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The Washington times., 1929-04-16

Smith strangled his daughter to
death in the family apartment on
the morning Of last September rs
and surrendered himself to police
that afternoon.
His counsel offered as a defense
that he had acted under IAN un-
comfortable impulse at the time
Of the strangling and for that rea-
son should be held insane The
court refused to charge the jury
to that effect. however.
The Washington times., 1929-04-16
By JAMES 1. KILGAI.LE.I

NEW YORK. April Is q.N.S1.--
Samuel E. Bell, Baltimore oil pro-
Queer, was held to the grand jury
on the charge of manslaughter and
his bail fixed at $4,000 when he
was arraigned in homicide court
today in connection with the death
of Arthur Morgan Smith, wealthy
resident of Cleveland.
Smith is alleged to have been
slugged or pushed as he tried to
enter a taxieab with Bell and Mrs.
Robert l.. Brown, society matron
of Lexington, KY, in front OF the
Hotel Marguery, in Park Avenue.
:. One of the witnesses at today's
The Washington times., 1929-04-16
not 4 DRINK SOLD ON
VOYAGE Of LEvIATHAN

SOUTHAMPTON, England April 16
n.N.S.l David A. Burke, vice prssi-
dent of the United States lines, who
arrived today on the Leviathan said
that not a drink was sold on the
voyage from New York. Those who
drank on board had carried their
own liquor on the ship at New
The Washington times., 1929-04-16
BANK STATEMENTS

Washington Clearing House,
IS, OS6, 573.9e.
New York Clearing House bal
ance, sl61 ,0OO, 900.
New York Clearing House ex-
change, 81. So, 0O0, 900.
Treasury balance. SS48, COS, 66S. u.
Customs receipts, Ssse.Sss.as.
The Washington times., 1929-04-16

The first message Of President
Hoover won the Republican regu-
lars in Congress to his standard
this afternoon, but 1t developed
considerable opposition from me
same Democratic-Insurgent coal.
ton that harrassed the Coolidge
regime for six years.
The Presidents farm relief pro-
The Washington times., 1929-04-16
SENATE GIVES DAWES
QUICK 0. K. As ENVOY

was done was compliment to the
former Vice President. who re-
linquished the Senatorial rostrum'
only six weeks ago.
The nomination OF ex-Gov. Joseph
M Dixon of Montana, as Assistant
Secretary Of the Interior, also was
speedily confirmed.
The Washington times., 1929-04-16

York.
Only wines viii be carried on the
westward voyages. Hard liquor
win be carried on eastward voyages.
1t may be obtained on Q doctors
prescription, but Burke said the
illness had to be bona fide ana
severe.
The Washington times., 1929-04-16
HOOVER MESSAGE GETS
COOL SENATE RESP NSE

posal drew criticism not only from
the insurgent Republicans and
Democrats. but It won faint praise
from many 81 the Administration
Republicans from the Middle ana
Far west. It's reception, particu-
larly in the Senate, was cold. the
Continued on Page 2, Column 3
The Washington times., 1929-04-16
1 OPENING GAMES GO
WET As RAIN RULES

The eastern postponements lost
baseball a minimum of 10000 adj
missions in the total of opening
day attendances, representing one
of the worst shocks baseball has
sustained in many a day.
The Washington times., 1929-04-16
PYTHIAN BIRTHDAY

Mt. Vernon Lodge, No. 5, Knights
Of Pythias. win observe its sixty
third birthday celebration tomorrow
night in its castle hail., Pythian
Temple. The program win begin
promptly at o'clock.
The Washington times., 1929-04-16

Charles g. Dawes was nominated
and confirmed as Ambassador to
Great Britain in iig.tim today.
President Hoover sent the name
TO the Senate soon after 1t con-
vened. and the Senate speedily con
firmed II without dissenting
S9ice. The speed with which It
The Washington times., 1929-04-16
BRIGHTER DISABLEDII in
HEAVY COASTAL STORM

N T., the Leighton Hotel, one Of
the largest structures on the beach,
was partially wrecked by the wind
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column Q
The Washington times., 1929-04-16
D. Ar. Meets BAILIE
ISSUE, REJECTS PLEA
AND CONTINUES WAY

Moving swiftly and with the force of juggernaut the
Continental congress- Daughters of the American
Revolution today crushed the Bailie blacklist fight
The Washington times., 1929-04-16

