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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-12-22

The best thing the Chicago Tribune
has published for long time was
an address, by Miss Hattie S. Borde-
witch of Olivia, delivered one day last
week at a convention of the Mississi-
ppi Valley Women's Republican club
in Chicago. The lady's objectionable
modesty prevents the Times from re-
publishing the address.-Olivia Times.
A. L. Johnson's auction sale which
was dated for December 18th was
postponed to Wednesday, January s.
The postponment was made on ac-
count of the cold weather and drift
ed roads, which kept bidders going
from a distance and also made it al
most impossible to hold sale out
doors.-Morean Messenger.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Root received
the sad intelligence of the death of
their little two and a half year old
granddaughter, Marilyn Symes, who
passed away Friday at St. Paul. Mrs.
C. B. Root left Saturday to attend
the funeral and be with her son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Symes.-Morgan Messenger.
AS Eddie Welsh, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Welsh of Shutdown and
three companions wa ire ellroute to
Morton from Redwood Falls, Sun
day evening, the truck in which they
were riding, left the road and turned
over in the ditch. The cab was dam
aged, but the occupants escaped I'M
injured. The truck was lowed to
Redwood Falls and Mr.. Welsh return
ed to this city by train this morn
ing. The accident was caused by the
binding snow.-Springfield Advance.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-12-22
Clements

August c. Raddatz went to the
Twin Cities last week to consult ;
doctor on account of his sore knee
He h"rt it last summer working in
the garage and has been troubled with
1t ever since.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lincoln Clements were
visitors in the Twin Cities a few DAYS
last week.
Peter Rasmussen who has been or
the sick list the past month, is now
improving nicely
Christ Kahle was a visitor at l.
II. Ratdatz' home Sunday evening.
Last Tuesday Alfred Dugas walk
ed f'cm Clements to North Redwood
where he took the train to Belview.
He IS employed as painter in the new
nous" Of DR.. and Mrs F. H. Aldrich.
District Is is giving a program in
the Clements hall December 23rd.
Everyone is welcome.
CARL REETZ
On December 18th at 5 a. M. occur
red the death of Carl Reetz of Glenn
ents. He had been ailing for several
months with heart trouble but on No
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Delhi
Continued from, page six)


Miss Ida Fischer returned to he,
me at Echo Friday after spending
several days with her sister Mrs
Frank Eirgel and family.
Earl Zorn Of Redwood Falls was a
Saturday guest of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A
Samuelson.
Miss Alma Fosz arrived Saturday
from Minneapolis where she is teach
ing to spend the Christmas vacation
at the home of her sister, Mrs. A. H.
Dorm.
George Leslie was a passenger to
Minneapolis Thursday where he will
spend few days with relatives.
Rudolph Hultquist of Belview was a
Friday business caller in Delhi.
Ashley Ever of Morton, lineman
for the Tri-State Telephone Company
was business caller at Delhi a cou-
pie Of days last week.
A. L. Leonard accompanied a ship
ment of livestock to South St. Paul
last week Tuesday.
Or2l knudson spent the weekend
IN thu Twin Cities in the transaction
of business.
Robert Ochs Of Redwood Falls was
here Friday looking after business in
terests.
Miss Gladys Scott arrived home
Saturday from Tracy where she is
teaching, to spend the Christmas va
cation with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. J. Scott.
Miss Lola Tibbetts went to Belview
last week Tuesday to take care of
Mrs. Axel Hultquist, who recently
had paralytic stroke.
Mrs. L. Flore left last week for
Willmar where she will make an ex-
tended visit at the home of her dau-
ghtet, Mrs. Thorwall Thorson.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-12-22
SOME WILD NOTIONS I HAVE
KNOWN.
"A Man Is Known by the Company
He KeenS"
DR.. Roy L. Smith


