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The Washington times., 1929-09-21
CAPONE PLEADS
FOR PAROLE

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 81 u.N.
s0.--"Scarface Az Capone, Chicago
gangster, made another effort to-
day to get parole from Eastern
Penitentiary. where he is serving
a year for carrying concealed
weapons last May.
Petitions on behalf of both Ca.
pone and Frank Cline, his body.
guard, sentenced for the same term
on similar charges, were presented
to Judge Eugene c., Bonniwell, in
municipal court. October was
set for hearing. Judge John f..
Wash. who passed sentence, will
hold the hearing.
Bernard L. Lemisch, local at
torney. presented. the petitions
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
Allen Is Called Seeker
After Publicity; Police
Declare Case Dropped

Charge Of Policeman Robert J.
Allen. of the Third Precinct. that
Mrs. Virginia Mcpherson, pretty
nurse, whose mysterious death was
laid by. q coroneT's jury to suicide,
was murdered. burst like q bomb
shell at police headquarters.
The charge which Allen advances
in connection with the death has
been brought forward before, police
claim.
Inspector william s. Shelby,
chief Of detectives, denounced Allen
as seeker after publicity. ''He
has no serious and worth while con.
trtbution to make to the investiga-
ton into this case" the inspector
said. He acts in a manner which
leads me to believe that he him.
self is very near to being a psyche.
pathic case"
No action Is contemplated by the
detective bureau on the theories of
Allen in connection with the death
Of Mrs. Mcpherson, Shelby said.
The case Is closed by virtue OF the
decision of the coroner's jury, he
said. unless information from a
more reliable source" is brought
forward.
Lieut.. Edward J. Kelly. OF the
homicide squad. denied that any
attempt to destroy evidence in the
case had been made. as ID claimed
by Allen, who says the squad sought
to close the Investigation by
chasing the death as a suicide In
stead Of an unsolved murder.
After I was informed that the
district attorneys office considered
the death q suicide | gave permis.
sion to the young womau's husband
and q friend Of hers to visit the
apartment and nut 1t In order, and
also to remove some clothing frOlb
q closet there said Kelly THAT
seems to be the basis 1T the charge
Of destroying evidence. Up until
that. time. the aQartnent was under
guard"
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
Woman Names District
In $4,000 Damage Suit

Damages OF $40 900 are asked by
Lille B. Moody. of the Portland Ho-
tel, in a suit filed in Circuit Court
yesterday against William L. Brown
ing and Bates Warren of the South
-ern Building and the District govern
ment. as the result Of injuries al
legged to have been sustained follow
ing a fall on an ice-covered pave
ment January 80; 1928.
Attorney Ralph A. Cusick appears
for the woman, who tells the court
that Browning and Warren were
owners of Franklin Square Hotel,
Fourteenth and K Streets North
west, where the accident occurred.
and that all three defendants are
charged With the duty of keeping
the streets and payements free from
ice and snow.
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
7 EXAS BANDIT
BRIDE FREE

NEW BRAUNFELS, Tex. Sept.
21 Q.N.S.).-Rebecca Rogers, former
Texas University coed charged with
the robbery of the Farmers National
Bank of Buda. Is free today as far
as the State is concerned.
Her jury after q 50.hour deadlock
was discharged last night without
agreeing on verdict and the girl
accused of robbinb two banks clerks
of $1,000 at the point of a revolver
was assured of her freedom when
District Attorney Fred Blundell an.
nounced that he IL through with
the case"
Five times yesterday the jury de.
manded its discharge when it was
evident the ballot would remain
nine to three for acquittaI. Each
time the Judge ordered the jury to
dliberate further.
They deliberated by kicking on
the jury room door and shouting
their demands for discharge. Bailiffs
reinforced the door when the hinges
showed signs of Weakening. III
Mrs. Rogers was defended by her
husband whom she met and married
when both were students at the
University of Texas.
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
Plumber Spouse Denies
He Was Brutal to Wife

