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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-08
SHOOK CRIES AS
He TELLS OF
Staying
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cream" Shook said TheOra told

sAOSAseNSNAA AAVAAA - - ~ = AeNg.
scream" Shook said Theora told
n Previously Shook had testified
Miss Hix had been nervous ana
irritable for weeks.)
They stopped at one place on the
road. She seemed different. She
put her arms around him and said:
Are you feeling better?" She put
her arm around his shoulder. he
said. But she didn't like the place.
80 asked him to drive somewhere
else.
He drove her to the lonely rifle
range, outside the city, arriving
there about 10 minutes after g."
He parked the car about 30 yards
from the road when he drove IN.
He turned off the lights OF the
machine. They sat there for q
while. And then they quarreled.
He said he was going away over
the weekend to a family reunion
at Lebanon, Ohio, his mothers home.
She Fought Back
Suddenly. she seized him. They
Shook paused. He could now go
on. He bowed his head. His
frame shook. He removed his
glasses and wiped his eyes with his
handkerchief. The jury waited. So
did the spectators, the battery Of
newspaper men with POISED pencils.
and even the case-hardened court
baiiiffs.
II hit her." Shook finally blurted
out. 81 hit her with the hammer
that had been lying on the window
ledge Of the machine.
"She fought hack. I struck her
again. She was reaching for her
purse IN which she scmetimes car
ried pistol. We struggled, and I
hit her again.
She slid out Of the car. fol.
toward me I hit her again.
"She fell, her head striking the
running board. She did not rise.
Il was crying and in great pain
when first struck her. / cannot
remember hitting her more than
four blows"
The witness paused. He seemed
to be struggling to pull himself
together.
Couldn't Please Her
Nothing / did suited her toward
the end" he exclaimed. almost
petulantly. "she thought I wasn't
making enough Of a fuss over her."
Shook portrayed the supposed
quiet, retiring coed as "a two.man
woman" He related in detail and
with shocking intimacy her secret
love affair. not only with himself
but with Marion L. Meyers, another
former Ohio state University pro-
fessor.
He branded Theora as an "ex-
perimenter with drugs" not only
on herself but on him. He spared
the dead girls character not q whit
in his remarkable recital to the
jury in the presence of a thronged
court room of spectators.
Using Love Pellets
Miss Xix, once so sweet and trust.
Ing, became mighty hard to handle
after their affair had run a course
OF three years, Shook revealed. She
wasn't the same girl he had set up
in a "love nest" when they were
madly infatuated with each other.
Frequently they had quarrels in the
nest" and while they were out mot
oring.
Several times she refused to get
out OF his car when he was about
to start on a trip alone and dared"
him to throw her out.
She had got to the stage where
isiac nature and she was admins
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-08
ALL WELL ABOARD, SAYS
RADIO TO TIMES
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crossing to make better speed than in the voyage
from Germany to the United States. "a. ae@
Takes Naval Compass Bearings
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Piercing the haze Of morning her first day out the
mighty Graf Zeppelin took compass bearings from the
compass bearing stations Prices Neck, five miles
off Newport, r. IL North Truro, Cape Cod; Cape
Boston harbor
As early M, Washington time, the dirigible be-
gan getting compass bearngs from the naval radio
station at Prices Neck being then considerably
south Of Newport. s
southern transatlantic steamship lanes eastward.
sLAKEHURST, M j., Aug. : (IsN.s 1.-THE Graf Yep
pein is speeding toward It's place in the sum.
AMagnifyng the dream of Jules Verne, the man-nade
piece Of silver cloth and uraIuin they call drgibe
well away its flight around the world.
Its motors sang "Auf WiedArsehn" at lido p. M,
Washington time.
A shadowy silver bar gemmed with cabin lights, It's
takeoff was thing Of beauty The historic episode
also studded with flavor Of International coneraderie
the German drigible on its way while military
band played the % passengers aboard into the horizon
with cts Long, Long Trail Awinding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-08
MAKING 80 MILES AN HOUR FAR OUT OVER ATLANTIC,
100000 BRIBE
ASKED, SAYS
CALHOUN
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called him at his home IN Braemer
Forest. Chevy Chase. and told him
to meet the attorney in the lobby
Of the washington Hotel.
"It Is q matter OF the utmost I'm.
portancs to you," Captain Calhoun
quoted the caller az saying.
He met the attorney the next Gay,
after his endeavors to hold con.
ference in either his or the attor.
ney's offices had failed.
II was told" Captain Calhoun
said, ''that Noble had had a claim
aaginst me and Mrs. Calhoun and
the Woman,s Universal Alliance for
between 100000 and 100000, ard
that immediate settlement was de.
handed.
81 asked the attorney to specify
the claims, but this was not done.
A few days later Il had similar
conference in the same lobby, but
] was accompanied by Hardy, 1yho
posed a. my representative.
Check Demanded
''This time'w were told that the
claim could be settled for 100000,
but Hardy stalled for time and
third such conference was held, with
Armstrong in attendance.
Armstrong tapped his coat and
said that he had all the claims and
charges OF scandal in his pocket and
that q post-dated check for $4,000
was necessary at once. Again we
stalled and won.
"A few days later, I was informed
by the attorney that the entire mat
ter could be settled for $40 900 in
cash.
II wrote q check for that amount,
but did not make Il payable to
anyone. Hardy took the check to
the conference In Birds office yes
terday and they immediately began
Wrangling over whose name should
be written in as payee. The debate
became so bitter that they accused
each other of being crooks and
all by having the deputy marshals
called In and the five Of them ar.
rested.
Plead Not Guilty
"If there il any legitimate claim
against US or the alliance we will
pay 1t II 1t takes every cent we
have, but we certainly don't intend
to be coerced into buying silence"
Captain Calhoun concluded.
The quintet pleaded not guilty
when given q preliminary arraign.
ment before United States Com.
missioner Needham C. Turnage yes.
terday. shortly after their arrest.
All were held in bond Of S. 200,
with the exception of Bird, whose
bond was set at $1,000. Mrs. Hillen-
brand was the only one not able
to make bond and she Is held today
in the District Jail.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-08
ARLINGTON CLUB MEETS

