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The Washington times., 1929-10-19
SENATE VOTES
DEBENTURE
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export debenture plan would be in.
voked by the newly organized Fed
eral Farm Board whenever the
board finds it advisable in order to
carry out the policy declared in
section one of the agricultural mar
keting act"
Debentures would be issued by
the Treasury to cooperative farm
organizations and other exporters
equal to one.half the duty on the
exported article, except in the case
of cotton. on which there. is no
tariff, debentures would be issued at
the rate of 2 cents a pound.
To guard against stimulation of
oyer.production. the Norris amend
ment provided for a decrease in
debenture worth whenever crop pro-
ducion scars above the average for
the last five years.
Cost S75O,OOO.OOO a Year
The debenture plan. which would
be paid out Of tariff receipts. would
cost from $150,0OO,0 900 to $200,O00,-
600 year. according to various
estimates.
With President Hoover reported
to be exerting pressure upon Re-
publican leaders to speed action on
the tariff bill, the Administration
forces called every resource into
NAV in an effort to defeat the
dehent1Ire amendment.
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:SCR|VENER v AS
INVESTIGATING
MAI. HESSE
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sister met Scrivener "at a party in
Washington The sister Lever re-
vealed who was present at the party.
or where 1t was held.
Maragon now charges that II was
because of the circumstances Of
this meeting that Kelly sought to
nave Mrs. Maragon give incorrect
testimony at the inquest. This he
asserts, was done because IL the
details We're made known II wouIc
ruin one or two high police off.
cials.
The detective sergeant made fre.
quent visits to the CAN'T home after
meeting Miss Parker, Mr.. and Mrs,
CAN'T declared.
Ihey assert tnat he was always
cheerful and happy. He used al.
ways to play with little Marguerite
CAN'T, the daughter of the house.
1t was from the child's lisping
conversation that Scrivener obtained
the pet name which he called his
fiance-"Henna." 1t was the child's
pronunciation Of Helen" The child
also gave Scrivener a name, Abb
bic" in an effort to say Arthur.
On his last night on earth, Scriv-
ener and Miss Barnes drove up to
the CAN'T home about o'clock.
Both were happy and gay, according
to the Gantts. Miss Barnes went
into the KITCHEN and told her sister
that she was to be married the fol.
lowing night to Scrivener.
Within six hours Scrivener's body
with a bullet through the heart lay
in an alley.
The following night six detectives,
headed by then inspector. now
Major Henry Pratt, and Lieutenant
Kelly called at the CAN'T house and
questioned Miss Barnes.
About a week later Pratt and
Kelly, alone, visited the house and,
taking Miss Barnes into the kitchen
questioned her at length. She never
revealed to her sist ,r the subject of
these conversations.
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NAVY IN M
ORDERS

Comdr. Henry NJ. Jensen to- L. s
Kittery as commanding officer
Lieut.. Comdr. Benjamin II. Lingo
to Naval Academy.
Lieut. Clarence r. johnson to u. s.
kittery.
Lieut. Emanuel Taylor to U. S. s.
Tulsa.
Lieut.. Cunior xrade) Charles o.
Larson. resignation accepted, effective
December 23. 1929
Lieut.. (junior grade) William B.
Thompson, 10 Dest. SOD. is, Asiatic
Station.
Ensign Myrown w. Graybin to u. s.
Worden at Newport, r. !.
MEDICAL CORPS
Lieut. Comdr. John r. Poppen to
Asiatic Station.
SUPPLY CORPS
Lieut.. Comdr. Lawrence A. Odhn
to Navy Yard, New York.
Lieut. Leslie r. Goblin to Navy
Yard Boston.
Lieut. Leonard A. Klauer to L. s. s.
Wright for duty as supply officer.
CHAPLAIN CORPS
Comdr George S, Rentz to Asiatic
Sta ton,
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MOTHER VISITS.
DAYTON TODAY
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mother of the accused man wept.
Yes she sobbed, Il have said
good-by to my friends and I am
going to stay with my boy forever.
Mentally. my shoulder is to the
wheel, but my body is weary. 1t is
the kindness. the friendship, which
is breaking me down, but it is my
life.
II was left a widow when Dexie
was s." she continued, 'and we We're
always very close. When he was
streets and sold shoe polish. and
brought me all the money he had
made. All the money we ever had
was interchangeable, and he always
sent his to ME when he had it..
Dayton she said, had had religious
training and good companions. whom
he loved dearly The principal of
his high school had given him ex-
cellent references, as had all the
employers for whom he had ever
worked.
Called Dexter "Shy"
"One of them who gave him fire
references" she said. described
him as a little shy and moody. He
was always rather intense, and we'll
satisfied with his friends and his
books"
Last year. she said. he had been
working night and day for the De
partment of Justice, and two weeks
before his provisionary period was
up, and he would have obtained a
nervous breakdown and had been
confined to bed for several weeks.
Her son never drank. Upon his
initiation into club, he was forced
to take little liquor, Mrs. Dayton
said, and it had made him very
sick.
II will see him today" she said.
"There will be no heroics. Neither
of us is demonstrative. I just want
to go there and sit and have him
come to me-"
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VA.
CAR LICENSE

