The Washington Post
January 14, 1929

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The only sewspaper in Washington with the Associated Press news every morning in the year. For home de- livery call Main 4205. — Che Washington — atten — 4 _ area J 19,205. — ENTERED 48 SECOND-CLASS MATTER POSTOFPICE, WASHINGTON, D. WASHINGTON: % - MONDAY. JANUARY 14. 1929. 5. T EASURER TATE | J POLICE GRAFT CCUSER GIVES LANTON D: J palmist Repeats the Story| Of Police Captain’s Alleged Acts. MAKES LONG TRIP . TO HOME OF TEXAN ’ District Officials May Have -. Statement on Accu- sation Later. _ GIBSON COMMITTEE MAY HOLD HEARING] Man Named Formerly Friend) of Woman Who Seeks to Expose Him. at Mrs. Helen Blaylock, » palmist, who ined 5 sane —— —*2 ve. * X re & » 4p a oat hee * 4“ PP salons TA HEARS CHARGES MYSTERY BLAZE FATAL 10 Witt OF BABE AUT Body. Found in Ruins of Doctor’s Home, Where She Was Guest. INEIGHBORS KNEW HER AS MATE OF DENTIST Separated Three Years Ago, Says Ball Player, When Told of Tragedy. - Watertown, Mass.. Jan. 18 (A.P.).— Mrs.. George Herman Ruth, wife of Babe Ruth, the home-run king. was burned to death in a fire which de- stroyed the home of Dr. Edward H. Kinder, dentist, here Friday night { it was learned today when relatives identified the body. She was known to her neighbors as Mrs. Helen Kinder. .| wife of the doctor. “Two sisters of Mrs. Ruth, Catherine and Nora Woodford, of South Boston, identified the body at a local under- taking establishment. Dr. Kinder could not be located. District ‘Attorney Robert T. Bushnell, of. Middlesex County, assigned State 1 detectives to investigate the case and Relief From Heavy Expense in Maintenance Main ~ Point of Appeal. SPECIAL GIFTS SOUGHT a ft if f : fal ẽ E In 7 connection wi with this campaign Prederic A. Delany -premdent of the commun ow Shan, é —— ‘| George O. West. medical 7 * ™ ~ 32s 7 - s4 , * J J . ordered an autopsy of the body. Dr. éxaminer, later said this showed death due to burnts and éuffocation. Separated for Three Years. “Babe” Ruth arrived in Boston to- day, after having been called here by his friend and legal counsel, John P. Feeney,’of Boston. He issued a state- ment in which he said that he and Mrs. Ruth had not been living to- gether for three years. “We had:nc permanent home,” the “Babe” said, “and Mrs. Ruth went to b ‘Bostom to be hear her mother - years ago. wri nen ae & a that his —— daughter. ⸗ whe at a private schoo) an Weston, — he secret te viait her tonight, A — discovered ‘a fire in the home of Dr. Kinder Friday night, when fire apparatus arrived the interjor of tite house was a mass Of flames. Unconscious in Burning House. Piremen found Mrs: Ruth -uncon- scious on the floor of a bedroom on the “| second floor. Apparéntly she had re- tired for the night and had been over- come while attempting to escape. She was taken to the home of neighbors. where she died a short time later. Dr. Kinder had left the house earlier in the evening to attend a prize fight im Boston. Neighbors. identified the body as that of Mrs. Kinder and it was taken to a local undertaking estab- lishment where it remained until: to- day. “fo Last night police were informed that the body. Was not that of-*ars. Kinder, but of Mrs. Ruth and <Mat Dr. Kinder never had been me/tied. Mother is Prostrated. An. investigation was ¢tarted and Mre..Ruth’s sisters were summoned from South Boston, Mrs. Ruth was the daughter of Mrs. The mother was prostrated with grief when she was informed of the tragedy | today. Members of the family declined to discuss the case except to say that Mrs, Ruth was a close friend of a Dr. and Mrs. Kinder and visited. the Kin- der home frequently. “They sald that they Delieved Mrs. Ruth's déath was due to accidental ‘causes. The-cause of the fire had not been — definitely. but Was believed CUNTINUEL ON “PAGE 2. COLUMN 4. * * Reka ——— 8 * ny — <4 ian . AN ; * J Ast ay ‘ * —* et or A a — — “am ‘oma: * * tae pera oe fe + * ie ae 2 * CENTER OF STRIFE | ** id a es . * —— * EV wine tess lA BOOTH. ROCKEFELLERS SEEN BEHIND BOOTH FOES Opposition. to One-Man Con- trol by Americans Said to Inspire Attack. STAND TAKEN LONG AGO New York, Jan. 13 (N.Y.WNS)— Back of the attempt of Commander Evangeline Booth and the liberal forces with her to democratize the Salvation Army lies an unsuspected influence, it has been learned from an unquestion- able source—the wealth and the sound philanthropic judgment of many Amer- ican men of wealth, notably of the Rockefellers, John D., sr., and jr. It may not be the only influence, since Evangeline Booth, a keen-minded and progressive woman, has been irked for years by a form of organization which puts control of the $33,000.000 worth of. Salvation Army property in the United States in the hands of one ing?” have furnished her ® powerful argu? ment. The Rockefellers, in brief. have re- fused to contribute as iargely as they otherwise would to an autocratic or- ganization, completely in the power of one mah, and they have let both Miss Booth and her brother, Gen. Bram- well