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The Washington times., 1929-11-14
IS
|. BY CAPPE R

In order to prevent The jailing
of newspapermen who refuse to
become shoppers, Senator Arthur
Capper Of Kansas today intro
duced in the Senate . bill ex-
empting newspapermen from tes-
tifying with respect to the sources
Of confidential information.
The measure would prevent, it
is believed, q recurrence OF the
episode in which three reporters
for The washington Times we're
sent to jail because Of their re
fusal to disclose to the District
Grand Jury the sources of their
information about speakeasies.
The text Of the Capper rlea.
sure follows: 81
THAT I'm prOceedings III any
court Of the Dissfict ~ CpllIlsl-
bia or hefnre either house IL
Congress Or any COMMITTEES
thereof, or any Joint cO1nmittee
Of the Congress, no reporter.
editor or publisher connected
with any newspaper Published
in the District OF Columbia
shall be compelled 10 discI0se
the source Of any information,
confidential in lis nature. OBJ
tanned by him for publication
In such newspaper"
Referred In Cmymmaittee
The bill was referred to the
Senate judiciary Committee. of
which Senator Norris is chair
man. It is expected that it will
receive early attention by that
committee, although no action is
looked for until the convening OF
the regular session Of Congress
December 2.
Senator Capper, in introducing
the bill, acted upon the suggestion
of The Washington Times and
followed out the editorially ex.
pressed wishes Of newspapers
throughout the country.
The editorials, from coast to
coast, had indorsed the stand OF
The Times reporters in refusing
to disclose the sources of their
information. Senator Capper is
familiar with the entire problem
Of newspaper condolences, having
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STOCKS BO D N.
At GOOD NEWS
by JAMES L. KILGALLEN

u
NEW YORK, Nov. ii q.N.S0. (.
stock prices rallied on the New
York Exchange today on the
heels of optimistic overnight de-
velopments. One Of the bullish
factors was the general approval
expressed by business men, bank
erS and brokers of the action Of
the administrator in Washing
ton In announcing a proposal to
reduce corporate and personal
income taxes as a means Of
further strengthening the position
of American business.
Ten Thousand shares of United
States Steel, one of the market
leaders, opened 31a points higher
at 155. Ten thousand shares Of
Union Carbide opened at 64s,
up 49s.
General Electric jumped is
points to 180 in a 5,000-share
transaction. American Can moved
ZIP 14la points to 1001z on a TO-
O007share deal.
The hand of Rockefeller as well
as Morgan was seen in the mar
ket. A block of 10000 shares Of
Standard Oil of New Jersey sold
up 8A points to SO. Late yester-
day, when this stock was declin-
ing, a, bid for sll or any part of
one million shares Of Standard
Of New Jersey at so was made
openly on the Exchange. This
was construed as notice that this
stock would go no lower.
A wave Of profit.taking in the
second hour was well absorbed.
after which the market was in
position TO resume its rally. Call
money 9 per cent.
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TAX GUT LAUDED
d
IN CONGRESS

Congress rallied strongly today
behind the Treasury's proposal to
speedily enact tax reduction to-
taling $16O,OO0,OOO.
The Treasury plan to cut both
corporation and individual income
taxes by resolution for the pres
ent year and 1880 was pronounced
feasible and fair 10 all classes Of
taxpayers by the factional lead
erS.
Representative Hawley tR., Of
(continued on Page 2, Col. ~
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Garage Robbed of $50;
POcketbOOk Van4.heS

Ernest M. Woltz. manager Of
the Seaton Garage, in the 1900
block Bladensburg. Rd. N. E., to-
day told police that thieves en-.
tered the garage last night and
stole $3.50.
A black leather pocketbook con-
tanning 500 and papers was re-
ported stolen from the Western
Union office in the 1900 block
New York Ave. N. W., this morn.
ing
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Jack with him when he left her.
She learned later he was living
in Birmingham, Ala, and. went
there to get the child, returning
with him to Washington.
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Mrs. Carmene Jenkins, 26, $40
Indiana Ave. N. W., the mother,
said she has been estranged from
her husband, Ernest Buford
jenkins for Q year. He took
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Reporters Bill Is Introduced
Hearst Asks Ho0Der
To Take Steps to End
Stock Market Panic

