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The Washington times., 1931-02-25
JERSEY GIRL
VICTIM, HER
HUSBAND
AYERS
Man Jailed in. Raleigh, N. c.,
As Slayer Had Newspaper
Accounts of Death Mystery

The pretty young woman,
whose horribly mutilated body
was found in a clump of under
brush near Tappahannock, Va,
last Sunday, was Mrs. Phoebe
Stader, of Railway, N. j.
Her husband made a positive
identification of the corpse
shortly after 10 a. m. today.
This development came almost
at the same hour that an arrest
occurred in Raleigh, N. c.. that
may lead to a speedy solution
of the fiendish Staying.
When William Frazer called at
the general delivery" window
in Raleigh, he was arrested by
police who were lying in wait
for him.
He denied any connection with
the crime, but there is a chain
of evidence indicating that he
spirited the woman away from
her New Jersey home and took
her southwark in his automobile.
The grand jury in Railway Is
now in session to take action
preliminary to the issuance of eX-
tradition papers for Frazer. When
arrested, he had in his posses
sion newspapers relating to the
finding of Mrs. Stader's body in
the lonely, windswept woods near
Tappahannock.
Declined to Look
Louis Stader, husband of the
slain woman, welder about 35
years of age, arrived in the town
at 9 o'clock and was requested
to view the torn and disfigured
remains, of the murdered woman.
He declined to do so. He broke
down and wept unrestrainedIy.
The narrowing fear that the
body was that of his wife Sapped
his nerve completely.
A detective from his own home
town of Railway, Sergt. J. P. Nc
Namara, talked with him and
soothed him for nearly an hour
before Stader, strengthened in
spirit, walked across the street
from the Bowling Green Inn to
the ramshackle little furniture
store.
He was ushered into a spare
and tawdry room improvised as
morgue, and there studied the
body of the slain woman for fully
16 minutes.
Scar Identifies Her
No sound escaped his lips, al
though he was struggling against
a breakdown. Finally he said:
eyes, it is my wife,"
So utterly disfigured was the
corpse that the husband was
forced to depend on such things
as broken tooth, a scar on the
right knee, a bruise over the eye,
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The Washington times., 1931-02-25
BRIDGE Staying
TRIAL .DRAGS

KANSAS CITY, Feb. IS QN.S0.
Completion of a venire from
which a jury of IL will be chosen
for the trial of Mrs. Myrtle A.
Bennett, appeared likely today
with but four additional talesmen
needed.
Mrs. Bennett is charged with
the Staying of her husband, John
G.. Bennett, after a quarrel over
a bridge game.
At adjournment yesterday 43
veniremen was qualified. Forty
seven are required to complete the
Venire,
The Washington times., 1931-02-25
Muscle Shoals Bill
EscapeS Pocket Veto

President Hoover will not dis
pose of the Norris Muscle Shoals
bill by a pocket veto." delega-
tion of interested Southerners
were told at the White House
today.
While giving no indication of
whether he would sign or veto
the bill, Representative Hill CD
of Alabama, declared his belief
after the conference that Mr..
Hoover would do one or the other
and not adopt the negative
course of pocketing it.
The Washington times., 1931-02-25
COMES ALONE
TO ANSWER
CHARGE
Gang King Hopes Public Will
sect Wise" to Fantastic
Stories of Him and Family

CHICAGO, Feb. Is GNSD
Terming himself just a cam
paign ISSUE" AL Capone, king of
Chicago gunmen, appeared in
Federal court here today and
pleaded not guilty to a charge Of
contempt of court.
CapOne exhibited his daring
and disregard for the threats of
his gangland enemies by driving
up to the Federal building alone
in large sedan.
He jumped from the automo-
bile and entered the court Of
Federal Judge James Wilkerson
before the crowd was aware he
had appeared.
HenChmen at Hand
However, it was reported that
. score of his henChmen were
scattered at strategic points near
the entrance to protect the gang
car.
Capone wore the conventional
garb of a prosperous business
mana blue suit and tie, black
oxfordS, and spatS.
He had gained considerable
weight since his last appearance
in a Chicago court, more than a
year ago.
CapOne refuseL to comment on
the case pending against him in
Federal court or on the vagrancy
warrant issued for his arrest by
Judge John H. Lyle.
A Campaign Issue
Regarding the primary election,
Capone said:
"Well, I have no comment to
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The Washington times., 1931-02-25
u. S. Bank Directors
Before Grand Jury

