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Evening star., 1927-10-10
Jury TO TRY SHORT
PICKED IN HOUR
Luray Man Charged With
Staying Girl Helpless at
Time, Attorneys Say.
Special Dispatch to The star.

LURAY, Va, October 10.-With
Circuit Court packed and the grounds
around the courthouse sDrinkled with
the curious, Thomas Short Went tn
trial this morning charged with ths
murder of Etfie Buracker. 10 yeaiJ
Old who was shot through the windoJ
of her home two weeks ago.
a jury was drawn in less than ar
hour from a venire Of As men and the
taking Of evidence was started shortlSI
after the noon recess. If Short free
the shotgun which felled Miss Burakei
while she was talking with member,
of her family, he did not know it
This will be the defense. In effect.
ii is the plea of insanity. For 10 days
prior to the tragedy and at the Tins
Short was intoxicated and HELPLESS,
his lawyers. Charles A Hammer ard
Robert w. Kaiser, told the jurors they
could prove.
Hints of Confession.
In his address TO the jury l.. l..
Wilson, commonwealth ) attorney said
the ends of justice could not lie satIs.
fled without the life of the defendant,
who. he declared, crcpt up to the win.
dow of the Buracker home, from
which Sam Buracker, the father. was
absent on his work i'm West Virginia !
and shot down in cold blood the gill
who had refused to marry him He
said he would prove that a member
Of the family circle saw him at the
window, his face illuminated by the
light from within, just a moment te-
fore tho fatal shot was fired. The
prosecutor intimated that he would
introduce the testimony OF a citizen,
or citizens, of 1ngham that Short con.
tcssed the Staying while there i'm
hiding. This testimony will be to the
effect. as the prosecutor intimated,
that the man. then a fugitive fearing
the violence of a posse, said he COM
mitted the crime and would return to
Luray and surrender. Short sur
rendered at Luray several days after
the posse. headed by Sheriff Lucas,
was called off. in the belief that the
fugitive had either. escaped the noun
tam country on a freight train or
committed suicide in some remote
spot.
Defense Wins Point.
In their arguments. before the selec-
ton of the jury attorneys for Short
pointed out the injustice Of an indict-
ment which save the jury but one
alternative to first-degree murder. that
Of second degree. They said a charge
Of manslaughter would allow for a,
wider range of the deliberations, and
obtained consent OF the bench for in.
sertion in the indictment of the man.
slaughter charge. AS the case now
stands the defendant can be acquitted
or convicted on either Of three charges.
Members of the family of the victim
probably will testify late today. The
case will end by tomorrow. as progress
now indicates, and the defendant will
know his fate before tomorrow night,
it is expected. He is about 40 years
old. and the father of seven mother.
less children.
Evening star., 1927-10-10
Wandering Auto, Cause of Boys Injury,
Is Missing Once More After Holdup

Dogs and cats with an unfortunate
penchant for straying away from
home are old stories with patience
tried owners, but John r. Risdon, su.
perintendent of Kew Gardens Apart.
ments. 2700 @ street, has an automo-
bile with the same disquieting quail.
ties--that is, he has that kind of au.
tomobile registered in his name, for
it's gone again.
The machine was stolen from its
parking place on f street between
Ninth and Tenth streets the night of
September 10. Later it was recovered
in Atlanta, Ca. and Mr.. Risdon's is.
year-old son, Thornton, was dispatched
to drive the car home. The father was
Evening star., 1927-10-10
AUXILIARY IN DRIVE.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
POTOMAC, Va, October 10.--Mrs.
William Kleysteuber, president of the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Potomac Fire
Department, has appointed commit
tees to make drive in the outlying
communities to increase the member
ship of the auxiliary.
The committees are as follows:
Braddock, Mrs. Rhoda Thorpe. Mrs.
Ruth Hancock and Mrs. owens; Po-
tomac, Mrs. Maude Wood and Mrs.
Mamie Crump; Mount Ida, Mrs.
Jewell: st. Elmo, Mrs. Margaret Den
ton, Mrs. Posey and Mrs. r. B.
Cobean, sr; Abingdon, Mrs. McHugh
and Mrs. Mount.
The auxiliary has elected Mrs. Mar
garet Denton secretary to succeed
Mrs. j. E. Cobean, resigned.
Evening star., 1927-10-10

