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Evening star., 1931-12-17
Births Reported.

Joseph and Annie FUR. girl.
William @. and Annie NJ Grigsby, girl.
Thomas J. and Martha Hammett. boy.
Raymond and Lydia Luckett, boy.
Fred r. and Christie HIT boy.
John J. and Mary A. Lynch. boy.
Stanley r., and Haroldene Graeff. boy.
Ninian and Kathryn. Beall. boy.
Bernard and Opal Blakely. boy.
Henry v. and Catherine Walsh. girl
Thomas and Gladys Long. girl.
q. .Le Mar and verna Kelly. jr.. girl.
William and Ruth Henrick. girl.
Clyde and blanche. Bennett. girl.
William and Lillian Diggs. boy.
Willie and Leola White, boy.
Hugh and Sallie Martin, boy
William and Sarah Davis. girl.
Jessie and Frances jenkins. girl.
John. r. and Prue Wilkinson, girl
Charles Y. and vlgsinis skssn. boy.
Evening star., 1931-12-17

Of twin brothers who chose the Coast
Guard as their career. Lieut.. Ralph
Kenner, who graduated with F. T. Ken
ner from Mckinley High School in 1922,
and with his brother went to the Coast
Guard Academy, is now stationed on
the West Coast.
The Thetis is Lieut.. Kenner's first
permanent command Previously he has
been temporarily commander of patrol
boats. and for month was acting COM
mander of destroyer. Under him are
four other officers and a crew of 40
men.
The new cutter was commissioned
December /. 1t was built by the Bath
Iron Works of Bath Me, and was
sailed by easy stages from that port to
Washington. with stops at Boston and
New York.
Evening star., 1931-12-17
HEADS CHURCH GROUP
John Storer Is Elected President of
Holy Name Society.

At a meeting of the Holy Name So
ciety, in the rsctory of the Assumption
parish, Congress Heights, the following
officers were elected: John Storer pres
ident; M. e. Rogers, vice president;
John Mcguire, secretary; John Quinn,
treasurer, and Earl Russell, marshal.
Rey. Frarcis K Cavanagh Is spiritual
directogs
Evening star., 1931-12-17
PASSENGER PLANE SETS
CHICAG0.D. c. RECORD
Averages 217 Miles an Hour With
Three Passengers on Three
Hour Journey.

Averaging 2l7 miles per hour with
three passengers aboard. Pilot Harold
johnson Of Continental Always, second
place winner in the Bendix transcon-
tinental race last September, yesterday
afternoon set new speed record be-
tween Chicago and the National Capital,
covering the $50 miles in three hours
fiat. The scheduled flying time is
4 hours and so minutes.
The previous speed record between
the two cities made a few days ago, was
held by Pilot Russell Mossman of the
same line, who covered the run in
3 hours and 26 minutes.
Evening star., 1931-12-17


There is a Senator working daily as
a clerk IN the Office Of member of the
House
Representative Ernest W. Gibson of
Vermont claims to have the prize secre-
tary. He brought back to Washington
distinguished woman lawyer and State
Senator to help him run his office.
Miss Consuelo Northrop is from Bur-
ilngton. She is graduate of the Uni
Versity Of Vermont and of Boston Uni
versity Law School, She was the first
woman lawyer and the youngest woman
Senator who ever sat in a State Legis-
lature. Her term started January /,
1881. and continues until January l.,
1893. -
During her term in the Senate she
was an exceedingly busy young woman,
as she was both State Senator and
States attorney, from which post she
retired last February. For five and a
half years she has been prosecutor for
the city of Burlington and Chittenden
County. She was the only woman in
charge OF a prosecuting Office east of
the Mississippi River. Miss Northrop
has lost only one jury case
Evening star., 1931-12-17
200 OLD SONGS TO GO
Methodist Joint Hymna1 Commits
sion Adopts Substitutes.

