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The Washington times., 1929-06-17
AGENTS ADMIT SHOOTING MAN AND TRYING TO CONCEAL ACT
STOWAWAY To.
SPLIT $3.50
ON GAINS

PARIS, June II u.N.s.).-LIke a
proud but weary eagle, the trans.
atlantic mouoplane Yellow Bird
rested at the LIE Bourget Flying
Field today while hundreds sought
to catch a glimpse of the plane
which crossed the Atlantic from
Old Orchard, Me-, yet failed by
500 miles to reach Paris because of
lack of fuel.
Meanwhile Jean Assolant. Rene
Iefevre and Armeno Lotti. jr., the
first Frenchmen TO successfully
fly across the Atlantic, were being
lionized by their admiring country
men.
Arthur Schneider, the 22-year old
Portland stowaway. was the cyno-
sure OF all eyes but NOT viewed in
an heroic light.
Schneider HOoted
When the plane landed here at
8:48 D. m. last night after its flight
from Comillas Beach, Spain, which
was broken tup by two landings for
fuel en- route, Schneider at least
felt some of the glory Of hero.
He was lifted into the air upon the
shoulders of those awaiting the
plane and cheered rourdly for his
audacity, although mingled with the
cheers were some very significant
boots.
The crowd which greeted the
fliers was far from a large one ss
crowds at LIE Bourget Field go, but
it made up in enthusiasism what it
lacked in size. 1t had started out ss
an almost unmanageable mob but
dwindled down to about 1000 by the
time the fliers arrived
They had started out from Comil-
las at $50 in the morning but were
forced down on the sands at Mimi
zan.Ies.Bains, France about two
hours later by lack of fuel.
After refuelling they were forced
to wait until 5 in the afternoon until
the tide receded They halted again
at Cazaux for another load of gas.
Dangerous flying weather was met
from there to Paris.
Schneider. extremely garrulous
when the yellow Bird landed at
Comillas, turned reticent when tne
plane arrived here.
Reporters pressing him for his
version of the flight and his feelings
during it, learned from him that in
his sudden ascension to fame he Rad
acquired a manager. Pressed fur
tIer, he revealed that his manager
was none other than Lotti.
Lotti was frank in admitting that
he had made a business arrange
ment with the stowaway. He stated
that while he and bis companions
were over the ocean he had told
Schrieber that inasmuch as he hao
ieopardized the lives of the fliers
and the money invested in the plane.
it was only fair for him to share
whatever profits he made from the
flight if it was successful.
Lott added that the arrangement
he offered Schneider was that he
should share fifty-fifty with the
fliers on >. his profits. Schreiher
agreed to the arrangement and
Lott became his manager.
Lotti also revealed that it the
government permitted, he and his
companions would attempt a return
flight from Paris to New York but
he wasn't definite as to the date.
The Washington times., 1929-06-17

S4DNNy A4VoRAAUA"
Although the cause of her death
was given as a disorder which
affected her heart, Mrs. w. Walter
Miller, her daughter-in-law said to-
day that her doctor described the
case as one of pure heart break. "
Bitten By Cat
Four years ago. Mrs. Miller's
husband, George w. Miller. died.
Six months later, her son Walters
death came.
Last month, Alvin Miller was
bitten by his pet cat and died
within two weeks
After the last shock, Mrs. Miller
told her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wal
ter Miller. with whom she made her
home. that she knew her heart was
broken.
A week ago she became i'll and
went to the hospital wnere she
died.
Alvin Miller was one of the most
popular school officials in the city.
His death caused city-wide regret.
Four Grandchildren
Funeral arrangements for Mrs.
Miller, who lived at 2914 n st.
N. W., have not yet been COM
pleted. She is survived by two
daughters-in-iaw and her grand
children, Marjorie and Helen,
daughters Of Alvin Miller, and
Donald and Frances, children of
Walter Miller.
The Washington times., 1929-06-17

