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The Washington times., 1932-03-29
SENATE SCANS
RATIFICATION

An effort to change the time.
honored method of ratifying Con-
stitutional amendments began to-
day at a hearing before a Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee on the
Binghm resolution providing a
referendum by States on any pro-
posal giving the Federal Govern
ment greater power over the peo-
pie.
Ex-senator George H. Williams,
of Missouri, a Constitutional stu
dent, was the first witness called.
He favored submitting amend
ments affecting the rights of
citizens to the people themselves
for ratification, instead of to
either conventions or legislatures.
The Bingham proposition would
allow State legislatures, as at
present, to ratify amendments
touching Administrative or Gov
ernmental questions, like the new
Norris amendment eliminating
lame duck sessions of Congress.
On questions directly affecting
the rights of the people-as the
E ighteenth Amendment-he would
provide for ratification by a
popular vote of the people in
each State.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
AIMEE. T. DEBATES
ON DRY LAW

LOS ANGELES, March 90
U.NSO.-The radio battle of
the century" hung in the balance
today.
The subject was prohibition,
and the debaters were Aimee
Semple Mcpherson Hutton, evan,
gelist, and Walter Huston, actor.
SISTER" Hutton and Huston
argued in AngeluS Temple last
night before an overflow crowd
of 5000. The speeches were
broadcast, and Thursday the re.
suits of a poll conducted not only
among the AngeluS Temple audi
ence, but among radio hstners-in
as well, will be announced.
Huston said prohibition had
increased lawleSSneSS, spree d
drinking among young children,
and in addition was costing the
Government millions where once
liquor provided a large source of
revenue.
SISTER" Hutton countered by
asserting that prohibition had cur
tailed lawleSSnesS, virtually stop
ped drinking by children, and
cost the Government a compare
lively minor sum for its enforce
ment,
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
Crusaders Give Map
To DrHs' Local Fair

The Crusaders are nothing if
not cooperative, they say, so they
have sent one of their maps listing
LOO of the multitude of speak
easies here TO be an exhibit in
the PRO, .ibition Fair" to be staged
in the v / ;hington Auditorium by
the dryS.
The fair is being planned by
William Rufus Scott, Washington
newspaper writer and lecturer, in
his own name, although he is as
sistant to the Rev. Edwin C. Din
widdie, executive secretary of the
National Prohibition Board Of
Strategy.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
ALASKA, ISLES
HIT BY QUAKES

SEWARD, Alaska, March % Il.
N.SD .-EarthquakeS are rocking
the Aleutian Islands like "ships at
sea-" while Mt. Shishaldin is
shooting blue white flames 1000
feet into the air, according to re-
ports brought here today by Capt.
Arthur Ryning, of the steamship
Starr.
Inhabitants, "too frightened to
Sleep" are fleeing for Kodiak Is
land. Some. Captain Ryning re-
ported, are suffering from starva-
ton. A number of refugees have
been picked up along the shore
region of Katmai, another volcano
showing signs of activity, Captain
Ryning said.
The earth shocks rocked all
western Alaska Friday, according
to Ryning, who said the shocks
are continuing intermittently.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
30 To COMPLAIN
THEIR RIGHTS
SACRIFICED
Cite Indignities in Kentucky
and Are Told to Seek
Redress in Courts

