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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

It is also believed the agents showed
him several photographs, but whether
he identified them was not divulged.
A taxicab driver who was a visitor
at the Gauthey home on the night OF
September IL told a Star reporter that
he had been to the place on several
occasions and was unable to remember
whether a woman who reSembled MRS.
Mcpherson was there that particular
night.
This man was sure he had seen a
strange man and woman at the Gauthey
home one night. He believed, however,
that this woman did not fit the descrip-
ton of Mrs. Mcpherson. He insisted he
never had seen Mrs. Mcpherson to his
knowledge.
On the night in question, the taxicab
driver declared he was in the Gauthey
home from 10 o'clock pm. until l am.
He said he went there In company with
two friends, one Of them q man and the
other woman. He declared the man
had left since that time to work In Cali
fornia. The woman still lives in WASH
ington and was questioned by the police
The woman could not be located at
the address supplied by the taxicab
"T'd give $500 If I never had been
connected with this case in any way,
the taxicab driver said. When ques-
toned about the people he saw at the
Gauthey home the man picked UP a
wrench and brandished 1t In threat
ening manner.
I'm innocent and I don't intend to
let you tie me up," he shouted
The girl named by the cab driver as
having been with him on his visit to
the Gauthey home Is said to have ar
ranged q reconciliation with her hus-
band last night and to have gone to
his home to live. She had lived alone
a mystery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
POLICEMAN BEAT
HER, WOMAN SAYS
Claims Officers Blow Trying
to Arrest Her Cost
Sight of Left Eye.

Maj. Henry G. Pratt, superintendent
Of police, has instructed Inspector AL
bert Headley to be present at Police
Court tomorrow morning to hear the
case of Ada Wheeler. colored, 80, Of
1928 Vermont avenue, to determine
whether the charge Of assault which
the woman threatened to prefer against
Oficer A. E. Fredette of the second
precinct contains evidence sufficient to
summon the officer before the Trial
Board.
The woman charges, through her at
torney, Harry Dyson, that the officer
struck her In the left eye with his
baton during q scuffle at the Third and
street patrol box and that she SUBJ
sequently lost the sight of the eye. She
claims that she had done nothing In
violation OF the law.
The police report given by Ofiicer
Fredette at his precinct states that last
Sunday afternoon he noticed the wom-
an holding to a lamp-post at Third and
p streets and that she was intoxicated.
He says that after placing her under
arrest the woman made an effort to
free herself and that he was forced to
give his patrol box key TO a bystander
and request that he open the box. The
woman kicked at the lower part of his
body and started sticking him in the
face"
He says he was compelled to use his
baton on the woman in order to sub
due her, causing, his report says, abra-
sionS to the side of Der face.
The police report continues that the
woman was taken to Freedman's Hos
pital and treated by DR.. M. c. McShain
of the staff and later was returned to
the precinct and subsequently to the
District Jail, where she now awaits trial
on the charges of drunkenness and as
sault booked against her at the precinct.
DR.. McShain said today that he de-
tected no odor of liquor on the woman's
breath and that as far as he could de-
termine she showed no signs of intoxi-
cation. He said that he thought the
woman should be hospitalized, but fol-
lowing an examination by other ply
sicians at the hospital he allowed her
to return to the precinct. He said the
only blow he noticed on her face was
the one to her right eye. He said he
was unable to determine whether the
sight was impaired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
TRADE BODY TO STUDY
STATES UTILITY LAWS
Traffic Committee Pushes Drive
for Act Making Taxi Owners
Financially Responsible.

