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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-06-11

that Betsy might be left an orphan
with no one to guide her, and teach
her not to shake her bumpers at
policemen. How she does hate a uni
form
But anyway this little anecdote re-
lieves me Of having to give you any
decorating information this week. Who
would want to use curtains at their
windows, anyway, when they could
take advantage of an idea like the
Japanese parasols2 And the 'stalact-
ites'-how perfectly mundane wall
paper would be compared to them
The metal roses were certainly work
Of art. II you want to know how to
make some for your 'parlor', I know
he would be glad to teach you'll
couldn't.
The above would be grand scheme
for party decorations though, wouldn't
1t? And who wants to think Of house.
keeping all the time, anyway
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-06-11

the room. A cheerful little fireplace
awaited a match. At the touch Of an
electric button, metal roses growing
by the fireplace burst into myraid
blossoms-each flower a glowing light
He had made them, and also painted
the cattails that Haunted their glory
OH the other side. The four small
windows In the room each had O
Japanese parasol In place Of shade
and the daylight filtered through
green or red as the case might be-
From the ceiling hung rows upon rows
OF tinscl, so that looking up one had
the impression Of being In q cave Of
stalactites. In the far corner stood
a beautiful piano, with more vases and
pottery adjoining 1t.
A young chap was idly stunning q
tune. Near the door was a set Of
drums and traps.
do you playp" asked, after
could sufficiently catch my breath.
Sure. give us tune, Jack" Anc
! Jack obliging, he picked up his sticks
and dashed into q rollicking dance
piece. could hardly keep my feet
still. The music ended with a crast
Of drums, and bang Of the cymbal.
L
We'll, this isn't getting those brake.
fixed he exclaimed. What d'you
think Of my studio2"
Wonderful" I murmured dazedly-
"Do you live here2"
yep, all alone. Happy Bill, that's
me. Folks say, 'What'ya want to bt
a mechanic for, when you can do Sc
many ether things'--but 1 don't give
q hoot for money-money isn't every.
thing, every fellow can have what
money can buy, I'd rather have the
things 1t can't buy"
1881.
And that's a true story-I swear 1t
He asked me to go riding in his speed
boat too, but didn't have my water
wings handy, and hated to think
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-06-11

The locomotive was not behaving as
a true locomotive should First 1t
would move forward hundred yards
or SO, and then, with a good deal Of
putting, 1t would shift back to its
original position. For ten minutes
this had been going on, while the pas
sengers raved all along the train.
At last one Of them, unable to con-
tain himself any longer, hailed the
conductor.
what on earth is the mattera" he
demanded.
"Well", the conductor said, "I'm not
sure, but / think the engineer is
teaching his wife to drive"
Alcohol is good for two things, to
preserve the dead and kill the living.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-06-11

Mrs. Wells and daughter, Miss Thel-
mn were at ColvIlle, Wash, last week
attending the graduation exercises OF
Colville high school, Webster Wells be-
Ing one Of the graduates.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-06-11

1928.
Almost ran over policeman today
10 decided to get my brakes fixed.
Drove down to Happy BillG--'s'.
We got to talking while no tinkered
and the more ! talked, the more he
talked, and the more he talked.
"You say you're decorator? Say
l guess I'm q sort OF competitor q
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-06-11
BURTON NEWS ITEMS

Louie Brocseau was arrested and
fined for speeding through Burton last
week.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-06-11

