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The Washington times., 1934-12-15
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Wept for No Cause, Stories
State at His Trial on
Poisoning Wife Charges
Rv Times Staff Correspondent

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Dec.
15.-The spectacle of Deacon Ed
ward C. Bell, breaking down and
weeping while conducting a re-
ligious service last summer at the
time, the State charges, he was
loading his invalid wife'S food
and medicines with deadly poisons
was depicted from the witness
stand today as the defense Of
the churchman got under way.
Benjamin T. Pitts, close friend
and business associate of Deacon
Bell, who related of this dramatic
incident, stated that in his opln.
ion the churchman is mot sane"
Insanity Claimed
After opening with bitter at
tack on the character OF Miss
Ruth Hill, one of Mrs. Bells
nurses, who gave damaging evil
dence against Deacon Bell, the de-
Tense directed its attack on the
defendants sanity, hoping to get
a verdict of mot guilty by reason
of insanity"
One of the chief witnesses for
the defense will be DR.. Beverly R.
Tucker, head of a Richmond sani-
tarium, where Bell spent some
time following his arrest. DR..
Tucker is noted alieniSt. An
other witness who will be placed
on the stand is Mrs. w. A. Bell.
sister.in-law of the accused man.
Mr.. Pitts, the most important
witness the defense has produced
so far, related long Sries OF In
cidents which he maintains con-
vinced him Deacon Bell is men
tally unsound. He said:
"Mr. Bell used to have a
pleasant disposition, always
smiling, then suddenly he
turned very mOrOse.
FORGET THE EPISODE
1--WE would go off on a bust
ness trip and he would dis
appear for hours at a time,
without saying where he was
going.
"He was very irrational about
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lines aboard and in mountain
GUS seas Jean JadOt's cargo of
heavy machinery shifted. There
was grave danger as hurricane
blowing.
"Jean ia dots lifebOat
swamped and capsized. Two of
our crew were lost and 10 from
the USwOrth. Men were too
weak to hold the lines thrown
them, and choking from fuel
oil they drowned alongside Of
u.s."
The ASania had coated the seas
with oil in an effort to calm the
waves during the rescue.
The victims included the wire
less operator Of the, USworth
whose name is not known.
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BANK. ROBBERS
SEIZE VILLAGE
A. C. GOODE

WALK, Ohio. Dec. IS
G.N.SD "A gang of robbers, be-
lieved to number at least II, took
over the village of Northfield for
more than two hours today and
staged Ohio's third bank robbery
in three days.
The robbers obtained $4,000
from the vault of the North Fair
field Savings Bank Company.
The 800 residents of the COM
munity were terrorized by the
gang, which isolated the village by
cutting telephone and telegraph
wires.
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President Orders
Yuletide Holidays

Playing Santa Claus to the
thousands of Government en-
ployes in the District, President
Roosevelt has decreed a half
holiday Monday, Christmas eve,
and on the following Monday,
New Years eve.
The holiday gift was contained
in an executive order and fol-
lows a custom of long standing.
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Ickes DissOlveS
Company Union

Secretary of Interior IckeS to-
day approved an order by the
Petroleum Labor Policy Board
that the Texas Company must
dissolve so-called company
union" formed at its West Tulsa
(Okla.) plant.
Chairman George w. Stocking,
of the board. reported employees
were coerced into Joining a COM
pany representation plan for col.
lective bargaining, contrary to
the terms of the NRA and oil
code"
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$12O,OOO Motors
For New TrOlleys

The Capital Transit Company
yesterday ordered $120. 900 worth
of motors for installation next
spring in the Capitals 20 new
stream-lined street cars.
The cars will be ready for
delivery in April and the new
power units, orders for which
we're divided between the West
inghouse and General Electric
Companies, are to be ready for
installation In about 10 weeks.
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Thieves Visit Cafe
4Times in 2 Months

Thieves paid their fourth visit
in two months to a lunch room
in the 600 block of F st. N. w.
today.
Charles S. Springer, proprietor,
reported to police that the win.
dow had been broken and cigars
and cigarettes stolen. He said a
safe, which contained only a
small sum of money, had been
tampered with, but had not been
opened.
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Fumes of Heater
Fell Two Women

