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The Washington times., 1929-06-25
BACKS RIGHT Of
MORTGAGES
Underwood 4 Underwood

The prolonged litigation surround
ing the Washington building,
Fifteenth St. and New York Ave.
n. w. involving more than s5,o00,.
GOO, approached a settlement today
when Justice Peyton Gordon
handed down a memorandum opin-
ion in which he sustained the pri-
ority of the first and second mort
gage holders over mechanics liens
and leases of Bridget Com
pany and the Peoples Drug store.
The litigation. over the building
began over year ago when the
Liberty Trust Company, trustee
under the second mortgage, filed
suit for foreclosure. The National
Shawmut Bank. of Boston. trustee
under the first mortgage, was
named defendant in the action and
answered with cross bill petition
ing for foreclosure under the first
trust.
Tenants File Claim
After the suit was well begun,
Stewart and Company. building con.
tractors, who erected the building,
and number of mechanics lienors
and tenants Of the building filed
claims of priority.
The court held that inasmuch as
the first-mortgage bonds were sole
to the public before the contract
with James Stewart and Company
for the erection of the building haG
been consummated. the latter was
not entitled to priority of his claim
The building company claimed q
balance of $203, ,077.4S, which tbs
court held was not superior tc
either mortgage.
Parker Bridget Company and the
Peoples Drug Store, the principa
tenants of the building, were un
successful in establishing then
claims of priority, the court holding
that their leases were executed after
the mortgages and, therefore, coulc
not take priority over them.
SS,S0O,OO0 First Mortgage
The first mortgage amounts II
So, 800 900 and the second mortgage
is $800,000. The National Shawmu1
bank expressed its willingness tc
relieve as trustee to make the
foreclosure. The trustees to sci
the building will be named later, al
which time the court issexpected tC
sign a decree in accordance with
the opinion handed down today.
The sale of the building under tht
decree the court is expected to sigr
will eliminate all claims excepting
those of the first and seconC
mortgage bondholders and a cleai
title will be delivered to- the pur
chaser. Attorneys ]. Harry Covins
ton, Spencer Gordon and Fontaint
C. Bradley appeared for the frs
mortgage bondholders. while thu
second mortgage bondholders were
Fspresented by Attorneys Hamil
con and Hamilton.
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
Man Dead After Crash
With Hit-and-Run Auto

Warren Perry, colored. 40, of the
2000 block of Fourth st. N. W., was
killed last night when the machine
in which he was riding at Fifth and
7 Streets N. w. was struck by an
other car whose occupants have not
been identified.
Perry died a few minutes after
being admitted to F'reedmens Hos
pital with a basal skull fracture.
His companion. Herbert Jones, col
ored, 80, of Deanwood, d. c.. was
badly cut about the face.
The other machine, also occupied
by negroes. attempted to make a
getaway, but an axle had been
broken and it stopped within a block.
Several persons were seen to run
from the car and disappear. Police
are looking for them.
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Bulge in Hem of Dress
Was Rum. Say Police

When Ella Taylor. colored. 4S,
was brought into the Thirteenth
Precinct station on a traffic charge.
a suspicious bulge was noticed In
the hem OF her dress. Policemen
e. F. Lewis and 7. C. Berry re.
ported.
A pint of corn whisky caused 1t,
the officers said. Ella pleaded not
guilty To possession and demanded
jury trial when she appeared in
Police Court yesterday before Judge
John r. Mcmahon. Bond was SET
Ist $500.
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Ambassador Fletcher's
Resignation Accepted

President Hoover has accepted the
resignation Of Henry p. Fletcher as
ambassador to Rome.
Fletcher submitted his resignation
at the beginning of the Hoover Ad-
ministration last March, but at the
Presidents request continued at his
post for the time being. Lately he
has communicates his wish 70 be re-
lieved. and the President has CON
sented.
The effective date Of his retire
hnent win be September I, at the ex-
piratlon OF his usual summer leave.
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MIND
SUFFERED
TWIST
By JAMES L. KILCALLEN
Copyright. 1929. by International
News Service)