ing in Seattle since 1918, will have
rooms for the summer with Mrs. Corliss
at Newport. She will open kinder
garten school OF ten weeks, beginning
June 18th, at the Consolidated grade
school building. It is hoped the Island
Will respond in their usual progressive
manner to this good work, which is n
rare opportunity for the little folks.
Mr.. j, Lewis Fretz arrived home from
Vermilion, South Dakota University,
where he has completed his work, and
will leave soon for the olympics where
he has Job during the summer.
Mr.. VIM. N. Young, superintendent
OF the Kuna, Idaho, schools, and family
accompanied by Miss Rita Book, q re-
cent graduate Of the Kuna high school,
are in Burton for their summer vaca-
ton, a yearly trip they look forward
to with much pleasure
Through the courtesy Of Mr.. j. M.
Staples, our accommodating bus driver
q party of Burton people were taken,
Monday evening. to the Mukai berry
plant where night crew was sorting
and barreling strawberries. An &C.
count of this industry was given in
the News-Record short time ago, but
a personal visit was an eye opener and
a mouth opener to watch the luscious
fruit slide over the screens after be-
ing washed, into the barrels where a
steady stream of sugar preserved
them. Mr.. Mukai graciously answered
all questions and made all feel free
to visit any part of the plant and the
beautiful rock garden and surround
ings.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-06-11

mn were at ColyIlle, Wash, last week
attending the graduation exercises OF
Colville high school, Webster Wells be-
Ing one Of the graduates.
Rev. and Mrs. M. Mclean Goldie are
over from Port Angeles for "a weeks
stay with their daughter, Miss Gather
Inc Goldie.
Mrs. @. L. Jackson attended the
dedication Of the new Christian ALI
ance Church at Bremerton Sunday, Of
which she is q member.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Heating of Tacoma
are at the Staples home for an indefi-
mite stay. Mrs. Heating and Mrs.
Staples are sisters.
Mrs. Cundiff and daughter and SON
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. williams
were over from Gig Harbor last week
visiting at the Geo. Hofmeister home.
Mrs. Butler OF Tacoma was also guest
of Mrs. Hofmeister during the week.
Miss Evelyn Barger will attend sum-
mer school in Seattle and besides her
regular studies, will take dancing les
sons at the Mary N. Wells school, and
music at the university.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ v. Alexander and
Mr.. and Mrs. B. D. Cavanaugh arrived
from Hollywood Thursday and are en-
sconced In the jacob home at Newport
for three months. This is the second
season on the Island for the Alexanders
and we predict next summer will be a
second season for the Cavenaughs, as
they are enthusiastic in their praises
Of this wonderful Puget Sound coun-
try.
Mrs. Ada Suffer who has built quite
house out of her Burton cabin, is still
improving the appearance with a first
coat of paint which she put on herself
with the assistance of Capt. Wiman,
who happened along one day, and es
his heart always goes out to the widows
and orphans, he climbed the ladder and
hit the high spots, knowing full well
that good dinner would be awaiting
him in the regions below. Mrs. SUIT
ter's optimism, coupled with good
healthy work has made the years set
lightly, and would put to shame many
women twenty years younger who get
the wrong viewpoint of life.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Asuzano and baby
of Seattle, formerly from Chicago, have
rented Mrs. Nelson's Burton home,
known as the Foster place, for the
summer.
May Gammell is in Seattle attending
all the good entertainments in the city
and to be with her daughter, Miss
Gertie, who graduates from the State
University. They will return the first
Of next week.
DR.. and Mrs. F. H. Grandy are off
on few days much needed vacation,
we don't know where, but hope they
will escape telephones, mosquitoes, and
all the annoying things that bar COM
plete rest, and peace.
Mrs. Mary L. Hagist, nationally
known educator, who has been teach
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-06-11

Rev. and Mrs. M, Mclean Goldie are
over from Port Angeles for "a weeks
stay with their daughter, Miss Gather
Inc Goldie.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-06-11

Him: "oh, shall get ahead some
how"
Her: mo doubt--another big one"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-06-11

Mrs. g. L. Jackson attended the
dedication OF the new Christian ALI
ance Church at Bremerton Sunday, OF
which she is a member.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-06-11

Mrs. Mary L. Hagist, nationally
known educator, who has been teach
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-06-11

