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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-11-15
CONTEST STIR5
j. s. EMPLOY

The contest for the title Of
Miss Federal Employee" spon-
sored by the District Federation
of Federal Employees Unions, is
giving every indication of being
a flot1y contested affair, accord
ing to those in charge. Friends
of the various candidates are
planning campaigns for their
faVcrites and the rivalry de-
veloped is dividing the Federal
service into groups.
Two contestants were entered
to-day. They are Miss Katherine
r. Roach. employed at the Navy
Yard, and Miss Ruth Taylor, of
the Bureau of Foreign and Do
mestic Commerce. Both are sup
ported by their departments. The
contest is being held in connec-
ton with a cfrcus-revue at Ma
sonic Auditorium December S. 6
and z.
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Sec. Good Is Conscious Again
Pratt Orders
Probe of
Graft

Charges that police Of the
Eleventh precinct are accepting
graft from proprietors OF speak
easies and numbers games OPP
orators are to be investigated by
Inspector Thaddeus r. Bean.
Major Henry q. Pratt, super.
intendent of police, assigned In
spector Bean to the investigation
after a newspaper article describ;
ing proceedings at a recent meet
ing of the Hillsdale Civic Associa-
ton was called to his attention.
Bean was instructed to take any
evidence he may find directly to
District Attorney Leo A. Rover.
He will interview Allen F. Jack
SON, president of the association.
The association has made no
specific complaint. but early in
the week Ii appointed Il commit.
tee to lay before police iIaf0gIa0
ton said I'd be possessed ~ some
of Its members,
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paper was to let the community
know that enforcement condi-
tions were still lax; that the vio-
lation of the prohibition law in
the National Capital was quite as
widespread as critics of the police
administration there had been
alleging.
The information they obtained
and published was obviously in
the interest of . better enforce.
ment Of the law. But instead 81
gratitude for their efforts their
reward was punishment. They
were hailed before the Grand
Jury and commanded to betray
those whose confidential assist,
ance had put them in possession
of the facts. On their refusal
to do so Justice Peyton Gordon.
in the District Supreme Court,
found them guilty OF contempt
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Speed Action
On Reporter
Measure

Speedy action on the bill in
troduced in the Senate yesterday
by Senator Arthur Capper of
Kansas, designed to exempt news
paper men from testifying with
respect TO the sources Of conf
Dental information, is foreseen
by Capper and those associated
with him in pushing the measure.
With the bill referred to the
Judiciary Committee" said Sena-
tor Capper today, .tI am sure
that 1T Is III the hands of friends
and Syanpat nizerS who will see to
1t that d speedy and favorable
IN oxliElg 81
lsJf course, there may be some
members Of the committee VINO
viii wish ID amend the bill. AL
suggestions win be carefully con
sidered and, where they do not
yitiate the intent Of the measure,
viii be gladly accepted"
Hearing in December
Senator George Norris Of Ne.
braska chairman Of the COM
lniEtee, Is extremely busy on the
tariff bill. Because Of his in
terest In that measure, and be-
cause of the interest of other
members of his committee in it,
it is regarded as highly probable
that a meeting of the judiciary
group win not be held until the
regular session convenes on De
cember 2.
Immediately after the conven-
ing of the regular session, how
ever, Senator Capper let 1t be
known today that he intends to
press for action on the news
protection bill. There is no like
lihood Of opposition within the
committee, and it is expected
that favorable report win be
made promptly.
In discussing his reasons for
introducing the bill, which it is
hoped would prevent a recur-
renee of the circumstances under
which three Washington Times
reporters were jailed for refusing
to become shoppers. Senator
Capper declared that the measure
will be of immense value in
preserving the right of the press
to work for the good of the
community.
Newspapers and newspaper
men frequently are the. only things
that stand between the people and
corrupt and evil government, !"
said the Senator. when a news
paper finds itself in the position
fcontirued on Page 2, Col. 81
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RALLY
CON NUEs

