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Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-15

lice authorities and Investigators
were serving notice on witnesses to
appear before the grand jury, at
tempting to locate a mysterious
double of Mrs. Mcpherson, who is
said to have been mistaken for the
evangelist and to have caused many
of the reports that she was seen in
various California and Arizona cities.
According to the information obtain
ed by the private detective and turn
ed over to the authorities, the woman
is believed to be Mrs Melvin A.
Broadwell, wife of a Denver oil sales
man. She was identified, reports say
in Oakland on June 16, last, and it
was after an official inquiry was
put under way that she was able to
prove her real identity. In Oakland,
it is said she used the name of Mrs.
X. Mcdonald.
: While-eounty~- and city authorities
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friend, Frank Bibson and his wife took
the car for a southern trip. Two ga
rage attendants, however, according to
Ryan, said~ they were positive that
Ormiston was the man who called for
the automobile.
In interviews today, Mrs. Kennedy
admitted that she had received the tel
egram from Oakland but that she had
ascribed it to one of the numerous
"cranks' who had witten her follow
ing Mrs. McPherson's disappearance.
She turned it over to the police, she
said. She declared that she now be-
lieves the telegram was sent as part
of an asserted plot to wreck the AM
gelus temple and that if the handwrit-
ing on the original telegrams resem-.
bles Ormiston's "he must be found at
once"
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-15

investigating the disappearance of
Aimee semple Mcpherson and her story
of kidnapping May IS, at Santa Monica,
tonight We're preparing to recall the
evangelist as witness at the resump-
ton of the grand jury inquiry tomor-
row. Their action is understood to be
prompted by the partial Identification
of Kenneth G. Ormiston former An
gelus temple radio operator, as the
sender of telegram from Oakland to
Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of the
evangelist, three days after Mrs. Nc
Pherson's disappearance and assuring
her of her daughters safety
/ New details of the movement of the
radio operator during the time of the
evangelists disappearance also are eX-
pected to be presented to the grand
jury through the report of Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Joe Ryan on his inves-
LEGATIONS at Salinas, where Ormiston is
alleged to have left his ear on his way
to Los Angeles, May 26, to return for
it the night of May 90, reappearing at
the salinas garage short time later,
accompanied by woman. According
to Ryan, the identity of the woman is
known and will be told TO the grand
Jury tomorrow. The Identification was
said to have been made by Dennis Col
Inns, the night man at the Salinas ga
rage, from photographs shown him by
Ryan.
In three letters to Assistant Captain
of Detectives Taylor, of Los Angeles,
the first of them received May 81 Orm-
iston said that he did not return for
,his automobile at Salinas, but that a
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-15
NO GRAND JURY REPORT

LOS ANGELES, July lion the
eve Of the appearance of Mrs. Min
ME Kennedy as the second witness
in the Mcpherson kidnapping mystery,
Superior Judge Keetch made it known
that the grand jury Investigating
the case would not be permitted TO
make a report Of it's findings.
The only report that the grand
jury could return would be an m
dictment, Judge Keetch declared
after his conference with District
Attorney Keyes.
Asked if his statement meant that
the Mcpherson investigation, well
coined by Mrs Aimee Semple Me-
Pherson and her mother, Mrs. Ken
nedy, and demanded by the Los An
geles Church federation and others,
would be abandoned. Judge Keetch
declared anything on that phase Of
the case would have to come from
Keyes.
II will say, however, that there
will be no report on the caes from
the jury" he said. "Either it VIII
indict or it won't indict, and that's
all there will be to it. l don't
know what evidence in the case the
district attorney has to present TO
the jury but, of course, if it is not
extensive the jury will have to ACT
on what. was given it,
The stand taken by Judge Keetch
was by far the most outstanding de-
velopment in the strange case yes
terday Next in Importance was the
X ffA1l
the radio man. as the individual
who left the letter for Mrs. Kennedy
at the Mission Inn hotel last month.
Admits Leaving Note
| Rev. Charles e. Jaynes, formerly
of Long Beach and now pastor OF
| the Four Square Gospel church at
Riverside, came forward and an
| nounced that he and not Ormiston
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pEyrER SONS sTORY

