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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15
WORK. , WAR
sy & e YARNS
The First and Last Shots
LIEUT.. FRANK E. HACAN

The question of who fired the first
and last shots in any Of our wars and
when and where they were fired has
always been subject for much dis
pute. So the World war will probably
be no exception and future years prob
ably will see various claimants to
those titles arising. Already mem.
bers of the crew of the q. s. S. Kear-
sarge claim the honor of firing the
first shot in the World war for Quar-
termaster Holman of that ship.
On Good Friday, April 6, 1917, the
day that the United States declared
war on Germany, the Kearsarge was
at the Charlestown, Mass, navy yard.
A detail was sent in the naval tug
Iwana to seize the German merchant
ships in East Boston at Long wharf.
They left at $50 a. m, crossed the
river, forced the high gate on the
dock and took possession Of the ships
Quartermaster Holman fired into the
air as signal to the navy yard that
the gobs had arrived and had the stu
alton in hand. And, that the Kear-
sarge crew asserts, was 'the first
American shot fired in the World war"
AS for the last shot Lieut.. F. v. K.
Greene, q. s. N. r. claims that honor
for United States naval railroad bat
terry of 14-inch rifles and quotes from
it's log as follows:
"November II. 1918. Ratterv M
A. Gun ready to load at a. m. Be-
tween 10 :05 a. m. and 10 :5S a. m. fired
five rounds at railway garage, Longu-
yon. Last shot fired by J. A. Kafika,
8. f. &c, q. s. N. Sponged out and
secured. One-third of men given lib
erty in afternoon"
&C. $780, Western Newspaper Union.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15
Satisfied.

small girl was seated on her
fathers lap in beauty parlor, watch
ing her mother who was getting a
water wave. She sat for a long time
without speaking. Finally she turned
to her father and looked at his bald
head with interest.
why, daddy" she exclaimed, "you
can't get any water waves, can you?
You're all beach,"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15
Present Day Motto.

Present Day Motto.
Buy and buy,
And while you buy
Another buys;
And by and by
Each one can buy.
Good times are nigh
Because you buy.
Pure Oil News.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15
Discover Dialects.

Professor Ernst w. Selmer and DR..
Dirk A. Seip who have come to the
United States for the purpose of find
ing and recording Morse local dialects,
now obsolete in Norway, report that so
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
GAMBLING RAID
CASE DROPPED

A charge of permitting gaming
against Grady H. Yount, growing
out of a warrantless raid by
headquarters detectives at 9O3 H
st. N. w. yesterday, was dropped
today at Police Court when AS
sistant United States Attorney
Frank Adams refused to make
out papers in the case.
Detectives said they found
racing charts, telephones and
other gambling equipment in the
place. but Mr.. Adams refused to
prosecute when it was revealed
that Yount was the only man in
the place at the time of the
raid and that there was no
gambling in progress when police
entered.
Two other persons were ar
raigned on gaming charges as
the result of other raids in the
series being conducted by the
headquarters force. They were
Jack Angel and c orge Richard
Holden, each of whom was held
on $500 bond for jury trial.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
BEER,G|N,F0UND
AFTER FIGHT

Facing charges of assault, de.
struction of private property and
possession of Intoxicating liquor,
Max L. Edgington, %, of 908 E st.
N. w., today was held under
bonds of $1,000 for jury trial after
he had been arraigned before
Judge John p. Mcmahon, in Po-
lice Court.
Edgington was arrested yester-
day at 1905 New York Ave. N. W.,
when police were called to a res
taurant at that address by a re-
port of a fight. When they en-
tered, they said, they found 12O
bottles of beer, 8 pintS of gin and
paraphernalia alleged to have
been used in making beer.
Jack Angel, a restaurant en-
ploye, is the complainant in the
assault case, charging that Edg-
ington struck him during the
fight which resulted in the call to
police. The charge Of destroying
private property grew out of the
breaking of a counter and other
furniture in. the restaurant, &C.
cording to Policeman Spottswood
F. Gravely, who made the arrest.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
ZONE PROJECTS
STIR FIGHTS

