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The Washington times., 1929-07-01

And the new husband will be one
of Uncle Sans prohibition agents
as was the Lone Wolf. Mrs Asher
would not name the lucky man
saying he was ''undercover" and
that it wouldn't help his work any
to have his identity known.
The wedding will take place in
Washington, Mrs. Asher said. She
is leaving the city Tuesday for a
visit and win return about Labor
Day.
Son Quits Force
Shortly after Asher's death, which
occurred in Chicago hotel the
result of a cerebral hemorrhage,
Mrs. Asher said that she was
through for all time with "prohibi
ton" A son, also in the prohibition
service, resigned some time ago and
is now living with his wife in up.
State New York.
Asher's A years on earth were
packed with plenty Of excitement.
For some years he operated saloons
before the prohibition law went into
CLACCGs d1lCI I4lc AdlC1dl
first of July, 1919, he became a pro.
hibition agent and ran booze
peddlers ragged wherever he
managed to find them. He was
mobbed while conducting a raid on
a Fenton Street bootleg gang here
about two years before his death, on
October rs, 1925. He ran afoul Of
public opinion in Peoria, ILL.,, by his
cleanup methods and went from
there to Chicago, where he died.
Closed Resort
He was indicted, tried and ac-
quilted in Philadelphia of the muir
der of Peter Yancauckas, a grocer
and saloon keeper. Among his
achievements was the closing up of
the Sawed Off," a notorious Chi
cago resort.
The Lone Wolf won his name
through his mode of working" He
would affect many. DISCUSSES, set up
blind pigs and trap wholesale liquor
dealers into all -inds of embarrass-
ing prohibition tangles. Norfolk re-
members him well, as do many other
cities and towns.
The Washington times., 1929-07-01
Z DROWNINGS
CLOUD RIVER
RESORTS

Tragedy lowered over peace
full swimming resorts near the
Capital yesterday, claiming the
lives of two persons and writ
ing a story of heroism that
Snatched five other young per-
sons from death.
The dead are
Della Sesso, 11-year-old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Sesso, Of
the 400 block of Fifteenth st.
N. w.
Charles Gessford Thayer, 17-year-
old son of Policeman and Mrs. c..
c. Thayer, of the $500 block of
Colorado Ave. N. w.
Girl Saves Two
The Sesso child drowned in the
South River while her sister,
Florence Sesso, Is, and Alva Gam
marino, 3, of the 1900 block of
Sixteenth st. N. w, were being
carried to safety by Miss Marion
B. Hurley, 20, of the 800 block of
Eleventh st. s. E., and Louis
Vettori. %, of the 1900 block of
First st. N. w.
Young Thayer died in the Potomac
River at Colonial Beach while
hundreds of bathers watched him
and his companion, Carl Davis,
1914 A st. N. E., sink under the
surface, thinking they were merely
playing.
Finally Carl Markwich, a
Colonial Beach High School boy,
realized their plight, and found
Davis unconscious on the bottom.
He carried the youth to shore and
returned to dive for Thayer. He
was unsuccessful. Then he aided
other swimmers in helping Marvin
Blount, of Lynchburg. Va, to shore
from an overturned canoe.
Thayer, Davis and Bloant were
padding the canoe when it over.
turned, throwing them into the
water Blount held to the over
turned craft while Davis and
Thayer thrashed the water and
called for help.
Davis was revived when he was
brought to shore. Thayer's body
was not found by divers until .
o'clock last night.
The Sesso child was one of a
party of happy picnickers cele-
brating the fifty-tirst birthday of
Tony Vettori. After lunch a group
composed OF the two Sesso girls,
Alva Gammarino and her 10-year-
old brother. Armando, Miss Hurley
and Louis Vettori, rowed across the
river to Mount Holley Farm,
property Of Lieut.. Comdr. Richard
knight, U. s. n.
There is a nice sandy beach at
this point and the party beached
their boat and went swimming.
The Sesso child's body was later
recovered by life guards from a
beach across the river who rushed
to the scene in an automobile
The Washington times., 1929-07-01
Rev. ]. p. Hand Loses
Watch, Gift of Church

Rev. J. Phelps Hand, 1900 Allison
St. N. w. is awaiting anxieusly the
return of his gold watch, lost yester-
day from the running board of his
automobile. 1t was presented to
him by the men of Trinity Metlo-
dist Church at the completion of
his passionate eight years ago, and
is OF great sentimental value
The clergyman placed his coat
over the spare tire on the running
board and few moment later. for
getful of his coat. drove away,
headed for Leonardtown, Md. It
was not till he reached Anacostia
that he missed his coat, which con-
tanned his gift watch.
He retraced his route, hoping to
find the coat. but was unsuccessful.
TODAY he offered liberal reward to
the finder.
The Washington times., 1929-07-01
Exhibitors Protest
High Film Rentals

