Evening Star Newspaper, June 23, 1929, Page 6

MOVES T0 THWART SNOOK INSANE PLEA Prosecutor Has Alienists Test Accused Man in Hix Hammer Murder. By the Associated Press. i COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 22.-—Alkn»: ists examined Dr. James H. Snook to-| day as Prosecutor John J. Chester, jr., moved to forestall any attempt of the 49-year-old professor to escape the death penalty by pleading insanity dur- ing the hammer-slaying of Theora Hix, 28-year-old medical student at Ohio | raity. unér-ury engaged Dr. William C. Pritchard, superintendent of the Colum- | ‘but State Hospital for the Insane, and Drs. Earl E. Gaver and Robert C. Tar- bell, etors of a private sanitorium, to examine Dr. Snook, under indict- ment for first degree murder ds a result of his confession that he killed his gnmom-co-ed because she threatened slay his wife and 2-year-old child. Believes Snook Sane. Chester said_he believed Snook was sane when he hammered Miss Hix into | unconsciousness, then cut her jui nr! vein “to end her suffering” on a dark- ened rifle range at the outskirt of the 10 days ago. fltgne of t{l: -‘towmeyn. E. O. Ricketts, sald Dr. Snook would plead not guilty | when arraigned Monday in Common | Court. . Pl;fwu understood that Dr. Snook's | signed confession was to be considered lightly by the prosecution and that the fight to send Snook to the electric chair would be based on admissions made during the questioning of the professor. No Nareotic Check. ‘William B. Bartels, assistant United States district attorney, who asked Fed- eral narcotic agents to investigate any ISPEED IS FROM 20 TO 25 |TRAIN THAT WOULD NEVER ,STOP. HAULING PASSENGERS FASTER AND CHEAPER THAN STREET CARS OR SUBWAYS. IS DESIGNED Endless Belt Transportation System Works Perfectly in 8-Week Test. Detreit Inventor Says Load- | ing Would Be Done While En Route. Special Dispatch to The Star. DETROIT, June 22 (N.ANA)—A system of rapid transit, either subway | or elevated, capable of carrying 70,000 | persons past & given point every hour at the rate of 20 to 25 miles an hour, every passenger seated and the system making no stops, but passengers per- mitted to board or alight at any point along the system with absolute safety! Sounds fantastic, does it not? Espe- | cially when its sponsors insist that it, will do twice as much as any two- track subway system, and at one-half | to three-fourths the cost. i Model Works Steadily. ; A model of the proposed system, -the | invention of a Detroiter who holds all | patents, has been completed and grind- ing out miles without & breakdown for the last eight weeks. Those who have seen it in ugfirltlofl. including William B. Mayo, chief engineer from many | cities of the United States, pronounce | its formance remarkable. | e_system is the invention of Her- | man E. Taylor, supervisor of traffic for the Detroit’ Department of Street | Railways. Oonceiving the idea several years ago, Mr. Taylor applied for pat- ents on his plans in October, 1924, and | received them in June, 1927. | ‘Work on the model was begun last November by arrangement with Deél A. York subwa: average is figured By)lr.&nlu’:n 163 miles an hour. - The system would be driven by elec- tric motors, ht being required each side in each . Eight hundred horse- for each two-car surface train. Mr. Taylor and Mr. have not the el of their ave devised entrance and exit means from the basements of stores and public buildings, -;e well as stair- ground store fronts and walks, actually create a new street for merchandising purposes, ‘Whereas an hour is required in down town Detroit during late afternoon hours for transporting 47,000 workers to outlying districts, Mr. Taylor has figured that these thousands who find it necessary to stand or sit in crowded be transported from the district by his system in 35 minutes, and every passenger seated. The cost of underground construction is computed at one-half to three- fourths the cost of the average two- track subway. “There is said. eat merit in the plan” “The model {m’l‘cythm entire idea should not receive thorough study. It is revolutionary in transpor- tation annals, but not too much 5o as to be impractical.” (Copyrisht, 1925, by North American News- per Alliance.) 