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The Washington times., 1929-09-26
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Due to the slowness with which
the storm center Is moving in from
the Bahamas, the full fury of the
hurricane is not expected to be felt
before noon.
The hurricane is expected to strike
the coast near or slightly north Of
Miami.
All of southeastern Florida has
been organized to an unprecedented
degrec to cut down storm damage
to q minimum, and thousands of re-
lief workers have been modified,
ready for immediate action.
Reserve water has been stored in
tanks in anticipation of a break in
the water supply.
Fashionable centers of southern
Florida are cities without windows,
heavy boardings covering virtually
every pane of glass.
Towns in the vicinity of Lake
Okeechobee have been evacuated,
and the strongest buildings in al
localities have been designated as
official Cyclone cellars" for the
benefit OF persons living in flimsy
houses.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla, Sept.
26 u.N,SJ.-Dawn settled over Fort
Lauderdale today with an omnibus
calm. From a weather standpoint
the town passed a typical Florida
night. The wind, however, was
increasing at a. m.
ATLANTA. Sept. 26 O.N.SD.-
Southern division headquarters OF
the Western Union Telegraph COM
panies, the Postal Telegraph Com.
pany and the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company announced
that their wire facilities into Florida
State were still intact.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. IS
G.N.S).-With the city apparently
in no danger from the tropical
disturbance reported moving toward
the east coast of Florida, northeast
storm warnings posted yesterday
were lowered here today.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
ERIOUS DOC DATED SLAIN NURSE NIGHT BEFORE DEATH
HAL rs
OFF FLORIDA
COAST
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late aid to any who fall before
natures blast.
1t found transportation facilities
organized to a degree of warlike
efficiency.
1t found Southern Florida a corr
munity without windows--virtulIv
every pane Of glass being boarded
and shuttered TO prevent damage
and injury from shattered glass.
1t found the waterways swept
clean Of boats Of all descriptions,
the air free from commercial air.
planes. 1t found the palatial man
sions OF Palm Beach and West
Palm Beach protected like medaeival
citadeIs from the hurricane.
Corps of public utility employees
stood ready to effect immediate re.
pairs to telephone, telegraph and
power lines that may be damage /
by the storms.
1t found huge tanks filled with
reserve supplies of water in the
event that the hurricanes vagaries
cut short the drinking supply.
And it found the strongest, new.
est buildings in each locality Off.
cially designated by the authori.
ties as places of refuge for persons
livipg in houses whose construction
might not be able TO withstand the
force Of the tropical storm.
At 3 o'clock this morning, the
center of the storm was 100 miles
out In the Atlantic.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
DR.. Ballard, Alleged
Ex-Fiance of Nurse,
Denies Engagement

NEW YORK. Sept. 26.-Dr.
Thomas Ballard, who may be called
to Washington in connection with
the death of Mrs. Virginia McPher-
son, pretty nurse. has a residence
here at the Astor Hotel.
When quizzed in New York, DR..
Ballard said he knew Virginia NC.
Pherson as student in one of his
medical classes at Gallinger Hos
pital where he was clinical director
for six months, from December "a.
1927 to July l. 1928.
He denies that he was engaged to
her, saying that he left Washington
a year ago and has been here since
that time. He was aware. he said,
that the nurse was married to Nc
Pherson shortly after he left but
states that he does not know the
husband.
DR.. Ballard also refuses to give
any statements to the press and re-
fuses to say whether he had seen
the woman since he left Washing
ton. Last week, he gave Wash
ington detective an affidavit de-
claring he was in New York when
the body was found.
He says that he expects to be
called to Washington to appear be-
fore the Grand Jury and will answer
all questions then. DR.. Ballard re-
fuses to offer any theories for the
death of Mrs. Mcpherson.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26

