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The Washington times., 1929-10-14
Dayton's Own Thoughts
His Heaviest Burden;
Worries About Mother

"Whatever punishment the law
may give me. it cannot approach
that OF my own thoughts"
Dexter c. Dayton. youthful
prisoner at the District Jail, who.
In an intoxicated condition. killed
his sweetheart, early last week,
had only this to say for the law
which holds him for the murder of
Marjorie O'Donnell IN the first
Interview he has granted since a
coroner's jury sent him to his cell.
Yet none Of his pain is for him
self and none of his thnnsntS for
the fate which may be his. They
are for his mother, her sisters, her
father, and for the girl whose
death blame he assumes.
Worried About Mother
"It's not so bad when it's only
you, he said yesterday, in the
great. dim main rotunda of the
Jail. but it hurts the others so
much. I'm worried about my
mother"
Dayton had expected his mother
to come from Kansas City yester.
day. but she has not appeared. He
Is afraid she may he i'll, although
Nv Ic'CINeu leIeSGAm from n0f
Immediately after his arrest, saw
ing she was praying for him.
That has been the only word Of
comfort he has had since his arrest.
save for another wire from friends
In Kansas City and a letter signed
simply. "A Mother"
Dayton spoke gratefully of the
letter from the unknown writer
With the telegram from his own
mother, that message from woman
with son Of her own. has kept
up his courage.
Times Sends Message
A wire from The Washington
Times late last night was the first
word Mrs. Edith Dayton. mother
OF the youth, had received from
her son. The message told her he
was well, but worried about her,
and sent her his love.
The Washington times., 1929-10-14
At TORNE:yS
CITE D. c.

Dexter G.. Dayton, confessed
stranger of Marjorie O'Don-
nell, has good chance of
escaping the electric chair, III
the opinion of many local at
torneys.
While under the common law in
toxication constitutes no excuse or
justification for crime, it makes
possible lighter punishment under
provisions OF the District of Co
lumbia Code.
The common law theory is that
a man who gets drunk and COM
mits a crime should have been able
to foresee the consequences of his
Act and therefore should be held re.
sponsible. the malice being implied.
Modified by ID. c. Code
The District Code. however, oil
vides murder into two degrees. For
conviction of first degree murder,
which carries the death penalty,
there must be actual malice: where
as, if the malice is implied. it IL
second degree murder, carrying
sentence of from 20 years to life
imprisonment.
In the case of Sabens Vs. the
United states, local murder case.
the District Court OF Appeals held
in 1913 that a slayer who formed
deliberate and premeditated design
to kill, and. in pursuance Thereon
voluntarily got drunk for the pur-
pose of nerving himself for its ac-
complishment. cannot. where the
statute requires an intent to COM
nit murder at the time OF the
commission OF the offense, be con-
victed of murder in the first de-
gree. il, at the time of the killing.
he was so drunk as to be unable
then to deliberate upon and pre-
mediate the murder.
Many Precedents
This is fully established as good
law. not only in the District, but
also in other Jurisdictions, and
there are between half a dozen
and a dozen notable cases uphold
ing this point.
Attorneys for Dayton feel that
this ruling exactly fits the case
OF their client and that at least
ne will be saved from the death
penalty. In addition, they intend
to plead emotional insanity, and if
they should be successful in this.
which is very doubtful, Dayton
would go scot free.
Dayton says that he was so
drunk at the time he straneled
the girl that he has only a hazy
recollection OF it and that he
himself fell in a long stupor. He
has no recollection of writing the
long note in which he told of his
intention of killing his sweetheart
and then himself. He does not
know whether it was written be
fore or after he strangled her.
Letter and Pistol
The first part of the note ~ould
Indicate that he wrote that part
before the murder. His attorneys
contend that this is irrelevant, for
later he was so drunk that he was
incapable of deliberate premedita-
ton.
The prosecution doubtless will
make a point of the fact that the
note was rational and we'll composed
and written in a good hand that
showed no signs Of wavering. The
defense will contend that this. too.
is irrelevant. az drunkenness at the
time of the actual strangling auto
matiCally makes it second degree
murder.
The prosecution also will make
point Of the fact that DAYTON
carried 4 revolver and 50 CARTRIDGES
TO the hotel room before taking the
Girl there and that his probabl in
tent was to kill the girl
The Washington times., 1929-10-14

