The Washington Post
October 1, 1927

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7 \ ee oi. tn Westhigioen with the Associated Press news every morning tn the year. UNTERED AS SECOND CLASS MATTER POSTOFFICE,, WASHINGTON, D. ©. RG: = 2 — "WASHINGTON: ~ SATL DAY. “OCTOBER _ :: “1927, COPYRIGHT, BY THE WASHINGTON 192% | ROTHWELL BROWSE | “Her terrible tale You can’t assail With truth it quite agrees; Her taste exact | For faultless fact Amounts to a disease.” + s - e’ought to be some way to ol these tornadoes but we fear Bill Nye’s scheme to trap ’em tents and “divert ’em into mmoth Cave is hardly prac- ms yet. . Mounts Rostrum. ee ee s* ¢ cretary Wilbur says that the yard at Charleston is main- d for “two main reasons,” but which members of the South ina delegation is he compli- ing ? ee ee oe * * see by the new Army ration He two most famous affinities nd wesnss s Serious Condition. ugh the storm, through the te J ei “s deughbeye fight; itp ns go rolling along!” Army puts on the biggest tt Washington has ever seen, f you didn’t attend the battle iday you've got another chance. his body below the waist. The woman was part of the courtro £ Gov. Smith at the New York ican State convention indi-' that the G. O. P. dreads Al nore than an alleged Alabama | at close rane beh © se was trat does. powered by court ¢« ndants. * 8s + 7 ' oe Wounds fre Serlous. | mote several glaring weak-| ,. i121 ospttal 1} was \fn the Colonel’s speech—he the wetinds were eeu ‘accuse Al of murder, grand or kidnaping ‘Charlie Ross. im R. has pretty good mg be sore at the Tiger—if any hadn't traded him off for State in his gubernatorial he First Division successor to} lagh Rider would be headed ight to the White House about mat you could use the line for descended the ster ran across the ror over the judge fire: our shots at shock, due te his age, 7 d¢ elop. ry, Alien Simmons, in & ™, the grounds of no Cf Simmons then apy in ese row in the A. F. vat cost it a bedy of workmen strong is settled by a treaty he carpenters become - * as sion of the lovy court. At the coury jail, mons was t8\n, she sald@-she first. tended “to xt United William H. Fog.” She: further. “Vil Slw How to Get Justice.” Mexican revolution is re- to have gone into extra in- bat we haven't verified it yet, line’s busy. & Simmons ose from her seat screarned, [’]] show you’ how to justice,” sd began shooting. Since 4 shooting h referred . Senator ng, whom blamed *the adverse decision of this Jong-distance telephone nicatinn we ought to be able nt the box scores of world series the same _ bdsts it. “Quantum instar it est,” as me and Virgil would to ee a eS fen’ 3 friends plan a pilgrim- jove.and devotion to the af theiy idol to beg him to the Républican nomination. te thing seems to be going >* > thirdazed the left knee. . sho’ judge Johnson, said. el A. King, : of this city, ah & the New York convention ting a platform plank that have seemed like slamming ~an. the President's face Mr. @ may yet have to choose to 2 explicit. > . * mia couldn’t be treating gton motorists any more ifi.she were France laying new tariff barrier. ° * « of of t Lake City, Mr. King said. PIATES LOSE, CARDS. @ Lowden’s friends might be prevail upon him if they’d n on their knees and beg. * * * f that fails, why, then, they or if Rivals Loge. ‘crawling up to the Manor. t get a candidate somewhere n’t be anything to write o ti ¥ \ ¢ Mr. Shakespeare nor Mr. sould do justice to this |tiugh a defeat by. the Robins. inimnble, age te lame, |! bold, age is weak | sly. Gotouteky! | iP Inding then would be: Semove the seat of Fed- | st from Washington f we'd gone we'd dome of the Capi- mew White House ook Stove Explodes; ~ ag Stchcock, of Ne} very popula: mn on the plat: of the,” a alt= Reid, friend of. the family, "pistes ot rs, Rel, ad Apes, |. ee a eee hed | e™ - : i P j ys cB pac! P 4 2 ri * 7 . a * : es a > Sa . im 5 ae Ba 5 _ D fosT SCRIPTS WOMAN, SUIT LOST, SHOOTS U5, JUDGE; THREATENS 9 OENATOR Salt Lake city e City Resident Opens Fire as Jurist — W. H. KING IS BLAMED FOR ADVERSE RULING Victim, Aged 70, Struck by 3 Bullets, Is Reported in Salt Lake City, Uteh, Sept. 30 (A-P.). United States Distriat Judge Tiltman D. Johnson was shot and sei‘ously wounded by Mrs. Eliza Simmons as he mounted the rostrury of his courtroom in the Federal Building here this morn~ ing. Mrs. Simmons fired five shots at the judge, three of ‘yhich took effect in s@ated in .he front and as the judge is an old-fashioned “human | ountea the