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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-02
Society's 'Scavenger Hunt
Yields Weird Collection

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 U.N.SJ.
Sheridan's so men surveyed the
Waldorf ballroom with jaundiced
eyes. PelicanS, monkeys, a goat,
80 bicycles, SO red lanterns, a bear
cub, dogs, parrots, hams, Marilyn
Miller'S step-ins, Pola Negri's,
Fanny Brice's-
It may have been the aftermath
{: society's smarteSt party, but it
was just debris to Sheridan'S men,
For they were the corps of real
ScavengerS who had to set to
rights at 3 a. m. the mess made
by Park Avenues darlings in their
{. 'och-making scavenger hunt last
night.
To Sheridan, head houseman,
and his minionS, Elsa Maxwell is
just a name (some fun, Ell, kid?)
1t Was Elsa's Idea
For it was Elsa who thought of
the scavenger party, given for
the benefit of the Maternity Cen
ter Association, and attended by
everybody who was ANYBODY. elisa
the Incompatible hostess-bahD
Elsa issued little notes assign.
ing guests to go out and fetch the
oldest assortment of items ever
assembled; a hair from the mus
tache Of Kermit Roosevelt, Cliff,
ten Webb's red carnation, the
autographed bodice or stepins of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-02
K|DNAPERSFREE
CANDIDATE

CORBIN, KY, Nov. assert
ing he had been kidnapped and
threatened with death unless he
withdrew as a candidate for cir
cult judge here, Willis Station,
turned up at a Laurel county
farmers house here today with
the announcement he will con-
tinue in the judgeship race.
He said he was kidnapped last
Friday morning near Pikesville,
as was reported by his nephew,
Joe Station. The four masked
men who seized him, Station said,
knocked him unconscious and
chained him in a cabin for sew
eral days before releasing him
after a woman prevailed upon
the captors to let him go.
Station said his captors not
only demanded him to keep out
of the judgeship race, but de-
manded that he cease to aid in
organization of a coal miners
union.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-02
Telegraph Employees
Ask Reinstatement

One hundred and twenty Postal
Telegraph employees held a pro-
test meeting at the Parkside Ho-
tel last evening, demanding that
the Postal Telegraph Gable Com
pany reinstate L. L. Herndon, or
ganizer for the Commercial Teleg-
raphers Union of North America.
Herndon, appointed organizer
three weeks ago, was discharged
for alleged "incompetency," al
though it was declared at the
meeting he had been regarded as
a competent employee since 1925,
and for the past year had been
night manager at the Dupont
Circle branch office.
The case has been placed be-
fore the National Labor Board
by the union.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-02
Prof. Pays Bet
After Waiting
28 Years

ALTIMO Nov. "A
twenty eight-year-old debt was
paid last week when Prof.
Charles S. Richardson, Of the
Department of Public Speaking,
RENTED one ten-pound box
of candy to the mother Of John
M. Cain, prominent Baltimore
newSpaperman, who recalls a
forgotten wager ins the current
issue of the American Mercury
magazine.
Cain, who was president Of
Washington College in 1905, Is
author of an article in the Mer-
curry concerning football game
between Washington College and
Maryland Agricultural College
in that year.
Prof. Richardson, who wit
messed the game, is said to have
laid a wager with Mr.. Cams
mother on the outcome Of the
contest. The stake was a oox
of candy and the Maryland
savant lost.
In his story, the author has
added a P. s.:
Charley Richardson, when
you read this, you had better
come across with that box Of
candy. 1t will be % years late,
but even so, it will greatly i'm
prove your standing in certain
quarters"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-02
NJ GEE ON TRIAL
IN NJ 'ELROY
KIDNAPPING

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Nov. 2
Q.N.SO Miss McElroy, daughter
Of City Manager H. F. McElroy,
was expected to resume her story
Of her kidnapping, for which
George MCGEE is on trial for his
life.
Miss McElroy yesterday identi-
fled MCGEE as the man who
guarded her after her abduction.
The pretty daughter Of the city
manager did not complete her
story Of her abduction last May
81, and her release after the pay
ment of $4,000 ransom when she
went on the stand yesterday.
It is the second time she has
told a jury the story of her kid
mapping and how she was chained
in the basement of bungalow in
Kansas while her abductors ne
gotiated with her father for her
release.
She told the story last July when
George McGee's brother, Walter,
was on trial. Walter was con-
victed and given the death pen
atty. The State is seeking the
same fate for George MCGEE.
Miss McElroy was the second
witness called by the State. She
told how she was abducted by two
armed men who came to the home
Of her father while she was in her
bath.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-02
LEAGUE MEETS TONIGHT

