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The Washington times., 1929-12-09

COURT.
PACT SIGNED
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the United States. American mem.
bership in the court now becomes
dependent upon Senate ratifica-
tion.
President Hoover declared in
his annual message to Congress
that he would submit the instru-
ment when convenient. In some
quarters it was believed he would
wait until majority Of the sigma
tories Of the original protocol,
some so odd nations, took final
action. Thus far about so have
signed the amended pact, but
only a few have ratified.
That considerable opposition
will develop in the Senate when
the pact comes up for ratifica-
ton, was indicated today. Al
ready there is some talk of at
tempting to amend the COM
promise Elihu Root negotiated in
Geneva last summer to further
an agreement on the Senate's
famous fifth reservation. further
to protect the interests Of the
United States.
Permitted Withdrawal
The Root-Hurst compromise
permits the United States to with
draw from the court in the event
an advisory opinion is sought
without the consent of this coun-
try in any case in which it had
or claims an interest.
In making the announcement
Of President Hoover's authorize
ton for Moffat to sign the in
strument, the State Department
made public the correspondence
which passed between the Presi-
dent and Secretary Of State Slim
son.
StimSon submitted to the Presi-
dent his recommendation that the
pact should be signed in a lengthy
review Of the World Court prob
lem which in substance, II not
in form, was a lawyers brief for
the World Court advocates.
Traces Peace History
Obviously designed to anticipate
and meeE Senate opposition,
Stimson'S letter to the president
traced back 80 years the leading
part the United States had taken
in the movement for arbitration
of international disputes; cited
the original Hague conference of
1899, and emphasized President
Roosevelts instructions to Elihu
Root, then Secretary of State, at
the second Hague conference in
1907, to work for the development
of the court of arbitration.
In answer to anticipation of
charges made by opponents that
it would Grag this country into
the Leag'.e of Nations through
the back door, StimSon told the
President
Although this final movement
which established the court was
Initiated rv the League of Nations
the court took it's existence and
became effective not by action of
the Leagu -, but under a statute
and protocol separately signed by
over so states. not all Of whom
are LeagrH members. It thus owes
it's existence to the independent
authority of those signatory
states"
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FAIL
TOPROVE
SUICIDE
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directly refuted the stories which
witnesses declare Detective Lieu
tenant Edward j. Kelly and other
police spread about the state Of
6crivener'S health.
On October 80, 1925, II days
after Scrivener was killed, Chief
Of Police Hesse and Chief Of De-
Eectives Henry G. Pratt, now
superintendent of police, called
is newspapermen into a confer
ence" and expounded their suicide
theory. Last Tuesday, however,
Chief Pratt announced that many
things the police gave out at that
conference had not been given
out.
Kelly also repudiated certain
statements he has made and
stuck up to the time Of the pres
ent hearing. Most outstanding
was Kelly's oft repeated state
Eaent that he and Detective Ser
geant Tom Sweeney attended a
niZe fight in nearby Maryland
with Scrivener the night he was
! murdered.
On Monday Of last week two
employees of the Occidental Hotel
testified that they, and not Kelly
and Sweeney, had attended the
prize fight with Scrivener. They
said they hadn't seen Kelly the
whole evening.
The necktie which Scrivener
tore from the neck Of his assail-
ant and which police said be-
longed to Scrivener or his land
8, lord, was proved by the landlord
and ScriNener's roommate to be
a mach cheaper brand than any
thing in the house in which
Scrivener roomed.
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Mexican Navy Chief,
Exiled. Kills Self

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. g.
Emanuel E. Yzaguirra, chief of
the Mexican Navy Department,
under President MADEIRA, at 50
found himself an exile. His prop
erty was confiscated, his health
failing, his wife and daughter
far away. in Mexico.
Yesterday he wrote some notes
in his lonely lie room in San
Francisco. Then he took his SER
vice revolver and killed himself
by a shot through the heart.
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LINER SWAMPED
!. OFF|RELAND

