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Marie Beckman, 5.
Irene Beckman. 2.


Irene Beckman, 2.
Bernice Beckman, Is months.
Clarence Stahl, is, of De Sofa.
william F. Beckman, husband and
father, was the only survivor OF the
family outing yesterday, and he owed
his life to the fact that he had gone
for assistance to get the automobile
started when the swirling torrent
poured down on the hapless group.
Car Slid Into Creek.
Beckman had parked the car on the
edge of the creek. Rain an hour or so
before the cloudburst made the bank
slippery and the machine Slid into the
creek. Beckman prevailed on farmer
to tow him out, but with the machine
again on the bank Beckman found the
cars distributor was wet. He left his
family to get aid only to return to see
the machine overturned and demol-
ished. The farmers car, likewise, was
destroyed by the water. The farmer
could not say how he escaped the tor
rent
Coroner Thomas P. Shaffer of Union
organized searching parties and three
of the bodies were recovered before
dark. They were Irene and Bernfce
Beckman and Lawrence Tigges. Shat
fer's parties stretched a net across the
mouth of the creek to keep the bodies
from being swept into the Meramec
River and dragged pools left by the re-
ceding flood.
The cloudburst struck De Soto, ac-
companied by lightning and a high
wind. Stahl was instantly killed by the
bolt as he was seeking shelter. Several
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houses were unroofed and basemen
flooded.
BRAKEMAN DROWNED.
Trainman Dies in Nebraska ClOudburst
When Train Is Wrecked.

Trainman Dies in Nebraska CIoudburst
When Train Is Wrecked.
BY the Associated Press.
TEKAMAH, Nebr., July 15.-One
man was dead today and another was
suffering from injuries as the result of
a cloudburst which washed out 1000
feet of railroad track near here.
Carl Henkle, Sioux City, Iowa, brake
m; |, was drowned after the locomotive
and tender of Minneapolis & Omaha
freight train left the tracks and was
wrecked 4 miles west of Tekamah yes
terday Frank Kent, engineer, was cut
about the face by glass from the cab
window and Will Denton, fireman, es-
capped injury by staying with the en-
CINE.
Two branches of Tekamah Greek be-
came raging torrents within a short
time after the storm. The water was
knee deep on several streets. Five of
twelve bridges in and near Tekamah
were washed out.
Rain was general over Central Ne
braska.
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Women Barred From Cafes.

Originated In Marseille. a movement
hes started northward in France, and
as result women without escorts are
refused admission to many Of the popu-
lar cafes and estaminets in Paris and
other places. Notices to this effect are
boldly displayed in doorways in such
manner That no one can plead the ex-
cuse Of not having seen them.
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Mother Gives 9-Year-Old Son Superego
By Secret Education System, Judge Says

"Your method Of teaching your son. -
said Judge Thompson, has tended to
give him a superego. The boy now Is
laboring under dehlsion which will
result in rude awakening when he
has to leave your side and face the
world by himself"
Motion for new trial was denied.
During the trial, the boy demonstrated
a startling knowledge of geography, his
tory. theology. astronomy and foreign
languages. which his mother said she
had taught him by q secret method.
Twenty thousand tourists visited Ha-
wall in 1929 breaking DreviOlls records
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BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. July 15.-Asserting
that secret method" of education
has tended to give 9-year-old Jack
Berry a "superego," Judge w. B.
Thompson Of the Municipal Court
pronounced a suspended sentence of five
days in Jail on the boys mother, Mrs.
John Berry, who had refused to allow
him to attend public schools.
Mrs. Berry, who was convicted by
a jury for violation OF the school at
tendance law, informed the court she
would appeal. She was granted a years
probation on condition she send her
son to school.
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CLOUDBURST KILLS
7 IN ONE FAMILY
Wall Of Water 0vertunS Car,
Sweeping Occupants Into
Raging Stream.
Bv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
.MOSELLE, Mo-. July 15.-Mrs. Marie
Beckman, %; her four children, ages
Is months to z years, her mother and
her brother were drowned in Pinoak
Greek, southwest of here, yesterday
when 5-foot wall of water from a
Cloudburst overturned an automobile
and swept them to their deaths.
An eighth person was victim of the
storm at De Sofa, Mo-, 20 miles from
here. when he was struck by lightning
while playing ball.
Eight Are Dead.
The dead:
Mrs. Marie Beckman, 28, of Walnut
Park. st. Louis County.
Mrs. Mary Tigges, 81, mother Of Mrs.
Beckman.
Lawrence Tigges, IS, brother of Mrs.
Beckman.
Virgil Beckman, Z.
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China and tried under the laws of that

