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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-03
One Club Match

Friday will be caddy's holi-
day at the Redwood Falls golf
club as members discard their
bags to enter the just for fun
lone club" match planned by
the tournament committee.
The rules allow the entrant
to select his favorite club but
requires that he play the full
nine holes with it.
Players are to start any
time between five and six in
the afternoon, and time will be
called at dark.
All members are asked to
take part.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-03

w. H. Ball motored to Minneapo-
lis early Wednesday morning, with
his daughter Miss Virginia Ball who
left there by aeroplane for Cleveland,
Ohio. She will visit for short time
with her sister, Miss Katharine
Ball, before going on to Worcester,
Massachusetts, to resume her teach
ing.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-03

Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Patton re-
turned early last week from a visit
with relatives at Milford. Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Pettis and FAM
lily who have been living at Lake
Crystal have returned to Redwood
Falls to make their home. Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Bishop who have been
occupying the Pettis home have
moved into the L. w. Gilliland home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-03
RATES BOOSTED ON MAIL
TO CANADA. BRITISH ISLES

Announcement of an increase In
postal rates on mail bound for Cam
ada and the British Isles was receiv-
ed Tuesday from the postmaster gem
eral by Postmaster Charles Luscher.
The change was effective September
1. -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-03

Mrs. A. w. Byers of Los Angeles,
California and her daughter Mrs.
Hans Christensen Of Springfield
visited their aunt Mrs. j. F. Conner
end their cousin Mrs. L. w. Gilliland,
Tuesday afternoon.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-03

Mrs. j. A. Anderson of Montevi-
dec called on friends here Tuesday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-09-03

Roy Stephens of Elgin, Minnesota
visited with friends here last week.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
At 1O2, Major Saxton Bans
100 Candles From Cake

Of other days still living. The
modern era has his entire ap-
approval. He thoroughly believes
in the new generation and ap-
proves the wonders of the present
day.
When he chooses to talk he
can tell colorful stories of the
days when the nation was young,
of the great men he knew in his
youth and the changes that have
taken place before his eyes in
every phase of life.
Intimate of Hawthorne
He was a member of the ia.
nous Brooke Farm colony and
knew intimately such notables
as Hawthorne. Thoreau, Emerson,
and Louisa May Alcott.
He came to Washington after
the Civil War and entered Gov.
ernment service from which he
was retired 10 years ago after
more than so years on Uncle
Sans payroll.
Shortly after his retirement he
wrote the last chapter. of the
diary which he had kept from
his sixteenth year. The volumes
are cherished treasures of the
family.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13

A birthday cake with three can,
dies was the high spot in the cele-
bration today of the one hundred
and second birthday anniversary
Of Major c. Willard Saxton, 1347
Harvard st. N. w.
In years past it has been a GUS
tom in Major Saxton's family to
put all the candles on his cake,
but this year, at his request, the
hands Of time were turned back
and the century mark ignored.
Just two candles for the years
over 100 and lone to grow on"
Medical Miracle"
The major is in such excellent
health his physician declares he
is q medical miracle"
With him today are his son
Edward H. Saxton, from Boston;
a daughter, Mrs. Harry L. Clapp,
from Chicago, and a daughter,
Mrs. ReSse McDuffie, who makes
her home here with her father. A
third daughter, Mrs. James E
Miller, Of New York, was not able
to be present.
According to his family, Major
Saxton lives entirely in the pres
ent, enjoying the companionship
Of his family and the few friends
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
WIFE WHO BEAT.
MATE FINED

Mrs. Mary Heinrich was fined
SIS for assault on her husband,
F. K. Heinrich, of 1851 Harvard
st. N. W., last August 4, by Judge
Robert Mattingly in Police Court
today.
The case, which was partially
heard yesterday, was brought over
today while a son Of the woman
was returned from Virginia as a
witness.
According to the sons testi-
mony. a family row precipitated
the assault.
The boy said that when his
father attempted to hit his mother
he struck him with a golf club.
The wife was charged with smash
ing various pieces Of glassware,
including q vase, a large glass
fruit bowl and q glass pitcher on
her husbands head. She denied
this, but documents from Garfield
Hospital showed there was glass in
the wounds.
Judge Mattingly decided that
inasmuch as it was a family row
he would give the woman only a
small fine.
The husband appeared in court,
his head covered with bandages,
scars and cuts.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
WOMEN VOTERS
FREED OF
LIBEL
Arlington Investment Company
Loses 100000 Action Based
On Utilities Investigation

