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The Washington times., 1928-03-03
TORCH SUSPECT
WAS SPY
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he murder which occurred Feb
ruary 90
They said they wefe struck I'm
nediatnlv 81 ire reserabl ance and
were an but certain the auave doc
tor and the million dollar promoter
are the same
The tw0 men wera dircOrc ertea
when they realized that they knew
next III nothing about man with
who1n they had been neg0toa tins
ana fom they expected to nut n
certified check Tor $4,000 300 in
escrow pending carrying gut of
vast ana ambitious eirWnys scheme.
They did not even know hia firat
name
Showed Passport
10 them he was DR. Graves,
IN Identity supported. they said. hy
!. Haitian passport he showed them
Levine inside thu nignifi can't re- ~
laklon that ne lest heard from
sn Graves the latter axcuslHg
his failure to attend scheduled
eomkeranca IN letter from tbs
Riviera Hotel Newark center 0f
tho search Tor the slayer and the
city from which the various c0nkeA-
sion letters Wefa written
TleVfna md Or. Graves met
Ia Steuer 0kEfcs Tie fIIer said
liz noticed Immediately coOlneN
between Steuer and Or. Graves
unusual as between client and c0tIn.
sci. ana excnsIns himself Tor mo-
nlent wrote note which he slipped
Is SEouer's secretary. The note
reads
why don't you ask him for :
retaining feeg'
Stsuer aid. asking Tor 35,oOOs .Dr.
Graves said:
sAlI right. IN can Up ii i few
days
Ire left. and Levine learned he
had never seen Steuer before, but
IL had agreed u put So. 900, 900 III.
escrow TO purchase planes, while
another $1,000, 900 was TO be put up
for establishing routes and obtain.
ine ronce siona Levine said:
we were 20 meet February III
Il drew aap contracts He did not
appear. / telephoned Steuer. He
hadn't heard from him.
aon sunday morning. the nine.
teanth gkbe day before the muir
sIer) Or. Graves teIephoned me
~ the Mayflowar Hotel ana said ne
vas bnnx Ia important conferences.
re said No would be In touch with
RE again Ia few days. But
never heard from him agaln.
after he returned "a pOlice head
quarters. following his Interview
With steuer. inspector Coughlln
said:
eve. have given the Somerset
county authOrltioa every possible
assistance and cooperation In this
case. &
Up 10 Jersey
From another source it was
learned that the New York city
,,o,,ca are inclined to feel that little
$50 can BE done here to apprehendI
thA torch slayer and that the mys-
ferv. now more than 10 days old.
ugiII have to be- solved. IL ever. By
ma New Jersey authorities.
A high New York police official
xvl,, did not wish to have his name
Disclosed. said today:
ssFfvery clue IN connection with
INA Shaving OF Miss Margaret Brown
INNS into New Jersey. We are
dnlrr all we can to help here, but
q ~ now up to the New Jersey
,,oliQe to catch their own murder-
ers.
The Washington times., 1928-03-03
Pathetic Little Figure

The truth E Yelma sat II &
corner that night. q pathetic, con-
trite figure said Mrs. Van Woert.
she was holding her terrible secret
to herself ana her girl friends could
not understand what was wrong
with her. She was 50 different
from her usual bnoyant self.
They finally got her to play the
piano. She tried to sing but
faltered. They thought she was III. I.
Mrs. Van WOert and Velma went
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18
GARNER OPPOSES
RAPID PAYMENT
Of PUBLIC DEBT
Asserts Foreign Countries
Will Ask Cancellation
If Bonds Paid

WASHINGTON, Feb. II (F9-Rapid
liquidation of the public debt was
opposed in the house today by Rep
resentative Garner, Texas, ranking
democrat on the house ways and
means committee, on the ground that
foreign countries would insist on can
collation. of their debts to the United
States as soon as the American debt
had been wiped out.
The Texan predicted that in such
event propagandists would charge the
government with using foreign money
to defray it's expenses, adding that
no such charge can pe made so long
as the public debt stands. His argu-
ment preceded passage OF the Burton
bill for funding the S62.850,000 debt
which Jugc-Slavia yet owes the gov
ernment.
Garner did not oppose the bill,
which now goes to the senate, but
said he could not approve the prin-
ciple behind foreign debt settlements
that has been defined as 'the capa-
city OF debtor nations to pay
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18
SHIPPING BOARD.
ASKS LEGISLATION
10 MEET NEEDS
Want ReaffirmatiOn of Pol
icy to Maintain Perma-
nent Marine

