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Evening star., 1934-02-25

->-ngton and subdivided a part of It for
suburban residences. The following year, II
acres were sold 10 the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road as freight station and it is this part
that lies Immediately to the left of New York
avenue, north of Florida avenue COL Trues-
dell soon erected a large building on the prop
erty, later known the lexington Hotel,
which, together with the mansion was de.
stroyed by fire June 19, 1894
In three years, $500, 900 expended upon
this subdivision, and street railroad facilities
were provided by act Of Congress, approved
June 19 1888. At first the cars ran from Sew
enth street northwest east along New York
avenue to Third street, east, thence via Third
to street, east Fourth street. and along
Fourth street to Bunker Hill road (now Mich
igan avenue). This road made the first prac-
ticable application of mechanical power in
the District of Columbia during 1889 and 1890,
when an overhead electric system was installed.
At an early date the company operating this
line also employed for a while storage batteries
in its service, on Fifth street west from New
York avenue to Louisiana avenue, thence to
Sixth street and south to B streets (now Consti-
tuition avenue).
Surely Mr.. Gales would not be able to recog-
nize his old farm today, if it were possible for
him to return to earth, for it is now city
Of homes and business houses, and no trace
can be found of the famous old spring which
@Fgmented the Eckirg'on branch that flowed
Evening star., 1934-02-25

ure-and that only a partial
failure daily paper in this city. for q
number Of years, and the chances are that few
newspaper men ever voluntarily leave here for
other fields
In the first half century of Washington as
the Capital, newspaper failures were rather
common, and few were able to survive for any
considerable time as did the National Intelli-
gencer and Washington Advertiser, which was
started here on October 81, 1900, and con-
tnued uninterruptedly until January TO- 1870.
From the first it was published tri-weekly its
editor and publisher being Samuel Harrison
Smith, who transplanted the paper from Phila-
delphia to this city, and it is recorded that
it took just six weeks to make the trip via
the Delaware River, Chesapeake Bay and up
the Potomac. Upon reaching Washington
quarters were taken in a row of houses erected
by Thomas Law, New Jersey avenue be-
tween D and E streets southeast, known as the
Ten Buildings.
The residence of Mr.. Smith and the pub
hslling office were in the same building. Later,
IN 1901 new quarters were found for the paper
ON the south side of Pennsylvania avenue, be-
tween Sixth and Seventh streets northwest, in
one of row of three houses, erected about
that time This block has recently been cleared
OF all buildings.
1t while occupying this site that
Smith, in 1909, took as 8 partner in the pub
fishing business, Joseph Gales, jr., who had
been employed by him for two years previously
In 1910 Mr.. Smith sold out his interest in the
paper to Mr.. Gales, and the latter, in 1912,
took into the business his brother-in-law, Will
liam winston Seaton. The partnership then
formed continued until the death of MI Gales
which occurred on July 81, 1861 at lexington
his country home. He was in his 18th year.
and the fnterment took place in Congressional
Cemetery.
Many an early Washingtonian will recall this
country estate, known to them as Gales Woods
where, following the death of its distinguished
owner, Sunday school picnics were frequently
held during the Summer months when I'M
mense cans of ice cream and barrels of lemon
ade were always on hand to refresh the chill
dren with, when they tired out from
running in the woods, playing games and
swinging in the grapevine swing. And oh how
Evening star., 1934-02-25
MpartialObser0er
and Washington
Advertiser EStab-
Tshed in 1925.
National MteM-
gencer and Its
EMtors-Assist-
ance Glven to Ire
land at Time of
Famine.
BY JOHN CLACETT PROCTOR.

SHATEVER may have been the
J case in days gone by, Wash
~ ington cannot now be said to
NA be a newspaper graveyard, for
v there has been but one fall
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
MAI. SHEPARD
TRIAL OCT. 8

DENVER, Sept. q GN.S0,
Major Charles A. Shepard, Army
physician, will go on trial again
at Kansas City, Kan, October g.
for the murder of his second wife,
Mrs. Zenna Shepard. under a de.
cision on file in the Federal Dis
trict Court of Appeals here.
John C. Pollock, United States
District Judge of Kansas, over
ruled the Governments motion
for postponement. United
States District Attorney S. s.
Alexander, of Topeka, Kan, re-
quested that the trial be delayed
until January to permit Federal
officers to exhume and examine
the body of Major Shepard's first
wife, Mrs. Clara Shepard, who
died in California in 1918.
The Government commended that
Major Shepard poisoned Mrs
Zenana Shepard at Fort Riley
Kan, in 1929, so he might be
free to marry Miss Grace Bran
don, a Stenographer. He was con
victed but the Supreme Court
ordered a retrial.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
LYDDANE FLAYS
LEE MACHINE

