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Putnam patriot., 1929-01-31

r OK SALE-Ionnectleu farm ln town of Thompson known as the Nichols Farm" 256 acres com prising a complete farm. Never failing spring piped to houses and harms with force of water adequate for fire protection.
 Abundance of hard wood and gooo land for dairy truck or stock farm ing. In few years the growing white pine will pay for the farm An ideal gentleman's country place. Joins the Norman B. Ream estate. For price and particulars write. JOHN M. NICHOLS, 521 Live Stock Exchange, Kansas City, Mo.
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Putnam patriot., 1929-01-31

FOR SALE-New mileh cows and springers from tuberculin tested herd. Telephone 263-l2. 2-5s FOR SALE-Five room bungalow at Cottage street. Inquire of R. W. SPENCER, tel 961-2. 51tf
Putnam patriot., 1929-01-31

uPHOLSTERING-Have your upboL stering done now. Hair mattresses renovated. slip covers furniture re- pairing and Recovering. box springs made to order. Satisfaction gua. ranteed. J. R. GROVES, So Mair St. Putnam, phone 1903. itf
Putnam patriot., 1929-01-31
MISCELLANEOUS

ANTIQUES Bought and, Sold. Re.
 pairing. Refnishing and Uphols tering Rush, Cane and Splint Seats R. T. Wheaton Antique Shop. Raw. ley Block. Tel. 79. Putnam. 35 If
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
Girl LEAPED OR FELL FROM BOAT CLUB BALCONY TO DEA
HOOVER GUEST
At FORD'S
HOME
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the Hoovers and their party pro
ceeded to Smiths Creek Station, the
entrance to the early American vii.
lage which Ford has spent much
time and money erecting here to re.
mind this motor age that it has
travelled far since colonial days.
Ceremonies Tonight
The early American village is a
hobby of Ford's. and he has secured
the attics and antique shops Of the
nation to make it historically ac-
curate.
At the village, the President and
Mrs. Hoover joined the notable COM
pany which Ford has gathered here
to participate in the Edison cere.
monies. These ceremonies will con.
clude tonight with Edison re-enact.
ing for the benefit of his friends
the laboratory scenes incident to the
perfection of the electric bulb.
Mr.. Hoover will speak the nations
pride and appreciation of the aged
inventor. his address being broad
cast on a national hook.up about
1880 p. m.
After the visit to Ford's village,
the President and Mrs. Hoover went
to the Ford home, about mile away,
for a brief stop before proceeding
on to Detroit proper, where Governor
Fred w. Green and Mayor John G.
Lodge formally welcomed the Chief
Executive to the automobile capitol
of the world.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21

January l, 1929, whereas Miss Har1 's
lease purported to run until June /,
1880.
Subsequent to the execution OF
the lease to Miss Hart. Werner
assigned his interest as landlord
to the wives of Leo B. Kretuzer
and Meyer Slack, attorneys for the
London Terrace Corporation. an or
sanitation formed for the admin.
lstration of the estate. Counsel
for Miss Hart contends that the
wives are dummies" merely, TO
defeat the right of the present
lessee to recover the buildings
fair market value as provided in
the lease.
Claiming that the lawyers in.
terests in the property were OBJ.
tanned through fraud, Miss Hart
refused to pay rent since last June.
Since then the London Terrace
Corporation has proceeded to ex.
cavate on three sides of the prop
erty, causing her much discomfort
and annoyance. She obtains her
water supply from the hydrant
across the street.
In the meantime Miss Hart is
suing the London Terrace Corpora
ton for the value of the building.
She claims in the suit that she be-
came her own landlord upon exc
cution of her lease and asks that
the rentals she paid to Werner'n
assignees ba returned 10 AaE
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
FOE
| NAMED BY COP
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been handled with kid gloves"
while unreasonably severe penalties
had been imposed upon others.
Several women figured in the trial,
the most important of which
charged that Staples assaulted her
in her NJ Street home. 1t was
proved by Representative Blanton
shat Staples was in the hospital at
the time of the alleged attack, and
the prosecution changed the date.
1t was also learned by The Times
that a prisoner then in the District
Jail awaiting transfer to the peni-
tentiary claimed to have stolen the
gun with which Scrivener was
killed, during a hOld-up in the
South. He came to Washington
and was attempting TO rob a house
on II Street Northwest, near Sew
enth, when he became frightened
and fled. He put the gun and
some burglar tools in a box, he said.
and they were later found by a
policeman.
This adds strength to the belief
that the gun was in the possession
Of headquarters property clerk or
at one of the precincts before Scriv-
ener was killed, and could have
been obtained by a brother officer
had one desired to kill him with q
borrowed" weaDOn
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
PROBERS
FIND LEAK
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while attending the tariff sessions
was brought out by Senator Blaine
(R) Of Wis. Blaine asked him about
a telephone call he made between
July % and July q in which he was
overhead to say Il can't tell you
about that now; I'll tell you later"
Eyanson admitted making a num-
Der OF telephone calls but said he
could not remember this particular
call. The call was made from an
anteroom adjoining the room in
which the tariff makers were meet
ing.
f. Kent Hubbard OF Middletown,
Conn, president Of the Connecticut
Manufacturers Association, followed
his employe to the stand. Hubbard
said he received $4,000 a year and
$4,000 expenses as president of the
association. The total receipts of
the association last year, he added,
were between $4,000 and 100000.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21

