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The Washington times., 1929-07-30
RI)B|NCREW
URGED TO
LAND

LAMBERT FIELD, ST..
LOUIS, July 80 (I.N.S.) "A
note requesting the endurance
fliers, Dale jackson and For
rest O'Brine to come down
some time today, = is being
prepared by Major William B.
Robertson, at the flying field,
il was stated there today.
At 1117 o'clock the st. Louis
Robin had been In the air II days
and four hours.
When Major Robertson was asked
regarding the message he said: We
intended at first to make 1t an
order, but later decided to change
II to q request. Z
oBrfne and Jackson, In answer
to an early message sent by Major
Robertson that they use theiF dis,
cretfon with regard TO landing their
plane, answered that they saw no
reason 10 come down and they In
tended ito shoot for the 500-hour.
mark.
Shoot For 500 Hours
The filters at this time had not
had an opportunity to answer
later message of the majors which
requested them to come down.
The note from the fliers in
answer to the early note read:
Motor still running good. See no
reason to quit. Shooting at the
50O-hour mark. Ship o. K.
JACKSON AND O'BRINE.
The note is the result OF a confer
ence OF officials Of the aifplane COM
pany conducting the endurance flight
and included Arthur Mutt, designer
Of the everlasting air-cooled chalien-
ger motor. 1t was prompted accord
ing to Major Robertson by numerous
messages received at flight head.
quarters begging him to call down
the pilots and avoid possibility of
mishap or chance Of forfeiting the
splendid record through technicality,
after the boys had passed their
400th hour.
The message sent by Major Robert
Continued on Page 2, Column u
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C0NVICTs SENT
FROM AUBURN

AUBURN, n. r. July 80 n.N.s.l.
More than 100 freedom-crazed con-
victs. including ringIeaders in the
revolt which turned the prison yard
into battlefield. were slipped out
of Auburn prison under cover of
darkness early today.
Heavily guarded, they were started
on the road to Sing Sing to Clinton
prison at Dannemora and the Great
Meadow prison at Momstock. Fear
that the panic which has gripped
the congested prison might flare
into another outbreak led those in
charge to make the transfer.
BIames Law
Governor Roosevelt, after an in
spection OF Clinton prison at DAN
nemora declared the severity Of the
Banmes laws were responsible for
the uprisings there and at Auburn.
The Baumes law fixes the penalty
for fourth conviction on fenoy at
life imprisonment.
He ordered a sweeping investiga.
tion be made by DIR. Raymond r. C.
Kieb, commissioner of correction,
who had previously attributed tho
outbreaks to the prisoners unrest
over the B6lmes law stringency
which takes away their hope of re-
lease. The governor was cheered by
the convicts during his hour stay
in the prison.
Demand Food
Meanwhile search for two Of the
four convicts who escaped during
the riot centered at Oneonta, N. Y,
where two men believed to have
been fugitives held up Mrs. John
Hungerford, wife OF a farmer. and
demanded food last night. One was
in prison stripes and the other in
civilian clothes. she told State
troopers. She identified them from
photographs produced by the
troopers.
The fugitives escaped before Mrs.
Hungerford could summon help.
No authentic clue had been un.
earthed as to the whereabouts of
the other two fugitives, who are
thought to be the ones who escaped
in communicated automobile.
Had Three Motives
A three-fold purpose was seen
in the secret removal from Auburn
this morning Of the desperate spirits
who placed liberty above life IN
their daring attempt to batter down
the defense Of the agents cf the
law and loose 1,T0O convicts upon
the quiet countryside. These were:
/. Belief that this number in.
scluded men who had knowledge ot
where missing rifles were sec.eted
in the prison yard. and that their
Continued on. Page, ., Column 81
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WIFE To AN]
SHOOK IN
FIGHT
By JAMES I. KILcALLEN

