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The Washington times., 1933-03-27
LAST MISTAKE
MAKES WOMAN
HANG SELF
Pretty Brunette Tells Why
She Commits Suicide in
Note Police Find

Leaving a note saying that
she chad made mistakes and
couldn't stand the last one," Mrs.
Mary Kelsey, pretty brunette, to-
day hanged herself from the bed
in her rooms in the 900 block
Tenth st. N. w.
The girl, an elevator operator
for beauty parlor at Twelfth
and G Streets Northwest, was
separated from her husband and
lived under the name Of Mary
Painter.
Hanged During Night
According to police, she had
apparently hanged herself during
the night. She was found this
morning by a friend, Cyril For
gus, of the 900 block New York
Ave. N. w., who entered the room
by breaking through a screened
window after failing to gain en-
trance through the door.
Forgus told police he left the
girl last night at about 1880 and
that he had not seen her since.
He said he works in the same
building and when he found that
she was not work today, he i'm
mediately same to her home.
Mrs. Kelsey, formerly cashier at
the Columbia Theater, was wear
mi two diamond rings. Police said
she had a bank balance of several
hundred dollars. Her purse con-
tained $14.
Leaves All to Sister
In the note, she asked that her
sister, Mrs. j. w. Oden, of Deer
wood, Nd, be notified, and that
all her possessions be given to her.
The note further said that she
wanted to be taken "home" for
burial with her father and mother.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDon-
aid issued a certificate of suicide.
The Washington times., 1933-03-27
B|SH0P,P PRIEST,
AND RABBI
TOSPEAK
Senator King, Rep. CeIIer and
Others to Address Meeting
In Theater Tonight

Jew and Gentle, Catholic and
Protestant will unite tonight in
a mass meeting at the Belasco
Theater to protest against the
treatment of Jews by the Hitler
government of Germany.
Several thousand men and
women of all creeds are expected
to participate in the meeting
which will begin at 8:15 o'clock.
The speakers will be Bishop
James E. Freeman, Bishop Will
liam F. Mcdowell. the Rev. DR..
John A. Ryan, Rabbi Solomon
H. Metz, the Rev. Russell j.
Clinchy, Senator William D.
King, Charles Edward Russell
and Representative Emanuel Gel
Ter.
People AbSOIved
One of the members of the
committee arranging the mass
meeting, acting as spokesman for
committee, said today:
Protestant, Catholic and Jew
will unite in their protest
against the Hitler persecution
Of Jews in Germany.
"NO one thinks of condemn
ing the German people. 1t is
only a condemnation of their
erstwhile OppressOr, the cruel,
mad, inhuman Hitlerism, which
not only killed the German Re-
public but is also completely
wrecEing the German reputa-
ton as a civilized country, a
member. of the family of ma
tiOnS.
"NO nation is big enough or
strong enough to flaunt in the
face Of the world vulgar pas
siOnS and cruel barbariSm with
out dearly paying for it.
WHITEWASH DENIED
"The report of the American
Ambassador received by the
State Department is interpreted
by some as a complete white
wash, q clean bill of health to
the Hitler regime. In reality it.
is more of an admission of
crime than a wilitewaSh.
Diplomats sci d o m admit
that crimes on governments
with whom they have to work.
This report of the American
embassy admits that there was
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The Washington times., 1933-03-27
Roosevelt Center
To Give PLay CycIe

The workshop OF the Roosevelt
Community Center will present
the fifth drama program of the
present season under direction of
Ruth Harsha Mckenzie in Roose-
velt High School Auditorium to-
night at 8 p. m. Among those
who will take part in the pro-
gram are Miss Alice L. Hunter,
Miss Wilma Wright, Miss Alma
Ebeling, Miss Ann Story, Miss
Edith Hayden, Miss Naoma Wor-
den, Mrs. Margaret Stewart, Mrs.
Ruth Singer, Mrs. F. Guthrie,
Miss Lenore L. Romney, Marvin
Beers, William Prince, John l..
Stewart, Russell Singer and H.
C. Conner.
The Washington times., 1933-03-27
COIOred ELks Hear
Talk bY Educator

