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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-10
Naval Expert Here
Thinks FIiers Down
On Labrador Coast

a belief that Capt. Charles Nun.
kesser, the French transatlantic
flyer, may have been forced down
on the bleak coast Of Labrador, far
from human habitation, was OK
pressed here today by Lieut.. L. G.
Ramsey, expert photographer of the
tinted States Navy, who has plotted
4. number OF transatlantic flights.
Including that which Capt. Rene
Fonck was to have taken last sum
Hner.
s'F,ronn dispatches telling Of Nun
gesserie course off the Irish coast.
and from what we knew Of his
plans, it is entirely possible that
he is somewhere in the vicinity OF
the Labrador coast" Lieut.. Ramsey
said today.
Dispatches indicate" said Lieu
tenant Ramsey, ''that be was north
0f what we call the Great Circle
through q desire to escape storms,
and to obtain advantage Of favor
able winds.
''If he was north Of this course,
as Indicated, and he was not forced
down In midocean by fogs or motor
trouble he would be due to strike
the coast Of Labrador, between
Hamilton Inlet and Belle Island
Strait. The approximate place fig.
ures about 1850 miles from Paris.
This 10 q desolate stretch OF
country, and It il, entirely possible
for man not to be heard from
for three or four weeks there. The
weather at this season Of the year
IS freezing.
III Nungesser followed the Great
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-10
Ruth And Judd Listed
For Death Chair
AS 272 And 273

LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y,
May 10.-The names Of Ruth
Brown Snyder and Henry Judd
Gray stand tentatively as Nos.
272 and 273 on the grim list of
those who have died in the
electric chair at Sing Sing.
To date $50 persons have
been electrocuted there. Twelve
persons in the death house wait
their turn to go, bringing the
total to 271.
If their appeal fails, Mrs. Sny-
der and her paramour will rank
as the next two, though the
actual order Of their passing
may change through legal de-
lays.
OF the 259 already listed at
Sing Sing, only one was
woman. She was Mrs. Martha
Place, convicted in Kings county
of staying her stepdaughter,
Ida. She walked stoically to
her death March 20, 1899.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-10
EPILEPTIC F II
SEXES RUTH
Continued from First Page.)

Continued from First Page.)
to an appeal. This appeal auto
matically stays carrying out the
death sentence until the seven jus.
tees of the Court Of Appeals pass
upon the case.
If the conviction should be re-
versed a new trial would be ordered.
If the death sentence il affirmed
the defendants must be resentencec
by the higher court to die six
weeks after such decision il rem
dered.
Under Influence Of Morphine
Mrs. Snyder was kept under the
influence Of morphine and choral
this morning to prevent . repetition
OF the emotional outbreak that
followed her conviction. Physicians
summoned to her cell found her
unconscious, her jaws tightly set.
It was with difficulty that her
hands were unclenched. Conscious
ness returned after an hour, and
her condition then became highly
nervous.
Fear was expressed that Mrs.
Snyder may develop into what is
termed . mal-epileptic, rs she has
suffered other epileptic attacks. In
that event she would escape the
electric chair and be sent to an
institution for the treatment Of men,
| tai diseases.
IL her condition becomes worse
she win be taken from her cell to
st. Johns Hospital.
| Mrs. Snyder became hysterical and
tainted again in her cell this morn
ing. A doctor worked over her half
an hour before he succeeded in re
viving her.
Suicide Feared For Ruth
So depressed has Mrs. Snyder be.
come that officials ut the jail took
precautions against possible sui.
eide attempt.
DR.. Charles Mulligan, who exam.
ined the condemned woman today,
said her condition Is bordering on
historical tremens." Sedatives were
administered to her.
She slept little last night, tossing
restlessly upon her cot. She sObbed
almost ceaselessIy and was unable
| 70 eaG DreakIaSt.
Gray, In his cell, was cheerful.
He ate a good breakfast and spent
the forenoon writing letters.
Gray, meanwhile, sat quietly in
his cell reading his prayer book and
resigned to his fate. He was await
ing certain doom, having. as he
said, made his peace with God"
| The only alternative the pair have
of escaping execution would be COM
mutation of sentence by Gov. Alfred
e. Smith.
The jury convicted Mrs, Snyder
on the first ballot. Then they
voted on Gray. There was q mis-
understanding on this ballot and
the vote was taken again and all
twelve voted guilty"
Mrs. Snyder wept as william q.
Young, foreman Of the jury, an
nounced the verdict. She and Gray
had been ordered to stand and
come before the jury. Gray looked
directly at the Jurors and accepted
the verdict with head up, shoulders
squared. Mrs. Snyder went back
to her counsel's table and buried
her face In her arms.
Then Mrs. Snyder was required
to stand again al she and Gray
] gave their pedigrees, name, color,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-10
! Executed In New York; Make way e
Six Women
No. 2-In 1916