Booth, the autocrat, know their attitude. General William Booth, ‘father of both Bramwell and Evangeline and founder o1 the Salvation Army, came to this country in the years when a much smaller army was struggling desperate- ly to raise funds. He told his needs to the older Rockefeller, who had lavished money on so many other philanthro,y pies John D. Rockefeller, sr., replied te the stern and patriarchal Salvationist that he had no doubts of the latter’s sin- cerity. but that the system was wrong He pointed out that not only were the Salvation Army properties throughout the world directly in the contro] one man. even where they were nominally imecorporated, as in the various States of this country, but that this man had power to appoint his own successor. Later the matter was again discussed in a three-cornered correspondence now in Salvation Army files between Johanna Woodford, of South Boston./the children of these men—Jdun D. Rockefeller, Evangeline jr.. ana Bramwell and Booth. Mr. Rockefeller CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 6. Mail Thieves Elude Posse in Colorado No Trace Found of Three Escaping With $20,000 Pay Roll for Mine. Trinidad, Colo., Jan. 18 (A.P.).—Sup- .|posedly hidden somewhere in the rug- ged canyons of southern Colorado. three masked men who escaped yesterday after robbing a mail carrier of a $20,- 000 pay roll, today had elued the posse- men. Without a tangible clew to the iden- tity of the men with only a partial de- scription of them. Sheriff's deputies continued the search. The robbers teft no trail The robbers waylaid Charles Festi, 18, who was carrying the mail) for his fa- ther, Joe Festi, the regular mail carrier on the rural route, while he was going to Delagua with several sacks of mail, including the pay roll for the Victor American Fuel Co. mine. Festi was bound and left blindfolded in his truck. Radio School Safes Are Robbed of $2,000 Entering through an unlocked window, thieves Saturday night or early yes*er- day morning broke open two safes at the National Radio School, 1536 U street northwest, and made off with CODLIOGE FAL TO HECK FIGHT | (ON PEAGE PAL Group Urging Declaration of American Rights Remains Firm. BINGHAM INSISTS PLAN JS NOT\RESERVATION. Borah Counts on Demand for Cruiser Bill Action to Crush Deadlock. (Associated Press.) | Renewed pressure from the White House failed yesterday to break the deadlock in the Senate on the Kellogg antiwar treaty, and the group demand- ing an interpretative declaration on the pact decided to hold out against any agreement setting an hour to yote on its ratification. Apparently concerned over the circu- lation Saturday of a round rcbin peti- tion by those seeking sn interpretative declafation of American rights under the treaty, President Coolidge on Sat- urday night summoned Senator Bing- ham (Republican), of Connecticut, who was passing the petition around. The President made known his desire that nO manner of reservation accom- pany American ratification of the treaty engineered by his Secretary of State. He considers a report of the for- eign relations committee, declaring the treaty does not affect America’s right of self-defense and does not infringe upon the Monroe. Doctrine, which is asked by the petition, would be tantamount to a reservation. Bingham Remains. Firm. Senator Bingham stood his ground. He had in his pocket the round robin petition, already pearing 24 signatures, | Another conference of the “interpre- tatiOnists” yesterday decided to fight| On, and as a result of that decision ob- jection will be today to the pro- posal which Borah, of the for@ign relations committee, intends to submit to limit debate on the treaty. This decision throws the,treaty into an indefinite future. Borah: in charge of the pact. feels, however, the respon- sibility is entirely on the “interpreta- tionists.” Almost to a man this group is strongly for the cruiser construction bill which is awaiting disposition of the antiwar pact. “Treaty advocates feel the foes will be forced by their own de- sire for action on the cruiser bill to give in on the demand for an interpre- tation and are content to accept the] deadlock for the present. All Plans Rejected. But President Coolidge wants both the treaty. without reservation or tnter- pretation, and naval construction meas- ure. A senatorial breakfast party. a later White House conference of Senate leaders, and finally. the Bingham con- ference, failed to budge the deadlock: The resultant conferences yesterday at the Capitol also got nowhere. Senator Bingham made it clear to the President that with the exception of two or three of the 24 petition signers none wished to defeat ratification of the treaty. But he said the group was firmly of the conviction that this Na- tion should make known in some man- ner its interpretation of the pact now rather than at some iater time when such an emergency arose. He contended that under international law a mere report by a Senate committee could not be constituted as a reservation to a treaty ratified by the Senate. But the President doesn’t see it that way. and he is stubborn on the point. The round robin petition pledges the signers not to ask even for the adop- tion by the Senate of the report of tne foreign relations committee, which is requested. However, it declares the sig- natories will feel constrained to vote for an interpretative resolution, such as has been proposed by Senator Moses CONTINUED ON PAGE 3. COLUMN 7 Soviet Leader Killed By Assassin’s Shot Gen. Slaschoff Is Slain in Moscow Home by an Unidentified Man. Moscow, Jan. 13 (A.P.).