killed Eugster he had used his gun
recklessly on two other occasions
in the last three weeks. He de-
clared that Jacques stopped Cox
from shooting a youth in a boat,
and that Cox remarked, Gee, II
you hadn't stopped me I'd have
blown his head Off"
Jacques, he said, had reported
Cox's shooting rroclivities to SUI
perior officers, hut no action was
taken.
Clancy declared that some agents
had the motto: Don't let them see
you until after you shoot"
He cited the killing of a 68-year-
old letter carrier, a boy and the fir
ing upon the yacht of the Fisher
brothers, motors magnates, as in
stances of unwarranted use OF fire
arms around Detroit.
INTERNATIONAL F A. L l. S,
Minn., June IL Q.N.S).-Deter-
mined to disarm customs border
patrolmen of the sawed-of shot
guns of the type with which Henry
Virkula was killed by Guardsmen
Emmett J. White, Frank M. Keyes,
former mayor of International Falls,
today intended to file in the United
States district court here an ap-
plication to forbid officers policing
the international line from carry
ing so-called riot guns discharging
leaden slugs.
The injunction to be sought would
restrain customs patrolmen from
carrying shotguns on any State
highway which is not coincident
with the Canadian boundary line.
The Washington times., 1929-06-17
HEFL|N DENIES
DRINK TALE

Senator J. Thomas Heflin of Ala
bama today made a statement in
which he denied the statement al
legged TO have been made Saturday
by a man under arrest in Fairfax,
Va, to the effect that he obtained
liquor at a luncheon with the Sena-
tor in Washington. ~
The man under arrest is J. d.
Goss, of Raleigh, n. c., who said
he is chief of police of Birming-
ham, Ala and who was arrested
and charged with being drunk.
Text of Statement
Senator Heflin in his statement
said:
NV attention has just been
called TO a statement in The Wash
ington Times of last Saturday
June IS, in which a man by the
name of J. D. Goss, who was ar
rested in Fairfax. Va, in an in
toxicated condition while driving
an automobile, stated that he had
had lunch with me at the Capitol
and had obtained whisky at the
luncheon. intimating that he got it
from me.
This man Goss phoned me one
morning last week shortly after
the Senate had convened saying
that he was from Birmingham and
that he wished to see me and
wanted to know if I could come
down to his hotel. told him that
could not, that the Senate was
lin session; that if he wished to
ee me to come to the reception
II ON of the Senate and / would
SCI him. He said he would do so.
a little while he sent his
cardN i'm. went out to see him.
He bld me that he was from
Birmingham and that he had
formerly been a candidate for
Acknowledgements and that he had
been ON a spree in New York and
wanted to straighten up and get
back to his home in Birmingham
and wanted me to let hiJa have $50.
Lent Him $40
"I had never seen this man be-
fore, but feeling that inasmuch as
he said he was an Alabaman and
that perhaps he was in earnest
about wanting to strighten up and
get out of the predictment he was
in. let him have $40.
II did not talk to him more than
five minutes longer altogether, and
never saw him anywhere except in
the reception room where other
Senators and their guests were
seated. He did not have luncheon
with me-
The Washington times., 1929-06-17
Treasury DisclOses
Warning Given Agents
On Use of Firearms