ASHVILLE, N. Y, December II R).
The official Methodist hymnal Is to
lose 200 Of its ancient songs and 200
are to be added in their place, but
the Methodist Joint Hymnal Commits
sion, in session here, refused to reveal
the names Of hymns to be dropped.
The conference is to close late today,
after final decision on accommodations
to be made to the Methodist Episcopal
Church, Methodist Episcopal Church
South and Methodist Protestant Church,
Evening star., 1931-12-17
Urged to Pay Bills.

In a letter addressed to Dr. Abram
Simon, president of the School Board,
Calman Mayer, an attorney with offices
at GOT Fifteenth street, asked the School
Board to undertake to encourage public
school employees to pay delinquent bills
more promptly. Mayors letter asserted
that many teachers have owed bills
for feminine wearing apparel for
months and even years, and it ex-
pressed the belief that persons who re-
ceive their pay from tax money, paid
in large part by the merchants them
selves, were being unfair Mayer con-
cluded his letter with an expression of
the hope that the school authorities
may be able to develop a more whole
some philosophy among all Washington
teachers"
DR.. Ballou advised the board that he
already had list of allegedly delin-
quel:t bill payers among school employees,
and that many of the employees deny
they owe them, while others readily ad-
init their debts. A large number already
have undertaken a regular means of
paying off their obligations. At the
close Of the meeting DR.. Ballou told
newspaper reporters that out Of nearly
5000 teachers, 1875 officers $50 custo-
dians and more than 100 clerks, less
IlldH Iuo persons III all naQ Deen CoIn-
planned against"
The board yesterday approved the
publication Of manual for teachers
which would contain necessary infor-
nation for the proper guidance of new
instructors in procedure and general
conduct of the school system. The vol
ume is the first bulletin of its kind In
the local system.
Miss Janice Blum was appointed
principal Of the new Shepherd School
Evening star., 1931-12-17
CHURCH BODY FORMED

St. Vincent de Paul Society Con-
ference Headed by G.. A. Hospidor.
A conference of the Society Of ST.
Vincent de Paul was formed last night
at the rectory of the Assumption
Church, in Congress Heights, of which
Rev. Father Francis x. Cavanagh Is
pastor.
George A. Hospidor, a practicing at
torney, was elected president. Other
officers elected were James A. Mentges,
secretary, and John Quinn, treasurer.
Evening star., 1931-12-17
Yule Pageant to Be Given,

1.-THE Christmas Pageant Of the Holy
Grail" will be presented December 27
by the Pierce Hall Players, in CO.
operation with other groups Of All Souls
Unitarian Church, it was announced
today.
Evening star., 1931-12-17
Deficit Leaps Billion Mark.

The Governments deficit for five and
one-haf months of the 1882 fiscal year
on December is swung heavily past the
ISatSissl lso ON sSas daa marx t0'ans si'a'2S'l'-
Evening star., 1931-12-17

Luncheon, Reciprocity Club board of
directors, Hamilton Hotel, tomorrow,
1880 pm.
The League for the Larger Life will
play Santa Claus to number Of home
less orphans on Saturday, December 49,
at 8 pm, at league headquarters. 1400
New HAmpsht1e AXule
Evening star., 1931-12-17
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY.

Meeting, Conduit Road Citizens Asso-
ciation, Francis Scott Key School, 8
pm.
Evening star., 1931-12-17
FUTURE.

Meeting, Amity Club. Hamilton Hotel,
pm.
Evening star., 1931-12-17

Meeting, Kappa Sigma Chapter, Alpha
Sigma Lambda Fraternity, Willard
Hotel, 8 pm.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
INVISIBLE RAYS
GAIN IN USE

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Feb. 26
QN.SO Invisible rays of light
will contribute largely to civiliza-
tion's future development, in the
opinion of S. G. Hibben, designer
of illumination for the Holland
Tunnels, Virginia Natural Bridge
and the Philadelphia Sesquicen-
tennial.
These invisible rays-ultra-vio-
let rayS-were discussed by Hib-
ben recently before engineers in
Pittsburgh with particular en-
phasis upon the commercial uses
to which the valuable rays have
been put to in the past and might
be put to in the future.
Rays have increased egg pro-
duction of chickens, have helped
in the tanning of leather, drying
of oils, and publication of water.
In short, the powerful but unseen
rays have usurped the place Of
the sun in furnishing a special
kind Of energy, pointed out Hib-
ben.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
BLOCK
REALTY BILLS

