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The Washington times., 1927-12-17

gate Marshall at Bridgeton, Cumber.
land county, asking him to appoint
a deputy to visit the Mays Landing
Jail as soon as possible, as it a
uncertain how long Mrs. Lilliendaill
will be there. and receive DR.. LII.
liendahls will from the widow, in
the presence of the two Vineland
witnesses.
The widow Is appointed executrix
of the estate without bond.
The naming of deputy surro.
gate is necessary because the exc
cutrix must offer the will in per.
son. BY legal fiction her cell win
for the time being serve as sur
rogates office" though in Atlantic
county.
Vineland, where the LilIiendal1ls
lived, is in Cumberland county.
1t is not believed that the widow
and Beach will be taken to Tren-
ton today, but rumors are current
that the sheriff will take the ,couple
to States prison some day early
next week.
The Washington times., 1927-12-17

Gone is the shadow of the cleo
trio chair as Remus goes into action
these final days of the long trial.
Gone is the thought that ne is
prisoner at the bar. He is now
George Remus, the lawyer, defend
ing one George Remus, charged by
the State of Ohio with first degree
murder for the shooting of his wife.
He has now turned to cross-exam.
lnation. For the first time ne is
doing it himself. A sagacious
lawyer before he turned bootlegger
de luxe. Remus Is engaged in trying
to show the jury. through his cross
examination of DR.. Edward Armitage
Baber. one of the three alienists ap-
pointed by the court to observe the
defendant that he was insane when
he fired the fatal shot into his wife's
body.
Insane, His Contention
Paradoxical as it may seem,
Remus, in the manner of quite
sane lawyer, is endeavoring to prove
he was 'transitorially" in
sane-at the moment he pulled the
trigger. That is Remus' sole de-
fense.
DR.. Baber says Remus was sane
the very moment he fired the shot,
is sane now, and was sane before
the commission of the crime. Fur
thermore, the alienist declares
Remus knew right from wong
when he was doing it and knew. too,
that it was an offense against the
laws of God and man.
Q.-(By Remus)-Doctor, medical
scientists do not all agree as to what
Is insanity.
A.---Not always.
Q.-And there is more literature
written on this subject than on any
other branch of medical science?
A.-Yes.
Q.-(By Remus)-Julfus Caesar
was considered lunatic, was he
not, doctor?
A.--Not to my knowledge.
Q.-Was Nero considered lun-
attic?
A.--Not to my knowledge.
Q.-Would you consider Kraft.
Ebing an authority on insanity?
A.-Yes, at the time he wrote his
book, 1890 to 1900.
Kraft -Ebing is the German soien-
tist who wrote text book embrac.
ing a treatise on ''Transitory In
atty" Remus has been study
ing it.
Q.--Have scientists so changed
then. opinions about insanity in the
last 20 years, doctor, that you no
longer consider him an. authority?
A.-Yes.
To Ask Long Question
Then Remus is trying to prove his
point, to show that his mind Eek
ploded" just before he fired the fatal
shot. II he does not break down
the doctors testimony in cross.
examination, he is going to try to
have the court permit him to pro.
pound to the alienists $4,000 word
Hypothetical question.
II reviews the grievances which,
The Washington times., 1927-12-17

Ine report followed remark
Phillips made as he left the county
Jail after talking to Mrs. LilIien-
dahl for nearly an hour.
well, she won't be in States
prison very long" Phillips told a
number OF persons in the lobby of
Sheriff Cimino's office. He wore
a broad smile when he said it.
Queried later on the statement,
Phillips said: Mrs. Lilliendahl is
not guilty. / feel they are both
not guilty. They have been greatly
wronged by the verdict. l feel if
they are innocent, and they are in
nocent, they won't be in States
prison very long. Outside of this
1 haven't any other announcement
10 make at the present time, but
you'll hear from me soon enough. I"
Mrs. Lilliendahl and Beach were
'mugged" yesterday by State troop
ers from the Harmon barracks.
Four copies were made of each with
their faces in different poses, and
their fingerprints were taken.
Phillips also telephoned to Surro-
The Washington times., 1927-12-17

