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The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-22

ing or cnurcn Dell, the school
ma'am's words fell upon the still
air: Captain, that would make me
the happiest person alive"
"Chrissy, gall" the captain cried
hoarsely.
In the most convenient way i'm
aginable the captain found her
head resting on his arm, and in
the same instant he was imprinting
kiss upon her willing lips, with
tenderness that one would never ex.
pect to find in a bluff, sea-faring
captain.
If anyone had been watching
Clarissy Martin early the next
morning, they would have seen a
peculiar sight. She was standing
directly in front of two chairs she
and Cap'n Hornepayne had occu-
pied the previous evening. Her
hands were clasped together and
there was an enraptured light.
If anyone had been close enough.
they would have seen that what she
was looking at was a horseshoe
nailed to the cottage wall under the
cottage roof a worn horse
shoe that formerly had hung over
the kitchen door.
(9 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
(WNU service)
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
COPY Of L|NDY
NOTE HERE

Police today received copy
Of a note believed to have been
written by the actual kidnapers
of the Lindbergh baby and were
asked to compare it with hand
writing of all prisoners arrested
here.
The note was written to DR..
John F. Condor, the "Jafsie who
paid $4,000 ransom. It was sent
here by Col. H. Norman Schwarz-
kopf, superintendent of New Jer-
sey State police. 1t was crudely
written in pencil, many of the
words being misspelled. It said:
"CrOsS the street and walk to
the street corner and follow
WhittemOre avenue to the SOud.
"Take the money with you.
come alone and walk. / will
meet you. the boy is on BOad
Nelly. it is a small Boad, 20
feet long. two person are on
the BOad. the are innOSent.
"YOu will find the BOad be-
tween HOrseneck Beach and
gay Head near Elisabeth
Island"
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
K|DNAP BRAINS
JAILED IN OHIO

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, May %
GNS0.-Tony Laree, 81, believed
by police to have been the
brains" in the kidnapping Of
James de Jute, 11-year-old Niles
boy, last March 2, was captured
today in Weirton, w. Va.
Laree was brought here and
placed in Jail. Authorities said
he would be taken to Warren,
probably this afternoon. His ar
rest came as the climax of a long
search.
The kidnapping already has re-
suited in the conviction of John
Demarco, 81, and Dowell Har-
graves, 30, as accomplices.
On a tip that Laree was visit
ing his sweetheart in Girard, Ohio,
detectives rushed to the home of
the girl, only to find the fugitive
had left a short time before. The
detectives trailed Laree to Weir
ton.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
VIEWED BEAUTY
AS ONE DOES
A HORSE
Rev. Harold F. Davidson Ad-
mits He Often Patted Cheeks
of His Girl Friends

LONDON, May % (I.N.s.).
A strange tale of how he
opened Mattresses lips and
looked at their teeth "just
like you'd look at a horse
to see its age,' was unfolded
in consistory court today by
the Rev. Harold Francis
Davidson, 60-year-old rector
on trial on immortality charges.
The clergyman, rector of Stiff
key Church, Norfolk, was again
questioned in detail concerning
his relations with tea-shop
mattresses and actresses.
He stands accused of immoral
relations with more than a score
of them over a period Of 10
years.
Patted Their Cheeks
He admitted that he sometimes
patted mattresses cheeks in addi-
tion to looking at their teeth.
It was the chancellor, presid-
ing at the trial, who observed
that the rector's means Of
appraising feminine beauty was
akin to that of a veterinarian
sizing up horseflesh.
He flatly denied charges of
immortality with Nellie Churchill,
g. former artists model.
The landlady Of a rooming-
house had testified that she
found Rev. Davidson and the
girl in a darkened bedroom one
night. He explained:
81 couldn't get the gas to
light"
Davidson told the court he had
spoken to" more than 500 girls
during the past 10 years and
asked the chancellor to summon
481 Of them as witnesses.
Fatherly Advice Given
He said he believes that among
this number would be some who
would be able to identify two
girls, whose names he does not
know, who would be able to give
certain evidence" in his defense.
OF the 500 to whom he has
spoken, Rev. Davidson said, he
gave ''fatherly advice" to at
least 200.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
GENEVA BOARD
IN PERIL, HINT

