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The Washington times., 1929-01-22

The present move was deemed,
necessary when 1t was found that
the woman had apparently disap-
peared from her home and left no
trace Of her whereabouts.
The service of the summons win
either bring her to the office in
order that the investigation may
proceed or viii disclose her present
whereabouts.
IsIantOn Shuns Answer
1t was rumored when the charges
were first turned over to the Dis
trict Attorneys office for investiga.
tlon that the woman had gone to
Texas to the home Of Representative
Blanton to air her charges before
the fiery iIlq1isitor, who has flair
for police investiga atoms.
Acting In that belief, Collins Wlreo
Blanton for information as 70 Wnen
he would return and for conflrI1a
ton OF the story that Mrs Stay
inclv was in Abilene Yesterday.
rsolIins announced that Blanton had
not answered the telegram.
AZ Blanton's office it was re-
vealed that he was probably out on
hts ranch several miles beyond con-
verient communication attending
members OF his family who are Ill.
The investigation is at a stand.
stiu and will be until Blanton and
Mrs. BlayIock return, Collins re.
vealed yesterday.
Turns Over King
Meantime. Collins has had an
appraisal made OF the ring which
the complainant turned over TO
Representative Gibson, who in turn
turned 1t over to the Bureau OF
efficiency. !.
This ring, Mrs Blaylock told
Mr.. Gibson was given to her by
tl1e police captain. who told her
that he had taken 1t in. q raid
Y.ater. she claimed, the police cap
tain had asked for the return of
the ring. saying that. he needed it.
The ring is double cluster dia-
naana in a white gold setting val
ned at not more than $12S, it Is
said.
The significance Of the trip TO
Texas the palnnist Is believed to
have made Is not only for assis.
lance she expects to obtain from
Mr. Blanton, but because OF her
apparent reluctance to air her
grievances In washington.
III has been said that she com.
blamed Of intimidation and threats
on the part Of police officials and
also has declared that she feared
che police captain wife.
The Washington times., 1929-01-22

No. precinct station house is
nearing it's fiftieth year, having been
built and opened ''for business in
1880. 1t is located in Twelfth street
near ID.
According to legends in the Police
Department, the first prisoner to be
locked mp in It's then brand-new
cells was the precinct janitor, who.
the legend says, was found to have
stolen some bonds belonging to a
man who had been a prisoner about
. year before in the old First pre-.
cihct in Tenth Street. Just as the
actual job of moving was completed.
detectives at headquarters found one
ef the missing bonds and traced it
The Washington times., 1929-01-22
Murder Charge Is Placed
Against Death Car Driver

A charge of murder has been
placed against Charles N. Whalley,
is, Of the 400 block Of NJ ST. N.
w. the only survivor of the fatal
automobile crash near Clarendon.
Va, Saturday night in which his
two companions were killed.
Whalley has been held in the
Arlington county jail since the &C.
cident. The car In which they
were riding Is said by police to
have been stolen. The charge entered
against him is that Of ''unlawfully
and feloniously killing Daniel Yves.
ION and Francis Slaughter" He
denied the charge last night
through his attorney, Capt. Gran.
dal Mackey He win be given q
preliminary hearing Saturday.
The Washington times., 1929-01-22
No Graft in Department,
Mrs. Van Wrinkle Ayows

There is no graft in the Police
Department, Z Lieut.. Nina G. Van
Wrinkle, OF the Women's Bureau
told the Lincoln Park Citizens As
ISOLATION last night in Bryant
school
Lieutenant Van Wrinkle outlinel
the work Of her bureau. The Com.
1alinity Chest was represented by
q. II. Jones. and II, A. Chapman,
president Of the Fire Fighters Asso-
ciatiOn, spoke on the need OF obey
ing fire signals.
The Washington times., 1929-01-22
HIS not jewish
SIGN EXPLAINED.

