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The Washington times., 1930-09-30
CREECY CASE IS
STILL MYSTERY
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lively identified him as the man
who bought the weapon.
He also told police that the
man wore a gray suit at the time
of the purchase. The suit was
later found in the room at the
hotel.
Similar Identification was made
by Paul Heister. Of the 1400 block
Floral st. N. W., who sold the
axe to Colonel Creecy on Satur-
day afternoon at the Barber and
Ross establishment.
AS plans for the funeral Of
the officer are being completed,
his wife lies at the point of death
in Emergency Hospital.
Wife Has Operation
DR.. Daniel Borden performed an
operation on the unconscious
woman yesterday and removed q
number Of bone fragments from
her brain.
Little hope is held out for her
recovery. as she lest an enormous
quantity of blood during the Il
hours she lay on the floor in the
hotel room before being discov
cred.
Lieut.. Edward J. Kelly and mem
berS Of the homicide squad are
still working on the case and run.
ming down details in the past life
of the Marine officer, In an effort
to determine what prompted his
act.
In the event Mrs. Creecy regains
consciousness, she may be able to
tell Of just what happened Satur-
day night before her husband
struck her three times on the back
Of the head with the ak. Detec-
tiveS are Of the opinion that the
first blow was struck as she slept,
and that. regaining consciousness,
she made an effort to reach the
door Of the room.
Blood on the Bed
When found, Mrs. Creecy was
lying beneath the bed nearest
the door, one foot showing from
beneath the spread. The bed in
which she had retired was
drenched in blood.
Col. Creecy will be buried with
fun military shonors at IL o'clock
tomorrow at Arlington National
Cemetery. The honorary pail
bearers announced today by the
Marine Corps viii be Brig. Gen.
r. H. Kane, Lieut.. Coils. D. M.
Randall, o. r. Sanderson, w. NJ.
Hall, A. E. Randall and Major
w. S. Devan.
The Rev. Sidney K. Evans,
United States Navy chaplain, will
officiate.
The body is now cit Tahler'S
undertaking establishment in the
900 block M st. N. w.
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Cannon RAVES
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jr., were inclined to be hostile to-
ward newspaper men who were
trying to interview their father.
Only the bishops intervention
prevented fist fights with some Of
the more insistent reporters.
Cannon's patience became ex-
hausted when someone asked if
the charges related to stock trans
actions. He replied, heatedly:
81 told You have nothing to
say. You understand the Eng
. lish language, don't yOu?"
Here one Of the sons got indig'
nant:
Papa, don't answer them"
Arrests Are Refused
Some effort was made to have
the reporters arrested, but the spe-
cial policeman employed by the
railroad companies said "No."
Mrs. Cannon avoided all this by
remaining on the train as her
step-sons took their father from
the station. @
The party arrived yesterday
from Brazil, landing at New
York, where the bishop first faced
an army Of interviewers. He re-
fused to talk, but the phOtogra-
pliers turned their cameras at
him and the reporters fired him
with questions concerning pro-
hibition. Then his reticence
turned to volubility.
Raps C. I'll. Tuttle
He charged that the Federal
Government is honeycombed with
graft, expressed a DOUBT that
Charles II. Tuttle is personally y
liberal, or "wet." as he called 1t,
and suggested Tuttle's repeal
plank may defeat him for gov
ernor.
He contended the new senti-
ment against prohibition came
from large cities like New York
and Chicago, and predicted an
other Democratic wet plank will
again split the Southern Democ-
racy wide open.
When he could no longer eS-
cape the battery Of newspaper
men he said:
81 will not discuss the \
charges brought against me u11-
til have seen the document"
Mrs. Cannon, who was regis.
tered on the ships passenger list
as Mrs. McCallum. was even more
closely guarded than the bishop.
She stayed in the Second-clasS
cabin in which she and her hus-
band had made the trip until
long after the ship had docked.
"WhO's There? Go Away!"
When an ambitious soul knocked
on the door, her voice, high and
tremulous. came family through
the panel:
'way!"
A ships officer, attempting to
disperse the crowd of reporters,
said:
"Mrs. Cannon is in mysteries.
Her condition is very hySterical.
The captain asks the. gentlemen
Of the press to leave, so that
she may regain her calm"
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
Lunch Mob Routed
By Alabama Guard