China and Tried under the laws OF that
country.
The three were arrested last week,
several days after a huge consignment
of opium had been found in trunks
which Mrs Kao had brought here from
China under a consular frank. Kao
was chancellor of the San Francisco
consulate.
Because Of the diplomatic connec-
tons of Kao and Foo United States
officials entertained some doubt as to
whether they should be prosecuted here
The three were arrested when admin
istration officials at Washington held
that their connection with the con-
sulate did not prevent proceedings in
the American courts.
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PASSPORTS ORDERED
IN SMUGGLING CASE
Chinese Consul at San Francisco
Instructed by Legation to Pre-
pare for Suspects Return.
BY the Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, July 49,
w. @. Kung, Chinese consul general,
disclosed here last night that he had
received instructions from the Chinese
legation in Washington to prepare pass
ports for Mr.. and Mrs. Wing Kao and
Suen Foo, prominent Chinese charged
with attempting TO smuggle opium into
this country.
The announcement was taken to mean
that the trio would be returned to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-15

Soviet military expenditures In 1927
totaled $42 500, 900, according to a re-
cent official announcement
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
Mack Sennett Tries
Raising Pigs to His
Sorrow

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Dec. 5
GNS0-No more will the pigs
go "oinkl oink!" at Mack Sen
nett's studio ranch. The bath
ing beauty collector is all
through with animal husbandry.
An adventure in hog raising
ended after a threatened court
battle. 1t left Sennett $3.50
richer but minus 80 pigs and
piglets that had "eaten their
heads off"
Sennett tried hog raising as
a pastime and then sold 81 of
the swine to c. w. Penterf for
$50 cash and a 5000 note.
Claiming that Penterf failed to
pay the note, Sennett took the
pigs back.
Penterf complained that Sen
nett profited by IS piglets lit
tered in the interim. He de-
manded his pigs or his money
back.
NThe dispute was cettled with
the payment Of the note and
restoration of the pigs to Pene-
erf. And Sennett agreed with
Ellis Parker Butler that pigs
is pigs"
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
ADVOCATES WAR
REFERENDUNS

OAKLAND, Calf, Dec. S
Q.N.SO.-War referendums-let.
ting the people decide-forever
would abolish hostilities between
the nations Of the world, accord.
ing to Alanson B. Houghton
former ambassador of the United
States to the Court of st. James
here on a visit.
"Put the matter of war up to
the people," he said.
1.-THE peoples of the nations
are the ones that ultimately pay
for war. They fight in them
provide the sinews Of war, and
bear the burden of suffering
Let them decide, by ballot OF
some referendum before any wal
is, declared, and we will have
abolished war;" he said.
Houghton declined to discuss
Ambassador Charles G. Dawes
knee pants, the possibility of war
between the United States and
England, the place of modern
woman and her bearing on future
war or his personal activities.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
TWICE
VISIT HOME

WINCHESTER, Va, Dec. S.
The home Of Lewis Pearson, Win
chester contractor and builder,
has been entered twice in less than
q week by burglars.
The first burglar entered by
raising a downstairs window and
made his getaway with $500 in
change, taken from a desk drawer
The next time, about 4 a. m.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pearson, were awak-
ened by two electric lights on the
upper floor Of the house being
switched on. Pearson saw the
hand of the burgler, who was a
negro or wore a black glove.
AS he turned the lights off, the
man dashed down the stairway
with Pearson in hot pursuit, the
burglar escaping through a lower
window
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
American u. Team Wins
WashingtOn-Lee Debate

The American University debat-
ing team opened its winter cam
paign at American University last
night by defeating the team Of
Washington and Lee University.
UNFOLDING the affirmative side of
the question, Resolved, that a
college of liberal arts Of educa-
ton should be limited to those
with special ability"
The victorious debaterS were
Roger Craven, Arthur Murphy
and Blake Espey. They were op-
posed by c. B. Fulton, S. r.
Nichols ana w. T. Davenport,
Judges were H. L. Jones. =. G.
Smith and A. p. Mills.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
Driver in Auto Wreck
Left Dead Behind

West Virginia line, about seven
miles from the scene of the trag-
edy, while another car took the
remains of the dead woman to
an undertaking establishment at
Broadway.
An effort was being made yes
terday to bring Mrs. CullerS, who
among other injuries suffered a
fractured hip, to the Rockingham
Memorial Hospital here, but thus
far, the slippery condition Of the
roads, resulting from the Sleet
storm have prevented the 50-mile
drive to this city.
Baldwin is said to have gone
to Wardensville where he is en-
ployed and officers have indicated
that they will try to locate and
question him.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
MEET To STUDY
LANGUAGE

