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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-06
Hills Father Is Said
To Be on Way to Sons
Side to Aid His Fight
BY international News seFvlce


STREATOR, Ill, Sepr. 6.-Dr. n.
c. Hill, who vanished suddenly Sun
day morning on receipt of news that
his son, Harry. charged with the
murder OF his mother was under ar
rest in Seattle. Wash, today was re-
ported en- route to the Northwestern
city to look after the interests OF his
boy.
He is scheduled to arrive at Seattle
tomorrow, IL hours after local Off
GERS, who left TO bring young Hill
back for trial, reach there.
w. c. Jones, DR.. Hills personal
attorney, had reported his client In
seclusion to avoid curiosity of the
public. He told States Attorney
Hanson the physician would be avail
able when Hanson wanted him..
Meanwhile, Streatar's greatest
murder mystery became more in.
triguing than ever. Local investiga.
tors, apparently not satisfied with
the evidence in hand and perplexed
by several conflicting singles contin
ued their efforts today to clinch the
case against young Hill.
The murder victim was Mrs. Eliza
Hill, s.. wealthy eccentric divorce,
who, following the arrangement
with her husband, DIR Hill, promi.
nent local physician, lived alone in
an imposing broom house in
Streator's exclusive residential sec
tion. The couples oniv son. Harry,
%, spent some time at his mothers
house, but lived most Of the time at
a hotel here.
When the woman's body was
found In a shallow grave in the
basement of her home ten DAVIS
ago. suspicion pointed to her son,
az he was known to have quarreled
with his mother over money mat
tiers. His disappearance the day
the body was found, and testimony
offered by gardner at the Hill
home, confirmed the suspicion and
a coroner's jury named him as the
murderer.
Young Hill was arrested at Sc.
attic, admitted he had forged his
mothers name to checks, but de-
MED that he had killed her.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-06
Reforiners Of World
Mourn Passing of
Great Moving Force
BY lntsrnational News Service

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. Sept, s.
The ranks Of reformers and the
world at large today mourned the
death Of a figure unique in the his.
tory Of the country, q man credited
with being the moving force behind
the passage OF the most vehemently
discussed amendment ever added to
the Constitution of the United
/ States.
He was Wayne B. Wheeler, gen
eraI counsel and so-called generalis-
sinAo of the Anti-Saloon League,
who died at a sanitarium here late
yesterday afternoon from q compli-
cation Of kidney trouble and heart
disease.
Body To Be Moved
WheeIer's body. which was taken
to a local undertaking establish
ment, was to be removed to Column.
bus, Ohio, by his son and a friend,
DIR. Edward Hyde, later in the day.
It was understood that Wheeler's
body would be- laid to rest near that
|of his wife in the. family burial plot
in Cleveland. Ohio. Mrs. Wheeler
died but few weeks ago as the re-
suit of burns received in the ex-.
piosion OF an oil burner at Wheeler's
home in Little Pointe Sable. Mich.
Fought Rum 80 Years
Proponents of the famous dry
leader say that few individual per-
sonages attracted to themselves
such universal recognition through
conscientious adherence to prin-
cipIes and convictions than Wayne
B. Wheeler.
For more than 80 years he has
worked for the passage Of national
law which would free the nation
from what he termed the grip Of
Intoxicating liquors. and since the
last decade of the Nineteenth CEN
fury. all his energies had been ex-
pended toward that end.
From what appeared to be q
weak, almost chimerical quasi
political doctrine, Wheeler's creed
OF bone-dry legislation assumed
stable proportions in the early
years Of the Twentieth Century,
and the Antl-Saloon League became
a. force that politics realized would
have to b reckoned with. When,
In 1918. the Eighteenth Amend
n1ent WIS passed by the Congress
OF the United States, Wheeler's
prognosticstion and hopes had
been realized, ana he soon came
to hold the distinction OF being
the man waO had teen u nation
accept as law, the doctrine Of his
life.
Born In 1859
wheeler was born on November
10, 1859, on q kEbell farm In Brook
field, Ohio. It was during his
boyhood on this farm. he told re-
porters short time before his
death, that Wheeler had first i'm
culcated in his mind an aversion
to liquor, the occasion was when q
drunken farmland ransmed q pitch.
fork in young WheeltT'a leg. He
said the astounding inefficiency
and carelessness Of the farmland,
a good hay.toaser when sober,
brought q message to him to be
felt through the length ami breadth
OF the world.
Wheeler received his educ ation at
oberlin College in Ohio. While a
student there, he was broI ght to
the attention of the Rev DR..
Howard II. Russell. one % he
founders OF the Anti-Saloon League,
whe was IN search Of an assittanG
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-06