Independent motion picture ex.
hibitors and. theater owners will
meet tomorrow at the Mayflower
TO protest against high film rentals
being charged by producers.
The independents, who will meet
under the auspices of the Allied
states Association Of Motion Pic
ture Exhibitors. assert that the high
rentals and other practices Of the
producers are driving the small in.
dependent theaters out of business.
The Washington times., 1929-07-01
Kills Himself After
20 Years in the Army

Though he had demonstrated his
bravery on many battlefields during
more than 20 years spent in the
army. Carl E. Gustafson. 40, was
afraid to go on. He wanted to die.
So he turned on the gas in the
kitchen at the Soldiers Home
Hospital and killed himself.
A certificate of suicide was issued
today by DR.. j. Ramsey hewitt,
District corner.
Gustafson had been treated for a
mental disorder since his discharge
several months ago from Company
/, Twelfth United States Infantry,
The Washington times., 1929-07-01
japanese Staff General
To Visit West Point

Lieut. Gen. Iwana Matsui, I'm
perial Japanese army general staff.
will get glimpse of Americas pet
brides Wednesday when he visits the
United States Military Academy at
West Point, to see the cadets in
action.
Official permission to make the
visit was granted by the Secretary
Of War today. He viii also visit
Camp PeekskiiI the same day.
The Washington times., 1929-07-01
Map Maker for Byrd
Well Known in District

Capt. Ashley Mckinley, who. ac-
cording to reports from the Byrd
expedition, made aerial survey maps
of the newly discovered land at
Antarctica, is the grandson of Mrs.
Ashley Mckinley, of Washington
and the greats grandson of Justice
John Mckinley, who served on the
supreme Court bench from 1885 to
1862.
Capt. McKinley's VAife is now in
New York and keeps in communi.
cation with her husband by radio.
The Washington times., 1929-07-01
Charge Youths With
Theft of Type and Paper

Charges of stealing several
hundred dollars worth of paper and
type from the National Capital
Press were faced today by two
colored youths.
The boys under arrest are John
Robinson, 20, of the 500 block NJ
st. n. W., and Christopher Lewis.
%. of the 1900 block Fourth St.
N w
The Washington times., 1929-07-01
Army Chiefs to Test
SemiautOmatic Rifles
Nv UnIYeraaI Service

The War Departments board of
officers charged with the testing
of new-type semiautomatic rifles
with view to supplanting the
present Springfields will meet today
to set actual dates for the trials,
to be held here and at the Aber.
deem, Nd. proving grounds.
Numerous models have been sent
for tests from all parts OF the
world. most of them of very rapid
firing possibilities, and compare.
lively light weight. The Spring.
field weighs pounds. and the
Browning automatic rifle now in
use weighs IA pounds.
The Washington times., 1929-07-01
Avenue Taxi Stand
Moved Across Way

Abolition Of the taxicab stand in
front of Chi1ds Restaurant on Penn
sylvania Avenue was announced
today by the Commissioners, follow
ing recommendation of Traffic Di-
rector William H. Harland.
The city heads authorized ests b.
lfshment of a new stand, occupying
so feet on. the south side of the
avenue, east of Fifteenth Street.
The Washington times., 1929-07-01
SCOTTISH RTE PAGEANT

An outdoor celebration to benefit
the International Masonic Rest
Temple and for the worlds coIored
Masonic pageants is planned for the
middle of July by the universal
supreme grand lodge of United Scot
fish Rite Colored Masons. The Rev.
r. B. Robinson. J. w. Coles and
Bishop William e. Taylor head the
committee in charge of arrange
ments.
The Washington times., 1929-07-01
FIRE AT RESERVOIR

Leaves and rubbish caught on
fire in the old and unusued Six
teenth st. reservoir late yes.
terday. Firemen of No. % engine.
company ,extinguished the little
blaze.
The Washington times., 1929-07-01
GRAND JURY ASKS LOAN SHARK LEGISLATION
W.T.. GalliherDies of
Heart Attack

William T. Gaher, chairman of the board of directors Of
the National Bank and prominent in Dis
trc business civic and club circles for than 80
died suddenly last night his home the Kenesaw Apart
nR honnA Icnnro =
The Washington times., 1929-07-01
LEGION POST MEETS

Vincent B. Costello Post, American
Legion, will meet tomorrow night at
8 o'clock in the Board Room of the
District Building.
The Washington times., 1929-07-01
Wdow ofLone Wolf
Weds in October

