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excavations and predictions Of his
fate. He certainly could have enter
tanned no anticipation of escape from
punishment, and had 1t been possible
for his distracted mind, would have
spent the season in preparation for
DEATH"
The trap was sprung at 1890 fore
noon, and Is minutes later the ply
sicians pronounced Wirz dead, his
neck being broken. The physicians
were DIR. G. M. Ford, surgeon OF the
prison. DR.. Ensign, 18th Volunteer Re-
serves: DIR. Notson and DR.. Bliss. The
military guard was detachments OF
the 214th Pennsylvania Infantry, Maj.
w. M. Worrall l95th Pennsylvania,
Capt. E. H. Foust. and detachments
Of the 18th, Oath, 9th. 18th and 14th
Volunteer Reserves. the whole under
command of Provost Marshal Russell
The commander of the prison was
then Capt. G. r. Wallbridge.
No. on the third floor, looking
down on A street and Maryland
avenue. The scaffold was in the prison
yard, and I think at the south end
of the building. The execution was
seen from trees IN the Capitol grounds
and from roofs of houses on the site
Of the Library Of Congress. find
this in the report Of the execution:
1.-THE walls Of the yard, nearby
housetops and trees in the Capitol
grounds were loaded with curious
spectators who INDUCED in a variety
Of outcries not calculated to 1nspirit
the criminal in his last moments" I
also find this line: Among the spec
tators at windows and on the house
tops were a number of ladies'
There Is q close description Of the
scaffold and the use to which 1t had
been put. On 1t had been hanged one
Woodward for the murder Of his wife;
Samuel Powers. "for the murder Of
young Lutz OF Baltimore: John Con-
rad Kessler, Company K, N. Y. Volun-
teers. "for the murder Of Lieut.. LinZy
at the Sixth street wharf; Augustus
Ford, colored. for the murder of
George Adams. colored": Cornelius
Tuell. "for the murder Of his wife;
Charles Fenton Beavers Of Mosby's
men, for violating his oath Of al
legiance": Charles Williams, 31st n.
Y. Colored Troops. for the murder Of
an unknown colored woman at Camp
CaSey Va"
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sufficient depth of focus with minimum
distortion.
Naturally, adjustments to correspond
to light and weather conditions are
made by the photographer. Excellent
results have been obtained on clear,
bright days with an exposure of
one-twenty- of a second at fill.
On cloudy or rainy days, the
maximum exposure has been one-ffth
of a second at rs.
When a suitable site for taking the
animal PICTURES had been selected.
which swas free from conspicuou
objects and Objectionable backgrounds,
wooden post was set firmly in the
ground in a perpendicular position.
so that the camera when placed on
this unusual tripod was exactly "A
inches from the ground. A brass
plate carrying a central threaded pin
was fastened to this post. A sister
plate on the center of the camera
base affords smooth bearing surface
for the circular movement of the
camera. The pin holds the camera
in position. and on windy days a
set screw is used to prevent revolv-
ing.
The camera is placed A inches
from the ground. because at this
height neither of the hip bones of a
large COW breaks over the animal s
topline. However. at this level it is
necessary to direct the camera down
ward slightly in order to center the
object. The plot of ground Immediately
contiguous to the camera was
surveyed and leveled carefully. At a
distance of exactly q feet inches
from the center of the camera a
semi-circular track IL inches wide was
staked out and bordered with markers.
A COW standing anywhere on this
track is always the same distance
from the camera. The camera Is
focused on the plane of the track
Whenever the animal to be photo
graphed is in proper position the
photographer can snap the picture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-08-08
BY GEORGE ii. DACY

- DIVING the secrets of dairy
cattle growth and develop
ment by using Photographic
~ all.seeing eye-the camera
lens-as scientific sleuth
and reliable recorder is the latest
contamination Of Uncle Sam, master
farmer. who fosters the greatest
organization of agricultural scientists
known to men. For the first time in
the annals Of animal industry. the
camera has been employed success
fully as an aid to research. Factors
relating to animal inheritance. color
markings and transmission Of pecul-
iarities, which never before have
been investigated. are now being
studied.
The dairy experts of the National
Department of Agriculture, after de-
tailed experimentation, have evolved
and perfected picture making APP
planes and standardized conditions
which produce a sequence of photo
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-18