—Gen. Jacob Alexandrovitch Slaschoff, former czarist and “white” commander, and high in the Soviet army commissariat during the past six years. was assassinated in his home here today. Komsomolskaya Pravda, in reporting the murder says that an unknown per- son entered and fired at the general, killing him. He fied before witnesses reached bim. Krashnaya Zvella (Red Star), chiet organ of the Soviet army. in announc- } ‘ling the death says that the assassma- are | On was prompted by motives of per- | —— revenge. “ —_— Wes _ SE CAPITAL OBSERY 4 : DRY LAW'S BRT Howard. and Pinchot Speak} for Enforcement of the _ Volstead Act. | es. CURRAN FLAYS MEASURE] Yesterday was the ninth birthaay oc | national prohibition. | Claims of results positive and nega is tive under enforcement were made in} the hostile camps of wets and aes while in statements and spegchel ment’s enemies and friends sect — their views with considerable vigor. - The 9-year-old prohibition was de- scribed as a fair-haired child,.a child},* whose path has been: made djfficult ., but ore of beautiful promise by Clinton, : —— — — — —— — — —— 7 District police —— that the same penalty be im pur- Chaser of iliegal | * applies to the seller was approved by Howard and Pinchot and the audience which. heard their addresses. The audience, comprising about 600 yes alee in- structed Howard to send to Maj Hesse the District committee of House — Senate, and President-elect Herbert Hoover resolutions setting forth . the opinion that the purchaser of illegal liquors should be made liable to prosecution for a felony. q “We urge Congress to try out this ‘noble experiment’ in the National Capital and justify to the people the determination of the incoming aédmin-. istration to enforce the law,” the reso- lutions stated. Pressed during the presidential cam- paign for a statement of his opinion of prohibition, Candidate Hoover de- calared that it is “a noble experiment.” Upon Herbert Hoover, as President. will depend the success of enforcement. former Gov. Pinchot declared. “We drys elected our man,” he said. “The people who believe in prohibition sent him to the White House. I do not say that the eighteenth amend- ment will go. but I do say that if tne conditions exist today are exist- ent four years from now we drys will be in a dangerous position.” There is enough money, a sufficient number of men and the necessary agen- cies to make enforcement. a success./ » Pinchot said, ad@ing that the one hope | a of real enforcement depended on none Pp m., and giving rise to an official fore- CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 6. Fires 55 and 30 Floors Up Are * eee ——— BAPE fe Cem wei. i Ee schi ada aie. * —E stats a vty ee 7 “Spee if : PRs a pe — de kg i rit ka rz I —— ea * tt we 3 f ‘i ¢ 6 : My * J * 4 + = | ‘ i‘. Three Freeze to Death in Mid- die West in Below-Zero Cold Wave. . MOTORISTS FACE — Intense cold paid ite first ; visit to Washington last night } to- day. forcing temperatures down to an unofficial 13 degrees above zero at 10 cast of “quite cold weather” today. From a high mark of 43. degrees at noon, the temperature had dropped 11/ Gegrees at. 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and at 10 o’clock the official tempera- ture reading was 15 above sero. the coldest weather the Capital has — rienced this season. Rising temperatures tomorrow Sei, ably will be followed by snow or rain, said the Weather Bureau. : A stiff wind added to the discomfort of pedestrians last night, and reports to the Améritan ,Automobile Association were that scores of motorists experienc- | | ed difficulty caused by freezing as a result of sudden change from warm garages to near zero weather. Cc. L. Mitchell, Weather Bureau fore- caster,said that today probably would be the cdidest of the season thus far. “It appears to be a week averaging cold,” he said. “with. rising atures in the middle of the week and lower temperatures tov toward the close.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 2, COLUMN 7. in Two Cities Highest Blaze in History: of New York — in Woolworth’ Towers = » : — te 24 J ae ee Ae ae —* © * Scaffolding Burns in New York, Jan. 13 (AP).-Ay young, woman and five men were marooned for ten minutes today on the fifty~| * eighth floor platform of the Wool: : worth tower when fire broke out in machinery insulation on the ona | floor. Edward 3. Link. of Sunnyside, L, i. who was accompanied t law, Miss Margaret