CHERRYDALE, Va, Aug. s.-The
Arlington Rotary Club will hold its
weekly luncheon today at the Wash.
ington Golf and Country Club at
1915 o'clock. President DR.. r. N.
sutton viii preside.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-08
TALKS ON LILY POOLS

VIENNA. Va. Aug. s.--The Ayr
Hill Garden Club meets tomorrow
afternoon with Miss Ivah Richards.
Miss Richards will talk on Con
struction OF Lily Pools and the
care OF aquatic plants" Mrs. Marry
Blake, Mrs. Richard Pierce and
Mrs. Frank Fouche were appointed
q program committee.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-08
SLOT MACHINES BANNED

CHARLES TOWN. w. Va, Aug. 8.
County authorities Of Jefferson made
q tour of inspection Of the slot ma
chimes operating in the county saw.
eral days ago, and found 46 ma.
chimes that were considered unlaw.
full. The proprietors Of the machines
were ordered to discontinue them at
once.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-08
Arlington Democrats
Meet at Courthouse

CLARENDON. Aug. S.--By direc-
ton Of the state Democratic chair
man, J. Murray Hooker, William
L. Bragg, county chairman, an
nounced today that. there win be a
meeting of the county committee
tonight ut the courthouse at
o'clock.
The meeting has been called for
the purpose Of organizing.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-08
HERNDON, va. BUDGET