PEIPING, May % 0.N.S0.
High Chinese officials showed
some concern over an uncon-
firmed report received today to
the effect that some mishap had
befallen the League of Nations
Manchurian investigation com
mission, presumably in Mukden.
The commission, headed by
Lord Lytton, of Great Britain,
and including Maj. Gen. Frank
R. Mccoy, of the United States,
arrived in Mukden yesterday to a
much cooler reception than had
been rendered when it passed
through several weeks ago.
In the interim, the commission
and the new Manchoukuo govern
ment have been at odds over the
matter of the commissions desire
to interview Gen. Ma Chan-Shan,
Chinese rebel leader. The inde-
pendent government has opposed
it firmly, threatening to withdraw
it's protection if the commission
ers were to insist on talking to
General Ma.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
QUIZ HINTS AIM.
ATFOX STOCK

The Senate's special investi-
gators were back on Wall Street
today seeking fresh evidence Of
stock manipulation whereby
traders un1oaded stocks on the
public at profits running into
millions of dollars.
Evidence obtained this week
will be made public at a hearing
Friday. This new policy of hold
ing a single session each week
was adopted by the Investigating
Committee when the investigators
reported they had undertaken o
tedious task in tracing stock mar
ket transactions.
Reports were that newest in.
quiry is concerned with manipu-
lation of Fox Film stock. This
was limited after the investigation
disclosed how three Warner
brothers profited between $1,000
900 and 100000 in 1880 by
buying and selling stock in their
own corporation.
The investigators were ordered
to find Raleigh T. Curtis, a for
mer Wall Street" financial writer,
who picked up $4,000 when .
friendly trader played the market
in his name.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
NJ. T. BODY HITS
REPEAL VOTE

ATLANTIC CITY, May %
Q.N.SO.-The report of the COM
mittee on temperance, prohibi-
tion and public morals, of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, de-
clared in a published report to-
day that there is no authority in
the Federal Constitution for q
popular referendum on prohibi-
tion and reaffirmed the COM
mittee'S faith in the Eighteenth
Amendment.
The report, published in-today'S
issue of the Christian Advocate,
was placed in the hands of the
delegates to the general confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
Church here.
It was expected an effort
would be made to have the report
formally approved by the con-
ference.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
POLICEMAN DIES
As GANG ROBS

NEW CASTLE, Pa, May %
G.NS0.-A gang invaded New
Castle today, shot and killed
Clarence Campbell, city police
man, and escaped with a $23, 900
payroll.
Campbell. conveying the pay
roll from the Union Trust Com.
pany to the Mahoning Trust
Company, was shot down.
The Staying occurred outside
the Mahoning Bank.
With two other men, Campbell
brought the payroll to the bank
in an automobile. An apparent
idler sitting outside an adjoining
hotel casually shifted a cardboard
box in his hands.
Campbell got out of the ma
chine first.
Like a flash, the man with the
box stripped off it's cover, whipped
out a sawed-off shotgun, and
fired. Campbell crumpled to the
street, mortally wounded.
Two other men crouched inside
the hotel ran to the street. All
three ordered Campbell's compa11-
ions, bank employees, to hand
over the payroll. They complied.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
RAILROAD SNAGS
BOX CAR VETS

EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, May %.
More than 300 war veterans, who
are riding the rails in a body
from Portland, Ore, to Washing
ton to urge passage of a bonus
bill. are halted here today because
of the refusal of the Baltimore g.
Ohio railroad to move the freight
cars on which the men had
mounted after reaching here via
a Wabash freight yesterday.
The railroad Shunted the cars
on which the men Swarmed onto
a siding. re-connected the freight
train. and left the men there.
Railroad regulations, as well as
safety of the veterans. prompted
this action, rail officials ex-
planned. The veterans faced the
alternative today of either dis
banding and hoboing to Washing
ton separately, or trying another
line.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
FLOWers From Pupils
Go to ArLinQtOn

Each child in every Washington
school is being requested to bring
at least one flower to school so
that the 10000 graves in Airing
ton National Cemetery ray be
decorated on Memorial Day.
Six trucks viii be used by the
G. A. r. Memorial Day Corpor-
alton to call at all schools on
Friday to colleen the flowers.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
SWITCH
WRECKS TRAIN

BUFFALO. May % GN.SO
A split switch was believed re
sponsible today for derailment OF
13 cars of the Transcontinental
Mail Express at Irving, IS miles
from here, last night.
SiXty-four passengers were
aboard the flyer, bound from
Chicago to New York. No pas.
sengers were seriously injured.
The passengers were trans
ferred to a Nickle Plate flyer
and taken on to New York. Traf-
fic was held up for several hours.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Hoover Letter
Addressed to
Wrong Man

An amusing but, to the White
House, embarrassing error was
made In President Hoover's let
ter to the president of the Amer
ican Society of Civil Engineers
opposing a Federal bond issue for
public works not in themselves
Self-liquidating.
The letter was addressed to
Richard s. Parker" and the
President saluted him my Dear
Mr.. Parker"
: It should have been Herbert s..
Crocker, as he is president of the
society.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
TOKYO PUTS OFF
DIET SESSION