300 BO.T‘TLES OF BEER ARE SEIZED IN RAID Seven -Are Arrested at L Street House by Squad From Second Precinct. Seven persons were arrested, and more than 300 bottles of beer were sef by police of the second precinct last night in & raid in & house in the 900 block of L street. R:ny was composed of » command of J. F. :ln;h'fiy. detective attached to the sec- ct. Rol Wiliam Brownell, 22, was held at No. 2 station, on a charge of conducting & disorderly house. The six [MUTHERS’ CAMPS OPEN THIS WEEK Two-Week Vacations Also Will Be Given Children by Outings Committee. ‘Under the chairmanship of John Joy , the Summer outings committee is ready to give two weeks' vacations during the Summer for children and mothers at its two country camps. Camp Pleasant, at Blue Plains, D. C., will open Tuesday and Camp Good Will in Rock Creek Park, opens Wednesday for the initial groups. Most of the con- tacts have been made in advance by John ‘Ywmzuh:’n. flell: worker for the committee, a wal already exists. - EEs I “'ll'he first party for Camp will assemble at two points, mmlyf the | the Phillips School at Twenty-eighth and N streets, under supervision of Miss Louise Harlow, and !Mpxmw.sh g’chool Seventh and L streets, under supervision of Miss Rosa Brown and Mrs. Addie The ters you! and mothers for Camp Good Will are asked to assemble at Towers School, Eighth and C streets southeast, under direction of len Storey and Miss Helen Wil- lett. Miss Rachel Haviland again will be superintendent of Camp Good Will this Summer and Mrs. Laura B. Glenn will be in charge at Camp Pleasant. Although the committee in charge of }.these two camps is & member of the Community Chest, it has already re- Inelvld & number of contributions from friends who wish to name a tent as formerly. One contributor has desig- nated that three tents be named as usual through her contribution of $150 to_the Community Chest.. Chairman Edson wishes it understood that this can be arranged for all such contribu- tors, with due credit to the Community Chest. The tents which have thus far been ed at Camp Good Will are as g(l’]roh % B'nmdy glolrk‘,hthex‘flve Virginias, ro! s Christian Carr, S ATy JOWITT MUST WAIT. British Laborite Cannot Resign Seat for 85 Days. LONDON, June 22 (#.—If 8ir Wil- lam Jowitt, Labor attorney general, maintains his decision’ to resign from Parliament, to which he was elected as s Liberal, and offer himself for re- election as a Labor candidate, his res- ignation will be effective only in the second week of July. A member just elected at a general election cannot va- cate his seat until 35 days have ela) X Liberals of his constituency in - ton last night decided to ask Sir Wil- liam to_reconsider his decision to re- sign. They dissociated themselves from attacks made on him for joining the Labor party after being elected as a Liberal. Gas Tax Increase Approved. OKLAHOMA CITY, June 22 (A).—A bill mm’om Oklahoma gasoline tax from 3 4 cents a gallon was signed today by Gov. W. J. Holloway and became eflecuveh.lmmndhmm bond issue of $150,000,000 to the' elec-. torate. It is the plan to amortize the bonds through the gasoline tax. .| TWO WHO LOOTED MAIL BOXES ARE'SENTENCED One Is Given l,‘ Years as Accom- plice Dralws 4 Years for Forgeries. John H. Fowler, colored, was given & term of 12 years in the penitentiary yesterday by Chief Justice McCoy in Criminal Division 1 for forgery. His companion, Thomas H. McGee, also colored, will serve four years for the same 'offense. They were accused of looting mail boxes in apartment houses and forging indorsements on checks ob- tained thereby. Fowler had a criminal record. Willlam H. Carroll, colored, was sent to the ‘penitentiary for five years for attempted criminal assault on a colored girl. Robert Murray, colored, will serve six years on two charges of housebreak- ing and larceny. Other sentences include: Aaron God- frey, colored, two years for cutting two men March 31; John Stewart, colored, three years, and James C. Coates, col- fi:fldi.t"c“;ell:.:nd six months for as- gerous weapons, and William -Clark, -sever, years and