map ag gh gah bons ane a te hie beady © p ball,” as the circus ads. used | ned fire. The Gist tyillet struck pe p with the idea of gettiag +) ouent in his it, to’ a soldier who blows the bench, ricoche i to gne side and | no>ty away from th et sak dry dis- 4 up with = Lt N. ae ? ‘ lodged in a side wil. cussion, which he : ders 2 ue of "a Judge Johnson turned from the mugnificent § de for Democratic ' aceevell’s fick tirade woman and stumtfi «nd fell as he | presidential Mrs. Simmons m and standing over- id th b) Se aan Wanna a son’s condition es 8 COMi sere dangerous unless conypicati, sns and Mrs. Siramons was plaints i, 9 suit against the Utah Copper F so, 925,000 damages for the death Vine husband, accident at Bingham, Utah, on Af; g 4910. The suit was tried May 1nd dismissed on har action. Mrs. d, to the United States Circuit Cos of Appeals. and 4 decision by thacourt upheld the deci-, here Mrs; Sim- | States Senator did not ee Court *endants said that as Mrs. she only statement | suit. 6 is known to have carried a | st writtettatement in her purse, which is non the possession of Sheriff CliffotPatten, who refused to make pak The woman declined to talk adel men. Extnation at the hospital revealed that ’ bullet pierced | the jurist’s left thighnother the right thigh, while a “S) could “have bored me through the ly, but I guess she was a poor brother tor W. H. King, said last night thate only reason:he could think of for s. Simmons’ bitterness against the senr was the fact that Senator King hadcommended Judge Johnson's ap- pofment to the bench. Judge John- sol regarded very highly by residents ‘ETAIN SLIM: CHANCE Psburgh Can Win Flag by —_(ctory in 1 of 2 Games, . York, Sept. 30 (A-P.).—Suspense e definite settlement of the Na- League championship was pro- again today as the Pirates tum- bi in the opening clash of a Cincin- | Ae Seas , Series, while the Oardinals were Pewith me, and be my love, i returning Pittsburgh’# lead to two gill all the pleasures prove.” | gas The Giants were pushed out of ti pennant picture ‘mathematically |. A Passionate Pilgrim of 16} %© stgnding: " " From Chicago with three 4 Won. Lost. Ave. to Play. val g urgh.. 93 589 486612 ™ y U. S. TROOPS ORDERED TO AID AUTHORITIES Homeless Sheltered and Fed; Torn Houses Hastily Made Habitable. St. Louis, Sept. 30 (A.P.).—Work of relief and rehabilitation was well under way tonight when darkness settled over the six square miles area devastated yesterday when a four-minute tornado killed’ 88 persons, injured more than 600 and damaged or destroyed 5,500 homes and business buildings. Late tonight the number of injured in hos- pitals and homes had mounted to 600. The property loss, according to the best estimates of experts who passed the day in the stricken area, was ex- pected to exceed the $100.°00,000 record of the tornado of 1896, when 140 per- sons were killed in an area of 10 square miles. After a careful tour of the path of devastation, Building Commissioner Christopher tonight placed the mini- mum of damage done to property of all ‘kinds at $50,000,000, and declared he HOME HERE SEARCHED INQUEST FOR BEACH) Jersey and Capital Officers Seek Man Accused in Lilliendahl Death.. NEW CHARGE Supplemented by two detectives from of police headquarters early this morn- ing swooped down on the home of a ney for Willis Beach, charged with aid- Lilliendahl, in New Jersey, in the 1 expectation that they would find Beach there. A thorough search of the home, lo- cated in a fashionable northwest sec- tion of the city, however, failed to lo- cate the man whom police in all parts of the East are seeking since he left New released on bond. Hedges, whose rela- tive’s home was searched t morning, is charged with obstructing justice. The local headquarters squad, under Sergts. Edward Kelly and Sweeney, was aided by Detectives W.C. Apgar and J. H. Friedman, of Hammonton, who hur- tied here by motor early last night, after receiving a “tip”. that the man they sought was in Washington. Bridgeton, N. J., Sept. 30 (A.P.).