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The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Agreed to Return, Pursue His Legal
Studies and Care for Her Affairs

lieved Mrs. Henderson of all ef-
fort in connection with the
handling of her millions of dol
lars.
Called Him Her Dear Boy
Mrs. Henderson always
called me her dear boy" he
said. She was most affection.
ate to me. 1 was with her al
most constantly.
Mrs. Henderson would arise
about six o'clock every morning
and read the papers. slept
until about nine.
"After breakfast we would 60
for a ride every morning, either
through Rock Greek Park or
around Potomac Park Despite
her age Mrs. Henderson was
very active physically. She
would walk around the Lin
coin Memorial Reflecting Pool
twice every day. If we went to
a hotel she would never use the
el vatOr, but would insist upon
walking up the stairs to get
the exercise.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
GIRL
NAMES CLERIC

CAMDEN, N. j.. July 23.-"I
love him crazily!"
Pointing to the Rev. DR.. Ca
mile Estornelle. former rector Of
st. Johns Episcopal Church. Miss
Anna McKenna, pretty 23-year,old
choir singer. sobbed out this ad-
mission of her feeling for Estor-
nellie. whom she accuses of being
the father of her son. The girl
was one of nearly score o. wit
nesses called by the minister's
wife in her suit for divorce. She
charges desertion.
Ginger Ale and Gin
Another witness called by Mrs.
Estornelle was Rev. Alfred Jones.
an unattached Episcopal cleric of
Leonardtown, Md, who told of
a party at Estornelle's rectory at
which the latter had mixed
rickies by putting "a little bit of
ginger ale and a lot Of gin"
Telling of another occasion,
Jones said:
"EstOrneIIe made advances to
nv wife, and once, when we
went to make a pastoral visit,
the wife of the pariShiOner sat
on DR.. EstOrnelIe'S lap and put
her arms around his neck"
Two girl Pensioners, Ethel
wolf and Edith Batten, testified
that on several occasions when
they had sought ,Estornelle's ao,
vice on moral questions, he had
kissed them. They said they Stlll
remembered the kisses but not
the advice.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Shima Provided Serui ces of Edelin,
~. For Late Ca rina of D. e. Society

talked about her, he asserted.
Shima told of going to Bar
Harbor with Mrs. Henderson and
of the five-hour conversation he
held with her the night before
she was stricken with apoplexy
He continued:
"She told me that there is
lots of pleasure in life If we
look at it pleasantly, and lots
of sorrow If we look at it SOr-
rOwfully. She told me always
to look on the pleasant side.
Asked Him to Crusade
THAT night Mrs. Henderson
referred to one Of her pet hob
bies. She told me that it was
all wrong for girls and women
to drink and smoke and wear
short skirts and high heels.
She urged me during my life
to crusade against these things
and told me that I should carry
this gospel throughout the
world.
"AIrs. Henderson referred 70
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Calf Turns BulLish
On DISPLAY WindOlC

PHILADELPHIA. July 23.--De-
flying traffic regulations, stop sig
mails, police whistles and the ter
rified scurrying Of pedestrians
and motorists, a bull calf broke
away from stockyards here and
staged a wild exhibition that
wound up by the calf jumping
through a plate-glass window on
Market Street.
It was a fine show while 1t
lasted, and it lasted a half hour.
About 200 calves were being
loaded into trucks at the railroad
stockyards when this one broke
away for its wild career.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23

Shima told of how he had
been instrumental in obtaining
the services of George Edelin, as
attorney for Mrs. Henderson. Mr..
Edelin, was one of his instructors
at law school and when damage
suit was filed against Mrs,
Henderson he called in the
attorney and had him handle it.
Named An Executor
Frequently after that he con.
suited Edelin, about affairs of the
estate. Mrs. Henderson, Shima
said, came to like Edelin, and
soon he was handling all of her
legal affairs. In the last dated
will of the six, filed, Edelin is
named executor and is trustee for
100000 Of the amount given
Shima.
Mrs. Henderson became bitter
toward Mrs. Wholean after the
controversy over her proposal to
donate a house to the Vice Presi-
dent, Shima said. She did not
want her around and frequently
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Claims Mrs. Henders on Never Did
..@ Plan Adop tion of Mrs. Wholean