considerable interest in the his
tory of early Christianity and in the
life of Christ was manifested as a
result of the presentation of the
Cecil de Mile film. King of Kings
In the Washington moving picture
theaters," said he. talking of the
popularity of religious books with
Washington readers.
During the past year, the most
popular books on religion in the
!br79iy. lieraTy were william n.9ar A Browns n;
Brandford's ID. L. Moody" "A
Worker in Souls" Shirley Cases
Jesus. a New Biography" II. E.
Fosdick's "A Pilgrimage to Pales-
tine" Maude Royden's "Life's Lit
tie Pitfalls" George A. Goes MO
tives of Men, Charles Potter's
story of Religion" Lewis Brownies
This Believing World" and THE
Graphic Bible.' Bruce Barton's
famous THE Man Nobody Knows, -
F.. Stanley Jones Christ of the
Indian Road" and Wilfred Grenfell's s
books on Labrador and his mission
work.
Washington's public library has
a readers adviser to assist in form
ing reading courses on religious SUBJ
jects. Each year two lists of books
suitable for Lenten reading are
compiled for the library by Wash
ington clergymen. The Rev. DR..
John X. Cartwright, of st. Pat
rick's Church. and the Rt. Rev. DIR.
Phillip NJ. Rhinelander. of Wash
inston Cathedral, prepared those of
last spring.
Reading courses issued by the
American Library Association con-
tain two on religion. one by DR..
Wilfred T. Grenfell and another by
Rufus NJ. Jones, and they are widely
read here says Librarian Bowerman.
For the general convention Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church here in
October, 1928. Miss Iva Swift, of
the library's readers advisory staff,
prepared an annotated list of books
illustrating Present Day Thought
in Religious Education"
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
WOMEN HEAR
CANDIDATES

ASHTON HEIGHTS, Va. Sept,
26.-Speaking at the meeting of
Organized Women Voters OF Airing.
ton County. last night in Ashton
Heights Woman's club house with
the nominees of both the Republi-
can and Democratic party for State
offices present, Mrs. Sarah Lee
Fain, of Norfolk, member of the
House of Delegates from Norfolk
as the personal representative of
DR.. John Garland Pollard, Demo
cratic nominee for governor, de
clared "Nirginia has been called the
Mother of Presidents and today 1t
Is the Mother of Opportunity.
J. Cloyd Byars, of Arlington
county who spoke as the repre-
sentative of DR.. William Moseley
Brown. Independent nominee for
governor. declared that new day
is dawning FOR Virginia.
James II. Price, Democratic nom
inee for lieutenant governor, spoke
on the short ballot.
Hugh Reid, Democratic nominee
for the House OF Delegates from
Arlington County. briefly reviewed
MS past iCSVIu anu 'i'o
he has been the patron OF many
Of the special acts effecting Airing
ton County.
Louis A. MacMahon, the Repub
lican nominee for the House OF
Delegates opposing Reid declared
that efforts in the past nave been
made to have laws enacted giving
the people OF Arlington County the
right to determine their own form
of government.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
To HUNT
LOST CITIES

Col. Charles A. Lindbergh will ex-
plOre by air South American areas
believed to contain ruins of ancient
Maya cities.
Sections of Guatemala. Honduras,
British Honduras. and the Mexican
provinces of the Yucatan and Quin.
tana Roo will be covered. it was an
nounced today by the Carnegie In.
stitution of Washington and the
Pan.American Airways, Inc, spon.
sors of the project.
The exploration will begin i'm.
mediately upon the completion OF
Colonel Lindbergh's present South
American tour.
Scientist On Trip
Accompanying Colonel Lindbergh
will be DIR. Oliver Ricketson, au,
thority on Maya archaeology and a
member Of the staff of the Carnegie
Institution. DR.. Ricketson will join
Colonel Lindbergh in Belize, British
Honduras, the base of operations.
Map Cities
One of the principal purposes OF
the flight is to photograph ruined
cities which are believed to exist in
the unexplored territory and to map
their location. 1t is also hoped that
certain great highways through
the jungle, which were used by the
Maya for intercity communication
may be traced.
Col. Lindbergh has shown IAN ex.
traordinally fine spirit as an inves-
tigator," it was stated and the flight
is expected to reveal many important
facts which have not been discovered.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
STOCK MARKET
SLOWS Up
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l1OHllnueC from Z IlSI cct'
stocks in the forenoon, on release
of President Alfred Sloan's state
ment. showing a 10-per cent falling
off in August business. Chrysler
was pushed back to the years low
est at 591a; Studebaker at ssh;
Nash at 10.
General Motors also dropped to
the lowest price on the move at
6SA or less than two points above
the low price of the May break.
Hurried short covering in the early
afternoon turned the tables on the
bears, and the motors recovered .
good part of their lost ground.
Until the billion dollar October
bank settlements are out of the way
it will be futile to look for any great
amount of relaxation in the money
market, particularly when the mod
crate supplies that have been coming
from Europe are cut off. Distribu-
ton of October, interest and divi-
dends will provide half billion dol"
lars or so for the security markets.
which should help considerably in
easing up call loan money conditions
1t was confidently believed the
the weekly brokers' loan statement
at the close of the market would
show the first decrease in four
weeks.
Radio. L. s. Steel, Public Service
of New Jersey and other speculative
favorites received much better sup
port and the bears soon found they
were beating their heads against
stone wall in attempting to push
prices lower. American Can sold up
3 points at 1917 and Westinghouse
gained points.
Buying orders for United Corpo-
ration and United Gas Improvement.
the big bankers pets" boosted
prices a point or two in the early
afternoon.
L. s. Steel was under fire in the
forenoon and dropped back to $50.
Rally to above 2S3. The bears also
hammered the motor stocks with
telling effect in the early trading,
and while Chrysler, Nash and Gen.
eral Motors recovered, Marmon slip.
ped back 5 points to a new low at
so.
Stocks sales at 80 p. m. We're
zoo, 900 shares under Wednesdays
volume at the same period, which
proved to the bulls there was COM
paratively little stock overhanging
the market.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
Motorists Flee Before
Storm Hits Florida;
Everglades Deserted