The Incorporation, already granted
it's charter at Springfield. H.,
names as directors Emanuel G.
Kroom, Harry NJ. kroom and J..
kIOJm. The former two are at
torneys.
Within a fnw DAYS it Is expected
that a new board o. directors Will
be formed and many of ChiCaS s
prominent business men will he the
real hackers of the project.
ITO save him from himself" IS
the way the incOrporators have eX-
planned the new organization. They
want Wright's mind free from all
financial worries and free to pour
over blue prints that will eventu-
ally bear the fruits of his archi-
tectural genius.
At Taliesen, his estate, at Spring
Green, Wis. Wright has been
busily engaged with plans of his
own invention and design with
which he promises to revolutioniZe
skyscraper possibilities. Friends
and other architects who know the
results of Wright's genius have
the greatest faith in his ability 10
produce work OF startling value
under the new plan.
Some years back when the Jap
ancse government sent a detail Of
engineers to this country to select
a man to revolutionize Japan $
architecture ana methods of con
struction, Wright was the man
chosen for the jon
The Imperial Hotel at Tokyo
was the result of his work. and
the hotel was the only earthquakes
proof hotel in Japan during the
The Washington times., 1929-10-14
Navy Ship Models Burn
In Destructive Yale Fire

NEW HAVEN, Oct. II N.N.S1. =
A fine collection Of ship models
helansing TO the United States
Navy was destroyed when fire
swept a portion OF North Sheffield
Hail, a Yale recitation building.
early this month.
The models were used by the
Yale Naval Unit in studying sea-
manship. The Unit also lost much
other material as we'll as losing a
established home.
The Washington times., 1929-10-14
Lost Music Masterpiece
Found in Old SalesrOOm

VIENNA, Oct. Il 1.N.SD. - An
Oratorum "Stabat Mater" by Cor
neIius, which had been lost for so
years, has recently been found in
drawer of an antique writing
desk. which was put up to auc-
ton in Vienna salesroom.
The Oratorium. which is said to
he one of the best church compn-
sitionS Of the great musician. will
he performed in the Salzburg Ca
thodral
The Washington times., 1929-10-14

earthquake disaster of a few years
ago. Wright spent four years in
that country from 1915 to 1919.
The architects work is not only
famous in America and the Orient
but in Europe as well.
The Washington times., 1929-10-14
Corporation Formed
To Saue a Genius

CHICAGO. Oct. 13 UNS.).-To "Save genius from him
SELF is the fundamental plan of unique corporation formu
lated by the friends of Frank Lloyd Wright, wordfamous
architect whose financial troubles and marital grief have
attracted wide comment for
The Washington times., 1929-10-14
F FiSSf off if COLDS
FATHER JOHNS MEDICINE
Builds New Strength

Why is it that people have colds? They are
never laid up with serious illness.
This power to resist disease is the result OF proper
nourishment.
When the necessary elements to build this power OF
resistance lacking in the diet cod liver oil when given
in palatabe form in Father Johns Medicine Will sup
ply the necessary strength and power to throw OFT the
disease.
Father Johns Medicine contains the highest grade cod
liver OIL prepared that it is easily taken up by the
system and is pleasant to take.
Father Johns Medicine has had IS years of success
body building food medicine. 1t is used in 1874 Hos
pitfalls and Institutions
The Washington times., 1929-10-14
Times Sends Message

For RFSI LTS-AIWRyS THE Themes
aHd Rsrald Classified Rdk. Fh"ne DIs-
sxiSt $3.50
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-30

The commission has taken the stand that it would be illegal to grant air rights to any corporation for private use and all radio mes sages from Alaska canneries to the mainland cities are transmitted by a combination of radio, cable and telegraph.
 Radio has placed itself soiidly with fishermen from the rockbound coast of Gloucester to Alaska Prices, weather forecasts, best markets for catches, and areas in which the largest hauls are being made are broadcast and many fish ing communities radio to the yes sels information regarding the families of the fishermen.
 Fishing dories are called back to the mother ship, or guided in diff ferent directions over the fishing grounds by radio. Tn some cases, where dorieS have strayed from the fleet, word is radioed to all ships to keep a sharp lookout and many lives have been saved.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-30
DIRECTIONS GIVEN
 F0R SKIN TANNING

