The Washington Post
January 19, 1929

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~ . Oe 1361 The Washington | WASHINGTON: SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1929. DOT AIGT LAGKO PROTECTION Ut The only newspaper in Washington with th: Associated Press news every morning in the year. For home de- livery call Main 4205. rar NO. — | | POST.SCRIPTS Rs, x3 ad * eo : * ea > |G - = ty : ro Ng ; “ae! 4 3 1 r ma » — * a ad a Seed — —* * See a hie es ‘ , * — — ee le CNT re RE eT or * ey BT ae . at _ ENTERED AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER POSTOFFICE. WASHINGTOR, D. ©. EMORY HUM 19,210. 4 Wilson Asserts Wife ‘GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN — Shot Him by * | “ ‘Nothing,’ said Alice. a — ae iS — — * > me as Aa Ped ~ : + 3: — wy ‘Nothing whatever?’ persisted the "Nothing. whatever,” said Alice. "That's very important,’ the King said,” * 7 an 'The Senate discusses the con- . -firmation of Roy West behind closed 7 Adoore, thus keeping it Insulated. ~ See ey og — ma? © ‘ 5 a, 0 ox 2 * ey . * — * by + — = ; wy — Ed : — a a J * — 4y - — a a BN a * * of — * Kentucky lady gets 18 years for The enly member of the Diplo- matie Corps Senator Norris has any ase for is the Ambassador from — — — as ——— — a - j “J E ~ > . 2 7 a uth ri , > every wer 4 4 i eee a — — F oy he * ag + Sy , * A) s- 4 — — 4 * Ba Sir sige lat ti * * to peek PCUDLED HERE, SENATOR AY Norris Charges Immune Liquor Leaks From Capital Legations. EMPLOYES SUPPLYING BOOTLEGGERS, CLAIM Celler, in House, Calls on Dry Chief for Data as to Diplomatic Stocks. The employes of embassies. and legations have turned bootleggers and Washington, Senator Norris (Republi- can), Nebraska, .charged in the Sen- ate yesterday. : About the same time, Representative Celler (Democrat), New York, was de- manding in the House that Prohibition Commissioner Doran furnish Congress information on the amount of wines and liquors imported for diplomatic use. The Senate was debating the pro- posal of Senator Harris (Democrat) Georgia, an additional $24,000,000 be provided for prohibition enforcement when Norris launched his attack on the diplomatic bootleggers. He was led to do so by Senator Blease (Demo- crat), South Carolina, who asked the Nebraskan if he knew that embassy Calls for Legislation. — “Employes of the Government have told me that employes of the foreign embassies make it a pracitce of selling liquor brought in under diplomatic im- munity,” Norris declared. “I don’t know that the ambassadors know of such things.” Norris said he was in favor. of legis- lation to put a stop to this kind of said, and in this he wag backed up on the Democratic side of the aisle by Senator Robinson, of Arkansas. So long drawn out was the debate on the Harris proposa] that the Senate “Secretary Mellon writes the Senate a letter and says we need a thorough survey of enforcement conditions,” shouted Norris. “If after trying to enforce prohibition for eight years, Secretary Mellon has just got around to the point where he has discovered a survey ought to be made, it is fair to say he has made a failure in en- forcing the lew.” Girl and Boy Accused Of Killing Lad With Rifle Birmingham, Ala., Jan. 18 (A.P.).—A i6-year-old girl and a youth of the same age were under arrest today on warrants charging murder in connec- tion with the death several days ago of Ellis Dement, 18. They are Ella Bat- ten and Otis Patterson. Dement, whose death was called ac- cidental by Coroner J. D. Russum, was found with a bullet wound in his neck. A small-caliber rife was found near the body. Details of evidence against the boy and gitl were not revealed. are peddling diplomatic liquor in. Big Game Huntress’ Mate Opens Way in Court for Her Defense. New York, Jan. 17 (U.P.).—Dallett H. Wilson, called as the first witness for the prosecution today in the trial of his wife for shooting him last March in a quarrel in his office, left the witness stand at the close of court after having laid the foundations for a perfect defense. Wilson is an attcrney of Washington and New York. He is general counsel for the Heckscher foundation and was a member of the advisory committee on the Republican national commit- Mrs. Wilson, who, before her mar- riage was Esther Evans de Forrest, is a big game huntress who has killed lions and water buffalo fn Africa and nearer the North Pole than any other woman. On a voyage to the Arctic she claims to have approached within 10 degrees of the “top of the world.” Wilson told the jury today that he believed Mrs. Wilson acted under the sudden stress of emotion when she shot him; that he had menaced her with a heavy bronze paper weight; that he knew she always carried fire- arms to protect her jewels, and that he undoubtedly had used violent words and provoked her much in a 45-minute quarrel which had preceded the shoot~- ing. Wilson, a lawyer of recognized prom- inence, when he had completed his testimony, had given the woman who is alleged to have attempted to end his life, a chance to plead self-defense; 10 DEAD IN TORNADO SWEEPING MIDWEST School Destroyed at Maunie, M. Taking Four Lives; Injured Total 30. FOUR STATES AFFECTED — — tis and injuries to about 30 per- sons, mostly children, was the known toll tonight of a tornado which swept through four Middle Western States to- day, accompanied by heavy rainstorms. Blowing out of the southwest up the Ohio and Wabash River Valleys, the twister struck first 20 miles south of Cape Girardeau, Mo., where two chil- ‘dren were killed. At Maunie, Ill., where & school building collapsed, two chil- dren and a woman were killed and about 25 school children injured. Three persons were reported drowned along the Ohio River and as the storm turned north a woman was killed and her two grandchildren injured at Fort Branch, Ind. Tonight the storm was reported cen- tered about Cleveland and the Lake Erie district, with indications that it would pass on up the St. Lawrence Valley. The dead: Dorothy Maunie, ll. Bernice Tucker, 13, Maunie. Mrs. Amos Newman, Maunie. Marjorie Hargraves. 