Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1921, Page 17

* HADLEY EXECUTED | FOR WIFE MURDER Former Army Officer Pays i Penalty for Crime, Dying ! ia Electric Chair. Special Dispatch to The Star. . RICHMOND, Va., December 9.—Dr. Wilmer Amos Hadley, former Army officer, the man who murdered his wife here November 24, 1918, went to his death in the electric chalr in the state penitentiary this morning at 8 ©'Clock. Dr. Hadley was cool at every Stage in the proceedings, retaining the cold and dignified expression and manner shown during the trial. He was attended by Judge J. Hege Ricks of the juvenile court, who is of the #ame faith as Dr. ley and his parents, Quakers. There is no min- ister of that faith in_the city. The crime of Dr. Hadley was one of the cruelest and unprovoked imag- inable. He was a native of Texas, Where his father conducts a busine: at Friendswood, and the young fiian was aided in securing a wedical educa- tion by working at varisas caflings. He married Miss Sue Tifsley in Texas about six years ago, snd then began the practice of his profession, having offices in various places in Texas and other western states. Service at Army Hospital ‘When the War broke out he vol- unteered and was attached to the Army Hospital here, where wounded men from overseas were sent until they could leave for their homes. There was a nurse there to whom Dr. Hadley began to pay attention, and he represented himself as a single man. He was a frequent caller and paid asslduous attention at every oppor- Lunity. She finally became engaged to im. One night he called and presented the young nurse with a gold watch, and thut happened to be the night on which Re had placed the body of his wife in the river, after having drugged her. The watch, it was shown at the trial. was the one that had belonged to his dead wife, and he had employed & jeweler to put a small plate on the front, completely hiding the initials of his first wife. This plate was re- moved in the session of the court, and the initials of his first wife disclosed and exhibited to the jury. Dr. Hadley’s wife remained at her Three Places Suits and tomorrow— .____ psice,” too. The best Glove you:can buy 3 2 'man is the Mark Cross Eng- ¢ §tsh Glove. No matter for what purpose—street, there’s a Mark Cross Glove de- 2 signed for it. Exclusively here. Eat at the White Palace Cafeterias Tempting and Wholesome “Eats” at Popular Prices White Palace Cafeterias 314 9th Street 1113 Penna. Ave. 1417 G Street Self Service—No Tips —exceptional even for wus. have certainly done themselves proud in the production of these garments.and at the price at which we are placing them on sale " $35 ¥ - The Suits are Single and Double Breasted—and Sport Models. The Overcoats are Single and Double Breasted—big and roomy models—d faced cloths—Raglan shoulders or- set-in . sleeves; belts and half belts. They’re our models—and our workmanship—and - “our LAST 1920 INCOME TAX INSTALLMENT DUE ON OR BEFORE DEC. 15 The' last quarterly i of the inco: tax for 1920 is 15, the internal rev. noun today. Bill have been sent ‘out, said, adding that failure of & tax- payer to receive a bill “does not'. relieve t'l:‘am of his obligation to pay on e.” Payment may be made either at the offices of collectors of internal revenue or deputy collectors,” the bureau said, and to avoid danger of lou® in the transmission of cash offices to the suggests payments be made by money order or check. Jf sent by mail, check or, money order should be made payable to the collector of internal revenue in the city in which the office of the collector is located, for ample, “Collector of Internal Revs nue, Baltimore, " About 400,000 taxpayers whose net income for 1920 was over $5,000 selected the installment plan, the bureau satd, ~while 1,200,000 tax- payers with $5,000 or less and 90,000 corporations also selected that plan. boarding house while he was attend- ing the patients, and the day on which she was killed he invited her to walk out into the country. Going._to the James