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The Washington times., 1931-05-16
MRS. MARY A. TRUNNELL

Mrs. Mary "A. Trunnell, 80, a
resident of Washington for more
than so years, who died Wednes-
day at her home, 3413 P St.
N, w., was buried today from
Trinity Church, Thirty-sixth and
o Streets Northwest, with inter
ment in Holy Rood Cemetery.
Mrs. Trunnell was the widow
OF William H. Trunnell, a mem.
Der Of the Metropolitan Police
Force. She is survived by two
daughters. Mrs. Francis Nichols,
OF this city, and Mrs. Louise
Ewell, of Indianapolis, Ind; a
son, j. Arthur Trunnell, also of
Washington; seven grandchildren
and four great-grandchildren.
MRS. MARY MATILDA FRANCIS
The funeral for Mrs. Mary Ma
tilda Francis, II. a resident of
washington for q years, who
died Thursday at her home, 1905
Eighteenth st. N. w., following
a brief illness, will be held late
today from the w. w. Chambers
undertaking establishment, 14O0
Chaplin st. N. W., with burial in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Mrs. Francis was born in Phila-
delphia. She is survived by her
husband, Edward S. Francis; one
son, Charles K. Francis, and a
grandson, Charles K. Francis, jr.,
all of this city.
Evening star., 1931-12-09

While crossing the road during 4
gale at Bolton, England, Edward Will
son, SO, was blown under an automobile
and killed. ~ @ 80
Evening star., 1931-12-09

Sir Joseph Calvert, who rose from
office boy to industrialist and coal mfng
owner, has died at Middlesbroush
England, aged 78. =
Evening star., 1931-12-09

cable $50 feet down in the Pacific in
1915.
1t was during work on the sunken
submarine F-4 that Crilley made his
record-breaking dive and rescued Will
nam Frank Loughman at the risk of
his own life. Loughman was descend
ing to begin work on the submarine
when the surge of the surface waves
Strengthened out the cable and it
struck the diver terrific blow,
breaking his hip. His lines became
entangled and Crilley went to his aid.
Crilley was hours under water be-
fore the Job was done, and twice he
blew" his suit, risking the dread en-
emy OF divers. the bends" h order
10 shoot to the surface for lifelines
Tor the unconscious Loughman.
When the two men were finally
hauled out their bodies were erribly
bruised from the battering of the ca
BILE, and they stayed In the decompres-
sion tank, the Iron Doctor" II hours
before they could breathe at normal
atmospheric pressure.
Started In 1904.
The F-4 was only an interlude In
Crilley's diving life. He started In
1904, humping in his leaden shoes
dCIoSe lie OeCk OF The Old battleShip
Illinois. He put in 21 years of active
service in the Navy, was then trans
ferred to the Reserves, and was retired
as chief gunners mate.
Crilley took his first deep dive at
Monterey Calf, in 1908, from the
Illinois. He has medals for work In
the Messina earthquake disaster in
Italy. After leaving the Navy he en-
tered the employ of Mr.. Lake, and
worked on the experimental craft De-
fender in subsea salvage tests, and
also on the old Argosy He partici-
pated in salvage operations on the
Ward liner Merida, lying in 200 feet of
water of the Virginia Capes.
He got the Navy Cross for his work
on the Sd, Navy submarine sunk of
Provincetown, Mass, In 1927, and he
was member of Sir Hubert Wilkins,
expedition to the Arctic in the SUBJ
marine Nautilus. He is known not
only as courageous, efficient and sue
cessful diver, but as an expert on sub
sea salvage operations of all sorts.
(Copyright, 1881. BY the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
Evening star., 1931-12-09
LEWIS ADMITS PAY
ON BOSCH PROTEST
Case in Libel Suit Is Rested,
With Plaintiff Denying
Dual Employment.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER, N Y, December e.
After day of severe cross-examina-
ton, Merton E. Lewis, former State
attorney general, rested his case yes
teroay in the S250,000 libel suit he has
brought against the Chemical Founda-
tion, Inc, and Francis P. Garvan, It's
president
In the course of the cross-examina-
ton, under questioning by Joseph II
Choate, jr., attorney for the defendants
Lewis admitted that he had been en-
ployed by Otto Helms, German man.
ager OF the Bosch Magnetic Co., to draw
up complaint against A. Mitchell
Palmer, former alien property custo-
dian, and Mr. Garvin, based on the
Bosch Magnetic sale to the Chemical
Foundation after the Bosch company
stock had been seized by the United
States Government.
However, MIR. Lewis testified. he
withdrew from the action before the
complaint, charging Palmer and Gar
van with fraud and conspiracy in their
seizure of the stock and sale of the
STOCK was served and before he be-
came special counsel to the attorney
general in an action to recover IS GOO. :
600 instituted by the United States
Government for alleged fraud and con-
spiracy in the sale of the assets of
the Bosch Magnetic Co
Details of the Senate Judiciary Sub
committee hearing in 1919 in which
a fight was led by Lewis to prevent
the confirmation of Palmer's appoint
ment as Attorney General were aired
by Mr.. Choate in his discrimination
of the plaintiff. Lewis admitted he
was employed by Harvey T. Anderson.
attorney for Helms and representative
Of German interests, to appear before
the subcommittee to oppose the ap-
pointment Of Palmer on the ground
that he was an improper person for
the job
Lewis, In the action now on trial
mere, charges the defendants with hay-
ing made statement to the effect that
he was paid, while acting as special
attorney general, $4,000 from German
trusts funds" and that copies of this
statement were sent to 100000 promi-
nent persons throughout the country.
Evening star., 1931-12-09
INDIAN AGITATORS'
ARREST is EXPECTED
Rival for Gandhi Leadership Faces
Jail for Fomenting Rent
Rebellion.
BY the Associated Press.