DR.. Roy L. Smith
We cannot always choose our com
pany. We must be judged by the
things we choose, not by the things
that are forced upon us.
No man chooses his features, but
he does choose his expression and the
expression on his face is fairer in
dex OF his character than his features.
! A man must be judged by many
other things than the company he
keeps.
A man is known by the way he
conducts himself when he is away
from his home town, or off on a va
cation. We are what we are when we
do as we please.
A man is judged, not by the clothes
he wears but by the way he wears
them. Cheap clothing, we'll brushed
and carefully pressed, makes a bet
ter impression than expensive cloth
ing carelessly worn. Carefulness is
inexpensive, too.
A man is known by the things he
laughs at. If the foul, the lewd, the
vulgar and the indecent excite him to
mirth it is because he exults in filth.
We laugh at the things we think are
funny. No clean-minded man ever
sees anything funny in nastiness.
One may be judged by the phono-
graph records in the collection at
home. The wax of the record is help
less. It must reproduce whatever is
impressed upon it. But we do not
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Dee. 22nd.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that
the co-partnership heretofore exist
ing between Harry Nelson of Wanda,
Minnesota, and Mary G. Bergstrom
OF Flensburg, Minnesota, and David
Bergstrom of Flensburg, Minnesota,
under the firm name of Wanda
Creamery Company doing business at
Wanda, Minnesota, has been this day
dissolved by mutual consent and Mary
c. Bergstrom and David Bergstrom
have retired from said firm and BUSH
ness, but the said Harry Nelson will
continue the business at the same
place and under the firm name Of the
Wanda Creamery Company.
Dated December 8, 1926.
Harry Nelson,
Mary c. Bergstrom,
David Bergstrom.
2A-It
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-12-22

A Potter Tubular Fire Escape has
been installed in the Walnut Grove
school house the past week, and the
pupils are having a fine time trying
it out. 1t is hoped that there will
never be any need to use it because
of necessity, but in case there should
be a fire, it is, perhaps, the best and
safest fire-escape that could be in
stalled.-Walnut Grove Tribune.
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have to buy the things we do not an
prove of.
A man is judged by the respect that
ne shows to interiors, dependents. the
poor and the powerless. The gentle
man sees something sacred in every
human soul. No accident of class or
caste ever blinds him to the dignity
OF humanity. Only the fop enjoys the
despicable art of understanding.
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PAGE SEVEN

Louis Bofnan of Ada, who has been
state overseer on the two bridges inst
completed west of town, left Satur-
day for Redwood Falls where he il
to take charge of the construction Of
a bridge near there.-Fairfax Stand
ard.
Evening star., 1926-11-23
BROWN SURVEYS
BROOKLAND AREA
Michigan Avenue Grade
Crossing Is Studied With
View to Elimination.

With a view TO evolving a plan for
removing the Michigan avenue grad.
crossing in Brookland. Maj Carey
Brown, engineer officer Of the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion. Is making a study of this par
ticular area this afternoon. 1t Is be
lieved that some way might be de
vised to change the line of Michigan
avenue at this point so as to carry
the traffic over the Monroe Street
Bridge and then back to Michigan
avenue. Some other projects which
are being considered by the park com
mission also are being studied thi,.
afternoon. including several small
park projects and playground sites.
With Lieut.. Col. u. S. Grant, MAJ.
Brown yesterday accompanied mem
bers Of the National Capital Park As
sociation on q tour Of several of the
projects which the commission. oe
which Col. Grant Is the head, desires
to purchase for park purposes, but &
prevented from doing it because thS
price asked is more than 25 per ceEa
above the assessed value.
This association was formed somo
months ago for the purpose of buying
up proposed park projects and hold
ing them until Congress appropriated
the money. when they would be
turned over to the Government al
the original purchase price. However
the restriction placed on land pur
chases here by Congress has prevented
the association from being very active
Col. Grant said that he had pointed
out Piney Branch Valley and Foundry
Branch Valley as two Of the projects
which the commission was desiroLs of
purchasing as soon as possible. but
that 1t was prevented from buying
because Of the price restrictions.
Evening star., 1926-11-23

