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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-08
CONGRESS GETS
FLOOD PLAN

President Coolidge today trans
mitted to Congress comprehensive
Mississippi River flood control plan,
which calls for minimum expendi-
ture of 1896. 4O0, 900 and which
definitely abandons the 'levees
only" policy followed by the army
engineers for fifty years.
The project. upon which the War
Department. has been at work since
the disastrous deluge or last spring,
provides for system of floodways,
spillways and improved navigation
channels, as well as Strengthening
OF the present leyees AMI the break
ing up OF bottle necks" at con-
gested points in the river.
Reservoirs to impound flood waters
at their source were found too cost
ly," while reforestation was recog-
nized as having only supplement.
tary value"
Maj. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, chief OF
Army Engineers, states in the re-
port that he believes it will take care
Of maximum predicted floods and
will provide for future expansion to
meet changing conditions. The prof.
ect, he declares, Can be advantage
ously executed in approximately ten
years."
1.-THE estimated cost of fiood-con-
troll works" according to the report,
sis $1S5, 400, 900. and OF channel stabi-
lization and mapping, Sill, goo 900, a
total Of 1896. 400. 0OO." But this
would be exclusive Of ''rights-of-way,
incidental drainage works and dam
ages. IL any," which will have to be
borne by local authorities.
Jadwin recommended "a distribu-
ton of costs by which the cost OF
flood control works in general is
borne 80 per cent by the Federal
Government and 20 per cent by the
Valley States, and the entire cost
Of channel sterilization is borne by
the United States" That would
accord with the fiscal policy of the
President and the precedents estab-
lished by Congress"
Reorganization Of the Mississippi
Continued on Page, >, Column ~
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This was the picture carried
away from washington today by
members of the Republican National
Committee.
Mr.. Coolidge's erasure of him.
self from the 1928 picture. and the
Hughes announcement that he
would neither seek nor accept the
nomination left the Eastern lead.
ers cropping. confused, and with
out a candidate.
The convention next June will
be the first in many, many years
IN which the Eastern leaders will
be unable to present a serious con.
tender-unless one can be de-
veloped within the next few months.
Serious contenders, however, are
rarely developed in that space of
time.
The net result will be, accord.
ing to the cencensus of Eastern
leaders today, that the large and
important delegations east Of Chi.
cago will go to the convention un-
instructed or prepared to cast
their votes in the early ballotinE
for favorite sons.
Friends of Mr.. Coolidge say that
the President intends to keep hands
off" the fight. To this some political
leaders retort, perhaps The cool.
ness between Mr.. Coolidge and Gen.
eral Dawes is an open secret in
Washington. And there never has
been any love lost between Mr.. Cool
idge and Governor LoWSen. On the
other hand, Mr.. Hoover Is a mem Der
Of his Cabinet, land 4 trusted ad.
wiser and personal friend.
The only residue of the inter.city
fight was that Of resentment di.
rected at William M. Butler, the
national chairman, whose manipula.
ton of the Southern members of the
committee kept the convention from
going to San Francisco The Far.
westerners are pretty bitter at But
Ter, but the fact that he win lay
down the Craftsmanship as soon as
the nominee. is selected at Kansas
City made the fact Of only passing
political importance.
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D. international News ssrvlcs

ny International News Services
MAYS LANDING, N. H.
Dec. 8.-After more than Is
hours Of elaboration, the jury
of five women and seven men
trying Mrs. Margaret Lillien-
dahl and her alleged paramour,
Willis Beach, for the murder.
Of the woInan's aged husband,
Dr. William LilIiendahl was.
still deadlocked at noon TO-DAY.
The jury retired at 5:34 b.
M, yesterday.
Unable to Agree
Called into the court room by
Justice Campbell who had given
them % hours to reach d verdict,
the forewoman, Mrs. Carrie CAL
kins, announced that they have
been unable to agree.
They were Immediately sent
back to the jury room for further
deliberation.
Defendants Worried
Mrs. Lilliendahl looked worried,
shifting her hands nervously as
the jury lined up before Justice
Campbell. Beach, who had taken
o seat beside her, clasped his hands
tightly. his face drawn and lips
taut.
1T looks like they are not going
to let us CO." were the first words
of the nervous widow as she heard
the jury report.
With the exception Of juror No.
8. Mrs. Ella M Dietrich, who an.
peared to have been crying, the
jlrrynnen and women gave no out.
ward indications of their feelings.
1t was recalled that Mrs. Dietrich
had been accepted for, jury duty
despite the fact that she openly
declared her opposition to capital
punishment. Her eyes were red and
fearful.
In response to the judges query,
the five women members said they
were as Comfortable as conditions
would permit
Reports filtered through from the
eecond.floor room of the courthouse,
where the five women and seven
men jurors wrangled through the
night, that the majority favored a
verdict of guilty. Two members of
the jury stood out for acquittal, it
was rumored.
Time Limit Up Today
If an agreement is not reached
within the 23-hour period set by
Supreme Court Justice Luther A.
Campbell, which ends at AS o'clock
today, the jury will be discharged.
All the population of Mays Land.
ing that could squeeze into the tiny
red-brick courthouse was on hand to
await the verdict, and most of the
other residents were standing on the
lawn outside staring at the curtained
windows OF the jury room.
Jury Asks Instructions
The fate of the black haired
widow and the chicken fancier
hangs on the changed testimony of
Harry f. Sandersorl, aluminium ware
salesman. of Sidney, Ohio.
This became apparent shortly be-
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
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GRIPS
MIDDLE WEST
By In.ernatlonal Nsws serrLcs