Young Peoples League will hold
a meeting in the Emerson Street
Synagogue, Fourteenth and Elmer.
son Streets Northwest, at $3.50
O'Clock tonight.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-02
FOES Of M'KEE
JOIN IN EFFORT
To STOP HIM

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 GNS0.
Uniting, tactically at least, as
the campaign swung into the
stretch. fusion and Tammany
Hall leaders today concentrated
their fire on Joseph V. Mckee,
recovery party candidate for
mayor, as the latter issued a
ringing political declaration of
independence"
Gaining strength as the three
way race neared a finish, Mckee
today was seen by many political
observers as the leading con-
tender.
Evidence that the opposing
camps are determined to stop
Mckee" was seen as Fiorello H.
LaKuardia, fusion mayoralty can
didate, and Samuel Sea bury, flu
sion leader. devoted lengthy parts
OF campaign addresses to denun-
citation of the recovery candidate
as part of the Tammany ma
chine" and predictions that INC
Kee will be Tammany Hall again
within three months if he is
elected"
Tammany itself went into the
field in full force against Mckee
with Mayor John P. O'Brien and
his running mates attacking the
recovery group as "deserters from
the Democratic party"
Mckee countered with a declara-
ton, before a huge, cheering
crowd in the Bronx that his can
didacy was not part of plan Of
Postmaster General James Farley
and Edward J. Flynn, Bronx
Democratic leader, to set up a
new p0litical machine in the CITY,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-02
"PhQntOn1 AttGcker"
Dies as Pals Chant

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2 GN.SD -
With the mournful tones Of a
negro spiritual. sung by a chorus
of fellow prisoners, John Winston
Boyd, the phantom" negro who
confessed to criminally attacking
fifteen white women in this dis
trict, went to his death on the
gallows today. AS Boyd was led
to the scaffold, John Williams, a
negro fellow prisoner, lifted his
bass voice in a prayerful song.
Negroes in surrounding cells
joined in the chorus.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-02
BROTHERS WED SISTERS

SOMERVILLE, Mass, Nov. 2
QN.S0. - Wedding bells rang
twice for the marriage of Miss
Margaret M. Greene, %, and her
sister, Helen J. Greene, 81. They
became the brides of Frederick P.
Rosenberger, and his brother,
Joseph P. Rosenberger, at a dou-
BILE wedding ceremony at st.
JoSeph's Church,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-02

one of New York's popular and
well known actresses (Which
elected three), one Of Jimmy
Durante's shoes, the future mayor
Of New York or his >..-oature Gre
Sulting in the &usug, ash of
Joseph v. Mckee, RecUget.- Party
candidate) and the most beauti-
full woman in New York-who
turned out to be Jean Arthur.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-02
MOVIE BAN LIFTED

BERLIN, Nov. 2 U.SO. - The
ministry of propaganda today
lifted it's ban on the German pro-
duced movie depicting the life of
Horst Vessel, Nazi party hero,
conditional on deletion Of all
references to vessel. The new
title of the film is Horst West
mar"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-02
AID FOR DESTITUTE

Plans to care for the poor will
be discussed at a meeting Of
the welfare board of Montgom-
cry county, to be held in the
County Building at Silver Spring
Friday night.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-11-02
MARLBORO MASQUERADE

The Catholic Daughters of
America and the Knights of Co.
lumbus of Upper Marlboro are
jointly sponsoring a masquerade
to be held at Gibbons Hall to-
morrow evening.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-19