suspicious of the automobiles luck
and when the youth left Washington
last Thursday the elder Risdon cau-
toned him to take no one aboard for
lift along the road on the way home.
But Thornton disobeyed his orders
and when he neared Reidsville N. c.,
last night on the Capital-bound jour-
ney with the recovered machine, a
youth whom he had picked up on the
road knocked him unconscious. took
his money, believed to amount to
about $50, and drove off I'm the AUTO
mobile. Young Risdon telegraphed his
father for railroad fare and today the
youth is en- route home by train. while
the missing automobile is rolling some.
where for somebody.
Evening star., 1927-10-10
COL. w. K. WRIGHT DIES.

Col. Walter K. Wright. United States
Army, retired, died at the Letterman
General Hospital, at San Francisco,
last Saturday, according to War De.
partment advices.
He was from New York and was
graduated from the Military Academy
in June, 1888. During the Spanish
War he served as major in the com.
missary department, reached the
grade of colonel in 1913 and was re-
tired for disability in May, 1920. His
daughter, Mrs. Sue r. Merriman, is q
Cesident Of San Francisco,
Evening star., 1927-10-10
RITES FOR MRS. PIERCE.
District Resident Died While on
Visit in Roanoke,

Funeral services for Mrs. Callsta
Bailey Peirce. 73 years old, wife of
Charles Brooke Peirce, who died at
the home Of her daughter, Mrs. Alex.
ander Kearney, Roanoke, Va, Friday,
were conducted in the Shrine of the
Sacred Heart Catholic Church today
at $40 o'clock. Interment was in st.
Mary's Cemetery, Rockville, Md. She
had been in failing health for several
weeks prior to her death.
Mrs. Peirce, who resided at 1921
Shepherd street, went to visit her
daughter in August. She leaves her
husband, three daughters. Mrs. Kear.
ney of Roanoke, Mrs. Harold Peircc,
San Francisco. and Miss Calista Peirce
of this city, and four sons, Frank M.
and Charles Brooke Peirce, jr., both of
this city: Capt. John b. Peirce. u. S.
A, and Edward L. Peirce of Los
Angeles, Calf
Evening star., 1927-10-10

has resulted in bringing more individ-
nails safely to the cancer age," be-
yond 40 years, when they succumb
easily. A part of the apparent In.
crease in cancer mortality Maj. Coupal
ascribes to greater accuracy of dag
nosis which has come in the past
decade.
The writer quotes other authorities,
however, as viewing the increase. real
or apparent, with considerable alarm
and declaring that preventive meas.
ures run far behind the growing toll
of cancer. Maj. Coupal points out
that of all types of cancer in accessible
sites. only that of the breast has not
shown a mortality decrease in the past
Is years and that, with the advance OF
knowledge in the fields of surgery,
Roentgen ray and radium, the coming
five years may be expected to bring
decline in this type of cancer also
Determination of the absolute in
crease of cancer is difficult, Maj.
Coupal declares. but he agrees with
other students that of the so per cent
apparent increase, 80 per cent is a
result of more accurate diagnosis, 10
per cent the result of a greater num-
ber of individuals reaching the cancer
age with no organic susceptibility to
cancer, and the remaining 10 per cent.
he says, probably is due to larger
number of individuals reaching the
later decades of life with tissue defects
which raise their chances of having
cancer. The net actual increase in
the disease he sets at IS per cent.
Mai. Coupal's article makes the silg.
gestion that statisticians of various
fields, whose findings he quotes, pool
their interest in cancer statistics so
that true figures for the actual in
crease of cancer might be made avail
able. Until such effort is made, he
feels. true statistics will not be
available.
Evening star., 1927-10-10
BELFAST PREMIER
SEEN READY TO QUIT
London Learns Marquis Of London
derry Favored as Successor Of
viscount Craigavon.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, October 10.-The early
retirement of Viscount Craigavon
Ulster Unionist leader, as premier OF
Northern ireland, says the Belfast
correspondent of the Westminster
Gazette, is foreshadowed by a private
meeting held in Belfast, attended by
the Unionist members and political
leaders Of the Northern Ireland par
lament.
A resolution was adopted in favor
OF the Marquis of Londonderry, for
mer minister of education, as the
eventual successor of Craigavon. upon
whose health the strain Of six years
office is beginning to tell
Evening star., 1927-10-10
THREE DIE AT CROSSING.
Train Crashes Into Automobile
Near Parkersburg. w. Va.