Mrs. Mary E. Asher widow Of James L. "Lone Wof')
Asher married in October she told friends today
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-04
Three Elephants Make
Boardwalk Whoopee

Atlantic City.-A little man from
iowa was about to sit down at front
table in a restaurant on Atlantic ave-
nue. when an elephant leaped through
the front window.
The little man and about 20 other
patrons scurried back into the kitchen
and shivered as they listened to cries
from Atlantic avenue, Indicating that
two other elephants were prancing
loose among the salt water taffy
stands.
This elephant howdy-do presented a
problem that was not solved until
mahouts, Us they call elephant experts
in Atlantic City, had backed the res
taurant elephant out and had subdued
the salt-water-taffy stand elephants by
banging their sensitive toenails with
clubs kept handy for the purpose.
The elephants had been dancing all
summer at the Million Dollar Pier un.
der the direction of Maude Henry's
elephant dancing instructors. Some
thing snapped in the elephants minds
and they began to run about and to
trumpet and dance. Pansy. the larg-
est, went into the Globe restaurant.
The other rummaged for ,taffy.
All was excitement for quarter Of
an hour until they were subdued.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-04
Regrets Fibbing, Rides
40 Miles to Confess 1t

Tafe, Calif.-One mans conscience
caused him to drive 40 miles at an
early hour to correct a trivial prevarf-
cation, according to State Traffic Off
Ger Robert g. Dear, in charge of the
West side detail of state traffic Off
GERS. The gray-haired man with foot
long whiskers drove into the local
state traffic department office to OBJ.
tain an operators license.
He resides on a homestead about
twenty miles above McKittrick, and
has been driving an automobile for
several years. He passed the exam
ination and told Officer Dear that he
had obtained an operators license in
1927.
The next day about six o'clock the
man arrived at the local Office and
waited until the department opened
at eight O'Clock, and then sided up to
Officer Dear and told him he had
something very important to tell him.
He hadn't obtained license in 1927,
and his conscience had bothered him
so badly during the night that he
couldn't sleep, so he just had to come
in and straighten the matter out. OF
ficer Dear says he'll get his license.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-04


teaspoonful Of sugar.. three tea.
spoonfuls of baking powder. one-half
teaspoonful of salt and few dashes
of cayenne pepper. Mix and bake in
gem pans twenty-five minutes
samboy RoIls.-Sift together one
cupful Of wheat flour, two cupfuls of
,orn meal, two tablespoonfuls Of sugar,
one-half teaspoonful of salt, and six
teaspoonfuls Of baking powder; add
three tablespoonfuls of vegetable oil
and three cupfuls of milk. Beat we'll
and bake in hot well-greased muffin tins.
The following recipe Is one that
will be enjoyed as luncheon bread
or for sandwiches; for picnic they
are unequaled:
Nut Bread.-Sift two and one-half
cupfuls of -four with three teaspoon
fuls of baking powder. add one-half
:upful Of sugar, one we'll beaten egg
and one cupful Of milk. one-half tea
spoonful of salt and three-fourths
cupfuls Of nutmeats. Walnuts or pc
cans are especially good. Let stand
twenty minutes after putting In the
pan, then bake forty minutes.
Another Nut Bread.-Beat two eggs,
add one tablespoonful of sour cream,
one-half cupful OF brown sugar,
one cupful Of sour milk, one teaspoon.
full Of soda, two cupfuls of sifted gra.
ham flour, one cupful Of wheat flour,
one-half teaspoonful of salt, nuts and
rafsins to taste.
Fresh Fish chowder.-Take any
good fresh fish, clean and cut into
halves then into serving-sized pieces,
removing all bones. Into deep chow
der kettle place half cupful or more
Of finely diced salt pork, cook 1t until
crisp and brown. Drop into the hot
fat three sliced onions and half a
dozen sliced potatoes, stir for few
minutes then cover with boiling water.
Cook for twenty minutes then add the
prepared fish and finish cooking until
the fish is we'll done. Now add large
milk cracker or two, softeneC in hot
milk. to each chowder bowl. Add a
quart of milk to the chowder and
when we'll seasoned to taste, pour
over the crackers and serve at once
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-04
MakesL!Je
Su,eeteSr