After a heated session today,
the House District Committee
postponed until tomorrow final
action on the so-called Blaine
bills, approved by the Senate to
regulate mortgage foreclosures in
the real estate business in the
Capital, and also to regulate the
issus nee of securities.
This postponement was ordered
on motion Of Representative Pat
nam of Texas after there had
been a hectic interchange Of
views between District COMMITTEES
members.
Among witnesses today were
Joseph A. Burkhart, representing
the law committee of the Wash
ington Board of Trade, who as
serted that the Blaine bills we're
too stringent, and Edgar c. Sny-
der, United States Marshal for
the District, who testified in a
formal statement that the pro-
posed real estate regulatory laws
would impose upon him duties
not devolving upon any other
marshal in the country.
Marshal Snyder said:
"The bills in effect make an
auctiOneer of the marshal here;
it will require employment by
him of additional clerical help,
the employment of some one
who is highly skilled in real
estate law and values, and it re-
quireS that the marshal shall
perform such duties as will
make it quite probable that he
will be engaged in endless litiga-
ton, all diverting his attention
and time from the normal and
legitimate object Of the office Of
the mashal."
Representative Patman asked
reconsideration of the vote by
which the House committee yes
terday reported favorably another
Senate bill, a companion to the
two Blaine bills.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
Search Continues
For Mrs. Freeman;
Wire Adds Mystery

With the vulture-torn body
found in the woods near Bowling
Green, Va, definitely identified
as that of Mrs. Phoebe Stader,
of Railway, N. j.. mystery still
surrounds the whereabouts OF
Mrs. Marie Freeman, of Tappa-
hammock, Va, first identified as
the slain woman.
Mrs. Freeman has been missing
from TappahannOck since q week
ago yesterday, when she is re.
ported to have left in a Ford
sedan driven by George Gard, Of
Petersburg, Va, saying she was
en- route to North Carolina.
Wire Puzzles Police
The following day q woman
registered at the Travellers Hotel
in. Petersburg. and from there
sent q telegram to John r. Settle,
an intimate friend, ut Warsaw,
Va.
This wire was signed IN. c."
but Settle told Caroline county
authorities that it came from the
missing woman. The telegram
was cryptic in nature, and
authorities, while convinced that
the woman sent the wire, are
puzzled at her silence.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
DIET FADS HELD
SCURVY CAUSE

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Feb. 26 GN.S)
Faddish diets and the reducing
craze are responsible for the pres
ent existence Of scurvy,- the dis
ease of the ancientS, according to
DR.. Carroll L. Birch of the Uni
versity Of Illinois College of Med
icine. The Illinois research hos
pital here has had IL cases, the
last two having just been dis
charged.
Cause of Scurvy Traced
Scurvy is a deficiency disease
which is caused by the lack Of
an essential factor in an indi-
vidual's diet. This is usually vi
tamin &C" which is present in
large quantities in oranges and
lemons, to lesser degree in
other fresh fruits and uncooKed
vegetables, DR.. Birch says.
When sea voyages were long
and ship crews forced to live on
salted food, scurvy was common.
There are three noticeable
symptoms of scurvy; bleeding
Of gums, bleeding from practi-
cally all of the body, and pain
in the joints and muscles, eSpe-
cially of the legs.
A diet that consists Of meat,
potatoes and bread is essentially
a Scurvy diet, DR.. Birch stated.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
TRIAL
APPROACHES
CLIMAX
Defense Attorneys Battle to
Keep Out Alleged Con.
fession of Staying Girl

