Evening Star Newspaper, November 2, 1931, Page 5

I P v THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1931. SIX DIE AND FIVE | Murder Solved . HURT IN CRASHES Truck Kills Four in Car—Two Lose Lives as Auto Hits Pole. T DIE AS CAR HITS POLE. Puzial for Accident Victims to Be Held Tomorrow By 2 Staff C HYATTSVILLE Puneral s years old. of Rive Jey. of Collington when an automobile In wh riding hit a telegraph pole on the D=- fense Highway yesterday tomorrow Lynn will be burled ot Fort Lincol Cemetery end Nalley Md. Both were garage e are survived by their widows State's Attorney Alan Bowle and Jus- tice of the Peace Robert E. Altemus. acting coroner, deemed no inquest Necessary. Two men were awaiting trial today on charges of reckless driving, pre- ferred after they collided with a tele- graph pole and a spectator at the seene of the fatal accident Floyd L. Brown, 100 block of Third street southwest, Washington, hit the same pole struck by the car In which Lynn and Nalley were riding, after nearly running over the body of Nal- ley. according to police. ‘Alexander P. Riley of Alexandria, VYa., who was driving behind Brown, strick Marion Schaeffer of Seabrook, & spectator, inflicting cuts about the head which required four stitches, po- lice reported. Both were arrested by Constable An- @rew F. Gasch HURT SAVING WOMAN, Bus Driver, Escorting Her Across Street, Is Hit by Car. By & Staft Correspondent of The Star. LAUREL, Md, November 2-—At- tempting to save a young woman from njury by an automobile which is said to have driven past a red light, Ev- ereit K. Van Deusen, first block of Randolph street, Washington, a Grey- hound bus driver, was himself injured last night. According to Justice of Peace H. M. Scott, Van Deusen was escorting Miss Dorothy Kane of Laurel across the Bal- timore Boulevard when an automobile driven by Gordon Clair of the Naval Hospital, Washington, bore down upon them, after passing several cars that had stopped for the red light at Main street. Van Deusen, the magistrate said, threw himself between the young woman and the car. Both were struck, however. Miss Kane was not seriously hurt, while Van Deusen sustained numerous deep cuts and bruises. He was removed to Garfield Hospital, ‘Washington. Clair was arrested by State Police- man G. H. S. LaMotte on charges of reckless driving, falling to give right of way to pedestrians and failure to reduce speed at an intersection. FOUR INSTANTLY KILLED. Yruck Carrying Eight Tons of Stone Hits Car—One Is Injured. BALTIMORE, November 2 (#).—Four rsons, two men and two women, were tantly killed early yesterday on the York road, 10 miles north of Towson, Baltimore 'County, as a truck loaded with eight tons of stone crashed into a closed passenger car. A fifth person was injured critically and was brought to a Baltimore hospital. Police identified the dead as Grifith Hale, 38, driver of the truck; Luther W. Whitehorn, Mrs. Edith Brice, 28, and Mrs. Lulu Butler, 23, all of Baltimore. ‘The injured man was James H. Rooney, 30, also of Baltimore. There were no witnesses to the acci- dent, but the impact of the two vehicles awakened a farmer sleeping in the neighborhood. He ran-to the scene of the accident. One of the women, he said, had been thrown 25 feet from the wreckage, and_the other was lying on the running. board. The men were close by A doctor was called and pronounced the four dead Rooney was injured internally and it was thought his skull was fractured. | Magistrate Willlam P. Butler, Tow- son, acting coroner, said, in the absence | of evidence, he would not conduct an inquest. | MAN HELD BY POLICE AFTER CUTTING FRAY Alleged Attacker Is Husband of Woman Who Killed Rival | Last Year. | @oecial Dispaich to The Star. LA PLATA, Md. November 2.—Joe Gamble, husband cf Mrs. Lulu Gamble who shot and killsd Eisie Davis last year when she found the woman in & ear with her husband, was under $1,000 bond today on chargss of maintaining & disorderly house, disorderly conduct and assault and battery, preferred after 8 colored man had been badly cut in | his home { Gamble was arrested slong with Alli- son Wenk and Roland Hsmilton by Deputy Sheriff Alvie M. Hamilt'n on complaint of Ben Douglas, colored, who reported being beateh and cut at the Gamble house Gamble and his wife, who was freed after being tricd for the murder of Mrs Davis, do not live together Bids for Razing Asked. MOUNT VERNON, Va. November 2 (Special) —The Federal Government is asking for bids for demolition of the old concession building at the Mount Vernon terminal of the Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard. Th k is under | direction of the Bureau of Public Road: U. S. Department of_Agriculture. CLAFLIN | Optician—Optometrist 922 14th St. N.W. Established 1889 Sturtevant Blowers For Burning Buckwheat Coal Cut Your w/‘ Fuel Bill... Fries, Beall & Sharp 734 10th St. NW. NA. 1964 will be held | | | HENRIETTA SCHMERLER. ) MURDER OF CO-ED BY APACHE INDIAN SOLVED BY AGENT PUBLIC IS BARRED AT BRITTON TRIAL Judge Says Spectators Just Want to Hear ""Lascivious Testimony.” November 2 Killits today other spectators the $30.000 libel s author of Pederal