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Oct. 10
The Virginia Police Executives be-
fore closing it's convention here
yesterday went on record as fav-
oring a State Permit for automo-
bile drivers. James M. Hayes was
elected president; w. A Vest of
Salem, vice-president; Morton Wal
lerstein was reelected secretary.
Captain W. w. Campbell of the
local police department was elected
a State Committeeman.
The Alexandria Shrine Club will
meet Monday night to make ar
rangement for the Shrine ceremo'
nial to be held at Winchester Fri
day.
Seven hundred and fifty Masons
attended the Scottish Rite banquet
in the Armory Hall yesterday eve
ming. Several members of the SUI
preme council of the order made
short talks. Gov Harry F. Byrd
was made thirty-second-degre
Mason at the concluding ceremonies
at the new temple yesterday after
noon.
Among the matters under con.
sideration by the State game com.
mission. at its meeting today. Is the
establishment of a closed season on
deer in Fairfax county. Several
deer are reported to the game
wardens as having been seen In the
woods of the county.
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DUCK
ARMS PARLEY
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stay at home. Senator Watson R)
of Indiana, the majority leader,
and Senator Robinson CD Of
Arkansas. the minority leader, have
similarly indicated they do not care
to go.
Swanson Likely
This leaves the probable Demo.
cratic Senatorial selection as
Senator Claude A. Swanson CD of
Virginia, who was chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee during the Wilson admins
tration, and who is now the rank.
ing Democrat on both the Foreign
Relations and Naval Committees.
Senator Thomas J. Walsh D.l of
Montana, of oil prosecution fame,
Is also possibility.
The selection of a Republican Sen
ator presents some difficulties. Next
to Borah on the Foreign Relations
Johnson, of California, who certainly
won't be named and who wouldn't
accept If he were offered the appoint.
ment. Senator Moses (R.) of New
Hampshire, a noted irreconci.able,
is the third ranking member 1t
isn't likely he will be chosen, either.
Senator Edge (R.) of New Jersey, who
is to be the new Ambassador
to France. follows Moses in the line
of seniority. He might be selected.
or Mr.. Hoover might go to the Naval
Committee for the Republican mem
Der, in which case Senator Hale, of
Maine, the chairman. would be the
nCygn l. l,
big navy" advocate whose naval
views have been decidedly at variance
with the White House.
For the other places, President
Hoover has not so restricted a field.
1t is considered probable that
Frank B. Kellogg will be offered
membership. Kellogg is a former
Ambassador to London, and as Sec
retary of State fathered the anti
war pact which has furnished the
the worldwide disarmament struc.
ture.
Two other ex-Ambassadors to
London, John w. Davis. Democrat.
and A. B. Houghton. Republican,
have been mentioned.
One place in the delegation prob
ably will go to some one who might
be considered to represent American
business and industry. The field for
this choice is virtually unlimited.
President Hoover hopes to COM
plete the makeup of the delegation
in the next few weeks. 1t is not
likely. however, that any more
definite selections will be made until
after the President has had Oppor-
tunity to confer with Ambassador
Charles G. Dawes. who is due in
| WaShin etnn next week
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ARMY N
(DnWIrN -

