. Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission and several members
Of the Senate and House inter-
estad in.raiIroad legislation.
Explains His Merger Plan !.
Loree,s mission was tp explain his
project, of merging the Kansas City
southern. OF which he is chairman
Of the board, with the ST, Louis
Southwestern and The Missouri,
kansas and Texas railroads. The
Loree, application is expected TO be
filed with the commission some
time this week.
on its heels will come the re.
rleweds Van Sweringen application to
merge the Chesapeake and Ohio.
Hooking Valley, Pere Marquette,
Erie. and Nickel Plate, followed by
the plan. of the Rock Island system
to absorb the St. Louis San Fra1l.
cisco lines. 80 81 $3.50
Ii is within the realm Of posi-
biiity that the commission will have
these gigantic railroad merger
projects under consideration al the
same time.
Despite the commission verse
action in the Van Sweringen billion
dollar merger, Loree Is said to be
convinced he has overcome the OBJ
sjections raised in that case and that
the commission will readily approve
the plan he has evolved.
I Under this plan the Kansas City
Southern will form the nucleus Of
the proposed Southwestern system,
The application win outline In de-
tail the method by which that road
will exercise. control oyer the other
two roads and the extent it, viii
control their operations.
L.oree is also interested n the.
Hartman project of building 224
miles of railroad across PennsyI.
.vania from Allegheny City to
Easton. He has told the commits
sion that this proposed road would
s..form the backbone of their premier
railroad system of the United
States. Just how this proposed
road, designed to shorten. the dis
lance between Chica gp and New
] York. would fit in with Loree r
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NEGLECT SEEN
IN RAIL BLAST
!. n TnternationaI-. News service

AHkGEMHtAOANAAA
NEW BEDFORD Mass. June
o.-"Efficieney methods inaugu-
rated by the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad. and not the
carelessness of the trasnmen, now
dead. were responsible for the ex-
plosfon Of a boiler OF a locomotive
drawing a New, Bedford to New
London. Conn, freight train, which
wrecked :. the crack Cape Colder.
New York to Hyan11is express, at
Kingston, R. l., with the loss OF
three lives, according to statements
placed before Attorney General
Charles p. Sisson. of Rhode Island,
today.
The statements were made by
New Haven trainneTl to reporters
OF the New Bedford Evening Times
and were forwarded to the. attorney
general BY; r. 1. Prentice. n1anag-
ing editor Of the newspaper.
The attorney general and state
Boiler Inspector Epher w. Farmer
had found that a dry boiler was the
cause OF the explosion.
The trafnn1en, according to the
Times. aver that in making eft.
forts to. bring efficiency to its full
est power workmen engaged IN
cleaning the boilers have been
forced to slight their work. with
the result that the flues have not
been rid OF their accumulation OF
rust. mineral deposits and other
foreign matter.
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arrested IN her hotel after her
husband had been captured. N
Grand Central Station, where, It
was said, he had an appointment
to receive $4,000 from the broker.
He collapsed at police headquarters.
Eyes. / sent the letters" Mrs.
Fosnaugh is quoted by police as
saving. "buee- it, was my husband
suggestion. l was employed by
Mr.. Hazard in 1926 as a typist'
/ have got $4,000 so far from Mf.
Hazard. Later we looked up ms
rating. and found he had inherited
several million dollars.
The police hope to obtain several
letters and kilograms from the Eos
naughs to Hazard which are saiu
to demand money and threaten
exposure. - .,..---s---s.4.
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Southwestern merger scheme. has
not been disclosed.
The Loree merger plan involves
$3.50 miles of road, and reaches
from the Middle Nest to-the Gulf
Of Mexico. Its nucleus, the Kansas
City Southern, extends from Kansas
City TO the Gulf at Port Arthur.
via Joplin, Mo-. TeNarkanaa Ark.
and Shreveport, La The total
mileage operated, is 1 .301. Il
The second line. the st. Louis
southwestern, extends from st.
Louis. to Memphis, Little Rock
Shrevencrt. Fort Worth and Dallas,
as well as to other poiia ts in Illis
-nois, Kentucky. Tennessee. AEkan-
.sas. Louisiana and Texas. Its total
mileage is 2.472.
The third member OF the group,
the Missouri; lansas Texas extends
from st. Louis to Kansas City and
south TO Galveston and San An.
tonic. It's mileage is 5,192.
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JAPAN i ROY 4 TX IS
TO VISIT PHIL P I'm IS

