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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
+ A|SON'S Staying
|. TRIAL OPENS TODAY
Richmond Man, Accused OF
Killing Woman, Says
She Shot Herself.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The star.
RICHMOND, Va, December Is
John Wesley Faison. charged with the
murder of Mrs. Elsie Holt Snlpes,
music teacher. in her apartment on the
morning of November 16, pleaded no,
guilty, when he went on trial
for his life today in the Corporation
Court. The first work of the trial was
the calling of the veniremen from
which to select 20 men, each side strik-
ing off and leaving the IL to hear
the evidence. This will consume time,
for the defense and the prosecution are
doing everything possible to guard
against any sort of slip and TO see
that the very best possible jury IS
chosen. Any person who disapproVes
the infIiction of the death penalty is
automatically excused. At noon eight
men had been selected and the original
venire of IS was exhausted.
The killing of Mrs. Snipes is shroud'
ed in mystery, Faison admitting that
he was in the room at the time, nut
insisting that the woman shot herseif
There were no witnesses to the AFFAIR
and the first known of it was when
Faison appeared at the hospital with
the woman. saying she had shot her.
sell, anu lie has StuCh W tiihL otSiS
without variation from the first de-
spite rigid questioning by the detee-
tives.
Police Find Diary.
One Of the interesting reports In con-
nection with the case is the fact that a
diary kept by Mrs. Snipes has fallen
into the hands of the police and that 1t
is said to contain the names of several
we'll known men in the city, and 1t IS
intimated that they will be summoned
to court to tell what they may know
that has a bearing on the case. The
possessors of this little book decline to
allow the names of the persons men,
toned to be made public.
Prosecuting Attorney Dave r. Sat
terrified is to be assisted in his task by
Harold ]. Cooley of Nashville, n. c.,
and J. j. Hatch of G6ldsboro, n. C.,
who have been retained by the rela-
tives of the dead woman.
Jury May Be Problem.
The defense is in the ha nds of l..
0. Wendenburg, the veteran criminal
lawyer, who has associated with him
Senator T. Gray Hadd6n, Simeon M.
Atkinson and Otto Stumpf. the law
partner of Mr.. Atkinson.
Judge Mathews will preside In the
case. 1t is already intimated that the
court will be compelled to send to an.
other jurisdiction to get the men to
make up the jury.
Faison has been in Jail since his
second arrest. the first time as sus-
pect. when he was hailed, and the Sec
ond time when he was fatty charged
with the crime and was committed to
Jail. Mrs. Faison Is standing by her
husband and has succeeded in raising
S1.400 for the defense.
The mother and father and two sis.
tiers of the dead woman have arrived
in the city and will attend the trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13

which abutting property Is improved
with buildings, degree of use to which
each street is put by traffic, whether
drainage is inadequate. type OF tenn.
porary surface tif any, condition of
grade and conditions as regards i'm
mediate necessary repairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
Rescued Woman Recovering.

Mrs. Minnie Columbus, So years
old, who leaped into the Tidal Basin
yesterday and was rescued by Louis
Brody, 1913 Thirteenth street, who
hooked her with his fishing tackle.
had recovered sufficiently last night
to permit her removal from Emer-
gency Hospital to Gallinger Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13
Criminal Assault Charged.

Elmer w. Dodson. 81 years old,
waived a preliminary hearing this
morning before Judge Robert E. Mat
tingly, in Police Court, and was held
under $4,000 bond for the action of
the grand jury on charge of GRIM
inal assault preferred against him
last night by his cousin, Mrs. Edna
Campbell, II years old. 507 Ninth
street southwest. Dodson also plead
ed not guilty and demanded jury
trial In connection with an alleged as
sault on John Barrett. also of 507
Ninth street, yesterday afternoon.
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Inside the old crater Of Asama, near
Karuijawa. Japan, a new crater. 60
feet in diameter. has been found re-
Gently despite that the volcano has
been active since last January.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-13

Senator Shipstead. Farmer-Labor
member. of Minnesota yesterday in.
troduced the bill to repeal the national
origins clause of the immigration act.
The clause has never been put into
effect.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-07
AUTOIST PUNISHED
West Haven Judge Imposes Fines of i25 and 10 Days in Jail on Beck less Driver.

