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The Washington times., 1934-12-11
AL To WORKERS
ASSA|L PACT

DETROIT, Dec. II GN.Sl.
The automobile industry unions
of the American Federation of
Labor today petitioned William
Green, president of the A. F. of L.,
to withdrew from the Presidents
labor agreement entered into by
the unions and the motor COM
panieS last March.
F.. j. Dillon, organizer for the
auto plants. yesterday ordered
all A. F.. of L. members not to
participate in the election at the
Cadillac plant ordered by the
Presidents labor board. The elec-
ton is to choose a collective bar
gaining committee on a proper.
tional basis.
The A. F. of L. insists that the
bargaining agency nominated by
a majority of the workers should
be the official agency for all the
workers in each plant.
Officers of the United Auto
Workers Federal Labor Union,
the A. F. of L. motor industry
unit, last night indorsed Mr. Dill
Ions stand.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
IN CRASH
ASK $4,000

Damage suits aggregating
$4,000 have been filed in Fairfax
County Circuit Court against
Luther F. Hummer, of Vienna,
Va, by four Washington resi-
dents, one of them child.
The plaintiffs, Mrs. S. Eliza
beth Jaquette; her two daugh-
ters, Louise Jaquette and Mrs.
Elizabeth J. Houghton, and her
grandson, Robert J. Houghton,
ask $4,000, $4,000, $4,000 and
$4,000, respectively. for injuries
they are alleged to have suffered
in an automobile accident on
the Leesburg Pike month ago.
According to Attorney Charles
Pickett, of Fairfax. who repre-
sents the four. as the result of a
crash near Tyson's Corners, Va,
between Mr.. Hummer's machine
and one operated by Miss ia
quette. Mrs. Jaquette's right leg
was broken in two places. her
left leg lacerated, her left hip
dislocated and fractured. her left
jawbone fractured. and all of
her teeth were knocked out. Miss
Jaquette suffered a broken jaw
bone and six teeth were knock
out while Mrs. Houghton suffered
a broken jawbone and a bad
cash under her chin. Young
Robert suffered a fractured skull
and conclusion of the brain.
Mr.. Hummer was arrested by
Fairfax county police shortly after
the accident and charged with
driving while under the influence
of liquor. He is now at liberty
on bond pending hearing of his
case.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
TRAGEDY SHIP
L|NPS To PORT

NEW YORK, Dec. II G.N.SD.
The Japanese freighter Victoria
Maru today was limping through
the Atlantic toward the English
Channel with it's cargo of tragedy,
under the escort of the Dutch
steamer Amsterdam.
The vessel, Sden with pigiron,
was to have arrived here today,
but sent out an SOS Sunday
night after it's bridge had been
swept away in a terrific storm,
killing the master and two other
officers.
The German steamer, Albert
Ballin, radioed the names of the
maritime victims this morning
They were Captain Taktuchi,
Third Officer Nishihara Wakaichi
and Chief Officer Maedaminoru.
The Amsterdam. the Pacific
Ranger. an American boat, and
the German freighter, Karl
KlaSen, raced to the stricken ship
yesterday. but were unable to
transfer the injured members of
the crew,
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
MRS. BELL Ill
AS TRIAL OPENS
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man and former Sunday School
superintendent.
Mr.. Bell was arrested last Octo-
ber 10, charged with giving his
invalid wife poison on six differ.
ent dates between August l and
october 8. The indictment names
four deadly poisons which he is
alleged to have placed in her food.
Nurses on the case grew SUSPECT
Gus. the food was analyZed and
traces of the poisonS discovered,
the State contends. Mr.. Bell was
released on $4,000 bond. After
the grand jury had returned an
indictment against him the bond
was raised to $4,000. He has been
at liberty since his arrest the bond
being posted by his brother and
business partner, w. A. Bell.
The brother also faces court
hearing, growing out of the case,
being charged with assaulting a
Washington Times photographer
Sunday night in front of the Bap-
tist Church. after the cameraman
had snapped his picture.
Woman "Key Witness"
W. A. Bell is charged with strik-
ing the photographer, Lewis
Brown, on the head with bag
holding the collection money, in
flicting a severe cut and concus-
sion of the brain. Mr.. Brown is
in hospital.
While no motive for the alleged
poisoning has been given by the
State, it is understood the Com
monwealth's attorney will probe
into alleged relations of the 60
year-old deacon with other women,
particularly an attractive Rich
mond woman who has been
termed the key witness" Two
Richmond automobile dealers have
been summoned by the State to
testify that Mr.. Bell bought car
and presented it to a woman
friend.
The State intends to make much
Of the fact that various poiSonS
were found in the Bell home. and
has a number of witnesses who
will testify the deacon bought the
poison.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
If He Wins Suit
He'll Get Third
of Railroad