Full text Of President
Hoover's Message to Congress
on Page I.
The Washington times., 1929-04-16

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BABE TO WE'D EX-FOLLIES BEAUTY
BABE RUTH, Yankee home-run king, widowed
few months ago when his wife burned to DEATH is
to marry again This time his bride will be Mrs Claire
Hodgscn mother of 13-year-old girl, and former
Follies beauty Babe is shown here with his bride-to
be as they left New York theater last night.
The Washington times., 1929-04-16
VIII / DROPS 5 CENTS
A BUSHEL IN CHICAGO

CHICAGO, April is H.N.s1.--
Wheat prices dropped almost s cents
a hushel today. Corn and oats also
were lower.
Generally favorable weather con-
The Washington times., 1929-04-16
CITES MANY STEPS
NECESSARY TO AID
DEPLETED INDUS TRY

BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
President Hoover made five recommendations to Congress
today in his first presidential message
The Washington times., 1929-04-16

Two-dollar mMfuels paid--Tom II
Fixft SIS place. 5000 show Frock,
Tom Hill, never far away. Becu
leaders rounding into the main stres
stretch drive ana won with speed /
way, showed 4 good effort. Frock va
SECOND RACE-Slx furlonEs Til
), off at a,0I, Start good, won driving
TurbAn. Owned by "A. Allen. Trained
Hnrnaa Wet Post N
The Washington times., 1929-04-16

straight, sis place $3.50 show.
passage ON the inside Of the
Frock down steadily during the
Fixif, kept prominent all the
others.
-olds. Claiming. Purse
Ii0o. fourth $50. Went TO post at
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The Washington times., 1929-07-18
Father and Son Named
In Auto Injuries Action

Walter s. Card and his son Walter
s. Card. jr., of Chevy Chase. Nd,
employees of the American Red
Cross. have been named defendants
in a suit for $4,000 damages for
alleged personal injuries filed in
circuit court by Mrs. Effie v.
Payne, of Alexandria.
The plaintiff, who is represented
by attorneys Alvin l.. Newmyer
and S. f. McHugh says she was
struck by the Card automobile,
owned by the father and driven by
the son, as she was crossing New
York Avenue at Fifteenth Street last
October S. A skull fracture and
brain conclusion were the result of
the accident, she claims.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
MERCER PLANS
SEEN As RUSE

Although the members of the
Public Utilities Commission are re-
naming silent on the meaning Of
the recent order in which hint Of
q possible traction merger is con-
tanned a new aspect developed to-
day which may throw considerable
light on just what was behind the
order in question.
The new phase Is this. In an ef
fort to force the companies into a
position where a merger would be
vital to their interests the commits
sion is believed to have endeavored
to uncover the transaction in which
control of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company passed to the
North American Company.
While an investigation OF this
deal is to be made in the near
future by Corporation Counsel Will
liam w. Bride it is thought likely
the commission believes it's veiled
merger" threat is intended to un-
cover the sale of the control of the
Wreco.
The proposed investigation of this
deal. however, does not present a
very strong front, according to COM
mission officials. in view of the fact
that a court decision in which it Is
held the North American was within
its legal right in the deal, stands
as obstacle to the probe.
Investigation of the sale of the
controlling interest In the Washing.
ton Gas Light Company is under
way, but according to Corporation
Counsel Bride there will be no de-
-velopments for some time.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
BABY
IS B0RN.IN
TRUCK

A Ford truck, humping
along the road from Claren-
don, Va., to Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital, today went
down to defeat in close race
with a laconic bird noted for
his long legs and populating
proclivities.
Mrs. Alta Bonner lay In the body
OF the open truck, expecting a
blessed event. Her husband. s. j.
Bonner. was with her. 1t was
about $50 o'clock this morning
when they drew up in front of the
hospital door, and all was well.
That Is, all was well until Bonner
tried to take his wife into the insti.
tuition. She screamed. A crowd
collected, big crowd. There was
great excitement. and calls for
physicians. The baby was born,
just as doctors rushed to the
mother as she lay on the floor of
the car.
There was no anaSthetic, no time
to relieve the pain. A nurse came,
wrapped the infant in a sheet. and
carried it away. A stretcher was
brought, and Mrs. Bonner was
taken through the mob of people
into the hospital.
Mother and baby are doing well.
It's a girl.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
LYNN ASKS BAN
ON LOUNG|NG