LOS ANGELES, Calf July IA. =
Testimony damaging to Aimee Semple
McPherson's story of her kidnapping,
imprisonment and escape, was heard
by the county grand jury investigat-
ing the mystery, Tuesday for the first
time.
Appearing before the jury volun-
tarily, Harry c. Peterson a Santa
Monica real estate man, gave evil
dence directly contradictory to that
mentioned by the pastor
Peterson declared ne was thor
oughly positive" that he had seen
woman in a green bathing suit, per-
fectly answering. Mrs. McPherson,s
description, running across the sand
on the beach near Navy Pier at 4
p. M, May IS, the day the evangelist
disappeared.
Mrs. Mcpherson last week testified
that she was forced into an automo-
bild approximately five blocks from
the Navy pier by two men and a
woman between and 2:30 o'clock
of the same day.
Identification Disputed
Peterson said also that Mrs Minnie
Kennedy, the evangelist's mother
had visited him at his Santa Monica
home last Friday, at which time they
checked over the possible Identified
tion of the woman.
Mrs. Kennedy disputed the identlfl-
cation, Peterson said, and attempted
to dissuade him from appearing be-
fore the grand jury.
Mrs. Mcpherson probably Will be
called by the grand jury to answer
Petersons statements, grand jurors
indicated The realtors testimony
was reported to nave caused sensa-
tion.
other testimony indicating skep-
ticism of Mrs. McPherson's story was
/ given by Detective Captain Joe Taylor
With the clothing worn by the pas
tor when she staggered into aqua
Prseta, Mexico, nearly three weeks
ago. over his arm, Taylor pointed out
to the grand jurors that the shoes the
evangelist wore were bright and ne"
at the instep and apparently had not
been worn by Mrs. Mcpherson in hel
/ long walk across the desert
He also exhibited dark slnghah
dress but slightly soiled and a corset
which failed to show any marks o1
perspiration.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-15

+. before the grand jury. Mrs. Kennedy
says it was the WORK of nut"
Last month somebody sent a letter,
signed Avengers" to Angelus temple,
informing Mrs. Kennedy that her
daughter was in the hands of kidnap-
ers and demanding ransom. 1t came
special delivery and was signed for,
say postoffice officials, but the special
delivery stamp disappeared and sec
ond 2-cent stamp made it's appearance
on the envelope.
Federal Investigators who went to
work on the letter, said that they had
located the typewriter on which it had
been written in Los Angeles. Then the
typewriter disappeared.
Today, Rev. r. p. r(Bob) Shu1er, pas
tor of Trinity Methodist church, and
reform leader, wrote letter to Su-
perior Judge Keatch protesting against
the jurist's decision that the grand jury
cannot make known it's findings unless
naping charge. Shuler said that wheth-
er an indictment is returned or not,
Mrs. Mcpherson should be vindicated
If her story is upheld by investigation,
or branded a fraud if her narrative
fails to stand official scrutiny
TO RECALL EVANGELIST.
(By Dispatch A. p Wire)
LOS ANGELES, July 14-Officials
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CORONER'S JURY ,PL.AG1Es
BLAME FOR WRECK
ID
(By Dispatch A. r, !

GREENSBURG, Pao July IA, - The
wreck of two Pennsylvania passenger
trains near Gray last June Is, with a.
loss of 16 lives, was caused either by
the failure of w. s.. Gordon, engineer
in one of the trains, to read the sig
nails correctly, or the failure of the
signal system to function properly, q
coroner's jury declared late today
Gordon, veteran engineer wa$
Killed when his train crashed into the
rear of the Washington Express.
which had stopped to repalr an air
hose.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-15

federal authorities say they learned
that he left with his brother, PHILIPPE
for Mexico. Two department of JUS
tice agents are on the border check
ing the two Mexicans' whereabouts.
Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-07-15
Mystery of Evangelist is
Yet a Mystery

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MILROY BOY HONORED.