Deluged with protests and -criti-
cism over the latest prohibition en-
forcement killings, the Treasury dis
closed today that no longer than last
Thursday, June IS, confidential in
structions had been sent to all Gus
toms agents along the international
borders to "go easy" on gun-play.
These instructions were issued
after the shooting of Harry Virkula,
Minnesota confectioner, by customs
agents, and after Congress had
staged two stormy debates concern
ing the growing list of fatalities.
On the face of reports from Platts-
burg describing the Staying of Ar
thur Gordon, 22-year-old suspected
rum-runner, the customs agents who
shot him paid little heed to the new
Instructions.
Despite this fact, however, 1t was
indicated at the Treasury today
that the Government would "stand
by" the agents who killed Gordon.
Assistant Secretary Lowman has
ordered the usual investigation, and
Treasury policy will be built on the
results of it.
The new instructions sent Gus
toms agents last week specified that
shooting was justifiable only in
self-defense, or to prevent the COM
mission of felony, differing some.
what from the instructions which
prohibition agents operate under.
The prohibition bureaus orders
specify that shooting will be con-
doned only in self-defense to prevent
taking human life.
Shooting to prevent escape of
prisoners is NOT justified.
The Plattsburg reports are that
Gordon was running when he was
brought down with a bullet in his
back.
Washington is literally being del
uged with letters and telSgraphic
protests against the promiscuous
use of firearms by prohibition
agents. Most of them are directed
at the Treasury and at Congress,
but even the White House is not
exempt. Scores Of letters have
been addressed to President Hoover,
appealing to him as head of the
Government to put stop to the
system which has taken many lives
In recent months.
It Is probable that President
Hoover will take some cOgnizance
Of the situation this week. On the
Presidents desk now is a long tele.
graphic protest from business men
| Of international Falls, Mimi,
characterizing the situation along
the border as "a reign Of terror
and asking Presi' entail intercession,
The number OF letters that have
reached the Treasury and Congress
men since the Virkula killing runs
into the thousands.
Not all Of the commentators
however attack the Government. A
conspicuous exception is the Method
ist Board Of Temperance. Prohibition
and Public Morals. which has ISSUED
q brochure condOning the Pecen,
! killings
The Washington times., 1929-06-17
JURY NAMES !
AS SLAYERS
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the car in which the narcotic in
former took his last ride. Lee Din,
the other man named in the jury's
verdict, is well known in local
Chinatown.
Suspects Elude Police
Din, it is said, had apparently
Joined Lee King in his police work,
but he did it as a, spy for the
interests against which King was
working.
A nationwide search is now in
progress for both Lee and Din
Both apparently have covered their
tracks well.
Lees picture is in the hands OF
the police and has been widely
broadcast. Din is known to have
been with Lee King a few minutes
before the murder and left his
home with him for the fatal ride.
The story of the Oriental murder
committed in approved Occidental
style was told to the jury by Detec-
tice Sergt. Joseph Waldron. Waldron
recited the story Of Joseph D. Smith,
HOO block Eleventh st. N. W., the
only witness to the Staying. Smith
said that he saw the car containing
the three Celestials at Eleventh and
N Streets Northwest, and that the
men were apparently having a row.
Smith drove on little farther and
then heard a shot he said.
Fired Three More Shots
Turning around. he saw one man
lying near the sidewalk with an.
other standing over him. He said
the person standing fired three
more shots.
DR.. Nathan A. Smiler told of
treating Lee King on the morning
Of the shooting at Emergency Hos
pital. He described the various bull
let wounds and the treatment given
him. The results of an autopsy on
the body were given by DR.. A. M
Mcdonald.
These were the only witnesses
There were only few people in the
little inquest room at the church
like mOrgue. No Chinese appeared
at the inquest. although several ha6
been summoned.
The Washington times., 1929-06-17
BUFFET RA|DED,
5 ARRESTED

Charges that the Portner Buffet
in large apartment house at Fiji
teenth and u Streets Northwest
has been serving as an oasis for
thirsty residents of the fashionable
Sixteenth and II Streets vicinity,
were filed in Police Court today by
Sergt. George M. Little.
Sergeant Little said he invaded
the buffet Saturday on a tip.
Jacob Henry Dougherty, 26, was
behind the bar. Fred F. Saffell, 20
was coming out of rear room.
In the rear room the raiders said
they found Kenneth Brooks. col
ored, 26, and many bottles. Brooks
was said TO have had lemons, gin.
ginger ale and cracked ice and to
have been in the act of mixing
drinks.
Thirteen quarts of alleged liquor
were seized. and all three men
charged with possession. Their at
torney said they will plead not
guilty and demand jury trials.
The Washington times., 1929-06-17
SLUG COP,
BITE THUMB
Nat tional Photos

