Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1930, Page 5

MURDERED WOMAN “ SHOT THREE TIMES Miss Mary Baker Also Found to Have Been Victim of see s Assault, (Continued From First Page) _ arm had stopped at 9:30. It is be-; lieved she was murdered about an hour earlier and the watch stopped when the ‘water from the culvert seeped into it. Period of Time Mystery. ‘When the police, piecing together bit by bit. the story of her movements Fri- day , have learned how and passed B until 8 o'clock, they expect to have an answer to the baffling questions of how she met her death and who killed her. A majority of the investigators are convinced that Miss Baker killed by some one she knew. They point out that she was unusually conscientious and 'would hardly have failed to meet her friends. Among the theories the police are workingnzn is the following: Miss Baker met a person while walk- ing to ‘her car who induced or forced her to drive out over the Highway Bridge, past the cemetery and park the car on a side road in that vicinity. Some time later her companion, or ab- ductor, either induced her to leave the car or forced her to walk into the woods. In one of the lonely spots around the cemetery Miss Baker was attacked. She Tan, and ‘was shot down from behind. The fact that the wound in the back had ‘been inflicted at long range, police say, indicates that Miss Baker ‘was shot down from behind while run- ning away from her assailant. The other two were fired at close range, x’zow;:ier marks being found on her esh. Police are working on the theory that after the first shot Miss Baker fell and that her essailant fired twice more as she lay on the ground. Bullet Found in Arm. Apparently the young woman had thrown her arms over her head to pro- tect herself, for one of the bullets entered the left side of her neck, emerged just below the right ear and was found imbedded in the flesh of her upper right arm. The other bullet entered under her left arm. Miss Baker also had been brutally beaten. Her lips and ‘mouth were cut’ end swollen, and bruises on her throat indicated she had been strangled. ‘The assailant, police believe, then picked up the body ‘and carried it to the automobile. A dried pool of blood on the floor and against the right front door was construed as evidence that the body was jammed down in front while the man drove the automobile to the culvert where the body was pitched into the stream. The fact that only a relatively small huantity of blood was in the machine fed police to believe that the murder was committed near the place where they found the body. Hyeldqunmrs Detective Fred Sand- Perg, fingerprint expert of the local @epartment, found prints on the door of Miss Baker’s machine, which may prove valuable in identification of sus- ts. The door of the ufi:‘l‘l:" oved at Arlington Court Hol Brought to Washington for further ex- #imination. Seek Struggle Evidence. Dr. W, C. Welburn of-Clarendon and kin under Miss Baker’s nflln?:mm. non.wu thought that if in is evidence would be found, but Dr. g‘ ain pointed out $hat even had it been h wve washed it away. 0 h:he body had been found it was tablishment. There it was identified y_Miss Perry and Miss Skinner, who Miss Baker's movements have ‘been fraced up to 5:40 o'clock Friday after- At that time she turned ttf: corner of Fourteenth and G streets 1 friend, Miss Inez Eyre, with fi,g'f.f,, she had just attended a service She had an appointment.at 6 o'clock g front of Kann's Department Store Leaving Miss Eyre, she announced her intention of going for her car at parked, and then driving to the place ! pf her appointment, ' “I've got 10 minutes to walk down for the ‘cflu and 10 more to drive to . Her friends waited in front of the tore until 6:25 o'clock, but they never ‘While walking to her caf, police be- |Jieve, Miss Baker. met some one she Virginia instead of keeping the en- ‘nmmcnt with her friends. When they [jperson, they believe the riddle of her ‘mysterious death will begin to clear. Baker left the Navy Department at #:30 oclock to attend the church “We decided to walk,” she said, “be- ‘was afraid she might have that hour of the day. Mary and I i‘chatted about different. matters while itie any engagement except the mmv’lfla\ '.hey two girls who uhlr‘:d her (tention of meeting any one else when ft me, afternoon. She was one of the most ovable girls I have ever known, and I ant to kill her, Mary was the f girl who was acquainted with a num- d no really close men friends.” |, So far as yn:uum be“learned, in fact, weeks, Seen by Cousin. ‘New Berne Apartments, a second cousin (of the dead girl, was sitting in the Pal- ross the theater, he said, and saw his -cusln sitting with & “stout, rather ried to attract the girl’s attention, but \ithat she was so in Dr. Swain, after the autopsy, announced the struggle she had scratched the man there the runningwater of the stream gemoved to a Clarendon undertaking gollapsed when she saw it. n, when she was last seen alive by and disappeared fmlgl t.h)e‘st(ht of her @t the Church of the Epiphany. meet Miss Skinner and Miss Sperry. Beventeenth and B streets, where it was Friends Waited Past Time. Miss Eyre quoted her as say- W her alive again. #jmew who persuaded her to drive over |dhave established the identity of this According to Miss Eyre, she and Miss ‘gervices. 