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TWO ARE ACCUSED (OF AIDING FUGITIVE Father and Friend of Balti- | more Slayer Charged With Helping Escape. By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, November 19.—The arrest of Herman S. Duker, prominent ‘Business man, and Frederick Y. Borden, Vice president of the Seaboard Midland Petroleum Co., was ordered yesterday on charges they aided Duker's son, Her- inan W. Duker, to escape from Balti- more after he had killed & man last April. . Magistrate James R. Cadden also #ummoned James H. Foster, president of the SBeaboard Midland, to show cause why he clculd not be included in the charge. Herman W. Duker, 21, was sentenced to death several days ago for the mur- der of John W. Anderson, milk company collector, during a hold-up last April. Dale Lambert, Duker's 19-year-old com- fi;nmn in the crime, was sentenced to e. : Borden appeared last ht and gave bond of $5,000 and was released. Offi- cials said Duker’s bond also would be $5,000 and he announced he would surrender today. Assistant State’'s Attorney Elmer Hammer alleged that through Borden Mr. Duker sent money to his son in Los Angeles. Young Duker went to New York after the crime, Magistrate Cadden was informed, and went from there to Los Angeles on the Richfield Qil Co. tanker Tamihue. The. money sent to Duker in Los ‘Angeles, a total of $115 in three in- stallments, was delivered to him by Frederick N. Rumbley of Los Angeles, sales. agent of the Seaboard Midland, the presecutor told Magistrate Cadden. Duker was captured in Los Angeles by a policeman, who shot and seriously wounded him as he fled from a stolen automobile. He was returned to Balti- more and pleaded guilty. AGENT DENIES KNOWLEDGE. Lbs Angeles Man Says Money Often Is Sent Through His Office. LOS ANGELES, November 19 (#).— Frederick N. Rumbley last night de- nied knowledge of the case. “Often money has been sent to my office to > given to various people by employes or relatives of employes at. our offices in -other cities,” said Rumbley. *Because money might have been sent to Duker under an assumed name in care of my offices does not mean any of us knew ‘who he was. I never heard of ‘him and never heard of his father before.” SHOUSE TO DECLINE HOUSE CLERKSHIP Spikes Reports of Drive to Name Him “Manager” of Party’s Interests. Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Ex- ecutive Committee of the Nation: ' Dem- ocratic Cammittee, today d initely spiked persistent rumors about the Cap- itel that' Democratic leaders were con- sidering the advisability of drafting him to be of the House in the coming Cmg‘.vll the Democrats organize "bi is generally - acknowledged acknow! among the - members-elect that Mr. Shouse ‘would be a most welcome and efficient successor to William Tyler Page, who is clesing out 13 years of continuous serv- ice as clerk and 50 years’ work at the Capitol. Shoyse scrved two years in the House and for a time as Assistant Becretary of the Treasury. He is cred- ited with putting new life in the Dem- ocratic party management. ‘While Democratic leaders appreciate that the job of clerk of the House Mwould not of itself appeal to Mr. Shouse, some of them express the opinion that he “ought to be drafted,” so he would & position to keep in touch with 1 tion and with members, looking toward the campaign next year. In other words, some of them express the ~view that as executive manager of the Dlrt'xnhe might well set up an office in Capitoi as clerk of the House and ‘“manage” the party's interests leading up to the presidential campaign. “The idea is preposterous. I would ot eonsider it for a mc~ent,” said Mr. Bhouse today. “No one has yet sug- gested it to me.” Thus Le definitely denied he had given any consideration Xo the proposal or that he would accept the post—Tfor political or any other pur- pose—even if it was thrust upon him. CITIZENS OPPOSE | NEW TAXICAB ORDER Bouthwest Washington Group Asks Commission to Reconsider Ruling. ‘The Southwest Washington Citizens’ | ‘Association adopted a resolution last might urging the Public Utilities Com- mission to reconsider its ban on meter- less taxis. The association contended that the installation of the meter system in the District would add to the unemploy- | ment here because many men holding | temporary jobs % ould lose them. It was also asserted'that hacking is furnishing | employment: for a number of persons