Thus does Judd Gray, who with
his former paramour, Ruth Snyder,
slew her husband, Albert, deny the
assertions of her counsel that he
was the arch-conspirator in the kill.
inng.
Gray, from his Sing Sing death
cell where he is writing the story
of his life. for publication after
Christmas, is resigned to paying the
extreme penalty for his crime.
Gray doesn't intend to stand by
and see an innocent party involved
in the murder of Snyder, he tele-
graphed District Attorney Richard
S. Newcombe of Queens.
Obviously, Judd is indignant over
the efforts of Dana Wallace, asso-
ciate counsei with former Judge
Edgar F. Hazleton, for Ruth, to
bring new evidence. to show that
Ruth, instead of dominating him,
was really dominated by Judd and
he in turn by a third party. Judd IS
telegram read:
do not propose to stand by and
The Washington times., 1927-12-17
Chief Army Chaplain
10 Take Rutgers Post

Col. John T. Axton, chief of
Army chaplains who will he retired
from active service in April. due
to physical disability, has accepted
the chaplainship of Rutgers Uni
versity, and will enter upon his
new duties next month.
Colonel Axton is on an extended
leave until his retirement becomes
effective.
The Washington times., 1927-12-17

he claims, caused him to kill his
wife, and he wants the alienists to
give him one-word answer to the
final question: I'm your opinion was
man so afflicted sane or insane?"
The Washington times., 1927-12-17
RENUS GR|LLS AL|EN|ST
ON INSANITY
RUTH SNYDER
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN
International News Servica

CINCINNATI Dec 17.-Wearing sprig of Christmas
holly in the lapel Of his coat and exudng optimism, George
Remus defendant battling through the closing days
of his fight to free himself with the detachment of lawyer
trying to save client
The Washington times., 1927-12-17

z, and the hotel as the Warner
Hotel. The two fools" evidently
meant Wallace and David Cham.
bers, owner of a fixture store in
West Thirty-fifth Street.
The Washington times., 1927-12-17
lawyer HOPES To. FREE
n. ]. WIDOW YET
MRS. SNYDER

MAYS LANDING, n. j., Dec. IA report that Charles
Phillips counsel for Mrs. Margaret Liendahl and others
who interested in the defense of the widow and Willis
Beach secretly planning appeal against the 1oyear
sentence for manslaughter current here today.
The Washington times., 1927-12-17
Judd Says Ruth Could
Snare Him Again

NEW YORK, Dec. I-"If I were out Of here now I
imagine this influence she has had would make me
right back to her.
The Washington times., 1927-12-17
ALBERT EDWARD SNYDER

latent crime culture in all brains, but happily, most
of us learn to keep it in subjection.
Would Albert Edward Snyder have posed
chalantly had he known that years later he to be
cruelty slaughtered? But never knows what fell
circumstance awaits one-and this, too, is all for the
best. Otherwise many a life would be blighted long
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08
Bit of Colonial History

Governors island, in New York, was
coded to the director of New Neither
lands in 1887 Sin consideration of GER
tain parcels of goods" In 1893 the
island was set aside by the assembly
as part of the "Denizen of His Majes-
ties Fort at New York for the bene-
fit Of his majestfe's governors" and so
it became known as Governors is
land" Governors island was ceded
to the United States by the legisla-
ture of New York state on February
Is, 1SO0.f The island consisted of 69.S
acres. This was found inadequate for
the military needs Of the department
headquarters and the military garrison
and in 1880 further cession was made
by the legislature Of 103 acres. The
island at present has an area Of 173
acres.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08