by International News Service
CHICAGO. Dec. S.-Following a
day of spring.like temperatures, Chi.
cagoans went to work today in a
biting Northwest blizzard that shot
the mercury down to near zero.
The cold wave Is general over the
Middle West. temperatures in some
sections being reported as low as 80
below zero. Widespread suffering
and damage caused by the tornado
like winds are reported over the at
fected areas.
Telephone and telegraph wires
snapped under their burden of ice
and snow. disrupting communication.
Traffic tie-ups and accidents have
followed in the wake of the blizzard.
The cold wave swept into Chicago
last night in the teeth of a snow
laden northwest gale.
1t was predicted that the mercury
would touch zero and below here
before the climax Of the cold wave
was reached.
Much property damage in sub
urban sections of the city, resulted
from the high winds, which reached
a velocity of SO miles an hour. Trees
were uprooted and billboards and
signs blown down. A cornice on the
roof of a large downtown hotel was
blown loose and fur men risked their
lives, while the blizzard ragged at its
height, to fasten it down.
Rain that was falling when the
Dilzzard started was suddenly
changed to Sleet and snow.
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HUSBAND
WITH HAMMER

PAINSvILLE, Ohio, Dec. S.-A
murder, for a time one of the most
battling mysteries here in years,
today had been solved, according to
Sheriff Ed Rasmussen. through the
confession Of Mrs. Velma West,
who. he said. has admitted she
killed her husband. Thomas e.
West, 20. during a fight in their
little cottage on the sNarrows Road,
at Perry. five miles east OF here.
Mrs. West. girlish woman of
81 years, told Sheriff Rasmussen
that she beat her husband to death
with a hammer. he said. in an
insane rage Tuesday night. then
took her husbands automobile and
drove to her parents home in
East Cleveland. where she was ar
rested Wednesday afternoon by
Deputy Sheriffs z. H. Lamos and
C. r, Czerr, Of Lake county,
She smashed her husbands head
with a claw-hamHer and a table
leg. Rasmussen said she told him,
then bound him hand and foot,
left his body lying in pool of
blood and drove to Cleveland to at.
tend a bridge party.
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GONE
.:SHOTSEN)
LIVES

Relatives whom they refused
to ask for aid viii bury Claude
jackson, So years, and his wife,
Ida, 81, who~ lie. dead, today ~
the result of 3 suicide pact
when then funds became ex.
hausted and they failed to find
work.
Both Die From Shots
The Jackson's were found in
their light housekeeping room at
1740 Potomac St. S. E., late yes.
terday, the wife dead with a bull.
let in her brain, and the husband
mortality wounded on the sleeping
porch adjoining. Jackson died
without regaining consciousness
soon after an ambulance arrived
from Casualty Hospital.
Hunt For Work Futile
Mrs. Jackson lay on her bed
with her arms folded over her
breast. and with q placid expression
on her face, but q gaping hole in
her temple.
The couple were found by Will
liam T. Fitzgerald when he and hia
wife returned to their home about
o'clock.
Neighbors recalled later they
heard shots at the Fitzgerald home
about o'clock in the Afternoon.
but paid no attention.
Back Of the double tragedy lied
tale OF fruitless efforts OF jack
son to find work after losing the
job he had at Gallinger Hospital
as Waterman a month ago, ana
when he returned to the modest
quarters they occupied. day after
day getting more DISCOURAGED. Then
the wife's attempts to tide over
matters by obtaining work herself.
failed.
AS the police reconstruct the
shooting, they believe the deaths
the result Of q carefully planned
suicide pact.
Mrs. Jackson, they say, evidently
had arranged herself for death.
She was neatly dressed, and Nv
on the bed with q pillow under her
head awaiting the shot that would
end their poverty.
The husband, according to the
mute evidence, put his pistol to her
mead. fired, and then, unable to end
his own life in the room with his
wife.s body. walked to the sleeping
porch and fired q bullet into his own
brain.
When Fitzgerald found jackson.
ne lay face downward, and was
breathing family and groaning.
The police theory Is that the
couple planned death after their re-
turn home in the middle OF the day.
TURN GJ,ERl
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Thieves Rob Home Of
Senator Elect Ware
J In Jersey