'sfilulf:ullmy-r;nrksng her car uptown at . walking to the church, but she did not L’%p.low. I'm sure she had no in- was cheerful and had been so ly can’t imagine why any one would | @er. of men, but so far as I knew she i gglu Baker has had but one “date” in veral ‘ Early this week Joseph Baker of the \mce Theater. He happened to glance .glflunt-lwklnfl man.” Baker said he {1 AT [ icture that he was not success! :’;\'trhl:epplclm was “The Benson Murder ‘Case.” ‘When Miss Baker failed to come to "fwork as usual yesterday morning, Miss Igyre and another friend, Mrs. Pauline |jmerd, became alsrmed. They knew she tectives. \ forn and blood-statned fragment b Tound THE' SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Upper left: Miss Mary Baker, whose body was found in the entrance fo the culvert, on the right, near the stone wall about Arlington Cemetery. Lower left: Miss Mildred Sperry and Olga Skinner, who lived with Miss Baker. Park, Va.,, where the young women lived. Circle: Policeman Ray Cobean, who found the body. ferred several years ago to the Bureau of Aeronautics, She was one of the most_popular employes of the bureau, and was regarded by her superiors as above the average in ability, She was rated as a numbering clerk. Miss Baker lived for two years at the Evangeline Hotel, 1330 L stres where she became acquainted with number of young women working in the Government departments. The slain woman left the hotel here March 31 to live in her new home at Lyon Village. The automobile was owned jointly by the three girls, but the tags were issued in the name of Miss Baker. , Her Father Arrives. Miss Baker was the daughter of the Rev. Thomas P. Baker, rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church at Oak Grove, Va., 90 miles from Washington, in Westmoreland County, ‘The minister, accompanied by Mrs. Baker and their 20-year-old daughter, Virginia, arrived here early last night from their Oak Grove home. Mrs. Baker, on the verge of a collapse, was taken immediately to the home of friends and up until an early hour this | morning, it is understood, she had not been informed of her daughter's fate. Mr. Baker immediately went into conference with police officials. After being closeted at headquarters for more than an hour, the minister left to view the body at Clarendon. At police head- quarters, he told newspaper men that when his daughter decided to buy the automobile several months ago, he warned her against it. He said that he feared that she might encounter trouble. He also said detectives thought a white man had killed his daughter. ‘The Bakers have made Oak Grove their home for about 10 years, going to Virginia from Bennettsville, S. C. It was shortly after the family moved to Oak Grove that Miss Baker decided to enter Government service here. ‘ Crime on U. S. Property. ‘The Department of Justice agents were called into the case because the murder js supposed to have been com- mitted on a Federal reservation. Neither Arlington County nor Virginia State au- thorities have jurisdiction in Federal territory, even though it is within the State boundaries. o th b7 Ax overy e body - lington County police, the Wi Detective Bureau and the authorities at notified and two agents dispatched to take part in the investigation, ‘HOME TOWN DEPRESSED. Sorre v and Gloom Felt in Oak Grove, Where Mary Baker Lived. Speciul Dispatch to The Star. OAK GROVE, Va,, April 12.—Sorrow and gloom hung heavily over this little village tonight as news was received | of the brutal slaying near Arlington Cemetery last night of Mary Baker, TI:ho young_daughter of Rev. and mas P. Baker, who live two miles from here. DR. THOMAS P. BAKER, went to. dances and parties with men who worked in her office. the second oldest in & ‘The others are 5 of Dillon, Thomas Baker, jr., 26, radio operaf on U. 8. 8. Rajah; Charles Baker, 24, United States Coast Guard, Newtondon, Conn.; Vi The last two live with their parents. Mr. Baker is 65 years old and has held his present pastorate for about 20 years. He was heart-broken with grief when informed of the tragedy which had. befallen Mary. ‘Want Blind Taught Gardening. LONDON (#)—The British Guild of Blind Gardeners urges gardening in- struction for all sightless children. Blind gardeners can prune fruit trees, sow seeds and thin out vegetables. And You Can Buy This Ring for Only $2.50 a Week 1v's 0. K. to Lower right: The house in Lyon —=Star Staff Photos. TWO SEIZED CARS GIVE CLUE TO YORK MURDER MYSTERY (Continued From First Page.) 1 | They found York where he had fallen, beneath a lamp post at the curb. The prohibition agent presumably was dead from a single