Rev. A. Stecker, for many years a Moravian missionary on the lower river, contributes the following instructions for tanning skins:
 For tanning skins we used the following solution: one gallon wa ter, one quart salt, one-half ounce Sulphuric acid. Put skins in solu- tion for 10 days. Later when talk en out, rinse well in clean water, hang up to dry (not in sunshine or strong heat.) When nearly dry, rub by hand until pliable This is eX- good for Alaska. If skins are hung up to dry when cold so they will freeze dry, good results will be obtained, and the flesh side will then be white as snow. Such tanned skins are very good. Salt sets the hair good; no smell, and nice and clean.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-30
NEW LOCOMOTIVE WEARS STEEL BAGGAGE
 CARS CLOTHING

CHICAGO, Sept. 30, (P1-A new type oil burning locomotive, winch looks like a steel baggage car and uses steam at about three times the normal pressure of an ordinary lo- comotive, is being given tests here.
 Designed chiefly for small units on railway divisions contemplating identification or motorization, it can be used for larger and speedier trains by multiplying the power unit.
 Steam is not stored in any large quantity, but is made only as need ed. It is generated in a small com partment in the forward end of the car where the controls are located
 The fuel is either distillate or or dinary furnace oil Steam is also condensed and the recovered water used again. Power is applied to both rear and forward axles with out transmission gears. Journals are roller bearing type.
 The engine is 61 feet long and weighs 117,OOO pounds The engines are fastened under the car to per init floor space for baggage, express and mail.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-30
RADI0 PUTS THE
 TERRITORY CLOSER
 ID THE CAPITAL
FISHERMEN AND DORIES DE- RIVE HELP AND INFORMAL
 TTON FROM RADIO

NOME, Sept. 3O (P-A summer in Alaskan waters found Henry OMalley. commissioner of the bureau of fisheries, divorced from his office by many thousands of miles but in constant touch by radio.
 The radio is part of the special equipment of the vessel in which he cruised in fishery districts. Thru it he kept in contact with canneries, with federal stations and with Washington
 Radio has become such an inte- gral part of the fishery industry that regulations drawn up in Wash ington are in effect within 48 hours even in the most remote points of Alaskan fishing areas.
 Short wave sets have been used by several companies for communi- cation between plants and Seattle headquarters and the federal radio commission has been urgently re- quested to allow more organiza tionS the privilege of esta blishing wireless connections.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-30
LEGAL NOTICE
II. S. LAND OFFICE, ANCHORAGE,
 ALASKA. ATGUST- 29. 1929.

AIASh AAGG91 @0, 1Js0' NOTICE is hereby given that HORACE P. WALKER, entryman, together with his witnesses, Nor man Noble, and Fred A. Henton, all IOf Kodiak, Alaska, has made final proof on his homestead entry, ser iaI O6842, for lands embraced in U. Is. Survey No. 1878, situated on the southerly shore of Devils Bay, ap- proximately 2 miles from Kodiak, containing 155.62 acres, latitude 57o 49' 20" N. longitude 1920 23' 15" w. U. s. c. and e. Astronomical Monument bears s. 40 49' 16" ". 147.54 chains from corner No. of U. s. Survey No. 1878.
 The proof is now in the files of the U. s. Land Office, Anchorage, Alaska; any and all persons claim ing adversely any of the above mentioned land should file their adverse claim in the local land of flee, Anchorage, Alaska, within the period of publication, or thirty days thereafter. If no adverse claim is filed within the above mentioned period the final proof will be ac cepted and final certificate issued.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN, Register. First publication September IT, 1929. Last publication Nov. 15, 1929.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-30
1 [ : AL N ] TICE
SERIAL O6691, SURVEY 1737. IN THE UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE. ANCHORAGE, ALASKA,