FRANKFORT. Ky, March
90 Q.N.S.).-Having failed to
enlist the governors aid in
their attempts to investigate
conditions in Kentucky s
strike-troubled coal fields, 81
students of eastern universi-
ties today prepared to depart
for Washington, where they
will lay their demands before
the Senate.
Six delegates of the student
group were received by Gov. Ruby
Laffoon last night and were told
that the States chief executive
has no power to act on their
charges. The accusations that
the students were mistreated and
intimidated by officials of Bell
and Harlan counties must be
taken to the courts if a remedy
is sought, Governor Laffoon told
the delegates.
3 Groups Barred
Three student pilgrimageS into
the southeastern coal regions have
been turned back by county
authorities, who demanded peace
bonds as condition to permission
to remain. The students charge
they were subjected to indignities
and their constitutional rights
violated by officials and citizens.
To the students demand that
County Attorney Walter B. Smith
be dismissed, Governor Laffoon
replied:
See tainly, if Mr.. Smith sub
jected you students to any in.
dignitieS, he is subject to arrest
and you have your recourse at
law"
Bob Hall. of Columbia, student
leader of the delegation, asked
Governor Laffoon to guarantee
their safety in Kentucky. The
governor replied:
81 cannot guarantee safety
to anybody. You're as safe in
this State as I am"
Snubbed Gn Tennessee
A few hours before their inter
view with Kentucky's governor,
the students met a similar re.
sponse in a conference at Nash
vile with Gov. Henry H. Horton,
of Tennessee.
Granting an audience to a stu
dent committee, Governor Horton
refused to act on their charges of
violence and intimidation on Ten
neSSee soil.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
SMALLER BANKS
'CRUC|F|ED' BY
BILL, CHARGE
L. E. Wakefield, Minnesota
Man, Declares Earning
Power Will Be Cut

Country banks would bt
"crucified" under some pro-
visions in the Glass bill, L. E
Wakefield, president of the
First National Bank of Min.
neapolis, Mimi, told the Senate
Banking and Currency Com.
mittee today. He declared:
"The proposed increase in
reserve requirements of ma
tional banks would cruelty the
country banks in the north
western States.
HITS THEIR EARNINGS
"The principal disease from
which those banks are suffer.
ing is lack of earnings, hence
the thing which would hit them
hardest is anything further
reducing their earning power.
"This proposal would increase
the reserve requirements of ma
tiOnal banks in Montana, Min
neSOta, North and South Dakota
by $17,842,OOO."
Wakefield vigorously opposed
the provision designed to break
up group banking. Group bank
ing, he said, had saved many
small country banks from failure
1--WE have succeeded in main
tanning a sound banking Struc.
ture for the people of our sec
tiOn, and this success can only
be attributed to the strength
which is inherent in the group
system of banking.
COULDN'T GO ALONE
"Any group banking system
which might have attempted to
operate in Montana, North or
South Dakota, alone would have
had a most disastrous expert
ence and probably have in.
volved any ono of those States
in a complete collapse of its
banking structure"
Country banks would be forced
either out of business or out of
the Federal Reserve System by
the section forcing group bank
holding companies to maintain
their center reserve in assets
other than bank stocks. Wake,
field said.
Other bankers who added to
the flood of criticism wera
Thomas H. Preston, president of
the Hamilton National Bank,
Chattanooga, Tenn, and w. M,
Payne, chairman, Auburn Cayuga
National Bank and Trust Co.,
Auburn, N. Y.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
Auction DeUOtees
Enter Bridge Lists

That old-fashioned auction
bridge has by no means been
superseded by contract is proven
by the entry list registered for
the Federal Employees Bridge
tournament, which takes place
April 8 and 9 in the patio of the
Carlton Hotel. With the major
ity of contestants expected to
gravitate the contract section,
almost so per cent of the players
have voted to try their hand at
auction. Of 112 entrants thus
far, 81 prefer the older type of
bridge. Entries, which close April
4, may be registered at 10 B St.
S. w.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
ATTACKS
TREATY MODE

Philadelphia, Pa, March 90.
G.N.S0 .-Amercia's treaty-making
procedure is in grave need of re-
vision today, Newton D. Baker, of
Cleveland, former Secretary Of
War, told the Democratic Wom-
ems Club here.
"a state of complete absurdity"
exists, he said, in this respect,
and he urged that treaties sub
mitted to Congress by the Presi-
dent be voted on concurrently by
the House and Senate, with a
majority vote being decisive.
Three Senators, he declared,
led the fight against the League
of Nations because they we're
afraid to add luster to the pres
tige of Woodrow Wilson.
He referred to the ''burly cyni-
cism" of Senator from Penn
sylvania in this connection, the
Grabbed misanthropy "of another
from Connecticut, and the "aris-
tocratic intellectual immortality" of
a third from Massachusetts.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
Cartridge ErpIOdes,
Costs Boz q Hand

