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The Washington times., 1929-12-13

If you walk casually down F
Street you are solicited by any
number of street vendors. If you
walk down F Street looking for
street vendors. they are very hard
to find.
One reason is that they move
about almost continually. One of
the most transient found by a
Washington Times repored as
signed to interview them was
Lefty Wilson, seller of pencils.
After walking up and down
the crowded thoroughfare four
times without encountering a
single blind or crippled vendor,
the reporter went into a store for
cigarettes. He was inside per
l1aps five minutes.
When he came back, a one
armed man was sitting bumped
over almost in the doorway. He
had not been there when the re-
porter entered the store.
The man did not like being
spoken to.
Say, Buddy" he snapped,
you are interfering with my
business. I'm just sitting here
between calls from the cops"
He had his legs doubled up
under him and his coat thrown
back so that the bandaged arm
was visible from both sides. His
hat was in his lap and in the
hat were dime and four pencils
My name is Lefty Wilson,
and ] used to be a professional
ball player with the Washington
club. That was in 1908. mad
only one arm. having lost The
other in the Spanish-American
War.
Wilson says he Is now SO years
old. That would have made him
3 when fighting in the Spanish
American War.
I've been sitting here for
more than half an hour and
have taken in only that dime, !"
he declared. I wish you would
go away, Buddy. you're running
my business" he complained,
showing signs of uneasiness.
Asked where his home was, he
said Martinsburg, w. Va. He had
come to Washington just a few
The Washington times., 1929-12-13
Annual Reports Made
On Al Clubs Work

FAIRFAX, Va, Dec. 13.-The
annual report Of county home
demonstration agent, Miss Saraa
THOMAS, shows q large amount of
work accomplished by her office
during the past year. Fourth
clubs were conducted at Forest
vile, Lorton. Potters Hill, Grove
ton, Herndon, Mclean, Lee Jack
son, Clifton, PopeS Head. Fairfax.
Oakton. Annandale, Navy. Vienna,
TT. Humphreys, Bailey Cross
Roads and Rock Hill, in addition
to home demonstration clubs at
Annandale, Clifton, Burke, Navy,
Lincolnia and Floris.
There were 410 new All mem.
bers enrolled in addition to 1872
housewives entered in the home
demonstration clubs; 9,972 per-
sons attended 405 special demon
STATIONS in the domestic arts:
s42 home visits we're paid and
: large county camp for girls
conducted durlrg The summer
The Washington times., 1929-12-13
Street Vendors Shift
From Spot to Spot

days before, he said. He said he
wasn't going to stay long. He
made his home in the 500 block
G st. S. E., while here, he said.
Wilson said he had never asked
any help from charity Organiza-
tions. He has family, which Is
independent, he said, and he has
only himself to support.
Then Wilson got up and moved
two blocks to a new squatting
place. Within an hour he was
back at the same place again,
however, on r, near Tenth Street.
The Associated Charities tell
The Times they are prepared to-
have vocational training given
blind and crippled street vendors,
making IL unnecessary for them
to remain on the streets, IL they
viii allow them to do SO.
The Washington times., 1929-12-13
Trapper Discovers Owl
And Muskrat in
Death Battle

STAFFORD, Del, Dec. l3.-
William T. Lathbury, Broad
Creek Hundred farmer, wit
messed an unusual sight when
he visited his muskrat traps,
set along the marshes of the
Nanticoke River, near his home.
Lathbury had been missing
muskrats from his traps for
several mornings and evidence
convinced him the muskrats
had put up a terrible fight be-
fore being taken from the traps.
AS he neared one Of his
traps he heard a terrible com
motion and Fastening to the
trap found a full-grown owl
and the muskrat. which had
been caught in the trap. in
death-to-death fight, he sue
The Washington times., 1929-12-13
Of RICHES
ENDS IN JAIL