Gas fumes escaping from a.
heater felled two women in an
apartment, 1000 block Sixteenth
st. N. w. late yesterday. They
were revived at Emergency Hos
pital, where their condition is
said not to be serious.
The women were Mrs. Mary
Logan, SO, occupant of the apart
ment. and Mrs. Eta H. Brown,
so, of the 1900 block Sixteenth
st. N. W., who was visiting Mrs.
Logan.
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D. C.. Man Named
Envoy to Ecuador

President Roosevelt today ap-
pointed Julius G. Lay, a native Of
this city, as American Minister to
Ecuador. Mr.. Lay has been in the
American diplomatic service since
he was II years old. He was ap-
pointed messenger at the Ameri-
can consulate in Ottawa As years
ago.
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2 Die in Chair
For Police Killing

CHICAGO, Dec. Is G.N.S0.
Walter Dittman, %, and Armando
Boulan, 80, we're executed in the
electric chair at Cook county jail
shortly after midnight today for
the murder of an Oak Park police
man.
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Long Again Calls
Legislature Meet

BATON ROUGE, La, Dec. IS
GN.SD Explaining that his
legislators needed some Christ
mas spending money, Senator
Huey P. Long, through Governor
o. K. Allen, today called another
special session of the Louisiana
Legislature to meet at 8 p. m.
tomorrow. 1t will mark the third
time in less than four months
that the Legislature has met in
extraordinary session.
Whenever you wish to know the
correct time of day or night tele-
phone District 1000, the office of
THE WASHINGTON TIMES.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-03-15
BY LUCIA RIzzARDI