river, two miles distant from the hospital, he hired a boat and put his wife in, then jumped in and rowed up the stream. The colored man who had the boat identified him. Hadley gave her a little drink of poisoned liquor and she became drowsy. He then placed the body in the water, -t‘unhln‘ weights by means of small wire. 1t was December 31, 1918, that a colored trapper saw the body on the roots of a tree, where it had been de- posited after breaking off the weights and where it had been for ten days or perhaps more. The colored man gave the alarm at once. Sheriff Syd- nor of Henrico began a hunt for the murderer. The body was identified by scores of persons, and finally the pro- prietor of the boarding house saw it apd recogfized part of the woman's clothing. She proved to be a sister of Mrs. A. H. Evans of Cincinnati, who came and made positive the identifica- tion. Found in New Mexico. ' Nearly three years elapsed. before the officers got a trace of Hadley, who was located on a ranch in New Mex- ico, where he was living under the name of Westwood. Confronted. by the officers, he admitted his correct Exceptional Values in both = Overcoats Our tailors ouble- dress, sport— : $3.50 and up. ter was included in the deficiency a; propriation bill re ate yesterday by Wyoming. by the Senate aj O, Sherril bulldings priation of $4,000 for the employes Cook School. DEATHS IN 1920 - DUE TO RAIL ACCIDENTS FEWER THAN SINCE YEAR 1898 Fewer people were killed in 1920 on American raflroads than in any * year rince 1898, according to en analysis of the .latest figures by the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion.on the annual accident rec- ords of all railroads in the coun- MERCHANT CRAFT OF U. S. LOST IN YEAR . |Heavy Toll Taken as 777 Persons Lose le and Property Dam- 20 ARNED BANDITS ROB I DISTLLERY By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, Ky., December 9.— ‘| Federal prohibition agents in Ken- tucky just concluded one of the largest raids in the history of prohi: bition enforcement in the state. - Whisky bandits likewise have just completed one of the m successful distillery raids ever made in Xems tucky. 3 Such is the result to date this weé in the war between federal agents and rum runners Instead of a breathing spell today, B 'INCORPORATED —_— IN BILL ORIGINAL BUDGET FOR SCHOO; m tl—dool l.lltln){lltltl',f are B:;n::: 3 A 1 I -the co-operation every v . |lm:the Whshington 2ublic school e¥a: | o0 woman i, Washineton to see that|. . age Is $34,932,031. S, e OO e oy | the Dudget receives the approval Of| Tawo hundred and twenty-two SAssuures, were netold by Supt: Xrault e . 320 Anerican merchant. craft of 122,387 ‘W. Ballou at a conference between| ' Mamy Vital Nesds Cut. tons were lost through founderings, members of the board: of education |-:After outlining the educational pro- |-lu dings, colllsions or other-causes and representatives of more than 100 |gram of school authorities, which Wak l'la‘ n;:‘:;: n:::;h:eg:;srrs‘:‘h::: civic organizations last night in the |comprehensively described in his an-|coast guard service. Five hundred assembly hall of the Franklin School: |nual report, Dr. Ballou explainéd in and ftty-five other American mer. Subsequently some of the civic as- |detail the amount reduced from eacl nt vessels were involv: n cas. sociation delegates placed the school |itém in the original school budget byjualties, entailing damage of; 3300 o buildings In their immediate commu- the Commissioners and: the budget {moFe. _ 4 nities. under the microscdpe and ade- Two hundred and ‘six- persons lost bygeau. He specifically pointed: out| T e e TP e thans | (At not only have a r of vital{their lives in the 777 casualties, seven found therein. ities been eliminated in the es-|of the number being passengers and » The familiar overcrowded class- iBtories of the deplorable comditfons try. “In 1889, says the analysis, “American rallroads carried safely 1,523,000 -passengers for _every fatally Injured. In increased to 4,529,000 to 1 and in 1920 was still