NEW YORK, Feb. 25 q.N.SD.
Four directors of the closed
Bank of United States today
signed waivers of immunity and
went before the grand jury.
The directors were Col. Her
man A. Metz, millionaire manu-
facturer; Frank Hedley, president
of the Interborough Rapid Tran
sit; Edward 3. Lewis, of the
Borden Milk Company; and
George C. Van Tuyl, jr., former
State superintendent Of banking,
The Washington times., 1931-02-25
Woman Found Slain
With Child at Breast

NEW ORLEANS, La, Feb. 25
QN.S0 Shot by a mysterious
assailant as she lay sleeping with
her 5-year-old son, Mrs. Joseph
Penhino, %, was killed instantly
today.
Mrs. Pennino's father found
her dead with the child clasped in
her arms.
Mrs. Pennino was separated
from her husband.
The Washington times., 1931-02-25
Man Kills Self That
Kin MGY Get Fortune

CINCINNATI, Feb. rs UNSo
Financial reverseS were responsible
for the suicide of Lawrence Ach
As, New York, VINO ended his life
by firing a bullet into his temple
He was a son of Hamilton County
Commissioner Samuel Ach.
Desire to sacrifice himself that
his widow and children might
have the $1,5O0,OO0 for which he
was insured we're given by Ach as
a reason for his suicide.
The Washington times., 1931-02-25
Shotgun Bandits Rob
Bank of $4,000

DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. rs
O.NSO.-Holding nine employees
and three customers at bay with
sawed-off shotguns, a bandit gang
held up a bank today and eS-
caped with loot estimated be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
More than 100 persons were
passing the bank at &he time OF
the hold-up.
The Washington times., 1931-02-25
BLACK PRINCE
ESCAPES PLOT

SALZBURG, Austria, Feb. IS Il.
N.S0 An alleged attempt to
poison Prince Barbu Stirbey, the
famous BLACK Prince" of Ru-
mania, today resulted in the ar
rest by Austrian police of Ru-
manian aboard a train en- route
from Bucharest to Paris.
Prince Stirbey was a powerful
figure in Rumania during the
kingship of Crown Prince
Michael. He is a close friend of
the Dowager Queen Marie of
Rumania, mother of King Carol.
The Washington times., 1931-02-25
London Sport Arena
DESTROYED by Fire

LONDON, Feb. IS UN.SD.
The Peoples Palace, huge Lon
don sport arena, was destroyed
by fire during the night. The
flames shooting from the great
building lighted a large part of
the town, spreading fears that q
whole block was sflame.
The Washington times., 1931-02-25
Times Staff Photo

both sides, threw us into an un-
necessary war.
$50, today, in the face Of
more dangerous conditions, the
continued agitation of this
highly emotional question, in a
spirit of intolerance may lead
to disastrous consequence"
The Washington times., 1931-02-25
Ban Johnson Weaker,
His Nurse Reports

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 25 GN.SO.
Byron Bancroft Johnson, 81, presi-
dent of the American League from
1899 to 1927, critically i'll at St.
Johns Hospital here of diabetes,
was growing steadily weaker to-
day, his nurse reported.
The Washington times., 1931-02-25
American Wife Sues
Duke of Manchester

LONDON, Feb. IS U.N.SO
The Duke of Manchester, holder
of title dating back to 1919, was
served today with papers in a suit
for divorce brought by his Amer
ican-born wife. the former Helena
Zimmerman. daughter 0f Eugene
Zimmerman, Of Cincinnati, Ohio.
The Washington times., 1931-02-25
Mercersburg Youth
HdngS Self in Room