Talking home is n0aO prevailing Gus
ON among college students.
entral offices reach peak on Friday
his is brought about, no doubt, by
he now popular custom of Spending
eek-ends away from home, the tele
hone being used to invite guests and
or accepting invitations. Such peaks
n calls are very not ceable in college
communities. according to telephone
flicials. In every college city a rise
nd fall of iel phose calls is noticed
shen school is in session and during
ne vacation period.
The young rlen and women in the
'o'leges today, enjoy many privileges
hat even few years ago were I'M
reamed Of TIE average student is
low able to keep in much closer
ouch with the home people and
riends than formerly. Not that school
oys and girls are any fonder of writ
: ng today than they have ever been.
)ut the more general use of telephone
service has done much to bring about
this custom of keeping in touch with
home and friends.
When boy or girl is little home
sick and things are not going smooth
ly, there is nothing like few words
of encouragement from Mother or Dad,
opd tho tn1onhnnn oil
back to the family circle quickly and
efficiently. Besides a plea for money
and that is by no means an uncom-
mon cause for communication with the
people at home-is much more con.
vincing when spoken over the wires
to a friendly voice, than when out
down on paper, no matter with what,
ever emotion the request may be
couched.
In many of the universities, normal
schools, and colleges, the students
have regular days and hours for call.
ing home, 1t is generally understood
that the family will be home between
certain hours and in this way the boy
OF girl away at school has the oppor.
tunity of speaking with the various
members in the home circle by plae,
ing call during this period. Per.
haps Nothing has done more to bring
this about than the telephone com.
pany's plan whereby station.to.station
calls may be reversed For it is dus
ing the evening when the reduced
rates are In effect, that the greatest
volume of telephone calls originate in
university and college communities.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08
He'd Changed Too

There was an air of unrest in the
sitting-room. Jones wanted to read
his paper, but Mrs. Jones preferred
to talk.
He stood it for some time. Then he
threw the paper angrily on the floor
and faced his wife.
Look here!" he snapped. "When-
ever I'm at home, you're either ham,
mering away at the piano or else
your tongue runs on like a mill-race.
1t wasn't SO before We were married.
You were quiet enough then"
"Of course l was" retorted Mrs.
Jones. Before we were married you
were always holding my hands and
l couldn't play, and you kept my lips
so busy that couldn't talk"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08
Royalty in "Trade"

Travelling about Germany with
models for Partisan fashion house is
the fate of Countess Olga Loris- Nell
k0v, granddaughter of Gar Alexander
II Of Russia, and also of the Russian
poet, Alexander Pushkin. Had the for
tunes of war been different she might
today be crown princess of the king
dom of Flanders. the creation of
which was planned by the Germans In
1916. Countess Melikov, nee Meren-
berg, goes to Germany from time to
time to show the models of a house
owned and run by Russian emigre
aristocrats living in Paris. She makes
regular stops in Berlin, Frankfort and
Wiesbaden, besides paying occasional
visits to other centers and everywhere
manages to dispose of orders running
into high figures.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08
Atmospherics From Cat!

While listening from a crystal set,
a Manchester (Eng.) man started to
stroke a cat that lay at his feet. Sim
,ultaneously with every stroke he no.
ticed atmospherics in the phones.
j. Thinking that the noises might be
caused by movements Of his body and
the f1ex cord, he tried stroking the
carpet instead Of the cat. He, found
that only by stroking in one place
could he obtain the atmospherics, and
there they appeared even when the
cat was stroked by somebody else.
While using coherer as detector,
Sir Oliver Lodge had similar expe-
rience. He attributed the noise to lit
tie sparks caused by stroking a dry
cat, and sufficiently powerful to affect
the wireless set. o..
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08
Odd Shapes Taken by
Laua From Mauna Lod

Kilauea, on the island of Hawaii, as
high as Vesuvius and twice as wide,
lies 30 miles from the sea in a noun
tain range wherein are three dead
volcanoes and one partially alive.
This last, Mauna Loa, sends, from
time to time, streams Of lava down it's
slopes. Some years ago. three streams
burst forth from the sides of this
rhree-fourths of mile from Hilo, the
chief city of the island. There have
been several outbreaks of Kilauea in
the last century. In 1910 there was
IA brilliant eruption of lava, the light
Of which, it was reported, could be
seen hundred miles away.
Where the lava flowed through the
'orest it left curious relics in the
ehape of lava arches, bridges and
great vases. These vases were formed
" the lava piling itself about some
'ofty tree trunk, burning away the
wood within and killing the upper part
Of the tree. In. the course Of time
'eeds were. deposited in the open top,
illed with decaying bark, until now
here is gigantic lava vase holding
'erns and flowers and vines.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08
Fewer Veterinarians