With a fight on over a pro
posal to rezone the east side Of
twentieth Street, between r
Street and Florida Avenue North
west, the District Zoning Com
mission today opened hearings on
27 zoning changes throughout
the city.
DR.. j. Lawn Thompson and
representatives of T. A. Scott
Thropp petitioned the commits
sion to rezone the portion of
twentieth Street from residential
DO-foot c area to first commercial
e0-foot C area.
Opposition Voiced
Opposition came from Under
secretary of State w. r. Castle,
Edward w. Dom, jr., prominent
architect: Thomas A. Clayton,
j. H. Purdy and the Dupont
Circle Citizens Association.
There was no opposition to a
proposal to rezone the north side
of l, Street, between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth Streets northwest,
from 9O-foot first commercial D
area to permit erection of no.
foot buildings or buildings no
loot high with setbacks to total
height of 1870 feet.
Church Plan Proposed
A proposal to rezone the North
minister PRESBYTERIAN Church prop
erty at Eleventh Street and
Rhode Island Avenue northwest
from residential to first CONNER
cial area invoked a fight be-
tween residents of the section.
Through Attorney Martin J.
Mcnamara, % residents voiced
opposition to the move, declaring
that the only reason the change
was sought was to permit the
church property to be sold for
q gasoline station.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
B j s Terminal
. PLAN LEFT To
OPERATORS
Utilities Commission Assures.
Carriers They Will Be Given
Ample Opportunity to Build

Testimony developed at a two
day hearing on the problems at
tending operation of interstate
bus lines in the Capital was taken
under advisement today by the
Public Utilities Commission.
Operators Reassured
Just before the hearing closed
yesterday Major Gen. Mason M
Patrick, chairman of the commits
sion, gave assurance to the bus
operators that the commission
does not intend to run the busses
off the streets until a proper ter
minal has been provided for their
use.
The commission chairman also
revealed that at least 20 or more
proponents of terminal establish.
ments had conferred with the
commission and that decision of
erection Of the terminal will be
left solely to the bus lines with
the commission taking no inter
est whatever in the promoting of
a private enterprise.
Order Is Looked For
However, it is believed that the
commission will, as a result OF
the hearing, draw up an order
defining what is meant by the
congested downtown area and
draft regulations for interstate
buses within this area.
Eventually the commission, it
is expected, will promulgate regu-
lations ordering bus lines to cease
using the public streets as ter.
minals. This will not come. it
is believed, until passage of a
year or more to enable the vari-
Gus bus lines to seek and con-
struct a terminal.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
NEW 'STOP'S|GN
TESTED OUT

A successful demonstration OF
demand signal light just in
stalled at Wisconsin Avenue and
Macomb Street Northwest, was
held yesterday. ,.
The new device, the Miller
traffic control signal, can be
operated by a button by pedes-
trians and traffic on the boule-
ward is Immediately halted by a
red light. The pedestrian then
has 20 seconds in which to cross
the street.
Similar control can also be
exercised by motorists who, ap-
preaching the crossing, pass over
a magnetic device in the street
and the light changes at the
intersection for IS seconds. When
there is no traffic in the side
streets the traffic on the boule-
wards proceeds without Interrupt
ton.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
DC. Husband in Reno
Jail Files Suit
For Divorce

Stuart T. Ashton, a Wash
ington salesman who is IN
Jail in Reno, Nevada, on
charges of desertion and non
support brought by his wife
here, yesterday filed suit for
divorce at Reno.
Through her attorney, Harry
v. Thomas, of Arlington, Mrs.
Ashton, who lives in Chevy
Chase, Md, is seeking to obtain
extradition of her husband so
that he may be tried here on
the charges of 'deSertion and
non-support.
Judge Thomas expressed fear
that, because of the action in
the Nevada court filed by Ash
ton yesterday, the governor Of
Nevada may not honor the
extradition papers which were
prepared more than a week
ago but which have not yet
been acted upon by Nevada
authorities. -
The Washington times., 1931-06-03

Boys who are behavior prob
lens in school and club become
models in camp, while youths who
are we'll behaved in class and
club are transformed into prob
lens by camp life, James E. Kee-
gan, of Pittsfield, Mass, told dele
gates of the Boys Club Fedora
tion of America today at the May
flower Hotel.
Mr.. Keegan's statement was
made during discussion of reports
of the commissions on swimming
and camping. This discussion
brought out that boys in camp
should be required to rest at least
one hour during the day, and
that they should be permitted to
go into the water at least twice
a day.
One of the chief problems in
camp work is keeping leaders in
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Advantages of Camp Life
Told Boys Club Session