HAGERSTOWN, Nd, Feb. Is.
Roy Detwiler, 16, first year stu
dent at the MercerSburg pa
Academy, committed suicide dur
ing the dinner hour last night
by hanging himself with a sheet
from the bed in his room.
School officials said there is
no known cause for the act.
The Washington times., 1931-02-25
American Lecturer
Lost in NeU Zealand

WELLINGTON, New Zealand,
Feb. 25 G.N.S0.-Fears were felt
here today for the safety Of a
Los Angeles psychology lecturer
named Holmes, who has not been
heard from since a disastrous
earthquake last month leveled
Napier. New Zealand.
Evening star., 1931-12-04
CHRISTMAS FUNDS
BOOST SALESH HERE
Merchants Prepare for Rush
by Shoppers With In
creased Forces.

Christmas and Winter trade in the
retail stores was definitely on the up
grade today, as Christmas savings club
checks found their way into storekeep-
ers' hands and the annual cold weather
buying" got into full swing.
The merchants stood re3dy to re-
ceive an anticipated grand rush of bus
mess that the advent of Winter tenn
peratures customarily brings, and extra
help has been taken on in many estab-
lishments to aid Christmas shoppers in
the purchase of gift merchandise
The stores for the most part have set
up special units to take care of gift
wrapping, and packages are prepared
also for mailing to out-of-town recip-
tents. The clerks remove all sales tags,
and markings, and tie the gifts with
Colorful wrappings befitting the Christ
mas spirit Christmas club checks are
received and cashed by most of the
retail stores.
Lowest Prices In Is Years
Merchants point out that gifts can
be purchased at less cost this year
than at any Christmas time in the past
is years and the quality has remained
the same This in addition TO special
services for Christmas shoppers not
made available oecade or more ago.
Just as many and just as fine quail
tty gifts as were sold last year can
be obtained from 25 to 80 per cent less
than they cost in 1890" one merchant
explained. He cited as an example
sterling silyerware, which. excluding the
flatware, is selling as low as half the
price it was last year.
Prepared to Meet Rush
The merchants are prepared, virtu-
ally as a body to meet an increased
rush of gift and Winter goods buying
during December. They are urging
that Christmas shoppers do their shop
ping Immediately so as to avert much
of the last-minute rush, which, they
point out, works hardship on customers
and saleSpeople alike.
DR.. William G. Fowler District health
officer, in letter to the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association, has COM
mended, from a physicians viewpoint,
the movement OF the association to
promote early Christmas shopping.
The merchants of Washington are
cooperating in the early shopping move
ment." DR.. Fowler stated, by placing
on sale their complete lines of holiday
goods sufficiently in advance of the hol-
iday season to enable every one to make
purchases more safely and with more
comfort"
Evening star., 1931-12-04
BUSINESS INCREASES.
San Francisco Yule Experiment Brings
Good Results
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, December A
Christmas shopping rush, starting about
two weeks earlier than usual because of
an innovation by San Francisco mer-
chants, has not only swelled the volume
OF sales this year, but also has revealed
desire for utility and economy in holi-
day purchases.
The experiment was made in a small
way last year, when several merchants,
pressing for sales volume, cut prices
and had sales early in the shopping
season. The results were described as
encouraging. This year the sales opened
late in November and were carried over
into the Christmas month.
Due to the early shopping, sales were
reported as much as 30 per cent ahead
of last year
j. o. Niswonger, general merchandise
manager Of one of the largest depart
ment stores in the West, noted a drift
away from the more frivolous articles
and toward low price and usefulness.
the San Francisco Retail Dry Goods
Association, found the shopping trend
veering toward utility rather than low
price.
Niswonger said buyers were stunning
the usual Christmas knicknacks and
buying cravats, hosiery, lingerie and
other articles of fine clothing These
attracted to the less useful things, he
said, were taking things with which to
emuse themselves ct home.
Much of the latter buying embraced
EnIal roulette wheels, poker chips,
chuck-a-luck" wheels and backgam-
mon boards. Here apparently was the
idea Of paying for a single article which
would serve many.
The field for toys, Niswonger said,
has shrunk in proportion to the en-
lightenment Of junior America on the
true facts about Santa Claus The age
limit for toys few years ago, he said,
years.
Evening star., 1931-12-04