Washington, Dec. l8--t NEA III
the senate unseats Senator Arthur X
Gould of Maine its action will GO
down on the records as an important
prec cdent -.
Gould's fitness is questioned be-
cause Of charges that he paid bribe
Of 500, 900 into a political campaign
fund in Names neighbor. Canadian
province, New Brunswick.
II never has been definitely estab-
lishcd whether the senate can OF
cannot expel a member for turpi-
tude in his private life, although the
senate decided 10 to that it could
and would investigate IA Canadian
Judges charge that Gould paid the
bride.
Parallel cases in this country lend
no guide to the present senate. Their
history seems only to obscure the
issue. Gould's case is altogether diff
ferent from those Of William S. Ware
and Frank l.. Smith, which involve
primaries and elections.
The North Dakota Case
Thirty-thrce years ago special
session Of the senate considered the
case of Senator William N. Roach
Of North Dakota. A resolution pro-
yiding for a committee investigation
of charges against Roach similar to
the present Gould investigation was
introduced by Senator George Fris-
bic Hoar Of Massachusetts,. who was
hacked by Senator William S. Chand-
Ter of New Hampshire.
There was an allegation that
Roach had, in his comparatively
younger days. been involved in an
$4,000 bank embezzlement in WASH
inyton. He moved to the Dakota ter
ritory in 1879 and started life all
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CASS COUNTY
CONTRIBUTING
Is AFFIRMED
Case Tried to Court BY Agree.
nltnt. After Which Defense
Counsel Appeals

Where legal action triable to q
jury is tried TO the court instead the
supreme court will not interfere with
the findings Of fact Of the lower
court unless il is CLEARLY opposed
to the preponderance of the evil
dcnce," the supreme court has held
in the case of l.. K. Baird VS.. X. d..
Goforth. appealed by the defendant
from the Cass county district court.
The action was one to collect on Il
prOmisssory note and was tried to
the court by agreement. The defense
subsequently sought to overturn the
decision. The supreme court held
that the contention of the defense
wa. not established sufficiently to
warrant a change in the lower court 5
verdict.
Adams Court Sustained
The court also affirmed decision
of the Adams county district court
in the ease of j. o. Jacobson vs..
George klemann and others and A..
o. Brown, appealed by the plaintiff.
In it's decision the court held that
the sufficiency of the evidence on
which Il judgment is based may not
be challenged in the supreme court
unless such sufficiency was chal-
Iengcd in the lower court elther by
motion for n directed verdict or by
motion for a new trial.
In the case of the Sharon Milling
company VS.. Ole Gaide. appealed from
Nelson county, the court held that an
extension Of time in which to make
an agreed statement Of the record OF
a su.t Is discretionary on the part
If TIE trial Judge. A jury which
heard the case disagreed and the
court eutercd 4 verdict for the plain
TN.
Time was granted in which to
make an agreed statement Of the case
to be used on appeal but attorneys
for Galde failed to take action and
judgment was entered against their
client. They contended that two
firms Of lawyers had taken part IN
the ease and that earh thought the
other was working on an agreed
statement Of the case.
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UNSEATlNC new MAINE S0LON WOULD
SET IMPORTANT SENATE PRECEDENT

over again. He became q mayor, z
territorial legislator and ran twice
unsuccessfuly for governor when
North Dakota became a state.
He was then elected to the senate
whittier he came in 1893. !. He had
never been prosecuted for the bank
incident and restitution was said te
have been made; nevertheless his
fitness was questioned and consid.
cradle debate followed introduction
Of Hoar's resolution March %, 1893
But no vote ever was taken on the
resolution. for some reason or other:
the charges were not investigated
and Roach served from 1893 until
1896. He died in New York in 1902
Arguments advanced by Hoar
Chandler and others probably will be
studied during the Gould investiga.
ton.
And From Kentucky
In 1896, the governor of Kentucky
wrote to the vice president citing
charges of "gross fraud and per.
jury" in court case against Sem
ator Humphrey Marshall of Ken.
lucky. Public charges had been
brought against Marshall, the gov
crnor said, but it appeared that he
never had been prosecuted. On the
motion of Marshall himself, tho gov
crnor's protest was referred to Z
special committee.
The committee subsequently re.
ported back that Marshall never had
been tried in his home state. where
courts were best able to judge HE
guilt or innocence, that no explana-
ton of this failure to try him had
been offered, that other Kcntuckians
in congress apparently deprecated
the charges, and that "thcre is no
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Certain Indian tribes in Brazil eat
the powdered bones Of their anccs-
tors.
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EXCHANGING
GIFTS UNFAIR
TO EVERYONE
Salesgirl, Store and Shopper
All Suffer From Practice.
Club Woman Finds