LONDON, Dec. 8 U.N.S0-The
transatlantic steamer Volumnia,
registered at GLASGOW, foundered
700 miles off the Irish Coast to.
day in mountainous seas and sank
q short while after its crew was
removed by a rescue vessel, &C.
eording to reports received here.
The crew Of IS was rescued by
the steamship Manchester Regi-
ment Of the Manchester Steam
ship Company, which responded
to the Volumnia's distress signals
The Volumnia was in distress
on November Is while en- route to
Philadelphia and Boston. Three
hundred miles off Ireland the
vessel sent out an SOS call, but
was able to return to port with
out assistance.
The furious gale which wrecked
the coasts Of Great Britain and
the continent over the weekend,
taking a toll Of more than so lives,
paralyzing shipping and causing
untold damage. abated somewhat
today but a number Of craft were
still believed in distress.
The Cunard liner Alauna, after
q strenuous passage through the
heart Of the storm from New York
went out Of its course to go to
the assistance Of the steamer
Tynebridge, which reported its
steering gear was disabled near
the entrance to the English Chan
mel.
Many craft, partially disabled
off the Continent, were limping
toward coastal ports. Several
others were reported in distress in
the English Channel and in the
Atlantic, north and south Of the
channel. .....
- Ship Breaks In Two
One 1l,000 ton ship en- route
from Hamburg to its dry-dock at
rotterdam was reported to have
been broken in two in the storm.
eight Of its crew were reported
saved but at least two are known
to have been lost. Ten bodies
were picked up on the English
coast.
Twenty-one seamen were lost
when the steamship Radyr went
down in the height Of the storm
Two sailors were washed off the
n, M. S. Walpole near Plymouth
The liner President, Roosevelt
reached Plymouth reporting a 1Oo
mile an hour gale. mountainous
seas and damaged upper decks.
The White Star liner Homerlc
reached Southampton more than
90 hours late. with her promenade
deck windows, so feet above the
Water-line, smashed
Falmouth Harbor was filled
with damaged craft which had
crept back to avert greater
damages to their super-structurc
The Hamburg-American liner
Kellewald, bound for South Amer
ica, was forced back to Plymouth
unable to log more than "a miles
in "a hours.
The English coast and the
coasts Of France and Holland, aS
well, was strewn with wreckage.
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COO|NG INFANT
/. FOUND IN N,CAR
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Schlatman pronounced its condi-
ton as perfect. 1t weighs 5l2
pounds, has blue eyes and fine
features"
Police today will go through all
the recent birth records in an
effort to determine the child's
parentage, as no clues were left
to identify it.
Doctors and institutions will be
canvassed along with a scrutiny
of the records to find if a home
can be made for the child.
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Ford Museum Receives
Three Ancient Buggles

ROCKVILLE, Conn. Dec. 9 Il.
NSJ.-Col. Francis T. Maxwell,
wealthy textile magnate and rail-
road director, has contributed to
Henry Ford'S museum at Dear
born, by sending three of the
Maxwell family horse-drawn We
hicleS out to Michigan.
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HAITI QU|ETED
BY MARINES
-Times staff Photo
LOU LITTLE
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here early today aboard the
steamer Martinique.
With them were American
women and children who had
been picked up by the ship at
Jeremie.
The U. s. s. Wright, now en-
route from Norfolk. Va. with a
contingent Of 500 Marines, was
expected to arrive here today to
reinforce the marine detachments
already enforcing martial law in
the principal cities of this island.
The cruiser Galveston arrived
at Jacmel yesterday morning, it's
usual complement Of 800 officers
and men, including so marines,
being the first addition to the
TOO marines already preserving
order on the island.
The Galveston made a quick
run from the American naval
base at Guantanamo, Cuba, after
a request had been received at
the naval base from Brig. Gen.
John H. Russell, American high
commissioner in Haiti, asking re-
Inducements.
The Galveston was ordered to
Jacmel because of reports that
many natives in that vicinity
were heavily armed with weapons
supposed to have come from
Guatemala.
Many Arrested
A feeling Of security was noted
among the general populace here
and in other Haitian cities soon
after it was learned that PreSi-
dent Hoover had taken immediate
action to restore order on this
island.
The Haitian national guard was
able to preserve order today at
several outposts in the Cayes
district which previously had
been threatened by angry nobS
Of striking students and workers.
Several persons have been ar
rested at Cape Haitien charged
with agitating for general strikes.
In this city, in particular. there
was today hardly a sehblance Of
disorder.
The strike of customs employees
was virtually at an end. More than
so per cent Of the strikers had
returned to their positions while
there were any number Of appli-
cants for all positions left open
by the strikers.
Official Washington felt today
that the situation in Haiti ap-
peared to be under control accord
ing to latest adviceS from Brig.
Gen. John H. Russell, marine COM
mandant and American high COM
missioner.
RuSsell'S last message to the
State Department merely said,
"An quiet in Haiti" This was
sent from Port-au.Prince at S
p. m. yesterday.
A previous message received
yesterday afternoon said all wo-
men and children had been evacu-
ated from Aux Cages, the seaport
where five natives were killed and
20 wounded by marines who fired
into a mob of $500.
Congress is expected this week
to grant the request of President
Hoover for the appointment of a
commission to undertake a thor
ough survey Of the whole Haitien
problem.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-04
False Impressions in
Scrivener Mystery