unable to find other jobs. Richmond B. Keech, people’s counsel. sddressed the meeting on gas, taxi and electric rates in:the city. He expressed his belief “that ‘& reduction .in electric | Tates in the city would be made during | the coming year, An enlargement of the playground at Greenleaf ‘School, Four-and-a-half street southwest, and an addition to the Fairbrother School, Tenth and C streets southwest, were also urged by the associ- ation. The addition to the Fairbrother School was requested because the Brad- Jey School, Linworth place southwest, is being demolished and another school in | the organization’s section is being turned over for the use of colored students. Announcement was made that the membership drive instituted last month was successful. Fifty-nine new mem- bers have been attained. The next meeting of the association will be held the third Wednesday in December, it was decided INING STAR, ' WASHINGTON, Corner Stone of New Building Laid QUARTERS OF YOUNG WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN HOME ARE DEDICATED. k POLICEMAN INJURED AT GRANDI RECEPTION John L. Magnus Knocked Down While Direoting Traffic at Italian Embassy. Policeman John L. Magnus was in- Jjured when knocked down by an auto- mobile late yesterday while directing traffic in front of the Italian embassy. 2700 Sixteenth street, during a recep- tion to Italian Foreign Minister Grandi. Magnus was treated at Emergency Hospital for bruises about the head, cuts on the knee and a fractured umb. The automobile which_ struck him was operated by George E. Martin, 1661 Crescent pl , police say. Mag- nus’ home is at 1000 Ritténhouse street. Francis Osman, 52, and Leo S. Os- man, both of 1220 Crittenden street, were slightly injured late yesterday when a taxicab in which they were passengers and an automoblle collided at Nineteenth and L streets. Francis Osman sustained cuts ebout the head. Steve Hurd, 13, ‘colored, of the 600 block of L street, was treated at Homeo- pathic Hospital yesterday for minor in- Juries received in an automobile acci- dent at Fourth street and New, York avenue. He returned home later. Mrs, a Faunce, 50, of 813 ¥ street, was injured at Seventh and F streett when she was struck by an automobile driven by Welton Tunia, colored, 21, of 37 L street southwest. She was taken to Emergency Hospital and treated for a fractured wrist and ankle. Her condition is undetermined. Running into the path of a car at Sixth and M streets northeast, Eugene O’Brien, 7, of 660 Acker street north- east, received severe head injuries. He is at Casualty Hospital in a serious condition. The automobile was driven by Rev. Ferdinand M. Marine of 150 Rhode Island avenue northeast. AUTOMOBILE KILLS NORTH LAUREL MAN Driver, Savage Resident, Held Un- | der Bond Pending Inquest Sched- uled for Tonight. PP | By a Staff Correspondent of The Star, | LAUREL, Md., November 19.—Frank | Merson, 58 years old, of North Laure, | was instantly killed Jast night when | struck by an automobile while cross- ing the Baltimore Boulevard near the Patuxent River Bridge. John J. Richardson, colored, of Sav- | age, Md., driver of the car, was placed under $500 bond for an inquest to be held by Justice of Peace H. M. Scott in the Kaiser funeral home tonight. Richardson told State Policeman George H. S. La Motte, who investi- gated the accident, that Merson darted in front of his car. Merson is survived by a widow and several children. WILL BE.BURIED HERE Flyer Who Killed Self in Baltimore | to Rest in Arlington. John F. Heinsohn, World War vet- eran and former Navy aviator, who killed himse!f in a Baltimore hotel early yesterday, will be buried in Ar- iington National Cemetery tomorrow, following services at the Arlington Chapel. Heinsohn had been placed in St. Elizabeth’s Hospital only a short time ago. His condition had been improv- ing, however, hospital officials said, and he was given ground parole. He was reported missing from the hospital late | Tuesday, and yesterday news of his sulcide in the Condon Hotel, Balti- more, came to the hospital, it was said. Coroner Eugene Sellers, Baltimore, pronounced the death a suicide. DR. McGINNIS TO SPEAK Home Economics Worker on Child Development Recent Arrival. Dr. Esther McGinnis, field worker in child development for the American Home Economics Association, will speak at the supper meeting of the D. C. Home Economics Association Tuesday, to be held at the Young Women's Christian Association Building. Dr. Mc- Jacob M. Schaffer, g::sidtnt, presided at the meeting, held Bchool. the Fairbrother KILL HUGE GRIZZLY Professional Lion Hunter Fires and Then Flees. SANTA BARBARA, Calif., November 19 (P).