NEW YORK, Nov. is GINS
The stock market rily continued
today Opening prices were
fraction to points higher.
Substantial transactions were rec
orded at the outset.
United States Steel opened .
points higher at 1862. Du Point
opened at 104, an advance Of III.
Seven thousand shares of United
Aircraft opened at AZ. up 4
points. Ten thousand shares of
International Nickel opened up
11a at 80.
It was said on high authority
that standing order. has been
placed In the market for the pur-
chase OF more than 200. 900 shares
Of United States Steel Corpora
ton common stock at $50 d
share. This would represent
$4,000, 900 transaction.
Missouri Pacific opened at 30,
an advance of 8 points.
Other opening prices included:
5000 shares of Texas Corpora.
ton at 54s4, up 80: 5000 shares
Of American Smelling at 747a,
up "a: 5000 shares of Anaconda
at 1919. up ga and 1000 shares
of Sinclair at 24I5, up a point.
Prices no doubt would have
opened even higher had it not
been for considerable selling BY
professionals taking advantage of
an opportunity to make profits.
The buying demand more than
counter halanced this activity,
however.
Announcement was made that
the board of governors of the ex.
change would meet this afternoon
to consider action similar to that
taken a week ago when it was
voted to continue curtailed hours.
The exchange has been holding
three hour sessions, instead Of
the usual five hour business days.
Sales for the first half hour
totaled 1,128 shares compared
with 1,736, 800 for the correspon-
ding period yesterday. This was
construed as an indication thar
near normal conditions are grad
ually approaching. The ticker at
this juncture was fifteen minutes
behind in reporting sales.
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RUN FILES
TAN|PERED
| With

Disappearance Of records in a
number OF Police Court cases in
which dry law violations were
concerned has resulted in so conf
plicating the matters that neither
the prosecutors nor the judge who
heard the cases knows what pro.
cedure was folio we d., it was
learned today.
One of the important discoy-
cries Lis that the records OF two
important cases have either been
mislaid or secretly removed from
the files, while papers In q case
filed on Sunday, an allegedly ir-
regular procedure. show that q
Judge reversed his own dec sion on
q motion Tor rehearing of the
case, which has drawn the Ire Of
the District Attorney.
One of the records which have
disappeared was that which would
show whether Tessie Richards and
Arsilio Bona ever paid fines ag-
gregating $500 for violation of the
national pronibition laws. As it
now stands, there is no apparent
way to show whether the court
received the money, or what be-
came of it.
Seizure Order Missing
The original confiscation order,
dated August 26 last, which
turned over q truck owned by
Elias Duke to the Treasury De
partment for alleged connection
with a rum-running case i11volV-
ing Duke. Fred Middledorf and
Dennis Graves, colored, was also
absent from the clerks office.
It is understood that the Dis
trict Attorneys office has been
looking for this record without
success for the past few weeks.
District Attorney Leo A. Rover
charges irregularity of procedure
in the filing Of petitions for re-
turn of the confiscated truck.
The case has a long and colnpli-
Gated history and the records are
so mixed and muddled that
neither the district attorneys
O141CE uUE OtlS JuuSC WHO bIIcu
the case are positive of what the
exact sequence of developments
has been.
Arrested Last Year
On April is, 1928, according
to the information filed, three
men, Middleton, Graves and
James Bowings, were delivering
10 cases Of beer in a truck owned
by Duke. Basil NJ. Quinn ar
rested the three and took them
to the Second precinct.
Three trials, strung out over
months, were held before Middle
dolf and Graves were convicted.
Bowling was released and Duke
pleaded no knowledge of the use
to which his truck was being
put. He was not convicted, but
his truck was in confiScation at
that time.
On May 81, last, a petition for
(Continued on Page 2, Col. -
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car from which McKenna
escaped, collided just outside Of
Falls Church, with a car driven
by Harry Wells. of Bon Air, va,
Wrecking both cars.
At his hearing, McKenna stated
that the party had purchased
their liquor in washington. He
further stated that the car was
driven by q washington taxi
driver. An attempt win be made
to locate him to answer charges
Of coIliding.
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BY GEORGE r. HOLMES
international News service