WASHINGTON, Feb. II (P-The
shipping board today took a definite
stand for new policy, submitting to
congress recommendations on iegiSla-
ton proposed to facilitate the carry
ing out of the merchant marine act
of 1920.
Embodying the report compiled at
conference in January of the lead
ing steamship men OF the county,
the board declared that none or tbs
proposed bills provide all the legiSla-
ton necessary to meet the present
requirements Of the merchant marine
act A combination Of the best
features of the Jones, Copeland, Wood
and White bills was suggested.
Assuming that there IS no prospect
of congress enacting subsidy legisla-
ton, the board said that II congress
is content with carrying out the
merchant marine act to transfer tie
government owned vessels to private
owners. meanwhile providing for YES
sci replacement and new construction.
the adoption Of certain indirect aids
would prove effective.
The aids suggested by the board
included a reaffirmaticn of The ma
tional policy to establish and main
tain a permanent merchant marine;
transfer to privately owned American
vessels of business now h\adled by
army and navy transports; provision
for the creation OF a merchant marine
naval reserve; the establishment ol
an insurance system which would
place American vessels on ali equality
with foreign vessels; generous COM
pensation Tor lcng time foreign mail
contracts liberalization OF the terms
under which loans may be secured by
the American shipbuioers ana operat'
ors from the present construction loar
fund and federal tax exemption ol
American vessels operating in foreign
trade.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18

LOS ANGELES, Feb. II (AP1-
Neither Colonel E. G. Wheeler,
II year old millionaire bachelor
of Nevada,n or Mrs. Isabel Klein,
his "Iife" secretary, won the
suits against each ether, accord
ing to decision rendered today
by Superior Judge William Feed
erickson. Mrs. Kiein'S breach 0f
agreement c0unTersult was Tor
SlSS,OOO, against the cOloners $685.
600 suit on prOmissOry notes.
Despite IL bitter trial days the
whole matter ended i'm a draw,
The court ruling that neither was
entitled to cent. TIE money
paid by Col. Wheeler during his
seven years acquaintance Wian
Mrs. Klein foc houses, autOmO-
biles, the education OF her two
children and numerOu5 trips III
Eis company tG New York, Ma
vana and other attractive points
being declared by the cOur. to
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IL (AI)-
The disaster aboard the ferry
boat PeraIta was described in
vivid detail tonight by Miss LII
liam Sullivan, 1876 Tamalpais Road.
Berkeley, a passenger aboard the
ferry.
II was standing on the forward
part of the upper deck when the
bow of the boat suddenly sank
said Miss Sullivan. THE water
rushed into the lowe. deck and
DeOpIe began to scream the boat
is sinking
.Ihere was a crashing and
rending of timbers as people tore
down the life preservers. This
added to the panic as passen-
gers thought we had struck
something. At this time the crew
started herdIng the passengers
back from the front of the boat.
Il got along the rail and saw
20 people floating in the water.
They had rushed out on the lower
deck where the water was four
feet deep. Some leaped over
board and some were swept into
the water.
by this time the boats had bee
lowered from passing ferries and
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18
AGED MILLIONAIRE BACFIELO OR
AND LIFE SECRETARY IN DRAW

be gifts. The notes signed by
Mrs. Klein for S25,OOO, which Oc-
casiOned the cOlOneIs suit, we're
without consideration, Judge
FredericksOnr ruled.
Juuge rre1crlcKSOn Salu: "A
cannot see wherein there was any
definite contract made at Any
time. 1t seems to me to have
Deen a voluntary arrangement
broken more than once by each
parry. Ine SORT Oa arrange
ments entered into by the two
parties may have been perfectly
PlatOnic. but such arrangements
are against public policy and can
not be cOuntenanced by the
court"
Mrs. Klein had brought counter
suit against Colonel Wheeler IN
the grounds that he had violated
his promise to support her an
her two grown children tor the
rest of his life and TO leave her
his wealth when ne died.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18
Pan American Union
Urges Compulsory
Arbitration as Key