David Lynn. architect Of the
Capitol, today will ask the sergeants-
alarms of the Senate and House TO
issue a regulation forbidding sight
seeing bus drivers and other en-
ployes from lounging in the ro-
tunda and corridors of the building.
A test case, in which Charles
Andra, bus driver, was arrested on
a charge of disorderly conduct for
entering the rotunda, resulted in his
acquittal in Police Court, Judge Hit
holding that the Capitol police board
had no authority under law to pre-
vent the public from using the
rotunda.
Old Law Resurrected
BY searching the laws relating
to the Capitol, however, Lynn dis
covered that the sergeants.at-arms
of both branches of Congress, acting
concurrently, are fully empowered
to make regulations and fix penal
ties for their violation.
Existing law, it was learned, pro-
vides a fine of $25 for creating a
nuisance in the Capitol building. 1t
is necessary only for the sergeants'
alarms to draft definite regula-
tion, saying that bus employees. by
lounging in the rotunda or corridors,
create such a nuisance.
Lynn declared today he had no
intention of giving ground in his
fight to prevent commercialization
OF the Capitol
'I have no objection 10 busses dis.
charging their passengers at the
foot of the east steps of the Capt.
tol," he said. 1--WE are anxious to
show the beauties of. this building to
as many people as possible.
Dress Too Informal
"But these guests of ours. as well
as other persons in and about the
building, obtain a bad impression OF
the Capitol when they see. these bus
drivers standing around the rotunda,
often in shirt sleeves and suspen
ders, as though they were waiting
at a public hack stand"
The prevailing practice, Lynn said,
Is for the bus driver TO lead his pas
sengers up the east steps to the TO.
tunda and turn the party over to
a Capitol guide. Then the driver
waits in the rotunda until the sight.
seers have completed their tour of
the building.
A common sight in the rotunda is
the spectacle of small groups of bus
drivers and other employees of the
sightseeing companies gathered in
the central hall of the Capitol, said
Lynn.
Lynn has suggested that bus
drivers appoint one of the passen-
gers to take a card to one of the
Capitol guides and wait for the
party's return at the foot of the
steps. but this idea has not found
favor with the sightseeing com.
panies.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
Lunch Room PadlOcked
Under Prohibition Law

The first floor of premises 1881
Fourteenth st. N. W.. used as
lunch room has been temporarily
padIocked as the result of pre-
liminary injunction granted by Jus.
tice Jennings Bailey on the repre-
sentation Of United States ATTORNEY
Leo A. Rover and his assistant.
Harold W. Orcutt. that the premises
were being used in violation of the
national prohibition act.
The Government petition names
John R.> Moore as tenant of the
first floor of the premises, and Paul
Davis and Clifton Coleman as his
employees. Beatrice L. and Anna f.
welcker are named as owners Of
the property.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
Jones Much Improved
Following Operation

Condition of Senator Wesley L.
Jones. of Washington recently
operated upon at Emergency Hos
pitaI for kidney trouble, was de-
scribed as very much improved
YESTERDAY.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
Policeman Allen Has
Run-in With
Cops Again

Policeman Robert J. Allen, now
on leave from the Police Depart
ment while he dabbles in real
estate, is again playing tag with
the force when not in the marts
OF trade.
Allen surrendered himself at the
Third Precinct Station, to which
he was formerly detailed, after
Policeman B. F. McAllister had
sworn out a warrant charging
him with disobeying an official
sign.
Allen deposited SIS collateral and
was told to appear in Police Court
tomorrow. 1t is alleged that he
parked his automobile improperly
on Connecticut Avenue in front of
the Mayflower Hotel.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
Burglar Alarm Rings Hours While 7hieDes Work
HOWARD HOME
RANSACKED
IN NIGHT

