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The Washington times., 1929-04-30
35 INITIATED BY
ALMAS SHRINE

Almas Temple Shriners last night
In the President Theater held spring
initiation ceremonies in which IS
Washingtonians were inducted into
the order in the presence of dis.
tinguished Shriners from several
Eastern cities. George E. Akerson,
secretary to president Hoover, was
among those inducted.
Potentate e. Dutton presided at
the ceremony. which was preceded
by an overture by Almast Temple
aBnd, Louis Yassel directing; a con-
cert by the Oriental Band. with an
exhibition by the drill team, Capt.
Henry B. Schmidt, William F..
Holmes and Capt. Harry c. Werlich
in charge. Warren r. Grimes and
W. !. Jacoby were soloists. Among
those initiated was Representative
Scott Leavitt, of Montana,
Others inducted were: Pasquale
Altimont, Henry H. Bacon, Ches'
ter A. Baker, George H. Becker.
Joseph S. Clark, Charles W.. Clay
ton, Horace B. Cowgirl, Clarence
B. DesJardins, John r. Evans.
jefferson L. Ford. jr.; William
T. Gary Herbert p. Haley. James
E HALEY, Linwood r. Hawkins,
Bradley D. Hodgkins. John viii
liam Hogshead, Edgar Jacobs. En-.
dicott Longacre, Curtis e. Nc.
Calip, Harold G., Mccartney, Daniel
L. Muntyan, Thomas J. Rice, Leon
g. Rosenkrans, John D. Ross. Viii.
liam w. Rucker. Dewey L. Shep.
herd, Herbert Sommers, George
F strlnger. jr.; Walter s. Tan
drow. Eugene E Thompson, John.
o. Timpe, Charles H. Tompkins
and John Zimmer.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
EDITOR GRILLED
ON POWER
DEAL
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tional Paper Company. had never
seen A. r. Graustein, president Of
the International Paper and Power
Company until l met him here TO.
day"
Sidney w. Winslow, jr., director
Of the Boston Publishing Company
and United Shoe and Manufacturing
Company, presented the project for
the sale of the stock to the Inter
natioual at a directors meeting,
O'Brieh said.
Left Of Own Accord
"FFe expressed the desire of the
International corporation to have
an alliance with the newspapers,
O'Brien said. mo purpose was
stated as to why the company
wished to make this acquisition.
The proposed contract carried with
Il the obligation for the Herald and
Traveller to use International news
print.
O'Brien declared that during his
connection with the paper he re.
membered no effort having been
made to influence its policy on be.
half OF utilities.
The Herald" he continued, chad
been q strong opponent Of Govern
ment ownership. That was nv
own attitude. / had never become
enamored of Government ownership
of utilities"
He terminated his connection with
the Herald because of uncon.
geniality with the ownership,
O'Brien said, but this had nothing
to do with the attitude toward utiH.
ties, economics or political prop
lens.
O'Brien objected to saying what
he was paid for his stock and sug-
gested that this be brought out
from James Garfield, secretary of
the Boston Publishing Company.
General Counsel Robert e. Healy
passed that question.
.'1 have. been offered more for the
stock lefet in my possession on two
occasions than the international
paid" O'Briene testified. ''The
price paid by the international was
low as based on the earning ca
pacity of the papere."
An editorial against municipal
ownership, which appeared in the
Herald, was called to O'Briene at
tention. 1t had been based. accord"
ing to Healy's questions, on material
submitted by an agent Of the Ma
tional Electric Light Association.
O'Brien said that he would not have
printed 1t had he known this fact,
although he agreed with the ma
terial.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
WILL
GRADUATE
Photo by international