HERNDON, Va. Aug. S.-The
clerk Of the town council reports
a balance on hand at the close of
the fiscal year Of S1.77s.59. This is
divided, $247.63 in the corporation
account; $sO5.7s roads; S5s0.3S,
schools; $500. school bonds; 4s3.1T.
llest0T &oaA - -
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And In graceful gesture. as It
struck out, for the srandest adven-
ture since man learned to use his
winga the Yep sent q radio message
of appreciation to the American
people and the American Navy for
their hospitality and aid.
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L GIR[SACCUSE
DIPLOMAT
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where he was arraigned before Judge
Robert E. Mattingly on two other
charges, indecent exposure, in which
the same girls are listed as wit
nesSe@.
These charges were continued I'M
lii September 5 as Leahy, who will
defend L.eClercq personally is out
Of town for several days. Bond for
them was set at $400.
William r. Castle. Assistant Sec
rotary OF State. accompanied Le-
Clercq to court.
There was no attempt to use ''in.
fluence" to save the defendent from
arraignment, prosecutors said. As
sistant District Attorney Bruce
stated that a high ranking official
of the State Department whose
name he refused to dfvulge appeared
only as a character witness and told
that LeClercq had an excellent rec.
ord IN his official and private life.
After Conference
Decision to uphold the charges
based by police was reached by
Bruce after a conference Of more
than half an hour with the eight
compliments.
LeClercq ranks as a second score
tary OF an embassy in the depart.
ment's list Of diplomats, but re.
Gently he has been detailed to
special duty at headquarters, here.
1t was said he was to have been
trnsferred to a post in Guatemala
In the near future.
The Washington Times does not
use the girls names out of consider.
alton for them.
Shadow Man
FOLLOWING receipt Of q number of
complaints the detectives followed
their prisoner from the GEORGETOWN
School to the downtown section be-
fore placing him I'm custody. At 5
o'clock Tuesday afternoon he was
booked at the station house on q
charge OF investigation.
Several of the complaints identI-
lied the man detectives said. He
Was released on bond late yesterday,
LeClercq, whose name is in the
social register. came to Washington
from Charleston. s. C. He IL q
graduate Of Oxford University and
served as an ensign and later q lieu.
tenant in the United States Navy. 3
Served IN London
He was assigned to the United
States Embassy in London when he
passed his examination for entry
into the American foreign service.
Later he was transferred to the divi.
sion or Western European Affairs in
the State Department.
Recently It was announced that
he had been assigned to the Ameri.
can Legation In Ell Salvador. Le-
ClercQ Is said to have been . favor.
lite in social circles in Washington
and other cities. both In America
and abro I.
The omat. who gave his oc.
cupation I the precinct az ''clerk,"
could moi be reached this morning.
His address was given in the 1900
block OF Nineteenth st. N. W., but
inquiry there brought forth the In.
formation that he had moved.
He Is scheduled to appear In the
Police Court today - taeA hi
'A1eaoNA
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-08

AIMING FOR INTERNATIONAL AIR TROPHY
THE MYSTERY plane with which Lieut.. AL Williams,
der air trophy to this country is shown above, with
inset of the famous fer The plane, now at Annapolis,
is to 60 through trial flights within the next few days
Unless speed of than 800 miles attained with the
ship it will not taken abroad to contest for the trophy
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shafen, its first stop, the Graf Zeppe.
slxyscrapers, Understanding Times
Square, flirting with the Woolworth
the world circuit at is minutes be.
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Details UnprintabIe

Her affair." with Meyers, an
instructor in farm corps at the uni.
versity, apparently did not make
Shook jealous. The defendant told
how at one time he thought he
had broken off, his affair with
the coed when she confided In him
that her hoy friend" had left the
university for the summer and that
she was lonesome.
He said that later he saw her 90
motoring with Meyers. Once she
told him she and Meyers had been
arrested when an officer found
them in a parked car on the
Scioto River Road.
Shook related unprintable details
OF Theora's drab romance with
Meyers, and with himself. He told
how, when they first met, he and
Theora discussed sex subjects and
exchanged books on sex. He had
her to himself for q long time.
until Meyers came into her life.
He made no mention Of any other
man.
The appearance of Shook on the
stand attracted the biggest crowd
that has yet besieged the court room.
Judge Henry L. Scarlet, presiding,
was forced to order the sheriff to
route the huge, milling throng that
assembled in the corridors waiting q
chance to break in. Many women
and girls arrived at the court house
as early as 3 q. m. and the court
room was filled to its capacity when
Shook resumed the stand today.
Shook seemed refreshed as he
assembled to the witness chair this
morning. He was questioned by
Defense Attorney Max c. Seyfert.
He told OF loaning Miss Xix 81, 900,
which she later paid back, at per
cent interest.
Testimony reverted to the Glove
nest" Shook said they both had a
key to the NEST"
The testimony became unprintable
at this juncture as Shook went into
details. It
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-08-08
Row on Course