Invading the home of Beaie
r. Howard, newspaper man, Of
the 1400 block Sixteenth st.
N. W., burglars set off a
private alarm in the house
which changed for eight and a
half hours before it attracted
the attention of police.
The intruders. evidently frightened
off by the alarm, did not take any
thing. according to George Adams
Howard SON of the owner, who
made an inspection today.
Family In Maine
The elder Howard and his family
are now vacationing in Maine, and
there was no caretaker in the
house
Occupants of the house next door
reported they heard the alarm at
frequent intervals during the night,
but concluded it was only an alarm
clock awakening some early riser.
W. W.. w ACdAACyp L1ISL
heard the burglar alarm att a. m.
A driver for the Chevy Chase
Diaries also reported he heard 1t
while driving past the house at
a. m.
Although a policeman of the
Third precinct was supposed to pass
the house while covering his beat
during the night, the changing alarm
escaped his attention.
House In Disorder
Policeman Emmett Sullivan, Of
the day shift, said it was still ring
ing at $50, when he passed the
house. and he went in. Finding the
house in disorder, he called de-
tectives from police headquarters.
Sergt. Fred Sandburg, of police
headquarters. was summoned to
examine finger-prints found on the
first floor of the house. Property
on the second floor was in great
disorder. and it is believed the
burglars were ransacking this part
of the house when wire leading
to the alarm was touched.
Thomas Garrison. a private de-
tective, wired the Howard home
against burglars. The alarm is not
connected to any outside point.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
DC. DryAidesB Behind
State Aid Plan

Local Federal officials charged with enforcing the pro-
hbon law in Washington squarey behind the suggestion
advanced by George w Wckersham chairman Of the national
commission that the States take the local enforce
ment of the dry law.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18

B. Hesse recommended to the last
session of Congress that all local
policemen be given authority to en-
force the Volstead act.
Major Pratt said he is firmly be-
hind this proposal.
At present only IS members of
the police force have the authority
to swear out warrants for liquor
violations, but the entire force can
operate against dry law offenders
In cooperation with these men.
Washington has never adopted a
special dry law enforcement act to
supplement the Volstead act.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
Army Drops Captain,
Charged as DeserteT

Announcement was made yester.
day at the War Department that
Capt. Thomas Wyatt Holmes, of
Mississippi, until three months ago
stationed in the Canal Zone. had
been dropped from the rolls of the
Army for desertion,
Reports from Canal Zone authori-
ties to the War Department claim
that Captain Holmes had been alb
sent from duty more than three
months without leave, having left his
post while under technical arrest.
He had been arrested it was alleged,
nending an investigation of the re.
building of salvaged airplane
motor and was said to have quar-
relied with superior officers regard
ing the use OF materials for the
cleaning Of guns.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
Traffic Court Tries119
In Ne1U Home
Times staff Photo

After divers plans had been contemplated and discarded
Washington Traffic Court today found itself in home
on the first floor of the Police Court building.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18

The Traffic. Court replaced the
District of Columbia branch of
Police Court, in. the spacious room
it now occupies. The latter branch
moved to a smaller courtroom in the
same building, and the jury branch
of Police Court yesterday moved
across the street to District
Supreme Court building.
Mattingly Presides First
Judge Robert E. Mattingly was
the first judge to preside over the
court in it's new quarters.
One hundred and nineteen de-
PENDANTS and persons interested in
their cases comfortably filled the
larger room yesterday, but there
was no overcrowding.
Forty-seven speeders faced Judge
Mattingly and the ma jority were
fined from $40 to $25. Thirty eight,
including four charged with second
offense speeding, were from the
District, seven from Maryland, and
one each from Virginia and Penn
sylvania.
Jury Trial Demanded
Clarence c. Bowen, charged with
driving while drunk and failing to
exhibit a registration card, de-
manded jury trial on both counts.
Policeman ]. P. Sayer arrested
him. Bowen was released on $500
bond.
A fine of $1,000, with the alter.
native of year in Jail, was Judge
Mattingly's sentence for John
Hodge, convicted of driving after
his permit was revoked and OBJ
tanning a permit by misrepresenta-
ton. He was arrested by Police
man l.. T. Johnson of the Traffic
Bureau.
Two persons were charged with
driving while drunk and one with
reckless driving.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18

Prohibition Commissioner James
NJ. Doran declared that he is strongly
in favor OF allowing District police
men to handle the great bulk nj
prohibition cases here. A law Civ.
ing all local policemen power to
raid speakeasies and to operate
against dry law offenders would
place Major Henry G. Pratt. chief
of police. in a better position to at
tack the liquor problem, Doran de-
clared. Not only would it do that.
he pointed out. but 1t would give
Federal agents more time to concen.
trate against the liquor manufac
Maryland.
Before leaving office Ma ior Edwin
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
NO. 99-COROTS "BOHEMIAN GIRL WITH
A MANDOLIN"

Senator Clark purchased % ot
Carrots works, those familiar with
the famous collectors artistic taste
declared that "he had a positive cult
for the great lyric genius OF French
landscape and he had good fortune
acquiring one major canvas after
mother"
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
General Horton Resumes
Law After Thirty Years