TWO members of the Imperial
family 81 IapaR Will visit the Philsp
pines next january as naval Off.
GERS witlr japanese training squad
ron, the WAR Department was IN
FORMED today. Their names we're
not div1Iged.
Military honoss will be accorded
fhe visitors BY Gov. Gen. Leonard
Wood.
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Births, Deaths and Marriages
COMDR. JOHN J. MccRACKEN.1

Funeral sea s for Lieut.. Comdr.
John j. McCracken. U. S,N., retired,
who died Monday at Marblehead,
Mass, took place today at the re-
.ceiving vault at Arlington Gene
terry. Full military honors were paid
the naval officer.
Commanders u. Med. LIE Breton;
f. Al. Todd, Al Claude, III. T.. kim.
mel, Campbell Stewart and x. Whit
ing and Capt. W. w. Smyth We're
palIbearers.
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Biz IloteI 20 Doctors

NEW YORK, June 3O.A 90,
story hotel for doctors only Is to DO
garected here III q cost az $500, 900. u
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SAN DIEGO TO ACQUIRE
PART or U S. REESE ION

part az the San Diego barracks
military reservation, which tbs CITY
81 san Diego desires 20 purchase.
win Sc appraised separately See.
rotary Of War Davis announced to
sday. The reservation Is to be sole
as surplus property
sales the. city has prior rights 81
ACQUIRE. the land. upon satisfacf or
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81, 95 Years.
Making Rum Since
RoEhoed. jailed

WINCHESTER, Va, June so.
Joe Ridley has been making
whiskey for So years, end be-
cause Of that enviable record
he's in jail again, 95 years old,
and the oldest moonshiner Ind
bootlegger n the United States.
Joe began the distillation Of
intoxicants at the age of twelve.
When prohibition descended.
this venerable patriarch refused.
to scrap his, still and three times
he ran afoul Of the law.
Joe hitched up his horse md
buggy last night and drove into
town with d few quarts Of
steaming "eorn,' fresh from the
kitchen stove.
Two policemen noticed an ex-.
treme bulge in his pockets and
Sheriff Pannett went back to
Joe's home and found a still and
all the essentials.
illegal possession of liquor
ard possession Of still.
That's all Joe. at the age of
95,yha to face in court.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

Charles Burton Meyer. II, and RutIE
Eleanor Simpson, Fl. The Rev. J. J
Coady.
/! Deane-.B Judd. 2s. and Elizaheth S
Melamed. %. Of Chicago, Ill. judge
Arthur skattawe Baxter, 20. and
Mary p. McCraw. u. The Rev. F. 3
William Lerch, FL. and Margare
sAtha Topiey. is The Rev. 2. a
Vance Rupert Cooke. %. and Alic,
Nellma Tatum. Is, of Richmond. Va
The Rev. G. NJ. Young. ~ !.
Agnes Elizabeth HoyIe, "a. The, Rev
John W. Bredehoft. u. Of New Yorl
City, and Margaret L. Bolen. %. The
Arthur W. @southgate. 20, and MARY
Selma Wise. ~. The Rev. b q
charies f., Harmon. 81. and Ruth
Jane Redifeg 81. Of West Palm Beach,
Fla. The Rev. C. Enders.
Jasper T. Crump, Is, Of Gordons-
vile, Va, and Matte H. Stovall, 20,
Of Rlchniond, Va. Tho Rev. William
8 William Il. smythe. 81, ana Hannah
Venetta Lutte. 20, OF Hyattsville, Md.
The Rev. William NJ Hoffman.
Walter Anderson a. ard Il, Effie Little e
aubrey Dawson. rs, and Catherine
Cecilia Donohue IS. The Rev, u A.
George Lee Pensmfth, "a, and Nelly
L. sarbachers IS, both Of Baltimore,
Nd. The Rev. William NJ. Hoffman.
Julius A. Aiagdel. ir. q and H i'd
Mason s "a, The mi Rev = pud lnd
Beatrice AIarbury Knott. "a. The Rev.
; Robert Carlyle Loveridss.4 20, and
Ruth Beatrice Weaver, 10. The Rev.
James sinsistop, 20. and eleanor
Woodford, 10. The Rev. A. MiIIbanks.
Sylvester Warrick. %, and Mary
johnson. a. The Rev. ". p, Battle.
johnson. 26. The Rev. J L. Prinlna.4
victor Barker. As. and Martha Nell
son, 36. The Rev. A. J. Tyler.
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Fl. The Rev. J. H. Randolph.
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Joseph d. Seers, %. Of Cambridge
Mass, and Mary T. Botazzi. 20. Thu
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The Rev. William NJ. Hoffman.
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Rev. H. M. Henning.
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Richard Richardson, 80, and Annie
Butler, rs. The Rev. A. Saylee.
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RlRTHS