The next woman to be
executed was Mrs. Elizabeth
Van Valkenburg, hanged in
YOUNGSTOWN January "a,
1846, for poisoning her hus-
band. The case was the
most sensational story Of the
decade with the exception Of
the Mexican War, and was
the talk of the State for
years because Of feeling
against executing . woman.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-10
No. Ain 1852

Then followed Mrs. Ann
Hoag, still another poisoner,
who was hanged at Pough-
keepsie for numbering her
husband on May z, 1852. A
delegation went to Albany
to place new evidence before
the governor, but he was alb
sent in Canada and nothing
could be done. An alleged
accOmplice was hanged with
Mrs. Hoag.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-10
No. SIN 1887

The fifth woman executed
by New York State was yet
another husband killer. She
was Mrs. Roxalana Druse,
who died on the gallows at
Herkimer on February 81,
1887, more than So years
after Mrs. Hoag. She
strangled her husband while
two men shot him. The men
were hanged. too.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-10
No. TN 1927?

Mrs. Ruth Brown Snyder,
convicted yesterday with
Henry Judd Gray Of killing
her husband, Albert Snyder,
is candidate for dishonor
No. z. Unless she. obtains q
new trial and then receives
a lighter verdict, or unless
Governor Smith commutes
her sentence to life imprison-
ment she must die within
six weeks Of being sentsncd.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-10
No. Gin 1S49

The third woman to meet
death at the hands Of the
State was Mrs. Runkle, Of
Utica, She, too, was con-
victed Of poisoning her hus-
band and after q sensational
trial was sentenced to die.
Every effort was made to
obtain Executive clemency
for Mrs. Runkle without
avail. She was hanged at
Whitesboro In 1oAo.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-10
No. In 1917

The first woman to be
executed for murder in New
York State was Mrs. Marga-
ret II oughtaling, alias
Peggy Dinsmore, " who was
hanged at Hudson, N. X,
October IL, 1877. A few
years after the death Of MRS.
Houghtailing on the scat
fold another woman on her
deathbed confessed that she
alone committed the murder.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-10
No. Gin 1899

Mrs. Martha Place was the
first woman eleCtruCted in
New York State, March Il,
1899, for Staying her STEP
daughter, Ida, is, in Brook
lyn. Although there was no
dOubht as to hc- guilt, Gov
ernor Roosevelt was be-
sieged with petitions for
Glemsncy,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-10
7 N. Y. Dailies Printed
1,OS4,SOO Words
On Shaving

NEW YORK, May 10,-The
Snyder murder trial has been
the greatest reader interest
story since the Hall Mills muir
der.
An eager public has Tapped
up every word, and the news
papers, conservative as well as
sensational, have served up
aplenty.
Hapa il the anora.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-10
14O KILLED IN
STORMS
--Intsrnatlonal Nsvsrssl photo
tcontInued from First Page)

reported killed near Laramie.
All sections Of the affected area
reported large numbers OF people
received at least minor injuries 90
the high winds swept through
populous regions.
The storm which expended fits
greatest force in Texas and through
Arkansas and Missouri, appeared to
abate when 1t crossed the Mississ-
Ippi from Missouri and Illinois,
Indiana and Michigan suffered
relatively light losses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-10

lginal route he would have had to
battle head winds for 500 to 1000
miles over the Atlantic, Lieut.. Fran
els Reichelderfer. Navy aerologist.
said today. This report added to
the uneasiness felt for Nungesser's
safety.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-10

Circle Course he would have struck
the steamer lanes at about mid
ocean. If he was north of the
Circle Course and was forced down
he would, Of course, be north Of
the steamer lanes
If Nungesser adhered to, his or
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-10
HUN | SEA
FOR TWO
filters
lcontInusd srom 20. 10