News Servicel
COLUMBUS, Ohio, June %.
My mind must have snapped.
/ never intended to kill her.
II am confoundsd by the plight
/ find myself in. nv mind is In a
daze. It all seems Ike dream "a
weird, unbelievable nightmare. /
don't understand 1t even now"
DR.. James H. Shook a matured,
welI-educated collage professor of
~. confessed slayer of Miss Thecra
Hix. 24-year-old Ohio State univer-
sity coed his paramour, made these
assertions in an exclusive interview
with international NsWs service in
tire Franlk1in county jail here. today.
Baffled By Sell
He said he 'scannot yet believe
he committed q crime that may
seaa him TO the electric chair.
Surely, he philosophers.
never have shown any criminal iS1~
stincts. How did ! come to 60 this:
/ thought / Has ike every other
normal man"
EEe admitted his pSetlicamen- was
a warning to every married man
wl1e forgets home ties for the allur-
ins companionshlp of a young and
attractive woman. but preferred
not to sermonlze on this phase OF
the case.
81 never thought my affair with
Miss Hix would lead to this" he
sad rather posynaG:ly.
DIR. Shook goes to trial on July p
on the charge of ''prelneditated
first-degree murder. He viii be
defended by two of Columbus lead.
ing attorneys, the former Judge
John r. Seidel and e. o. Ricketts,.
A Desirable Girl
Shook, immediately attired and
studious looking, seemed strangely
out of place as he sat during the
interview on camp chair outside
his cell while a motley array Of
prisoners. black and white, passed
to and fro on their way to the
bull pen'' for exercise.
Il feel keenly the disgrace this
has brought upon my wife and
baby" said DR.. Shook. 1.-THE one
thing that is now buoying up my
courage is my wife's loyalty"
Were you in love with Miss
Hix?" he was asked.
mo" he replied. 'tIt was o
case of companionship with a most
desirable girl--that is, she was de-
sirable at first until she sought to
interfere with my private affairs"
Shook said he first met Miss
Hix three years ago at Ohio State
where she came as medical stu
dent. They became friends and
often went motoring together.
They discussed sex matters and
exchanged books on sex. He found
| that she had read considerably
more on such subjects than he had,
he declared.
7 Says She Was Agreed
IT refute the statement Of her
father that broke down her moral
reserve" said the professor. "That
is not true. She was perfectly will.
ing to enter into an arrangement
with me-
Miss Hix never wanted to marry
him. In fact, she said she wouldn't
marry him on a bet," Shook de.
/ clared. She never asked him to di-
vorce his wife.
They planned to go along as
they were going until she left
Continued on Page 2, Column u
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ATTEN|P
TOkEEP IT
SECRET

ANN ARBOR, Mich, June
% (I.N.S.). = DR.. Clarence
Cook Little, resigned president
Of the University of Michigan,
filed suit for divorce from his
wife, Katherine Day Little,
here June 20, it was learned
today.
Incompatibility Of temperament is
said to be the ground on which DIR.
Little is seeking divorce.
Elaborate plans were made for
the suppression of the news of the
proceedings.} Officials were so well
pledged to secrecy that none would
admit today that the suit has been
filed.
Private Sett. sment Reported
1t was reported. however. among
well-informed Ann Arbor officials
that DR.. Little. in a private settle
ment with his wife recently, agreed
TO give her an annuity of $4,000.
DR.. and Mrs. Little were married
on Nav 81. 1911. They have three
children, Edward r., Robert d. and
Louise.
The sons are attending Noble
and Greenough School in Boston,
where DR.. Little graduated in 1905.
The daughter attends the I tIi-
yersity High School at Ann "A rDo1a.
Mrs. Little. before her marriage,
was Katherine Day Andrews, daalgh.
ter of Robert Day Andrews. OF
Brookline. Mass,
Seeks Early Decision
1t il reported that DIR Little
seeks to have an early decision IN
the case.
DIR. Little, who was formerly
president of the University of Maine,
succeeded the late Marion Leray
Burton as president of the uni'
versity of Michigan In 1925. hls
resignation from the University OF
Michigan followed criticism by MIN
OF the schools regents.
He charged that he had not been
given free rein and was hindered ny
politicians in the management OF
the university.
DIR, Little is believed at present
TO be at the Harvard Club in New
York. He was to leave there soon
for Harbor Springs. Me-, to engage
IL cancer research. Mrs. Little is
believed to be in Boston.
News Causes Surprise
News of the divorce proceedings
was greeted with considerable sur
Drisa throughout Michigan
Ii was recalled on the Ann Aroor
campus, however, that DIR. Little
ana his wife have been seen 'o-
gefher but few times since he. be-
came head of the university At
virtually all functions, 1t was SAID
at which the two were invited. MRS:
Little was unable to attend.
The Washington times., 1929-06-25
Opera Singer Loses
S25O.OOO Kahn Suit