further improved to 5,673,000 to 1. For each nger killed in raifiroad accidents last year almost as many as the total population of New York city or more than three times the population of Phila- delphia traveled with complete rted to nator Warren of The item of $25,000 for the prepara- tion of plans was put in, the measure ropriations commit- Lieut. Col. Clarence superintendent of public d grounds. The measure also carrie: tee on request o nec timates, but the building program has!the' others members of the ships’ been so drastically cut that the au-|crews. The:value of the property lost appro- compensation fund and $2,893 for fur- | rooms, part-time classes, flilmsy por- oo ' b Al S v safety. following a busy week in three Ken- niture with which to equip_the new | table buildings, small pay for school },‘:fi’:“_‘{.’i‘a“““;’; ,:‘\‘,fd}',‘l‘;fl;:w‘h'm 45| easTssianaiosiGot Avhichis :fin;t’“ “The number of trespassers |iucky counties, federal agents are off four-room addition to the Henry D.|employes and the reduced school bud- | DF the 222 wessele lost, 45 Tounder.| Killed and injured on railroad |in®gearch for upward of & score of properties last year was 4,534, which is less than in any previous year since 1890. The average for the last twenty years has been approximately 10,000.” get for the fiscal year of 1923 were again served up for criticism. The real pathos of the conference, how- ever, was supplied by Mra._Dgniel Murray of the Parents’ League, who vehgmently charged that conditions in some of the colored schools “are almost criminal.” Mrs. Murray, who claimed she made a survey of some of the colored schools. declared that in one building she found children whisky bandits who last night, in a spectacular raid, got away with 194 cases of bottled in bond d ten bar- rels of whisky from tne T. B. Ripy distillery, at Tyrone, Ky. Early in the week thirty prohibition enforcement agents, with Robert Blackburn, chief agent, at the head, invaded Nelson, Washington and Ma- rion counties. When the agents came out late yesterday the raid had yield- ed seven prisoners, ten stills, and thirty-eight foundations were broken up and 30,000 gallons of beer and sixty-eight gallons of moonshine de- stroyed. Warrants for a number of other alleged law violators have been issued as a result of the raid. Mean- time, several raids in Louisville have netted small quantities of wet goods. 'he bandits, in_raiding the Ripy distillery, captured four guards and three passersby, and, after handcuff- ing them, put them in a vawit in the distillery office while they loaded the whisky into motor trucks and auto- mobiles and drove off. Following closely upon the report of the raids comes the announcement from John How, jr., commonwealth’'s attorney at Carrollton, Ky., and Judge Ernest Fulton of the tenth judicial The bill carries a total, as reported to the Senate, of $6,000,000, an’ in- crease of $3,000,000 over the meas- ure as passed by the House. Chairman Warren _announced he would call up the bill Monday. CAPT. HOLT ORDERED HERE. Capt. Frank Holt, Medical Corps, at Carlisle barracks, Pa., has been or- dered to this city for duty at Walter Reed General Hospital. “It is a disturbing situation,” said |ed, 63 stranded and 19 were in colli- Dr. Ballou. “The schools can never {sion. The remaining 91 were listed be rehabilitatéd under the budget sys- |under “other caus Thoge lost on tem, as the Commissioners cannot do|the Atlantic and coas ar the necessary building on an annual{éd 76, on the Pacific coast 35, fund only large enough to cover a |Ereat lakes 16, on rivers in the United part of the current needs.” Dr. Ballou |States tora gy, 270 a¢ sea or In foreleh| - yE) ) WITHOUT BAIL. wa t'z:lddl;' :ld-lfh:;tx;‘:::;:ti':ufleufigfg - Besides the 19. collisions involving Colored Man Taken in Poughkeep- sie Faces Murder Charge Here. 10%8 of tho vessels, 170 others occurre :‘ln‘rhl: ':::r‘;flf-i’n'é’:.’"m:&mil?:?" during .the vear, divided as follow: O e L e ., John Gentry, colored, charged with murder in