CHICAGO. Dec. 13.-For years,
it may be assumed. Milton L. Car
rem. ~, a S65-a-week auditor
for the Westinghouse Electric
Company in Pittsburgh, has been
looking for an opportunity to
brag TO his Chicago relatives, of
whom he has many.
FulKllment Of this desire led
to his arrest here for embezzIing
$4,000 from his company.
He visited every relative. CON
spicuously displayed evidence of
his prosperity and Dragged of
his money-making ability
AS a result the police simply
visited the relatives and thus
traced Carren to 1915 South
Spaulding Ave.
The auditors braggadocio did
not leave him after arrest.
Sure took the money he
chortled to police. my first Job.
! think I got away with it
pretty good.
The Washington times., 1929-12-13
". VA. TRAINNAN
IS KILLED

MARTINSBURG, w. va, 1cc.
IS. Burris Shipley, So. veteran
Baltimore and Ohio conductor,
was instantly killed Yesterday
afternoon at Sir Johns Run, rs
miles west Of here when struLk
by an eastbound passenger train.
There were no eyewitnc to
the tragedy, and members of his
own train crew did not now Of
his disappearance until his train
arrived at Hancock, Md.
He had been a resident of this
city for many years and was one
Of the best known men IN the
Cumberland division.
His widow and three children
survive.
The Washington times., 1929-12-13
Will Hays No Longer
Church League Director

NEW YORK, Dec. IS (I.N.S.9.
win Fl. Hays, president Of the
Motion Picture Producers and Dis
tTibutors Of America, and Carl
T.. Milliken. general secretary of
that organization. today no longer
were directors Of the Church and
Drama Association, Of which the
Rev. DR.. s. Parkes Cadman is
president.
They were removed, according
to George Reid Andrews, execu.
tive secretary Of the organization,
because the board of directors
deemed 1t not wise to have rep
reSentatives Of the motion pic.
ture industry on the board"
The Washington times., 1929-12-13
LORDS DAY GROUP FAILS TO BAN SUNDAY ATHLETICS in MD
Ask Second Wedding
After F1Ue Years

FAIRFAX, va. Dec. 13.--Dep-
uty Clerk E. r. Holbrook. Of the
county clerks office. has frequent
novel experiences in the conduct
Of his duties which often include
performing wedding ceremonies.
He had a new one the other
day when he was requested to
marry q couple who laid that
they had been legally married
five years ago in western Mary
land and had never been separa-
The Washington times., 1929-12-13
staft prod

LEFTY" WILSON
WHO LIVES IN THE 500 BLOCK OF G ST. S. E..
usually does his vending Tenth and Streets North
west He resentfuI of The Times reporters attempts
to talk to him He claims to have played ball with the
Washington club with only and adds that he lost
his other in the Spanish American He says he
is 39--at the time Of the Spanish American War he
was s.
The Washington times., 1929-12-13

ted since, but did not agree with
the religious denomination of the
officiating divine. They explained
that as they now belonged . a
different religious faith hat they
would feel happier If remarked
They were disappointed when
their request was turned down,
although Clerk Holbrook -splained
that marriage was equally bind
ing in the eyes of the law, rgard-
less of the religion of the person
legally conducting the services.
The Washington times., 1929-12-13
100 Pound Sea Frog
Found Dead on Beach

SOUTHSEA. England. Dec. 10.
"A sea frog, a hideous and rare
fish weighing 100 pounds, with a
mouth 10 inches by 9, escaped
from the net in which it was
landed and crawled upon the
beach here to die.
The Washington times., 1929-12-13
IS KILLED
To SAVE NAN

PoTSDAM. N. Y, Dec. ia
timely bullet from a rifle in the
hands Of Myron Darby, Hopkin-
ton farmer, killed an angry herd
bull and saved the life Of Wilbur
Cotton, %. after he had beeIl
severely gored by the maddened
animal.
The Washington times., 1929-12-13
Sells Horse Meat
As Beef fnr Chilli

ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Dec. 49,
Convicted on charge Of selling
horse meat as beef to d st. Jo-
seapll chilli con carne rnanufac-
turer, r. j. Behner. proprietor Of
a Manhattan, Kan, slaughter
house. was fined 1855. Behmer
denied the charge but admitted
he carried the meat in stock as
dog food.
The Washington times., 1929-12-13
ANA TElJRS
SAFE BY
RULING

BALTIMORE. Nd, Dec. Is.
There is no rational basis upon
which Governor Richie would be
justified in prohibiting the play
ing OF amateur games solely for
exercise, recreation and an1uSe-
n1ent and the sale Of score cards
on State property on Sunday,
) Thomas HI. Robinson, attorney
general. ruled yesterday.
The ruling was requested by
Governor Ritciie after Or. w. w.
Davis. DR.. q. w. Saddaway and
several members Of the Lords
Day Alliance had asked the gover-
nor last month not to permit
Sunday games on State property
because. they said. such practice
was unlawful. Attorney General
Robinson takes the opposite view.
Played in ArTnories
DR.. Davis said the organization
made its request Of the governor
after press notices stated that
basketball had been played Sun
day In the 1O4th Medical Regi-
Enent Armory, Baltimore. and the
State Armory at Hyattsville.
Robiuson's opinion, in part, fol
lows:
From your letter and also from
. subsequent interview with Cen
era1 Reckord, / understand that
these games have been taking
place on Sunday for several years
without objection; that the games
are purely amateur and solely for
the recreation and exercise of the
members of the teams who play
them; that no admission is
charged, but score cards are pro-
vided which those attending are
expected to pay for, but there is
no obligation to do that and
anyone can remain without pay
ing for the score card. If he
wishes to do SO.
Money For Expenses
1.-THE proceeds derived from the
sale of the score cards are used
solely for expenses, such as buying
uniforms. etc, and no player or
sotl1er person connected with the
conduct of the games receives any
monetary n compensation OF any
kind for any services rendered By
him, or for his participation in
the game.
There is no statute law in this
State which specifically prohibits
the playing of amateur games Tor
exercise and recreation on Sun
day, and the only statute which
could possibly be interpreted to
prohibit such games by implica-
tion is that which is codified as
section 483 of article 81 of the
Code of Public General Laws, the
relevant provisions of which read:
"PIay Not Work"
NO person whatsoever shall
work or do any bodily labor on the
Lords Day, commonly called Sun
day
sThe question arises, therefore,
as to whether the playing of such
games constitutes work or bodily
labor within the meaning Of sec
ton 483.
II do not believe it to be Sus-
ceptible Of any such interpreted
ton, especially since the statute
with which we are dealing Is penal
In its nature and must, therefore,
be strictly construed against the
state and for the benefit Of the
citizens"
The Washington times., 1929-12-13
War Engine Christened
With Bottle of Whisky

LONDON, Dec. 1S.-The engine
pulling the train on which the
First Battalion Royal Ulster
Rifles, returned to Belfast for the
first time since the war, was
christened with a bottle Of
whisky.
The Washington times., 1929-12-13
France Sees Dry Sign
In Mysterious Letters

PARIS, Dec. 10 QNS).-Is
France turning toward prohibi.
tionp Signs Of ambition are evil
dent on the part of the temper
ance society in big, <olack letters
painted along the stone banks Of
the Seine from Suresnes to Mai
sons Abort.
They read Attention a iachol
iSme."
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
Local MEN INJURED
IN PLYMOUTH Crash
Edward Deutsch and An
thony Vosney in Seri-
Gus Condition
Especial to the Herald)

