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The Washington times., 1931-03-27
NURSE MURDER
WAS ACCIDENT,
YOUTH SAYS
Hathaway, Jailed, Will Fight
Death Charge in StrangIing;
Family Comes to His Aid

CRANsTON, R. T., March 27 Il.
N.S) ).-AbSolut denial that he
strangled 20-year-old Verna E.
Russell, pretty student-nurse, and
word that court battle would be
made to prove his innocence, to-
day came from the cell of Elliott
R. Hathaway, 28-year-old son Of
State Representative Louis E.
Hathaway, of Fall River, Mass.
Except for the declaration of
his innocence of the Staying made
to relatives and officials, no other
statement has been made by the
young man."
Free from the terror Of a hunted
man, silent but calm, and even
jovial with a CHEEKY Good morn.
ing" to his guards. young Hath
away went about the Providence
county Jail routine in outward ex-
cellent spirits. At his own re-
quest he was assigned work in the
Jail shirt factory.
PROVIDENCE, R. l., March 81
Clad in regulation prison garb of
gray and watched by guards to
prevent suicide attempt, Elliott
r. Hathaway, %, scion Of a
wealthy Fall River family, was
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The Washington times., 1931-03-27

ence and Elmer Bait, his brother
in-laws, chipped in so cents
apiece to purchase the ticket for
$3.50.
When things quieted down a
bit, Clayton explained that he
would like to buy Gregalach-
the steed which won for him
He said:
II would like to buy him and
give him a good home for the
rest Of his life If he hasn't a
good home overseas"
Then Clayton explained some
of his financial ambitions. He
said:
"I want to do a little travel
ing with my wife when the
money comes through. I will
invest some of the winnings in
good securities.
Swamped With Offers
Before winning the money
I was Swamped by real estate
men, insurance men, stock
brokers and all sorts of people
selling things. They told me
all sorts Of things I could do
Continued on Page 2, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1931-03-27
HARRISBURG
MAN GETS
POST ON
TRIAL
Comes Highly Recommended;
Salary to Be $500 Year;
HarIand and EIdridge Aides

William E. Van Duzer, former
Pennsylvania traffic expert, was
today named by the District Com
missioners to fill the post Of Di-
rector of Vehicle Traffic created
under the traffic act passed at
the last session of Congress. His
salary will be $500 a year.
Mr.. Van Duzer'S appointment
is for a probationary period OF
one year and becomes effective
on July l.
Traffic Director William H.
Harland and Assistant Traffic Di-
rector M. o. Eldridge are to be-
come assistants to Mr.. Van
Duzer.
- Comes From Harrisburg
Mr.. Van Duzer has been en-.
gagged in traffic, work in Penn
sylvania since 1911. He comes
here from Harrisburg, Pa. He
has served as assistant of the
Pennsylvania Department Of
Highways.
When the post of director Of
vehicles and traffic was created
by Congress the District Commis-
sioners received recommendations
concerning the ability of Mr.. Van
Duzer from many traffic organ
iZationS.
Among those who recommended
his appointment were Miller Nc
Clintock, director of the ErSkine
Bureau of Harvard University;
Roy w. Crum, director of the
highway research board Of the
National Research Council: Bur-
ton w. Marsh, traffic engineer
Of Pennsylvania.
Expert on Problems
In 1928 Mr.. Van Duzer was ap-
pointed transport engineer of
Pennsylvania in cooperation with
the bureau Of public roads and
had supervision of the transport
survey in the State, which re-
suited in a construction program
by the State of Pennsylvania.
The new director was an Of
ficial delegate appointed by the
governor of Pennsylvania and
attended the National Safety
Council meetings in this city last
fall. He is the author of
numerous articles in magazines
and other publications on traffic
problems.
The Washington times., 1931-03-27
BLIZZARD HOLDS
WEST IN GRIP