W@@AAA&AS &ds &AA&3SNA4A4AAAM&N
COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 80
(L.N.S.l.-Th battle for the
Shook iury"-as long.winded
as 3 Congressional filibuster-
entered its fifth day today.
EIevsn jurors-T1o men and .
woman -were seated In the jury
box. tentatively accepted. when the
trial of DR.. James H. Shook. con-
fessed slayer OF Miss Theora EIix.
Ohio state University coed. was re-
sumed this morning. Seat No. II
was vacant.
So far IS talesmen have been
quee tioned. The defense still has
six percmptOry challenges to exer.
two additional perenptory chaI-
ienges will be allowed each side in
sthe selection Of the thirteenth, Or
emergency juror.
Att the Anail's pace with which
the trial Of the ex-college professor
is proceeding, taking of testimony
viii not begin before tomorrow at
the earliest.
Most Opinions Fixed
The chief cause for delay in pick
ing the jury II due to liked opin-
IONS" Four out Of every five. as
they say in the advertisements.
seem to have formed 4 positive
opinion regarding the guilt or In.
nocence of Shook. This state of
mind is sufficient to disqualify them
for jury service.
DIR. Snock, who has been i'll in
court as a result of a physical ex-
animation last Saturday, when his
spine was tapped, spent a fairly
restful night in his cell In the county
jail. 1t was said today. He has been
suffering from q severe headache,
loss of appetite and he has not been
sleeping any too well. However. his
condition Is sucn that it will not be
necessary to delay the trial and as.
surances are given by defense attOr'
neys that he surely win take the
stand In his own bhalf.
1O GuERk1kWW NAWAA
His wife, Mrs. Helen Shook, and
his 73.year-old mother. Mrs. Abner
Shook, will also testify in an effort
to do all they can to save him from
the electric chair. They are living
together in the Shook home and re
naming in sec1usion.
The defense is making a deter.
mined effort to subpoena Marion T.
Meyers. former rival of Shook for
the affections OF Miss Hix, as a wit.
ness. His testimony Is regarded as
important. Meyers, a former instruc.
tor in farm crops. was dismissed
from the teaching staff at Ohio State
University because Of submissions
brought out in the investigation of
the Hix staying.
Meyers was detained for several
days during the investigation, but
was released when he Offered an
alibi that he had not seen Miss HiA
on the night OF the Staying. June 1S
last. He Is now employed at the
Wooster experiment station.
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RTAGE
ISPIJT At
$4,000

Awakened from . sound
sleep, Charles H. Olive, 80,
m a nager Of the Princess
Theater, was arrested early to-
day on q charge of embezzling
from his employers.
divers arrest at his home IN the
800 block Eleventh St. n. W..
climaxed search Of several days
conducted BY ]. E. Kane and Curtis
Trammell, headquarters detectives.
Hunted . Month
Max Burka. 5i0O block Connecti-
cut Ave. N. W., proprietor Of the
Princess Theater at Twelfth and n
st. ". III. told police Olive disap-
peared early this month aftsr being
informed an audit 81 his hooks was
planned.
The warrant on which olivs was
taken into custody alleged he had
embazzled $1e0. The fun extent Of
his alleged activities become known
after the warrant was issued. ana
Is put at 5000.
81 win have nothing to say until
/ have consulted q lawyer Olive
said in reply TO each question asked
by reporters after he was taken to
the First precinct station
Repay, Says Wife
Olive also was reticent when
questioned by detectives. Police said.
however, that his wife told them
Olive knew he was short in his
accounts, but would reimburse his
employers.
Mrs. Olive said her husband had
spent the money employing musf-
clans and performers.
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v I'll
WE'D, RUN0R

The example set by Walter John
son, who married one of Washing
toms prettiest girls more than is
years ago, is soon to be followed by
one Of his successors Of the pitching
staff Of the baseball team he now
manages. &
Garland Braxton,. one Of the mound
raainstays OF the 1929 aggregation, Is
reported to be engaged to Florence
Mullaney, cashier at the Mary Ellen
Shop.
1T isn't announced - not vet, =
avowed Mrs. Mullaney, between
bushes today. Further than that
she would not commit herself for the
benefit Of the society column.
Mrs. Mullaney is wearing q big
diamond solitaire and is not averse
20 showing it. She has known the
big port-side finger year.
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King George Better,
Physicians Announce