Judge w. c. Hueston, commits
sioner Of education of the grand
lodge of colored Elks of the World,
spoke yesterday at the social Ses-
sion of Columbia Lodge at its
home, Third Street and Rhode
Island Avenue N. w.
Other participants in the ex-
ercises were Emery Smith. of
Howard University; Capt. Syl-
vester EppS, exalted ruler of the
lodge, and Charles A. Cornish,
master Of cermonies.
The Washington times., 1933-03-27
Mrs. Roosevelt Sees
Girl Training Need

Mrs. Roosevelt believes the mod
ern girl should have scientific
training in home economics. She
was quoted thus by Miss Florence
Hall, president of the District Of
Columbia Home Economics AS
sociation, yesterday. Miss Hall
said:
"The average girl wants to
keep house with the least pos
sible strain, and, to do this.
she must have good training"
The Washington times., 1933-03-27
Choir Holds Final
Concert ReheQrSaIS

Final rehearsals are being held
this week for the third annual
Lenten concert by the A Capella
Choir of Washington, under direc-
ton of Mrs. Ruby Smith Stahl,
which will be held April 3 at
8:45 p. M, in the Mayflower
Hotel. Sixty trained voices will
be heard at the concert.
The Washington times., 1933-03-27
REV. McNALLY TO TALK

The Rev. Paul A. McNally,
director of the Georgetown Uni
versity Observatory, will address
the Silver Spring Lions Club
meeting at the Takoma Inn to-
morrow night, B. R. English,
president, announced today.
The Washington times., 1933-03-27
injured In FALL

Thomas Marcus, 800 Prince
St., was treated at the Alexan.
dria Hospital last night for a
severe head cut received when
he fell from a rocking chair at
his home His head struck
radiator.
The Washington times., 1933-03-27

SClll consider Cne mOSL OepIOraDle
in the history of the depression
the calling of Federal troops. It's
over and done. Not only have
many leaders of the American
Legion publicly asked for support
of the President, but no sign of
revolt has been noted. We have
faced a crisis and a lot of things
have Misrepresentation the right
of banker to do funny things
with other peoples money to the
right of any group to prevent an
other group from drinking beer.
The demand of the bonus army
is only one of the victims of the
decisive action in Washington. 1t
could not be revived without an
attack on the financial position
The Washington times., 1933-03-27
Church Club Hears
Arn1StrOn0 Teacher

Prof. Charles M. Thomas, of
Armstrong High School. ad-
dressed the mems club of Metro
politan Baptist Church yesterday
on the subject, Can the Negro
Survive?" Dean Kelly Miller. of
Howard University, was also
among the speakers.
The Washington times., 1933-03-27
MEET AT TAVERN

A special meeting Of the Alex
andria American Legion Post will
be held tonight in Gadsby's Tav-
ern to indorse President Roose-
velt'S economy program.
The Washington times., 1933-03-27