parencies which the State introduced
through the testimony of former Com
missioner Faurot of New York he said
the comparison was between part OF
print with all of another.
Sandberg also testified that the fin
gerprint on the card found at the
scene of the crime was not that of
Willie Stevens. He had been shown
the photograph of the known finger.
prints of Stevens and Of the finger
print found on the Rev. Halls visiting
card
Are they or are they not prints
''They are not" answered the wit
ness.
The witness pointed out one by one
discrepancies which he said were dis.
cernible between the f1ngerprint found
at the scene of the crime and that
Of Willie Stevens finger. The i'm
print on the calling card, he pointed
out, had one short ridge that
did not appear at all on the known
print Of the defendants finger. He
traced on the calling card print the
beginning of a fine ridge which he
said was totally absent from Willie S
fingerprint. One ridge showed near the
edge of the calling card print, the
witness pointed out, while there was
none whatever on the other print.
Again, he said, there was a clean,
straight ridge on the calling card
print, while in the same position on
the other print there. were two forks.
He pointed out another spot on the
calling card print where there were
four ridges, while Willie's f1ngerprint
showed % ridges in the same area.
He said there was a very distinct
dot on the fngerprint found at the
scene Of the murder, while there was
no dot whatever on that made of
Willie Stevens fingerprint He also
pointed out other discrepancies which
he said he found.
New York Expert Called.
Gerhard Kuhne, supervising finger
print expert of the Central Bureau of
Identification, New York, not only
declared that the print on the calling
card was not made by Willie Stevens,
but he gave it as his opinion that
the print had been placed on the card
at "a later date.
II have reasons for my opinion" !"
he said.
There are q number of f1ngerprints
on the calling card and the one which
State experts had identified as that
Of Willie Stevens was at one edge
Of the card
Kuhne based his declaration that
Willie Stevens fingerprint was not
on the calling card on what he called
ridge characteristics. At one place
on the print from the calling card
he pointed out Il ridge dot, around
which other ridges had spread apart
from It, On Willie Stevens print he
said, there was no ridge dot and
no ODeninsy Of the other ridges to re-
ceive such a dot.
They are not the prints from the
same finger" declared Kuhne.
II believe this impression was an
afterthought, said Kuhne, referring
to the f1ngerprint which the State con-
tends was made on the calling card at
the time of the Staying.
"l suppose he means it is another
fingerprint," commented Judge Parker
Evening star., 1926-11-23

was not so chic as her sister-her
hat, like her mothers, was a little too
heavy for the slender oval of her
face. The sapphire velveteen coat,
with it's long collar of black fox fur,
was becoming enough. however, and
the fine dark eyes looked out steadily
and scornfully at the prosecutor.
Her mothers voice, her mothers
smile and a flick of color on the
high cheek bones. She. startlingly
enough, did not see Henry Stevens,
but his guardian angel led her to the
head of the stairs, where she could
hear his voice and then directed her
eyes to the clock. Ten-thirty-and
all's we'll.
These three ladies are liable to save
Henry Stevens. Their gentle dignity
under Senator Sim.sSns somewhat
captious heckling remained entirely
unshaken-in fact, it increased. Even
those of US whose faith in human ma
ture has been rudely tested these last
three weeks found 1t impossible to
believe that they were not as candid
as they were gentle.
The principal drawback to Henry
Stevens alibi was that there was too
much of this guardian angel had
been overzealous. At times the
great cloud of witnesses that rose
with stop watches in their hands as
sumed the proportions Of a mass
meeting
Evening star., 1926-11-23
CHILDREN Benefit
BY M'KENNA WILL
No Estimate Of Amount of Estate
Is Available-Instrument
Is Filed.

The will Of Joseph McKenna. late
associate justice of the United States
Supreme Court, dated July s, 1915,
with codicil dated August s, 1925, was
today filed in the Office of the register
Of wills by Robert F. Cogswell, attor-
ney for the estate.
BY the terms OF the will Justice
Mckenna'S entire estate was left to
his widow, Amanda McKenna, should
she survive him. and in the event
she predeceased him, with the excep-
ton Of several small personal articles
bequeathed to his children. he devised
his entire estate to his daughter Hide
garde, if she be not married. in trust,
to pay out of the income therefrom
for the care of his father and
mothers grave in the cemetery at
Benicia, Calf, and his wife's mothers 8
grave in the Odd Fellows Cemetery
at San Francisco, and to pay the bal
ance Of such income to his daughter
so long as she remained unmarried.
but in the event she be married at
the date of his death his entire estate
is devised to his four children, Frank
b. McKenna, Mrs. Pitts Duffield, Mrs.
Davenport Brown and Mrs. Edward
Alsop.
Justice McKenna's wife having pre-
married, the entire estate goes to his
four children. BY the terms Of his
codicil Justice McKenna left his
library desk, which he used while an
associate justice, to his friend and
former secretary, Robert F. Cogs-
well. "as a token Of my regard and
esteem" and he also suggested in his
codicil that his executors engage the
services of Robert F. Cogswell as at
torney to assist them in carrying out
the terms of his will and codicil mas
much as he had long served him in a
confidential capacity. BY the terms
Of the will his children or the majority
of them are requested to select an
executor.
No estimate Of the amount Of the
estate Of Justice McKenna Is yet
available inasmuch as petition for
probate has not yet been filed.
Evening star., 1926-11-23