An investigation of the laws Of other
States affecting public service companies
with a view to the formulation of a bill
making taXicab companies and indi-
vidual owners of cabs financially re-
sponsible in case of accident, was au
thorized yesterday by the traffic COM
mittee of the Washington Board of
Trade.
A subcommittee, consisting of Col
A. M Barber, manager Of the transpor-
tatton division of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, and Maj. L. C.
Crawford, was appointed TO make the
survey.
The committee also will undertake a
study Of automobile title and theft laws.
A bill drafted by Representative Zihl-
man of Maryland and measure advo-
Gated by Director Of Traffic William H.
Harland will be compared and analysed.
George Ofutt chairman, presided at
the meeting, which was held in the
Offices of the board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
MARION OFFICERS
FREED OF MURDER
States Attorney Accepts
Non-suit in Case Against
Deputies.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MARION, N. c., october 8.-Murder
charges against three sheriff's deputies
growing out of the killing of five strik-
ers in a riot at the Marion Manufac-
turing Co.'S plant today were dismissed
after the States attorney announced
that he had accepted a non-suit In
their cases.
Gov. Gardner's statement of last
night that he had no authority to ap-
point a commission to study labor
troubles at Marion and in other parts
Of the State was regarded by labor
leaders here as meaning that such dis
putes would not be given official atten-
ton unless they resulted In violence
that would bring them into the realm
Of the courts.
Judge Harding, who Is sitting as a
committing magistrate on orders from
Gov. Gardner, recalled 8. G. L. Moody,
q strike sympathizer, to the stand for
cross-examination.
This examination brought out that
Moody had been under indictment on
various charges six or eight times"
The last time he was in court, Moody
said, was for Shaping down his daugh-
ter" Four or five months ago, he tes-
titled, he had been indicted for shoot
AlB HldH I1C OAHU tIAdI IlC was q
union member. but not textile worker.
Fred Noblitt, one Of those wounded
in the early morning fight, testified that
he had seen Sheriff c. F.. Adkins, A. F.
Hunt, mill superintendent; Jim Owens
a deputy sheriff, and several other
deputies firing.
did you hear the sheriff say any
thing?" he was asked.
Well, the sheriff told the strikers to
get back" he replied.
did they?"
mo. I can't say they did" Noblitt
replied. On cross-examination he said
that he had not worked at the mill
since previous strike in July.
Wednesdays shooting occurred after
an unexpected strike had been called
by the night shift and the mill picketed
by members of the night shift to pre-
vent day workers from going to work
Strikers claimed that an agreement set
Ting a previous strike had been broken
by the mill owners. which statement the
mill owners have denied.
Noblitt said that he had been slightly
wounded by q bullet fired at him by
Charlie Tate. a deputy sheriff He said
he had seen no firearms among the
strikers and only one stick.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
ssInprisoned" Jury
For Trial of Fall
Stays Under Lock
Government Guards q
Women and 8 Men Who
Will Decide Oil Case.

Denied contact with families and
friends. the four women and eight men
jurors in the trial Of Albert b. Fall,
former Secretary Of the Interior. are
spending their leisure and sleeping
hours under lock and key at the Metro
politan Hotel.
Every morning about GAS o'clock and
every afternoon at 8 o'clock during
will saunter to and from the Court
house, q distance Of about four blocks.
Those brief moments and the few hours
In court each day constitute their only
contact with the outside world during
the duration Of the trial.
Three Of the jurors are married
women, one Q gray-haired housewife Of
50, who seldom has left her family over
night The fourth Is pretty blonde
stenographer. who volunteered to render
her first public service as juror. They
are under the charge Of Mrs. Maude B.
Ferris, q deputy United States marshal.
The eight men. including one colored
man. who is used to being constantly
road dining car walter, are under the
charge of two other deputies, James S.
Mccarthy and w. B. Denham.
Uncle Sam. their ofilcial host during
the next few weeks, will be as hos
pitable as possible to these prisoners
of hope" but he isn't going to take any
chance Of another mistrial as during the
trial of the Teapot Dome oil case, when
the jurors were given their freedom.
Every possible precautionary measure is
being taken now.
Telephones In the Jurors rooms are
plugged up; their mails and newspapers
are censored; the doors to their quarters
locked. One key, which bangles from
the key ring Of a deputy marshal in
charge, fits all the locks.
During leisure hours the jurors kill
time by playing cards, smoking and
reading. They went to the hotel yes
terday afternoon for the first time, well
supplied by the deputies with chewing
gum, cigarettes, magazines and cards.
prepared to make the most Of their
temporary incarceration.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
M'NAB LAYING PLANS
FOR new DRY STATUTE
Restoration of Federal Court Dig
nifty Called staggering"
Task.
BY the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, October 8.--John
L. McNab, San Francisco attorney, re-
turned from Washington yesterday with
the announcement that he was about to
begin drafting legislation for better pro-
hibition enforcement and relief OF Fed
eral court congestion.
McNab was chosen by President
Hoover to plan statute to take admin
istrative machinery of prohibition en-
forcement from the Treasury Depart
ment and place 1t under the jurisdic-
ton of the Department of Justice.
1.-THE staggering part of the task that
President Hoover has asked me to url-
dertake is that of restoring the Federal
courts to their former position Of re-
spect in the eyes of the people Of the
United States" said McNab.
prohibition has brought into the
Federal courts tremendous number Of
cheap misdemeanor cases that have re-
duced the dignity Of these high tribunals
to the common level of police courts.
To correct this evil we shall have to
brir~ more judges into crowded dis
trictS or increase the number and pow
ers Of Federal commissioners, or create
an inferior Federal court, or do all
three"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
JAPANESE FIND
OLD GRAVE MOUNDS
Tombs, 1900 Years Old Unearthed
in Village-Face Is Carved
on Stone.