The annual graduation exercises
College of st. Louis. Mo-. will be
held tonight at the Metropolitan
African Methodist Episcopal Church.
Diplomas will be given to 35 stu
dents.
The program will include: The
welcome address by the Rev. Will
liam H. Thomas. pastor of the
above church; musical numbers by
Miss Daisy Young and Miss Ruby
King, and the awarding Of diplomas
by Mrs. Annie NJ. Malone, president
of the college.
Mrs. Malone, the wealthiest col
ored woman in America. will also
make a donation to the Phyllis
Wheatley Y. w. C. A. summer
camp for girls, which the associa-
tion maintains every year. Poro
College, in moving pictures, will
also be shown.
The graduates are: Sarah B,
Bennett, Fannie Henderson, Laura
Mason, Carol Miller, Josephine
Morse, Florence Lee Morse, Con-
stance Rice. Nellie Barnes. Mary
Anderson, Teresa Booze, Fannie
Bradley, Annie Brockman, Jamie
Britt, Gussie Burrell, Elnora
Coates, Fannie Caldwell Ruth Col
bert, Matte Colbert, Annie Frank
lin, Annie Grant, Daisy Hite, Lu-
cinda Jones, Ruby King, Charlotte
Leak, Ethel Love, Lessie Ross,
Daphney Smith, Julia Sutton, Ger
trude Thompson, Lola Thompson,
Laura Willis and Elizabeth Jones.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
His Children Kidnapped,
Navy Man Tells Police

NORFOLK, Va, April 30.-A war
rant charging Mrs. A. Lee of this
city. with kidnapping was sworn out
Yesterday by her son-in-law, Lieut..
Comdr. R. P. P. Meclewski, attached
to the Hampton Roads Naval oper.
ating Base.
The naval officer told police that
Mrs. Lee was en- route to Reno,
New, with his two children. Reno
is the present residence of Com
mander Meclewskis wife. Meclew-
ski was granted divorce here Sat
urday and was given custody of the
two children. Immediately after the
decree was awarded his mother-in-
law and his children departed, he
said.
Norfolk police have communicated
with Reno authorities and asked
them to detain Mrs. Lee If she ar
rives there.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
Organization Formed
To Awaken Sympathy
Here for Mrs. bennett

Sympathlzing in washington of
Mrs. Mary Ware bennett, the
Brooklyn grandmother who is under
sentence to pay 5000 for sending
her sex instruction pamphlet
through the mails, are planning the
movement to save her from prison.
Preliminary organization was per-
fected last night at meeting at
S05la Tenth st. N. w.
The organization will be known
as the Mary Ware Gennett Defense
Committee, it was decided.
First step in the efforts to arouse
Washington sympathy for the
woman will be the sending of a
delegation from the committee to
call on President Hoover. The COM
mittee will endeavor to present him
with copy of Mrs. Dennetts book,
THE Sex Side of Life" A copy
is also being mailed to him from
New York.
Mrs. Sellz w. Newcomb, of the
100 block of East Capitol ST., editor
of "Troubadour," a magazine, was
elected chairman of the committee.
Linn A. Z. Gale, president of the
Washington Open Forum, was
elected secretary, and Miss Adele
Smith. registrar of the Washing.
ton Workers School, treasurer.
The following were elected to the
membership committee: The Rev.
Moses r. Lowell, pastor of the
Mount Pleasant Congregational
Church; George A. Warren, of the
Federal Bar Association; Mrs.
Emma Marsh, OF the Theosophical
Society; and Edward j. Irvine, of
the Ergatocrats Club.
A conference of the committee
will be held tomorrow night at 7:30
O'Clock to perfect plans.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
To SAVE
MRS. BENNETT
FROM JAIL
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quickly as / would prosecute John
d. Rockefeller IL he were indicted
for murder asserted Wilkinson,
pugnaciously.
However, United States Senator
Royal s. Copeland of New York,
said he was preparing bill TO
amend the obscenity laws which he
would introduce into Congress.
Every man, woman and child
should have a knowledge of sex
and 1t Is a crime to keep them from
obtaining It, said Senator Copeland.
You can get information about
agricultural diseases such as corn
borer and the boil weevil but you
cannot learn anything about sex
or its dangers"
Mrs. Dennett's pamphlet has
been printed by the Medical Review
Of Reviews and has been in use in
various schools, the Y. M. C. A.
and the Union Theological Semi
nary. She originally wrote 1t for
her two sons IL years ago when
they were boys.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
missed
TO HELP
SOLVE
CASE
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would not get my car dirty. carried
her out about 8 o'clock in the morn
ing and laid her out on the floor in
the rear Of the car. Her legs were
too long so doubled her up to get
her into the car
Peacox's confession then related
how he drove through parts of Mount
Vernon and Yonkers, and finally
stopped at a point on Ardsley Road
where he lifted the body out of the
car. This was about 6 o'clock last
Saturday morning.
He said he saw two milk bottles
standing in front of a Mount Vernon
restaurant. He took them to the
Fleetwood garage in Mount Vernon
where they sold him quart of kero-
sene for a nickel Then he pro-
ceeded to the place where he hid the
body.
II sprinkled the body with kero-
sene," his confession stated. Then
I lit the fire after I had first re.
moved the shoes. They were suede
shoes and they are now in my wife s
hope chest.
''I loved her. Don't let there be
any doubt about that"
After he had signed the confes-
sion, Peacox was brought to this
city where he was questioned
further. Then he led the police to
a place in White Plains, where he
told them he had discarded a
blood-stained shirt after disposing
of the body. He was then returned
to Jail here and booked on the
murder charge.
Has Bright Mind
The police said Peacox appar.
emily had a bright mind and his
radio library was excellent.
Peaeox was to be arraigned later
today before a magistrate on the
murder charge. The authorities
said they anticipated he would be
held for the grand jury without
bail and that the case would be
quickly presented to the grand Jury.
An alarm had been sent out for
Peacox Immediately after his wife's
mother, Mrs. Alphonse HeinZelman,
and her aunt, Mrs. Ida Heustis, had
identified the body. For almost two
days the authorities had been trying
to establish the identity of the vic
tim. Mrs. Heinzelman was shown
teeth taken from the girls mouth
and she sobbed: Eyes, yes. that's
Dolly" She also said there was a
mole on her daughters right ankle.
Investigation showed that to be a
fact, and Identification was positive.
Peacox, meanwhile. had been
taken into custody. At first he
staunchly declared that he was
innocent, that he knew nothing
about the crime, He insisted he
had not seen his wife for two
months. They became estranged
in February.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
Receivers Named for
Bankrupt Flooring Firm