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. Sept. 80
QN.So-Quiet prevailed here
this morning after. national
guardsmen were forced during the
night to advance with drawn
bayonets on a mob of 1000 men
which attempted to storm the
county jail and seize a colored
prisoner.
The militia hurled tear bombs
at the mob, which was dispersed.
The troops were called out by
Gov. Bibb Graves. The prisoner
c. e. Henderson. is held as a
suspect in the killing Of H. e.
Ross, Huntsville business man,
and the shooting Of his wife.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
CoNvOCATloN OPENS

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Sept. 80.
The 26th annual Piedmont Con-
vocation of the Protestant EpiSco-
pal Church of Virginia opened
this morning with communion at
st. Paul's Church, administered to
the delegates by Rev. Robert A.
Castleman. Business sessions will
be held today and tomorrow. Ap-
proximately 100 ministers and lay
men are attending. ~.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
DR.. JOHNSON HON0RED

DR.. Mordecai johnson, president
of Howard University and Spin
garn medalist for 1923, has been
listed by Rabbi Stephen s. Wise
among the 10 religious leaders Of
the country. DR.. johnson is the
only Negro named in the list
which includes Catholic, Jewish
and Protestant churchmen.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30

few years ago
and for whom
p r EST dents
and murder
ers took mi
nor place on
first pages. is
now bein g
sued by Alb
ner silver
composer, for
rofesSional
services rem
dered un til
her fame sub
sided as a re-
suit Of q iuIl
In the pub
The Washington times., 1930-09-30

tale. The stu
alton has be-
come quite e
/ m m in e n t
now that Col
man, S u q v e
lover Of the
sore e n, has
m a d e public
his legal sep
aration from
T h e ] m a
Hayes, which
was kept a Sc
cret until to-
day.
It is told
The Washington times., 1930-09-30

Nc'S Tame Tor "DaddleS"
Silver, through his attorney,
Irving Sheer, has appealed TO
the courts to compel "Peache" !"
to pay him the alleged balance,
which he says Is due him for
the compositions, "Au Alone In
a Palace Of Stone" sand TITS
Great to BE Single"
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
THIEF TAKES $25

A sneak thief entered the room
of Henry z. Kobe, Of Richmond,
Va, stopping at the Y. M. c. A,
yesterday and took $28 in bills
from his pocket, according to the
story he told police late last
night. Kobe said that while he
was taking a shower the thief
ransacked his room and took the
money.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
HALF PINT; 8 MONTHS

ALEXANDRIA. Va, Sept. 30.-In
police court today, w. M. Bray
don, charged with second offense
against the prohibition law, was
fined $40 and costs and sem
fenced to three months in jail.
He was arrested with q half pint
bottle Of cord liquor IN his pocket.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
Ne WSPAPERS
WARNED
LIBEL
Unusual Action of Senator'S
Seen as Further Indication
Of Fight to Bar Nominee
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may file libel suits after the sens
torial election.
THE statement was issued owe
the signatures Of Senator Ny
(Ea.l, Of North Dakota: Dale (Rl
Of Vermont; Din Cd Of Wash
ington, and Wagner Cd, Of Ney
York. Senator Patterson (R9
Of Missouri, did not sign it AM
It was stated he declined becauS
he was "adhering to his origina
position of making no commit
ments on any phase Of the investi
gasion because he hasn't beel
cInseIy affiliated with it," tn
statement follows: n
Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCor.
mick continues to make false
and IibelOuS charges that mem
bers Of the Senate inveStigat-
Ing committee put detectives at
work to break into her private
premises, to ransack her per-
sOnal correspondence, to pilfer
her files and records, and to
tap her telephone wires.
Newspapers have been in
duced by Mrs. McCOrmick's
well-Organized publicity to mis-
represent the activities Of the
committee, diStOrt the news Of
It's proceedings and to repeat
edIy print false statements
from the tongue and pen OF
Mrs. Mccormick i'm apparent
disregard Of libel laws. This
has been carried to such q
point that there are publishers
today who seem never to have
seen denials of these charges
issued to the press In times
past.
"We have said and we repeat
that these charges are totally
and utterly false. No member
Of this committee whose name
iS affixed hereto has been i'm
any way responsible for such
acts as have been committed.
We have not at any time spied
upon Mrs. Met COrmcik.. We have
not tapped her wires. We have
not read her correspondence.
either private or official. We
diE not rifle her files at Byron
o. elsewhere, nor have we OI.
any one Of us or any agent for
the committee directed, ap-
proved or had knowledge Of any
such acts.
1--WE dislike hOnOring these
charges by repeating our de-
mails, but Mrs. Mccormick has
the effrOntery to continue to
make statements which are mot
only false but which she herself
must know to be false. The
newspapers which have been in
duced to print Mrs. NTcCOr-
Hnick's ibeIs are now expressly
notified that any future repeti-
tiOn of them. will be regarded
as willfuI and malicious libel
the publication Of which they
have no justification, but must
assume individual responsibility.
and this notification is given
without waving any right of
the committee or any individual
member of it or anw emplOye of
it to bring action for what has
: already been said and pub
Hshed Of a libeIOuS or slander-
GUS nature"
Members Of the committee have
been incensed over the manner II
which newspapers treated theil
denia1S of the McCormick charges
Many editorial writer's condemned
tho committee for breaking into
Mrs. McCormick'S home, and AS
sailed their agents for tapping
her telephone wirNs, just as
though the charges had never
been denied and had been actually
proven.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30