New Haven. Dee. : Pi-Onc of the S,iifcst penalties meted out 10 an offender of the motor vehicle laws in a considerable period was given today in city court when Judge Will
 liam l.. Hadden Of West Haven inn posed fines and jail sentences amounting to >l25 and 40 days on rari Angalc, 29. Of Bridgeport, for reckless driving.
 AngIle who is sailor stationed at the New london submarine base. was fined $25 and given 10 days for reckless driving aud Slu0 and 20
 days for operating a motor vehicle 'aftor q lic"ns" had been refused.
 The court later rrmittcd $jO of the
 fine imposed when he was found guilty ot the second charge. An- 1 gale was arrested Saturday by state ! Trooper William Schai"man, bring ing to an end d search that had
 been going on since July 3l At that i date Angalc is alleged 10 have
 struck a machin" owned by l;. F.. | Clarke. Ct l@&2 Townsend avenue
 and kept on going without stopping
 to ascertain the damage inflicted.
 Mir. Clarke obtained inc license numbers of the fast disappearing machine and investigation hy the po- i lice led them 10 name Angalc as the driver of the machine.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-07
225 MILLION CUT, ASKED BY MELLON,
 PRESIDENTS PLAN
(Continued From First pagcj

For army housing total Of sl3. - -Hlu"0 Is recommended for cXpon. diturcs during thls and next year, about half or it being included in the supplemental estimate. The army estimates contemplate a reg, ular army Of 11S,750 enlisted men, slightly larger than the present, with 12.O0O officers. the same as now.
 Recommended appropriations for the army and navy air services would give the Navy G96 of the 1000 planes provided by the five year program and the army an un- estimated number of lS0o airplancs authorized for it at the end Of '1N C years. Also. funds would be avail able during the next year 10 com plctc more than 10000 miles Of lighted airways as contemplated in the department of commerce aN ia ton program.
 State Aid Projects
 The president in his message ac. Companying the budget called for a curtailment of federal ait 10 stat" projects, a policy which he regard, as hurtful rather than helpful to staieS.
 AS shown In the maternity and infancy act.' he said. "whcn once the government engages in such an enterprise if is almost impossible to terminate fits connection herewith. We should not only decidedly re-
New Britain herald., 1927-12-07
VIEWS ON SPORTS
Wesleyan Alunnus Comes Out To- day With Article Defending Ath- ''ss.f fss s~ / "ssf. :ns. ]ctics at College.

Middletown. Dec. ' tP'-Ovcr emphasis of football is not seen ''hc- rause Wesleyan won the Little Threc championship for the first tine in nine years" at that university according to an editorial in the Wcs~ lcyan Alumnus, published today. The cNtors of the graduate publication Id, ieve. In the primary values of the curriculum and in student activities which are akin 10 the curriculum.
 ,,rhe n,uny values of intercollegi- ate athletics are not under estimated however, for The Ammnns goes on 10 say from time to time, the mo- ton has be- en more or less prevalent on the campus that because inter- collegiate activities generally and football particularly have been over emphasized hy many colleges and by the public at large. Wesleyan should under estimate them. But Wesleyan cannot afford 10 lean backward at the risk of under emphasizing them. The result of such an att!tl7c can only be 10 deny 10 Wesleyan under graduates the opportunity 'o derive from intercollegiate athletics the fullest benefits which they can con- fer"
New Britain herald., 1927-12-07

the Pacific locks. a like amount for continuing construction of perma- nent quarters and S260.000 for be- ginning work on dam across the Chagres river. at Alhajuela, Pana- ma. This project which it is esti- mated will cost about $12,0O0,000 and take five years to complete. is designed for storage of water for use in operation of the canal. The budget shows a saving of $50. 1000, 900 in interest which will be paid next year on the public debt over this year. In this connection. Mir. Coolidge called attention to the refunding Of the Second Liberty loan which he said had accounted for a considerable saving.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-07