Lucien III. Mercier and Clarence
A. Marshall, have been appointed
by Justice Bailey, in Bankruptcy
Court. as ancillary receivers Of the
Indiana Flooring Company, 1000
block Ninth st. N. W., who were
sued in bankruptcy in New York,
on April 20.
The alleged bankrupt firm owns
assets in the District amounting to
approximately $4,000. Bond of
$27,500 was fixed for the receivers.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
FACTORY DEDICATED

MARTINSBURG. W.. Va, April
sO.-The new 100000 home of the
Perfection Garment Company. of
this city, mak~ls of women's dresses.
was formally dedicated here when
], r. Polan, head of the concern.
entertained the entire personnel Of
the factory, both officials and EN-
ployes. at dinner in the nev, build.
ing. It was the fifteenth annual
"get.together' party Of the company.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
3. w. u. Exhibit Stays
At National Museum

The exhibit of the division Of
fine arts of George Washington
University in the north lobby of
the National Museum win be on
view for another week it was an.
nounced today.
The original period was extended
through the courtesy of DR.. Alex.
ander Wetmore, Of the museum.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
Women to Pay Honor
To Jeanne Dare Here

The fifth centenary Of the Deliv-
erance of Orleans will be observed
here Saturday at o'clock by the
Societe des Femmes de France at
the monument to Jeanne dare in
Meridian Park.
The statue was erected in Janu-
airy, 1922, and dedicated u the
wouAnR 6 AmaRieAa .r
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
Auto Decapitates Man
Leaning Out of Window

HAMMOND, Ind, April 80 tU.SJ.
Clarence Lowe, 36, railroad engineer,
was decapitated here yesterday.
Lowe was leaning from the window
of his automobile talking to a friend
when another machine brushed past,
taking loves head from his should.
erS
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
SHELSBY TRIAL
ARGUMENTS
COMPLETE