Thomas Reed, Jr., has been one Of
eight law students elected to fill the
Minnesota Law Review Staff. Mem.
bership on the Review staff is con-
sidered as the premier honor that can
be accorded to students of the Law
school, and is awarded only after a
careful investigation based on the four
qualifications Of scholarship, faculty
recommendation, submission of a le-
gal essay on some recent case, and
election by the then present board.
The Law Review finds it's way into
the hands of lawyers and judges in
every state in the Union, and is rank
ed in the front row among American
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membership on the board brings ma
tional fame and respect to its holders.
The Reviews of Yale, Columbia, Har-
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the United States ilroy Echo.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-10-20
SeafOrth Woman
Has Charge of
Golden Rule Sun.

Preparing for the observance of
Golden Rule Sunday, December 9Th,
Governor Theodore Christianson,
State Chairman, has appointed Mrs.
w. R. Goudy of Seaforth as the Red
wood County chairman to direct the
observance of this world wide move
ment in that vicinity.
In his letter to Mrs. Goudy Cover
nor Christensen writes:
'The Golden Rule is the common de-
nominator of all beliefs. It is one of
the few expressions of religion around
which no controversy centers. Meth
er Protestant nor Catholic, Funda-
mentalist or Modernist, Jew or Gen.
tile criticise this Golden precept. It
is the one platform on which the
whole community regardless of re-
ligion or creed can meet.
eff service to distress and under
privileged children, wherever found,
can be extended through the increas-
ing observance Of International Cold
en- Rule Sunday, it will, as President
Coolidge has said, do much towards
removing the misunderstanding
among nations as well as among in
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-10-20
CORN VARIETY
PLOTS HUSKED ON
OCTOBER 3lST
PLOTS ON O. D. STREETER FAM
TO SHOW RESULTS OF TEST;
NORTHRUP-KING MAN TO BE
PRESENT.

The corn variety plots that have
been run on the o. D. Streeter farm
during the season, will be harvested
and checked on Thursday afternoon,
October 81, beginning at 1870 p. m.
Those who have corn samples in the
field will be expected to, be present
to assist in the harvest and will be
especially interested in the COMPARE
sons made. There will be a meeting
after the husking at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Streeter where light lunch
will be served.
c.. A. Bush, manager of the seed
corn department of the Northrup-
King & Co., will be present again this
year. The meeting will be of special
value and interest to all seed corn
men and farmers interested in great
er yields from corn. Anyone inter-
ested is cordially invited. All inter-
ested will meet at the field on No. A
highway just north of the ditch north
of the Streeter home and south of
the R. M. Campbell farm.-Lynn
Sheldon.
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ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
IN PRIZES TO STUDENTS

The National Republic, of Wash
ington, D. c., announces student
essay contest on the subject "The
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ing one thousand dollars.
Any student is eligible to enter, and
no subscription to the magazine or
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MINNESOTA IS
SHORT ON 1926
POTATO CROP
PRESENT INDICATION PLACES
SHORTAGE AT 100000 BUSH
ELS BELOW FIVE YEAR AVER
AGE.

Potatoes, that staple crop, are short
again in Minnesota of the usual yield
but not as much as in 1885, accord
ing to the State Agricultural depart
ment. Apples are plentiful but the
crop is not as large as usual and the
rest of the smaller crops are about
normal.
Although the 1926 potato crop
started with normal indications, rains
during the harvest season caused
much of the crop to decay, farmers
declare.
This is expected to make the crop
this year about 27,000,000 bushels as
against the year average 37,668, 900
bushels. Last year the Minnesota
crop was 26,772,000 bushels.
Retailers in St. Paul are selling
their potatoes at upward of $1.65
bushel, retail while farmers in the
Red River Valley are getting at the
track from 81 to $1.1O bushel.
Apples in Minnesota are smaller
than usual due to the extreme drouth
in the early part of the season when
the apples were taking size. All along
the roads leading into st. Paul and
Minneapolis farmers have large piles
of apples disposing of them at small
prices.
1t is expected that the cider manu-
facture this year will be extensive ow-
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The stockholders of. the Winnebago
Community Hospital Association met
last Friday evening and appointed a
board Of directors, composed of H.
Muir, F. w. Dillon, Frank Marsh,
Joe Roerig, George Andrews, DR..
Cooper and DR.. Mills. The building
formerly occupied as girls DORM
itery by the Parker college students
and known as Parker Lodge, has been
purchased for $500 and about the
same amount will be expended in re-
pairs and remodeling making it suit
able for improvements will be made
as soon as possible at the hospital, to
be known as the Winnebago Commun-
ity hospital, will be opened in charge
of Mrs. Birdie.-Mankato Free Press.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil F. Buenger and
family of Redwood Falls spent last
Sunday with the formers sister, Mrs.
Robert Fritsche, of Aberdeen, S. D.,
who is receiving medical attention at
the Union hospital here, and with
New Ulm relatives and : friends
Brown Co. Journal.
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SEC. W. N. JARDINE
ND0RSES PLAN
MADE BY CLACUE
AGRICULTURE HEAD FAyoRS
FOSTERING PRODUCTION OF
COMMODITIES ON IMPORT BAS-
is THROUGH TARIFF.

