Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1930, Page 7

STAR, WASHINGTON JESDAY, DECEMBER '9, 1930, SAYS HAIRS WIE SETRAVER OF GG = DIED FROM POISON 15 SHOT TO DEATH sz e e st B i - 5 Army Medical Officer Test-| : Star State Witness in Bank| A9 yesterday in the bath room of & house where for 10 years he had occupied the same tiny, sparsely furnished room. Cunningham, & graduate of the Uni- versity of Michigan, wrote “Neighnors™ “Hosplitality,” “The Poor Fish” and SUICIDE ENDS PLAY Broadway Author Hangs Himself, With Work in Typewriter. 8. & l | Club Pre " SUGAR PRODUCING | CONFERENCE OPENS All Countries With Surplus 'WASHINGTON'S FINEST MEN'S WARE STOR Seek to Restore Health to Ailing Industry. By the Associated Press. _ BRUSSELS, Belgium, December 9.— Representatives of eight countries which luce every year almost 10,000,000 S more sugar than the people of those countries can eat gathered today to consider ways of restoring that great alling industry to economic health, and they gathered with every prospect of an early success. Producers from Cuba and Java, the two greatest sugar producing and ex- porting countries in the world, agreed yesterday in Amsterdam to a restriction program suggested by the Cuban-Amer- ican Commission, and the two delega- tions have come here as allies to dis- cuss a world agreement with other ex- porting countries, including Germany, Peru, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Belgium and Poland. Conditions Are Optimistic. ‘That all these countries are repre- sented at_the international conference was considered a bright augury for suc- cess by the Javanese and Cuban dele- gates, who pointed out that if any of the countries had not wanted to join & plan for limittaion, they would have stayed away form this conference, let the others sign the agreement, and then reap a golden harvest by dumping their surplus into the countries restricted by the pact. But every country which produces more than it consumes is represented here, and the conferees believe that success is just around the corner. Countries, which consume more than they produce, including France, the United _States, Great Britain, Italy, Spain, Russia and others, are not rep- resented but they are still a vital fac- tor in any agreement. Non-Exporters M: Confer, If production restrictions in the great exporting countries should result in a slight increase in the price of sugar, the nonexporting countries might de- cide to increase their production and g0 into the export business, thereby up- setting stabilization plan. For this rea- son, after the present conference reaches an agreement, some future world conference, including representa- tives of the non-exporting countries, probably will be necessary. The so-called Chadbourne plan, how- ever, is so drawn as to discourage non- exporting countries from sentering that field, and if a full agreement is reach- ed here further parleys may not be aec- essary at least in the immediate future: Today's session was merely a formal beginning and the delegates were not expected to get down to serious consid- eration of the world's overflowing sugar bowl until tomorrow. IMPENETRABLE FOGS SHROUD LONDON AREA King Forced to Cancel Day of Shooting—River and Coastal Traffic at Standstill. By the Associated Press. LONDON, December 9.—Another of the thick, impenetrable fogs which have visited London o frequently during the past 10 days lay over the metropolitan The first link in a $100,000,000 chain of express liners for the United States merchant marine was effected when Senators Jones, White and Morrow shot the first rivets into the keel of the first 30,000-ton vessel begun at Camden, N. J. Left to right: Senator Wallace White, Maine; Senator Wesley L. Jones, Wash- ington; Paul W. Chapman, president of the United States Lines, and Senator Dwight W. Morrow, New Jersey. —A. P. Photo. CITIZENS T0 URGE ROAD HOUSE LAW Latest Affray at Suitland Brings Move for Iron- clad Statute. By a Staff Correspondent of the Star. SUITLAND, Md., December 9.