J. G. Picard, proprietor Of store
in the 100 block OF North Capitol
St. became very tired of having Gus
toners come in and try to talk his
prices down and asking him. he
says, If he wasn't Jew.
So, to forestall further such cues
lions and practices. he hung sign,
written in q bold hand and with
blue crayoil. reading:
This store is not Jewish"
The sign attracted considerable at
tention and when Picard was asked
to explain 1t, he gave the foregoing
explanation. There is no race preju-
dice behind it, he said, but added
that a Jewish competitor in the same
block sis very ambitious and is do.
ing 4 good business"
Picard is native Of France.
The Washington times., 1929-01-22
Former Grand Juror
Accused Of Rum Driving

Edwin G. Crouch. formerly mem.
Der Of the special grand jury that
investigated the conditions at the
District Workhouse at Oecoquan,
Va, December 6. was indicted
yesterday at Fairfax, Va. for driv-
ing an. automobile while under the
influence of intoxicants.
This was the outcome of his
arrest while returning from Deco.
guam that night. Hearing on the
case has been set for February s,
before Judge Howard w. smith.
in Circuit Court at Fairfax.
The Washington times., 1929-01-22
9g45.4&74 staff Photo
NO. sss- NO. / POLICE PRECINCT

ito the janitor, who was promptly
locked up,
In he building are the records
dating back to September IL. 1851
the time that the Metropolitan Police
Of the District Of Columbia was or.
ganized as such. In these old records
are the precincts stories of many Of
washington old-time crimes. Also
are listed runaway slaves. who were
booked by their given name and
the name of their master. The
charge was usually slave out after
hours
The precinct is scheduled to pass
into history before long. as the
Federal building program calls for
modern building on the entire
square in which the precinct now
occupies a small part.
The Washington times., 1929-01-22
Z MEMBERS
To PUSH
FIGHT

Two Democratic members OF
the District subcommittee of
the House Appropriations
Committee are expected to be
conspicuous in debate, when
the District appropriation bill
is called up for consideration
in the House, today.
one OF the Democratic duo Is
Representative John J. Casey Of
Pennsylvania. He win fight for
restoration to the bin of an item
al. $165, 900 for increases in salary
to employees Of the District govern.
ment.
The other is Representative An.
thoay j. Griffin, Of New York,
leader of a battle for a more liberal
contribution by the Federal govern
ment to the District budget, The
pending bill carries the $9.OOO,oOo
lump SUM contribution.
starts Big Fight
Casey began his campaign IN an
executive session OF the full appro-
priations committee yesterday be-
fore the bill was reported out to the
House. The Pennsylvanian's plea
was defeated by the committee, and
NJ announced his intention Of carry
ing the fight to the House floor:
The sum WHICH Casey seeks Is " -"
latter half of an appropriation made
~ CONGRESS la. ar for the pur-
nose of more nearly equalizing the
Salaries of District and Federal EN-
pIoyes.
CONGRESS estimated that approx
matelv $4,000 was needed to bring
the District workers up to the feVet
Of he departmental employees. ana
voted to expend the sum over two
years. appropriating $4,000 for the
fisc.l year of 1929.
Later. the WEIGH act was made
law, and all District WORKERS Ie
ceived d step-up in 49, Major
DanieI J. Donovan, District AUDITOR,
told the subcommittee during the
hearings, that slightly more than
SO per cent of the District employees
received the benefits of the CON
gressional appropriation, exclusive
Of the operation of the WEIGH Act.
Loses Out in Speech
Casey now contends that the
employees not 30 benefited should
receive their share of the $1S5,00O,
whether they have received step
ups under the WEIGH act or not,
in order that the pledge OF Con-
gress might be fulfilled ana the
pay increases equitably. distributes.
The subcommittee, however, LOOK
the stand that the WEIGH Act made
ample provision for giving District
workers living wage.
They pointed to the fact that the
Budget Bureau held the same
opinion, as that office struck out
the $165 900 item from the Commits
sianers' original estimates.
Casey attempted to get permits
sion to speak when the District
bill was reported out, but failed
to get the eye of Speaker Nicho.
las LongWorth, and shortly there,
after LETT the House chamber.
At his offices yesterday. Casey
declared the subcommittee had
broken faith with the people Of
the District" and announced his
intention Of keeping the issue alive
during debate on the bill.
Representative Griffin Is to at
tack not only the SO 200, 900 lump
sum provision, but will protest
against the action OF the Budget
Bureau in determining the amount
OF District appropriations. He
will ask that more Federal money
be contributed, to pay for schools,
sewers and other improvements.
The Washington times., 1929-01-22
CHUMMERS TO ROMP

ment viii feature the monthly
stag of the City Club Chummers
which will be held at the City
Club tonight. a. well worked out
program has been prepared for
the members attending.
The Washington times., 1929-01-22
-Timen So Photo

