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The Washington times., 1929-02-23
NARCOTIC BOB
SLAIN IN COP
DUEL

DETROIT, Feb. 2S Q.N.SJ.-Rob-
ert Narcotic Bob" Evans, sus-
pected dope peddler, was shot and
killed by police here today and
Joseph Costello, S5, an alleged Chi
cagO gangster. was perhaps fatally
wounded when the two suspects
elected to "shoOt it out" with Pa
trolmen Salan Watson and Charles
Coon in a reputed ''blind pig"
Watson received painful but not
serious flesh wound in the battle.
The patrOlmen, cruising about the
city in a radio cruiser, saw four
suspicious looking men standing in
front of the alleged liquor establish
ment. No weapons were found on
the four who told the patrolmen
that two men who had just entered
the building had revolvers.
Watson and Coon had no sooner
stepped inside the door when the
pair began shooting at them from
behind the cover of a stove in the
center of the room, they said.
The officers returned the fire,
their only targets being the gun
flashes in the early morning dark
ness. All four emptied their pis-
tolls at least twice. Finally the two
gunner slumped to the floor. rid
died with bullets. Evans died on
the way to Receiving Hospital
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
SUICIDE OF
|E)NYER
HOLDS

MARTINSBURG, w. Va,
Feb. 23.-All signs point to a
verdict of suicide when the in
the case of Earl M. Widmyer,
constable who was found dead
with bullet in his chest in
tlle room of Miss Dakotah
White, is held Monday. -
Clues indicating that Widmyer
was murdered have been run down
by the local police and found to
be without basis, it is said.
There were no developments over
Washington's Birthday, and only in
the case that new evidence comes
to light will the inquest slated to be
held Monday. be again postponed.
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney
Campbell who has been i'll, now is
ready to proceed.
The reports that q strange man,
either from Hagerstown, Nd, or
Chambersburg. Pa, left the White
home shortly before tbs finding of
Widmyer's body. leading to further
suspicious that the constable might
have been murdered, are said by
the police to be groundless.
The White family have so tar
failed 70 engage counsel, stating
that the Investigation being con-
6ucicd by The authorities Is ga ;
fscToty.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
ME EX|CANS KILL
z j. s. MEN,
REPORT

MEXICO CITY, Feb. 90 G.N.S).
The American embassy today was
seeking confirmation of reports re-
ceived from Guanajuato telling Of
the killing of two American mining
engineers by bandits who had
previously kidnapped the Americans
for ransom.
According to these reports, the
bodies of j. NJ. Underwood and
C. C. Aisthorpe, said to be officials
of the Guiana juato Reduction and
Mine Company. were found between
Cerro Huilote and Cacalote by fed
real troops. The home office of
the mining company is located in
Columbus. Ohio.
The men were kidnapped from the
Bustos Mining Camp Wednesday
night. according TO dispatches from
Guanaiuato The camp is located
in a desolate portion of the state
of Guanajuato. The town of Calca-
Iote. near which the bodies were re-
ported to have been found, is about
40 miles south OF the place where
President Portes-Gifs train was
bombed two weeks ago.
Federal troops are said to be
securing the mountainous state of
Gnanajuato for the band of out
laws responsible for the reported
kidnapping and murders
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
25 To TELL.
S 7 DRIES
UNDER
OATH

