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The Washington times., 1929-02-28
Mind Quirk Blamed
For Auto Thefts
By Boy

PARNAssUs, Pa. Feb. 2S.--
James Young, IL. Parnassus school
boy, accused Of stealing enough
automobiles to fill a public
garage, is not common thief,
but suffers from a mental de.
rangemeRt that might be termed
"automania" In the belief Of some
leading citizens Of this town.
o. D. Thomas, Jnstice OF the
Peace r. c. Hiteshus. Mrs, w.
Riley Alter Of the local chapter
Of the American Red Cross, and
Harold johnson, an automobile
dealer, haye taken up his cause.
johnson has offered to pay ex-
penses Incidental to the treat.
p1ent Of the boys alleged mental
disorder, although the boy is-
accused OF having stolen cars
from his garage.
James IL not responsible for
stealing the automobiles" " ex-
planned DR.. Thomas He has q
decided complex for stealing them,
not for gain, but merely because
/ he cdrnot resist an uncomfortable
urge to drive them"
The Washington times., 1929-02-28
DEFENDS
STATEMENT

Representative Bertrand H. Smell
of New. York. chairman OF the
House Rules, Committee, today on
the floor of the House defended
his statement that enactment Of
the Dale. Lehlbach retirement bill
would increase the Government com
tribution over the $1s,95O,O00 which
it now appropriates for that pur.
pose.
He said 1his statement was In
answer to criticism from District
citizens for his attitude on the re-
tirement bill. Some OF this criti-
cisn was based. he said. on an edi.
torial in q washington newspaper
stating that the retirement fund
was made up entirely from the Fed,
eraI workers pocketbook.
Smell said he was convinced that
his original statement was abso-
lutely correct and he would be glad
to furnish the editorial writer with
the titles and dates of the bills
providing Government contribution
to the retirement fund.
The Washington times., 1929-02-28
LAID
TO CAP.0|NE AIDE
Photo by international
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firmed what I already knew Of tn.
motive.
McGurn, of course, will fight.
He win set up an alibi, using A bis
witness q young woman with whom,
he was arrested. But the Alibi will
not stand. All we want now is five
more men. We shall have them
soon.,
An attractive young blond, who
gave her name az Louise Rolfe.
was arrested with McGurn. Police
said they learned the gangster and
Miss Rolfe had been. living at a
prominent downtown hotel ever
since the massacre.
1t Also became known that dur
ing the greater part OF this perioi
the police and the States attorney
maintained Headquarters In the
same hotel. for the examination Of
witnesses in the massacre investiga
ton.
The Washington times., 1929-02-28
Defense Gets Jolt as Letters
Are Admitted as Evidence

Bride and Fowler are confident
they will have no difficulty prov
ing the charges against Burlin-
game. II he 10 convicted it Is
likely that his 33-year police career
may be brought to an end.
Mrs. Blalock testified Monday
that she returned all OF the gifts
EurlinsanA showered upon her. She
packed them in gRlvenized wash tubs
ana sent them to Burlingame'A home,
she said. The gifts consisted Of
sheets. towels, clocks. and other
things. she said. I
Love Letters Admitted
The defense received its most
damaging blow just before the trial
adjourned yesterday at. 4:35 o'clock
when Chairman Dawson ruled that
all the love letters alleged TO have
been written BY the grAy.haired 81.
year.Old police officer to Mrs. Helen
r. Blalock. dream girl" would be
admitted 10 evidence.
Earlier in the day Burlingame,
through his attorneys, admitted the
handwriting on all Of the documents
that Mrs. Bla1ock said we're sent to
her by the police captain was his
The Washington times., 1929-02-28
Rep. Moore to Address
Lincoln Relief l1rnIln