LONDON, July 80 su.N.S.)-An
encouraging bulletin regarding the
condition Of King George. who re
Gently underwent an operation to
facilitate healing of an abcess In
his chest, was issued from Bucking.
ham Palace today.
Ellis Majesty the King has Inn
proved during the past week." the
bulletin read. The abcess cavity
remains free from purulent dis
charge. The healing process has
now begun, but it must be gradual" +"
The operation ON the King neces-
STATED removal Of parts Of two
ribs.
The Washington times., 1929-07-30

According to officials of the
Traffic Bureau, Robinson. after
being booked and turned over to
another official of the A.A.A. for
appearance today in Traffic Court,
decided to take out a drivers per.
init.
AS far. as can be determined, the
officer examining Robinson asked
him eight questions and the appll-
cant flopped on six of them. He
was told, according to Traffic Blu
reau officials. to go home and study
the regulations and report again
this morning for another test.
when Traffic Bureaumopened to-
daN Robinson, SO officers say, was
IN line to try to again run the
ramut Of questions propeunded by
fhe official examiner. When court
hour rolled around Robinson had
not been reached and had to post.
none his examination until later to-
day.
An official of the A. A. A. this
Earnest w. Brown, Assistant
OF the Traffic Bureau, in which
he took exception to reports that
the al "A. "A. had made frantic
appeals for Rollinson's release
Yesterday. Inspector Brown replied
that he had received no such
appeals but had merely extended
courtesy to Robinson, by re.
leasing him in the custody of an
official of the association. that
he would extend to any responsible
person.
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Viola Gentry Better,
Soon to Quit Hospital

MINEOIA, N. Y., July 80 q. .N.S.).I
Viola Gentry is off the danger list
at Nassau county hospital where
she Is recovering from injuries i'm
CURED q month ago when her EN-
durance plane crashed.
The plucky aviatri4 maintains
cheerful frame Of mind. and il con-
fidsnt that shell Uopn be out of the
hospital
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start thinking about It today!
Here are the rules which mu be
followed:
Pick two pitchers, one catcher,
a first basenan. third baseman,
shortstop, and a. left. right and
centerfielder. Contestants, four
in number, coming nearest to the
Ruth selection and submitting the
best reasons for selections will be
declared winners).
Contestants must not only try to
Continued on Page ~. Column 81
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Babe Ruth will select the 10 men
he considers to constitute the All.
American baseball team. And the
four Washington fans whose lec-
tions most nearly approximate his
will receivs trips to the first two
games Of the world series, wherever
played. with all expenses paid.
You've q whole month to do 1t in,
SO don't hurry your selections. Send
In az many as you want to, follow
the rules as closely as possible, and
be sure 70 put your name ard "a.
dress on every selection ypr send in!
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TERROR LOOMS
IN \. c. TRIAL