(Unite0 Press Stan COrreSpOndent) Copyright, 1884, by United Press)
 Bruges, Belgium-The creation of a new nation in western Europe, embracing Holland, a large part of Belgium and a corner of France, is the goal of Joris van Severen- and his Green Shirt" army.
 The 40-year-old war veteran who aspires to unite the Dutch of Elan ders with Holland and form a Greater Netherlands" on fascist lines freely told of his work in an interview with the, United Press.
 Portraits of Mussolini and Hit Ter hung on the wall of his study in the little town of St Michel, where he directs a movement ex- tending into three countries. Be- side them hung a map of Europe, with the "Groot Netherland" which he envisions outlined in black.
 "We are going to create a solid nation by destroying what has divided it," said Van, Severen, 8 thin, soldier-like figure with a commanding personality. we are going back to basic. history. The feuds of politicals parties, class warfare and the capitalist con- trolled parliament must go. The Dutch people will be reunited in q strong cooperative state.",
 Revived the Separatists
 Long before the war a separa- tist movement had existed among the Flemish in Belgium. Van sey- eren was active In it. During the a close bond of .comradeship and Aftny, ,t, ouyaI Nf1foIstyAN nj Walloon officers. The Flemish separatist movement was kept alive by secret. means until the Belgian government outlawed it.
 After the war, in which he served with conspicuous gallantry, Van Severen was. energetic in reviving the movement. He was elected to parliament in 1921 and served eight
 During that time" he: said, "its methods filled me with contempt. l learned to hate the politicians from the bottom of my heart.
 T became convinced that our people would have to go back to the beginning, to, assert the exist ence of Dutch nation and to de- velop a great Dutch state. Under the influence of Charles Maurras. the French royalist leader, con ceived a Dutch cooperative state, which I urged in parliament.
 "This cost me. my seat at the next election. So in 1931 I organ ized the Verbond van Dietsche National Solidaristen, Common ly called the sDinasos.. Our ultimate aim is a. confederation--- an'anschluss, if you %will--of the Dutch people of western Europe.
 Claims Growth
 We have $500 members, 4000 in our trade unions and TOO militia men. Only the militiamen are forced to wear the green velvet shirt. All the men, however, are trained by strict discipline.
 Our strength is growing every day. We are we'll organized with financial, propaganda, trade-union and military branches. We now have 20 Green houses in cities and large villages like Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent. Some of them are equipped with attractive cafes. social rooms and libraries"
 Van Severen vigorously denied that any financial support for the movement had come from Ger many, as socialist quarters have charged. The ssDlnases', strive to counteract all foreign clements with ideas opbosed to the move
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Poor Miss Bentley, Kitty thought feelingly, if fieetingly. on her way | down. She was a good scout, Miss ! Bentley was, no two ways about [ that. Too bad she couldn't get mar l ried. Not that she was bad looking, | but she just didn't have IT. That | quiet, mousy sort couldn't hope to get to first base With men. Kitty ! knew all about men, or thought she did; for sure enough. the boys l adored her.
 It must be the dickens to live like Miss Bentley, Kitty thought. shuddering at the prospect of spending weekend with nothing but a book for company. No such drab, uneventful life for me, vow ed Kitty, with the abounding op- timism thrilling adventure around every corner.
 II bet she meyer necked with any one in all her life." Kitty felt frankly scornful at such q waste of a lifetime. I bet nothing really exciting ever happened to the poor thing; and probably nothing ever will.'' a.
 Madge Bentley spent busy
 afternoon, putting her house in
 order. This, of course, is speaking
 figuratively, for she had only a
 tiny apartment, but when sf1e got through with it, 1t certainly looked, it's best. Too bad, she couldn't do. as much for herself. In an era,
 when even ugly women know how to make themselves attractive, Madge seemed to sort of level off,
 rather, than build up her looks. Those little, undefinable touches, which frequently make or break a woman's beauty = Madge couldn't
 be bothered. She had given her mirror the go-by ten years ago. It sneaked back into her conscious ness for Q matter of a few weeks, last year. Since then she had ignored 1t completely.
 ON HER DESK STOOD
 TWO PHOTOGRAPHS
 On the desk stood two photo at her so gallantly from the black and-silver frame, that held his ar dent young face these past ten years. She did not wish to think of him today, but he seemed to CllHS u HcI OIoll-SClAoS ohtAi oAS yielded and let him take her back over memory lane. Ten long years. A whole decade. Eternity.
 Vienna, the city of romance! Postwar Vienna, to be sure, yet not bereft of all its former charm ing gayety. Tom Bentley was sec retary of the American Legation, there. A widower. Madge his only child.
 How it all came back to her. Younger and eager she had been, then, just like Kitty Malloy was today, in her happy anticipation of a merry weekend. Anxious, most probably, for the same things.
 She met Antonio at the Royal Opera Ball. It was always an out standing event of the Vienna sea- son. Madge. had only to close her eyes, to see wildly the picture of that gay event. She wore formal
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well together. Their batter of repartee was gay and viva cious. They poked fun at the couples, that clustered every nook and corner of the widespread cor riders; they yielded time and buffets; they yielded time and again to the lure of dreamy waltz music and a really good dance floor.
 She could see in his eyes, that he was not disappointed, when after a moments total darkness the lights went on again at mid night, revealing, amidst shouts and laughter, multitudes of bared faces. Nor was she disappointed, for thin and pale though he. was, there was fire in his beautiful dark eyes and his trick wavy hair made her yearn to touch and caress it.
 He sent her beautiful roses on the next day; but he neither came nor phoned her. She waited and hoped and felt bitterly disap- pointed, when nothing happened. When she decided to put him out out her mind, they met again at Baron Scheller's afternoon tea. Once again he devoted himself en- tirely to her. Once again his part ing "Auf Wiedersehen" seemed to have no meaning at all. A month later she caught a bad cold, had a slight attack of pneumonia and when she recovered, she. was sent down to Grado, to get we'll in, the dry, warm sun of that Adriatic sea resort. There, under the glorious
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THE OFFICE MOUSE