Rain Or snow: who cares Il you
buy one of the Used Cars advertised in
today.s Classified SECTION.
The Washington times., 1929-01-22

How Woodrow Wilson proved
- Modern Moses" and led the
Democrats out Of the wilder
ness win be revealed in Sum
days Herald.
The Washington times., 1929-01-22
Summons Issued for
Complaining Seer

Assistant Unified States "A ttorney William H. Collins, M
yestgang the graft charges made by Mrs Helen Blayoc
Seventh street pamst against police captain yesterday
issued subpoena for the fortuneteller appear in his
nFfia md her ha II .5
The Washington times., 1929-01-22
FORUM 10 MEEI

The Center Forum win meet to-
night at $3.50 at the Jewish Com
munity Center.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-08-15
Tainted Meat
Illness Probed

LOS ANGELES, Aug. IA. U.D-An
effort to learn the source of tainted
meat which caused % persons to be
taken to Georgia street police hos
pital after the monthly dinner of
the American War Mothers club,
was made by health officials today,
The % stricken members of the
club and their guests were taken i'll
in various sections of the city.
The first case was that of Mrs.
Mary Huland, who collapsed in a
downtown store. Shortly afterward
the emergency hospital received am
bulance calls from residential dis
tricts as others were affected.
The dinner was prepared by Mrs.
Mary E. Stearn, one of those made
i'll, and was served to 80 persons
1t consisted of veal loaf, hot rolls,
potato salad, tomatoes and eggs and
ice cream. Mrs. Stearn said she
purchased the meat from a high
class butcher shop, from which it is
being traced.
The last of the % patients was re-
moved from Georgia street hospital
Just before midnight last night
Most of them returned to their
| homes, in care of relatives, further
treatment to be given by personal
physicians. Attendants at the police
J hospital said that all were expected
to recover.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-08-15
GOerner Planned to
Kill Girl to Cause
Mother Great Grief

LOS ANGELES Aug. 14.-(UP)-
Antoine F. Goerner, who murdered
Mrs. Ella Carnes because she re-
fused his love and then shot himself,
planned to kill the WomanS daugh~
ter Ruth, 10. to cause the mother
more suffering than her own death,
a search of his room by detectives
disclosed today.
A letter written by Goerner as he
planned his revenge said:
Il am sorry that this has come to
such a miserable ending. didn't
contemplate this course until last
night when you told me you were
without feelings. I know Ruth is
your most cherished possession and
I want to take her with me. May
the loss of Ruth make you old quick
and bring you to an early grave.
Signed Antoine.
On Monday the man went to the
place where Ruth worked and asked
her to go automobile riding Wllh
him. She refused and this probably
saved her life, police said.
Tuesday Goerner went to Mrs.
Carnes' home. shot the woman ano
then committed suicide.
According to word received here,
Goerner was wanted in Ell Centre
on suspicion of killing two men dur
ing a quarrel in Calipatria in 1921
A will in which Goerner left
So, 700 estate to the Orphans home
in San Diego also was found in MS
room
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-08-15
Shook Must Die
For Murder of
Coed Paramour
Doctor Composed as Jury
Brings Verdict After %
Minutes DeIiberation, HaV-
ING Heard of Illicit Love
Affair. : ES