fuse to countenance additional fed
 er-l participation in state aid proi- ects but should make careful study of all our activities of that charac- ter with a view to curtailing them"
 For the first time since prohibit ton went into effect, q decrease rather than an increase in the sought. A cut of S591,26 In the prohibition bureaus allotment for
 next year is the result. 1t was cX- plained, ot economies in adminls-
 tration and in the reorganization of
 the bureau. which resulted in the transfer of some employees 10 other agencies Of the government.
 Effect of Transfers
 The effect of transfers is felt by
 the customs service for which an
 additional $1.000, 000 was recom- mended. most Of it for salaries Of
 men transferred 10 patrol of the borders 10 prevent liquor smuggling For the coast guard the budget bureau recommended approprla- tons totalling $7G5.opu less than the amount available this year, but made provision for establishing T coast guard station al Grand Ma Irajs. Mich. at cost Of s34,7I0.
 The budget estimate for inc post
 office department, $76$,27O,o42, is
 $lo,GUo,OoU more than the amount available for expenditure this year. An increase of S2,0o0,00Q in the provisions for carrying air mail by private contractors and of sl50, ,oh0
 for the carrying of foreign mail by air Was recommended.
 Veterans Bureau
 Tho veterans burcau is allotted S5G0.000. .00n, an increase of $Sl,- G'o,ooo but the estimates include 4$7450o,0n for paying casualty losses from the government life insurance fund and investment of premium ircceipts accruing to il,
 The budget bureau approved q IHi2.75&.229 program for the agri- culture department, q net decrease of S59l,o0G; allotted the shipping
 board S13,6SS,7j0. reduction of S%, sol, ,25U. and in addition to the S&ooI9N.oS9 total recommended for the interior department for use next year said that an appropriation of ! s, 45o 900 for the Coolidge DaIu irrigation project should be in- Icluded in the next deficiency bill. Public Buildings
 | Provision Is made for carrying
 out the public buildings program at an expenditure rate of $25. 5.000.0 900 Ia year. and for tho Panama canal
 sGOo, is provided for ovcrhaullng
New Britain herald., 1927-12-07
GREATER POWERS
 FOR STATE COURT
Mass. Judicial Council Makes
 Recommendations / ~

Boston, Dec. [ CF-Greater pow CTS of review for the state supreme court in considering appeals in cap ital cases are recommcnded by the judicial council infits annual report 10 the governor today. The council urges that the Supreme court be given the power 6f reviewing every judicial act of the trial judge includ- ing acts of discretion such as deci- sions on motions for q new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of evidence or on tho ground of newly discovered evil tlencc.
 The council says that much of the delay in the long drawn out Sacco- Nanzetti case was due 10 the requirement of what was known aS d narrative" bill of exceptions. This requirement was abolished by a statute adopted in 1925 but the old law applied to this case. The council recommends that the requircm cnt also be abolished in civil cases and that tho limit of one year on motions TOT a new tTldl, uDOlSlltu III l '--, Dc restored.
 A general increase in the amount of minimum fines imposed by the courts Is recommended. on the ground that the present limits were set at a time when the purchaSins power of the dollar was greater. The council urges that some of the work of the supreme court be taken from 1t and that single justice sitlngs he abolished but opposes creation of an intermediate or appellate court ol appellate divisions of the supreme court.
 Tho council is against majority lury verdiCts. II recommends giving the supreme court authority to stay execution of the death sentence while judicial questions are pending but says that this would not neces- sitate a constitutional amendment as it would not deprive the governor ot any of his present powers.
 A majority of the council r'com. ncnds giving trial justice the righ' 10 express 10 the jury an opinion or the facts of q case "hecaus there should bo q. competent. unmrzzlof judge on the bench whose sol" duty is to sec that justice is done impar. tially."
New Britain herald., 1927-12-07