EVELYN LAVE that Colman
met Miss Laye during his visit
to London, having been intro
duced by Peggy Wood. Since
the pair have returned to Holly
wood, Colman has been doing
more entertaining for her than
he has for any other person
during his residence there.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
BANK STATEMENT

New York Clearing House 'ex.
change, $l,549, ,0O0, 900. -
New York Clearing Houses bal
ance, 1900 900.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
Ronald COLnSGn VIII
Marry EUeLyn Laye

Evelyn Laye win be the next
Mrs. Ronald Colman, according
to q recent Hollywood studio
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
the Things
They Do
"PeGches" Sued for
Vaudeville Tunes

Peaches" Browning, Of Dad
dy" and "Woof, wool" fame,
who crashed the footliRhtS q
The Washington times., 1930-09-30

New model "Used Cara" s9ferIng
satisfactory transportation, can be pro-
cured at q very reasonable cost from
the used-eaR merchants advertising IN
tOdmy'S Classified Ads
The Washington times., 1930-09-30

A ear for You and one for the FAM
fly can both be purchased for the price
Of q new one through tOday's Claesa.
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
Havre de Grace
Workouts

Weather, clear: track, fast.
THREE-EIGHTHS
The Washington times., 1930-09-30
HAvRE De GRACE ENTRIES

(alSaKe Stable and S. H. Harris
entry.
T(b)Tranquility Farm and Wm. Garth
entry.
SECOND RACE-Three-year-ol and
inward: claiming; purse, $1,000; 8 fur
The Washington times., 1930-09-30

4 SAnnrantice allowance claimed.
Weather, clear; track. fast. ..-
Horseg listed according to POST POSI-"
tions. First race, 2;1S p m'
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-08
New Records
THEY do occasionally put on a

THEY do occasionally put on
Il record. The voice Of Brook
hart in full cry is more soporiflc
than that of Rudy Vallee. 1t is one
thing to listen to somebody's mule
trip across the Andes, and quite an
other to bear with Brookhart and
the theory Of strict enforcement.
Petillo can get the best sort Of
practice for bigger and tougher or
deals by hanging round the portals
Of banquet halls where they have
public dinners.
He need only wait until the toast
master says, ON my way down to
talk to you fellows tonight, I saw
something which reminded me Of a
funny story. 1t seems"
Or his vigil will end when the
orator of the evening takes up his
sheaf of sheets and begins, "Of
course, 1 know that the time is get
ting late and that there are many
other interesting speakers whom
you wish to hear, but when was
in Washington last week"
At such a moment some one from
the head table or Whereabouts is
certain to rush out, seize the pro-
fessional list by the lapel, press
$40 bill in his hand and say,
Wont you sit DOWN."
Copyright. 1890. by The Tines
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-08

