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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-12
SOCIETY DEATH
MYSTERY HALTS
VILLAGE TRADE
Final Attempt Is Planned to
Solve Staying of Girl and
EX-FianCe.
BY HARRY r. LANDER
United Press stan Correspondent

1IOORESTOWN, \. j., June r.
Business virtually halted today as
the residents Of this Quaker village
prepared for the final attempt TO
solve the mystery Of who shot Ruth
NJ. Wilson, society girl. and Horace
Roberts Jr.. her former fiance.
From Philadelphia Thursday will
come DR.. William S. Wadsworth,
expert path0logist, who VIII bring
TO bear all his scientific skill in an
attempt 10 determine whether 20
lice we're correct in their assertion
that Roberts killed the girl in her
home and then took his own life
sometime near midnight Of June l.
Every one who might conceivably
know anything about the tragedy
has been summoned 10 the inquest,
and it appeared likely that all ex-
cept one person would respond.
That person was Mrs. John o.
Wilson. the dead girls mother, who
is under medical treatment for
nervous prostration.
Already coroner benjamin r.
Farmer has issued orders to disin-
ter the bodies Of Roberts and Miss
Wilson so Wadsworth may attempt
TO solve crime that has kept
southern New Jersey aroused for a
fortnight.
DR.. Wadsworth viii try to learn
whether it was possible for Roberts
to fire three shots into his own
head without being rendered I'M
conscious by the first or second bull
let. and thus be unable to fire the
third
If the pathologost finds that Rob
erts could not have fired a third
shot. officials must take up the
search for a murderer of the couple.
George N. Hilan, prosecutor. and
Ellis Parker. chief of county detec-
tives. already are on record as be
lieying that the crime was a clear
case of murder and suicide
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-12
OPTIMISTS WILL GOLF
Club Will Hold Second Tourney on
Thursday at South Grove.
J. T. OBrien

Members of the Optimists Club
viii hold their second golf tourney
at l p. m. Thursday at South Grove
golf course. Harry Schopp, manager
Of the municipal course. arranged
for the tourney. C. P. KOttlOwski is
chairman of the athletic committee
which is staging the matches. Sew
eral city courses will be played.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-12
SUICIDE TO CHEAT CAFE
Woman Drinks Poison After Eating
Meal; Saved by Doctors.

SAN FRANCISCO. June 12-Miss
June NevOns. 81, entered a down
town restaurant and ordered an
elaborate meal She took her time
eating and the waiter noticed that
she apparently relished each bite.
When she finished. she calmly
lifted a bottle of poison to her lips
and drained it. Emergency hospi-
tai physicians saved her life.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-12
GRAIN MEN TO MEET
Indiana Dealers VIII Gather Here
on June 81.

The Indiana Grain Dealers Asso-
citation Will hold its midsummer
meeting in the library of the Board
of Trade, indianapolis, June 81,
with three men prominent in grain
exchange listed on the program of
speakers, E. S. True. acting-secre-
tary, announced today.
The speakers are: A. E. Reynolds,
G. 3. Jenkins. Noblesville. Ind. and
Fred S. PUrnell Washington, D. C.
A buffet lunchc-u viii be served on
the floor OF the E- ri of Trade.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-12
y OIL CUSHERS
BRING BOOM TO
ILLINOIS TOWN
Engineers, Firemen, Day
LaborerS Come Into
Riches.

DUPO, H.. June 12.-This little
southern Illinois railroad town was
on the boom today.
Twenty-Five oil wells we're gush-
ing forth their streams of BLACK
gold" and prospects Of undreamed-
of wealth
The product Of the twenty-second
we'll, just shot here Monday, was
appraised at approximately $105
barrel All the wells are down 500
feet. Some yielded 1000 barrels a
day.
Engineers, fremen, switchmen and
section hands found themselves
coming into the money They
sold while the selling was good.
Others were kicking themselves
all over town" because they were
cautious and failed to let go.
How long it would last caused
much speculation. Some thought it
would soon play out. Others figured
it would be good for years. One
promoter went so far as to say that
the field ran under the Mississippi
and through st. Louis
st. Louis he declared, lis sit
ting on a whole pool Of oil"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-12
Cuts Throat, Jumps In

Cuts Throat, Jumps Into Hot Water
CHICAGO. June 12.-When Will
liam Witt Jr., "a, a printer, decided
to commit suicide, he made certain
he would do a good job He slashed
his throat, then jumped into bath
tub full of scalding water.
The Washington times., 1929-03-19
I R D INDICTED
AS ABDUCT0RS