barred from it i order. Judge Killits was informed many spectators g the trial solcly in the hope of hearing “filthy and lascivicus testimony,” and that he feels he has the right to bar spectators from the trial on that ground. The order men- tioned newspaper Teporters, attorneys | not connected with the case and spec- tators in general. Involves Paternity Claim. | The case involves Miss Britton's | claims ti*st the late President Warren | G. Harding was the father of her 12- year-old daughter. Her suit is directed against C. A. Klunz, Marion, Ohio, hotel Married Fifty Years COUPLE CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY HERE. MR. AND M M. D. WELTNER operator. on the ground he circulated a book entitled “The Answer to the Presi- ent’s Daughtr,” which Miss Britton ms reflected discredit on her repu- tation Ju (Continued From First Page.) number of the taciturn redskins and attended several tribal dances In com- pany with young “‘braves. Although™ warned by reservation offi-| Fede Killits, who has been on the bench here for many years, is at Whitemarsh, | cfals that she might be subjected to|® PO ployes, and danger if she brcame too inquisitive of secret rites and ventused too much alone among the Indians, Miss Schmerler continued her researches un- abated She was last seen alive on the after- roon of July 18. That evening she had arranged to attend a tribal dance with an Apache, Claude Gilbert, who later was arrested but exonerated of the killing. Body Found Next Day. Her mutilated body, still clad in In- dian dress, was found the next morn- ing in a ravine at the edge of the reser- vation, Her throat had been cut by a charp instrument and her head had been beaten with a blunt weapon. There were evidences of & furious struzgle and criminal assault Seven Were Arrested. State and local authorities arrested hall-a-dozen Indians and one white man after reading a letter which Miss Schmerler had addressed to relatives in New York, but failed to mail. The letter disclosed the girl was in fear of her life, mentloning that the white man had aided in saving her life. All suspects were released when thoy established alibis. The Department of Justice entered the case on July 25 last, when Director Hoover instructed the El Paso branch office of the Bureau of Investigation to conduct an inquiry, The Federal bu- reau has authority to investigate crimes in Indian reservations. Agent Street was assigned to the murder by Ralph H. Colvin, agent in charge of the EI Paso office. Street hed distinguishied himself in another celebrated Indian mystery, the Osage murder cases of 1925, in which a num- ber of wealthy Indians were killed for their insurance. Street aided in secur- ing the arrest and conviction of* two men for those killings. Expert on Indian Customs. Street, a typical westerner in manner and_appearance, has fluent command of Indian dialocts and a thorough knowledge of trvial customs. The Apaches are noted for their traditional reticence and Street admittedly tackled a difficult job when he undertook his investigation. According to Director Hoover, Street has mingled among the Indians in various guises since last July. Usually he has kept his office advised of his movements, but at times he was not heard from for & week or so, due to difficulties encountered in attempting communication, Street formerly was & sheriff in New Mexico and also a mounted policeman in that State. He has been with the Bureau of Investigation for nine years. Director Hoover, on receiving a tele- gram today from El Paso advising him that Street “solved this crime by pa- tience and perseverance under most trying circumstances,” wired Street a special commendation. STUDY. Girl Whe Won Fellowship Was Regarded As Brilliant Student. NEW YORK, November 2 (#) —Hen- rietta Schmerler, a graduate student at Columbia University, was on a field trip studying ethnology and anthropology among the Arizona Indians when she was murdered on the White River Res- ervation last July. She was regarded as one of the most brilliant students in her department at Columbia, where she was working for the degree of bachelor of philosophy in werful figure in Republican politics One of his most famous cases | | was the . several years ago, of Dr. | Prederick Cook, Arctic explorer, who | | was convictad of using the mails to de- fraud and was sentenced by Judge | Killits to a term in Leaverfworth Prison. | Dr. Cook had been involved in fraudu- | lent Texas ofl prometions. Judge Killits, in barring spectators, said Miss Britton’s claim that state- ments in “The Answer to the Presi- dent’s Daughter” were libelous was cor- ] Irect. “Those statements were libelous | | per se,” he said. “There is nothing | left for the plaintiff to show_ except the extent of the publication.” * A statement in the “answer” volume that Miss Britton was guilty of crim- inal libel was incorrect, Judge Killits added. | Pointing out President Harding died in 1923 and that Miss Britton's book was published four years later, Judge | Killits said: { “One can't libel a dead person and ! the plaintiff cannot be called to prove | anything because the defendant had