Evening Star Newspaper, September 20, 1931, Page 18

KANEM LBERTY |[From th.e Front Rofi! ON $15065 BAL Young Professor Freed as State Prepares Wife Slay- ‘ing Case. By the Assoclated Press. HAMPTON, Va., September 19.—The doors of the Hampton jail swung open today for Elisha Kent Kane, while au- thorities concentrated on development of the evidence they expect to present ‘Wednesday at his preliminary hearing on a charge of drowning his wife at Grand View Beach. ‘The young University of Tennessee professor, well dressed and freshly shaved, paused only to thank the jailer for nng:m after his $15,000 bond had been presented and approved by the court before entering an automobile with relatives to be driven away. He announced that the preliminary hear- ing in County Police Court will not be ‘walved. Seek Writer's Identity. Oounty luthormu sought to wem.lf)' thc f letters signed “Betty” H. ." ‘which Coroner George K Vnnflennce said were important factors his verdict that the drowning of Mn Jenny Graham Kane a week ago yesterday was an act of “premeditated murder” on the part of Prof. Kane. If the officers had obtained any new in- formation, however, it was not di- vulged. Prof. Kane contends that the drown- was accidental and that he made to rescue and to resuscitate his wife, pulling her to shore and driving to » hospital when efforts to revivs her falled. His l"ther, Dr. Evan O'Neill Kane, has his complete confi- dence in his son’s innocence. Testimony Withheld. Although the officers made public the letters from what they said was “the | other woman in the case” the testl- ‘WARNED AGAINST WATER. XKane’s Dector-Father Says Vietim's Heart Weak. ber 19 (#)—Dr. AUTOPSY PEREORMED ON MAN HIT BY TRAIN State Maintding James A. Cranford Was Victim of Foul Play. S S will be vestigation uore State’s Attorney AT M submits a npon‘ GRAF GIVES "POSITION SOUTH OF CAPE VERDE Radio Message Received at Freid- richshafen and London Yes- terday Afternoon. By the Assoclated Press. received here tonight gave its at 10:30 pm. (4:30 pm. E. 8. latitude 11.20 north, longitude’, west. The position indicated the dmcl ble had Jllud a_considerable distan southwe f the Cape Verde Islands on %:‘ wnon-m)p flight to Pernambuco, South of Cape V-"& LONDON, September W}—Th! master of the steamship Whluemt re- | ported by radio at 6:35 p.m. (1:35 p.m. E. 8. T.) that the Graf Zeppelin had given her position as latitude 14.01 north, Jongitude 26.10 west. This would locate the dirigible slightly to the south- west of the Cape Verde Islands on her route to Pernambuco, Brazil. Passes Over St. Vincent. ST. VINCENT, Cape Verde Islands, ~September 19 (#) —The Graf Zeppelin passed over Bt. Vincent early this after- noon on her way to South America. DANCE HALL CURFEW INVOKED IN FLORIDA West Palm Dench Po]lce to Close Places of Entertainment at Stroke of 12. By the Associated Press. WEST PALM BEACH, Fia., S:ptem- ber 19.—Curfew shall rlnr tonight for dance halls and night clubs in West Palm Beach. Police announced today that a muni- cipal ordinance, specifying midnight as the closing hour such p'aces of en- 3 wnuld be invoked at the Taeir action lel!oved & petition from a group of res'dents, complaining ot dis- tumm d’slun:ru“ bscause of - ll'l\l&leu and of gen annoyance m_“pa- trons, {h men and women, cvidently under the influence of lguor” durlu the small hours of GUN MISHAP FATAL !UID Va., September 19 w)—H. Perkinson, 55, of Drewrys Bluff, chnmfleld County, was fatally ounded today wken hec epparently 'lre fence near a plle and the shotgun he was hold- ln‘ accidentally discharged a load into his_abdomen. lu'utoundbyhu wife and taken fo the hospital here. He died three hours later, ltrlgfélrnlonu‘uf:; mer resident of ptersburg ‘well known as a contractor. | i Reviews and News of Wuhinqton'l Theaters. amusement of the audience), the en- tire film is plnundy patriotic and applause_out of who mm for joy when- i IHEEEE l— 3 i i too ] el iEs i ] ‘Eifi i3 Es o i § iving character that is the alm of wnu ‘who seek distinction. ‘The authors have provided an old but always attractive background in the crudities of the circus and - the circus that has found dif- 1n s g:l of business. Miss unofficial manager the clrcuu and of its mflflflr