bought the property in his own
name and then sold it to Mrs
Henderson for twice what he had
paid for it.
According to Shima, Mrs. Hen
derson frequently gave him and
other servants little gifts, usually
pictures from her large art gal
lery. Asked about the recent
transfer of the present Mica
raguan legation, at 2401 Fiji
teenth St. N. W., to him by Mrs
Henderson, Shima said:
"Mrs. Henderson gave me
the house last winter. She had
mentioned to me several times
she wanted to give it to me. 1
always refused to take it.
Finally one morning when we
were driving down to Potomac
Park she again offered it to
me and accepted it. She
ordered the chauffeur to turn
around and drive us back to
the house so could look at 1t
again."
The Washington times., 1931-07-23

the house she had given me
on Fifteenth Street. She told
me always to keep it and use
it for a residence. Ample pro-
vision for its upkeep had been
made i'm her will, she told me.
"When 1 left her that night
she said Good night, my dear
boy. Forget all unpleaSantness.
I'll see you in the morning.
"SOme time during that night
she had an apOleptic stroke
and when we found her in bed
late the next morning her
right side was paralyzed."
Shima doesn't feel any differ
emily now that he owns a great
mansion and is potential heir tt
100000 he says.
81 am just 1, Jesse J. Shima.
That's all / can be-"
The Washington times., 1931-07-23

"Mrs. Henderson frequently
told me that she had no inten-
ton of adopting Mrs. WhOlean.
She came to dislike Mrs. Who
lean very much. People say
that / was the cause of the
antagOnism between them. That
isn't true, and is disprOved by
the fact that Mrs. WhOlean was
cut off from the estate in the
viii which she wrote before j
went to work for her.
"Mrs. Henderson did not be-
Iieve that Mrs. WhOlean was
the daughter of her son john"
Robbed BY Her Friends
Shima declared that Mrs. Hen
derson had lost considerable
money in recent years. He main
tanned that persons posing as
her friends had robbed her" He
told of one incident where a
friend" was commissioned to
purchase some property for Mrs
Henderson. This friend, he said
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
DOwager "Liked His Look" Placed
Him in Charge of Castle Grounds

said about me. In 1929 things
were not going so well. Some
of the others in the house in
sisted to Mrs. Henderson that
she discharge me.
Mrs. Henderson refused.
But I knew tina trouble was
arising and / went to her and
told her it would probably be
better for her peace and quiet
if she let me go. Finally, after
a long argument, she agreed
that 1 was to CO."
Shima told then Of going to
San Francisco and Los Angeles,
and staying there until last fall.
Mrs. Henderson wrote to hin
several times urging that he re
turn to her employ, he said. HI
came back to Washington in the
latter part of last year, about
the time Mrs. Henderson returned
from Bar Harbor and went tc
Washington Sanitarium for q
few days. Mrs. Henderson founc
that he was back, Shima relates
and called upon him several times
requesting that he return to the
castle.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Shima continued:

Shima continued:
Zone day 1 went to the castle
TO see the japanese cook. Mrs.
Henderson came in where we
were and insisted that / must
stay. She told me she needed
me to help her in her affairs.
She put the matter so strongly
that I finally told her / would
come back.
81 told her that 1 was going
to law school but that I would
take care Of her affairs at
night. She agreed to this and
I went back"
But the work was too heavy
to be transacted in the evening,
Shima said, and finally he quit
school in order to give all Of
his attention to the estate. BY
that time Mrs. Henderson de-
pended upon him for every
thing, he said. All details of
the handling of the big real es-
tate holdings devolved upon
him, He paid all bills and re-
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
French Opera Singer
Cautions Beginners

PARIS, July % u.NSO.-A
lrage number of American oper,
attic students are too eager to
make their first public appear
ance and the result is often
disastrous, according to Nine
Jane Vaultier, Of the Opera
Comique, who is about to retire
and devote herself to her school
of voice. She says:
my advice is to forget about
being a star, and forget ideas
of treading the boards Of grand
opera, Thinking only Of per-
fecting the immediate exercise
or role one is trying to learn,
is INV conception of success"
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
81 In HOldup Nets 3
IS Years in Prison

DETROIT, July % G.N.So'
A 81 holdup cost three youths
a total of As years in prison. Con-
victed of holding up a speakeasy
and obtaining that amount, the
youths, George Koros, 21, Harry
Wesserling, 18, and Frank Rogin-
ski, %, were given long terms.
Koros and Wesserling were SEN
fenced to six to 10 years in Ionia
State prison and Roginski drew
IL and one-half to Is years in
jackson penitentiary.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Dorothy DuUeen Wed
To Scion of Banker