Howard C. Grimes. 341 Eleventh
st. s. E., who was recently sued
for limited divorce by his wife,
Mrs. Omie M. Grimes has answered
his wife's suit with an absolute
denial of her charges. Attorneys
Charles C. Collins and Alfred q.
Brault appear for him.
Mrs. Grimes accused her husba nd
of making drunken assault upon
her last May z, and with using
vie and profane language In the
presence of their children. They
were married March 4, 1905 and
lived together 2S years. Grimes is
a foreman plumber his wife saws
and has become addicted to the
habit of intoxication.
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
Suicide by Mcpherson
Girl Held Impossible
By Washington Doctor

It would be virtually impossible for
person to commit !; icide in the
manner which caused I death of
Mrs. Virginia Mcpherson, the young
nurse whose garroted body was
found ~ her husband last Saturday
in the Park Lane Apartments.
This is the opinion of one of
Washington's leading medical au.
thorities. who in giving his views
of the mysterious case asked that
his name be not used.
While the doctor has made no es-
pecial study of the case of Mrs. Nc.
pnerson, who was branded a sui.
eide by coroner's jury. he asserted
that II is almost impossible for a
woman to strangle herself to death.
Mrs. Mcpherson was found in her
apartment with the cord Of q pa.
jana suit knotted tightly around
her throat. She had previously at.
tempted to commit suicide by inhaL
Ing gas, according to the police.
II don't see how a woman could
place a string around her neck and
hold 1t tight enough to cause
DEATH" the physician, who has also
made study Of crime, declared.
She would lose consciousness be.
fore killing herself because of the
lack of oxygen caused by the at.
tempt at strangulation. OF course,
after losing consciousness she would
no longer be able to hold the cord
tight and would revive.
I'm many years of study l have
never heard or read about such a
case as that of Mrs. Mcpherson.
While would not criticize the doc.
tors who have passed upon the case.
l would say off-hand that it would
be virtually impossible for a person
to strangle himself to death.
IF you want to find out how diff
ficult such q proceeding is, try
holding your hands tightly around
the throat"
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
Special Mission Pastors
Conclude Conference

Marking a significant step in the
development of the widespread
evangelistic program advocated by
the general convention of the Epis-
copal Church In session here last
October, the annual conference of
THE Seventy" special mission
preachers, came to a close yester-
day at Washington Cathedral.
Members of The Seventy" are
expected to devote at least two
weeks preaching and teaching mis-
sions outside their own diOceses dur
ing the year and a prayer was
adopted to be offered by all mem
bers when conducting missions.
Resolutions were adopted to be
brought before the meeting of the
House of Bishops at Atlantic City
next month:
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
BOY MANGLED
IN MACHINERY

MARTINsBURG, w. va, Sept.
21.-Charles W. Smeltzer, 10, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. C. William Smeltzer,
Pennsylvania Avenue, was crushed
to death as he PLAYED alongside his
father at the Netional Fruit Products
Company plant here this afternoon.
The child was caught IN an apple
conveyor, carried upward and into
machinery at the ceiling of the
room.
The father happened to look up
ward in time to catch the boy as he
dropped, Iif ,less. toward the floor.
Every bone In his body was
broken, physicians stated.
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
Epstein Gives Million
To Chicago u. for Art

CHICAGO, Sept. 81 Q.N.S1-One
million dollars has been given the
University of Chicago by Max Ep-
stein for the erection of an art
building, President Robert Maynard
Hutchins announced here today.
Epstein. who has made other
large gifts to the university, chiefly
for its work in medicine, decided 10
provide the art building after care
full study convinced him that uni
versity art center offered the best
opportunities for the cultural de.
velopment of Chicago and the Mid.
die West, he said.
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
BALTIC. Congregation
To Attend Meet Here

The entire congregation OF the
Beulah Baptist Church. of Baltf.
more. will attend the Sunday serv.
ices Of the Mckinley Memorial
Church, Fourth and L SITS. N. w.,
according to an announcement made
by the Rev. s, Geriah Lamkinns.
The Washington and Baltimore
Evangelist Singers will conduct a
prayer and praise meeting at the
church from 2 to o'clock. fol.
lowed by a covenant meeting and
special sermon by the Rev. Dr.
Gilbert, of the Baltimore Church,
at 3:4S. There will be a revival all
week, with song services at 9 ana
sermons ct s:4S every evening.
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
Name Brig. Gen. EversOn
Head of Militia Bureau