PARKERSBURG w. va, October
10 R).-Three persons were killed yes
terday when their automobile was
struck by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
passenger train at Washington Bot
tom, near here.
The dead are Dr. and Mrs. e. w.
Ferguson and Mildred Clark, all of
Parkersburg. Three others were in
jured. none seriously. Among them
was Mrs. W. Merritt Taggart of Or
lando, Fla.
Evening star., 1927-10-10
Dogs Trail Missing Mountaineer.

FORT WORTH, Tex, October 10
R1.--M. w. Hurdleston. 5S. deputy
constable and former police and fire
commissioner Of Fort Worth, died in
an ambulance en- route to a hospital
here last night few minutes after
he was shot by an alleged negro
bootlegger, whom he attempted to
arrest. The man escaped.
Evening star., 1927-10-10
Philanthropist. 90. Dies.

BALTIMORE, October 10 R.--
G.. Hutseler, 90, retired mer-
chant and philanthropist, died at his
Summer home near here yesterday
after being stricken with a heart at
tack. He was unmarried. Funeral
will be held Wednesday.
Evening star., 1927-10-10

nldIeiy OU pei CcliI
an ac-
tual increase and
the remainder an
apparent but not
actual in c r ease,
Maj. James +.
c o pa ], official
White H o II s Q
physical n, declares
In the current
issue of the Amer
lean Journal Of
Surgery.
c u r i o u $ ! y
enough, the writer
says, the efficacy
of prev g n tive
medicine against
disease Of young
adult life nroba bly,
Evening star., 1927-10-10
CHILD ASKS FOR $25, 600.
Auto Accident Is Blamed in Suit
for Damages.

for Damages.
Donald Bloom, years old, by his
father, Frank B. Bloom, 436 Randolph
street, today sued Philip Friedlander.
1926 Irving street, and Charles B. Nc
Closkey, 1913 Massachusetts avenue
northeast, to recover $25, 900 damages
for alleged personal injuries.
The child was standing near a tree
on the sidewalk of Fifth street below
Randolph, August Is last when he
was struck and injured, it is claimed,
by Friedlander's car, driven by his
daughter. Helene Friedlander, after it
had been in collision with McCloskey's
automobile at Fifth and Randolph
streets. The force of the contact, il
was asserted. drove the Friedlander
car down Fifth street and onto the
sidewalk, where it coIlided with a tree.
Attorneys Alvin L. Newmyer. Milton
King and Albert L. Stern appear for
the child.
Evening star., 1927-10-10
CANCER GAIN OF 90
PER CENT IS noted
But Only 80 Per Cent In
crease Is Real, Maj.
CoupaI Declares.
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, October 10.-Of a so
per cent increase in human cancer,
indicated by mortality statistics gath
cred from reliable sources, approxi-
Evening star., 1927-10-10
Must Be a Swill Place.

