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Richmond
By MARTHA BOSSERT

Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Walker and
family from starup,. WASH, spent {
few days visiting at the Rudolph
Engel home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Knowles, Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Knowles were Tuas.
day evening callers at the Gottfried
Bossert home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Rhodes and
daughter Alean motored to Bis
marck Friday on business.
Mrs. O. j. Olson was caller Tues
day in this vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Bossert and
son Gottfried were Friday evening
visitors at the David Helm home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Drumm and
family, Christ Edward and John Roth
were Sunday visitors at the Bossert
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Bossert, SOL
Gottfried and daughter Clara were
Sunday evening visitors at the Carl
Johnson homo.
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Still
BY B. r. HAGSTROM

Word was received last week Of the
death of Mrs. Joel G. Nordlund of
China. Mr.. Nordlund Is well-known
man in this community, having been
pastor In the Swedish Mission church
a few years ago. Mrs. Nordlund pass
ed away June II. She leaves her hus-
band and infant son, David Lee.
Mrs. Richard Carter of Turtle
Lake was the guest Of her sister, Mrs.
Oscar Erickson. last week. Mr.. Car
ter motored here after his wife Sun
day.
Mrs. Ole Hagstrom, daughter Nellie,
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin johnson, Arnold
Christensen and Vernon johnson
visited with Mrs. John johnson We'd
|neSday.
Mrs. Thure johnson and children
were overnight guests with Mr.. and
Mrs. Ned Asplund Tuesday.
Mrs. Walfred Asplund was hostess
to an afternoon luncheon in honor
of her sister, Miss Ruth Johnson, who
has been visiting here for several
weeks. Miss Johnson plans to re-
turn to her home in Fergus Falls
Mimi, in short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Hagstrom and
family and Harry Vincent were Wed
nesday evening guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Martin Strand and family. Ice
cream and cake were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward johnson and
daughter Genevieve, Mrs. A. H. Erick-
son, Miss Annette Erickson, Inez
Antonette and Seth Ecklund shoppet
in Bismarck Saturday.
L. M. Nordquist and son Vernon
were Sunday luncheon guests at thu
Erick Pearson home.
| G. w. Morris conducted Pentecosta
services in Grass Lake school No.
several evenings last week.
L. M. Nordquist spent Wednesday
at the home Of his daughter, Mrs
Fred johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Strand ane
family were Sunday dinner guests O
Mrs. Signe johnson.
Rev. and Mrs. Thure A. johnson
and family Of Noonan, N. D., arrivet
at the John Asplund home Monda.
levening for months visit. Rev
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Harriet
BY MISS E. M. THOMPSON

Ed. Wagner, Harry Ulfers and Ing
void Eide, ST., motored to Bismarck
Saturday to transact business.
v. c. Heaton of Steele has been Wis
fling at the G. F. Lambert home for
several days this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Weitstock and
Bud See were Sunday dinner guests
at the O. G. Weitstock home.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. O. Thompson and
family were Sunday dinner guests at
the Carl Shopp home.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Williamson and
family motored to Tuttle Thursday
evening.
Mrs. E. r. Leach and daughter
Beverly returned home Thursday
after spending several weeks with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Joseph
son.
Mrs. G. F. Lambert and Mrs. o. G.
Weitstock entertained at shower in
honor OF Mrs. e. R. Leach and Mrs.
John Merkel at the c. F.. Lambert
home Saturday afternoon. Many USE
full gifts were received Ice cream
and cake were served by the host
uses.
John Vollmer of Tuttle was a sup
per guest at the Ted Hoffman home
Thursday evening. Daughters Marta
and Bertha, who visited relatives here
last week, returned home with him.
Miss Martha Setback visited at the
Russell Williams home Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Severson were
callers in Arena Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. o. G. Weitstock and
family and Mrs. Fred Weitstock re-
turned home from Grand Forks We'd
nesday evening where Mr.. Weitstock
attended the postmasters and rural
mail carriers convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom. Ashley and son
Jackie of Chaseley were callers ir
Arena Sunday evening.
Arthur Thompson called at the Ing.
void Eide home Sunday evening.
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Baldwin
BY MRS. FLORENCE BORNER