Next time a coated tongue, fetid
breath, or acrid skin gives evidence
of sour stomach-try Phillips Milk OF
Magnesia!
Get acquainted with this perfect an
ti-acid that helps the system keep
sound and sweet. That every stomach
needs at times. Take it whenever
hearty meal brings any discomfort.
Phillips Milk Of Magnesia has won
medical endorsement. And convinced
millions of men and women they didn't
have indigestion" Don't diet, and
don't suffer; just remember Phillips.
Pleasant to take, and always effective
The name Phillips is important; 1t
identifies the genuine product. milk
of Magnesia" has been the U. s. regis
tered trade mark of the Charles FL.
Phillips Chemical Co. and its pre-
decessor Charles Fl. Phillips since 1875.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-04
SOL FAILS TO MAKE
GOOD AT FORECASTS
Sunspot Phenomena Are Not
Yet Explained.

| Washington. - Old Sol recently
staged his big parade Of plain and
fancy sunspots, but has not yet been
able to establish himself as a relia-
BILE herald of mundane weather, In the
opinion Of official forecasters here.
The period when the sun exhibits
the maximum number Of spots, recur-
ring at intervals Of approximately IL
years, is now passing. Although the
sunspot demonstrations in recent
months have engrossed interest Of
scientists and public in all parts of
the world, the United States weather
bureau sees no new and dependable
evidence that sunspots afford reli-
able basis for weather forecasting, as
pseudo-scientists have alleged from
time immemorial.
"This bureau has given careful at
tention to studies of solar phenomena,
but does not know of any study that
has established definite relation be-
tween weather conditions and sun
Spots" DR.. Charles F. Marvin, chief
Of the weather bureau, said.
Has Not Been Proved.
ut would be exceedingly difficult to
establish such relationship because
Of the rotation of earth and sun, and
also because at any one time there are
many kinds of weather occurring in
different parts of the earth. How may
one determine which particular kind
of weather might theoretically be cor
related with q sunspot which might at
the time exist? We would welcome
any rational demonstration that SUM-.
spots control the weather, but so far
this has not been proved and some
of the efforts to do so have been abb
surd.
ION the other hand, terrestrial mag
netic and auroral phenomena have
been closely co-ordinated with the sun
spots"
Doctor Marvin said that the bureau
possesses information concerning sun
spots going back to the early Chris
ton era, and that complete detailed
record of sunspots Is available COM
mencing in 1749. This record has
been graphed by bureau scientists and
shows that the number of sunspots
goes through cycles of eleven years,
this approximate period elapsing be-
tween the recurrence of the maximum
number of spots. This maximum
falls roughly in the latter part of 1928
and early in 1929.
Meteors May Cause Them.
The record shows that in some
months as many as $50 spots have
been visible, while in others there may
be none at all. The longest period
when the sun was unspotted was %
months from 1909 to 1911.
Some scientists hold the view that
the eleven-year period is the result of
gravitational action resulting from
movements of the planets Jupiter and
Saturn, but other authorities contend
that the spots could be explained by
| internal action of the sum-" Doctor
| Marvin said.
Recently the bureau published, on
its merits, study of the planetary
hypothesis of sunspots by Dinsmore
Alter of the University of Kansas,
which sought to show that short pc
riod fluctuations in the spottedness of
the sun could be correlated with the
movements of Venus. Mercury and the
earth. Other scientists entertain the
theory that the sunspots may be
caused by meteors which strike the
SUM-"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-04

pickles-dill, or corn relish-which
she has prepared with her own hands
for the enjoyment of her family and
friends
Use care not to have too powerful
vinegar as 1t will consume and
soften, rather than preserve. On the
other hand too weak a vinegar will
not preserve, so one must use judy
ment in the choice Of the vinegar.
Spices, too. must be fresh; these
are not hard to obtain. Spices that
have become stale, LOST their strength
are Of little use as a flavor, so 1t is
advisable to buy reliable supplies
when picking time comes. A jar Of
sweet mixed pickles, prepared with
Ill the vegetables and spices needed
will take time, but the following recipe
Is quite worth the effort:
Sweet Mixed Pickles.--Select the
vegetables carefully as to freshness,
rejecting any that are old. woody or
Tough. This will make a gallon Of
delicious pickles:
+. One quart OF very small cucumberS,
one pint of large ones cut into inch
slices, one pint of silver skinned
picking onions, one pint Of wax beans,
Tour sweet red peppers, four or six
,hili peppers, one head of cauliflower,
two sliced lemons, small piece of
aorseradish root, three and one-half
quarts of vinegar, two pounds of
sugar, one ounce each Of whole cloves,
allspice, cinnamon, mustard seed,
celery seed, pepper curns, three bay
,eaves, one-third of cupful of salt,
and six quarts of water.
Dissolve the salt in the water and
place all the vegetables well covered
IN it over night. Break the cauli-
lower into fowerets, cut into small
pieces the sweet red peppers. In the
morning place in cold fresh water
for two hours. Cook the caulifower
and beans ten minutes in boiling wa
ter, then rinse in cold water.
Boil the vinegar with the spices for
ten minutes, pour over the vegetables
and thinly sliced lemon from which
The seeds have been removed. When
cold, drain and bring the liquid to
boiling point. Pack pickles in the Jars
and pour over the hot vinegar. Seal.
seasonable Dishes.
When fresh green corn Is abundant
cry using 1t in various ways except as
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-04
'Hickman's Captors Lose
Los Angeles Rewards

