Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1927, Page 5

TORN STOCKINGS MYSTERY DEEPENS Witness in Lilliendahl Murder [Trial Says Further Tearing Was for Unknown Purpose. Br the Associated MAYS LANDINC The t November 20— by Mrs, Mar. as she ran from the n stockipgs v 1 witnes hushand's ki further slash a g were . v som. unknown. purpese, testified an employe of the oved the widow's the crime, t acknowl- | sination that when she ot Witness, & the firs oss o1 who was on the and who was the scena of the crime, then rec and fied 1t found no bruises on the body of Lilliendahl. was he Dr. official at t William Lewis, another trooper, told | of interviewing Mrs. Lilliendahl on the day her husband was sh said the widow first told of being tacked by two negr with coa features and later they masks. He said she told him that each negro had a gun, but that she heard only one shot. Three bullets were found in the doctor's head. She also told him, the trooper sald, that the negroes dragged her from her car into the road and attacked her. said Coroner Testifles, ward Burt, Atlantic County told of being called to the that State road to Hammon adahil was killed Dr. eoroner, &pot nea ton, wi on Septer His tes of previous wit the crime He added considered 5 that Dr. Li ndahl’'s face w com- plete repose. ““There were no indica tions on that face,” he said, “of anger or fear or surprise. The features were composed.” cross examination Dr. Burt that a person killed while un- r g emotion will show that fact in the face after death. Witnesses Testify. tr owed that the scene of what the testimony, however, imporian w Six sses that the hdy yesterd testified ad showed no foot- prints. but those of Mrs. Lilliendahl herself. Lewis said she showed no signs of “extreme distr and there were no bruises that he saw on her. To an 8-year-old boy, Albert Lillien- dahl, innocent of the circumstances gurrounding the killing of his<aged father, Dr. A. William Lilliendahl, last September 15, the tense atmos- phere of the crowded courtroom_in which Mrs. Margaret Thompson Lil- Mendahl, and her admirer, Willis Beach, on trial for murder in the first degree means nothing. With the child's consciousness of being a cynosure for all eyes, Albert naively plaved with pennies and pen- cils while Jersey justice. moving with traditional rapidity, piled up the accus- ing evidence of 10 witnesses agajnst his mother and his mother’s friend. Seemingly Carefree. Seemingly as carefree as her son, Mre. Lilliendahl patted~him tenderly, showed her prominent upper teeth in & smile that frequently broke into & suppressed laugh, or craned her neck for a backward glance of recog- nition at her old neighhors, seated among the 150 or more man and woman witriesses who filled the court- room. Beach, too, appeared, outwardly at least, as unconcerned as Mrs. Lillien- dahl or her son, fact revealing no emotion. Once or twice he turned his head, flashed a wink of recoghition to a friend, then lapsed into a seem- ingly vacant stare at his fingernails, polished to glitter] luster by a mani- curist for the occasion. Hopes of Beach. Beach hopes to confu mony of the 100-0dd the State against him with a Prosecutor Hinkle, in his charge to the jury, gave notice of th said Hinkle, asked some frie fore his a . to “‘remembe they saw him at his home Sept 15 last, at the hour Dr. Lilliendahl lost his life. But, Hinkle continued, Beach is known to have told a man in another city that he had killed some- body, was “in a jam” and heeded money. - POLICEMAN INJURED. . M. J. Roche Hurt When Auto Skids Off Defense Highway. Motor Cycle Policeman M. J. Roche of the fifth precinct was severely in- jured in an automobile accident on Defense Highw: near Priest Bridge about 3:30 o'clock yesterday after- noon. Roche, off duty, was riding in the automobile of Matthew Brady, 730 Eighth street northeast, that skidded off the road and landed against a tree. Brady is reported to have lost con- trol of the car when he made a turn to avoid striking an obstruction on the road. Roche, suffering from cuts and bruises to his face, head and leg and severely shocked, was given first aid at Bowie, Md., by Dr. G. E. Lan- caster. He was severely weakened by loss of blood. The injured policeman was brought to the city and taken to Sibley Hospital, Five-year-old Alfred Hawkins, col- ored, 11 Seventeeth street southeast, was knocked down near East Capitol and Seventeenth streets last night by the automobile of Charles Kendall, 27 ‘W street, and his head and legs bruised. He was given first aid at Casualty Hospital. Frederick Garriston, 21 years old, 714 Farragut street, received an in- jury to his right leg yesterday when his motor cycle and an automobile col- Jided at Thirteenth and Otis streets. He was treated at Garfield Hospital. T WORMS STRIP TREES. Large Area of Hemlocks Killed by Green Parasites. Corresp. adence