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The Washington times., 1930-11-14
20-YEAR TERMS
GIVEN KILLERS

Amos Mungo, colored, was sent
to the penitentiary for 20 years
by. Justice Oscar r. Luhring in
Criminal Court today following
his plea Of guilty Of murder in
the second degree in connection
with the death last April 20 Of
Spofford Blackwell, also colored.
The negro had been indicted for
first degree murder, but was al
lowed to plead to the lesser Of
fense.. s.,
Justice Jesse G. Adkins, in
Criminal Division ., imposed the
minimum Of 90 years In prison
on Frank Cozzens, also colored,
following his plea of guilty Of
the second degree murder of his
wife, Fanny, on last August IL.
CozzenS also had been indicted
for first degree murder but was
allowed to plead guilty to the
second degree. charge.
! Justice Adkins imposed q six
year sentence on Addison Steele,
q white man who was indicted
for incest involving his 12-year-
old daughter.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
Parish Announces
Homecoming Week

A Homecoming Week Celebra-
ton" in honor Of priests former
ly attached to the parish viii be
opened at Immaculate Conception
Catholic Church, Eighth and N
Streets Northwest, Monday night.
The celebration will be opened
with an address by Msgr. Eugene
j. Connolly, pastor Of st. Peters
Church.
The priests to be honored are:
the Rev. Charles e. Roach, of
Bryantown: the Rev. James
e. Connell, Of Holy Comforter
Church; the Rev. John Fl. Ecken-
rode, Of Pikesville. Md; the Rev.
T. Skrzynski, Of Frederick, Md; !;
the Rev. M. j. Riordan, OF ST.
Martins Church; the Rev. Jo-
seph T. Kennedy, Of st. Joseph's
Church, and the Rev. Ambrose C..
Beavan, of Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
TARD|EU VOTED
CONFIDENCE
international Nswurs.l

PARIS, Nov. IA uN.S)-With
power and prestige undiminished
by unceasing attacks from his
political enemies during the last
few weeks, Foreign Minister
Aristide BRAND won an impreS-
sive personal victory early today
when the Chamber Of Deputies
accorded the government Of
Premier Andre Tardieu q vote
Of confidence.
The vote, 323 to 27O, concluded
the debate on Brands foreign
policies which had continued un-
interrupted since November 2.
The shaggy veteran Of the
Quai D'Orsay mounted the
tribune and in a lengthy speech
defended his own policies, lashed
out at his opponents and chal-
lenged them to 'tear up the pact
of Locarno" If they do not agree
with his way Of doing things.
With his usual vigor, and show
ing no trace of his recent illness,
M. BRAND bitterly attacked the
two-fold campaign which has been
waged in France during recent
weeks.
Once again during his long
speech BRAND alluded to the dan
ger Of war when he answered the
speeches Of two Communist ora
tors:
"They want to tear mp the
treaties, and what . fine op-
pOrtunity il would be for them
to set to work I'm. the midst Of
the disarray which would fol-
low.
''They speak Of war with q
certain light-heartedness, as If
such . criminal act could be
realized easily. But what would
follow If any nation should EN-
bark impatiently on such n ven.
'ture? It would not only set
war loose but also social catas-
trOphe beside which . war
might appear as only > little
thing"
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
SHOPPING
DRIVE TOOPEN

The Shop Early-Mail Early
campaign of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association will
begin tomorrow under the leader
ship of Charles Goldsmith, chair
man Of the special committee
which Is cooperating with the
PoStoffice Department.
The slogan, Uncle Sam Says
Buy Now and Mail Early" will
be displayed prominently in Wash
ington for the next month. Signs
will be carried by all trolley cars
and downtown motion picture
houses will display trailers urging
early shopping and mailing. Let
ters are also being sent to school
teachers in which children are
requested to remind parents to
shop early so that packages may
be delivered In distant places be-
fore Christmas.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
PERU ENFORCES
MARTIAL LAW
ONSTRIKERS
Cavalry, Infantry and Machine
Guns Patrol Section Where
Two Americans Were Killed