LONDON, July q u.N.SD-A
marriage of international impor-
tance took place at the Princes
Row registry office here today
when Miss Dorothy Duveen,
daughter of Sir Joseph Duveen,
noted New York and London art
dealer, became the bride of WEI
liam Francis Cuthbert Garth
waite.
The bridegroom is the son Of
Sir William Carthwaite, wealthy
British banker and ship owner,
residing in Paris.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Dry Agent COllusiOn
Denied By WOOdcOck

Charges made by Charles w.
KresS, former senior investigator
in northern New York, against
Lowell D. Smith, deputy prohibi-
ton administrator for that area,
were declared yesterday by Pro-
hlbition Director Amos w. w.
Woodcock to be without founda-
ton.
Kress resigned after protesting
against enforcement conditions in
northern New York and charging
that Smith was lin collusion with
dry law violatorS."
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
TvO American Girls
Hurt in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY, July % CU.So'
Lois Straight. of Bartellsville,
Okla, and Stella Warren, OF
Dallas. Tex, students at the sum-
mer school of the University Of
Mexico. were injured seriously to-
day when a bus collided with
the San Angel interurban trolley
They were taken to the American
Hospital here for treatment.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
DriUer Gets Bargain
But 1t Is O. Poor One

Precious Brown, colored, of 902
Third st. N. W., went bargain
hunting, and got a radiator for
his very old flivver, with a set of
District license tags to boot.
Yesterday in police court at
Hyattsville, Brown paid tota' of
SIG for the bargain. He was
arrested by State Officer C. w.
Cubbage, on the Baltimore Boule-
yard, and haled into court
charged with speeding. driving
without a registration card, and
driving under markers issued 10
another.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Marine Rifles Kill
More NicdraQlLnNS

Additional clashes between
Nicaraguan National Guardsmen
led by American Marine officers.
and native bandits have occurred
within the past few days, result
ing in the killing Of eight bandits
and one guardSman. according
to reports sent the Navy Depart
ment today.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Chinese Reds Take
ChOIU-Fu, Is Report

LONDON, July % QN.SO:
Communist troops were believed
to have captured Chow-Fu, in
the Province Of Fukien, an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch
from Hongkong to London said
today. A message received in
Hong Kong from the American
consul at Swatow said the
greatest uneasineSS was felt
there. a
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
Liquor Charge Fails
For Lack of Accuser

Charged with illegal sale of
liquor, George Gray, of Fuitland,
was dismissed by United States
Commissioner ]. Frank Parran,
when the Federal agent who
made the buy failed to appear at
the hearing yesterday. The agent
who accompanied the informer
had made no purchase.
A search warrant was issued
after the purchase had been
made, Commissioner Parran de.
clared, but no liquor was found
on the premises during the raid
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
BURKE CAPT0RS
To LOSE OUT
ON REWARD
Four Missouri Policemen Get
Is Days Leave But No Cash
for Capture. of Murderer

CHICAGO, July % G.N.sJ.
When Fred killer" Burke was
at large he was known as the
country's most desperate criminal
with a price on his head esti-
mated at 100000 or 100000
Not to Get Penny
Now that ne is serving a life
sentence in Michigan penitentiary
for the murder of Charles Skelly,
a st. Joseph CMich) traffic po-
liceman, the four Missouri Of
ficerS that captured him can't
collect a penny of reward.
This was apparent today with
the announcement here that S4O,-
600 reward for the. capture of
Burke offered by Chicago and
Cook county applied only to the
st. Valentines Day massacre in
1929.
Get Is Days Leave
This explanation was given by
Coroner Bundesen and also for
other rewards by the chief postal
inspector and Illinois Bankers AS
Sociation. There is little likeli-
hood that Burke will be convicted
of any other crimes, so police com
missiorers of st. Joseph, Mo,
gave the four policemen Is days
vacation with pay.
st. Joseph, Mich, had offered
$1,000 reward in the Skelly
killing, but it expired in 1890.
That was the way many reward
offers disappeared.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23

Eight days left to file your
personal tax return. Information
and assistance may be obtained
by calling at Room 1O3. District
Building.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-08