Rossen NJ snd-Lutie p. Lamb, boys
James r. and Helen r.. Smith, GIRL
Earl E. and Lillian e. Wood, boy.
Edward and Julia Johnson, boy
Claude w. and Maize A. Merton. BOY
Leonard H and Lillian q. Polheinus
Ralph A. and Fuel L. Gould. boy:
Raymond A. and Minnie. c. Buckley
George A. and Bertha C. Purcell, boy
Einar A. and Catherine c.. Wahl. boy
Gregory J. and DeLois lC, Lanigan
Edward A. and Bernadette scanlon
Joseph c. and Daisy v. Hama. boy.
Louis H. and Marie A. Warneson
boy
John w and Mae Kaiser, boy.
George and Marion Gray. boy.
William r.. and Gertrude kuschi boy
James and Viola Thomas, boy;
James and Elsie " Perry. boy
Eugene ana isabelle Green. boy
James and Maude WILSON,, girl
Thomas S. and Mary =. TolliYer.s boy
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Entonlbed 50 Hours

3 DURHAM. England. June 3d.
Two men entombed by fall Of
stone We're. rescued after thirty six
hours. through IA tunnel drilled in
the rGas.
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BRIDE HELD As
BLAcKMA|LER
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NEW YORK, June 30.-Mrs. Ger
trude Fpsnaugfr. who was married
only a. month ago in HOLLYWOOD.
Cal, was arrested with her hus-
band. Bernard. today, and admitted,
police said. that she had secured
$4,000 within a year from Fred.
erick r. Hazard. millionaire head
OF q tax accountant firm. by. black.
mail
The .nraffn rnrne, Woman was
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2 New AL Prizes at Harvard

CAMBRIDGE. Mass, June 80.
Two new prizes Of $1,000 each, one
for the best trade journal adver.
Using campaign, the other for the
best campaign in cities Of l0O,OUU
population and less, will be awarded
next year by Harvard University.
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DEATHS

Ernest shaw. IS years. Walter Reed
Hospital
Tabitha e. Herring. - years. 1908
aida f. Rypex, IT years. PrOvidenes
William Lee. II months 1000 East
! Grace L. Wood. . months. 7os Six
teenth st. n. e.
Louis Holland. IL years. Freedmen
John Jacobs, tr., So years. 111s Nine
'es MaEdaI al. Smith. 80 years. SIT
Harrison Brown, rs years st. Eliza
James r billiard. 20 years. Freed
mems Hospital.
William Reynolds so years rear oil
Mary Mccree. 4s years .,Fyeedmen's
Earl B. Good. years. 11o5 Q st.
n. w.
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{ The English inventor of a new
lug on the thermos bottle principle
claims that it will keep water at a
hoilino temnerature for three hours.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
Radio and Religion
 Cause of Complaints