NEW YORK. June rs G.N.s r.
with q words, Supreme Court JUS
t;ca Curtis A. Peters today dis
missed an opera singers libel suit
for $3.50, 900 against Otto a. kahn'
noted financier and phllanthropist'
He granted the motion OF Attor'
ney Nathan Burkan for OTTO kahn
to dismiss the complaint OF Rosl-
linda Morini. who charged mat
letter written by ahn had damaged
her career. ;,
motion granted with $l0 costs"
said Justice Peters decision, on the
ground that the letter compliance ol
ii not libelous per se lt cannon
therefore be made so by innuendo.
The Washington times., 1929-06-25

Irving Berlin, the great song writer.
given while he and his wife. tn J for
mer Ellen LIackay. were in Paris for
a short stay.
Just a Business
Song writing is a business, same
as sausage m ing" he declared.
The market is ready for senti-
mental, slushy song; you write one
about being all alone or loving some
body that went away
The public is ripe for the going
hack home stuff and you write an
lwant to go-back tune. Or NANNY
stuff or Jazz. It's I'll the same.
But where there Is romance, &C.
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CAPTAIN Hawks Resumes
His Crosse Country Hop

PARKS AIRPORT, EAST ST.
LOUIS. Ill.,, June Is U.N.s)-The
leak in his gas tank having been
hnrriedly repaired, Capt. Frank
Hawks, holder of the transcontinen.
tai nonstop flight record took off
for New York on the second leg
of his flight from Los Angeles to
the eastern metropolis at 9;15 a. m,
today.
Z Before climbing into his Loekheed
air express plane Captain Hawks
said that he expected to arrivt in
New York in about six hours. which
would place his arrival little after
five this evening New York time
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cording to Berlin, is in Hollywood.
And 1t is due to the talkies,
"It's life to the song writer's, .
the veteran tune maker says.
They're all making money now
and living like kings. Nothing to
eat one day and caviar the next. 1t
used to be that way on Tin IAN
Alley. But the alleys gone to Cali
fornia."
Irving Berlin knows. for he is q
new talkie song writer. He has
written the music for > picture
which will be released this fall The
new hit7-as he expects IL to Ne--ss
called Nanny
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BANK STATEMENTS

Washington Clearing House,
$4.244.5 .567.74.
New York Clearing House bal
ance. $165. zoo, 900.
New York Clearing House ex.
change. I,659. .0ae. .O0O.
Treasury balance. $4l9. 9.s13.s $50. -.
Customs receipts, S40;5e0, ,S44.2S.
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Laughs, Loses Balance,
Falls. And Is Killed

CHICAGO, June &c n.N.S1. Seated
on a porch railing. William Holton,
SIS, laughed so heartily at a joke
told by a friend that he lost his
balance today and was killed when
he fell 10 feet and his head struck
the sidewalk
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HOPE. LD|N|S
FOR LOST.
FE|ERS

MADRID, June 25 G.N.S.).
A pail of gloom hung over all
s p ain today as the hours
stretched into days without
word from the aviators who
left Cartagena late Friday aft
ernoon expecting to reach the
Azores Saturday morning, A
widespread search of the seas
near those islands by naval
craft and airplanes has been
fruitless.
Since 1925 when he flew to South
America, Major Ramon Franco,
leader of the TRANSATLANTIC expedi'
-tion, has been national hero and
public anxiety for his safety and
that OF his companions, Captains
Ruiz de Aida and Gallarzas and
Mechanic Madariaga. has become
intense.
The ocean expanae between the
Portuguese coast and the Azores
TODAY was dotted by numerous craft
of several nations cooperating In
the search but hopeful tidings from
these were entirely lacking.
ships Still Search
Spanish destroyers and a squad
ron of seaplanes were securing the
seas about the Azores where the
Italian steamer Greldon reported
hearing the sound of an airplane
engine early Saturday morning. but
wireless messages received from
them late last night indicated their
search was vain.
Part of the searching squadron
sped toward point about 110 miles
north of the Azores where the
steamer Magallanes was reported to
have sighted the wreckage of a
plane. possibly that of the hydro
plane used by the missing fliers.
Portgual is giving all possible aid
in the search. The Portuguese gun
boat Haire is now refueling at Horta
after securing the outlying islands
OF the Azores for signs of the miss
Ing plane. AT the request of the
Spanish government, the Portuguese
government has ordered the Lisbon
wireless station to- keep in constant
with the Azores to
facilitate the transmission of all
messages which may throw light on
the fate of the filters.
Weather Is Ideal
Weather conditions in the Azores
waters at this time Of the year are
ideal so that If the fliers managed
to land without damaging their
plane they should be able to remain
afloat on the CAIN seas for several
days,
The last definite word of the air,
men came only a few hours after
the start when they were reported
passing over Tarifa on the Straits
of Gibraltar.
Although the plane carried radio
equipment it was not once heard
from through this means.
LONDON, June rs u.N.S1.-The
British aircraft carrier Eagle, en-
route to Gibraltar, has diverted her
course TO assist in the search for
Major Ramon Franco and his three
on their ill-fated trans
attempt, It was announced
by the admiralty here today.
Airplanes assigned to the Eagle |
have been securing the seas in the
of the Azores since $50 this !
the announcement con. /
tinued. The planes take off from
he carrier.
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T0DAY'S SCRATCHES
At WASHINGTON PARK