is exhibited in numerous tent-show order, because cfl u-ou- unique master, to combine the hu- morous and sentimental without loss of. effect. Charles Butterworth, featured member of the company, is in his most' effective form as a purveyor of of the play tl t. prominent in the cast are Knapp, Donald Cook and Guy Y while the nel of a circus en- semble calls for the services of nu- merous otherl The stage show st the Earle is hellld;d by Venita Gould in called * Murphy, me- use of the audience with hll robust humor, hes numerous time- honored devices for attracting at- tention, and introduces wo cleur young persons who can dance. Jack and Kny !_mgur llld assisting company Lobb; ists” have the hcknmmd of a houl entrance for sin and dancing numbers. Chevalier Brothers are among the most skiliful of athletic entertainers. There is also the cus- tomary newsreel. D.C.C. “East of Borneo,” at Rialto, Most Recent Jungle Picture, “EABT OF BORNEO,” presented yesterday at the Rialto, is & crocodile film. More than that, ". il a lion, snake and monkey full of Asiatic anté and wild, Wfld beasts, which scream and howl and wife is lovely and plans to get her out of there. Husband had, hflwem tmtm the crocodiles. Over § the first afternoon the dastard prince had shown the udyhownufly: man may be swallowed by one of them. And later, as she stood on her balcony and dreamed of the nice things of of home she stared down at more crocodiles—in fact, emem'mu. crocodiles everywhere—and thing to eat! 'n:mflum&utnwmllnher as kenchm embrace him with a pistol concealed handkerchief. Wr‘pota boring volcano spit firs lava streamed down and a trifle jeal. ure. . _About as “real”. onderland.” E. de 8. M. REVISION 1S URGED Protestant Convention Takes Up Birth Control in Secret Session. By the Associsted Press. September 19.—More lib- mended to the General Convention o{ the Protestant Episcopal Church to- day, while the subject of birth control was being conside; by the House of Bishops in secret session. Thi ission on divorce and re- permitted to read “a service of bless- ing” where divorced , already married by some ck officer, obtain sanction of the church court. Hope for Higher Standard. were made, , “not to lower Deputies by Rev. Edwin J. Randall, Chicago, and Rev. Beverly Tucker, Virs 1 also would eliminate ¢ | Killed. guest. nmmmwulymzm question of birth control as handled bymummmm under discussion. Lambeth emrsnnee Amnn birth control in certain instan thnpmneusfnorhmhemhvl -ndm-mmmhfluh&u at the Lambeth conference and he has been in Denver. Wording of Pamphlet Criticized. A criticism t&l’ie the nlfl.nnll council of American missal, to a definite vote of the conven- m InA rmg:hn toward I:y similar eg}i chkmhm lay dglenk from New Those opposed fo the missal be- lieve its general use would lead the church to “Romanism.” Sponsors of the missal, which was privately printed and distributed, insist the missal is a supplement to the book al c‘otmmon prayer and not & substitute for Wickersham, former Attorney General of the United States and head of the Hoover Law Enforcement Commission, celebrated his 73rd birthday by attend- l:;t D';he ruul.r meetings of the House of vu Rev. McGregor of Gh!c:so told we Wumen- Auxiliary that m¢ ern. nationalism is “a denial of Chris- tianity.” in an address on Ol ty and fhternational rellt‘lm WASHINGTON-LEE P.vT A WILL INSTALL OFFICERS; these Prof. Kemp, Head of Arlington Bchools, Will Speak at Meeting Thursday. Bpecial Dispatch to The Star. September 19 tendent of | means of support, and in many in- iREFUGEES RELATE BELIZE HORRORS Twoscore Storm Survivors Arrive at New Orleans, Fleeing Disease. By the Assoclated Press. NEW ORLEANS, La., September 19. —Out of storm-blacted Belize, British Honduras, 26 refugees came to New Orleans today aboard the steamer Parisimina with new tales of horror. Despite the passing of 10 dlyl. some of them were just recovering from hys- teria. hers mth kflllad wl“h noa-nh“ over the loss of their possessions, while still others took the misfortune lllhtly “Oh, I am too nervous to talk; it was so horrible,” said Mrs. A. Gould of New Orleans, who sat in her brother’s International Hotel and expected to be blown to death. Her nephew, Rudolph Lewis, was