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The Washington times., 1929-01-25
Cecil HOIt's Arrest
SnarIs Death Plot"
In Double Intrigue

DETROIT, Jan. Is u.N.S.l.---The
arrest of Cecil Holt, young accounts
ant. and Ralph Wood, wealthy
Wyandotte realtor, coming with the
suddenness OF a bolt from the blue
further snarls the tangled skeins OF
the Wood murder plot case" and
may develop into the most astound.
ing story of intrigue and double
dealing in Michigan criminal annals.
Holt, Ambrose L. Haggerty, Will
liam Thompson and Taylor Pierce,
carrying out a plot concocted by
Mrs. Grace M. Wood, went 70
Woods real estate office on the
night Of January 8 with the inten.
ton of kidnapping Wood and later
killing him, according to Holt.
Holt told police that in the event
Wood died before the elimination Of
divorce proceedings he had insti-
tuted against his wife, Mrs. Wood
would be the beneficiary of her
husbands $4,000 life insurance
policy.
Acting on HoIt's information, p0-
lice OF Detroit and Wyandotte, to.
gether with Wayne county depu-
ties, prepared an ambuscade. On
the night OF the assault Holt and
Haggerty, the latter not suspecting
the police ambush, came to the door
Of Woods office. HagEerty was
to slug Wood as the realtor came
out, Holt said.
AS Haggerty stepped forward to
blackjack Wood the latter whipped
out a pistol and killed Haggerty, an
alleged Chicago gunman.
Thompson and Pierce made tenn
porary getaway but were later ar
rested as was Mrs. Wood. All
three are awaiting examination on
an assault with intent to kill and
murder charge.
The Washington times., 1929-01-25
Infection Cleared From
MOnarch's Left Lung

# LONDON, Jan. rs. u.N.S.l.--The
infection OF the right side Of King
Georges chest has been eradicated,
according to the following official
medical bulletin issued at Bucking.
ham Palace just before noon today:
"The Improvement in His Maj.
esty's condition noted in the last
bulletin continues. A meteorological
examination shows the right chest
now free Of the injecting organ
ism"
1t was signed by Sir Hugh Rigby.
DIR. L. e. II. Whitby and Lord
Dawson Of Penn.
The Washington times., 1929-01-25
Sub" Salvage Device
Stands Standard Tests

The Bureau Of Standards yester-
day made tests Of the strength of
one Of the steel ''padeyes" or loops,
intended for submarines. to which
pontoon lifting chains may be at.
tached to raise them to the surface
in case Of accident. The tests were
declared to be successful.
"A padeye Of type recently tested
at Provincetown Harbor, Mass, with
the hull Of the Inflated S-4. with.
stood tractive power Of specially
designed machine amounting to 236
tons before 1T cracked. This Is 76
tons more than the estimated
amount It would have to stand in
actual salvage operations.
Reports of the test win be for
warded to special avy board on
submarine salvage and safety.
The Washington times., 1929-01-25
JEALOUS MA I {
BLINDS WIFE
KILLS CHILD
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he laughed and taunted his wife.
"Can you see now7 I told You
I'd let you live and suffer.
Police say q companion OF Thomas
relates that while they were
walking along the street Sunday
Thomas declared he suspected his
wife was unfaithful,
Close Eyes Forever
"Iu tell you what III do he
continued, according to the story.
I'm going to close those beauti-
full eyes forever. Everybody says
she's got beautiful eyes, but I'll
claw them out so she can't look on
anybody else. and then I'm going
to kill the children and myself"
Instead of going to work yester-
day, according to reports, Thomas
''shadowed'' his wife in q taxicab
and learned that she had gone to
a lawyers office, and made ar.
rangements for a divorce. Then she
came home last night Thomas in
quired:
Been to work today?''
EYES," she replied.
Quarrel Follows
You're a liar" and the enraged
husband informed her that he knew
of her activities.
A violent quarrel ensured. Later,
after two roomers in the house had
departed, the tragedy was enacted.
The victim of her husbands ter
rible revenge lay in City Hospital
today, one Of her children dead. the
other believed dying. Her life is
not in danger, physicians said, but
there is no hope that her eyes
will heal to any extent.
Married in 1922
Mrs. Thomas told police that she
and her husband were married
November is, 1922. at Lorain.
She denied that she had been un-
faithful and said that though she
loved her husband she had come to
fear him because OF his jealousy.
It was because OF this that she de-
cided to get a divorce, she said.
II would have died for him or the
children" she s0bbed.
The Washington times., 1929-01-25
Wood, Plot Victim, Arrested as
Bandit in Bank H0Ld-Up