COURTROOM, GAsToNIA. NC,
July 80 a.N.S).-An amazing picture
of campaign of wholesale terrorism
against Fred Beale, communistic
labor organizer and his is aides was
painted by the defense today in the
Reds" trial for the assassination Of
Police Chief o. f. Aderholt.
Episodes Of coercion ana intima.
tion against the defendants, the de.
tense attorneys and the defense wit
nesses were given in an attempt to
show that to proceed with the trial
here will be extremely dangerous.
This sentiment was barred in score
after score Of affidayits from CASTOR
county by the defense during the ar.
gument on its motion for i change
of venue.
Lives In Danger
A group of tax payers whose
sworn statements were presented
advanced the belief that If the
defendants are tried and acquitted
here there lives will be in great
danger"
Several witnesses who will testify
for the defense, said the minds of
local citizens were so influenced
that they would feel more com.
Portable II the trial was held else.
where" most of them said they
had been intimateI and threatened
with the loss of their jobs.
Others told OF threats against
defense counsel. all those making
statements for the defense believed
that to held trial here would be
dangerous and mentioned lynching
as the gate OF the unionists in
event they are acquitted in
Gastonia.
1t took the defense a fun hour
to conclude the reading of its
affidavits to Judge M. ". Barnhill,
and at 1890 the prosecution began
firing its barrage of statements In
an effort to keep the massive trial
here
Intense Hatred
The affidavits of the State. reach.
ing into the scores, presented a
concensus Of opinion that the In.
tensity of hatred against the fe.
fendant which existed soon after
Chief Aderholt was slain at q
strike meeting, has subsidized to the
extent that they can obtain a fair
trial here without fear of molesta.
ton or violence.
The defense afffdavits stated that
sentiment here against the Reds
and their beliefs on "God, marriage
and the negro" would preclude the
possibility of iEnpartiality.
The prosecution attempted ia
show BY its sworn statement that
the reported inflammation OF the
minds Of CASTOR county citizens has
been greatly il not wholly dissi-
pated.
Meanwhile, as Judge BarnhilI has
said that a CASTOR county jury win
not try thu alleged nlurderers, the
belief grew that the arguments win
result in compromise and that a
venire will be drawn from an ad:
joining ounty.
The Washington times., 1929-07-30
Armenia Flood List
5000: Quake ReDorted

CONSTANTINOPLE, July 30 u.N.
S.).--D Deaths in the recent floods in
Armenia now total 5000, according
to reports received today from the
inundated regions, many Of which
have been isolated since the floods
reached their crest.
A violent earthquake is reported
from Smyrna, but details were lack.
ing up to early this afternoon.
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z DIE IN FIGHT
IN MEXICO

MEXICO CITY, July 80 H.N.s)--
Twenty-Five persons were killed and
40 wounded in violent battle be-
tween Agrarians and residents of the
towns of Sierra de Aqua and Acult-
lingo, said dispatch from Orizada,
State of Vera Cruz. this afternoon.
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Scenarist Says Wife
Scratched 81 Times

I LOS ANGELES. Calf. July 80 /.
N.Sl.- COntesting his wife's divorce
suit. charging cruelty. Carey H.
Wilson, seenarist. today in a de-
position, alleged she had cut and
scratched him 81 times after he re-.
fused to give her $500.
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BANK STATEMENTS

WASHINGTON Clearing House,
$4,254, ,826.15.
New York Clearing House bal.
ance, $l83, 900, 600.
New York Clearing House ex.
change, 81, ,724, ,O0O, 900.
Treasury balance, $152, ,4O4, 1898.
CHstomes receipts, $45, ,983, ,466. 70.
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AT BAINBRTDGE

FIRST RACE WaponOca, Bathing
Beauty Empty Glass. Biddy snip, ST.
Cecilia, Rosa Sweep. ~
SECOND RACE-Cherry Blaze, king
Cherokee. Inez r., Copper Son, Lily
Wrack Jeannine.
THIRD RAcE--Mafy seth. Keeper.
Wewa. Lorelel, UDcles Miss Merida NV
Parduer. Elbee, Pamela. =
FOURTH RACE--Ponlmoi, Worm void.
Patton. Thistle hoy, RomanS, WarfieId
SIXTH RACE-Charge on, Evergreen
Queen. Erin Go Rragh, Passauf, Dingo
Marion Payne, Courier.
SEVENTH RACE-Ominous Ara hian.
George Terry. Sir Leonid. Eifrieda a.,
Glee. InlautA. n :
wsssSlE, aissr. ssssh iAst EI4
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FLEES
MASKED
NAN