WEST PALM BEACH. Fla. Sept.
IS ON S).--Fleeing before the
tropic storm, virtually all women
and children have left the ever
Glades section, according to reports
here today.
With few exceptions, only
enough men workers are remaining
in the Lake Okeechobee section to
care for extreme trouble.
Hundreds of automobiles loaded
with Palm Beach county and other
south Florida citizens are still
heading northward. Local railroad
offices report heavy northward
travel during the last "a hours.
The West Palm Beach headquar.
ters of the American Red Cross has
established emergency stations at
various spots in the threatened
everglades district.
Present indications here are that
the storm center will strike in the
vicinity of Fort Lauderdale.
ATLANTA. Ga, Sept. 26 U.N.S).
The menace of flood lowered over
central Georgia today as high water
warnings were issued by the local
United States Weather Bureau.
Torrential downpours of rain for
the past four days have caused p
steady rise in streams through the
state, and according to the weather
bureau, no relief is in sight.
The Chattachoochee is slowly
flooding lowlands and is expected
to leap out of it's banks late TODAY
Other streams in the vicinity are
rapidly approaching flood stage.
During the last as hours five
inches of rain has fallen here.
Communication and transportation
facilities were seriously hampered.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26

with Mrs. Mcpherson in her apart
ment the Wednesday night before
the tragedy and heard her teie.
phone Doc" and arrange to see
him later that night, Templeton
is a drug clerk in the Park Lane
Pharmacy.
Follows Friends Story
This development came fast upon
the heels of the statement last
night by Miss Eles nor Sheppard,
friend and confidante of the slain
girl, that Mrs. Mcpherson told her
she had seen DR.. Thomas Ballard.
formerly of Gallinger Hospital. but
now of New York. the week before
the tragedy. DR.. Ballard denies he
had seen her since Labor Day.
DR.. Ballard is the man with
whom Mrs. Mcpherson is said to
have broken off her engagement 16
months ago to marry young Bob
Mcpherson. jr. Ballard today de-
nies he was eyer engaged to her
DR.. Ballard has denied in an affi-
davit to Washington detectives that
he has been in Washington since
Labor Day. offering his registrat ton
at the Astor Hotel in New York as
proof.
Expects to He Called
Today. in an interview in New
York. DR.. Ballard admitted, however
that he expected to be summoned be-
fore the Grand Jury to tell of his re-
Iations with the dead girl.
1t was DR.. Ballard who danced
with Mrs Mcpherson at a Gallinger
Hospital dance, rousing the young
husband to such fury that he
knocked his wife down on the dance
floor and assaulted the man she
had once been engaged to.
Another mysterious angle to the
almost impenetrable mystery of this
young wife's strange death Is the &C.
count of Templeton. the football star
and Park Lane drug store clerk. OF
an order Mrs. Mcpherson telephoned
to the drug store.
Double Order Called
Sometime Thursday afternoon.
Templeton declares, around or
o'clock, Mrs. Mcpherson telephoned
to him and ordered two sandwiches.
a milk shake and an orangeade.
Templeton sent the order up by
the porter, Earl, who since has
stated that Mrs. Mcpherson met
him at the door of her apartment
in her pajamas, took the order, and
tipped him a. dime. He does not
know whether anyone was in the
apartment with her, but the fact
that there was an order for milk
shake and an orangeade indica tes
there must have been two persons.
Who this other person was that
Mrs. Mcpherson entertained a few
hours before she met her death re-
mains unknown.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
SPEAKING
EXPLAINED