From the Boston Transcript
oklahoma ad--"Three rooms and
bath. nicely furnished, hot and cold
water and garbage"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-09-16
RECEIVERS NOTICE
CLAIMANTS

Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, receiver Of the property of tn,
Black Rock Power and Irrigation
Company and of the Consumers Ditcl
Company, corporations, to all persons
having claims or demands for damages
against said corporations, or either Of
them, on account of claimed breach of
the agreements and stipulations con-
tanned in the deeds or contracts made,
executed and delivered by the Han
ford Power and Irrigation Company
or by said above named corporations,
or either of them, to present such
claims in writing, duly verified, to the
said receiver, within ninety (9O) days
from the 10th day of August, 1927, at
his office in the town of Hanford,
Benton County, State of Washington.
This notice, and the order Of the
court upon which it is based, do not
extend the time in which all other
claims must be presented as required
by notice to creditors given by the
said receiver, dated June 20, 1927,
and heretofore published in the White
Bluffs Spokesman, a newspaper of
general circulation published at the
town Of White Bluffs, Benton County,
Washington, nor is the order of court
requiring the aforesaid notice to
creditors in any manner modified or
affected by the order requiring this
notice to be given those claiming
damages as aforesaid.
Dated August 18th, 1927.
MARVIN CHASE
Receiver
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-09-16
AS WINTER APPROACHES
HEED THIS ADVICE

Promote fire prevention and pro
tect your property and family.
Last year over $1,000 worth o,
property was burned every minute
and life was lost every IS minutes
Clean property seldom burnside
away with rubbish and junk.
Careless smokers burned $50. 900 OO(
worth of property last year.
Keep matches in metal boxes where
children cannot reach them.
Don't keep ashes in wooden boxes
or deposit them against wooden
buildings CT partitions.
Don't chsnge your electric wiring
without consulting a competent elect.
rician.
Don't hang electric light cords on
nails.
Be careful with electric flatircns and
always use with signal light.
Use metal protection unde,. all
stoves and protect woodwork where
stoves or furnaces are close to walls
Don't pass stove pipes through cell
inp. roofs or wooden partitions.
Don't go into closets with lighted
matches or candles.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-09-16
Little News Stories from Hanford

Mrs. Harry B1ackler and two child
rem, who have been visiting relatives
here, left Tuesday for their home in
Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Jones and
family drove to Wenatchee last Friday,
returning Monday.
A. M. Weir, Bill Jungblom, and Ed
Jungb1om Of Yakima, were in Han
ford Tuesday on business.
The msny friends of Mrs. McGioth-
len will be glad to know that she is
home from Yakima now and is feeling
much better.
]. H. Evett and r. w. MacDonell
attended the Fair in Yakima Wed
nesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ormas Evett and
Leona Evett drove to Wenatchee last
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ocell returned
home from Wenatchee last Sunday
Norman Anglin was Kennewick last
Saturday on business.
Mrs. w. r. Enyeart and daughter,
Virginia, and Margaret and Charley
Syfford were Yakima visitors We'd
nesday.
Leo Swearengin and Ray Edwards
Of Bellingham. are Visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Kennard for few Gays.
William Syfford and Wilfred Nc
Connachie afforded the Fair in Yah-
ma Wednesday.
Clarence Hart and Otis Smith were
in Spokane the first of the week on
business.
Mrs. Ira S. Jones and Mrs. Edward
Ponsat attended the Fair in Yakima
Tuesday and Wednesday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-09-16
White Bluffs High School News