Staff Photo
VERNON

camp after lights are out,
speakers said.
At noon, the delegates were
received by President Hoover.
Prior to that, four groups of boys
from Stamford, Conn, Chicago,
New York city, and Fort Worth,
Texas serenaded John Hays
Hammond, vice president of the
federation, at his home, 2221
Kalorama Rd. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
7 v D RACKET
GRIMES ARE,
LINKED
Police Believe If They Catch
Hijackers They Also Will
Have SIayers Of Intormer

The Staying of Jack Cunning
ham, police informer shot down
in an alley in the rear of his
apartment near Fourteenth and
Streets Northwest, undoubtedly
is linked with the attack on the
charge d'affairs of the legation OF
Ell Salvador, police stated last
night.
This theory was strengthened
by the result of balliStic tests
made by Lieut.. John Fowler.
which revealed that the gun
which killed Jack Cunningham
also was used in the attack on the
legation official.
Same Pistol Used
Comparison of the bullet taken
from the body of the slain racke-
teer and one fired at Don Leiva
during the attack at the legation
showed both came from the same
weapon.
When the report was submitted
to Major Henry G.. Pratt, superin-
tendent of police, detectives i'm
mediately renewed the hunt for
two men believed to have partici-
pated in the attack on the
diplomat. They believe that when
these two men are in custody they
will have the Slayers of Cunning
ham.
Before he died Cunningham is
said to have told his wife that he
knew who the men were that took
part in the attack on the
diplomat. He did not at any time
name his slayerS.
Cunningham a short time be-
fore had taken part in hijacking
a speakeasy at 1910 1 st. N. w.
DIR. Don Carlos Leiva, charge
d'affaires of the legation, has
left Emergency Hospital and has
gone to the Nicaraguan Legation
at 24O1 Fifteenth st. N. w.
DR.. Don Juan B. SacaSa, Mica
raguan envoy is a physician and
life long friend of DR.. Leiva, and
he will care for the injured diplo-
mat until Sonora Leiva returns
to this country.
1t is possible that the Salvador
Legation at 2601 Connecticut
Ave. will be abandoned and new
quarters taken as a result of a
number of robberies which culmi-
mated in the attack on DR.. Leiva
as he returned home to discover
the bandits making off with the
liquor.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
B|CEN TENN|AL
JOB RENDERED
DR.. HAVENNER
Will Be Business Manager If
Efficiency Bureau Is Able
To Fill Statistical Place

Further delays are being en-
countered by the local George
Washington Bicentennial Com
mission in completing it's new
Set-up for the 1882 festivities.
The post of business manager
has been offered to DIR. George
c. Havenner, Statistician of the
Bureau of Efficiency, who has
tentatively accepted it, provided
he can obtain a leave of absence
from his Federal position.
Early Decision Seen
DR.. Havenner's appointment is
dependent on what arrangements
can be made by Herbert D.
Brown, chief of the Bureau Of
Efficiency, to fill his place during
the 18 months leave of absence
DR.. Havenner has requested. A
decision is expected tomorrow.
Plans of the executive commit
tee to be presented to the COM
mission at it's next meeting call
for the appointment of both a
business manager and director
of pageantry and ceremonial for
the bicentennial.
Local Man for Place
Should DIR. Havenner be forced
to decline the former post because
of his Federal work, another local
citizen probably be chosen for it.
AS director of pageantry, Ar
mold Kruckman, of Los Angeles,
is the first choice of the exec1-
tive committee, but final action
upon his appointment has not
yet been taken.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Callahan Will Get
Columbus DeQree

Daniel j. Callahan will receive
the honorary degree of Doctor Of
Laws June 10 at the commence
ment exercises of Columbus Uni
versity, to be held in the May
flower Hotel. He is the only one
to be thus honored this year.
Mr.. Callahan is supreme
treasurer of the national organi-
zation of Knights Of Columbus.
He was formerly president of the
District Chamber of Commerce,
president of the Rotary Club,
and manager of the Norfolk and
Washington Steamship Company
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
AGED v D N A n
KILLED IN FALL

Mrs. Sadie Cross, IA, died at
Sibley Hospital following a fall
from the second story porch of her
home today at 815 Sixth st. N. E.
Mrs. Cross plunged 20 feet to
concrete pavement when the rail
ing gave way. Police said she
was ready to wash clothes and
leaned against the railing.
Meldin Scott, 813 Sixth st. N, E.,
placed her in a passing automo-
bile before an ambulance ar
rived.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
P A R K VANDALS
BUSY HERE