(. The long awaited trial Of
Capt. Guy E. Burlingame, sus-
pended commander of the Sec
ond precinct, got under way
in the Trial Board room at the
Sixth precinct at 10 a. m. to-
day.
Stripped of the uniform ana badge
he has worn for the past S3 years,
Burlingame stood grimly before the
special trial board of three Dis.
trict officials and listened to the
reading of the charges. He is as
cused of conduct unbecoming an
officer and prejudicial to the good
order and discipline of the Police
Department
IS Witnesses Called
More than IS witnesses will be
called before the board. Among
these may be Representative Elan-
ton. Bride is auxious to have
Blanton identity papers and explain
his connection with the case.
Two months ago. Mrs. Helen r
Blaloek, lenna-haired palmist, met
Representative Gibson. chairman
of the House District subcommittee,
at a nocturnal conference in a Be-
thesda police station and signed q
lengthy statement accusing Burlil"
game OF writing her feryent love
letters, limiting at graft and
charging that he had threatened
the life OF Representative Thomas
L. Blanton.
A short time later she visited
Blanton at his Texas home, re-
peafed the charges in an affadayiC
and turned over to him letters and
checks said to have been signed
by Captain Burlingame.
BurIingame Defiant
When Blanton returned to this
city he called Bur!ingane and other
police officials before the Gibson
subcommittee and asked the police
captain il he desired 10 deny any
OF the charges.
Burlingame defiantIy refused Sn
answer and maintained the san,s
attitude until Senator Carraway ats
tackled him on the floor Of the
Senate. The he asked Major. Tsd'
win B. Hesse, chief Of police. to
suspend him and bring him before
the trial board Immediately.
In the meantime Mrs. RS'lock
disappeared. Department of JUS
tice agents were called in to fin1
her by Assistant District Attorney
William Collins. who had been or
dered to investigate the graft
charges against Burlingame.
Starting from the home Of Blan.
ton in Abilene, Tex. Department or
Justice agents set out on the trait
of the missing palmist. They final
ly located her in Chicago. Collins
set out ;"ter her with a subpoena.
Before he arrived she started for
Washington OF her own accord, ac.
compa led by three Department OF
Justice operatives.
Reporters Sidetracked
The entire Washington staff of
agents of the Department of Justice
was at Union Station when she
arrived. The schedule OF her train
was speeded up and it was SHIFTED
TO another track to throw news.
paper reporters off her trail.
Yesterday she was located at the
Burlington Hotel. Corporation Coun.
sci William w. Bride. who is pros.
ecutinG the case today; Representa-
tive Blanton, arch enemy of Bur.
lingalne and friend Of Mrs. Blalock,
Continued on Page 2, Column 81
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
D R j c TRAFFIC
LAID To BEST
CLASSES
By GEORGE w. HINMAN, Jr.


PARIS, Feb. % U.S).--A sensa-
tional statement accusing prominent
Americans not only OF being con-
nected with, but also of profiting
from, the Illicit traffic in drugs has
been issued here by Miss Sara Ora
ham Mulhall, formerly deputy COM
missioner of the department. of mar.
cotic drug control, State of New
York, who is in Europe making a
careful investigation of the means
by which narcotics are manufactured
previous to shipment to America.
Coming to Paris to recover from
a mysterious accident in which she
broke her arm, Miss Mulhall caused
a sensation by declaring that "the
arm of the drug traffic reaches into
the homes of the best classes in
America.
EFT is one of the strongest illicit
businesses, and has for years pro-
vided untold wealth for certain we'll
connected persons. As for the wealth
it provides, witness the fortune left
by Arnold Rothstein, the gambler
who was shot because he talked too
much
Most opium that is. manufac-
.tured into the easily marketed
snow of the underworld, she said
comes from Persia, where q. higher
percentage of alkaloid content is
developed than elsewhere. But the
government of Jugoslavia has re-
Gently taken steps that will lead to
what is practically a monopoly of
production. Conversion factories,
however. are mostly in Germany
and Switzerland"
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
So, 900, 900 Anonymous
Gift to Johns Hopkins

BALTIMORE. Md, Feb. % G.N.
sQ.-An anonymous gift OF $3,OOO,-
900 to Johns Hopkins University
was announced by President Frank
J. Goodnow at the fifty-third COM
memorative exercises held yesterday
at Peabody Institute.
The money will be used for medi.
cal and surgical clinics. The gift
will enable the university to go
ahead with it's construction work
on the clinical buildings. the money
for which has been available for
some time. q
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
Atlanta Police Baffled
RY (1unmen Bank Bandits

Delief that police were hot on
fne trail of the big time" bandits
who raided local branch hank with
machine guns was held here only TO
be dispelled yesterday when it was
learned that the two men detained
at Macon, Ga, had heen released
A check-up today revealed that
tha robbers hEa taken approximate
y SO, 900 froaA Ma hank.
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
.PoW.W0W DOCTOR HELD

WILKES BARRE, Pa, Feb. 2S.---
Charged with securing money under
false pretense through the promise
to perform "powwow" miracles to
restore the health OF q Plymouth
woman, Mary Jenkinson. 46, de-
scribed by police as an English
gypsy" Is In Plymouth jail in de-
fault of 1000 bail. She said her
home is at AllentoWR
The Washington times., 1929-02-23
DORIS VIRGINIA SMITH

