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BOUNDARY CASE EVIDENCE BEGUN Five Maps of Virginia-Dis- trict Territory Introduced at Hearing. Introduction of evidence in the dis- pute over the Virginia-District of Columbia boundary was started today before the special commission au- thorized by Congress to hear the case. Up to noon, the case had progressed slowly and was confined to the in- troduction of five maps of the ter- ritory, the most recent map being made in 1864. Francis B. Kelly, junior cartographic engineer of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, introduced Andrew Ellicott’s map of the territory of Columbia made in 1793, Ewing’s chart of the Potomac made in 1837 and two topographic sheets of the river bank made in 1863 and 1864. Early Canal Map Offered. Miss Loretto A. Schwartz, clerk in charge of the map files of the Corps of Engineers, War Department, in- troduced an early map of the Alex- andria Canal. ‘The Government, represented by G. A. Iverson and Henry H. Glassie, special assistants to the Attorney General, is contending for the estab- lishment of a line following the high- ‘water mark on the right bank of the Potomac. This line would take in a number of parcels of land claimed by persons who pay taxes to the State of Virginia. Contention of Virginia. Virginia, representative by Attorney General Abram P. Staples, is contend- ing for a line drawn from point to point along the river bank at the low water mark in conformity with the boundaries between Virginia and Maryland above and below the Dis- trict. ‘The commission hearing the case must report to Congress lts findings by March 1, 1935, MOTHER IS HANGED IN ENGLAND AFTER CROWN APPEAL LOST (Continued From First Page. Major had recommended clemency. No one in Hull seemed to take much interest in her case except the lord mayor, as Mrs. Major's home was in the little village of Kirby-on-Bain, where a 15-year-old son and 9-year- old daughter and her aged father live. The father and son came here to bid her farewell last night. Mrs. Major was arrested while her husband’s funeral service was in prog- ress as the result of an anonymous letter sent to authorities accusing her. A petition in Mrs. Major’s home town, hastily signed by 105 of the 205 inhabitants, was presented late Mon- day after the reprieve had been denied. There was similar activity today in North Yorkshire, where Lydia Binks is under sentence of death with Fred- erick Rushworth for the murder of their baby, which had been buried alive. The jury also recommended mercy in her case. HULL, England, December 19.—Lord Mayor Stark of Hull, who attempted in vain to save Mrs. Ethel Lille Major from hanging today, said he was puz- zled as to why some of the prominent persons he telegraphed, including Pre- mier Ramsay MacDonald, “did not have the courage to reply.” Stark said he thought something might have been done “at this time of good will to save Hull from its first experience of & woman being hanged in its midst. “A reprieve was granted to a Greek when the Duke of Kent was married. Surely the same thing could have been done on the eve of Christmas in the case of one of our own women,” he asserted. R T BAD LUCK SEEN Colored Rabbit Hunter Held After Finding Gun in Graveyard. Hunting rabbits in a graveyard proved bad luck for Miflin Walker, 23, colored, 1817 Eighth street. 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HE feeble rays of sunshine which pierced the heavily clouded political horizon of Europe a few days ago have disappeared as quickly as they came. The two old storm centers, Yugo- slavia and the Saar, again are worry- ing European statesmen. * ko X A somewhat insignificant incident which occurred last Sunday night at Saarbruecken is likely to offset the work of the diplomats in Rome, when fear that a fire-eating cabinet will be France sgreed to a moderate cash payment for the Saar mines. The pistol shot which the light-hearted British Capt. Justice fired when he and his companions, including a Ger- man lady, were assailed by & crowd after an unfortunate automobile ac- cident, is likely to have serious reper- cussions. The Saar population s high strung. So are apparently the of- ficers of the international Saar po- lice. The Germans outside the Saar district complain that the control of the plebiscite has been placed in the hands of irresponsible you_nu more best on having a good time than on keeping law and order in the name of the League of Nations. The irrefutable proof of this, they say, is the Justice case. The hap- penings before the automobile ac- cident and the shooting are cer- tainly mot very creditable to the British police. Junior and his companions have had a real gay time and Rhine wine, champagne and Scotch have been flowing freely. Such incidents can bring about seri- ous trouble. In London and in Paris is is feared that this might lead to some further trouble;™ created by “agents provocateurs.” It will not be difficult henceforth to cause disturb- ances based on the Justice incident. People in Germgny and in the Saar will easily believe that they have been provoked by “those drunken foreign- * K Kk X In Yugoslavia things are going from bad to worse. Despite the efforts of Geneva powers, which have brought about a settlement of the Hungarian-Yugoslav controversy, to exaggerate the satisfaction which was given Yugoslavia, the Belgrade and the Zagreb papers got quickly out of hand and are representing the settle- ment as a humiliation for the coun- try. The Serbs have felt that from the very beginning, but took some time to think it over. The Belgrade govern- ment had demanded at first an inter- national commission