Brig. Gen. William E. Horton, re.
Gently retired from active duty with
the Army upon his own application
after 80 years service, has resumed
the practice of law. General Hor-
ton spent the latter part of his Army
career as assistant to the Quarter.
master General.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
DEMING GOES WEST

William c. Deming, president of
the Civil Service Commission, has
left for Cheyenne, Wyo., to attend
the meeting of the National Edi-
torial Association. He will stop
at Columbus, Ohio, to address the
Tri-State Postmasters convention.
The Washington times., 1929-07-18
ROW
.iT|PBR|NGS
ARRESTS

u Seventeen men and a woman
were taken into custody by
police today in a spectacular
raid On a gambling house in
the 1900 block Fourteenth
Street Northwest after the
shooting of a man had been
! reported in an anonymous tele-
/ phone message.
Several hundred dollars in bets in
. numbers" game found IN en-.
Velopes in the place, more than 100
policy game slips, five adding ma
chimes and other gambling parapher'
MALTA were seized.
Tom Moore, a widely known
sportsman was taken to the Second
precinct for questioning after being
found in a store beneath the second
floor gambling house. He later was
released in the custody OF his at
torney, Bertrand Emerson, jr.
Promises To Appear
4 Moore was given his liberty afte,
Emerson promised to produce him
IL q police investigation revealed
he had any connection with the
place.
"A preliminary investigation con-
WINGED detectives the reported SHOOT
ing was a hoax. Some one with a
grudge against the operator of the
"joint" was thought to have re-
ported the shooting in order TO have
it raided.
j. d. Martin and G. B. Cannon,
Second precinct policemen, were the
first bluecoats sent to investigate
the Shooting" As the men inside
Arefused to open the heavy metal
door, Martin climbed up the build
ing and kicked in second.story
s.caded by long slabs of wood.
Climbs Through Window
Drawing his revolver. Martin
nbed through the window into
dimly lighted gambling house.
found four white men, IL
ored men and colored woman IN
he. He lined them up against
all until reinforcements arrived.
Joseph Waldron and John
Fiaherty, headquarters detectives,
Inspected the place without finding
any blood or other indications OF
o gun fight.
a pair of boxing gloves found
on a pool table were pointed to
!. by several of the men present as
: proof of their story that the crowd
was gathered to witness grudge
fight between two colored men.
However, police said it was
customary In numbers" games for
the players to place their bets
before 10 q. m. The raid was
staged at 3 a. m.
Deny Operating Place
Moore and the others questioned
denied knowing who operated the
place.
Police recalled Moore was the
Aalleged operator of a reputed gam"
y hing house in the same quarters
about a year ago when heavy
loser is said to have held up the
place and escaped with $4,000.
Though no report of the robbery
ever was made to police, the money
later was said to have been re-
turned.
Moore also is the same man who
IA said to have suffered loss OF
$b,UUO aLLSr uSpOStIAhB tHdI oulA Ah
q safe in the Arlington Hotel about
a year ago. The safe was cracked.
Block Is Wild One
= The block in which today's raid
was made has been the scene of
much activity by police in recent
years. It was only few doors
away that John Grady, an auto
mobile salesman, was killed when
alleged to have been thrown through
q skylight by an unidentified COM
panion.
John Stewart, 26, who gave his
address as the establishment IN
which the raid took place, was Sr-
rested on a charge of permitting
and released on $100 bond.
All the others taken INTO custody
5 were released by police without
charge. .-I
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13

life guard on the tower is always on
the Job. Safety first, last and all
the time" Is the motto Of the boy
scout waterfront program.
In addition to swimming, the camp
ers will have an opportunity to learn
how to row q boat properly and will
be given the opportunity to make use
of the camp boats at regular periods.
The boats r carefully tested for
capacity and only swimmers are al
lowed in the boats. Non-swimmers
may 60 in a boat with special per-
mission provided that swimmers are
in the boat also.
Plan More Camp Periods
A swimming carnival Is held the
last evening of the camp, In which
every scout who wishes completes for
swimming and life saving honors.
Registrations for the various camp
periods should be turned in to the
First Guaranty bank at Bismarck or
the Homan drug store at Mandan,
The first period will open June "a,
The second period is filled, with
more than 20 boys registered. The
third period begins July is and the
fourth, July 20. If necessary a fifth
period will be held, beginning Aug
ust S.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-13
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