Denial of charges that Stedman
Prescott, Montgomery county
states attorney and Democratic
chairman, had asked the resigna'
ton of Kenneth Lyddane as attor'
ney for the board of election ST.
pervisors was made today by Mr..
Prescott.
Mr.. Lyddane resigned late yes
terday and then issued a scathins
statement charging his resigna'
ton was an example Of:
"The ruthlessness of the Lee
machine"
Mr.. Lyddane recently became
affiliated with the fusion move
ment in the county and bolted
the Democratic organization.
Hugh F. O'Donnell, Silver
Spring, member of the board, to-
day said Laurence B. Riggs,
president of the board of cleo.
ton supervisors, at an official
meeting yesterday asked Mr.,
Lyddane's resignation. He added
II am positively sure that
Mr.. Prescott did not ask Mr..
Lyddane's resignation yesterday,
as stated by Lyddane in his
statement"
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
PICARD FLIGHT
POSTPONED

DETROIT, Sept. q GN.sJ,
The Picard shakespeare flight,
scheduled to start early today
from Ford Airport, was postponed
until Saturday, due to unfavor.
able weather conditions in lower
Michigan.
Professor Jean Picard and his
wife jeanette, pilot of the big
balloon, will not be permitted to
take off until Edward j. Hill,
internationally known balloonist,
head of ground operations. is as,
sured there will be good weather
for "a hours.
They hope to ascend nine and a
half miles, and pause to take OBJ
servationS at that altitude, before
continuing higher, if possible.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
FD|C ROW GOES
TOPRES|DENT
By international News Service

BY International News Service
Indications that President RooSe
welt may take a hand in a mixup
between Leo T. Crowley, chair
man of the board of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation,
and J. F. T. O'Connor, Comptrol-
Ter of the Currency, were forth
coming today.
Mr.. O'Connor Is the other di'
rector of the FDIC, G. G. Ben
nett, banking partner of M. S.
Eccles, special assistant to Sec
rotary Morgenthau, having re-
signed recently. He has been at
loggerheads with Mr.. Crowley for
months. Reports were that John
K. Mckee, chief examiner Of the
RFC, would be appointed to Mr..
BENEFITS post.
Belief was expressed in some
circles that Mr.. O'Connor would
resign as Comptroller within the
next month. In addition to diff
ficulties with Mr.. Crowley, he
has not been working in harmony
with Secretary Morgenthau, it
was reported.
For years the Comptroller has
been additionally independent in
his administration of the national
banking system. Within the last
few weeks this independence has
been curtailed by a more active
supervision by the Secretary of
the Treasury.
President Roosevelt is expected
to act in the near future, both
on the appointment of a new
FDIC director and Of governor
of the Federal Reserve Board.
Apparently Mr.. Eccles is being
regarded as the "best bet" for
the latter post.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
i. S. Downs MexiCans
In SeCOndPOlOGarne

well-mounted team whose players
exhibited a teamwork as steady as
the flow of the Potomac and an
ability to shoot goals from incred-
ible angles.
Lack Experience
In defense Of the MeXicanS, it
must be remembered that polo has
not existed in their country for
more than IL years while our
Army has been playing for more
than 30.
Perhaps the most astonishing
spectacle during the afternoon was
the performance of the Mexican
ponies. Contrary to rumor and eX-
pectation, the powerful, short
coupled little horses who had come
nine days by train from Mexico
City to washington, were a fast
Continued on Page IS, Col. y
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
z KILLED, 8 MEN
HELD IN STRIKE

CHICAGO, Sept. q G.N.S).
Two deaths, one a woman pas.
senger struck by steel ball bear.
ing, today marked a fresh wave
of violence in the strike of Chi.
cago Motor Coach Company bus
drivers.
The dead:
Mrs. Mary Kennard, IS, bus
passenger.
James Kelly, bus company dis
patcher.
The death Of Mrs. Kennard,
first fatality in the Six-weeks old
strike, came after a day of bloody
violence. Two men were shot,
one passenger suffered injury in
bomb explosion and another
was struck by a brick thrown
through a bus window.
The aged woman died two hours
after the ball bearing hurled
from a slingshot struck her on
the temple causing a brain con-
cusSion. A hoodlum riding in an
automobile fired the steel ball
into the bus.
Mr.. Kelly died shortly after
ward of gun shot wounds. Three
men under arrest confessed to at
lacking the bus dispatcher and
said they were hired by union Of
ficialS for $40, police announced.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
Canadians Plan
Yacht Challenge