admitted it.” the court said, | The defendant, he continued. has| proved in his own case that she was | not guilty of criminal libel, as was | stated in the answer, for the reason | that one cannot libel a dead person. | Cites Ohio Libel Laws. H In Ohio and most other States, Judge | Killits said, it is safe for any one to say anything about a dead person. no | matter how atrocious it may be. Then | he pointed out Mrs. Harding also is| dead. | { The judge said he‘was left to under- stand Friday by attorneys for Miss| Britton that they were prepared to| stand or fall on the question of extent | of circulation of the book in question. to the plaintiff’s going on the| stand in her own behalf, Judge Killits asserted, it has not been fully settled | as to how far she may be examined.| Only six excerpts from the book, he| pointed out, will be considered and the | testimony will be limited to those excerpts. Klunk’s defense of the libel charge, has included testimony concerning Miss | Britton’s reputation, from some of her | acquaintances, and an attempt to prove | her reputation was not damaged by the | answering volume, which denied her claims of clandestine meetings With the late President. | Judge Killits said _the mysterious | deposition of a New York hotel, sub- | mitted as evidence by Miss Britton's at torney, will be preserved in the records of the case for use only in the event of { an appeak to a higher court. He has| impounded the deposition and ordered | that its nature or contents are not to | be revealed to the jurors nmor to the public during the present trial. | bere. Of 4112 Thirteenth street northwest, who celebrated their fiftieth wedding anni- versary at their residence on Saturday. —Underwood Photo. MRS, SHAVER SEES HOOVER MESSAGE: 00K LABOR EAD, D N BRTAN Fiery “Emperor” of Strike in 1926 Succumbs After Operation. | By the Associated Press. LONDON, November 2—A. J. Cook once known as the “fire-brand” of the Labor party, for many years general secretary of the British Miners' Federa- jon and dubbed “Emperor Cook” dur- ing the general strike in 1926, died at a hospital in Hampstead today. Cook, who was 47 years old, entered the hospital in September and under- went an operation for a glandular swelling in his neck. The operation was successful and he improved consider- ably up to 10 days ago, when his con- dition took a turn for tne worse. Injured Leg Amputated. e His right leg was amputated sbove | the knee in January, as a consequence of an injury suffered years before when ! he was shoved in a political meeting Cook was born the son of a soldier and educited at the Elementary School ahd Central Labor College, London. He oreached in & Baptist pulpit when he was 17, but was turned out because of Labor Head Dies A. J. COOK. Brother Finds Man Dead. John F. Ryan, 58, of 1316 I street, was found dead In his room Jast night by his brothor, Cornelius 8. Ryan. His death was due to an attack of heart dis- ease. He had heen a sufferer from such an aflment, police were told, and re- cently had be°n treated at a local hos. pital. * A-S " = —— § MAN DIES INSTANTLY WHEN STRUCK BY CAR Citizen of P>rin~c; }:r:;;fick Is Vie- tim—State Police Arrest Man Alleged to Have Been Driver. ANNAPOLIS, Md.. November 2.—A self-confessed hit-and-run driver is to- day lodged in the Anne Arundel County Jail charged with killing Willlam Gib- son. #5-year-old citizen of Prince Fred- crick. Gibson was crushed to death shortly before 7 p.m. last night by speeding automobile, according to State Patrolman James O. Shockley. The Negro, John Goldsborough Par- ker, 19 years old, of Pasadens, this county, 13 held as the driver of the car. Patrolman Shockley, who arrested the man early today, states that Parker has confessed The aged man was instantly killed by {the machine, an attending physician | stated. Patrolman Shockley reports that nearly every bone in Gibson's body was badly crushed and the body ge: erally mangled. Fire Razes Barn and Crops. MARTINSBURG. W. Va.. November 2 (Special) —The barn, with its con= | tents of tobacco, beans, rye, hay and | wheat, and farming implements, be- longing to Thomas Moler and situated |on his farm south of here, was burned t the ground by fire of undetermined origin early Friday morning. The blaze was beyond control when first ob- served by the Moler family. The loss Wil be heavy, it was rtated, with in- | surance on only the tobacco and bean crops. his Socialist views. DRY VICTORY IN"32 Board of Strategy Opposes‘ Referendum—Hoover Is Called Sincere. i | Only recognized drys may expect a victory at the polls should they be nom- inated for President in 1932, the Na- tional Women's Law Enforcement League forecast yesterday. Simultaneously, the National Prohibi- tion Board of Strategy warned “dry Congressmen” that support of a prohi- bition referendum would mean their own defeat Mre. Clement L. Shaver, vice presi- | dent of the Women's League, said | “Herbert Hoover, a sincere, consistent | dry, has already won the confidence of the drys.” | The country has a fear of New York | City domination, she said, and "shnuldi the Democrats again take a desperate | chance and