TOXIC Especially. - Large grave
mounds which are said to be the Oldest
on the Island Of Kiushiu, Japan, are
reported to have been discovered In the
village Of Jido. Others, found stimuli
taneously are said to be 1900 years
old, the age having been proved by
weapons, earthen tools and other i'm
elements inferred with the cofnns, &C
cording to the jill Shimpo.
study of the two graves found In
Kyushu has been under the supervision
of DR.. Hori. The larger was 8 feet long,
feet wide and IL feet high, the smaller
o. feet. The larger contained relics,
but the smaller had only human re-
mains.
outside the larger mound there was
a natural stone plate foot and Z inches
long and inches wide and inches
thick. with human face carved on its
surface, while In the interior was q
nodded image of the human face. These
figures of human faces are rare dis
coveries In Japan.
ON the western side Of the excava-
ton were found two more knives and
crude spinning wheel, while In the In
terror of the grave were plates, cups
and other vessels making up a set for
a feast. Articles resembling earrings
also were found.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
ENVOY PRESENTS PUPILS
ALBUMS TO RED CROSS
Colombian Minister Praises Relief
Agency in Gesture Of Inter
national Fellowship.

Accomplishments Of the Red Cross
were praised today by DR.. Enrique
Olaya, Minister of Colombia, in pre-
senting to the American Red Cross five
Junior Red Cross albums prepared by
the students of a school In Bogota. Co
lombia. The exercises were held IN
the patio Of the Pan-American Union
Building.
The Minister declared the Bogota
students sent the gift Ito their COM
rades in the various schools OF the
United States as a token OF comrade.
ship and friendship and Is a symbol OF
the solidarity in which they are united
by the high ideals which the Red Cross
pursues, ideals to which the American
Junior Red Cross makes most i'm
portant contribution. sowing the seeds
of brotherhood, Of good understanding,
of admiration and Of courage In the
alienation of human suffering wherever
it Is found"
Judge John Barton Payne, national
director Of the American Red Gross, in
accepting the books, asserted they Gig
nified 1.-The eyenness of the Red Cross
throughout the world"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
WEATHER
FORSER|ESOPENER
So 900 viii Witness Athletics
Return to Chicago After
Nineteen Years.
CONTINUED From First Page)

fouled down the leftfield line for an
other A wide one followed. whereupon
Jimmy cracked a single between Eng
lish and Mcmillan. sending Foxx to
second. With the hit and run attempt
ed. Boley fouled for strike one. A foul
for the second strike followed wide
one. Boley then drilled into a double
play. English getting his bounder and
forcing Dykes with a toss to Hornsby.
who threw the ball to Grimm at first.
No runs.
CHICAGo-Cuyler missed with two
swings. Three straight balls followed
before Cuyler vas set down on strikes,
also swinging at hte third. With a
count Of three and two Stephenson was
victimized when Ehmke clipped an out
side corner for the third strike. Grimm
socked the first ball to center for sim
gle. Taylor was retired on three pitched
balls. popping to Foxx on the last ball.
No. runs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
WORRIED OVER HEALTH,
DECORATOR SHOOTS SELF