Gilbert Swan, Broadway columnist, reports that re-
vivals of old-time music shows are becoming increasingly
popular these days.
A season or two ago the Gilbert and Sullivan oper-
ettas were put on to packed houses. More recently some
producer revived 'The Merry Widow" and profited
thereby. Now 'The Chocolate Soldier is being played
and the Broadway crowds seem to like it immensely.
All of this, for some reason, reminds one just a little
bit of Henry Fords passion for restoring buildings, vii
lagos and furniture of a century or more ago.
The motor king-who probably did as much as any
one to make complete the gap between the present and
the slow-moving, picturesque past-seems to have been
assailed by the same emotion that has overtaken New
York's theater patrons; a rather wistful longing for a past
that won't come back, a feeling that the modern era
somehow lacks something that it is good to have.
Those out-moded musical shows emphasize the point
The theater then, as wisecracking Cartoonist John
Held remarks, was "fraught with romance in real truth.
1t could be flip and sly on occasion, of course; but the old
nd-honeysuckle, Observation-Disclosures recipe was
its staple, and the patrons who thrived on it could feel
that the romance that came across the f~ootlights was not
so terribly far removed from real life, after all.
Today things are different. Our highest-priced
music show stars are not ineffably handsome tenors any
more; they are clowns, in black-face or in the guise of
leering boulevardiers. Instead of trying to transport us
into a magic land of beautiful princesses and gallant
young officers they tease us with wisecracks. Then try
to evoke outlaws in place of dreams.
To be sure, the change was inevitable, and probably
we are better for it. The Graustarkian, Prnce-of-Pilsen
era was based on a profound mistake, and it dissolved
quickly in the lyddite fumes along the western front in
1914. But because that era lent itself to romantic dreams
of that kind, we of oday-who have lost most of our
dreams, and feel the loss badly-look back, and listen to
the old tunes and enjoy the old adventures, and wish
that we could get it back.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-08
Daily Health
Talk

All sorts OF lists have been pre-
pared OF the reading material used
by people for various purposes.
There are boos to lie read on va
cation; books to be read on the
steamer; books to be read in the
hammock, and bedside books for
those suffering with insomnia.
The modern hospital provides a
library service for patients, be-
cause 1t Is found that properly Sc
lected fiction is of great aid in pro-
curing mental comfort. Recently
DIR. Frank Lesley, medical officer
in charge OF one of the veterans
hospitals, has commented on the
type Of eading material selected
by patients in an institution de-
voted to mental cases.
The hospital has approximately
100 patients, Of whom 800 are able
to get about. OF course, the pa
tients look at newspapers and
magazines, but they also read
books. 1t Is interesting TO discover
that patients disabled by paralysis
and by fractures indulge only in
newspapers and magazines. where
as those mentally deficient, those
who are conStitutionally i-terior
mentally and who have psychoses.
those with hysteria, overaction OF
the thyroid and various disturb
ances OF the brain. add fiction 10
their literary diets.
Alcoholics ard patients with de-
mentia praecox, a form of Adde'S
cent insanity. appear to prefer
books on the useful arts, while those
with the type of mental disease
called maniac Oppressive, exercise
a wide choice. reading everything
from newspapers. through mag
azines 10 fiction, philosophy, So
ciology. languages, sciences. poetry.
travel and history. Paranoiacs read
tremendously IN all fields. 2
Twenty-Five patients with de-
mentia praecox were given -pecial
study. Four read only fiction, one
nothing by biology. another fine
arts. eigth divided their time be-
tween fiction and travel, one found
pleasure in phjlology and natural
sciences. and nine included with
fiction such varying subjects as BIZ
ology. sociology. useful arts, poetry.
travel an dphilosophy.
1t seems quite likely that II Is
normal human beings were select
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-08
TO-DAY t. THE
AnniDerSaru
WAR BOARDS ORGANIZED

WAX BOARDS ORGANIZED
On Oct g. 1917. Ii was announced
thLs war service committees rep
resenting the several industries
furnishing war supplies 10 the gov
eminent were to be organized to
take the place OF the subordinate
advisory committees OF the Council
OF National Defense.
The new committees will have
no. official connection with the
Council OF Defense, but serve the
government as cons. lting agents
after the manner OF existing COM
mittees. This Arrangement abol-
iSheS the technical dual function
so far exercised by several mem
bers or the Council OF National
Defense.
On this date also President Will
son signed commissions n generals
for Mai. Gen. TaSker H. Bliss and
for Maj. Gen. John y. Pershing.
commanding the American forces
In France.
Though both officers had equal
rank, General Bliss took prece-
dence by virtue OF his position as
tire directing head OF the entire
army organization. Pay or the
two officers was set at $4,000 a
year. a $1,000 increase over the pay
or major general
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-08
Coolidge Says MOI