Editors Note: This is the last
Of three articles BY Mrs. Edith Nc
Clurc Patterson wealthy society and
club woman. who worked as a sales
girl in New York department store
to see the Christmas shopping ~ sh
from the working girls viewpointD
Whenever the subject Of returned
merchandise Is mentioned. we think
Of the hackncyed old Joke about III,
people who took their Christmas
presents back and exchanged them
for things they really wanted.
That joke has drawn plenty Of
laughs. But in reality it, no joke
ut all
It's certainly no Joke to the mer-
chant. who is forced to give out per
feet goods in exchange for second
hand articles which he must sell Al
a marked down price.
1t is not Joke to the salcsgrls
who find their commissions cut b!
deduction of the returned article
from their sales slips.
II is no joke to the buyer. either
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Mrs. Harris Given
Lavalliere For Her
: Is Years Service

In recognition Of her long and
faithful service, Mrs. Harvey Harris,
resident Of Bismarck since 1884 and
representative of the Continental In
surance company Of New York since
1901, has been presented by the com
pany with decoration in the shape
Of a Continental lavalliere. The
medal and chain are Of gold. On the
face il the figure Of Continental
soldier. the company's emblem, and
on the reverse side Is inscribed "Mrs.
Harvey Harris, l90l-l926, Bismarck,
N. D."
Accompanying the service medal
was = letter from the president Of
the company, congratulating Mrs.
Harris on her years Of service and
welcoming her to the ranks Of the
"Old Guard" She has the distinc-
ton Of being the only woman in the
state who has held . Continental
agency appointment for Is years.
Mrs. Harris IL naturally pleased At
being the recipient of such = hand
some medal, but the kindly expires.
sions contained in the letter from
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prosecuting action from the con-
stituency."
That ended it and today Gould
probably recalls the, Roach and
Marshall cases with satisfaction.
The most notorious similar case
before the House of Representatives
was the Credit Mobilier scandal of
1872 in which Representative Cakes
Ames Of Massachusetts, and Repre-
sentative James Brooks of New York
were accused of having bribed con-
gressmen some years before their
election to the forty-second congress.
A special committee investigated
and voted to expei Ames and Brooks.
But the House judiciary committee
decided that the House could not
expel in such q case-that its rights
of expulsion were remedial rather
than punitive.
So the House didn't vote to throw
out Ames and Brooks, put passed
separate resolutions of public con-
demnation against the accused con-
Rressmen.
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In the long run the buyer must pay
higher prices to make up what the
merchant loses on returns.
There is another angle to it, too.
When you buy, at IA reduced price.
goods that someone else has re-
turned. you are exposing your fam
ily to the possibility of contagion.
Who knows what germs the goods
may have come in contact with while
living around someone elsc's home for
four or five days?
Only a Habit
I, is up to the woman buyers
sense Of fair play to do away with
this habit. For, in most cases. the
returning Of Christmas gifts Is 4
habit and nothing more.
Speaking Of habits; there rs an
other habit that women buyers-and
men, too might well cultivate dur
ing the Christmas shopping season
and at other times. That is the
habit Of always getting receipt
for every article that is purchased.
Receipts are always given, in prac-
\ tically every store in the land. Many
\ shoppers, however. make practic,
4 Of dropping them. refusing to save
4 thhm on the ground chat 1t ISM
worth the bother.
That is a mistake.
Christmas shopping season IS
4 busy one. and "A store can make mis-
takes in its accounts. And II ;
collector comes To YOU and demand:
payment for an article you have al
ready paid for well. if you have ;
receipt the matter ends right there
Receipts Protects You
In addition, the receipt is invalu
able if for any reason the merchan
disc YOU have bought is unsatis
factory and must be returned. 1t !
your protection Il check on tn
honesty and accuracy OF the store
workers and YOU should Away
keep it,
/. One more word-about charge nc
counts.
They're wonderful things to hay,
especially ut Christmas time, but b
careful YOU don't say charge 1t
! too often It's easy to buy bcyOn
Your means when you do il on credi
and it's worth remembering that tn
day of reckoning is bound 70 com
ALI too soon. Buy as carefully a
ii you were paying cash for ever!
thing and then Christmas won
leave bad taste in your mout
when the bills begin to come in.
r3
S Certain Indian tribes in Brazil ca
the powdered bones Of their anccs
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Eight Months Siege
of Sianfu Is Ended