Representative Ellis C.. Moore, of
Ohio, viii speak at the 18th annual
convention of the Lincoln Mutual
Relief Association. Sunday, March
Z, at the new Lincoln Congregational
church, Eleventh and r SITS. N. w.
at 8 p. m.
The program includes Rev. j. n.
Beaman. Lucien Thompson, and
master Julian C. Wyche.
Jas. w. Robinson will act as
master OF ceremonies for d commit
lee composed Of Geo. w. Cole, presi-
dent; Mrs. Harriet johnson, vice.
president; Lueien Thompson, secre.
tary; Mesdames Parthenia Curtis,
LetfUa Lewis, Carrie johnson and
ROxie Burrell and Fred Sabbs.
The Washington times., 1929-02-28

own. -
Included In these documeits was
the now.famous letter addressed to
my Dear Helen. and ending
Your heartxore daddy" Bnrlin-
aams admitted that the Signature
was his own.
I'VE don't admit that Captain
Burlingame wrote that silly love
letter. said William f.. 1eahy,
Burlingame's attorney, later In the
day. I'VE admit only that the
captains signature is on the letter. :"
The defensH sprung It's surprise
move by admitting that the hand.
writing on all the documents in
evidence was Burlingame's, JUST
after Harry M. Luckett, CHIEF and
property clerk of the Police De-.
partment, had identified several Of
the Signatures Al those OF Burlin-
game, but expressed doubt about
others.
Bride and Fowler had expected
defense attorneys to wage a battle
over admission OF the signatures
and had called handwriting ex
perts to prove that they were those
of Burlingan1A. After BurlinEAme's
admission the experts were excused.
The Washington times., 1929-02-28

cutting palmtst.
Leahy has frequently limited that
the love letters may have been writ.
ten by Mrs. Blalock or some Of her
family. II Il said that he intends
to call one Of her sisters a. his
witness Yesterday he refused to
deny or affirm this.
Mrs. Blalock asked me TO leave
her sisters out Of this,' Leahy said.
win your" ne was asked.
II can't answer that now" he
said.
Leahy asked Mrs. Blalock while
she was on the stand IL IL WASH I
a fact that her sister had bought q
typewriter six years ago. Mrs.
Blalock denied that she had.
Character Witnesses
A long line OF business and pro.
fessiona1 men and policemen, friends
Of the accused captain, will be called
to the Witness stand to testify TO
his good character and reputation.
Leahy said he probably would call
more than three score witnesses
before the trial was completed.
4 ftef this testimony has been
COMPLETED Captain ,Durlingnme win
be placed 0n the witness stand where
he h expected to undergo griilimg
even more severe than Mrs, BEalOck
was subjected IA.
The Washington times., 1929-02-28
Auto Turns Over Twice:
Two Escape Injury

!. ALLENTOWN, Pa. Feb. 30. Z
Although the sedan they occupied
turned a double somersatilt as II
plunged from the highway near
here, and landed In the mill race at
Heltrichs Springs, Herman Snyder,
Of Troxells. and Kenneth Reinhard,
this city, escaped without scratch.
The car was wrecked.
The. accident was caused when a
car coming in the opposite direction
tried to pass another. snyder, the
driver, jammed on the brakes. with
the result that the car skidded
over the snow.
The Washington times., 1929-02-28
Inaugural Charity Ball
Will Be Broadcast

unofficial Inaugural Charity Ball
at the washington Auditorium on
the night OF March 4, are to be
broadcast through stations WRC
and WMAL. 1t was announced
today.
The whole country is to be told
OF the noiables attending the hall,
the reception to the Vice President
and the visiting governors.
The Washington times., 1929-02-28
HOOVER PICKS
7 IN CABINET