That the ability to speak in few
minutes is one ofthe greatest assets
to the modern business man was the
assertion of William 3. Burruss,
sales counselor and lecturer. at the
Washington Lions Club meeting yes
terday at the Mayflower Hotel.
Burruss, in a. demonstration of
short speech making, asked that
members Of the club suggest subject
matter. upon which he spoke for a
given period.
Notice was given of a golf tour.
nament to be held October at the
Manor Club, Cy Macdonald and
George Sharp being in charge of ar.
rangements. A large delegation was
present from the Silver Spring, Md.
club, with the expectation of meeting
Ray Reilly, Los Angeles, Calf.
president of Lions International. 1t
was announced by Alfred n. Law
son. president OF the local club. that
Reilly had been called out of the
city.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26

While the parents and pupils
waited in an outer office OF the
Franklin Administration Building,
DR.. Ballou held a hurried confer
ence with r. l.. Haycock, assistant
superintendent, which ended when
the visitors We're received by Hay
cock.
While Mrs. Morris Silver, of the
1900 block Park Pl. \. w, as
spokesman, told Haycock the chill
dren would have to cross crowded
tion to the Monroe School, DR..
Ballou entered and listened quietly,
and did not make his identity
known during or after the inter
view.
Haycock told the mothers that
s. NJ. Ely, supervising principal,
and DR.. Ballou had recomme nded
that the children attend Monroe
School until the matter is decided
Wednesday by the Board of Educa-
ton. All the parents reiterated
their determination to continue send
ing their children daily to Park
View until the board acts. The
transferred pupils are not permitted
by school officers to attend classes
at Park View.
Refuse to Transfer
The children, who reporting yes
terday at Park View, learned of
their transfer and refused to go to
the Monroe School, reported again
to Park View this morning. pencils
and pads in hand. ready for work.
Many were accompanied by their
mothers, and many perclled upon
the front steps Of the ivy-covered
building, while others gathered in
the halls.
A meeting was held in a base
ment room, when Fred Walker,
president of the Park View Citizens
Association declared the transfers
simply move to keep Monroe
School white.
He told the mothers, some of
whom held the kindergarten child.
rem in their arms that the only
person who could change the en-.
forcement which sends the pupils
across traffic-ridden Georgia Avenue
to school in the midst of a colored
district was DR.. Ballou. The mothers
decided to visit DR.. Ballou in a
body, with their children.
Back Up Principal
DR.. Ballou stated today the mat.
ter was purely up to the super
Vising principal. and that he would
back him up" He also said that
he had issued no order. but had
asked Ely for a definition of the
boundary
Ely, on the other hand. told re.
porters DR.. Ballou and r. L. Hay
cock, assistant superintendent of
schools, in charge of elementary
grades, had themselves defined the
boundaries. Asked whether the
Park View School was crowded. he
responded no"
Parents of Park View students as
sert that Monroe School classes al
ready are crowded. while Ely states
that school officials have been
gradually shifting more and more
pupils into Monroe and out of Park
View. fully so being transferred this
year. Parents object on the ground
that their children have attended
the school for years, and would
have to cross Georgia Avenue to
reach Monroe School
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
Husband Finds Wife
And Friend Murdered

GALESBURG, ILL.,, Sept. 26 a..
NS.(-The bodies of Mrs. Mary
Hawkins, AZ, and a man believed
to be George Martin, S5, Of Day
ton. Ohio, were found by police
in the Hawkinson home here today.
Both had been shot and their
throats slashed with razor.
The body of Mrs. Hawkinson was
found in bed while that of Martin
was on the floor. Both were fully
clothed.
The bodies were found by Albert
Hawkinson, husband of the woman.
When police arrived at the home
in response to Hawkinson's appeal,
they allege they found Hawkinson
in an intoxicated condition.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
NEGRO WINNER
IN n. !. POLLING

The possibility of another negro
being sent to Congress has become
probable as Herbert 7. Delaney, son-
in.law of DR.. Emmitt j. Scott, secre.
tary.treasurer of Howard University,
won the regular Republican nomina.
ton for Congress in the Twenty
first New York state district pri-
mary election, it was learned today.
Delaney, who Is also an assistant
United States attorney, polled S'7o9
votes to IT'S by his opponent.
The twenty-first district is situ-
ated in Harlem the home of nearly
3OO, 900 negroes. over 10000 are ex.
nected TO vote in this district. De-
ianev is a young man and his rise in
politics has been rapid.
Lamar Perkins, formerly Of this
c;ty and a graduate of the Howard
University Law School was nomi,
mated for the state assembly In the
twenty first district.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
LeavenwOrth Army Pen
To Be Used for Civilians

Transfer of the military prison at
Fort Leavenworth, Kans., TO the
Department of Justice pursuant to
President Hoover's declaration that
more room was needed for Federal
prisoners, was formally authorized
today by the War Department.
Assistant Secretary Of War Pat,
rick ]. Hurley issued a permit :"
the Attorney General for a period
of five wears. revocable at the will
Of the Secretary of War.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
Radio Communication
Down, Nassau Feared
Hard Hit by Wind