Brig. Gen. William Graham Ever.
son, of Indiana was appointed yes
terday by President Hoover as chief
Of the Militia Bureau of the War
Department with the rank of major
general. General Everson will sue
ceed Gen. Greed c. Hammond, who
was appointed auditor of the Philip
pine Islands four months ago.
General Everson was regularly
ordained minister bnt served with
the A. f. F. throughout the World
War and was awarded the Meritori-
Gus Service Medal for services at
Fiume, italy. He graduated from
the special command and general
staff course for officer of the Ma
tional Guard in 1928. He has been
a lecturer, author and contributor
to newspa pers and magazines.
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
French Country Priest
Heads Dominican Order

VATICAN CITY, Sept. 21 U.N.s.l
A French provincial priest, the Rev.
Father Gillette, las been elected
head of the Dominican Order. it
was announced at the Vatican today.
He was chosen on the first poll.
THIS conclave, which was held in
secret at st. Angelicus Collegius. was
attended by 30 representatives of So
provincial districts of various coun.
tries throughout tha world.
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
Navy Orders

Lieut.. George r. owen. to Naval Air
Station, Pensacola, Fla.
Ensign Theodore G. Schirmeyer.
resignation accerted effective November
comdr. Joseph C. Thompson, Medical
Corps. relieved from all active duty; to
home.
Lieut.. Paul f. Dickens. Medical
Corps, to u. S. 8. Relief.
Lieut.. Frank A. Hughes. Medical
Corps. TO Naval station; Guantanamo
Bay. Cuba.
Lieut.. CYRUS d. & Bishop. supply
Corps, to 4. s. S. Denver.
Lieut.. John j.. Chew, Civil Engineer
Corps. to duty, Navy Yard, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
Soviet Fliers Reported
Off Aleutian Islands

The Soviet Russian plane Land
of Soviets. flying from Russia to
the United States, was off Attu
Island, in the Aleutian group, off
the coast OF Alaska, today. accord.
ing to a message received by naval
radio from the Soviet ship Kras4.y
Wimpel.
Attu Island is approximately SIS
miles east of Petropavloysk. Siberia,
the planes point of departure. The
Krasny Wimpel. a Soviet revenue
cutter, Is carrying oil and gas for
the plane, and is waiting for it at
Attu Island.
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
Weldon Carter Winner
In u. S. Essay Contest

Weldon Carter. 157 Hickman ST
= T., OF Armstrong High School,
has been awarded one of the fIral
prizes in the recent nation. wide
essay contest staged bv the Rur.
roughs Adding Machine Company
Detroit through the American Rov
magazine 1t was announced last
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
THEOSoPHlSTS TU TALK

"wbst Are TheosophIsts? will be
discussed tomorrow night at the
nnsetinW Of the United Lodge of
Theosorhists. to be held In the Hill
auiIdinr ssysntssnth and ] stG.
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
BUSINESS FOUND GOOD

NEW YORK Sept. 81 u.Ns1-
Business is very good" was ali
Charles z Mitchell. chairman Of
the board OF the National City Bank
would say before he sailed early
today for . European trip aboard
the Olympic. -
The Washington times., 1929-09-21


POLICEMAN DEMONSTRATES HIS THEORY
PATROLMAN ROBERT j. ALLEN stormy petrol of
the Police Department who claims that Mrs. Virginia
Mcpherson, pretty young wife, murdered in her
apartment and not suicide, is shown in the upper
top picture demonstrating with girl that it would be
impossible for Mrs. Mcpherson to strange herself The
bottom picture shows Dr. j. Rogers Young and Supern-
tendant of Nurses Angela Winters of Casualty Hospital
holding pajama cord tied in surgical knot, the
type knot with which Mrs. Mcpherson was strangled
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
ST. JOHNS LODGE PARTY

st. Johns Lodge Chapter. o. E. S..
viii hold a card party tonight at
o'clock at the home of Past Patron
Ted Lewis, A7as Thirteenth St NJ II.
The Washington times., 1929-09-21
v A Y {
HITS STOCKS
Markets At a Glance