The 100000 damage suit filed
against six members of the Or
ganized Women Voters of Airing
ton county by the Arlington In
vestment Company, was thrown
out of court today when Judge
Walter T. Mccarthy, of the Airing
ton circuit court, sustained the de-
murrer filed to the suit by the
women through their attorney,
Burnett Miller.
The suit asked damages said to
have been sustained when the
women caused alleged libelOuS
matter to be published regarding
the company. The publications
concerned the impeachment pro-
ceedings brought against B. M.
Hedrick, Arlington county super.
visor, and manager of the invest
ment company.
The six women composed a COM
mittee of the Organized Women
Voters who investigated the in
stallation of water lines in Way
croft, a subdivision owned by the
investment company. AS a result
of their investigation, impeach-
ment proceedings were brought
against Mr.. Hedrick, charging him
with misuse of county funds.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
Il HURT IN NAUT0'NEW CLUE VITAL
ACCIDENTS IN T. SLAY|NG

With an inquest into the death
Of one automobile crash victim
scheduled for this afternoon, II
other persons were reported
injured in traffic mishaps.
Three men were hurt when
struck at West Virginia and
Florida Avenues Northeast by an
, automobile operated by Frank
Giardine, 10, of 219 K st. N. E.,
who was learning to drive.
James Mclaughlin, 10, of GOT
Third st. N. E., was acting as
instructor.
Those injured were Charles
Cashell, %, of 1346 Monroe St.
N. E.; Walter Edward, .21, of 1444
Neal st. N. E., and James John
son, colored, 81, of 827 Ninth St.
N. E., pedestrian, received hos
pital treatment for minor
injuries.
Hit-Run Victim
Paul Bennett, 1S, of New
. Orleans, is in serious condition
ats Emergency Hospital as a re-
suit Aof being knocked down by a
yhitand-run oil truck driver at
Potomac, Va.
While riding a motorcycle at
Thirty-seventh Street and Reser
voir Road Northwest last night
Francis P. Hadden, 19, of BOIL
Georgia Ave. N. W., and Walter
Forbush, 18, of 1888 Capitol Ave
N. w., crashed head-on into an
automobile.
~ They were treated at George
town Hospital for minor injuries
and sent home.
Struck by an automobile as he
left the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. where he is employed
aS watchman, James c. Barry
suffered a possible fracture ot
the skull yesterday. He was
taken to Emergency.
Auto Hits Pole
Two men and a woman were
slightly hurt when the automo
, bile in which they were riding
crashed into a trolley pole al
Twenty-eighth st. and Rhode Is
land Ave-, N. E., last night. The
injured are Paul M. McMurray
SO, of 1921 New Hampshire Ave.
N. W.: Helen McCarty, %, OF
27O8 Ontario Rd., N. W., and
George M. Schaefer, 81, of 1916
Belmont Rd.. N. w.
An inquest into the death yes
terday of Paul Chester Smith, 23
Of 6S17 Seventh st. N. w.. is
. on today. The youth, a student
at George Washington Univer
sity, was mortally injured when
his machine and one driven by
Policeman B. G. Lewis, of the
First Precinct. collided at Seventh
and D Sts., N. w.. Tuesday night
Smith died at Casualty Hospital
early yesterday.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
20 Suits by Cloth
Ruled Out by Court

Judge Walter T. Mccarthy, of
the Arlington (VaD circuit court,
today entered orders sustaining
demurrers to more than a score
Of the LOTT suits instituted last
fall by Commonwealth Attorney
William c. Cloth for the coilec.
ton Of delinquent taxes.
When the suits were entered,
much opposition to Mr.. Cloths
action was evidenced by taxpayers
who pointed out that when a SINH
lar policy was adopted the previous
year, the county lost $4,000.
The demurrers were filed by At
torneys Jesse, Phillips and Klinge,
who held the suits were unneces-
Sary and costly.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
BALLOON PASS
FOUND BY BOY

Robert Noone, IL, of 1345 F
st. N. E., is the first person to
return one of the balloons re-
leased from the Ludington air
liner bearing ticket qualifying
the finder to be the guest Of the
R.-K-O.-Keith Theater at the
showing of "Dirigible." Balloons
bearing winning tickets are being
released regularly.
w. L. Banning, 705 Westory
Building, is the winner in the
first day of the slogan contest for
free rides over Washington in a
Ludington plane. His winning
effort was:
"TO arrive at ones destina-
tiOn in shorter time and with
prolonged enjoyment on the
way"
The best slogan Of the week
will win a round trip to New
York as the guest of the Luding-
ton Lines, Washington Times and
R.-K.-O Keith Theater.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
CAR RL|NEPARLEY
DEADL0CKED
Times Staff Photo