within one day of being utterly
drained of gold, and formation OF
the first billion-dollar corporation
United States Steel.
The treasury incident showed
masterful Morgan at his best At
the beginning of 1895, panic con-
ditionS we're leading to steady with
drawal of gold for shipment abroad
By the end of January, the govern
ment'S gold reserve had fallen tC
forty millions, far below the safety
point"
The end of the gold standard, the
crash of government credit seemed
inevitable. Congress backed and
filled, hesitated, remained impotent
SilVerites blocked every move to put
cash in the treasury.
Morgan jumped on a train for
Washington, unlimited, risking an
open rebuff from President Cleveland
who disliked him. He was met at
the station by a message from the
White House that Cleveland would
not see him.
Replied Morgan: II am going to
the Arlington hotel. I shall wait
there until the President is ready to
see me-"
In his hotel room, Morgan sat,
playing solitaire, brooding. Cleve-
land relied on congress until the
last minute. 1t did nothing. At
breakfast one morning, Morgan re-
ceived word that the President
would see him.
Striding across Lafayette Square
to the White House, Morgan found
the President in conference with
anxious government officials. Re
ports licked in from New York. re-
vealing the continuing drain Of gold.
At last a yellow slip was passed to
Treasury Secretary Carlisle.
1t told him that just nine millions
Of gold remained to the United
States. And there was one check
outstanding for twelve millions
Then, and only then, did the
President turn to Morgan.
Morgan was ready. A solution
4ldU COlIle W IllQl OVER his game
Of solitaire in the hotel room. He
had recalled a Civil war act en-
powering the government to buy
gold coin with its bonds or notes.
1t opened the way out.
Cleveland agreed, with the stipu-
lation that Morgan procure half the
gold from abroad, and guarantee
that the gold the treasury received
for its bonds would not Immediately
be withdrawn for foreign account
and shipped abroad.
Morgan did not hesitate. "NTr.
President he said simply, 81 will
so guarantee"
The conference broke up. Morgan
headed syndicate which raised
100000 in gold for the govern
ment, taking its bonds for 100000
in exchange.
NeXt-Midwife to United States
Steel, the House climbs to a pin
nacle as banker to dozen nations.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-19
BARROW WINS
FIGHT TO SAVE
BOY MURDERER
MCWilIiamS Death Sentence
COMMITTED to SO Years
in Prison.
BVJnitcd Press

BIZ United Press
JOLIET, H.. April 19-Russell
McWilhams, ID, who three times
was saved on the brink Of death in
the electric chair. was happy today,
though his life for ninety-nine
years must be spent within prison
walls.
The youth, who shot to death a
street car motorman in a gin-in-
spired holdup, was prepared to dedi-
cate his career to make himself
worthy of the vigorous twenty
month battle with Clarence Darrow
and other liberal leaders made to
save him from the electric chair.
Thank Cod" exclaimed McWil-
liams, a typical American youth in
appearance, when word that Gov
ernor Henry Homer had committed
his sentence was brought to his cell.
McWilliams' happiness over the
Governors order was shared by
prison officials, who had looked with
reluctance toward the execution Of
the youngest boy ever sentenced to
death in Illinois.
The execution Of NcWilliams had
been set for Friday.
The Governor acted upon the
recommendation Of the pardon
board after the state supreme court
twice had remanded the case for
retrial after the death sentence had
been imposed
The crime" said Homer in his
letter committing sentence, was the
brutal killing of William Sayles, an
unarmed street car conductor dur
ing a holdup. McWilliams at the
time Of the commission of the crime
was just a few days past II. The
communication is not intended by me
to establish any precedent"
McWilliams is eligible for parole
after thirty-three years under the
ninety-nine year term.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-19
BY WILLIS THORNTON
NEA Service Writer