LONDON, December e.-The arrest
OF Pandit Jahawarlal Nehru and other
antt-British agitators in India is ex-
pected, a dispatch from Bombay to the
London Daily Mail said today, as a
part OF the governments measures to
suppress new ''no-rent" campaign in
the united PROVINCES.
Pandit JAhawarlal was quoted early
this week ss urging the extension OF
the campaign against rents, and agents
OF the National Congress were said In
the Mails dispatch to be busy In the
Allahabad district urging villagers to
sign pledges to withhold rents.
The dispatch said Jahawarlal is q
rival OF Mahatma Gandhi for su-
premacy in the Congress and that more
moderate members are alarmed al
events which, indicate the possibility OF
a fresh conflict with the British gov
ernment.
Gandhi Is V meet the Working Com
mittee Of the congress on December 80
at Admedabad, it said, to decide on
future policy,
Meanwhile Lord Irwin, former vice.
roy TO, India, declared in the House of
Lords mere repression is a futile
remedy for political discomfort" in
India
Evening star., 1931-12-09

ctude william Booker, bass Rhett-
man Sa]vo.. Oliver Edwards and
Miller Simpson. pianist, who win
play Rubinstein's X m n { n
Ossrow."
Jehn Martin Lecture
Tomorrow Night ut Studio.
THE second lecture on the modern
i dance by John Martin, noted
dance critic, win take place tomor-
row morning at the Caroline Nc
Kinley Studio, 1881 street. Mr..
Martins subject this week win be
"A Guide to Modernism" and will
be followed by a discussion on the
subject among those present, as was
done at his first lecture last month.
The lecture will begin promptly
at $50, instead of . o'clock, as on
the previous occasion. Distinguished
leaders in the dance concert world
Of today wiz attend the lecture.
Evening star., 1931-12-09
st Olaf Choir
To Appear Here In Recital.
I NNOUNCEM

A ANINOUSOEMENI was made today
that the famous st. Olaf Choir
of Northfleld. MINI, which toured
= Europe for two months in 1890, will
appear for concert here in Consti-
Evening star., 1931-12-09
Music and Musicians
Reviews and News of Capitals Programs.