LIMA, Peru, Nov. IA QN.S0,
Peruvian cavalry, infantry and
machine-gun companies today en-.
forced martial law in the rich
Cerro de Pasco copper mining
district in the Andes, scene Of a
savage attack by strikers in which
two Americans were slain and
l3 natives killed or wounded.
Martial law also was being es-
tabliShed at Canete, a mining vii.
lage on the outskirts of the Cerro
de Pasco region, where Is Alneri.
cans. including a number Of
women. were reported in danger.
Ambassador Fred M. Deering
ordered the evacuation Of all
Americans in the district and
most Of them had been escorted
by the military into Lima and
safety early today.
Meanwhile, the Peruvian au.
thoritieS concentrated their efforts
on rounding up communist agita-
tors held responsible for the out
break. The Peruvian govern
ment has promised to do all in
its power to safeguard American
lives ard property.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
GRAPE CULTURE
AIDED BY j. s.
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It is bought by the bottle or
barrel. Distilled water is added
and the original juice is the result.
One can take this juice and
drink it.. Or one can lay it
away and forget about it. And
what happens?
Why nothing more than the
natural fermentation and the re-
suit Is wine.
Made In Spring
The manufacturers of these
concentrates - with Government
backing-maintain that the man
ufacture and use Of wine in the
home is perfectly legal under the
law. They point to section 20 Of
the National Prohibition enforce
ment laws, which reads in part:
''The penalties provided in
this Act against the manufac-
ture of liquor without q permit
shall not apply to a person for
manufacturing NOTWITHSTANDING
cider and fruit juices exclusively
in his home"
The pact between the Grape
Control Board and the Farm
Board was made this spring in
Fresno, California.
The Grape Control Board has
signed up IS per cent of the Cali
fornia grape growers, the bulk OF
the crop of the nation. The pact
came after overproduction had
placed the industry on an I'm
stable financial basis.
So the dry Government agreed
to help take care Of the excess
average of 100000 tons of grapes
each year. Now 100000 tons OF
grapes are a lot.
By-PrOduct Outlets
But with Government money,
lent to the control board, this sur
plus is to be purchased by the
control board. But what to do
with them? The agreement pro
ivides that:
Grapes are to be bought on the
vine wherever they are found to
interfere with reasonable market
conditions. When the market is
stabilized, whatever portion Of
the grapes could be returned to
the market would be sold.
But the rest would be utilized
In any way in which a salvage
could be obtained.
And this salvage comes In the
form of by-products of which
grape Juice and grape concen-
trates form an important item.
It, is estimated by the Farm
Board that at least 100. 900 tons
Of grapes in addition to this can
be put into "by-products." II
All of which would indicate
that there is q great amount oi
grape Juice and grape concen
trates being prepared for the
market with potential kick
In it.
Commissioner Doran in 1925
issued an order that the sale
of grape juice for home use was
not to be interfered with!
And the question of what IL
Intoxicating is a wide question
that has never yet been solved
say Washington attorneys. Sec
ton 20 is puzzling to both legal
and lay minds.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
DR.. NoTz TO LECTURE

DR.. william r. Notz, dean Of
the Georgetown Foreign Service
school, viii deliver an address to-
morrow night before the alumni
of Delta Phi. Epsilon, first ma
tional foreign service fraternity,
in New York City before he sails
for Europe to keep lecture engage
nlents in universities Of England,
Scotland, the Netherlands, Swift
zerland, Czechoslovakia, Germany,
and the Scandinavian countries.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
Huge Purchase Made
RU Electric COnlDnnH
Times staff Photos.

President William F. Ham, Of
the Potomac Electric Power Com
pany, today announced that that
company has entered into con-
tracts for 100000 pounds Of cop
per and 100000 pounds of Lead
to supply their needs for cable
construction in 1891. The con-
tracts involve expenditure Of ap-
proximately $500, 900.
Mr.. Ham said the purchases
were made at this time both on
account Of the low prices Of cop
per and lead and because 1t 10
believed that the placing Of large
orders now win facilitate the le
turn of business to normal.
Whatever your rental Eeeds may bes
yOu can rest assured that you can save
time in locating them by reading To-
days Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
II Home Groups
GiUe Entertainment

OXON HILL, Nd, Nov. Il.
Members of II homemakerS'
clubs and 10 federated groups
were gathered here today in the
celebration of the third annual
Achievement Day in Prince
Georges county. Original songs
and stunts enacted by the club
members featured the entertain
ment.
Miss Venia M. Keller, county
home demonstration agent, ad-
dressed the group on the subject
of an efficient home.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
Medical Cure Group
VIII Meet MOndnu

Reports of professional and lay
interest will be discussed at the
semiannual meeting Of the COM
mittee on costs of medical care, to
be held at the Mayflower Hotel,
Monday and Tuesday. Secretary
Of, the Interior Ray Lyman VIII
bur. chairman Of the committee,
viii preside.
During the last three years the
COMMITTEES has made expert
studies of the medical needs and
facilities Of the United States of
the costs Of care to the people and
OF the returns to physicians and
other agents of service.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14

kill d er
uncle in de-
tense Of her
honor, will 60
to trial De-
cember 8 on
q charge Of.
murder.
Her father,
VincenZo Rus
so, is charged
jointly W 1t h
her and will
go to trial at
the sa m e
time.
r h e y are
charged with
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
HOOVER PLEDGE
IS SPLITTING
DEMOCRATS
Sen. Glass and Rep. Rankin
Say Party Bound to Correct
Evils Of Republican Regime