Leave of absence granted Col,
Charles W. Kutz Corps of Engineers.
is extended one month and four days,
to terminate not later than Novem-
Der 23.
Captain Gordon A. CIapp. Medical
Corps. will proceed to Fort Ethan Allen.
Vermont. for duty.
First Lieutenant Russell H. Cooper,
Air Corps. Is detailed for duty with the
Organized Reserves of the Eighth Corps
Area. and assigned to the Three Hun
dred and Sixty-fifth Observa IN Squad
ron at Love Field. Dallas. Tex.
First Lieutenant Dwight 7. Francis.
Infantry. is retired on account of dis
ability.
Major Horace G. Foster. Finance De-
partment. Ninth Corps Area OF finance
officer. L. s, Army. Fort Mason. Calf.
Major William A MacNichoil, Finance
Department, will report to the COM
manding general Ninth Corps Area duty
as property auditor
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weave of the cloth, she said. Later
the medium emphasized that the
man wore a flashy tie.
Then she asked about some one
named Margaret, who, she declared,
with Clint knew the name of the
murderer.
She declared that Mcpherson. who
Is jailed for the murder, did not kill
his wife
The man who did the killing, she
declared. was beside himself" either
drunk or insane with dope, and did
not mean to kill her. He made re-
peated attempts to revive her after
she had been struck by the lamp.
She said earlier that the dead nurse
had received the man in her apart
ment, had eaten with him and had
taken several drinks of liquor, and
at the time Of the last argument,
when the man had pleaded with her
to give him something hidden in the
rooms was seated on one of the two
twin beds in the bedroom while her
visitor sat on the opposite bed.
Laughed at His Pleas
When the man pleaded, according
to Mrs. Coates, the nurse laughed
at him and he raised the lamp, which
was on small stand between the
two beds and struck her on the
head. Then he struck her again.
Alarmed at her stiffness and fright.
ened almost to death, he made des-
perate attempts to revive her but,
according to the medium, her neck
had been struck in such a manner
that the nerve centers We're de.
sUroyed.
Blood started running from her
mouth and the body was dragged
into the bathroom, where a towel
and washrag were used to wipe it
from her features. Then si1e was
dragged into the dinette. where the
paJama belt suggested the means of
making the crime appear as suicide.
The murderer took the belt and
bound it about the nurses neck.
Then he Strengthened the apartment
and left by means of the window
and a nearby downspout.
After several other questions and
answers, the spiritualist declared
that her astral agent was fading
and that she could not get complete
thought.
She mentioned that the man who
dld the killing was connected with
a foreign power, but was not a for
elgner, later declaring that she was
not sure of this but that she had
been told by the spirit of the dead
woman that he was high in official
life in Washington
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AGENTS To QUIZ
N 'PHERSON

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being Lillian Conway, blonde tele-
phone operator at the Park Lane,
who again related the story of ner
activities on the night the nurse
was murdered.
Mrs Billie Lindsey, nurse who
formerly lived in the Park Lane,
and for whom Department of Jus.
tice agents searched for several
days is in Washington and was ex-
pected to testify at the afternoon
session.
Considerable Importance is attached
to her testimony as she is believed
to know many intimate details in
the life of Mrs, Mcpherson.
Many Persons Quizzed
While the results of the analysis
of the viscera of the slain nurse
are being awaited by Justice agents
a parade of witnesses, the majority
of them having appeared refore.
passes daily through the inquisi.
torial chamber in the Department
of Justice building.
Inspector William S. Shelby. de
posed chief of the Detective Bureau
was again on the stand yesterday
and appeared visibly upset when he
left the building. 1t is believed
likely that Lieut.. Edward J. Kelly
again will be called to tell his
story to investigators.
1t was the bungling methods OF
members of the homicide squad
that caused the Department OF
Justice to be called in to trv and
bring order out of the cnaos sur.
rounding the death of the attractive
nurse.
Dope Theory Discarded
Hints that the girl may have been
the victim of knowing too much
about the activities of narcotic
agents and peddlers, are discounted
by investigators who are working on
an entirely different theory.
Numerous x.ray plates and the
chemical analysis are expected in
Washington by Monday. That they
will throw more light on the case is
not questioned by those in charge oi
the case.
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MEDIUM Describes Slain Nurse
At Eerie Seance in Apartment

- Not only did Mrs. Coates give a
graphic description of the slain
nurse whose shadowy form crouched
there in the death flat, but she also
described the figure of a man who
first came to the circle when the
seance began. This description tai
lied with that of a brother of Vir-
ginia Mcpherson, long since dead.
The meeting opened with Lords
Prayer and 8 plea that no evil
presence break through from the
void. Truth, only truth" in.
toned Mrs. Coates, 1--WE are gath
cred here to find out how this
child died and to try and bring
her slayer to the hands of Justice"
AS the mystic ring grew weaker
and weaker, the girlish voice died
slowly out, as though shadowy
form was flying through space to
the quietude of tho grave. But
those last words Were words of
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Apartment Won't Stay Locked;
Medium Lays Blame to SDirits