Lurking in alley shadows
as Mrs. Ella Burroughs, 20
year-old telephone operator,
was putting her car in a
garage in the 45OO block Of
Forty-fourth st. N. w, a tall,
heavy-set masked assailant
rushed out, seized her by the
shoulders, and gave her a
cave man hug early today.
Mrs. Burroughs pierced the night
stiffness with screams and fright
ened her assailant away. Then she
tainted.
Police are securing the city today
for the attacker, but the descrip-
ton given them Is so meager thar
slight. The young telephone opeF.
skinned. but is not certain ne was
a negro.
Father.in-Law Aided
The girls screams attracted the
attention OF her father-in-law. How
ard Burroughs. who was sitting up
with sick relatives. He succeeded
in reviving her. but she imme-
diateiy became hysterical.
Yesterday, Mrs. Burroughs slipped
and fell while at work and had
come home to recover from her in
juries. Last night she went to her
sisters home and, after spending
sometime there. started home.
She drove her car down the dark
Murdock Mill Road and turned into
the driveway leading to the garage.
As she pulled the light car into the
building, she heard a noise, which
she thought came from her pet cat.
She cut off the motor and
alighted, looking for her pet, to
make sure it was not inside the
building.
Man Jumps Out
Then she walked over and pulled
shut one Of the doors. AS she was
reaching for the other door. man
jumped out of woodshed, which
Is part Of the garage, and grabbed
her by the shoulders, pinning her
arms to her side. Mrs. Burroughs
fought off the arms of her attacker
and started to FUN. She said today
that something seemed to hold her
voice back, so that she could not
make a sound.
"I couldn't scream" she said,
until after / had run some dis
taTlce."
The young woman ran to the
corner of Murdock Road and Forty.
fourth Street, about 200 feet from
the garage, and then collapsed in
the. middle Of the road. She was
unconscious for more than two
hours and even this morning was
yisibly shaken by her unnerving
adventure.
Ran Across Lot
In the meantime, her attacker
made his escape by running through
a vacant lot in the rear Of the
garage. The riot squad from the
Fourteenth precinct station, two
blocks away, tramped through the
neighborhood after they had been
called by the girls father.in-Iaw,
but were unable to find any trace
Of him.
Abput o'clock this morning
the girl pulled herself out OF the
coma she had fallen into ana told
police and her family the full de-
tails of what had happened.
''The man was very large and was
either heavily sunburned or a negro,
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column a
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ToDAY,s SCRATCHES.
AT HAMILTnN

SECOND RACE-Crystal VapoF, Select
Runolathes Fair Light. Monastery.
FIFTH 4aACE-- Blarney.
: SEVENTH RACE--Waffles Riot, Blue
Pencil.
Weather. clear; track, fast.
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A. "A. "A. Official Fails
In Permit Test

Richard D. Robinson, business of the American
Motorist official publication of the American Automobile
Association who arrested yesterday charge Of
operating automobile without permit hit another snag
in Traffic Bureau when he failed pass the test the
The Washington times., 1929-07-30
D. c. Fans and Ruth
Pick Best Team

Once again the annual Babe Ruth Baseball Contest is with
us From August August 81 fandom will burn midnight
OIL figuring which 1929 major league players will
make the best team.
The Washington times., 1929-07-30

The home 20 meet the needs u sour
family d listed b the rental eolumns
o. ssday's Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1929-08-01

Leave Of absanae granted the foIlowlng:
col. Evan II Humphrey. Cavalry, tnfee
DAYS August 2, 1893.
Mater Charles M Taylor, Dental Corps,
ona month, september zL lgss. slI.., eorr.
Eirst IIeussnant Edward y. Starr, In
fanfry. le days.. August ). 1893
cant William Il N. DevetA Medical
corpe "a days September 5, lszS
Lieut.. Col samuel Il Anderson, zen Ven
eral staff Corps, one DAY. Aneusa 4 asss; asss
Corpa one month, August !, 1919
First Lieutenant Thomas ,. Hannespn,
Cayalry extension Is days
T.ieiit Col william v. Carter, Ad1ufanf
Generals Department extension seven
1Ss Capt. Thomas s. smish. Intantrs, 90
Major Alexander r. Withers. Infantry.
Lieut.. col EIlott ,. Dent, Engineers
from offlce OF the Chief of BnglneeEs
Waahinrton, d. c.. 70 Fort Humphreys,
effective September l.t
tCapt. Francis J. Fitzpatrick. Corps O
Engineers, assistant TO district engineer
gapf' Carl r. shaw. sixth EnSinsers
from Fort Lawton, Wash. TO HaWAhan
capt, Harold W Churchill Ordinances
Department, to Aberdeen PROVING Vrouhu'
Nd. =,
first lieutenant nathaniel A. Burpell
"a. Coast Artillery, to Flfty-secopa
Coast ARTILLERY. Fort Eustis Va.
second Lieutenant Everett d. Peddi.
cord. savsnth Coast Artillery, from FORT
Hancock. N. j.. to Panama Canal De-
Msior John W. N. sohuia. sixth I'M
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BRITAIN SOVIET
PACT STAYED