OMAHA, Nebr., March 27
UN.S).-A March blizzard driven
by raging winds was moving east
ward today across the upper plains
States, Gripping traffic and COM
municationS.
Schools in rural areas were
closed, airplanes were kept on the
ground and automobile and rail
road traffic was tied up by the
heavy fall of snow in eastern Wy
oming, Oklahoma and Nebraska.
No loss Of life was reported, nor
had the live stock suffered much
damage in the grazing area.
In Wyoming and Nebraska, the
blizzard was believed to be the
worst of the winter season.
Huge drifts of snow paralyzed
traffic in the vicinity Of Colo
rado Springs, Col.
Heavy SHOWS and a rapidly
falling temperature was general
throughout northern Nebraska.
At Lead, S. D., the mercury
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The Washington times., 1931-03-27
Sun Giives Us 10 Ounces
OF Light a Second

of particles, light particles or pho
tons. Other characteristics of
light rays show their nature as
systems of waves.
The waves are the directing
paths along which the light par
ticles or photons travel. These
waves, according to DR.. Compton,
are just waves of probability.
That is, by their intensities, one
measures the chance a photon
has of going in a given direction.
Mass Due to Speed
PhotonS of light are Incredibly
small in mass or weight, and their
entire mas is due to their ire
mendouS speed, which is the speed
of light waves, about 1876 600 miles
a second. Photons at rest have
no mass.
To bring out the wide lange be,
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The Washington times., 1931-03-27

PALM SPRINGS, Calf, March
27.-A pajama parade, led by
Palm Springs millionaire
colony" will be this desert towns
farewell gesture for Mayor James
j. Walker, when he departs for
New York next Tuesday, accord
ing to plans being made today.
All Hues of Rainbow
A. w. Starke, of Milwaukee,
chain barber shop owner, head
ing the committee of arrange
ments, said men and women in
pajamas of all the hueS of the
rainbow would escort Mayor
Walker from the Samuel Unter-
myer Villa to the hotel.
The mayor will then drive to
the Southern Pacific station, ten
miles away, to catch q train leav-
ing for New York. ...-.
The Washington times., 1931-03-27
2 Horses Lose Lives
In Steeplechase as
They Break Legs

AINTREE, England, March ~
GN.SO.-Today's Grand Ma
tional SteeplechaSe, at which a
new course record of 9 minutes
324 seconds was established
by Grakle, also established a
record for the number of major
casualties to occur in any Grand
National in recent years.
Two of the thoroughbreds
which competed in the turf
classic broke a leg each on some
of the difficult jumps and had
to be destroyed on the course.
The first to fall was Swift
Rowland, owned by Mrs. Ches-
ter Beatty. American racing en-
thuSiaSt, and the secono was
Drin, owned by Albert Bendcn.
Both were shot when the extent
of their injuries were deter
tAS4AAASSS
The Washington times., 1931-03-27
WINS
WILLS SUIT

CHICAGO, March 27 G.N.SD.
Circuit Judge H. Sterling Pom
eroy today directed verdict in
favor of Jack Dempsey, former
heavyweight champion, in the
$5OO,OO suit brought against him
for alleged breach of contract by
the Chicago Coliseum Club. The
jury assented.
At the same time, it became
known that Paddy Mullen, man
ager for Harry Wills, colored
fighter, has rendered Dempsey a
formal challenge for a bout to
be held in the near future.
In court yesterday Dempsey
announced he was willing to fight
Wills. The suit against him grew
out of his alleged failure to meet
Wills under contract signed
with the Coliseum Club in 1926.
The Washington times., 1931-03-27

NEW YORK, March 27.-The
amount of sunlight that comes to
the earth each second weighs
altogether about 10 ounces.
This is minute fraction OF
the entire weight of the radia-
ton of the sun. Each second the
sun radiates away photons or
slight bullets" that weigh 4,OOO,-
900 tons.
So says DR.. Arthur H. Comp
ton, Nobel Prize physicist Of Chi
cago University, who is now dis
coursing on the nature of light
and atoms at the College of the
City of New York.
Professor Compton pointed out
that sciences latest view is that
light consits of both particles
and waves. That is, some of the
behaviour of light rays is such
as indicates their being showers
The Washington times., 1931-03-27
$500 GIFT"
FORRUSH|NG
PENTHOUSE
Tammany Hand Seen in Case
Involving Member: Charne
Race to Beat City Probe

NEW YORK, March 27.-Rollin
C. Bastress, resigned chief in
spector of the Manhattan bureau
Of buildings, a dignified man Of
So who had been in the city's
service for 20 years, confessed to-
day that he had accepted a
bribe, according to an announce
ment made by Assistant District
Attorney Harold Hastings.
BastreSs, arrested suddenly in
his home in Jamaica early this
morning, was taken to police
station to await arraignment in
TOmbs court. Hastings declared
that Bastress admitted he had
accepted $1,5OO from Walter G.
Jones, president of Walter G..
Jones, Inc, building contractors,
to speed up approval Of plans
for q penthouse. .
Admission StartIes
The bribe, according to the as
sistant district attorney was paid
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The Washington times., 1931-03-27
N. !. CLUB BARS
TEN JOCKEYS
BY PADDOCK