is, when Parrish became suspicious
of two men who attempted TO ques'
ton him about the bank robbery
of the preceding day.
At a signal from Parrish, citizens
in the store gathered around the
two and took them to the state
police office for questioning. What
information or explanation they
gave was not revealed, but they
were released after questioning.
Lieutenant Gillette and Detective
Sheridan who had been assigned to
the bank robbery case, had taken
photographs of Wood. Holt, William
Thompson and Taylor Pierce 70
Sturgis.
They had no picture Of Ambrose
Haggerey. the man killed by Wood
during the attempt on the wealthy
realtors life.
Sure Of Pictures
After the Wood shooting, Captain
Elliott, deputy commissioner Of
Public Safety, received information
that Haggerty, Pierce and Thomp-
son, had been in Sturgis the day
after the bank robbery.
Parrish picked out the pictures
of Thompson and Pierce as those
OF the inquisitive strangers who had
talked to him after the robbery.
Then he came to Woods picture.
He looked at it carefully but re-
fused to make positive Identified
ton until he had better evidence
Of identity.
Miss Craine also was shown the
pictures. Even before she saw them.
she had given a minute description
that, officials said. fitted Holt.
When she saw the picture Of Holt
she exclaimed:
"I'Il bet SO that's the man that
came in the cage Officers next
The Washington times., 1929-01-25
HONORs AWAIT HIM
FATAL
To FORMER
SENATOR
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ton became slightly better until
several days. ago, when he. suffered
a relapse and became steadily worse.
Although funeral arrangements
have not been completed, members
Of the family said that Senator
Underwood's body viii be taken to
Birmingham, Ala, for interment.
Born in Kentucky
Oscar w. Underwood was born
May s, 1852, at Louisville, KY. from
where he removed with his parents
to the Minnesota frontier. Attain
ing manhood. he attended the Rugby
School, in Kentucky. later going to
the University Of Virginia. For
brief period he practiced law in st.
Paul.
Underwood moved to Birmingham.
Ala, in 1884 ana hung out his
shingle." Ten years later he was
elected q member Of the House OF
Representatives, where he served for
20 years and became one Of the out
standing Democrats Of his genera
tion. He was rated the best in
formed man in the country on the
subject OF the tariff.
Serving as q member OF several
important committees Of the House.
Underwood attracted wide attention
and in 1911 was unanimously
elected majority leader OF his party
in 1911 and reelected in 1913.
In 1912 at the Democratic Ma
tional Convention in Baltimore,
Underwood was a candidate for
the presidential nomination and
again at Madison Square Garden in
1924.
Underwood Tariff
The first Underwood tariff bill
was prepared in 1911. passed by
Congress- and vetoed BY President
Taft. The BIN became an issue of
the 1912 campaign which saw the
election of Wilson The second
Underwood tariff bin was passed
and approved BY President wilson
in 1918.
In 1914, Underwood was elected
to the United States Senate and
was reelected in 1920. He resigned
from public life at the end OF his
second term, TO make his home at
the historic Woodlawn Mansion on
the Washingt Richmond Highway.
below Alexandra. He announced
he would write his memoirs Of pub
lie life there.
During the World War, Under.
wood participated actively in the
preparation of several important
war measures relating to revenue.
finance and appropriations. He
voted for ratification Of the treaty
Of Versailles in 1919.
Named Minority Leader
At the death OF Senator Martin
Of Virginia, Underwood was named
minority leader in the Senate and