Continued from First page.1
mantle OF fog, the big naval tugs
Mojave and Wandank left Charles.
town navy yard today to join in
the search Of the far-nung north
Atlantic for NungesSer and Coli
The Mojaye planned to follow
the coastline ana the Wandank to
gwing seward.
The naval craft viii work In con.
junction with the coast guard cut.
tiers Modoc and Tampa already
penetrating the ice-fields of the
north In q hunt for the missing
French airmen and their PARASITE
New York biplane, s'White Bird. /"
Both the Mojave and Wandank
earr1ed picked crew Of IS man
each.
Meanwhile, naval reserve hydro.
planes were tuned up at the Squan.
tum cir station ready to leave at
q moments notice. Several com.
mercial planes were also on the
Qui vive and coast guard planes
scared up ana down the coast line
from Sable Island to Newport.
y. B. vessels Join Search
American naval vessels through.
out the Atlantic area were in.
9trueted today to keep q sharp
lookout for Capt. Charles Nun.
gesger's Transatlantic plane, but
up to ESQ o'clock this morning no
trace Of Il had been reported
The Bnitad States Coast Guard
was similarly without tidings Of
the two atrmen. Coast Guard yes
vels from Philadelphia to Nova
Scotia are watching for the plane,
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-10-27


"Oh, that's all right. He's
always getting scared at no
& & & &
That stock he sold you
is northeast
SO is the check gave him
& &. & &
another thing admirable in Lind
bergh is that he still declines to
allow his name to be linked with
doubtful advertising.
& e. & &
An ideal wife
governs her temper
as easily as she
does her husband.
& & & &
grudgingly granted
are no better
that insults
& & & &
Etyle is that indefinable somethinp
that makes a woman wear furs in
summer and low neck dresses with
h,liOi1 SlCCVSS III WIuC6T.
& & & &
Ali things come to him who
waits. including poverty and
the undertaken
& & & &
When the Columbia river turns
about,
When the apple trees sprout
saeurkraut;
When the new Ford car comes out;
When my grandson's whiskers be-
gin to sprout-
Then we will get the high line
ditch-Maybe.
T. C. Browne
& & & &
Many bachelor who has
been th0t matrimOnially
dead has been married
ALIVE!
& & & &
Advice to Damsels: Never let a
fool kiss you and never let a
kiss fool you.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-10-27
Getting the

Getting the
other fellows custom
ers away from him is not.
nearly so important as keep
ing our own customers safe
and satisfied
Il d. 4 &
The short skirt is show
ing a willingness to meet
the girl half way.
& & & &
Death loves a shining mark
yet there are lots of bald
heads spared.
& & & &
II thought you could make good
photographs. sir, and these make
my boy look like an idiot"
We'll, / have to preserve the
likeness. You wouldn't spoil the
likeness. would you? You want
people to say it's your boy. don't
your"
& & & g.
Mr.. Smith went up to the front
door and rang the bell. Mandy, the
maid answered.
"Is Mr.. Jones in?"
mo sub. He's gone to the GEM
etery."
..Will he be back soon 2"
"Not likely sub, dey's went and
buried 'im."'
& & & &
He: / wish you could make
the bread your mother used to
make.
She: / wish you could make
the dough your father used to
make.
& & &.&
The young man marries to get
companion; the old man to
get a nurse.
& & & &
My wife says I'm far her inferior,
But in one way / feel I'm superior.
For the shine on my nose,
And the shine on my clothes
Give me much the more polished
exterior.
& & & &
eDo you carry B-Eeliminators %
"No sir, but we have roach pow
der and some fly swatters."
& & & &
The nearer you get to some
people, the smaller they seem
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-10-27
CLIP HIGH SCHOOL COST

1t cost about half a cent less
for each pupil per day receiving
high school instruction in this state
during the past year than it did
for the preceding 12-month period,
DIR. Josephine Corliss Preston's
summaries show. The average cost
per day per pupil in 1927 was
1875 as compared with 74.4 cents
for 1926. the average cost per year
being $133 and $133.58.
Asotin county with an average
daily cost of 1898 cents was low
est; King followed with 66.61 with
Garfield next at 67.53 cents. Adams
and Ferry paid most for high
school education. the daily aver
age being $1.137 in each county
with Douglas close behind with a
daily cost of SLIPS per pupil.
Interesting figures for the state
for 1927 show high school trans.
portation cost 1894, 500; teachers
salaries, $5,171, 1893; text books,
$165, 754 and promotion of health,
$25,830.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-10-27
= = = = : I
HOVER
+ Mrs. Chas. Mills Z
= = = = = = = = = = = = = 4