The bitter battle to be waged
next year for control of Congress
hovers over the Capitol today as
the honeymoon session of the
new Administration boiIs furi.
ously to a close.
Taxation and tariff enter
deeply into the plans and strategy
OF both Republican and Demo
cratic leaders, for it is the con,
census on all sides that these two
issues are going to play a dom
il1ant part In the off-year cam
paign that already, for all prac.
tical purposes, is in full swing.
President Hoover crossed the
Democrats with his proposal to
Immediately 1op off the nations
tax budget some 100000, 900 in
income taxes,
Beats Them to It
In ring parIance, he beat the
Democrats to the punch, for they
had already planned to lay before
the regular session of Congress
next month a proposal to reduce
taxes by Just about twi :e that
much some $500. 900, 900. This
move was predicated on the be.
lief that the Treasury would show
the usual surplus of about $780,
100000 this year, and show
enough surplus next year to war.
rant the greater reduction.
Checkmated by the Presidents
move, which was dictated by con-
ditions in the securities market
and the general credit situation
Of the country, the Democrats
have been left no other course
than to join the. chorus of an-
prevail Of the White House move,
and make as much virtue Of it.
as they can.
Not for any consideration win
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OWN
THROUGH
NIGHT

Considerable improvement In
the condition OF Secretary OF
war James w. Good. who Is
fighting desperately for life fol
lowing an appendicitis operation,
was reported BY his physicians at
1890 a. m. today.
Last night, the War Secretary
lapsed into erli-consciousIleSs
and it was feared he would not
survive another day. but he
rallied and after examinat ton
this morning the physicians re.
ported definite improvement. |"
Is cDIid ioHi lios is stu
very serious
Got Good Sleep
This morning the patient took
his first notlrlsllnleIat since the
operation on Wednesday,.
The improvement was aScribed
to the fact that Good was able
to get some sound sleep during
the night, from 8 to IL, and
from 2::30 to $50.
Physicians who have been at
tending President Hocyer's Cabi.
net member since his adrnittance
to the Government Hospital, last
night held q consultation follow
ing which a brief but not opti-
mistic report was made regard.
ing the 62-year-old patient.
Doctors Confer
Attending the consultation
were Col. william L. Keller, Army
Medical Corps surgeon. who per
formed the operation; DR.. Joel
T. Boone. personal physician to
President Hoover. Secretary OF
the Interior Wilbur, himself a
physician, and other physicians
and surgeons Of the Walter Reed
staff.
Mrs. Good, who has been at
the side of her husband ever since
his attack. remained at the nos-
pital throughout the night. oc-
cupying a room adjacent to Eer
husbands.
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RODE ON Gar.
NIGHT OF MURDER,
SAYSLEWARk

Upon the credence given the testimony Of
a stockily built, swarthily complexioned
street car conductor probably will depend the
fate Of Robert a. Mcpherson, jr, Fl year old
bank clerk, who has been indicted for the
murder Of his estranged wife, Virginia Hur-
ley Mcpherson, in their apartment in the Park
Lane, on the morning of September 13
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Mitchell testified that he at
tempted to arrest McKenna when
he saw him passing a bottle to
a companion In an auto and
that McKenna threw away the
bottle and the car was driven
away when approached. When
Mitchell jumped on the running
board the car was speeding up.
AT the same time two men
jumped from the car, one of
whom. McKenna, was captured
after the officer had fired over
his head to frighten him. The
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-11-15
LiquorBought IN y. G.
Brings Va. Fine

FALLS CHURCH Va. Nov 15-James McKenna, of Wash
ington D. @, was fined $50 by Mayor Bethune of Falls
Church after he had been arrested by Town Officer Walter
Mitchell and charged with toxcaOn possession and resist
ing officer
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Passage Of Reporter
Bill Held Vital

The action of Justice Peyton Gordon in sentencing three
porters Of The Washington Times Jail for 20 days for re-
fusng to break newspaper condolences denounced
dangerous form of censorship by the New York Herald
Tribune in q powerful editorial
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-07
By HERBERT PLUMMER