The bureau of animal industry says
that the number of veterinary col
leges and the number of applicants
for federal veterinary positions has
fallen off In recent years; the total
enrolment Of students in the ID ac-
credited veterinary colleges in the
United States and the one in Canada
was only $50 last year; that the num-
Der of students who completed the re-
quired four-year course and were
graduated from the various colleges
In 1926 was only 132, or II less than
the number in 1925, and the combined
freshman enrolment In all the vet
Urinary colleges in 1926 was only two
larger than the total enrolment In
1925.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08
Cotton to Couer Sausage

Sausage coverings made from Gel
lulose by-product of cotton are to re-
place animal casings, That ought to
make sausage taste better. Sausages
packed in the cellulose castings are
perfectly comestible and may be
cooked in any manner Chemists dis
covered the process. Castings, now in
general use, are sheep casing from
China, Russia, the Levant, New Zea-
land, Australia, western Europe and
South America. Hog castings come
from native hogs or are imported from
China. Even with care the cleaners
and graders of natural castings were
unable to turn out really clean, uni
form article. or one free from holes,
weak spots, deterioration or other de-
fects. Bring on the new castings
Capper's Weekly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08
MANY Color Shades

Ask your friends how many distinct
colors they can recognize. Most OF
them will guess that they can see 80
or 100 different hues. Very few will
be willing to promise to distinguish be.
tween as many as 5000 different tints.
All these estimates are ridiculously
too low. Recent scientific tests have
shown that even persons with eyes
not trained to be especially color-sen-
sitive can distinguish upwards of co.
600 separate colors, taking into ac-
count, of course, difference in light or
dark shades as well as differences in
hue. Artists can probably distinguish
twice or three times as many colors
as this, New cages recently devel-
oped by the United States bureau Of
standards are able to distinguish
million different color shades.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08
Postal Requirements

The prepayment of postage in order
to handle mail economically and ex-
peditiousiy is fundamental principle.
However, to meet demand for some
arrangement so that room keys car
ried away from hotels or steamships
might be returned congress passed an
act July 8, 1926, covering this. Under
this act such keys may be accepted
for mailing without prepayment Of
postage and dispatched to the hotel
or ship of origin, the postage to be
collected from the addressee upon de-
livery at the rate of five cents for each
two ounces or fraction of two ounces.
The regular rate, if prepaid, is one
and one half cents for each two ounces
or fraction thereof.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08
"Champion Crank" Had
Qualities as Leader

Styling himself champion Crank"
George Francis Train led life that
places him among the foremost Of
American eccentric figures, yet his ca
reer shows him to have been leader
and creator of distinction. He made
a trip around the world in so days as
his most notable bid for public notice,
but this was preceded and followed by
many other unusual accomplishments.
The Columbian exposition at Chicago
in 1893 did not start off very well and
Train announced his purpose to save"
the show. He organized a grand
march to the grounds, leading it with
popular belle of the time on his
arm, and aroused the West to interest
in the enterprise. While the Cali
fornia gold boom was on he created
feet of 40 sailing ships for the
trade. He went to Australia when
gold was discovered there and the
miners in revolution attempted to
make Train the president Of their
republic" but he declined and went
" GutOpC, WucIS uc 1utIOuuCcu SLIcSt
railways. During the Civil war he
took the platform in England for the
Union cause and did much to keep
that country from recognizing the
Confederacy. The war over, he prof.
ected the Union Pacific railway, or
gained the Credit Mobilier to finance
it and founded Omaha, where he.
owned five thousand lots, reckoned
later tofbe worth $4,000, though he
lost title to them through litigation,
in which he was declared insane. He
died in New York when he was sew
enty-six years old.-Don G. Seitz in
"uncommon Americans"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08
RARE ART OBJECTS
IN BEEHIVE TOMB
Find Fills Antiquarians
With Delight.