CHESTER, Nova Scotia, Sept.
q HN.SO--A group of Canadian
master yachtsmen today launched
a drive to organize a syndicate OF
wealthy Canadians to purchase
T. o. M. Sopwith's Endeavour
and challenge the United States
in 1885 for the Americas Cup.
The movement got under way
after defeat Of the Endeavour by
Rainbow and the declaration OF
Mr.. Sopwith that he would not
challenge again for the cup.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
Jail's Grid Team
Needs 2 Good
Guards

JOLIET, ILL, Sept. 27-Joliet
Penitentiary is badly in need Of
two guards-for the football
team.
L. G. Bradley, confidence man
coach of the prison eleven, said
today that the team will be un-
able to play it's first scheduled
game this season because Duke
Hartley and Speedy Schaffner,
Chicago burglars and first-string
guards, "flunked out" in their
English classes.
Coach Bradley further conf
plains that he cannot turn out
a team up to standards because
of a new ruling by prison author
tiles permitting only three sea-
sons of play for each player.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
5 Burned to Death
AsCar Hits Bridge

PAIMERTON, Pa, Sept. q
O.N.SO.-Five persons, including
a six-year-old boy, met death
yesterday when their automo'
bile crashed into a bridge abut'
ment, and caught fire. A sixth
occupant escaped death, but was
seriously injured. The car is be-
lieved to have Swerved an d
struck the abutment after a tire
blew out.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
500 Experts Meet
On Human Needs

Foundation of campaigns for
the support of private social work
throughout the United States will
be laid at a two-day session Of
the 1884 Mobilization for Human
Needs which opens at the White
House tomorrow.
Five hundred men and women
from every State will assemble
on the White House lawn at the
first session to hear President
Roosevelt speak. Newton D. Baker,
chairman, will reply.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
ALIEN INQUIRY.
To REOPEN
BY International News Service

The special House subcommittee
which will investigate the past life
of Bruno Hauptmann, the silent
carpenter held in connection with
the Lindbergh baby kidnapping,
will resume its public hearings in
New York October IS.
Chairman Dickstein CD of
New York, who is directing the
committees investigation of Nazi
propaganda activities and other
subversive programs brought into
this country by aliens, said today
the committee will receive evidence
which will be startling in the ex-
treme." The list Of witnesses was
not made public.
Representative Dickstein intends
to push Hauptmann's illegal entry
into this country as an example to
Congress of the need for more Sc
we're deportation laws.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27

as accurate nor
as cool a. d
until after the
fifth C h u kker
they could not
hit long balls.
They made a
very gallant ef-
fort, riding off
the Army men
and Spe eding
down the field
after the ball,
m p ervious to
the turf, which
was as slick as
silk. But they
were not quite
good enough to
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
Virginia Gas Tax
Sets New Record

RICHMOND, Va, Sept. 27.-Vir.
GINA State gasoline tax receipts
for August broke all records,
according to John @. Rhodes, di.
rector of the State division of mo-
tor vehicles.
Receipts totaled $1,236, 393.31
for the month. The previous rec.
ord was set in August, 1881, when
the total was $1,212,728.22.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
Regulations Hit
Legal Lottery

SAN JUAN, P. r., Sept. 27.-Dif'
ficulties have been encountered in
operating the first legal lottery in
Puerto Rico.
Although laws were passed to
make legal the drawing, it was
found today that, because of Fed
eral regulations, radio stations
could not broadcast the results Of
the drawings, nor newspapers pub
lish the winning numbers. The
date of the first drawing has not
been fixed.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
u. S. to Purchase
Cattle for Needy
By International News Service

Additional cattle to be con-
verted into canned meat for dis
tribution to unemployed needy
this winter are to be purchased
before Inauguration of the new
buying schedules in the drought
area, it was indicated today at
the offices of the Federal Surplus
Relief Corporation.
This corporation called for bids
for processing additional cattle,
the bids to be opened September
20,
The Washington times., 1934-09-27

sent new type Of trust, much
less expensive than the average
mortgage granted today, the reac-
ton of banks and other financial
institutions in the mortgage field
will be interesting.
The institutions will find that
the Government asks them to
sponsor a type of mortgage that
will bring them much lower re-
CONTINUED on Page 10, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
1872 HOUSING DRIVES