 AUGUST IT, 1929 NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 PATENT
 NOTICE is hereby given that FRANKLIN PACKING COMPANY, 2 corporation organized under the laws of the State of Washington, has made application to the United States Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, pursuant to laws of the United States for trade and man ufacturing site on land embraced in United States N0n-m mineral sur vey NO.1737, situate in Latitude B deg. 29 min. IS sec North and Longitude 152 deg. 5 min. 26 sec. West, on the south side of Shuyak Island, north shore of Shuyak Strait, west of and adjoining United States survey No. 1896, Ter rit8ry of Alaska, more particularly described as follows:
 Serial No. O6691
 Beginning at Corner No Meander Corner on the north shore of Shuyak Strait, south side of Shuyak Island, said Corner No. l being identical with s. ". Corner of United States Survey No. 1896; thence North ? deg. 43 min. East 6.3O chains along the west side line of United States Survey No. 1896 to Corner No. 2; thence South 45 deg. 29 min. West 1927 chains to Corner No. 3; thence South 2 deg. 43 min. West 8.19 ahainS to Corner No. 4 on the north shore of Shuyak Strait shence by meanders along the Ene of mean high tide on the pOrth shore of Shuyak Strait northeasterly approximately 1950 chains to Corner No. l, the place of beginning, con- eaining 5.06 acres, more or less. Latitude 58 deg. 29 min. 18 sec. North; Longitude 152 deg. B min. 26 sec. West. Magnetic variation g deg. East.
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any portion of the above described tract of land are required to file with the Register and Re- ceiver of the United States Land Office at Anchorage, Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under oath, during the period of publication or within thirty days thereafter, CT they will be barred by the prOvi- sions of the Statute.
 FRANKLIN PACKING COMPANY, By: c. M. HADLEY, Secretary. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the foregoing notice be published for the statutory period in the Sew ard Gateway, newspaper of gen. eraI circulation printed ill Seward, Alaska, the nearest newspaper to said above described claim or sur yey.
 J. LINDLEY GREEN, Register. First publication Sept. IT, 1929. Last publication Nov. IS, 1929. :.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-30

There is on ecertaln way to elim- mate static. Shut off the set.
Seward daily gateway., 1929-09-30

EASTMAN KO6AhS AND PHO TOGRAPEIC SUPPLIES. SchaIler- CTS Alaska Shop.
Smyrna times., 1929-02-27

By Order of TOWN COUNCIL.
Edward T. Porter, Secretary.
Smyrna times., 1929-02-27
SMYRNA ACCREDITED SCHOOL
Is to Secure Better Coordination and
Understanding Between Secondary
Schools and Higher Institutions

Seven secondary schools in Della
ware are included in list Of such
schools accredited by the Secondary
School Commission Of the Association
of Colleges and Secondary Schools of
the Middle States and Maryland, ac-
cordlng to a report made public today
by DR.. Arthur J. Jones, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, acting chair
man of the commission. The Della
ware institutions named are the
Friends School, Tower Hill School,
Ursuline Academy and the Whining
ton High School, all in Wilmington;
the Wesley Collegiate Institute, Do
yer; Newark High School and the
Smyrna High School. The Associa-
ton of Colleges and Secondary
Schools in 1920 to promote the i'm
provement of secondary education and
to secure better coordination and un-
derstanding between secondary schools
and higher institutions throughout the
territory of the association. The com
mission functions as fact-fnding and
rating agency in the preparation and
maintenance Of a list Of accredited
secondary schools in the Middle States
and Maryland, and serves as a clear
ing house Of information Of a profess
sional character concerning the sec
ondary schools Of the territory. It
maintains a central Office in Bennett
Hall, University Of Pennsylvania. Ap-
proval essential to membership on the
accredited list is based fundamentally
on the efficiency Of tie schools prep
aration for college work. Among the
most important factors considered are
membership on a list approved ~ a
state department Of education; mem
bership in good standing on the ac-
credited list Of several standard col
leges and universities; the records of
the school in Regents examinations, in
standardized tests, and in the College
Board examinations; evidence of sue
cess Of graduates in college, and the
report of visitors for the commission.
Schools not on the list may be doing
just as satisfactory work as those on
the list, but have been excluded solely
because they do not prepare well, OF
at all, for college. Failure to apply to
the commission for places On the list
also accounts for the omission of some
schools. All schools on the accredited
list are required TO make an abbrevi-
ated report at least every other year
in order to provide for continued eff
iciency; to insure that schools whose
standard is barely satisfactory shall
improve, to secure general and pro
gressive increase in standards and to
enable the maintenance Of an up-to-
date list Of accredited schools. Of the |
Al secondary schools in Delaware,
New Jersey, New York and |
Pennsylvania which are on the list |
this year, 298 are public schools and |
173 private schools.
Smyrna times., 1929-02-27
BETTER PAY FOR TEACHERS
DIR. H. v. Holloway Says Advance
Pay Would Mean Better Teaching