—A warrant charging threat to kill was is- CONTINUED ON PAGE 18, COLUMN 2 Man Struck by Boom Dies After Accident Struck on the head by a falling boom attached to a trench-digging ma- chine, Henry Burke, 21 years old, of Arlington, Va., died yesterday at Emer- gency Hospital. The accident occurred at Forty-fourth and Garfield streets northwest yesterday. Thomas Hillery Newgent, said to be operator of the machine, of Arlington, was detained by the police pending the outcome of the coroner’s inquest. Burke, a truck driver, employed by. a local construction company was stand- ing near the machine, watching the progress of the excavation when’ a cable broke, releasing the boom, which struck postmaster of McHenry. Burke. The victirn was taken to the hospital by T. G. Dodge. Hesse to Be I nvestigated On Band Leader's Charges Chief of Police Orders Stoll to Conduct linaley When Brown Complains He Was Discourteous in Command- ing His Arrest ba Playing Without Permit. Police Inspector Louis J. Stoll has been ordered to begin an investiga- tion today of charges preferred yester- day against his “boss;” Maj. Edwin B. he had ordered Stoll] to make the in- “actions of discourtesy and appar- ent loss of temper” in ordering the ar- rest Thursday night of C. J. Brown, 626 F street southwest, manager of the. Washington Boys’ Independent Band, are the charges against Hesse. Brown declarec that Maj.’ Hesse or+ dered his arrest because the Boys’ Band hai played for twelve minutes outside Earle Theater withew a pew mn was charged c ip ® public. place % _ —— 4 mit. His personal bond was taken in Police Court yesterday. Commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty, who has supervision over the Police Department, received a letter -2rom Brown containing the charges against He declared that every charge in the letter would be investigated, as is every other com- plaint against ‘a policeman, and that rank would not enter in the investiga- tion. | Hesse refused to comment on Brown's charges last night other than to an- nounce that Inspector Stoll had been ordered to investigate them. He said that he, did not know how long it yould take Stoll to complete the in- estigation. : —w TINVED ON PAGE 22,.00LUMN 7, mae ay -_ . IS. FILED Hammonton, N. J., the homicide squad | close relative pf Edison Hedges, attor-. ing in the syaying of Dr. A. William. Jersey Tuesdgy morning after being | ° .|masked men last July 8. | by his 7-year-old daughter, Ida, only her infant baby girl. Roosevelt Visions Tammany Shadow Over White House Criticizes Smith i in Kidiien to State Convention of Re- publicans—Democrats’ Nominee for Judge Is Indorsed at Rochester. Rochester, N. Y., Sept. 30 (A.P.).— For the first time in history “the shadow of Tammany lies athwart the White House” in the candidacy of Gov. Alfred E.-Smith for the Presidency, Col. Theo- dore Roosévelt declared today in his keynote address to the Republican State convention. He urged New York Republicans to take the lead in a campaign to “dispel” that shadow, asserting there was no such thing as “the new Tammany.” With more than inference Col. Roose- velt cited Gov. Smith—‘“the leader of the Democratic party in this State (who) aspires to be the nomihee of that party for the Presidency”—as the ally of the “same old” Tammany. “A man must be judged by the com- -pany he keeps,” declared the temporary chairman, “and though we do ) not | ques- tion the personal integrity of Gov. Smith, he is sponsored and backed by Tammany Hall. Next to being corrupt yourself is tolerating it in your sup- porters. Tammany has lived too long by corruption to reform.” References to President Coolidge’s administration brought the convention to its feet for prolonged applause. The platform, sflopted unanimously, CONTINUED ON- ‘PAGE 18, COLUMN 2. Former City Sleuth Indicted as Flogger ~ Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 30 (AP.).— Harry Conner, former city detective, was indicted by the Tarrant County grand jury today on charges of violat- ing the State antimask law in connec- tion with a flogging administered Mor- ris Strauss, president of a plumbers’ supply company, by a band of ten un- Strauss was decoyed from his home here late at night, rushed outside the city in an automobile and given a se- vere beating with a rope and branches of a tree. He was ordered to leave town. Conner was expelled from the Fort Worth detective force recently. — SAVED FROM DEATH, ~ HUSBAND IS HELD Arnett Is Called Wife-Beater ‘After: Daughter Rescues ._ Him From Gas. Charles Stanley Arnett, 35 years old 810 Fifth street northeast, was saved from death by gas poisoning yesterday to be arrested by police of the Ninth Precinct on a charge of assaulting his wife, Edith. Arnett, a truck driver, was discovered unconscious on a couch in th ‘room of his home shortly. o’clock yesterday afternoon. Two “re gas jets. were found by police, who/ moned physicians from Casualty . Hos- pital, who revived Arnett by use of a pulmotor. ing gas, but had enough presence. of mind to open several windows. Her mother was outside the house, carrying After Arnett was, revived, police placed him under ar- rest on the. assault charge, The war- rant stated Arnett beat his wife Thurs- day afternoon, Wife Kills Husband After Movie Quarrel Pittsburgh, Sept. 830 (A.P.).