"too alarmed stubborn to take the first step
 He read a letter from the doctor to his wife after the quarrel filled with terms of cndearment
 Can you believe that a woman so loved and loving could be sud- denly turned into a thug" he asked.
 With the actions of Harry San derson. star witness for the state who first testified that he could not identify Beach as man he saw running from the scene Of the crime and later changed his test,- mony 10 identify Beach positively. McCarter dealt at length.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-07
RED CROSS FUNDS
 JUST KEEP COMING
started After S3 900 Fund Now Sure 10 Exceed SIO.OOO-No Prcdic-
 tions On Final Total

Although the drive for Red Cross funds officially ceased some time ago. Chairman Peter Crona finds for the first time in his life he has started something he cannot finish. Funds still come rolling in and there seems 10 be no stop in sight. We will go over s10.o00," Mir. Crona stated yesterday. although the or iSinai quota was only s3,o00.
 With contribution Of more than $500 arriving today from Newington and with plainyille and Berlin still to report the Red Cross fund today stands at So.759.S5.
 Officials of the local chapter now refuse to predict what the final to- tai will be.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-07
Verdict For Damages

\ jury verdict of s100 was won ip lhc court of common pleas at and her sister. Elizabeth. both of this city. against Andrew Busso of Bristol for damage to their auIomo- lile as q result of an a,Il omohilc ac- Cidcnt on Summer street several months ago. Judge Joseph NJ. Donovan appeared for the complain ants and Noble F.. Pierce represented BuSSc.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-07

to the "henous. brutal killing of Dr. ! Lilliendahl."
 [ Mccartcr pointed out that the killing was done just off q man road.
 If this crime Was planned he said, ''Why did they not choose q 1 by-road, a place of safe seclusion ?' i ~ ou have seen Mrs. Lillicndahl. ! A woman of refinement, lineage. grace. Look at her again now
 Here Mrs. Lilliendahl began to weep quietly.
 i Her reputation" McCarter con- timed, ''is unblemished through all her life except by the false stories Of one or two state witnesses Here McCartcr handed to the jury il family picture of Dr. Lilliendahl. i Mrs. Llllicndahl, their son and their dog
 "ls not that" he said, proof pos tive oi the love that made these people a family"
 Calls Widow Real Woman ! McCartcr then pictured the con- trast as he saw it, between Mrs. : liIlicndahl and "th" cigaret smok- ing. cocktail drinking happer type uf woman who is so common nowh- days"
 "She is q lady of character and standing" he said, and witnesses who know have so attcsted.
 Are these witnesses thugs who loll about park benches down Tn Baltimorr," he said. 'or are they our kind Of people, simple country lolk?"
 Several youths from Baltimore 'tcstihcd for the state that they had seen Beach in a Baltimore park on the day Bark testified Beach con- fesScd to the murder. McCarter turned from his argu- mcut for his own client for q mo- mrnt 10 say that no good evidence had been adduHed 10 show that Beach had any connection with the crime or was the sort Of man who could conc"iVably have done il.
 Next he spoke of tn" "Peggy An dcrson' letters that admittedly IpassoJ between Beach and Mrs, Lillicndahl
 Says ro-tmi>irrs> Lied
 That postmiStress, he said. speaking of the woman who testl- fled that several letters passed be tween the two every day, that gos- sip, licd. How extravagant her story was, and sec how far she went, She tried to break up that home and the best answer 10 how she succeeded is 10 look at that husband and wife sitting here be- siI" mo.
 But that gossip was not satisfied with trying that In her testimony she even dragged in a question of the paternity of the little lillien- dahl boy.
 "Takc care. talk" care, ladies" he shouted to tn" women jurors. "A woman like that may next he say ing that your children arc not your husbands'."
 Little Boy Listens
 Al inc mention of the little Jil- liondahl boy. Alfred, the widow s eight year old son, stopped playinc with paper and pencil and for the first time since the trial started leaned forward to listen. A moment afterwards, unable to follow Ill, summation. the lad resumed hi! amusements.
 McCarter then turned to th' quarrel between pr. lilhendahl an' Beach which the state contend: , formed a motive for the crime. H. said it would soon have beer smoothod over but both men were
New Britain herald., 1927-12-07
To Elect Officers