Mr.. and Mrs M. Heating of Tacoms
are at the Staples home for an indefi.
mite stay. Mrs. Heating and Mrs
Staples are sisters.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Eight Hurt in Texas
Powder Explosion

DALLAS, Tex, Sept. 9 U.N.S).
At least eight persons were in
jured, two of them so seriously
they may die, and five buildings
wrecked by the explosion of a
large Du Pont Powder Company
dynamite magazine today near
Hutchins, six miles from here,
Ruins near the scene were being
searched for possible other vic
Tins.
The explosion was caused by a
grass fire which ate it's way un.
observed into the powder plant.
The magazine was said to have
contained $4,000 pounds of dynaI
mite and a quantity of INT and
gelatin explosives. It was the
central plant of five magazines
in the vicinity.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
BAYLES SPEEDS
MERCY PLANE

ASHTABULA, Ohio, Sept. 9
UN.SD Racing against time in
an effort to save the legs of his
two injured mechanics, Lowell
Bayles, Springfield MaSs.) air.
speed king, hoped off from here
this afternoon for the New Eng
land city in huge transport
plane which was transformed into
an emergency aerial Ambulance
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Sept. 9
U.N.SD off on an errand of
mercy, Lowell BayleS, Springfield
speed flier. hoped from Bowles
Airport here for AShtabula, Ohio,
to the bedside of his two me-
chanicS who were seriously in
jured in a motorcycle accident.
BayleS put aside an opportunity
to hang up a new American land
speed record at Cleveland Airport.
Bayles expected to bring one
of the mechanics, Harry Jones,
20. back to Springfield. The
other. Nelson Lundgren, 10, was
in such critical condition it was
decided not to risk an airplane
flight.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Engineer Who WedBeauty
Is Sued BY Ex- Wife

her early married life was a
struggle against poverty and she
had pawned her rings to aid her
husband.
When reached by telephone at
the Wardman Park today the
present Mrs. Gordon was asked
for any statement she cared to
make about the developments in
White Plains supreme court. She
crisply replied she would say
nothing.
Gordon in Statement
Mr.. Gordon made the follow
ing statement this afternoon:
"On good legal advice, 1 was
divorced in Mexico from the
first Mrs. Gordon in June. 1880.
On the same sort of good legal
advice, 1 married again in Con-
necticut in the August follow.
ing. After a marriage of Is
years, my first wife and I had
separated two years before the
Mexican divorce, and she seemed
satisfied with the separation
agreement.
II shall not reply now to un.
justified allegations in Mrs.
Lillian GOrdOn'S bill, but my
attorney will present categorical
denialS in the court"
The Washington times., 1931-09-09

The first wife of Ellery B. Cor
don, mineral economist in the De-
partment of Commerce, today
filed suit at White Plains, New
York, alleging that she had lost
her husband to the then Charlotte
Phillips, the present Mrs. Gordon,
and asking 500 per week alimony.
She attacked the validity of the
Mexican divorce which she says
enabled Gordon to wed again.
The GordonS now are living at
Wardman Park Hotel.
Claims DeSertiOn
In the White Plains suit filed by
Mrs. Lillian Gordon, she claims in
effect that while Charlotte Phil
lips didn't win the 1927 beauty
contest at Atlantic City she won
her husband. She asserts that
Gordon left her shortly after he
met Miss Phillips.
Attacking the validity Of the
Mexican. divorce, the first Mrs.
Gordon herself sues for a decree
and asks the court for S100 per
week alimony and counsel fees OF
$1,000. She alleged that her huS-
band, a Government official,
earned $4,000 as an expert of
the Department of Commerce,
but other sources today said that
his salary did not approach that
sum.
Mrs. Gordon alleges she first
learned of the present Mrs. Cor
don when her husband allegedly
obtained a position for her as q
model with a wearing apparel
firm of which he had been secre-
tary.
No. 2 Silent
Meanwhile, she AYERS, her hus-
band had leased an apartment in
which Charlotte lived while he
was still abiding with her, Lillian,
in their Mt. Vernon IN. " home.
The first wife also claimed that
The Washington times., 1931-09-09