connection with the stab- bing of Charles Tolson in 1919, was committed to jail without bond, to streas on the advisability of legisia- [A0d &t sea and in foreign waters, 15. ittt et LBy await action of the grand jury, upon tion to establish suitable compeiis tion for teachers, clerks and ather|{buildjng program last year: the pro- his appearance before Judge Hardi- son in Police Court yesterday. employes of the school em!" He|gram: for the future contemplates the emphasized the fact that only a.few [extension of something we already of the increases in wages asked injhave. . the original budget for the.school At:the conclusion of the discussion workers have been allowed to remain by Superintendent Ballou, Charles A. in the estimates now before Congress. | Baker, president of the Federation of The negro was arrested in Pough- keepsie, N. Y.,.on the charge of shoot- ing up a colored dance and was later identified, according to the police, as the man wanted here on the charge of murder. ‘The outstanding points in the,com- | Citizens’ Associations, deplored COLONELS TO GENERAL STAFF ment of Superintendent Ballou on the | reduction of the school estimates. Col. Clarence H. McNeil, Coast Ar- ibudget and questions of ext ap- [Is & matter of regret,” he said, propriations for the school were: | the Commissioners saw fit to cut the Associations should support Com- | estimates for the schools. It is still missioners in their contention that|a greater regret that there was a cut tillery Corps; Col. Rufus E. Longan, district that they have drafted a infantry, and Lieut. Col. Gilbert A.|drastic measure intended to curb al- Youngberg, Corps of Engineers, have leged wholesale disregard for federal been detailed as members of the|and state prohibition laws. They will “packed almost llke sardines.” Pledge Support to Board. As a sequel to the meeting, the civic association representatives pledged their wholehearted support in alding school authorities to put through the | school budget as originally drafted when It comes hefore the congres- sional appropriations committees next week for a hearing. It was the primary purpose of school officials in calling the conference to secure the u‘nlled support of_ the civic organiza- tions, Dr. Abram Simon, retiring president of the board, pointed out in opening the conference that it fitted in with education week, proclaimed by Presi- dent Harding. The meeting was open- ed with the reading of the President’s proclamation. name and then made complete con- fession of the crime, giving the de- tails about as stated. He said, how- ever, ‘that he had reason to suspect his wife, and -he tried to besmirch the character of the dead woman. Those Wwho saw them at their boarding housé here, however, said that the wife was proud of her soldier husband and that -hle_‘ wnl:a;otheddto him. e said he had shot another man, a Dr. Griffith, but, the latter denied this and sent a signed statement showing that he was not dead, and that he had never been in Virginia, Hadley| Referring to the school budget, had no defense, though two of the which Supt. Ballou explained in detail, best known members of the:bar de-|Dr. Simon told the civic organization fended him.' He refused to appeal,|representatives that “it is your saying he would not go through an-| budget, it is Washington's budget,. it other trial and wanted the whole af-|is not ours. Take it back to your fair over with. organizations and secure their sup- ditional ~ $8,000,000 was obtained |Suter of the Federation of Citizens' { through appropriation for construc- | Associations and the Takoma Park tion of school needs and that this |Citizens' Association; amount ought’to be provided ‘in ad- | Scott Rafter, president of the District dition to other sums each-year for a |Congress of Mothers and Parent- period of years; the tax rate was not | Teacher Associations, and A. J. Dris- materially affected by the addition of | coll, president of the Mid-Ci the .