HAVANA, Feb. II P)-With the en-
dorsement of the United States, COM
pulsory arbitration was proclaimed to-
day by major committee of the Pam
American conference to be the key to
the maintenance of peace in the west
ern hemisphere and as providing a
logical means for the settlement of
international disputes.
After three-hour session today the
subcommittee of the committee of
public international law agreed unani-
mously on the report which calls for
IAN arbitration Cancellation confer
ence" in Washington within the next
year, to draw up a collective Pan
American arbitration convention.
According to the report the specific
duty of the Washington conference
would be to discuss the minimum ex-
ceptions to compulsory arbitration to
which all countries would be expected
eventually to agree for the purpose of
excluding from such procedure ques-
tions involving their independence,
sovereignty and. domestic affairs.
While DR.. Honorio Pueyrredon re-
fused to discuss his immediate plans
with interviewerS it was understood
he intends leaving Washington for
Buenos Aires with the least possible
delay. He would make no comment
as to the probable action of the BuenoS
Aires government on his resignation
beyond pointing out that he had IN
sisted his resignation be accepted. Just
whom the Argentine republic might
place in his stead as ambassador at
washington or which course he plan
ned to follow when once being at
Buenos Aires were subjects he avoided.
There was from him, however, a
reiteration of his stand on the Pan
American convention, further state
ment that his fight was directed
against no nation but against prin-
ciples and for other principles upon
which. he said the issue of Pan
Americanism has its very foundation.
Laurentino Olascoaga was in charge
of the Argentine delegation today.
In taking it's action today with re-
gard 10 q committee on compulsory in
ternational arbitration the committee
took cognizance of past failures OF
such meetings of experts where dele
gates had not the authority to sigl,
the convention but merely draw up q
draft which later was submitted either
to tie American congress or the
| individual governments. In many o.
these cases there has never since beer
definite action by the nations eligi'
bic to become signatory to such treat
les.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18
LEGION ALSO
ADDS VOICE.
TO EXPANSION
Vice President Tells Com.
mittee 1--WE Want
Proper Navy"
BAN P ACIFISTS
UrgesMalntenance of Price
less Heritage Handed
Down by Fathers
BAN P PACIFIS S

WASHINGTON Feb. II Up - APP
proval of the administrations warShlp
construction program was urged upon
the house naval committee today by
representatives of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution and the
American legion.
Mrs. William Sherman Walker, vice
president general of the D. A. r., de-
tlared at hearing that as "wives and
mothers and sisters of the men who
must go to sea in ships, we want a
navy in keeping with the. up to date
principles as manifest in all business
enterprises Of our country"
John Thomas Taylor, legislative
representative of the legion, in let
ter to members of the naval commit
tee. also Urged the building Of addi-
tional ships declaring that the organ
ization of men who fought in the
World war wanted congress to provide
construction of the II ships proposed
in the program that shall start im-
mediately."
"The facts before your committee
show that these ships are needed" he
added. ~They should be built, there
fore, and built for use on the hign
eas-and not just to scrap, which was
the fate OF the 1916 program"
Mrs. walker said that when the
Daughters of the American Revolution
spoke on a question like that Of the
building program it "does SO in the
spirit of maintaining for America the
priceless heritage handed down to us
from the founder patriots" She urg-
ed the committee not to listen to
pacifists.
She recalled that Secretary Wilbur
in presenting the program to the COM
mittee said that it was "a part OF the
carefully prepared construction and
replacement program developed by the
navy general board. Britten contend
ed that, excepting the five proposed
aircraft carriers, the new ships were
designed to replace old ones.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18
FORGERY AND
LYING SEEN By
SEN. B0RAH
FederaIIraGe Commissioner
Is Under Fire in
Senate Probe
JUDGE APPEARS
SOper Explains Consent De-
cree in Ward Baking
Co. Lawsuit