Jockey Louis Morris, Of this
city, who has been riding for the
past is years, was refused a rid
ing license last night by the
Jockey Club of New York, together
with nine other jockeys and 13
trainers.
The ruling goes into effect i'm.
mediately. Morris won't be al
lowed to ride during Maryland's
spring racing, which opens at 2::3O
p. m. Monday at Bowie.
No owner, trainer or jockey
who cannot show a clean bill
from the powers that be in Illi-
nOis, Kentucky, New York or
any other State where racing
is legalized, will be allowed to
operate in Maryland.
New York Club Rules
The Maryland Racing Com
mission works in accord with
the Jockey Club Of New York,
as well as every other racing
commission in America and
Canada, therefore the men who
are under suspicion in New
York won't be allowed - ply
their trade in Maryland Until
the men who ruled against them
lift their ban.
At last nights meeting in New
York the Jockey Club refused
the following jockeys licenses
Louis Morris, Of Washington
Thomas McTaggart, of Baltimore
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The Washington times., 1931-03-27
3 Mentioned to Fill
Citu Council Post

ALEXANDRIA, March 27.
Three names are being mentioned
for the vacancy on the city coun-
Gil caused by the resignation OF
Mayor Carroll Pierce which is
effective April l.
Names of F. C. Goodnow, for
mer president of the chamber of
commerce; L. H. Dudley, cashier
of the Alexandria National Bank,
and M. T. Dyer, editor Of the
Alexandria Gazette, are all being
mentioned as possibilities.
The Washington times., 1931-03-27
Lindbergh and Wife
TrU Out NeU Plane

NEWARK, N. j., March 27
U.N.S0 Col. and Mrs. Charles
A. Lindbergh today tried out
their new monoplane with retrac,
tible landing gear, which was
brought East recently. An inter
ested group Of fliers watched
them at the Metropolitan Airport
here.
The Washington times., 1931-03-27

(COntinued on Page 2, Col. 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-04-30
American Legion
500 Ball Teams Legion Slogan

Five hundred Junior Legion
baseball teams will compete with
each other during 1881, and the
district champions will meet at
Saltwater next July to decide the
state title, according to c. A. (Chic)
Zwiener of Ortonville, department
Legion athletic director, recently
appointed state Legion adjutant.
Director Zwiener states that
Junior baseball is growing in favor
every wear. In 1928, he said there
were 211 Minnesota teams; in 1929
the North Star State had 1858; and
in 1880 the total reached 401, with
several thousand of boys actively
participating.
Throughout the entire nation,
hundreds of thousands of boys in
thousands of Junior Legion base
ball teams play the game every
year under proper supervision
Mr. Zwiener declared.
''While every team hopes to win
in the local, district, state, regional,
sectional and even in the Junior
World Series tournaments it is the
aim of local Legion leaders, not to
perfect Just one championship-win-
ming team, but rather to organize
several teams in which as many
boys as possible may play the game
according to honest and sports
manlike American ideals"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-04-30

Chrysler, studebaker, Hudson, Cad
lilac, Willys-Knight, Nash, Cord
and REQ.
Data as to consumption dilution,
carbon-forming characteristics, eff
ficiency of the fabrication, and
other details were carefully gather
ed and recorded by the A. A. A. of
ficials and will be presented in the
series of ads by which the company
will this year undertake to inform
automobile dealers as well as mot
orists as to the fine points Of good
fabrication of cars.
Radio was brought into the cam
paign to announce the conclusion
of the tests at the speedway, and
booklets, direct mail, and other adj
vertising helps are to be used. But
newspaper ads will be the chief
medium through which the COM
pany will endeavor to make known
to the public the proof of it's claims
furnished by the Indianapolis
speedway test.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-04-30
LEGISLATORS BUNGLE REAPPOR-
TIONMENT