Bristol, Feb. 1S.-Four men were
injured. two seriously, as a result
of an automobile accident on Nc
KEGS hill in the town Of Plymouth
shortly before . o'clock last night
Edward Deutsch of 14S Henry street,
New Britain, operator.of one of the
cars, and Anthony Vosney Of 535
Stanley street, New Britain, q COM
panion, are in a serious condition,
according to officials Of the Bristol
hospital, where both men are being
treated. The extent of their injuries
was definitely determined late today
when X-rays were taken. Adam
kowalski of ~ Ellis street. New
Britain, also a passenger in
Deutsch's car. and Hollis Devines of
Willow street, Waterbury. riding in
an autmobile operated by Daniel La
Bonne of 1874 Mill street, Waterbury,
were slightly injured. LaBonne was
treated for minor injuries and dis
charged from the hospital last night.
At the time OF the accident.
Deutsch was driving toward Terry
Vile center while LaBonne was pro-
ceeding westerly toward Thomaston.
The latter's car. according to his
statement, skidded on the icy high
way and struck the Deutsch automo-
bile, forcing 1t from the road into
a steep bank. Both cars were badly
damaged.
Arnold Nelson Of Waterbury. who
reached the scene shortly after the
accident. took Kowalski to the Bris-
toll hospital. Deutsch. Devines, La
Bonne and Vosney were taken to the
hospital by Michael Patrus Of New
Britain. who was following Deutsch's
car.
No arrests had been made this
morning, although the accident was
being investigated by Deputy Sheriff
George Buckley OF Terryville.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
MUSICIAN RESCUES
BABY FROM FLAMES
Bridgeport Mans Priced
2OO-Year-Old Violin Is
Burned

Bridgeport. Feb. IS R1Andrew
norchinsky, musician who rooms
at the home of Louis Goldstein. had
to make a choice today between
saving his most priced possession. q
200 year old violin for which he
had refused an offer of 5000: or the
life OF IA months old babv
threatened when fire broke out this
morning in the Goldstein home.
Dorchinsky saved the baby.
Dorchinsky's violin was ruined In
the fire, together with a piano. radio,
ings in the Goldstein home.
and much of the household furnish
The baby was in bed in the front
bedroom with its / other when the
fire broke out.
AbandOns His Violin
The MUSICIAN saw smoke pouring
from the closet in which his violin
was stored. His first impulse was
to reach through the smoke ard
pull the instrument out of the closet.
"Oh, my mother and the baby"
cried out Miss Jeanette Goldstein,
a daughter Of the parents of the
baby, as she groped through the
smoke.
Dorchinsky heard, and abandon
ing thoughts of his violin dashed
through the smoke into Mrs. Gold
STEMS bedroom where he found the
mother paralyzed with fright. the
baby at her side. He picked up the
baby. ran back through the smoke to
safety. Then Dorchinsky dashed
bacl: to help Mrs. Goldstein out OF
the house.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
Hungry Wolves Cause
Panic Among Skaters

Budapest, Hungary. Feb. Is
.-Hundreds OF men and
women enjoying winter sports
n the Burgenland region today
we're terrified by the sudden ap-
bearance of numerous wolves
Driven out of the dense forests
by hunger.
There was wild panic as
hose on ice skates attempted to
lain the shores of the lake and
IN places the ice broke, many
katcrs plunging into the freez-
ng water. All were rescued by
neans of human iifelines from
he shore.
Greater panic and possible
saster were ayertcd by a few
Sf the skaters who were armed
Ind opened fire on the wolves
Killing several and frightening
|6 the rest.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
PERFUME SALESMAN
ACCUSED OF MURDER
Susquehanna River Yields
Body of Woman Missing
% Days