in 1921 was named by President
Harding, a representative of the
United States at the conference on
armaments.
At the Democratic national con.
vention in New York city in 1924,
amid wild scenes, Underwood's
name was carried through scores
Of ballots when a Democratic nomi-
nee was being chosen. The famous
cry of the Alabama delegation ''24
votes Tor Underwood" was carried
by radio to all parts OF the country
and the expression became by.
word, John H., Davis was finally
chosen the party's standard bearer
at that convention.
Underwood was twice married.
His first wife was Eugenia Massie.
His second wife was Bertha Wood
ward. daughter Of prominent iron
manufacturer. One Of his sons be.
came prominent in the iron indus
wood w., u 3 Washington ATTORNEYS
The Washington times., 1929-01-25
|! NATIONS To
HONOR SHIP
HEROES
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.ssay race to the freighter are Lester
Bowman, Of New York, and Charles
A. Mas, OF San Francisco.
others who will receive the ac-
claim Of New York's millions are
the heroic members of Manning's
lifeboat crew-W. J. Clark, of Butte,
Mont; v. Walleck, of ESQ Kearney
St., San Francisco; w. Trettin. of
S42 York St., Camden, n. j.; F.
KelIam, Of IA Oak St, Braddock,
Pa; FL. Harrobin, OF 115 Front
st., Jessup, Pa; Bracco of Union
City, N. j.: and A. Wilson and J.
Talts of New York.
Several of the Florida's survivors
probably win not be sufficiently re-
covered from their experience to
participate in the welcoming eere-
monies. One has a broken leg, an
other internal injuries, and all are
suffering from the shock Of being
hauled by a rope through icy water
to the. iifeboat. They lived on
fruit and water for four tortorous
days, and were at the point of col
lapse when saved.
Fmanuele Grazzi, italian Consul
General in New York, cabled con-
gratulations to Captain Fried as
follows:
please accept the warmest thanks
and congratulations Of all Italians
eor the gallant rescue Of the Florida s
DreW, which gave a renewed ex'
ample Of the bravery Of American
seamen and of the brotherly tie
Knitting the sailors of all nations.
May Get Medal
The rescners probably win be
eeted by the italian government,
and legislation has been started at
washington to reward them with
gold medals.
Captain Fried, who nodestly dis
claimed all credit for the rescue in
his graphic description Of the sea
saga yesterday, urged that every
member sof the boat crew be pre-.
scented with the Treasury Depart.
lnent gold medal.
Rear Armiral Billiard, of the Coast
Guard, said he would see to it that
Iifesaving medals are presented TO
Ghe crew
Early action lis expected in Con.
gress on the resolution of Represen-
tative Black D.1 OF New York to
award medals to CaE George Fried
and members of his crew. who
rescued 81 men from the Italian
freighter Florida.
Enthusiastic applause greeted the
resolution, and "a speech in the
House by Representative Gibson R.)
OF Vermont lauding thesTescu6rs.
The resolution not only author,
izes the Secretary of the Treasury
to strike off suitable gold medals
but expresses the thanks and .ap
probation of Congress- for the
] crews heroic and noble conduct. :
One Of the medals would go Il
Fried and to "each Of such persons
are are certified by him to have
shown special courage in the
rescue. \
The rescue crew would be brought
to Washington to receive the medals
probably at the hands Of the Presi
dent.
BOSTON, Jan. rs. u.N.sD--
Anxiety mounted today for the
steam trawler, Seiner, with crew
of 20 men.
The Seiner which was due at New
London, Conn, four days ago, was
last heard from six days ago.
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