Elmer Altizer, Sadie Altizer and
Helen Woznik, the trio who forced
Raymond L. Schwenk, at the point
OF pistol, to drive them to Penn's
Grove, N. j., in his automobile. Jan
uary Is, after he had offered them
a ride as far as Hyattsville, were in.
dicted for abduction by the Grand
Jury today.
Schwenk told police he was hailed
by the trio in the late evening al
Ninth Street and Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. and asked. 70 give them a lift as
far as Hyattsvilie. He te4e tSiefft To-
an ADDRESS tn sourheast WgSnit. oli,
where they obtained q &.aafity of
bedding ana then they rlsot tsstisd TO
fayetteville.
{. AIriS 'ps at FEThti&viile. aen oi3 ling
e. the starY taM hy Schwank they
tnef piodugee the pistol ana foreed
him 10 beer siiHing until they
reached the Sew jersey town.
Schwenk obtained the aid 81 Penn's
Grove police and had the trim ar
rested. They were rst tsfaed here -
face charges BY Detective F1ahk &.
Vsrney.
The Washington times., 1929-03-19
GIRL ON BICYCLE
HIT BY JONES
RUM LAW

Another of the numerous ''firsts"
under the Jones law is Beatrice
Jennings. colored. the first person
to be arrested for transporting and
possessing liquor on bicycle.
Beatrice was pedaling blithely
down Pennsylvania Avenue at
Third Street Northwest when she
aroused the suspicious of Police
man r. J. Barrett and F. A. Trus-
colt. The policemen challenged her,
and she threw away package she
was carrying, they said.
Examination revealed jar. 1t
was partly broken, but not all of
the contents, alleged to be liquor,
poured out. The girl was seized.
Barrett and Truscott said the
girl told them she had seen two
colored men in an alley put the
jar on the pavement, with the re.
mark that it was too hot" to make
deliveries.
She then .confiscated the jar, and
was en- route to her home In jack
sons Alley Northwest, when ar
rested, she said.
james Oliver Brown. colored. 200
block Of Navy Pl. 8. E.: William
Louis Golden, "a, 500 block of Third
st. ~. E., and Mary Elizabeth
Gordon, colored. S2, 500 block Of
Third ST., were charged today with
sale and possession of iiauor au1er
the Jones law. as a result DC arrests
last night. frank Hoehsein 40,
200 block Of b st. ~ w, was
charged with possession following
his arrest at his home BY sergt
o. j. Letternsnls squad.
The number OF drunks yesterday
in Police Court. which WAS above
the average even for a Monday.
today reached total OF Is. This
was considerably higher than the
figure durins The week following
passage Of tllA Jones. Law. when. on
several DAYS. only four or five WeSs
listed for trial.
The Washington times., 1929-03-19
NeDerin Green House,
Says Daugherty
BY JAMES L. sKMGALLEN
(copyright, 1929. by International News servlce)

SARASOTA Fla, March 19--Harry NJ. Daugherty At
torney General in the Cabinet of the late President Warren
G. Harding broke his long silence here today and in
exclusive interview with international News Service his
winter home in the Hotel Elvernona defended only his
public but that of President Harding whom he
termed "a great and great President"
The Washington times., 1929-03-19
STORMS H 4 | I
RESCUE BY
BYRD

NEW YORK, March 19.--For
five days there has been no word
from Lawrence M. Gould, Berndt
Balchen. and Harold I. June, of
Commander Byrd's Antarctic cxpe-
dition. who have been at the Rookie
feller range now for II days, ac-
cording to a copyrighted dispatch
to the New York Times today.
Commander Byrd attributes their
silence to damage to their ..adio set,
and Is not worried over the situa-
ton, although he plans to take
prompt measures to Investigate and
to rescue them if necessary.
Ready to Search
The dog teams, are slated to start
in few hours, and the Byrd plane
win start out to locate the party
just as soon as the motors can be
placed in condition. The engine
baked yesterday. much to the dis
appointment Of Commander Byrd.
If it functions all right today the
plane may take off. although this
Is 0OuDtIuG on account OIL uHIaVUf-
able weather conditions.
The Gould party has food for
more than two months, a sled for
transportation, tent, sleeping bags,
and fuel.
Travelling Good
No one who has flown over the
territory where they are said to
be has seen anything resembling a
crevasse, into which they might
have fallen. The snow is firm and
affords good travelling.
For this reason the chances of a
mishap to the party are deemed
slight, but nevertheless the silent
radio set gives Commander Byrd a
new worry. He will not waste any
time in finding out what the
trouble 1t.
The Washington times., 1929-03-19
TH(QJ5AN|]S
STARVE IN
FLOOD
Bv HENRY LEsEsNE