VALPARAISO, Ind, Feb. 26
G.N.S0. - Attorneys for Virgil
Kirkland, on trial for the murder
Of 18-year-old Arlene braves, were
prepared to block the State today
in it's attempt to introduce the
youths alleged confession as evi-
dence.
The bittereSt legal battle of
the trial was expected with the
prosecutions attempt to intro
duce the document which is said
to describe in detail the liquor
orgy during which the braves
girl died.
DIR. Russell Wharton took the
stand late yesterday and before
a crowded courtroom testified
that three Of the youths brought
the braves girl to his home at
3 o'clock one Sunday morning.
He pronOunced her dead and the
youths fled although he ordered
them to wait for the police.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
Letters Sent to Jensen in Raleigh
Seized in Search for Death Clues

Ira Jensen, who is held by New
Jersey police, told a rambling
story that the woman was dead
In the rear seat of Frazer's car
on February II, and that Frazer
started off for the South to get
rid Of the body.
Meanwhile North Carolin a
authorities seized two letters ad-
dressed to Jensen at the Sir Wal
ter Hotel in Raleigh. These let
ters were written by woman, and
police are conjecturing whether
they were written by Frazer's
mother or Mrs. Stader's sister.
Jensen went to Raleigh last
week, he admitted to police, and
gave $3.50 to Frazer.
The letters to Jensen read:
Wife Tells of Grief
Mrs. Hilda Frazer, wife of the
SLAYER. today related her long at
The Washington times., 1931-02-26

Meanwhile the body Of the slain
woman arrived at Railway today
and officials at once ordered an
autopsy to determine the cause
of death.
With the body ravaged by the
vultures in the Virginia woods, the
coroner at Bowling Green was
unable to determine the cause OF
death.
Frazer Used Alias
The woman's face was so torn
and mlngled by the huge birds
that all outward trace of the
wound was eradicated. There
were indications that the woman's
skull had been crushed and that
her neck had been broken.
Frazer registered. in Raleigh
hotel under the alias of H. G..
Devlin. Police had been notified
that he used this alias, and he
was taken into custody when he
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
FRAZER DECLARES HE KILLED MRS. STADER ACCIDENTALLY
RIFLE DISCHARGED IN AUTO
BY M|SHAP, POLICE TOLD
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den, N. Y, and met Phoebe at
her sisters house.
1--WE went out for q ride. Dur.
ing this ride we discussed our
affairs. We loved each other
and discussed a divorce SO we
could marry. While we were
riding remembered 1 had q
little .22-calber rifle in the back
seat. reached back to get 1t
to give to Phoebe.
Woman Shot in Head
"She took hold of the barrel
as I was handing it to her.
Then 1t went off. / don't know
how. There was a report and
she fell over, a wound in her
head.
Il stopped the car, realized
she was dead. My God! /
just went crazy. 1 didn't know
what to do. What could l do
with the body?
81 drove around and finally
went home and in the house.
/ left poor Phoebe in the back
seat of the car. 1t was ter
rible. 1 told my cousin, Ira
Jensen, about the accident.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
Autopsy VIII Be Performed Today
When Body ArriUes in New Jersey

stopped at the general delivery
window of the postoffice and
asked for mail.
At first Frazer declared that
he would fight extraditiOn, but
the fear of the electric chair has
driven all resistance from him.
Now he is willing to return
without fight and fight 1t out
in court"
Railway Death Scene
Why he had the rifle in the
car Frazer declined to say. The
killing took place about Is miles
from Railway, he revealed.
If the authorities decide to re
turn in the bloodstained death
car the start will be made to-
morrow morning, they stated.
Otherwise they will place the
killer on a train tonight under
heavy guard.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
Old Man Coincidence
Chuckled As All
This Happened