—Re- newal of agitation for a more effective | road house law, or more vigorous en- | forcement of the present one, loomed | yesterday as the most important effect of the latest affray at the Iron Lantern Inn, formerly the Green Gables, a local | road house, in which a Washington policeman was badly beaten and his brother shot early Sunday morning. ‘While Maryland and District of Co- lumbia authorities yesterday launched an official investigation into the affair, the people of Prince Georges County discussed the matter quietly throughout the day, determined that the shots fired he road house here and in other similar establishments elsewhere in the county during the past two years will have an echo in the halls of the General Assembly when it convenes next month. Timeliness Cited. “The one good feature of the latest area today, blotting out landmarks and hampering communications. Railroad, highway, river and coastal trafic was at & standstill over a latge section of Southern England. At South- ampton, four outward-bound steamers for channel ports were unable to leave. inward-bound coastal steamers were forced to anchor all night in Bouthampton Roads. King George suffered inconvenience from the fog and had to change his plans for the day. His majesty had planned to drive to Windsor today to shoot on the preserves for the first time since his iliness in 1928, but was forced to abandon the trip because of the fog.| KIDNAPING SUSPECT CLAIMED AS HUSBAND Accused Man Denies Woman Who ‘Was Deserted in 1925 Was Married to Him in 1908. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 9.—A mid- dle-aged man held here as the kid- naper of Eugenia Cedarholm, heiress, three weeks ago, was identified yes- terday as Edward Lawrence Hall of Cook, Minn., by a woman who said she ‘was his wife whom he deserted five years ago. The accused man denied her story. K i The woman, Mrs. Nettle E. La Mar Hall, said she and the man held were married at Brownsville, Ind., in 1908 and have six children, the eldest 21. Her husband, she charged, deserted her in 1925 and nothing was heard from him since a month after he left until she saw the picture of the captured man in & Minnesota mewspaper. Before she saw the accused man, po- lice say, she gave an accurate descrip- tion, which included a mole on the cheek and a twisted eyebrow. Mrs. Hall said her husband served & four-and-one-half-year term in pris- on for a second-degree assault on a' Minnesota lumber man. She is a trustee in the Cook, Minn., Congregational Church, is president of the Ladies’ Aid Society, and of the American Legion Auxiliary of Cook. DEATH ENDS GOLD TRAIL W. L. Wilson, Mining Operator, Had Experience in Many Camps. road house episode is its timeliness, coming as it does just before the Legis- lature convenes,” it was said at the court house yesterday. Because the local road house has been the scene of several sensational affairs in the last few months, the people of this community are “very bitter” inst it, according to officials of the Suitland Citizens’ Association, of which George F. Von Osterman is president. James Bland, treasurer of the assocla- tion, said several protests had been filed at Marlboro, but conditions failed to improve, '-muibly because of a ‘“loop- hole” in road house law adopted by the last Legislature. Although modeled closely after the roadhouse law of Montgomery county and carefully studied by the Prince Georges delegation before adoption, the local law has falled to curb roadhouse operations. Joker in Law. The joker seems to be the provision that only those establishments where dancing is conducted for profit more than one night a week 1 be classi- fled as roadhouses and required to ob- tain a license. When the law was put into effect the owners of several estab- lishments filed applications for permits to operate roadhouses. ‘The county commissioniers set a date for hearing on the applications, but | someone promptly found the *joker” and all applications were withdrawn. The theory was advanced that no charge is made for dancing, the money ‘which the patrons of the establishments | pay being for food or entertainment. Yens Christensen, & Coast Guards- iman, the chief victim of the fight in | the Iron Lantern Sunday was still in | Providence Hospital, Washington, to- day being treated for a bullet wound in | his leg. His brother, Patrolman Lauritz Christensen of the Eleventh precinct, was severely beaten but left Casualty | Hospital, Washington, after treatment. Police were told that a group of men assaulted the brothers, who had at- tended the inn with two young women, when it was revealed that Lauritz was | & policeman. Chief Deputy Thomas H. Garrison is | conducting the county investigation. 