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Evening star., 1934-10-29
William Adams SIade Will
Return to Congressional
Institution.
SUCCESSOR NOT YET
CHOSEN BY TRUSTEES
Change Is Effective November /.
DR.. J. @. Adams Will Fill
Post for Present.

William Adams Slade, director of
the Folger Shakespeare Library since
its foundation, has resigned and will
return to the Library of Congress,
where for many years he was refer
ence librarian, 1t was learned today.
Although the cnange has been in
prospect for several months and will
become effective November /, no pub
lie announcement had been made.
my new post will entail the kind of
work I like and am best fitted to do,
and presents a splendid opportunity"
Mr.. Slade said.
No Successor Chosen.
The secretary to Justice Harlan
Fiske Stone, chairman of the Folger
Library trustees, said this morning
that no one has been chosen to sue
ceed Mr.. Slade. DR.. Joseph Quincy
Adams, director of research at Folger,
is second to Mr. Slade and is expected
to perform the duties of director after
his chiefs departure or until a new
director is named.
Justice Stone said the reason for
Mr.. SHADES departure from the Folger
Library was that "he likes the work at
the Congressional Library better"
Before leaving the Congressional
Library in 1880 to head the Folger,
Mr.. Slade was chief photographer. DR..
Herbert Putnam, director of the Lii
brary of Congress, said Mr.. SHADES
prospective position would have a
wider scope than presented by his
duties as photographer. He will at
tend personally to the more difficult
inquiries, and will systematic and CO.
ordinate the reference work of the
entire library, DR.. Putnam declared.
Native Of Massachusetts.
Mr.. Slade was born in 1874 in Fall
River. Mass. He came to Washington
in 1898 and entered the Library of
Congress service, continuing there un-
til 1909. During the latter part of
that period he was chief assistant in
the division of photography. From
1909 to 1912 he was librarian of the
National Monetary Commission.
Returning to the library's service in
1912, he became. successfully, chief of
the periodical division, chief Of the
order division, and finally chief
photographer from 1928 to 1880.
He is a member of the American
Historical Association, the American
Library Association and the Cosmos
Club. He lives at 1925 Ordway street.
The trustees of Amherst College
control the Folger Library, and the
choice Of a successor to Mr.. Slade
rests with them.
Evening star., 1934-10-29
T,UO YuIe Trees
For Celebrations
In D. C.. Sought
Park Service Calls for
Bids on Firs to Be Put
in Lafayette Square.

The National Park Service today
went into the market to buy two liv-
ing fir trees to be set out in Lafayette
Park and used in alternate years as
the Nations Yuletide trees, center Of
the country-wi celebration.
Bids will be opened for these on
November 9 at IL am. in Room 1915,
Navy Building Landscape architects
of the National Park Service agree It
will be difhcult to secure trees Of the
type required, but hope they will be
Forthcoming so they can be planted
without delay.
One of these trees will be lighted
officially on Christmas eve by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Hitherto the national community
Christmas tree has stood in Sherman
Square, south of the Treasury De-
partment. The Public Works Ad-
ministration program, which widened
the highways around the White
House, has cut down the size Of this
square and altered its landscaping
features. Hence, 1t was necessary to
find a new location for the Christmas
tree.
Evening star., 1934-10-29
MRS. ICKES VISITS
IDA VALLEY PROJECT
Wife of Interior Secretary Mani
tests Interest in Shenandoah
Park Migrants.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LURAY, Va, October 29.-Mrs.
Harold L. Ickes, wife of the Secretary
of the Interior, on visit to Luray over
the week end, expressed much interest
In the Ida Valley project begun last
week as the first subsistence home
stead in Virginia and the first home
for former Shenandoah National Park
dwellers. She said that she would re-
turn when the project was further
advanced.
Mrs. Ickes asked about the attitude
of the mountaineers toward leaving the
park, and was pleased that the 80
families who would locate on this first
project mad been glad to move.
Mrs. Ickes spent the week end in
Luray. Sunday morning she visited
the Luray Caverns, spending an hour
and a half there, although she had
said when she went in she would stay
only half an hour.
Evening star., 1934-10-29
MRS. RO0SEVELT'S TOUR
INTERRUPTED BY DEATH
First Lady Remains in Hudson
River Town for Funeral of Her
Uncle, Valentine Hall.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TIVOLI, N. Y, October 29.-Her
New York tour interrupted by death,
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt remained
in this little Hudson Valley town for
the funeral today of Valentine Hall,
81, her uncle and one-time tennis star.
It was Valentine Hall who taught
her to ride and play tennis when
Eleanor Roosevelt, 10 years old and
orphaned, came to stay with her
grandmother, Mrs. Valentine Hall. Her
uncle was 20 then.
Death came to the uncle late Friday
night, about the time Mrs. Roosevelt
finished her upstate campaign tour
for Mrs. Caroline O'Day, Democratic
candidate for Congress-at-large, at
Albany. The Presidents wife learned
of it when she stopped at the hand
some family home overlooking the
Hudson Saturday morning.
She had come to visit her uncle on
her way to her own home, Hyde Park,
20 miles farther south, but she re-
manned to help arrange for his funeral
instead.
Evening star., 1934-10-29
JACOB A. WEIGLE DIES,
LONG A RESIDENT HERE
Funeral to Be Held Tomorrow
for Member of Association of
Oldest Inhabitants.