After playing for advantage for weeks
and months the reapOrtionment committees
of the House and Senate of the Minnesota
Legislature submitted mOngrel bill which
was passed almost the last hour of the ses-
sion.
Because of the very crowded condition
of the House chamber in Washington is not
only impracticable but almost impossible to
increase the membership of that body. Be
fore the taking of the Federal Census last
year minimum average population for each
Congressional district was set. While Min
nesota showed an increase in population over
the 1920 census, nevertheless the representa-
ton in the next Congress was reduced from
10 to 9.
Minneapolis has composed the Fifth dis
trict for years with some of the Wards and
parts of rural Hennepin tackled on to the
Tenth District In the shake-up the Tenth
District was eliminated. Much of the Rural
Tenth was added to the Sixth district; sew
eral wards of the city were added to the Sew
enth, number to the Third.
The bill as eventually passed made the
Fifth district top=heavy in population. With
the greed for which Minneapolis has long
been famous great hue and cry went up
from the Press and politicians The Rural
districts were plotting against the Flour City,
it was alleged.
The week before the Legislature adj
journed the Herald editor was visiting with
well known Minneapolis citizen; also a
politician. He stated that while it was true
that the Fifth district was overly populated
as compared with the rest of the districts, it
was decidedly easier for the Fifth district
Congressman to keep in touch with his con-
stituency and make his campaign than it
was for the member from the Sixth, Seventh,
or any Of the Rural districts.
Gov. Olson, as a true Minneapolitan
vetoed the reapportionment bill passed-too
late for the Legislature to redraft and pass
new one.
The question has been raised by some of
the members of the Senate that this veto
with Federal requirements and that the sig
nature Of the Governor was not necessary.
The case viii go through the Courts and the
Governor will win out
The only way to cure the blunder of the
Legislature will be an extra session of the
Legislature which costs the state thousands
: of dollars each day. The members will not
draw salary for special session but will re-
ceive mileage for one trip
If the Governor refuses to call a special
session and the Congressman from this state
are elected at large Minneapolis will very
/! likely garner five or more of the House mem
bers. The Flour City already has the Gov
ernor and both United States Senators.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-04-30
RAILROADS FAIL IN ATTEMPT TO
CONTROL TRAFFIC

A generous Minnesota Legislature in the
last hours of the session passed the Truck
bill sought by the railroads of the state which
would have practically put the truck lines
out of business and would have placed Sank
Centre and other towns affected by the Far
go-Watertown freight rate rulings at the
mercy of the railways.
With the truck service this city is placed
on parity with all of the other cities of the
state, in less than car load shipments, as the
truck rate is the old Minnesota freight rate
There is the additional advantage of having
very prompt service with the merchandise
delivered at the door of the business man.
When the bill passed the House the Rail
road brotherhoods had an amendment attach
ed which would prevent the railroads from
entering the trucking business. The rail-
roads did not like this amendment. The orig
inal bill compelled the truck lines to charge
the same rate as that fixed by the Interstate
Commerce Commission for the railways.
With material increase in sight July first
by order of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission number of the members of the Leg
islature who so generously voted for the rail
roads to ham-string the truck lines will prob
ably realize that the trucks are rendering a
real service to the State.
Complaint is made that the trucks are
not paying enough for the use of the High
way. That may be true. Charge them suf-
ficent license taxes to equalize the conditions.
The Sank Centre Community Club was
strongly opposed to the truck bill. AS soon
as it became known that the amended bill
had passed, the legislative committee of the
Club sent strong letter to Gov. Olson urg-
ing veto of the measure. The chief executive
was bombarded with kilograms both for and
against the bill. Delegations from the rail
way unions and railway officials urged him
to sign Saturday Mr.. Olson killed the meas
ure with pocket veto." The following is
partial statement of his reasons for refus-
ing to hamrstring the truck lines:
IT have failed to approve house file No. 7SS,
commonly known the truck BILL The bill is
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-04-30

then out of there on the Pan Amer
lean anyways, and over the real
jungles, and stopped first at a lit
tie Mexican army post called San
Geronimo. Gassed up, was thirsty
but everybody said don't drink wat
er in the tropics, and by golly
haven't. And my first Mangole, I
believe it was to eat. Now we are
on the west coast of Mexico, we
have crossed the neck, or straights
and are headed for Guetmala. We
make some other one on the line,
and then into -Guetmala City, the
capitol of that country. We have
seen it on the maps of our old
geographys. It's in the rolling hills
and quite a bit of aviation activity,
and is a pretty little city from the
air. They raise coffee and tell you
that its the best there is in Central
or South An erica.
But wait a minute, we haven't
got to Costa Rica yet, and they tell
YOU that too. and I believe they got
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-04-30