Continued from First Pagel
Secretary Of the Interior-Ray
Lyman Wilbur, OF California.
Postmaster General--Walter e.
Brown, Of Ohio.
There was little indication Of
what posts are involved in the
surprises but the assumption
was that they were Commerce and
Agriculture portfolios. A good many
names have been suggested for
both 4.ositi
Davis Likely I s
It developed today that Secre AIRY
OF Labor James j. Davis likely
to remain In the Cabinet, at least
for tha time being.
Davis WIS approached some lays
ago by an emissary Of the Presi.
dent.elect to inquire II he would he
available for continued duty hould
his services be required. Davis rel
piled that he would. st
At that time 1t appeared that
William N. Doak. head Of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
wss in line for the post. but sater
labor organization jealousies level
oped to such an extent that the
matter had TO be reconsidered.
Among Hoover's callers today
were Sam Thompson, head of the
American Farm Eureau Federation,
and Chester Gray. its Washington
representative. They said they pre-
sented no candidate for the Secre-
taryship Of Agriculture.
Other callers were Jay Weston
Alien. OF Massachusetts; Senator
Hale (Rl Of Maine, and the Air
Secretaries Of the War and Com.
merce Departments. r. Truhee
Davidson and William p McCracken.
Davidson viii continue in his post
IN the Hoover administration. it was
said. but McCracken probably will
retire and become identified with an
aviation concern.
The selection of Good for the War
Department occasioned some sur.
pelse until it became known that the
1owan is to be Hoover's hasion Off
Ger to Capitol Hill Good served
many years in the House and upon
hiB retirement a few years ago was
chairman of the powerful Appropi'ia
tons Committee. He was regarded
as one Of the real leaders Of the
House,
The Washington times., 1929-02-28
Husband, Fearing Suicide,
Reports Wife Missing

Told by her husband that she
might have committed suicide, po-
lice searched today for Mrs. Bar
bara Freund. ~. of the 5000 block
Georgia Ave. n. W. Police said
she was reported as mentally de-
ranged.
Mrs. FTNHnd disappeared from
her home yesterday. She was wear.
Ing a gray dress with pink stripe.
a brown coat with q black fur col.
lar, a black hat and black slippers.
She is 5 feet Z inches tall and
weighs 1856 pounds.
The Washington times., 1929-02-28
SENATE FIGHTS
FIL|BuSTERS

Continued from First Pagel
affairs, victory OF 4 filibuster
conducted by Senators Frazier lR1
Of North Dakota. and Wheeler D.)
Of Montana.
.. Smashing of a filibuster, con-
durted by senator Din Cd of Wash
inRton, aided by insurgents. against
q s150, ,00G item in the s100, 900. 600
second deficiency appropriation bill
for the Nicara guam canal survey.
4. Adoption of the conference re.
mort on the $3.50, 900. OAD naval ap.
preparation bin, which included
funds to start construction Of Is
new crnisArE.
8. Agreement by the Senate Pub.
lie Lands Committee. to send al
evidence on the Salt Creek oil Ieases
to the Department OF Justice for
investigation and criminal prOsecu.
ticns, if It sees fit.
Dry Fund Fight Ahead
The session ended when Dill
abandoned hIh fight and an agree.
ment wNs reached, TO vote on the
deficiency bill at 1:lb o'clock this
afternoons. Administration leaders
had threatened to keep the Senate
In session throughout the night.
A little, cartier, however the Bec.
ond deficiency bill was ernasculRted
OF all items transferred into ii
from the first deficiency bill BY
this action. the hattie over the SEA.
cocoon appropriation for prohlbl.
ton enforcement was restored to
the first deficiency bill, along with
S1O2 600, 900 OF other items.
A determined filibnster has been
organiZed against this bill unless
the dry fund is retained by the
House. A second filibuster will
threaten the bill, because OF the
House action In rejecting the Mc.-
kellar amendment ordering. publicity
on all income tax refunds.
Births EnKaRements. MayPIaee
The Washington times., 1929-02-28
EASTERN STAR PARTY