School work has started with I'M
usual interest on the part of the
students and everything points to a
successful school year. The new
members Of the faculty are becoming
accustomed to their work and the
old members are making the most OF
their experience in the community
last year.
Organized play has been started in
the Grade School and will be carried
on throughout the year whenever the
weather will permit. This assures the
pupils of instruction in play under
competent direction, which will help
their physical and mental develop
rnent.
Due to the fact that the shower
baths have not been available, physi-
cal training at the High School ha.
not started; but as soon as the baths
are ready there will be two hours
week devoted to this work for both
boys and girls. Mss Mcdonnell
will have charge of the Girls Athle-
tics, and Mr.. Melville will have
charge Of the work with the boys.
The work on the new study hall
is progressing as rapidly as could be
expected. The plasterer started work
Monday morning and hopes to finish
his work by the end of the week.
The carpenters are working on the
stage, and will require about week
to finish the room after the plastering
is completed.
Several members of the seventh and
eighth grades are planning to attend
the State Fair at Yakima. Those
who go will be expected to make an
oral or written report to their class
mates, based on some phase of the
Fair. ab 81
Two of the members of the seventh
and eight grades, by making a perfect
grade in Mondays test, have special
privileges in their spelling study
period. a&
There have been quite number
of new volumes added to the High
School Library this Fall and follow
ing the custom inaugurated last year
they will be briefly reviewed for the
benefit of the public and the student
body. The books are too numerous
to be treated in one issue of the
SPSkASoAAAoAs 81 ILLS ASdIuIS Will Dc
continued through several issues ant
after we have caught up, the books
will be reviewed as received.
Brander Mathews-The Oxford
Book of American. Essays.
This book contains a selected
group of essays by American authors,
from Benjamin Franklin to Nicholas
Murray Butler. There are ttiry-two
representative essays in the collec-
ton. n
Winifred Campbell-The Oxford
Book of Canadian Verse.
This is an anthology covering the
field of Canadian verse from the earl
lest colonial days to the present time.
Walter Murdoch-The Oxford
Book of Australasian Verse.
This collection is fairly representa-
tive of the mass Of verse written by
Australians and New Zelanders dur
ing the last hundred years.
Maurice Coriset-Hellenic Civil
ization.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-09-16

There is a great mass of histori-
cal material that has been discovered
in recent Years, and this work tries
to make the more significant portions
of the new material which deals with
Greek history from the fifth century
to the end of the Hellenistic period,
accessible to the general reader. This
work will be used by the Ancient
History Class in their study of
Greece.
II. r. arett-Anthropology.
An Introductory work in the field
of study of the development of civil
ization.
/ John c. Van Dyke-A text Book
of the History of Painting.
This book endeavors to treat the
history of painting from the work of
the Early Egyptians down to the
present time in popular as well as
authentic manner. 1t has been very
popular work, having gone through
fourteen printings and three revisions.
George Stephen Good peed-A
History of the Ancient Babylonians
and Assyrians.
1t covers for the general reader the
history CT these ancient kingdoms in
an authentic manner. This is an i'm
po1tant work, as the work of the in
vestigators in the field Of history Of
Asia Minor have given us large
knowledge of these countries that
were a little more than names a few
years ago.
F. Caldwell Cook-The Play Way.
A work on educational method,
product Of the new school OF
thought that holds that the correct
way to educate the child is through
the awakening of his interests. 1t
is one of the greatest English con.
tributions to the educational thought
of today. It will appeal to all those
interested in the education Of the
young.
Carroll Lewis Maxcy-Representa-
tive Narratives.
This is collection of stories ar
ranged under the following heads:
Setting, Character, and Plot. This
work will be valuable in the Eng
lish Glasses.
Roe & Euiott-English Prose. A
series OF related essays 1oI llS oAo
cussion and the practice Of the art OF
writing.
Robert Shafer-From Beowulf to
Doctor Johnson.
Selections of poetry and prose from
the leading English authors of the
period covered.
Macoulay's-Essay on Milton.
One of the best essays by this mas
ter Of English prose.
Essays
A collection of the essays by the
same author.
Grace Goldena Denny-Fabrics.
This work describes the principle
fabrics so that novice will know
them.
William shakespeare-The Tenn
pest.
John Milton-L'Allegro and other
Poems.
John Ruskin-Stones of 'Verich
Modern Painters, Seven Lamps Of
Architecture.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-09-16
IN-B-TWEEN