matter to those who havs depended
upon his support In their biennial
struggles for reelection.
To Wheeler, rightly or wrongly,
has been given the credit for the &c
1omplishment OF Constitutional pro-
hibition in the United States.
.yvheeierism," his opponents have
characterized it. Starting soon after
the turn of the century, the little
Ohio lawyer grimly set about the
business Of making America dry.
m the speculation AZ to his sue
cessor today three names were prom.
inentIy mentioned Bishop James
Cannon, ir., chairman OF the leagues
campaign committee: DIR. III. Scott
Mcbride, general superintendent of
the league, and DR.. 3. G. II. Cha,
rington, Of WesterviIle, Ohio,
home Of the league.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-06
THE PITHECANTHROPOS
ERECTUS

BUST Of the Pithecan-
thropos, Oldest human remain
discovered, according to Sir
Arthur Keith, British scien-
list, in address in England
upholding Darwin theory.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-06

That fact, in itself, constitutes
an eloquent tribute to the power
and prestige OF the little man who
for q quarter Of q century has
been the driving force and the
master mind Of the American pro-
hibition movement.
To the politicians OF the Capital,
Republican and Democratic alike,
Wheeler has meant prohibition and
prohibition has meant Wheeler.
The names have been synonymous
in their minds. Probably no man
has ever so completely embodied q
cause as Wheeler embodied prohi-
bition, and the speculation was
keen today as to his successor and
the effect his death will have on
the national politics of the next
decade.
Few Dared Cross Him
In his little office il the shadow
Of the Capitol. and in ~ inconSpic.
uous seat in the galleries Of Con-
gress, the little generalfssimo Of
the prohibition forces kept . close
tab on literally hundreds Of Con-
greHSmSn ana OIhGES IN OALlCt4A HE
He had them eard-indexed and
pigeon.holed with reference to pro-
hibition. Comparatively few CARED
to defy him openly. for to do 50
inevitably meant trouble In the
next campaign.
So, year after year. he divided
his time between his somewhat
dingy little office at the base of
Capitol Hill. and the galleries OF
Congress, always watchful, always
alert. A nod Of his head, . wave
of his hand in the gallery, and 1t
was not an unusual sight to see
half "a dozen members leave the
floor and consult with him in the
corridors. Time and again, wet
members of Congress have caustic-
ally called public attention to the
little man in the gallery and de
plored' his open control over votes
on the floor. But Wheeler always
grinned Sardonically and went
blithely ahead with his mission
which was to make America dry.
Interest In Successor
3 1t in little wonder then that tho
politicians of Capitol Hill were
keenly interested today In his sue
cessor. There was no Inistaking the
interest or the importance Of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-06

(FRoM LEFTY HEADS OF GORILLA NEANDERTHAL MAN
AND MODERN MAN.. BOTTOM (FROM LEFTY GORILLA
sNEANDERTHAL AND MODERN
DARWs POSITION mpregnabe continued The fun
history attacked
assuming perfect
between SKULL teeth body
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-06

STUDY IN MONKEY MOTHERHOOD
THE ANTHRoPoID MOTHER fondles nurses
and suckles her young in q human manner" Sir
Arthur observed in telling of his research into body
structure and behavior. Photo shows a Languar
monkey and her baby in a human-like attitude as
they appeared in the London zoo.
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boy
TO LIVE
CONTINUED from First Page.)