BOEING AIRPORT, SEATTLE,
Wash, Sept. 9 G.N.S).-As the
hands of the airport clock crept
past 9 a. m. moon, Washington
time) today no word of the prog
ress of Don Moyle and C. A.
Allen, California airmen, flying
from Japan to Seattle, had been
received here.
1t was at that hour the fliers
had expected to arrive. They
estimated it would take them a
little over A hours to make the
4.465-mile journey when they left
Samushiro Beach, Japan. This
period had elapsed at noon, Wash
ington time.
Sighting Plane Doubted
A furry of excitement was
caused among the airport attend
ants. newspaper men and specta-
tors at the field when a report
was telephoned from Port Town
send, Wash, that a plane had
been sighted over that city head
ing east at 1885 a. m.
Hope that this ship might have
been that of the transpacifiC
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
K|DNAPERS GIVE
$4,000 BRIBE
To POLICE


of Gang that Abducted Mac
KeIt and Got Huge Ransom
HICAGO Sept. 9 UNS).
States Attorney John Swanson
headquarters announced today
police had accepted a $4,000
bribe to release kidnapers follow
ing the ransom of James Hackett,
wealthy Blue Island gambler.
The sensational charge came
from Chief Investigator Patrick
Roche following the identified
ton of Monte More, .eX-convict,
as a member of the kidnap ring
which abducted Hackett.
Moore indicated a willingness to
talk and may expose all the raml-
ficatiOnS of the kidnap racket, ac-
cOrding to Roche.
Hackett also identified Joseph
Yates, 38, arrested with Moore,
police said. This Identification
was made from photograph.
The gang is believed to be the
same which abducted John j.
Lynch, wealthy head of a race
information service, last month.
According to Roche, Moore said
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
6 j A 7 EMALANS
QUIT COUNCIL

GENEVA, Sept. 9 G.N S.).-The
Guatemalan delegate today an
nounced his governments with
drawal from the League of Ma
tions Council, explaining that par
ticipation was too expensive"
during the present economic
crisis.
M. Yoshisawa, Japanese dele
gate, told the council that his
nation had gone the limit in the
matter of disarmament. He SAID:
Japan has disbanded four
army divisions since the war,
and the remainder represents
65 per cent of our prewar
strength.
"We hope that our neighbOrs.
upon whom Japan'S security
depends, will equal Jaran's in
tentiOn."
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Girl Used to Balk Cupid
Sues for 100000 Fee

BOSTON, Sept. 9 Q.N.SO-A
novel role of Cupid in reverse,
in which Miss Mildred King, New
England Conservatory of Music
student, claims she was employed
to break up an infatuation be.
tween a Harvard student and
New York woman, became en-.
snarled with legal entanglements
today.
This followed the filing of
100000 suit by Miss King in
Federal court against Mrs. Hen
rietta Hartford, of Newport and
New York.
Miss King charged that she
The Washington times., 1931-09-09

was hired by Mrs. Hartford to
save the latter's son, George
Hunting Hartford, End, scion of
a family which controls a grocery
store chain, from the clutches of
an unnamed New York adven-
tureSS.
She succeeded so we'll, she
claimed, that the student forgot
all about the New York woman
and became very interested in
Cambridge society girl to whom
he was introduced by Miss King.
But. said the pretty auburn
haired music student in her suit,
she failed to receive any remun-
Grafton for her services.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
CAS- KILLS MAN,
NOTESFOUND

