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The Washington times., 1928-08-14
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knows no concereted effort 4 being
made to corner the stock.
The fact rem0ins, however, that
washington Gas Company stock a
now quoted at higher figure on
the local exchange than 1t any
time Tor many years and II actually
booming Tor the first time since
1912.
This may be entirely due TO the
financial condition of the company
which Is considered exceptionally
good at the present time. ~ the
end or last year the company had
surplus 81 S7,S4T ,192 after paying
lis per cent dividends on the so
par value OF its stock.
The chance for higher gas rates
as . result of the approaching re-
valuation Is also undoubtedly re-
Elected In the price of the stock.
Bitter Fight Looms
Al bitter controversy over vaIua-
tions Of the1two local gas cOnapa nies
lOomed today.
Experts Of the Utilities Commission
indicated that there viii be = huge
difference between the valuation
fixed BY the commission engineers
and the engineers Of the gas com
panies.
When the commission yesterday
began public hearings on revaluation
OF the Washington Gas Light Com
pany and the Georgetown GasIight
Company. attorneys for these cOrpOr-
ations asked for postponement.
One reason advanced was that the
companies engineers had not com.
pIeted their inventory.
This plea came as distinct sur
prise To the commission since the gus
companies themselves Initiated re.
valuation proceedings more than two
years ago.
1t was made known today that the
gas companies last week sought 10
learn the principles and theories used
by the commission experts In arriy-
ing ut their final valuation figures.
Swager Shirley, OF counsel for the
gas companies, told the commission
that It would expedite the hear
ings should the gas companies in.
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
MOWERS FARM AID PROGRAM
IS CRITICIZED by L0NDElI

seek to organize American farmers
into q series Of gigantic co-opera-
tives, one for each major crop, in
an effort to eliminate waste, inn
prove marketing conditions. reduce
cost If production and distribution
and Increase farm profits.
Sees Certain Relief
He Is certain, It was learned,
that proper business regulation of
agricuIturs will 80 Ear toward eradf.
eating agricultural depression.
The Hoover farm relief program
however. will include Recommended
ton to Congress Tor. the creation OF
q farm hoard. backed by at least
$3.50 900 900 Of Government funds,
but regulated and controlled BIZ
farmers themselves. for the hand.
ling ok surplus crops. IN his ac-
ceptance speech, he also pledged
the development Of inland water-
ways to reduce transportation costs.
and the equalization Of tariff rates
on farm products to give the
farmers the same protection en-
joyed IN industry.
The Republican nominee de-
cIared the greatest problem Or
the farmer, though, was to devise
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
Methodist Sects May
Unite III Britain
After Row

LONDON. Aug After Is
years of negotiation and Argument
that it one time threatened -
split the three branches 81 the
Methodist Church frrevocably,
union 81 the three segInents Il
now regarded - ! certainty
The annual conference of the
Wesleyan Methodist church has
accepted the proposals Tor union
on behalf Of the 100000 members
of the church III Great Britain,
and as the Primitive Methodists
and the United Methodists have
already agreed On the same pro
posals. all that remains II that an
enabling bin should be passed
through parliament.
ventories be made to harmonize
with that Of the commission. The
commission, however, does not be-
lieye that Ii should place its eyi.
dence i'm the hands or the gas COM
panies before the case ii heard.
Saving III Merger
The procedure at the hearing,
scheduled for September "a, viii be
for the gas companies TO present
their case and for the commission
IL offer its evidence Ii rebuttal.
1t MAS learned today that the
commission next winter will repeat
Its plea To Congress- that .esisla-
ton Be enacted authorizing the
commission to effect merger Of
the two gas companies,
Experts OF the commission have
developed the fact that q merger
would result in d great saving 10
the gas consumer. siace the present
arrangement means large sums for
maintenance due to duplication,
both In executive and distribution
departments.
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FirebOat Fights Blaze
On DC. Lumber Sch0onel

Firemen. save our ship. was
the plea sent out yesterday by
members Of the crew OF the Eliza.
beth Carter. lumber schooner.
when a leak In her hull threatened
to send the vessel to the bottom az
Georgetown Channel
A hurry call was sent to No. s
Engine Company and later the Fire
fighter. the Districts fireboat re.
sponded. The firemen pumped the
wafer out and salvaged the schoo-
ner. She II owned by III. al. Clarke
and Son, lumber dealers or this
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
American Men Soft
According 70 This
ViscOunt