Jacob Albert Weigle, So, member
Of the Association of Oldest Inhabi-
tants of the District, died yesterday
at his home, 3640 Thirteenth street.
A native of New oxford, Pa, Mr..
Weigle came to Washington as a
young man and entered the Postal
Service here. He was a member of
the Knights of Pythias and one of
the oldest members of st. Paul's Eng
lish Lutheran Church.
A son, Morton r. Weigle, and a
daughter, Mrs. Claribel w. Thomas,
survive. Funeral services will be
held at 2 pm. tomorrow at the
Chambers chapel, 1400 Chaplin street.
Burial will be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1934-10-29
D. c. SIGHT-SAVING
SCHOOL IS URGED
Rally Held to Spur Plan for
Raising Fund for Trans
portation.

Hope that an entire school devoted
to the conservation of sight might be
established soon in the District was
expressed by Mrs. Louis Castell, presi-
dent Of the District Congress of Par
ents and Teachers, at a rally yesterday
to promote interest in charity ball
November 8, proceeds from which will
finance transportation to school in
taxicabs of children with defective
vision.
The benefit is sponsored by the Nom
Academic Pan Hellenic Association,
which represents local chapters of nine
sororities. The association now is
providing transportation for % chill
dren who attend the Districts two
sight conservation classes at the Henry
School. Funds raised through the
dance will be used to extend this serv-
ice to more children and continue it
throughout the year.
4uopCCtOl .. n. 4dIuU, CIllc1 VI LIE
Traffic Bureau, spoke, substituting for
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, superintend-
ent Of police. He stressed the trafiic
dangers which beset school children
and particularly those with failing
sight.
The point of view of q mother
was presented by Mrs. Burton Crum-
rine, whose son, James, is one of
the pupils in the Henry sight con-
servation classes. He has only three
tenths normal vision.
Miss Bertha E. Taylor, principal Of
the Henry School, and Miss Mary Ap-
pier, teacher of one Of the Sight con-
classes, said safe transporta-
tion of the children brings them to
school in more placid frame of mind
and makes conduct Of the classes easier
for the teachers.
Others who spoke included Mrs. May
Collins Worries, chairman Of the Sight
Conversation Committee Of the Coun-
ell Of Social Agencies; Ray F. Nc
Carthy of the Community Chest: DR..
Ross Garrett, co-ordinator Of the
Health and Hospital Council, and the
following committee representatives
Mrs. Thelma Scott, Mrs. Mildred
Roheson, Miss Ha1ene T. Page. Miss
Billie Palmer and Miss Kay Whelan.
Evening star., 1934-10-29
CITY HEADS MAKE.
LARGE LUMP SUM
APPEAL TO BUREAU!
Hearings on S44,039,356
Estimate Due to Last
Two Weeks.
$2,617,5OO INCREASE
ASKED IN u. S. SHARE
Sc, 900, 900 More Asked in All, but
Total Still Is Far Less Than.
Original Demand.