Continued from First Paee.)
1895, 7-year-old Edna was run down
by . hearse while playing and killed.
Six weeks ago the boy who Is in the
hospital today broke his arm.
Since the cath of her husband.
Mrs. Proudfoot's health has failed
and she, too. has recently spent some
time in the hospital. At the time
Of Prcudfoot's death the family was
Lett destitute but an appeal BY the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-06

1t in little wonder then that the
politicians Of Capitol Hin were
keenly interested today In his sue
cessor. There was no nistaling the
interest or the importance Of the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-06
FATHER BUSHES
To HILL s AID

Continued from First Page.)
chief OF detectives, says he is posi-.
tive the young man in the city Jail
is Hill.
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BLAST BLAMED
ON QUARREL

Continued from First Page.)
separated and he was placed on a
peace bond for six months.
Eighteen months ago, someone
set fire TO a vacant house owned
by Wiley at % Fahn ST., Laurel.
Residents thought little Of It until
q month later when It again was
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-09-06
Wheeler Death Likely
to Stir Up Politics
of stone.
By GEORGE r. HOLMES

Wayne B. Wheeler is dead-and Washington attached al
much Importance his passing today would to
the removal Of great political party chieftam
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-25
Southern. Serenaders
Play For atients
At County Hospital

Going out to find something to
occupy their idle hours yesterday, Paul
Beattie and his. Southern sarenaders,
the orchestra at the White Horse club
in Aqua Prieta, finally hit upon novel
scheme and one that brought, them
much pleasure They went to the
county hospital, where they rendered
a fine concert for all the patients.
Shorty Mack, attached to the orches-
ira, gave a snappy clog dance and sang
two numbers. The orchestra played
concert numbers and some excellent
dance music. Last evening in telling
The Dispatch assignment man about
their visit to the hospital, the orchestra
members said that they had enjoyed
the day more than anything they had
done for long time because they had
given real pleasure to the patients at
the hospital.
Paul Beattie. the manager of the
orchestra, stated that he planned to
make the trip to the hospital twice
a month to give a concert. lie said
that he was looking into the poSsibili-
ties of interesting the other Aqua
Prieta orchestras in the scheme SO that
some orchestra may visit the hospital
every week.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-25
BOBBY JONES TO
DEFEND BRITISH
TITLE ABROAD

, ATLANTA, June "a R - Bobby
Jones, British cpen golf champion,
tonight was en- the 1irst leg OF a
.lllrclcGly decided trip to st. An
drc~s, Scotland, in defense ct his
title.
With In today vhct lie boa I.eS
the Piedmo:.: l!1l"cd. Found .Ir
New No. AID the E0a' 'srr England
was Stewart Maiden. veteran pro-
fe!$ional at the Eastlake Country
club here, who. according to Bob,
himself, taugi5 cones "almost all /
k2ow about tho same
Those who will follow the play at
st Andrews profess grea. optimism
that the counsel OF Maiden will
steady the recently erractic game
CT the lad WHO last Week at Oak
mont lost his only remaining Amer
ieaL title, the rational open.
On the train With Jones tonight,
ard headed also Tor Scotland, to
enter tho British tournament, was
a!de Kirkwcod Australian trick shot,
who Yesterday defeated Jones in an
exhibition matcn at Albany. 1t was
after the game that KirkWood de-
cided suddenly to make bid 1c~
Bob's sole remaining crown.
lie greeted Bob at the station this
morning With the announcement
that 'Ihe newspapers made up my
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-25

| NEW LONDON, Conn, June "a A9.-
| Leading from start to finish Of a
| thrilling four-mile race, Harvard's var
sity swept out of the shadows of de-
feat this evening to conquer Yale for
the first time in seven years in the
climax event of Americas most his
toric college regatta. Harvard's time
was % minutes 35 1-5 seconds.
! The Crimson's stalwart, fighting
eight won by fully three quarters of
a length in the long drive down the
Thames river. Most if not all Of this
margin was gained when momentary
disaster-the catching of a crab
hit the Eli shell and virtually put it out
of the race with mile to go, just
when it seemed to be overllauling the
Cambridge crew
1t was brilliant triumph for Har-
wards sturdy sons, the first they have
known in this classic since 1920, but it
was also a heartbreaking defeat for a
Yale boat that entered the race a
Slight favorite and might have won for
the seventh successive year but for the
upset that threw it out of gear for a
few precious seconds.
the heralded Eli machine, the product
of the same system" that had sent
two crews, the freshman ard junior
varsity, to sensational and record
smashing triumphs over Harvard in
the preliminary races earlier in the
day, came at a moment when the Ellis,
coming from behind, seemed to be
cutting down Harvard'S lead with swift
Sqreness.
To observers along the banks and in
the observation trains, it seemed that
the Eli number six, Dana Bartholomew,
OF AnSof1ia; Conn, lost his stroke
failed to get his oar out OF the water
as he caught what oafSmen figuratively
call a "crab." Instantly the whole
Yale shell lost the beautiful precision,
the rhythm that had been sending it
along in space-devouring strides.
Yale had cut down nearly length
of Harvard's earlier margin and was
within a quarter length of being on
even terms~when it appeared to come
almost to a standstin. Oars flashed, a
tense silence gripped the thousands of
spectators on shore and boats, then a
groan from Yale followers as the Grim
son shot ahead again. It all took prob
ably less than three seconds until the
Ellis pulled themselves N0gether again
and dug in their blades, but it was
enough to give the Crimson back it's
lost advantage with another mile in
which to defend it.
The triumph of Yales freshman
crew in the fastest two miles rowed in
the IS years of regatta history and
the almost equally sensational per-
formance of the Eli junior varsity pro-
Vided unforeseen preliminary thrills.
In both races the Eli shells camc from
behind to score decisive victories in
the last half nile, the freshmen by a
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-25
'HARVARD'S VARSITY CREW Wins
HISTORIC COLLEGE REGATTA BY.
BEATING YALE in FOUR Mile RACE.