Little chance remained today
for continued operation of troll
ley service into Washington from
nearby Virginia, following failure
Of a conference Of Virginia Off
cials and the Public Utilities
Commission.
The parIey reached a deadlock
when Vice Chairman Harleigh
H. Hartman, presiding, flatly an
nounced that it was impossible
for the Mount Vernon, Alexan.
dria and Washington Company
to extend its lines across Penn
sylvania Avenue at Fourteenth
Street Northwest, turning east
into E Street.
Mr.. Hartman said the only
feasible alternative was termina-
tion of the line at a switch-back
at Fourteenth Street and Con-
stitution Avenue Northwest. This
was rejected by pleaders for the
company on the ground that it
was too far from the business
section,
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
JURY AWAITING
Z WITNESSES
RETURN
Body Ponders Piles of Notes;
Bribery Charged in SchenCk
Statement on D. C. Police

Absence from the city of two
witnesses in thee Grand Jury in
vestigation of police graft charges
made by former Policeman Fred
erick A. Schenck, who is now a
Leavenworth convict, today halted
the investigation until their re-
turn.
Meanwhile, Schenck, Whose e
presence is no longer needed be-
fore the Grand Jury, will return
to prison some time during the
day, accompanied by the two
prison guards who brought him
here in response to a habeas cor
pus writ procured by United States
Attorney Leo A. Rover.
Evidence Piles Up
Elizabeth Mills, cOlOred, and
Louise Hanley, the absent wit
nesses, will be heard later, Mr.
Rover said, while the Grand Jury
pOnders the vOluminous evidence
already placed before it. The re-
port will probably not be made
for several weeks.
Schenck's charges mainly were
that he had been directed by
high police officials to frame"
former Policeman Orville A.
Staples, who was dismissed from
the force after a trial board hear
ing at which Schenck was one of
the witnesses.
Bribe Charges
Other charges contained in the
Schenck statement, however, were
that a district attorney and q
policeman split large sum of
money for obtaining dismissal of
charges against a cOlOred woman
passenger in a rum car which
struck and killed a Catholic nun
during chase and for returning
the car.
Most of the witnesses were per-
sons who figured in the Staples
trial and in the rum car incident.
Schenck is serving a 20-year
prison sentence for robberies COM
mitted in the District and at the
time of his arrest here two years
ago, he was wanted in New
Jersey for a robbery there in
which n officer was killed.
No intimation of how the jury
views Schenck's story has been
given, but it is understood that
even if his charges were proved
no indictments could be returned,
as the statute of limitations has
Outlawed most of the allegations
which he has made.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
Times Staff Photo

Solution of the murder of Mrs.
Elizabeth Jaynes, middle aged
cashier of the Garden T Shoppe,
1925 Columbia Rd. N. W., last
April, is near, Inspector Frank S.
w. Burke said today. A new ar.
rest is expected. .
William Harper Dean, 21-year.
old son Of a United States Cham
Der of Commerce official, is held
at the Twelfth Precinct, while
Edith Magruder Dodsworth. 80
year-old waitress. of 1929 M St.
N. w., is at the House of Deten-
ton.
The waitress was taken into
custody last night and within a
few minutes after they started to
question her two members of the
squad were dispatched to locate a
suspect who is said to have been
connected with the case.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
.NYE MAY SEEK
CANNON QUIZ
BY JURY
Senate Inquiry Due to Resume
This Month, With Contempt
Threat Standing As Menace