WASHINGTON, Feb. II (F9-- New
fire was directed today at Abram F.
Myers, former assistant attorney gen.
eral and now a federal trade COM
missioner, at public hearings before
a senate judiciary subcommittee.
Documentary evidence was present.
ed by Federal District Judge Morris
indicating that a copy OF a letter
written by the commissioner to Judge
Soper had been materially altered
before its presentation to the sub
committee by Myers as evidence.
1T seems to be not only lying,
but forgery" exclaimed Chairman
Borah.
Myers will be called before the
committee next week and given an
opportunity to explain. If he is
unable to satisfy the committee,
the chairman indicated that further
steps would be taken, but he did
not disclose their nature.
Judge Soper appeared at his own
request to protest against structure
on him contained in the Sllb-comnit-
tees majority report dealing with the
entry of the consent dissolution decree
against the Ward Food Products
company and the simultaneous dis
missal Of Clayton act complaint
against the Continental Baking COM
pany.
The majority report, written by
Senator Walsh, democrat Montana,
and concurred in by Senator Borah,
republican, Idaho, was based largely
upon Myers testimony and docu-
mentary evidence which he furnished.
Judge Soper undertook to show the
committee that this evidence was not
based upon fact
The crux OF the case was that
Myers had contended he had in
formed Judge Soper when presenting
the consent decree that the complaint
against the Continental Baking COM
pany before the federal trade COM
mission was to be dismissed upon the
entry of the decree.
The consent decree itself said, that
in view of the complaint before the
trade commission against the Con-
tinental the petition under the Clay
ton act filed in the district court
at Baltimore was dismissed, making
no mention of the contemplated
action by the commission.
Judge Eoper told the committee
that Myers bad not told him OF the
proposal to dismiss the action before
the trade commission and he present.
ed sworn statements from three MEM
bers of counsel for the baking in
terests that Myers had not so in
formed the court. Then he presented
the original of the letter Myers wrote
him on Dec. 16, 1926, purported
copy Of which the commissioner
furnished to the committee as evil
dence to substantiate his statement
that he had told the judge of the
contemplated action by the trade
commission.
This sentence, appearing in the text
of the copy as printed in the record
of the committee hearings was moi
in the original.
Il distinctly recall that when you
reached section IS of the decree,
mentioned the circumstances under
which that section was included, and
that I was advised that it was the
purpose of the federal trade commits
sion to dismiss the proceedings ef-
fective upon the entrance OF the
decree"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb II R-
Father E. T. Mccarthy, pastor OF
the church of Our Lady or Lourdes,
Oakland, a passenger on the ferry
boat Hayward, which aided the Pc
ralta victims, gave an eye witness ac-
count of the accident. He said:
water poured over the bow OF
the Peralta as if it had dashed from
cataract. People were swept over
board like dummies. Men ana wom-
en- fought like mad 1t was eight
minutes before a boat was launched
from the Hayward and then it ap-
peared as though the deck hands did
not know how to row. The rescue
work, such as it was, was done al
most entirely by the sailors OF Goat
island.
"I have list of $50 names OF
people who will demand that action
be taken by the railroad co.~ynission
to prevent another such occurrence
at this"
Father Mccarthy was highly praised
for his direction OF rescue work.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18
SCORE DROWN TN BAY CITY DISASTER
DA.R Approves Administration Navy Program
* * 4 X * * * y * x y y 4 !
NOse-DiUing FerybOGt
Is Latest In Design OF
Key System Ferry Fleet

+ SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IT Up
The fast PeraIta, which went !
Z into a fatal bow dip" while !
l: crossing San Francisco bay to- !
. night, is the newest of the Key J
+ system fleet of electrically driven !
I. boats. 1t was built in 1926 at the !
Z Moore Shipbuilding company =
+ plant at Oakland. 1t was pro- I
+ PEELED by two huge motors which 7
were powered by a steam turbine !
+ engine fed by oil. 1t was equip !
+ ped with wireless apparatus.
It was powered by screws both 7
+ fore and aft and presented the J
z same open appearance from J
+ either end for speed in
+ ing the landing aprons. J
T Reports tonight said the YES !
+ sci was balanced by a system OF J
Y water tanks and any failure OF !
automatic controls to balance the !
+ passenger load might have caused !
+ the vessel to dip as reported by :
+ passengers.
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18
CONSnTUT0NAL|TY
ANTI INJUNCTION
BILL IS ATTACKED
General Counsel Railway
Executives Que s tiOns
Shipstead Measure

WASHINGTON Feb. II (P) - The
constitutional authority of congress to
enact legislation restricting the use OF
by federal equity courts as
proposed in the Shipstead bill was
challenged today before the senate
judiciary committee when opponents
of the measure, aimed at strike in
functions, began presentation OF their
side of the case.
The form Of the attack, delivered by
Alfred P. Thorn, general counsel OF
the Association of Railway executives,
came as q surprise to the committee
and started an argument that was still
in progress when the committee adj
iourned until tomorrow with Thorn
still on the stand.
The railroad attorney said he would
not touch upon the use OF injunctlonS
in labor strikes, since that subject
twill be covered by others" He in
sisted, however, that as drawn, the
bill would deny the federal courts in
cluding the supreme court, the en-
ployment of injunctions in more than
80 categories of cases aside from labor
matters.
Thom's argument was based on his
contention that determination of wha:
constitutes property is under the con-
stitution a judicial not a legislative
function. The Shipstead bill proposes
limiting only tangible and transfer
able property when there is no remedy
in law. That restriction, Thorn argued
was of such sweeping character as
to destroy" an essential element ol
the judicial power of the government
"The power OF congress to destroy
can not be deduced from its con-
stitutional authority to organize OF
change the courts inferior to the
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18