$2,000,000 to the Tegulsr school {zens' Association. the regulation limiting the budget to |in the item for salaries.” General Staff Corps and ordered to!present it at the next session of the twice the estimated revenues of the Among other civic association rep- | District be repealed; last year an ad- |resentatives who spoke were Jesse C. report to the chief of staff for assign- !general assembly, which <onvenes ment to duty. Tanuary 2. Xmas Savings Checks Cashed The “Mark-Down" _Sales ) Qf Women's Low & High Shoes AILY become more talked about as more and more women find out the extraordinary importance of this big event. x ‘.- . 118 Dozens of our most fashionable sorts of Boots, Pumps, L. e . Oxfords and Evening:Slippers included. . - . A . (N ] iih s l ' ') i e Many of our newest Many of our most fash- . n s .= styles in boots, oxfords ionable $8.75 to $12.50 i . .r H and strap pumps, from boots, oxfords, strap an s m ! our regular $5.95 to $8.75 pumps and evening slip- o8 e == ! stocks, in the first great pers in an equally impor- L8 = } group at— = tant group at— . Xmas Slippers & Pogiery Daniel Green Comfy Slippers for women. Ribbon or satin trimmed, in all popular colors. $169, $195, 4 ---It's Not the Price * But What You,Get For It s E “started something” with this sale. And some stores’ way of trying to meet - us was with a lower price! Daniel Green Comfy - Slippers ‘for men. Low cut moccasins, “Hilos.” with: turn-down collar, leather sole Everetts and others in. various colors. $2285, $2.95, $350, $4.00. L Women’s Felt Low-cut Ribbon- trimmed Slippers, with padded elk ‘sole," in' a dozen different shades, At $145. Men’s Soft, Warm Felt Moccasins, ‘Women’s Phoenix, Onyx, and many other. fine ‘sitk full-fashioned ‘stock- ings. $250, $275, $3.00, Women’s semi-fashioned “Phoehix” Silk Stockings, in blacks, tans, browns and grays. $L10 and $145. Women'’s “Phoenix” Silk-and-wool But clothes at a lower price elsewhere may, : : SpocoatTios \in populer’ soinrg ot 5 5 i and collared style slipper with padded i Y d . be higher—VALUE CONSIDERED. el soles—cl, et sle Romeos— * Womers = Tatten Sk m. al Men’s Tan Leather 'Everett, Opera and Romeo slippers, with hand-turn soles. $3.50 and $5.00. We can sell you clothes at a lower price.. And the values are very special. Yes; sir, during this sale Men’s Suits' and O’Coats as low as $18.75. But the garments in this $28.75 proposition are not the sort of clothes the price suggests. We got $35 to $45 for the suits and $35 to $40 - for the overcoats. : Plenty of those fine hard worsteds in the suits—as well as durable cassimeres and Eng- . lish tweeds. : ik Featuring the popular raglan sleeve, belt- all-around model in the overcoats. . . ::. # We have not forgotten the conservative dresser—the sale includes remarkable . full- lined suits and overcoats. SR ey ONSALEATBOTHSTORES.. . . . ... ALTERATIONS AT ACTUAL CO¥ Goodness Knows the' Sale Price - ! Is Low. Enough as It Is . . The Tashion Ghop' 15th & G 9th & E ' Next to Keith's 5 Girls and Boys" “School-proof” Stockings, with heavy or fine rib; black, tans and browns. 35c and 50c. : - 3 Stilts Again Given $3.95 _T IS hard to say which is-making the bigger hit. - The young folks are “crazy” about these stilts. Parents are simply amazed at the value in these good school shoes at only $3.95. Made of good-wearing tan leather, with solid leather soles; some are welts. Several different styles to select from. * All sizes for boys, $3.95. Girls’, 113 to 2, $3.95. Child’s to 11, $3.45. Big girls, $4.45. Other “Gro-Nups' ™ Shoes " "Here in a wide variety of styles for dress, school _and play. Distinctive novelties, as well as plain, sensi- 3 ble styles built to fit and wear well. For {ittle Tots, $2.00 to $5.00. Child’s to 11, $2.95 to $5.75. H Small Boys’ sizes, $3.25 to $5.00. Misses’, $3.95 to $6.75. “ - _Junior Men's; $4.00 to $6.75. Junior Women’s, $4.95 to $7.50. To-morrow \'lfll these extra spe- cial values in boys’ and girls’ shoes at .pecenecccasasveneciin e Rubber Boots P T e o o E | Girlsl 8295158275 INTERWOVEN ¥ I'IVO"OIJ! Um=%- X ‘Boye'. $2.75 %0 $4.50.