The little gray building, located at
429 West Twenty-third street, where
in 1922 Dr.. Clement c. Moore wrote
the poem. is suffering the indignities
of the construction of the large 16-
story apartment hotel all around it.
And living in an apartment in the
building is a lone gray figure, Miss
Tillie Hart. At one time her place
was filled with roomers who liked
the quiet old dwelling place and it's
mistress. When the excavations
started, they departed one by one.
The little house is the center of
one of the most unusual and COM
plicated lawsuits on record. Miss
Hart pays no rent, and though she
holds a lease on the house, she is her
own landlord, because there is no
one to pay it to. The owner of the
building doesn't seem to be the
owner of the land. Three persons
claim rights in the property under
a 21-year-o!d lease, and the only man
who can shed light on the problem
has disappeared.
The house was willed to a relative
O DR.. Moore upon the poets death.
Since that time it has passed from
owner to owner until 1925, when it
was leased to Miss Hart for five
years by Stanley Werner. the man
who has disappeared. He leased the
property from an assignee Of the
last living owner of the building 21
years ago. Werner's leases expired
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
Witness Tells Police
He Heard No Scuffle
AS Mrs. Dreyfuss Fell

Determined that there shall be
no repetition of charges of police
bungling, such as resulted from the
Mcpherson case, detective head,
quarters today Is devoting it's every
energy to examining each possible
clue in the death of Mrs. Aurelia
Fisher Dreyfus. pretty young d1-
vorcee.
The form of the young woman
was found early yesterday morning
on the platform of the Potomac
Boat Club, where she had been at.
tending a dancing party. She died
shortly after she had been admitted
to Emergency Hospital.
Escort Being Held
Her escort to the dance. Edmund
J. McBrien. New York broker Is
being held incommunicado by ponce
until thew can determine Just Wha'
happened in the few minutes whlch
preceded the IA tai fall.
This morning police had located
one witness who was on the nalcohS
above the platform at the tlme
Mrs. Dreyfus went to her Geath. ne
ia Edward B. Wilson, Of the BOT
block Of II st. n. W.
Young Wilson told the authori-
ties that he was standing on the
balcony, leaning over the railing
and smoking a cigarette. He said
that he heard no noise as OF an
argument of a scuffle, but that
suddenly he heard dull thud
below.
Saw Body on Platform
Tooking down he saw the form
of a woman in bright party
frock lying stretched on the land
ing platform. He says that ne
then rushed into the clubhouse,
shouting that a woman had fai-
len from the balcony and calling
for aid. Wilson was one of the
first to reach the form OF Mrs.
Dreyfus and with several others.
including McBrien. took her to
Emergency Hospital.
Through other persons who were
at the club dance, police have as
certained the names Of two other
Young women who are supposed to
have been on the balcony at the
time Of the fatal plunge. Lieut..
Joseph Morgan. chief of the Homi-
eide Squad, and Sergt. George OAR
nell are out today looking for these
tw.
Mrgan and Darnell, tgether with
Detective Sergt. Joseph Waldron are
in charge of the investigation.
Haste To Be Avoided
1t was declared at Police Head
quarters that haste will not enter
into the probe of the tragedy and
that unless those in charge are
convinced that they have run out
every clue, they will ask for con.
tinuance when the case comes Oh
fro inquest before the coroner's jury
tomorrow morning.
One lead which is receiving po-
lice attention today is a series OF
footprints in wax upon the railing
surrounding the platform from
which the woman dropped. It was
at first thought that these might be
of particular significance. but it
was later discovered that the foot
prints are to he found on virtually
all parts of the railing and appar-
emily are not attributable to this
particular case.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
.8 HERE To SING
IN RADIO TEST