Mr.. and Mrs. Knownly Dorman and
family and Mesdames Oscar and Carl
Landerholm were Sunday guests at
the Alvin Nordstrom home.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid met
with Mrs. Fred Wood at her home in
Baldwin Wednesday.
Carl and Adam Herdebu called at
the VERNE Peterson home in Maui
ghton township Sunday forenoon.
The Crofte Star homemakerS club
will meet at the home of Mrs. Lau-
renee Stocks next Wednesday after
noon.
Mrs. B. F. Lawyer of Bismarck and
sister, Mrs. Thompson of Alberta
Canada. visited at the Richard Kickul
home Thursday. Mrs. Thompson, and
Mrs. Lawyer are the daughters of Mr.
and Mrs. Hooper, old time residents
Of Baldwin who moved to Canada 9
number of years ago.
Reuben Barsthmass of Roseglen Wis
tied here with his brother-in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Nordstrom
Wednesday.
Mrs. Fred Kant and daughter
Marion spent Saturday in Bismarck
with Mrs. Rants brother in-law and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sitter.
Miss Judith Barthsmass has return.
ed to her home at Roseglen after
spending several weeks with Local
relatives.
The Mckenzie baseball team de-
feated the River Rats at the Local
diamond, the score being 5 to Is. Next
Sunday the married men will play
against the single men, both being
local teams.
Martin Bourgeois Of Bismarck was
looking after business interests here
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Anderson anc
family of Still, Mrs. Herman Falken.
stein, Mrs. Morris Anderson and Mrs
Jane Register of Bismarck spent Sun.
day at the Ira FalkenStein home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reinhold Berg ane
family visited with relatives in vii.
ton Saturday evening.
August Bleckreid of Cleveland
Ohio is spending the summer months
with his brother, Charles Bleckreid
Mr.. Bleckreid comes here each sum
mer.
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Sterling
BY FERN r. STEWART

Bryan Coon of Mckenzie called a
the Eva Turner home Tuesday.
Harold Brownawell, John Sedive'
and John Thorne and Mr.. and Mrs
Hassin Eele were Bismarck callers
Wednesday.
Glen Stewart spent Tuesday with
Bobbie BroWnaWell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theron Ellison wer'
Moffit callers Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Paulson were
town callers Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Riley spent Wed.
nesday at the Helmar Meland home.
Art Belle called at the Ed Sch
midkunZ home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Chenoweth, Mr.
and Mrs. John Knowles, and Mrs
Tom Stewart were Driscoll caller:
Wednesday.
Martin and Marvin Magnus called
at the r. L. Dorson home Wednesday
Freta Envik called at the H. r
Wright home Wednesday.
Clifford Wright and Marion Ness
called at the Ernest johnson home
Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. N. Johnson and
family were Bismarck shoppers Fri
day.
Sis Coons of Mckenzie spent the
weekend at the Eva Turner home.
Howard OHara of Cleveland, N. D.,
was calling in this vicinity Sunday.
Knute johnson and son Kenneth
were town callers Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elsus Elness visited at
the John Peterson home in Driscoll
Sunday evening.
Miss Fern Stewart spent Sunday
mite with Miss Lucille Elness.
Miss Betty Gregoryk spent Sunday
with Miss Florence Hanson.
Mrs. Eva Turner and daughter
Phyllis, accompanied by Mrs. Flor
ence Elness and Miss Fern Stewart
were Bismarck callers Monday after
noon.
Mrs. Charley Thompson spent Sat-
urday night and Sunday at the Eva
Turner home.
Miss Mary Ann Turner spent the
past week with her cousins at Men,
oxen.
John Elness of Christiania, was q
town caller Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hudson of
Taft called at the Theron Ellison
home Sunday. Enroute home they
called at the Eva Turner home.
Mrs. Ernest Johnson and children
and Mrs. Clarence Long were town
callers Sunday.
Mrs. Freto Envik accompanied by
Mrs. L. B. Smith were Bismarck
shoppers Saturday.
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bers that Is to be held Saturday, thu
18th at $3.50 p. m., will be at the Emf
Hague grove on the j. J. Rue farm
Everybody Is welcome to come.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar DIN and son
Donald Of Long Beach. Calf. were
guests at the G. J. Trygg home while
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Cunningham and
sons Morrison and Edward were call
ers Monday night At the George Mel
son home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Olson and Edith
and brother Herman returned Monday
night from Chicago where they at
tended the Century Of Progress ex-
position and visited their daughter,
MIR. and Mrs. Herman Ahnefelt.
Lennart Olson called Friday at the
George Nelson home.
Miss Mildred Trygg left for Spring
field, Mo. Thursday after spending
three weeks with her parents, G. j.
Trygg and former friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Olson came
out from Bismarck Saturday calling
on neighbors here.
MI. ana MIS-. george nelson, Gerald
and Gwendolyn, Otto and Alice Swan
son were entertained recently by Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Varley to dinner and
supper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Fitzgerald,
were supper guests Sunday night at
the George Nelson home.
Relatives gathered Sunday at the
Nels Nelson home and helped cele-
brate his birthday anniversary. A
supper was served.
Sam Brown and Howard Nelson
went to Wilton Sunday and called
on Carl GilbertSon.
Willie Jiras will leave Tuesday by
train for Indian Diggins, Calf, to
visit Wilbur Lundquist Of the G. G. G.
Forestery there and various places of
interest. 81:
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DriscOll
BY DELLA MAE OLSON