Leaving a note in which he told Of
his Ill health and his despair Of ever
recovering, Joseph Warren Williamson,
Cougar interior decorator, put a
pistol in his mouth and shot himself to
death early this morning in the kitchen
Of his home, at 614 E street northeast,
the police reported.
Williamson had arisen earlier than
other members Of his family. His wife
heard the shot and called to her son.
Harry E. Williamson, who went into
the kitchen and discovered the body.
The Casualty Hospital ambulance was
summoned and Williamson was pro-
nounced dead by DR.. Philip A. Stebbln
of the hospital staff. Coroner J. Ram
say hewitt was notified and later issued
a certificate of suicide in the case.
The death was investigated by both
ninth precinct policemen and head
quarters detectives.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
PLANES ON TOUR
REACH new YORK
Only One Of AZ Participating
Ships Absent at. Roose- :
welt Field.
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
ROOSEVELT FIELD, N. Y, October
8-Forty-two planes, participating in
the national air tour, began dropping
down on this field from Springfield,
Mass. shortly after IL o'clock this
morning. being tagged in at one-minute
intervals
Within Al minutes Al planes had
alighted, the last of these being the
Wright tri-motor The only one still TO
come was the Spartan. which got be-
hind yesterday and did not leave with
the others from Springfield this morn
ing. It was expected to catch up. how,
ever. before the scheduled 2 o'clock
take-off for Philadelphia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
18TH STREET SALES RECORDS r {
GIVE BASIS FOR PROTESTS
Survey Reveals Volume of Transaction.
Numerically Low-Prices, However,
Largely Support Assessor.
teenth sseet Ths fourth article ,Oi appear tomorrow
BY DON S. WARREN.

and cannot sell houses at reasonable figures
residential location
of nearby commercial areas"
Sixteenth
peng relief through proposed change Of the coming of the Sixteenth
residential hrst commercial
Some even declared impossible get
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
Quake Felt in Maine.

LEWISTON, Me, october 8 (P).-Two
distinct earth tremors were felt and
heard here today. The first was at 7:20
am, and lasted two seconds, with the
second following 10 minutes later. Both
were accompanied by low rumble. No
damage was reported
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
STILLMAN is SAFE.
New York Banker TO Return From
Trip Tomorrow.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, October 8 (P).
james A. Stillman, New York banker
reported missing on hunting trip, will
arrive here today by boat, Pilot Joe
Crosson said yesterday upon his return
from a flight up the Skwentna River,
where he landed and visited Stillman.
The banker had been delayed In his
trip down the river. He was expected
to arrive here Saturday after several
weeks Of hunting.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

For agricultural purposes 9 tractor
duces It's own fuel gas from charcoal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

Australia's new amusement tax is
meeting with strong opposition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

Continued From First Page.)
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ROBERTS LAUNCHES
FALL PROSECUTION;
DEFENSE COUNTERS

CONTINUED From First Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
JUSTICE AGENTS
REPORT PROGRESS"
IN MCPHERSON CASE

Continued From First Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08

what bald. I should say he was about
80 years old. about feet inches tall
and that he weighed about lao or $50
pounds"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-08
Corroborates Gauthey.

Gauthey said he felt sure he would
be able to recognize. II he saw them
again, both the man who accompanied
the woman he believes is Mrs. McPher-
son and the car he drove. He was
taken to the Department Of Justice last
night, where he remained for about five
hours. II is believed he retold his story
SO q stenographic record could be made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
Find Nitroglycerin
I'm Bottle Taken
On Rough Joyride
Police Tell Drug Store
Employe He Is Lucky
to Be. All Together.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, August 20.-The little
bottle w. B. Martin was carrying on
the hip Sunday night was potential
dynamite. Still, it looked innocent
enough.
He found it in the basement of the
drug store where he works. He put it
in his pocket and went for an automo-
bile ride.
The contents of ths bottle got a
thorough shaking, for, with all respect
to the department of streets and alleys,
some of the city's thoroughfares are
not everything they might be.
Riding fIther and thither, Martin
casually bethtHlght himself of the bottle.
What might IL contain? OF sudden
there came paralyzing thought. Per-
spiration beaded his brow. He drove
cautiously to police station, where the
sergeant took quick glance and doused
the bottle in water.
81 congratulate you," the sergeant
told Martin, lin being able to be up and
about. At rough estimate there is in
that bottle en- ough nitroglycerin to
render you, should say, virtually
extinct"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
HUSBAND SEEKING
S25Q,ODO AL|MONY
White Mate of Wealthy Indian
Woman Charges Her
With Cruelty.
BY the Associated Press.