Marquis of Queensberry rules were
disregarded early today by two col
ored men and Herbert M Smith, an
Eighth Precinct policeman, when
he attempted to arrest them on
charges of disorderly conduct.
Instead Of using their fists, one
of the policeman's unidentified as
sailants bit him on the head with
a brick and the other bit his left
thumb.
BY the time Smiths head cleared
the men had escaped. Smith was
treated at Freedmen's Hospital
The fight occurred in the 100
block of II st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1929-06-17
KEYS CLUE IN
COED DEATH
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at the State University, are being
held without bond.
Police had steadfastly refused to
allow attorneys to see either. and
the lawyers for DIR. Shook secured,
at noon today, writ Of mandamus
permitting them to see their client
Complain to Court
In their petition to the court,
the attorneys declared officials had
refused to permit them to see Shook
since Saturday.
Among other things picked mp
today at the scene of the staying
was a safety deposit box key
No. 1887. An attempt is heing
made at local financial institutions
to ascertain the box TO which the
key belongs.
Keys figure prominently in the
investigation.
The one-room apartment where
the married DIR. Shook admits he
spent part of his time with Miss
Hix, rented last February by the
educator, was given up by him
the day following the Identification
of the murdered girl. Shook turned
over to the landlady two keys to
the apartment.
Detectives are trying to learn
whether the key Miss Hix had is
missing from her effects.
Asked Her to Wed
Both of the men being held for
investigation without bond. admit
her nI
Meyers, who says he is now en-
informed police he previously Ssked
Miss Hix to marry him.
Investigators believe ~ Miss
Hix had accounts in apl1eaSt two
Columbus bands and have started
a probe Of that angle Of the case.
Authorities assert the slayer, who
slashed her throat appar, tly had
an expert knowledge Of anatomy.
For two years Miss Hix worked
as office assistant and stenographer
for university officials.
Restaurant Man Talks
Different stories from m y
sources tending to throw light ION
the young woman's movements be-
police A restaurant owner said she
partook of light lunch in his cafe
about 2:3O o'clock Saturday morn
ing in company with man whom
he identified as Meyers.
While the two were eating. the
proprietor said. another man who
looked like Prof. Shook" Joined
them and the three left together.
Among those who were ex-
amined by the police today in con-
nection with the murder was DR..
C, F. Long, who analyzed the
stomach of the girl. He refused
to answer the questions of repor
ters about his findings. He had
been requested by authorities. ap.
parently, mot to talk"
Had Hand Dressed
Nor could statements be secured
from roommates of the girl.
DR.. Paul III. Charleton, to whom
DIR. Shook went last Friday morn
ing to have his injured hanC
dressed. told police it was hard tt
tell'' how the injury occurred, but
''it looked like it was 48 hours
! old"
Shook said he hurt his hant
while working on his automobile.
Robert Sumnerville, professor o
Journalism at Northwestern Uni
versity, Evanston. ILL.,, informed
police he was with Meyers until
o'clock Thursday night.
Summerville and Meyers are fra
ternity brothers.
Police q announced SummervillI
would further questioned lat,
tsday.
The Washington times., 1929-06-17
WARRAN IS
WILL Be
ASKED
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rested when no evidence of liquor
was found in the car.

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rested when no evidence of liquor
was found in the car.
Killer Goes Free
A technical charge was placed
against Ballenger, but he was freed
a.. short time later upon orders OF
Sheriff G. B. Richards.
No report on the killing had been
made to the Solicitor Generals office
at a late hour today and the sheriff $
office refused all information other
than to say that the deputy didn't
intend" to kill Phillips. Ballenger,
it was said, twas shooting at the
tires"
At the inquest Ballenger declared
that he had no intention of shoot
ing Phillips, but that he fired the
shot directly into the tire of an
automobile occupied by Phillips and
four brothers named Woodward.
Phillips was sitting on the back
seat with a banjo in his lap when
struck by the fatal bullet.
Witnesses declared from the stand
no whisky was found in the auto.
mobile, but the youths had been
QrlnklnS 10 SACCSS oOAAhS IAO NeNJ :
They testified that the five had
been boisterous on the highway dur
ing the afternoon, cursing and sing
ing loudly.
Commanded To Halt
BalIenger stated that he first
commanded the youths to halt and
then gave chase. He said he then
fired toward the tire of the auto
mobile, and that after firing he
chased the car two miles before
the driver brought it to a halt.
The Woodward brothers testified
that they had driven 500 yards be-
fore they were aware that Phillips
had been shot. Upon the discovery
they said, they were too alarmed to
stop the machine.
Ballenger is being represented by
United States Commissioner e. 8.
Griffith and Walter Matthews, both
of whom are well-known Buchanan
attorneys. No date has been set
for the trial of the bailiff.
The Washington times., 1929-06-17
DR., BROUGHT0N HONORED

COLLEGE PARK, Nd. June IL -
It is announced by President Ray
mond Allen Pearson, of the Uni.
versity of Maryland, that DR.. L. 3.
Broughton, who has been acting
head of the department of chemistry
in the university, has been made
permanent head of that department.
The Washington times., 1929-06-17
FORUM TO MEET

The Citizens Forum OF Columbia
Heights viii meet tomorrow at 8
p. m. in the Wilson Normal School,
Eleventh and Harvard Streets North
west
The Washington times., 1929-06-17
Grief Kills Cat-Bite
Victims Mother
Times staff Photo

Her heart by the death Of her husband and two
sons of whom Alvin W. Miller principal of Central
High School, who died last month of blood poisoning from
the bite cat Mrs Ella s. Miller, 81, died last night at
The Washington times., 1929-06-17
HOUSEWIVES!
This Coupon Means Dollars to You
Sign and MGiI Promptly
To SENATOR CAPPER:

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~ represented by you chairman of the District
Committee in the Senate i desire herewith, to
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passed by the House of Representatives It will increase
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of homes, tend to create industrial and economic
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The Kusko times., 1929-01-19
Alaska Notes Gathered From Territorial
 Exchanges.