Warren G.. Harding Chapte'
No. 81. Order Of the Eastern Star
win hold card party at the Gavsl
Club. 200 block Thirteenth st. NV
tomorrow eveni..g at o'clock. the
proceeds going to the benefit Of the
committee.
The Washington times., 1929-02-28
COLOR AGAIN At TRIAD
AS DRESS UNIFORMS
FEATURE SCENE

in question s
At the. outset Of the cr'oss.exam-
nation Lsahy made scuder repeat
his story Of going to the Second
precinct station ON February 10 to
examine the machine. He had the
witness state that the typewriter
was. near. a window at the station
house. The witness again repeated
that he was told by Captain Burlin.
game At the station we want the
truth in this matter"
The Washington times., 1929-02-28
tconttnaed tron Firat pasel

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q certain extent by faulty orienta-
tiOn Of the keys, byplay in the verti-
cal axes OF the stroke, by thA age
Of the roller or by defects in the
roller.
The witness said that while this
might be true to a certain extent,
1t was not true to the extent TO
which the defects were apparent in
the writing which he had studied
and which came from the machine
The Washington times., 1929-02-28

Births. engagements, MapPIaR ea.
Deaths and In MemorlaNa appear daily
on the lMbtlnslde page, Hast two cOlunams.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-17
Summons Conference
By United Press

By United Press
MANCHULI, Manchuria, Aug. II.
General Chang Hsueh-Liang, war
lord of Manchuria, and in command
of the Chinese troops massed along
the borders, urgently summoned a
military conference today to cope
with new developments on the So
Wet frontiers.
Following the clash Friday be-
tween Russian and Chinese troops.
General Chang telegraphed Cen
eral Wang Fu-Lin to dispatch 500
additional cavalry to the frontier
from Tuitsihar. The Russians were
reported to have fired 400 shots at
Dalanor Friday, wounding two
civilians.
An Official cornrnunique issued to-
day said Russian forces had oc-
cupied a hill north of the town OF
Dailainar at 8 p. m. wednesday and
opened fire upon the Chinese out
posts with rifles and machine gun.
The Chinese forces, the comniu-
nique added. returned the fire, but
retired when the Russian cavalry
penetrated into their camp zone. The
Japanese consular agents, who had
witnessed the clash, said the firing
lasted for about three hours, appar-
emily with considerable casualties on
| both sides.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-17
Opening Markets

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movements were rather narrow as
the weekend session on the stock
exchange got under way today. Oils
where active and few Of the me-
tors and rails accounted for heavy
volume of business, but the list In
general was much quieter than Fri
day.
Consolidated Gas rose fractional
ly to iSo, a new high, and other util-
ities held firm. Mail order shares
and electrical equipment issues were
better.
Oils monopolized the ticker. Stand
ard of New Jersey opened 1000
shares at 10, OF Il: Atlantic Re-
fining 5000 shares at 7oA, up II;
pan American Petroleum B 500 0at
IS. up Z; Texas Corporation 5000 at
co.'s, UP e, and. Standard on OF
New Jersey 5000 shares at As, on Is.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-17
SHOT IN DRY RAID AT
BEDSIDE OF WIFE.
WAITING ON BIRTH
Virginia Storekeeper Is
Wounded Twice in
ScuffIe.

By United Press
RICHMOND, Va. Aug. 17.-Carl
G. Collins, deputy United States
marshal, who is alleged to have
wounded seriously storekeeper at
Port Richmond in attempting to ar
rest him Friday for a liquor viola
ton, may be tried in federal court
here on a charge of attempting to
kill, instead of in King William
county court, it developed today.
Gallon B. Jones, assistant fed
eraI district attorney, will file a pc
tition asking that the case be
transferred.
Special attorneys retained to as
sist in the prosecution have indi-
Gated they would not oppose the
move.
Peter Miller. 33-year-old store
keeper. was fighting for his life in
Memorial hospital here today with
two pistol bullet wounds in his
stomach.
Miller was reluctant to submit to
oil Cots dNNOI 0lllS W llLc dbIOlIlCycs
because he wished to remain with
his wife. who was preparing to give
birth to a child.
A midwife who was with Mrs.
Miller in a room in the rear of the
store at the time of the shooting is
among the witnesses cited to appear
in the case. -Nt
The wounded man told police that
Collins and another officer, S. H.
Easter, federal dry agent, entered
his store and represented them
selves as insurance agents. After
asking for soft drinks, he said, Col
Inns informed him he was under
arrest for selling liquor to two un-
dercover agents last week.
Thinking the man could not be
serious, Miller said, and also be-
cause of the condition Of mis- wife,
he resisted being handcuffed, and
the shooting ensued.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-17
DRIVER FLEES
AFTER ACCIDENT
Hides Beer in Weeds and
Deserts Automobile.