She claimed he wasn't seeing her
often enough and that when he did
see her he wasn't paying enough
attention to her. On the Sunday at
ternoon before the coed was slain,
Shook had gone to the fashionable
Scioto Country Club to play golf.
Suddenly, while he was welding
his mashie and niblick. she appeared
on the course with an angry look
in her eve and a quivering chin. !"
She demanded to know why he
hadn't called her up.
II asked her to keep still as my
partner was about to shoot" Shook
related, "but she retorted, I don't
give a damn about your partner
II asked her IL she would walk
around the last nine holes with us,
but she refused. So I picked up my
ball and went to the clubhouse and
took a shower. When I came out
she was in my car and was very
angry. declaring it had taken mo q
mighty long time to dress. We
didn't say much on the way home. 7"
Shook told the jury he really be.
heved she might shoot him. He
had once given her a pistol ''for
protection" and even instructed her
how to shoot. He himself was for
years the worlds champion rapid
fire pistol shot. Many times, when
they went riding. she carried the
pistol in her black purse.
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tering them. to him, he related. He
said she carried 4 little bottle con.
tanning tablets In her purse. On
two occasions he had observed her
taking cocaine, once by injection.
The coed became cross and
irritable for some unexplained rea-
son and developed q desire to hurt
him and to Gcratch him. Often In
their 'love nest" she assaulted him.
Later she would deny she had done
this. Finally, he used to jot down
in a notebook these occurrences and
when she returned to q normal
frame of mind he would tell her
about the alterations and just
how she had istreated him.
Once, in their love nest" not far
from the campus, Shook testified.
Miss Xix snatched a magazine from
his hands, slapped h:s face, knocked
his glasses off and cut his nose
''becaue she said he wasn't paying
enough attention to her."
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
MOODY and the Public Utilities

Governor Moody is for state control or supervision
Of public utilities. He is reminded that the press Of
the country carried a story not long ago that the
House Of Morgan had perfected a $650,000,00 merger
of New York state hydro-electric companies. He is
reminded that the New York Times carried a story Of
the alinement Of the public utilities Of the United
States into three major groups-a Morgan group in
the East, an insult group in the Middle West, and a
group on the Pacific coast"
He is reminded that the New York Journal Of
ommerc commented as follows: "the reported pos
sibiity Of a tie-up between the insult utilities and
lhe North American company points to the develop
ment Of two giant consultations, beside which other
groups, though great in themselves, would sink into
the role of minor companies"
This is the age Of big business. This is the age
Of mighty mergers. This is the billion dollar age.
Tom Connally Of Texas is a United States senator.
Discussing mergers as well as bank consultations,
the junior senator of the Lone Star commonwealth
said, 1T looks as if the country will be controlled by
a few wealthy people"
Regardless of this the sun is shining in grand old
Texas. Bumper crops are being harvested in grand
old Texas. Bumper crops remain to be harvested il
grand old Texas. A farm relief board will be grind
ing shortly with a revolving fund Of $500. 900, 600. Will
this board and revolving fund find a ready market in
foreign land for surplus cotton and surplus wheat
and surpluseS Of other kinds of basic staples piled
up by the American tillers Of the soilP
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
The Once Over
BY Fl. Z. PHILLIPS