Stocks, irregular.
Bonds. irregular.
Curb Stocks. irregular.
Cotton, steady.
Grain. wheat steady.
Foreign Exchange, irregular.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-16
BRANCH PLANTS

If middle western competition" such as has been frequently mention ed in New England prints, is to re- solve itself into virtually every in- dustry in New England possessing themselves of plants elsewhere as supplements to their local main pro- duction units then the situation will be quite generally solved.
 It cannot be denied that to have plants near the centers of consump- tion-East and West-is good busi- ness. But it rather transcends the hope that has been widely held that New England products can and will make their way anywhere at any time. If there are to be multitude of branch plants in the East and West. and in the South and even the Far West, then sectional advantages as we'll as disadvantages, and also sectional individuality, vanishes.
 All industries, of course, do not lend themselves to such branchify- ing. The motor industry and other heavy manufacturing concerns con- tinue to concentrate wherever they happen to be; but firms like the General Electric. manufacturing 2 multitude of comparatively light products. place their plants far afeld and have done 30 for years Now one finds the system growing in smaller fields.
 If it keeps up the best We will be able to say is that New England il the grand daddy of all the industries in the U. s. A.. but the grandchildren are found everywhere.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-16
PENSION INCREASES
 FOR TWO WIDOWS
FOr6tYlle and UmonYile Wom. en Benefit Through Legislation
By GEORGE H. MANNING

By GEORGE H. MANNING Washington Correspondent. N. B. Herald)
 Washington, D. C., Feb. 16.- Pension increases will be granted to two widows of Civil War veterans living in the vicinity of New Britain under the terms of the latest omni- bus pension bill to pass the senate. The house recently adopted the m assure. It now awaits only the president signature to become law. This is assured.
 One of the widows lives in For estville, the other in unionville. Both now receive $40 monthly and adoption of the legislation will inc crease this amount to $50.
 Representative F. Hart Tenn in- troduced bills for these pension raises in the house last year. They were reported upon favorable by t. house confmittee on invalid pen sions and were incorporated in the first and largest omnibus pension measure that has come before the present session of congress.
 Included in this gigantic omnibus bill were 2,935 individual bills. Most of these were for increased pen- sions, although few created fni- tial pensions. Enactment of the law will cost the g 7ernment $%1S,1Gl more annually
 1 The widows to benefit are Mary C. Barnes. of 349 Washington street Forestville, widow of Frederick w Barnes and Ella Winchesterr. 79 Unionville, widow of Henry J. Win. chester.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-16
PRICE AND CONSUMPTION

Producers of goods naturally want to be in the position of selling their products at the highest possible price. If all of them could have their way what would be the result?
 Well, here is paragraph from the writings of T. N. Carver:
 Everybody knows that high price encourages producers and dis courages consumers, whereas low price does the opposite. If the price is very high, more will be produced than consumers will buy. If the price is very low. producers will not pro- duce as much as consumers would like to buy. Somewhere there Is an equilibrium price which, at any giv- en moment. will balance the market. This equilibrium price changes from time to time. but whenever it Is closely approximated the market clears itself. producers being induc- cd to bring to the market exactly as much as consumers are induced to buy and take off the market" Expecting the tariff to find the equilibrium price Is like expecting it to locate the millennium. Either the producers get licked or the consum- CTS get 1t in the neck. But the pro. 1 ducers run a double risk: If they succeed in raising the tariff 50 high as to make unreasonably high prices possible the consumers fail to relieve i them of what they make: and if they sell at low prices they lose money or don't earn much. It is just as pos sible for high tariff experts to over. reach and injure themselves as 1t fl for low tariff experts to do an in. jury to industry by refusing to yield the background for the price upturn
 Of course. we haven't solved al the incidental problems even or paper; but we fear that neither car the experts. What we know is this Give the producers all they crave ant there will still be a plenitude o
 problems on hand.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-16