DORIS VIRGINIA SMITH
BOTTOMl 4-yeae.OId daughter OF
Mrs. Edmund J. Murphy ttOpl of
San Francisco, is safe with her
parents again after having been
kidnapped q week ago yesterday.
Mrs. Murphy is shown reading q
note alleged to have been sent by
the kidnapers saying that the
child would be killed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-07-31
EQUIPMENT ARRIVES
FOR NIGHT FOOTBALL
AT ST. PETER

Equipment for the new night foot
ball lighting system at Gustavus
Adolphus college arrived this week
and is now ready for installation on
the athletic field. One of the giant
Gahill reflectors, which will house
two 1,000-watt lamps, is now on dis
play at the William A. RIFT electric
shop. There will be 20 of these 48
inch refectors erected, to illuminate
the playing field as bright as day.
Mr.. Ritz has the contract for the in
stallation Of the fixtures, and will
begin at once to install them. They
will be in readiness for the opening
of the coaching school the latter part
of August, and will be used for the
opening football game in mid-Sep-
TENDER. Gustavus is the first school
in the northwest to install night foot
ball equipment.St. Peter Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-07-31
GUIDES FOR TOURISTS
ADS BOOMING STATE
PLACED ON HIGHWAYS

MinnesOta's advantages as an agri-
cultural state are now being blazoned
forth at each entrance over a state
highway on billboards which have
been erected by the Ten Thousand
Lakes-Greater Mimi, Assn. These
boards have been erected that every
tourist entering the state will be inn
pressed by Minnesota's Importance as
tourist state. Boards have been
placed at 20 points.
At the LaCrescent entrance to the
state an excellent location has been
secured. With its back to an en-
bankment it stands out boldly so that
is can be seen by all traffic going
north on Highway No. 3, south
on No. "A or west on No. 9. A board
has been erected at the junction of
Highways Nos. 20 and AZ north of
the Iowa line to take care of the traf-
fic headed for Prosper, Eanesboro and
other towns of that region. Another
board has been erected on Highway
No. SO south of Spring Valley.
The sign south of Austin has been
SO situated that it will not be affect
ed by the change of location of High
way No. 40. South of Alebrt Lea a
board has been erected on Highway
No. l within 100 feet of the Iowa
line. An excellent location has been
secured on Highway No. Is south of
Fairmont about 1000 feet north of
the Iowa line. At Jackson a spledid
location has been secured on Highway
No. A. A good spot was also secured
on Highway No. 16 south of Worth
ington.
At Luverne boards were erected
both south and west of the town for
the attention of both South Dakota
and Iowa people. At Pipestone a
board was erected on the South Da-
kota state line. At Ortonville an ex-
cellent site was secured on the heavi-
ly travelled U. S. Highway No. IL.
At Browns Valley a location was
found on Highway No. %. An ex-
cellent location was secured on rail-
road property at Breckenridge. An
excellent place was also obtained at
Moorhead. At East Grand Forks a
place was selected on Highway Nos.
At Moves the site just across from
the United States Customs offices
was chosen. At Baudette the board
was placed at the junction of High
ways Nos. ~ and IL. The board at
International Falls is located at the
Junction of Highways Nos. IL and
4. The Pigeon River display is sit
uated at the end of the international
was secured near the top OF Thomp-
bridge. At Duluth an excellent site
son Hill on Highway No. l and will
be seen by thousands of tourists that
pass that point.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-07-31
'U" FARM MAILS ACRES
OF READING MATERIAL

Literally acres of reading material
covering practically every phase of
farming and home making, as well as
scores of scientific subjects, have
been supplied to Minnesota farmers
and others by the department of agri-
culture at University Farm, st. Paul,
during the past year. Miss Harriet
Jones, in her annual report showing
the activities of the mailing room,
states that 1,166,3O7 individual pieces
of mail were sent out during the fis-
cal year ending June so. This was
almost $500 pieces daily, or nearly
500 for every working hrour during
the year.
Included in this avalanche of mail
were 398,759 bulletins, about 90 per
cent of which were mailed out on re-
quest mainly to farmers, county
agents, high school agriculture in
structors and students. These bull
letins ranged in size from A to more
than 100 pages. Assuming that they
averaged 10 pages each, the total.area
of reading matter contained would be
approximately 40 acres. This does
not include thousands of bulletins dis
tributed at short courses and meetings
or disseminated directly by extension
workers, nor does it include bulletins
called for in person at University
Farm.
In addition, seven regular publica-
lions such as news letters on turkey
raising cow testing, and farm man.
agement, clip sheets for weekly news
papers and other publications sent
out during the year totaled 143,627
copies. Over 100000 individual cop
les Of autographed and mimeograph-
ed information were also mailed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-07-31
THE OTHER MAN