George S. Carlisle, 81, of 443
I st. N. W.. was found unconsci-
Gus in the bathroom of his home
by William F. Shaw. 200 Rugby
Ave-, Bethesda, Md, his son-in-
law. this afternoon.
Gas was escaping from two
jets. Shaw summoned Policeman
L. o. Tompkins, of the First pre-
cinct, who turned off the gas.
DR.. c. E. Mcnamara responded
with an Emergency Hospital am.
bulance and pronounced Carlisle
dead. The coroner was notified.
Three notes had been written
and sealed. One was to Carlisle's
wife, one to a daughter and one
to sister, police said. The notes
bore no address and were not
opened by police.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Alexandria Teachers
Meet Superintendent

The instructors of the various
public schools Of Alexandria, num-
bering 113, and the colored teach
ers, numbering %, met with the
superintendent of the public
schools, r. C. Bowton, today, and
discussed the reopening of the
schools scheduled for tomorrow.
The Catholic schools of the city
opened yesterday. The Virginia
Theological Seminary and EpiS-
copal High School will open next
week. ...g......
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Spain May Dust King
From Deck of Cards

MADRID, Sept. 9 GN.SO.
Complete eradication of any
thing pertaining to royalty-in-
Guiding the kings in a poker
deck-was recommended by a
radical Socialist deputy to the
constituent Cortes today.
The deputy announced he
would soon submit bill prohib-
iting makers of playing cards
from including a king in the
deck on the grounds, 1T re-
minds people of royalty"
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Sandwich, 81, Wins
Bio st. LeOer Stake

DONCASTER, England, Sept. 9
1.N.SO Sandwich, 9 to /
shot, streaked down the stretch
at the Doncaster race track to-
day to win the st. Leger Sweep
stakes.
Orpen, whose odds were II to
2, ran second and Sir Andrew, a
20 to l shot, came in third.
Sir Andrew is owned by William
Woodward, an American. The
red hot favorite, Cameronian,
was not in the running.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Third-Degree Quake
Is Registered at q. u

An earthquake Of third-degree
intensity, lasting for more than
an hour, was recorded today on
the Seismograph at Georgetown
University.
The temblor began at 8:45 a.
m. The exact location of the
quake has not yet been determined.
Dispatches from Denver asserted
the quake had been registered at
Regis College and estimated that
it was probably 1000 miles from
Denver"
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
POWDER BLAST
KILLS THREE

BENTON, ILL.,, Sept. 9 0.N.S).
An explosion which blew to atoms
the powder house of the Safety
Mining Company here today killed
three men and seriously wounded
three others.
Twelve men were working in
the building at the time of the ex-
plosion, and a check may reveal
that others were killed or injured.
The known dead: Carl Money
ham, 20; Herbert Smith, 10; Jo-
Seph HaSkins, 81.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
D. C.. Pair Sentenced
For HOusebreGking

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Sept.
9.-Julian Lee and William Gator,
both of Washington, were each
given five years In the State peni-
tentiary yesterday by Judge Fred
erick w. Coleman in King George
county for houSebreaking.
AS the sentences were pro-
nounced the two wives, each with
two infants in her arms, stepped
forward and asked the judge to
grant parole or tighten the SEN
tence.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
R D { K kEFELEER.
.HE|RESS To WE'D.

CHICAGO, Sept. 9 CN.S).
Muriel Mccormick, a grand
daughter of John D. Rockefeller,
is engaged to marry Elisha Dyer
Hubbard, of Littletown, Conn.
The announcement was made
here today by Mrs. Edith Rookie
feller Mccormick, mother of the
bride-to-be.
At present, Miss Mccormick
and Hubbard are in Maine. where
the Hubbard family occupy an
estate at Indian Point.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Whitman Wins
Divorce in NeD1d0

RENO, New. Sept. 9 G.N.S).
Paula Gretske, New York play.
wright, has been granted a di-
vorce from Harry Gretske on
grounds of cruelty.
Sonia Walsh Whitman was
granted a decree from Francis
Slingluff Whitman, wealthy Balti-
more, Md, resident, on charges
of cruelty.
Judge Thomas F.. Moran
granted a divorce to Arthur L.
Waugh from Evelyn Won Hart
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
FACE.
DARING TWO.
FUEL SEEN
USED Up
Seattle Crowds Await Sign
Of MoyIe-AIIen Plane as
"Sighting" Report Fails
2:3O P. M. DeadIine