Police today are searching for a
hit-and-run motorist whose auto
mobile collided with a car driven by
Ralph A. Wisehart, POST Ashland
avenue, at Thirty eighth street and
Pendleton pike Friday night. Mrs
Wisehart was cut on the head.
According to witnesses, the driver
got out of his car, hid eight quarts
of beer in weeds beside the road and
ran. The certificate of title showed
the machine was the property of
Vernon H. Owens, 537 Superior
street.
John A. Stevenson, Al, city fire
man, was slightly injured when his
auto crashed into a safety zone
guard at Washington and California
streets, Friday night.
A hit-and-run driver whose car
struck and injured Raymond Petrie.
3, Negro, TAI East Twenty-Sixth
street, in front of the child's home,
Friday, was object of police search
today.
Mrs. Maude Burris, 81, r. r. z,
Drexel Gardens, was cut on the face
Friday when her husbands auto
collided with a truck in the HOO
block on Division street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-17
Prepare for War

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war department began today to
make extensive preparations fora
possible winter campaign against
the Soviet Union after ofhcially
notifying the Kellogg pact Signato-
rieS that she would stand for nc
infringements, of her territory and
that she reserved the right OF de-
tending the nation.
Inquiries in the Shanghai markets
disclosed the fact that the Chinese
army officials were making heavy
purchases of blankets. uniform khaki
and other war supplies, indicating
that the Nanking government be-
lieved a winter campaign In Man
churia was probable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-17
Manchurin Is
hUaded by Big
Russian Army
Red Troops Occupy Two Towns; Intention
Is to Isolate Railway Junction; !.
Chinese Ordered to Resist.


MUKDEN, Manchuria, Aug. 17-Russa's red army
has invaded Manchuria with large force occupied two
towns west of Manchu and today continued to advance with
the apparent attention of soatng the Manchurian railway
junction. announced in official communque here.
General Chang Hsueh-Liang, lord of Manchura and
commander of the Chinese forces along the border ordered
hs advance guard to resist the invasion
The foreign legations at this capital of Manchuria have
yet been informed of the action of the Russian
The communque said the occupied Friday night
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-17
LIQUOR PIRATE DIES I'M MOOSE
FOR KILLING 2 COAST GUARDS
Execution Held Secretly in
SeapIane Hangar at
Fl. Lauderdale.
FOUR WITNESS HANGING
Federal Judge Had Warned
Barring of Details Would
Be Contempt.