(not yet achieved) on which the whole of Mr. Roose-
vets reconstruction plan is based In sense the
soldiers bonus surrendered in order to the gold
Standard when it vanished helped to create inter-
national confidence in Americas stability and, de-
viously to reestabsh American confidence in America
Let u.s. without judging it's original merits, say that
nothing in it's life so became as the leaving of it.
Military Results
It NAV be the moment, however, to note of the
consequences in the future they not financial
consequences. They are, in way military recall
the promise of Lloyd George: that England would be
made country fit for heroes to live in, the heroes
being those gentlemen who fighting in Flanders.
i recall domestcally, a song which was sung in the
spring of 1918 to the general effect that when you
back and you will come back, there'll be whole
world waiting for you.'
Soldiers, especially when drafted, have short
memories but in this ground for doubt existed
The whole world in the form of pensions and prefer
ment, had been waiting for the veterans of the Civil
and the Spanish-American No good American
went to fight Germany in order to have pension for
life when he returned; but it gratifying to feel
that the returning hero would be rather noby treated
No More Profit
suggest that the rejection of the demands of the bonus
army and the present slash in pensions mark definite
turning point in the attitude of the Government toward
the soldier suggest further that this change will COM
pei us to create status for industry in wartime We
will longer be able to say that every returned soldier
will be permanent charge the Government, we Will
not dare make large promises And that being the
case will have to promise the soldier that since he
will not profit from the other will profit.
The connection IS not logical one pernapS IL mas noun
ing to do with economics. But it is psychoogcaly
rect The soldier sent to without the implied
ise of protection for the rest of his life will ASK before
he goes, that no man shall profit from his danger.
No Patrioteering
On the whole this is an advantage. The time of the
volunteer patriot army has gone; has become too
complex for that and there civilians So the
time of patrioeerng may we'll 60 with it, War will be
recognized as a regretabe desperately dirty and dan
geros business which has be through and out of
which no human being gain. Propaganda may still
flourish because human beings prefer illusion to
fact but there will be end of the promises of heaven
to those who survive the hell of And perhaps the
through their proper representatives say, f don't,
neither will you" My only worry is whether those who
have applauded the passage of the bill aware
of it's in the present emergency but in
the next enthusiasm for
The Washington times., 1933-03-27
True to Type
BONUS MAY BE DEAD,
BUT CONSEQUENCES
REMAIN
-kkV GILBERT SELNDES-

T SUPPOSE that nothing is deader, at the moment,
than the agitation for immediate payment of the
soldiers bonus, the object for which men marched
last summer and the occasion of the moment which
The Washington times., 1933-03-27
WHEEL OF PROGRESS

Wheel of Progress will meet
Friday at 8 p. m. at Washington
Hotel instead Of tomorrow,
The Washington times., 1933-09-28
ROVER To QUIT
WITHIN WEEK

Definite plans to relinquish the
post of United States Attorney
and enter private law practice
within a week have been made
by Leo A. Rover, it was learned
today.
Whether his successor will be
named within that time is un-
certain, but, if not, Rover'S duties
will fall upon his first assistant,
John T. Fihelly. Rover today
declined to discuss the reports.
Officials at the Department of
Justice said his resignation had
not been received but it would
be accepted Immediately when
entered.
Rover has engaged a suite of
offices in the Colorado Building,
18th and G SITS. n w., and one
of his associates will be Martin
F. O'Donoghue.
Among those mentioned to sue
ceed Rover are Ralph A. Cusick,
David A. Pine, Lucien H. Van
doren, Levi H. David and John
Bramhall.
The Washington times., 1933-09-28

James w. Collier, veteran mem
ber of the United States Tariff
Commission, died suddenly early
this morning in his room at the
George Washington Inn.
A heart attack was given as the
cause of death.
According to Commissioner
Golfers secretary, he had been
complaining of feeling i'll for
several days. His wife was with
him when he died.
The body will be taken to VickS-
burg, Miss, his home, tomorrow.
Long Term in House
Elected to the House of Repre-
Sentatives in 1908, Mr.. Collier
served in the House until March
4, 1888, when he was eliminated
as a candidate for reelection by
the redistricting of Mississippi.
He was placed on the Tariff Com
The Washington times., 1933-09-28
NRA STEPS Up
PLANS FOR
SHIFTS
Reorganization Likely to Keep
Only Four Division Chiefs;
Hammond in Spotlight
By DUNCAN FORSYTH