ANNAPOLIS, April 30.--Testi-
mony in the trial of Earl Shelsby, OF
Curtis Bay. Baltimore. charged with
manslaughter in connection with the
deaths of Marie Stolba. Is. and
Thelma Vlack, 16, who were killed
when struck by an automobile al
legged to have been driven by Shelsby
the night of December is, last, ended
late last night.
Shelsby went on trial yesterday
before jury and Judge Robert
Moss in the circuit court Of Anne
Arundel county.
Defendant On Stand
States Att ,rney A. Theodore
Brady concluded the opening argu"
ment for the prosecution when
court was adjourned last night.
Jerre L. Smith, counsel for Shelsby,
will present arguments for the de-
fense today.
At the suggestion Of Judge Moss
Shelsby was tried on the charge OF
having caused the death of Miss
Vlack. He may be tried later on a
GoAS~N SAAO NS0NS-~
of Miss Stolba.
The defendant took the stand in
his own defense late yesterday. He
said he did not know his automo-
bile had struck the two girls. The
night was foggy, he testified. and
he couldn't see more than 10 feet
ahead. When he read of the deaths
Of the two girls in the newspapers.
he asserted, he became frightened
and did not notify the police. The
defendant said he suspected he
might have struck person.
Brother Testifies
Albert T. jefferson and William
SheIsby, brother of Earl, and the de-
fendant all denied knowledge Of how
the bodies of the two girls were
found in a field several feet from the
highway. The witnesses said they
did not move them.
Corp. Fred Barnikol, of the State
police, who arrested Shelsby the
night of the accident and later re-
leased him; DR.. James A. Billingslea,
who examined the bodies and per-
formed a post-mortem: Deputy
Sheriff Christopher Baldwin; Mrs.
Barbara Vlack, mother Of Thelma,
and Mrs. Emily Shelsby, mother of
the defendant. also testified.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
FALLS CHURCH MEET

FALLS CHURCH, Va, April 80.
The woman's sodality of st. James
Catholic Church at West Falls
Church will hold its monthly meet.
ing tomorrow night at the home Of
Mrs. Charles Mash.
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
ITTEN FLA'YS
ARMS PLAN
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the matter in the regular session"
he said.
An analysis of Gibson's proposals
jointly, he asserted. discloses that
the plan would make Great Britain
the permanent overload of the
worlds navios and make France the
greatest military power on the
globe"
Great Britain and France to-
gether, he said, would rule Europe,
and every other nation on the Con-
tlnent would lay responsibility for
the situation on the United States.
The Gibson plan, he said, would
have the following results:
Permit Great Britain to limit
Americas I0,0O0-ton cruisers and
give Great Britain a tremendous
advantage in 7,500.ton cruisers
which, with Great Britain's naval
bases scattered around the world,
would give her a world supremacy
in cruiser strength.
French Army Strength
Give France real army three
or four times the size of any stand
ing army allotted in a disarmament
scheme, because the French system
of compulsory military training
makes possible a trained reserve
far exceeding that of any other
power.
Under the proposed plan of limit
ing navies, Great Britain would
have the same cruiser tonnage as
the United States.
The United States builds 10000.
ton cruisers because she has few
naval bases. Great Britain, with
many naval bases, wants 5000 and
$500 ton cruisers and more of them
than any other power. Under the
Gibson thesis, Britten said, n
10,O00-ton cruiser may be held equal
to three smaller cruisers.
Have Fought Proposals
Heads of the American Army and
Navy have fought both of Gibson'S
proposals in the past, he said.
81 can't understand why two
distinctly American principles have
been tossed overheard by Gibson,H
said Britten.
America should not consent 90
be a second-class naval power
merely for the sake Of having an
agreement with England, nor should
we lend ourselves to the upbuIlding
of the greatest military force that
Europe has ever known merely to
curry favor with France"
The Washington times., 1929-04-30
Brother Testifies
BUY FISH FOR VA.

LURAY, Va, April S0.-The
State department of game and
inland fisheries will buy 100000
yellow perch from the United States
Bureau of Fisheries to be placed
in the streams of Virginia. The
fish will be Matched at the Federal
Hatchery near Fort Humphries.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
TEXAS DAILY PRESS LEAGUE
Foreign Advertising Representatives
A Young Texan In Limelight