—A qiiar- rel over whether he would take his wife to the “movies” resulted fatally today for Alphonse Bove, jr., 38, who died from a bullet wound below the heart. Mrs. Bove, who was arrested, told police she obtained a pistol during the quar- rel last night and that it was dis- charged when her husband attempted *| burners in his room h | When Arnett’s daughter entered the/. house, she was affected by the escap- | Trotzky Is Expelled By Communist Party Moscow, Sept. 30 (A.P.).—Leon Trotzky was expelled from the Com- munist International tonight. Dismissal of Leon Trotzky from the Central Committee of the All-Russian Communist Party was recommended on June 25 by the presidium of the Cen- tral Control Committee, for violation of party discipline. — Trotzky was. censured in May by the Communist International for having criticized Russia’s policy in China. frotzky. was Lenine’s commissar for war and marine. The death of Lenine began Trotzky’s eclipse. Student Pens Essay ~On Death; Ends Life New York, Sept. 30 (A.P.).—Frank- lin Ohattin, 24-year-old art student, was found dead today in a Lexington avenue rooming house, apparently a suicide by inhaling gas. On a table near his bed were a novel, Death of a Young Man,” and an héd essay of his own on “What Is Death?’ He left no notes. Jéts.of two \gas been opened and the body was propped up in bed. The manager of the rooming house said little was known of him. He had reg- istered there two months ago as “John Franklin,” but papers found in the room revealed his true i.ame. His clothes were purchased in Newark, N. J Index to Today’ s Issae. Pages 1—Woman Loses Suit; Shoots Judg Nebraskans Grooming Hitchcock St. Louis Death List Totals 8 Hotise Searched Here for Beach 2—Wilbur Defends Navy Yard Pie 12,000 See Sham Battle. 713 Traffic Signals Sought. 3—Eyewitnesses Tell of Tornado, Army Ordered to Aid Sufferey Jury in Coed Case Disagrees 4—Producers Promise Tariff Ai ' ‘May Impeach Duvall and ¥ 5—Nurse Freed in Bailey Deg Bankers Ask Income Tax ‘ 6—Editorials. - | I-—Society. 8-8—In Washington Churches 10—Weather and Vital Statig 1l—Radio News and Programs 12—-Magazine Page, 18-14-19—-Finance. 15-16-17-——Sports. 18—Virginia Auto Ruling Ro 19—The Legal Record. PY sat Adivertiseme Wews in: ‘to take it from. her. bag rey dren were .made fatherless by by Trade Bodies Make / WOMAN, GD, KILLED NERA TREASURY BY TROLLEY Fellow Workers See Miss Mary McCreary Hit. at Crossing. CROWD TIES UP TRAFFIC Miss Mary McCreary, 60 years old, of he Olympic apartments, 1368 Euclid treet northwest, was killed by a Capl- tal Traction Co. street car at Fifteenth and G streets northwest yesterday afternoon at 4:40 o’clock while more than 1,000 employes in the Treasury Department thronged the street en route to their homes, many of them seeing the accident. Miss McCreary was employed clerk in the division of public debj counts and audit of the Treasur partment. She was crossing Fij street near G street to board a bound streé€t car when she was by a southbound car. James G @ taxicab driver, took her to B) Hospital, where she was p dead by Dr. Millard F. Ot skull had been fractured. Policeman Wallace M was directing traffic ¢ G streets, took Eu years old, 54 C strs Frazier A. Emersoy Chapin street ng conductor and 'n car, to the First were later relea cers of the the outcome gq McCreary’s de this morning Emerson walked in though h Co. ’ i) / a believed it might reach $100,000,000. It would take more than $100,000,000, he said, for rehabilitation. The first of 30 insurance adjusters brought here from other cities esti- mated the loss at between $50,000,000 and $60,000,000. Only one body, that of a woman, re- mained unidentified tonight. Twenty persons had been reported missing; how- ever. A single inquest to cover the deaths of all St. Louis victims was set for to- morrow morning, with the county jury expected to hold a perfunctory hearing and return a verdict of deaths by a quirk of the elements. No plans had been made tonight for joint funerals and, since the death list was made up of men, women and chil- dren in. .comparativels areas, with no | Believed 64 take g mo ~