"Rienzi," Sibelius' symphonic poem
AFfnlandia," Schubert's "Unfnished
Symphony" and Liszt's Hungarian
Fantasy" These descriptive con-
certs are sponsored by the music
division al the Women's City Club.
University Glee Club
Sings Friday at Music Club. -
MUCH interest Is being shown In
Ava the program arranged by Mil
dred Kolb Schulze this coming Fri
day atsthe Friday Morning Music
Club when the University of South
Carolina Glee Club, under the direc-
tion Of Maurice Matterson, win ap-
pear here In recital.
A group Of Southern spirituals ar
ranged by Mrs. Schulze win be sung
by the club and other works will
include the Deems Taylor "Oh.
Caesar, Great Vert Thou" from the
opera TIE Kings Henchman";
Now Let Every Tongue Adore Thee"
from the Bach cantata "Sleepers
Wake; the King Henry aria from
Wagner's ''Loilengrin,' Pleading, ;"
by A. Walter Kramer; Morning." by
Speaks, and many other interesting
compositions. The soloists will in
Evening star., 1931-12-09
RASKOB AND SMITH
ASK PARTY TO ACT
Strengthen '32 Organization,
Both Urge minute Mem
J at Gotham LUNCHEON.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. y
NEW YORK, December 9:-Deno-
Gratis were urged to act Immediately to
strengthen their party organization for
the 1882 campaign in speeches yester-
day by John j. Reskob, National Com
mittee chairman, and Alfred E. Smith,
the titular head of the party.
Mr.. Raskob and Smith shared the
program with Jouett Shouse. nationaf
executive chairman, at luncheon OF
the Minute Men" a Democratic or
sanization recently incorporated TO ad-
wise with the committee on national
party politics. "A
Says Membership Gains. ';,.
Prior to the speeches, Shouse told
the SO Democrats In attendance that
lbs party leaders In "a States already
have applied for membership in the
Minute Mem and that this wide
spread representation guarantees that
the committee from now on may expect
the constructive advice and support of
many lay friends whose wise counsel
heretofore has been lost to the party"
Shouse added that the purpose of the
Minute Men" was to assist In making
the Democratic party the most eff
Client and effective agency possible for
the administration OF national affairs"
and that they would become IAN ire
sistible force for good government"
Raskob Hopes to Dust G. o. p.
Raskob, urging the necessity Of
strengthening the organization before
the presidential campaign, said that "a
victory in 1882 should enable the party,
under the able leadership which our
country needs, to remain in Office for
many years to come" - .
Smith said the Minute Men" organ
ization was "the most forward hooking
step ever undertaken by the party"
adding that the results of the National
Committees educational and organize
ton work since 1928 have demonstrar-
ed the value of constructive action of
the kind envisaged." Y
Evening star., 1931-12-09
BEATING or WORKERS
CAUSES MINE TO CLOSE
Missouri Colleries Shut Down for
Winter Through Strike
DifnSu1ties.
BY the Associated PreA.

BY the heAssocisted PreA.
RICHMOND, Mcs December Coal
mines, which opened Monday in this
vicinity after several weeks of idle
ness because of labor difficulties, were
closed again yesterday after two work.
ers were beaten an two others who
went to work armed rSre overpowered
and their weapons taken from them.
Mine operators were reported to be
Considering closing the mines for the
Winter. Their four mines employ ap-
proxinately 800 men.
The mines were shut down after the
operators announced they were unable
to continue the local union wage scale.
In recent weeks, men representing
themselves as organizers for the United
Mine Workers of America came to this
section and set up a reorganized union
They were unable to reach an. agree
ment with the operators, who finally
decided TO open operations on q nom
union basis -
Evening star., 1931-12-09
WOMEN VINO WE'D
WILL LOSE JOBS
Clerks Already Married to Be Give.
Leave Of Absence by Northern
Pacific Railway.
BY the Associated Press.