Officers will be elected for tho en- suing year at meeting of sarah F.. Reynolds Tent. No. IS. D. of |. N.. to be held at o'clock this evening. ! he annual reports of the present officers will be submitted and other business transacted.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-07
Hearing January 5

In response to petition from res idents of Maple street between Cen fer street and the railroad crossing at FarminCton avenue and upon the recommendation of the st""et com mittcc. il was decided 10 hold q pub lie caring on Tuesday. January d. At that time property owners not m favor of the proposed huilulhS linc may voice their objections.
New Britain herald., 1927-12-07

from the time he left home he would have been too late. It would then have been 1:l5 and testimony shows that the murder was done before, that time
 Hedges said that the persistence Of news photographers with their inccssant flashlights so wore Beach out that he disappeared lest his weak heart give way under the strain.
 He was under bond at that time as a material witness Hedges said, but he is moi a lawyer. He read the bond to mean that he must merely surrender himself when the court wanted him and this he did. He did not understand that it was an order not to laece the jurisdic- ton.
 "Hc went 10 inc home of friends to escape the reporters. photoSra- phcrs and the abuse of tn" notorious detectives of the prescott or's office. Nindicatcd Himself
 "Tho fact that he came back. that he is here today, shows his intentions and he should not be criticised.
 "Who thought of this crime In inc first place." Whose evil mind conceived such an unnatural act as the murder of husband by his wife, or by her conniNancc" No one hut the prosecutor would have thought Of such a thing, tho samc man who said at the time Of the killing that an inquest was no. needed.
 "Why was 1t not needed? Had the prosecutor already at that time made up his mind so fully that cNi- dence was unimportant 10 him?
 "Thc defense for Willis Beach is an alibi and every hour of his day has been thoroughly accounted for. Even had there been q motive, even though he had wanted 10 com init this murder Willis Beach could not have don" it, He Was never in the right place."
 Prosecutor IIiNkle, although hc was 10 have reply 10 thC defense summations as soon as they were done. took no notes on Hedges ad- dress
 Hodges remarked that the court room clock had stopped, Justice Campbell responded that in case Mr. Hedges was thinking Of taking the liberty of continuing his talk until tho clock was fixed. he, th' judge, was using watch that was still running. Hedges said he would bring his address to T quick sop.
 He did so hy respectfully ask ing the jury to bring in verdict of acQuittal.
 Robert H. McCarter. trial coun. sol for Mrs. Lilliondahl. then began summation for his client. i Ladies and gcnaltmon." ho said you have listened 10 moro than l 5C witnesses and more than @,0o0 pages of evidence. You could not possibly recall all that you have heard. Nor might forget some of the important points, and so l shall recall these points 10 you.
 "On Scplomhor 15 most brutal .rovoltin@. shocking crime took plac, on what has been called murder road.
 "Thcro were no gloves on wher Ethis crime was done. No refinement It Was brutality pcrsoniiied.
 If such H horrible thing was pos siblC as for this wife to wish the enc of her husbands life she could no con"civably have accomplished hcl purpose in the terrible manner il which this killing was done.
 Cared Fer Him Tcndcrly
 "fle was i'll. Had long been i'll If she had wanted his end she coult have secured it merely by withhold ing her constant care. But she gaNt nat care and it was due to her lov' ing attentions that Dr. Llllicndah lived as long as he did.'
 Mrs. Lillicndahl'S head droopct and she wept as McCartcr referred
New Britain herald., 1927-12-07
pE,TERSON-EORERG

Announcement has been mad" of the engag cement of Lilies Camille Paterson of 59 Arch street to '1ar- cnce NJ. Foberg Of 92 Jubilee street
New Britain herald., 1927-12-07

Three-tenths Of the earnings of | Belgian convict are given to him Tt the end of his term of imprisonment.