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The Washington times., 1929-11-11
PRATT WON
As DOYLE
WITNESS

With the prosecution having in
troduced only one witness-Maj.
Henry G. Pratt, superinten-
dent of police against him, at
torneys for Capt. Robert E. Doyle,
suspended commander of the
Eighth precinct, moved for dis
miSSal of all charges against him
when his case was brought be-
fore the Police Trial Board to-
day.
Attorneys Wampler and Fowlar
forced an admission from t'ratt
that he did not consider Doyle
=7775aTI1 any disrespect or in
subordination to him personally,
when he delivered his letter of
October q. supporting the acts OF
Pvt. Robert j. Alien, and stating
that he thought 1t time that any
petty animoSitieS which might be
cherished by members Of the po-
lice force against Allen, should be
forgotten.
10 QuestiOn Pratt
OokIO "kACA1 A%OJAN
livered the letter to him the Cap
tain said that irrespective Of
what the major might find in
the letter. no diSreSpect to him
or to the department was in
tended, 49,
Attorneys for Doyle won per-
mission of the board to question
Major Pratt concerning his
opinion as to insubordination.
Allen, at his trial last Wednes-
day on the same charges, act
ing rs his own attorney, sought
to put the same question to
Major Pratt, but was denied
the privilege by the trial board.
The trial of Doyle grew out OF
letters to Major Pratt, in which
Doyle called Allen good Off
GER" and upheld his right in ef-
feet, to investigate the District
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
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Gamer Drafts Bill to Protect Press
Laskey Calls
On Allen
First

Policeman Robert j. Allen,
whose one-man investi g alton
blasted the police theory of sui.
eide in the murder of Virginia
Hurley Mcpherson in her apart,
ment in the Park Lane on Sep
tember 13 last, will be the first
witness tomorrow in the second
Grand Jury investigation of the
homicide case which has stirred
Washington deeply.
Robert A. Mcpherson, jr.,
widower of the dead nurse, is
now held in the District Jail
without bond, indicted on october
IA last by Grand Jury 1t was
fSund, however, that the indicC-
menS could be attacked on techni-
cal grounds because Of the pres
ence on the Grand Jury of a
Government penSi0::ser who, un-
der the law, was teehnicaITy la
eligible for jury duty.
Accordingly. John E. LaSkey,
special prosecutor appointed by
the Attorney General of the
United States to handle the case
after it was taken out Of the
hands of the local District Attor-
ney's office following criticism Of
that agency by the indicting
Grand Jury, decided to resubmit
his case to the present Grand
Jury, which will begin its delib-
erations on the Mcpherson muir
der tomorrow.
Leahy Is Optimistic
William "A. Leahy, counsel for
Mcpherson, has announced that
he would not. attack the validity
of the indictment, at the same
time expressing the opinion that
a new Grand Jury, investigating
without the prevalence of police
hysteria. induced by the bungling
investigation and destruction Of
certain important evidence might
fail to return a true bill against
his client.
LaSkey is known to believe that
the Government has a much
stronger case now against young
Mcpherson than it had when the
original Grand Jury reviewed the
Continued on Page 2, Column A.
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4 DEAD, 80 HURT
IN TRAIN CRASH

~ROCKWOOD, Tenn. Nov. II
IN.S)-Four persons were killed
and so were injured. many OF
them seriously, early today when
the Ponce de Leon, crack South
ern passenger train. was derailed
at Glenmary, Tenn, near here.
The dead:
Engineer w. B. EiSeman.
Fireman Fred Frant.
An unidentified, mail clerk.
An unidentified passenger.
The most seriously injured were
rushed to Chattanooga on q
special train.
One passenger, suffering from
a fractured skull, was in such q
critical condition, that he was
removed to lockwood, only q
few miles away.
The cause OF the derailment
was not known. An investigation
has been started by railway Off
cialS.
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GIRL ASSA|LANT I
ELUDES POSSE