Miss Dorothy, Dahlin returned to
her home here last Tuesday to
recuperate fro man operation for
appendicitis before again taking
up her duties as nurse in the
Nazarene college at Nampa, Idaho.
Miss Anna Thomas left Wednes-
day for Kelso to visit with her
sister Mrs. Vogel and family.
Harry Hampton left Sunday for
Wenatchee to work in the apples.
Jake Sheets returned to Prosser
last week after spending the week
end with his uncle John Cochran
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Cochran are
visiting at Cooks with Mrs. Coch-
rams sister and friends there and
Mr.. Cochran also expects to go
deer hunting.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Mckinney
and Mrs. Emma Mills with Rev.
and Mrs. Waltz spent Sunday in
Pasco.
Curtis Keolger left the last of
the week for Missouri where his
mother who is i'll, is not expected
to recover.
Joe Murawski went to Portland
the last of the week to attend bus
mess college.
The officers elected by the p.
T. A. for the coming year at the
last monthly meeting are as fol-
lows: Mrs. Lee Powell, president;
Mrs. Robert Cochran. vice-pres.;
Miss Kruger, secretary.
Mrs. Harper left Sunday for b.
C. to visit her mother who is sick.
The Hover ferry has again
changed hands. Robert Meredith
has disposed of it but we have not
learned the name of the new own
er.
The Hover Benefit club met last
Thursday with Mrs. VIM. Mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Edgington
of Spokane, arrived Tuesday and
are visiting with Mrs. Hampton.
The Friday night prayer meeting
will be held at the c. Slaybaugh
home.
+ Mr.. Miller of Yakima was re-
pairing the water system at the
school last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Estepp OF
Kennewick were week end visitors
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Franklin.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-10-27
Sandstor,1s on Ocean

Ships encounter sandstorms
sometimes in certain parts of the
Atlantic ocean west of the Canary
islands. Weather experts say that
the sand probably comes from the
Sahara desert.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-10-27
Task for Science

If science is so wonderful as Il
claims, why doesn't it make some
effort to cross the rubber plant
with steel plant and grow tires
with metal rims?
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-10-27
Mexico's Rainfall

Summer is the rainy season In
Mexico. Little or no rain falls In
the winter or dry season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
NATIONAI-"IOst."

Ramsey Wallace's new production.
Lost" a drama of life under the
Equator in three acts, by A. l.. Thomas
and George Agnew Chamberlain
comes to the National Theater tomor-
row night Immediately prior TO it's New
York opening and after a preliminary
season in other cities.
Tn cast Is headed by Ramsey Wal
lace and James Crane, supported by
Mona Kingsley, Zita Johann. Harold
Hartzell, Edward Van Sloan, George
Henry Trader. Louise Macintosh and
other well known players. including IL
group of native Brazilian singers and
inStrumentalists.
Lost" is a drama in which love
comes into conflict with the longing
for home in It's attempt to bridge wide
CULTS OF character, psychology, race
and surroundings. The first act is laid
In a Connecticut country mansion
and from these shifts to an old, up
country hacienda in Il remote part OF
Brazil, where Gerry Lansing, the
leading character, seeks refuge from
disaster which has overtaken his
home life, only TO encounter more
poignant and insoluble dilemmas.
George AgneW Chamberlain, the
novelist, on whose novel, Home" the
play is founded. was in the diplomatic
service in Brazil, and his inspiration
is thus drawn from life. 1t is said to
be filled with fascinating atmosphere
and touches Of reality
Ramsey Wallace. we'll known to
Washington playgoers as leading man
with Marjorie Rambeau, Laurette Tay-
Tor, Mary Nash and Chrystal Hearns,
also has been seen in motion pictures
with Norma Talmadge. Charles Ray,
Mabel Normand. Mrs. Wallace Reid.
Mildred Harris Chaplin. Wally Van,
Lilllan Walker and Miriam Cooper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
EARLE-"Bargain Days"

A diversified and interesting bill of
vaudeville and feature photoplay at
fractions is announced for this week
at the Earle Theater. beginning this
afternoon.
The headline attraction will be
Bargain Days" a fast-moving and
colorful musical comedietta, inter
preted by five clever principals, who
offer unusual bargains in laughter,
song and dance.
The added attraction will be sup
piled by Sascha Piatov and Lois
Natalie, international dancers, in an
offering of terpsichorean novelties,
assisted by Jose Bohr and his Ar
gentine Musical Gauches, a Castillian
means of saying that the orchestra is
comprised of musically gifted cow
boys from the Pampas.
Another featured offering in vaude-
vile will be Allan Rogers, late
tenor star of Rose Marie" who will
be heard in a group of Songs Peo-
pie Like to Hear" with Charles Lur-
vey at the piano.
Others will be the Sarattos, six
European gymnasts, five men and
girl; Jim and Betty Page in "Off the
Ice" by Gene Conrad, and the mu-
steal contribution of the orchestra,
with pipe organ Accomplishments or
the screen subjects.
The photopiay will be Woman
Power" featuring Ralph Graves,
kathryn Perry, Margaret Livingston
and Lou Tellegen. The short com
edy will be a Fox adaptation or
Booth Harrington Van Bibber story
'fKine BoZo," together with the klno-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
Boy and Girl Scouts
Serve