TOKYO. May % G.N.S0.
Opening of the japanese Diet,
which was to have convened in
emergency session today, was
postponed until next Monday
pending appointment of a new
national cabinet under Admiral
Viscount Makoto Saito, named
premier by Emperor HirohiGo yes
terday.
Because of the gravity Of the
political situation, called the
most serious since the introduc-
ton of parliamentary government
in Japan, Viscount Saito declared
the task of forming a non-parti-
san government would take sew
eral days.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
MATE SUES WIFE
FOR 100000

LOS ANGELES, May % G.N.S.)
Richard Wayne, one-time leading
man in pictures for Gloria swan
son, today prepared to push his
strange leisure" suit against his
wife, the wealthy Mrs. Antoinette
Converse Wayne, of Iowa.
The New York supreme court
upheld a contract by which Mrs.
Wayne agreed to pay Wayne
$1,000 a month if he would quit
acting in pictures and devote all
his time to her.
His life expectancy is another
800 months, explained Wayne,
who sued his wife for $500, 900.
He said:
"My wife made the payments
after we were married, June 1,
1925, until / became i'll and had
to undergo an operation August
80, 1927, when she sailed for
Europe alone and quit paying
me-"
He declared Mrs. Wayne di.
vorced him while she was in Eu.
rope without notifying him, but
that he wanted divorce in the
American fashion,"
Mrs. Wayne's New York attor.
neys argued that a husbands
promise not to work was ICON.
trary to public policy"
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
Bit of Orange Peel
ChOkeS Man to Death

PITTSBURGH, May % QN.S0. .
Another victim was recorded in
the peculiar deaths" category to-
day. Thomas Don oughe, So,
strangled to deaf h when an
orange peel lodged in his throat.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
7winS Make n
In Family of
LobLess Man

WHEELING, W. Va, May 22
Q.N.SD.-Three of a kind
eoualled six in the home Of
Walter Young, unemployed
miner, today.
Mrs. Young is nursing her
third set of twins. The couple
has eight other children-14 in
all-and Young has been job
less for three months.
He grinned when the doctor
announced another set Of
twins" Young said:
"WeW get alOng-we always
have"
The Washington times., 1932-05-23
FALL CAUSES DEATH

An autopsy will be performed
today on the body of Carl Plaza,
IS, of iii North Capitol ST.,
who died at Gallinger Hospital
after he fell down the steps of
his home yesterday.
The Washington times., 1932-05-23

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Evening star., 1932-06-26
Richard NJ. Kleberg, Who Left the
Open Spaces for a Seat in the
United States Capitol, Has Ranch
Back Home in Texas That's Twice
the Size of Rhode Island.

The grass lands O: Texas we're not fenced
in until the 70's and the owners of herds had
to allow them to wander in search of food.
Each owner adopted primitive heraldic device
with which he stamped his cattle.
Each year the cattle were rounded up for
the branding of new calves and for the wedding
out of stock to be sent to the markets. Other
protection being lacking, a code of honor grew
up and the cattlemen and their cowboy retainers
had system of cooperation that worked fair
ly well while settlers were few.
If a man in the roundup found among his
herd cows bearing other brands than his own
he would affix the neighbors' brands to the
calves that followed the straying cows, count
ing on his neighbors to do much for him.
THIS hve-and-let-hve system struck its snag
] in the adventures and bandits. 1t was so
easy to cut out few of the wandering cattle
and rebrand them, or drive them across the
shallow Rio Grande. Raids became the order
of the day, and the Bloody Border became no
toriouS.
This was the dangerous country in which
Capt. Richard King and his bride had deter
mined to establish home.
The first King ranch house. primitive struc-
lookout was erected from which constant watch
was kept for raiders and Comanche Indians
on the warpath. Once while riding his range
Capt King ambushed and escaped with
his life by slim chance.
Evening star., 1932-06-26