Does the restless spirit Of Virginia
Mcpherson return each night to
haunt the scene where, September
13, in the early morning hours she
met her death at the hands of a
slayer?
This the skeptics will deny, but
the fact remains that the door to
the apartment where the pretty
nurse died under the hands of a
stranger, will not remain closed.
no matter how tightly locked
For three nights in succession, ac-
cording to officials at ,ke Park
Lane, the outer door to apartment
219 has been found unlocked within
a short time after 1t had been fas-
tened tightly by a special spring
lock.
There is one key, and the man.
ager has that. Who releases the
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Tablet to Be Unveiled
At Friendship House

A tablet marking the home of
DR.. Frederick May. which was
erected in 1900 and was the home
of Col. Samuel N. Smallwood, twice
mayor of Washington, will be un.
veiled Wednesday,.
The residence, now known as
Friendship House, is located in the
300 block Virginia Ave. S. Z. Jonn
Clagett Proctor will preside at the
exercises. Those on the program
are the Rev. Moses r. Lowell,
Washington Topham. Miss Mary
Apple, Miss Elizabeth Dougherty,
Henry P. Blair. Miss Jean Mum
and the Marine Band Orchestra.
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DIUM HOLD SEANCE in VIRGINIA M PE1ERSONS APARTMENT
LAMP USED AS WEAPON,
SP|R|TUAL|ST SAYS

room and bedroom, remnants OF
meal hastily eaten and a general
disorder greeted the eyes of those
who found the body of the dead
girl This the police did not re-
port, but Manager Ruff, of the
Park Lane, admitted it to be true
when the story, word by word,
came from the lips of the medium
in the pitch-dark room last mid.
night.
For a moment the control seemed
broken, but again the voice of a
girl came from the lips of the deep
voiced medium, crying as IL in pain.
THE lamp, find the lamp, the lamp,
the lamp" Then the voice faded
and died away as though the
spirit of the dead nurse had been
called away from the circle to some
rendezvous beyond the tomb.
When the lights were finally
turned on, the medium lay ex-
hausted in chair and the small
group present were visibly nervous
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Medium |fClears" Mcpherson
In StrungLing of Prettu Wife

When the seance began, everyone
was requested to maintain silence
for some time and then ask what
ever questions desired. This was
done, the silence lasting for a
space of five or ten minutes.
Suddenly the voice of the
spiritualist was heard to ask, who
delivered package to this apart
ment the week before the girl met
her death?''
The manager of the apartment
declared he did not know.
Then she asked about Clint" or
"Clinton," and, receiving an answer
bf no ones knowing him, declared
that he was the man who delivered
q package to the nurse.
Suddenly the medium asked about
certain marks on the side Of the
nurses head. She declared that
there were two marks on the left
side of the dead nurses head. The
apartment manager said he thought
they were on the right side, but
later admitted that he was mis-
taken and that they were on the
left side, in the spots Indicated oy
the medium.
inquiries About Lamp
Or Mrs. Coates then asked about
a certain lamp, green and white,
and the manager said that it had
been removed by the family OF the
Jailed husband.
DR.. Mrs. Coates declared that 1t
was the instrument that killed the
girl.
A gasping sound came from the
medium at that time and apparently
resembled a sob or choking noise.
A sound that resembled the dim,
snothered voice of woman was
heard and appeared to ask about a
lamp. It seemed to say, Find the
lamp and was repeated several
times.
The voice of the medium broke
in then and maintained that it was
not her voice.
Rapid fire questioning and state.
nents from the spiritualist then
brought forth the facts that the
girl had been in the apartment in
company with a man, that she and
her visitor had eaten meal in the
dinette, and that numerous
cigarettes had been smoked.
The first letter in the name of
the man suspected of the murder
was &C." declared the doctor. Later
she asked where the I'd" came into
the name. This could not be
learned.
He wore a grey fedora a mixed
grey overcoat, and a suit with a
maroon stripe running through the
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broke the windows of the Italian
Embassy shortly before midnight,
after hearing of the Ambassador S
visit to the king.
The police and the rioters ex-
changed a number of shots but no
casualties resulted. The trouble.mak-
ers escaped.
The princess is %. while 4'rince
Humbert is 25-years-old. Reports of
their impending engagement have
been frequent.
1t is said they have corresponded
for some time. They have met fire..
QuentlY.
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Court Upholds Klesner
In Store Name DISPUTE

