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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-03-10
an CLUBS TO CELEBRATE
GEORGE WASHINGTON
BI-CENTENNIAL, MARCH II

Five hundred All boys and girls
leaders and parents will gather at
North Bend in the high school audi
terium, Saturday, March 18th, in cele-
bration of the 200th anniversary of
George Washington. The morning
session which will begin at 1880 a. m.
and presided over by Miss Norma
Forsberg, president Of the King County
All Pep Club, will be devoted to gen.
eral business OF the clubs. A parade Of
the club members displaying banners
will lie made thru the streets of North
Bend as closing feature of the morn
ing session.
The afternoon program will be in
charge of Miss Clara vinup, chairman
of King County George washington
Bit centennial committee and will con-
sist of short skits depicting the life of
George Washington, by the various
club communities.
The Boys and Girls All clubs OF
King County join with the American
Tree Association in promoting move
ment to plant trees this year and
dedicate them on this, George WASH
sngton S two hundredth anniversary
The first tree will be planted al
North Bend Saturday, at the close OF
the afternoon meeting, as the out
standing feature Of the days celebra
ton Similar programs will be put or
by the All clubs in their home COM
munities.
The first president knew the value
of trees and their care, and his diary
makes repeated references to his skill
as a woodsmap and tree planter. What
finer tribute, then on the part of the
community than the planting of tree:
for Washington? If, as the Associ-
alton hopes, 100000 trees take roo
as the result of this memorial activity
perhaps the United States, which nov
hangs its figurative head, and, con-
fronted with its denuded forests, say
in the words commonly ascribed tt
George, II did it with my littl,
Ratchet, may yet look up to new
heights crowned with the green G
fresh forests and repeat with mucl
satisfaction: Behold! I did it witt
| my little spade!"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-03-10
SUFFERING FROM
A KATZENJAAtMER

In long editorial in the American
Mercury for March, H. L. Mencken
tellingly comments on our present
economic difficulties. What we suffer
from, essentially, is only gross and
persistent Katzenjammer," he says
1.-THE natural product of the grandest
jag in the history of the modern
world. Three years ago :. one heard
on the authority of heightened pro-
fessors in swell colleges that New
Economics had come into action in the
Republic, and that its first principle
was that what went up would never
come down. The way to get on in the
world, it appeared, was simply to
spend more and more ~. ~
Mr.. Mencken then gives case his
tory of "the typical American OF that
gaudy time" who tried to turn a few
dollars into a million, and says: ut
is sad story 4. But is it really the
story of every American? Hardly
1t is only the old story of gamblers
brought to book at last, their money
gone and their shirt-tails out We
have all lost something, but not many
have really lost everything. In actual
values the country is still rich, and
any man who owns any honest part
| of it still has that part, and will see
it making money for him when the
clouds roll by.
cit seems to me that the depression
will be well worth its cost if it brings
Americans back to their senses. Once
! they rediscoYer the massive fact that
hard thrift and not gamblers luck is
the only true basis of national wealth
they will discover simultaneously that
perfectly civilized and contenteii life
is possible without the old fuss and
display, For all the current alarms
they will still be as rich as any other
people on earth, and great deal rich
er than most.
LAS with the people, so with the
nation. Uncle Sam has been on a
bust, too. 1t is hard for him to re-
trench, but somehow he must do it."
The United States is as sound as
overland probably a good deal sound
Grand the final collapse of the non
sensical values" of ls26-l929 has
paved the way for an understanding
of honest and permanent values, in
both concrete and an abstract sense,
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-03-10

the common people lose their spending
power, other industries suffer, but no
one can defend the results of our pres
ent deflation by saying that we are
getting back to normal when many
prices remain as high or higher than
ever, while others are cut in half.
s1he only just answer is a restor-
alton of normal values for basic COM
modities, SO that the debtor can pay
his debt with the same sized dollar he
borrowed 1t is doubtful if this car
nov be done without complete re-
vamping OF our monetary system, anc
the sooner we get at it the better
A. S. G.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-03-10
FARMERS DOLLAR WORTH Sic