An early morning rain today
covered the tracks Of a young
white man who criminally as
saulted 1s-year-old Olive Young
late last night, as the pretty girl
alighted from q street car bear
ing medicine for her desperately
III mother.
Three blood hounds. rushed
from the District workhouse at
occoquan. trafled the attacker.
through swamps and over the
banks Of Hunting Creek. near
which the girls home is located
at New Alexandria, Va, but they
lost the trail when the rain fell.
Meanwhile, the girl was taken
to the home of a friend, where
she is in an hysterical condition.
Reconstruct Story
BY connecting Snatches Of the
girls disconnected story with that
told by the trolley car crew, po-
lice Of Fairfax county have recon
Structed the attack and the events
leading up to it.
The girl left her home late last
night and went to Alexandria for
medicine for her mother. She
boarded a trolley and her attacker
followed her on to the car, the
latter purchasing ticket for War.
wick Station, about mile below
New Alexandria.
When the girl alighted from the
car. the man again followed her.
and the attack took place after
she had walked but a few feet
from the station platform toward
her home, a distance Of about 100
yards.
Signs Of a desperate struggle
marked the spot. The man made
an unsuccessful effort to strangle
Miss Young with a handkerchief,
which was found by members of
the posse and from which the
hounds received the scent on
which they started the pursuit.
Escaped in Swamps
Finally, getting away from her
assailant, the girl went to the
home Of Gardiner Arnold, VINO
called Capt. H. j. Durrer, Of the
Fairfax county police. The man
had taken a course through the
Swamps and over the dykes and
is believed to have reached the
Richmond Washington high way.
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TRADING SLOW,
STOCKS WEAK

NEW YORK, Nov. II G.N.S.),
Declines of a fraction to 8 points
were recorded at the opening
Of the New York Stock Exchange
today when trading was resumed
after q holiday that lasted since
last Friday at l o'clock. Gen
eral Electric showed the most pro-
nounced weakness at the outset,
opening at 207, down 8 points,
Trading was slow.
The exchange was in session
only three hours today, and sim
liar hours will prevail until and
including next Friday.
At II a. m. trading was sus.
pended for two minutes in OBJ
bGFvance Of ArmiStice Day.
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Senator Smith w. Brook
hart Of Iowa, in speeches
on the floor of the Senate, de-
clared that booze floWe5
freely and that Mr.. Loom !,
seated on one side of him.
and Otto ]. Kahn, seated on
the other side of him, con-
Quoted a high powered rail-
road lobby with him as the
intended victim. Senator
Brookhart testified before
the same Grand Jury last
Thursday.
Loomis was uncommunica-
tive both before and after en-
Etering the Grand Jury room.
ne arrived at the offics q
District Attorney Leo A. Rovsg
at 10:58.. When questioned BY
reporters he said: "You don
expect me to discuss for the
public anything that happened
at a private dinner at which
I was a guest, do your
Loornis was personally eoaS
Quoted into the Grand Jury gooud
at 11:1O. Both emerged at li:A
and Loomis was again surrounded
by reporters.
Takes Jibe At Brookhart
''You viii have to rely on e.
laboratory experiences and smell
ing propensities OF Mr.. Broo@
hart for any information. ':
"Can you rely on that7 n
you viii have to-" he rerneG.
Frank S. Hight. manager OF Gts
willard Hotel, arrived at 11:O1.
He was entirely unconlndtInicap
tive and was in the Grand jury
room for long time for Q man
who was supposed to be called
on only p Identify the OATS q
the alleged booze party.
Liggett Appears Next
At 1913 Walter w. Ligge6s. >
prominent writer, whose magazine
article, How Wet IS Washing
tom in the December number az
Plain Talk, brought him an "tnvf
+a%;on,,S S,.oY1a RovaIs IN aBF1eAR be.
fore the Grand Jury today. was
the last of the trio to arrive.
Liggett is a huge fellow weigh
ing possibly $50 pounds, and ap-
peared to be around AZ years old.
He is said to have been q former
| fullback at the University Of Min
| nesota. He was taken in tow by
Assistant District Attorney Neil
Continued on Page 2, Column y
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MARYLAND
LAW To Be
MODEL

The first definite move to curt
the arbitrary power Of the ju
-Aiciary in failing newspaper n1er
for refusing ssc diYulge sources
ef information was c1ade today
At the request of The e>Wash
ington Times, Senator ArrshuI
Capper, chairman Of the Senate
District Committee, started work
on a bill to be introduced in
the next session Of Congress Civ
ing q privileged status to CON
munications between news sources
and newspaper men.
Such a privileged status now
h given to communications be
tween clients and lawyers,
patients and doctors. parishioners
and priests,
~ Capper Enthusiastic
This law II enacted will render
it impossible for any Judge in
the future to Jail for contempt
Of court any newspaper man who
declines to divulge the source
Of his information.
Senator Capperr, himself q dis.
tinguished newspaper man and
publisher. is heartily in sympathy
With the move to protect the
press against unjust contempt OF
court proceedings. He has asked
the Congressional Legislative
Drafting Bureau to assist in Che
preparation of the bill.
The bill will be modeied after
the Maryland law which protects
newspaper man from being legally
compelled to divulge the sources
of news stories to grand jurieS
courts, legislative committees, OF
anyone.
Reporters Protected
Maryland newspaper man have
been protected for 33 years, as
the result of a situation that
arose in the nineties Of the last
tContinued on Page 2, Column -
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Virginia Youth Dies
AS Train Wrecks Auto