MOSCOW. Aug. 1 GlN.s.l.Nego-
tIations for resumption OF diplo.
matte relations between Soviet Rus.
sla ana Great Britain have been
broken off because the terms Of
British Foreign Secretary Arthur
Henderson make 1t necessary for
the Soviet government to obtain new
instructions from the central execu.
tive committee, It was officially an
nounced today.
Al government comnunique ex-
planned that the British foreign sec.
retary insisted that discussion Of
neutral claims and counter claims"
should take place preliminary to the
resumption OF diplomatic relations.
The soviets were not prepared to
open such discussions because they
were not empowered to do sp. A
meeting Of the central executive
committee will be called in the
near future to discuss the situation.
The Washington times., 1929-08-01
ATTLESR|P BAN
STORY DENIED !.
BY NAVY

Apparently inspired stories from
London that the naval conference.
which President Hoover and
Premier Ramsay Macdonald are.
endeavorlng to arrange for London
this coming winter, will consider
the abolition OF battleshipsS failed
TO make much impression on WASH
ington today.
In Navy circles, the story was
pooh.poohed as ridiculous" and,
Ia the most authoritative quarters
elsewhere. It was stated that such
a move as the complete abandon
ment of the capital ship has never
entered into the DaWes-MacDOnald
negotiations. nor figured In the
calculations of the naval experts.
Consider Cuts
Undoubtedly, It was said, when
the powers foregather In London
there will be discussion Of reduced
expenditure In all classes Of naval
fighting craft, category by category.
but naval authorities still consider
the biz abattleship too valuable an
offensive weapon to dispense with
all together.
The capital-ship problem IL now
confined entirely to the matter OF
replacements. The washington
Arms Conference In 1921 set the
limit for vessels Of more than TO-
600 tons for all the powers. and,
40 far as this Government IL aware,
there are no capital ships being
built anywhere in the world.
Retire Old ships
In 1891, however. the question
arises of replacement Of those
battleships which have reached the
obsolete or retirement age, and
there may be some reduction In this
class of VESSELS by the simple
formula OF an agreement among the
powers not to replace up to the
limit allowed by the 1881 treaty.
This Government IL Informally
aware that Japan probably would
be disposed to look favorably on q
move to further restrict capital-ship
building or requirements after 1881.
whether Great Britain would be
similarly disposed Is not known
here.
AT present. Great Britain has 30
capital ships and the United States
Is, Japan has 10. The other
powers, France and Italy and Spain.
have a few. but all Of them are OF
ancient vintage.
The Washington times., 1929-08-01
.2HURT IN BLAST
At PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH. Aug. n.N.S).~-
A mysterious explosion shattered
q three-story brick building housing
4 hardware store In the downtown
district OF Pittsburgh today and
shook the entire business district.
Two. persons were injured and dam.
age was estimated at more than
800. 900. q
Mrs. Mary seareot, ~, was cut
and bruised and Frank TOmaszewski
was cut when they we're blown from
their beds in nearby buildings. Hun
dreds OF other persons shaken from
their beds poured into the street
which was filled with mass Of
debris when the entire front Of the
building was blown out.
Although this was international
Communist day. investigators found
no evidence In first examination to
form q connection, they said.