to have picked up several more,
and the others were believed to
have been saved by other ships.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. II Q, =
Possibly a score of persons were
drowned or killed by shock when 30
to 40 passengers were swept from the
ferryboat "Peraltap into the cold wat
ers of San Francisco bay shortly be-
fore O'Clock tonight No exact esti-
mates could be obtained tonight from
any source.
The Peralta, jammed with COM
muters, was en- route from San Fran
cisco to Oakland, when off Yerba
Buena island in the bay the front Of
the boat suddenly dipped as through
struck by mammoth wave. Seven
persons were almost Immediately
picked up by life boats from the ferry
boat Hayward" which passed as the
"Peralta" nose dived. The remainder
of those swept into the water were
unaccounted for. Darkness was fall
ing and visibility was poor.
j. P. Potter, vice president in charge
of operations of the. Key route ferry
system, issued a statement saying he
believed all the passengers had been
rescued.
He said he believed that nearby
boats had picked up all the victims
from the water,
Boats which cruised the scene of
the accident reported that no bodies
had been sighted nor had any victims
been seen struggling in the water.
No reports of missing persons had
been received at the police stations. II
was believed that had commuters fall
ed to return to their homes anxious
relatives would have reported their abb
Sence.
Lieutenant W. F. Pengelly Of a po-
lice luncn that cruised the bay, re-
ported that life preServers, hats, coats
and other garments dotted the waves,
but that no bodies had been found.
The seven persons rescued by life
boats from the ferryboat Hayward"
were brought to San Francisco, where
they were treated for submersion and
quickly revived.
A navy boat from Goat island was
reported to have rescued seven per-
sons, the lumber schooner saved sew
eral and the others were believed to
have been saved by other vSselS.
Potter said he believed the accident
was due to heavy wase that swept
along after a large lumber schooner
passed the "Peralta.p A woman was
washed oro~ Potter said, two
men jumped to save her and a panic
resulted.
Two life boats were lowered at once
bv the lumber schooner and the ferry
boat Hayward" launched two more
boats, Potter said.
Police stationed at the ferry build
ing here, where several of the rescued
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Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18
nor PRICE FOR WOOL

BOSTON, Feb. II (E9 = Top price
makers are in the market for a few
grades of domestic woods. A fair por-
ton of recent business in the $4,000
wool has been done by top-makers.
Low u bloods ACC have also gone TO
top-makers. The quantity of this
grade in domestic lines is limited and
the small lots available move readily
because the foreign cross breds of
equivalent grade are above the parity
of domestic prices Quotations on tops
are very firm, and it is extremely diff
ficult now to obtain tops under re-
placement cost.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18
TyyO KILLED BY TRAIN

SAN BERNARDINO, CALI, FED.
II GA. j. Hendricks, of Bakers
field, and H. C. Madison, aged 16,
Of Fontana, were killed near here
this afternoon when the automobile
in which they were riding was
struck by an eastbound Santa Fe
passenger train. The accident
occurred at the Arrow route high
way crossing near Rialto.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18
ACCEPT RESIGNATION

BUENOS AIRES, Feb. II H9--The
Argentine government has accepted
the resignation OF Honorio Pueyrredon
as ambassador at Washington and
also as president OF the Argentine
delegation to the Pan-American con-
ference at Havana.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18
EYE WITNESSES DESCRIBE WITH
VIVIDNESSDETAILS S OF DISASTER

other boats put out from Goat
island. 1 think that all of the
people were picked up, but could
net be certain"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18
PASSENGERS
FROM
5. F. FERRY
Navy From Goat Island
Was Quick to Respond
To Call for Help
MANY RESCUED
Ferry-BOat Nose Dived AS
1t Was Passing Yerba
Buena Island

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. II Up
Between Is and 30 persons swept
overheard from the ferryb0at
Peralta into San Francisco bay
were reported rescued tonight two
hours after the disaster, the ferry
boat Hayward brought seven per-
sons to shore here. A navy boat
from Goat Island was reported
to have picked up several more,
and the others were believed to
have been saved by other ships.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18

Copper steady; spot and
futures, 14Mc; lead quiet;
spot New York, 6.35c.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-02-18

Saturday and Sunday fair;
little change in tempera-
ture.