K. F. Grant came over from
Lind. where he is working, to
spend the weekend at home.
Charles Pierson returned Mon.
day from trip to Spokane. His
place in the Hanford garage was
filled by his son, Henry Pierson,
during his absence.
Jack Tussey. who arrived in the
valley last Friday, left Sunday for
Wenatchee where he will work in
the fruit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Moore of
Wehatchee spent a few days last
week at the home Of Mr.. Moore's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ D..
Moore.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-09-16
NOTICE OF SHER1FF'si SALE.
OF REAL ESTATE

NOTICE OF sHERIFF'sl SALE
OF REAL ESTATE
Cause No. 1922
In the Superior Court of the State of
Washington
FOR BENTON COUNTY
The Oregon Mortgage Company,
Limited, a corporation, plaintiff, VS..
Floyd L. Fades and May Fades, his
wife; e. H. Faulkner, N. F. Faulk-
ner, D B. Baze and Jane Doe Baze,
his wife, defendants.
Under and by virtue of an order OF
sale issued out Of and under the seal
of the above entitled Court, holding
terms at Prosser. in and for said
county, on the 7th day Of September.
A. D. 1927 upon JUDGMENT rendered
in said Court on the 9TH day Of Sep
TENDER, A. d. 1927, in favor Of The
OREGON MORTGAGES COM
PANY, LIMITED, "a corpornH ! ol
and against Floyd L. Fades and May
Fades, his wife; and each Of them
for the sum of Six thousand two
hundred ninety seven and s4-1oo
($6297.84) Dollars. together with at
torney's fees, interest, costs and in
creased costs, and to me directed and
delivered, commanding me to sell the
following described property situate
living and being in Benton County
State of Washington. or so lnuch
thereof as may be necessary to- sat
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-09-16
A. ]. SMITH, Plaintiff, vs. oTrc
FROEHLICH, PETER TIMM and
JANE DOE TIMM, his wife, Dcfen-

a. ]. SMITH. Plaintiff, Vs. oTrC
FROEHLICH, PETER TIMM and
JANE DOE TIMM, his wife. Dcfen-
dants.
Under and by virtue of Execution
upon Foreclosure of Real Estate
Mortgage issued out of and under the seal
of the above entitled Court. holding
terms at Prosser, in and for sa;d
county, on the 22nd day of A,,o1,st
A. D. 1927, upon judgment rendered
in said Court on the 22nd dav ~
August, A. D. 1927, in favor of A 7
Smith and against Otto Froea1lich for
the sum of Six Hundred and noI1oO
($600.00) Dollars, together with
at crney's fees, interest, costs, and in
creased costs, and to me directed
and delivered, commanding me to sell
the following described property
situate, lying and being in Benton
County, State Of Washington, or so
much thereof as may be necessary to
satisfy said Judgment, attorneys fees.
interest, costs and increased costs. to-
wit: All of the southeast quarter of
Section IL. Township north, range
rs, E. w. M. Aa''se
q WV, THEREFORE,, NOTICE
is HEREBY GIVEN, That on
SATURDAY, the 24th dav a. Sen
TENDER, A. d. 1927, at 10 o'clock r.
the forenoon of said day / viii sell
the above described property or 90
much thereof as may be necessary to
satisfy said judgment, attorneys fees
interest, costs and increased costs =,
an amounting to the sum Of Nine
Hundred Eighteen and 4oI10o
($9ls.4O Dollars, together with &C.
curing interest and cost of sale.
SAID SALE WILL TAKE
PLACE at the front door of the
Court House at Prosser. in said
County and State, and will be al
public auction. for cash in
hand, to the highest and best bidder
Dated at Prosser, Wash, this 22nd
day of August, A. D. 1927
JAMES SHEPHERD, Sheriff.
By ]. K. MCFARLAND, Deputy
Bushnell & Beardsley, Attorney for
Plaintiff, Prosser, Washington.