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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-16
YOUNG MORAN MAN SUFFERS
FATAL INJURIES WHILE SPIN
MING ON MOTORCYCLE LAST
SATURDAY NIGHT.

A shocking trgedy occurred on thu
streets of Morgan last Saturday ev
ening when Ben Kronfuss was fatal
Iy injured when be ran into a parked
oil truck with motorcycle. The col
Iision occurred about 500 o'clock il
the evening. Death occurred abou
nine o'clock Sunday at the Lorettt
hospital, without the young man hav.
ing regained consciousness.
The funeral took place Wednesday
forenoon at 10 o'clock at st. Mich
aels Catholic church. Burial was
made in the Catholic cemetery.
The young man was the II yeal
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. v. Kronfuss
and the people Of the community SYM
pathize deeply with the Kronfuss
family over the tragic death.
The accident occurred on the street
opposite Poncin's Garage. 1t was q
busy hour when the streets were fill
ed with shoppers and cars were park
ed closely along the curbs. Quite a
number of cars were parked on the
south side of Senske's store and along
the creamery, and there were some
across the street along the railroad
right of way, and the oil truck used
for delivering the product of the
Scenic City Cooperative Oil was park
ed in the street practically opposite
the garage and parallel with the
street. The truck was facing east.
Louie Benson who drives the truck
had it parked there early in the ev-
ening.
The motorcycle struck the truck
from the rear. It is suspected that
Ben was travelling at a fast clip as
spectators saw him passing the street
intersection driving fast. A moment
later a crash was heard. The machine
and driver were found in a heap by
the truck. The young man had been
seriously crushed and injured by the
terrific impact.
1t is reasonable to suppose that
Ben, possibly with his attention dis
tracted for a moment, failed to see
the truck at all. He struck the left
side of the rear end, and if he did
see the object it was not in time to
avoid the collision. The front wheel
of the motorcycle was demolished
and there was other damage to the
machine. The unfortunate boy was
carried to the doctors office and a
short time later was removed to the
hospital but it was all to no avail.
The crash had been a. fatal one and
it was only a question of hours when
the death summons came. The news
of the accident and death caused pro-
found sorrow.
Ben was a clean-cut, quiet, good
natured boy, whom everyone liked
that knew him. He helped his father
in the harness shop considerable and
was faithful worker. He was of a
mechanical turn Of mind and his
hobby was tinkering with his faith
er's automobile, or better still, his own
motorcycle. 1t was a lamentable
thing that his machine took him To
his death as he was emerging into
strong young manhood.
His full name was Benjamin Maria
Johaness Kronfuss. He was borr
April IS, 1910, making him II years
old last April. He was born at Barn.
UNI, this state, his parents moving
here when he was only eight months
old. He had fifteen brothers and
sisters.-Morgan Messenger.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-16

While the Mississippi Valley floods
were engaging the attention of pub
lie and press, the American Red
Cross was directing relief work in
twelve other disasters which occurred
the same period of time. Keep the
Red Cross on the job. Join!
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-16

Ray Hanson won the Cottonwood
County corn husking contest by pick
ing 1852 pounds of corn net in 80
minutes after making deductions for
husks and corn left in the rows pick
ed. Dean Hildreth was second with
S44 pounds.-Springfield Advance
Press.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-11-16

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Evening star., 1927-03-31

gagement of Mrs. Brown and Mr.. Mil
Ter will be made this evening at
reception which Mr.. and Mrs. James
Moreland will give in their home on
Preston road in Morgantown, w. va.
Mrs. Brown is the widow of the late
Representative William G. Brown, .1r.,
of West Virginia. and she herself mas
twice been a candidate for the nomi-
nation for Senator from that State
Before her marriageto Representative
Brown in 1914 she had made a name
for herself as an actress, having en-
tered on that career when she was 10,
and appeared as leading lady in local
stock company for several seasons.
Prof. Miller is head of the engineer
ing department at Union College in
Schenectady, N. Y, and was until the
Autumn dean of engineering at
George Washington University. He
is a native of Roselle. n. T., and the
son of the late Charles Dexter Miller
of New York. Prof. Miller Ia a gradu-
ate of Princeton University and Is a
member of the American Society OF
Civil Engineers, Society for the Pro-
motion Of Engineering Education.
American Council on Education.
Washington Academy Of Sciences.
American Association of University
Professors and the Princeton En-
gineering Association. He is also a
member Of the Sigma Tau, Theta Up
silon Omega, the Pyramid and G. w.
Club, Of George Washington Univer.
sity, the University Club Of Washing
ton, the Colonial Club of Princeton.
the Princeton Club of Albany and the
Fortnightly Club Of Schenectady.
The marriage of Mrs. Brown and
Prof. Miller will take place in the
home of Mr.. and MIRA. Alvin Dodd.
Evening star., 1927-03-31