ATLANTIC CITY. N, j.. Dec. 8
Police today were Investigating
. burglary in the summer home
Of United States senator-elect
William S. Ware, Of Pennsylvania.
The house is one Of the show
places Of this section.
Police announced that the exact
loss will not be known until
Ware returns from Washington.
The house had been closed for
Che winter and contained many
valuable works Of art, and q
quantity nt Bilvas.
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IS
To HELP
RENN)S

GIN GIN N Att, Dec, g.
Clarence barrow, famous at
torney came in Criminal Court
today to help his oldafriend,
George Remhs, on trial Tor the
murder Of his wife, Imogene,.
escape the electric chair.
Remus wept when barrow
visited him in his cell shortly
before court was called to
order. Remus threw his arms
around barrow.
Can Never Repay
'My friend" he said, 'this is
wonderful Of yeu. Wonderful!
| can never repay"
Repeated emotional outbursts by
Remus have caused much conjec.
ture concerning how much longer
Continued on PAGE ., Column A.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-08
Black and White Taxi
Go. Sued for $500

r. e. Fitz.Gibbon., Of 1104 Yer.
mont Ave. N. W.. has filed suit
in the District Supreme Court for
$4,000 against the Black and White
Taxicab Company, alleging personal
Injuries and damage to his automo-
bile.
He says the accident, occurring
on January 16, at Fourteenth and l.
Streets. was the fault OF the taxi
driver who was speeding IS miles
an hour. The cab. he AYERS through
Attorney M. F. zpmbrunn, did 81 900
damage to his car and $4,000 In.
juries to himself. .-.....-..
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Murchison, Noted Runner,
Desperately III With Flu

DECATUR. Ill, Dec. s.-Loren
Murchison, of st. Louis, nationally
known as king of the indoor run
T1ers. Is in an unconscious condition
at ST. Mary's Hospital here today.
suffering from influenza and com.
plications.
Physicians pronounce his condi.
ton critical
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-08
SEEK BID RAIL BOND ISSUE

The Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chi.
cago 9 st. Louis Railroad today
asked the Interstate Commerce
Commission for authority to issue
$3.50, 900 Of general mortgage AZ
per cent gold bonds. The entire
issue win be delivered to the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-12-08
GIRL DEFES
GY PS Y
KING

Her black eyes flashing
defiance, Princess Mary Julia,
of the Mitchell gypsy tribe, to-,
dav issued an ,lltimatnm n her,
people, who are attempting to-
.annii1 hef marriage to William
i. Osborn.
"If you do not stop worry
ing me, !" she said, within
three days, | will take legal
action against you
. Reused By Kings Charge
Indignant at charges made by
her father, King Emil Mitchell, in
suit for annulment of the mar
riage, filed yesterday in the Dis
trict Supreme Court, Princess
Mary Julia Tor Mrs. Osborn, as
she would rather be known) ac-
Continued on Page ?, Column 81
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-27
ADMIRAL THINKS NAVY
is TOO CENTRALIZED

Ordered to Submit Plan to Wilbur;
Has None, He Explains.
By United Press
PHILADELPHIA, Sept 27-"I
have no plan for reorganization of
the Navy" Admiral T. P. MacGru-
der told the United Press when in
formed that Secretary Wilbur had
ordered him to submit him plan to
the Navy Department.
MacGruder explained that the
magazine article in which he criti-
cised the Navy was very little more
than a summary of the recommen-
dations made by Secretary DENLY
in 1928"
Asked whether he could formulate
reorganization plan, the admiral
said:
II might be able to do that in
event had several men helping me
and nothing else to do for several
months"
MacGruder said his principal
criticism of the Navy was the same
as that of former Secretary DENLY,
namely. that it is too highly CEN
tralized.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-27
SEEK U. S. GOVERN MENT
BUSINESS BUREAU HERE
City Civic Leaders Plan Appeal to
Budget Chief Lord.