Harrisburg, Pa. Feb. Is P1Tha
Susquehanna river has given up the
body of Miss Verna Klink, 31-year-
old candy store manager. and the
police today announced that Harry
B. Bowman, perfume salesman
would be charged with her murder
Bowman has been held in the
Dauphin county Jail since his arrest
on January 2S. three days after n. iss
klink disappeared. but the charges
against him We're those resulting
only from his admissions that money
found on him belonged to the miss
ing woman.
He was successfully accused of
robbery, conspiracy to rob and lar
ceny by bailee. as well as two
charges based on his alleged rela-
tionship with Miss Ethel Miller,
upon whom police claim he spent
the money obtained from Miss
klink. The total bail of $4,000 was
sufficient to hold him in prison until
the search for Miss Kinks ',ody
continued.
Vanished % Days Ago
That search came to an end yes
terday when. after % days of futile
dragging Of the river near the spot
where the missing woman was last
seen. her body was found three
miles down the stream. Caught
against a rock 35 feet from shore.
it was discovered by Michael krzy-
zoslak. Of Steelton.
DIR. r. l.. Perkins and DIR. NJ. H.
Sherman performed the autopsy on
which District Attorney Robert T.
Fox and Coroner J. H. Kreider ex-
pected to base their decision as to
whether Bowman would be charged
with killing Miss Klink.
Glad They Found Her
Aside from saying he was glad
they found her." and reiterating his
assertion that he did not kill her,
bowman remained silent when told
that Miss Kinks body had been
recovered. He has maintained tha.
he was aiding the woman 10 buy the
candy store of which she was man.
ager and that on the night of her
disappearance she jumped into the
river while Respondent because she
could not complete the transaction.
Police say he quoted the girl as
urging him to commit suicide also.
He explained that he jumped into
the water when the woman leaped
but became frightened and crawled
ashore.
Miss Miller. who has been held on
charges involving Bowman, has con-
tributei little to the evidence in the
case. her only statements recount
ing that Bowman was wet from his
waist down when he came to her
room shortly after Miss Klink
drowned.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
Fledgling Arctic Tern
I Makes Record Flight

Washington, Feb. IS W - The
longest fight ever recorded for a
banded bird marked by the United
States biological survey was made
by fledgeling arctic tern from
Turnevik Bay, Labrador. to Margate.
IS miles southwest of Port Shep-
stone, Natal. South Africa.
The bird was marked by a CO.
operator of the bureau at Turnevik
Bay on July 23. 1928. and was
found dead at Margate on Novem-
ber IL, 1928. Not only was the dis
tance of the flight remarkable but
the time element also, as the bird
was only about four months old
when found. 1t suggests, the survey
said. that these birds which are
rarely seen on the south Atlantic
coast OF the United States, may
cross the ocean to Europe and then
proceed south.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
EXPLOSION IN Deep
Shaft KILLS WORKER
Five Injured When Dyna-
mite Blows Up in Water
Tunnel

Rutland. Mass, Feb. IS (UP)-
One man was dead and five others
were being treated at the Holden,
Mass, hospital today following an
explosion in a water project tunnel
655 feet below the earth's surface.
Antonio Vieiro, a driller of Water
bury. was instantly killed when the
vibrations of drill exploded a
charge Of dynamite, showering him
and six other members of the drill
ing crew with splintered rock.
John Psycow of Jersey City was
reported to be in q critical condi-
ton at the Holden hospital this
morning. He suffered fractured
jaw and multiple lacerations about
the face and head.
Other members of the crew who
were injured were:
Jessie Thompson. Franklin. n. c.
Armand Pelletier, Uxbridge,
Mass.
Fred johnson, Baltimore.
Arcade Williams, Leominster.
Mass.
Alfonso Palemerri. Torrington.
Conn.
johnson had been released this
morning while the remaining four
men were reported as resting COM
fortably."
At Work In Tunnel
The seven men were working on a
tunnel which is being constructed to
CONTINUED on Page 17)
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
D0HENY, JR., Slain
BY MAD SECRETARY
Officials Convinced Plunkett
Shot During Insane Frenzy
OIL s'uo, .@aoILAPSES
l'i '1es ,,,,ldsd =. IN
Father of ''''''sauos :, '''e1''
From Shock and Fat tuatiCM
Dravely-District Attorney Starts
Searching Probe.