The Bureau of Agriculture Eco
Monies has just released price figures
for January. Farm prices are the
lowest they have ever been since the
indexed figures we're complied, being
but So per cent as high as the five
year average from 1909 to 1914. This
means that the farmer today must
raise and market from two to three
times as much to pay off dciaar OF
debt as he would have had to sell to
pay when that debt was contracted.
On the other hand, the commodities
which the farmer has to buy are COM
ing down, but Oh, so slowly! They
are still 81 per cent above the five
year average. This means that the
farmers dollar, as compared with the
dollar of other industry, is worth but
81 cents, which is also low water
mark
Those who look upon this deflation
as sound movement in return to-
ward normal conditions will have q
hard time justifying such wide dis
crepancies. With freight rates higher
than ever, taxes still on the upgrade
power, lights, telephone, telegraph
railroad fares, and every line Of ex-
penditure coming under the genera
term of public service as high as ever
toiie result of this type of deflation il
merely to make the farmer and work.
ing man carry the brunt of the whole
deflation program 1t is true that, a
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-03-10
Explanation Enough.

A small boy asked his father how
wars begin. WELL" said his father
suppose that England quarrelled with
France
But interrupted the motner
England mustn't quarrel w1th
Francel'
II know" he answered, "but I am
taking hypothetical instance"
You are misleading the child" said
the mother
mo, am not" he answered.
Eyes. you are"
mo. am not"
"All right, Dad" said the small boy
II think know how wars begin"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-03-10
Y u
POLITICAL, HISTORICAL
AND CONSTITUTIONAL
QUESTIONS.
r. e. Stafford.

v
/, Who is the most powerful menu
Der of the U. S. senate?
2. In case the offices Of president
and vice-president should become va
cant, who would become PRESIDENT
8. What famous washington states
man died recently2
4. Who is our ambassador to Great
Britain?
5. What governor reduced his salary
from $500 to S6o0O2
6. What power granted to congress
by the constitution has never been
exercised
Z. In love and in politics who was
the leading opponent of Abraham
Lincoln?
g. Name three living men who have
been defeated for president.
9. Who designated certain pro-
gressive senators from the West and
Middle West as wild Jack Asses?"
10. Who is our most famous war
correspondent?
ANSWERS on page five)
orr want ads bring results.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-03-10

pride-hurting to me- as an adult. There
are degrees of badness, you know
Maybe you're right remarked
Aunt Emily, You almost make me
wish could bring my children UP
ever again"
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-03-10
vASHoN GRAMMAR SCHOOL WILL
HOLD EXPLANATORY CONTEST

On Friday evening, liarch Il, at
500 o'clock the tryout for the King
county declamatory contest will be
held at the vashon grammar school.
There are three classes Of recita-
tions, orasorical, dramatic and humor-
Gus. A number will try for first place
in each class, The one winning the
coveted place will compete with other
schools in the south end Of King coun-
ty at later date.
Deep River-Deep River Logging Co.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1932-03-10
HOME EDUCATION

Chfds S
Issued the National Kindergarten Association w 4Oh York
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03

By United Press
HOPEWELL, N. j., March g.
Every official and private agency OF
justice in the United States was in
action today, seeking to solve the
kidnapping of baby Charles A. Lind
bergh Jr.
Federal, state and municipal law
enforcement departments threw
their entire personnel into a search
for the kidnapers.
State and federal legislatures con-
Sidered bills providing new and
drastic punishment for kidnapping.
Radio broadcasting companies
dedicated their networks to bulle-
tins on the man-hunt.
Press associations and newspapers
threw every energy into thorough
reporting progress of investigation,
Prayers were offered all over the
country for the safe recovery of the
child with every denomination CO.
operating.
Messages of sympathy we're re-
ceived from Europe. Canada and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
LADDER CHIEF KIDNAP CLEW
By United Press