Forty-eight singers aged between
Is and 25 will compete for the honor
of representing the District in the
national radio addition contest, in
preliminary tests tomorrow and
Wednesday in the WRC studio be-
tween 3 and 5 p. m. Four youths
and four girls will be selected by
The judges to appear in a further
elimination contest, on October 80.
Then will be selected two, man
and a woman. to go to New York
next month and compete in tests to
determine who will represent the
Eastern Atlantic and New England
States.
From this group will be picked
two representatives to appear in the
national finals to be held in New
York and broadcast throughout the
nation on December Is.
Chairman Percy S. Foster and the
Washington committee have COM
pleted rules for the preliminaries
and every candidate is expected to
have a fair show.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
MILLIONS MADE
IN SLUMP Of
STOCKS
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ket have been too high. He is not
e. bear on American business condi-
tions, but is understood to believe
that enthusiasm on the part of Wall
Street and the general buying pub
lie has skyrocketed values up to an
unwarranted basis. There Is an
old saying In the street that what
goes up, must come down."
Cutton Still Buying
Cutten, the Fisher Brothers. Du.
rant. and others differ with the
view that prices are too high. In
the last month, Cutten has issued
several statements-or. at least. the
stock tickers have credited the
statements ~ him-to the effect
that he continues hullish on stocks.
lie has given his reasons, too.
OF late, LivermOre has been on
the right side Of the market, Cutten
on the wrong side.
Iivermore is an intensely inter
esting personality. He is Shght'
blonde man, quick and nervous In
his demeanor and fastldlous
dresser. He rides in expensive auto.
mobiles, maintains a retinue oil
servants and has luxurious offices
in New York city. AS a boy he was
n board marker in Boston brokerage
houses and developed unusual skill
at ticker tape reading. He came to
New York and played the market
skilfully. He is reputed to nave
won and lost several fortunes. His
latest success is in the nature OF
comeback.
Whether Livermore Is at the head
OF a big bear pool, as rumored IN
Wall Street, or operating on his
own account, is a matter of specula'
ton and was causing no end of dis
cussion in the financial district to-
dav as business men and brokers
watched with keen interest the
trend of prices.
The bear markets have been In
progress almost steadily in the last
six weeks, and particularly since
October 4. Last Saturdays market
was decidedly bearish. The mar
kets OF the next few weeks, in the
opinion OF well-bformed traders,
are likely to prove exciting, what
with the bulls and bears coming to
a showdown on the issue upon
which they differ.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
SUNDAY SCRAPS
STIR COPS

There were several misunder.
standings among the boys and girls
living in the First. Fourth and
Seventh police precincts yesterday,
which caused the minions of the
law trouble no end in settling.
The Sabbath calm of the down
town section was broken shortly
before noon when Earl Mitchell. 27.
1900 block E st. n. W., and Theo-
dore C. Millburn. 81. 2400 block N
st. N. w, both colored. became
embroiled in an argument while
they were standing on the corner
of Thirteenth and D Streets North.
west. The argument ended when
Mitchell drew a razor and Millburn
swung a stick. Mitchell went out
for the long count and was taken
to Emergency Hospital. Both men
we're arrested by First precinct po-
lice.
Charles and Corrine Hill, colored,
who live in the 200 block Of r
Street, n. w, disagreed over some
family matter and Corrine's temper
got the better Of her, police of the
Fourth precinct reported Corrine
struck Charles over the mead with
some instrument" the police report
ed. and Charles was taken to
Emergency Hospital, while his
spouse was arrested.
Hardly had the police settled down
to a nice, quiet evening after end
ing the Hills family riot, when Cor
nelius Lee, "a, 1000 block Four-and-
half st. s. w, and Joe Rousey, %,
300 block NJ ST. s. W., both colored,
got into a fight at a house in the
1900 block of Union st. s. w. Lee
was slashed across the neck with
knife and is now in a serious condi-
ton in Providence Hospital. Rou-
sey Is locked up in the Fourth pre-.
cfnct.
Out in the Seventh precinct the
quiet was broken by a fight between
Frank L. Taylor 20, 1900 block Wis
consin Ave, and Morris Tapp, 36, of
the same address. Tapp got the
| worst of the argument and after
being treated at Georgetown Hos
pital, both men were arrested and
held at the station house
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
One and One-Quarter Miles
Persia Calls American
Advertising Unethical