Indianapolis bushes smen may
send a delegation to Gen. H. NJ
Lord, director of the budget, at
Washington, D. c., to urge him to
recommend to Congress an appro-
priation that would permit estab-
lishment of a branch bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce at
Indianapolis and other cities.
According to Washington dis
patches, General Lord is reported
to be opposed to the appropriation
in the interest of economy.
Representative Will r. Wood was
planning to meet Lord today or
Wednesday to urge the appropria-
ton.
Wood, as chairman VI the SUBJ
committee of the House Appropria-
tions Committee having jurisdiction
over independent Office expendfl
lures, is expected to WELD consider
able influence with the budget bu-
reau.
Julius Klein, chief of the bureau
Of foreign and domestic commerce
is reported to favor establishment
Of a branch bureau in Indianapolis
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-27
PLANS WEEKS
CAMP A|CN TO
REDUCE FIRES
Chamber of Commerce to
Sponsor Prevention
Work Here.

Elaborate plans for Fire Proven
ton week, Oct. to is, were for
mulated today by the executive COM
mittee of the Chamber of Commerce
fire prevention committee for ap-
proval of the committee at its
luncheon meeting next Monday.
Even more comprehensive than in
former years, campaign plans are
aimed to reduce the number of fires
and fire hazards in the city to a
minimum.
Indianapolis has made a re-
markable record in its fire proven
ton work." said Executive Commit
tee Chairman Frank C. Jordan,
"but we are unrelenting in our
efforts to make condition still bet
ter, aiming some day to reach a
f1rst-class rating by the National
Board of Fire Underwriters"
City in High Rating
The city's rating at present is
second class, although progress of
fire prevention work here has adj
vanced the city half way toward the
f1rst-class rating. Jordan said.
Indianapolis fire losses in 1926
we're $696,5l2, as compared with
81, 1884, $50 in 1921-practically a so
per cent reduction. This year will
show further reduction Of losses
unless some especially disastrous
fires occur.
Announcing plans for the cam
paign, Harmon E. Smoke, secretary
of the fire prevention committee,
said an innovation in the form of
a contest will be instituted.
Divide in Seven Districts
The city will be divided into seven
districts of equal area. Records will
be kept to learn which district holds
its fires to a minimum. Forty city
firemen under direction of ten in
spectors from the fire prevention
division will make inspections in
tended to reduce fire hazards in the
residential districts and enlven rival
ry in the mo fires" contest.
Other features Of the fire pre-
vention campaign include proclama
tons by the mayor and fire chief;
fire drills in public schools, depart
ment stores and factories; programs
and lectures in fire stations; speak
ers before civic clubs; radio speeches
by fire department and under
writing officials; essay contests in
the schools; demonstrations of call
box operations; inspections of fire
extinguishers and sprinkler systems;
campaign for cleaning up furnaces
and flues; campaign for fire proof
roofs, and training for Boy Scouts
and Girl Scouts.
Serving on the Chambers fire
prevention executive committee with
Chairman Jordan, are: j. w. Stick
ney, vice chairman, insurance rep
resentative; Fire Chief Jesse A. Hut
sell; Horace w. Carey, chief of the
division Of fire prevention and j.
Curran, head Of Indianapolis Salv-
l age Corps.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-27
1900 DOCTORS
COMING HERE /
FOR CONCLAvE
Indiana State Medical Con-
vention Opens Here
Wednesday.