4, near Cape Girardeau, Mo. Buddie Hargraves, 3. Mrs. Mary Nolen, 65, Fort Branch, Ind. Roy Liter, 21, and Clinton Mahoney, 24, drowned in Ohio River when skiff capsized. William Thrasher, 43, blown Louisville bridge and drowned. Maunie appeared to be the heaviest sufferer from the storm. Half a dozen residences there were demolish- May ~ Handley, age 132, from CONTINUED ON PAGE 3, COLUMN 6. Fight Over Booth Checked By Death and Injunction Salvation Army Head Gets Court Order Preventing Elee- tion of Suecessor; Commissioner Haines Falls Dead as Ballot Is Begun. Salvation Army Life Insurance Society and high in council affairs. Gen. Booth’s desperate fight to retain control of the world-wide organization founded by his father threw consterna- tion into the high council meeting, !t was learned. The only official word 86.00 round trip to Richmond via RPE&P Saturdays and throygh 12:01 train Sun to who is believed to have approached | Evansville, Ind., Jan, 18 (AP.).—Nine| Accident Associated Press Photo. MRS, ESTHER EVANS DE FOREST WILSON, had weakened materially the State's claim that her attack was premeditat- ed: and finally had stoutly maintained that despite the fact that he was shot twice he believed it was entirely acci- dental. . Even the court was startied by Wil- son’s gallantry, and reminded him that he was under oath. “T réalize it, sir,”’ Wilson; a handsome, middle-aged and correctly attired man, promptly replied. The Wilsons were married in 1910. Wilson testified today that they quar- reled much, although they were very CONTINUED ON PAGE 4, COLUMN 1. STAPLES TO TESTIFY IN GRAFT INU Investigators of the Charges Against Police Captain Call New Witness. WOMAN ACCUSER ABSENT 1 Orville, Staples, discharged policeman, will be summoned for questioning dur- ing the coufse of the investigation by the district attorney's office into charges made against a police captain by &@ woman palmist, it was learned yesterday. Assistant District Attorney William H, Collins, who is in charge of th» in- vestigation, was reticent to discuss Staples’ connection with case. He refused to state what inf ation he expected i _ i 7 _ ae re * * mt —* — 3 pa \, Law pea. ae ye Pex eae —— * * —X eo oe 2a 8 * — * — 7 a 4, — % ro . 4 + tay rf —* rs 1 4 J a ba > : « x U és 5 fe . AXbZ X U J J ¥ = oe ’ - Re # * ———— es — — ~*~ | o . 2 5 ag , os 5 * . . _ .' . -% > - — © © hk — 73% eee AW —— *8* oe a (a — * ty — | 7 2 se * Se . . z . i cations with Guatemala City are’ re- | WS asked. ported cut off and all border traffic stopped. ee ag Gen. Ubico is a member of a wealthy nent in the army for many years. Of the three generals who overthrew. the Car- los Herrera government. six years ago, Orellana became president, Ubico ‘his minister. of war, while Gen. Larrabe is minister of war in the present govern- ment. Both Retalhuleu and Mazatenango are in the extreme northwest of Guate- mala. | Gen. Jorge Ubico was minister of war in the cabinet of President Orellana in 1922 and later in that year was elected first vice president by the national as-| sembly. In 1926 he was the progressive candidate for president. Last September President Lazaro Chacon suspended constitutional guar- antees for a period of six months, an faction tantamount to: establishment of martial law, because of alleged sedi- tious activities on the part of the op- position. The Guatemalan Minister at Washington in October made public a communication from the minister of foreign affairs which said: _. “Guatemala enjoys undisturbed in- ternal peac; and order prevails through- out the country. Not a single Judges Defeat Vare’s Man has been imprisoned for political rea- sons.” } : Senator-E lect Presidency of Philadelphia Municipal Court Settled by Election of Judge Brown; Ill City Leader Phones in Vain for United Front. Philadelphia, Jan. 18 (A.P.).—The fight over the presidency of the Phile- delphia Municipal Court came to an ap- parent end today when the ten judges making up the court met for a second time arid elected Judge Charlies L. Brown as president judge. The vote was 7 to 3, the defeated candidate being Judge Leopold C. Glass, whose term as president judge the State Supreme Court yesterday declared had ende@ on January 7. The contest was marked by the last- minute futile appeal by Senator-elect William 8. Vare to hold together his phone last night in an endeavor to have the Republican members stand by Glass, who is identified with the Vare organization. Brown, during the life of Senator Penrose, was an adherent of the and has | the . wing of act bean identified with’ the Vare in-| The fact that Senator-elect Vare tried | $0) prevent Glass’. defeat was sevealed brought about solely for the terests of the court. . 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