NEW YORK, April 19.-The house
Of Morgan has its roots deep in in
ternational finance. The first big
opportunity Of Junius. the founder.
came TO him as a partner in a firm
engaged in foreign exchange and in
/ ternaUonal security business.
He proved his pre-eminence in
that field when, even as the Prus-
slams Numbered at the gates Of
Paris and the Emperor Napoleon
III was a captive, Junius bought an
issue Of bonds from the refugee
French provisional government at
80 and Immediately "fioated" them
at 81.
1t was a big profit, but it was a
big risk, and Morgan, when those
bonds rose shortly to par, was re-
garded as a great fiancier by his
customers and in fact, by all Europe.
This European connection was I'M
doubtedly what set John Pierpont
Morgan, his son, on the road up
ward.
Up to that time he had been just
a smart, efficient banker, inclined to
speculate, but a trader, never a
mixer in industrial affairs.
The Railroad Era just was flower
ing. Tentacles of trackage were
wriggling westward. It was an era
OF loose financial morals and reckless
buccaneering with money
Gould, Fisk, Vanderbilt, Sage,
IIrvtoff,aC+Ot, TO7.ovry tYtoro toot,ooc nm
nected with manipulation Of railroad
stocks rather than with developing
and running the roads.
1t was with Jay Gould and Jim
Fisk that Morgan, at 80, first tan
gled in a rough-and-tumble battle
for control of the Albany & Sus-
quehanna, which the former pair
wanted as an adjunct to Erie.
Court battles in crooked Tam
many courts being indecisive, the
principals resorted to actual physi-
cal battle over the property. Gaudy
Jubilee jim" Fisk personally led
a gang of roughs to seize a railway
station on the line. Morgan met
rough stuff with rough stuff, and
there were pitched battles between
hired thugs Of the two factions up
and down the line.
Service was disrupted, the public
suffered, and the Governor had to
call out state troops to control the
rioting. Years of law suits and in
functions followed. Morgan won in
the end.
BY 1884 then, the House of Nor
gan was not only predominant in
the foreign loan field, thanks to its
London connection, predominant
in the domestic government loan
field through succession to the po-
sition of the failed Jay Cooke &
Co., but was well on the way to
Reorganization" of the railroads.
One after the other, railroads
which had been exploited, bled,
watered and juggled, came to the
House of Morgan for reorganiza-
ton.
William H. C'The public be
damned!") Vanderbilt was the first
to yield a major railroad director
ship New York CentraD to the
House of Morgan in exchange for
services in reorganization.
Each time not only handsome fees
for SERVES. but partial or complete
control of the roads Cor at least
great influence over them came
also to the House.
The nineteenth century was COM
ing to its close, and as the new
century drew near and dawned, two
more incidents set the House of
Morgan on pedestal that became
almost a throne
They were the saving of the
United States treasury when it was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-19
TIMOTHY SEXTON IS
SUED BY ESTATE HEIR
County Treasurer Named Defend
ant in Probate Court Action.

Timothy P. Sexton, county treas
urer and former administrator OF
the estate of Eugene Corrigan of
Richmond, was named defendant in
a suit filed in probate court Tues
day to reopen the administration
of the estate.
The suit, filed in the name of a
son, Joseph Corrigan, charges that
$791 so of the estate funds were in
vested in building and loan stock
without court authority.
The stock is in the Prudential
Savings and Loan Association of
which Sexton is treasurer. The es-
tate was closed in November, 1881.
Corrigan has refused 10 accept the
stock on the grounds that it's value
has deprecated because of inability
to obtain par value i'll cash.
Sexton today termed the suit
absurd" He declared the action
was instigated by j. Ogle Hoffman,
local attorney.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-19
FOREST CHIEFS NAMED
Civilian Conservation Corps Heads
for Midwest Area Picked.

Three appointments in connection
with the Presidents forest army
project were announced today.
Crosley A. Hoar, Milwaukee, was
named to coordinate and direct
work of the civilian conservation
corps in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio
and West Virginia.
E. w. Tinker, Milwaukee, regional
forester, will have charge of requi-
sitions for men for Indiana and
eight other states, while E. M.
Bruner, Louisville, has been named
forest service representative for In
diana and six other states.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-19
SLAP DOWN BAD MAN
Belligerent Negro Faces Series of
Charges; Still Is Found.

Arrest of Negro bad man." on
whom police had to use a "slapstick"
to Subdue, led to the seizure of a
ten-gallon still Tuesday night.
The still, a barrel Of mash and
two gallons of whisky were found
at the home of Harry Henderson,
Negro, 80, of 1857 Yandes street.
Police encountered Henderson
near Columbia avenue, armed and
belligerent. After being slapped
down" he was charged with carry
ing concealed weapons, drunk and
diSorderly conduct, illegal possession
of a still, blind tiger, and resisting
arrest.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-19

In government tests of preserving
Strawberries by the frozen pack
method, an unnamed eastern straw
berry seeding, U. S. $50, was pro-
nounced exceptionally good.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-04-19
Morgan Enriched by Railroad
Deals; Saves Treasury of y. S.