COURTROOM. Columbus, ONO
Aug l4.-UP)-Dr. James Howard
Shook was condemned to death to-
day for the murder of Theora HlX
his college girl inamorata.
The Jury deliberated 30 minutes
It'll retired at 3:53 p. m. and re-
turned a verdict Of guilty OF frs;
degree murder at 4:30 p. m. Mercy
was not recommended, thus making
mandatory a penalty Of death.
Shook received the verdict with
out show OF emotion. His face was
flushed and his hands tWitched
otherwise, there was no show o.
emotion.
Shook was returned to the county
iail Immediately. Sentence will be
imposed, probably Saturday.
The verdict will be appealed, E. O.
Ricketts,. chief of defense counsel
said.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin T. HlX. par
ents of the dead Thearo, received
the verdict with tears.
The case was given to the Jury
after two weeks of testimony. The
principal witness was DR.. Shook
himself, who claimed he killed i'll
self defense and while emotlonaily
insane.
Miss Hix had tried to dominate
his life, he testified. He SAID he
hit her when She reached for her
purse i'll which She usually carried
a small derringer he had given her.
He feared she would shoot him, he
said.
The girls body, bearing nearly a
score of hammer wounds and knife
slasheS, was found the next day.
Shook was arrested two days later
and subsequently made confession
which he repudiated.
Miss HiXs jugular vein had been
severed and it was on this TACT
that the state based its claims Of
premeditation and demanded the
electric chair for the former pro-
feSSor
Before the courtroom was cleared,
Judge Scarlet at the request OF de
fense counsel, set Monday as the
date for the hearing of motion
for a new trial. Sentence Will be
deferred until after the motion IS
heard.
The verdict was reached ON the
first ballot. 1t came 50 quickly the
Jury scarcely had time to organize
Unless Judge Scarlet grants a
motion for a new trial, Dr.. Shook
will be taken to the death house in
the state penitentiary some time
next week.
He must be given three months
grace before he is strapped into the
death chair. This will give his at
torneys ample time to carry appeals
through the state courts and to the
U. S. supreme court if they desire
Shook. meantime, is not eligible to
bond.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-08-15
N. Y. Industrial
Shares Rising

NEW YORK. Aug. 144. UP)-Buy-
ing operations on the stock eX-
change showed no diminution to-
day as high grade industrial shares
swept ahead to further record ter
ritory
Steel common. which has featured
the market for the past few sessions,
shared its leadership with a more
diversified line of stocks After
touching a new record high at 245,
steel sold off several points. but
lack of aggresSiveneSS here was
quickl yfilled by spectacular buy
ing movement in American Can,
which sold in new record territory
above ITO.
No less than ten high grade issues
sold at record levels. General Elec-
tric, Westinghouse, Consolidated
Gas and New Haven all sold at new
high levels, scoring gains ranging
from two to more than ten points.
Few of these issues, however, sold
off from their early highs.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-08-15

SnOrJly aIUef CLOCK yesterday,
at which time the county clerks Of
flee closes, the long-expected docu-
ment was filed by Harley A. Har-
mon, of the firm of Harmon and
Salter, attorneys for Rhinelander,
as the opening shot in what is ex-
pected to be a hard-conteSted and
sensational battle, with Alice Jones
Rhinelander bitterly opposing grant,
ing of the decree.
Rhinelander has been in Clark
County for many months, stay
ing most of the time at Mount
Charleston park, where he has
maintained cabin, coming to Las
Vegas for weekend visits.
He had been here several months
under the name of Lou Russell
before his identity was discovered
and since that time he has played
hide and seek with newspaper
men and photographers, avoiding
undue publicity and keeping as
much as possible out of the lime
light.
Leonard Kip Rinelander is a
Las Vegan to stay, according to
his attorneys. He is vice presi-
dent and one of the directors of
the Spanish Stone corporation,
and vice president and director
of the Las Vegas Sand and Gravel
company. besides having other in
Continued on Page -
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-08-15
Theft Suspects
Brought Back

Frank Ellis, alleged to have stolen
SOS to $75 from fellow workers i'll
the group of surveyors encamped
near Searchlight while making the
Los Angeles aqueduct survey, ar
rived back in Las Vegas last
night in custody of Deputy Sheriff
r. G. McCubrey, who went to San
Bernardino for him yesterday.
Ellis is said to have stolen the
money in the camp on Monday. He
was caught Tuesday by officials in
the California city.
j. D. Maple is one of the COM
planning witnesses, having been
loser of the major portion of the
money. A warrant was sworn out
by the district attorneys office here,
identification of the man caught
checking with that of the man who
left the surveyors camp assertedly
with money stolen from other work.
erS there.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-08-15
Brutal Murder
OF Girl, Twelve,
Starts Manhunt
Man Who lnticed Young
Girls Into Car Sought BY
Officials; 2 Other Young
sters Missing.