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla,
Aug. Thames Horace Ald-
'erman, liquor pirate and slay-
er of two coast guardsmen,
was executed in a seaplane
hangar at 6:04 a. m. todays
the United States marshal's
Office announced. Utmost
secrecy surrounded the hang
ing of the 50-year-old rum
runner.
Because county authorities had
refused to allow a federal prisoner
to be hanged in the county Jail, a
temporary gallows was erected IN
the airplane hangar, which is govs
eminent property.
Only a deupty marshal, a physi~
clan, a spiritual adviser and the
Broward county sheriff witnesSer the
hanging. 49,
The hangar, at the coast guard
base here, fronts the broad beach of
F1orida'S east coast.
Wanted Public Present
"A squad of coast guardsmen, many
of them friends of the murder VIC
tim, surrounded the hangar as Al-
derman went to his death.
The secret execution was ordered
by Federal Judge Halsted Ritter,
who warned that revelation of its
details would result in contempt of
court proceedings.
Alderman was said to have spent
his last hours reading the Bible and
talking with relatives.
Previously he had expressed the
hope that Judge Ritter would re-
scind his secrecy order.
ITS my hanging yon know" he
commented.
The rum runner died for murder
on the high seas"
The episode took place Aug. z,
1927.
After being captured in his rum
boat thirty-f1ve miles off the coast,
Alderman held his captors at bay
with pistol while Robert E. Weech,
his companion on the rum boat,
disarmed the coast guardsmen. He
then look possession of the vessel.
Alderman, it was reported, threat
ened to force the guardsmen and
Robert E. Webster, secret service
agent, to walk the plank" but
changed his mind and prepared to
place them in his rum runner, set
fire to it and push it out into the
Atlantic again.
The guardsmen, desperate, rushed
the pair. and Webster was the first
to drop in the rain of bullets.
Sidney G. Sanderlin and Victor A.
Lamoy also were killed, and Jodie
Hollingsworth was seriously injured,
but Alderman and Weech lost the
battle to superior numbers.
Pleading self-defense, Alderman
quickly was convicted of first degree
murder and sentenced to hang.
Weech pleaded guilty to less
serious offense and served year
and day In Atlanta penitentiary.
President Hoover's refusal of conf
mutation recently eliminated Alder
mans last hope for life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-17
SEE
F|END'S VICTIM
Dorothy Anne's Funeral Is
Watched for Slayer.

By United Press
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Aug. II.
Detectives kept a close watch to-
day on the crowds that Swarmed
through the undertaking rooms
where the body of Dorothy Aune
lay, hoping her murderer would be
attracted there by morbid curiosity.
Other squads of police were as
signed to attend the funeral this
afternoon of the 12-year-old school
girl who was kidnapped, attacked
and strangled and whose burlap-
wrapped body was thrown into a
gutter.
Fifteen thousand persons viewed
the body today.
Plain clothes officers will mingle
with the crowds, keeping watch to
see if the police adage the "mur-
derer always returns to the scene
of his crime will hold true.
An escort of motorcycle police will
flank the hearse as the body is
driven to the Hillside cemetery. Six
members Of Dorothy's Sunday school
class will be pallbearers. The choir
of which she was a member will
sing. a
OF the scores of suspects arrested
and questioned in connection with
| the murder, six remained. in custody
today with the prospect they would
be freed later.
One of those still held was Albert
Mollenauer. cohbler who operates a
shop near the Auns home. Police
held some damaging evidence
against Mollenauer and said they
would file charges of assault later.
Others held included two brothers
of the cobbler, a tramp, suspected
bootlegger and man who lives
near the Allne horne.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-17

Mukden officials returning
from Manchuli said today
there had been border clashes
between Chinese and Russian
troops throughout the week.
Tsai -Sheng, one of the
Chinese negotiators, returned from
the border today and reported that
there was a clash between the pa
trolls near Manchuli on Tuesday
when the Russians crossed into
Manchuria In pursuit of Czarist
Russians who had been harassing
the Red soldiers and who Tsai said,
continually were instigating border
clashes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-17
BOAT CRASH KILLS !
Occupants of Speed Craft
Missing After Collision.

BIZ United Press
ALEXANDRIA BAY. n. Y, Aug.
17.-Search early today failed to re-
veal any trace of Charles Lipe Of
Syracuse, N. Y. who, with his wife
and Ford Dodge. apparently
drowned Friday night when their
speed boat collided with an excur-
sion steamer in the st. Lawrence
river.
Sixty-fiye pass. -, Oh the pleas
ure boat, Thousand Islander, either
were rescued or swan to safety.
Several drownings probably were
averted by the fact that the Max
inc III. another excursion boat, was
close by and took many of the
Thousand Islanders passengers
aboard.
Lipe. wealthy manufacturer,
apparently was driving his speed
boat. Giggle, at q terrific speed.