of control to fol- low the activities of the Hungarian government, to bring to book those in- volved in the assassination of Alex- ander. Instead the whole matter was left to the Budapest government. This confidence of the League in the honesty of the Goemboes cab= inet hurt the prile of the Yugo- slavs, who were more bent on hu- miliating Hungary than on seeking to avenge the death of their King by the ordinary process of justice. * % % * The result of all this l:mt::l:yt the Yugoslav cabinet, which ac- cepted the League settlement, has been overthrown. On what kind of & cabinet Prince Paul, the principal member of the ‘Yugoslav regency, will be able to form depends to a great extent the main- tenance of peace in Southeastern Eu- rope. There is no doubt that Prince Paul wants peace, but he must take into consideration the precarious in- ternal situation of the kingdom when he _choses another minister. Diplomats who are following the Yugoslav developments with anxiety appointed, with the military in the most responsible jobs. * X X X In the meantime, while all gov- ernments desire peace, they are all preparing for war. The French government, after having appropriated a record peace sum for the army and aviation, is now ready to embark upon a con- structive naval policy which would give France naval superiority over the combined Italian and German feets. Germany is spending every avail- able cent on improving secretly her forces. Czechoslovakia has mobilized all foreign exchanges which heretofore were in the hands of private indi- viduals. They are all now safely in the vaults of the National Bank, which is free to dispose of them as it sees fit. It is a precautionary war measure which nobody can overlook. Italy has done the same. Even less important countries are striving to get ready as fast as pos- sible for what they believe to be the inevitable showdown. They are all in the market to buy either war material or the raw materials which can be used to increase their war stocks. REPRESENTATIVE SEEKS TAX AGAINST MACHINES Hoppel Calls Plan “Ace in New Deal”’—Asks $100,000 to Finance Survey. Plans for a technotax as “the ace in the New Deal” by which machines would be taxed in proportion to the workers they displace, are advanced by Representative Hoppel of Cali- fornia, who intends to introduce a resolution authorizing appropriation of $100,000 to finance a comprehensive industrial survey of the displacement of workers by machinery. “As a first step in recovery,” said Representative Hoppel, “I consider that a congressional survey is indis- pensable because it will shed light upon a most disturbing factor in our economic life—technological unem- ployment. Leading economists admit the lack of authoritative data, yet knowledge of the trends of machine- created unemployment is needed if aur recovery efforts are to be effec- ve.” NOTRE DAME EXPERT GETS HONOR AWARD Work in Synthetic Rubber Wins Medal for Former Catholic University Student. - # By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 19.—Award of the Nichols chemistry medal to the Notre Dame sclentist, Father Joseph A. Nieuwland, was announced last night. Father Nieuwland is famous be- cause his studies in purely scientific chemistry at Notre Dame led to syn- thetic rubber, the royalties on which he gives to religious work. The award is given annually by the New York section of the Ameri- can Chemical Society. A discovery which contributed to the formation of a deadly war gas was made by Father Nieuwland when he was a student in Catholic Uni- versity here in 1903. He evolved a basis on which many years later Dr. H. Lee Lewis of Northwestern Uni- versity developed ‘“Lewisite,” called dew of death. s Florida Dry Law Attacked. TALLAHASSEE, Fla., December 19 (#)—Mrs. Lilian H. Hoffman of Noroton, Conn., who maintains 2 Winter residence at Waverly Planta- tion here, yesterday attacked in the Florida Supreme Court the validity of old State laws which prohibii ship- ment of intoxicating liquors into dry counties. iNVITATION! —~Come in and CASH VALUES at BOTH Tnibby s JEW SHOPS 61515 SLNW. * 617- 754 NW OPEN E WeN see the featurad 7 CHRISTMAS MEMORIAL % Wreaths BELL LEAVES JAIL FOR INSANE HOME |2 Committed by Judge for Ex- amination Following Jury Disagreement. (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) city jall immediately behind the court house. | ‘This circumstance appeared to dis- tress Bell. He asked that his cell cot be furnished with a mattress. This accommodation was given the former civic leader. Visited by Children, This morning Bell's brother, W. A. Bell, brought him breakfast in a large hamper covered with a napkin. Bell's two children came to see him—Miss Jrma Bell, 32-year-old Columbia Uni- versity graduate, and Edward C. Bell, jr.,, a sophomore at the Univer- siyt of Virginia. Miss Irma Bell and her brother bade their father an affectionate fare- well as Sergt. Chichester led Bell to his automobile and drove away to Marion. The foreman of the jury which failed to agree was L. A. Dodd, who had served on the Baptist board of deacons with Bell and who is a dis- tant cousin of the accused. ‘The end of the trial was awaited by spectators who had filled every available niche in the court room since the hearing opened December 11. There was a dramatic hush of expectancy when the jury finally was ordered into the court room by Judge Coleman. “Is there any chance of reaching an agreement?” Judge Coleman asked. “I do not think so0,” replied Dodd. “The jurors have asked me to inform you that they see no possibility of coming to an agreement on a ver- dict.” “Gentlemen, I am sorry that you cannot agree,” the judge said. He