length and a half and the Junior var
sity by two lengths, but the main
laurels went to the New Haven "yeAr-
lings"
Sweeping down the middle two miles
of the varsity course with powerful
strokes, favored by ideal tidal Condi-
tionS, the Yale freshmen crossed the
finish in 8 minutes 10 seconds TO clip
more than 20 seconds from the 49,
year-old record for the event, set at
$685. by Harvard in 1908.
Only once before has such brilliant
time been touched by a freshman crew
or any other crew in Americas cham
plonship regatta. Back in 1903, Cor
nell turned out freshman eight that
swept down the Hudson river iii the
Poughkeepsie two-mile contest in the
same time as the Ellis chalked Up today
9:18.
Yale'sl "Javees" took an even bigger
slice out of the record for their event,
finishing in 9:23 As, more than 26
seconds faster than the old mark of
$3.50, set by the Ellis in 1925.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-25

mind 1or me to cofnpete.'
Besides Maiden and KiykWood, the
Jones party consists OF r. P. Jones,
the amateurs father, Charles L.
Freeman, an Intimate friend ana
southcrl gclf tnthuIa&t, anl, Sher-
wood G. Hurt, the latter will ioin
the others in flew York. Theu pass
ports will be awaiting them aboard
the Cunard steamer Transylvanla
the elder Jones said, explaining that
they would have only enc hodr ana
fifty minutes from tho tine the train
arrives tomorrow until the Tran
sylvania is warped aWay.
Jones told newspapermen his de-
ciSiOn to defend his British title after
previously saying he would not dc
SO. was made Tuesday night when
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-25
ARIZONA CLUB SERVES
BIG BARBECUE SUNDAY

The Arizona club in Noca, announces
that it will stage q mammoth free
barbecue on Sunday. The last affair
of this sort which it put, on was
attended by more than 1000 people,
according to the club officials
The very best of meats will be used
for the barbecue and everything will
be properly arranged for the enter
tainment of the crowds. Good music
will be provided for those Who dance
and the regular service of the club will
be on hand.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-25
MTAMPS S15.000. FIRE

MIAMI, June "a (R).-Fire of un-
known origin destroyed six frame resi-
dences in Dairy canyon here this
afternoon, with an estimated loss of
$4,000, partially covered by insurance.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-25

he saw illustrations OF the st. An
crews course in a golf magazine
while talking over his disastrous
rounds at Oaknont with college
friends
The pictures were too much for
me- he said land I gave in" He
said o. B. Keeler, sports writer and
intimate friend OF Jones, had been
advised of his decision and would be
on hand for the tournament. ESeeler
is in Europe or his honeymoon.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-25

Sharply
Great Britain draws the color line
at red.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-06-25

No Breakfast Complete Without
The Dispatch
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22