By United Press
HOPEWELL, N. j., March 81
Capture of kidnapers who stole the
Lindbergh baby from it's crib in a
second-floor nursery was believed
today to hinge on a hree -section
white pine ladder, a $4,000 ransom
note and ShoelesS footprints in the
mud outside the home.
A multitude of clews have been
reported. Many have been run
down. Others, barring immediate
safe eturn of the child, will be in
YES Igated. Most of them will be
SHOWN to be false.
Each section of the three section
ladder is seven feet long. The Sec
tons r made so each section will
telescope into the other, each Sec
ton being slightly wider at the
bottom than at the top.
Penciled markings on the lad
der were examined carefully in the
hope that they might reveal the
lumber yard from which the timber
was obtained. The markings con-
sisted of a classification label, Typ
Glass D." and faint initials, proba-
bly, those of some inspector.
The middle and top sections of
the ladder were made with care.
The steps were mortised into the
uprights so their tops r flush with
the side pieces. Four new eight
penny wire nails were iced to
fasten each step to the uprights.
Newly made saw marks r dis
tinguishable on the raw ends of the
lumber.
The bottom section is believed to
have been made after the kidnap-
ers first made one trip to the Lind
bergh home and discovered that two
sections would not reach. This
conclusion was reached when it was
discovered that the steps r nailed
to the uprights, without being inset
into the beams.
The entire construction Of the
bottom section indicates it was hur-
riedly and roughly put together,
when the two top sections would
not reach the second-foor bedroom
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
PRESS FIREBUG HUNT
Two More Houses, Garages
InCendiariSt Targets.

Search for a vanda1 who has set
fire to nearly a dozen vacant houses
in the near-downtown area in the
last few months, was pushed today
by police and firemen after in
cendiary blazes damaged two houses
and two garages, Wednesday night.
The firebug set fire to houses at
1918 East Market street and "a
North Liberty street within an hour.
Heavy damage was prevented when
both blazes were discovered by adj
joining residents. Total damage
was estimated at $500.
The same vandal is believed to
have set fire to a garage in the rear
of 2036 Linden street, resulting in
$500 damage to it and adjoining
garages.
Fire of unknown origin caused
5000 to the building and stock of the
Talveron Bros, clothing store, 204
Indiana avenue, early Wednesday
night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
ORDER REALTY
MEMS RETURN
Indiana Estates Promoters
to Be Tried Here.

Removal from San Francisco to
Indianapolis of three men. indicted
in the indianapolis real estate
frauds in 1880, is expected Monday,
dispatches from the west coast said
today.
Removal of two of the men. James
B. Huteson and Mel J.. O'Keefe,
charged with using the mails to de-
fraud in selling property Of the de-
funct Indiana Estates Company was
ordered by a United States commits
sioner in San Francisco Wednesday.
The third man, William M. Dozier,
is out on bond and his order for
removal will be acted upon Monday.
Huteson had eresisted removal,
claiming he had no other interest in
the deal aside from loaning money
to O'Keefe and Dozier.
A. G. Garrigus, indianapolis pos
tai inspector, who recently went to
San Francisco to appear as a wit
ness against the trio, asserted to-
day "Huteson is the central figure
in the charges"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
OF LINDBERGH
ESTATE ARE QUESTIONED
IN SEARCH FOR CLEWS
site of ChiId'S Prison Is
Told by Letter Mailed
at Boston.
HUNT FOR AGED WOMAN
Enters PoStoffice, Orders
AirmaiI MiSSive Sent,
Then FIeeS.
By United Press

DV OHttcU EFecS
BOSTON, March 8. A
description of a house where,
it was stated, "the Lindbergh
baby will be found" was con-
tanned in an air mail letter
addressed to Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh and posted by a
woman here today, police an
nounced.
ut looks like a very good clew
to me- Police superintendent
Michael H. Crowley said.
Superintendent Crowley declined
to divulge the exact contents of the
missive.
Asked if the house were near Bos-
ton, Chowley replied:
mo. 1t is in another state, not
far from New jersey"
The woman who posted the letter
was described rs about so, and spoke
with a German accent.
Il want this sent to Colonel Lind
bergh," she is reported as saying "a
she entered the postof6ce.
Spare No Expense" Is Order
Before she could be stopped for
questioning, she fed from the post
office.
Later, from an unofficial source.
the following purported excerpt
from the letter was obtained:
i don't want to tell you how I
got this information in my possess
sion. The information is urgent
and you should act at once. I urge
you to do so. Your son is held by
two men and a woman at 1863 -
Street -"
The name of the town was poorly
spelled but looked like Princeton
On the outside of the letter was
penciled:
Spare no expense. Deliver this
with all speed possible"
Postal authorities awaited per-
mission from Colonel Lindbergh to
open the letter and inspect its
contents.
Reports that she had alighted
from an automobile bearing New
Jersey registration plates we're dis
proved when they found the car
with its owner, Harry M. Spring Jr.
at Parkman boulevard near the
Jamaicaway.
He explained he drove his mother
and another woman to 755 Boylston
street today and later went to city
hospital to visit a sick friend. He
showed authorities the visiting card
he had used.
Coincidence Is Revealed
After the hospital visit, he said,
he drove to Station A, in the same
section of the city, to transact some
postal business.
"As I was leaving the postofice,"
Spring related, Il passed a stout
woman coming out about the SAND
time. I didn't notice anything par
ticularly unusual about her. She
walked northward. I knew nothing
about the case until an officer
stopped my car"
An amazing coincidence was that
his car-bearing a license issued
within a few miles of Lindbergh's
home-should have been in front Of
the p~ostof1ce at the time of the
woman's visit.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
Pledge Troop Withdrawal

