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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-25
COL. MYRON NJ. PARKER DEAD
AT 80 AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Was in Ford'S Theater When
President Lincoln Was
Assassinated.
Former D. C. Commissioner
ard Active in Many
Ways Here.

The colorfui career of Col. Myron
NJ. Parker, 80 years old. former District
Commissioner and prominent in Capital
civic organizations for more than half
a century, ended yesterday morning at
his home, 1920 Vermont avenue. after
an illness of several months. Col.
Parker, a Civil War veteran, was IN
Fords Theater on the night OF the as
sassination of Abraham Lincoln. He
was in charge of the Masonic cere-
monies at the dedication of the wash
ington Monument.
Funeral services will be held at IL
o'clock tomorrow morning in the Uni
tartan Church, Sixteenth and Harvard
streets, and burial will be in the family
lot in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Col Parker. who was born in FAR
fax. Vt, November Z. 1847, was the
descendant of a distinguished Amer
lean family and great grandson OF
leader in the Revolutionary War and
the. grandson ef two soldiers in the
war of 1912. He enlisted in the 1st
Vermont Cavalry on December 81, 1868.
Distinguished in Battles.
Records of the War Department dis
close that Col. Parker distinguished
himself in many battles throughout the
last two years of the Civil War and
showed particular courage during the
battles of the Wilderness. On three
occasions his horse was shot from under
him-once at Todds Tavern, again at
Reams Station and the third time at
Yellow Tavern, in which contest the
Confederate general, "Jeb" Stuart, was
killed. In his early career as a soldier
he was an orderly to Gen. George A.
Custer, famous Indian fighter and VIC
tim Of the "Custer massacre" in the
Sioux war.
Col. Parker came to Washington after
the Civil War and accepted position
as clerk in the War Department. He
attended night schools to complete the
education interrupted by war and
graduated from the Columbian Uni
versity Law School (now George Wash
ington) in the class Of 1875 and was
awarded the university prize that year
for his thesis on corporations.
Shortly after graduation he was ap-
pointed assistant postmaster of the City
of Washington and after two years
service resigned to organize a real
estate company.
In 1892 President Harrison appointed
Col. Parker one of the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia. He was
one of the founders and charter men,
bers of the American Security & Trust
Co. and the Columbia National Bank
and later became director of the Ma
tional Metropolitan Bank. He was presi-
dent of the Alaska Banking & Safe
Deposit Co., the first bank established
at Nome, Alaska, and served as vice
president of the Commercial Fire IN
surance Co., and as director Of the
Greene Cananea Copper Co. and the
Columbia Title Insurance Co.
First Trade Board Head.
Besides being the organizer, Col.
Parker was the first president of the
Washington Board of Trade and a
director of the Washington Memorial
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-25
SCHENCK SEARCH
ENDS IN ARREST
Former Policeman Agrees to
Go to Newark in Probe
of HoId-up.

A two-month search by District po-
lice for a former policeman ended yes
terday morning with the arrest of
Frederick H. Schenck. He is being held
at the second precinct for Newark, N. j.,
authorities in connection with a hold
up on January 20.
Local police were asked to seek
Schenck after an automobile bearing
license tag issued to him was found
abandoned near the scene of the hold
up which resulted In the shooting of a
policeman.
Schenck was apprehended yesterday
in house on West Fort avenue, Claren-
don, Va, by Washington detectives and
county police Later he was brought
here and Newark authorities notified.
In conversation this morning with
Capt Guy E. Burlingame o. the second
precinct Schenck said he was willing to
go to Newark. but intended to consult
an attorney today. He admitted owner
ship of the automobile being held in
Newark, but disclaimed all connection
with the hold-up. He said he can prove
he was in Washington at the time
Several times in the past few weeks
local police have been close on Schenck' s
trail, they say.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-25