The Grand Jury investigation of the mysterious
death of Detective Arthur B. ScriUener, noU being
held three years late has stUept quay number of
false impressions that the public had been permitted
to accept Without being corrected by the police.
Some of them
That there were clues to the slayer. thumbprint
gun three years ago.
. That Scrvener driven to suicide by serious
disease. His personal physician since has testified
that he had disease
. That Matthew Walsh, at whose home Scrivener had
- lived for IL years, owned the necke that found
torn and clutched in the dead detectives right hand
Walsh denies ownership
That Detective George Darnel had given Scrivener
Z gun similar to the death weapon short time before
tragedy Darnell denies this
r That Lieut. Edward j. Kelly, former head of homi-
- eide squad who investigated tragedy attended prize
fight in Maryland with scrivener night of shooting
Two hotel employees testify they with Scrivener
at fight and Kelly he did not Scrvener
until after fight explaining sCrvener drove him home
from headquarters.
r. That it possible for Scrivener to have held gun
in left hand and shot self through heart Physicians
and firearms expert testify gun fired at least IL
inches from body and that Scrvener could very we'll
have held gun himself
partment to find slayer Police now admit no attempt
made to identify thumbprint.
9 That police satisfied that scrivener killed him
. self Superintendent of Police Pratt says suicide
theory formally accepted.
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REPORTERS LAUDED
AS TRUE VIRGIN|ANS

dial Mackey, Well-known lawyer.
Two of the three reporters of
The Washington Times now
serving As days in jail for re-
fusing to act as prosecuting wit.
neSseS against SpeakeaSy pro
prietors whose places they investi
gated are residents of Arlington
county. They are German M
Hendricks and Jack E. Nevin, jr
The editorial. entitled THE Re.
porters in Jail" follows:
Two of the three reporters of
The Washington Times who
elected to go to Jail rather than
violate a confidence are Vir.
ginians. standing as did Jackson
and his Virginians, like stone
wall.
THE situation grows out of the
absence of a statute like that in
Maryland, which would exempt
newspapermen from disclosing
the names of persons confiding
through them, to the public, mat
tiers of important public concern
affecting public officials, govern
ment and public welfare.
THE law now requires a wit
ness called before the grand jury
to answer questions pertinent and
material to the matter under in.
veStigation If the witness re
fuses to answer. the foreman of
! the grand Jury has the United
States Attorney take the matter
before the court. If the cnurt
decides that questions the wit.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-04
LARGEST D. C. BUDGET
In HISTORY SUBMITTED

In some instances there are cuts
in /. appropriations for main
tenance, but in general there is
tendency to increase.
The figures as carried in the
budget under the heading of the
District of Columbia are only a
part of the funds which will be ap-
propriated here within the COM
ing year. Items for continuing
the Governments $500. 0O0, 900
building program, for maintenance
and development of institutions
within the District operated in
whole or in part by Federal Gov
eminent funds, are carried under
other headings and run into the
millions of dollars.
In this connection estimates of
$30,000,000 are carried for con-
tinuance of the building program,
with a promise that a supplement
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-04