A MoNG the many community
interests cooperating with Mrs,
Harriet Hawley Locher through the
past season in presenting the Sat
urday morning selected programs for
children at the Tivoli and Chevy
Chase theaters, the Scouts of both
the boy and girl organizations are
declared most entitled to recognition.
The Boy Scouts of America, under
the direction of Col l.. l.. Mattice,
it is explained, have never failed
when called upon for the patriotic
opening and have added greatly to
the spirit Of the occasion.
Troop 80, Girl Scouts, under their
captain, Mary Reid have the record
for the longest and most faithful SER
vice covering the past three seasons
This troop has been on hand every
Saturday morning serving as at
tendant ushers," and when called
upon presenting the patriotic open
ing. 1t also has served in this ca
pacity for many of the Parent
Teacher benefits arranged for the
various neighborhOod theaters of the
Crandall circuit.
Saturday at the Tivoli Theater,
when the big circus picture, Bigger
Than Barnums." will be shown, this
troop has been given the privilege of
selling tickets for it's Baby Mar
garet Benefit Fund" the troop hay
ing undertaken the sole care of
three year old baby in the Washing
ton Founding Home. and the money
thus earned will be used for their
baby girl, whom they call the troop
mascot. 1t also makes a weekly
visit to the Walter Reed Hospital
with gifts of fruit. cake and cigar
cites for the cOnvalescent soldier
hoyS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
GAYETY-"Rarin' TO Go"

The greatest colored -and-white mu-
steal revue on the road, Ed r. Daley's
Rarin to Go" opens at today's
matinee at the Gayety Theater for q
weeks engagement. This is the of
fertng that led all other attractions
on the Columbia Circuit last season i'm
gross business.
There are rs performers, including
3S white and 81 colored stars, with
Harry Lucas, the half-pint Ethiopian
funster."
Heading the white entertainers i'm
the double show are: Frank Har-
court, eccentric comedian; Sammy
Wright, Dutch impersonator: Lew
Denny. straight man; George Man
ming and Tommy Seymour, ballad
singers; Ruby Pilgreen, lyric soprano;
Midgie Gibbons, soubrette. and Dor
othy Alexander. singing and stepping
ingenue. There is a beauty chorus
of rs.
The colored section is a separate
show all by itself, with Jimmie Fer
guson, late star of Dixie to Broad
way; Tim and Gertie Moore leading
the merrymaking. There are also
Fred Johnson and Paul Sullivan. a
mine of mirth is exploded every few
minutes.
Some attractive women principals,
including Edith Spencer, soubrette
and dancer. and a colored beauty
brigade of Is Creole Lulu Bellies"
with Joe Jordan's Ten Sharps and
Flats, instrumental musicians, who
play Jazz ditties during the show.
both on the stage and in the orchestra
trench.
Five carloads of scenery, electrical
effects and equipment are carried
for rs gorgeous scenes.
Manager Ira J. La Motto announces
a midnight show Friday evening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-20
Eastern High Drama.

THE Eastern High School Dramatic
Association, which by It's excellent
presentation of George Bernard
Shaws Arms and the Man" won the
Brown University Cup last year, will
give as its entry in the contest this
year A. K. w. Mason's Green Stock
lngs.' at the Eastern High School
Auditorium, March 81 and April /, at
8 pm.
This play was selected as a type Of
play that with it's clever lines is
suitable for high school actors and
high school audiences. The fact that
the stage setting could be worked out
successfully also was a deciding
factor.
Celia Faraday. the heroine, is looked
upon by her family and friends as an
old maid, despite the fact that she is
only 29. In accordance with an old
English custom, an unmarried woman
must wear green stockings at the
wedding of a younger sister. Already
Celia has worn green stockings twice
and determines she will not do SO at
the marriage Of her youngest sister,
Phyllis, to Robert Taryer. How she
avoids doing so by inventing a lover
furnishes comedy and romance.
Miss Ella NJ. Monk. chairman of the
production committee, has announced
that there will be a double cast. one
for each night. The leads will be
taken by Dorothy Miller and Eldred
Wilson and Helen Tucker and Robert
Hines.
Tickets were placed on sale at the
school bank last week.