PARIS. Aug. Where's Gene
Tunney Jack Dempsey. any uni
yersity eleven Of the man who
said ne could whip HIS weight
III wildcats?
They are needed to defend, N
one way Of smother. American
manhood.
viscount AIain de Leche. age
~, six feet tan iii his stocking
feet. writer and philosopher. has
Just returned b Paris from the
United States with this finding:
American men need more
virilityl''
He went I'd the other extreme
about American girls though q
little criticism did creep into his
praise and enthusiasm. Tour
women d0 too much drinking and
smoking he observed.
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rum SALE 1T
HIS Hotel
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cllautauqua there. that : Bottle *
liquor WAS purchased recently et
his hotel Or. Straton immediately
ANNOUNCED liz would seek prosecu-
tiOn OE IIecht. even i II meant padr
locking the hotel.
III would proceed against my own
brother the same way Il found
violation of the law. said pr. Stra.
ton. If this is true will ouss
IIecht. I would BE- willing Ter ne
people Of our Christian assembly 80
sleep In tents if necessary 4 the
motel IS padloclSed.
This n all the fault Of Governor
Smith who has weakened the hand
az every enforcement officer ln
the state BY his repeal Of the
MulIan-C Gage act
Yet today no action has been
taken either i'm Orange county or
in New York against the premises
or Hecht. Nor has DIR. Strat0n
appealed to the authorities, various
officials. who ordinarily handle such
eases said today
Assistant District Attorney WIN.
liam u. Lamont Of Orange county,
In charge III the office at New
hurgh In the absence Of District
Attorney ELMER II. Lemon, told
International News Service that no
appeal for aid Iii prosecuting HeCllt
had been made there BY DR.. StratOn
on anyone acting for him. Lamont
explained that search warrant
under the Federal statute would not
be issued At his office. but that he
would offer any help he could to
Federal authorities.
Asked Justice to AN
At the office Of United states cam
missioner Harry r. Crist III AnSIIIe.
town, the representative OF the ned.
eral Government IN Orange county
likewise no word had come iron, pr
Straton. No application PR
search warrant OF the Green woo.,
Lake Hotel had been made "A
information alleging violation ~ fhe
prohibition law had been sworn ~
In New York Dir. Straton had not
communicated with United STATES
District Attorney Charles H. Tuttle
0r any Of his assistants. Neither
the aid nor the advice Of the Fed.
eral District Attorney had been
sought In the prosecution of Hecht
OF the Greenwood Lake premises.
DR.. STATIONS only effort to caIl
Ia the law was made last nirht
when he asked Justice Of the Peace
seaman In Greenwood Lake to net.
Judge Seaman said the hotel yvas
outside his jurisdiction and advised
the clergyman to obtain d search
warrant but DIR. Straton apparently
had made no effort to secure one.
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
q MANSION WHERE BODY OF SOCIETY WOMAN WAS FOUND

home of Mrs Myrtle Meus, murdered Los Angeles
society woman may free Leo p. Kelly Los Angeles
Butcher Boy from completely IN the crime, despite the
fact that he found in drunken stupor hiding IN
closet Of the home Kelly shown at the left above denied
guilt before coroners jury with the result that the
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Hoover was viewed Dy p0iltlCdl
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passive endorsement OF the NE
nI1hlicaI1 uresi1enfial nominee.
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5 edgement that the problem exigts
would De malt the hattie. IL there
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$50, the asLlcullural siluation Would
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Hearty Approval
Hooyer,s aspirations to bring the
!. farm population uo to economic
.e0aiality with other grouus has
,10v neartfest approval. think,
J. however If will be found practic.
.aIly that his proposed stahilizafion
!. srT,rnnraffnn caI, oy1Iv attain fhe ~.
5art which ~ homes ~ accon,nlish
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The Washington times., 1928-08-14
Girl Asks $4,000
For MARRIED Reautv