drowned. Says Drunken Natives Looted. ‘Mrs. Althea Hargreaves of Chicago husband losing about everything they The natives got dmnk lnd started looting until martial eclared, she said. “The whole e wob wrecked. I will never go back.” In burning the debris to check pesti- 1enee. she said, suthorities mumi 50 had been altvy r.hnt ln some places f\menl flres M to be quenched for fear of burning liv- m"penr;nn of high adventure in a 30- foot ylcht was told by Levert Cothern, native of Isabel, La., who was with a curio party off the ocoast when the hur- ricane struck. Boat Party Near Death. Pirst, he said, the wind blew the river dry and left their boat stranded in the mud. Then the water receded and tosséd the boat on mountainous seas until all hands and jumped overboard and were rescued by & larger boat. ‘The um.m of the funeral pyres brought tremors of horror to all of them. The bodies, they said, were pucd in great heaps and burned. The n ber of dead was estimated by the I gees as from 1,000 to 3,000, with none of them believing the exact number ever would be known. Boy Rescues Pet Dog. The big thing about the -hurricane, in the eyes of Jackie Minty, 9, and Otfo Hufius, 10, is that "mty" and "vg.lmx)e. their pet dogs, came through safely. Found aboard the Parisma among th talked only lbo\lt They lightly brushed aside thoughts of death, wind and water as they told of the pets. § ‘Wrinkle uld I were in the hur- ito. house, where we went up on when he jumped off a porch steps were blown down, Jackie far as Jackie was concerned, ‘all that happened.” Baby in Arms Perilled. % Miss Joyce Pilling, daughter of the acting Colonial CGovernor of British Honduras, arrived with a tennis racket, hockey stick, two dresses and nothing more, not even a dime. She said she was on her way to the Gulf Park Col- lege ::m?ulm MIB M blow, dor Lot i unfll fl\‘ wind London, cal cial services. The minwuummhumnmma Church Demolished. “The church, filled with Younnun survived the first blot steeple was led off. But sec ond wind demolished the bullding, bury- ing the children under the He said the suburb of )lunpm...n was wiped out and its 500 inhabitants As the Parismina pulled out from Belize at night, the survivors said. the sky was reddened by the great funeral pyTes. MEXICO LOWERS BARS. Disregards Immigration Law for Be- lize Hurricane Refuges. MEXICO CITY, September 19 (#).— ‘The interior department has instructed federal officers at Payo Obispo, Quin- tana Roo, to disregard immigration re- ulremenu in_the cases of refugees e: itory by hundreds. fficers were told to do every- t stances without adequate clothing be- cause of the recent hurricane. They are to be allowed to remain until con- ditions in British Honduras permit their return. LINCOLN FIELDS TRACK TO HAVE BENEFIT DAY Receipts on Next Thursday Plus $5,000 Gift to Go to Btate Jobless Fund. By the Associated Press. LINCOLN' FIELDS RACE TRACK, Chicago, September 19.—The Lincoln Fields Jocks=y Club, conducting & 30-day race meecting here, decided today to do its bit to helP relieve the unemployed situation. Matt J. Winn, executive director, announced thyt the entire gate rznlpu of next Thursday would be turned over to Gov. Louls L. Emmerson's relief fund. In addition the Jockey Club will donate $5,000 to the fund. All compli- mentary season tickets will be honored, but Col. Winn hopes that all holders of b-dn will purfahne u: ufxln inn_expects to raise at least mm lot Gov. Emmerson's fund, 33 WOMEN ENROLLED FOR FIRST-AID COURSE shuddered as she told of her and her | yea: REMARRIAGE CANON = e | years there would be no ‘The cotton and said | similar legislal l% 1a | American colony erperienced a mild COTION AEREAGE AGREEMENT MADE| Texas Committee Decides to Limit 1932 Crop to 30 Per Cent of Farm Land. By the Associated Press. AUSTIN, Tex, September 19.