bullet, which entered at the mouth and passed out at the back of the head. He was taken to Freedmen's Hospital, however, and pronounced dead on arrival. An automobile, identified as that which the rum runners had driven into the alley, was taken by police early yesterday morning in the 400 block of First street. Two Drive Machine Away. At the time of the shooting, witnesses said, the automobile had contained & large quantity of liquor and was equip- ped with a smoke screen. Two colored men, police were told, drove off in the machine. When recovered, the auto- mobile contained neither whisky nor “smoke” apparatus. Federal prohibition agents made a ugh but futile search in the thoror vicinity of Calvert Coanty, Md., yester- day afternoon in the hope of locating the two suspects. Federal agents also conferred with Georges County, who assi puty Sheriffs A. W. Hepburn and Harry Rob- inson to co-operate with local officers in the search. ‘The murdered agent had a wide ac- quaintance in Prince Georges County. His wife is a former resident of Chel- irginia, 20 and William, 16, | tenham. Police of No. 2 precinct were informed last night of the whereabouts of a third automobile supposed to belong to & sus- pect, and at a late hour a watch was being maintained in the vicinity. May Hold Inquest Tomorrow. A coroner’s jury was sworn in yester- day over the body of York at the Dis- trict Morgue. An inquest probably will be held Monday, although the time was not dilnmt:}y '519; pending a further ex- amination esses. It was the second time within the 7 g <\ = I . An . ex quisite crea- tion of 18-karat solid white gold set with one large and ten smaller diamonds in stepping stone effect. D.. C.,. APRIL- 18, year that a death by violence has sad- dened York's home. Last January his 7-year-old son, John Lewis, died of in- juries sustained when run down by an automobile while at play at Tenth and C streets northeast. ‘The shock and the subsequent illness of York’s 6-month-old baby so affect- ed Mrs. York that the hazardous nature of her husband’s vocation was kept from her. York had been detailed to the Wash- ington area but a short time, and cus- tomarily went about his duties with a fellow officer. He left another agent shortly after midnight Friday, announc. ing his intention of going home, and supposedly chanced across the suspect car en route. In addition to his wife, Mrs. Helen York, and three children, Robert, 9; Charles Irving, 4, and the baby, James, York is survived by a brother, Harris York of Boston, Mass.; his mother, Mrs. Alice York, and two sisters, Mrs. Alice Ristig and Mrs. Ruth Graves, all of Washington. Funeral arrangements were held up pending arrival this morning of York's brother from Boston, { INSTITUTE OF POLITICS WILL STUDY ARMS CUT | World Questions Will Be Consid- ered in Month's Session at Williams College. By the Associated Press. . WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass., April 12— The tenth annual session of the Insti- tute of Politics will convene at Williams College July 31 for a month's discus- sion of limitation of armaments, politi- cal problems of the London Conference, the Indian political situation and other world questions, Dr. Harry A. Garfield, president of Williams College and chairman of the Institute of Politics, announced today. The institute will adjourn August 28. Subjects to be discussed include the United States relations tn the Carib- bean, Germany’s financial obligations under the Young plan, Russian interna- tional relations, Chinese and Japanese interests in Manchuria and the question of French national security. Another feature of the institute will be a series of general conferences on the political aspects of aerial navigation. —— A whaling vessel operating in the Antarctic in the season just closed se- cured 116,000 barrels of whale oll, val- ued at $2,500,000, & world record. Building is delivered save more m - 930—PART ONE. TARDIEU EFFECTS HEAVY TAX CUTS Is Doing for France What Coolidge Did for United States. BY LELAND STONE. By Radio to The Star. PARIS, April 12—What the Coolidge administration did for the United States, the Tardieu government is now doing for France. It cannot be done on anything like the sweeping scale effected in America between 1924 and 1928, but nevertheless the French effort is an ambitious one. For the first time since the World ‘War began_a considerable slice is being slashed from the French taxpayers’ heavy burden. Before Easter the third series of tax reductions since last No- vember will be voted by parliament, bringing the total reductions of levies upon industry and agriculture to 5,- 1200.003‘000 francs—slightly over $200,- The way for Tardleu's first and sec- ond ministries to reduce taxes was paved by Poincare’s great financial re- construction between 1926 and last Summer, and to Poincare even more than to the present: premier must go the major credit. Marks Return to Normalcy. ‘The emergence of France on a tax- reducing program is