IdE OldER MAN
Perhaps he some time slipped bit
Well, SO have you.
Perhaps some things he ought to quit
Well so should you.
Perhaps he may have faltered-why,
Why, all men do, and so have /.
You must admit, unless you lie,
That so have you.
Perhaps if we would stop and think,
Both / and you,
When painting someone black as ink,
AS some folks do,
Perhaps, if we would recollect,
Perfection we would not expect,
But just man halfway correct,
Like me and you.
I'm just a man who's fairly good,
I'm just like you.
I've done some things / never should
Perhaps like you.
But, thank the Lord, I've sense to see
The rest of men with charity;
They're good enough if good as me
Say, men like you.
Doug Malloch.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-07-31

Waxing or vanishing improves the
appearance of linoleum and makes
it last longer. Use wax on the inlaid
and varnish on the printed ones, for
wax sometimes tends to soften the
printed surface.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-07-31

on dressed beef cents pound, wool 8 cents a
pound, and on fax cents bushel. BY the same
token find that instead of putting tariff of from
SIC $25 steers it increases the present tariff from
81 to $5.25 head.
But when one reads Editor Lees defense of the
BILL he believe that the farmer is getting
any protection at all on the items mentioned under
the present tariff law whereas the facts are that the
Hawley bill merely increases the existing rates in
exactly the amounts stated
But Editor Lee avoids, and as an apologist must
carefully avoid mention of the dozens of items on
which the farmer needs added protection, asked for
it and was refused it, and in the manner avoids
mentioning the hundreds of industrial items which
given increased protection and thereby further
displaced the disparity between agriculture and indus
try, instead of reducing it, the Republicans solemny
promised in the last campaign.
Trying to gloss these Ubiquitous cases by the
statements that "there few changes that ought
to be made in the BILL" and that Minnesota farmers
will have to pay something in the way of increased
prices few industrial products for their farm tar
iff bargains, but the price thus be paid is triing
compared with the benefits of the bargain" is plain
pettfogging.
The efforts of Editor Lee to connect the Herald's
opposition to the Hawey bill with its support of the
st. Laurence Seaway Games within the category
The Herald has opposed the tariff specific grounds
and has carefully stated them In only two instances
have the Herads criticisms been direct against sche-
dulles which of passing interest to Canada.
These stockers and feeders and shingles and build
ing material and we would like to Editor Lee at
tempt to justify the rates these items.
All of which recalls the fact that the editorial in
the Herald to which Editor Lee devotes his attention
in the editorial in the Leader from which the opening
paragraphs above were clipped, devoted excu-
sively to the proposed tariff shingles and building
material which Bro. Lee completely ignores.-Mabe
Moreaux in Luverene Herald
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-07-31
LET'S BE COOL

Forget the weather.
Don't lose your temper
Associate with human icebergs.
Don't overeat and dress in light garments.
Keep your eye your task, not the thermometer
Plenty of sleep will knit up the raveled sleeve
discomfort
So exasperate your wife that she will freeze you
with look
The hints might go on.
These suggestions for keeping cool are offered by
Eastern newspaper for hot July and August days
But who in the midst of heat is able to forget
it? Yet of these suggestions would doubt
help if followed them. If addition to be
made to them, it might be that the good old
time, sometimes called the silly season, should be
above all else the of sense.-Winthrop
News.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-07-31
THE MEANING OF All

We have used much the activities of the
All clubs Of Redwood county in the past few years.
The name and the motive is familiar, very fimiar
but sorry state that until just recently
did not know the meaning of "4-H" Probably not
out of dozen know the meaning, because little
has been said about the name-the good works re-
ceving the credit. Milbank, S. d. editor publishes
the meaning in his last issue it reads as follows:
"What does All Stand For?"
"This is the popular and convenient way of writ
ing -four HIS. The four HIS are head, heart, health
and hand. The head to represent mind trained to
think and plan; heart stands for kindness and SYM
pathy; health is obviously factor in and
hand represents skilled labor The All clubs are under
the direction of the cooperative extension service of
the department of agriculture"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-07-31
CHARLES DAWES CREED