1t Is hard to tell whether Mr.. Coolidge's recent an
n%ouncement concerning his plans for 1882 is more inter-
esting to Republicans or to Democrats.
For the Republicans, of course, it removes a huge
element t. of uncertainty from the pre-convention plans.
The program is fairly well mapped out now; the cam
paign itself, and not the preliminaries, now becomes the
objective. The air is clarified, and more or less definite
plans can be made.
The Democrats, too, will find the atmosphere clear
ed. They can be fairly sure, now, who their opponent
will be next year, and they too will be able to make more
definite plans than before.
Incidentally, the mere fact that his announcement
has drawn so much attention testifies to the hold that Mr..
Coolidge still has on the public mind.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-08
Bdrbs

"A dahlia has been named after
Dwight Morrow. But judging from
his activity Of late, q more APP
propriate flower would have been
the shrinking violet.
It's a funny orld. thisl In this
country hard times are blamed on
the tariffs. IN England. for lack OF
them.
The pound In England has de-
preciated. and doubtless our ice
man has fallen under the influ-
ence.
II some people tSlld change
their minds. says the office sage.
ID would be q good thing
London bridges. II seems, IN not
the only English institutions falling
down. ~
10 cannot be said OF those Broad
way ~plagiarbts that they cannot
take a joke.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-08

ed at random off the street, their
choice Of reading material would
be about the same. except that in
some districts Of certain large CT
ties it would be found that some OF
the normal persons did not even
read newspar RS.
It is interesting to realize the
tremendous pleasure and benefit
derived by persons i~ncarcerated in
institutions from reading suitable
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-08

books. Unable to travel, they can by
good travel books project them
selves thousands OF miles away.
Finding life monotonous and dull,
they stir their minds vigorously
by romances and mystery. The true
place OF literature in the treatment
Of mental disorders Is a great one
and is only. after many years, be-
ginning 10 be fully appreciated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-08
LAURA LOU
BROOKMAN
Author or
"MAD MARRIAGE"

arm or tine nIgn-backed chair. She
looked very small and ehild-llka
Bob Farrell was az her left.
The man az the desk before them
smiled encouragingly. He was q
handsome man. apparently IN the
middle forties. He was well dressed.
almost dapper in appearance. HS
hair was grayed owe the temples
but his cheeks had the warm color
OF a school boys. Lafayette Flynn
either In HIS private Office or nc a
dinner party had a remarkable fac
ulty for making his neighbors feel
M eas
Bob sketched the affair 70 me-
roughly" Flynn said 10 Norma.
"And they desecrate the word by
daring 10 call these courts OF Jus
tice! My dear child. you have my
utmost sympathy. You say this hap
pened three years ago?"
ITS almost four now" Norma
said. She gave the date. II was liz
and I'D been in Marlboro two
months going TO business school.
There was another girl I'm school I
was going to meet that night and
we were going to a movie.
We'd met before on n street cor.
ner near my rooming house. I went
there and waited half an hour but
she didn't come. I was Just ready
to leave when n man came up 10
me and spoke as though he thought
/ was someone he knew. He was
nice looking and very polite. II told
him he'd made q mistake. He
begged my pardon. II was the line
any masher would use only I didn't
know that then. He talked about
being lonesome and not knowing
anyone I'm the city and I said I felt
the same way. Then he asked me
10 20 have a sundae. I knew I
shouldn't but | was lonesome and
disappointed because Alice hadn't
come. WE'LL went with him. Is
soon as we were I'm the placAI
thought there was something queer.
Before l could think or any excuse
TO get away a policeman came and
said ! was arrested X hadn't Any
idea where | was or what had hap
pened until they took me TO that
terrible Jail. The matron told me.
Oh-it was horribIeI Ill never for.
get that night or the next morn
ing"
Norma hid her face. IL was sew
eral moments before she could con-
tinue.
II was sitting waiting ny
turn before the Judge and crying
when Mr.. Stone saw me. He
wanted 70 know what was the mat.
ter and | tried 70 tell him. Then
he said he'd be my lawyer and try
70 help me. lie got the case de-
layed. / didn't have any money and
l had 10 stay in that horrible fan
cell. When the trial came n week
later | found out that the man who
had seemed so polite and nice was q
stool pigeon. Mr.. Stone had my
landlady and some people from the
business school as witnesses but Il
didn't do any good. IL was"
"Just a mlnute!" Flynn inter
rupted. do you suppose you would
recognize that mans face IL you
saw a picture or him-the one who
invited you TO have the sundae?"
Il can e him now!" the girl
said.
Flynn opened his desk drawer
and drew out three photographs
lie handed them 10 Norma
Zone OF those?" he asked.
With a little cry the girl nodded
Ito Be Continued)