London, Dec. 18.-LN-The Baptist
Missionary Society today received .
cable message from China stating
that the eight months siege Of Sianfu,
capital of Shensi province, had been
terminated. and six British mission
aries liberated.
Fearful conditions in Sianfu, in
Guiding the buying and eating of
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WINS ANYHOW

Hutchinson, Kas.-Cleo. Coffey, l3,
farmers daughter, was disappointed
because she was. one year too old to
enter her embroidered bedspread in
the juvenile department Of the
county fair. So che entered it in the
adults dspartment-and won first
prize over the county's expert needle-
women.
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER IS, 1926

human flesh to ward off starvation
caused by factional fighting there,
were described in Peking dispatches
December 8. At last reports there
were 10 foreigners, including several
Americans. in the city.
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AND HE'S STRONG

Il want q book" said the girl.
Something light?" inquired the
librarian.
"Oh, no; that doesn't matter. I've
a Young man waiting outside to
carry it home."-Sydney Bulletin.
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the president Of the company brought
her the greatest qualification.
Evening star., 1926-12-05
PLAN CENTER ACTIVITY.
Secretaries Outline Midwinter Ac-
tivities of Community Group

Plans for the Midwinter activities
of the community Center Depart
.nent. including the celebrations at
tendant upon the Christmas season
were outlined al a meeting Of all cen
ter secretaries At Franklin School
yesterday.
The ohserVan"es will get under way
December Il. when the gloom chasers
IN the Southeast will stage a Christ =
mas dance in the gymna sium Of
Southeast center; on December 21 a
Christmas pageant will he presented
in the auditorium of Armstrong High.
in which groups of singers In divisions
1913 will No assisted by the Washing
ton Federation Of Colored Church
Choirs organ nized under the supervi.
sion of Mrs. Gabrielle Pelham. general
secretary for divisions 1919.
q Park View will have its community
Christmas tree December %. and De
cemher g Columbia Heights Center
also will have Christmas tree and
celebration in cooperation with VIII
son Normal Schol. On December %.
The community Christmas tree Will he
lighted al Petworth. with all the lead
ing organizations in that neighhor
hood uniting in the fete.
Plans We're discussed for the light
ing OF the national community Christ
mas tree. in sherman Squart. and
Miss Sibyl Baker director Of the de.
Irartment. announced that committees
were already at work on detailed pro
gram for this event and that definite
program announcement would shortly
be made.
Mrs. l.. w Hardy. general secretary
for divisions 10. reported a gratifying
increase in The number cf citizens
aseocia tions and parent teacher asso-
Citations affiliatinS with the depart
nent. and Miss Baker stressed the
growing importance Of fostering com
munity gatherings in the interests Of
a wider acquaintanceship and good
fellowship.
Evening star., 1926-12-05
VILE TO GIVE TALK
AT JEWISH CENTER
Forum Speaker Will Make Address
on What's Going on in
Washington"