Some years back, not so long ago, either liquor and temper were the main causes of complaints to the police at night, while children and their pranks often kept whole neighborhoods in an uproar by day light. Of course, these three causes may still be fou'd at the bottom of some complaints finding their way to police headquarters, but last night, radio and religion chalked up one complaint each.
 At 10:55 o'clock, the police heard that a radio with an extra loud speaker in house at Maple and South Main streets was keeping the neighborhood awake. and at mid night, Officer Daniel Cosgrove was notified that someone was moaning as if in great )ain, in a house on Hartford a nue.
 Sensing mystery. the officer made haste to investigate, and 1t took him only a few minutes to learn what was going on. In the home of Charles Passinisi num- Der of people were crawling about on the floor. emitting peculiar moan ing sounds The officer was told they were al worship and he immediately withdrew
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
Lone Gunman Who Held
 Up Train Was Police Chief

North Brookield, Mass, Aug. Is Pl-A lone individual. pistol in hand, standing on the track at East Brookfeld crossing held up the Boston and Albany branch train to- day, and threw scare into the passengers when he boarded the train. and passed through each car scanning every occupant.
 The frightened passengers were relieved when the man departed without demanding them to stick up their hands and keep them up.
 It was only Chief of Police stephen Quill who was in search of Harry Maron of New York. wanted on a neglect to support charge.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
QUESTIONING GIRL IN
 PARK CITY FIRE CASE
Child of 12 May Throw Some Light On Epidemic-Seven In Three
 Weeks In Same Room,

Bridgeport, Aug. 13 Pl-Fire ap- paratus was called to the home of Watson P: Hubbard, butcher of 147 Pembroke street this morning to ex- tinguish the seventh fire of mysteri- ous origin to occur in the house within three weks.
 Four of the fires have been in the same place-a mattress in an upper bedroom which is not used by the family. It was this mattress that wa again found to be on fire this morning when neighbors noticed clouds of black smoke coming from a window in the upper part of the house.
 Hubbard's daughter, 12, was in the house at the time the fire broke out, Detective Sergeant Thomas Ma loney was on his way to the house at the time, having made a daily vis't there for the past week in the course of his investigation of the series of fires. He took the girl in to custody as soon as he arrived there and brought her to police headquarters for questioning.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
HALT BUILDING WORK
 IN ABSENCE OF PERMIT
Taken Preliminary Steps But Papers Were Laclling-Warrant
 Not Served

Building II ector Arthur N. Rutherford and Police Officer George Moffitt stopped the construc- tion of two family house at 6S Cabot street this morning because of the failure of the contractor to re- ceive a permit before he began the construction of the building. In view of the fact that he had made application for the permit, he was not prosecuted, but he was warned that any future attempt would re- suit in this procedure.
 The contractor came to the build ing departments office and asked for a permit to construct a two fam fly dwelling. He was to return and complete negotiations for his permit before he began work but instead he immediately started the job. Nine workmen were ordered off the job by the building inspector and the officer.
 The warrant which was request ed yesterday was withdrawn, MT. Rutherford announced this morning, but the third warrant will probably be served this afternoon. The orig inal warrant is being held up pend ing the return to this city of the contractor. He has been guilty of three violations of the building or dinances during the past year.
 That tfe campaign against build ing law violators will be continued until the contractors become edu- cated to the rules of the department was made known by Mir. Rutherford today.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
R. i. GOULD LEAVING COMMERCE CHAMBER
Secretary of New Britain Organization Has Res
 ignation Accepted

Announcement was made today that Ralph L. Gould, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, has re. signed his position with that or ganization and that the resignation has been accepted.
 Miss Gladys Weir, who has been with the chamber since her gradua- ton from high school, will be in temporary charge until the selection Of a new secretary. according to in- formation made public today.
 That this may not be definite was intimated this afternoon by William B. Christ, assistant secretary, who will leavetomorrow on two weeks vacation before entering the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania.
 No reasons for the resignation have ben made public. Mir. Gould could not be reached this afternoon for a statement, but information received from MT. Christ is to the effect that special meeting of the board of directors will be held Mon day for the purpose of considering the situation further. .
 Neither Judge w. c. Hungerford president of the chamber nor George H. Dyson, first vice-president could be reached this afternoon.
 MT. Gould came to this city a year ago last April. He came here from the Chamber of Commerce at Norfolk, Va. He succeeded the late Mary E. Curtin as local secretary.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
Money Has Become Moving Power h American Politics, Says Borah
Praises Reed, Democrat, for Exposure of Cam paign Scandals - De- clares Republican Or ganization in South Is Held Together by Cor ruptiNl.