Reorganization plans of the
NRA, now entering the second
phase of it's career, came into
clearer outline today, when it
became known that only four
d equity administrators are
likely to remain with the
agency and that a trade asso-
citation division probably will
be formed soon.
The deputy administrators who
will remain, it was said, include
Malcolm Muir, A. D. Whiteside,
and Gen. C. C. Williams. The
fourth place is in doubt, with the
name of Thomas r. Charshee,
present head Of the code analysis
division and .8armeGstEa Eades aSsocia-
ton executive, prominently men
toned for the post.
Spotlight ON Hammond
Gen. T. S. Hammond, whose
Blue Eagle division is now in
process of disintegration, is head
of the policies board for the NRA,
and the view that trade associa-
ton division will be formed is
based on his strong trade associa-
ton background.
It is understood that he
strongly favors industrial SELF
government, and feels that trade
associations are best fitted to
serve as the agencies for this
governing system.
There is a strong feeling in
the NRA that the code authority
mechanisms may not prove as
satisfactory as entrusting the
work of industrial self-government
to trade associations.
Faults Cited
However, it is recognized that
the trade associations are faulty
in many respects and that these
defects will have to be remedied
before they can fill the functions
for which they seem likely to be
slated.
Rumors afloat today that Cen
eral Hammond may succeed Gen.
Hugh S. Johnson were believed
without foundation. 1t was
thought more probable that Ham
mond would leave the NRA, once
his policies board has finished
its work, than that johnson
would quit before January.
It is no secret that the ap-
pointment of Hammond as head
of the NRA, replacing Johnson,
would be higher distasteful to
labor, which holds that he was
active in the open-shop move
ment in Illinois.
The Washington times., 1933-09-28
DOPE ADD|CTS
IN K|DNAP QUIZ

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Sept.
% GN.SO Armed with subma-
chine guns, two Federal agents.
assisted by local detectives, raided
a hospital for dope addicts here
early today and arrested three
men and two women for question
ing about the kidnapping of John
"Jake the Barber" Factor.
The five prisoners were rushed
to the city Jail and then taken to
the Federal Building in st. Paul
for questioning. The three men
were said to have come here re-
Gently from New York.
Federal agents refused to dis
close the names of the men held
and said that another man was
being sought. They said a large
amount of narcotics was found
in the hospital"
AS the raiding party, heavily
armed, broke into the house with
machine guns ready, the five
prisoners, huddled in one room,
screamed for the officers not to
shoot.
The Washington times., 1933-09-28
JURY TOLD
ALL WERE
|NVOL WE'D
IN JOB
Pleas of Shannons Called Lies;
Test of Governments Power
Seen in Case

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla,
Sept. % (L.N.S. S.).-Declaring
the Charles F. Urschel kidnap-
ing case is one of "particular
Importance" to the United
States Government, Joseph B.
Keenan,, Assistant U lit e d
States Attorney General, to-
day asked the jury to convict
all of the ten defendants now
on trial charged with the
100000 abduction of the
Oklahoma City oil millionaire.
keenan,, here from Washing
ton, D. c., as President Roose"
vets representative to aid the
prosecution of Harvey Bailey, Al
bert Bates. and eight other de-
PENDANTS, began his argument to
the jury this morning with a
ringing grafton.
Gang Peril Cited
Asserting that peaceful Ameri-
can citizens must be protected
against the kidnaper and rack
eteer. keenan, asked the jury:
"ShaII we have a Govern
ment Of law and order or shall
we abdicate in favor Of the
reign of the machine-gun
gangsterS?"
Every seat in the machine-gun-
guarded courtroom was taken
and there were many standing
when keenan,, a portly, ruddy-
faced, heavy-jowled man with
horn-rimmed glasses launched
into his attack on the under
world.
Government Challenged
Keenan, declared, turning to
Bates and Bailey, the super
desperadoes, and the other de-
PENDANTS:
these defendants have
Jointly challenged the power
of the Government to protect
its citizens"
The poker-faced Bailey and the
cocky Bates glared at the Gov
ernllent prosecutor. keenan,
cried:
"NOt alone are the KellyS,
the Baileys, the KrOnicks, the
ShannOns, the KOZbergs and
the BIumenfieIds at the bar Of
justice today, but this Govern
ment-the Government Of the
United States-aS well, stands
at the same bar of justice on
trial for its life"
Nation "At Crossroads"
Pointing to the sinister activi-
ties of kidnapping, keenan, de-
clared the Government is "at
the crossroads" in the matter Of
protecting it's peaceful citizens.
He said:
"If the Government cannot
cope with the kidnaper and
racketeer, we had better frankly
admit the failure of our present
form of government.
"SmaII wonder that the in
terest of the nation is focused
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The Washington times., 1933-09-28
Alleged Slayer In Holdup Hunted Here
Slain Man
Believed
Crater