'PRISON ESCAPE REVEALED COLUMBIA, 8. C., December 9 (#).— State prison officials yesterday revealed | that Milis Moore, serving a life sentence | for murder, escaped in some undeter- | mined way from the penitentiary last Tuesday. Moore not only made good his escape, | LOS ANGELES, December 9 (, Death has ended for Willlam L. Wil- son, 59-year-old mining operator, a gold trail which led through Denver, Colo.; Goldfield, Nev.; Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, and Fort Worth, Tex. Born in Harrisburg, Pa., Wilson was educated in Philadeiphia. For a time he was a broker in New York. ‘The mining operator was divorced Denver last July from Mrs. Burnette n, once & motion picture actress. C. L. Marsh, Author, Dies. CHICAGO, December 9 (#).—Charles Marsh, 76, author of “Not on the Chart” and other novels, died at Win- netka, & suburb. He was a native of Burlington, Vt. ! INVESTMENT BUILDING GARAGE the bas ment eliminate your parking problem. L[] H. L. RUST COMPANY Agent but took with him money from the | prison canteen, in which he was em- | ployed, they said. [ aa | Ex-Governor Expires. | PROVIDENCE, R. I. December 9| P)—Charles Dean Kimball, former Republican Governor of Rhode Island, | died at his home here last night, in his seventy-second year. He had been ill | six months. He was a direct descend- ant of Roger Williams, founder of | Rhode Island, and of Gen. Nathanael Green, Revolutionary War hero. | | llil SPECIAL FOR WED., THURS., FRL AND SAT. ONLY BRING THIS COUPON e This Coupon and 39c¢ Entitles the Bearer to One Regular John Holley Unbreakable, Self-Filling Founta The Earle Drug Co. 13th & E § WASHINGTON, D. C. | symptoms,” END OF DEPRESSION HELD NOW AT HAND Col. Leonard P. Ayres, Busi- ness Forecaster, Declares Slump Has Reached Bottom. By the Associated Press. CLEVELAND, December 9.—The bot- tom of the business depression is at hand, according to all the “old signs and and recovery next year should be expected, Col. Leonard P. Ayres, vice president of the Cleveland Trust Co. and internationally prominent business forecaster, said today. He made this forecast in his annual address before the Cleveland Cham- ber of Commerce. Recovery Not Rapid. He cautioned, however, that it “is al- ready clear that we are not warranted in expecting a rapid recovery.” “The purchasing power of an impor- tant part of our population is still seri- ously restricted by the paying down of debts incurred in unsuccessful stock speculation,” he said. Another reason for a delay in business recovery is that although we have an abundant supply of credit “we have not developed any new wave of constructive enterprise,” such as canals, railroads, war materials, highways and automo- biles. These activities have usually come from “men of courage who took advantage of the low interest rates to foat bond issues for financing expansion and improvements.” Most Effective Force. “Such new construction is the most effective force making for business re- covery, because the wages that are pald produce & prompt restoration of the purchasing power of the workers with- out resulting in output of new goods, which the workers must buy if work is continued,” he said. He continued that “it now seems likely that business recovery will begin as a combination of many minor im- provements and that it will be accom- panied by the developments that normally occur in such a period. These should include rising trends for short- term interest rates, bond prices and stock prices and advances before the end of the year in wholesale prices and industrial employment. Some increases over 1930 seem p:robable in bullding con- struction, iron and steel output and the production of automobiles.” SAYS SHE LOVES HUSBAND, BUT IS FORCED TO SUE By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 9.