—A professional lion hunter's experience in Narrow Horse Gulch yes- terddy put the taint of doubt on the veracity of animal life books that say lu‘l‘y bears no longer exist in Cali- ornia. Charles Tant, the hunter, met one on the gulch trail yesterday. The Ginnis assumed her duties August 1, coming here from the Institute of Child Welfare, University of Minnesota, where she was associate professor in charge of parent education. CHOKES ON CANDY Girl Removed to Hospital When Morsel Lodges in Throat. Physicians at tne Episcopal Eye, Ear a piece of rock candy lodged. in the throat of Miss Phyllis Cornett, 18, of 1419 R street. Miss Cornett was visiting Miss Eve- lyn Anderson at 1433 Columbia road 1.200-pound grizzly knocked two of ‘Tant's dogs senseless. He then turned on Tant, who fired at close an (& for cover 25 the fatallys in-. dwed bear made a last stand. d Hospital was called and the when she suddenly began to choke ‘while eating tne candy. Emergency EFT to right: Miss Jennie M. Roberts, house mother; Mrs. trustées; Miss K. E. M. Dumbell, present president, and Miss Bessle J. Kibbey, who donated the old home at 311 C street, which is being taken by the Government a s part of the Municipal Center site. A bronze medal with & likeness of President Hoover and a copy of The Evening Star were among articles placed in the stone. and Throat Hospital last night removed | W. B. Gurley, former president of the board of —sStar Staff Photo. Help for the Fun of It Bruce Barton Illustrates His Theory of Unemploy- ment Relief With Story of Most Successful Woman. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, November 19.—Bruce Barton last night urged Americans to ald the unemployed for the fun they would get out of it rather than out of & sense of duty. To illustrate his theory, Barton, in a radio address over a Nation-wide hook-up, related this story: “The most successful person I ever knew was a very simple, unpretentious woman. She never owned an automo- bile and never thought of wanting one. “Yet she had & good time in almost every country on the globe. “Her income was only a few hun- dred dollars a year. The secret was | discovered when she died. Her sons and daughters went to her little old desk after the funeral and looked at her check book. “They held it in their hands, their heads bowed in reverence. Her only idea about her income was to get rid of it as fast as possible and make it do as much good as possible for as many different people. “Here was a $10 check to a teacher in China, another to a girl in trouble in Chicago. Checks to boys and girls in college, little checks, but they reached thousands of lives. “Soon after her deillh.llct!rers lnldl telegrams began pouring in from al ovelgrthe world. She would have been very much embarrassed. “I knew this happy-hearted little lady very well. I am her eldest son.” Ball Director MRS. WINSLOW VAN DEVANTER, Who is chairman of the Program Com- mittee of the patchwork party to be| given for charity by the Junior League of Washington December 7 at the May- flower Hotel. —Harris-Ewing Photo. Regular Easter " Date Proposed by League of Nations Churches of U. S. May Be Asked to Settle Diffi- cult Question. By the Associated Press. American churches soon will be asked to help settle the question “when does Easter Sunday come?” Varying over a period of 35 days, the uncertain date of this religious feast day has created confusion and worked hardship on business, which annually cater’s to the public’s fancy for new Spring toggery. Now a League of Nations Committee has proj to churches of all nations that the Sunday after the second Sat- urday in April be accepted as a fixed date. A note has been draited which it is hoped that all governments will sub- mit to church representatives. Dr. C. P. Marvin, chief of the Weather Bureau, who attended the League Committee meeting in Switzer- land as a technical advisor, said today this note will be referred to the State Department for possible changes before it is made public. ‘The committee hopes the churches will have e their attitudes by 1933, 1If its suggested date is approved, it can be made effective soon a: TONIGHT! DEBATE THRIFT 1S KEYNOTE OF