Alleging that the failure nf Charles
w. Nash, owner Of the apartment
house in the 1900 block Thirty.
fourth st. N, w, to make necessary
repairs, caused her to suffer an ar.
cident which will ever disfigure her
and mar her feminine attraction"
l2'year-oid Pauline Needles, through
her father, Samuel w. Needles,
brought suit against the apartment
owner Tor $4,000 In, circuit court
Yesterday,
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ACCOUNT OF
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established that Miss Constance had
worn watch the night 0f her
disappearance. police notified all
jewelers. to be on the lookout.
Early yesterday i white boy took
wrist watch to b Devon Avenue
ieweler to have It refnitiaied. IT
bore the letters j.. M. c., represent
fng Jennie Meta Constance. The
jeweler cot In touch with police
and the watch was identified as
that OF Miss Constance.
Detectives hid Iii the store and
just before closing time yesterday
the youth came hack. He was ar
rested and gave his name 81 I.ebart
Bastian. He said his farther ran
snoe-shining parlor and that 4
negro bootblack. who worked for his
father, sold him the watch for
fill,
Admits Guilt
The youth led the detectives to
his fathers shop There the boy
pointed out Shanks. He calmly
admitted his guilt.
Miss Constance, head OF the
English Department 1T Bradley
Polytechnical Institution at Peoria,
was dubbed to death week ago
tonight as she was returning to
her rooming house from Northwest.
ern University Campus Library.
Her body was found behind 9
hedge surrounding the home Of
Attorney George r. Peaks. Evans
ton millionaire. She had been
dubbed to death with d piece Of
lead pipe, and her body violated.
Finding OF her empty purse and
other evidence indicated her at.
tacker had also robbed her.
In his confession. Shanks said
he went to Evanston from Chicago
last Tuesday evening with the in.
some woman. He denied he had
attacked his victim.
Gives Details
'The pipe with which I hit her
/ got that evening in Evanston,
he said. ut was lying in the gutter
and picked it up.
II walked north in Evanston
looking for dark place In which
to hide while waiting for some
II finally decided that / had got
to the right place and waited
behind one Of the big trees there
on the parkway"
This spot is in front Of the hedge
surrounding Peaks residence. half
/ a block from Miss Constance
boarding place.
II saw her coming as she passed
| under the arc light at the corner,
about 200 feet away" he continued.
She didn't see me, for 1T was very
4 dark where / was hid.
| "Just as she got opposite me ]
jumped at her and swung the pine
at the back of her head. I guess
she never knew anything about it,
4 for she just sank down without 4
!. sound.
| Denies Attack
II wanted money and I grabbed
her purse. There wasn't, anything
4 In it-not a cent
Then / thought mayDe shed
have some iewelry or some money
/ hidden in her clothes, go / got her
by the shoulders and dragged her
around behind the hedge. Just as
1 / dropped her on the lawn she
| groaned.
That scared me, so used the
| pipe again. | smashed IL down
upon her face. She never rroaned
after that
:, Il got the wrist watch off and ]
tore her clothes quite q bit. looking
for money or other jewelry, but ]
didn't find any,
didn't attack her--just beat
her head and took her purse and
4 watch"
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
Big Business Methods
Proposed by Hoover
To Bring Farm Relief
By WM. K. HUTCHINSON

AukeEnaIAOmAt news SERVICE
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Calf,
Aug. 1.-The injection Of big bust.
uess,' methods into the conduct Of
American agriculture. will be Her.
bert Hoover,s first contribution TO
the relief OF the farm problem, should
IL be elected President, II was
laarned here today.
Convinced that agriculture has
suffered unnecessary losses through
slack business methods. Hoover viii
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
MAN FIGHTS ExTRApITIoN

BOSTON. Aug. 14.--Daniel y.
Casey and John w. Corcoran. coun-
sci for Prank u. Wallace, wanted
in connection with 4 Detroit news.
paper hold.up and killing, Yesterday
called at the governors office and
petitioned for i hearing IN the
event the attorney generals depart
naent recommends that Ccvernor
Fuller sim The axtraditisn papAxn.
The Washington times., 1928-08-14
Girl Arriving Home
AT 3 in Morning
Shot in ACE
BY international News Service