Fairfield, Idaho, Aug. 13 P>-Sen- ator William E. Borah, in an ad- dress prepared for delivery at the annual Pioneer Day celebration at Camas Prairie here today, declared that Startling revelations as to the expenditures of money in elections" reveals money has come to be the moving power in American politics"
 He expressed the wish that the exposure of money in politics will succeed in arousing the people to the real problem before us," in praising the work of Senator James A. Reed, democrat, Missouri, and his special investigation committee. The senator decried political pa tronage" and ayowed that "the re- publican organization of the south is held together and sustained by the worst kind Of corruption"
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
WALL STREET CRACKS
 AS DISCOUNT GOES UP
sharp Reduction in Stock Prices Follows Federal Reserve
 Rate Marking Up.

New York Aug. 13 P-A sharp reaction in stock prices was Wall
 Streets response to the unexpect- ed increase in the New York Fed eral Reserve bank rediscount rate. Initial losses in most of the active issues ranged from 1 to points but before the end of the first hour about a score of stocks were selling to 10 points below yes terday's final quotation. The reac- tion embraced practically the en- tire list including General Motors. directors of which declared a 50 per cent stock dividend after the close of the market yesterday, that stock opening 1 1-2 points lower at POP. slipping to 2o1, ral- lying to POS and then collapsing below 197.
 Despite the fact that bankers re- garded the higher re-discount rate merely a reflection of the expanding commercial demand for funds, the fact that the raising of the rate has been used in the past as a method of applying the brakes to wild stock speculation led to heavy selling for both account. The drastic break in prices which followed the previous raising of the rate early this year was still too fresh in Wall street memory to be disregarded. Pro- fessional traders also felt that the advance of more than 100 points in General Motors from the low level of the year had discontinued at least temporarily. the bullish effect of yesterdays mellon cutting.
 Loose Wiles Biscuit common and second preferred, Case Threshing Dupont and U. & Cast Iron Pipe, all of which recorded sensa- tional advances in the last few weeks were the hardest hit, breaking to 10 points as traders and investors scrambled to convert paper profits into cash. Such popular issues as Consolidated Gas and Rem ington Typewriter were hammered down at least 3 points sbefore they met sufficient buying support to stem the tide of selling.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
SHOOTING AFFRAY AT
 NEW HAVEN STATION
Man Runs, Cop Fires and Riot Squad Is Hustled to
 Scene-None Injured

New Haven, Aug. 13 R-With the railroad station well filled with persons waiting for their train de- parture a thrill was given them to- day when Officer William Newberg fired a shot at Michael Massamino, 30, of West Haven. who was trying to get away from pursuers.
 This man had been seen to have a gun in his hand while on the side walk outside the station. He had arrived in a machine with three others. Newberg started after the man, who ran. Massamino would not stop and he officer took shot at him and this attracted a number of others, who gave chase.
 Taxi cab drivers and others joined in and word went to police head quarters of trouble. A riot squad was sent to the station. but other of- ticers had chased the man some dis tance and had found him on third floor Of house. The machine, which bore a Massachusetts regis try tag with the three men in it disunroared. Massamino was held for inquiry.
New Britain herald., 1926-08-13
Secret Formula Keeps Cider as
 It is When Police Make Capture
County Detective Hickey Using This, Thereby Thwart. ing Pleas of Raided Farmers That Beverage Fer mented After COnfscation

Pennington. Conn. Aug. 13 Rl- A secret solution, provided by the state chemist, is being used by County Detective Edward J. Hickey and his associates in their raids on cider producers, to keep the bever- age from fermenting beyond the stage in which it is found.
 This is to offset the claim of pro- ducers that cider, at the time of analysis, has an alcoholic content in excess of what it was at the time of seizure.
 The nature of the solution would not be disclosed today at the office of the county detective. but it was admitted it had been used in a raid in Pennington last week and again last night when a second raid on cider mills was made in a continu- alton of the drive launched against