JUPITER, Fla, Sept. 26 H.N.SD
Wireless communication with Nassau
was lost early today by the Jupiter
Eelectric and Supply Company sta
ton here.
Last reports from Nassau said
hurricane.
Details OF the grounding of the
s. s. Dorima off Abaco Island in
the Bahama group. were mea geT.
The tugs were standing by to aid
the crew of the craft. reported be-
ing pounded to pieces, when the
high winds subside.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
bORAH HOOVER
BREAK NEAR
snes Staff rnoto
Continued from First PaGe)

NCphtliI"'h iI'Iii ii7' 10
member was a lobbyist for an
eastern product. who left the com,
mission and returned to his old
master when he found he could co
more for them by that move"
Kings have lost their heads" he
concluded significantly. when peo,
pie have refused TO he taxed by
anybody over whom they had no
control. The Constitution put the
taxing power in the hands of Con.
eress and gave the House. which
was closest TO them. the power Ia
initiate tax legislation. For God :
sake don't let us take it out Of the
hands of Congress.
The action of Senator Hiram w
Bingham Rl of Connecticut, in EN-
ploying Charles l.. Eyanson, assist
ant to the president Of the Con
necticut Manufacturers Association
as his persona! secretary, drew
down on his head a storm of criti
cism from leaders Of the Demo
cratic 1nsurgent coalition.
Take No Action
The incident. in which Eyansor
sat for two days at the secret ses
sions of the committee before being
excluded, prohab bly, will lead to NJ
immediate action in the Senate.
Senator Watson RD of Indiana
the Republican floor leader. de-
Tended Bingham's action. lie also
defended the action of the Repub
iican members of the Senate Finance
Committee in excluding Democrats
from the committee room while the
rates were fixed.
The tariff bill always has beer
partisan political issue" SAID
Watson, 1T Is yet"
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
Drug Clerk Reveals
Hearing Nurse Make
Phone Date With DOC

Positive information that Mrs,
Virginia Mcpherson. on the night
before she met death in her Park
Lane apartment with a pajcma cord
around her neck. had a date with
mysterious man she called Doc. "
was established by The Washington
Times today.
This disclosure was made by
Howard Templeton, star quarter
back of the University of North
Carolina football team. whe was
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
LINCOLN FIELDS

FIRST RACE-Alex Woodliffe. Capt.
Haney. Royal Ruby, La sagette, Fright
full. Lady Basil.
SECOND RACE-Peace Bud, King
Pal,
THIRD RACE-solo, Golden Tinted,
Tea Tray.
FOURTH RACE--B ristol Ham
.Roseate ii, Edna Glenn. Miss Lee, John
Peel.
SIXTH RAcE--Guy Frazier, Princelv.
Gay Lothario, Claude c.
SEVENTH RACE-I.illian Mooar,
Bonny Basil, 1mmernoch, Color Blind,
Trsymore.
Weather, drizzling; track, good
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
SCRATCHES

FIRST RACE - Syrisc. Politen
Cberon. Moine. Birdie Wrack, Romany
Baw. Stellaris.
THIRD RACE-NanitV.
FOURTH RACE-Frauk.
SEVENTH RACE - Elder Blossom
Chester
NsAthsr. clear: track. fast.
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
WaggOner in New York;
Held in 100000 Rail

NEW YORK. Sept. 26 U.N.SJ.-
Charles d. Waggoner yesterday in
Federal Court was held in 500. 900
bail for hearing Friday at which
he will plead to charges of having
swindled six New York banks Of
$500 900,
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
CITIZENS FORUM TO Est

The Citizens Forum of Columbia
Heights will meet Friday at n, m,
in the auditorium of the Columhia
Heights Community Center, wilson
Normal School, Eleventh and Har.
ward Streets. '''
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
TODAY'S SCRATCHES
WOODBINE y

FIRST RACE-Glacial.
SECOND RACE-South Hamilton.
THIRD RACE-Gourdin.
FIFTH RACE-Boca Grande.
SIXTH RACE-Hesper.
Weather clear; track fast,
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
Con1pron1iseRejected
In School Strike

Twenty-Five mothers and children today
the office Dr. Frank W. Balou superintendent Of schools
in vain to protest of students of Park View Schoo
TO Monroe School
The Washington times., 1929-09-26
Movies Aid Religion
Librarian Says
Times Staff Photo

That the movies do their bit in awakening interest in
gon asserted today by George F. Bowerman librarian
a the public library