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Evening star., 1935-01-04

German carpenter from the Bronx for the
murder Of her little son.
AS reporter Of long standing, I have at
tended many q murder trial in my time, but
never in any Of them have known a moment
so intolerably painful in its suspense and its
significance as that in which this gentle and
gallant woman, with grace Of spirit which
no dispatch from Pennington can hope ade-
quately to report, faced her ordeal yesterday
afternoon.
Deferentially, the counsel for the State led
her through every hour Of that fateful 1st
of March three years ago. We in the listen
ing court room heard about the walk she took
In the afternoon and the merry pebbles with
which she pelted the nursery window to catch
her small sons attention when she came home
in the twilight. We heard all about his last
scamper to the kitchen after his bath and the
last glimpse of him tucked in his crib.
Handles Baby's Clothes.
The very things he was wearing when last she
saw him had to be entered as exhibits for the
iury-the sleeping suit and the thumb protec-
Evening star., 1935-01-04


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Evening star., 1935-01-04
$4,000 PAID BY BANK
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
DANVILLE, Va, January 4.-Dis-
bursement of 5000 In dividends has
been made by the Industrial Bank Of
Danville, thus increasing dividend
payments by various concerns and
corporations, now standing at $3.50, 900.
Satisfaction with the years results
of the bank was voiced ut . meeting
of directors.
Evening star., 1935-01-04
Woollcott Sees Hauptnann's
EgOtism as Motive for Crime
Writer Praises Mother for Calmness on
Sta1,d-BeIieues Accused Man Resent
full of LindbergRs Popularity.
BY ALEXANDER wooLLcorr.

FLEMNGTON N J, January NANA)-n hush that stled the
that in It, from the mild old
Evening star., 1935-01-04
Lindbergh Testimony
At Yesterdays Session

Continued From Fourth Page.)
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
Injured in Fall
Downstairs

Mr.. William B. Holt ,2507 In
diana Ave. was seriously injured
when he fell down stairs at
1927 IL s. 18th, Street, Tuesday
evening, June 4th He was taken
to the office Of DR. @. Lennox,
2314 IL N. Oath, Street, by Mr..
Oliver Welch, and left there to
await the doctors return.
When DR.. Lennox returned to
his office, he found the man there,
unable to identify himself. He
called the police, and MI. Holtz
was taken to Lord Lister Hospital
and treated by DR.. Atwood.
Mr.. Holt has a wife and seven
children and has been employed
at the Union Quitting Company
for the past three years.
Mr. Holt is still at the hospital.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08

Baby Mystery Murder Stirs Los Angeles
White Woman Draws
Ire of ~SOutherners
Calling General Robert E. Lee A
Traitor

Boston, Mass, June 5, CAMP
Miss Susan Glover Macomber, white,
former legislative chairman Of the
Massachusetts Women's Relief Corps
pinned the label Of traitor on Gen.
Robert E. Lee, southern Confederate
hero, here last week, and precipitated
thereby an issue which threatens to
boone national.
The discord aroused between mem
bers of the d. A. r. and the United
Daughters Of the Confederacy was
brought about when Miss Macomber
made the following statement after a
movement was begun to have a statue
of the Civil War figure erected in Ar
lington National Cemetery.
IF there should be some movement
started to have a statue Of Benedict
Arnold erected on the campus at West
Point, SO that the young soldiers there
could see it during their sunset drill
every night, what a shout the patriots
of the country, especially the women
of the d. A r. would raise.
"Well, | feel the same way about a
statue Of General Robert Z. Lee in
the Arlington National Cemetery at
Virginia, where so many Union Sol
diers are buried. Benedict Arnold and
General Lee were no different to my
mind. They were both traitors of the
same ilk."
Information received here after
Miss Macomber had made the above
statements, showed how her stand
vas taken in the South. The United
Daughters Of the Confederacy at Mo
bile, Ala, adopted a resolution "Pro-
testing against the protest of the
Massachusetts Relief Corps of the G..
A. r. against erection of a statue Of
Robert E. Lee or any other traitor in
Arlington National Cemetery"
At Nashville, Tenn, Adj. General
Harry Rene Lee of the United Con-
federate Veterans said:
Il don't pay any attention to such
foolishness."
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
Organized Effort
May Get Results