Golden drinking cups, necklaces Of
gold rosettes, silver signet rings,
carved agates, and other ornaments
of a workmanship that challenges
comparison with the best Jewelry Of
today. and yet made at least 5000
years ago., have come to light ip an
ancient beehive tomb In Greece, The
treasure was found by a group .;of
Swedish arc biologists, headed by Prof.
Axel w. Person of Upsala univer-
sity. The art objects, contemporary
with the tomb of King Tutankhamen
in Egypt, are now locked In special
safe in the Greek museum at Nauplia.
Usually the beehive tombs have
been plundered Of all contents cen
turtles ago, but this one was intact.
and the antiquities placed as memen-
toes with the bodies of king and
queen and princess were most con-
vincing proof Of the high culture that
prevailed in Greece during the Ny
cenean age, or before Homer. Pic
lures of such animals as lions and
bulls decorated the golden vessels and
hnsngs, while the war scenes, artistical-
IS carved in the small agate stones on
2 signet rings, aroused the imme-
tie admiration Of the excavators.
Curiously enough, the design Of an
octopus on the bottom Of the kings
drinking cup reminded Professor Pers-
son, he said in his lecture in Sweden,
of Japanese art, while certain pre-
historic houses found In Greece recall
the cubistic effects that ultra+modern
architects achieve with REINFORCED
concrete.
Originally the existence ofl a bee.
hive tomb had been reported to the
Greek authorities at Mycenae by a
guide named Orestes who, while con-
Quoting an American woman to the
ruined Mycenean fortress of Midea,
had noticed peasants removing fiat
stones from tobacco field near Dem
dra, less than mile from Midea.
From his father, Dimitri, who had
helped excavate beehive tombs in his
youth, Orestes had heard of possible
treasure finds under such stones, and
when the Swedish psychologists were
called in by Doctor Bertos, the Greek
ephor, they quickly confirmed his sus-
picions.
Though caved in, the tomb had not
been robbed, and when cleared of its
debris it measured eight meters in
width and about the same distance in
height, the vault being made Of fiat,
unworked stones. Situated on slight
incline, the tomb was entered by a
passage about forty-eight feet long
and seven feet wide. In the chamber
itself was found limestone floor and
in shafts about foot and one-half
below the floor were encountered
elongated stone slabs which covered
the graves. Underneath the stones
were layers Of clay into which were
mixed bits Of charcoal which proved
that human hands had once handled
it. And then about sixty centimeters
down began to appear the humanu
bones and the bits of gold.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08
SPEAKER PURCHASED
BY LONG DISTANCE

The. long distance telephone may
have an important bearing on the for.
tunes of the Washington baseball club
in the 1927 pennant race, for by means
Of 1t the Washington team obtained
the services of iris Speaker, one of
the games best outfielders, says the
Transmitter, employees magazine OF
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company.
Speaker, released by Cleveland, &C
cused of fixing" a game and then
exonerated, was sought by four clubs
in the American League. He had
been interviewed personally by the
managers of the Philadelphia and New
York Clubs, but Clark Griffith, presi-
dent Of the Washington Club: was>in
Florida SO he used the telephone for
conducting his negotiations.
After a preliminary telephone con-
versation with Speaker, during which
he obtained the players promise not
to sign with any other team before
alking again with him, Griffith called
the former Cleveland star in New
York from Tampa, Fla, and over the
telephone came. to a definite agree
nent with him. The president of the
Washington club then called the sports
editors of the Washington papers and
officially announced that Speaker
would come to Washington.
Thus it is shown that distance is no
handicap in business deal, for the
long distance telephone is always
ready to bring the distant parties to-
gether.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08
Earth's Circumference

The distance around the world was
subject Of study by the ancient
Greek mathematician. Aristotle says
that mathematicians of his time found
that the circumference of the earth
was the equivalent of 10000 miles. 1t
was Eratosthenes &C. $50 B. C.) who
first had an accurate idea of the prin-
ciples of determining this figure. His
results were inaccurate, but his meth
cd was substantially that which is still
employed at the present time. The
dimensions of the earth which have
been very generally adopted are those
of Gen. A, r. Clarke published in 1866
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1927-04-08
In the Squared Circle

1t is generally thought that the first
glove contest was between John l.. Sui
Ivan and James J. Corbett in 1892
T. S. Andrews, however. says that o
French publication tells of an ex,
hibition at Aix-la- Chapelle, France. on
October s, 1918, as follows "Yester
day a great exhibition was made by
English boxers. The two champions
were built like Hercules and were
naked to the waist. They entered the
place with their hands guarded with
huge padded gloves. After severe
contest, one Of them. more adroit than
his rival, struck him so violent blow
ON the breast that he fell. and vic
tory was thus decided"