Wholesale increase in the theft
of park flowers during the past
10 days was revealed by Capt.
Ray c. Montgomery, of park po-
lice. today.
Reports on and following Deco
ration Day declared that in some
cases flowers were being stolen
from park gardens and sold on
the streets, but plain clothesmen
assigned to investigate have been
unable to discover any such case.
Damages to parks in the Dis
trict cost the Government almost
$100, 1000 each year. Fines of 500
can be imposed for each case of
flower stealing.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
BicentenniGL Group
Greeted bu President

Members of the New York State
Bicentennial Commission were re-
ceived at the White House at
noon today by President Hoover.
Members of the commission are
here to confer with Representa-
tive Sol Bloom, associate director,
on plans of New York State for
the celebration in 1892. While in
Washington they will also confer
with members Of the Yorktown
SeSquicentennial Commission,
The Washington times., 1931-06-03

Caught in the swift current Of
the upper Potomac River while
swimming yesterday, B er.t r m
Campbell, 48, of Cherrydale, Va,
was carried to his death in the
Swirling rapids a short distance
below the chain bridge.
Charles Fletcher, proprietor of
a nearby boathouSe, tried in vain
to reach Campbell with his
launch. The body was found
floating near the spot where it
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Gas Station Ban
Petition Dismissed

Judge Luther Way, of the
United States District Court.
Yesterday dismissed the petition
of Robert F. Downham for an in
junction to prevent the city of
Alexandria from interfering with
the erection of a gasoline station
at King and Russell Road.
He granted permission for the
filing of a new petition.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
DRIVER IS
!. BLACKJACKED
. AND ROBBED
Druggist and Soda Dispenser
In Mt. Pleasant Pharmacy
Covered With Guns by Trio

Police today are searching for
hold-up men who robbed a phar-
maciSt last night of $3.50.
DR.. James Clark, 3146 Mt.
Pleasant st., told police that
three men entered the drug store
and asked for drink at the soda
fountain. DR.. Clark said he and
Egerton Smith, soda dispenser,
were covered with automatic
pistols and ordered to the rear
Of the store.
The men then rifIed the cash
register and made their escape in
an automobile.
Jessie F. Shipley, %, of 21OO
N st. N. W., a taxicab driver,
told police that he picked up two
men at Nineteenth st. and Penn
Sylvania Avenue and was told to
take them to a Taylor Street ad-
dress. Near Rock Creek Church
Road, he said, he was ordered to
stop the cab and was then struck
with a blackjack. He was robbed
of So in change and the men
fled down an alley.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Contract Awarded
For Senate Facade

The Senate Office Building
Commission today awarded a con-
tract to McCloskey & Co., Inc, of
Philadelphia, for improvement of
the c Street facade of the build
ing.
The work to be done will cost
$567 900, and will include erec-
ton of a series of columns along
the C Street front. The Philadel-
phia firm submitted the lowest Of
13 bids. A contract on behalf of
the Government was signed by
Senator Phillip Lee Goldsborough
(R.) of Maryland.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Rooster and Hens
ReDOrted Stolen

In sharp contrast to yesterday,
when Alexandria police were busy
investigating a series of rob-
berries, there was only one re.
port on the police board this
morninf. James Brown, colored,
701 North Rayol ST., reported
that someone stole a rooster and
hens from beneath his house.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Alexandria KilOGnis
To Honor Graduates

The Alexandria Kiwanis Club
tomorrow will give its annual
luncheon to the graduates of the
Alexandria and George Mason
High Schools. Superintendent of
Schools r. c. Bowton is in charge
of the program. About $50 stu
dents will attend the lunch.
The local club has been COM
mended by the International
office for its work during the
naSt year.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
TABLET TO MARK HOME

The home of DR.. William
Brown, surgeon general of the
Continental Army, will be marked
with a tablet at the flag day ex-
erciSes in Alexandria on Sunday,
June IA. The house, located at
212 South Fairfax ST., was built
in ITS on land formerly owned
by Augustine Washington.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Sacred Heart NOUena
To BeQi11 Tomorrow

The Sacred Heart novena will
be held at the Church of the I'm
\ Ynaculate Conception, Eighth and
N streets Northwest, beginning
tomorrow and continuing through
June IL.
The novena will be said after
the daily masses at 7:30 and 10
a. m. and 1915 p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
PENNEY HEADS SOCIETY