1t is reported to The Omaha
Guide office through the Protect
i've Order Of Dining Car Walters,
Local No. 465 that the u. P. wait
ers in the entire system will get
reduced working hours. A con.
ference was held in regard to this
matter with the U. P. officials on
May oath until June 4th. This
conference was supervised and
conducted by United States Medi-
ator G. Wallace G. Hanger,
who came here to settle the dis
pute between the company and
the employees.
Mr.. Clarence r. johnson repre-
sented the employees IN this con-
ference. 1t is reported that a
verbal agreement had been reach
ed to draw up and sign a contract
on June 18th, to give the en-
ployees 240 hours working. En-
ployees asked for time and a half
for overtime. 1t is supposed they
will not get pay for overtime, but
they will get pay for all over 24O
hours in one month.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
SEEK PROTECTION
FROM KIDNAPPERS
Seriously Injured
i'm Car Accident

Miss Marjorie 10 Smith, 2512 N,
22nd Street, formerly of Wichita, Kan
sas, who has been living here since
January, was seriously injured in an
automobile accident Thursday, May
30. She and three friends, Mr.. and
Mrs. r. r. Adams and Mr.. jay
Conner, were motoring to Missouri
Valley, Iowa, when the real tire OF
Mr.. Adams car blew out. He lost
control of the car, but Mrs. Adams
had enough presence Of mind to snatch
the wheel, steering it into an EN-
bankment. Otherwise, they would
have gone over the other side Of the
road into a deep ravine.
Miss Smith was the most seriously
injured. The others received cuts
and bruises. She was taken to Mercy
Hospital in Council Bluffs, Iowa
where X-rays revealed fractures Oh
the left arm and pelvis.
She was later removed to a loca.
hospital, where she was placed in .
cast Her condition is good
Miss Smith, since her arrival here
has been employed at VILLAS Beauty
Shop, 24th and Grant Streets.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
Young Couple Open
Coffee Shop

On Thursday, May Both. the
New Black and White Coffee
Shop was opened at 2210 n. 24th,
Street by Miss Doris Martin and
Mr.. Tommy Holbert, the youngest
couple In the restaurant business
on North Twenty-fourth Street.
The place has been completely
remodeled, and the color scheme
is carried out in black and white.
They have an efficient staff Of
young people who are very cour-
teous and anxious to serve the
public.
Their head cook is Mrs. Mildred
Martin, and the waitress is Miss
Minnie Littlejohn.
The management deserves the
support Of all its many friends
and will be glad to serve the
public.
They are specializing in salads
and good coffee. Try our food
sometime.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
.FIVE-YEAR-OLD CHILD
STRANGLED TO DEATH
RumOr! RumOr RumOr!

DR.. Wesley Jones, president Of
the y. A. A. G. F., was a caller at
The Omaha Guide office Tuesday
afternoon. He stated to Mr.. G.
Y. Galloway, acting editor Of The
Omaha Guide, that it was rumor-
ed that some of the ex-officials of
the local branch n. A. a. G. P.
were planning on organizing a new
organization to do the work that
the n. A. A. G. P. did during
their administration. DR. Jones
authorized Nh. Galloway to make
the following open suggestion:
That he, himself and, members Of
the local branch n. A. A. @. p.
would be perfectly willing to turn
the organization over to this
group who are contemplating
forming this new organization,
providing Mr.. r.. G. Price is will
ing to accept the presidency of
the local branch, n. A. A. G. P.
DR.. Jones and Mr. Galloway
both agreed that Mr.. Price was a
very efficient president during
his administration, and expressed
their regret he refused to accept
the presidency or a membership
on the board of Directors in the
last election. DR.. Jones said the
door is open to Mr.. Price to the
local branch n. A. A. c. P. with
the full cooperation of the pres
ent administration.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
Rev. Adams Returns
For Graduation of
Youngest Son

The Rev. John Adams, presi-
dent Of Greater Payne University,
located at Birmingham, Alabama.
came to his old home place, bring
ing a fine spirit of cheer. He is
visiting with his son, Attorney
John Adams, Jr., and will motor
with a few friends early Monday
morning to witness the gradua-
ton Of his youngest son, Ralph.
from the Law Department Of the
University of Nebraska. EXPIRES
sing himself to the Editor Of The
Omaha Guide on the outlook for
race progress progress in bust
ness and professions at Omaha.
he had this to say: Il think Oma-
ma, Nebraska, the brightest chance
for the proper type Of Negro
mind In the country. Any young
race man with faith and character
and brains, starting at Omaha
now meets his new day at flood
tide" When asked what were
his future plans in regards to this
expressed Omaha change, he was
ready with characteristic reply,
Il have spent a life time pre-
pairing and encouraging my sons
to specialize in the field Of law.
This coming Monday these air
castles OF mine become realities.
My oldest son, / think, has made
an enviable reputation as law
yer and citizen, and with the
graduation Of the youngest sol
this coming Monday, I plan to
bring to Omaha one Of the strong
est law firms west of Chicago.
Mr.. Adams left Omaha several
years ago to assume the presi-
dency of one Of the largest col
leges controlled by the A. M. E.
church. He will speak Sunday
morning at St. Johns A. M. E.
church and Sunday evening at
Quinn Chapel, A. NJ. E.. church,
Lincoln, Nebraska. DIR. Adams
will also address a group at the
Elks oratorical contest Friday
night.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
FLED FROM TEXAS FORTY
YEARS AGO FEARING HE
HAD COMMITTED MURDER.
Missing Heir Identified
REFUSES TO RETURN TO
= TO CLAIM ESTATE.