James Scott Appleby, 10, Of
2501 Thirteenth st. N. w., who
yesterday lost his right hand
when a cartridge exploded, is
progressing favorably at Emerg-
ency Hospital today, physicians
reported.
The boy, son of wealthy real
estate dealer, was examining a
shell in his fathers trophy room
when it exploded, lacerating his
hand so badly that it was i'm
possible to save it. An emerg-
ency amputation was performed
later yesterday by DR.. John
Lyon.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
BRIDE DIVORCES
. GEORGE LOTT

PHILADELPHIA, March %
G.N.S0 0.-George Lott, Davis cup
tennis star, vas proclaimed the
loser today in a love match with
his wife.
Mrs. Abigail Allen Lott, who
eloped with Lott on October ID,
1880, to E.kton, Md, was granted
a divorce by the court of COM
mon pleas here yesterday.
Mrs. Lott being a minor, the
suit was brought on her behalf
through her father less than one
year afte the elopement.
The grounds of the divorce
were not revealed. All papers in
the case were impounded in &C
cordance with the rules of court.
Lott, whose home is in Chicago,
rose rapidly in the tennis world.
He was a Schoolboy sensation a
few years ago, and is now con-
sidered among the worlds great
est players. In 1929, with John
Doeg, he won the national tennis
doubles championship.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
MOTHER READS
BIBLE AS TRIO
AWAIT DEATH
Friend BatterS Down Garage
Door to Find Bodies OF
Three in Auto

CHICAGO, March 80 Q.N.SD.
Side by side in an undertak-
ing parlor today lay the
bodies of Horace Coleman, sr.,
Quaker missionary, his wife,
and their 21-year-old son, all
victims of a strange suicide
pact.
And the mysterious motives
which prompted the elderly min.
lister and his little family % in,
hale poisonous carbon monox9ie
fumes as they sat in their auto
mobile while reading from a
Bible eluded puzzled authorities.
Batter Down Doors
Smiles Of faith and calm joy
were written on the faces of the
man, woman, and youth when
their bodies were discovered last
night in a private garage which
served as their self-chosen death
chamber.
Directed to the garage by a let
ter written by the Quaker min
lister just before the triple suicide
was enacted, DR.. Ellis David
Walker, friend, and Charles F.
Bilger, an undertaken, rushed to
the scene, battered through the
locked doors of the fume-filled
building, and discovered the
bodies.
In death, as throughout life,
the little family was united. Up
right they sat in the rear seat
of their automobile, the wife and
mother in the center, the hus-
band and son on each side of
her. On Mrs. Coleman'S lap was
an open Bible. Apparently she
had been reading aloud to her
loved ones words of courage and
consolation as the deadly fumes
slowly drew life from their bodies.
Had Lived In Orient
The Coleman family, DR.. Wal
ker said, lived for more than
20 years in Tokyo, where the
father was a missionary. Re.
Gently young Horace Coleman,
jr., has been attending the Uni
versity of Chicago. During the
past four years the family home
has been at Bloomingdale, Ind,
but Coleman travelled consider.
ably on lecture tours.
The Suicide Letter
Early last evening DIR. Walker
received Coleman'S letter that
sent him scurrying to the garage,
which apparently had been rented
solely for the suicide purpose.
The letter said:
Dear Doctor:
"YOu will find us in our
car in the private garage of
Miss Loretta Kennedy. You
will find instructions on an
envelope pinned on one of us
for yourself and the under
taker."
After requesting the doctor to
telephone his sister-in-law, Mrs.
L. A. Builta, Pine Village, Ind,
Coleman's letter said:
"YOu and Mrs. Walker know
that this way accOrdS with our
peculiar ideas in cases where
conditions warrant it,"
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
Thief Ordered
ToRead Books
He Stole