AT L A n T A, III ar c b l9
(IN.S. Flood waters were
reeeding in the southeast to-
day, revealing appalling spec
g.tacies of death and deyasta1
tion in their wake.
In ravaged portions of Ala
bama, where something like
10000 persons are homeless,
rehabilitation was started in
scattered places. However, a
few other Alabama areas are
still in peril.
The ultimate death toll today was
still undetermined. An official esti-
mate by Gov. Bib Graves put The
Alamaba casualty list at more than
100.
Later. after making a 600-mile
air tour, he said when his plane
displayed on the Red Cross field
there, meaning persons killed. :
No numeral accompanied the sign.
Al Deaths Confirmed
Forty-one, deaths have been con-
firmed in the states OF Alabama,
Georgia, Florida and Mississippi. The
list by States is: Alabama, "a;
Georgia, Is; Florida, /; Mississippi l..
Squadrons of airplanes from Max
well Field, Montgomery, Ala, and
Pensacola, Fla. today continued to
ply over the Alabama flood zone,
dropping provisions, blankets and
clothing to isolated communities.
H. P. Williamson, National Red
Cross officer, sent from Washing
ton, has taken charge of rehabllita-
ton and relief supplies. He said
the $250,O00 now being raised by
the Red Cross, was only a start. .
Governor Graves today '1frested
a large part of the relief work
concentrated on the Consecuht River
valley between Andalusta and Brew.
ton. &
Many Feared Starving
IT am convinced there are
thousands starving to death in
this section declared the chief
executive, probably many are
dead in isolated farmhouses.
Many of the residents Of Elba and
Continued on Page 2, Column q
The Washington times., 1929-03-19
FIRST PLANE IN
AIR CARAVAN
ARRIVES

The first of caravan OF six planes
flying from Curtiss Field, L. l., to
Washington. arrived at Balling Field
at 1880 o'clock this afternoon,
piloted by James B. Taylor, jr.
The other five planes were last
seen in the vicinity Of Bowie. Nd,
Taylor said. The first ship to ar
rive, a Lockheed monoplane. carried
four passengers, Howard G. Dawson,
Reginald T. Townsend. Walter White
and Robert G. OeFtel.
OerteI will accompany Miss Ruth
Nichols, society ayiatrix. on her
tour of 90 cities in So States. trav-
cling a distance og $4,000 miles On
her trip to promote aviation eoun-
try clubs throughout the country.
It. Trubee Dawson. Assistant Sec
letary of War, was on hand 70
welcome the first fliers to arrive.
x small group OF citizens also was
on hand. N
The Washington times., 1929-03-19
SHE SHUT
DOOR ON.
THEM

Police are seeking to ques-
tion three mysterious women
in connection with the slicide
of Ruth Myers pretty 23-
year-old student, ii her apart.
ment in the 100 block of East
Capitol St.. last night.
An autopsy performed today re-
vealed traces of the work OF 3
deadly poison, DIR. Joseph D. Rogers.
deputy coroner said
Miss Myers was discovered dead
in the bathroom of her apartment
with note clutched in her hand.
The door of the room was locked
A tenant in the apartment building
Arthur T. Clagett, discovered the
body after he had become suspicious
and broken in the door.
Note Incomplete
Police discovered that in one hand
the girl had a fountain pen and IN
the other note that was apparently
hurriedly scrawled.
The note read. II am sorry-s
SDEEy-----~ 20
The last word was hardly read.
able, police say. and had apparently
been written in the last few mo-
ments of life. Ink from the founs
tain pen had stained her fingers and
spotted the front of a blue dress she
was wearing. Police called the
coroner.
In making his investigations.
Coroner J. Ramsey hewitt discovered
a bottle bearing traces of poison in
the bathroom closet. He ordered the
autopsy today to determine IL the
girl had taken this potion,
The three women whom the polic9
are said to be looking for visited the
dead girl yesterday afternoon, neighs
bors told police,
At that time the young woman aps
peared to be under a heavy nervous
strain and slammed the door in the
faces of her visitors. They stood
outside OF the door for several nins
utes talking and then left the
building. .
Police were informed that one "a
the women was overheard to say
that Miss Myers might leave BY 4
rear entrance.
Another of the trio is said to have
declared that that was impossible.
The third woman is quoted as hays
ing said:
"WeIl. Wen have to get out war.
rant for her."
Police connect the reason for thu
girls death with this visit, it is saids
Sister Won't Talk
Miss Myers sister, Mrs. Williams
H. Spignul, could not discuss her
sisters death today nor give any
reason for it.
According to neighbors. the gira
was left in comfortable circums
stances by her father after his
death year ago. She Is said to
have spent = great deal Of her tinna
reading at the Congressional Lis
brary since shO gave up her posis
tion at the Navy Department, where
she had been employed.
According 10 William gpisMul,
brother-in-law OF the dead woman
she suffered from q nervous breakt
down following the death Of her
father, George w. Myers. about d
year ago. Since that time she has
been in III health, he said.
He questioned the theory that
the visit of the three women had
been factor in the death Of his
wife's sister.
The Washington times., 1929-03-19