of The Star. ALBANY, N Dr. E. P. Felt, entomologist of the New Yorl State Museum at Albany, reports tha a large area of hemlocks north of "Theresa, Jefferson County, was defoli- aeed last Summer by greenish measur- ing worms, and at the present time the yellowish brown tan-marked moths ere flying in the woodlands and de- positing ions of minute greenish eggs on the hemlock leaves or be- meath bark scales. These eggs remain over Winter, the young measuring worms hatching ebout the middle,of June and feeding unti] the middle of August. The con- ditions are favorable for the continu- ance of the destructive work another geason. One stripping will kill some hemlock trees, and two is almost cer- tain death. Bt & Mainsprings of watches break more often in Summer than in Winter, due chlefly to mofsture, rather than heat. State | NEW YORK, November 29 (#).— As a demonstration of the stage of development attained by wireless communication, an almost instantane ous exchange of messages between 3 continents, 67 ships at sea and New York has been effected under the direction of A. M. Norton, of the Radio Corporation of America. By means of land wires, raido tele- | graph sets on the spoaker's platform at the meeting last night of the Ex- port Managers Club in the Iiotel Pennsylvania were connected direct with -ending and receiving stations |on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. | The fi call that went out from | the hotel was a requast to ships for | U. S. Wireless Quer THE FEVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. 7. T.” TUESDAY. NOVEMBER Three Continents and 67 Ships Answer 4 Almost Instantly their positions at sea. in from the Replies came Columbus, 2,261 miles east of New York; from the Malolo, 1,200 miles west of San Francisco; the San Fernando, 2,428 miles south of Los Angeles, and the Majestic, 1.310 miles east of New York. In all 67 ships reported. Mr. Morton nest directed the inter- national communication test, asking for weather reports from Honolulu, London, Bogota, Paris, Buenos Aires and Berlin. “Weather fine, but over- cast,” answered London, “Sky clear, temperature mild,” said Paris. Beau- nos Aires and Berlin reported fog nd “overcast skies, Their replie me back in less than two minutes after the calls went out MISSION DRIVE OFF OFFIAL MISSNG Treasurer Had Claimed $2,- 400,000 Was Contributed by “Publisher.” | By the Assnciated Press. EW YORK, November 23.—With | Hilton, treasurer and director, 3 H, | missing tod: under suspicious cir- offic cumstance wood Missiona Fellowship nounced the abandonment of a $15,- 000,000 drive for a fundamentalist training school. Coincident with the announcement, officials expressed their concern over the identity of a mysterious John W. inglish, whose supposed donation of $2,400,000 toward the school resulted in installing Hilton as an officer of the organization. Admit Disappearance. The statement of the board of di vectors read: “The Longwood Mission- v Iellowship, incorporated in Flor- | di to build @ home for retived and | turloughed m aries at Longwood, | | P, nonounce that John {11, Tiilton, divector and treasurer, I | ditappeared under suspicious circum stances and by vote of the board of directors has been removed from his oftices and all connection with the or- ation. 1 “While it is believed that the tr |urer has received no contri {is requested that any one who may {have contributed kindly communicate | with the secretary.” The pr me before the public when Hilton last week announced the start of the campaign and a contribu- tion of $2,400.000 by “John W. Eng lish,” whom Hilton identified only as the publisher of magazines worth $30,000,000. Made an Official. e of this donation, Hilion be- ited with the undertaking, Barnard, a divector, said. we know,” said Rev. Mr. no funds have heen col cted by Mr. Ililton. Neither have we lost anvthing which we made. “We are not engaged in any cam- n to e money and for the sent we have no plans for a moncy- raising campaign.” Plans for the fundamentalist center at Longwood called for five audi- toriums, a 450-room missionary home, a missionary training school. a model chool for children, a hotel, apartment house, 200 bungalows and a museum. G. 0. P. SENATORS PLAN _ FOR CONGRESS SESSION Will Confer Friday to Choose Lead- ers and Name Committee on Committees. an- i desives o Republican Senators have been call- ed to meet in conference Friday to pick members for certain duties in connection with party leadership in the Senate and to name the commit tee on committees for the new session. The conference will select a floor leader and assistant leaders and a con- ference secretary. Candidates for president pro-tempore and other Sen- ate offices may be chosen at the same time. The conference also matters of policy. It is known that the Republican leaders will seek to obtain an agreement whereby