Three men of the same name,
all unrelated, were arraigned
and fined in Traffic Court by
Judge Ralph E. Given today for
the same offense, committed at
the same time and place, all
three arrests being made by the
same policeman.
Bernard A. Livingston was
fined $5 for parking in an alley
in the rear of the 1900 block
G Street Northwest; Bernard
Livingston was fined SO for the
same offense, while Kenneth
Livingston paid SO on the same
charge. All three were arrested
yesterday by Policeman John
r. LeFoe. In the first two
cases there were previous often
ses charged, which accounts for
the variation in the amount Of
the fines, J
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
Police Still Suspicious of Part
Jensen PLAYED Day of Killing

Mrs. Frazer admitted to police
that her husband and Jensen
came to her last week and that
Frazer told her he was ''in
trouble" that he had shot Mrs.
Stader.
The killing, according to Mrs.
Frazer and Jensen, took place
some time on the night Of Fep-
ruary II, as it was early on the
morning of February 18 that he
came into her room and told her
of the killing.
Police are suspicious of the part
played by Jensen in the killing
and are holding him. His story,
regarded by police as :''highly
improbable" relates how Frazer
took him to the car to introduce
him to the dead woman, then
forced him to drive out in the
country while Frazer ended his
own life, then lost his nerve and
decided to drive away to dispose
~ the body,
Police are attenlpting to find
Why Jensen did not tell this
story AT trsy. Du waited several
Cavs until re vent to Raleigh,
save his cousin the money and
the reEurned home.
Neither Issues Denial
Mrs John Frazer, mother of
the accused man, today denied
reports that he rad come to her
home and told her:
q jtsst killed Mrs. Stader
End am going aWays"
The Washington times., 1931-02-26

tempt to break off his intimacies
with the dead woman and her
failure to do so.
The trouble started, she said,
when Frazer inherited $4,000
from the estate of his brother.
He then ceased being a hard
working family man and became
the "playboy Of Railway" his
wife said.
Frazer had never been a drink
ing man, she declared, but when
he started running around" with
Mrs. Stader he started drinking
and they often became drunk TO-
gether.
He bought a home and a car
for his wife, and squandered the
rest of the money on his para
mour, the wife said. Fur coats,
jewelry and other expensive gifts
were made to Mrs. Stader.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26

Frazer denied that there had
been any quarrel between himself
and the woman, insisting that
they loved each other.
Shortly before the shooting, he
said, they had almost reached the
decision to start that night for
Florida in his car.
At Railway. however, it was
said that Mrs. Stader had tired
Of the attentions of the "playboy"
and was going to give him up
and return to her husband.
Frazer was inSanely jealous Of
Mrs. Stader and afraid of losing
her, It was said by friends of
the couple in the New Jersey
town, and this may have been a
motive for the Staying.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26

II left the body in the car
all day, Wednesday, trying to
decide what to do. Thursday,
1 started for Raleigh In the car.
First 1 had undressed the body
and put all the clothes in the
car.
Turned Into Side Road
FINALLY 1 got down in Vir.
ginia, and I decided that 1
would put the body in the
woods. I drove down a side
road and put the body over in
the bushes. Then 1 went away
to another place and burned
the clothes, then started the
car and came down to Raleigh.
81 swear that / didn't mean
to kill her. You don't kiln the
person you love. You can't
send me to the chair for an ac-
cident."
A search of the car revealed
the small rifle with just one shell
exploded. The back cushion OF
the car was missing and mum
Der of blodstains were found or
the upholstery, bearing out
Frazer's confession.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
Wife Asks $225,OOO
From Mate and Girl

HILADEL PHIA, Feb. 26.
Charging her husband, George
Yerkes, and Helen Herdigan, IS,
are living together openly and
notoriously," Mrs. Emma Yerkes
yesterday began two suits total
ing $225,OO0.
Mrs. YerkeS charges Miss Her
digan enticed Yerkes into an
intimate relationship in Detroit
and in Philadelphia.
Mrs. YerkeS seeks $751; from
her husband, and $l50,000 from
Miss Herdigan.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
Frazer Denied He and Woman
Quarreled; They LoUed, He Says