GALESBURG, ILL.,, Dec. II.
U.N.SD.-If Russell Leach, 26,
of Galesburg, wins his $4,000
damage suit against the Gales
burg and Great Eastern Rail
road, which has started before
a circuit court jury here, he is
likely to be awarded a one-third
interest in the company.
The Galesburg and Great
Eastern. which paid a 6 per cent
dividend last year, is one of the
smallest railroads in the world.
Its right of way is 10 miles long.
Mr.. Leach is claiming dam
ages as a result of being struck
and injured by the roads sin.
gle motor car, used for mail and
passenger service.
When the conductor, engineer,
brakeman, fla m a n, section
crew, station agent, secretary
treasurer and leading stockhold-
ers are called to testify, Chris
Hoeg. of Victoria. will answer
for all of them. He is the rail-
road. He was functioning as
engineer, conductor and brake
man when the accident occurred.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
4 Killed AS Plane
Crashes in Cuba

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Dec. II
0.N.SO -Four men were killed
and four injured yesterday as an
airplane crashed into a mountain
near here in heavy mist.
George H. Bunker, New York,
vice president and general man
ager of the Guantanamo Sugar
Company, was among the dead
He was a passenger on the Santi-
ago-Havana trimotored plane of
the Compania Guiana de Aviacion,
affiliated with Pan-American Air
ways. Others killed were Pilot
Torres Navorro, Co-Pilot Emeterio
Vorilla and another passenger,
Jose Coll, inspector for the Cuban
treasury department.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
SHIP
GETS HELP

NEW YORK. Dec. II UNSD
The British freighter Usworth
was in distress in an Atlantic
storm today, its steering gear
broken. the Radio-Marine Cor
poration reported.
The S. S. Jean Jadot was
standing by. The exact location
of the ship could not Immediately
be learned here. No distress sig
nails were sent out.
The Usworth is a 3.535-ton steel
screw freighter owned by the
Dalgliesh Steam Shipping Com
pany, of Newcastle, Eng.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
Letters Blame Strife
:. On Eden Empress

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Dec. II
QN.SD Jealousy and strife
disrupted the modern Eden of
the Galapagos Islands.
This was revealed today by
the packet of letters brought
here by the tuna clipper Santa
Amaro, from Machena Island
The letters were discovered be-
side the mummified bodies of DR..
Alfred Rudolph Lorenz and
Trygve Nuggrud.
DR.. Lorenz and Nuggrud were
discovered dead from thirst and
starvation on Marchena Island
by Capt. william Borthron, of
the tuna clipper. who brought the
letters to this city.
Empress" Center of Strife
The letters. to be turned over
to government officials of Ecua,
dor, presumably as the first step
of an investigation into the
deaths of Lorenz and Nuggrud.
shed little or no light on the
traedy of Marchena Island, but
they did reveal the strife and
jealousy which disrupted the
Eden of the islands.
The letters pictured the strife
on Charles Island, where the mod
ern Eden was founded. as starting
almost from the day of the ar
rival of Baroness Eloise Wagner
de Bosquet, self-Styled empress.
In one letter to his brother,
Carl Lorenz in Paris, DR.. Lorenz,
once a faVorite of the Baroness.
declared he could no longer live
on the island following the arrival
of Robert Phillipson who beat me
on an average of three times a
week."
Two Fight Often
Margaret Wittmer. another col
onist, who, with her husband and
two sons, is among the few mem
bers still on the island, declared
in a letter addressed to DR.. Waldo
Schmidt that the Baroness and
Phillipson left the island in a
yacht last May, heading for the
South Seas.
The departure of the Baroness
and Phillipson followed many
fights between Lorenz and Phillip
son. the letter revealed.
Writing to Lieut.. de Bosquet, in
Paris, husband of the Baroness,
on March 3, 1884, DR.. Lorenz said:
Il left your wife two weeks
ago. l find it impossible to live
with her any longer and she
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
Liquor Law Holds
Bad Money Suspect