luncheon today for her niece. Miss
Mignon Sherley, when her guests
were Miss Annette Grew. Miss Perses
Myers, Miss Sidney Sullivan, Miss
Caroline Thompson. Miss Elizabeth
Roberts, Miss Faith Phillips, Miss
Florence Meyer, Miss Jacqueline Story,
Miss Gertrude Macatee. Miss Amy
Aspengren of New York and Miss
Olive Sheriey.
Miss Critten will be hostess at
luncheon April for Miss Olive Sher.
ley.
Mrs. Frederick l.. English of Phila-
delphia, who spent several days in
Wa shington as the guest of Mrs.
George Poe, has returned to her home.
Mrs. Robert Henderson will have as
her guests in her apartment In the
Marquis, on Ashmead place, her
cousins, Miss Margaret Bache ana
Miss Emily Bache, who will arrive to-
day to remain over Sunday. Miss
Margaret Bache will motor from their
home in Philadelphia and Miss Emily
will come from Florida. where she mas
been for the late Winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar J. Orme en-
tertained at dinner and bridge last
evening in their home, on Massa-
chusetts avenue, when their guests
were the military attache OF the
French embassy. Gen. George A. l..
Dumont; Brig. Gen. and Mrs. >. u.
Rockenbach, DIR. and Mrs. MacPner-
son Crichton. Mrs. Hoover. MRS:
CONTINUED on Nineteenth Pageo
Evening star., 1927-03-31
SOCIETY
President and First Lady Entertain
:. - GuestrFrom Toledo, Ohio, at the
Temporary White House.

ming in the presidential dining room
of the Mayfiower. having nine in his
party.
The director general of the Pan
American Union, DIR. L. S. Rowe,
entertained informally at luncheon to-
day in the Pan-Amerlcan Annex in hon.
or the the Minister of Nicaragua, Senior
DIR. Alexandra Cesar. The other
guests were the Attorney General,
Mr.. John G.. Sargent; the Postmaster
General. Mr.. Harry 8. New; the Sec
retary Of the Navy, Mr.. Curtis d. VIII
bur: the Secretary Of Agriculture, Mr..
william NJ Jardine; the Undersecre-
tary of State, Mr.. Joseph c. Grew;
the appointed Minister to Sweden, Mr.
Leland Harrison: Assistant Secretary
OF State, Mr.. Wilbur J. Carr: Assistant
Secretary of State. Col. Robert e.
Olds; Mr.. Stokeley w. Morgan, chief
of the Latin American division OF the
Department Of State; Senor DIR. Joa-
auin c. Zavala, counselor, and Senior
legation of Nicaragua; Senior Don
Adolfo Bernard of Nicaragua, and
Mr.. Lawrence Dennis Of the State De
partment.
Mrs. Harry c. Ransley and Miss
Elizabeth Ransley, wife and daughter
of Representative Ransley of Pennsyl-
vania. came to Washington yesterday
for a brief stay at the Mayfiower.
Mrs. Charles S. Dewey, wife of the
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
entertained a company Of Is at
luncheon today in compliment to Mrs.
Howard Linn of Chicago, who has
q
who will leave for her home this eve
ming.
The Norwegian Minister to Brazil,
who is on a special mission to the
United States, and Nine. Gade will en-
tertain a company Of IL at dinner this
evening at the -Mayfiower, followed by
dancing in the Palm Court.
The secretary Of the legation of
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and Nine.
Adjemovitch have returned to Wash
ington after spending Ave months In
Belgrade.
A wedding of unusual interest took
place yesterday, in the American
legation In Peking, China, when Miss
and Mrs. Winchester Noyes of New
York and Huntington. Long Island.
became the bride of the American
vice consul in Hankow, China, Mr..
Selden Chaplin, son Of Mrs. Frederick
L. Chaplin and the late Capt.
Chaplin, y. S. N. Word was received
Of the marriage this morning by
cable to the bridegroom's mother.
Gen. and Mrs. M. Gray Zalinski
have returned to Washington from
New York and are again at the May
flower.
i Mrs. Toss Thompson entertained
a small company at luncheon today
in honor Of Mrs. James Robert Nc
Kee, who is the house guest of Mrs.
Stephen B. Elkins.
Evening star., 1927-03-31

and after May they will be at home
in Schenectady until June Is, and
after July l will be at Kingwood, w.
Va, until September 1.
Mrs. Powell Glass, daughter in law
Of Senator and Mrs. Carter Glass of
Virginia, arrived in Washington
today from Lynchburg and is at the
Mayfiower. Mrs. Glass is accom-
panied by Miss Margaret Christian,
also of Lynchburg.
Miss Marjorie Critten entertained at
Evening star., 1927-03-31