Association, OF which the late Chief
Justice Fuller was president. He was
president of the Alumni Association OF
the law department of Columbian Uni
yersity. president of the I'd Corps
Association of the Army of the Potomac
trustee of George Washington Uni
versitv. trustee of Providence Hospital
president of the First Vermont Cavalry
Association. vice president of the So
ciety of the Army of the Potomac and
a director of the Washington Home for
Foundlings and president of the Column
bia Hospital for Women. He sought the
appropriation Of 100000 of Congress
to erect the present Columbia Hospital
Building.
Col. Parker was appointed executor
of the estate of the late Senator John
Sherman He was lifelong Repub-
lican and served eight years on the Re-
publican national committee and also
on the inaugural committees for Presi-
dents Garfi0d. Cleveland and Harrison.
On May 20. 1876, Col. Parker was
married to Miss Nellie L. Griswold, a
niece and ward of the late Gen. Spin
ner.
He was a prominent Mason and rose
to the thirty-second degree of the
oCOItlolI I1C s4ldd OCCAA
commander of his commandery, Grand
Master of Masons of the District and
an honorary member of the Myron M
Parker Lodge, No. 81, named in his
honor.
He was past master of Benjamin
B. French Lodge, No. Is. He was the
oldest past Grand Master of Masons
having held that Office during 1884
and 1885.
He was member of the Chevy Chase
and University Clubs and leading
member of Washington's oldest and
most conservative social circles.
He is survived by three daughters,
Mrs. Sidney c. Neal. Mrs. Spencer
Blackburn and Mrs. Robert C. Dove
and a son, Myron M. Parker, jr., all
of Washington.
Flags Ordered Lowered.
The District Commissioners today
ordered flags flown at half-staff on
municipal structures in Washington In
memory of Mr.. Parker The Commits
sioners honored the memory of the
former city head at a special meeting.
On motion of Commissioner Dough-
erty, president of the board, an entry
was made on the minutes referring to
COL Parker as "a man of sterling in
tegrity and during his life most valu-
able citizen of the District of Columbia
His loss to the District of Columbia is
a greviouS one"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-25
COUNT STOLBERG BURIED.
Mystery Of Silesian Death Being
Probed by Berlin Experts.

JANNOWITZ, Silesia, March Is P).-
Count Eberhard Stolberg yesterday was
laid to rest in the village churchyard
beside the graves of his ancestors. The
body had lain overnight on a simple
catafalque in the village church and was
followed to the grave by 2,0G0 persons
drawn from the surrounding country
side.
A wreath inscribed Christian Fried
rich" from his eldest son, who is in
Jail under suspicion of having muir
dered his father, was carried by a
younger son. The widow swooned when
the coffin was lowered into the grave.
The circumstances of the counts
death, beyond the fact that he was
found with rifle bullet in his head, re-
manned as much of a mystery as ever.
A number of criminal experts from Ber-
lin have arrived to attempt to run down
the many rumors afloat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-25
FLYER is KILLED IN CRASH
WITHIN so FEET OF HOME
Passenger Is Injured-Two of
Victims Relatives Narrowly
Escape Being Hit.
BY the Associated Press.

WATERBURY, Conn. March as
Capt. Arnol r. Rasmussen. 80, adjutant
Of the 43rd Aviation Division. Connec-
ticut National Guard, was killed when
the plane he was plotting crashed, nose
down, in the roadway less than so feet
from his home here yesterday. Francis
H. Smyth of this city, passenger in
the plane, was injured.
The tragedy narrowly failed to en-
brace the captains brother, Robert
Rasmussen. and cousin Ford Floyd for
the plane, tossed by violent wind as
it swung downward, crashed only a
few feet from them. They had to run
to escape being struck.
A dead motor is believed to have
forced the plane down.
Capt. Rasmussen had served in the
Regular Army Air Corps during the
World War.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-25
RICHMOND SHOOTING
FATAL TO YOUNG MAN
Fellow Occupant of Apartment Is
Held by Police and Charges Vic
tim Also Used Pistol.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, March 25.-Julian
j. Smith, 26, was fatally shot in his
apartment in a fashionable residence
section of Richmond Saturday. Ray
mond King, 26, who lived with him.
was taken into custody by police, who
said that King admitted he fired the
pistol that killed Smith.
Smith died at a hospital few min
utes after the shooting. He is said to
have been taken to the hospital by King
and William E. Cawthorne.
According to police officials, King
told them that he had an argument
with Smith early in the morning and
that Smith had fired at him at that
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-25
Will Rogers
Says:

NEW YORK, N. Y.-Mr. Hoover
is not going to use the Mayflower.
After being all Fall on these big
battleships, getting on to the May
flower would be kinder like slum-
ming. Besides, Mr.. Hoover in all
his travels has had to ride on too
many boats to get somewhere, with
out wanting to get on one to go
nowhere purposely. Mr.. Coolidge
used to get kick out of taking
those Senators on it, and watch
EN- get sick.
I guess they will be selling it now,
and somebody will buy it for a rum
runner.
They ought to keep it to send our
delegations to disarmament confer
ences on, for in two more confer
ences we will have to borrow a boat
to get there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-25
JOFFRE IS DISABLED.

PARIS, March IS (P).-Marshal Joffre
is suffering from sprained ankle and
will be unable to be one of the honorary
pallbearers at the funeral tomorrow of
Foch
The marshal had hoped to render this
last service to his old comrade. but his
doctor said the knee would not stand the
strain of marching in the cortege. He
will. however. attend the services at
Notre Dame and later at Les Invalides.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-25
Lieut.. Lynch Is Assigned.

Second Lieut.. Bnford A. Lynch. jr.,
u. S. Infantry. student at the George
town University Law School, has been
relieved from that duty effective on
completion of The present course and
ordered to Honolulu. Hawaii. for duty
with troops. He will sail from New
York about July 23
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-25
Wales to Attend Foch Funeral.

LONDON, March IS (P).-Because of
the great desire Of the Prince of Wales
to personally attend the funeral Of
Marshal Foch In Paris on Tuesday, King
George has designated his heir to repre-
sent him instead Of his youngest son,
Prince George.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-25

To save visitors from climbing 900
steps to the campanile, st. Edwards
Torer, an elevator Is to be installed in
Westminster Cathedral in England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-25

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Japan produced nearly 100000
pounds Of rayon in the past IL months.
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Pershing and Herrick to View Service.
Five thousand persons will view the
service in Notre Dame tomorrow
morning at O'Clock. Among them will
be Gen. John j. Pershing and AM
bassador Myron T. Herrick
But on the march from Notre Dame
to the Des Invalides, hundreds of thou
sands, possibly millions, will stand by
the side of the streets and watch the
solemn parade, which will be the last
public rite in honor of the man who led
to victory the greatest army France and
the world ever have known.
The French government is preparing
for tomorrow's national funeral pro-
cession of such solemn pomp as even
Paris seldom has witnessed. From Eu-
ropean capitals. near and far, repre-
sentatievS of sovereigns and govern
mentS are on their way here to take
part in the religious and secular cere-
mony.
The government has sent special
train to Brussels to bring Prince Charles
to Paris as the representative of King
Albert. The Prince of Wales will at
tend the services in behalf of King
George and each of the other kings of
Europe will have representatives pres
ent.
Col. T. Bentley Mott, assistant mill
tary attache at the American embassy
has been invited by Nine. Foch to &C.
cupy a place at the funeral with the
family. During the many months OF
the war Col Mott was attached to the
marshals headquarters as Gen. Perish
ing's representative.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22
Rumors OF Discord In Shertt's
Office; Klux Want Mury Out
Whispering Campaign Against French. Arouse Suspi-
cion That Religious Ties Led to Giving County Print
ing to Joe Don. Burley Bowler at Old Trouble Max
ing Came