The Federal Trade Commission
has no power to order merchant
to cease using name for his store
similar to THAI Ct competitor. the
Supreme Court ruded today.
The decision was made on the ap-
peal of the commission from adverse
lower court rulings on it's order for
bidding Alfred Klesner of Washing
ton, from using the name Shade
Shop" to describe a window shade
business. 1t was alleged he appro.
pristed the name of The Shade
Shop" from a competitor.
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partment of Justice. since 1t took
over the case.
The medium had never been in
sthe apartment before, nor had
she met this writer or ever con-
versed with him. The lamp with
which the girl was struck was de-
scribed in detail and this descrip-
+tion was correct, although the
lamp had long since been taken
from the apartment.
Many details of furniture ar.
rangement in the apartment were
described, and were verified by the
manager of the Park Lane who
was one of the circle at the seance.
A fierce struggle took place in
the apartment that night, and
there had been a party few hours
before the life of the nurse was
strangled from her body.
Chairs were overturned, blood
smeared the floor in dinette, bath.
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After studying art in Paris for
four years Freeman decided to go
back to the states He only
had So, but that didn't deter him.
He spent the So wisely by treat
ing prosperous.looking voyagers to
drinks at the beginning of the voy-
age so they felt obligated later on.
With calm self-assutance he or
dered the best possible fare af-
forded in the smoking room and
thus kept away from the dining
room where his status might have
been questioned He exchanged
anecdotes for drinks, played deck
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anguish, becoming fainter and
fainter, crying, The lamp, the
lamp, oh, please find the lamp"
And then the heavy voice of the
medium broke the silence as she
came from the contact" with the
world beyond" She asked, who
is Clint? Did Virginia know a
girl named Margaret"
These two. she said, know the
slayer Of the girl and will bring TO
justice the man who killed the
pretty nurse.
Not only that, the voice that
came from the shadows cried, but
this same man has returned time
and again TO the scene of his
crime, the voice of the nurse in
her death struggles still ringing in
his ears. That man. the voice de-
clared. when confronted with the
lamp, will confess his crime and
pay the penalty of the law.
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1t is expected the couple will lbe
married in Rome late in December
or early in January.
In accordance with time. .honored
tradition in affairs of this kind, the
Italian Ambassador, Morquis Du'
razzo, visited the palace of the Bel
gian king yesterday and asked the
hand of the princess in the name of
Prince Humbert. He also presented
the princes with bouquet of white
roses in the name of King Emman-
uel. of Italy.
Thirty hoodlums, believed to be
Belgian and italian anti-faScisti.
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tennis and other sports and was
invited to tea on the bridge.
His one and only shirt gave him
away in the end. 1t became dirtier
and dirtier until skeptical bar
tenders decided it was time to find
out whether he could pay tips he
owed them.
On the last day out he was dis
covered sleeping in the only locker
on the hurricane deck big enough
to hold man. He is being held on
Ellis Island confident that some one
will come to his aid and identify
him as an American citizen.
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MRS. LEDERER DEAD

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Oct.
19.-Mrs. Laura Virginia Bell
Lederer, so. widow of Herman Led
erer, died in a local hospital Mrs.
Lederer had come to this city from
her home at Okonoko. Hampshire
county, to visit her daughter, Mrs.
Elizabeth Braithwaite. and was
stricken shortly after her arrival.
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''Wet Propaganda" Foes
To Meet Here Nov. Is

The administration board of the
Committee on Cooperation for Pro
hibition Enforcement, which recent
ly organized here for the purpose of
combating wet propaganda, an
nounced today that representa-
tives of SO dry organizations would
meet here November Is to adopt
winter program on prohibition ac'
tiyifieS
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City Club Will Have
Minstrel Show Thursday

Members of the City Club and
their families will be entertained
Thursday with a minstrel show in
the club ballroom. Jack Mullane
will , in charge.
Among the features of the enter
tainment will be the appearance
Of the Montrose Quartet, famous
in the city some years ago.
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spring in that door? Will the door
remain closed now that Al attempt
has been made by the spirit of the
nurse to tell her story? This is
likely. according to DR.. Jane B.
Coates, who feels the troubled spirit
OF the slain girl is now at rest.
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CITIZENS TO MEET

The Lincoln Park Citizens Associa-
ton will meet Monday night at s
o'clock in the Bryan School at B
street between Thirteenth and Four
'eenth 5. E. Officers will be elected.