CLEVELAND, Dec. s GN.S)-
The Modern Language Associa-
ton Of America, will hold its
forty-sixth annual meeting in
Cleveland as the guest Of West
ern Reserve University, beginning
December 80 and ending January
1. More than 1000 people are
expected to attend.
William N. Mite, professor of
romance languages at the Univer-
sity of Chicago, and head of the
Modern Language Association, will
deliver the opening address at a
meeting at the Cleveland Museum
of Art.
Other societies which will join
the association in the conference
are: The Linguistic Societies Of
America, headed by Prof. Charles
A. Grandgent, of Harvard Uni
verSity; the American ASsocia-
ton of Teachers of French head
ed by Charles A. Downer, of New
York University, and the Amer
lean Association Of Teachers Of
Spanish.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
RULE WILL
SQlJEZGH
FOES

Administration leaders Of the
House today donned their fight
ing armor and prepared to use
their powerful steam roller, if
necessary, to assure prompt
passage of the Administrations
$3.50, 000,000 tax reduction reso'
luton.
The resolution was formally
bid before the House by Repre-
sentative Hawley (R0 of oregon,
chairman Of the Ways and Means
Committee, which advocated its
passage in a lengthy report.
The threat of Representative
RamSeyer (R.) Of Iowa, to invoke
the rules of the House to prevent
immediate consideration of the
resolution as a privileged measure
aroused the Republican leaders to
action.
In the event of an adverse
ruling by Speaker Longworth, the
rules committee was prepared to
meet and Immediately report out
. rule for the bills consideration.
Promised Full Debate
Ramseyer leading the opposi-
ton to the measure had exacted
a promise from the Administra-
ton leaders for a full and free
debate. It is possible that he
may forestall vote on the meas
ure late today, as originally
planned.
The belligerent Iowa member,
however, was not expected TO
gather sufficient adherents 20
upset the tax cut plan. With oil
Democrats on the Ways and
Means Committee and all Re
publicans except himself favoring
1t, Ramseyer faced an uphill
fight. -~.
Efforts were being made to
enroll the farm bloc" which has
consistently stood for application
Of treasury SURPRISES to retire
ment of the public debt. The pre-
diction that tax reduction would
force Congress to curtail appro-
priations for the Federal Farm
Board in the future also was
thrown into the faces Of farm
bloc" members.
Predicts Deficit
Ramsay announced his princi-
pal objection to the proposed re-
duction is that it viii invite a
treasury deficit. He declared that
on the basis of the budget sub
n1itted by President Hoover, the
probable SURPRISES in the next two
years and needs of the Federal
Farm Board the tax bill would
bring about a deficit of $1O7, O0O,-
900 in 1921.
Declaring the prediction is false,
Chairman Hawley pointed out
that the proposed tax reduction is
on incomes for the present year,
and the Administration already
knows what the expenditures will
be during the period it covers.
Every governmental activity can
be properly taken care of even
though tax reduction is voted, he
asserted.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
REDS To CHANGE
LAND NAMES

MOSCOW, Dec. 5 GN.s)-
The Soviet Geographical Society
has asked the government to
change the name Of Franz Joseph
Land, the island in the Arctic
near which General Mobile and
his dirigible Italia were wrecked
more than a year ago, to Michael
Lomonosov Island, in honor of
the first Russian scientist to
achieve world fame.
The society also wants Wrangel
Island renamed for the noted
hydraulic engineer Davydov, whose
explorations on the island added
much to the worlds knowledge OF
conditions in the Far North.
The reason given for the chang
ing names is that a revolutionary
nation ought not honor even a
dead king and counter-revolu-
tionary general.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
NOLL To HEAD
F|RENEN

HARRISONBURG, Va, Dec.
SD. Benton Noll, son of Fire
Chief John F.. Noll, last night was
elected president Of Hose Com
pany No. 4 succeeding P. j.
Lamb, jr.
Noll, the youngest man ever to
head the old firemen's organize
ton, which was piloted for years
by the late Chief w. A. Braith-
waites is a world war veteran,
and has been an active volunteer
fireman for a number Of years.
He has served as captain of Hose
Company No. 4, for several years.
William Willis was elected No.
captain to succeed Noll. Willis
is a grandson of George M. Willis,
who years ago was foreman" Of
the Hose Company No. squad,
when hand reels were the only
fire apparatus used.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
FAIRFAX PLANS
NEW BRIDGE