At WASHINGTON PARK
FIRST KACE-Favorite Girl Mighty
Cute. Jessie Lilliard
SECOND RACE--Mollie Malone. 0tilIa.
THIRD RACE-Anita NJ, Smoky, Day.
Go Away, Dreana Lee. Dolly Polly King
OF the Spa.
FOURTH RACE-FlOod Control
SIXTH RACE--Hnrstland
Weather clear; track, fast.
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He RE
At "[)RY"
COURSE

Proposal of the prohibition
bureau that a course in prohi-
bition be included in the cur
riculum of the local schools as
part of the wholesale plan to
sell prohibition to the country
will fall flat.
This was indicated today by
school officials in discussing the
plan.
Ballou Denies Interview
sDr. Frank w. Ballou, superin-
tendent of schools, declared that he
had been misquoted and misrepre.
sented in an interview in a morn
ing newspaper which placed him
in position of indorsing the
proposal.
Il did not tell any reporter that
I indOrsed the plan, said the
superintendent. "Why, l haven't
even seen. ii yet. More than that,
shall probably find that such 4
proposal would be absolutely un-
| necessary, and possibly undesirable.
I'm our local school system.
II am opposed to any sort OF
| propaganda I'm the school system,
and there is q strong possibility
| that the course proposed might be
interpreted as propaganda.
| DIR. Ballou, has led determined
| effort TO keep propagandists out
| of the schools and was one Of those
| directly responsible for the turning
down Of the request of the Women S
Christian Temperance Union for
permission to send instructors and
lecturers into the schools to speak
on prohibition.
Boards Say Final
Final decision on the Treasury
Departments proposal for course
on prohibition will, of course, rest
with the Board of Education, DR..
Ballou pointed out The board viii
meet tomorrow afternoon, but it is
not considered likely that the matter
will come up for formal action that
soon.
Any course of study the Profibi.
ton Bureau might suggest. it was
pointed out. could be little more
comprehensive than that already in
use in the local schools since 1886,
under law enacted at that time by
Congress.
DR.. Ballou, while openly skeptical
said anything the Treasury De
partment might have in mind. and
which might meet with the ap
provaI of the board, would be
merely an adjunct to this course.
The act of 1886, providing for
''the study of the nature of slco
! holic drinks and narcotics and then
effects upon the human system,
provides that these matters "shal
be studied and taught as thoroughly
and in the same manner as other
like required branches are in said
Continued on Page 2, Column q
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PARAMOUNT PARK

WRIST RACE-Bear Cry, Harold
Ornont. Notus.
SECOND RACE-Lemnos. Golden
Top, Florence krsnz Thistle Beauty.
Dr Glenn. Psrtske. Kathleen X.
Rundsrk
THIRD RACE-Sue Barker. BSule-
wMr5ter.
FOURTH HACE-EsIdosaa
SIXTH RACE-Crafty saint.
WssthsT, clear. track, heavy.
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Berlin Likens Songs
To Sausage Making

PARIS, June . QN.S)-Songs like sausages and the
romance Of Tin Pan Alley is the q bunk
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DOINGS OF THE
LEGISLATURE
Continued from Page -