—Pro- testing that she still loved him and that she was forced into taking the action, Mrs. Ralph de Palma, wife of the famed automobile racing driver, filed & separate maintenance action against her husband yesterday, after 23 years of wedded life. The noted driver's wife fainted in her lawyer's office while being inter- viewed. “I don't know what is the matter,” she cried. “He forced me to do it, and we were s0 happy for nearly 23 years.” Mrs. de Palma sald her husband called her by telephone and asked for his freedom. She charged De Palma left | her last ch 9. They were married in Newark, N. J., June 30, 1909. She alleged De Palma earns approx- imately $1,800 monthly by racing and through royalties and other sources. She asked for community property in Los Angeles, $500 monthly and $2,500 attorney’s fees. ORGANIZED 1388 20% Discount on Andirens and Co&l Grates - JOW . EFFECT < MUDDIMAN § 911 G Street Nat’l 0140-2622 ? B e | e ! doiat || Pen t., This Week Only By Mail 10c Extra +» Wed., Thurs., Fri. TREETS N.W. fies for Prosecution Against ' Accused Army Man. By the Associated Press. KANSAS CITY, Kans,, December 9.— Col. Edward B. Vedder, attached to the Army Medical Oorps Laboratory in ‘Washington, testified at the murder trial of Maj. Charles A. Shepard today that chemical analysis had revealed poison caused the death of the defendant's second wife, Mrs. Zenana Shepard. Col. Vedder sald he made the analysis of Mrs. Shepard's viscera in Washing- ton following her death at Fort Riley, Kans, in June, 1929, in what the Gov- ernment charges was & poison plot car- ried out by Shepard, an Army Medical officer, because of his infatuation for Miss Grace Brandon, 22-year-old stenographer of San Antonio, Tex. “The final test showed globules of metallic mercury to the amount of two or three grains” Col. Vedder testified. “Mercury in the body tends to eliminate rapidly, and it is extremely possible that much already had been eliminated. I think she dled of mercury poisoning.” Sergeant Summoned. An intimate picture of the defend- ant’s family life was in prospect today as the Government summoned Sergt. J. E. Gresser to testify. Sardius M. Brewster, district attor- ney, in announcing Gresser would be summoned sald Maj. Shepard had en- trusted his private mail to the non- commissioned officer when the defend- ant attended the funeral of his wife in Los Angeles. Sergt. Gresser is chief laboratory clerk at Fort Riley, Kans., where Mrs. Shepard died in June, 1929, Gresser's appearance, the district at- torney indicated, would turn the trial into new channels, paving the way for the appearance of Miss Brandon. Other Officers Testify. ‘Two officers who took the stand yes- terday testified that in their opinion Mrs. Shepard dled from a slowly acting poison. They were Maj. Paul R. Haw- ley, chief medical officer at Fort Riley, and Maj. M. E. DuPrenne, Fort Omaha, Nebr., who attended Mrs. Shepard dur- ing her {liness. Maj. Hawley, however, under defense questioning said that the woman's con- dition could have been brought about by alcohol. DOCTOR DENIES LIVING CELL HAS BEEN MADE Cleveland Scientist Declares Re- ports of Creation Not at All Authoritative. By the Assoctated Press. CLEVELAND, December 9.—Reports that Dr. George W. Crile, noted Cleve- land surgeon and scientist, has produced artificially s living one-cell organism | were categorically denled by the doctor yesterday. Dr. Crile sald that while experiments have been made, no definite result has ! been reached. “No statement has come from me or from the clinic on the work that is being done,” he sald. “Somebody gave out some information that is not at all authoritative.” It was reported that Dr. Crile, in his experiments, has mixed the dry powder gained by burning brain tissues of ani- mals with other elements, and & mass was obtained which somewhat resembles living cell. “We have not reached a point where we can tell whether our experiment is a success or a failure,” the doctor said. “I cannot tell how long it will take us to reach a definite answer in our experi- ment,” the sclentist said. “It is a search into the unknown and nobody can pre- dict when such results will be reached.” RESUMES STAGE CAREER ‘Woman Actress, 56, “Yiddish B.rn-‘i hardt,” Recovers From Blindness. NEW YORK, December 9 (#).