CHARITY BALL Junior Leaguers Adopt New Plan for Entertainment at Patchwork Party. ‘Thrift is the watchword of those in charge of arrangements for the patch- work party to be given for charity by the Junior League of Washington De- cember 7 at the Mayflower Hotel. In an effort not to spend unneces- sary money, leaders disclosed today a cabaret program has been organized without the direction of a professional coach, Nevertheless, an exceptionally effec. e plan has been worked out. The cabaret will consist of informal exhibition dances by members of the league and a tap chorus of professional dancers from the Phil Hayden Studio, who will donate their services. Jerry. Wadsworth, master of cere- monies, will introduce the numbers. A pantomime character dance will be presented by Mrs. Harry Ravenel and Mrs. Ernest Swift, assisted by & member of the staff of the Shaffer Studio. Two well known dancers, Phil Hayden and Edward Becker, will give an exhibition tap number. Miss Hallle Brooke and Jacques Paris of the French embassy will dance a Merry Widow waltz. An outstanding event will be an ex- hibition of fencing skill arranged through the courtesy of the Cuban Ambassador. Mrs. Winslow Van Devanter is chair- man of the Program Committee. ‘The committee in charge of the cab- aret is composed of Miss Hallie Brooke, chairman; Mrs. Charles Parker Stone, Mrs. Leander McCormick - Goodhart, Mrs. Blaise de Sibour and Mrs. Law- rence Baker. Mrs. Paul R. Kurtz is general chair- man. STUDENTS SIGN PROTEST | Smith College Girls Send Petition to Hoover and Kentucky. NORTHAMPTON, Mass.,, November 19 () .—Two hundred Smith College students and faculty members last night signed a petition, addressed to President Hoover and the Governor of Kentucky, protesting aganst “the un- warranted measures employed by the operators against the miners in Harlan County.” Approximately 100 citizens of North- ampton also signed the petition, which was circulated after a meeting during which an investigator who spent several months in the Kentucky coal mining region, a relief worker and a miner spoke. Denmark expects to increase its reve- nue over $800,000 this year by its high- er beer tax. TONIGHT! “Is Capitalism Worth Saving?” HAMILTON FISH, Jr. VS. NORMAN THOMAS Dr. John A. Ryan, Chairman Masonic Temple, 13th St. and New York Ave. N.W. Tonight at 8:30 P.M. Reserved Seats, 75 cents, $1.00 and $1.50 st later removed to the Eplscopal tution, - ON SALE AT BOX OFFICE T " D. -C., THURSDAY, BRITAIN 70 IMPOSE DUTIES NEXT WEEK Supposed Beginning of Tariff System to Be Put Into Operation Quickly. By the Assoclated Press. LONDON, November 19.—Great Brit- aln is expected to begin next Monday to impose import duties on certain products under its new “anti-dumping” bill. Such swift action to stop an inflow of foreign goods was believed certain in the lobbles of the House of Com- mons last night, after Walter Runci- man, president of the Board of Trade, had told a friend that he would be busy cver the week end. The bill, which permits a duty as high as 100 per cent, has been pushed through Parliament and is expected to receive royal assent Friday. Mr. Runciman’s remark, therefore was re- garded as a sign that certain imports will be required to pay & duty as from next Monday morning. Indicates Last of Goods. ‘The president of the Board of Trade, which will enforce the measure, indi- cated to the House of Commons which articl>s were likely first to be affected when he mentioned the following were coming into the country in abnormal quantities: Plate and sheet glass, knives, surgical instruments, vacuum cleaners, sewing machines, typewriters, colored cottons, carpets, box calf leather, tanned leather and cobalt oxide. Mr. Runciman particularly called at- tention to the fact 7,577 sewing ma- chines were imported during October, against 3,492 in October of last year, and that élo.evaa “tgpewfltm‘l"hld come in, as against 3,848 a year ago. It uz'n:ed certain the dutles would form & preference tariff to build up a British economic unity comparable with the United States, in which there ‘would be no tarriff barriers between the dominions. Empire Goods Defined. British Empire products are not duti- able under the bill, but a definition of what constitutes empire products may be necessary. The bill refers to the finance act, which stipulates that em- pire goods, to quality for preference, must contain a definite proportion