Anna Klukhk, 22, cook at the Kan sakanak orphanage, Bethel, died in the hospital at Dillingham; on Sun day, December 22, as result of burns received in gasoline explosion in the orphanage at 6 o'clock the morning before.
 Anna and Walla Bischert, her as 'sistant, were attempting to fill kero- ssene lamp, and one of the girls was holding lighted match to furnish flight for the operation. A can of gas 'oline in some unexplained manner had replaced the kerosene can and the match as it burned out was dropped toline was being poured, causing an explosion.
 Anna broke the glass window and threw the blazing can outside, thus saving the building but greatly in tensifying her own burns.
 All the other occupants of the fhouse were in bed, but two other :girls, Olga Powers and Mary Riley, roused by the excitement, seized fire textinguishers and rushed to the res tcue. The three girls put out the fire, while the natroh and nurse, Mrs. Greer, with presence of mind, envel- 'oped the flaming body of the girl with tblankets and smothered out the
The Kusko times., 1929-01-19
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT OF
 FINAL ACCOUNT.

Notice IS hereby given that the un- dersigned has filed his final account as administrator of the estate of Harry Madison, deceased, and the Probate Court for Insoko Precinct has fixed the hour of o'clock p. m. of Monday. February 18, 1929, at his Court Room in the Commissioners Office. Ophir, Alaska, as the time and place for hearing same.
 All persons having objections thereto should file them at that said time- MAX SIMEL,
 Administrator. Dated at Ophir, Alaska, this 17th day of December, 1928.
 First pub Jan.-5; last. Feb. 2, 1929
The Kusko times., 1929-01-19

flames, sucering severe burns about the hands.
 The building was not damaged. -e
 Anna was able with help to walk to the hospital, where she told the de- tails of the accident. It was sur prise to the members of the stac when she died 36 hours later. It is be- lieved she inhaled flames and that her death was due to internal burns.
 The bodies of A soldiers and civil employees of the United States army now inferred in four abandoned army post cemeteries in Alaska will be taken to the Presidio at San Fran cisco for burial in the military ceme- tery there, according to word received by Kary Thiele, Secretary of Alaska.
 Nine bodies are in the cemetery at old Fort St. Michael, nine at Fort Davis at Nome, five at Fort Egbert, and 21 at Fort Gihbon. Captain R. B. Wolverton of the Signal Corps is in charge of arrangements for the re- moval of the bodies.
 William O'Brien, of the Lost River Tin Mining Company, of Lost River and Cassiterite creek, in an interview with the Nome Nugget, states that he has disposed of his holdings in the National Tin Mining Corporation, of which A. F. Mcintosh is the superis- tendent and general manager.
 MT. O'Brien says that a tunnel has been run in a distance of 750 feet. In the tunnel at a distance of 450 feet a shaft 300 feet deep has been sunk on the tin ore vein and there is at least 750 feet more ore back of the shaft.
 At a depth of 250 feet the shaft cuts through new ledge of silver lead ore, 12 feet wide, which will run 50 per cent metal. The main tin ore lode is 12 feet. wide and will run 2 per cent in and tungsten, 479,000 tons of ore already being blocked out.
 The property is equipped with mod ern buildings, the bunkhouse being a two-story, steam heated, and electric lighted one, and the mine is also elec- tric lighted. The new concern will keep a crew of ten men working on development work all winter.
 There is sufficient ore in sight to keep 500 or 1,000-ten mill working continuously, and plans are under way for the construction of such a mill
 R. P. Nelson, 67, owner of sta tionery store at Juneau, and also owner of the Nelson water system, died in Los Angeles a few days ago from pneumonia, following influenza. He went south two or three months ago, following paralytic stroke. He had resided continuously in Juneau since 1884,
 John Hunter, well known oldtimer of the railroad belt, who has been working at Healy as car whacker for