Los Angeles. Feb. IS @ A
searching inquiry to determine the
exact manner in which E. L. Do
heny, jr., one of the wealthiest
young men in America. was shot to
death by his distracted secretary,
Theodore Hugh Plunkett, was un-
dertaken here today at the instance
of Buron Fits, district attorney of
Los Angeles county.
After a preliminary investigation
of the Saturday night tragedy in the
pretentious home OF the young oil
magnate. Fits declared there was
no reasonable doubt but that Plum
kett had killed his employer in =
fit of madness and then committed
suicide after being confronted by the
Doheny family physician. DR.. E. C.
Fishbaugh.
The happenings OF the tragic
night in the Doheny mansion as re-
constructed thus far show that Plum
kett, who during the day had been
urged to go to sanitarium and
take treatment for threatened
nervous breakdown, entered the
home while Mr.. and Mrs. Doheny
were at a motion picture show. He
went to the guest room.
Servants Interviewed
Interviews with servants devel-
oped that as young Doheny was
preparing to retire, Plunkett sum-
moned him to the guest room: that
shortly afterward Doheny put in an
emergency call for DR.. Fishbaugh,
and that Mrs. Doheny was awaiting
the arrival of the doctor when the
oil magnate was slain.
DR.. Fishbaugh believed that
Plunkett shot Doheny when he
heard the physicians car in the
driveway The secretary was stand
ing in the hallway when the doctor
first saw him.
You stay out of here" Plunkett
shouted as Mrs. Doheny and the
physician came toward the guest
room. The secretary then wheeled
and entered the room. An instant
later pistol roared and DR.. Fish
baugh rushed in to find both Do.
heny and Plunkett dead.
What happened between the time
Plunkett called Doheny to the guest
Continued on Page 11)
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
EXPERTS figure on
PREPARATIONS TOTAL
Unofficial Estimates Run
From 30 to Hundred
Million Marks

Paris. Feb. Is RIThe experts
committee on reparations convened
promptly at II O'Clock this morning
to begin their End weeks discussion
OF one of the greatest economic
problems growing out of the world
war. The meeting was the first since
last Friday.
Since adjournment then the dele
gates have had time to do some fig
uring with facts and figures pre-
sented them during last week by
DIR. Hjalmar Surkurt, Reichsbank
president. as basis.
Unofficially sums carrying from
thirty to hundred billion gold
marks were mentioned today as
possible extremes in the totals
which the various delegations will
ask to have Germany pay.
1t was the opinion in certain
quarters today that France and Bel
gium would ask 100000, 900. 900
marks (about $23.72o, ,O0o. .0oO) while
Germans probably would offer TO
pay $35,o00,000,00O marks (about
said to be ready to take an inter-
mediate stand.
Still Study Economics
The experts found there were q
few points respecting Germany's
economic situation to clear up, after
which came a discussion on further
procedure. 1t was decided to name
small subcommittee which will
draw up a scheme for the future
labors Of the experts. reporting this
to a full committee meeting tomol-
row morning.
1t is understood the sub-commit
tee will recommend a procedure in
tended to enable both the debtor
and creditors in the reparations ac-
count to submit an offer and put
in claims that may form the ground
work Of the committees further de-
liberations.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1929-02-18
BANKRUPTCY PETITION
BASED ON FRAUD CLAIM
Intent to Dcfraud Creditors Alleged
On Part OF New Britain
Market Owners.

Three creditors of the New Brit
ain Market of BIS Main street, filed
today a petition with Judge Edwin
8. Thomas Of the U. S. district court,
asking that the proprietor be ad-
judged bankrupt.
The papers. drawn up by Attor-
ney Monroe s. Gordon allegc that
the New Britain Market fraudulent
ly transferred and sold the bus
mess to Louis Belkin with intent to
defraud the creditors of the assets.
The transaction is alleged to have
been concluded on February Is. 1t
is further alleged that the bank
rupt had been insolvent for a per-
iod of four mont S prior to the fill
ing OF the petition.
In bringing action for involuntary
bankruptcy, the creditors lost 1.120
due them, TT are: Gordon Broth
ers, s420; c. W. Lines Co., $500, and
H. Chesky & Sons, $400.
Benjamin Meyerson is manager of
the store and the original proprietor
but the stock is held by the New
Britain Trust company as security
for loan.