ST. PAUL, MINI. December g.
Women employed by the Northern Pa.
cif1c Railway will think twice befor,
they leap into matrimony after Jan
uary /. W.
An announcement by members of ths
brotherhood of Railway Clerks said tha
an agreement has been reached will
officials of the railway underA which
women employees who marry after thu
first OF the year will automatically
forfeit their positions
In addition, the agreement calls fu
six months leave of absence by al
married women employed by the road
beginning January l, If their husband
have jobs. q
The decree is expected to affect mort
than 300 married women employed over
the system.
Evening star., 1931-12-09

Gently returned with added triumphs
gained In the foremost concert halls
of Europe. f.-
"Tte st. Olaf Choir is known in
the musical world as one of the
outstanding cultural contributions Of
the country" Mrs. Gaardsmoe, chair
man of the committee, said today.
"It is one of Americas leading
organizations in choral singing and
has received tributes from critics in
New York, Los Angeles, Boston and
other of the Nations large cities.
DR.. F. Melius Christensen, its direc-
tor, who founded the organization
over a quarter of century ago, has
brought the singing of sacred music
TO higher level than ever. before
attained either here or abroad"
Descriptive Concert to Be
Given by Mary liant Couch.
MARY IzANT COUCH, pianist,
-" wiil*describe and plan compost
tions to be performed by the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra at the
next two concerts (not counting
tomorrow's children concert), those
of December 13 and II. tomorrow
/, evening at $50 O'Clock, at the Wom-
ems City Club. The works to be
played will be Wagner's overture to
Evening star., 1931-12-09

tuition H a ! ],
Eighteenth and
d ssreets north
west, on Febr-u-
airy 10, 1882, at
g. pm, under
the sponsorship
of d local com
mittee.
w a S h ington
people will have
their fourth op-
port t u n l t y to
hear these so
young singers,
who have ap-
peared in every
large city of the
United States
and c an a d a,
and are now re-
Evening star., 1931-12-09
Pension Plan Altered.

REGINA, Saskatchewan, December 9
P).-Under an agreement being drawn
up by the federal government OF justice
the Dominion government will pay rs
per cent of the cost of old-age pensions
and Saskatchewan will pay Is per cent,
announced yesterday. Each now pays
so per cent tbE'
Evening star., 1931-12-09
COWBOY FREED BY JURY
Found Not Guilty in Rancher's
y Death After Second Trial

EKALAKA, Mont, December o LP-
Alva Askin, 18-year-old cowboy. was
cleared Of charge of manslauahter
Yesterday evening by a district court
jury which heard testimony in his sec
ond trial in connection with the death
Of Charles Havens, 81, rancher, The
jury WIS out about "a hours.
Convicted after the first trial, young
Askin appealed.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-05
Walnut Grove Families
Entertain Friends