The District Commissioners today
went to the Budget Bureau to explain
details of 1886 estimates totaling $44,-
OBS, 1856, and calling for an increase of
$2,6l7,500 in the Federal payment to-
ward the cost of operating the munich
pality.
The three Commissioners were ac-
companied by District Auditor Daniel
J. Donovan and his assistant, William
r. Wilding. Department heads will be
summoned from time to time if it is
found they are needed to explain the
details of the various estimates re-
quested.
The budget hearings, which are
held behind closed doors, are expected
to last about two weeks, during which
there will be daily morning and after
noon sessions.
The sum which the Commissioners
are asking the Budget Bureau to
recommend to Congress represents
an increase of approximately $6,000,-
600 above the total carried by the
appropriation act for the current
fiscal year. Even that represents q
reduction of approximately $500, 900
from the total of estimates submitted
to the Commissioners by the depart
ment heads.
In the budget figures are 81 1000 900
Tor repayment of an expected P. w. A.
loan for construction of sewage dis
posal plant; approximately $4,000 900
to restore salaries of District employees
to 100 per cent pay basis, and an in
crease Of approximately $1,0O0,O0O for
public welfare expenditures. These
three items together make up S.
100000 OF the $6,000,000 increase re-
quested.
The Commissioners are seeking to
retain the present property tax rate of
$3.50 and the rs per cent reduction in
water rates.
Evening star., 1934-10-29
First Blood IN CiuiI War Shed
In House, Old Paper Reveals
Bra,ol in Congress in 1858 Bet,ceen
Northern and Southern Representa-.
tiues Started by Dispute Over Kansas.

expended itself with tremendous force
against the unresisting air. In the
excitement of the occasion, Barksdale
restored his wig wrong side foremost
and this ludicrous incident undoubt-
edly did much toward restoring good
nature afterward.
There seemed to be very little
method in the struggle and it was
hard to tell who was in for earnest
and who trying to restore order. The
Speaker yelled and raped without ef-
feet. The sergeant at arms stalked to
the scene of the battle. mace in hand.
but his American eagle had no more
effect than the Speakers gavel.
"Owen, Lovejoy and Lamar Of Mis-
sissippi were paving each other at
one point, each probably trying to
persuade the other to be still. Mr..
Mott, the gray-haired Quaker Repre-
sentative from Ohio was seen going
here and there in the crowd. Davis
dental blow from Mr.. Grow and va
rious gentlemen sustained bruises and
scratches. A Virginia Representative,
who thought Montgomery Of PennSyl-
vania was about to pitch in, laid his
hand upon his arm to restrain him
and was peremptorily ordered to desist
or be knocked down.
'Mr. Covode of Pennsylvania caught
up heavy stoneware spittoon with
which to brain whoever might seem
to deserve it. but fortunately did not
succeed in getting far enough into
the excited crowd to find an appro-
pirate object for his vengeance.
"Al over the hall, everybody was
excited for the time, but it did not
last long, and no weapons were openly
displayed. When order was restored,
several gentlemen were found to pre-
sent an excessively tumbled and dis
ordered appearance. Gentlemen of
both parties crossed over to explain
to each other their pacific dispositions,
and that they had got into a fight
when their only purpose had been to
prevent q fight"
Evening star., 1934-10-29
D: C. LEGION AUXILIARY
TO INSTALL OFFICERS

Newly elected officers Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Department, Amer
ican Legion Auxiliary, viii be in
stalled tonight at O'Clock In the
American Red Cross Building, 1880
e street. All unit colors in the Dis
trict are urged to attend.
Those to be installed are Miss Edna
Mcintosh, president; Miss Clara
Humphries, Miss Nicie Perrell and
Mrs. Thelma Stewart, vice presidents;
Mrs. Marie A. Castle, chaplain; Mrs.
Rose Thomas, historian: Mrs. Mar
garet Carroll, sergeant-at-srnls; Miss
Harriet Epps, property custodian. and
Mrs. Louise Goodacre and Mrs. Cath
crime August, colcr bearers.
Evening star., 1934-10-29
AMNESIA VICTIM FOUND
BY POLICE AT STATION

Police in Union Station last night
were approached by young amnesia
victim who told them that he had
wandered the streets, searched the city
for familiar landmarks and had asked
strangers If they knew him, but when
this failed he wanted police to identify
him.
On the way to Gallinger Hospital,
where he was admitted for treatment,
he told police that he thought he had
served in the Army and was once sta
toned near Washington.
He Is described as being about Is
years old, well hammered, neatly
dressed and about 6 feet tall.
Evening star., 1934-10-29
Constant Harassment'' Gaming Raids Opened

At right: The alleged gambling
establishment raided By Lieut..
George M. Little's squad early
Sunday in the 700 block OF Thir- D..
teenth street. The picture belop
shoiDs the ladder and trdpdocr
by 1Dhich all patrons departed
SaDe one man.
Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1934-10-29
CENTER PARTY TONIGHT