LENOIR CITY, Tenn, Aug. 4.
Because she came In at o'clock
Ii the morning, Evelyn Flynn II.
suffering from bullet wound
ana her step-father, q. ". Mayo,
As. Il dead from self-inficted
pistol shot.
When Miss Flynn came IN It
the late hour, Or rather early to.
day, her father reprimanded her
and In the ensuing quarrel Mayo
was said to have shot the girl In
the face and then turned the gun
on himself.
The girl Il expected to recover.
The Washington times., 1928-08-14

some plan, along cooperative lines.
that VIII enable him to protect his
surpluses. In q talk to news
paper corresponding about his
speech. Hoover told Of an incident
III the New York fruit market
which Illustrated the necessity for
Injecting better business methods
into the agricultural situation.
On one day, ne said 5000 cars
OF fruit reached New York city
from California and 5000 more
from Florida, although the city,
demand totaled but 800 cars. :
IA result, he added. the New York
market was gllitted and prices col.
lspsed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-19

ssensation., Russell used a mashie for the
I3O-yard drive. It was the first time j. L,
Barnaclough of the Indiana Theater. who
was playing with Russell, ever had seen
3 5be ca,,I Ieat' Harry Schopp. manager of
witnessed the happening Russell told
Harry that he made hole in one severai
years ago while playing with his uncle in
VANCE SMITH, who takes care
Y Of the matter Of letting the
world in on the doings at Wood
stock Club, called and told us the
outcome of the qualifying round in
the Woodstock spring tournament
last weekend. The pairings for
match play to start Saturday follow:
James Darlington VS.. Maurice Haines:
FRED Boone vs.. Arthur Moore; Fred Hoke
VS.. IRomas Kackley; Fred Davis VS.. win
son Wood: j. E. Hall VS.. Dan Layman.
Charles Greathouse Jr. vs. Harlan viii
SON ana George Denny VS.. Leonard Camp
Harold Thorpe, Booth jameson, Ward
Dean and Edward NOrrell all tied for
sixteenth position in the Woodstock
play Saturday viii play off the tie and
the winner viii take the place as on
ponent to Fred Davis in match play.
! The losers in the first round of
match play will form a consolation
fight and match play will start for
them May &c. In the qualifying
round James Darlington was low
scorer with a 35
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-19
Wallace ActiUe
as Scrap With
Vet Pug Nears

Joe Levy and AL Miley, local
featherweight, have been matched
to meet in one of the six-round
bouts at the Pennsy gym Tuesday
night. Roy Wallace, Brightwood
mauler, will battle Joe Lehman, To-
ledo, in the main go of ten rounds.
Wallace is tuning up for the scrap
at the Anterior gym. Jackie Purvis,
Kokomo, who meets Jackie Reyn-
olds, MUncie, in the semi-windup of
eight rounds, also is working at the
Anterior gym.
A scrap is attracting interest is
the "top six" between Tracy Cox,
Brightwood, and Kid Woods, the ag-
gressive local lad. Cox has displayed
a real punch.
The promoters will add a four
rounder as a curtain raiser to the
Tuesday show.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-19
Fight Broadcast

lTONIGHT'S cheduled
l. f1fteen-round bout at New
York for the worlds light
weight championship between
Sammy Mandell and Jimmy
McLarnin will be broadcast by
The New York Telegram, The
Indianapolis Times and "a
other Scripps- Howard news
papers.
The broadcast will be over
the National Broadcasting Com
pany's blue network. Graham
McNamee and Philips Carlin
will put the details on the air
over WIZ, New York. Other
stations in the hook-up are
WLW, Cincinnati; KDKA,
Pittsburgh; WBZA, Boston;
WBZ, Springfield; WHAM,
Rochester; WJR, Detroit;
KYW, Chicago; KWK, st.
Louis; WREN, Kansas City.
Tune in! It's a Scripps-
Howard treat!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-19
Bud Taylor
Loses Title
Recognition
Boxing Association Decides
HooSier Can Not Make
Poundage.