BOSTON, Jan. rs. u.N.s.)-
Anxiety mounted today for the
steam trawler, Seiner, with a crew
OF 20 men.
The Seiner which was due at New
London, Conn, four days ago, was
last, heard from six days ago.
The Washington times., 1929-01-25
seSPIES" m MIMIC WAR

BALBOA, Panama rrnal Zone,
Jal 5u.N.S.D.--A new element was
int. uced in the mimic warfare In
the CInal Zone when 1t was learned
today that "spies" have been send
ing messages to the black fleet,
which is ATTACKING the canal de-
Kanges.
The Washington times., 1929-01-25
WALES TO VISIT MINES

LONDON, Jan. 25 Q.N.S.). - The
Prince Of Wales wiz leave Monday
for q tour of the northern coal
fields to study conditions among
miners families, where there Is acute
distress, %
The Washington times., 1929-01-25

Good, bad and indifferent golf.
ers win find 1t profitable to read
Bobby Jones lesson on the Scotch
pastime in Sundays Herald.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24
PLUM ICE-BOX
PUDDING

This pudding sounds too SIM
pie to be good but it's really deli
cious! And particularly pretty,
too-the ribbon sandwich effect
of plums and pink bread is most
appetizing.
Quick to prepare and simple
enough for young children. Of
course, it will be delicious and
nourishing for it's one of those
hearty desserts in which flavor
full slices of Rice's figure.
Take a quart of fresh or canned
stewed plums. Cut slices a quar-
ter inch thick from a loaf of
Rice's Bread and spread each
piece with soft butter. In a deep
dish lay alternate slices of bread
and finely cut plums, adding just
enough juice to soak bread when
pressed down. Have the last
layer of bread.
Put in an ice-bOx for several
hours. Unmould, cut in slices
and serve with whipped or plain
cream.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24
Our MOst-Used Food Should
be Both Delicious and
NOurishing

double quantity of yeast, and
gluten-high -four, gives a wealth
of the elements so necessary to
build good, strong men whose
work requires lots of energy.
Lively, active, growing children,
athletic boys and girls-all need
large amounts of fuel food. And
nowhere can it be had so mex
pensively as in brown crusted,
savory slices of Rice's Bread.
Surveys by the highest author
tiles have shown that nutritious
bread is the most inexpensive
form of easily obtained energy
food in the world! Your grocer
receives plump, brown -crusted,
snowy-crumbed loaves of Rice's
Bread, fragrant and oven-fresh
twice each day.
Order some today and watch
your family's enthusiasm!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24
Save Time All Day
with Rice's Slices

No more grumbling or delays
at breakfast because somebody
sliced the bread crooked and it
won't toast properly. You can do
as thousands of housewives are
doing-buy your bread in the
ready-cut loaf, "Rice's Slices"
The loaf is cut by machinery into
slices of exactly the same thick
ness. A cardboard tray holds the
slices snugly together in loaf
form. When you have slipped out
a slice, just tuck the waxed wrap
per around the tray again, and
your slices remain fresh.
And no thick, clumsy or crum-
bly, sandwiches in lunch boxes
when you use Rice's Slices. For
with these even, clean-cut slices,
it's so easy to turn out piles of
appetizing, tempting sandwiches.
You will recognize this handy
sliced loaf by its gay wrapper, so
interesting to children. Your
grocer receives Rice's Slices fresh
twice a day. Get a loaf today!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24

Did you know that the average
person eats 1876 loaves of bread
a year? Hearty, hungry men and
active youngsters eat even more!
No wonder modern housewives
are giving very careful attention
to what bread they buy. Careful
housewives who want to give the
very best bread to those depend
ent on them for food that will
keep them happy and well usual
ly choose Rice's. 1t has that ap-
petizing homemade" flavor that
makes everyone want just one
more slice. You can SAVIOR its
goodness the moment you push
back the wrapper from the fra
grant, golden loaf.
And Rice's Bread is more than
just flood that tastes good" 1t
does a real job of nourishing. It's
abundance of rich, pure milk,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24
Lunch BOres Stand or Fall
on the Quality Of the Bread

Since the main part of the
lunch consists of sandwiches, the
bread used simply must be of the
best, if the lunch is to be appetiz-
ing and wholesome. Try making
them of the rich wheaty-tasting
Rice's Bread and see the differ
ence it makes.
They are so appetizing just to
look at, with the snowy fine-tex-
tured crumb Rice's has, and rich,
golden nutty-fiavored crust. The
grain is so fine and even that fill
ings do not soak in as they do in
a coarser-textured bread.
And most important of all
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24

sandwiches made of Rice's Bread
stay fresh no matter how early
they are made! "It doesn't dry
out like most breads" at never
becomes dry" at stays fresh in
lunches" enthusiastic housewives
tell us again and again.
Rice's keeps its delicious fresh
ness because it is so carefully
baked and because of the fine
quality of the -four used. This
carefully blended flour not only
gives a wheaty "home baked"
taste, it also holds just the right
amount of moisture to keep Rice's
sandwiches plump and fresh.
They are never either soggy or
leathery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24

when l offer them Rice's with its
delicately rich flavor that blends
deliciously with every other food.
And when l am planning my
afternoon teas and want my
sandwiches to be especially deli
cious and dainty, I do not worry
if / can get Rice's.
$50, whether am thinking of
special guests, or ordering for
the everyday meal in the home, l
make every possible effort to get
what l know will add satisfac-
ton on all occasions. This is
what Rice's always does"
MRS. ANNA B. COALE,
400 River Road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24
Using Bread for the
De Luxe Dinner