George E. Woodin, "a, held in
District Jail in lieu of $4,000 bond
on counterfeiting charge. pleaded
not guilty today when arraigned
in Police Court before Judge Ralph
Given on "a charge of possessing
untaxed liquor. He was held for
the Grand Jury.
Woodin was arrested with Miss
Edna Virginia Hill of Wilmington,
Del.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
CHINESE HOLD
8 AMERICANS

SHANGHAI, Dec. II G.N.S)-
A hree-months-old girl and her
parents, natives of New Jersey,
were captured today by Chinese
Communist bandits.
No request for ransom has yet
been received, and the fate of
the trio is unknown.
The parents are Mr.. and Mrs.
j. C. STAN. church workers con-
nected with the China Inland
Missions.
They were kidnapped from their
headquarters at TsingtSh, IN
southern Anhwei province.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
BUILDING COSTS
RAPED AS HIGH
By International News Service


Claiming construction costs are
unjustifiably high. Mayor Daniel
w. Hoan, of Milwaukee. preSi-
dent of the national Conference
of Mayors, declared here today
that the prices of building ma
terials are so high that anybody
is plain crazy to build anything
now"
The delegation of mayors Mr..
Hoan headed came here to lodge
their complaint with Federal Re-
lief Administration Harry L. Hop
kins.
They also saw Secretary of
Interior Ickes. Public Works ad-
ministrator, and told him unless
a PWA program is started at
once 100000 persons will be
On the relief rolls this winter.
They said the PWA and housing
programs are the best means and
aid to recovery"
Paul Bettors. secretary of the
conference, said:
IF the Administration does
not propose a PWA program,
the conference will appeal di.
rect to Congress"
With Mr.. Hoan were Mayors
Henry Worley, Columbus. Ohio;
Mayor T. SemmeS Walmsley, of
New Orleans, and Mr.. Bettors.
For the correct time telephone
the office of THE WASHING
TON TIMES, District 1000, at
any hour of the "a.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
Alexandra Parade
Scheduled Tonight

A huge parade will be staged
tonight at Santa Claus Lane.
Alexandria. under auspices of the
Elks, on behalf of the Christmas
party, which will be given at
Armory Hall, Christmas Eve, for
over 600 INDECENT children Of
the city.
Boxes have been placed in
downtown stores to receive toys,
money and clothing with which
to make the Christmas party a
success. A benefit bingo party
will be held in the Elk Hall to-
morrow night and Saturday q
benefit picture will be shown at
the Richmond T'heater
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
Navy Fliers Quit
Search for UIm

Navy aircrafts have given up the
search for Capt. Charles T. P. Ulm
and two companions. missing in
Pacific waters, because of the
great distance from their home
base, the Navy Department said
last night. However. three de-
stroyers still continued the search
300 miles at sea from the Hawaiian
Islands.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
Berlin Hears Poison
Killed DR.. Ritter

BERLIN. Dec. II G.N.S.).-Dr
Friedrich Ritter, former German
dentist who went back to ma.
ture" in the Galapagos Islands
and paid with his life for his
attempt to establish an Adam
and-Eve colony on the little
known islands, died from eating
poisoned meat and not from sun
stroke as first reported, according
to word received here.
Frau Dora KoerWein, who went
to the Galapagos with DR.. Ritter
years ago and who is now re.
turning to civilization, told of
her companions death when she
boarded the yacht of G. Allan
Hancock. Los Angeles explorer.
According to her story, DR.. Rit7
ter died after eating a chicken
to which he had fed the meat of
a wild pig which he had killed.
His medical knowledge enabled
him to know he had been poi
Soned, she said. but he was un-
able to counter-act the effects.
DR.. Ritter's death occurred on
November 18. News of it reached
civilization a short while after
the discovery of two bodies on
Marchena Islands in the Gala
pagOS.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
RETREAT PLANNED

Nurses. social workers and their
friends will observe day of recoi-
lection at the Washington Retreat
House, 1000 block Hardwood Rd.
N. E., next Sunday from 1920
a. m. to $50 p. m. The Rev.
Dom. Benedict Brosnahan, o. S.
B., will be in charge.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
MRS. O'HARA TO SPEAK

Mrs. Frank O'Hara. of Washing
ton, will speak on The Work Of
the Catholic Evidence Guild" at
the meeting of the Holy Cross
Alumnae Association of st. Mary's
Academy, Alexandria. tonight at
8 o'clock in the Academy.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
PLAYLET OFFERED

A playlet entitled The Christ
mas Spirit will be featured at
the meeting of the George Mason
Parent-Teacher Association to-
night at 8 o'clock at the school
auditorium, Alexandria. Miss Alice
Strother will take the part OF
the teacher and Miss Margaret
Alexandria will portray Christmas
Shirt
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
PWA Cooperation
Pledged by Davey
BY International News Servic.