Frederic William Vile, representing
Journalism" in the National Jewish
Forum, will speak tonight at the
Jewish Community Center on
What's Going on In Washing.
tom This is the third Of a series
of talks on social and political prob.
lens. to which the general public is
invited. Open discussion IL engaged
in after each meeting.
The forum has already presented
Rabbi Jonah B. Wise of New York
and Mrs. Irma Lindheim, president of
the National Kadassah. Others who
will speak Sunday evenings in the
near future are: Sophie Irene Loeb
social worker. and Max Steuber. noted
lawyer
The Y. NJ H. A. and Y. W. H. A.
under whose auspices Mr.. Vile made
his first speech in Washington. four
years ago. will act as hosts at this
meeting.
The Jewish Forum Is being given
as part of the educational program
Of the center. Another leading fea
ture Of which is the concert series
being given Sunday evenings through
out the Winter.
The second concert will be presented
next Sunday night and the featured
artist will he Efrenn Zimbalist. violin
virtuoso. The public also Is invited
to attend the concert series.
There Is no admission charge to the
lecture cycle and the concerts are
given at popular prices.
Evening star., 1926-12-05

ing fire the other two showed their
loot into a sack.
Attracted by the alarm. Patrolmen
Chester Fellows and ". H. Hutchins
started toward the bank entrance as
the bandits emerged and in a>rapid-
fire exchange the patrolmen dropped.
shot in the legs, though not seriously
wounded.
Apparently none Of the policemen s
shots took effect.
It was the first bank robbery In
Minnesota this year and the first
since the organization Of the county
rangers became general over the
State
Evening star., 1926-12-05
BANDITS RAID BANK
in BROAD DAYLIGHT
Wound Two Policemen in
Getting Away With $780,
600 in Minnesota.
By the Associated Press.


ROCHESTER, Mimi. December 4.
Tearing a page from the history
Of the notorious James-Younger gang.
six bandits held up a Rochester bank
TODAY in southern Minnesota's most
daring raid of its kind In hall
century.
lust as the James-Younger gang
attacked Northfield bank in 1878
in broad daylight, so today six banaits
with modern equipment challenged
the city throng in robbing the Ohm
sted County Bank of 100000 in cash
and Liberty bonds.
Unlike their prototypes, these
bandits used speedy automobile In
stead Of horses: rapid.iiring rifles
and sawed off shotguns were their
weapons in place of the firearms of
so years ago.
Enter Shooting and Cursing.
Shooting and cursing, they beat
down the bank president. intimidated
other bank attaches by firing repeat
edly, shot and wounded two policemen
who sought to stop them and stayed
pursuit temporarily by firing as they
sped away.
Within an hour. heavily armed
county rangers and a volunteer group
of citizens had spread over the south
ern part Of the State in the ma
hunt, while every road heading into
Iowa bristled with patrols. A snow
storm added to the difficulties attend
ing the pursuit
Four bandits entered the bank. a
fifth remained in their automobile.
while a sixth Joined them A block
from the bank as they escaped.
President Knocked Down.
Charles r. Dabelstein. the bank s
president. was knocked down by one
Of the bandits as they entered, other
employees and two customers were
forced to lie on the floor. and while
two bandits kept up steady warn
Evening star., 1926-12-05
PAINTINGS OF VENICE
IN NATIONAL EXHIBIT
Oil Canvases by Faulkner on Dis
play in Local Art
Gallery.

A collection of oil paintings Of Ven
Ice from dawn to dusk by Herbert
Waldron Faulkner is now on eXhihi-
ton at the National Gallery of Art.
There are 3s canvases and 1s panel
sketches, remarkable for their soft
blue gray tints. depicting the City Of
the Sea" through all it's fascinating
vistas and varying moods.
Five paintings in particular strike
the eye of the visitor IS he strolls
about the gallery: No. 1, High Noon
in the PIAZZA San Marco" colorful and
animated; No. 5. Barge Laden for
the Rialto Market" striking portrait
Of swarthy Venetians bending over
their oars and bright fruit cargo: No.
I. Venice at Dawn veiled in mys-
terry: No. 12, "A Narrow Canal" de-
lightful glimpse of secluded nook.
and No. SO. Port of Venice at Sun
set" fairyland through rose-colored
glasses.
Mr.. Faulkner was born at Stamford.
Conn. in 1850. and studied under J..
Carroll BeCkwith in New York and Ra
phael Collin in Paris. He has eXhib-
tied in the salons Of Paris. won honor
able mention for his work at the Pan
American Exposition in Buffalo and is
represented by pictures in the ST.
Louis Museum. His collection was re-
Gently shown at the Arts Club. and
the National Gallery exhibit will con-
tinue until December II.