ROCKLAND, Me-, Sept. 28
GNSO.-Belief that the body OF
an unidentified, well-dressed man
who was beaten to death and
tossed into the harbor at Owls
Head, near here, early Sunday
may be that of Judge Joseph
Force Crater, missing New York
city jurist, was expressed today by
City Marshal A. P. Richardson.
He said:
"There is a striking resem-
blance in the face of the man
with photographs of Crater"
The man was about SO years
old, had a large head with a
prominent nose and exceptionally
large ears and a small neck for
the size of the head. False teeth
were missing. The hair was
streaked with gray.
All labels had been torn from
his clothing. He had been dead
about seven hours when found.
Supreme Court Justice Crater
disappeared mysteriously from
New York two years ago, shortly
after visiting his wife at their
summer home at Belgrade, Lake,
Me. Mrs. Crater stayed at the
Eastland Hotel in Portland for
several weeks following her hus~
bands disappearance and was in
terviewed there by an assistant
district attorney of New York
when Crater was reported to have
been seen in various places in
Maine.
The Washington times., 1933-09-28
BRIDES PLEA
IS DOUBTED
BY JUDGE
Can't Believe Chevy Chase
Student Went KiSSIeSs After
EIopement in 1880

A "kissless MARRIAGE may
be possible but Supreme Court
Justice William F. Bleakley,
of White Plains, N. Y, doesn t
believe it.
Not, he says, when the bride is
as young and pretty as Elizabeth
Battersby Harris, former Chevy
Chase School pupil, and the bride
groom as handsome and manly as
her husband, Joel Smith Harris,
scion of a wealthy and prominent
Long Island family.
Seeking AnnuIment
Mrs. Harris, who eioped under
the very noses of her chaperons
at the school way back in Oc-
tober, 1880, is suing for an ann1ls
ment of her marriage on the
grounds that it was "kiss-less"
and that she and her boy-hus-
band were never alone after the
ceremony except for a brief two
hours. which they spent at a
movie" theater in Washington.
Said the justice while Elizabeth
sobbed in her handkerchief:
'T can't understand this
younger generation. 1t isn't
reasonable for two young peO-
pie, just married, to be content
to just sit and look at each
other"
Then to Elizabeth:
"Young lady, you can't get
an annulment from me until a
competent woman doctor re-
ports you really are kiSS-leSS
bride-which 1 doubt"
MARRIED AT ROCKVILLE
According to Elizabeth's story,
she and young Harris. who had
told her he was an important ex-
ecutive, at %, of a New York
brokerage firm. slipped away to
Rockville October 4, 1880, and
were married.
She had escaped for the after
noon from the watchful eye Of
the school chaperons on the plea
she was to meet her mother, Mrs.
Amy Battersby, of Westchester,
N. Y, in Washington.
So closely were pupils at the
school watched, she claims, that
except for that one evening at
the movies, she never again found
opportunity to see her bridegroom
alone.
Later she discovered young Har-
ris was not a highly paid execu-
tive, but an $18-a-week clerk. And,
in the meantime, she had repented
of her escapade and wanted to
forget it.
Completed Her Course
According to officials of the
school here, the bride returned
the following year and completed
the school course. They haven't
heard from her since, and the an
nulment suit was a surprise.
The Washington times., 1933-09-28
TRANSIT LINES
JOIN DEC. |