The State department has placed
in the hands of the Federal Trade
Commission a protest of the Persian
government against marketing prac-
tees of American carpet and rug
manufacturers and requested a pre-
liminary examination.
Persia, in the complaint made to
Secretary Stimson by Minister Mef-
tab, charged American manufact-
urers with unethical marketing
practices detrimental to the rug
making industry of Persia. -
Special attention was directed to
the advertising methods of Ameri-
can manufacturers, which, the note
said, in some cases might very
conceivably impress the unsuspici'
Gus consumer that the article Is
really oriental"
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
Universalists Holding
Three Conventions Here

Three conventions OF the tniVe"-
salist Church will soon be in full
SWING at the Mayflower Hotel.
While one, the General Sunday
School Association already Is hotl-
ing sessions, the General ConVen-
ton Ministers Conference and the
Women's National Missionary Al
sociation will open tomorrow NOR l.
ing.
All conventions will continue until
Saturday, when services will be held
at First Congregational Church and
at the Ambassador Hotel. Addresses
from prominent churchmen all
over the country will feature the
sessions
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
Boy Fractures Arms
In Fall From Tree

While playing in Rays Woods, at
Fourth and Madison Streets North
west, late yesterday afternoon, Ger
aid Drake, 10. 500 block jefferson
st. n. w. fell from a tree, frac-
ture both arms and sustained other
injurics that sent him to the hos
pitall
A motorist driving by saw the
lad fall. picked him up and took
him to Walter Reed Hospital, where
he was treated by DIR. John Knox.
Gerald was later taken to Emerg'
ency Hospital and treated by DR..
John Baber. He remained in the
hospital and his condition today Is
said to be good"
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
PARTY WAS
DRINKING,
REPORT
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time Fisher and his sister returned
to the dnace floor, leaving Mrs.
Dreyfus and McBrien on the bal
cony.
McBrien told police that after the
Fishers had returned to the dance
floor he went downstairs to get
their wraps, leaving Mrs. Dreyfus
alone on the balcony. He said about
the time he reached the cloakroom
he heard a commotion outside made
by those who found the unconscious
form.
Learning a woman had fallen, he
dashed back to the balcony to find
that 1t was his friend. He told of
then going with Mrs. Dreyfus to
the hospital, where he waited for
six hours until che died. She had
suffered a fractured skull.
Named in Divorce Case
McBrien was named, it is under
stood, in the divorce action filed
by Dreyfus against his pretty wife.
He said that he and the attractive
young widow had been friends for
several years.
McBrien declared he is convinced
Mrs. Dreyfus fell from the balcony
rail, where she is believed to have
been seated. An autopsy performed
by DR.. Joseph D. Rogers, deputy
coroner, revealed she had been
drinking. She suffered internal in
juries as well. as the skull frac-
ture. Her body was badly bruised,
DR.. Rogers said.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
Union Wesley Pastor
Transferred to Boston

The Rev. c. c. Williams, for sew
eral years pastor Of Union Wesley
African Methodist Episcopal Zion
Church, Twenty.third and NJ Streets.
Northwest, has been transferred to
the Columbus Avenue A. NJ. E.
Il. Church, Boston. Mass. it was
announced here today.
The Rev. F. w. Alstork, OF Bir-
mingham, Ala. comes to the local
church to succeed the Rev. VIII
liams. The latter Is a graduate of
Livingstone college, a Methodist in
stitution at Salisbury, N. c., and
has held pastorates- at Newark,
n. j., Philadelphia, Paterson, n. j.,
and this city.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
Body of Nora Bayes Lies
|Unburied More Than Year

NEW YORK. Oct. q UCSD.-
Nora Bayes' body lies unburied in
receiving vault in Woodlawn
Cemetery. It has lain there since
the funeral March %, 1928. No
arrangements have been made to
bury the former Broadway star.
Her fifth and last husband, Ben
tamin l.. Friedland, a real estate
operator, could not be reached to-
day, but cemetery officials said
that as far as they knew no plans
for the interment had been made.
Always noted for her generosity.
it was said Nora Bayes kept little
for herself, although she made as
much as $4,000 a week.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
Third Brother Slain,
Victim of GangsterS

CLEVELAND, Oct. 81 Q.N.SD-
The last of the leonardo brothers
once kings of the corn sugar mar
ket here-is dead today, victim,
lust as his two brothers WERE OF
gangland gunmen.
Frank leonardo, AZ, was shot to
death last night as he sat Wlth
three other men in a card game IN
a room behind a barber shop.
Two years ago, Franks brothers,
Bug Joe" and John Lonardo, We're
shot down by gangSters.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
Man Playing He's Hoover
Found Insane Fugitive