ming for sheriff on the Democrat
ic ticket it is reported that there
was an agreement between Mad
sen and himself that in the event
of the formers election Murry
would be appointed mdersheriff.
Bob Smith got that job and it is
rumored that Murry felt sore. It
was also peddled about that an
other clause in the unwritten
agreement was that Murry would
have Madsen's support for sheriff
in the next election provided Franc
urged his friends to throw their
votes to Madsen. AS a matter of
fact, Murry's slogan was: "a vote
for Madsen is a vote for me"
1t is said that Frank French
does not take Burley Bowler S
OPEN campaign against him Sc
riously. He is of the opinion, it
is reported, that nobody believes
anything Burley says. But he
does not feel so good about the
whispering religious campaign.
1t is a well-known fact, no matter
how regrettable, that good deal
of anti-Catholic sentiment exists
in certain parts of Sheridan Coun-
ty and that many who voted for
French in the last election did so
without any knowledge of the re-
ligious affiliations of his political
bed-fellows.
The opinion of the best ele-
ments in Sheridan County as well
as elsewhere is that religious in
tolerance has no place in an en-
lightened country. They feel that
the intellectual and moral level of
any community can be measured
by the standard Of tolerance pre-
vailing among the citizens. No
doubt Burley Bowler and his
shady associates will deny in their
characteristic cowardly fashion
the truth of the reports published
here but there is a certain type of
Briton who never misses an OPP
portunity to slam anybody who is
not a member of the Royal Church
of England. If Burley had his
own way he would revive the pen
al laws imposed on Ireland by the
British in the dark days of perse-
cution when the same price was
placed on a priests head as on
that of a wolf.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22
STATE FIELD NURSE
COMPLETES WORK

Miss Alma Wretling, the state
field nurse, has completed her two
months assignment in Sheridan
County. Her work is financed by
Montana tuberculosis Association
and the State Department of Pub
lie Health. The share paid by
Montana tuberculosis Association
is made available to the county
thru the sale of Christmas Seals.
A large percentage of the money
raised each year is returned IN the
form of nursing service.
While in the county Miss Wret-
ling completed the inspection OF
the grade and high school pupils
in six of the schools which are
conducting accredited high school.
She would have reached the sew
enth school having a high school
If the roads and weather had re-
mained favorable.
Thirteen rural one-room schools
Continued on page Four)
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PROF. WILSON GIVES FRIENDLY LECTURE
ON FARMERS PROCESS In SOVIET RUSSIA

Bozeman, Mont, Nova friend
ly and intimate story of the agri-
culture of Russia and Siberia ana
the peasants who constitute their
agricultural class was given to
State college sturents here last
week by Professor Wilson of the
Agricultural School, who recently
returned from Russia after some
months spent there as consultant
for some of that country's large
farming corporations.
Although Russia is rapidly ex-
panding her wheat acreage and
going into large scale wheat farm
ing, it is not probable that Russia
will be competitor of the Ameri-
can grain grower on the worlds
wheat market in the immediate
future, he said. Russia's popula-
ton is increasing tremendously
and the increased population alone
would use most of the increased
wheat acreage. Then, too, as the
country improves the diet of the
people will change for the better
and wheat bread will become more
common to the poorer classes.
Mr.. Wilson estimates that at
presen t82 per cent of the Rus
sian people suffer from malnutri-
tion because of their diet. They
eat. very little meat and milk, now
/ living largely on black bread.
The people, as a whole, are
backward. The peasant popula-
ton lives mostly in villages OF
from 100 to 10000 people. About
one-third of the. peasants have nc
livestock, the farm work being
done by hand labor and much OF
this hand labor by the women
About 80 per cent of the peasants
are illiterate.
In Moscow and others of the
larger cities the standard OF Nv
ing for the poorer classes is beng
improved as communities become
industrialized. The Soviet now i
centring its efforts on industrial
ization of the country and the
general improvement of the stand
ard of living for all classes, where
as under the czars the emphasis
was placed on agriculture.
Under the present program O.
rapid industrial development, Am
erica is accepted as the patterl
for Russia. There are now l,4O'
American engineers aiding in th'
remaking of Russia. Mr.. Wilson
made the trip to Russia as con
CONTINUED from page One)
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most miraculous resurrection.
Night sessions have been in
voked. Everyone is frantical-
ly at work. Senators, whose
most strenuous effort in the
past has been drawing Of
their pay checks, can now be
seen daily on the Senate floor
occupied with facts, charts
and figures as meaningless to
them as the tariff on export
able wheat
What has brought about this
startling change, potent enough TO
keep Senators from their morning
sleep, their afternoon golf and
their evening dinner engagements2
The answer is the crash on the
stock market. For with the crash,
farm products and farm prospects
have likewise been sent tumbling
down. Someone is going TO be
blamed for the panic. It doesn't
matter who, provided the raaA
causes of the disaster are suffi-
GENTLY camouflaged so that the
farmers and other producers of
the country are kept from knowing
the facts. Within the past week
various attempts have been made
to fasten the blame for the Wall
Street debacle on those "who have
held up the tariff bill" The chief
When the call for special session
was issued it was declared by
Hoover as a redemption not of the
specific election campaign promise
made to Borah, as one would nat
urally expect, but to redeem the
pledges made in the Republican
platform. The reasons are obvious.
CONTINUED on page Eighty
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22