restore party lines in the election of
state representatives and senators,
were both defeated when brought to a
vote. The Willmar progressive made
several earnest appeals for his meas
ure and on the final roll call got %
votes for it in the senate-which was
pretty good showing, all things con-
sidered. Mr.. Lawson urged that as
all municipal, county, judicial and le-
gislative officers in Minnesota are
now elected without party designation,
the logical thing to do is to complete
the program by electing state officers
in the same manner. But Senator
c. II. Mackenzie of Gaylord, RepubH-
can national committeeman, said in
reply that the passage of the Lawson
bill would make it still harder than at
present to maintain party spirit in
presidential campaigns, which would
be unfortunate, and his views were
shared by practically all of his repub-
lican colleagues.
A bill of statewide interest and i'm
pOrtance received the unanimous APP
proval of the state finance committee,
Friday-the Christgau bill appropriate
ing S625,000 for county agent extension
work during the coming biennium and
placing this work under the direction
of the State University and the state
agricultural extension service. At
present the county agents are sup
ported by aid from the federal govern
ment, from the state and from coun-
ties, and from the Farm Bureau or
CARNATIONS, but Senator Christgau
maintains that this system has proved
unsatisfactory. The house appropria-
tiOns committee, will hold a public
hearing on the bill tomorrow, when it
is probable that opposition will be
voiced by the Farmers Union, which
has not worked in complete harmony
with the Farm Bureau in the past
About fifty farm leaders of Minnesota
appeared before the senate finance
committee last week to urge passage
of the Christgau bill.
There is slight possibility that
the present legislature may pass a
bill requiring all drivers of automo-
biles and trucks to take out a drivers
license. Supporters of such a bill
made a rather formidable demonstra-
ton before the senate committee on
motor vihicles, Thursday. Among
them was Judge Levi Hall of the Mime
apolis traffic court, who has become
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Of the six was q striking figure. a big
man with pu.e white hair and brows,
his pale eyes peering from red face.
'.The roasted albino is Harper, our
leading bad man in these parts"
Evans remarked to Harris. "And the
human ape is Lang; Fisher, Coleman,
Barton and Garfield are the rest. Nice
layout Of murderers and SUCH"
Harper's men ate unconcernedly,
conscious that they were marked as
men who had violated every law on
the calendar, but knowing also that
no man would take exceptions to their
presence on that general ground
alone, and as they had neared the
wagon each man had scanned the
faces Of the roundup crew to make
certain that there were none among
them who might bear some more spe-
cific and personal dislike.
The Three Bar men chatted and
fraternized with them as they would
have done with the riders Of any le-
Ultimate outfit. Harper praised the
food that Waddles rendered them.
Billie Warren forced smile as she
nodded to them, then moved OFF and
sat upon a rock some fifty yards from
the wagon, despising the six men who
ate her fare and inwardly raging at
the conditions which forced her to ex-
tend the hospitality of the Three Bar
to men Of their breed whenever they
CHANGED by.
Harris strolled over and sat down
facing her, sitting tobacco into a
brown paper and deftly rolling his
smoke.
HAS 1t been on your mind-what
l was telling you a few nights back,
about how much was loving you?"
he asked.
"YOu had your chance to prove it
by going away" she said, land re-
fused; so why bring it up again? The
next two years will be hard enough
without my having to listen to that. "
Our families must have been real
set on throwing us together" he OBJ
served. 81 was cut off without dime
myself-unless l spent two full years
on the Three Bar"
She was angry with herself for be-
lieving him sincere, for being con-
vinced that he, too, as he had several
times intimated, was tied in much the
same fashion as herself. The eXplana-
ton came to her in an Illuminating
flash. The elder Harris must have
nursed a lifelong enmity against her
father, who had believed him the most
devoted friend on earth.
She had often heard the tale of
how her parent had, in all friendli-
ness, followed old Bill Harris step by
step from Dodge City to the Platte, to
old Fort Laramie and finally to the
present Three Bar range. Perhaps
the one so followed had felt that Cal
Warren was but the hated symbol OF
the whole clan of squatters who had
driven him from place to place and
eventually forced him to relinquish
his hope of seeing the Three Bar
brand on a hundred thousand cows
that his friendliness had been simu
lated, his vindictiveness nursed and
finally contaminated by leaving his at
fairs in such fashion that his son
must carry on the work his trickery
= had begun.
Continued Next Week.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 81, 1929

quite famous for his vigor in punish
Said Judge Hall:
Under the laws of this state any
imbecile or idiot who can get together
So for the down payment can go down
here to some dealer and buy a car
Some young men go out in collegiate
except four wheels. Maybe they are
brought in for reckless driving. We
can only give them 80 days, no matter
how fragrant the case is, and when
they get out they can get another car
of the same kind and become just as
much a menace again. / think there
should be an examination before a
license is issued to a new driver. 1t
would be good thing if we could
examine everyone who is driving a
car now, but the task would be too
great"
The vast sum of $2S,557 1868 in de-
linquent taxes has been piled up in
Minnesota, according to a compilation
just completed by the state tax COM
mission and the committee on towns
and counties of the house has recon-
mended for passage a bill providing
for the appointment of commissioners
to negotiate between owners of lands
against which there are delinquent
taxes and the counties
The Legislature will adjourn April
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