blue skies of Italy they met again. This time it was love, triumphant. She knew then, that he was i'll, the victim of tuberculosis. It was this that had kept him away from her. He had no right to love. But for her insistence, he might have slipped out of her life again. But once she knew he loved her with all his heart, she clung to him. They pledged themselves on the sands of that. lovely seashore and Antonio, the poet and painter, the lover and dreamer, the true son of Florence, that cradled the greatest genIuses of the Italian Renaissance, seemed to thrive and grow vigorous from the happiness she gave him. It was hoped that g Winter ifla sanitarium would com pletely cure him. Then they could be married in the following Spring. Maybe an Easter wed- ding. A week before Easter Madge received hurried call. She reached him in time to hold his hand, as he died. They buried him on the day that was to be their wedding day
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effect. So she took up a business career.
 Her eyes wandered. to the other photograph. This was not the face of a young, romantic lover, like An- tonio's. But it was a dear face, even if it looked every inch the keen, efficient business executive, that Donald Kane was. In the early forties, Kane was general manager and important stockholder of Vandermaker's. Madge had known him for years, that is, as one knows the more permanent ob- jects in one's immediate surround ings. They changed casual greet ings; they held short conferences; they even conversed, when 1t seem ed timely or unavoidable, com menting on weather, newspaper headlines, things of general in- terest. Beyond that they gave no further thought to each other.
 Not, that is, until they s.were thrown together so much, when they went - four of them = to launch the new branch in Chicago, less than year ago. One of the men had a sister in Chicago, the
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other brought his bride along. That left Kane and Madge to their lonesome selves. Then Lenore Ul- rich hit the town in a new play opening.
 It was her first evening gown in ten years, that lovely clinging frock she found in a little shop, near the Loop. It's flowing lines brought out the full grace of her slender figure; it's dark hue emphasized her own fair coloring. For the first time in years she looked curiosly into 8 mirror; it seemed to reflect the picture of that girl, so young and lovely in far-away Vienna-the girl she used to be. Queer, that she should have changed so little. when all along she had seemed so different.
 THE DRESS SUGGESTED
 NEED OF IMPROVEMENT
 The dress suggested other needs for improvement, so 8 bit shyly and reluctantly Madge surrendered herself to the hands of beauty ex- perts, with 8 result, that caused Kane to gasp in surprise and un- meiief, when he beheld her. For the first time he really SAW Madge Bentley. Not the able executive but a woman of flesh and blood, with a sort of ragile beauty, too finely drawn, he realized, to have defied too much effacement.
 He continued to see her even after her relapse newt day. It irked him to observe her obvious indifference to the passing of the magic. Like another Cinderella, she returned to "rags and ashes"
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IF DRAW BLACK BEAN

Fort Worth, Tex-(UP)-When D. O. Marshall, CWA foreman, re- ceiyed orders to cut his force, he had only 45 minutes in which to comply. Unwilling to discharge men arbitrarily, he used the his- toric method of General Santa Ana. mixed white and black beans in a box. Workers who drew the black beans were discharged. The old time Texans who drew General Santa Ana's black geans were thereby elected to be shot.
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NEW BUFFALO RANGE

Yellowstone Park, Wyo. (UP)- Part of the herd of 1000 buffalo in Yellowstone Park will be trans ferred this year to a newly fenced range in the Tower Falls section, much closer to tourist trails, it has been announced. Heretofore the bison were concentrated in Lamar Valley, which is somewhat inac- cessible to visitors.
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Editor Tou Tower Topics: Hoving noticed that the Deocrat has been sponsoring contests for Various chance to shoav ts abiltye I am sure it uoud be great success aud a0oud give them something to look foraUard to think there has not been enough inter- est shoa0n in ballroom doncing A FolloWer of Your Column. (Hope you're not suggesting Wdlkdthon Contest. couldn't go for 0f those on c bet. The Ed.)
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Flemish Nation Is
 Green Shirts" Goal
Belgian Fascist Movement Would Slice Up Three
 Countries-Leader Describes Aims in Interview

ment's principles, including French and pro-French Belgians.
 The government recently de- creed against the wearing of uni- forms. but the "Dinasos" evaded it by wearing overcoats to and from their meting places.
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LUCK
Good E'vening.

o, once in each mans ife, at least, Good luck knocks at his door, And with wit to seize the Hitting guest Need never hunger more. But while the lettering idler waits, Good luck beside his fire, The bold heart storms at fortunes gates And conquers its desire.
 The Onlooker.
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By MARY KELEN