Thrills, mystery and surprises are
promised the parents and children who
attend the fourth annual Halloween
party at $50 pm. today in the Bu-
chanan School auditorium under the
auspices Of the Southeast Community
Center.
Prizes for the most attractive, fun
niest and most original costumes will
be awarded as q feature of the party,
which is under the direction of Mrs.
H. J. Olsen, assistant secretary and
recreation leader. ~
Evening star., 1934-10-29
DESTROYER LEAVES

The new destroyer Farragut, after
her Navy day sojourn here, departed
this morning from the Washington
Navy Yard for Norfolk, Va. She will
go to the naval operating base at
Hampton Roads, Va, where final tests
will be made. About the first of the
year the Farragut will join the fleet,
the Navy Department said.
Another new destroyer, the Dewey,
now at the Boston Navy Yard, soon
viii make her "shakedown" cruise.
The itinerary for this has not yet
been announced. a
Evening star., 1934-10-29

although the need for them is urgent.
Street continued.
Every cent which can be given by
the citizens of Washington to the
Community Chest for the services Of
the organizations which make up its
membership will come back many
times over in the prevention of suffer-
ing, disease and delinquency" Street
said.
Evening star., 1934-10-29
SKYLINE DRIVE VISITED
BY 2O,613 ONE SUNDAY
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LURAY, Va, October 29.-Figures
announced here'as the official count Of
traffic over the Skyline Drive for Sun
day, October 81, are 20,613 passengers
in S 5,431 cars. Approximate figures for
October IA were 12,900 In $500 cars.
The official count for yesterday win
not be available for several days, but
heavy travel indicated an even greater
number Of visitors. -
Evening star., 1934-10-29

Of the brides parents, the couple left
by automobile for California. They
were within 0 few hours drive Of their
destination when they crashed into
the train at . grade crossing 10 miles
south of Napa.
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w WAN sN&S
draw back, leaving not tragedy in its
wake but results bordering on the lu-
dicrouS.
Such was an incident that occurred
March 2, 1881, at Clark's Fork, in the
Hellgate canyon between New Chicago
and Bearmouth, when Northern Pa
cific engieners set off a giant powder
blast to clear the way for the twin
rails of the first railroad to unite the
Montana territory with a market for
her many products.
The scene of the incident, which
and been recorded as a bloody page In
the history of the building OF the
first Northern transcontinental rail-
road, was nine miles west of New Chi
cago at a place known as the "lower
rock cut"
At that point, the engineers were
driving the railroad grade into the face
of a high bluff. Their plans called for
the track bed to cling to the side Of
the bluff IL to Is feet above the tu:nbl-
ing waters of the stream.
Straight into the side Of the bluff
which lowered 80 to 40 feet above the
river the cut was driven. In that day
there was no giant steam shovel which
would scoop five cubic yards Of rock
and dirt away from the barrier Of ma
ture at a single, swishing gulp of steel
pronged jaws. There was no giant loo
omotive to haul away five, ten, gondola
cars of rock with a single surge of pow
er after the shovel had done its work.
The only methods were black powder
to loosen the stone and shovels in the
hands of laborers to clear away the
debris. Crude these tools might be
considered when compared with eff
ficiency of modern engineering equip
ment. Slow, to be sure, and costly, yet
they were effective.
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Almost from the date of his arrival
Judge Pemberton took an active part
in bringing about law and order in this
mining camp. He was one of those
who sat during the trial of George
Ives, who was hanged when found
guilty of being a member of a band of
road agents. The trial took place dur
ing the month Of December, 1863. Judge
Pemberton at that time acted as clerk
Of the hastily summoned court.
In 1865 he moved to Helena, return
ing to Missouri in 1868. He also prac-
ticed law for a time in Texas. In 1882
he was selected district attorney Of the
West Side district and in 1891 he was
appointed judge of the Second judicial
court. A year later he was elected
chief justice of the supreme court and
continued to serve in that capacity I'M
til 1889.
Whether in Butte or in Helena he n
joyed a large clientage and since June,
1909, he gave almost his entire attention
to the state historical and miscellan-
eous library at Helena in the capacity
Of librarian.
For many years he had been one of
the prominent democrats of the state.
He was also a member Of the Masonic
lodge. In 1855 at Helena, Judge Penn
berton married Clara May Hutchin-
son, to which union there were born
four children.
During both the territorial and state
hood days Of Montana Judge Pemberton
was ever looked upon as one of the
guiding hands Of the new common
wealth. He vas an active member Of
the bar at the time when the courts
had much to do in interpreting the
codes under which Montana began its
existence as q state,
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To move the vast volume of dirt at
the lower rock cut, charges OF black
powder were periodically placed n
fired, each shot designed to blow ap-
proximately 800 cubic yards OF n
bluff into the stream.
The charge usually consisted OF seven
kegs of black powder which were buried
is to 20 feet below the surface Of the
ground. Two smaller. auxiliary black
powder sets with short fuses were used
to "open the crevice" and were explod-
ed before the main charge.
Until March 2, 1881, the work had
proceeded with routine efficiency. That
day a charge Of seven kegs OF black
powder had been placed n tamped
were ready to be fired.
That date it happened Nelson Ben
nett, contractor for the section under
construction, visited the camp in the
Hellgate. Proceeding over the line on a
periodical inspection trip he arrived at
the camp shortly before noon.
A. Mcguire, foreman in charge Of
the work, had delayed firing the shots
until the men had finished their mid
day meal. During the noon hour Ben
nett arrived and was invited by the
foreman to visit the cut and see the
shots fired.
When the foreman and his men left
for work, Bennett remainded in the
office. With F. H. Anderson, his book
keeper, he spent nearly an hour check
ing construction figures.
After the work was completed, the
two men started for the cut. The fore
man had told them the shots would be
fired shortly after two o'clock. AS they
left the camp Bennett glanced at his
watch. Its hands indicated it lacked
but a few minutes until two.
We'll have to hurry If we're going
to get to the cut in time," he remark
ed to Anderson as the two men fol-
lowed the right Of way.
TITS about a mile to the cut" An
derson answered. Mcguire usually
fires according to schedule. He's rather
a cautious fellow. Always afraid some
thing will happen when those kegs of
powder go up.
"He sets a certain hour and minute
for the firing" Anderson explained.
HE believes the men will be more
cautious if they know that his rule
won't be broken. So far, he's been
successful. No one has been hurt"
Further conversation was difficult.
The roadbed was not yet firmly packed
and progress was hindered by loose
sand and fine gravel. The roadbed fol-
lowed the river. One side was bordered
by the river which formed a barrier
more than a hundred yards wide. On
the other side was a gently rolling,
heavily timbered hill which grew more
abrupt as the men drew near the bluff
through which the engineers were cutt-
ing.
II hope we're in time," said Bennett
as the two neared a turn which wound
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Sentence
Is Disappointing