the fight over the administering of the oath to Senators-elect Smith of Illinois and | Vare of Pennsylvania would be post- | poned unti after the Senate is re- organized so that President Coolidge’s annual message can be transmitted to Congress on the second day_of the session. Questions of strategy and policy were discussed af a conference ves- terday of Senate Democratic leaders in the office of Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the minority floor leader. Those attending included Senators Pittman of Nevada, the Democratic se- lection for president pro-tempore, and Harrison of Mississippl. PLANS DRY LAW REVIEW. Association to Disclose College Students’ Views of Prohibition. The attitude toward the prohibition amendment which the students of 170 colleges displayed to them on thelr visits to those institutions during the past two months will be discussed by officers of the Student Council and student fleld secretaries of the Tn- | tercollegiate Prohibition Association at a _meeting in the Driscoll Hotel | at 7:30 o'clock tonight, following a dinner of the assoclation's board of directors. Among_the speakers will Irving Carpenfer of Bucknell Uni-| versity and Drew Theological Semi- | nary, president of the council: Miss | | Helen Rohrer of American University. | | this eity, secretary of the council.| nd Lofton S. Wesley of De Pauw | Tniversity: R. Wilbur Simmons of Washington And Lee University, and | | George A. Douglas of the University {of Michigan, field secretaries. The {three secretaries have visited 170 col- leges since the opening of the xchool | vear in September, embracine the te ritory from Michigan to Maine on the north and as far south as Vir. ginia. Their addresses will be based on their findings on the two-month tour, LADLE SAVES REGISTER. Delicatessen Proprietor Uses It as ‘Weapon to Frighten Bandits. An ice cream ladle used by Auloph Manni, proprietor of a delicatessen at 200 Seventh street southwest, was sufficient to put to flight two colored bandits who appeared in his place| of business last night about 10:30 o'clock. Entering the delicatessen, the col- | ored men ordered sandwiches and quickly consumed them. Then they | ordered sweet potato pie, but before | Manni could serve the pie one of! the men drew a pistol and demanded the contents of the cash register. | Grabbing the ice cream ladle, Man ni started in the direction of the bandits as if to make an attack, whereupon the latter ran from the place and quickly disagpeared. Manni did not follow them, V¥ may discuss s he C. Is of the Long-|. . canscious emulation. were gathered here for the institute’s second session. ternational debts, armaments, treaties and wars were before table discussions. POSITIONS OPEN. Civil Service Commission An- nounces Examinations. The Civil Service Commission today announced open competitive exan tons to fll vacancies in the following n; positions Principal architectural ral steel draftsman, Department of t the United Stat and strue. Lighthouse s Commerce, throughou at $2,100 a year, Associate engir ineer at $2,400 ous branches of to $3.000 a arious throughout the United th service tes. enior chemical engineer (pulp and forest products lah Wis., at $5,200 to §6, atory, lison, 00 ‘a year. Junior pharmacognosist at $1.560 a roand junior pharmacologist at 60 a year, Department of Agri- ure and Public Health Service, for duty in Washingion, D. C., or in the field. Assistant lay inspector, Bureau of v, Department of Agri- culture, for duty in the tield, at $1,500 ay Iarmer, Indian Service, at $1,200 a Appointees will réceive quar- ters, heat and Jight free of char Full information and application blanks miy be obtained from the com- mission, 1724 1 street, SAYS EUROPE LOOKS TO AMERICAN IDEALS| Speaker at Round Table Talks of Institute of International Rela- tions Makes Claim. By the Associated Press, RIVERSIDE, Calif,, November 29. —~The ide and customs of the United 8 regarded by Europe as the “primitive America,” have found footholds all over the Old World, speakers declared yestc day during round table discussions Inxtitute of In Is es, long the tions, which opened D. P. Miller, assistant che of the United States in lin, =aid that Furope ad & her former conception of Amerl its people and is turning more more toward the ideals, manne living and holidays of this country. “In the space of a few years,” he added, “RKurope has become utely of American - eivilization, which has developed a sustained pros: perity that is now the object of her at More than a hundred of the ing figures in international lead- affairs The problems of in- the round Dr. Charles Wesley Burns, hishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, sounded the keynote when he point- ed out that the institute hopes to aid the International problems through a “purely educational plan.” EDNA MILLAY IN DEFAULT.