The right OF any all churches to pray Tor rehef
of their co-reigionists in Russia and for religious
liberty and freedom Of worship according to their
belef-whatever it may be-can not be questioned
BY friends Of the Russian government. Why friends
of the Soviet republic in this any other country
should protest against prayer is not understood easily
Il the prayer was offered up to President Hoover
who is q civil and human ruler OF a secular govern
ment and he were asked to employ the army and
the navy to coerce the Russian government. there
would be reason for protest But none Of the church
organizations ask anything like that.
The prayer of the Roman Catholic church. the
Church Of England and other Protestant Christian
churches is offered up to God with full faith that
His will will prevail.
In designating March as a day Of special prayer
BY the 81 100000 Lutherans Of the world in behalf
Of the Russian Christians, Dr. John a Moorhead,
president Of the Lutheran World Convention, says:
In wisdom and power Almighty God directs the
course OF history for the accomplishment OF His low
ing and Just purposes Ultimately the righteousness
Of His universal government will appear. Those who
trust Him are entitled to call upon Him always and
especially in the day of the fiery trial Of His church
The trials and affections fellow believers there
Gin Russia) have to endure for whatever cause awak-
en- the profound sympathy of true Christians every
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-08
REASON By Ff EzHpfs

TT was impressive when that small group OF couu-
L try people assembled the hillside down In
Spencer county, Indiana, to celebrate the departure
OF the Lincoln family from that community for Ili-
noiS 100 years before.
There grief back in 1880 when the Iincolns
turned their faces westward for Young Abe inst
turned 81, had endeared himself to the whole COM
munity
He was character even then for he had writ
ten several essays which had been printed in the
papers, essays temperance cruelty to animals and
the necessity OF preserving the federal Constitution
He had attracted attention also by his story-tell-
ing, his ambition to learn and his ability to mount
stump and mimic the speaker who to the COM
munity.
LIE was the strongest boy in the wilderness and
L l. could sink deeper into tree than any
body else and even then he had earned the title of
Honest Abe and for his recognized fairness he was
IN demand as an umpire at all kinds Of athletic con-
tests, and in addition to his fairness he had the
muscle to enforce respect for his decisions.
1t is interesting, of course, to speculate Just how
much the removal Of the family from Indiana to
Illinois had to do with his fame and may arrive
at any conclusion. for in the field OF speculation
there are no limitations whatever but from glance
at Lincoln one would conclude that his upward
march would have been about the same had he
manned a Hoosier.
He was well organized mentally when he left In
diana at 81. In fact he had announced his attitude
toward slavery and the necessity of preserving the
Union, ana the community INTO WHICH ne OIllteQ al
New Salem, Ill. not bit different from the
community he left down in southern Indiana.
TN either case he would have been clerk storekeep
i er, surveyor postmaster. philosopher, debater
lawyer candidate for the legislature and later for
congress, etc.
He would not have gone to the Black Hawk war,
had he stayed in Indiana but that made no difference
in his life.
OF course, he would not have debated with Doug
las. had he stayed in Indiana and Indiana had no
political gladiator at the time of Douglass greatness
so in this respect it good thing he went to
Illinois for il was those great debates and Lincolns
resulting speech at Cooper Union which made him
President.
He might have married more happily had he re-
manned Hoosier but some historians say he wouldn't
have amounted to half much had his home life been
congeniaL
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-08
Rheumatic Heart Disease Is Peril