bU Jutfed Press
WASHINGTON, March 3.-The
Japanese government, through Am
basSador Katsuji, today informed
Secretary of State Henry L. Slim
son that fighting at Shanghai was
ended and that Japanese troops
would be withdrawn as soon as pos
Sible.
Debuchi assured Stimson of ia
pans willingness to have neutrals
participate in a round table con-
ference to liquidate the Shanghai
situation and arrange for future
security of the foreign settlem Mt.
He also communicated a state
ment from General YoShinori Shi-
rakawa, chief of the japanese land
forces, ordering his forces to halt
at their present positions. Debuchi
said this statement was issued at 4
p. m. today in Shanghai.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
YELLING WILL
RECEIVE Term
OF 2-14 YEARS
Special Judge Cause Slated
to Pronounce Sentence
Friday Morning.
DEFENSE PLEA DENIED
Former Coroner Also to Be
Fined $500 in Bride
Case Conviction.

Fred v. Vehling, former coroner
of Marion county, recently convict
ed Of soliciting a bride, will be
sentenced Friday morning to two
to fourteen years in the state prison
and fined 500 by Special Judge
Fred G. Cause in criminal court.
Cause announced the penalty
would be imposed after listening
for two hours today to arguments
on a motion in arrest of judgment
and a motion for a new trial. He
did not rule on either, but said
both would be overruled just prior
to imposition of sentence. Max
imum fine, under the conviction,
is $4,000.
Appeal Is Scheduled
Immediately after sentence, de-
Tense counsel will file notice of ap-
peal and Vehling will be released on
$1,000 bond, attorneys said. Amount
of bond was suggested by Prosecu-
tor Herbert E. Wilson. Vehling'S
present bond is $4,000.
Vehling was in court today with
Eph Inman, Fred Barrett and
Thomas MCGEE, his attorneys. He
was accompanied by relatives. The
courtroom was filed.
In addition to Wilson, the state
was represented by his chief deputy,
Floyd Mattice, and Oscar Hagemeier
deputy in charge of grand jury
proceedings.
Inman, in his argument, referred
to poison" that had crept into the
case and declared "Vehling would
have been convicted without any
evidence at ALL" He referred to de-
NAL of a defense motion for a
change of venue.
Stigma Called Punishment
"I think your honor would have
done well in the interests of Justice
to have granted a change of venue
from Marion county," Inman said.
Il realize it was within your discre-
ton to refuse to do So"
Barrett contended the case, as
presented at the trial, differed from
that stated in the affidavit, but the
court pointed out suf1ciency of the
affidavit had been upheld in a pre-
vious ruling. Cause expressed be-
lief that every count of the affidavit
had been sustained by the evidence.
At the conclusion of Arguments,
Cause said:
Il feel Mr.. Vehling's greatest pun
ishment is the stigma of conviction,
and for that reason he should be
released on bond pending ruling on
appeal"
Vehling, it was charged, solicited
a bride of $3.50 following the gas
deaths of Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Stickel and William Coble, under
threat that if it was not paid, he
would change a verdict of acciden-
tai death to n of suicide, thus
blocking relatives in efforts to OBJ
tanning insurance money.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03