Los ANGELES NoU. II (I.N.S.)-In open letter ia
President Hoover, William Randolph Hearst today called
upon the Chief Executive to take definite aIeOi
ate the conditions caused BY the continued depression
the NeuO York Stock Exchange.
The letter folIOUs:
TO the President Of the United States.
Honored Sir:
The present unwarranted depression in the value Of
sterling securities partly the vicious manipulation
Of and partly the alarm Of the public ct
the sudden unustifiable collapse Of values
Such panics President Wilson said largely matter
Lack Of contagious but the other hand
Is confidence contagious.
reassung action BY the President Of the United States
accompanied by vigorous action in stimulating the leg
mate activities Of the Federal Reserve would do much to
restore the confidence Of the public and make them realize
that the present situation is not disaster but Oppor
thrifty 10 legitimate investment under the most favorable
Your very able and greatly respected Secretary of the
Treasury recently took occasion to say and to say truthuy
that stocks were too high.
stocks low and that sound dividend paying stocks
must eventually return twice their present value
statement from this authoritative would have
great psychological effect and would do much make the
investment public realize the unusual opportunity that Is
offered them.
The people expect as much from you Mr.. President
able an active and experienced business they would
expected from your strenuous predecessor Mr. Roose
velt under similar circumstances
Surely administration could assemble the banking
and financial leaders of the nation and insist that they
operate with the government in revyng confidence and
restoring normal prices
Undoubtedly President Roosevelt would have taken
such vigorous action and the Wall Street leaders would have
known that he earnest and would not have hesitatd
to cooperate with his administration to the utmost
Secretary Mellon, whose department would doubtless
initiate any such action has the full confidence of the fl
nanciai interests and all that the President United
for the sincerity and determination of the Administration
(Sgned) WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST
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We TEE8UWFBW NFe0a'
TWISTED JUSTICE

Whether the Nations Capital
Is wet or dry Is q subject In which
the public naturally is interested.
N6Wsp4uern1en are n the bust-
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GOVERNMENT IN DANCER
FROM RAMPANT VICE,
SENATE IS TOLD

Declaring Washington to be "foul with dis
honesty and corruption" Senator Smith w.
Brookhart of Iowa on the floor of the Senate
today asserted that people throughout the ma
tion are appalled, and bewildered at the fail
ure of Congress to properly govern this small
territory that is in it's trust and charge"
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What Your
Tax Will
Be

Income taxes for the cit
tie fellow will be brought
almost TO the 9anishing point
III COngress adopts the tax
reduction glrOinp forth
by the Treasury IS 3 stabiI-
icing factor in the present
business situation.
The following table shows
the effect of Secretary Mel
Ions proposal on normal net
incomes (ab0ve exemptions
and reductionsl:
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ness Of presenting information
on interesting subjects.
The Washington Times sends
three reporters to verify q 2-year-
(contisusd o. PGss :. Gel -
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GOES
BEFORE
JURY