significant, chiefly as marking the real beginning of a return to normalcy in France. The immediate causes for the government being able to slash taxes are an aston- ishing excess in tax receipts over the budget estimates in the past two years and the remarkably secure state of the French treasury. Again Poincare must be given credit, for probably never in the history of the republic have taxes been collected so assiduously as under the system IIHBunched by him in the Autumn of People Paid Record Taxes. For the sake of saving the country from bankruptcy, the French people paid such taxes as they had never paid before. Now their effort is to be repaid, with Parliament voting new reductions totaling 1,500,000,000 francs beyond those already voted. | These new slashes will cut taxes on stock exchange operations and on se- curities, on transportation, foodstuffs and luxury goods. The earlier reduc- tions have been on earned incomes, commercial * enterprises and domestic taxes, (Copyright. 1930.) \CLAIM FOR $400,000 SETTLED FOR $90,000 Clem Shaver, Former Democratic Chairman, Sued Consolidation Coal Co. for Sale Commission, By the Associated Press. PAIRMONT, W. Va., April 12—The suit of Clem L. Shaver, former Demo- cratic national committee chairman, | against the Consolidation Coal Co. for 1$400,000 in commission, was settled out ing to-announcement by counsel for both sides. A second trial of the suit gld been in progress here since Tues- ay. The case was first tried last year and Shaver was given a judgment of $251,000. The Consolidation appealed to the State Supreme Court on a writ of error and the case was remanded to Marion County Court for retrial. Shaver acted as broker in the lease of Consolidation coal lands to the Paisley interests of Cleveland. He sued for full commission on the lease price when, he claimed, ceased after Paisley swpm quar- terly ‘plymenu, before the d was id for. p“Jcl‘u‘.\ W. Davis, Democratic presiden- tial naminee in 1924, was chief counsel for Shaver. e YOUNG RADICALS HELD CHICAGO, April 12 (#).—Twelve girls and four boys who participated in a demonstration of 300 young Com- munists in front of the board of edu- cation business offices today were ar- rested and held without charge for their parents. They represented them- selves as the “Young Pioneers of America” and protested against what they termed the school board’s attempt to wreck their organization. They car- ried banners demanding release from a six-year prison term for Harry Eisman, 15, sentenced in New York last May after a demonstration against the Boy Scout movement. Hechinger Delivers Material/ en Trucks and 26 Trailers to Serve You. Every order received before noon that same day. Our delivered-to-your-job price will save you money. But if you call for your own material you’'ll oney. Get our estimate on building material, either on our yard or delivered 3 BRANCHES 3 Main Office Sixth and C Streets S. W. Camp Meigs - Fifth-and. Florida.Ave. N: B. Brightwood 5921 - Georgia Avenue N.w. of court last night for $90,000, accord- | yments to him | will War Craft Rusting And Unseaworthy, Says Lisbon Official By the Associated Press. LISBON, April cruisers bulk of the navy, said. “None is fi. for service. It vould require much money and consid- erable time to restore their fight- ing value, and it hardly would be worth it, as ships become ol Our torpedo boats and destroy- ers are unseaworthy, and two of fltlxr three submarines are rust- ‘The league decided to ask the cabinet to vote. appropriations for. new construction. LONG REST PLANNED BYBYRD ON RETURN But “Retirement” Will Mean Work on Book and Codi- fication of Data. | By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 12.—Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd will retire to private life for at least two months within six weeks after he returns to New York in mid-June from his South Polar voy- age of exploration, Capt. H. H. Railey, his representative here, announced to- day. The explorer’s arrival in New York with his two ships, the Eleanor Bolling and the City of New York, is set tenta- tively at June 14. He would like to be able to dispose of his immediate engage- ments within 30 or 40 days after that date in order to have an uninterrupted time to spend with his family, to codify the scientific data collected on his ex- pedition, to rest and to work on a book scheduled for publication in the Fall. Railey to Lay Plans. His itinerary in the month after his return is in the hands of Capt. Railey at 2 West Forty-fifth street, New York, who for the last two years has acted for Admiral Byrd in matters pertaining to his expedition which required at- tention in the admiral's absence. New York’s official welcome to Byrd and his expedition is tentatively set for Saturday, June 14. On the following afternoon he and his party will leave for Washington, where. on June 16, he will pay official calls, probably at the White House, the House and Sena chambers and the War and Navy