Bishop James Cannon, jr., fiery
leader of the anti-Smith Demo-
Gratis in 1928, today apparently
faced the alternative of testifying
before the Senate campaign funds
committee or being cited for con-
tempt of the Senate.
The committee plans to call
Bishop Cannon and other wit
nesses in a resumption of it's in.
quiry into the handling Of anti
Smith funds and the failure Of
the bishop to file reports with the
clerk of the House. It is expected
the hearings will be held this
month.
Court Clears Way
The possibility of immediate
court restraint had been removed
through the action of Justice
Joseph Cox, of the District Su-
preme Court, in dismissing Bishop
Cannon's suit to prohibit the COM
mittee from continuing the in.
quiry on the ground that it was
usurping the functions of a
grand jury.
There was still another course
Bishop Cannon could take when
subpoenaed before the committee
upon his return from Europe. He
could refuse to testify on the
ground that he might incriminate
himself.
Chairman Nye has made it
plain the committee will require
the bishop to waive immunity If
he testifies.
Jury Probe Possible
But Bishop Cannon, it is de.
clared by friends. would not re-
fuse to testify on the ground
that he might lay himself open
to criminal prosecution. He
has repeatedly defended his
failure to file with the clerk OF
the House an entire accounting
of $65,30 contributed by E. c.
Jane on, of New York, to the
d1Cl-Om1Cn campaign.
It is possible the Nye commit
tee may submit it's records to
District Attorney Rover in the
next few weeks for grand jury
investigation.
The statute of limitations runs
to December against any alleged
violation of the corrupt practices
act by Bishop Cannon in failing
to file reports. in the opinion of
some committee members.
CannOn's Court Plea
In arguing the bishops plea
for a writ of prohibition before
Justice Cox, r. H. McNeill, at
torney for Cannon, contended
the committee cannot investigate
Cannon's anti7Smith committee.
because it spent money support
ing the election of presidential
electors, purely State offices.
Elisha Hanson, attorney for
the Nye committee, insisted, how
ever, the committee has Cannon's
own statement that he sought to
elect dry Senators and members
of the House as well.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
Serum to Combat
Paralysis Peril
Sought Here

Serum with which to fight
infantile paralysis Is wanted by
the District Medical Society.
There is a mild epidemic Of
the disease in other cities, and
physicians want to be fore
armed against any outbreak
here. For that reason the fol-
lowing request is made:
"If those who have had the
disease, and are willing to give
blood for the treatment Of
others who may be attacked,
will call by telephone, in per.
son, or by letter, the clinical
laboratory, Garfield Memorial
Hospital, giving their names
and addresses, instructions will
be given as to how to pro-
Ceed.
"This is a service which will
do no injury to the donor and
may be Of vital importance to
the one who needs this aid"
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
TWO Caught in Raid
On AUeQed Still

Two men were released on
$500 bond apiece by United
States Commissioner j. Frank
Parran in Upper Marlboro yes
terday after a raid on their still
near Forestville, Md. The men
were Miles A. Krusen, white, and
William H. Johnson, colored.
Agents said they found a 100
gallon still and several jars of
whisky on the premises.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
NEW SCHOOL WORK

Contracts for construction of
three new school buildings have
been awarded by the Fairfax
county. Va, school board. Two
schools for colored, to cost ap.
proximately $4,000. will be built
by c. Case, Of Purcellville, Va
Buchanon and Company, OF
ClarkeSville, Va, was given the
contract to build a home eco
nomics addition to the high
school at Herndon. Va. It will
cost $500.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
Citizens Win School
Fiqht in Southwest

Citizens of Southwest Washing
ton today won a victory over the
Board of Education with a recon.
mendation for the recall of a
former action of the board trans
ferrinE the Greenleaf School from
white children to colored.
A communication from DR..
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent
of schools, today, recommends
that the Greenleaf School, which
had already been transferred to
the colored. be returned to the
white division and that the
Smallwood School be transferred
to the colored.
The recommendation will be
sent to the members Of the board
for approval.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
Army Planes to Fly
Precedivlg Concerts

Planes from Boiling Field which
will fly in formation above the
United States Capitol preceding
the concerts by the Army Band
Friday and Saturday nights will
be commanded by Lieuts. L. S.
Stranathan and j. A. Willis. The
concerts will be hcld from 7:30
until 8 p. m. under the auspices
of the Greater National Capital
Committee.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
Grade Crossing Fight
To 40 to HigKer Court

An Injunction which prevented
the Maryland State Roads Com.
mission from eliminating grade
crossing at st. Paul Street. in
Rockville, and creating an over
head crossing at Lincoln Avenue,
was dissolved by Judge Robert c.
Peter in circuit court at Rock.
vile today.
The case probably will be car.
ried to the higher courts.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
Judge Fines Slapper
And Then Suspends
His Sentence

Lee Hammer, a contractor,
was in a tough fix this morning
in Police Court, but Judge Rob-
ert Mattingly saved him.
Several days ago Hammer is
said to have slapped George
Bowie, jr., a 10-year-old boy, Of
1882 Seventeenth st. N. w. The
boy with several others, Ham.
mer said, was scattering sand
and gravel which he had on
the job at the home in which
the boy lives.
Judge Mattingly fined Ham
mer IS. He told the court he
hadn't brought SIS with him.
Judge Mattingly then changed
the fine to $25, and suspended
it. -.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
HOOUer May Attend
WGterlUGYS Session