Mrs. George Wallin and children
Of Steele visited at the AL Chaplin
home Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Bruschwein and
family were guests at the Christ
Schoon home in Clear Lake township
Wednesday. The occasion was Mr..
and Mrs. Schoon's 3oth wedding ami
versary.
Mrs. Elmer Koon and children spent
Wednesday in Sterling at the George
Lee home.
Mrs. p. p. Hanson, who underwent
an operation at the st. Alexius hos
pital Monday Is rapidly improving.
! Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Burnett accom-
panied by Mrs. C.. A. Swanson and
Mrs. John Olson attended services
and Ladies Aid at the Zion Lutheran
church Sunday.
T! Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Swanson and
daughters visited at the Floyd Swan
son home Sunday evening.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Al Chaplin entertain
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Lewis and fam
lily, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Apland, and
Mr.. and Mrs. A. 8. E. Metcalf Sun
day.
Mrs. A. M. Bruschwein and La
Vanne and Mrs. p. M. Lathrop and
Jean were Bismarck callers Thurs
day.
Nina Lewis and Clarence Tollefson
Of Bismarck called at the Joe Lewis
home Sunday.
Mrs. Edward Thomas entertained
Mrs. G. A. Swanson and Mrs. Clar-
ence Swanson and daughter Beva
Jean Friday afternoon.
Miss Nora Hendrickson Of Glenfield
Is visiting few days at the N. B. Me-
land home.
Mrs. Elwood Swanson and children
spent Tuesday with Mrs. Al Chaplin.
| Rev. and Mrs. Fickner Of Napoleon
were supper guests at A. M. Brusch-
veins Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Madison and Mr..
! and Mrs. Vic Peterson and daughters
were Sunday guests at the A. H. Me-
land home.
Vera and Virgil Koon visited = few
days at Sterling.
Mrs. Wilburt Koon and family are
spending several days at the p. M.
Gosney home in Taft township.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. G. Ruble visited
Mr.. and Mrs. H. p. Hanson Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Jordan and fam
lily are visiting friends and relatives
In Minneapolis and in Chicago and
Morrisonville. Illinois.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Quale and fam
lily were Saturday evening visitors at
the Vic Peterson home.
Miss Dorothy Lee of Sterling Is
spending few days at Elmer Rooms.
Mrs. Albert Hammar and Miss
Hazel Nelson visited Mrs. +. G. Ruble
Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney Olson and
daughters spent Sunday at Spirit
wood, N. Oak.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Koon and fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. George Lee were
visitors at the James Koon home
Sunday.
K. A. Ersland and Harold Swanson
were callers in Dawson Saturday.
The Misses Tina Guam and Chlea
Hanson have been visiting friends In
this vicinity few days.
i Miss Evelyn Thomas of Bismarck
is spending a week at the Edward
Thomas home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Apland and
. son, Donald, called on Mr.. and Mrs
E. G. Ruble Thursday evening.
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Painted Woods
BY MRS. OLE LILLEFJELD