LURAY. Va, Nov. 11.-Three
young men, Marvin Cullers. OF
Rileyville, Va, q Mr.. Alger and 9
son of D. Kibler. Of Springfield, |,
in q Chevrolet touring car, were
struck by a Norfolk and Western
freight train this morning about
/ o'clock on the main street cross
ing in Lurya, Va.
Cullers was killed. Kibler sui
fered cuts while Alger the driver,
was unhurt. The car took fire and
burned.
The Washington times., 1929-11-11
REPORTED
SHOT At

LONDON. Nov. IL UNs).-
An alleged attempt to assassinate
Premier MusSolini on October 10.
was revealed today In o dispatch
to the London daily chronicle
from its correspondent at Nice.
The fact that q new attempt
was made on the life Of the
Continued on Page z, Column 81
The Washington times., 1929-11-11

Heading those to honor the
dead heroes at Arlington were
President and Mrs. Hoover, with
Secretary of War Good, and Secre-
tary of the Navy Adams. Flanked
by the two members Of his Cabi-
net, the Chief Executive stepped
before the Unknown Soldiers S
tomb and laid a wreath, symbolic
Of the country's reverence for its
departed heroes.
Following the President, Mrs.
The Washington times., 1929-11-11
LOOMS IN ROOM ONL'
4 MINUTES; HIGHT,
L|GCETT NEXT

Four minutes was all the time required by
f. E. Loomis, president of the Lehigh Valley
Railroad, to tell the District Of Columbia
Grand Jury what he "knew" about an "alleged
Wall Street booze party" held at the Willard
Hotel by Walter j. Fahy, Wall Street
operator, nearly three years ago.
The Washington times., 1929-11-11
P|CKED
At. .THEATER

PickpocketS operating in the
lobby Of Loves Palace Theater
last night got away with . dia-
mond-Set platinum bracelet. valued
at $500, and two wallets contain
ing $113, police reported today.
Mrs. Myrtle Redmon, 900 block
Farragut st. N. W., reported the
theft of the bracelet, which was
set with "a diamonds.
The Washington times., 1929-11-11
'CAR WRECKED, BOY DEAD

STRASBURG, Va, Nov. IL
Returning home from a coon
hunt in the mountains west OF
here, Glen Hickman, IS. son OF
Sam Hickman. was killed when
his car overturned on the noun
tain Mt Cold Spring.
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Hoover stock before the white
tomb q moment later and placed
a second wreath in behalf Of the
mothers, wives and sisters who
bade last farewells to loved ones
IL years ago.
Second Service At Noon
A second service was held $
noon at the tomb. with the Very
Rev. John J. Burke, general
Continued on Page 2, Column RI
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Reuerent Rites Held
At Arlington

Simple today marked the Capitals observance Of
Armstce Day. Arlington Cemetery and Mt St. Abans were
Of activity and thousands gathered there to pay
tribute to those who made the supreme sacrifice.
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moter and confine my impotence to
what was near at hand.
Before parting, Eleanor had referred
to q subject that naturally preoccupied
US both:
at seems to me Carl has the right to
know how matters are. In fact, 1t
would be inexcusable not to be open
with him. And, II you don't mind,
hard as 1t is, I'm going to write him a
letter."
There was, doubtless, a very human
element of triumph, not unmingled
with concern, in my notion as to how
he would receive that letter.
Under any circumstances, 1t Is hard
enough to congratulate successful
rival; but, when the latter has been an
acquaintance, guest, and has In
fringed unscrupulously rights usually
respected, congratulations might even
SAVIOR of weakness. I confess that my
attitude toward Carl Ballion was great
ly altered by the splendid way in which
he ACCEPTED his i'll fortune. Because,
naturally, of weakness In his case there
could be no question.
was sitting alone In the club an
evening or so later There was mir
ror in front of me, and glancing up
from the paper was reading, it was
with a start that saw his reflection
as he stood leaning over me. He had
apparently been reading over my Shout
der, and our looks met In the glass:
whereupon, he smiled, and, coming
around, seated himself nearby. was
not q little embarrassed to md myself
alone with him..
(To be continued.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-24
The Door of Death
By John Esteem
Alliance and MssosnsaA
By John Esteven