—A conference committee of the Texas Leg- islature tonight agreed to limit the 1932 | ocotton acreage to 30 per cent of the land in cultivation this year. ~The mmltm had been named to adjust ferences between the two Houses, Conferees said the compromise bill would be ready for presentation to the Legislature e-xly Monday. Its quick wuphnee by both Houses ! was regarded as likely. ‘The bill will be recommended unan- imously, committee members said. They stated that curtailme: crop. No farmer would be permitted to grow cotton on more than 30 per cent of the land which he cultivated this . - Another provision of the bill would provide that in 1933 he could not raise the staple on more than 30 per cent of the land he had in cultiva- tion in all crops in 1932. In subsequent percen re- striction, but no land could be vital to the success of any Nation-wide restriction plan, carried out in an effort to raise prices, Defeated Long Plan. ‘The Texas Legislature viously voted down & plan advoca by Gov. Huey Long of lmmhm for a complete 1932 cotton planting holiday. About 51 or 52 per cent of Texas farm land was in cotton this year. At first glance it would seem & to 30 per cent would not mean a one- half ‘curtailment, but conferees ex- - | plained that the land in some sections either was unsuitable for cowm or the farmers there preferred to raise some- thing else. SOUTH CAROLINA BARS COTTON. Session Extended, However, To Consider ‘ Advances On 1931 Crop. COLUMBIA, 8. C., September 19 (). Dinced et aymroval on & il foics 8] wval on & . & of cotton next year, but the extra ary session Was unexpect- edly exten into next week when a ROBBER STIRS U. S. COLONY IN MOSCOW Thief Loots American Mining En- gineer’s Apartment, but Is Captured. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, September 19.—Moscow's sensation today when an attempt was made to rob the apartment of E. H. Platt, mining engineer of Sheridan, Wyo., in_the Europs Hotel. The thief, a youthful, well dressed sult case with various of u.r Platt's haberdnhm an eve- ning gown holonun: auhtu and w'me Jewelry other things her dressing table. BOI!‘. Wwho is diminutive, tried to hold the thief until she could sum- ‘The burglar 3 shook her off, but she notified hotel attaches, and he was found later hiding in & Pllb“fi‘ room. An accomplice was also cap- :!;redm:nd the two were turned over .. apartment is ordinarily occupled T, Kilbourne, lllono‘fmmmn Ky Mr, and Mrs. Platt are on & business trip to Siberia. 5,000 SHRINERS MARCH IN BOARDWALK ARRAY Almas of Washington Among Seven Temples Represented—Gov. Ritchie Official Guest. By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., September | 19.—Five thousarid Shriners from seven temples marched up the boardwalk in colorful array this afternoon. The temples included Bouml of Baltimore and Almas of Washington. ‘The line was reviewed by the tates of the temples. Gov. Ritchie of Maryland wes the only official guest and as the Bouml band and chanters passed they halted to salute him with fldfiu’m of “Maryland, My Mary- |MAN GETS 10 T0 42 YEARS IN TWO YOUTHS’ SLAYING Manelaughter Penalty Doubled ‘When Sentence on Statutory Charge Shown. Members of Firemen's Auxiliaries Attend" Prince Georges Classes at Hyattsville. : lp'clll Dispateh to The ltlr - reception with an espclaily | bers arranged program of local “aleat. This being the first m:dn( after a lummr officers bers of | first. :fi'fi‘nfl&huuum fathy er s s come oul get acqua with the members. m%flml e 18 the new president of the By the Assoclated Press. | unwittingly by servants. Mary Lewis Reported Wed RUMORED OIL MAN'S BRIDE. By-the Assoclated Press. romance was attributed by newspapers today to Mary Lewis, noted opera singer, but its exact status was uncertain. The Daily News said she was married several days ago to Robert L. Hague, a vice president of the Standard Ofl Co. of New Jersey, the secret being disclosed The New York American, on the other hlnd said that Miss Lewis and e, mo be married ithbert Huue, a brother, accompanied the pair, the American said. Miss Lewis was married in 1927 fa Michael Bohnen, who starred with her in Metropolitan Opera roles. There was & divorce in three years. Gate Leg Table $11 Mahogany Finish. Occasional Chairs $5.99 Upholstered Spring Seat Chest of Drawers $9; 99 Maple Finish, 4 Drawers, Drum Tables $9.95 Duncan Phyfe Legs, Brass Trim. the New York last night for | A today. Cul NEW YORK PASSES $20.000,000 RELIEF ‘Compromise - Bill, Agreed Upon by Roosevelt and G. 0. P., Awaits Approval. T the Associated Press. ks b pudcn'.ly of any Qute agency. 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