While some spokesmen sought
to preserve harmony in Demo
cratic ranks, there was q grow
ing tendency today among the
leaders to reprimand the seven
national party chieftains who
pledged cooperation to the
Hoover Administration at the
next Congress.
Critics Of ''The Seven" argued
that the Democratic party had q
duty to perform in opposing Re
publican legislative proposals
which ran contrary to the Demo
cratic platform. They insist this
duty should not be abandoned.
Glass Raises Issue
The action Of Senator Carter
Glass, fiery Vireinian, in chiding
Messrs. Cox, Davis, Smith. Ras.
kob, Sllouse, Robinson and Gar.
ner for their pledge Of co-opera-
ton, made their pronouncenent
almost an issue within the
party. Some leaders. though,
were prone to take Glass to task
for voicing his protest publicly
and for interpreting the leaders
pronOuncement as an apology
for the Democratic victory"
Representative John E. Rankin,
who hopes to be Democratic
leader Of the House II the Demo
Gratis organize that branch Of the
Seventy-second Congress, fired q
broadside at the seven-fold pledge.
He called on the Democratic
party to "militantly strive to re-
verse Hoover policies" He de-
clared:
Statements issued by indi-
viduaIs, presuming TO speak for
the Democratic party, seem to
have left an erroneous impres-
sion on progressive Democrats
throughout the country and
especially In the agricultural
States.
Keep ON Fighting
''TIaOse Of MS who have been
on the firing line for the last
eight years, batting against the
vicious policies SOf the present
Administration, by which &c has
bIed agriculture white, paralyzed
industry, provoked retaliation
against our foreign trade, and
helped to bring about the great
est economic crash I'm all our
histcry-thOse Of MS who have
been battling against these poll
cies are going to continue the
fight.
eve expect to organize the
House and l believe we will or
ganize the. Senate. But in the
meantime we shall keep up the
fight to relieve unemployment,
restore agriculture and to save
the country from further dis
astrOus effects Of the policies
pursued by the Harding Cool
Iuge-hOOyer ADMINISTRATION
Walsh COrrects View
Sen. Thomas J. Walsh, who just
won an Overwhelming reelection
in Montana, also felt the leaders
statement might have created the
wrong impression. He said the
party had q duty to oppose bad
legislation, and that the state
ment might be construed to In
dicate the Democrats planned to
abandon that duty.
He also insisted the Democrats
should propose their own remedies
for each economic ailment and
that Republicans should agree to
cooperate.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14

ten by Mae
w e s t in
which she is
the star, until
she pays $500
aIlegedly due
Gus Hill Of
New York.
A writ Of
a t t acl1nnent
t d ay had
tied up the
show just as
it W as to
open.
Hill claims
he loaned the
Ana
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
BANK STATEMENT

New York Clearing House ex.
change, $685., ,OO0, 900.
New York Clearing House bal.
ance, $l43. .0O0, 900.
Customs receipts, S13,S13, ,9e9. "a.
Treasury balance, e114,713,.
6076O.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14