Ex.policeman Robert. J. Allen.
whose one-man Investigation Of
the Strangulatiol1 September Ia
last Of Virginia Hurley McPher
son brought re-Cpening Of the
case after police and the coro-
ner's jury had adiudged 1t d sui
eide, today was ciOEeted for one
hour and IS minutes with the
Grand Jury which Is making .
second investigation.
Aliens only statement when he
came out was that the Grand
Jury gave him d very liberal
opportunity to tell everything
that he knew and had found out
about the murder.
Anxious to Get Facts
Allen said the present Grand
Jury We're = keenly Intelligent
lot and appeared anxious 10 get
at all the facts Ill tie IA
Ii il understood that his sesti-
naony was practically the same as
he gave before the original Grand
jury.
Policeman Lawrence Bolts. who
was with Allen at the time ne
saw q man on the roof under The
Mcpherson bedroom window, was
waiting to be called.
Howard fTelnpleton. formerly
Of China Grove, NJ. c.. girlhood
home Of the dead woman. was
the first witness called this morn
ing. Mary Roberts, night tele-
phone operator at tine Park Lane
apartment, was the second wit
ness. She was only in a few
minutes and was followed by
Allen.
Other witnesses Ready
other witnesses waiting in the
Grand Jury anteroom this morn.
ing were Mr.. and Mrs. William
Brown, who apparently have
effected a reconciliation; In
spector William s. Shelby. Mr.
and Mrs. Roy Heavrin. Police.
man J. j. Ramsey, Of the First
precinct: Joseph Lewart. a street
car conductor on the Georgia
Avenue line, and Eliot H. Thomp'
son. of the Washington Loan &
Trust Co., who, in his capacity
as a part. time minister OF the
gospel. married the McPherSoI1s.
Nurses Friends Testify
A steady stream Of witnesses
appeared before the Grand Jury
yesterday in the little over three
hours in which it was in session
The jury did not convene until
after IL and adjourned shortly
after 2.
Most important Of yesterdays
witnesses are believed to have
been Martha Berry and Lillian
Conway, nurses, and intimate
friends Of the Mcpherson couple
They are believed to have testified
that Mcpherson was suspicious
and jealous Of his pretty young
wife, and constantly checked hel
movements when she was away
from home. and on one occasion
missed by a scant margin "trySt'
she had with another man,
That his suspicious were sub
stantiated In some instances lee
to arguments between himself
and his wife and finally to theil
estrangement q few days before
she was murdered. is also believed
to have been told to the grand
jurors.
It is also recalled that McPher
son admitted to two newspaper
! (continueI on Page 2, Col. ~
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Police Find No Trail
OF Kidnapped Boy

Somewhere today Jack Jenkins is crying for his mother
but just where he Washington and Baltimore police do not
know. The boy playing in front of home in Baltimore,
where he visiting when automobile stopped at the curb
and darkcomplexoned man eaped out and seized him
The Washington times., 1929-11-14
Gordon Action Called
Twisted Justice

The crppng Of law enforcement by District Attorney
Royers arreachng policy of ang reporters who refuse
to prosecuting witnesses continues ed
tOy by papers throughout the country Some the latest
editorial comment follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
GIRL REMAINS IN COMA.
sister, Hurt in Same Auto Crash

sister, Hurt in Same Auto Crash,
Receivers From Injuries.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG, Va. May 14.-Miss
Elsie Wilkerson, who was hurt early last
week in an automobile accident. re-
mains in an unconscious condition at
hospital here.
A sister. Miss Vivian Wilkerson. who
was hurt in the same accident, practi-
cally has recovered from her hurts.
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RADIO TO DESCRIBE
MIMIC AIR BATTLE
"War Correspondent" Will
Ride in Plane Above Craft
in Cincinnati Attack.