Grace OffenSe
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
KANSAS CITY, March g.
Miss Marx Hampton was out
Of her grave today, but she
still was in her casket.
The girl was continuing her
144-hour nap supervised by
Rajah Yogi, known as a hyp-
notist.
The rajah first buried her
four feet underneath a tent.
The city health department
objected, and he was ordered
to exhume her forthwith and
Immediately"
He did Wednesday night,
removing her, coffin and all,
around the corner to a theater
lobby, where he said she would
complete her long trance.
The rajah contended in court
he had hypnotized and buried
588 persons.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03

wandering gypsy band in the
neighborhood. The townsfolk re-
called the popular theory that
gypsies often try kidnapping.
Question Nursemaid Again
John Tooley, secretary to Cover
nor A. Harry Moore, of New Jersey
and press liaison man, told the
United Press today that Miss Cow,
nursemaid, had been questioned
Wednesday and again today, in the
hope she could give some informa-
ton leading to finding the kidnapers.
There was no indication she could
amplify her original story that she
found the baby's crib empty Tues
day night at about 10 p. M.
Mrs. Dwight Morrow, grand
mother of the stolen baby, was
among those who held the theory
that the kidnapers were persons I'M
usually familiar with the habits of
the Lindbergh family, the location
of the nursery, and the fact that,
contrary to custom, the Lindberghs
extended their weekend stay in
the country instead of stopping
with Mrs. Morrow at Engle-
wood, N. j.
This theory kept state troopers
active. They had questioned all
available persons who had had en-
ployment around the estate, but it
was said this questioning had de-
veloped no real Information, and
cast no suspicion.
Anne Bears Up Well
Meantime, mystery covered the
Lindbergh family's movements. The
colonel and his young wife still
bore up courageously under the
strain of uncertainty and waiting.
They were ready to pay the $780,
900 ransom, and state police said
Lindbergh had established a con-
tact with the kidnapers.
Through the night came word
that it was only a matter of hours
until Baby Lindbergh would be re-
stored. Yet as dawn turned today,
and the day passed on into noon,
there was no positive evidence that
this was to come true.
However, mysterious develop
ments indicated that the jewellers on
Sourland mountain still lived with
hopes of early restoration of fair
haired, blue-eyed Charles Jr.
A plane again lowered over the
hillside today, but its mission was
as mysterious as the missions Of
those who flew above Wednesday
and dropped secret packages.
Aviators Offer Services
There had been a theory that the
silent travellers of the skies were
emiSsaries of the kidnapers, but this
was in part discounted by word
that Major Lanphier, a friend of
Lindbergh, and the state police had
been air scouting to sight ~loiterers
or parked carr along the roadways.
The silent birdmen," air COM
rades OF the flying colonel, had Of
fered their services to aid a col
league in distress. The comraderie
Turn to Page IL
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Mystery Boat Sought

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ASBURY PARK, N. j., March 3.
Coast guardsmen searched today
for a dirty white, thirty-foot cruiser
on which a baby is reported being
kept, and which Unanswered in a
strange manner when stopped
Wednesday.
Thomas Harris, a surfman at the
Deal coast guard station. told his
superior, Chief Mate William ].
Butler, that he talked with a rum
runner who, at 4:30 Wednesday aft
ernoon, came upon the cruiser
about thirty miles of Scotland
lightship.
The rum runne said the white
cruiser had a green stripe along
the water line and the letter "Ks
on the stern. The portfolios were
covered with Grapes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
RESOURCE Is
USED IN MANHUNT

Mexico offered the aid of their gov
ernments where needed.
In Washington, President Hoover
followed the man-hunt for the
criminals with deep concern. He
had ordered every federal depart
ment to aid in the search.
In the state capital of New Jer-
sey, Governor A. Harry Moore, per-
sonally directed activities of the
New Jersey state police from his
office.
AT Albany, Governor Franklin D.
Roosevelt issued instructions that
the entire New York state police
force aid in the hunt,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-03-03
START HUNT FOR TWO,
LOST IN MOUNTAINS

Pennsylvania Girl, Fiance Feared
Suffering From Exposure.
By United Press
LAS VEGAS, New, March s.
Miss Robin K%reutzberger, 81, daugh-
ter of a wealthy Bethlehem (Pa.)
business man, and her fance. Henry
Adams, 81, also of Bethlehem, were
lost on French mountain today in a
region of deep crevaSses and aban-
doned mine shafts.
A posse began to comb the region
at dawn, fearing the couple may
have slipped from a ledge or be
suffering from exposure. The
searchers began climbing the noun
tain late Wednesday and were over
taken by darkness.