De- partments. In the evening he will be a guest of the National Geographic So- clety at a meeting in his honor at which President Hoover is expected to pre- side. and at which motion pictures made by the Byrd expedition in the Antarctic will have their first showing. Official welcomes will be tendered to him on June 17 by Richmond and Win- chester, Va., his birthplace; on June 18 or 19 by Gov. Franklin D. Roose- velt of New York at Albany; on June 21 by the Borough of Brooklyn, on June 23 by the City of Boston and en June 25 by the City of Philadelphia. Approves Other Engagements. Admiral Byrd already has consented tentatively to the fulfillment of many other engagements, including the pres- entation of the degree of doctor of | science by the Brooklyn Polytechnic | Institute on June 18 or 19, and of a medal by the American Arbitration So- ciety for distinguished service in the causes of commercial peace. After spending August and Septem- ber in retirement, the explorer will be- gin a lecture tour at Pittsburgh, which | take him .to the Pacific Coast and back, occupying him until Pebruary, 1931. has not formulated plans beyond that. The City of New York and the Eleanor Bolling will reach Panama on May 20 from New Zealand. Admiral Byrd will arrive there ahead of them on May 16, aboard the ship Rangitiki, and will board the City of New York for the last leg of his homeward voyage. Arrangements have been made tor Norwegian whalers to bring back to New York next year the planes left on the ice by the Byrd expedition, —_—— Costing more than $1,000,000, a fleet of airplanes is to be used by a large mining company in prospecting in the new Coppermine River distris SPECIALISTS IN GARAGES TERMS )8( <J American Radiator Co. HOT-WATER HEATING PLANT o - Low as CHOLCE OF PARKER FORJUDGE STANDS White House Announces Flat-ies ly Name Will Not Be: 0 Withdrawn. 4 It was announced flatly at the White House yesterday that President Hoover will not withdraw the nomination of . Circuit Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina to be associate jutice of the Supreme Court. | This announcement was issued be- cause of suggestions and discussions to the contrary growing out of the pro- tests which have been received by the White House and by Senators against confirmation of Judge Parker. It has also been given out in Senate circles that the President has been asked by a number of Republican Senators to withdraw the nomination. At the White House it was said the President appointed Judge Parker be- cause of his legal attainments and that he felt the Senate should vote on the question of his confirmation. ‘The White House yesterday indicated that up to the present the President had not been advised to withdraw the nomination of Judge Parker, although | Vice President Curtis and other Repub- lican leaders of the Senate had called his attention to the opposition which has developed to confirmation. In Serious Proportions. While the statement given out at the White House tended to minimize the opposition to Judge Parker, talk in Senate circles was that the opposition had attained serious proportions. Senator John M. Robsion of Ken- tucky, Republican, called on the Presi- dent yesterday to express his views on the appointment of Judge Parker. Sen- ator Robsion is stirred because of the opposition of colored voters, of whom there are about 200,000 in Kentucky. He feels he cannot support Judge Parker in view of this opposition from colored voters. The nomination will come before the Senate judiciary committee tomorrow. The situation is such that it has be- come doubtful whether a majority of that committee will support confirma- tion. Senator Henry F. Ashurst of Ari- lzog:c Democrat and member of the udiciary committee, yesterday de- clared against Judge Parker. As the situation stands, the committee appears to be about equally divided. However, administration Senators were alarmed lest a vote, if taken tomorrow, be ad- verse to Judge Parker. Move to Hold Off. For this reason a movement is on hold off a vote in the Jjudiciary wm’? mittee for the present and to give the s!#&m Wh“iih has been aroused in labor circles and amo; ) ch;nhce : die dov;‘:. o CoaR Ot e Supreme Court will tomorrew after a recess. Itu:.:;ve'z: hope of the friends of Judge Parker that his confirmation would be brought about in time so that he could sit with the court tomorrow. This is obviously impossible. Not only is it likely that the judiciary committee will not act, but 1t is clear that when the nom! tion goes to the Senate there will be & a:k’ufc’rglflmg the discussion at the e of the nominati f Hughes as Chlef Justice, -1 o & —_— PRICE FIXING URGED Legalized Method Suggested to Prevent “Profitless Prosperity.” NEW YORK, April 12 ~Le; price fixing was ndvncl':? as .':m to prevent what' was described as profitless prosperity” in two resolutions adopted today by the National Civic Federation’s Commission on Industry. 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