KITTY MALLOY stopped at the door of Miss Bentleys IN office and wished her chief pleasant weekend
 From a of complicated reports Madge Bentley looked up with that sweet unhurried smile of hers
 "A lot of rest and nice book-thats my program she said, though don't suppose it sounds gay to kid like you. Have good time yourself, Kitty"
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Operator, operator this is 42121, Waterbury calling New York. Get Murray Hill, 2-1000? Mo- didn't say Murrays ill., said Murray Hill Whats that the numbers changed? We'll I'll try the number and let talk to Famgletti Yes, the first names Joe. Certainly I'll for the call. How yuh, Joe? Whats that?
 You'll have the J. B. interview for Thursday? Picture too? Attaboy Joe Take week off to see the sights that your boss Dan Parker is back from Florida
 All right all right Pve got my pencil ready Let's go.
 Bert Nevns of Gothams lovabe (hard boied press agents let you the Caroca contest at Broadway dance hall? We'll what of it? Oh Margie Foley is cashier the establishment That's good Whatd say? of the reminded you of those who at wel-known East End pavilion Be yourself Joe, be yourself Now you're talking. Andy Sandore of the Walnut Street Sandores just elected Most Handsome Student at the college where he studying plastic surgery
 Jack Wolf is still trying to find out if Brass City ties know where he locate Spike Sullivan Yep I'll pass the along Keep Aloysius Evelyn Sirica informs you she'll be in Moo Yawk in few weeks. You're peeved about my not breaking that story We want to keep my ob Never mind the wise cracks about Bill Derwn Raphael Sten Haoin shrdlu the Browse and T. B. filling this column of recent weeks. How do know they're not my pseudonyms Yes find the word in dictionary Don't try to spell 1t, yuh dope, haven't written enough columns for that yet. So-long
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evening attire and white wig in the Eighteenth Century style. It made such Q lovely contrast to her young face. Only her face was hidden under black satin mask.
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The Cast of Characters in
 ''The Office MOuse''

MADGE BENTLEY, known as the office mouse, but who knows something about romance as we'll as office efficiency.
 KITTY MALIOY, who really feels sorry for Madge and the drab life sine lives.
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King Leopold, new ruler of Belgium, is 32 years old. Cover nors Island Is in NEW YORK HARBOR. at the junction of the East and Hudson rivers. Rails of standard gauge railway tracks are 56h inches apart.
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Under it's bro tective cover one could - and did seek adventure. He was tall and very thin and spoke in broken c e r m a n: = l might be wrong." he said, "but I'll take a chance with a face that goes with a fig ure like yours" Tt is better to be disappointed than never to have chanced at all," she repli e q
 mockingly. "Ah, an American" he said, his English as broken as his German. "so l have the good luck already and get a free lesson In that so-hard- to - learn l Ia n . guage."
 T h e v danced
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She could see i'm his eyes that he was not disap- pointed, W h e n after 8 moments total darkness the lights went on again at md- night.
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Editor Tan ToaUer Topics:-This Saturday, St. Patrcks Day. the big dag of the year for lish so sChat could be fitting thon that it should be the date for tue annual minstrel shoW of St. Pdtrlcks Holy Nae Society? Tue afair OiU be held at St. Josephs HaU and avU ithout doubt be the biggest gahering o the Ces and the Gae that the city has seen m gears
 aCont go for aUord about the entertainment --any0ne aOho has Irish minstrel on St. Patricks Dag can tell you it's tue best entertainment this side of the Summon ac mention hoa0ever, the fact that aOW be night of 1rish music, songs aud dancing tue Hke of achich has been here. Pm emcosing oo tickets, mark the date your desk calendar, press your green tie, get yourself sham the greatest fun you've had ia your Hte.-R. B. M.
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Editor. Tall Towers :-Telescoping around the Clock Shop find that everything is hustng and busing for the Clock Revue which is set to take place April 6th With
 Jack Fitzgerald directing the show appears to be the best produced with local talent Great thanks should be given this stage the Revue for the untirng efforts
 Jack in shaping up this show and condentiay Jack has the distinction of directing fop Also Eddie Nora get hand Ed does all the piano playing for the
 hearsas and certainly is exercising his fingers with re-
 hearsas three week. Peggy Brown, lovely brunette, an eyefu doing the number Coffee in the Morning and we mustn't forget Dot Smith who By the way also ming third in the popularity contest and not far behind
 ond place. doing her speciality oetap dance which is ot the difficult tap dances to do And speaking of the
 ulary contest there's developing quite bit of rivalry al
 ready Lillian Vannasse of Dept B to be holding the lead temporarily with comfortable margin of 21 900 points while Blanche Ayote is holding second place by only 9SO points while mentioned before Dot Smith has third place and Angie Vensca has fourth place by comfortable margin but maybe the rest holding back it promises to be interesting contest NAnd mustn't forget to mention that genial gentleman "Jm' Conway, who, as chairman of the Revue Committee lending his ef
 fort this Ithnk that enough has been said about this for and we'll leave thanking you for the of telescope Yours truly T. H. Parke Jr