BY International News Service
Gov .-elect Martin L. Davey. of
Ohio. today pledged his coopera-
tion to Secretary of Interior Ickes
on the Public Works program at
q conference with Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11
Drama Is Planned
By Purple Masque

The Purple Masque Club of
Cardozo High School will open the
dramatic season at the institution
December 18, when Sounding
Brass" a play by Dorothy E.
Nichols, will be presented.
The Washington times., 1934-12-11

won't give me any money. If
you can get me a job 1 would
like to come back and would
be glad to help you get a di-
vOrce."
A letter from a Norwegian. who
lives alone on Santa Cruz Island.
and is identified only as Arthur.
pictured of the Baroness as a
"title-seeking adventures"
Evening star., 1934-06-07
Whitney; third, Cascade, E. L. Red

Whitney; third, Cascade, E. L. Red
mond.
Three-year-old hunters-First, Cas-
cade, E. L. Redmond; second, Red
Fox, Ed Barker; third, Prince Car
men, DR.. S. Taylor Young.
Bantam hunters - First, Abbots
Light, Misses Nancy and Barbara Ise-
lin; second, Cherry Mede, Tom Wal
Ter; third, Sahara, w. P. Hubert, jr.
Hunters, 4 years old and under
First, Spring Hope, Mrs. Whitney;
second, Queen Tora, Miss Rosemary
Ward; third, Mother SilS, Benton
Stables.
Lightweight green hunters: First,
Mezzo, Miss Anne Leith; second, entry,
B. E. B. Hall; third, Orphan Annie,
B. Grimes.
Middle and heavyweight hunters
First, Poulette, Mrs. Whitney; second
Rosewood, Frank Burrows; third, Gus,
Horace Moffett.
Open jumping: First, Annie. Mrs
James G.. Hamilton: second, Dublin
Paul Mellon; third, Quicksilver, Miss
Julia Whiting.
First race, IL miles over brush
First, The Mole. Mrs. George Eustis
second, Golden Rod End, Paul Mellon;
third, Radio, Harry Kearns.
Second race, y mile over turf: First
Rube Samuelson, G.. B. Gochneur
second and third, Harry Kearns
entry.
Evening star., 1934-06-07
STREET TO ADDRESS
FEDERAL WORKERS
Miss Alice Hill, D. C. Relief Ad.
ministrator, Will Also
Speak Tonight.

Elwood Street, director CT the Board
of Public Welfare, and Miss Alice Hill,
director of the Emergency Relief Ad-
ministration for the District of Co.
lumbia, are scheduled to address a
meeting of the National Federation of
Federal Employees IN the auditorium of
the Department of Commerce at
o'clock tonight.
At the meeting the public welfare
director will be asked to discuss the
question of salaries paid members OF
the administrative staff and members
who are working for the emergency
relief
In letter to Local 498 of the fed
Grafton Street announced he would
discuss the following questions:
Since the 1st of May, 1884, IT'S
typists and other employees have been
dropped from the pay rolls without
any provision for future employment.
Will there be any constructive plan
made for unemployment of these peo-
pie?
1T is our understanding that the
policy of reduction in personnel will
be continued. Do you confirm this?"
1t has been explained to Street, ac-
cording to officers of the federation,
that case workers of the adminiStra-
tive staff receive only $50 month.
compared with S26.13 week received
by case workers of the E. w. \.
Evening star., 1934-06-07
.SHEADS MURDER
SUSPECT IS HELD
CoIored Man Arrested After
Fingerprints Are Matched
in Another Case.