shallow rivers of Texas at the close of the
Mexican War.
On trip up the Neuces River he met Hen
rietta Chamberlain, the daughter of Presby
terian missionary, who was living on house
boat. After brief courtship they we're married
and Capt King gave up his boat to be with his
young bride
Texas at that time had only 1000 inhabi-
tants living in its 265 900 square miles of ter
ritory. Land was plentiful and cheap that
any man could have as much as he could bite
off but it took man of ability and imagina-
ton to acquire for himself nearly 1 per cent of
the whole area.
With partner, Capt. Mif1in Kennedy Capt.
King established claim to good section of the
land that lies between Corpus Christi and
Brownsville This is the mesquite country,
rough, fat and at that time thought suitable
only for grazing stock. Texas ''longhorns" and
horses made up this first stock.
DY 1866 the two were the leading stockmen Of
- South Texas and estimated that they had
1900 cattle and 5000 horses.
This bit of land between the Nueces and Rio
Grande Rivers was a kind of no-man's land
for some time after the actual close of the
Mexican War Bitter feuds existed between
the Texas settlers and the Mexicans. Arson,
banditry and murder were common incidents.
In the absence of effective forces of law and
order the scanty populations on both sides of
the Rio Grande established tneir own laws and
meted out homemade justice.
Evening star., 1932-06-26

fourteenth congressional district Of Texas.
But Representative Kleberg isn't just anothe@:
country boy. When he talks about "our place.
and down home he is talking about Santa
Gertrudis Ranch, which is one of the two
largest farm-ranches in the United States and
the largest in the possession of one family.
"Our place. contains 100000 acres-that
Is, it is twice the size Of the State of Rhode
Island, half the size of the State of Connecticut,
q quarter the size of the Kingdom of Belgium.
1t takes train hours to cross the ranch.
A visitor driving from Corpus Christi travels
over 40 miles of road within the limits of the
ranch before he reaches the front door of the
main house. An airplane is frequently used to
carry people about the estate.
The ranch has about 100 miles of Gulf Coast
for its southern boundary. The number Of
cattle ON the land is unknown, but 25 900 to
$4,000 head are shipped each year to the. cattle
markets One field" has 80 miles of fence
surrounding it.
In 1911 the old, sprawling ranch house which
had grown with the years, burned down and
architects were called in who provided stucco
and marble building to replace 1t.
THIS elaborate building has dining room
u that seats hundred people, and so many
bed rooms that they are numbered for conven-
fence, as in hotel.
Yet this ornate building is home to the King
Kleberg clan They live on the ranch the year
through The children leave it only 10
complete their education in Texas colleges
They marry into neighboring families and
return with their mates and children.
Mrs Robert Kleberg, the mother of Rep
resentatives Kleberg, manages the home with
out the aid of housekeeper. She personally
oversees the work of the dozens of maids and
houseboys
For convenience of management the ranch
Is divided into seven smaller ranches. each
with its own overseer. Until he went to Wash
ington Richard Kleberg was the manager of
the entire estate. Upon his election he turned
the job over to his brother.
THE founder of this great ranch was Capt.
! Richard King. the grandfather of Rep
reSentative Kleberg
Capt King an Englishman who was
engaged in trading from small vessels in which
he travelled along the Gulf Coast and up the
Evening star., 1932-06-26

The late Mrs. Henrietta King, who ,Oas
probably the richest toonan in Americ6
at the time of her death in 1925.
Capt King was man of intelligence wen
as hardihoed. He fought for his cattle. Like a
feudal lord he established his own system Of
rangers and scouts.
His increasing strength made him target
for bandits and. for his own safety, as well as
the peace of mind of his wife, he never
travelled far on his own ranges without his
outriders.
When Henrietta King died in 1925 at the
age of SO she was probably the wealthiest
woman IN America. She lived like reigning
sovereign in her marble palace.
Yet she began her married life in conditions
unbelievably primitive. She had to make her
Continued on Ninth Page
Evening star., 1932-06-26

HEN the present Congress
convened another country boy
took his seat in the House of
Representatives. This was
Richard M. Kleberg of . the
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
Weather Viii Not
Halt Church Rally

Rain or no rain, the eVangelistie
rally being held today and tomor-
row at the State Street Christian
church, will take place as sched-
uled. according to V. E. Butter
worth, pastor.
Representatives from Christian
churches in Phoenix and Yuma, Ari-
IONA, and from various cities in
Southern California are here for
the conference. The sessions open
ed this afternoon with Harold Bent
of Los Angeles as chairman. Speak
ers were E. A. Watts of San Fer
nando, Lewis C. Mick of Pomona
and J. Merle Applegate of Los An
geles.
Tonight the conference will open
with a song service and prayer at
7:30 o'clock and at O'Clock, the
sermon, Penalty of Neglecting the
Great Salvation" win be delivered
by c. C. Root of Redlands. Theme
for the rally is "The Great Saliva
ton.
Tomorrow the sessions will open
at 10 a. m. Thomas o. Bishop of
Yuma, Arizona, will be chairman
and the theme is I'm Christ" Ler-
tis r. Elicit of San Bernardino and
j. M. Shelley of Corona will speak
at the morning session and in the
afternoon, Stanley N. Bond of Goa
chella, T. R. Applebury of Los An
geles and Morgan Harlan of Los
Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
HARDING SCHOOL