Walnut Grove, November miss
Fannie Thompson of Omaha, Nebras-
ka visited at the parental w. Thomp-
son home last week.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Knak-
muhs Thursday, October %, son.
Mrs. j. T. Jackson is visiting at the
Paul Knakmuhs home.
Mrs. Joseph Nelson is i'll at he1
home.
Fred Prail and daughter, Lillian,
Gertrude Owen and Margaret Erick-
son made a business trip to Revere
Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Virgins called
at the Sarah McGinn home Sunday.
E. w. Swoffer served on the jury
at Redwood Falls last week.
Mrs. A. j. Kaas entertained the
English Lutheran Ladies Aid Thurs
day.
Bertha Anderson went to Esther
vile, Iowa Wednesday to visit rela-
tives and friends.
Mrs. j. F. Rettmer was a Tracy
visitor Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Viola Hall of Lamberton visit
ed her aunt, Mrs. B. R. Briske, last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. G. Storm and son
Lester left Monday morning by auto
for California.
Mrs. George Stevens entertained
the Sew and Co club Thursday after.
noon. Mrs. C. w. Bulen was assist.
ant hostess.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. H
w. Fingerson Sunday, October 25
Mrs. c. Schultz is taking care Of
the mother and child.
Miss Katherine Hesnault wht
teaches in South ST. Paul and Mildred
Hesnault who attends teachers col
lege at st. Cloud were weekend
guests of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs
j. F. Hesnault.
Garvin Fordham who teaches a
Grand Rapids made short visit will
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. H
Fordham Saturday forenoon. Hor
ace Chapman of Granda who attend
Gustavus Adolphus college in ST
Peter accompanied him here. Garvil
had taken an auto load of young PEG
| pie from Grand Rapids to homecom
ing at st. Peter.
Mrs. Irwin Sell who visited las
week with her aunt and uncle, MI
and Mrs. Frank Lidenberg, left Sat
urday for her home at Braunton, he
sister, Miss Clarabell Hendricksor
accompanied her home.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs
Roy Harnick of near Revere, Friday
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-05

Mrs. C. L. Burns of WATERFOWL, S.
d. visited at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Fred Frail from Friday until
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Addison,
Mrs. Bert Addison, Mrs. Martin ia
cobs and Mrs. Ed. Klevan were at
Tracy Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Klevan and Mrs.
Clarence Addison were Westbrook
callers Saturday evening.
Miss Margaret Erickson who teach
es at Westbrook visited Lillian Prail
over the weekend.
Rev. and Mrs. j. C. Peters and
Mrs. Charles Hanson were at Tracy
Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Nelson and SON
Neal Of Lakeheld were visitors at the
Joseph Nelson home Sunday.
Myron Wigen made business trip
to Tracy Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Tigner and son
Kenneth and Mr.. and Mrs. o. R. For
bush of WATERFOWL, S. D. visited at
the Fred Prail home Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Schmidt and
sons William and Harry of Danube
visited at the DIR. T. w. Prail home
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Myron Wigen and son
who have been visiting at the W.
Radtke home in Johnsonville return
ed home Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Lillian Prail and Miss S. Ritz
lof called at the Fred Prail home
Wednesday evening on their way to
the Cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Christensen and
Mr.. Kady of GAINESVILLE called at the
Albin Klucking home Saturday.
Tom McGinn made a business trip
to Redwood Falls Saturday.
Mesdames Martin Jacobs, Ed.
Klevan and Fred Prail were enter
tanned at the Bert Addison home
Thursdaya fternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bendixen of
Revere visited at the A. A. Swanbeck
home Sunday.
Mrs. Paul Nelson entertained Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Prail and daughter,
Lillian, Mrs. C. L. Burns of Water
town, S. D., Miss Margaret Erickson
of Westbrook and Gertrude Owen at
dinner Sunday.
Miss Gertrude Owen went to Red
wood Falls Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Egge of
Dawson visited at the parental F.
Egge and B. Tellefson homes over the
weekend.
Miss Maxine Garlock who teaches
at North Redwood spent the weekend
with her father, L. E. Garlock.
Earl Paul of Minneapolis was visit
ing his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Paul last Sunday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-05
Present Hard Times Soft Compared With Pioneer
Days, Sc Year Old Hunter Agitation Fan Claims

the Mosquitoes were so thick could
get handful by grabbing across my
face. l tied the horses to trees and
had to keep smudge fire all night to
keep the pests from the horses. They
threatened to break away any minute.
GAS soon as we could see, we ate
and fed the horses and started on our
way again. 1t was necessary to ford
the river, as there was no bridge, and
there was danger always that water
would leak into the wagon box and
spoil the wheat but it just missed and
We got up the hill on the other side o.
k. l don't think the team could have
nauled half bushel more.
Nov we were on the prairie again
with no house in sight and just a
blind track to follow. The grass was
tramped down enough so we could fol-
low the road for another five or six
hours. Then we came to- another
creek.
by this time / found we had too big
a load for such poor road but a
search up and down the creek failed
to locate better ford. The team
just got the front wheels onto the
other bank and could go no further SO
l took off five sacks and then the
other five and carried them to higher
ground but they still failed to bulge
the load.
There we were stuck in a creek
80 miles from any help and no way OF
knowing what time it was for few
pioneers carried watches. Finally ]
had to empty one of the sacks and
carry the loose wheat from the wagon
onto high ground before we could get
the wagon out.
"Those days we knew really hard
times but we lived through them and
the country will come through again.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-05