DauSherty decr1ed the publication
of a book, the characters in which,
he said, sought inferentially to por.
tray himself. President Harding and
others in the Harding Cabinet in a
detrimental light as "a volume built
on a foundation of falsehood.
President Harding was a greatly
maligned man., Daugherty said,
with feeling in his voice. 'It is
bad enough to attack a man when
he is alive, but it is a terrible
thing to attack him when he is
dead. They waited until he was
dead.
"Never Crayed Power"
Daugherty declared that while he
personally played an important part
in the late Presidents life, he
never craved power" He never
wanted to- be Attorney General, he
said, but when he did accept the
office at the personal solicitation
of the President, he did the job
honestly and feariessly.''
He pointed with pride to his rec.
ord, regardless of the fact that a
Senate committee investigated the
conduct of his. office. He said the
was inspired by his
enemies.
He said he never saw and was
never inside the mythical little
green house in K Street in Wash.
ington and that President Harding
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Washington times., 1929-03-19
RI. E.BEL Sin
RACE TO
NORTH

MEXICO CITY, March 10
(LN.S. Under orders to
pursue and exterminate the
rebels, the federal forces now
completely controlling the Tor
lfeon sector today pushed to-
ward the states of chihuahua
and Sonora.
Gen. j. Gonzalo Escobar and the
rebel forces are now at Escalon.
Chihuahua. His rear guard retired
northward when the vanguard of
Cen. Juan Andreu Aimazan's forces
entered that city last night
Escobar is log miles northwest of
Torrecn by rail but only 40 miles
away on bee-line. Gomez Palacio
is about 80 miles north CT Torreon
by rail but similarly less than ten
miles away on straight line.
Federal aviators left at dawn on
bombing expeditions to hamper the
rebels in their retreat.
Railways Cut
President Portes Gil sent tele"
gram of congratulations to General
Almazan Immediately upon receiv.
ing the following message from that
spectacular federal commander:
''To-reorl. has fallen. ] have just
arrived at the city's plaza and am
writing this from there.
Federal airmen have bombed all
railway bridges beyond JimeaeZ,
Chihuahua and are continuing these
bombing operations to prevent the
expected rebel retreat to Chihuahua
City, government officials said.
Little Hope Now
Cavalry units IN the vanguard
of the federal drive will attempt
TO cut off rebel retreat and force
them into battle before they can
reach Chihuahua City, where their
fCI ces will be augmented by Gem
eral Caraveo's troops.
The federal army is now esti-
Continued on Page 2, Column u
The Washington times., 1929-03-19
SH0RTR|DGE Is
T0LEAD TAX
FIGHT

senator shortridge R.) of Cali
fornia member of the Senate FL
nance committee. will lead fight
for downward revision of earned
income taxes when the special ses-
sion TO Congress tackles the new
tariff bin this spring, it was learned
here today.
The California Senator holds a
man is more entitled to money he
earns by his own efforts than when
he merely sit by and clips cou-
pons" Equality of taxation, he
said today, by no means calls for
the same rates on incomes regard
less of their source.
For manifest reasons, which
seem to me to be basically- sound, 7,
he said, incomes earned by per-
sonal service of professional and
saIaried men and women should
not bear the same tax burden as
rnt armed incomes and invested
capital, which continue without a
personal effort and are not affected
.ty DISABILITY or ieath.
Favors Revision
II am in favoI of downward
revision OF Eicems taxes on earned
incomes which represent personal
service to point equitably below
rax on unearned incomes and in
vested capital, and will favcr legis-
lation for such downward revision.
Endorsement of the nationwide
movement to reduce the Federal
tax on earned incomes win be cOn-
sidered by the executive commit
tee OF the Washington section,
American Society of Mechanical
Engineers. tomorrow night, Alfred
r. Hanson. chairman, said today.
He had intended to introduce the
Continued on Page 2, Column u
The Washington times., 1929-03-19
GAR SKLDS
ONNV(LNVE,
DRIVER
JUMPS