Two innocent victims Of a
deadly domestic feud. Jimmy"
and Doris Humphrey, aged and
s. who were shot to death by their
father yesterday because he feared
they we're to be taken from him.
will be buried Saturday morning
in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Mass will be held in Holy Com
forter Church for the little ones
after a brief funeral service is
held in Ryan's funeral parlorS.
800 block Pennsylvania Ave. S. E.
An inquest into the tragedy is
to be held by Coroner J. Ramsay
hewitt tomorrow. Their father,
who murdered his children, he de-
clareS, because he feared a court
order would award the custody
of both of them to their mother,
from whom he was eStranged, IS
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identified the death gun as hav-
ing belonged to him.
The District Attorney did state,
in reply to questions, that so far
the Grand Jury hasn't enough
evidence to warrant an indict-
ment of any particular individual.
The Department of Justice to-
day was drawn into the investi-
CATION of the murder of Scrivener
in a Georgetown alley, three years
ago, when Thomas F. Cullen,
chief of the squad of IL skilled
investigators who handled the
Mcpherson inquiry, appeared at
the courthouse today and re-
ported to District Attorney Leo
A. Rover.
Rover was in the Grand Jury
room when Cullen arrived. Cub
len told newspaper men that any
statement as to his connection
with the case would have to
come from the District attorney.
as he was there subject to the
latter's orders.
Startling revelations of police
inefficiency and covering up"
are believed to have caused the
Grand Jury to decide that it was
time for aggressive action in
searching for the murderer of
Arthur Scrivener.
The corridors and the Grand
Jury witness room resembled q
police field day this morning.
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Sandberg also revealed
the difficulty that would be
experienced in ascertaining
the Scrivener murdere r
through the normal methods
of research used in finger
print cases.
| He declared that while the
thumb print on the gun is clear
and distinct, it is of a portion
of the thumb that is not ordi.
narily printed and collected
for police archives.
Finger printing of members of
the Washington Police Depart
rnent and others designated by
the Grand Jury began today
Only those who might remotely
be suspected of having been i'm.
plicated in the murder were taken
it is believed
Among the afternoon witnesses
before adjournment were former
Chief of Police Edwin B. Hesse,
Garner Scrivener, brother of the
slain man, and Henry Miller
Moore, the convict from LeaVen
worth Penitentiary.
TheDistrict Attorney declined
to state whether or not Moore
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-04

Carrying the largest estimates
Of appropriations for the District
of Columbia in any one year Of
its history, the budget for the
fiscal year ending june 80, 1881.
was submitted to Congress today
by President Hoover.
Total estimates for that year
are placed at SAT, $50, 1923, a
record breaking figure for the
National Capital. The appropria-
tons for the current fiscal year
were $44,540,115. If Congress ap
propriateS the amounts fixed by
the budget bureau for the coming
fiscal year it will mean an in.
crease of. $3,340,113 over the
amount appropriated for the cur
1eG4t year.
The budget carries items for
improvements and developments
in the city, many of which have
been long sought by residents.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-04
SLAYER OF 2 CHILDREN
UNDER MENTAL TEST

being held at Galhnger Hospital
fer mental observation.
The mother of the c:tiliren,
Mrs. Beulah Humphrey. a clerk
at the Columbia Window Clean
ing Company. was Frustrated with
grief today at the home of rela-
tives and refused to see anybody
1t is expected that both she
and her husband win testify at
the inquest tomorrow.
Acquaintance of Humphrey
stated today that they could not
understand his action. because.
daily. he would be seen in Lin
coin Park playing with little
Jimmy and was very much at
tached to him.
When Humphrey was bakery
driver on the run by Lincoln
Park, little Jimmy would watch
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-04
z ARMED BANDITS ROB
GROCERY STORE OF $40

For the second time in three
weeks the Sanitary Grocery Com
pany's store at the corner of
Fifteenth and Swan Streets North.
west, was held up this afternoon
and $40 was taken from the till
Two white men. apparently broth.
ers, one Of them having been in
the previous robbery, unobstru-
siVely entered the store and after
pulling reVolVers out of their
coats. demanded the money in
the register.
Manager Alvin Stephenson, 500
block Morris Pl. N. w, handed
the money over. Stephenson was
alone in the store with the excep
ton of one customer. Mrs. A. H.
Ulm. 1900 block Sixteenth st.
N. w.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-04
ware FAC S SENATE
and PLEADS FOR SEAT