Invitations have been issued for the
marriage Of Mrs. Izetta Jewel Brown
to Prof. Hugh Miller in old George
town, at $500 o street, Saturday, April
is, at noon.
Formal announcement of the en-
Evening star., 1927-03-31
. HE Chief Executive and Mrs.
\ Coolidge have as their guest
III at the Presidents House, Mr..
IA Walter Brown of Toledo. Ohio.

The Postmaster General and Mrs.
rew and the Secretary Of Agriculture
and Mrs. Jardine will be the ranking
guests at dinner this evening on the
7ynbassador OF Great Britain and Lady
IsabeIla Howard. who will entertain
company OF "a.
Evening star., 1927-03-31

ming in the presidential dining room
of the Mayfiower, having nine in his
party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
MASS WEDDING APPEALS
TO MEN, LONDONER FINDS
But Women Do Not Like Going to
Altar in Droves, He Discovers
at Ceremony.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, February 2S.-Mass mar.
riage appeals to men. but women do
not like it. This was demonstrated
in q recent wedding at the church of
st. George-the-Martyr, Southwark,
where nine couples took their mar
riage vows simultaneously.
J. A. Blankthorn. the parish clerk
who was intrusted with the job of
getting the nine bridegrooms properly
placed before the altar and with as
sorting the yelled brides as they ar.
rived, in discussing the ceremony
after 1t was over, said the bridegrooms
like the crowd, as they declared "a
fellow feels such a fool stuck I'D at
the altar all by himself" But the
brides he found all said they would
rather have had a romantic wedding
ION their own"
The church Of st. George-the. Martyr,
which Dickens immortalized in Little
D0rrit," lies only a short distance
from the south end of ondon Bridge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
ELECTRIC MACHINE USED
TO PRESS COTTON BALES
New Device Lessons Bulk a Third
and Costs Much Less
to Operate.

A bale of cotton, as it comes from
the gin. is quite bulky. If it is to be
transported for any great distance, its
dimensions make the shipping cost high
because of the limited number which
can be put on a car or ship. To help
overcome this difficulty, cotton buyers
and railroad companies have devised
means for further COMPRISING the
cotton. This is usually done at ship
ping centers in the vicinity Of the
cotton gin.
All the machines which have been
used up to recent times 20 compress
the bales have been operated by
steam or by hydraulic pressure. These
have been cumbersome and costly to
operate. Last year there was in.
stalled at Jackson, Tenn, the first cleo
trically driven mechanical toggle com.
press.
] This mammoth machine. operated by
a 125-horsepower motor, exerts a pres.
sure of 1000 tons on bale Of cotton,
thereby reducing the volume to a
third and increasing the density from
10 to 30 pounds per cubic foot AS
many as 1870 of the bales have been
compressed in an hour. The cost of
operation is approximately a tenth OF
that of the old method.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
Flowers in Proposals.

In remote Alpine hamlets and viii
lagos, especially in the Bernese Ober-
land, there still exist ancient and
pretty customs of proposing marriage
by the language of flowers. If Il maid
accepts bouquet of edleweiss from
a man she at the same time accepts
him as her fiance, the idea being that
the man has risked his life to obtain
the flowers for the woman he loves
says the London Tid-Bits.
Another method which exists in the
Canton of Glarus is for the young
man to place flower pot containing
a single rose and a note on the win
dow sill of the girls room when she
is absent from home, and wait--per-
haps days--for a reply. If the maid
takes the rose the young man boldly
enters the house to arrange matters
with her parents, but if the rose is
allowed to fade the proposal is re-
tected without single word having
been exchanged between the couples
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
DISTRICT APPROPRIATION
BILL GOES TO PRESIDENT
House Approves Conference Report
on Measure Carrying Total
Of $50. 2s2. 1856.