/ sold was in October 1870 after
had hauled it from south of Wood
Lake to Willmar, a distance Of over
so miles.
81 spread wagon cover over the
wagon box filled with loose wheat
and then piled nine sacks on top,
making a heavy load considering the
roads.
Ia Miles Per Day
"At two o'clock we started on our
first trip to market, driving down to
the Minnesota river where Yellow
Medicine river enters it. After IA
miles we camped for the night.
81 wish l could describe the awful
misery of that night" Mr.. Tyson
states. at was warm and sultry and
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-05
Joseph Tyson Tells of Hauling
Cheap Wheat so Miles to
Market in 1870

1.-THE calamity howlers of today
don't know anything about hard
times" according to Joseph Tyson
Redwood Falls resident who has seen
Sc winters and is positive that several
of them were worse than the one the
country now faces.
Mr.. Tyson marketed his first load
of grain in this county in 1870, 81
years ago, and he has been actively
associated with conditions in Mime
sofa since. Despite his age he took
out a hunting license this fall and
shot his limit in pheasants at least
one day during the season. He is also
AN ardent aviation fan and is consid-
,ering the purchase Of plane.
His comment on business conditions
was prompted by an article written
by DR.. Andrew Boss for Twin Cities
newspaper. Mr.. Tyson and DR.. Boss
are old acquaintance and agree per-
fectly on the subject of modern times
as compared with pioneer troubles.
12H Cents Corn
comparing the present times with
She pioneer days of 1873 to TT, the
calamity howlers know nothing about
hard times" Mr.. Tyson declares.
''They talk about prices but in those
days both cattle and hogs sold for So
per hundred pounds and it took a
dozen real prime chickens to bring
SO.
"Corn brought 1914 cents per
bushel then after long haul to mark
ct and butter and eggs were worth al
most nothing. The first load Of wheat
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-05
October 80.

October 80.
B. L. Gates and wife are entertain
ing his mother, Mrs. Frances Gates
of Glencoe.
G. c. Brohaugh, resident engineer
Of the State Highway department
here, was a visitor in St. Paul over
the weekend.
Ben L. Gates and Russell Rosen-
dahl were visitors in the Cities this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Farber and
family from Granite Falls have NOV
ed here for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Butler of LETTERS
came here Friday evening to attend
the band dance.
Lillian Prail entertained a few
friends Saturday evening in honor of
Miss Margaret Erickson of West
Brook.
The Scandinavian Bell Ringers gave
a concert Thursday evening at the
Trinity Lutheran church.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-05
then moved on to others.

then moved on to others.
The river stopped running the last
few days in June and has been dry
for the longest period on record.
Marshall residents welcomed its re-
turn in the hope that they will soon
be getting soft water again. Water
in the river usually means water in
the city's surface wells. The artesian
well which has served the city with
water the last two months or more,
furnishes water which is too hard to
soften. Once the surface wells are
restored, softening can begin again.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-11-05
MarshaIl's Redwood
River Again Runs
The river runs again!

The river runs again!
For the first time in four months
water is moving in the Redwood al
Marshall. It's only small stream
but nevertheless it's river again.
Reports from the country west OF
there that the river was coming down
sent observers out to see what they
could scarcely believe after the long
drouth. And sure enought, Wednes-
day a small stream was trickling
through the city. Slowly, but surely
water filled hole in the river bottom