The efforts Of four Negro
clergymen and a white "~estate
prospector" from Texas to con
vince an Omaha Negro that he i
heir to a quarter million dollar
fortune were reported TODAY to
have met with success.
The heir is Daniel Young. SO an
1tinerant Negro preacher who i
living at 2818 Seward street. The
four clergymen and the white man
claim he j. actually Gabe Me-
Elroy and owner Of oil land in
Texas Young, until today, has
fatty denied ii.
According to the story told by
the white prospector, George d.
Pollock Of Dallas, a young Ne
gro named Gabe McElroy left
Texas hurriedly about 40 years
ago believing he had shot a white
man during a political dispute.
Say None Shot.
Actually, according to Pollock,
nobody had been shot, but Neil
roy didn't know that.
About II years ago McElroy's
mother died, leaving a 16-acre
farm to the missing Gabe. Oil
was found on the land soon after
and wells drilled by promoters
who got and assignment from
Gabes' two children who still live
III Henderson, Texas.
Numerous persons who make a
business of checking titles to oil
land and finding missing heirs
tried to find McElroy. Through
the relatives, with whom he had
corresponded furtively, they
learned he lived in Omaha and
had assumed the name Of Daniel
Young.
Fled Inquiries.
a half dozen times various es-
tate prospectors came here, try
ing to locate McElroy. When
ever he heard inquiry was being
made for him he left town.
Last January Pollock came to
Omaha on the same trail. He was
referred by police to Rev. z. z.
MCGEE, 2512 Blonde street, pastor
Of the Negro Church OF New Hope.
MCGEE knew McElroy well, knew
he was In Jail in Oklahoma at the
moment. Pollock went there, got
Mc-Elroy, or Young, out of jail,
Continued on Page p
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
Celebrates Birthday

Mr.. and Mrs. John Voner, partner
of the Voner-Houston Grocery at 2114
N. oath Street, entertained with a
birthday party for their little daugh-
ter, Betty Jane, on June /, her 9Th
birthday. The party was held at their
home 2537 Binney. The guests were:
Junior Beckman, Nathalie Pettiford,
Mary Marion, Wilma Louise Fisher,
Mary and Dorothy Larson, Dorothy
Mae Smith, Jessie and Grace Turner,
Betty Jean Gerron, Jean and Jacque-
line Fisher, Bobby Chambers, Rose
Mary Harper, Bottles Borders, Al
berta Henry, Doris Mary Manley, Al
fred and Janis Elliott.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08

Mr.. Oscar d. Washington grad
uated from the Creighton uni
versity College of Arts and
Sciences, Thursday morning, June
8, at 10 o'clock, the only colored
student in the graduating class.
Commencement exercises took
place in the University Gymna-
SUM.
Mr.. Washington has been prom
inent in literary circles and has
made quite c name for himself as
al orator, having placed second
and third respectively in two
Creighton College Oratorical con-
tests, 1882 and 1885, and twice
he has won first place in orator.
cal contests sponsored by the In
terstate Literary Association
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
Roland Hayes i'm
Benefit For Friends

Boston, Mass, June 2. (ANP) -
Roland Hayes, the famous tenor gave
a benefit performance Tuesday at the
John Nj. Green Hall on Smith college
campus which 300 persons attended.
Twenty years ago many Of the friends
and fellow artists for whom Mr..
Hayes gave the concert, helped him
to secure engagements in his early
career.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
Bandits Fire on
Oil Station Owner

Two armed bandits fired two wild
shots at W. H. Jackson, Sc, who
lives at 1892 N. 29th Street, and
the oil station at the Northeast
Of oath and Grant. The ban
dts drove away after they had robbed
him, he told police.
Mr.. Jackson had just closed the
door Of his filling station, and enter
ed his car when the robbers confronted
him, and robbed him Of s18.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
Hunt Hit Run Driver