Reports at close of business
Tuesday showed 1872 commune
ties throughout the country were
organizing better housing cam.
paign committees. These communi-
ties represent a total population Of
60 million, close to half the popu-
lation of the United States.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
VICTIM CHOKED,
BEATEN WITH
HAMMER
Greatest Manhunt in History
Of Michigan Speeded by
Reward Offers

DETROIT, Sept. 81 0.N.S.).
The greatest manhunt in the his
tory of Michigan spread to Ohio
and other nearby States today as
police sought to apprehend Merton
w. Goodrich, 26. musician. and
his wife,. Florence Harding Good.
rich, 20, suspects in the brutal
Staying Of an 11-year-old school
girl.
The body of the child, Lillian
Gallaher, who disappeared last
Thursday while selling chances"
on a rattle conducted by st.
Dominic's School, was found
Wednesday morning in an apart
ment occupied by the Goodriches.
Beaten, Clicked
Lillian had been beaten over the
head with hammer, a towel and
her dress wrapped tightly around
her head and face to stifle her
cries, and then criminally as
Saulted, the coroner's office said
after an investigation. Her body
was found stuffed into trunk,
the towel and dress still wound
about her head and with the hands
trusSed in front.
The death weapon, a hammer,
was found in the apartment along
with the punchboard Lillian car
ried when she disappeared. Her
name, written in childish hand,
was at the top of the board.
Spurred by rewards of $4,000
and the demands of police and
city Officials that the murderer
be quickly found and brought to
Justice, authorities today set traps
in Detroit and several Ohio cities
for the two suspects.
Traps were laid in Lorain,
Youngstown, and Akron. former
homes of the couple, in the belief
that they might seek the aid OF
friends and relatives.
A high police official today ex-
pressed the fear that Goodrich
may also have slain his wife. He
said:
1--WE fear that Mrs. Goodrich,
who was carefully reared in
church and school circles, would
not have cOuntenanced the
crime. We believe that she would
have communicated with us
voluntarily if it were possible.
Because she has not, it
would not surprise us to discover
another trunk murder"
Has Jail Record
Goodrich, police revealed, has
an Ohio record for molesting
young girls and women and also
was questioned here several
months ago when he was found
in a cellar with a. group Of young
girls. He conducted a magazine
business and employed children,
especially girls, to distribute the
magazines.
He was committed to the Lima,
Ohio, Hospital for the Criminaly
Insane on two occasions and
was freed last January when
Youngstown, Ohio, authorities de-
clined to prosecute him on the
latest charge.
At the time of his release, DR..
II. E. Bushong, superintendent at
the Lima hospital, urged the court
to keep him in custody as he was
in the twilight zone" and had a
psychopathic personality.
In the apartment, which had
been hastily abandoned, detectives
found a stack of obscene drawings.
Characters in the pictures were
usually grown men and small
girls.
The couple has not been seen
since last Friday, the day follow
ing the childs disappearance.
Newspaper clippings of that date
describing the city wide search
for the girl were found in the
blood stained trunk.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
Banks Housing Loan
Stand In Doubt

This is another of a series of
articles on the Federal Housing
Administration. The Washington
Times is the only newspaper in the
United States giving complete in
formation about this project.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27

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The Washington times., 1934-09-27

Bruno
Richard
Hauptmann,
suspected
kidnaper of
the Lindbergh
baby, feeling
the paternal
nrida 4hot
the famous
filler knew.
The prisoner
is shown
gazing fondly
at his son,
Mannfried,
during an
outing only
a few
mOnCnS ago.
Hauptmann
was an ardent
canoeist and
hunter and
fond of
outdoor life.
IhlS was one
of the last
snapshots
made of
him before
his arrest.
Photo by
International.
The Washington times., 1934-09-27
EUSTIS

by GhACE HENDhACA EUSAAO
The Mexicans lost the second
game in their polo match with
the Army because they were not
The Washington times., 1934-09-27

BY JOHN DEAN MILLIGAN
Since the mutual mortgages
to be sponsored by the Federal
Housing Administration will repre-
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-02-16
Soul Rarrenness