in the next two weeks at the Lorain
yards of the American Shipbuilding
Co., which will convert three lake ore
carriers of Boland g. Cornelius, Buffalo
steamship operators, into self-unload-
ers. The Job will cost $1,000, 900.
President A. G.. Bean of White Motor
said the New York order would not
mean employment of additional men,
but would enable 5000 employees now
working under the stagger system to
put in full time Deliveries are to be
completed in four months and will
bring New York's municipal truck feet
to 1000 machines, the largest in the
world.
Evening star., 1931-12-04

A gift that will really
please him! Good-looking
ties in attractive Persian
patterns richly woven, beau
tifully blended. Silk tipped.
Evening star., 1931-12-04
Horses and Mules
On Farms i'm L. S.
Total l8,737,OOO

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 4-The
employment situation for horses
Is picking up.
A. B. Hancock, president Ct the
Horse Association Of America.
told that organization that the
latest figures show 1877 900
horses and mules on farms, a
marked increase over the number
for the last few years"
Evening star., 1931-12-04
new ORDERS BOOST
BUSINESS S3,6OO,OOO
Cleveland Area to Supply New
York City 774 Dump Trucks.
Carriers for Lake,

By the Associated Press
CLEVELAND, December 4.-More
business brighteners-s3, SOC, 900 worth
Of them-came out of the Cleveland
area yesterday.
The White Motor Co here received
q contract from the City of New York
for TIA heavy-duty dump trucks. The
order is the largest White has received
since the boom days of the war and
is worth approximately $4,000 900.
One thousand men will 60 to work
Evening star., 1931-12-04
Forest Stands On Ice

MOSCOW-One Of the largest
forests in the world, situated in Russia
between the Ural Mountains and the
Ckhotsk Sea, stands on ice.
Evening star., 1931-12-04
BrOcaded
Robes
s4.95

Any man would appreci.
ate one of these beautiful
robes. Brocade with satin
collars and cuffs. Tan, blue
or green. Slippers TO match.
MEMS WEAR sHOP-STREET FLOOR.
Evening star., 1931-12-04

Gets Deer With Arrow.
SOMERSET, Pa. (P.-Angelo An
tonacci thinks the Indians had the
right idea. He went deer hunting in
the morning with a bow and arrow
and returned at night with a doe.
Evening star., 1931-12-04
Striped
Pajarnas
S | SIS

Fine broadcloth pajamas
in novelty stripes. Coat
style with frog trimming.
Attractively wrapped in eel.
lophane. A, B, G, D sizes.
Evening star., 1931-12-04
Gifts for Men
BrOadclOth
Shirts
ST .65

Full cut, we'll tailored and
bre.shrunk. Collar. attached
white, blue, tan and green.
Neckband styles in white
only. 1872 to 18.
Evening star., 1931-12-04
Santa

Jolly old Santa sits up on his throne
waiting to hear the lists" that every
little boy and girl has ready. Come to
see him-he'll give YOU big hand
shake-and story book. too (if you're
accompanied by an adult).
Evening star., 1931-12-04
See Unlu

Umlu is Santas secretary-and the
reception committee" He's in Toy
town helping Santa get his packs ready
for good little boys and girls.
FOURTH FLOOR.
The Washington times., 1931-11-18
CURTIN s DEATH
ACCIDENTAL