Police today were hunting q hit
and-run driver who injured Mrs. Ro-
sale Montgomery, 10, in front Of
2037 N. Twenty-fourth Street, on
Memorial Day. Mrs. Montgomery,
2014 n 14th Street, was treated at
Lord Lister hospital before being
taken home. A witness told police
the car which struck the woman was
racing with another.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
Bishop Gregg Holds
Presiding Elders
Council
$4,000 Collected For Western
University.
By r. A. Adams

The Presiding Elders Council Of the
5th Episcopal District was held in
Trinity A. NJ. E. Church, 5th and
Greeley, opening at 10 o'clock, We'd
nesday morning, with Bishop j. a.
Gregg, presiding. Religious exercises
were conducted by R. H. Harbert,
F. d. L. Mcdonald and T. s.. Wilson.
The annual sermon was delivered by
f. f. Moten, who served in the stead
of R. S. Everett, who was late be
cause Of flood conditions. Commun-
ion service was conducted BY Bishop
Gregg, assisted by various presiding
elders. Music was by the combined
choirs of Trinity Church and Allen
Chapel, Quindaro.
Presiding elders present were, L. II.
Smith and R. H. Harbert, Colorado
Conference; R. A. Adams and W. B.
Brooks, Nebraska Conference; r. S.
Everett and H. W. King, Kansas Con
ference; VIM H. Burnett and S. r.
Stanley, Missouri Conference: L. S.
Wilson and F. D. l.. Mcdonald,
Southwest Missouri Conference; +. +.
Moten and j. A. Chandley, North
Missouri Conference.
The presiding elders made their re-
ports of money collected for Western
University as follows:
Colorado Conference: Rocky Noun
tain District, L. Il. Smith, s213.5O;
Albuquerque District, r. H. Har-
bert, $3.50; total, s309.OO.
Nebraska Conference: Kansas City
District, R. A. Adams, sl44.O0;
Omaha District, W. B. Brooks.
$1O6.00; total, S250.00.
Kansas Conference: Topeka District.
R. S. Everett, s117.5O; Wichita
District, H. W. King, $500;
total, S212.15.
North Missouri Conference: St. JOS
eph-Moberly District, F. F. Moten.
$500; Hannibal-C Columbia District.
j. A. Chandley, s2O7.95; total.
$288.95.
Southwest Missouri Conference: Kan
sas City-Springfeld District. f. d.
L. McDonad, s155.5O; Kansas City.
Lexington District, r. s. Wilson,
S117.00; total, $272.5O.
Missouri Conference: st. Louis-Cape
Girardeau District, VIM. H. Bur-
nett, s368.OO; St. Louis-Booneville.
s. R. Stanley, $1,000; total,
S487.O
TOTAL for all conferences, S1,819.6O. /
The annual conference schedule was
agreed upon as follows: Colorado Con-
ference Shorter Chapel, Denver, Sep
TENDER IL; Nebraska Conference.
First Church, Kansas City, Kansas,
September 25; Kansas Conference. st.
John, Topeka, October 2; North Miss
ouri Conference, Ebenezer, St. JOS
eph, October %; Southwest Missouri
Conference, Ebenezer, Kansas City.
Missouri, October 80; Missouri Con-
ference, st. Paul, St. Louis, Novem-
Der g..
The council passed resolutions re
affirming support of the course by
Gregg in regard to Western
University controversy, expressing the
of rr+a-s 81 L. -
the Bishops integrity, commencing
the ability, the dignity and the abso-
lutte fairness with which he has per-
formed his duties as bishop Of the
Fifth Episcopal District, and instruct
ing the delegates to be elected to use
every legitimate means to secure the
reassignment Of Bishop Gregg to this
district.
N.Y. Dbl -
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
Omaha Tigers to Play
Louisiana MOnarchs

The Omaha Tigers, under the man
agement of Mr.. Homer Curry, viii
play the Monroe, Louisiana Monarchs
this week end at League Park. On
Saturday night they will play their
first game at $50, and Sunday they
will play two games, the first start
ing at 2:30, also at League Park.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
Injured In Car Accident

Mr.. and Mrs. George Clark, were
injured Wednesday night, when their
a collided with another motorist.
The accident happened about 33rd and
Spaulding Street. Mr.. Clark was
knocked unconscious, and had to have
several stitches taken in his head.
Mrs Clark suffered bruises about the
arm and shoulder.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
Elks' OratOrical
Scholarship Contest
Postponed; June 7th,