Secretary of Agriculture William
M. Jardine has indorsed suggestion
for the adoption of a definite farm
policy made to him by Representa-
tives Frank Clague and August H
Andersen several weeks ago,
In their letter to the secretary, the
two congressman suggested that thi.
policy should include an increase il
production of agricultural commodi.
ties which are now on an import bas-
is. They also urged increases in du-
ties for~the protection of these COM
modities against foreign compete
ton.
This suggestion was adopted in part
at the conference recently conducted
in St. Paul. Secretary Jardine's let
ter is as follows:
My Dear Congressman Clague:
Il have read with unusual interest
the letter of September 18. You have
struck upon some vital points which
must be taken into account in our
present consideration of farm prob
lens.
Il am thoroughly committed to
policy of encouraging the further pro-
duction of crops of which we import
a considerable amount, and l equally
believe in tariff protection for these
and other industries. The POSSIBLE
tiles in this direction will increase as
time passes. It will not be many
years before our production of GER
tain other crops will not take care of
domestic requirements. Any program
in this direction should take into ac-
count the fact that population in this
country is overtaking production of
several products.
Il firmly believe in approaching the j
;ariff question in open minded man.
Ter. | will give immediate attention
% your suggestions for conference
IN the tariff. If changes in present
schedules could be made with advant-
lge to agriculture, / believe they
hould be undertaken as soon as pos
ible.
II thoroughly appreciate and am in
with the contents of your
etter. 1t will be very helpful to me.
hope you will continue to give me
our recommendations and sugges-
ions on farm problems. 4
Mr.. Andersen and Mr.. Clague SUBJ
nitted their proposal to the secretary
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arrived at at that time, 50 the mat
ter was deferred for month. Nor
gan Messenger.
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CARLETON GRADS
DEFEND COLLEGE
AGAINST RILEY
PRES. COOPER OF MANKATO BE-
LIEVES NORTHFIELD INSTITU-
TION NOT TOO LIBERAL; 9TH
ERS AGREE.

Mankato citizens, formerly stu
dents at Carleton College, did no
hesitate to minimize the charge.
brought Tuesday night that anti
Christian doctrines were being
taught at Carleton College. DR.. w
B. Riley, pastor of the Minneapolis
Baptist church submitted resolution
to the state Baptist convention at Ro-
chester asking withdrawal of church
support from the school.
The Minneapolis pastor charged
that the theory of evolution was being
taught at Carleton and that anti
Christian sentiment was being circu-
lated by teachers of the school.
81 know of no thoroughly progress
sive college or university which is
not handling the subject of evolution"
said President C. H. Cooper of the
Mankato Teachers College, and an
early graduate of Carleton, when ASK
ed his stand and opinion on DR.. Ri
ley's charges.
President Cooper characterized
Riley's outburst as part of the gen.
eral controversy extending all over
the country between the liberal mind
ed educators and teachers of science
and the radicals or non-progressives.
When asked directly whether Car
Teton College was teaching evolution.
81 know of no progressive college
OF university which is not teaching
evolution and members of which do
not believe in, evolution.
AS to the charges made against |
DR.. Albert Parker Fitch, professor
of the history of religion at Garlic
ton, President Cooper said it was a
matter of opinion"
"These educators are all Chris
ton men," said President Cooper.
'There is really nothing they can do
about the matter but to agree to the
findings of science. When l say that
this is the opinion of liberal-minded
men, mean men who are merely ex-
pounding the results of extensive
scientific study"
Grant Willard, graduate of Garlic
ton College, said today that he believ-
ed that Carleton was less liberal than
many other schools and universities.
81 think the policy of the college
has been to stay within the bounds
of liberal arts and am inclined to
doubt exceedingly the truth of the
charges made" said Mr.. Willard. 81
think it would be a mistake for the
Baptists to withdraw their support"
he added L
DR.. Paul Barney characterized the /,
situation as matter of individuals" !.
and not the college. "In all colleges =
said DR.. Barney, ''there are among !.
The instructors those whose ideas are /.
a little more progressive than others
don't think anyone who is acquaint- !
ed with Carleton or has ever gone to
school there would expect that school
to be guilty of any direct anti-Chris-
tian teachings. DIR. Cowling is fine
nan and think he would not allow an
over-liberal policy to prevail. Man
kato Free Press.
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diyiduals..