Barred at the door for nearly
three years and still denied a
seat. Senator-elect William S.
Ware (RD of Pennsylvania this
afternoon took over the leader
ship of his battle for a senatorial
toga and personally pleaded with
the Senate to seat him on the
strength of his 1926 victory.
The veteran Philadelphia politi-
cal car, famed and ill from a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-04
Five Sisters, Migrants,
Are All in Same jail

WINSTON-SALEM, Dec. Il.
N.S0 Five sisters, Lorene and
Christine, Ayers. Ida Belle Ayers
Metley. Willie Ayers Russell. and
Alberta Ayers Gordon. occupy the
same cell in the Forsyth county
Jail here.
The sisters, all natives of this
city, were arrested and sentenced
for vaEranev.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-04

CORONER'S JURY FAILS
TOFIX RESPONSIBILITY
STREET Blast

The overheating and explosion
Of defective hot water tank,
caused the death of six persons at
the McCrory 5-and10 cent store.
Seventh Street, November 81, the
coroner's jury decided today.
The verdict of the jury did not
indicate any one as responsible
for the blast.
The inquest lasted three days.
The jury deliberated As minutes.
The verdict was very brief. 1t
simply stated that the defective
tank burst, without attempting
to place the blame.
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Apparent reluctance of James
Paxton. manager, to give former
addresses Of assistant manager
Birchard, who left the employ
of the store few days after the
accident and has not been heard
from since, led the jury to request
that he pc located and brought
in to testify.
A hurry call was also sent out
for Miss Marjorie Kemp, relief
girl at the soda fountain, and
Pauline HAYES, dish washer, whom
assistant corporation counsel
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BOSTON, Dec. 4 Q.N.SD -
Daring his political foes to read
him out of the Republican party.
calling for united support for
President Hoover, and branding
as an absolute falSehood news
paper charges that he had at.
tackled the integrity of the Presi-
dent, ex-Gov. Alvan T. Fuller TO-
day. almost, but not quite, de
clared himself q candidate for
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paralytic attack. made dramatic
appearance in the body which
denied him the oath in March,
1927, and which now is prepared
to declare him ineligible for Sen
ate membership. He went upon
the floor of the Senate under a
rule of courtesy and he pleaded
for the right to remain as a
member.
Ware challenged the constitu-
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-04
BLAZING PLANE KILLS
OFFICER, 8 ARE SAVED

cording to a telephone message
received here.
Lieut.. Ernest G. Schmit lost his
life when. his parachute failed to
open. Lieut.. James M. Gillespie,
in command of the plane, and
Sergts. Robert A. Bremen and
Henry T. Skaggs made successful
descents from an attitude of 500
feet landing safely.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-04

Enactment of pending legisla-
ton protecting newspapermen
from being jailed for refusing to
divulge sources of information is
urged editorially in the Clarendon
(Va.l Chronicle, edited by Gran.
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The robbers told Mrs. Ulm tina
she would not be bothered if she
made no outcry. After pocketing
all of the money from the register
the thugs left and ran down an
alley.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-04
SANDBERG TESTIFIES
BEFORE GRAND JURY;
U.S.. AGENT CALLED IN

The thumb print on the gun which killed
Detective Sergt. Arthur B. Scrivener is not
that of Lieut.. Edward j. Kelly.
This was the word brought to the Grand
Jury today by Sergt. Fred Sandbrg finger
print expert of the Police Department.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-12-04

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Dec. 4
1.N.SD One Army officer was
killed and another officer AND
two enlisted men escaped injured
by leaping in their parachutes
shortly before noon today when a
Curtiss twin-motored plane from
Langley Field. Va. burst into
flames over Goodwater. Ala, &C
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FULLER DARES COP.
FOES TO SQUELCH HIM

United States Senator to succeed
Senator Frederick H. Gillett, who
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