BH United Press
The winner of the f1fteen-round
bout between Bushy Graham of
Utica, N. Y, and Corporal Izzy
Schwartz of New York, at Ebbets
Field, Brooklyn, May %, will be
recognized as worlds bantamweight
champion, President Thomas ( E.
Donohue, of the National Boxing
Association, announced today.
The New York State Athletic
Commission previously had sane
toned the bout as for the 118-pound
championship.
The failure of Bud Taylor to de-
fend his crown, and the indication
that the Terre Haute (Ind), boy
is no longer able to make the di-
visional poundage, led the N. B. A.
to cease to recognize Taylor as the
titleholder.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-19
Ra United Press


NEW YORK, May 19.-Twice
postponed because of the weather,
the lightweight championship bout
between Sammy Mandell, the title
holder, and Jimmy McLarnin will
be held at the Polo Grounds to-
night unless weather interferes a
third time.
Another postponement will cause
the match to be delayed until Mon
day night. There was a light rain
falling this morning, Indicating pos
sibility of another postponement.
The fighters we're required to
weigh in again today at 2 p. m. Both
were expected to have trouble in
making the weight. When they
weighed in last Thursday Mandell
had to take an extra half-pound off
by a strenuous 15-minute workout
irS order to make 135 pounds. Nc
Larnin weighed 134l3.
Betting odds were back at to 5
today on Mandel, but McLarnin
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-19
Heavy Track May
SIow Athletes in
Scholastic Meet

Few records are expected to fall
in the State interscholastic track
and field meet at Tech stadium
today. Trials will be run off at 8
a. m. and the finals at p. m.
Prospects of a heavy track have
cut down on the chances of records
being broken.
Teams favored to finish high in
today's meet are Kokomo, defend
ing champion; Technical, Short
ridge and Froebel of Gary Ko-
komo has high hopes of retaining
the championship. The Wildcats
qualified fourteen men in the sec
tionals.
Local teams have been working
hard this week and hope to rank
high in the State meet. Technical
is regarded as a dark horse" in
the meet and Arsenal followers are
roofing for a victory for The Green
and White.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-19
Hope to Avoid Third Postponement
of Scrap for Heavyweight Crown
CLarnin MandeII Bout Scheduled for Tonight; Odds
Back to Z to on Champion

found plenty of favor with the bet
ting gentry. 1t was realiably esti-
mated that half a million dollars will
change hands on this bout, which
has Created more interest than any
held this year in New York.
The delay hasn't bothered Nc
Larnin any" Pop Foster, his man
ager, said todal Hes strong as a
bull and can stand the delay better
than Mandell."
Eddie Kane, Mandell's manager,
appears to be the only one in the
champions camp worried.
Il don't like all these postpone
ments," Eddie said. They should
have held the fight on Thursday
night"
As for Mandeu, he said it didn't
make any difference to him when
the bout was held, as long as it
was held. A crowd of 10000 and
a gate of S25o,OOO is predicted by Tex
Rickard.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-19
indianapolis Star Meets
Wray Brown; At Peak
of Form.
DEFEATS GEORGE LOTT
Ranking No. 8 Player Loses
in Straight Sets.
BIZ Times SneoinI


ST. LOUIS, Mo, May 10. -
Johnny Hennessey, scintillating In
dianapolis tennis player, today
loomed as one of the strongest con-
tenders for a post on the United
States Davis Cup team. The play
of the outstanding stars of the Ma
ton, competing in trial matches
here to decide the squad which viii
meet China at Kansas City. this
month, is being overshadowed by
the performance of Hennessey.
The 27-year-old Hoosier who
earned himself a place on the team
which defeated Mexico again is
flashing the brilliant brand of ten
mis- which caused critics to rank
him No. 2 player on the squad.
Hennessey today was to meet
Wray Brown of st. Louis in trial
match while William T. Tilden,
team captain, was to team with
Wilbur (Junior) Coen in the dou-
bleS against Lott and Allison. Coen
was to meet Lott in the singles.
Friday Hennessey showed beauti-
full form in defeating George Lott,
ranking No. player, in straight
sets, rs, 81. 60. The ranking No.
5 star was in fine form and chased
Lott to the far corners of the court
with his sizzling drives.
Ooen Friday caused a sensation
when he carried Tilden to four sets.
The match was tied at the end of
the fourth match and darkness
caused postponement of the fifth
and deciding set, which may be
played off Sunday. The scores were
GA (Tilden), As, As, 6-1.
Wilmer Allison Friday defeated
Wray Brown, Us, Us, ST, 10, Us.