Mr.. and Mrs. Stura Nelson and
children visited at the Andrew Nelson
home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Schafer were
Wilton callers Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Hannefield
and daughters Noreen and Hope Wis
tied at the August Kilian home Sun
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Brostrom were
Wilton callers Saturday afternoon.
Ole Lillefjeld called at the Joe
Brostrom and liver Erickson home
Monday
Leo Asklund, who has been spend
Ing a few days this week at the Ole
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Ecklund
BY MISS PAULINE sPITzER

Mrs. John Rienhart of st. Paul is
visiting with friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. j. Krotz, sons
Walter, Harvey and Kenneth and
daughter Mary were shoppers at the
Capital City Friday.
A party was held at the Henry
Deide home Saturday evening. The
evening was spent in dancing. A
lunch was served at midnight.
Mrs. Jake Splitter, daughter Amelia
and Alice, Mike Neidimeyer and Mrs.
John Rienhart visited at the Arthur
Franklund home Sunday.
John Partyka, daughters Nellie and
Bertha, accompanied by Elbie and
Nina Murray, motored to Bismarck
Sunday to visit with Eddie Partyka.
who is patient at a Bismarck hos
pital. Eddie, who had his leg cut off
by a moving machine, Is somewhat
improved at this writing.
Alfred Diede was caller In VIII
ton Sunday evening.
Shoppers at Wilton Saturday eve
ming were Mr.. and Mrs. Emil FIilken,
John Partyka, son Frank, Mr.. AMI
Mrs. John Dixon, son James, Mr..
and Mrs. Lewis Splitter, son Edmund,
daughter Helen, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
Splitter, sons Bob, Friedrich and Her
bert, and daughter Aileen.
Mrs. John Rienhart was an over
night guest at the Henry Deide home
Saturday.
Leo Strand was q caller at the
Lewis Splitter home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Ollenberger and
son Allan visited at the Henry Fox
home one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Miller accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fox
called at the Lawrence Stocks home
near Baldwin Sunday.
Allan Ollenberger is visiting at the
home of his grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Splitter, for some time.
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Glenview
By VIOLET L. JOHNSON

Mrs. Albert Larson returned home
Tuesday evening from Tube Rose,
Sask., Canada, she accompanied her
sisters and brother in flaws there
where they visited at the Ole Jacob
son home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Con johnson and
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
WORLD H|KER
: V|S|TSD.C.

Hitch hiking may become a
lost art, but not so far as John
E. White, of Owego. N. Y, is con-
cerned.
He landed in Washington yes
terday and this is only a milk
station stop compared to his OBJ
jective, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
John graduated from high
school (Salt Lake City, in 1880
but already he's travelled all
through Europe and seen a large
part of Asia. Now he wants to
know South America.
when he can't bum rides he
works his passage, jumps ship at
o. convenient port, and then re-
peats the process. It works well
he says, and after this trip, the
longest of the kind, he claims
he's going to write a book and
lecture about it.
To help him along John car
ries a sheaf of letters and cards
from state executives whom he
takes time off long enough to
call upon. When he leaves the
Capital early next week he hopes
To have letters from the District
Commissioners. He's sorry the
President left the city last night
for he would have liked q note
~ him. 700.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
New'D. C.. Heads to Get
Flood of Job Pleas

to the District Democratic head.
quarters, but eventually the ap-
plicants returned to Capitol Hill.
Members of the committee and
the personnel of their offices
have repeatedly explained that
most of the jobs in the District
come under the Civil Service, but
that has failed to impress.
The result is the new formula
It means that the new commits
sioners will be besieged by hun
dreds of job-hunters or that the
committee members are stalling,
hoping to be out Of Washington
when the appointments are made.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
REPLIES To QUIZ
SWAMP BALLOU