A certificate of accidental death
will be issued by the coroner in
the death Of Daniel j. Curtin, q,
of 47912 F st. S. W., who died late
yesterday at Casualty Hospital, it
was said today at the District
morgue. A police investigation
into the mysterious injuries which
the man received showed he re.
ceived them in an accidental fall.
Curtin was taken to the hoSpi-
tai Sunday by a woman giving the
name of Dorothy Waters, 440 Mas
sachusetts Ave. N. w He was
treated and sent home.
Monday night the man COL
lapsed in the apartment of AL
ME O'Connor at 635 K st. N. W..
He was taken back to Casualty,
where it was determined he had
the skull fracture which caused
his death.
Curtin is survived by his
mother, who lives at the F Street
address, and several brothers and
sisters. He will be buried in Mt.
Olivet Cemetery following funeral
services at $50 a. m. Friday and
requiem mass at st. Dominic's
Church.
The Washington times., 1931-11-18

There are several hundred men
who fought in the world war and
in the Spanish-American war who
are out of work in Washington.
Most of them have families de-
pending on them.
They are not "choicy" in The
kind of work they will do. They
will take anything. You can help
them with the odd Jobs you have
In your home or elsewhere. And
you will find them willing work
ers. They need the money and
will do better Jobs than ordinarily
In the hope of being recommend
ed for other work.
To aid the war veterans. the
United States Employment Ser
vice has opened a special branch
which is devoted to them. The
Washington Times, which is
staging a campaign to find odd
jobs for all unemployed, has now
joined in the movement to urge
all to find work for. the men who
endangered their lives in the
wars.
Let the unemployed mend your
elothing, do some Of your laundry
The Washington times., 1931-11-18
TWOCONV|CTED,
FOUR PLEAD
GUILTY
Kendall, Previously Fined, Cit
ed to Plead Why License
Should Be Retained

While the District Commits
sioners today ordered a hear
ing with a view to revoking
the license of one employment
bureau operator, six others
were arraigned in Police Court
and fined sums ranging from
S. to $25.
John D. Kendall, operator of
the Washington Business Bureau
at Fourteenth and New York Ave
nue. Northwest, was cited to ap-
pear Tuesday before Wayne H.
Coombs, District Superintendent
of Licenses, to explain why his
license should not be revoked.
Kendall is appealing from a Po-
lice Court convection in which he
was fined $50 on a charge of
false pretenses in connection with
the operation of his agency.
Kendall was the first operator
ensnared in the investigation of
such agencies by the United
States Attorneys Office and the
Corporation Counsels Office, fol
lowing a series of articles in The
Washington Times.
Those brought into court to-
day were charged with violating
various sections of the act of
Congress regulating employment
agencies.
James A. Davis and I. ]. D.
Lipscomb. Ills U st. N. w., were
convicted before Judge Ralph
Given for failure to display Ii
censes and were fined IS each.
Pleading guilty to varied VIOLA
tions we're: William C. Tyrea,
811 Thirteenth st. N. W., fined
$40; Henry Edward Greene. tit
T st. N. W., $40; Elizabeth E.
Mace, 4O5 National Bank Build
ing. $40 and SIS, and John A.
Dickerson, 1887 Fourteenth St.
N. w., $40.
The Washington times., 1931-11-18
CLUB
HEARSO' 'BR|EN

The proper methods Of display
ing merchandise and the values
of using the displays in connec-
tion with newspaper advertising
campaigns was stressed today by
F. j. O'Brien, manager Of the
advertising and sales promotion
department of the Westinghouse
Lamp Company in an address
before the Optimist Club at the
Hamilton Hotel.
O'Brien pointed out that the
average pedestrian consumes only
seven seconds to pass window
display, and that many of them
have defective vision. 1t OBJ
viously becomes necessary, he
said, for merchants to have their
displays adequately lighted and
have them placed on a line of
easy vision.
The Washington times., 1931-11-18
CASE Of SCOTT
GIRL DELAYED
TILL DEC;2
Stepmother Too III to Reply
In Court to Charges She y
Beat Mary, II