dividuals."
The immediate beneficiaries of In
formation Golden Rule Sunday are the
orphaned children of the Near East.
There are $4,000 of them now under
American care and for them 1885,
600 meals must be provided in the
next year.
These children are not only with
out father or mother and without
known responsible relations but many
of them are without country.
Mrs. Goudy is rapidly developing
plans that will enable all residents of
this community to make Golden
Rule gift on December 9Th for these
worthy but unfortunate children.
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some three weeks ago when they were
in Washington to get the Perkins test
|er restored to use in Federal grading
of grains. The secretary reversed
the Chicago board Of grain appeals as
a result Of the case presented by the
delegation, which represented Min.
nesota, North Dakota and South Da-
kota.
After that meeting with the secre-
tary, the two Minnesota Congress-
men took up with him the question of
tariff revision in the interests of ag-
riculture. At the informal meeting
their suggestions were looked on with
favor by the secretary who asked that
they be submitted to him in formal
letter.
The Jardine letter is taken to mean
that the Administration is not averse
to increasing schedules on farm pro-
ducts if it is found such action will
assist the farmers. Likewise, if revi-
sion downward of rates on some of
the commodities the farmer buys is
found necessary, the Administration
it is believed will be favor
able.
In harmony with the Jardine letter
vas a recent statement by Senator
Butler of Massachusetts,, chairman of
he Republican National committee,
Who said he would be glad to accept !
he judgment of, those familiar with |
agricultural conditions when it comes I
o the question of increasing the du-I
les on farm products.
At the same time he explained that
e will press for increases in certain
f the duties on textiles.
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: John Gluth is the new mayor of
Morgan to succeed A. w. Hartwick,
who resigned because of his removal
to Minneapolis where he is employed
in the Weights and Measures Depart
ment of the State Railroad & Ware
house Commission. Mr.. Gluth was
unanimously appointed at a regular
meeting of the village council held
in the new fire station Monday even
ing. He accepted the appointment
and qualified Tuesday. The new maS-
or has been identified with the bust
ness interests of Morgan for long
term of years, but this is his first
fling at village office. A. w. Hart
wick, who was elected to the office
last March, moved from the village in
the latter part of August. The prop
osition of choosing his successor was
taken up by the council at the Sep
TENDER meeting but no agreement was
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ing to the difficulty in disposing Of
the small fruit.
Sugar, owing to the heavy home
canning season. has risen to 6.5 to z
cents a pound in downtown retail
stores and is expected to hold fairly
steady at that level.
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Senator Frank Romberg of Sleepy
Eye visited Redwood Falls constitu-
ents Friday of last week. Mr.. Rom
berg goes back unopposed as senator
from Brown and Redwood Counties
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1926-10-20
DIR. w. w. Carlisle of Morgan is
announced as candidate for the
office of County Coroner.

The Morgan Messenger says:
'Dr.. w. w. Carlisle of Morgan, well
known dentist, will be candidate for
county coroner at the November 2
election. His name has been brought
out by friends, and he is not a cam
didate on his own initiative. Enter
ing the field only this week it was
found by those sponsoring his can
didacy that it was too late to file
his name by petition, SO it win be
necessary to resort to the "sticker"
method, that is write in his name in
the blank space left on the official bal
lot. He is well qualified to fill the of
flee If elected. Paid Advt.