Only 16 months-what a disappoint-
ment to o. F. Wilson, SO, who pleaded
guilty in district court at Billings re-
Gently to an information charging him
with obtaining $3.50 under false pre-
lenses by mean of a check given In
payment for an automobile.
Judge Robert S. Stong asked the de-
PENDANT what sort of sentence he want
ed and Wilson, court attaches said,
asked for as much as he could get.
AFTER judgment calling for 16 months
in the state prison was pronounced, the
defendant remarked, Judge, I can't
get acquainted in that time"
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Contractor Had Narrow Escape From Death at Clarks
Fork in 1881 When Engineers Were Driving Railroad
Grade Through Face of High Bluff; Blown Into River

tools came running to the edge of the
cut as soon as the dust raised by the
blast had settled. Mcguire was close
Bennett and Anderson had been on
their way to the cut shortly before the
shots were fired, he ordered a frantic
search.
But the searchers' task seemed hope
less. In the great mass of rock and dirt
that diverted the stream, the men, were
thought to be buried. But where? Dur
ing a minute that seemed an inter-
minable age, they hestitated.
Mcguire happened to glance into the
river beyond the mass of dislodged
dirt.
In the water he saw a man struggl-
ing in an attempt to reach the OPP
posite bank. Near him wallowed an
other figure in the knee-high flood.
Bennett and Anderson had been
thrown clear by the force of the ex-
plosion.
Mcguire and his men Don had them
to camp. A messenger was dispatched
to New Chicago and wired DR.. Nit :hel
at Deer Lodge. A cursory examination
while waiting for the doctor, revealed
that neither of the men had been SER
iously injured.
Both were covered with bruises
Blood and dirt covered their features
Their clothing was torn.
But the men made light of this mis-.
hap. It was not long until they were
joking. Bennett claimed he had made
the longest jump, but Anderson de-
clared he had started over base"