quent and vigorous protests from Sen
ator Simpson, but the court over
ruled these and permitted kuhne to
elucidate for the jurors the technical
terms Of f1ngerprint experts.
Defense Strikes Again.
Striking from new angle at the
States chief piece Of physical evidence
the calling card-the defense called
a witness who testified that three
months after the murders the card
had no smudges and that the mem
Der Of the Newark police department
who had it was unified" because he
had been taken off the Hall-Mills in
vestigation.
The witness, John r. Phillips, AS
bury Park attorney. said he saw the
card when he visited the home Of Ed
ward Schwartz, fingerprint expert of
the Newark police depA9ss.sosss.
Schwartz, Phillips said. took the card
out of a pocketbook and showed It TO
him.
In a voice that doomed through
the courtroom Phillips then told Of
meeting Schwartz last August and
Of how Schwartz had asked him If
he knew any of the defense attOr-
neys, because he wanted to be re-
tained by them if that could be ar
ranged. Schwartz was a State wit
ness earlier in the trial.
Senator Simpsons fight to keep
this from the record ended in defeat
and defense counsel smiled at his
discontinue.
MRS. GIBSON WEAKER.
Evening star., 1926-11-23

during dispute between defense and
State counsel, over the admissability
Of such testimony given by the wit
ness.
Simpson Starts Dispute.
"It appears the witness says the
disputed print Is a superimposition,"
said McCarter. while Simpson protest
ed vigorously to prevent the witness
from testifying on this point. The
witness said he was convinced the
fingerprint alleged to be that Of Willie
Stevens was placed on the card, be-
cause there was charcoal or graphite
OVERLAPPING the lampblack or bone
black used in developing the finger
prints ~that were originally on the
card.
McCarter asked the witness If he
noticed anything unusual as to the
position of the alleged print of VIII
lie Stevens finger on the card. Kuhne
illustrated, by holding a calling card,
how a person would have to hold the
card to make the fingerprint on the
calling card found at the scene of
the crime.
Il don't see how a right handed
man could have grasped the card in
that position" said the witness. On
objection of Simpson this statement
of the witness was struck out
The witness then was shown a
photograph of a fngerprint publish
ed in the New York Daily Mirror last
August, and represented by the news
paper as reproduction of the finger.
print of Willie Stevens found on the
calling card.
kuhne testified that the high point
of the print published in the newspa.
fvn
the high point on the calling card
fingerprints and he pointed out that
ridges of the fingerprint published in
the paper ran downward, while in the
alleged print of Willie Stevens finger
the ridges ran across. The witness
then said that in the photograph
published in the newspaper there
was a certain part that either by
rubbing or something, is oblit-
Grated
Claims EraSure on Card.
The witness explained he had ex-
amined the calling card under a mag
nifying glass. McCarter then asked:
did you find any evidence of an
erasure Of writing on the card?'
Yes, SIR" answered the witness.
Simpson objected and Judge Parker
said the admissibility of such evidence
would be withheld for the present.
Simpson objected again when Nc.
Carter tried again to obtain from the
witness testimony concerning alleged
erasures on the card, and in the dis
pute that followed, Simpson. contend
Ing that the witness was not a hand
writing expert, said: "He might tes-
tify as any kind of an expert
Court adjourned a short time later
for the noon recess
Kuhne returned to the stand after
the lunch recess and resumed his
analysis Of the acknowledged and al
legged fingerprints, pointing out to the
jurors the difference in ridges, arches
and dots. His testimony brought fire.
Evening star., 1926-11-23
WILLIE STEVENS TAKES STAND
AT HALL-MILLS MURDER TRIAL
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coming from the scene Of the crime,
was made casually.
There Is no doubt" said Taylor
these two fingerprints were not made
by the same person."
While he was standing by the two
large charts, pointer in hand. show.
ing the differences which he found in
the two prints, many of the jurors
stood SO as to follow him more care.
fully.
There are seven or eight distinct
differences between the two prints.
Taylor continued when he had laid
aside his pointer and returned to the
witness stand
The testimony seemed to have no
effect on Willie Stevens
Taylor also testified that the smudge
Of the fingerprint on the calling card
had blush tint, while other smudges
on the card itself were brownish.
Drawings Ruled Out.
The witness had made drawings
showing the outstanding character
istfcs of the fingerprint known to be
Willie Stevens and the one found at
the scene Of the Staying, but the court
refused to admit them as evidence on
objection of Alexander Simpson, spe-
cial prosecutor.
I'D like to ascertain his (Taylor'sl
qualifications as an artist" Simpson
had said, and proceeded to question
the witness as to whether he was a
landscape painter or an artist Of any
type. The witness said he was not,
and the court ruled his drawings could
not be admitted.
MoCoy>to boI ;rfo
drawings showed the characteristics
of different finger prints, free of ZEN
tangling alliances
The defense attorney then sought to
as evidence, fingerprints
made by Taylor of his own right and
left index fingers, outlined on trans
parent film, and placed one over the
other. The State introduced a similar
exhibit of it's two finger print exhibits
against Willie Stevens. one superim-
posed over the other to show the sim
ilarities. IN arguing for admission Of
the defenses' exhibit on this phase Of
the case. McCarter said he wanted to
show that any transparent print of a
finger imprint. placed over another
one, would make the one on the bot
tom appear to resemble the one on
top.
CrOSS-EXamlnatiOn Put on.
The photographer who made the
transparencies was not present, and
the matter was laid over
Senator Simpson received permis-
sion to defer cross examination of de-
fense fingerprint experts until to-
SO that he might submit
copy Of their testimony to the State
experts.
Frederick Sandberg, in charge of
the Bureau of Identification of the po-
lice force of Washington, was the sec
ond expert witness for the defense.
He was permitted to make drawings
for the jury illustrating ridges, arches,
islands, dots and other
technical phrases.
The illustrating was done over the
objection Of Simpson, who said Sand
berg had not proved himself "COrot
or a Rembrandt
Sandberg said he considered identifi-
cation by means of transparencies of
two prints placed over each other as
and would not use 1t. 1t
was too expensive, and in the trans
Evening star., 1926-11-23
PUBLIC GIVEN NOTICE.
Visiting Nurse Society Warns
Against Woman Selling Books.