AS the deadline drew near, the
office of DR.. Frank w. Ballou,
superintendent of schools, today
was swamped with answers to q
uuestionnaire on the marital
status of school employees, which
may be used to effect economies
during the next fiscal year.
Answers to the QUESTIONABLE.
which was distributed to the
4,OOO-odd employees of the school
system Thursday, must be in the
hands of the superintendent by
Monday.
The information in connection
with the married persons clause
of the economy act, which is to
be confidential with the superln-
tendent, will be used as a last
resort if the present retrenchment
plan fails to save the 100000 cut
from the school budget for 1884.
DR.. Ballou was directed by the
Board of Education to distribute
the QUESTIONABLE. which asks
married persons if they have a
husband or wife employed else
where in the Government service.
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|RATE
At PAY CUTS

ANNAPOLIS, Md, June 17.-An
incipient teachers strike devel-
oped in Annapolis today when
80 teachers at the Annapolis
High School refused to accept
pay checks with unexpected cuts
of 10 to IL per cent of their sala-
ries.
The county school board found
itself short of funds, having but
$31 900 to meet a payroll of $38,-
900. Notices to the effect that
the unpaid balance would be
forthcoming as soon as funds
were available failed to pacify the
irate teachers.
School has closed and all teach
ers are preparing for their sum-
mer vacations. No other school
has taken any action and the
board is preparing to meet with
the teachers Tuesday morning.
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UNION WORKING
ON LONG LIST
Of WORRIES
Resolutions to Cover Much
Gro ind Being Drawn Up
for Conventions

Employees Of the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing will pre-.
sent an elaborate set of resolu-
tions to the District Federation
Of Federal Employees and for the
national convention Of the Ma.
tional Federation of Federal EN-
ployes, according to instructions
voted by their Local, No. los.
The resolutions, which are to
be presented to the District Fed.
Grafton on July Is, will cover
the following subjects:
List Of Resolutions.
Restoration Of salary rates;
providing annual leave, 80 days
each year, cumulative; 80 days
sick leave each year, cumulative;
proper ALLEGATIONS Of all po.
sitions occupied by women in
the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing; periodical increases
based on seniority and ef.
ficiency; safeguarding the merit
system; court Of appeals for EN-.
ployes in the Federal service;
dismissal wage; extra pay for
overtime work; differential for
night work; optional retirement,
and adequate minimum wage.
Work Speeding Up.
The local is much exercised
over the frequency of "hurry-up"
orders in the bureau, and it was
reported at a recent meeting that
many members Of the local were
unable to attend because they
had been Unexpectedly summoned
for night duty.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
Couple Celebrates
Golden Anniversary

Mr.. and Mrs. John Morris
Bradford yesterday celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
at their home in Clarendon. Va.
Married in 1888 at Mount Nor.
ris. Pa, the Bradfords lived for
many years in Texas where Mr..
Bradford was one of the pioneers
in agricultural development in the
southern section of that State.
Mr.. Bradford is IS years old
and his wife 81.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
AIR ACROBAT|CS
At ANACOST|A

Aerial acrobatics, with dive
bombing demonstrations, carrier
landings and radio controlled
maneuvers, will feature an in
spection of local naval reserve
aviation squadrons by the naval
inspection board at Anacostia
Air Station late today.
The air show will be given
under the direction Of Lieuts. M.
M. Cloukey and w. F. Marshall,
Of the Navy and Marine Corps,
respectively. The maneuvers will
be watched by Capt. Alexander
Sharp, president of the inspecting
board, and two other members.
The Washington times., 1933-06-17
WANTS ANNUITY
. PLAN W|DENED