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. 81 U.S)
John Schwindl, "a. escaped inmate
from the Elgin. ILL.,. Hospital for the
Insane, was identified today by
police following his arrest as an i'm
poster claiming to be Allan Hoover,
the son of President Hoover.
Schwindl is said to have escaped
from the Elgin hospital. The SUI
perintnedent of the place has been
notified.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21

banks. After hours of searching,
Charles Chittum, young man of
%, sighted one, which had washed
over the dam and lodged on an
island two miles down the river.
He and companion swan the swol-
len river and pushed the casket
back to shore. AS it was slightly to
short for Lees. body. his boots We're
removed and he was buried in his
stocking feet.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
Woman and Children iii
After Eating Pancakes

HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. 21.-
Mrs. Alta M. Schue, wife of Earl
NJ. Schue, and her six small chill
dren became seriously i'll here today
after eating pancakes. The mother
and children were removed to a
hospital.
Half an hour after breakfast the
six children became i'll and suf-
fered convulsions. Neighbors were
called by the excited mother and a
physician summoned. When he ar
rived Mrs. Schue was also seized
with commissions.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
I've L. Lee Is Named
To Opera Directorate

NEW YORK, Oct 81 Q.N.S).-A
press agent has risen to the direc,
torate of the Metropolitan Opera
House.
Official announcement was made
today that Ivy l. Lee, puplcltE
representative for the RockefellerS
and other big business interests had
been elected to the metropolitan
board succeeding the late Ogden
Mills.
No other changes are listed in
the directorate.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
Father and Son Killed
AS Latter's Plane Falls

POTTSTOWN, Pa, Oct. Fl
u.N.sD.-A holiday flight over the
Schuykill River ended fatally today
for a father and son. Their plane
nose-dived from a height Of 800
feet mangling both men. the
father died almost instantly While
the son died en- route to a Phlia'
delphia hospital.
The dead: Luther M. Bush, 81,
president of the Bush Planning Mill
at Royersford, and Guy Franklin
Bush. q.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21

On the day General Lee died, not
o coffin was to he had in the COM
munity and a flood had cut off
transportation. A shipment of cof-
fins from Richmond had been landed
at Alexander's wharf east of Lexing-
ton. In the night of October the 9th
the high waters swept away both
wharf and the coffins.
When General Lees death became
known. Lexington people searched
&Or q coffin along the flooded river
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
TODAY'S SCRATCHES
T,ATONIA

FIRST RACE-Never Tell, Malolo,
Burma Maid, Warbler. Air SERVICE
Guide, Bunker Red Face.
SECOND RACE-Betty Ann. Margaret
Flynn, Georgine X, Umbrian Princess
Rose ONeil. Zadora May.
THIRD RACE-ROyal Doulton. Lit
tie Captain, Golden Powder, United
Army, Latch Key, Sandy River, Good
FoURTH &c RACE-Gerardt, T. S. JOr-
SIXTH RACE-Niato, Banner Bright.
SEVENTH RACE-Dr. Fred, Rather
inc w. Broad Axe. Peter Prim, Florih
Gold. Woodgain, Lancer, George Nc
weather. raining: AsSsh. So1pvG
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
Bridge Party Will Aid
New Ben Murch School

A benefit bridge party to pro
vide furnishings for the new Bon
Murch school will be held in apart
ment S09, 1881 Thirty-sixth St,
Chevy Chase, Friday, October 25,
at o'clock.
The affair is being given by the
Parent-Teachers association.
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
Home of Poet Moore
Lawsuit Center

NEW YORK, Oct. 1S.-Standng alone in the midst of
huge excavation in the block bounded bv Twenvthd
and TWentyfourh Streets and Ninth and Tenth Avenues
threesorv brick house birthplace of the famous yueme
poem, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas defies the on
croach of this city s latest building operations
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
TALKS ON RESERVES

'The Reserve Officers of Today
and Tomorrow" will be the subject
of a talk before the Reserve Off
GERS Association tonight by Col.
David l.. Stone. Reserve Bureau
head,
The Washington times., 1929-10-21
Swam for Lee Coffin
NoD Visits Tomb

LEXINGTON, Va, Oct 21-C H. Chum, of Lexington,
who as last service Robert E. Lee into the
flooded North River here get the coffin which the great
souherner buried this month commemorated the ami
versary of Lees death by visiting the Lee Tomb in the
chapel Of Washington and Lee University here Chittum
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