ETPTON SINCLAIR deserves the
" thanks of the whole working class
movement for his chapters in money
Writes" that apply the rod of casti-
cation to the poets or those who pose
as poets. Of course there are excep-
tons, and to those poets who can be
understood and whose poetry pleases
normal human beings or fires tbs
workers with fresh zeal for the class
struggle, we uncover our heads. Up
ton Sinclair makes few exceptions
and like the splendid fellow he is, his
wife is one of them. Which is as 1t
should be. II. !. O'FLAEERHTr
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
The Liberty Loan Swindle

The final redemption last of the second liberty oan
upon which the enormous sum of 100000 raised IN
November 1917 at very height of hysea brought to
the most bazen Swindes peeated upon the
American
These bonds forced the workers IN the war nd
tries warmongers the Swvechar patriots whose Job
the popuace and the horde of who
organized and feather parties to se attempt OF the
workers to improve conditions These liberty bonds
handled through local banks which realized discounts from hem
and the workers paid them insamen out of their
When expired hundreds Of thousands of holders OF
their had been discounted at the four
and Then 1920 the bankers and other
spectators the bonds Is points in order to buy them
up resultant unloading 1t during this artificial col
liberties that the disposed of these bonds at
misray reduced prices Industrial depression aided the
spator Fly bynght offices opened i'll all the Industrial
buy the bonds fftyOar bonds disposed OF
S42 The result that they placed IN what
the financial papers to strict class
that is hands of the bankers and spectators.
AS as this shifting of ownership completed the
bonds again and for the next their holders
realized the legal interest upon them.
The final redemption completed last Tuesday, the gov
eminent buying par and exchanging for many
money obtained has also been invested in what described
high class foreign oans and will draw exceedingly high inter
esometimes realizing superprofts through semcoOnia in
vestments.
history of the second liberty loan is history of
gained confidence game against those forced to
the original and resulted consolidating into the
hands the bankers billions of dollars realized through enforced
reduction the standard of living during the world
This history should be kept in mind when the
nongers try pedde their liberty bonds the of
plotted workers and farmers
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22

like all other novels, are propaganda
for a certain point of view. These
of Masters exhibit a leisure class,
wandering about lost in the midst of
luxury, having no idea what use to
make of it. Their author once wrote
me that l was mistaken in thinking
that he did not realize the dominance
of economic forces over his people.
So perhaps l had better not pass
Judgment, but simply say that mir
age" and "The Nupital Flight" are
powerful social documents, which
have had very little of the critical
attention they deserve.
Imagine them being written by an
old family lawyer, who sits in his
private office and has a string of
men and women come before him, re-
vealing the inmost secrets of their
lives; all the base things they have
done or hope yet to do, their cowardly
fears and ravenous greeds. 1t must
be trying kind of life, and judging
from the books of Edgar Lee Masters,
>the only faith it left him is in Stephen
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
Money Writes

Which brings US to our next poet,
Edgar Lee Masters. Some years ago
he published book of free verse
called "The Spoon River Anthology"
and all literary America read it and
shivered. "Spoon River" is an mag
mary village of the Middle West
we may guess that it lies not very
far from Petersburg, Illinois, in
which Mr.. Masters grew up. He
imagines a graveyard, with head
stones containing epitaphs of an I'M
precedented scEt, telling the truth
about the wretches that lie beneath:
everything unpleasant in human ma
ture-envy, hatred, malice and all
Observation-Disclosures, plus a few feeble
CLEANS of aspiration, inevitably
brought to quick extinction. Mr..
Masters bears heavy grudge against
his fellow beings, and still heavier
one against the fate which has Gre
ated them; he is as ingenious as
Maupassant in devising situations to
expose the irony of mortal hopes.
And then series of novels, which,
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-22
By Upton Sinclair

A. Douglas and the pro-slavery dem
ocrats of seventy years ago. His
heart warns to the little giant" 7
think because the reformers fought
him.
One other theme moves him to ten
derness, and that is boys and the life
Of boys. But they must be boys of a
long time ago, who can be seen
through a haze Of romance-boys
who were simple and natural and
jolly, and never had to be reformed
with a birch-rod or a trunk-strap!
But alas, even these ideal boys grow
up, and make lot of money, and
drink cocktails and play with their
friends wives; and what is to be done
about it is something concerning
which the Chicago ex-lawyer has had
no angel Moroni to descend from
heaven and tell him-and so the read
ers of these books will not be led to
build granite temples and make the
desert blossom with sugar-beets!
ITO Be Continued.)