MINNEAPOLIS Mimi, Aug. IA
UP)-A 47-year-old man who only
this morning appeared in police
court to answer a charge OF IN
decent exposure was hunted here
late today for questioning in the
brutal attack and murder of Il
year-old Dorothy Aune.
He was said to reside within IL
blocks of the Aune home and tc
own an automobile much similar tc
one seen driven by a middle aged
man who on several occasions at
tempted to entice young girls to rlde
with him.
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Aug. IA
WP)-Mayor William F. Kunze to-
day appealed to the city of Mime
apoliS and to state officials to post
suitable reward for the capture
of the murderer of IL year old Dor
othy Aune.
It am stunned by the brutality OF
this dastardly crime. Kunze said
"and I want the police department
to spare no effort to capture the
guilty person.
"A suitable reward should be
posted at once and shall do all !
can to obtain one"
Police Immediately began one OF
the most thorough manhuntS in the
history of Minneapolis for bald
headed man about 40 years old
whom Sylvia Aune, TO- sister of the
slain child, had seen trying to en-
tice little girls into his automobile.
Within two hours after the body
was found the father, and Eillf
Aune, brother, identified it.
Eilif broke into tears when he
saw the havoc wreaked upon his
little sister by the fiend and cried
out:
I'll hunt this devil down and get
vengeance if it takes my whole life
Dorothy's body had been horribly
treated. Her clothing was covered
with blood.
Two other young girls also were
reported missing today. They were
Lorraine Jensen, 13, and Lillian Will
liams, 13. Parents of the girls said
they had been missing since Sun
day. 1t was thought possible how
ever, the two friends had gone OIL
together. Neither had been seer
since their disappearance.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-08-15
Highway Thugs
Under Arrest

DENVER. Colo, Ang. 14.-(R)-
Gordon W. Frost, %. of East Pep
perell, Mass, and Wayne c. Aldrich,
18, of Chicago, who deserted from
the U. S. Army hospital Fitzsim-
mons near here last Friday, con-
fessed tonight they had beaten and
robbed Miss Leda Beauregard and
Mrs. Beatrice Walsh of Concardia,
Kas., near Hoxie, Kas., Sunday
night.
The women were motoring home
from a vacation and picked up the
boys near Linon, Colo, and gave
them a ride to HoXie, There the
boys threw them from the car, beat
and robbed them, stole the car and
returned to Denver, where they
were arrested last night. They are
being held for Kansas authorities.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-08-15
u. VIII Build
600 Feet of New
Industrial Spur

A six hundred foot industrial spur
extension will be built Immediately
on the west side by the Union Pa
cific railway, according to an order
received recently in the roadmaster'
office here from Los Angeles.
This extension will extend toward
the ball park. being an extension of
the west spur. serving industrial
unit number three.
The order stated that this work
must be rushed, placed ahead OF
other work. The new spur trackage
will serve four or five industrial
establishments. according to j. M,
Heaton. passenger agent.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-08-15
Power Bids
Will Not Be
Lacking-Mead

DENVER, Colo, Aug. IA, P--
THE Boulder dam power will not
lack for bidders when the time
comes for letting the contracts" !"
said DR.. Elwood Mead, United
States Commissioner of Recla-
nation, here today, incident to the
conference between Los Angees
Metropolitan Water District and
private power concerns. Already
the capacity of the projected dam
for producing electricity is over
taxed by requests for power and
each mail brings new applications.
No final conclusions can be reach
ed on power questions for some
time yet. First contracts will be
let for a period of fifteen years.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-08-15
Russia, China
Again Fighting

TOKYO, Aug. IA. (Pl-After a
weeks negotiations and alarming
rumors the war dispute between
Russia and China over the seizure OF
the Chinese Eastern railway III
Manchuria became much graver III
character. Japanese news agency
dispatches from Manchuli, Manchu-
ria, reported Russian and chinese
troops engaged in a Skirmish ON
heights west of the town today.
Chinese infantry is said to have re-
turned the fire of the Russian pa
trolls. Fighting is reported in other
sections also. All Chinese efforts to
negotiate a settlement of the rail-
way dispute is said to have failed.
Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1929-08-15
Keyes Fails to
Secure Release

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Aug. IA CH)
Asa Keyes, former district aottrney
of Los Angeles county, now IN the
county jail under sentence to San
Quentin prison, today lost his APP
peal for release on bail because OF
his physical condition. The motion
was denied because Jail confinement
was not shown TO have caused I'M
minent danger to his health.
Keyes was convicted of accepting
bribes to defeat justice in the prose
cution of Julian Petroleum Cropo-
ration stock over issue scandal