CHICAGO, March 29.-Unless
his attorney succeeds in vacat-
ing the sentence on the con-
Stitutional grounds that it is
"cruel and inhuman," Thomas
Delmato must go to Jail and
stay until he has read five vol
umes of the works of Victor
Hugo which he stole.
Delmato was picked up soon
after a secondhand bookstore
missed the volumes. He couldn't
tell the judge how he got them
but insisted he was going to
read them.
Judge John Sharbaro thought
this a splendid idea, and told
him to remain the cityS guest
in a private room until ne had
read the books and could show
intelligent knowledge of their
contents.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
Lyon Village Group
Elects w. D. MedLeU

William D. Medley was elected
president of the Lyon Village
Citizens Association last night at
a meeting at the home of ]. C.
Buchanan, who was elected vice
president. John w. johnson was
elected secretary, Mrs. Lewis C.
Carl, assistant secretary; Joseph
Haley, treasurer. and Arthur
Clark and Mrs. William D. Med
ley, with the officers, members of
the executive committee.
Mr.. Haley was appointed chair
man of a committee to cooperate
in a spring cleanup campaign or
iginated by County Manager Roy
S. Braden.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
Demonstrations to Rap
Kentucky Treatment

NEW YORK, March 90 G.N.SO.
Protest meetings against the
action of authorities in prevent
ing the college student delega-
ton from investigating condi-
tions in the Kentucky mine strike
area will be held in several cities,
the National Student League Off
cials said today.
Two demonst tr a tions were
planned in New York for next
week. Others were to be held
in Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago
and Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
SnOIU Keeps Woman
Prisoner in Cabin

YREKA, Calf, March 20
QN.S0.-A matter of weeks
spent alone in the cabin at her
mine on Humbug Creek, IA miles
from here, is but little concern to
Mrs. H. N. Mitchell, Siskiyou
county's woman miner. Unusually
heavy SHOWS prevented her from
making her usual trips to Yreka
this winter, and she. was snow
bound for weeks at time.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
LUbitSCh Denies
He's to Wed OnG

HOLLYWOOD, March 30 G.N.SO
Home from New York, Ernst
Lubitsch, film director, declared
that he and Ona Munson, film
actress, did not plan to be mar
ried.
Lubitsch was met at the train
by Jeanette Macdonald, film
actress. and others.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
NeWs Rack Charges
Cost Three S5 Each

James Tobin and Harry Wheel
er, $40 Third st. N. W., charged
with theft of newspapers from
honor system racks, were fined
SIS each in Police Court today by
Judge Issac Hit. Karl Peterson,
209 C St. N. W., forfeited $5
collateral.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
Victim
Feared To Be Dying

Struck by a hit-and-run driver
as he was walking along the
Baltimore Boulevard at Holly
wood last night, Samuel Davis,
"a, of 412 Sixth st. N. W., is
believed to be in a dying condi-
tion at the Casualty Hospital.
Davis was brought to the hos
pital by the Bladensburg Rescue
SQUAD. summoned by passing mo-
torists who saw him lying by
the side Of the road.
The Washington times., 1932-03-29
Card Party to Raise
Institution Funds

A card tournament sponsored
by the Lend-a-Hand Club for
funds to purchase a home for un-
married mothers will be held at
the Whitelaw Hotel tonight. DR..
I R. Whippet is president of the
club, and Mrs. Daisy WEIGH,
chairman. All card clubs are in.
vited to participate.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-06-09
6 Democrats Will
Speak Here Friday
Candidates on Regular" Party
Ticket Plan County
Rally at ArmOry