Santa Claus goes over the tree
tops on a cold winter night. Guess
what night that is. 1t is Christ
mas.-Billy Jane Zeitvogel, PA.
In a picture I saw Santa and
some children. Santa had a bag
of toys. All of the children want
ed toys.-Shirley Jean Herring, q
A.
Santa will come on Christmas
night and fill our tree with toys.
He rides on a red sleigh. He has
a big bag of toys. He gives them
10 good children.-J. B. McNeece,
ga.
Tom said Merry Christmas
Mother. Donald said merry
Christmas Mother. Donald said
I want a drum for Christmas" ="
Donald Edgar, ga.
like to play on the rings. I
play at recess and before school,
can go so high I think 1 nearly
touch the sky.-Betty Lou Land
reth. 3B.
l Ike 10 go to school and play
on the rock-a-bye It goes rock
a-bye- baby. rock-a-bye-ba on
the tree tops-Evelyn Long. 3-B.
When We were coming home one
day. We saw a skunk. We we're
going 10 shoot him but he ran in
20 a hole. We didn't get him that
night because II was so late.-Ju-
dith Ehmke. 3-B.
We have been decorating our
room for Christmas. We made
Christmas trees. Today we made
Christmas cards TO give. The 1-B
children painted a picture of Jack
and Jane.-i-B and IA grade.
can hardly wait until Christ
mas. because ! will then get a BIZ
eyele.-Mary Lou Griffin, 3-B.
We won the banking picture
again Wednesday-Ray Summer
hill. 3-B.
I am going to have a Christmas
tree. Ny mother will give me a
present. I am making a present
FOR mother.-Wanda Lee Dickson,
3-B.
We are making Christmas cards
FOR our mothers and fathers.-Lois
Van Horn, S-B.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
Burglars Garry
OF Office Safe

gaHHIHa asaY he safe bodily
after forcing entrance through a
aaal a.aa window. burglars Salur-
das NIGHT escaped With 500 IN
cash aud valuable papers from the
Texas 0a company office at Set
end and Main streets. according to
report at the police station.
Another burglary. Of the Shell
OIL company office IN the same
nelshhorhoed. probably By the same
thieves. netted them no loot Of
value.
II the Texas OIL company safe.
besides 500 N cash. were two
checks totallng s8B25, invoices,
about 50 IN stamps. valuable pa
pers and three coupon books OF
s1o each. numbers 19978x-19979x-
l9980x.
The burglars entered the office
b. cutting the screen on the vim
dow. unlocking the catch and pry-
ing open the window
7. ID Mccall notified the sher-
IFS office this morning that the
safe in his office at the Rehkopf
building vas opened last night. He
did not mention any loot taken.
Imperial Valley press., 1932-12-12
LINCOLN SCHOOL

Marcus is boy in our room. He
is our artist. We call him that be-
cause he makes very beautiful pic
lures. He drew big Santa Claus
with bag of toys and a sign in
his hand that says Merry Christ
mas. Geraldine Spain. 4-A.
I have a lizard at school. He is
a little fellow but smart. I passed
him around the room to show the
children. His colors are blue, sill
yer, brown and black.-Joe Black
man, "A.
Our class has to read a story
from a magazine this week. We
shall have to read it very care
fully because we will have to tell it
on Monday. My story is about
Christmas seals-Hazel Lee, 5-A.
The boys and girls in our room
are nearly all crocheting. The one
who started it was Rex zinn. When
our art period comes our teacher,
Mr.. Fox lets us crochet. Some
times he shows us how to crochet.
-Hidego Hoshizaki, 6-B-1.
We had a geography test in our
room this morning. We had to
name and spell the plateau states
We had 10 questions. I thought
it was fun.-Phoebe Gruwell, 5-B-2
Mrs. Griffin is reading new
book to us called "Tornado Boy"
It is about a little colt and its
mother. The little colt is blue and
has white stockings.-Bettty Jeane
McDermott, 5-B-2.
We have Christmas fireplace
in our room. Howard Hensley and
Virginia Hutson made it. 1t has
two candles on the top of it with
clock between them. There are
three stockings hanging over the
fire waiting for Santa to fill them.
Marion Kneitz, 5-B-2.
At last we have chosen a play
for Christmas. 1t is called "a Visit
from Santa Claus" Mr.. Fox has
let me be Betty. I hope the play
will be a success.-Amy Takahas-
hi, 6-B-1.