IL Is easy to understand why ordl-
nary people are so bored sick and
tired of themselves; also why they
Ike TO mlngle in company and
crowds. These people suffer from
barrcnness OF soul. Their mind has
no movement II Is wanting In elas-
ticity. They resort 10 drink. sensual
pleasures or some other form OF ex-
citemcnt to stimulate Il. II they fail
In this they are miserable and fall
into an intolerable solitude and dun
lethargy.
With person whose mind is ac-
tive and given 10 reflection II Is quite
different Solitude-what the Ger
mans term einsamkelt-doe not
bore the intellectual type OF man.
IL has his thoughts and fancies.
He is like an artist who gives CON
cert as the sole MISUNDERSTANDING
a single instrument which Is n little
harmonious orchestra In itself.-Ex-
change.
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-02-16

TO LaFane's. got the hshlng tackle
the man had mentioned. padded 10
the mouth of the creek below the
store. and until dusk. took trout.
and pondered on this and that.
lie stopped al the store after dark
and sat for some time on the steps
talking with old Tim Todd. They
spoke softly. but their voices car
rled In the still night. Almost any
sound would travel far In that at.
mosphere and yet a canoe which
bad been lying behind a point while
Steve hshed made no sound as IL
passed the cluster OF buildings.
After time the man In the canoe
ceased 10 paddle and let the breath
OF breeze carry him 10 the beach.
He stepped out In the reeds and
carefully drew the canoe IN until II
rested on bottom and then with
great caution took the trail that led
through the thicket TO Steye's cabin.
In bis hand he carried a gun.
AT a moss-grown boulder which
the trail skirted. he paused. put
down his gun. and rolled a rock 10
the trail; another. and stiil a third
He arranged them In q sort OF nest
with meticulous care, and then took
a bali OF stout cord from his pocket
and unwound IL
This all required time and Il took
more time 10 set the gun with prop
er frmness. stock held fast By those
well arranged rocks Next, he
stripped branches from young
birch. carried the cord back from
the gun around that. on down and
parallel 10 the tran for dozen
feet, around another tree and finally
across the trail itself. He took In
the slack with precise caution and
made the end fast to a stump.
He had worked In darkness; he
had moved slowly, he had listened.
always listening. And the time which
elapsed gave two men, walking the
beach so quietly that they disturbed
no pebble, an opportunity TO travel
from headquarters 10 the foot Of
the trail where the canoe lay in the
reeds before he had finished.
LaFane had glided into the light
that fell through the store doorway,
a tall, statuesque figure He stood
a moment, at some distance, before
he spoke.
"Jim," he said in his deep voice,
will you come hereT
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-02-16
TOO MANY WAIT
FOR A MIRACLEl
Explaining Lack of Effort TO
Fight Weakness.

In Vienna recently the police had
10 be called out 10 cope with the
crowds at the funeral of rabbi who
had reputation for performing mir
acles.
From across the border In Hun
gary. Poland. Rumanla and Czecho
sloyakla. tens of thousands came.
hoping that at his open grave the
spirit OF the holy man would secure
for them their hearts desire.
All who felt that what meant hap
plness for them could be attained
only through n miracle. took their
last hope TO his funeral. At the end
n sack was flung into the grave. In
II were thousands OF written re.
quests for miracles.
So In this day and age there are
people who pin their faith IN mir.
acles.
When we stop 10 think about It. It
comes 20 us that this Is true not
only OF the simple folk OF still
medieval regions. Many OF us right
here. while we do not follow miracle
workers or send notes 20 spirits. still
do hope for miracles to bring us
happiness. We my not do this con.
sciously. But what other explanation
is there for the lack Of effort on our
own part to make our way of life
The Coolidge examiner., 1934-02-16
Make this lip test

| OOK at them and your cheeks, too, Icithout
IL makeup. Do they possess the natural glow of
health. which comes from a sufHciency of rich red
blood? If they do, makeup is simple II they don't
read on you may find of the reasons why your
skin is not clear and rosy.
You cannot have red lips, rosy checks, energy and
cheerfulness II your blood is in a rundown condition
Lack of o-go-bin the red coloring of the blood,
may also indicate n weakened condition of the BODY
loss of strength poor appetite.
SS.S. is not just so-called tonic but tonic spe-
cay designed TO stimulate gastric secretions and also
having the mineral elements very, very necessary in
restoring low hemo-glo-bn content. II your condi-
ton suggests blood tonic of this kind, try SS.S
Unless your case is exceptional you should soon no
tee pickup in your appetite your color and skin
should improve with increased strength
SSS. is sold by all drug stores in two sizes the
iAiBei % morc ecohohcaL G The S.S.S Co.