According to Washington advices, Alexander w.
Gregg of Washington and New York may be the sue
cessor of David w. Blair as the head Of the internal
revenue department of the government. Collector
Blair has rendered his resignation and the president
would like to draft young Gregg for the place. Alex
ander w. Gregg is a native Texan. He is 80. He is
q LAWYER. He is a cousin of John Gregg, president
Of fhe Merchants National Bank Of Brownsville.
Andrew w. Mellon found him in the treasury de-
uartnent in 1921. Young Gregg became one OF his
favorite clerks and this man who speaks for a BILL
lion dollars made the discovery that the Texan knew
more about the income tax law and all other taxation
laws than any Of his subordinates. Gregg was rapid
" advanced. He handled many important cases. He
represented the government in the famous case
against Henry Ford. He became famous from ocean
to ocean as the last word when it came to taxation.
In 1928 he resigned from the service, hung out his
single and won a large practice. Now Hoover apd
Mellon are said to be determined that the name OF
Alec w. Gregg shall reappear on the government pay
roll as the chief of the division of internal revenue.
Palestine is the home Of Gregg. His father was a
Texas congressman. The son fought his way to the
top. He Is or was a democrat. This made no differ
ence when it came to promotion. Mellon backed him
all the way. Mellon knows brains or ability and
with the head of the treasury department the man
who is able to make the grade is the man who takes
down the bacon.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
Hoover Warns Farmers

President Hoover has sounded a warning against
"farm relief discord." He has let it be known that
in his opinion, failure of the farmers organization to
agree to a compromise means the defeat Of all the
plans advanced. He is emphatic in his declaration
that his election was a clear mandate for the Kansas
City platform plan. This is his definition Of the
Kansas City platform plan:
1T represented an effort to get together and Sc
cure fundamental beginnings, and neceSsitated the
yielding of views by all concerned; that it was sup
ported by all elements of the party in the campaign
and that upon it the party had a clear mandate from
the people"
This is a presidential hint that the sky is cloudy
and the road is rocky-"divison in the ranks OF the
farmers themselves encourage those who oppose all
farm relief and can at best only bring great delays
and danger of entire failure"
Now the national grange, the pioneer among all
the farm organizations, is for the debenture plan and
the ~debenture plan is not acceptable to the president.
Changers or the farmers who make up the member
ship Of the national grange are among the most con-
sentative of American farmers. They are a power
in the New England states and in Pennsylvania and
New York and New Jersey.
Yes, the sky is cloudy; the road is rocky and the
outlook isn't rosy.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
Is Mitchell a Democrat?

Many of the political writers for daily newspapers
as well as magazines constantly refer to Attorney
General William D. Mitchell as a democrat.
Is he a democrat? If so, what brand of a dem
ocrat2
He voted for Charles Evans Hughes against Wood
row Wilson; he voted for Warren G. Harding against
James M. Cox; he voted for Calvin Coolidge against
John w. Davis: he voted for Herbert Hoover against
Alfred E.. Smith. Woodrow Wilson was a war presi-
dent of the United States. woodrow Wilson gave to
the people the federal reserve act. Woodrow Wilson
gave to the world the League of Nations.
Now why should William D. Mitchell be classified
RS a democrat or why should the political writer's for
daily newspapers and magazines, writer's who are not
democrats, be permitted to parade the attorney gen.
eral as q Simon-pure democrat who deserted the
democratic party to vote for Herbert Hoover for pres
ident of the United States?
A very able and brilliant lawyer is William d.
Mitchell. but he is a republican and should be CLASH
fled as q republican. sm~
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-04-26
Farmers and Their Ills

Calvin Coolidge, as president of the United States,
bludgeoned the equalization fee of the McNary bill.
President Hoover has bludgeoned, in a letter to
the author of the bill, the export debenture plan of
relief. There are 100000 American farmers and
their dependents. Representatives Of wheat and cot
ton farmers backed the equalization fee. Many Of
these representatives are said to be strong for the
export debenture plan.
1t is a self-evident fact that the wheat and cotton
farmers think they know what they want but repub-
lican presidents think what the farmers want would
inflict disaster upon the nation as well as the farmer.
Perhaps in the long run the farmer will be COM
PEELED to furnish his own relief. President Hoover
says the debenture plan would be a gigantic gift from
the government and the public of from $500 O00 600
to s4oo,ooOooo a year and that the dealers and man
u~facturers and spectators would get the money.
Speaking for the southern cotton farmer he needs
a foreign market for his surplus. Now the surplus
fixes the price here at home and that's that.