DR.. Albert Owen Penney was
elected president Of the Podiatry
Society of the District of Colum-
bia at the annual election last
night. He also was selected to
represent the local society at the
annual convention of the National
Association of ChiropodistS at Los
Angeles next August.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
Cherrydale Man Drowns
Near Chain Bridge
Staff Photo

went down and efforts of the fire
rescue squad to restore breathing
proved futile.
Campbell is survived by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Campbell; a daughter, Miss
Amanda Campbell; two brothers,
Asa and Elvin Campbell and four
sisters, Mrs Letha Elliott, Ms.
Edna Marcy, Mrs. A m II d
Stewart, and Mrs. Almeda Mar
ceY. all of Cherrydale.
The Washington times., 1931-06-03
BISHOP TO PRESIDE

The Right Rev. John M. Nc
Namara, auxiliary bishop of Bal
timore, will preside at the annual
commencement exercises of st.
Johns College at Memorial Con-
tinental Hall the night Of June IS.
The Washington times., 1931-10-05
SpoOk Mediums andMyStery
Fakers Get Rich HaulS

From Stamford Conn., the story Of 100000 Will
fraud through spook methods of sprtuasc mediums ana
our home papers carried the Of woman robbed OF ne
entire savings $4 by alleged gypsy who told fortunes
and blessed other peoples money.
The domain of fraud extensive it not be fully
told of in volumes The domains of suckers worldwde
widows and wdower freshly bereaved are nearly always
the worst victims the field Of spooks In state OF ge
from their losses they psychogca fit for the schemes
of spook mediums and their trickster allies.
Tbese kind of peope are also sof stuff TO astroogers
clavoyants fortune eers of all brands How many thou
sands of people this country live by charlaanry NOBODY
knows but newspapers frequently record garng frauds
through tricks of mystery well through plain deception
and rckery the here Of alleged employment agen
Cies . 49,. -,
Harry Houdni the master magician Of all time seVeral
AGO appeared before Senate committee considering
proposed laws against fortuneteng takers or
mediums and offered to expose any mystery pro
oters could offer He bitterly denounced all these tngS
to get money from the public ...u- e..
Houdn explained many of the famous tricks of sers Tor
tune teers mind readers mediums and asroogeS VINO C
to know the future or bring contact with the dead
In these days of depression the unemployed are
played upon by fakers who must attempt to increase n
earnings. ... sso,.
Under these conditions the police and prosecuting
of our should be the alert to punish all VINO
fraud no matter what their line may be.
The Washington times., 1931-10-05

ity than we had before-a pros
perity that will not be spotted,
but will spread to all elements
of the people.
And that means there will
have to be a juster distribution
of the fruits of industry. Capt.
tai will have to be satisfied with
more reasonable profits and la
Dor will have to share more than
before in the joint earnings Of
capital and labor.
There can be no Justification
of a system under which the
rich constantly grow richer and
the poor poorer.
Nor is this demagogy or So
cialism or radicalism-it is the
sanest kind of conservatism.
We now know that we have been
operating Under a system which
makes it possible for many mil
lions of men, women and chill
dren to be hungry in the midst
of plenty.
That is the sort of thing that
leads to trouble. It is the rea-
son every thoughtful man now
knows that our capitahstic sys-
tenn is in peril.
The Washington times., 1931-10-05
Feeble-Minded Whistle, Not
:...> Brainy Folks
Saws Scientist; So What Say the Unscientific' -

TO the charge professor of philosophy in New York Uni
versity that only people ever whistle there tne
repv that in this city Secretaries Wilbur Brown and Ayde
occasionally whistle So do Representative Garner OF Texas
and Senator Vandenberg of Michigan
Abroad Enstein whistles and plays the Vohn Mussonni
whistles some and loves music almost any expressed
Still the professor scientist is most skepcal No great
or successful whsted much sensible person may
occasionally sing in bathtub but never whistles.
Here one why people Of average intelligence
never pay much attention to alleged scientists philosophers
especially.
Those gentlemen who love wisdom much that they con-
stantly search for and of occasionally acquire
curious ideas humanity its origin existence and possible
future No matter how theoretical these ideas may be they
sometimes promulgated the last word in truth.
whng probably habit that has nothing to do with IN
tegence It may be product of impulses or sentiments
Naturally great too much occupied to whistle much
At time many years ago considered entirely
out of place for to whistle That supposed to be
masculine activity. There is old adage, Beware of the
whistng woman Growing hen Now women whistle smoke
cigarettes drink BOOZE if they want to- There preudices
against those who do these things but few would be bold
enough to tell whstng that she lacks brains