The body of Mrs. Stader passed
through Washington for the
second time early today.
The first time her body came
through it was in the back seat
of a car driven by Frazer.
The second time her body
passed through here it was in a
casket and was accompanied by
her husband, Louis Stader.
Meanwhile, Frazer, dapper and
defiant, readily admitted his
identity to Raleigh police, but in
sisted that he did not kill the
woman. He refused to answer
questions and demanded an at
torney.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26

Assistant Prosecutor T h m S
Houston, of Railway. however, in
sists that the mother informed
him that her son had confessed.
The mother said that she in
troduced her son to the woman
he is now accused of killing. She
told of her daughter-in-law secur-
ing an apartment for her on
Cherry Street adjoining the
apartment of the Staders.
One morning she was on the
back porch, talking with Mrs.
Stader, she said, when her son
came out to see her and she
introduced the pair.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
MOVIES SLAVE
FOR PUBLIC

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Feb. 26
GN.SO.-The motion picture pro.
ducer today is 1r the grip Of a
Frankenstein monster of its own
creation, while the legitimate
stage still is master of its own
destiny, declared Leslie Howard,
noted London playwright, actor
and producer, who is here to
stage a legitimate production.
Howard said:
"The FrankenStein monster
was formed of the vastnesS
and variety Of the audience
for which the movies must de-
sign their productions.
"The liberty of the stage de-
pendS upon q relatively small
but select audience for It's ex-
istence.
''The stage is stiII the master
not the audience.
"The very selectness Of the
audience gives the opportunity
to depart from hard, fast
rules If artistry demands it.
"The stage cannot compete
with movies in realism as all
that is needed to produce real
ism is unlimited funds. COnSe-
quently the stage is going
back to the type of play that
provides o mental stimulus.
ct am not criticiZing the
movies. AS q matter Of fact,
1 personally hold q movie con-
tract at present"
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
HIGHWAY STAFF
AIDS ASSESSOR

The staff Of highway engineer
H. c. Whitehurst will be at the
disposal of tax assessor w. P.
Richards in reassessing property
under the recently amended
Borland act.
Approximately $450,000 is to
be refunded by the District gov
ernment to property owners, who
have paid assessments during the
last years for highway improve
ment. This sum will be split up
among the owners of approx
mately $4,000 pieces of property
upon which have been levied
assessments of $1,80O,00O during
the the 3-year period under the
old Borland act.
The task of reasSessing the
property will begin Monday.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
Won BueLOW Scored
For Writing Memoirs

BERLIN, Feb. 26 Q.N.S0 The
revelations made by The late
Prince Won Buelow, former I'm
perial Chancellor, in his recently
published memoirs, formed the
basis of a move to have his por-
trait removed from the Reichstag.
Conservative deputies intro
duced the resolution before the
budget committee, charging that
Won Buelow's revelations Of his
own methods of diplomacy had
given Germany's enemies argu-
ments helpful to their charges
that Germany was responsible for
the war. : ..-
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
Russ Egg On Hens
To Reach Nest Quota

MOSCOW, Feb. 26 U.SO.-Even
hens have 9 quota" under the
five-year plan. The agricultural
board of the Soviet Federation
has fixed 100000 eggs as the
order for spring consumption.
This means that workers will
be joined by the roosters that
welcome the dawn and the hens
that lay Russia's breakfast dish.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
Former Millionaire
Mdki1hQ "COmeb0ck' ~

CARDIFF, Feb. 26 Q.N.S0 "A
dramatic comeback is being
staged by James Childs Gould,
former millionaire.
Gould started life as an office
boy. He amassed, in coal and
shipping, a fortune OF over $12,-
SOC, 900 before he was 35.
Then came the big slump and
by 1923 Gould found himself
bankrupt.
Again fortune is smiling on
him and he reckons that before
long he will have made good his
promise to pay his debts in full.
The Washington times., 1931-02-26
Missouri Fishermen
To Haze Good Season

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 26
G.NS0-Fishermen have been
assured of a plentiful supply of
fish when the State park and
trout season opens March /.
The State game end fish de-
partment has heavHH stocked
streams and lakes with rainbow