PaSha, PreSi-
dent Of the
Turkish Re
public.
With his
a d o p t e d
d a u g h t e r,
Afet Hanim.
the Turkish
President has
just complet-
ed his first
a PIP ca rance
in the talkies.
A Pa n O q.
m e n is for
taking tn e
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
BAKER Staying
TALE CHECKED
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lon November 8. We can prove
that and have two persons ar
rested in connection with it.
We know who owns the gun
4 and we know AIlard didn't
have it prior to November 3.
II he says that's the gun he
used ins the killing, the story
sis all vet"
Not Believed Here
Meanwhile, relatives and init
mate friends Of the murdered
girl express the belief that
Allard was never acquainted with
Miss Baker and that his confes-
sion is a hoax.
The Rev. DR.. Thomas Baker.
Episcopal minister Of Oak Grove,
Va, and father Of the murdered
girl, told The Washington Times
today that he had never heard Of
Allard.
He said as far as he knew his
daughter had never heard Of the
man, and that he placed little or
no credence in his confession.
Miss Mildred Sperry, housemate
of the murdered Navy Depart
ment clerk, declared it was her
opinion that Allard never knew
Miss Baker.
Miss Sperry Talks
Miss sperry, after listening to
details Of the Allard confession, at
length declared she never heard
Miss Baker mention Allard's name
nor did she ever speak Of a man
whose description would fit that
of Allard. She said: .
'The man says he was driv-
ing with Mary Baker ON the day
of the murder. You will re-
member that in the trial Of Her
bert Campbell it was shown
that she had gone to church
and was engaged in other activi-
ties which would have made 1t
impossible for her to have been
with him on the day he speaks
Of"
Other details Of Allard's confes-
sion seemed to bear out the
opinion that the admission was a
hoax.
In a detailed account Of what
was purported to reveal his friend
ship with Miss Baker, the Schenec-
tady prisoner wrote that he had
known Miss Baker since 1928 and
had visited her at her apart
ment."
She Didn't Own One
Miss Baker did not reside in
an apartment but in a bungalow
at Lyon Park, Va. The prisoner
also referred to Miss Bakers
automobile as a Chevrolet. but
the young woman owned a Ford
car.
Allard was arrested in this city
by Detective Sergeant Henry Jett
on August 13. in connection with
the theft OF an automobile in
Schenectady.
While he was i11carcerated at
the Sixth precinct, awaiting the
arrival Of Schenectady authori.
ties, police point out, Allard could
have learned much about the
case BY reading newspapers, for
at that time Herbert M. Camp.
bell, who had been arrested in
connection with the murder, was
ocelipying the front pages. y
AIlard's confession came after
! he had made a few intimations
to schenectady authorities that
he knew something about the
murder Of a young woman in
washington. Pressed for further
information, Allard at length told
the authorities that he killed
Mary Baker.
q
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
ANESE PREMIER SHOT BY YOUNG ASSASSIN FIGHTS FOR LIFE
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
the Things
They Do
Mae Vests Thriller,
Sex" Held for Debt

KANSAS CITY, Nov. IA
Kansas City will not see Sex"
the widely discussed play writ
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
KemGL P0shG Filmed
For American Screen

ISTANBUL, Turkey, Nov. IA
American theatergoers will soon
see and hear Mustapha Kclnal
The Washington times., 1930-11-14

MAE WEST DrlllanC stage
star $500 and that she has
defaulted in payment Of the
notes.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14
Girl and Father Face
Trial for Staying

JERSEY CITY, Nov. 14.-Lil-
Ian Russo, 81, who says she
The Washington times., 1930-11-14

charged With LtIlIan Russo
stabbing and shooting her
uncle. although the girl says
she alone killed him.
The Washington times., 1930-11-14

AHHAb Ed"HH D c LUT6S aG
his farm at Angora were made
by United States Ambassador
Joseph C. McGrew.
Half Of your rental worries are over
when you consult the rental IistinEs in
tOday'0 Classified Ads.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
Will Rogers
Says:

SANTA MONICA, Calf. - When
somebody calls you names" and
there is no truth in it and you know
that everybody knows there is no
Evening star., 1930-12-15

certain large items Of municipal ex-
pense. The plans for municipal aid
In these cities, however, were not held
to be as sound as the plan followed
with respect to Washington under the
proportionate contribution system-a
system that remains in law at the
present time, but which has been legis-
latlvely evaded since 1924. If the ex-
ampleS of Rio and Buenos Aires were
followed in the matter of representa-
tion in affairs of Government, WASH
tngtonians would have. like other
Americans, it was shown, representa-
ton in Congress and the Electoral Col
lege, and, without disturbing national
control of the Capital by Congress, a
larger participation, direct or indirect,
in settlement of the questions how
much and by what methods and for
what purposes they shall be taxed.
In Mexico City the nation collected
municipal taxes, but, disregarding en-
tirely the proportionately small contri-
button of the local community, appro-
priated literally from the national
funds Ito which the residents of the
Mexican capital contributed just as
Washingtonians do) for municipal OBJ
Jects. The people there also have nor
NAL representation in the national gov
eminent. In the case of Mexico the
''nationalizing" of the capital is coupled
with full representation for the people
in the national government, it was
pointed out, and with the grant through
local municipal governments of power
to participate with the nation in local
government-as Is now provided for
Havana.
Evening star., 1930-12-15