| Fails to Answer Charge Growing Out of Sacco Case. BOSTON, November 29 (#).—TFdna St. Vincent Millay, poet, was declared uperior Court yesterday case, which arose out of etti demonstrations in this lied before Judge Fosdick fillay nor her attorney, d Hayes of New York, in default in when her Sacco-Vanz city, was Neither Arthur Garfi was present. The case was called along with sev- eral of the same order. Most of the defendants answered. Judge Fosdick ordered all the cases listed for t tomorrow morning. They are in th nature of appeals from the Munci reer at §3,000 to $3,600 | SHOWS DECREASE IN DREAD MALADY Dr. Krause Describes Meth- ods for Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis. the founding ssocia- s de- fifth s the Doclar of the ) g that since ational Tuberculo tion in 1904 the dread dis creased from the first to vanking cause of mortality statement by Dr. Allen E. Krause of Hopkins University, in an ad it st Ahe nineteenth no- of the Washington branch of the association. e pointed out that the control of tuberculos through the methods used has had an influence in the prevention checking of miany other se b the w Johins dress Tast nual mecting impartant and in the | diseases In addition to the work the ass {ion fias done in preventing and cur- tuberenlosis, Dr. Krause said, it 0 important part in_revo the sleeping habits of the people of the country; has helped to | purify milk; has raised the general hy » standards of e entire Na- tion, and has increased national health hy reducing susceptibility to other diseases, Rest and Fresh Air Main Need. The tripod of ing has played lutionizi sl tuberculosis cure is vest, he said, fresh air and the strict | following of a prescribed diet. Two | great things which are the result of the work of th 1ssociation sanitoriinms and the seals, T Sald, have shown to the people country the need for the continuan of the orgianization and it Is through these two factors that he hopes tuber- culosis may some day be entirely wiped out. Dr. George M. Kober, president of (he association in Washington, who introduced the speaker, emphasized the need of discovering the early causes of tuberculos E well as the lnportance of the use of all prevent- ive measures, 1t (he fight against the discase was to make rurther progress, le pointed out that tuberculosin w found largely In cities where the pop- ulation I8 thick, and showed that the country liad gone through periods o expanded population through fac tory growih had spread ingly. Direetol Following Dr. K Gmmittee on nominations submitted tie names of the board of directors )t the assoclation to serve during the five-vear period ending in 1932 following were elected: M. Kober, president: Dr, Wiley, vice president; Walter ratt, Jr., treasurer, and Walter ord, seeretary. Other members of the board of di rectors whose terms of office have pired Bmile Berliner, Bernton, Miss Appleton P, (. Copeland, Suri Cumming, John Dolph, vant, Dr. William Gwynn, Wallice Ilatch, Stephen K Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, abody, Walter seph Sunders, Mr Dr. W. b. Charles A, Tignor, Walter Dr. Willlam Chatles White, George Wilson, Rev. D. E. Wiseman and . Allan 8. Wolfe. Hlustrated by Lantern Slides. Lantern slides illustrating the work of the association during -the past year were shown and described by Mrs. Margaret Hilleary, superintend- ent of the health camp, and Miss Mar- garet Craig, director of the child’s health education department of the association. A play showing the value of the Christmas seals of the Tuberculosis Assoclation was presented during the meeting by the Dramatic Association of the Western High School. The play, entitled “Sour Milk Turned Sweet,” had the following cast: Wil- am Phillips, Miss Patty Joyce, Miss auline Schaub, Miss Beverly Ritten- house, Miss Marie Slegrist, Miss Audrey Andrall, Geoffrey Cryke and William Nichols. Gregory Pool was slage manager. BOND ISSUE AUTHORIZED. Herndon Town Council to Sell $10,- 000 Securities to Finance School. ch to The Star. , Va., November 29.—The of Herndon has been athe by Judge Samuel Brent of the Fairfax County Court te issue and sell $10,000 in bonds, which were voted at the election early this month. The honds will be sold to provide funds for the building and furnishing a new high school for white children. They will run for 35 years and will disense ac- Chosen. ause’s talk the U br. Pratt, j Wesley M. Special Disy FATRFA Town Cot Court from convictions on char; rioting, inciting to riot and loite GROSNER’S Dear not more than 6 per cent In- st . Special Purchase of 40, ‘45 and °*50 O’COATS brings the price down to $3 4.75 Every man likes {p get something ‘ex- ira’ when he buys anything, and coats are no exception. That’s why so many men are pleased with this special purchase of fine Overcoats. Blues—Browns—Greys Plaids—and So Forth No Alteration Charge i 1 | fore the Federal ! Enemy of 11 Duce Expresses Regret He Was Not Slain By the Associated Prees. VITEREO, Italy, November 29.