in anticipation of a substantial increase in rail-
road rates in Minnesota which will take effect
about July next and is designed to force the
rates to be then charged by common carrier
trucks up to the rates to be then charged by
common carrier railroads.
Expressed in frank terms, the purpose Of the
bill is to force the common carrier trucks out Of
business and restore to the railroads the So
called less-than-carload lot transportation BUSH
ness heretofore taken from them by the common
carrier trucks.
1.-THE rates Of common carrier railroads and
common carrier trucks now are about equal, but
it is anticipated that the proposed Increase in
railroad rates without like increase in truck
rates will cause the railroads to lose more of
their less-than-car-load lot business to the trucks
TN effect therefore. they are asking the state
to protect them from the consequences of a sit
uation which they themselves contributed to
bring about. That protection also will result in
imposing heavier transportation charge burden
upon the people Of the state.
II have given great deal of thought to the
many recommendations for the signing of this
bill received from railroad employees I am keen
ly sympathetic with their position, but do not
believe that this legislation would appreciably
insure their continued employment by the rail-
roads.
'By a remarkable coincidence, there was placed
on my desk with the so-called truck bill
luton by the legislature urging congress to ap-
propriate huge sum of money with which to
build the nine-foot channel in the Mississippi
IF we are to compel truck companies to charge
as high freight rates as railroad companies
should we not carry out the same principle with
reference to waterway transportation, if and
when we secure it, and if to carry out
that principle, why concern ourselves with wat
erway transportation?
"This BILL in my opinion, if permitted by me
to become law, would work severe injustice
upon the independent merchants of Minnesota
who are unable to purchase commodities in car
load lots and will be able to compete with the
chain institutions only because of the cheaper
truck transportation rates for commodities
shipped in less than carload lots.
"The common carrier trucks regulated
by the Minnesota railroad and warehouse
missioner. The commission created and
has existed for the purpose of regulating rates to
be charged by common carriers-truck rail-
road-and any unfair competition against the
railroads can be corrected by the commission"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-04-30
Never Did the Legion Star Shine
Brighter State Commander Saws


In a message just issued to the
$1,000 Legionaires and 10000 Lee
gion Auxiliary members of Mime
sofa, A. B. Kapplin, of Duluth, state
commander, says:
"At the recent spring conference
in st. Paul, in my travels around
the state, find the Legion star in
it's ascendancy. Never has it
shone brighter than at the present
time. Not only are we continually
growing in membership, but there
is a most favorable sentiment pre-
valent everywhere throughout the
state. We have arrived.
IT am firmly convinced that there
has never been time when men
can so easily be enrolled into the
American Legion. Minnesota has
exceeded the 1881 membership quo
ia of $1,000 passing the goal much
earlier this year than ever before.
We are already nearly a thousand
members ahead of our grand total
for 1880, and indications are that
we will set a new record in Mime
sofa Legion membership this year.
"This is definite proof that there
is a general appreciation of our
efforts for the disabled, soldiers
of the great benefits secured
for world war veterans by the
American Legion, and of the great
peacetine service given the COM
munities of the state by the 500
posts and 400 Legion Auxiliary
units in Minnesota.
I'm addition to full pros am
of community service, this year
we are engaged in establishing
Fairgrounds in the small towns, in
helping relieve unemployment and
in assisting veterans with their
claims, as well as making out APP
plications for loans on their adjust
ed service certificates. Every Lee
gion post in Minnesota has been es.
tablished as an official agency for
the Veterans Bureau. For this lat
ter work we have just received
letter Of appreciation from the
manager of the United States Vet
Grams Bureau at Fort Smelling.
"At the national convention in
Boston last fall we received the Le-
gion's most coveted award, the ma
tional service trophy, for outstand-
ing service in behalf of disabled
veterans and their families.
Certainly we have cause to be
proud Of the American Legion, And
1 respectfully submit that member
ship in this organization is a glor-
ious privilege and an opportunity.
Invite your comrades to join and
march with us in the greatest
peacetime army of service in all
history-The American Legion.
1t Pays t. -"rtise in the Herald.