Better pay for teachers in Delaware
will mean better teachers for Della
ware, was the opinion expressed by
Dir. H. Y. Holloway, State Superin-
tendent of Public instruction, at a
meeting sponsored by the Women's
Joint Legislature Committee held
Monday Of last week in Dover to com
memorate the Tooth anniversary of
the creation of legislation for the pub
lie school system of the State. The
meeting was held in the Dover New
Century Club. DR.. Holloway, whose
subject was How to Procure and Keep
Good Teachers in Delaware" was the
last speaker on a special program Civ
en- at the Educational Forum. DR..
Holloway said the teachers Of the
State are now poorly paid which de-
creases to some extent, the efficiency
in the classroom. The committee af-
ter hearing a resolution read by Mrs.
Clarence Fraim, moved for its adop-
tion which was likewise unanimous,
that the Legislature grant the request
for funds asked by the institution at
Stockley for the feeble minded for
making needed improvements. The
committee also adopted the resolution
favoring the granting of $495,0O0 for
the Women's College at the Univers-
ity of Delaware, for building purposes.
Mrs. James L. Wolcott, presented an
act to amend Chapter 100, volume 81,
Of the State laws, which if passed by
the Legislature when presented,
would provide for the instruction of all
pupils in the elementary and high
schools Of the State in two branches
of study, physiology and hygiene for
the purpose Of teaching the effect of
alcoholic drinks and narcotics upon the
human system. Following the lunch
con Miss Eta j. Wilson, executive
secretary of the Delaware Citizens
Association, spoke on the proposed
school, and the import
ance from the educators viewpoint
was given by Professor w. A. Willkin-
Smyrna times., 1929-02-27
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

The elimination of noises-from mo-
tor and from road shocks-was one of
the things to which Henry Ford and
his staff of engineers devoted particu-
lar attention in the design and con
struction of the new Model A. Ford
car. The motor of the Model A Ford
is one of the quietest, most nearly Vi
brationless engines that modern auto
motive engineering has developed.
It's designers provided for that feature
with parts that are made of the finest
possible materials and that are ma
chined to fit exactly. Balanced crank
shafts and flywheels, precision-made
bearings, aluminium pistons, unusually
well designed and constructed valves
and a particularly efficient fabrication
system, all contributed to the quiet,
smooth performance of the Model A
engine
Smyrna times., 1929-02-27
Kent County Births Reported

The following births were reported
in Kent county during the past week
Charles L. Witt and Mrs. Luxetta AL
free Witt, at Milford on February Is,
a son; Wallace McLane and Mrs. Wal
lace McLane, at Milford, on February
18th, son; Lawrence Wyatt and Mrs.
Maud Bright Wyatt, at Harrington,
on February 18th, daughter; Perley
L. Sapp and Mrs. Fannie E. Sapp, at
Woodside on February 18th, a daugh-
ter
Smyrna times., 1929-02-27
AIderman's Office

Fines collected ~ .s 2n.OO
Town Of Smyrna Bonded debt . s159. 100000
Smyrna times., 1929-02-27

son, Of the University of Delaware.
What Maryland is doing along educa-
tional lines was related by DR.. Agnes
Synder, who is the director of the
demonstration school at Towson, Md.
DR.. Snyder told of the progress that is
being made at the school and pointed