MIAMI, Okla, August 20.-Mrs. Anna
Beaver Bear Hallam, said to be the
weafthiess 1oman of the Quapaw Indian
tribe, mas been sued for divorce and
$25O,000 alimony by her third husband,
r. L. Hallam. white man. Hallam al
legged his wife beat him while he was
asleep and on one occasion attacked
him with a revolver.
In his petition Hallam listed his
wife's property as including $650,000 in
cash, which is held in trust by the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, and enough
real estate in Miami and Ottawa
County, Okla, to make her wealth total
more than $1,000,000. The petition also
stated Mrs. Hallam has monthly in
come of $4,000 from lead and zinc ore
royalties and Is one of the principal
heirs of Mrs. John Beaver, another
wealthy Quapaw woman.
Hallam also seeks the custody Of
Roberta Hallam, 3, now in the care of
Mrs. H. K. Miller of Fairland
Mrs. Hallam had previously sued her
husband for divorce, but at her re-
quest the case was dismissed before it
went to trial. They were married in
Albuquerque, N. Mex. in 1924.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20

l The Frigidaire Gold Control
:. which speeds the freezing
Office cubes and makes possible
dozens Of new desserts.
. Beautiful cabinets .. per-
fectly proportioned with
all mechanism completely con-
cealed yet easily accessible.
3 Food sbelVes at O. convenient
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
RAILWAY WILL PASS
OVER QUICKSANDS
Transcontinental Line Being Con-
structed Across Central Australian
Desert From North to South.

SYDNEY (P).-Across the sandy
wastes of Central Australia there
is being built second transcontinental
railway, the North-South connecting
Darwin, in the Far North with Adelaide,
the capital of South Australia. The
East-West transcontinental has been
in operation for some years.
On level country the whole way, con-
struction work on the North-South lines
has been comparatively easy. One of
the most difficult jobs was the brldg-
ing of the Aljibukina Creek over a mile
sandy river, was dreaded by teamsters
and formed serious obstruction to the
construction of the overland telegraph
line.
A similar dry river, which the railway
engineers have had to bridge, Is the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20

Alberga. The rail track crosses three
other so-called rivers-the Hamilton, the
Stephenson and the Finke. These
ordinarily are great beds Of white glis-
tening sand. In q heavy, wet season,
Enormous volumes Of water come down,
hold the sand for q time In suspension,
and move vast masses Of it about. The
water sinks so quickly that few hours
after storm no water Is visible. but in
places quicksands remain for days.
Cattle, horses, camelS and smaller
stock, have disappeared in these sands.
Bores have shown over 100 feet Of sand
in places, with fresh water below.
Oodnadatta, the base from which
the construction work Is proceeding
northwards across Central Australia, is
a lonely township on . treeless, lfeless
plain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
Miners Union BUYS Temple.

BELLEAIRE, Ohio, August 20 (Pl.-
United Mine Workers of America yes
terday purchased the Miners Temple
here, built by the miners of the fifth
Subdistrict, for $l21 ,375, or $1,375 more
than the appraised value of the struc-
ture. The building was constructed at
a cost of 100000 and was sold at
public auction. following lengthy litiga-
ton in the courts. A group of local
men submitted bid of $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
RECALLS DEPORTATION.
Man Sent From Canada Notified at
Sea He Can Return.

NEW YORK, August 20 (P.-Abra-
ham Rabinovitch, 81, who sailed last
Thursday on the liner France, has been
informed by wireless that ut was all q
mistake" and that he may return to
Canada, whence he was deported.
Rabinovitch before he sailed said
over and over that he did not know
why he was being deported. He had
entered Canada legally, he said, and
had recently applied for permission to
enter the United States to take a
scientific course ut the University Of
Michigan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20

6 Qsiet operation. you don't
hear it start, stop, or run.
z New IoaO prices made
possible by overwhelming
popularity and quantity pro-
duction.
8 Liberal GeneralMOtors terms
:. enable it to pay for itself
while you are paying for 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-08-20
Distribute LIQUOR Profits.

VICTORIA, British Columbia, August
20 R.-The provincial government has
announced the distribution Of liquor
profits amounting to $6S2,9ls.48, cover
ing the six-month period ended March
81, 1929. among 70 municipalities.
The distribution was based on the
largest returns from liquor profits yet
obtained. For the corresponding period
last year the distribution amounted to
$3.50, 1889.