tinued, chat this is simply reaction,
after what happened the other night.
shall never love Carl Balloon. I I'M
derstand what he is by realizing what
he had made of me. And yet it's
strange, however much loathe myself,
I have no feeling of the kind toward
him. He lives by different code.
What was disgrace for me doesn't az
feet him. Only my life would have
last weeks. I'm sick Of mind. beauty,
strength that lives merely for itself.
And I wanted you to know"
The thought that came to me ex-
pressed itself involuntarily: "Why?"
Because" she said, "n you imagined
me capable of what you suspected the
other night, you may have believed that
I was concerned"-she seemed to force
the words from her-"in Celias death.
I read between the lines of Norses let
ter. I could see how you thought OF
me, and I could not blame you-but,
oh, think Of me as insensible, cruel, de-
graded, only believe me innocent OF
that
But, Eleanor" I exclaimed desper-
ately. you must realize that even then
I didn't care"
and it was because you did not, /"
she answered, "or rather because you
cared for me that I wanted you to
know"
I understood then how shabby con-
trast I must offer with Carl Balloon
His ease would have found a ready
answer. Dazed by the notion that any
thought of mine should have impor-
lance with her. could merely express
adequacy. care for you! II, being as
I am, only had the right to care!"
And then her words, incredible be-
yond dreams, that remain for me the
summit of the years: You only have
that right"
It would be superfiuous, as it is i'm
possible, to describe the glory, the hui
mility. the transcendence Of that hour
and the hours that followed when had
left her at the doorway Of st. Claires
Fancy alone, untrammeled by words
can give a reflection Of them.
I had been lifted, as 1t were, from the
void to the gates of Paradise. Gone
apathy, lack of purpose, inertness OF
mind-gone as we'll that craving fol-
the past that, compared with this.
saw now as 1t was, sensual, corrupt AND
dishonored-gone in the radiance OF
this flame. The world was TRANSPORTED
by a miracle, became, even IN Its Au-
tumn baroness, royal, pulsing with
music and promise.
Men in that state are proverbially
ungrateful. I chafed now at the
Thought of the months Of retirement
She had imposed on herself. We were
to meet occasionally, but not until
Spring-Easter, she said-would she
take part in usual social life. Then, In
the Autumn, perhaps
But we were to meet in two days, on
Thursday. I resolved to forget the re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-24
YOUNGSTERS HELP
IN WOOD CAMPAIGN
Washington Boys Demonstrate
How to Utilize Pieces of
Waste" Lumber.