IT you work IN town, in Heavens name work
for it. If you live in town, live for it. Help adj
vance your neighborhood. Respect the great power
that protects you that surrounds you with the ad-
vantages of advanced civilization and that makes it
possible for you to achieve results Speak well for it.
Stand by it. Stand for its civic and commercial SUI
premacy. If you must obstruct decry those who
strive to help, why-quit the town. But as long as
you part of locality, do not belitte it. If
you do you loosenng the tendrls that hold you
the community, and with the first high wind that
comes along you will be uprooted and blown away,
and probably you will never know why.
% %
In every small village there is progressive mer-
chant two who is always spending money to bring
people to that village to do their trading. He does
this by selling his merchandise reasonably and by let
ting people know about it through advertising. The
people this merchant attracts to the town naturally
spend money in other stores and shops in town.
they have driven in to do their trading Thus those
that never do lick to bring people into town get the
benefit. Many small town business man could well
help pay part of the cost of advertising the leading
merchants sale for the added business he receives.
Better yet he could offer few bargains of his to
attract people. He could pay to do his bit toward
drawing in people from the trade territory In other
words he could advertise instead of being a leech
upon his brother townsman.-Lake Wilson Pilot.
Through the rigid enforcement of the various IL
quor laws Redwood Falls has become, if not the
driest" of the most arid cities of its size in the
state of Minnesota Bootleggers and agents for
traband liquor not numerous here any more
They fear the law it is melted out in Redwood Falls
and prefer to take their chances elsewhere Of
liquor does find itself into the city; to keep it
tirely out is beyond the power Of local authorities
but nevertheless the city is dry one and much
credit is due the city and county authorities for max
ing it that way.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1929-07-31
THOSE FOOL LAWS

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Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-11
ENROLMENT GAIN SHOWN ANCHORAGE
 SCHOOL FIRST DAY

Substantial growth of the Anch- orage school population is shown in the enrolment figures for opening day, according to Superintendent Cecil M Sly. Exact enrolment fig ureS were not available but it is known that thre are approximately AS pupils in the first grade, about 40 in the second grade and 38 in the third.
 The total enrolment of the high school will be in excess of 90, with 30 in the freshman class at present, 2l in the sophomore class, IT in the junior class and Is in the senior class.
 The high school faculty and grade teaching staff for this year are as follows:
 Superintendent Cecil M. Sly: English and mathematics, Miss Alma A. Hukee; domestic science and music, Mrs. Anna Walker; commercial, Miss Margaret Balff; manuel training. Clyde J. Thomp- son: foreign languages, Miss Edith M Patterson.
 Eight grade, Miss Lorraine Bell; seventh grade, Miss Elsie Lubach; sixth grade, Miss Hannah Mellum; fifth grade, Miss Vanny Jones; fourth grade, Miss Mary L. Sart- well; third grade, Miss Myrtle { Brue; second grade, Miss Lois Leh- f man; first-second grade, Miss Jes- sic Aiken; first grade, Mrs Eva Johnson Elliott.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-11
NEW VALDEZ STRIKE

eff DeVinne and William Dolan have found encouraging signs at their gold quartz prospect between Mineral and Gold creeks on Valdez Bay, according to word received. The surface showing there was said places in that area, but more en- to be very good, as it is at many couraging yet, the gold-bearing ledge was picked up 300 feet below the outcropping, and both mn hope to have mine in operation there if further work shows up as good as it looks now
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-11
SCIENTIST DESCRIBES
 APPROACH 0F DEATH

PARIS, Sept, 10, P)- Seldom has man met death as did pr. the Pasteur institute, this summer.
 He died of botulism poisoning, one of the rarest and most deadly of diseases.
 Up to the hour before death, when he lost consciousness, he de- scribed to attending physicians he felt, ehing them the most com every symptom and reaction that plete record yet made. When paral- ysis closed his eyes, he begged them to raise the lids so that he might look at the blue discoloration of his fingernails- sign of the approach of the crisis.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-11

Q. J. Berry has hydraulic plant on Mastadon creek, near the Miller House, and another on Eagle creek, across the Eagle Summet. Around a dozen men are employed at the Mastadon workings. No work is being done on Mammoth this sea- son. There have been four clean ups on Eagle and all are said to have been very satisfactory.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-11
FAIRBANKS WEDDING

Miss Thelma Johnson, daughter of Mrs. H. H. Ross of Fairbanks became the bride of Arthur F. Herring son of Mrs. Anges Herring, last Wednesday. The bride has resided in Fairbanks since 1919 and was graduated from that school this year. The bridegroom has lived in Alaska all his life. He is also a graduate of the Fair banks high school and is now manager of the sourdough Ex- press.