emplified as in the case of Washing
ton: but if so, this condition will result
from the fact that the nation will Sc
cure and retain fee-simple title to all
the land in the federal district and
will simply lease to individual residents
It will logically couple national govern
ment ownership with national govern
ment control in an interesting social
istic experiment. In Washington, If
certain theories prevail, the Nation will
retain exclusive and complete control
of the Capital, equal to that of Can
berra, without extinguishing by pur-
chase all individual title to property
and without even recognizing and meet
ing of obligations which arise from
partial ownership and full control. ="
Lessons in South America.
Pointing to some of the lessons
learned from the study of South
American capitals it was emphasized
several years before the Federal Gov
eminent undertook the present Federal
building program-that if the United
States followed the example of Brazil
and Argentina in capital building, it
would be far more liberal Gin capital
creation and upbuilding on purely ma
tional lines" n the District, it was
vided in others than the District bill
and are made solely from national
revenues, to which Washingtonians con-
tribute on precisely the same basis as
all other Americans. The existence
of the relationship between the Capital
community and the Federal establish
ment as regards the financing of NUM-
cipal needs has no logical connection,
it was stated, with the projects of a
national character in Capital develop
ment. Until the present Federal pro-
gram was begun, the United States lag
ged behind Argentina and Brazil in
developing their capitals along national
lines.
Instead of crippling the Capital in
dustrially, commercially and in every
means Of local self-support. the Nation,
as in Brazil and Argentina, should fos-
ter in it every possible taxable resource,
so legiSlating for it as to make it pros
porous and able to meet substantial
municipal taxation, it was emphasized,
and in addition the Nation should
make definite and substantial contribu-
ton to municipal maintenance, either
in accordance with substantive law or
through the substitution of another
plan providing for an equally definite,
| substantial, proportionate contribution.
Each Nation Contributes.
While in the case of Argentina and
Brazil there were no definite proper
tional payment guarantees, each ma
tion met from the national treasury
Evening star., 1930-12-15
MRS. SHEPARD USED
MERCURY MEDICINE
Dentist TeStifies to Giving
Army Doctors Wife
Mouth Wash.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY, KanS., December
15.-Prosecution charges that Maj
Charles A. Shepard fatally poisoned his
wife with mercury were met with de-
fense testimony in the Army medical
officers murder trial today that another
Army Medical Corps officer used
bichloride of mercury in treating Mrs.
Shepard.
Maj. M A. Rose, whose speciality is
dentistry, testified that under his direc-
ton four or five pints of a solution of
btchloride of mercury was given Mrs.
Shepard as mouth wash up to the
time Of her death at Fort Riley, Kans.,
in June, 1929. He said Mrs. Shepard
suffered from trench mouth.
do you know whether you killed
her by your treatment?" District At
torney Sardius M. Brewster demanded
in cross-examining the witness.
Questioned Ruled Out.
@. l.. K"- OF defense counsel OBJ
Jected lie question was ruled out
by the court without an answer from
Maj. Rose
Maj. Rose testified he was called in
Mrs. Shepard's case about two weeks
before her death. At that time, he said,
there was positive evidence of a trench
mouth infection and none of mercury
poisoning.
He said he prescribed the bichloride
Of mercury mouth wash and warned
Mrs. Shepard, Shepard and the nurse.
clara Brown. the solution was poisonous
and urged them to see that Mrs Shep-
ard did not swallow any.
The mouth wash was prescribed to be
used every two waking hours and was
administered approximately two weeks
up to the time of Mrs. Shepard'S death,
he testified.
Maj. Rose said the bottle. labeled
Poison" was kept on a stand near
the bed and was in easy reach of the
patient, who, it was brought out in
the testimony of Maj. j. C. Dye, Fort
Riley eye specialist, told him during
her illness:
Quoted as Wanting to Go.
"Why don't you let me go. won't
get well, anyhow"
Maj. Rose said that each pint of the
mouth wash contained about two grains
of bichloride of mercury and that the
treatment brought a gradual improve
ment in the condition of Mrs. Shepard S
mouth
After the autopsy Maj. Rose stated he
took smears from the ulcers in the
stomach OF Mrs. Shepard-which the
Government alleges were caused by mer-
curry poisoning-and found under micro
scopic test evidence of Vincents angina.
or trench mouth.
"Vincent's angina is fatal in some
cases." he testified.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
Oil Man Wanted

By large company, man
experienced in the fuel
oil business. Qualified
for sales, adjustment of
complaints and general
Office work. Address
Box 214-E, Star office,
stating experience and
qualifications.
Evening star., 1930-12-15
JEWELER is ROBBED

CHICAGO, December Is CP).-Harry
Fine, New York jeweler, reported to po-
lice yesterday he had been kidnapped
and robbed of diamonds valued at
100000.
Fine said he was seized in the Loop
district by two men, who forced him
into a machine, relieved him of the
stones and then released him.