The Elk's Oratorical Scholar
ship contest which was to be held
on June 4th, was postponed to
Friday night, June 7th, at $50
p. m at the Elks' Hall, 2420 Lake
Street.
Popular contestants are Misses
Madree jackson, Althea Franklin
and MI. Ralph Alexander.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
By Fay jackson.
For A. N p

Los Angeles, Calf, June T
Who killed Coral Stapler?
That IS the question that has
baffled investigators Of the coun-
ty sheriff's department, thrown
the small township of Watts into
q frenzied man-hunt for the fiend
that Snatched an innocent child
and strangled her to death, and
shocked The entire city of Los
Angeles.
At a corners inquest here Mon
day, May 20, a jury declared that
the child, Carol Ellen Stapler,
aged 5, died Of strangulation at
the hands Of a person unknown.
Her father, Henry Stapler
aged 35, former star trackman of
Lincoln High school, held by
police on suspicion of murder
after the discovery of the body
OF his daughter in a vacant lot
at One Hundred and Third street
and Alameda boulevard last Fri
day was released for lack Of evi-
dence.
Two other suspects have been
questioned.
1t may rest with an unknown
Mexican woman in red' and the
3-year-old brother of the girl to
identify the man who stole the
child away from her yard where
she was playing and later stran-
gled her to death with an eight
foot laundry rope.
Stapler and his wife have been
divorced three years. He was
called by the sheriff's office after
Mrs. Stapler said that he had kid
mapped his eldest daughter, Ada,
aged Z, and kept her several days
IN a shack. He also took the wife
and child away on a previous &C.
casion.
Prior to the child's disappear
anee, she was seen playing with
her brother Eddie, about l o'clock
In the afternoon. Near that time,
the baby ran into the house
screaming that "a man with eye
glasses was after him to take
him away. He went to sleep i'm
mediately.
An old laundryman, white, who
wears eye glasses, had just called
at the Stapler home. The mother
did not answer his knock. He
went away. He did not return
the next day to pick up his
bundle. Investigators declared
the rope found around the girls
neck matched the rope found in
the laundry bags where the driver
under suspicion worked. Con-
Continued on Page p
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08

Miss Ruth Jones, daughter Of Mr..
Alfred Jones, who is a teacher in a
public school in Atchinson, Kansas, is
at home for the summer.
The Omaha guide., 1935-06-08
Child of Prominent Family Found
Found Under Box Car With
Rope Around Neck.
City Offers Reward
FATHER rs HELD FOR
QUESTIONING.

Los Angeles offers $3.50 re-
ward for capture of little
Carol Stapler's murderer.
City wide interest in the muir
der of five year old Carol
Stapler became acute today
when the Los Angeles City
Council passed a resolution
offering $3.50 for the capture
CT her killer. 1t is the first
time that a city reward has
ever been offered in a crime
where a racial vicim was in
volved. Citizens plan to in
crease the fund. A third sus-
pect, a Mexican man was be
ing held Thursday.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-10-10
Last SuruiuOr of Last Man's <.
 Club, FolloUs His Comrades

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Oct. 10- Capt. Charles M Lockwood, last survivor of the Last Mans Club of Company B, First Minnesota Vol unteers Infantry, died in the Minne- sota Soldiers Home at the age of 93 years.
 Lockwood lived with his daugn- ter, Mrs. A. H. Burkholder, in Chamberlain, South Dakota, before going to the hospital.
 As sole survivor of a group of Civil war veterans, who had form ed Last Mans club" Lockwood at the age of 87 kept faith with his departed comrades and carried out in bitter solemnity ceremony planned in jest 45 years before.
 Club Dissolved
 The only time Lockwood came into national prominence was in 1850 when, alone at a banquet table surrounded by B empty chairs, he drank toast in old wine and for mally dissolved the club.
 That day held no glory for the aged Lockwood, but he carried his part with dignity as the nation took the opportunity to pay tribute to the fast thinning ranks of the men who had fought to preserve the union from dissolution.
 And with the ceremony over he retired again to his home at Chamberlain, s. D., to live out his years with the memories of four years of faithful and unpretentious service on Civil war battlefields.
 Reunion Organization
 The Last Mans Club" was or ganized at Saltwater, Minn., on July 21, 1885, at a reunion of men who had marched to war together when Abraham Lincoln issued his first call for Civil war volunteers. That gathering was held in the ball room of the Sawyer house where in