Los Angeles.-The city of Los An
geles is not authorized to offer or pay
any rewards for the apprehension OF
criminals. and IL claimants of the
$4,000 reward offered by officials for
the capture of william Edward Hick-
man are "out of luck" City Attorney
Erwin Q. Werner has advised the
council.
Werner's ruling was given after the
council had adopted an ordinance in.
structing the city clerk to deliver $40.
600 to Los Angeles county for the pur-
pose of bringing an inter-pleader ac-
tion in the courts to determine the
rights of claimants.
Among the claimants were Tom
Gurdane and Buck Lieuallen, Oregon
captors of Hickman, the slayer Of
little Marion Pnrker
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-04
PHILLIPS FAMILY
~ HAS MANY COPS
Members Are ON Forces of
Three Nations.

Columbus, Ohio. Some families run
to money; others take up golf. But
the ancestral urge of three Columbus
brothers spurs them to pursue crooks.
The three are this city's first family
police trio. Their family tree took
root in the British Isles and was nour-
ished by Scotland Yard and the Royal
Northwest Mounted police Of neigh
boring Canada.
Leo Phillips, twenty-seven, youngest
of the trio, was appointed patrolman
only recently. John E. Phillips, thirty
one, Is plainclothes man on the vice
squad. He has been policeman five
years. Otto w. Phillips, thirty-fve, is
a detective, having been with the de-
partment six years. Most recently he
has been noted for his connection
with the DR.. James Fl. Shook case
here.
The three brothers reside on the
same street. Each is married, and
John and Leo are fathers
incidentally, their father, John A.
Phillips of Pomeroy, Ohio. was not
content to retire from business with
out his fling of adventure. On giving
up his coal office he became a men,
Der of the Pomeroy merchant police.
Back of Pomeroy, where the broth
ers were born, is Old Tucking Mill,
Pembrokeshire, Step-a-Side, South
Wales, British Isles. That Is the
Phillips family seat.
From there the brothers uncle, Tom
A. Phillips, entered Scotland Yard.
For 38 years he has been an inspector.
Three other relatives are members
Of the Canadian "mounties." One Is
an inspector, another sergeant, and
the third a corporal.
Leo, the youngest, had major league
baseball possibilities. He had been in
the Mississippi Valley league, the
Western league, and with Salisbury,
N. c., in a Southern circuit. The
Pittsburgh Pirates held an option on
him while in the latter berth.
II like baseball, and l like the
thought of police work." Leo said.
"There wasn't much to choose be-
tween them, but l guess the old fam
lily itch won out"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-04
Dog Sports Gold Tooth;
(Master Is a Dentist)

Belfast, Maine. Lady Patricia,
nineteen month old Boston TERROR
owned by DR.. Thomas w. Lothrop. Jr,
is the most envied pup along the
shores of Penobscot Bay, because she
wears crown of solid gold. not on
her head but in her mouth, for her
master Is dentist.
Lady Patricia comes from very
aristocratic old family, the daughter
Of Cappy Kicks and Lady Estella Peg
gy, both of whom frequently are ex-
hibited at the shows and carry off
many honors.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-04
Coffee Urns Long in Use

As far back as 1851 urns were IN
use in the Boston Coffee house. One
of the largest manufacturers Of coffee
urns today claims to have made cop
per-tinned coffee. tea and water urne
with timed copper baskets or percc-
lators as far back as 1855. They we're
heated with steam coils, alcohol lamps
or gas burners.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-04

The Freer Gallery of Art, compris-
Ing the Chinese and Japanese art
treasures and the Whistler paintings
ana etchings acquired by the late
CHARLES L. Freer. are part of the
Smithsonian institution, although
housed in separate building pro.
vided by Mr.. Freer.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-10-04
Civilization and Scent

The ancients interested themselves
almost entirely in the heavier, more
crude scents-as musk, myrrh. in
cense; the scent Of flowers Is sell
dom mentioned in their poetry or lit
erature, which leads us to think that
the subtlety of this last born Of onr
senses Is being evolved with civili-
cation.