— Right in the middle of a public demonstration of gratitude that Mussolini was spared when an at- tempt was made on his life in 192 Vincenzo Zigrossi publicly regretted that the effort against the Duce had proved unsuccessful. He has just been tried and found jury unanimous against him and his sentiments. He w: sen- tenced to serve a year in prison and pay a 1,000-lire fine. RADIO ASSIGNMENTS IN JERSEY PROTESTED Station Spokesmen Charge New York Plants Cut Power Quota in Their State. By the Associated Press. Protests against deducting from the radio power allotment of New Jerses the power used by New York broad casting stations which have trans- mitting apparatus in New Jersey were made yesterday by representa- tive# of two New Jersey stations be- io Commission. The New Jersey stations’ spokes- men charged that the large power as. its of these new York station: in their State, while s ing primarily New York audiences, deducted from the power quota 8o much as to injure effective operation of lucal statjons The hearing was called by (he com mission to give operators of Stations WEKN, * Brooklyn, N. Y. WWRL, Woodside, N. Y.; WNM ew York City, and WIBI, New Yurk, an oppor tunity to protest the recent assig ments to 1,500 kilocycles, and to per- mit Stations W 1d WAAM, both of Newark, N. J., a defense of their assignment to the 1,120-kilocycle ¢ nel. Representatives of the four protest- ing stations testified that the new as- nments would make successful operation impossible in their commu- nilies, The assignments are to become ef- fective December 1. signmi Rivetless Steel Bridge. An arc-welded, rivetless steel railroad S| Dr. | trude | Lridge is to be erected at Chicopee Falls, Mass. Saying 29, 1927. EXPERT BARRED 10 MRS. SNYDER Sing Sing Warden Says Only Authorized Officials May Examine Her. By the Associated Pr NEW YORK, November 29.—Ef- forts of counsel for Mrs. Ruth Sny der to save her from execution by medical testimony similar to that given in ppold-Loeb case ran who testified in axe and was J. Hazelton, counsel, cunnot examine % Prison. . Lawes and Ray ate commissioner today that only ar lowed to ex- ling the death the 4 summoned | Mo, her in_ Sing Warden Lew mond F . Kieb, of correctic authorized offic amine prisoners penalty in Sing Sing. Searches Files, Tollowing up another | hope, Joseph Lonardo of Mrs. Snyder's defense staff is searching the files of the Court of Appeals in an effort to find precedent for the consideration hy the court of the alleged hostile “at- mosphere” prevailing at the Queens County trial. The court has refused once to accept a memorandum on that point on the ground that the evidence failed to show such a condition ex- isted, Counsel for the defense the “mob spirit” preva wiis prejudicial to the case Suyder and Henry Judd Gray, her lover, awaiting death with her for the sliying of her husband ns Fraud. Pruden Tnsurance York continued its efforts to avoid payvment of the $95.000 insur- ance carvied in their company on the murder victim, Attorneys for the company obtained a court order requiving Mrs. Snyder, her daughter Lorraine, and Mrs. 8 other, Mrs. Josephine Brown, ause why they should not be restrained from continuing efforts to collect, pending trial of (he company’s suit to de cies void be- cause of f Mr: assigned her right in the money to her daughter. avenue of of Of the entire working class in Con- stantinople, women constitute about 30 per cent. It With SLIPPERS! dvance Xmas Dainty Sat Selling Women’s in Boudoirs FLOWING Hourish of Os- trich feathers—on black, turquoise, old rose, or copen- hagen satin—with contrast- ing lining and soft, padded soles, Exquisite gift! J. W. WISE TO LECTURE. Son of Rabbi Will Address Jewish Lyceum Tomorrow Night. “Youth of the World” will be the subject of a lecture to be presented before the Lyceum of the Jewish com- munity Center by James Waterman Wise, son of Rabbi Stephen Wise, tomorrow evening at 8:15 at the eom- munity center building at Sixteenth and Q streets. A delegation from George Washing- 5 L ton, American and other universitied will be in attendance. Mr. Wise, who has been touring the country giving lectures, has creéated widespread discussion by his Mberal interpretation of Judaism. He recent- Iy published two books. “Liberating | Liberal Judaism” and “The Future of Israel.” PR e Paris Pays to Enter. One-man street cars of the “pay-as | you-enter” type are being operated out ot Paris on a suburban line. Shop Early—Mauil Early. Saks” PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE AT SEVENTH Saks Presents AND, at ¢he same price, gorgeous Oriental ef- fects in gold and vari-colored embroidery on black satin. Gold piping and pompon at side. 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