nominate any candidate | from that unsavory stronghold of forces | s0 repugnant to our genuine American | citizens, the same fate will await them that met them in 1928. | “There is no horse but a dry horse | that can swim the stream,” she said. | “The moment the issue appears, not prosperity, but prohibition will rule the election.” ‘The board of strategy sald “the wets, | once a referendum were voted, would | READ AT SERVEE Ingram Church Also Receives | Statements From Two Governors. President Hoover and the Governors of two States headed the list of promi- nent state:men, theologians and edu- cators who last night dispatched mes- sages to the Ingram Memorial Congre- gational Church during the celebration of its All Saints' day service. The President’s message cited the ne- cessity of depending upon the churches to keep the soul of the world alive. “We must depend,” the Chief Execu- tive asserted, “on the churches to help men and women everywhere to see that life does not consist in the abundance of things, that along with devotion to men’s physical well-being must run the eternal purpose to keep the soul of the world alive and regnant.” Failure in Crisis Criticized. Gov. Willlam H. (“Alfalfa Bill”") Mur- ray of Oklahoma pleaded for a more intense devotion to ideals on the part of educators and clergymen. Gov. Murray criticized business and profes- sional groups for failure in times of stress. “With the World War,” he wrote “came fallure in all leadership: the banker, forgetting his responsibility, throw their full weight against every |failed to warn the people against the dry Senator and Representative to de- | danger of public debt; statesmanship feat him in an effort to have his State : degeneratsd into intrigue and barter, or district uphold the eighteenth | educators pinned their faith to success. amendment.” |l ball games sa.a measure of educa “Dry Congressmen have everything |tional standards and, often, the to lose and nothing to gain by voting | Preacher mistook political creed for true for a referendum,” it continued. “Anyi dry member of Congress, told now by the wets that he or she will be & ‘good sport’ by voting for a referendum, will be laughed at and called a ‘sucker’ by | the wets after such a vote. “The organized drys are unalterably opposed to & referendum.” Births Reported. ‘The following births have been reported to the Healtn’ Department 1 the last 34 nours: o | | | hn W. and Alice L. Taylor, boy. | George E. and Helen Ager, boy. religion.” Gov. Gifford Pinchot of Pennsyl- vania urged prayerful censideration of the great issues in his message. He wrote: “In these difficult days of economie adjustment, it is essential that prayer- ful consideration be given to the funda- mental issues of life. May we hope that esent conditions will increase faith G;xd and our service to our fellow- men?” Co-operation Emphasized. Right Rev. James E. Preeman, Bishop of Washington, declared “this is the BECK -HAZZARD LEADS AGAIN! MAKING SHOE HISTORY By Putting On Sale Now He joined the Imdependent Labor party in 1905, served on three govern- | ment coal commissions and was the | government's delegate to the Interna- tional Coal Conference, at Geneva. He himself worked underground as a miner | for 21 years. | He served prison terms in 1918 and in 1921 for taking part in strikes and lockouts. On a visit to Leningrad, in 1926, at the time the general strike left Great Britain paralyzed, (look left the fol- lowing written oath in the Lenin room of the Smolny Institute: | “To Lenin’s teachings, to the tre- mendous work begun by him, I shall devote, all my strength as his loving disci) Hail, the Soviets! Hail, rev- olution|” | In 1927 he led an “army of 400 Welsh miners in a march from Bristol to| London, tramping over ancient roads | bullt for the war chariots of Julius ! Caesar, to present the case of the un- employed to Parliament. time when it is most desirable that| Christian people of every nime should express in more definite terms those | things that concern fellowship and co- operation.” Rabbl Abram Simon declared “the deep music of the spirit and the song | of human fellowship under God are the same.” Dr. John K. Cartwright, | assistant pastor of St. Patrick’s Church here, expressed conviction a brighter future is to follow the economic stress of the past two years.” | Right Rev. Willlam Fraser McDowell, | resident bishop of the Methodist Church, asserted that “the world needs | a recovery of its faith in the things that are good and true.” [ Many other prominent churchmen | sent similar messages as each was read | during the service. A hymn from the | church with which the writer is af- | *One Overhead & Guwo Peaks” ~Makes it possible to enjoy the Value Quality & Service offered today by SMALL'S 2 Day Sale Factory to BRAND NEW SMALL SIZE Stietf Pianoe Man Today and Tuesday cturers Your Home PIANO To aecquaint the public with the enormous tage of direct from the m an ufacturer, we are making this extraordi- nary offer for & limited time. Terms as low as $2 per week Chas. M. Stieff, Inr. 1340 G St. N.W. Washington, D. C. 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