Congress should make some
provision for the retirement OF
its own employees, in the opinion
of Robert H. Alcorn, chairman
of the joint conference on re-
tirement of civil service employees.
Alcorn pointed out that these
employees give years of faithful
service to the nation and should
be entitled to the same treat
ment as other overnm e n t
workers.
He also praised the record Of
Congress in the session just
closed, but expressed the wish
that the 3O-year retirement had
been made voluntary rather than
mandatory.
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TrGn1naeL Is Chosen
Head of Officers

Charles M. Trammel, Of the
United States Board of Tax Ap
peals, was elected president of the
Montgomery County Chapter Of
the Reserve Officers Association
at Bethesda last night. He sue
ceeds E. Brooke Lee, who declined
to serve again.
other officers elected were
Wilson L. Townsend, first vice
president; Washington 1. Cleve.
land. second vice president, and
Heber H. Rice, secretary-treas-
urer.
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Deputy Bares Damaging
Utterance of Lamson

quiet, his expression utterly DESC
lating to behold.
The niece of Herbert Hoover
and her husband, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest Dunbar, attended the ses-
sion. They sat with the Lam
son family. Dunbar went up
and put his arm on Lamson's
shoulder. It was a good thing
to see. The look that came over
Lamson's face made those who
saw it vince.
He doesn't look the murderer
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had drawn the water in the
tub"
That places the two Of them
together in the room where the
murder was supposedly com
mitted.
LamSOn ImmObile
David Lamson heard those ter
rible indictments made. He sat
with his eyes straight before him,
his suffering face tightly held,
and his Byron-like head erect. He
looks like a man who longs and
longs to weep. He seems ready
to break.
Moore, a well-tailored fellow
with slightly bulging eyes talked
so rapidly, the court stenographer
could scarcely keep pace with
his CORY onruSh. He turned
the lovely, flower-trailed Lamson
home on the Stanford University
campus into Shambles, blood OF
the slain wife everywhere-on
door knobs, behind basins, on
walls, even on the ceiling in the
hall.
'T saw three slippers in the
bath, q fourth in the hall. I
dug in the bonfire and got =
piece Of cloth, three inches in
diameter. got quite a bit of
cloth the next day. There were
scratches on his forehead and
neck. No blood or hair on the
faucets. No blood on the
wound. 1t was washed Clean"
Astounding, in the face Of this
and other testimony was Defense
Attorney Arthur M. Frees state"
ment at the close of the day:
eve have certainly not aban-
dOned the accident theory. It's
growing stronger every mo-
ment.
'cBut if she fell, could she hit
her head four times?
when David LamSOn tells
his story, everyone will be-
Heve it"
The prosecution indicated its
motive in the testimony OF Dep
uty Sheriff Earle G.. Hamilton
that she was cold and to avoid
her husbands advances, made use
of a subterfuge.
Hamilton also declared there
were bloody hand prints on the
lapel of Lamson'S bathrobe as
though the two had quarreled
and she caught hold Of him and
pleaded after he had first struck
her.
Gaping ThrOngS
Again and again the proSecu-
ton sought to definitely settle
these points:
/. The blood on Lamson'S
face, hands and clothing.
2. The number of slippers In
the bath.
3. Absence of blood on fau-
Gets and absence of hair there.
4. Absence of blood on the
wound.
S. The doors through which
the defendant passed.
Scene after appalling scene was
added as the forbidding drama
was unfolded-outSide a bird sing
ing in the sun and hundreds
waiting to see the attractive
young husband returning, bare
headed, to his cell. Inside the
picture of a dead girl that chills
the thought passed again and
again to the witness box and to
the throngs of young women at
tending the trial, craning for
ward to catch q glimpse Of the
frightful image.
All the white Lamson sat 50