A possible solution of the murder
of Miss Mary E. Sheads, 65. retired
school teacher, in her fifth-floor
apartment at 1000 Sixteenth street
on the night of May "a, was seen
today through the arrest late yester-
day of a 22-year-old colored suspect.
The suspect, James Sizer, was taken
into custody by detectives after identi-
fication of a fingerprint in connection
with several other burglaries, in at
least one of which a fire escape was
used.
Ever since the Sheads murder, men
working in the fngerprint bureau had
been trying to match a print taken
on window sill of a building in the
1900 block of K street with finger
prints on file. Yesterday Joseph w.
Cav, in the fingerprint department,
matched the print with that of Sizer's
on file, and the man was arrested by
Precinct Detectives w. v. Christian,
E. L. Dalstrom and Officer w. B.
Piper near his home in the 400 block
of M street.
The print at the K street address
was obtained after a burglary there
May H. Detectives claim they also
have Sizer's print taken in a house
in the 1900 block of I street after q
burglary there June 2.
Detectives were unable to locate
any fingerprints in Miss Sheads'
apartment following her murder, but
test of parings taken from under
the fingernails of the slain woman
showed her assailant was a colored
man. Knowing the dead school
teacher had clawed her murderer, de-
tectives have been watching closely
any colored men arrested to see if
they had scratches on their faces.
Evening star., 1934-06-07
TRAFFIC RULES
GUARD CONGRESS
Precautions Taken at Capi.
toI as Result of
Accident.

Special traffic safeguards to protect
members of Congress in going between
the House Office Building and the
Capitol for the opening of sessions OF
answering roll calls were decided upon
today, after a personal survey by Cap
itol and District officials.
The new precautions are to be taken
as a result of the critical injury to
Representative Thomas Coffin. Demo-
crat. of Idaho, Tuesday night. His con-
dition today was reported slightly i'm
proved, though still extremely serious,
Kenneth Romney, sergeant at arms
of the House, arranged for the special
study after conferences yesterday with
Speaker Rainey, House Leader Byrns,
representative O'Connor of New York
and other House leaders.
Others Take Part.
Among those who participated In
the study were Chesley w. Jurney
sergeant at arms of the Senate; Mai
Ernest w. Brown, superintendent of
metropolitan police; David Lynn, ar
chitect of the Capitol; Edward Brown,
superintendent of the House Office
Building; william A. Van Duzer. Dis
trict traffic director; M. o. Eldridge,
assistant traffic director, and Capt.
william Orthman, in charge of the
Capitol police.
This conference decided on the fol-
lowing traffic regulations:
No commercial vehicles to be al
lowed in the Capitol grounds except
for Capitol business.
Right Turns on Red Light.
Right turns in the south drive to
be made only on red lights, which
would give pedestrians right Of way
on green lights.
The Public Utilities Commission to
be asked to authorize a loading plat
form in front Of the new House Office
Building at the car stop.
No U-turns on independence avenue.
No parking on independence avenue
No parking on Independence av-
enue in the vicinity of the House
Office Building.
Manual light control at the opening
and closing of sessions and at the
time Of roll calls.
No parking between the Capitol and
the House Office Building.
Evening star., 1934-06-07
Frenchn1dn Offers
Lafayette's Hat to
ID. c. for $4,000
Declared CiUen to Cen
eral by Philadelphia
Hatters in 1882.

A high hat, said to have been once
a possession of Gen. Lafayette, has
been offered to the District govern
ment for $4,000.
The proposal comes to the Mayor
of Washington" from Henri de VILE
mandy, Cagnicourt, Pas de Calais,
France. The letter was in French
and was translated for Daniel E.
Garges, secretary to the Commission
ers, by an employe of the District En-
gineer Department.
The hat was presented to Gen. La
fayette in 1882 by the hatters of
Philadelphia on the occasion Of the
observance Of the centennial Of the
anniversary of George Washington,
the letter states. 1t was exhibited in
July and August, 1926, in Paris and
attracted great attention as a Curl
osity, it is reported.
The present owner states he had
planned to give the relic to French
museum, but because financial condi-
tions were so bad was seeking to
sell it. 4
Evening star., 1934-06-07
OFFICER, MISTAKEN
FORBURGLAR, SHOT
Policeman Stiles Wounded
When He Flashes Light
Through Shop Window.

Policeman w. w. Stiles, third pre-
cinct, was shot in the neck early
today by a watchman at a tailor
shop at 1908 Florida avenue, when he
was mistaken for a burglar after
answering a call to the establishment.
Stiles, who is q and lives at 2ll8 P
street, is in Emergency Hospital. His
condition is said to be not serious.
Louis H Bond, "a, who said he
was the proprietor of the shop and
slept in the building, told police he
fired twice at Stiles when the officer
flashed his light through the window
The policeman had gone to the
tailor shop alone In scout car when
some one living near the shop turned
in a burglar alarm after noticing
that a light which usually burned
was out.
Although wounded, Stiles returned
Bonds fire and then ordered him to
come out and arrested him. After
driving his asailalt to the precinct,
Stiles drove his car to the hospital