DAYTON, Ohio, May 14-Aerial at
tack on Cincinnati by enemy planes in
the war maneuvers scheduled starting
here tomorrow. will be described by
war correspondent riding in a specially
equipped plane above the combating
planes.
The war correspondent" will be o.
3. Hanson. manager of the plant opera
lions department of the National Broad
casting Co., and his words will be
spoken into a specially constructed
microphone in the plane and broadcast
from 400-kilocycle transmitter aboard
the ship.
They will be picked up by specially
constructed receiver at Station WLW,
Cincinnati, and there re-routed to the
N. B. c. network.
The description of the aerial naneu-
vers will cover the air attack on Gin
cinnati and the defensive tactics OF the
planes assigned to protect the city from
invaders. It is scheduled to start Sat
urday at 2 pm, Eastern standard time.
Plans for bombing New York in
connection with the air manSuvers,
which attack is scheduled for May 81.
also are to be broadcast through similar
arrangements in the metropolis, the
time of broadcasting to be about pm,
Eastern daylight-saving time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, May 1.-THE ease
with which the shield of darkness may
be lulled away and nocturnal troop
movements revealed to enemy cameras
will be shown by demonstrations of
night aerial photography during the
Army's air-ground maneuvers in Gen.
trail and Southwestern Ohio this week
and next
The device, which makes possible
night photography from an airplane by
means Of a flashlight. is more than
3 years old. but has been closely
guarded by the Army while brought to
high degree of efficiency.
Eye Baffled by Speed.
A special camera. its shutter synchro-
nized with a special flashlight appara-
tus. takes the pictures from the plane.
The method of Crchronization and the
chemical compassion of the flashlight
powder are military secrets.
The flash, according to Army officials,
is so quick that it does not register on
the human eye.
BY means of this device, enemy move
mentS of troops and material and &C
tivities around depots and other military
centerS, usually carried on under the
cover of night, may be photographed.
possibly without the enemy being aware
of the picture being taken. 1t is posi-
bic to develop these pictures and drop
them to earth with little parachutes
within 10 minutes.
Great Activity Looms.
With nearly hundred ships due at
Wright Field. Dayton, and Norton Field.
Columbus, yesterday held up by storms
and bad weather, the two fields threat
ened to be the scene of great activity
should all the scheduled units arrive
today.
Orders state that all units are to be
at their stations by tonight. A few
hours of grace is allowed, however. by
the fact that the air phase of the
maneuvers is not scheduled to start
until May Is.
The 18th Bombardment Squadron,
Rockwell Field, Calf; 10th Observa-
ton Squadron, Fort Riley. Kans. and
lst Pursuit Group and 18th Observation
Squadron, both of Selfridge Field, as
well as students and instructors of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
SPECIAL GRAND JURY
CALLED IN ARLINGTON
Judge Smith Seeks to Clear Grim
inal Docket Before June
Term Opens.
By staff Correspondent of The Star.

By STAFF Correspondent OF The Star.
ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE. Va, May 14.-Judge Howard
w. Smith today called a special grand
jury to consider indictments of persons
who have been arrested for criminal Of
lenses since the regular grand jury
convened at the beginning of this term
of court.
Meeting this morning, the grand jury
was to consider 10 cases. of them
being against the five youths from Far
Rockaway. N. Y. who were arrested
Sunday by c. E. Kennedy, special agent
of the r. r. & p Railroad, who claims
they were attempting to break into
freight car in Potomac yards.
Judge Smith has announced that he
wishes to entirely clear the criminal
docket at this term so that the June
term may be shortened as much rs pos
gible,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
SMITH BECOMES SACHEM.

NEW YORK, May IA GP).--Former
Gov. Alfred E Smith was installed last
night at Tammany Hall as one OF the
Is Sachems of the society.
John F. Curry, recently elected leader
OF Tammany, in presenting Mr.. Smith
for installation, said: IT have the honor
and take particular pride in presenting
to you for installation sachem who
has been duly reelected to that Office
for the ensuing year; distinguished
citizen who sheds Mster on his party,
brings glory to our city and bestows
honor on our society"
George W. Olvany, resigned Tam
many chieftain, also was installed as
xachem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14

proximately S4,oO0,Ooo to meet new
capital expenditures, including items
for a retirement fund for professional
Scout leaders. for working capital in
commercial activities, and 100000 for
the establishment OF a school for train
ing Scout leaders.
The silver buffalo, the highest award
of the Scout organization, was awarded
to six men for distinguished service to
boyhood" Among those receiving the
award were Calvin Coolidge, honorary
vice president of the Boy Scouts;
Comdr. Richard E. Byrd, Wilbert E.
Longfellow of the American Red Cross,
DR.. John H. Finley. editor OF the New
York Times; Howard r. Gillette, for
mer president of the Chicago Scout
Council. and DR.. Charles D. Hart, ac-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
HIGH SPEED CAMERAS TO PIERCE
DARKNESS IN AERIAL MANEUVERS
Night Photography From Plane by Using
Secret Flash Compound to Be Shown
In Ohio Mimic War.