FAIRFAX, Va, Dec. 5.-The
task of eliminating the dangerous
railroad crossing at Springfield,
the scene Of several tragic acct
dents, is now being pushed by a
road force under the direction Of
County Engineer F. N. Larkin.
The original plan to build a
concrete bridge over the creek at
one side of the track, at an
estimated cost Of $4,000, has
been abandoned because OF the
belief that the fast growing traf-
fic on this road will soon necesSi-
tate an overhead crossing. In
place of the bridge, two lines Of
pipe, SO inches in diameter and
10 feet long, will be used to carry
the water and to support the
roadway.
The cost of the undertaking
will be borne by the county as a
whole rather than by any one
district, as is commonly held.
During the work there will be no
interruption to traffic, as an
adequate detour has been ar
ranged.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
Attorney Seeking Post
As Envoy to Liberia

F.. w. Williams, attorney OF
Winston-Salem, N. c., is seeking
appointment by President Hoover
as United States minister to Ii
IBERIA, and is not dead as was re-
ported by local newspapers this
week.
Williams was reported to have
died on a train en- route here from
Danville, Va.
The man who died and mis-
taken for Williams was w. e.
Moore, of Savannah, Ga.
Moore was carrying a petition
to Washington in behalf Of the
candidacy Of Williams.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
brick FALLS ON WORKMAN

James Miller, colored, 81, first
block Of F st. N. W., yesterday
suffered injuries to his side when
struck by a falling brick while
working on a building at Second
and East Capitol SITS. At Casualty
Hospital his condition was pro.
nounced serious.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
Washington Richmond
Road Section Closed

ARLINGTON COUNTY COURT
HOUSE, Dec. 5.-Effective today,
the Washington Richmond high
way, between the Highway Bridge
and the city of Alexandria, will be
closed to all through traffic, &C
cording to an announcement made
by the resident State highway en-
gineer, Robert I. Mount. Local
traffic will be permitted as long
as it does not interfere with con-
Struction.
Well-marked detours have been
established along Mount Vernon
Avenue leading to the right from
the Highway Bridge to Alexandria,
which will be marked as United
States route No. /.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05

HARRISONBURG, Va, Dec. S.
Sheriff c. F.. Fawley has received
information that Robert Baldwin,
Of near Moorefield, w. Va, was
the driver Of the automobile
which Sunday afternoon plunged
off a curve on the Brooks Gap
Highway, resulting in the instant
death of Miss Mamie Cullers, Is,
of Moorefield.
Officers learned that Baldwin
left on foot Immediately after ,ex-
Treating himself from the wreck
age of the machine, leaving Mrs.
Daniel Cullers, mother Of the
dead woman, seriously injured,
and another daughter slightly
hurt.
A passerby took the two injured
women to their home across the
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
County Record Made
In Tax Collections

MARTINsBURG, w. Va, Dec
5.-ReSults tabulated in the office
Of Sheriff e. F. Thomas here re-
veal that a record collection OF
county taxes up until the closing
of the discount period had been
made. The total received aggre'
gated 1855 1865 so against a total
Of $348, 1862 collected up until
the same date in the fall Of 1928,
Approximately $1O4, 900 in taxes
remain to be collected before the
first of the year.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
Va. Boy to Broadcast
Story on Dairying

HARRISONBURG, Va, Dec. S.
Over the radio in Il nationwide
hook-up in January, Victor Myers,
a Rockingham county All Club
boy, son of I. D. Myers. Dayton
dairy owner, will tell America how
he made money in raising and
selling dairy calves.
The announcement Of young
Myers selection to make the
radio address was made by club
officials at BlackSburg.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
Holy Name Society
Names WhOlley Head

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Dec.
5.-The Holy Name Society, re-
Gently organized here, last night
elected the following officers: w,
P. Wholley, president; c. A. Pra-
vitz, vice president; c. Carlton
Carpenter, secretary; Solly Ven
tura, treasurer, and Father Ed
ward Brennan, Of st. Mary'S Cath
olic Church, spiritual director.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
Border Patrol Unity
Sought in New Bill

Creation of a border patrol
unifying prohibition, customs and
immigration services, is called for
in a bill Representative Hudson
CR.) of Michigan introduced IN
the House yesterday.
Hudson introduced q similar
measure at the last session OF
Congress.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
ElELS0N- Still MISSING