than es.sss.ess; instead the rssseSs hss ameuntsd ts saly eae.atath ~ tie anticipation. despite the tact that the uss ef cisarsttss has incrsassA ys per cent is thrss ysars. And wAi's cigaretts smoking increases the h. como from the tobacco tax steadily decreases. The answer is self-evident --there is wholesale defiancs of the law and vastly moro cigarettes are consumed without paying the state tax than are purchased according to law" Similar results are noted in Utah and South Carolina.
 In South Carolina the tax-craEed legislature went even further and put . tax on around 70 other articles in general consumption-which represents the inevitable result when the nuisance taxes once get started. The best way for . state to avoid plethora of nuisance taxes l. to re- frain from making start.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-16
NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD SATURDAY FEBRUARY lA l92s

one tls theories and practices et his childhood. In this rsspsct the youth of today are fully as capable. If not moro @, thsn in any pest generation.
 can't believe that there was any serious iptentiea behind the suggss- ton to "give evr boys DickenA Whittier. Thackeray. Tcunysen." It just simply wouldn't take. And any body under 50 ycars es sss knows that's . fact. Thcre are four writers whose works ara immortal. as we sometimes say. meaning of course that We like them very much. But they are just . little too brilliant for youth. especially modern youth with its vivacity and disdain of tho worn methods of its forefathers. Don't crush this "symptom," 1t is the driving force. the creative power behind the ever increasing pro- gress of this great nation, which by the way is not leading 2 world race to hell.
 For the sake of argument. we'll assume that the reverend could just as we'll have put his youthful mind on "Pilsrims Progress' as on the more exciting dime novel. How much would that have changed his status ! today? My guess is not . bit. Youth must remain youth, in thought and , body alike. It ts natural stage of the development of men. If not. why not begin on '.Pilgrims Pro- gress" instead of "Mother Goose ?' Cheer up! Reverend Cleveland, I have all duo respect for your good intentions and for those of the lions who suddenly recalled having seen or heard of something that might be classed as "vermin" to the so- phisticated mind, and impulsively decided to wage a war. We'll all readily admit that some of the mag axines are a little over-ripe in their presentations. but don't get over- heated about 1t. Youth knows its physiology today perhaps better than you ever did. but you can't stop that. That's progress. Youth. too, knows right from wrong, better than the youth that you once knew. That's progress, too. The magssinea themselves are not progress, but they indicate progress when youth can talk frankly and see plainly with no real harm to themselves And they can. because youth has itl principles and ideals and these toe have progressed. I know, I am one of "our boys"
 So when you have cleaned the stands and are ready to advance upon the library. please don't con. fiscate the books we like. If you will actually read them you will find the underlying moral to be the same old stuff. The righteous are rewarded and the sinners suffer. The chic, difference is in the language. It. our language and we understand i and like 1t.
 A YOUTH OF TODAY
New Britain herald., 1929-02-16
Three Attend Meeting
 To Discuss Ordinances

The common count /. committee on ordinances met last night ut trans- acted little business. on account of the absence of all the members with councilmen Warner and Maxon. It was voted to make the necessary changes in the ordinance relating to salaries, 10 provide for the in- crcases voted by the council. effec- tive April l.
 Action on the proposed heating code and the resolution for extend ing the limits of the fire district was deferred. It is planned to act on these matters at the lext meeting.
New Britain herald., 1929-02-16
NO MosE LOVE,

WAat is. love. anyways sHaslegists have ono answer and the sweet young things have cutie another. We prseer not to bs too specific. We only know that all normal human beings act foolish occasionally. and that something called love is the cause.
 When we road, however. that plays and novels of the future will have no love plots we naturally pause to reflect whether this will mean progress or something else. Two plays without the love motif. indeed. have had a hearing; these were Wings Over Europe" and Caprice" They indicate what will come in the next century. we are told. when love as . passion will have been relegated to the ancient past of flaming youth. movies. magnificent reviews and love drama"
 If humanity on the whole is tend ing in that direction we see no siEns of 1t. Plays minus the love wrangle can be written and made interesting; but exceptions to the prevailing mo- ton Of universal human interest do not as yet prove any rules. We rather think. If the learned critics Of the loving situation go back far enough, they will discover that some loveiesa books. stories and plays were writ ten 70 far back as to appear as an- cient as the pyramids of Europe.
 A play or novel without the love motiff may seem novel and advanc- ed to the more or less ignorant sephisticates. But who wrote the one that blossomed forth in 14s3?