Six Democrats, prominent in state
political circles, will be in Red
wood Falls Friday evening to speak
at county Democratic rally to be
held at the armory.
The principal speaker will be
Arthur Van Dyke, regular" candi-
date for governor on the Democratic
ticket, who has been battling the last
few weeks with John Regain of Man.
kato, trump" candidate.
Other speakers will include Einar
Hoidale, Minneapolis, candidate for
congress; Anna Dickie Olesen, North
field, candidate for congress; Herman
H. Johnshoy, Starbuck, candidate for
lieutenant governor; j. A. Cashel,
Worthington and E. G. Quamme, st.
Paul, candidates for congress.
The Democratic governor candi-
date, Mr.. Quamme and Mr.. Johnshoy
were in Redwood Falls Thursday and
Friday of last week enroute from Oil
via where they appeared Wednesday
night to Marshall. DR.. Van Dyke
was the principal speaker at the
Washington Bicentennial celebration
held at Marshall Thursday night and
spoke at Paynesville Friday night
and Willmar, Saturday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-06-09
PAXTON FARMERS
CLUB UNDERTAKES
4TH CELEBRATION
To Be inexpensive Gloom Chas-
er at Fair Grounds Com
mittee Says

A Fourth of July celebration and
depression tonic' will be staged at
the fair grounds by the Paxton Farm
ers' club July it was decided Tues
day night.
Bud Kelly, president Of the club,
stated Wednesday that the enterprise
is not being staged as money MAX
ing proposition but as one day cele-
bration that will afford enough mer-
riment to make everyone forget all
troubles.
Local talent will stage bronco and
wild steer riding exhibitions, boxing
and wrestling matches and races.
Tentative plans include horse races,
both riding and running. Prizes Will
be given in all events.
Kittenball games and horseshoe
tournaments will be played until l
D. m. when the field will be cleared
for the attractions in front of the
grand stand.
A meeting of the clubs officers will
be held soon and a more definite pro-
gram laid out. All Of the grand
stand attractions will be free and 25c
will be charged at the gate. Cars
and children under 16 years OF age
will be admitted free.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-06-09
ll6 on Years Last
School Honor Roll
"a High Students, 81 in Grades
Named for Quality of
Work Accomplished

One hundred sixteen pupils of Red
wood Falls public schools are named
on the honor roll for the final six
weeks periods of the year, it was an
nounced this week.
One post graduate, "a high school
students and 81 from the grades gain
ed places on the list. The fourth
grade presented the longest list with
Is, while the second grade had IA and
the fifth, Is.
The list includes:
Post Graduate: Irene Hagen.
Seniors: Dorothy Ewart, John
Finn, Mildred Foreman, Eleanor
Goche, Louise Halves, Elaine Larson,
Raymond Lindeman, Dorothy Phin-
ney and Margaret Smith.
Juniors: Catherine Alexander, Lo-
gan Foreman, Charles Dirlam, Five
ra Kemnitz, Echoe Macs and Pauline
Simondet.
Sophomores: Lorraine Clauson,
Florence Farlee, Edwina Foreman,
Melville Miller, Evelyn Parsons, Irma
Schumacher and IRA Simondet.
Continued from Page y
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-06-09
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. M. Hitchcock Feted
on Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary

they were active in work for the well
fare Of the community and for the
Methodist church here. Many others
who could not be present sent letters
and kilograms Of congratulations OF
marked the day with gifts and flow
ers.
Receiving the guests with Mr.. and
Mrs. Hitchcock in the fiower-decked
rooms of the Clement home were their
four daughters, Mrs. Clement, Mrs.
Ralph Towne of Fairmont, Mrs. A. J.
Olson of Renville and Miss Hazel
Hitchcock of Rochester. Assisting
with the reception of guests and IN
the dining room were the grandchil-
dren, Katherine, Margaret and Jean
Clement, Dorothy and Billy Towne
and Sunny" Olson.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-06-09
Neck and Neck" Is
June % Free Show