More than 1900 physicians and
their wives will attend annual
sessions of the Indiana Medical AS
ISOLATION Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday in the new unit of city hos
pital.
Initial session opens at . a. m.
Wednesday, with registration at the
hospital. One of the largest tech
nical and commercial exhibitions
ever shown in Indiana will open
their and continue until 6 p. m.
Following adjournment of the
noon meeting Of the council in the
Indianapolis Athletic Club, delegates
will stage an eighteen-hole medal
play golf tournament at the Indian
! apolis Country Club. Prizes will be
distributed at the State medical
frolic and smoker at 8:15 p. m. at
the Athenaeum.
DR.. Cregor to Give Welcome
Feature of the Thursday session
is the address of welcome by DR..
Frank w. Cregor, president of the
State organization. DR.. Thurman
Rice, Indianapolis, will conduct a
clinic on rabies Thursday afternoon,
and DR.. G. G. Beall, TT. Wayne, will
conduct a clinic on periodic health
examinations.
At a general medical clinic, DR..
julius Hess, Chicago, will speak on
Infant Feeding and Its Present
Status" Morris Fishbein, Chicago,
editor of the Journal of the Ameri-
can Medical Association, will speak
at a banquet in the Riley-room Of
the Claypool at 7 p. m.
One of'the high points of the FRI
day session is the talk on "Physio-
therapy" by DR.. John S. Coulter.
professor of physio-therapy at
Northwestern University Election
Of officers will be held Friday at the
second meeting of the house Of dele
gates in the city hospital.
Woman's Program
Women's auxiliary will have a
separate program of entertainment.
Mrs. G. F. Voyles is president of the
Indianapolis auxiliary. A musical
at the Women's Department Club
at 8:15 p. m. Wednesday is the first
feature of the entertainment pro-
gram.
Guests of the auxiliary will leave
the Claypool Thursday at g. a. m.
| for an automobile drive and a visit
to the indianapolis city hospital
and the Indiana University hos
pitfalls. The tour will include the
Robert w. Long Hospital, Riley
Hospital, Coleman Hospitals, ana
the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The drive will end at the Marott
Hotel, where luncheon-b bridge will
be held.
The Real Silk Hosiery Mills will
be inspected Friday morning. Ar
tomobiles will leave the Claypool at
$50 a. m. A special police escort
| will be provided o neach tour.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-27
CATCH PURSE THIEF
Kermit Mckay, 10, Convict.
ed Before, Held.

A three-week search for Kermit
Mckay. IS. of Commercial Hotel, 215
S. Illinois ST., alleged Office building
purse thief. ended late Monday
when Detectives Brickley and Fin
neran recognized him in the State
Life Bldg. He was carrying purse
just taken from Room 916, the
property of Mrs Ethel Thomas, 1OS
E. Thirteenth ST., they said.
During the last three weeks, &C.
cording to Detective Captain Jerry
Kinney, more than thirty pocket
books have been stolen from down.
town offices, and in most cases Nc
Kay is alleged to have told women
employees that some one in another
Office wanted to see them. When
they went out he would ransack
desks.
Mckay was convicted once before
for the same offense, Kinney said
and when the recent thefts were
reported the victims all identified
McKay's picture.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-27
MAY NAME new
U. S. STEEL CHIEF
Directors Meet Today; Hope
Seen for Choice.
Ru United Press

By United Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 27.-Directors
of the United States Steel Corpora
ton were scheduled to meet today
after the close of the stock market
There was a possibility that a new
chairman would be named to sue
coed the late Judge Ebert H. Gary
President Coolidge's nomination
of Dwight Morrow as ambassador
to Mexico has eliminated one of the
list of possible candidates for the
office.
The group of elegibles as set forth
by the financial district now in
cludes Myron G. Taylor, member OF
the corporations executive commit
tee; Nathan Miller, former Gov
ernor of New York and legal counsel
for the corporation, and James A.
Farrell, president of United States
Steel.
OF the three, Taylor has been
given the best of the gossip of late
He is said to have the backing OF
George F. Baker and ]. p. MORGAN
whose sanction will carry most
weight In the appointments.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-27
PILGRIMS TO SAIL
1900 From England to
Greet U. S. Descendants.

BIZ NEA Serrice
LONDON, Sept. 27.-More than
1900 modern Pilgrim Fathers" will
sail to America next June to greet
the descendants of those who went
over on the Mayhower 300 years
ago.
At Plymout Rock will be held a
great reunion of Anglo American
Congregationalists. Later a mass
demonstration on Boston Common
will be attended by many thou
sands.
The twentieth century pilgrims
have chartered the White Star liner
Celtic for the trip and will make
the crossing in about as many days
as 1t took the Mayfiower weeks to
complete the voyage. The Colonial
Missionary Society, organizer of the
1928 pilgrimage, has been showed
under with letters of application
from those wishing to take part in
the reunion.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-27
WILL HEAR PLEA FOR
BUS SERVICE OCT. 5
Meadlawn Addition Residents Ask
More Frequent Schedule.

Meadlawn Addition Residents Ask
More Frequent Schedule.
Petition of residents of Mead
lawn addition for additional bus
service on the English Ave. feeder
line of the Indianapolis Street
Railway Company will be heard by
the Public Service Commission
Oct. 5.
Monday the commissioners ap-
proved sale of the municipal light
and power plant at Osgood to the
Hoosier Public Utility Company
Greensburg, for $e5,O0O. The money
is to be used by Osgood officials to
construct water plant.
In a letter to the commission, At
torney General Arthur l.. Gilliom
ruled that they were without juris-
diction in passing on an ordinance
limiting the weight of motor trucks
on the streets of Brazil.