Called upon by the Department of
Commerce to aid in its national crusade
against waste a group of Washington
youngsters are giving an active demon
stration here this week Of how discarded
boxes and crates may be transformed
into an ingenious array of toys and
pieces of furniture.
An exhibit staged by group Of men,
bers of the Boys Club of Washington in
a large display window on the q street
side of Woodward g. Lothrop is the
opening step of a nationwide movement
for the conservation of odd lumber
items, the first of a series to be spon-
sored by the Commerce Departments
national committee on wood utilization
Aside from giving the youngsters an
opportunity to make things, the exhibit
has its practical side since. as the Com
merce Department reports. more than
1000, 100000 feet of wood is being
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@O Eleanors demand that I tell
her why had insisted that my
indisposition was due to an
Il overdose of morphine, made
no answer, at first.
Before her clear gaze my own fell.
finally mumbled something or other.
She said nothing, for a time, but I
could feel her eyes searching me. WAS
It," she whispered in the end, was 1t
because Of that note I left with the
wine?"
mo" I said; but, after another pause,
she added, And you thought that of
mel" Her voice expressed neither anger
nor reproach, but fear
I could wish myself anywhere from
beneath her gaze. Stricken. ashamed,
I could only look down. My lips formed,
at last, the single word, "Forgive!'
oh" she said, in a low voice. 81
wasn't thinking of that. I was re-
membering that, although you thought
that of me-and had given you
shield me, even at the price. II neces-
sary, of you own good name"
Her praise, in view of the temptation
had passed through with regard to
Carl, shamed me even more. "Please!"
I cried.
And was remembering something
else" she continued. II was remember
faithleSS as I was to every memory in
the fever of that place. except for you
I should have dishonored myself utterly.
And recall how repaid you day by
day with every slight I could think Of
GOODNESS. contemplate poor mimic of
Carl Balloon"
"Please!" I said again.
"You're right" she returned, 1--WE
shouldn't dwell on all that. It's over
with and the price is paid. But there's
one thing" she added, that want
you to know. You asked me once If
loved Carl Ballion, end whatever I an
swered doesn't matt ar now. I do not
love him. But. OH" and she spoke al
most in whisper, her lips trembling, II
fear him! When I think that in May.
1t wasn't easy to give up caring
for him; but I understand what he is
because of what had become. And
I'm afraid" she repeated.
Does he know?" asked.
She nodded, and I was conscious Of
o certain dread in her eyes. II told
him yesterday that it was the end be-
tween us. He acted as you would i'm
agine. He used all his WILL his power
we we're in the reception room of the
convent-you know what eloquence he
has could almost feel myself again
In the hall at Greyhouse-that strange.
forbidding air. Somehow, had the
strength. In the end he was all regret,
very gentle and considerate. Not for,
one minute did he lose control of him
self. And, all the while, knew that
his thought weighed, measured, beat as
steadily as his pulse. And all the while
] was afraid"
I could easily imagine that scene, the
two wills locked In passionate struggle
within the bare convent room. And. as
she evidently believed, I felt also that
It had not meant the end.
IT hope you won't think" she con-
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After the murder Of Celia Ballion circum-
stances point to her husband. Francis. as
the slayer. At hrst he denies guilt, but
later the oficials investigating the case re-
ceive . confession signed by him. He also
says he is c9m%ittlmE suields and snHrtly
has believed him innocent, and Morse, a po-
lice oficial, has taken the same view. DR..
Ames. O. friend OF Eleanor Graham, the
murdered woman's sister. has been con-
yinced from the first Of Balloons guilt. Al
Nfs he remains at t the
servant who is Ill. There he suffers blow
to his own hopes when he learns that
Eleanor and Carl are to be married. He
comes to the conclusion that Hasta. the
Morse becomes eonyinced that 1T is Unsafe
for the doctor to remain at Greenhouse, but
his warning Is UNDECIDED The patient begs
Anes to take her and her mistress away.
but Eleanor refuses to leave. Ames feels
that Carl has an evil influence over Eleanor,
with the idea of putting the man out OF the
way. Morse shows Anes an anonymous let
ter In feminine Handwriting that ,purports
to establish an alibi for Francis Balloon. He
q the case. he is being retired. That night
Greenhouse. He attributes the indisposition
that follows to an overdose of morphine.
although he actually believes that the at.
tempt to drug him was the work OF Carl
blame. The servant dies and: Immediately
after. she leaves Greenhouse. The disappear
ance Of Hasta is taken by Carl as con-
fession OF completely in Francis crime.
Morse tells Anes that the butler may have
Continued From Yesterdays Starr
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wasted annually which could be con-
verted into useful articles.
In the big show window are many
articles made by the boys from boxes
and crates and there also is workshop
installed in public view where the
youngsters on Wednesday, Thursday,
Friday and Saturday afternoons will be
engaged In turning out still more ex-
hibits.
washington boys are the first to con-
duct such demonstration. Tentative
plans for these contests have been made
In such cities as Buffalo. Cleveland,
Toledo, Detroit, Chicago, Louisville, In
dianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, Pitts
burgh, Philadelphia. Baltimore and. sew
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-24

For the first time In centuries skins
in natural colors and markings are be-
ing used as chair seats and covers in
exclusive homes in London. So great
has been the demand for calfskin, both
brown and white and black and white,
that there is a serious shortage. Rep
tile skins are also being plated to make
coverings for piano stools and small
drawing-ro "humpies"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-24
Skins Cover Furniture.

eral cities I'm Florida where q State con
test now Is being conducted.
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TWENTY SECOND INsTALLMENr.

Continued From Yesterdays Starr
Putnam patriot., 1929-06-20
CONNECTICUT POWER
Utility Plants Produce 1,270,172 K
 Hours

Public utility power plants of Con- neeticut produced a total of 1,27O,- l72,000 kilowatt-hours of electric current in 1928, the department of the interior announces in a yearly re- port just made public.
 Of the total current generated by the Connecticut plants during the year, 9s0.4S1 ,000 kilowatt hours were produced in plants operated by fuel power and 2S9. .691 ,000 kilowatt- hours were generated by dynamos turned by water power, according to the report.
 In the production of electric cur rent, there were 839, ,53S short tons of coal used and 2O2 barrels of oil consumed in Connecticut plants last year.
 The Connecticut plants, the report reveals, produced approximately one fifth of the entire electric current po- wer output of all New England public utility power plants. The New Eng land plants totalled J,95s,843,000 kilowatt- hours of electric current dur ing the last year. The plants of the nation produced s7,S49, ,579,0 ,000 kilo- watt-hours in 1928, the report re- yeals.