six months for housebreaking and latceny. For correct time tume in om Station WMAL at 6 P.M. each evening. . During the day telephone Franklin 884. JEWELERS PLATINUMSMITHE DIAMONDS Other Precious Stones Members of Amsterdam Diamond Ezchange le_drug fle of the crime, said other persons taken in the raid. who later were Teleased on $5 collateral :clr\anzsr'z: their names and addresses m:wiu n;“ New Fashion, Lower: The inventor of a new rapid transit system, Herman E. Taylor, is | p b "a";%‘;"x%% Mghts gl "fz the r;“o: ?:m" Bchn::n:uormm shown here before the model of his device. He is the man on the reader’s lefi. | the 500 block Third street; James Hood, | haired pinscher dogs their favorite professor m M;; et a1 m A s-u:- » strect railway oficial, center, and Gerdon V. Allyn, who assisted 48, of H pete: and the demand is so great that tion Miss. The system e form e construgtion of the model, right. s it is it 4o him for drugs And Iater | endleas pelts, one. tmmediately _inside L almost impossible to buy puppies. told newspaper men that s CHNE R T O facing in the forward direction, thi belt known as g . | The dogs are had not | the other and each 5 feet wide, bullt | and night, carrying passengers at 20 to | The present average street car speed is | and Branscome of the 3200 have “ol'l:xlo ly ’.Zfir:“f.n'&" 1.";.3" l:rr.' 1 3 inner bek, |25 miles an hour without cessation. CHARGED TO LEE DIN : > the “constant speed plat- form.” . . Tra on wheels and tracks, the Preliminary Hearing Continued | 13" foor soc 10 to 11% miles an hour, and the New ' block mmm. o neua:l are built as solidly a; 3 ‘modern street car floor an Pending Arrest of Two Others articalated st elther end fo At the next The ‘outer “belt,” or variable Upper: View of the model rapid transit system, with the turnsties and wickets, in the basement of miniature business blocks. The gates are open to the platform from the “variable speed platform,” indicating that the platform is meviag only hree-fourths of a mile an hour. ang! that the investigation had re- | Smith, D. 8. R, general manager, at ‘vealed that no check 'fi‘x.t made at Ohio | Power station B, where the fine tooling the dis) 1 of nar- | n¢ to success was done under :’a:“wnlvenhrdmty olw tqunmxmm‘ the direction of Gordon V. Allyn, D. 8. department with Snook was | R. mu connected. ‘which achinist, Two Endless Belis at Work. d the “had oA Hahn . Thirty-seven Years at 935 F Street . declared to be “most sporting. trolled gates, con! Wynz?masnu-nm. Its outer edge would carry the seats, all Important” | Features Offered the June Brides at the Home of B e | L | Bt '~ “Character Furniture” It’s a Hit! It’s a Hit!! J. '"fn"““ °‘l'-'; m‘f merm':fiognm flvmlnhl 'fl:’: ~ Response So Great Continuance Is Demanded Yielding to an insistent demand on the part of many who'have been unable to get here before, we are ex- tending this remarkable sale for a few days more! ‘We List a Few of the Many Selected Sets of the Finest Radios on the Market—Almost Brand New at Prices Absolutely Unequalled 14 to 1, OFF —R C.A. Radiola, regular $163.50 7-tube table -3 : iy § B g !?ia it as one of the “for & ride.” coroner’ men who took FRENCH FIND FRAUD IN WAR DAMAGE BILL Bchool Authorities Asked $200 for $16 Clock, Still Running, 10 Years After War. Prance (P)—A war dam- Reduction On All Refrigerators This includes every res frigerator in stock—the most desirable styles, such as— Three-Door Styles Top-Icers Apartment Styles ‘Buy These on Our . Budget Plan—I8 Months to Pay » g —;cmahmln. regular Grid, with stand .. $59.50 9-Atwuur Kent, regular $127. 7 tube, with “s stand......... BENEFIT PARTY IS SET. —;‘ruhman.'d regular $169.50 tucl::fl. g‘r‘nmle 379.50 —Atwater Kent, regular $117. T S 107 4—A!wakur K:nt 8-tube, dynamic speaker an ‘l l 4 Senators Consume Exhibits Drafting |l BBeemer Tuly, regular 182 Farm Tariff List Yo .. $121.33 ‘The board of Mzomnnuen of Cas- ‘alty Hospital will hold a garden party for the t of the Ideal for the “Charm Home” velour with reverse cushions of same ma- terial. Coil spring construction. Bed 18 MONTHS TO PAY 95¢ to $2.95 Sq. Yd. 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