We're naming diets after cities now. Hollywood
has won the first recognition in the big national
Shrink and shrivel Carnival. The latest fad among
the ladies whose 1928 summer gowns don't fit them
this season is the Hollywood Diet: It is an 18-day
hunger strike dedicated to the proposition OF making
the people thin and the citrus fruit-growers fat.
Back to girlishness in, 432 hours" is the slogan.
Why look fat and happy when you can become thin
and miserable in better than three weeks with a little
will power and a lot of grapefruit?
Grapefruit was formerly regarded as a rather cum
bersone fruit whose chief purpose was to test the
table manners of house guests, but today it has taken
its place in American life as a substitute for exercise.
An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but two
grapefruit a day will keep him from recognizing the
patient.
The Hollywood Diet runs something like this:
FIRST A
Breakfast: one-half grapefruit, toast, coffee.
Lunch: One-half grapefruit, one egg, six slices
cucumber, toast. tea or coffee.
c A
Breakfast: One grapefruit, coffee.
Lunch: One-half grapefruit, one lamb chop, one
half grapefruit.
Dinner: Half grapefruit, half grapefruit, four
radishes, half grapefruit. (And if you're really hun
cry try some grapefruit).
HIRD DAY
Breakfast: How about grapefruit?
Lunch: How about grapefruit?
Dinner: How about grapefruit?
Prominent among those losing weight through the
Hollywood Diet are the apple-growers Of America.
They lose five pounds every time they realize that
they let the citrus fruit men steal a march on them.
There isn't an apple, peach, pear or banana on the
Hollywood Diet.
The watermelon interests, it is understood, stand
ready to part with any amount of money to the per-
son who suggests a plan for putting across water
melons as flesh-reducers.
Why not, for example, a Los Angeles, Chillicothe
or West Philadelphia Diet, with watermelons pre-
dominating.
Breakfast: One-quarter watermelon, dry toast.
coffee.
Lunch: One watermelon, three olives, one egg.
Dinner: Two watermelons.
SECOND DAY.
Breakfast: Half watermelon, dry toast, coffee.
Lunch: Three artificial flies, half watermelon, one
boiled pine cone. A:
Dinner: One bass plug, three wooden golf tees, one
straw hat brim, one
.
What has become Of
The Grap-zepp gorilla?
The Peacock murder trial?
Johnny Farrell?
Bossy GiIlies?
Mustapha Kennel?
RED" Grange?
Monte Mum?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-17
Florida, a Warning

Closing Of eight banks in Florida in the past two
weeks should prove a powerful warning to the Valley.
The banks closed are in the heart of the citrus
growing section, where the dread Mediterranean fruit
fly infestation is at its worst.
The Merchants State Bank at Melbourne wired to
the state comptroller ION account Of continuous With
drawals unable to open" Everything was going out
and nothing coming in. No crops to market Tor the
past several weeks and nothing in sight Whlcn VIII
bring revenue to the farmers.
Florida had a boom to burst over night, spreading
financial destruction in every direction. Two terrific
storms caused huge losses Of life and property. These
were calanitous.
The flv infestation has struck down agriculture q
basic industry. This likely will prove more disastrous
than any of the things which have happened oelo1e'
rno f1v may never be eradicated and if it Is not IL
will be a constant menace. Control OF the pest VIII
not release the state from the quarantine.
Letters coming to Valley people from friends IN
Florida tell of the pitiable plight OF orcharolS'S anu
farmers there. The quarantine has been almost aS
severe on truck growers as on owners of the citrus
groves.
The the Mediterranean fly ever be discovered
In the Valley the same condition would exist here. In
fact. an infestation might easily prove even more
disastrous to the Valley than it has to Florida.
Florida has developed the tourist traffic to a point
where it is a major industry and the lily n1esVatloh
will not seriously interfere with this.
Although it may not always be true, so lar agrlcW-
tire is the one principal source OF revenue to the
Valley. To destroy agriculture in the Valley would
be to destroy the Valley-at present. Agriculture
always will be the leading industry Of the section.
There is no reason to be alarmed over these facts
They are pointed out only to stress the Importance
of taking every possible precaution to keep out the
Mediterranean fly. The federal government is doing
all in its power to prevent spread of the pest and the
Texas governor, legislature and department Of agri-
culture has mapped out a system Of procedure which
it is believed has closed every avenue Of approach to
the fly. Valley citizens can assist by obeying the reg
ulations and by reporting any i~nfraction observed.