President Hoover was yester-
day invited to attend the oath
annual convention Of the At
lantic Deeper Waterways Associa-
ton at Boston October 5 and will
do so if it is possible for him to
absent himself from the Capital
at that time.
j. Hampton Moore, Philadel.
phia, president of the organiZa-
tion, extended the invitation. He
is making a tour of cities along
the Atlantic seaboard to interest
them in sending delegations.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
Merchant Is Accused
OF COnce1Lin0 Assets

The hearing Of Henri Papineau,
former proprietor of the defunct
National Token Shop, 1917 Penn
sylvania Ave. N. W., on charges
of concealing assets, scheduled to
have been heard by Needham C..
Turnage, U. s. Commissioner, to-
day, has been continued to
August 20. Papineau is at liberty
on $2,500 bond. t.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
Traffic office Will
MODe to Pa, AUe

Registration offices of the
Traffic Department will be moved
November Is from their present
location at 462 Indiana Ave. N. W.
to the Ford Building, at John
Marshall Place and Pennsylvania
Avenue Northwest, it was an.
nounced today at the office of
William A. Van Duzer, traffic di-
rector.
The office of the traffic director
and other branches of the depart
-ment will be moved to the Ford
Building some time next spring.
In their new location the offices
will be on the first floor,
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
P. J. Pierce Charges
DeSertiOn in Suit

Charging desertion, Peter j..
Pierce, through Attorney Robert
B. Peter, jr.. has filed suit in
Rockville circuit court Tor an alb
solute divorce from Olive v.
Pierce, whom he married April
10, 1917.
The bill says that the defend
ant left their home in September,
1926. There are no children.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
j. II. Keefer to End
49 Years u. S. Work

Joseph H. Keefer, senior exam
liner of the Veterans Administra-
tion Pension Bureau. will be re-
tired tomorrow on the anniver-
eary of his seventieth birthday,
after 49 years of service.
He was appointed by Gen. w.
w. Dudley and later served for
25 years in the medical branch.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
z HELD IN AUTO THEFT

Clarence White and William
Ernest Wright, both colored, to-
day were held for the Grand Jury
by Judge Robert Mattingly in 70
lice Court for the alleged theft
Of an automobile belonging to
william Gray, 1903 Fourteenth
Gt. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
GIRL GUN TOTER JAILED

Irene Simms, colored. is going
to spend the next six months
meditating on the sins of carry
ing a loaded revolver and display
ing it in an effort to COW some
of her girl friends. Judge Mating
ly imposed this sentence on her
today in Police Court.
The Washington times., 1931-08-13
Cre0tiUe Arts Club
Plans Winter Work

The Creative Arts Club of. Ar
lington County held it's August
meeting last night at the home
of Mrs. Henry Sweet. of Claren-
don.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
AUTO EXHIBITS
FOR BIC FETE

DETROIT, Mich, July 29.-
Signing of contracts authorizing
the erection of a special building
at a construction cost of close to
$1,OOO,000. to be devoted exclu.
sively to the display of General
Motors products at Chicago's
International Exposition in 1888,
Is announced by w. S. Knudsen,
president and general manager
Of the Chevrolet Motor Company
Albert Kahn, architect, is now
drawing up plans for the struc-
ture, which will have 100000
square feet of display space and
will be Strategically located on
the lake shore opposite Thirty
first Street, one of the main en-
frances to the exposition grounds,
in the TRANSFORMATION center,
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
r. ". Stevens Feted
After Iona Service

Robert w. Stevens who Is 10
years old today is still feeling the
effects of "a regular send-off"
which accompanied his retirement
from the financial section, Vet
Grams Administration, after so
years of service.
Friends throughout the building
united in felicitating him on his
birthday, bits half-century Of SER
vice, and his retirement, and he is
now settled at his home at 1921
Holmead Place N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-08-05
Contest In October
For Perfect Babies

Kallipolis Grotto, Mystic Order
of the Yelled Prophets, plans to
hold a baby contest in connec-
ton with it's fall festival october
2 at the Washington Auditorium.
Loving cups and cash prizes
totaling $1,000 are to be given
for the best physical specimens
in the various classes of boys
and girls from l to years.
DR.. Wade H. Atkinson is chair
man of the baby committee, and
his assistants will be Drs.> Frank
w. Braden, Frank E. Gibson. j.
s. Arnold, Grant S. Barnard, Ber-
nard j. Gurwin. Clayton Haw-
field, Aaron Nimetz. William F.
Greaney, Philip Diatz and D. H.
Duffey.