One fireman was seriously
injured and three others
bruised today when a. truck
of Engine Company No. 20
turned over at Massachusetts
Avenue and Forty-sixth Street
Northwest, while speeding to a
fire.
w. r. Frye. a private. has a
possible fracture of the skull He
was taken to Mt Alto Hospitel.
where physicians said he probably
would recover.
Lieut.. G.. g. Fletcher and w L.
Fielder, private, We're removed to
Georgetown University Hospital.
They were dismissed after being
treated for bruises and shock.
Slightly Cut
e. v. Fowler. the driver, was the
only other man ON the truck. He
was slightly cut when he jumped
Just before the accident.
The truck skidded and turned
ever when the driver attempted to
make a right hand turn into
Forty-sixth Street from Massa-
chusetts Avenue while speeding
down an incline. The truck was
badly smashed up.
On Way to Blaze
The ffremen were on their way
to blaze in the home of a fellow
fireman. G. g. Limerick, in the
1860 block Van Ness st. ~. w.
Other firenlen extinguished the
flames before serious damage was
done.
The Washington times., 1929-03-19
Denies He Overheard
Plot to Kill Detective

Reports published in connection
with the slayipg OF two colored
police informers last Wednesday,
to the effect that Merle Taylor, of
the 900 block of j st. S. W., told
the polcie he had heard three
colored men threaten TO kill r. J.
Barrett. a Fourth precinct detec-
tive. were denied by the latter to-
day.
Taylor alleged he heard no dis.
cussion OF a plot TO slay Detee-
tive Barrett. and did. not give
police information on which such
q statement could be based.
The Washington times., 1929-03-19
Eaker Flight Abandoned,
FIier Lands at TamnicO

BROWNSVILLE, Tex, March 19
u:N.S.).-Capt. Ira Eaker, Army
flier. today had agaln failed in a
dawn,to.dusk flight rat would link
the United States and Panama. He
landed at Tampico last Light at 80
O'Clock, according to word received
here.
The message renewed here did not
state why Eaker abandoned the
flight. He took off from Colon,
Panama Canal Zone, yesterday morn.
ing at a. m.
His first attempt was made Satar-
day when he hoped off from
Brownsville. He was forced down
at Managua on aceodnt of bad wec-
ther.
The Washington times., 1929-03-19
JURY IN THAW
CASE FAILS
TOAGREE
BY DAVID p. sENTNER

NEW YORK, March 10 d.N.S1
The jury in the 100000 damage
suit brought by Marcia Estardus
against Harry K. Thaw for alleged
injuries inflicted by him at a New
Years eve party, two years ago
failed to Ireach decision, it was
revealed today when sealed
verdict returned last night was
opened. 80
The jury discontinued it's delib.
erations at s o'clock last night
and returned the sealed verdict to
Justice Schmuck. Justice Schmuck
fixed today for the reading. 1t
could not be learned whether the
majority of the jurymen favored
the plaintiff or the defendant.
Mis- Estardus announced i'm,
niediately after the jury was dis.
charged by Justice Schmuek that
she planned to ask for a new trial.
The new hearing will be held during
the May term of court.
The show girl was especially dis
appointed over the outcome Ct the
case, but expressed confidence in
the result of the next trial.
I'm not going to give up.
intend to fight this thing to. a
fI1ish." she. said.
Thaw's Counsel Confident
Thomas A. McGrath, counsel for
Thaw, likewise expressed confidence
in the outcome of the new trial.
Miss Estardus, who is known in
private life as Mae o'NieIl, charged
in her complaint that Thaw bit hcr
and beat her with a hairbrush dur,
ing a New Year party in his apart.
ment.
She said that she had suffered
deep humiliation by his actions and
felt she should be vindicated.
Thaw entered blanket denial OF
all the young womaIl's charges.
The Washington times., 1929-03-19
Greta Carlo Doesn't
Cotton To Princes Son

NlsNN YORK March 10 u.N.S. -
Greta Garbo. dressed entirely in
black arflved tocs y-on the tDrottning.
holm, DENYING an engagement with a
crown princa's son and letting the
~otid know that the screen has only
one lever John Gilbert.
As FOR Prince. Sigvard. the second
son pf S@edep's crown prince, to
whom r0Fnor had the pale beauty
why he's AMY boy. He. can't
% more thaM E9.s 4 q