—Leo- pold Spacher, a play producer, last night sald his wife, known to theater audi- ences as Bertha Kalisch, the “Yiddish Bernhardt,” had been saved from total blindness and after recuperation from s long illness in New England and Mount Vernon, N. Y., planned to re- sume, 56, her stage career. Mme. Kalisch starred in productions of David Belasco and Harrison Gray Piske, Fish Seined for Poor. WATERLOO, Iows, December 9 (&) —Twelve and one-half tons of fish were seined from the Cedar River yesterday to feed needy families, $x-95 to. $30 Add comfort to his eve- nings at home by giving him an attractive dressing gown . . . or bathrobe. He'll be pleased whether 1ts & brocaded silk or flan- Sol HERZOG Inclose P, O. IPEAL CHRISTMAS GIFTS 9th & F Sts. H. PRESCOTT GATLEY, Prominent local attorney, who was elected president of the Chevy Chase Club yesterday after serving for 11 years as secretary. He succeeds William D. Hoover, who declined re-election. Sale of Louisiana* To U. S. Believed Idea of Napoleon |State Department Treaty Editor Denies Jefferson Group Framed Plan. Contrary to the popular econception, it was Napoleon Bonaparte who orig- inally suggested the Loulsiana Pur- chase, Hunter Miller, editor of treaties of the State Department, declared last night in an address before the student body of Columbus University School of w. “The idea of Jefferson's administra- tlon,” the speaker declared, “was that we might purchase New Orleans itself as an outlet for the navigation of the Misissippi. In 1803 there was & brief interval of peace between Great Britaln and France; Livingston had been instructed to approach Napoleon on the question of New Orleans. “Napoleon’s answer, in substance, ‘was this, “Why not buy it all?’ “Livingston, it seems, did not at first appreciate the magnificent opportunity, but James Monroe, who arrived at the critical moment in Paris as our other representative, did. The bargain was struck for 80,000,000 francs, or just $15,000,000, and before Christmas the territory had actually been turned over by proceedings at New Orleans first from Spain to France and then from France to the United States.” ‘The Jay treaty of 1795 between the United States and Great Britain was termed by Mr. Miller as probably the most hated pact ever made by this country. He added, however, that it proved unusually wise as the years PoNT. Miller was introduced by Edwin | Wynne, another State Department Smcm'l and a member of the Columbus faculty. WIFE BLOCKS DIVORCE JERSEY CITY, N. J, December 9 '.'P),v—E—Prol. Louls A. Hazeltine, 40, in- ventor of radio devices, has filed sult for divorce against Mrs. Phillipine Hazeltine, it was learned yesterday when she obtained a temporary injunc- tion restraining him from carrying on se. mefl:;»mm in & petition filed at Reno, Nev., ¢~ 1 extr~me cru°'ty. Robbery Slaying Murdered in Social Club. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December | one bullets punctuated the last yesterday of Nicholas “Cheeks” Luciano, | betrayer of “the Diamond gang.” | Luclano, 28, was the only one of six perpetrators of a $43,600 Brooklyn rob- bery seven years ago, in which two bank messengers were slain, to go unpunished for the crime. His testimony as witness for the State helped to send three of his confederates to the eleciric ;‘il(lair and the two other to prison for e. His body was found on the floor of & | deserted “soclal and athletic club” on | the lower East Side this morning by & | policeman, who heard the muffied sound of shots and the barking of two ehow dogs. As he hurried to the place sev- eral men raced out of the club and drove away in an automobtle. ‘The proprietor returned after the smoke had cleared and told police Lu- clano had been drinking with a group of men and women when two young men strode up with drawn revolvers and opened fire on him. ey 40-HOUR LABOR WEEK | PREDICTED BY SENATOR ‘“Truly American” Adjustment %o Arise From Depression, Sons of Delaware Are Told. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, December 9.—United States Senator Daniel O. Hastings of Delaware last night predicted a 40-hour week for labor in the near future. Speaking at the annual dinner of the Sons of Delaware Soclety of Philadel- phia, Senator Hastings sald that out of the unemployment situation and de- pressed business conditions would come an adjustment “truly American.” “The people of America,” he said, “can well afford more time for health- ful recreation and more time to improve and enjoy their early education. The 40-hour week 1s sure to come. 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