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-Rarely is Gen. John J. Pershing in Wash ington for long before he has paid a visit to two of his best friends.
 One is Jeff. The other Kidron
 Both are the generals favorite horses. Their home is in the army stables down near the munitions building.
 Jeff is the mount presented to General Pershing by the First Di- vision at the close of the World War. Kidron was obtained from the French Government shortly after Pershing's arrival in France to command the American troops in the great conflict, and saw serv- ice with the general until the end
 Both are quite advanced in age Jeff is l6. Kidron is Is. They live life of ease now, for except wher Pershing expresses a desire to ride they never are used.
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PLUMBING Az Ja HawveE Plumbing. s1,ol per hour. Telephone s79. --adv
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year. In fact, to cover the territory which he visited and saw from the air would be an impossibility by any other means as he travelled over miles and miles of territory still in- accessible by foot or wheel. He flew 2000 miles. M
 The future of Alaska's business relations with the Pacific Coast is very promising according to MT Sawyer and he reports that he ele- ments which have hindered Alaskan development are being conquered one by one. The Department of the Interior, which MT. Sawyer repre- sents, has charge of the Alaskan Railroad, Land Office, Geological Survey and Bureau of Education, finder which latter division come
 some 97 schools.
 According to MT. Sawyer, the reindeer industry promises to be-
 come as great a factor in the fu- lure Of Alaska as the cattle buSl-
 ness to the West, A herd of 1.000,-
 poo reindeer is multiplying at the
 -ate of about 35 per cent year
 md he sees in the future a great
 development with these reindeer be-
 ng moved in great droves to the wonderfully productive Tanana re- zion and there fattened on the Panama Valley wheat before ship nent to the United States. 1 At the present time Alaskas de. yelopment is being retarded by lacl ,f the right kind of settlers. Ther, ire more than 10,00O,OOO acres O. productive land in the Panama re. zion alone. all available to settier' and when the proper individual are found to develop this grea country they will reap a great re ward in the establishment of trad, relations with the rest of the world MT. Sawyer returned to Washing ton last week after making a tril to the Boulder dam site.
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n . . -tN ! tY1 l-E ALASKATO BE
 CENTER FOR
 AIR TRAFFIC
Sawyer Sees Territory as
 Junction Point for World Airways
CLOS Angeles Times

Alaska, not only as fertile field for industrial and commercial de- velopment but also as a junction point for the great intercontinental airways of the future, is the en- chanting picture portrayed by Ern- est Walker Sawyer, Executive As- sistant to the Secretary of the h. terior, while in Los Angeles enroute back to Washington.
 MT. Sawyer's analysis of the fu- ture of the great northwestern em- pire already has resulted in stimu- lating Southern California interest in the Land of the Midnight Sun but his picture of the importance of Alaska as a great airway juno tion is a breath-taking vision of { future importance hitherto little suspected. A study of the map, however shows clearly the strategic position that Alaska occupies as far as "all- land air routes are concerned. Il !, is possible to fly from North Amer. ica directly to Europe via Alaska. ol the plane can turn south along the eastern coast of Asia and strike di, rectly into the heart of the Orient Air Distance Short Few people stop to realize how comparatively short the distance tt Alaska, is by airplane.. The triT from Los Angeles to Seattle via ali is made very nicely. in, a singl, days journey and within the pas month flyer hopped from Seattl, to Alaska in a single day. Whil, the trip from Seattle to Alaska wa
 a trial trip and not part of reg
 ular schedule, 1t demonstrates. tha once the demand is established, Al
 aska will be only two days ava. from Los Angeles. and only twenty
 four hours of actual flying time.
 AS for the route from Alaska t, Europe via Siberia, not only is sucl a trip possibility, but European countries already have made over
 lures looking. toward the establish ment of such a service for trans
 portation of mail and passengers Starting of such a route seems onl. a matter of a short space of time One Reason for Belief
 MT. Sawyer's firm belief in Alas
 ka's future as center of commer
 cial aviation is in no small measur due to the success with which h
 accomplished his own mission Q inspection by means of a plane towering territory in about a mont
 that with any ordinary means c
 travel would have taken him
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! ... CONDEMNED FLORID4 DESPERADO
 BASES APPEAL ON CONVERSION

MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 7.-Religious conversion holds out hope for life to a condemned Floridian.
 James Horace Alderman, 50year- old desperado sentenced to die Att gust IT for killing two coast guards men and a secret service man, has appealed to President Hoover for executive clemency on the grounds that he has become converted to the Christian faith and has in turn converted scores Of other criminals.
 Alderman apparently lost a years legal battle to escape hanging when the United States Supreme Court in June refused to take hand in the case.
 While attorneys were fighting for his life in three courts, Alderman declares that he led regular prayer meetings in the Jacksonville jail and gave spiritual relief to his cell mates.
 Alderman's killing of three Gov ernment operatives climaxed a long career of crime that had for it's background both Florida coasts as well as the Everglades.
 Convicted of running and the robbery of a Seminole Indian chicftain, Alderman served prison terms for both offenses before he was found guilty of murder At the time of his arrest on the latter charge he was under bond, accused of smuggling aliens into the Unite States from Cuba.
 In August, 1927, Alderman, hi' confessed partner in liquor traffic Robert E. Weech, and a rum ladeI boat were seized off Fort Lauder dale, Fla, and the men there taker aboard coast guard cutter.
 On the patrol boat Alderman lct an attack on his captors and gainee possession of the Government craft Coast guardsmen said that he wa going to make them walk tn plank" in pirate style when a secre service man, Robert E. Webster, let a counter offensive to retake tn cutter. Webster and two coas guardsmen were killed in the en suing gun battle.
 Alderman pleaded self defenss but was found guilty of murder b a jury in Federal court here in Jan uary, 1928. Weech entered a pie of guilty to lesser charges and re ceived light sentence.
 Federal Judge Halstead L. Ritter who pronounced the death sen tence on Alderman, has issued a order barring all newspaper me from the scene of the execution.
 He also warned official attend ants that anyone witnessing tn hanging and divulging details Q the execution, would be held il contempt of court.
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Kidron is a French thorough bred and came to the General from the race tracks of France. He was used by Pershing whenever possible overseas and was his fav- orite mount.
 Kidron was brought back to this country at the conclusion of the World War and given place in the army stables. As matter of fact, he is the property now of General Pershing's son, Warren, though officially he still belongs to the General.
 Pershing's other mount abroad British Tommy-was also brought back to th.5 country, but disposed of several years ago.
 Both Jeff and Kidron are the objects of special care at the army !; stables here. They occupy stalls 125 and 126 and are attended by Staff Sergeant Edward s. Smith who was with Pershing overseas. i The two are inseparable. Jeff is never taken out unless Kidror is along
 Their slightest illness is reported to General Pershing's office witf as much detail as if they were human beings.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1929-08-07

ATTENTION AMERICAN LEGION
 important meeting Thursday night, 800 p. m, at Dugout, adv
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4 Washington
 Bystamder

 make a high hurdle Jeff could only be held back by force. Finally the rider decided to let him take two-foot jump.
 Back horse and rider went, turn ed, and advanced toward the hurdle Jeff ignored the low bar rier and leaped high enough tc clear one three times it's size. His rider doesn't know to this good day how he managed to stay on. But General Pershing has de- creed that Jeff's jumping days are over. Only a short while ago he refused to permit his horse to enter contest, declaring that he was too old.
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UNDERGOES OPERATION

Larry Parks. Juneau representa- tive for the Alaska Washington Airways, underwent an operation for the removal of tonsils and adenoids at the office of Dr. w. w. Council this morning.
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AT THE HOTELS
Alaskan

,.,1 Alaskan
 Carl Abrahamson, Tenakee; Jack Carmel, Tenakee; Nick Thomas, Skagway. 4
 Gastineau
 w. J. Wright, Ketchikan; F. l. Crpckweil, Mrs. Crockwell, Chica- go; A. D. Eckman. Tenakee; R.. B Halloweil. Seattle; A. Frey and Mrs Frey. Point Retreat. MT and Mrs II. w. Nichols Cincinnati; Car Wiley; w. A. Eaton, Juneau; Will liam Lindley, Olympia; H. w Hampton. Seattle; A. c. Adams Excursion Inlet.
 Zynda
 Mrs. Fred Butterworth, Seattle; Miss Alice Butterworth, Seattle Shirley Lindbloom. Juneau; George A. Rounsefull, Seattle; Mrs. William Pinkey, Chilkoot Barracks.
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Jeff Is Jumper

Jeff Is Jumper
 Of the two, Jeff boasts of the greater reputation. His skill as a jumper has been something that army men have pointed to with pride for many years.
 Maj. John G. Quackmire, a for mer aide to the General, rode Jeff to most of his victories in jumps. And they were many. Before he became too old, Jeff had won blue ribbons and medals of all descrip- tions-enough to fill a good size box
 They say around the army stables here that he was a natural jump CT, and that he enjoyed nothing more. Never was his rider forced to punish him to make hurdle. There is a story of how Jeff was taken to Rock Creek Park hero one day by a none-to-skilled rider Ca high army officer, where other horses were jumping. Each time he would see one of the horses
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We maarr ana az.@=-- sil kinds of fur garments. Goldstein's Elm porium. --ady.