A public warning was issued today
by the Instructive Visiting Nurse So
ciety to guard against a woman re-
ported to be selling books on health
in Washington. representing herself
to be from the Visiting Nurse Associa-
ton.
No such representative has been au.
thorized to sell health books in the
name of the Visiting Nurse Society,
1t was stated.
Evening star., 1926-11-23
MRS. GIBSON WEAKER.
"Pig Woman" Fails to Improve After
Her RELAPSE,

JERSEY CITY, N. j., November %
@.-Mrs. Jane Gibson, who has for
with a good. clear conscience" was
unotticially reported weaker today
after her relapse Of yesterday.
Mrs. Gibson, in stating that her
conscience was clear. referred to the
veracity. of her eyewitness testimony
from g. bed in the courtroom at SOM
erville, where the Hall-Mills case is
being tried.
New Britain herald., 1926-05-01
SPIRITUALISIS ATTACK
 ALL FRAUDULENT MEDIUMS
Want Legislature To Enact Laws To Protect Public From
 These FaIirs

Hartford, May I GPy-"llediums who make use Of their gifts for the sole purpose of flching money from the unwary and the crcdulous and in such sums as their greedy natures feel their victims will part with, are pest 10 the community and are dealing death blows 10 the cause they claim 10 represent" de- clarcd President Dwight 4. Lyman Of the Connecticut State Spiritual ist association at the thirty-eighth annual convention which opened to- day at Unity hall,
 As q remedy for tho situation. President Lyman recommended that the convention authorize it's officers 10 use their best endeavors to se- cure legislative enactment, which will prevent any medium, whether honest or fradulent. from using his power tl public or private for mono tary consideration. without having in his possession a certificate from thc state association designating their particular phase Of medium ship. For violations of this propos- "d law, adequate punishment on conviction is recommended. The national association is beginning 10 sra the need for regulation, Presi- dent Lyman declared.