then discharged the jury and issued his ruling committing Bell for mental examination, May Seek New Trial. Defense counsel sought to intro- duce & motion at this time, but the judge declined to receive it. Friends of Bell say the defense attorneys will seek a new trial. A battle of alienists climaxed the trial of the 60-year-old business man. ‘The defense based its case upon a hypothetical question as to Bell's sanity submitted to Dr. Beverly Tucker. The defense witness was asked to assume all of the damaging testimony against Bell to be true. ‘This testimony was given by a col- ored maid, two nurses in the Bell household, and Mrs. Ella C. McMullin, described by the commonwealth as an intimate friend of Bell's. The maid, Becky Burroughs, told of watching Bell sprinkle “white powder” on salad, grapefruit and chicken intended for his wife. That was last Spring, the maid declared. The two nurses, Mrs. Viola Jones and Miss Ruth Hill, testified con- cerning the mysterious malady from which Mrs. Bell was suffering. They were unable to learn the source of Mrs. Bell's illness, and gradually be- came aware that their employer was coxlaummlunx medicines for Mrs. Bell Set “Trap Bottles.” ‘This the nurses reported to the Bell family doctor, who instructed them to set “trap bottles” for Bell. These bottles contained medicine which Bell supposed was to be ad- ministered to his wife. He dosed them with a variety of poisons, it was testifted. Poods and medicines taken to the invalid were carefully guarded by the nurses and doctor, and Bell was closely watched. His poison cache was discovered in the basement of the Bell residence. There the nurses took samples from the various poisons and had them sent to be analyzed. Bell was arrested early in October, after it was discovered he had ac- Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow ¢ D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1931 ing rats. At least two of the polsons were ble in Fred and had to be ordered by the drug store. Meanwhile, Bell was studying the effects of various poisons. Reading Medical Book, One of the nurses found him read- ing a medical book, which was opened at & page devoted to conium, or the hemlock extract which killed the Greek philosopher Socrates. A young chemist who came to Bell's home to call on Miss Irma Bell told how the accused talked of poisoning crows. The chemist said Bell asked how best to poison crows and was told that potassium cyanide would do the job quickly. The defense assumed all this evi- dence to be true in its hypothetical question and asked their alienist: “Could a man with this history be sane?” The defense alienist was emphat- ically of the opinion that Bell was insane, and in this he was flatly con- tradicted by a Commonwealth ex- pert—Dr. J. 8. de Jarnette, superin- tendent of the Western Hospital at Staunton. These two alienists, Dr. Tucker and Dr. de Jarnette, have fre- quently taken opposing sides 1n famous Virginia trials. As on former occasions, they weré unable to agree in this case. Dr. de Jarnette was asked the same hypothetical question prepared by the defense and submitted to Dr. Tucker. “Assuming all these things to be true,” Dr. de Jarnette was asked, “is this man sane or insane?” Dr. de Jarnette replied he was convinced of Bell's sanity. He ad- mitted, however, he had made no physical examination of the accused. Testimony of the mental and bodily disintegration of Bell was submitted by the defense. It was said that after Bell underwent a thyroid operation three years ago he became irrespons- ible and & victim of frequent mental lapses. Business Judgment Sound. Acting Commonwealth Attorney Albert V. Bryan sought to controvert this claim by introducing testimony to show Bell could still negotiate loans at his bank. Bell's business judgment was sound, Bryan contended, and he still enjoyed the respect and confi- dence of the community in which he had lived for 35 years. Mrs. McMullin was only briefly questioned, although her testimony was the sensation of the trial. She told the jury she knew Bell and had received money from him. It also was brought out she was at Buckroe Beach, Va., at a time when Bell was seeking to employ a “private detective” to shadow a woman at this resort. The State offered evidence that Bell paid $705 on an automobile purchased by Mrs. McMullin. It was also shown that Mrs. McMullin had charged $50 worth of clothing and household fur- nishings to Bell at & Richmond dry goods store. T — “See Etz and See Better” As a sensible gift for Christmas for a friend or relative let us suggest a pair of ETZ glasses. ETZ Optometrists 1217 G St. N.W. 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Mrs. Schaffner, daughter of the late Prof. George Boke, former dean of the University of California Law School, was alone in her isolated home except for her 2-year-old daughter and servants. The section in which she lived 1s unfrequented in the day time except by callers, and there was only the re- motest possibility of any one seeing By the Assoclated Press. her as she left her home in the dark CARMEL, Calif., December 19.—The rugged country and beaches around Carmel were searched today for Mrs. Eliot Boke Schaffner, 39-year-old member of the wealthy clothing family. Apparently clad in night gown, bed- room slippers and a fur coat, she dis- appeared between midnight and dawn yesterday from her isolated home on the southern tip of this artists’ village. Released Monday from Monterey Hospital, where she was taken 10 days ago for a rest, fears were felt Mrs. Schaffner may have wandered into the ocean surf or Carmel River. 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