The House today completed legis.
lative action on the District appro-
priation bill for the fiscal year be.
ginning July by adopting the con-
ference report, which had been ap-
proved by the Senate Saturday. The
measure now goes to the President
for his signature.
The bill carrier $36,2S2,3S5. As it
passed the House 1t carried $40, 215, 695
and as 1t passed the Senate it carried
37,077,S75, SO that as finally enacted
it carries an increase of $66. $50 more
than when acted upon first by the
House. which increase is mostly for
salaries and school purposes.
AS enacted. the bin is 1884 less
than when it passed the Senate and
$604 less than the budget estimates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
BRITISH KING NO LONGER
IMBIBES STRONG DRINK
Practically a Teetotaller, Sovereign
Adopts Hot Milk as Only
Beverage in Own Home.

BY the Associated Press
LONDON. February est is being
whispered about that King George,
within the last year or so, has prac-
tically become a teetotaler. Hot milk
is said to be his favorite drink when
he. is alone or in the circle of his
family.
When dining out the King usually
tastes glass of his hosts wine, as
matter of courtesy, but the beverages
served to his majesty throughout the
meal are always from the royal cellar,
a custom which dates back to the
early days when rulers feared being
poisoned.
For reasons OF health, the King,
even in his younger days, has always
been inclined to be most careful in the
use Of alcoholics, and the story Is told
that on one occasion, as Prince of
Wales, he staggered members of Il
somewhat Bohemian club at dinner
by diluting his champagne with soda
water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
MAIL PILOT Is CLUBS
PARACHUTE CHAMPION
Member of "Caterpillars" Flyers
Organization, Has Made Four
Successful Jumps.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DAYTON, Ohio. February 2s.-A
civilian is the champion parachute
Jumper of the Caterpillar Club" an
organization of aviators whose lives
have been saved by q fiimsy bit of
silk.
He is Charles A. Lindbergh, an
air mail pilot.
Four times. when his ship has be.
come disabled in midair, Lindbergh
has had to "go down on the silk
His first jump was when he was
cadet at Kelley Field, Tex. in
March, 1925, while he was winning his
reserve commission as q captain. His
next jump was three months later
His other two life leaps. which made
him honor member" of the club, oc.
CURED since he entered the Air Mail
Service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
O'CONNOR ACCUSED.
IN SHIPPING SUIT.
Declared to Have Shared
Illegally in Proceeds of
Firms Under Contract.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, February Is
Charges that It. V. O'Connor, chair
man Of the United States Shipping
Board, has participated illicitly i'm
the proceeds" of companies operating
by virtue of contracts with the board
are contained in a suit filed in United
States District Court today.
The action was started by John G..
Hackett. former deputy police COM
missioner, to void a lease by the Ship
ping Board to the Tidewater Terminal
Co, Inc, of terminal privileges in
Army bases at Brooklyn, Philadel-
phia, Boston and Norfolk.
Mode of Life Cited.
The complaint, based on information
and belief, said the contracts We're
made by Harvey G. Miller Of Philadel-
phia, who controls the Tidewater Co,
and charged O'Connor has been living
in a fashion wholly out of proportion
to his presumptive means
OConnor's son William is alleged in
the complaint to hold a post of great
authority with the Tidewater Co. and
1t also is charged O'Connor has given
another son, Stephen, a $500 post
with the Shipping Board.
Properties Are Valued.
Hackett alleged the properties leased
are worth about 50000,000 and that
the total revenue received from them
in 1925 was $40S,409.
He further charged that the total
revenue from the bases since they
have been operated by companies di-
rected and controlled by Miller has
been less than $1,600.00 and that the
Shipping Board has spent about
S1,575,700 on repairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
MORE is. SAILORS
LAND IN NICARAGUA
Total Forces on West Coast
Expected to Reach 5000
by End of Week.
By the Associated Press.