The case of Mrs. Hattie
Scott, of Colmar Manor, Nd,
accused of beating her step
daughter, Mary, '17-year-old
student of Hyattsville High
School, with a rubber hose,
was continued today for two
weeks on the ground that Mrs.
Scott is too i'll to have her
case tried.
DR.. Robert R. Hotel, of 1899
Monroe st. N. E.. certified to the
Police Court that since her ar
rest Mrs. Scott has been under
his care, suffering from high
blood pressure.
Alan Bowie, States attorney,
at first refused to agree to
continuance. He said that so
far as he knew continuance
could only be granted when the
patient was too i'll to appear IN
court.
Agreement Made
He then demanded that physi-
clans examine Mrs. Scott to de-
termine whether she was too Ill
to go on with the case.
After comforting with Bird II.
Dolby, counsel for Mrs. Scott,
however, he agreed to pass the
case until December 2 on the
understanding that the child
would remain in the custody OF
Justice of the Peace Retta D.
Morris, of Hyattsville, until the
trial. Mary has made her home
with Mrs. Morris since charges
were preferred by the girl Friday.
william H. Scott, Mary's father,
agreed to pay Mrs. Morris S. a
week for the child's support as
long as Mary stays at her home.
Only Switched" Her
The accused woman and her
husband, employe of the Bureau
of Printing and Engraving, have
denied that they were cruel to
Mary or her sister, Katherine, 16.
The rubber hose is merely
tube with which
Mary was lightly switched" when
disobedient, according to their
statement.
The Washington times., 1931-11-18
School ROW Blamed
On "TOO Manu- Bosses

In the opinion of Major Donald
A. Dawson, acting Engineer Com.
missioner, difficulties existing be-
tween the public schools and the
District engineering departments
can be laid to too many bosses"
Major Davidson said he was
trying to work out a better policy
of cooperation between school Of
ficials and the engineering de-
partment, and more centralized
department with Major H. L.
Robb, the assistant Engineer
Commissioner in charge.
The Washington times., 1931-11-18
Took 8O-Cent Goods;
Gets S25 or 10 Days

Convicted of larceny of 80
cents worth of merchandise from
a 10-cent store at 1907 H st.
N. E., Daniel Hicks, colored, SO,
giving his address as All Four
teenth st. N. E., today was or
dered to pay a fine Of $25 or
serve. 10 days in Jail by Police
Court Judge Isaac r. Hit.
Hicks was accused of taking
three cans of paint, a brush,
three handkerchiefs and a bottle
of perfume from the store. He
pleaded not guilty, claiming he
had paid for the articles.
The Washington times., 1931-11-18
CEN. GLASSFORD
OPENS XMAS
RUM DRIVE
Four Special Squads Assigned
To Curb. Holiday Flow
Before Rush Begins

An intensive drive to make
Washington "dry" for the
Thanksgiving and Christmas
holidays has been launched
by the police.
Under orders of Brig Gen. Pei.
ham D. Glassford, new major
and superintendent of police.
every policeman has been told to
be on the alert for 5ootleggers
and rum runners.
In addition, General Glassford
has ordered that four special
squads be named to patrol the
outlying districts, from which
Washington's principal rum flow
enters.
While the four special squads
have as yet made no arrests, &C
tivities of other policemen we're
increased last night with the re-
suit that 16 cases were booked in
Police Court today.
United States Attorney David
A. Hart, in charge of prohibition
enforcement in Police Court, said
the grist was one of the biggest
for a weekday in the history
Of the court.
Mr.. Hart said:
"YeS, drive is on. The pO-
lice are going to make Wash
ingtOn as dry as possible for
Thanksgiving and Christmas
and bOOtleggers better beware.
$50 far I have not seen any
results of the work of the
four special squads, but
understand they have been
formed"
The Washington times., 1931-11-18
Fall Into MUnhOLe
IniureS Collector

John o. Jones, A, of 1869 Co
Rd. N. w., is in Emer.
gency Hospital with injuries re-
ceived yesterday as he fell into
a manhole at Fourth Street and
New York Avenue N. w.
Mr.. Jones, a collector. was cata-
pulled down a coal chute after
plunging through the manhole.
He is believed to have fractured
pelViS,