This is the htird of six stories on the
House Of Morgan. soon to be the sub
iect Of senatorial inquiry.
Evening star., 1933-05-19
TREASURE HUNTERS
SUED BY RIVALS
Damages Asked Against Salvor
and Crew, and Sunken Ship
Merida Also Is Named.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NORFOLK, Va, May 19-Rival ac-
tivities of two expeditions seeking to
recover treasure from the sunken ship
Merida were shifted from the sea to
the courts yesterday by one party bring
ing a libel suit against the skipper and
crew of the salvage tug, Salvor.
The libellants ask for at least SIS 900
in damages, but reserve the right to ask
the court to allow them to amend their
suit to ask for more damages.
The Salvor sailed into port yesterday
with a large piece of wreckage her
skipper Capt. H. L. BowdOin, said was
taken from the Merida. now lying IN
some 200 feet Of water about 90 miles
east of the Virginia Capes.
Almost before the SalvorS crew had
all opportunity to get the salt air out
of their lungs. their ship was attached
and laid up pending the giving OF bond
for any further operations.
The libel was brought by Capt. John
Hall as skipper of the fishing trawler
Theresa and Dan and in his own right
and by Klass Everts, diver, and George
A. Redding, a member OF the Hall
EvertS expedition.
The Salvor, Capt. H. L. Bowdoin, A
F. Amory, master and owner of the
trawler Sea Gull, and ]. r. Lawson, Jr.,
master and owner of the trawler Sea
Rambler, were named respondents In
the action.
Even the Merida. which has been on
the bed Of the Atlantic since 1911. when
she was sunk in a collision with the
steamer Admiral Farragut, was libelled
| in the same action along with "hel
furniture, apparel, tackle, equipment
cargo and other contents.
Evening star., 1933-05-19
YOUTHFUL COUPLE
SECRETLY MARRIED
Patricia King, is, Grand
Daughter of Senator, Bride
of Merle SchoW, 19.

The secret marriage about two
months ago of Patricia King. 16-year-
old granddaughter of William H. King,
senior Senator from Utah. to Merle
Schow. 19-year-old University of Viz
ginia student, was revealed today by the
youths parents. Mr.. and Mrs Fred S.
Schow of 2701 Chesapeake street.
Yes, it's So" said Mrs. Schow today.
1--WE hadn't planned to say anything
about it until Fall, but-well, it's out
now"
The couple, it was revealed. has not
yet taken up housekeeping. The bride
has gone out to the Pacific Coast with
her mother, Mrs. Paul Browning King,
while the bridegroom is continuing his
studies at University, Va. Later 1t is
planned for young Mrs. Schow to join
her husband in Virginia and start
housekeeping practically on the campus
until the bridegroom finishes his studies.
The bridegroom's mother said the
couple eloped to Frederick Md, couple
of months ago and on their return told
their parents, who, after recovering
from their surprise, gave their parental
blessing, but insisted upon the marriage
being kept secret until Fall. Somehow,
though. the news leaked out and today
was confirmed
The bridegroom's father is a law
partner of Democratic National Com
mitteeman John F. Costello and of
Norman B. Landreau. District Depart
nent commander Of the American
Legion
The brides father Capt. Paul Brown
ing King, died about a month ago as
the result of fall from window Of
the Blackstone Hotel.
Evening star., 1933-05-19
Marriage Licenses.

Clarence M Edwards. IL: t;::2: .2; United RoT
sythe %, 3213 z st. Sc. Rev; A. r. FooIe'
CLAYTON W. Colvin. 23, 1921 Buchanan ST.
and Matte Irene Hawkins, Fl, 93S Shep-
herd ST =: Rev L. F. Stevens.
Mckinley Jones, "a. 531 10Th ST. ne, ana
Ruth Smith, 90 313 44th st. ne; Rev. c. H.
Levi n Wise. %; Gap Pa land and TdisoA Ida A,
Anthony A. Harito, 40. J. 15a Columbia fo.,
and Natalie j. Nixon, AZ, 4o0l Harrison ST.;
James l. Bieiut. 20. and Mary R9spi; ~
both Ot Baltimore; Rey. Andrew ~ peMuihi; 2;
George b. Riley, Il, 605 ST. Sc ana
Mary Delaney. IA, 32I Virsiu.s ave. Sc
asISy Thompson, SO. l722 18th St. and
Dorothy T. Blackwell, ~, 5o6 gath ST. ne
Rev. Robert William. ,,..r 20
both Of Cherry Hill, Va; Rey J. E BrigSs
Oliver e, THOMAS, 33, 1425 Rhode lslano
ave and Mildred Lee Pumphrey 81 l32l
X rS st.: ReS' Sohs srooks. IS. 2oo3 H St. and
Anna NJ Ridley, 81, 2oo3 H ST.; Rev John
Harry 8. Kelly. 23. and cathsTinss s.6uir Sumter
90 both Of Baltimore Rev. II M Hennle
Frank Il. Collins, 25, and Laura Bowman
81. both Of Baltimore Rev. "hliam