by tne Aesoclateu I'ress.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, February
2S.-American forces on the west
coast of Nicaragua today totaled
800. Further small detachments o'
sailors have been landed at Corinto
from the destroyer tenders Affair AMI
Melville.
With the arrival of the transport
Henderson, scheduled to reach CORN
to in a week. the total probably will
be swelled to 5000. For maintaining
communications and for use in oh.
servations. the Americans have six
de Haviland planes and four two
scatter scouting planes.
The British cruiser Colombo is now
anchored off Corinto, ready to take
aboard British nationals il their lives
are placed in jeopardy by the fight.
ing between the Liberul and Con.
sentative factions. The Colombo ar.
rived here Saturday.
Marines Go to Granada.
With the object of guarding the
railway line from ATanagua to
Granada and to discourage the Lib
erals from making an attack on
Ora NADIA, $50 Marines have been
that naval forces will soon be ordered
to the Matagalpa region, as it is in
line with the advance of Liberal Gen.
Moncada.
At the present time there are de-
tachments of 800 Americans at Claim
andega, under Capt. George II. Morse:
$50 at Chichigalpa. under Comdr.
Charles NJ. Austin: 600 at Leon, under
Col. j. ]. Meade: 21S at Lapaz. under
Capt. r. E. Buchanan; 478 at Ma
nagua, under Maj. Fl. G. Bartlett; $50
at Granada. under Maj. r. f. Messer.
smith.
Air Forces Ready.
The DE Haviland plane flyers, un-
der command of Maj. Ross f. RowelI.
include Capt. +. p. Mulachy, Capt. H.
d. Campbell, Capt. r. J. Cushman,
Lieut.. + Lamson-Scriber and Lieut..
w. c. Lemley.
Harold Patterson, British charge
d'affaires at Corinto, after a confer
ence yesterday with the commander
of the Colombo, said: IF necessary
great Britain will recognize the Diaz
regime
AT Mexico City Pedro Zapeda, min
lister OF the Sacasa government of
Nicaragua, asked the aid of the Red
Cross for wounded Liberals. He said
the American blocade was shutting
Off food and medical attention which
could save many lives.
NEW AppEAU nv caraSa
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
ADMITS HIS AUTO
KILLED F|NANC|ER
Realty Dealer Says Paper
Blinded Him as Car
Hit WooIsey.

By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla, February 2S.--George
Colburn, SO, d Miami Beach real
estate dealer, today confessed re
sponsibility, police announced, for the
death of Milthorne Woolsey, 76, for
mer New York financier, who was run
down and killed by an automobile the
night of January 10.
Colburn was arrested in Orlando,
Fla, Saturday. Three men, whose
names were withheld, have been ar
rested on suspicion of having attempt
ed to black mail him.
Body Found i'm Lot.
The body of Mr.. Woolsey was found
in a vacant lot the morning of Janu-
airy 20. Police said it apparently had
been dragged there after he had been
struck and killed by an automobile.
Colburn told police the killing OF
Mr.. Woolsey was accidental. He said
he was driving home shortly after
midnight when his vision was blinded
by a newspaper that blew into his
face. He felt his car strike some
thing, but speeded on when he saw
what he believed to be another auto
mobile, because he feared an at
tempted holdup. Some blocks fur
Their on, he stopped his car and the
body of Mr.. Woolsey dropped from
the bumper, he said.
Feared to Tell Police.
Seized with fear, he said he drove
to his apartment. telling only his
mother of the accident. She advised
him to inform the authorities, but
he said he was afraid to do so.
Police say they obtained their first
clue to the identity of the driver of
the automobile from one of the three
men held on suspicion of having at :
tempted to obtain money from Col
burn as the price Of silence..az @s.s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-28
PLANS OF COMBAT
|. HELD IN READINESS
Army Officers Have Cam
paign Outlines for Battle
With Any Nation.

War planning Is job that keeps a
small group of close-mouthed, spe.
cially selected officers in the War De-
partment in state of industry ap.
preaching that of perpetual motion.
The plans for offensive and defen.
sive military operations against every
possible enemy are In their keeping
They fill huge steel safes and are
checked carefully against every inter,
national controversy in order that
they may be in readiness for instant
application in case of a national emer
gency.
Try Diplomacy First.
AS Secretary Kellogg and his aides
at the far end of the same corridor
that borders on the war plans offices
strive to adjust a controversy by
diplomacy, the Army experts overhaul
their papers relating to the military
situation existing at the time between
the United States and the other ma.
ton involved.
The job of keeping the war plans
up-to-date in the light of ever-changing
international issues is one that calls
for continuous effort. They have to
be revised also to give the correct EN-
ployment to new arms as their su-
periority over the older weapons is
disclosed.
Treaties Are Submitted.
The war planners are constantly in
touch with State Department officials,
military attaches in foreign capitals
and numerous other governmental
agencies. It. is no secret that the
plans in their keeping provide in de-
tail for setting the military machine
in motion with a full destruction force
against any enemy at the earliest pos
sible moment after hostilities have
been declared.
For a major or minor emergency
they tell not only how many men will
be needed by the Army but how they
are to be transported. equipped,
trained if necessary. and supplied with
the many essentials a modern army
needs for field service
The State Department usually refers
new treaties 10 the war planners be-
fore they are given final approval
and sent to the Senate for ratifica-
ton, and sometimes even before they
are formally drafted. That was un-
doubtedly done with the pending
treaty with Panama, which calls upon
that republic to give the United States
Army free transit in time of peace
and to declare itself in a state of war
whenever the United States becomes a
belligerent.