NOME, Alaska, Dec. 5 uN.SD.
Carl Ben Eielson, Alaskan aviator,
missing since he flew to the rescue
Of the ice-bound steamer, Nanuk,
last month, was still unheard from
today. Pilots Dorbandt and Cros-
son, because Of poor visibility,
made an Intellectual attempt to
locate Eielson yesterday.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
Unmatched Window Used
In S77 level Burglary

Jewelry valued at SIT was re-
ported as stolen last night from
the home o. Walter L. Parker, 900
block Of. E st. N. w. Parker told
police that the robbers entered
through an Unmatched rear win
dew.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05
Brethren Pastor Dies
After 40 Years. SerYic

GENOA, Va, Dec. 5.-The Rev.
George H. Fulk, 10, for 40 years
q Church Of the Brethren min
lister and widely known and loved
throughout the Brooks Cap re-
gion, is dead at his home here.
He was born and reared in his
community and devoted the
great part of his life to preaching
the gospel ard ministering to
mankind.
The Washington times., 1929-12-05

~ some day you'll buy it. So why not
make that some day now?
Give her a Frigidaire for Christmas.
Give her the convenience of making
desserts with the famous Frigidaire Gold
Control" Give her the care-free refrigera-
ton assured by Frigidaire's surplus power.
Give her the advantages of self-sealing
freezing trays that permit two widely
different temperatures in the same cabinet.
In other words, give her Frigidaire. Then
you'll be sure she'll have truly modern
electric refrigerator. She'll have a cabinet
of striking beauty in rust-prOof Porcelain
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-12-11
BREEDING SEASON FOR EWES

E. T., Redwood County, Mimi,
writes: what is the most suitable
breeding season for ewes? What is
the length of the CESSATION period IN
ewes 2"
The time of year for mating
flock of ewes must, of course, be de-
termined by the time of year you
want the lambs dropped. Most farm
ers either do not want the lambs to
come in the spring until after the
ewes are on grass or if they come
earlier than this, they prefer to have
them come during the month OF
March. Lambs born in March, pro-
vided the farmer has proper shelter
and facilities for taking care OF the
ewes and lambs at lambing time,
are usually more profitable than
lambs born after the ewes are on
pasture because the early lambs get
a better start, make more use OF
pasture and are ready for market at
an earlier date in the fall when the
prices are usually higher than later
on.
The CESSATION period in sheep is
approximately 148 days. That would
mean that you would want to start
mating the flock about five months
before you wanted the lambs dropped.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-12-11
WHAT TO GIVE THE
All CLUB MEMBER

The problem of choosing a Christ
mas gift for a All club member
ought to be easy. If it is as easy as
it looks, the parents and friends of
some $4,000. boys and girls in the
state can $50 right to it, and get
the thing settled without delay.
The problem looks easy because of
a suggestion made by T. A. Erickson,
state leader of All clubs, with head
quarters at University Farm, St.
Paul. Mr.. Erickson suggests that
parents or friends give All club
members Christmas gifts in line with
the club work they are doing. If a
boy or girl is in dairy calf club,
give him or her a dairy calf. If he
or she is in a baby beef club, give a
baby beef calf; if in sheep club or
a pig club, give lamp or pig. For
members of garden or crop clubs,
bulbs, seed potatoes, or seed corn
would be appropriate. Then think of
the opportunities for girls in baking,
sewing or room-furnishing clubs. For
these give baking or sewing equip
ment and materials.
This field of suggestions is almost
without limit, says Mr.. Erickson and
members of his staff. If giving some
of the presents suggested looks too
big, a contribution toward the pur-
chase would make an appropriate
gift. Give the boy or girl real start
toward his or her club work for the
new year, and thus encourage thrift
as well as interest in club work at
a season of the year when impress
sions go deep. To give boy or girl
such a gift is not only to give a
material thing; it is to give lift to-
ward success in life, and that is some
thing a son. or daughter never for
gets.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-12-11
NEW ULM YOUTH IN
STATE REFORMATORY

Everett Siemering, 20 year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Siemering of New
Ulm, was sentenced to the state re-
formatory from Winona county re,
Gently for the crime of forgery in the
second degree, to serve from 0 to III
years. He had been sentenced sew
eral months ago, but allowed freedom
on probation. The conditions of pro-
baton were that he should find steady
work and report to Attorney Streis-
guth twice each month. Failing to
report an investigation was made
which resulted in letter from the
state Reformatory at st. Cloud and
the boy was sentenced there for for
gerry he made in Winona county.