Canapes made quickly from golden rounds of Rices
toast that full of flavor Spread with finely mashed
cooked liver and hardboed yolk of egg; with
onion juice salt and pepper Cover with chopped pars
ley and chopped olive.
Toast fingers with the soup, made from Rce's Bread,
with its homemade" taste.
CFOusndes, filled with creamed sweetbread lobster,
chicken, etc. Cut pc inch cubes from Rce's Bread,
following out the inside. Brush with melted butter and
brown slightly Fill sprinkle with buttered Rce's crumbs
and brown.
Butter cTWmb with asparagus Stir Drowned crumbs
into melted butter and pour the tips Rces Bread
separates into light fluffy crumbs when oven-fresh.
Two tablespoons of crumbs of butter the right
proportion.
Toast Media squares thin and crunchy sprinked with
Parmesan cheese and a dash of cayenne pepper then
warmed until the cheese begins to melt-are delicious
with the salad The fine crumb of Rce's always
enables you to get paper-thin slices.
Tiny sandwiches in fancy shapes, made of thnnes slices
of bread and tart jelly chic and for serving
with ice cream. Rce's Bread is admirable for these
because the fine texture keeps the jelly from coming
through and because cuts tissue thin when fresh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24

If you wrap lunch box sand
witches made of Rice's Bread in
waxed paper (the dainty wrap
per that comes around the loaf is
always handy you will find they
keep fresh and tasty for hours.
Your grocer gets Rice's twice
each day, fresh and fragrant
from the oven.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24

For chiIdren's dinners-Tiny in
dividual pies are much liked,
with filling of creamed liver. The
crust is a delicately golden round
of toast cut into wedge-shaped
pieces and fitted back together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24
S'When / Want Every
thing Perfect 1
Offer Them Rice's''

3" When /
want every
thing perfect
for the meal,
/ do not for
get the i'm
portance of
bread.
my fam
lily and my
guests are al
ways pleased
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-24

Right Rev. Charles p Anderson of Chicago (ght
elected presiding bishop of Protestant Episcopal
America with Bishop James Freeman Washington Cate-
dral shortly his election World Photos
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-25
New Tire, New Line,
New Prices Put On
By Hicks Rubber Co,

Presentation of the new Dayton
king of Deluxe" tires. formal an
! nouncement of the purchase OF the
Star Rubber Company, Akron, Ohio.
and new spring prices r embraced
in three announcements just made
by the Hicks Rubber company, OF
Brownsville.
The new king of de luxe tires"
has been given its regal nane by
| reason of its extra size and weight.
the new Dayton having been built 70
be the heaviest and toughest Of all
so-called super" and de luxe" tires.
The 33x6.00 king" tips the beams
at 80 1-2 pounds. has a cord break
of 16 to ID pounds. q thicker and
tied in tread design. and extra
cushioning around its layers OF 6 to
8 ply cord. The new Dayton de
luxe retains the colorful feature OF
the Dayton Thorobred-red stripe
and white sidewall.
whether we have the heaviest
and, at the same time. the most
beautiful and colorful tire made"
said Mr.. Pipkin OF the Brownsville
| store. 'can best be determined by
placing any tire one may please up
against the King OF De Luxe. Well
admit that we r proud Of this new
Dayton"
Purchase Of the Star Rubber COM
pany by the Hicks Rubber company
gives the South's Largest Tire house
| one OF the Oldest tire manufacturing
companies in ~existance. The repu-
tation OF the Star Rubber company
among old line manufacturers Of
automobile tires has always ranked
high. It's product has always been
I'm the higher Quality class. accord
ing TO Mr.. Pipkin. who wen on TO
| saw:
And now Hicks has taken every
ounce OF reclaim rubber out OF the
tread OF a tire that was already con-
| sidered one OF Americas finest tires.
IN addition to sccSifving the in
gradients going into Star tires. the
Hicks Rubber company IS putting It's
| distinctive stamp OF apDroval-the
red stripe and white sidevall-on
| the Star tire. Hicks feels that this
Is the most emphatic vav TO ten the
| public that the Hicks Rubber COM
pany assumes unqualified and I'M
questioned responsibility for every
| Star tire"