If it survives ten or fifteen years,
it may recover sufficiently to carry
on a reasonably active existence
thereafter.
1t is of the greatest Importance
in saving the lives of children who
have become infected and survive
the initial attack to establish a
routine of life that will save as
much wear on the organ as possible.
Of course, of greatest Importance
is the earliest possible recognition
of the disease. Whether this can
be accomplished by regular ply
steal inspection Of all children is
not certain, although theoretically
such a procedure would be Of value.
The earliest signs are usually
pains in the joints that resemble
what used to be called growing
pains" slight rise in temperature
and fatigue. Whenever the tonsils
or throat are infected, the heart
must be examined repeatedly to find
out whether or not it is involved
in the infection.
In certain percentage Of cases
the heart is involved without any
tissue Of the body being concerned.
Apparently this type of case can be
recognized only by routine examina-
tons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-08
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

common. Recently DR.. Carey F
Coombs has reviewed our present
knowledge of rheumatic heart dis
ease in an attempt to find out why
some children develop the disease
and others do not.
Although intensive Investigations
have been proceeding for some time,
DR.. Coombs states that nothing has
been discovered that helps in the
treatment of the child who already
is rheumatic.
Apparently no evidence relating
to the vitamins or the glands OF in
ternaI secretion or the mineral salts
in the diet has any definite rela-
tionship to the onset Of rheumatic
heart disease.
The germs responsible get into the
blood and localize in the heart,
where they set up serious infection
lanog the paths of distribution OF
the blood vessels in the heart.
These infections weaken the heart
muscles so that quite soon the heart
dilates and is unable to perform its
functions.
If the child survives the initial
attack and the dilation, its heart is
not capable Of carrying on full &C
tivity and it may be an invalid for
years only to die before it has
| reached maturity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-08

ing, Good evening. ladies and
gentlemen of the radio audience"
And even the slogan of pleasant
dreams" could bring him no release,
for it is always possible to get
Havana, or AmeS, Ia.
Why, then, should he not follow
the line of least resistance and
greatest opportunity? Let him then
set up shop and display above the
door a simple sign reading, Michael
Petillo-Profession Listener" His
business card might contain the ad-
ditional information, II furnish a
24-hour service"
The possibilities of such a post
are enormous. There isn't a reason
in the world why the job might not
be a direct topping stone to the
United States senate. Through the
cloakroom rings the terrified muir
muir, 'Brookhart is going to tell
ALL"
Then comes happy thought, and
some one says, why not send for
Michael J. Petillo?"
To be sure, am by no means
certain that Petillo is already quail
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-08
PrOsperitv: For How Many?

The United States stands ahead Of all other coun-
tries in prosperity and material well-being Our in
tutions are held to be indicated because they have
brought to us this unique degree of wealth So runs
the current rhetoric Of spokesman for things as
they are.
In his Republic" Plato suggested that society
which had achieved only material wel-being was far
from the top of the ladder of social and cultural de-
veopment He was harsh enough to suggest that pigs
would be satisfied with material comforts.
Those who honestly believe us to be prosperous
usually have based their cancellations on bank and
corporate earnings on the number of skyscrapers
erected on the number of automobiles manufactured,
on the increase OF millionaires and the emergence
of billionaires.
These are all significant symptoms to be sure, but
no assessment of prosperity we'll can ignore the state
OF the mass OF the people.
The February issue Of Facts for workers." pub
nshed by the labor bureau of New York City, gives
US some cogent material bearing the question. 1t
computes a minimum of health and decency budget"
with the cost OF living based December 1929, prices
The budget involves only level of expenditure
below which a family not go without danger
of physical and moral deterioration 1t is estimated
that such budget for family Of five would run to
S2O6909. The budget which would embrace mini
mum Of comforts runs from $4,000 to $500.
How capable are the workers of attaining these
standards by virtue Of their income?
According to the latest hgures-192S-the average
yearly wage was 1898 This figure includes, how
ever. many high-salaried professional and en-
ployes In manufactures in 1927 the average yearly
income was only 1900 That is only little more than
half the minimum of the health and decency budget
Several millions are out of work and earning moth
ing Even many skilled workers do not attain income
sufficient to meet this minimum of health budget,
and few indeed enjoy the minimum of COM
fort budget
The lot Of the small farmer throughout the nation
has been VIGOROUSLY bad since delation OF war
time prices. Professor w. E Dodd Of the University
Of Chicago fears our farmers may sink to the level
Of servile European peasantry.
We are blaming no one, nor are we suggesting
any remedies. We are confronting a fact, not
theory.
American prosperity not be evaluated solely
IN terms of Bar Harbor Miami, the New York sky
line or headlines about the income tax receipts We
must picture the common man as we'll He seems a
trile down at the heels