of empire labor and materials as laid down by the Board of Trade regu- lations. ‘The purpose of this is to prevent an exporter in the United States, for in- stance, from shipping parts to Canada, assembling them there and transport- ing the finished product to Great Britain under the empire preference. Conservatives pressed the view the bill should be regarded as the begin- ning of a_protective tariff system. Former Free Trade Liberals, now sup- rting the government, were more itant. One said he supported the bil on the principle the government should have the power to deal with an emergency. In the lobbles of Parliament a sug- gestion was made that a duty also should be imposed on imported flour and the proceeds used to guarantee a price for wheat to the British farmer. Agriculture products are excluded from the present bill. . POLK TO BECOM AZTEC CLUB HEAD Organization to Hold Eighty- Fourth Annual Meeting and Banquet Saturday. Prank L. Polk, Assistant Secretary of State in the Wilson administration, will be inducted as president of the Aztec Club of 1847, an organization that cherishes the names and deeds of those who participated in the Mexican ‘War, when it holds its eighty-fourth annual meeting and banguet at the ‘Willard Hotel on Saturday evening. Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, the organization’s president, announced today that the original home of the Aztec Club has been located in Mexico City, following several years of search by Edmund Kirby-Smith and Maj. Otto Holsteln, two Americans resident in that country, who are members of the club. ‘The historic building and first home of the organization passed out of sight, Col. Grant exghm:d. until it was recently located by the two club members. As the names of streets in Mexico City are changed frequently, the original home was easily forgotten. Composed of the oldest sons or near- est blood, relatives of officers in the Mexican War, the Aztec Club, in keep- ing with its tradition, will bespeak toasts to the Army, Navy and Marine Corps and elevate its vice president, Mr. Polk, to the presidency. Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone, commanding the Corps Area, with headquarters at Baltimore, Md., will respond to the toast for the Army. FErnest Lee Jahncke, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, will respond to the toast for his service, while Maj. Gen. Ben H. Fuller, commandant of the Marine Corps, will respond for that famous fighting or- ganization. Rear Admiral Walter R. Gherardl, U. 8. N, hydrographer, Bureau of Navigation, is chairman of the Banquet Commit! SUES BECAU.SE OF CROON Woman, 45, Says She Fainted When Actor Sang Ballad to Her. LOUJSVILLE, Ky, November 19 (#). -—Mrs. Susan B. Hall, 45, who says she fainted when a crooner sang to her in a theater yesterday, sought $10,000 dam- ages from the amusement company. Her petition alleges that when thc entertainer stopped beside her seat and sang, while the spotlights played on them, she was “insulted, embarrassed, tantalized and harassed.” As a result of becoming hysterical and fainting, she said, she was ill six weeks and her name was “brought to public ridicule, scandal, infamy and isgrace.” Are You Ruptured? See the Wonderful New Akron Triple Guard Truss Expert Fitting by Factory Truss Expert Here Visit our store and learn the proper truss correctly. fitted. Tom L. C Tt, will advise you about your rupture, and demonstrate the wonderful new Akron Triple Guard Truss and Akron Sponge Rubber Rupture Pads. Bad rupture cases especially invited. Don't Kloman 911 19th St. NWa . NOVEMBER 19, 1931. ters, Shainaye and Yukika. BY GRETCHEN SMITH. HE possibility of a satisfactory | settlement of the Sino-Japanese dispute in Manchuria through mediation by the League of Na- tions is slight, Yukio Osaki, member of the Japanese Diet, believes. | The Japanese leader has arrived in | Washington while cn _an unofficial tour of this country and Europe before re- turning to Japan in February. Mr. Osaki has been a member of the Lower House of the Japanese Diet for more than 40 years, during which time he has seen his country pass through innumerable crises and witnessed two wars over the Manchurian question. “The Manchurian question is one of ll(led and death to the Japanese,” he said. \ “Every man and woman in Japan knows Manchuria means the very ex- istence of our country. We have risked disaster twice, and thousands