AS the last free show in the sum-
mer series, the Redwood Falls Mer-
chants association will present "Neck
and Neck" at both theatres Wednes-
day, June %.
The show is racing picture star
ring Glenn Tryon, Vera Reynolds,
Carol Nye and Step'n Fetchet. Short
subjects will also be shown to make
a full two-hour program.
Plans are not complete for the re-
mainder of the summer months, but
the association may stage another
series this fall.
The shows for June % will begin at
9 a. m. at the New Dream theatre
and at 10 a. m. at the Redwood
theatre. Four shows will be shown
at each theatre during the day.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-06-09
GOLFERS WIN FROM
SLEEPY EYE; PLAN
SH0RTST0P MATCH
Clubs Within IS Miles to be
Invited to Tourney
Early in July

Redwood Falls golfers turned in
their second win of the season when
they decisively trimmed the Sleepy
Eye golf players As up Sunday in an
Is hole Scotch foursome match.
Palmer Kise, II, turned in the low
score of the day with an 81. Harlan
Jaehning, another young club WELD
err, was second low with an S5. He
tied N. C. Hoffman, low scorer of the
Brown county team.
Redwood Falls will seek its third
successive win when eight golfers go
to Montevideo June 10 to take part
in the district tournament. The eight
men will be picked according to the
scores they have established so far
this season. Last year when the Red
wood club entered in the meet at
Monte, Palmer Kise won a fountain
pen and pencil set as the consolation
prize in the championship fight.
The tournament committee consist
ing of R. V. Ochs, chairman, j. d.
Ziegler, North Redwood and r. w.
Whiting, are planning short stop
tournament to be held here the first
part of July. Although no definite
plans or a date have been set, towns
within Is miles have been written and
tentative date for July 10 was
announced by the chairman.
According to Mr.. Ochs, elaborate
prizes and cups will be given to the
flight winners. Sixteen men will
participate in the championship flight.
Other flights will include eight men
who finish high in the qualification
rounds and they will be arranged &C
cording to their score. An entrance
fee of 81 probably will be charged.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-06-09
ROAD ENGINEERS
SURVEY FOR new
BRIDGE ON NO. IA
Report Expected on Project
Urged by Civic Groups as
Safety Measure
MAY BUILD NEXT FALL
New Southwestern Minnesota
Bids Called For By
C.. NJ. BabcOck

Highway engineers who completed
surveys here last week, expressed the
opinion that new bridge will be
constructed on Highway No. IA,
Bridge street, over the Redwood riv-
er, possibly this fall.
Their reports were submitted to
the department heads this week and
will be acted upon soon. Civic groups
of the city have urged the construc-
ton of new bridge as safety meas
ure since the present structure is mar
row and crosses the river diagonally
at the foot of hills on both sides.
Meanwhile paving Of the highway
from Vesta continues and engineers
estimate that the concrete crew will
reach the city about the first of July.
They will then start from Vesta to
complete the paving to the point
where the present Marshall paving
ends.
Bids have been asked for by Com
missioner C. M. Babcock, to be opened
on June IA at the State Highway de-
partment headquarters, on three
paving, 10 grading, IL crawling,
five shouldering, seven bridge and one
concrete gutter jobs located through
out the state.
The paving projects are on trunk
highways 9, IL, and II and total 42.5
miles all in Southwestern Minnesota.
They are as follows: T. H. No. g
Between Luverne and 2 miles east of
Adrian, 1874 miles, comprising 1880
square yards of concrete pavement.
T. H. No. 12-Between Danube and
one mile east of Sacred Heart, 1913
miles, $4,000 square yards of con-
crete.
T. H. No. 17-Between Slayton and
Garvin, 1872 miles, 100000 square
yards of concrete pavement, 173,5OO
cubic yards of excavation.