Tactical School, Langley Field, Va, are
to be at Norton Field.
The control staff. Boiling Field,
Washington. D. c.; 95th Pursuit Squad
ron, Rockwell Field; Sd Attack Group,
Fort Crockett, Tex: 9th Observation
Group, Mitchell Field. N. Y: I'd Bonn
bardment Group. Langley Field, and
detachment of the Tactical School are
to be at Wright Field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
GALES REMAINS SILENT.
Public Statement About Future
Plans Fails to Materialize.

MEXICO CITY, May Il CP.-The
expected public statement of Gen.
Plutarco Elias Gales as to his plans
for the future has not materialized.
Late last evening the foreign cor
respondents called upon him at his
house near Chapultepec Castle. The
correspondents we're told that the
former President and minister of war
had nothing to say" and that any
announcement would have to come
from President Emilio Portes Gil
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-14
Fever Quarantine Closes Schools.

WINSTON, Mo-, May IA P).-With
more than a third of the students of the
Consolidated School here Ill with ty-
phoid fever yesterday, the entire town
has been placed under strict quarantine.
All schools were closed for the re-
mainder of the term and public gather
inrs are forbidden
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SCOUTS PLAN CAMPAIGN
FOR $4,000, 900 FUND

Silver Buffalo Awarded to
Coolidge and Byrd.
BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE National
Council of Boy Scouts Of America at
the annual meeting here yesterday au-
thorized a campaign for $4,000. 900
fund designed to care for the adoption
of a new program involving enlarge
ment of the organizations activities.
The plan calls for the use Of ap-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-17
A Summer Warning,

The news story of the local resident
who went away on a days outing, to
return in the evening to find his home
on fire from an electric iron which had
been left on, should carry q warning
to every reader.
No one means to leave gas heaters
lighted, or electric lights turned on, or
water boiling on the gas range, but the
fact is that these things are done scores
Of time every Summer.
Often the oversight Is thought Of by
some one in the party, and often the car
must turn around and many miles be
retraced to turn of the gas or attend
to some other such thing which should
have been done before.
Inconvenience, however, IS the small
est factor. Real danger to property.
especially from fire, results from such
carelessness. In the hurry and hustle
of a departure 1t is easy to forget. No
one Is to be blamed-but it is not a case
of blame.
IL u - CooS VI 4OICt1AOuS1ts
How much more pleasant vacation is
II the househo!derS concerned never
have to spend a second worrying over
something which they fear they had
left undone at home!
An excellent method of being sure
that everything is all right is mentally
to check over all lights, electric fixtures,
gas appliances and spigots before leav-
ing the house.
If there is the slightest doubt in any
ones mind, as the list is gone over, an
inspection should be made. There is
no situation In which "haste makes
waste" more than this. A little FORE
thought will not only insure a care
free vacation, but may save great deal
Of money and sorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-17
Teachers of Nation
Have Difficult Task

From the San Francisco Bulletin.
A paragraph from the code OF ethics
adopted this week by the National Edu-
cation Association, meeting in Atlanta,
contained the following sentence: "A
teachers own life should show that
education does enough"
At another convention IN Chicago the
American Federation of Teachers opened
a nationwide campaign to safeguard
personal liberty rights. obtain higher
wages and lift restrictions that obtain
to certain States. 1t was declared at
this conference that there is no group
50 restricted as To It's personal liberty aS
teachers
In Iowa card-playing and dancing are
banned among teachers: In Nor.n
Carolina the teachers curfew rings ear
lier than the children's bedtime bell.
In some cities teachers must wear
smocks that reach the floor. In still
other cities. including San Francisco,
the margin between minimum and max
mum salaries Is SO small the incentive
to accept teaching as life profession
is leSSened.
The teachers should gain wide sup
port for their campaign, for every one
must admit that an underpaid teacher
hemmed in by bans and restrictions will
find 1t very difficult to show by his or
her own life that Education doesi
enough"