have given their lives to the cause of pre- serving the Japanese rights in Man- churia as guaranteed by the treaty aft- er the Sino-Japanese War. The treat- ment of the Japanese after thaf war, and the violation of their treaty rights by eertain European nations, has taught Japan to mistrust others in arbitrating her rights. Japan always has looke upon arbitration as intervention, where- as the Chinese have traditionally in- vited it. The Japanese have had very bitter experience with arbitration. “Of course, there is a certain group in Japan which believes Japan should abide by the decision of the League of Nations, and that she should gcgept the terms of the nine-power chhcrut the sentiment of the nation as a whole is ‘Yukio Osaki, member of the Japanese Diet for 40 d | the disastrous _earthquake of behind the country settling the matter | a school in Tokio. iscusses Manchurian Question JAPANESE DIET MEMBER DOUBTS ARBITRATION EFFICACY. years and his two daugh- ~—Harris-! Photo. herself, The Manchurian question is not one merely agitated by the mili- taristic party—it is one upon which the Japanese people are united, no matter what may be thelr party convictions. “It is Japan that has made Man- churia safe for China. Japanese money has built the 700 miles of railroads in Southern Manchuria, and made the country safe to livé in. The Chi- nese know this, and are migrating to Manchuria each year by thousands. Everything in Manchuria depends upon the existence of the railroads built by Japan, and the present question is one which must be settled to the satisfac- tion of Japan.” Mr. Osaki believes his countrymen military movements of Japan in Manchuria, Mr. Osaki’s purpose in visiting the United States as well as Europe, before the Japanese Diet convenes in February, is to study the economic and political situation in other parts of the world. He does not think any nation today has a satisfactory form of government, and expressed the opinion that his own country had more governmental troubles than any other. Mr. ‘Osaki’s home is in Tokio, which he says has never fully recovered from a few years ago. He is accompanied by his two daugh- ters, Shamaye and Yukika, two inter- esting young ladies who speak English fluently and dress in the smartest of European fashion. Miss Shainaye recently completed her education at Dana Hall, while her younger sister, now on_ her first visit to the United States, has just been graduated FIRE DSTRICTFUND ACCOUNTING URGED Montgomery Civic Federation Committees Recommends Audit at Meeting. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., November 19.— Auditing of the expenditures of the fire district tax moneys turned over to the fire companies was recommended by the Executive and Advisory Committees of the Montgomery County Civic Fed- eration at the first meeting of the new committees held at the National Press Club, in Washington, last night. The committees also recommended to the federation that the question of the scope of the fire-tax areas in re- gard to the problem of one area sup- porting a fire department which serves | a wide area beyond the fire-tax area be studied and that the possibility of es- tablishing a central alarm system be looked into. Following & long discussion of the problem of whether or not it was ad- visable to have the county and State require the employment of local labor at current wage scales in construction | work under their jurisdiction, it was| decided to postpone any recommenda- tion on the matter until the next meet- ing. ‘The action of the inter - federation conference in recommending that mon- eys contributed by Federal employes living outside Washington in the de- partmental relief drive about to start automatically go back to the place where these employes live was indorsed | by the committees. It was recommended that the Com- mittee on Schools take up the problem of the standardization of school con- struction and the methods of school maintenance. A survey of the county to discover any existing organizations of a civic character eligible to mem- bership in the federation was recom- | | mended to be taken up by the Commit- tee on Membership. Elimination of members of commit- tees of the federation who do not at- tend the committe: meetings was rec- ommended for consideration by the Committee on Ccastitution and By- Laws. ‘The meeting, Vhich was presided over by Frederic P. Lee, new president of the organization, was the first held by the two committees since the recént elections of the federation. Demonstration results obtained with the mazin o Cotlins, Factory Triss Expe the demonstration. Instrument |, Coinpany, Inc. s Alleged Home Brew Explodes in Station And Man Goes Free By the Assoclated Press. HYATTSVILLE, Md, November 19.