SEATTLE, Sept. 9.-If
Cecil A. Allen and Don MOyle,
Pacific fliers. do not reach
here by 2:30 p. m. today,
Washington time, it will be
virtually certain that they
are lost or forced down some
where. Their gasoline supply
should be exhausted by that
time.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
BURN|NGOF IDOL
ST|RS CLASH

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 9 G.N.SO.
Federal troops were summoned
to the town of Otatitlan, in the
state of Vera Cruz today to
Quell serious disturbances arising
from desecration of an idol in
the local Catholic church.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Driving While Drunk
Brings Fine of 500

Alfred Kennedy, whom Judge
Charles w. Woodward in Rock
vile Police Court found guilty of
driving while under the influence
of intoxicating liquor, was or
dered to- pay a fine of $100 or
serve 80 days in the Montgomery
county jail. He was found not
guilty of reckless driving.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
DR.. Winn Faces Jury
On Morals Charges

DANVILLE, Va, Sept. 9.-The
Rev. j. Arthur Winn. who has
appealed his recent conviction in
police court, where he was fined
$50 on a morals charge. is to be
tried by jury before Judge
Henry C. Leigh next Friday.
The defendant has been tenn,
porarily deposed as pastor of the
M oSe LEY Memorial Methodist
Church here. Ten charges of
assault on women are waiting
the outcome of his appeal.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Plane to Rush Serum
To Woman Dying of
Addison Disease

BUFFALO, N. Y. Sept. 8
UN.SD D.-Cortin, a rare serum
designed to combat Addison'S
disease, will be rushed by
plane from here to Chicago
late today in an effort to save
the life of Mrs. Andrew Mel
son, mother of six children.
The only supply of the serum
In the United States is held
by the University of Buffalo.
which has agreed to sacrifice
its supply at the request Of
the University Of Chicago.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
HOUSE HEARS
PLEA FOR
POWER
Coalition Economy Bill to
Balance Budget Demands
Cost Cut and New Taxes

LONDON, Sept. 9.-Prime Min
lister j. Ramsay Macdonald, pre-
senting the coalition governments
anxiously-awaited national econ
omy bill to the House Of Com
mons today, demanded practically
dictatorial powers from that body
to enable him to balance Britain'S
topheavy budget.
Huge Cuts Due
Among the powers asked by the
premier was authority to slash the
budget wherever necessary and to
impose new taxation through or
derS in council.
The budget provides for econ
Omies amounting to 96,OOO,OOO
pounds, leaving approximately 25,.
100000 pounds to be raised by
new taxation,
The press was united in praise
of Prime Minister j. Ramsay
Macdonald for his courageous
step in asking a vote of conf.
dence on the opening day of
the session.
Cuts Own Salary
The vote of confidence last
night was given on a technical
measure for appointment of a
committee on ways and means.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Edison Is Failing,
His Physician Says

WEST ORANGE, N. j., Sept. 9
UNS0 Thomas A. Edison, the
electrical wizard, is slowly and
definitely failing" in health. his
physician, DR.. H. S. Howe, said
today. DR.. Howe added. however.
that the condition of the inven-
tor need not cause immediate
concern
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
COnUict Shot Dead
During Prison Riot

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Sept.
9 .SO.-LouiS Deathridge,
serving a sentence for robbery,
was reported shot and killed
during a riot that broke out in
the State Penitentiary here today.
The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Young Actors,
Attention!

Children registered to ap-
pear in the "Our Kiddie"
comedy being made under
direction Of The Washington
Times and the Fox Theater
should be on location at 9
o'clock tomorrow morning at
the Lincoln Memorial for
the Shooting" Of a Big
scene.