Washington's two street railway
systems will begin operation as a
single unit at 1901 a. m, De-
cember /.
This date was fixed today by
the Public Utilities Commission in
giving final approval to the merger
of the Capital Traction and
Washington Railway & Electric
Companies.
Waiting in the offices of the
commission to hear the decision
today were William F. Ham, presi-
dent of the Washington Railway
& Electric Company, who is slated
to be chairman of the board of
the new firm; John H. Hanna,
president of the Capital Traction
Company, who is to be president:
G. Thomas Dunlop director, and
S. r. Bowen, counsel for the
Washington Railway & Electric
Company.
The new company, to be known
as the Capital Transit Company,
will take over all of the railway
properties of the old firms, giving
in exchange 100000 shares of
capital stock with a par value of
500 a share.
The Washington times., 1933-09-28
Collier, 81 Today, Dies;
Veteran Tariff Expert

mission soon after President
Roosevelt took office.
During his last term in Con-
gress he was Chairman of the
Ways and Means Committe and
Chairman of the Joint Committee
of Internal Revenue Taxation.
His congressional record was
marked with brilliant success.
81 Years Old Today
Born on Glenwood Plantation
in Mississippi, September %, 1872,
Mr.. Collier was preparing to cele-
brate his sixty-first birthday to-
day. Besides the widow he is
survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Allen T. Aiken and Miss Laura
D. Collier, both residing in Wash
ington, and a brother, Stanford
N. Collier, of New Orleans.
The Washington times., 1933-09-28
POLICE SET
TRAP IN S. v.
SECTION
Second Man In Fatal HoIdup
Confesses, duplicating
EIVin Fair

Search for an alleged killer,
believed to be heavily armed,
turned to Washington today
when police were notified that
he is headed this way looking
for a hideout.
A squad of detectives was
rushed to an address in Southwest
Washington, where the suspect IS
believed to be headed. The house
was surrounded by a posse Of
officers and a trap laid.
Named BY Friend
The suspect is Elvin E. Fair, Of
Gettysburg, Pa. who was named
by his companion, Emmanuel
Bingamanss19, also of Gettysburg,
as the man who shot and a-AEiAeA a-k&leA
Reuben N. Sollenberger, auction
eer and filling station attendant,
during a holdup in Hagerstown
yesterday.
Admitting that he took part in
the attempted robbery, Bingaman,
who was arrested today near
Emmitsburg, Md, insisted that
Fair fired the fatal shot.
Trapped at the home of a girl
friend, Bingaman broke down and
named his companion.
Three Shots Fired
Bingaman told police that Fair
shot Sollenberger as the attend
ant was arising from his chair.
Sollenberger fired three shots at
the pair as they fled. He died a
few minutes later.
Bingaman and Fair fled, aban,
doning their automobile, which
was listed in Fairs name, police
say.
While Fair was asleep Binga'
man sneaked away, he said, and
hitched-hiked to the house, where
he was found.
The Washington times., 1933-09-28
ShOpLfter Jailed
In StOCkinQ Theft

James Grady, cOlOred, 19, was
sentenced to nine months in jail
by Judge Ralph Given in Police
Court today on a charge of shop
lifting. He was arrested yester-
day after taking Is pair of stock
ings in a downtown department
store. Judge Given said that with
the holiday shopping season COM
ing on it would be safer to have
Grady in jail.
The Washington times., 1933-09-28
CAS- DISCOUNTS
CONTINUED

The temporary discount Of 312
per cent on gas bills, which eX-
pires September 80, was ordered
continued today until December
81 by the Public Utilities Com
mission.
This will carry the discount
over the period of hearings on
valuation of the Washington and
Georgetown Gas Light companies
which are now under way.
These hearings are expected to
result in the temporary reduction
being made permanent.
The Washington times., 1933-09-28
HOOUer's Home TOUn
Gets Surprise Visit

WEST BRANCH, Iowa, Sept.
% G.N.SO. Former President
Herbert Hoover, en- route by
automobile from Chicago to his
California home, paid his boy
hood home here a surprise visit
today. Word that he would stop
here was not received until 20
minutes before he drove into
town and only a handful of
persons were on hand to greet
him and his wife.