—The figured Y s grand case against Arthur Ball Eighteen bottles of allegedly too powerful beer,. found in his home, were brought to the police station as evidence. Before case could be heard the bottl exploded. State’s Attorney Alan Bowie nolle prossed the whole business, while gouccmen mopped the floor and Mr. all went home, SR N s HEIA Plan Fire Station Benefit. HERNDON, Va., November 19 (Spe- cial). —The Women's Auxiliary of the Fire Department is planning to give a play for the benefit of the organization to help pay the note which will come due in December on the fire el e house. Willlam H. Dawson will head the committee to arrange for the play. from ;‘nuroad tracks, KENTUCKY T0 ASK DEATH IN SLAYING Six Prosecution Witnesses - Face Quiz Today in Kill- ing of Deputy. By the Associated Press. MOUNT STERLING, Ky., November 19.—Although prosecuting attorneys did not ask prospective jurors the usual question regarding their attitude toward capital punishment, the commonwealth plans to seek the death penalty in the case of William Burnett, Harlan County coal miner on tricl here on a charge of slaying Jesse Pace, Harlan deputy sheriff, ‘The jury was selected and 14 wit- nesses heard at day and night sessions yesterday, leaving only six prosecution witnesses to be heard today. Burnett is charged with murds connection with the fatal shooti of Deputy Pace at Evarts, Harlan County, April 17. Pace was slain when he and other deputies went to Evarts to arrest several men on charges of banding and confederating. Eleven other men are to be tried here on murder charges arising from a gun battle at Evafts & month later, in which four were killed. Yesterday’s testimony, mostly that of Pace’s fellow officers, was that Pace was shot in the abdomen when he went behind a coal gondola where Burnett and another miner were standing. Other witnesses were bystanders. Several testified they saw Burnett fire the shot that killed Pace, but others could not say who fired the shot. Defense counsel said they would séek to prove that if Burnett did fire, he was acting in self-defense, and shot only after a bullet had struck his hand. Burnett was apparently nervous at yes- terday's proceedings. His wife sat beside him at the defense table. Arguments Become Heated. ‘The defense hammered yesterday at the legality of all the records sent here from Harlan when the trial was trans- ferred away from the coal fields on the commonwealth’s claim that feeling was too high to permit a fair trial’ there. F. M. Jones, an nt cuting attorney, swore the records were authentic, So heated was the u- for attempting to leave the court room while & witness was on the stand and, sald a second such interruption would mean a jail sentence, . Two women, Mrs. Ella Houston and Mrs, Helen Kelly, testified at the night session _they saw Pace fall after bel shot. The women’s homes are near the scene of the shooting. Neither of the ‘women said they saw Burnett fire, and said they did not know whose bulléts Harvey Danlel, 18-year-old brother of Jim Daniel, who was slain in the Evarts gun battle a month later, in which four were killed, gave a detailed account of the shooting. He said he was the only. man in the party of deputies who was not an officer. had: offered. him.. a ride home, he testified, Says Burnett Shot First, % Daniel said the y of deputies, traveling in aul iles, approached a group of 40 or 50 men sitting on the n?fll'm- e the gon- dola, Pace got out of the car and fol- lowed him. He testified Burnett at Pace and the deputy 1 raised himself and fired four" times, then Burnett fired at Frank White, the boy said, asked. lied. g “Who shot first?” he was ‘Burnett did,” Daniel rep! Buckham Sails for U. 8. LONDON, November 19 (#)~—Sir Ar- :.hur mekhnm&‘:lne of Great Britain’s Mine: ex~ to h‘spemi most uww in NORTH 1742 UPHOLSTERING GET OUR ESTIMATES. SEGAL BROS. 1282 14th *ST. N.W.* “We Live Our Profession” INVITATION TO THE DEAFENED From Germany now comes a marvelous new sclentific device for the relief of deafness, “FORT! 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