Rumblings of strife and dis
cord in the sheriff's office con-
tinue to disturb the peace and SER
entity of Sheridan County. The
failure of Hans Madsen to go af-
ter the murderer or murderers of
Raymond Logan is seized upon by
his critics and former allies TO
hold him up to the voters as an
incompetent official. And the
public has not forgotten, even if
the sheriff has, the death of Soren
Arthur Mauritsen, eight-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Maurit-
sen, who was run over on the
grounds of Brush Lake summer re-
sort last 4th of July by a new
Ford in which four people were
riding. Undersheriff Robert Smith
was reported to have been on the
grounds at the time but made lit
tie investigation. Sheriff Madsen
may have considered the apprehen-
sion of the kill-and-run drivers
another "job fro a Burns detec-
tive" but the people are inclined
to hold Madsen responsible for
the arrest of the cowardly killers.
Lined up on the sheriff's side
are Burley Bowler of Scobey,
James Russell Lowell (not the
famous poet), and Lawyer Onstad
of Plentywood who are hammer
ing away at Frank French and
what they privately refer to as
the "Catholic group" in the coun-
ty administration. The pro-Klan
element never had any use fol-
French because of his religious as
sociations but until he disappointed
them by turning the county print
ing over to Honest" Joe Dolin OF
Medicine Lake, who is a Catholic
they did not do any whispering
! lest the voters they were mobiliz-
! inc against the Taylor-Salisbury-
Rasmussen combination, with slo-
gans of "Bolshevism Must Co
and "Out With Mig Collins" might
not feel so good about the sub
stltute leadership.
Since the loss of the county
printing Bowler, Lowell and On
stad feel that they have nothing
to lose but their brains by coming
out in the open against French
Bakewell and Joe Dolin. This par
of the campaign is conducted thru
/ the columns of Burley's paper anC
the local "Whistle." But the more
deadly campaign saturated witt
religious intolerance is going OF
behind closed doors and from
mouth to mouth, it is reported.
When Burley Bowler called OF
Hans Madsen to "clean house II
his own office" he had in mlnC
for the broom, J. Franc Murry
deputy sheriff and member o.
the Roman church. 1t is part o.
every Kluxer's creed that it is
duty imposed on a Catholic Office
holder to confide to his pastor
every move of a Protestant sl
perior officer that comes to nj
knowledge. Therefore Onstad
Lowell and Bowler believe, or lea'
their dupes to believe, that Franz
Murry when confessing his sins u
his priest, includes in his tale o.
woe, the animadiversions of Han
Madsen and any other unfortunl
ate Protestant in the sheriff's OF
flee. Of course this is merely sus
picion. Catholic priests play n.
more active role in politics tnal
do the clergy of the various FRO
testant persuasions.
Last year when Murry was run
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1929-11-22
PLENTYWOOD CITY
LIMITS EXTENDED

Last Monday evening, the City
Council in regular session, passed
upon third reading, the ordinance
extending the corporate limits of
Plentywood.
Before acting upon the resolu-
tlon canvass of the votes of
those affected was taken and it
was found that so freehclders in
the district were in favor of COM
ing into the city, not having filed
any protests, and seven were
against the proposition.
After canvassing the votes the
City Council upon third reading,
passed the ordinance, and the new
territory is now a part of the City
of Plentywood.
Those filing protests were.
A. Riba
Riba Land Company
l.. E. Rue
G. S. Nelson
H. Leurance
Great Northern Railroad Co.
Tom Kelly.
The above, together with those
of the rest of the outlying terri
tory are now a part of the City
of Plentywood and much of this
land is expected to be plated out
in the near future to care for the
rapidly growing needs of this
community.