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Evening star., 1935-10-27
.F|RETHORN FIRST,
DISCOVERY TRAILS.
Handicap Champion, Heav-
lily Burdened, Runs Fourth
in Laurel GalIop.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special D1Spatch TO The star.
Y AUREL. Md, October 26.-Pres-
ton M. Burch, native Wash
ingtonian, showed 10000 turf
- fans today how to condition a
horse, when he sent Walter M. JET
fords Firethorn postward in the
twenty-second renewal Of the Wash
ington Handicap, and the colt raced
a mile and a quarter In 2.O2as to
whip eight opponents, including A. G..
Vanderbilt's Discovery, the years
handicap champion.
It was to be Discovery's final race
of The year. The horse had 1873
pounds up, 10 more than Firethorn,
but never showed anything during the
long journey and was well beaten by
Firethorn, Mrs. John D. Hertz's Count
Arthur and Mrs. Deering Howe's Only
One, which garnered the first three
money positions in the order named.
Only One and Count Arthur domi-
mated the early running. At the
stretch turn Harry Richards shot
Firethorn on top to come home all
alone and earn SHOOTS for his Pennsyl-
vania owner. Those folks backing
Trainer Burch's charge received $l4
Weighted Too Heavily.
A FEW minutes after the race was
1 run, Owner Vanderbilt and
Trainer Stotler visited the press stand
and informed the scribes that they
had no excuses for Discovery. They
said their horse had run his race, but
found his 138-pound burden a bit too
much to overcome.
Discovery will be vanned tomorrow
to the Sycamore Farm in the Worth
ington Valley, where he will be un-
wound and rested prior to being put
back in training for the 100000
Santa Anita Handicap to be run early
next year in California.
The daily double" paid $2850.
when the Glen Riddle Farms Boom
ing Guns accounted for the days
opener, with the Howe Stables
Nautch scoring in the third In both
races the winner broke on top and
led throughout.
Mrs. Payne Whitney's Greentree
Stable added $4,140 and a handsome
silver trophy to her collection when
her Memory Book. favorite, sped a
mile in 1.39 to win the eighth re-
newal of the Spalding Lowe Jenkins,
run in memory Of the late Balti-
morean of that name, who was a
former president of the organization
conducting this meeting.
Evening star., 1935-10-27

That District open golf champion
ship which opens tomorrow at Indian
Spring practically will be a local
tournament, even though it is open
to the world. Only pros from Wash
ington and Baltimore have entered
the 72-hole affair to wind up Tuesday
afternoon, and the purse will run
around $780, One of the absentees
will be Witty Cox, Kenwood pro, and
possibly the best scorer among the
pros in this area. Witty is too busy"
to play in the tournament.
Evening star., 1935-10-27

SECOND RACE-S1. 900; 3-year-olds
and up; Steeplechase; 2 miles.
Evening star., 1935-10-27
Line-ups and Summary.

Goals: Mt washington - vernon-wil-
lame l2). Lowe CO.. zinkhan. Washing
ton-Plimpton. Substitutes: ny, Washing
bern for Vernon Williams. Florence Lowe
f6f Staley. Harriet Taylor for NJ. Porter.
AIA G. Parker for Bailey.
Evening star., 1935-10-27
LAUREL ENTRIES
(Eor Monday.O

o L. G. Blume entry.
Evening star., 1935-10-27

o K. N. Giipin-C. Feltner entry.
Weather clear, track fast;
Evening star., 1935-10-27

Totals - 64s 62s 624 665 603 8
Evening star., 1935-10-27

A. L. Waddell-E. w. Winmill entry.
EIGHTH RACE+SS00; claiming: g.
yea -0lds and nm: n. miles
Evening star., 1935-10-27
BaltimOreans Win.

Totals - 657 $50 634 554 sos 3.O22
Evening star., 1935-10-27

~ OBJ GOODWIN, former N. B. A.
- nght-heavyweight champion
and ever q favorite locally,
- will be one OF the principals
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
RO|DERER FREE
IN SPY TRIAL

BERLIN, April IL GN.SO In
fluenced by his pleas of innocence
and the story of his betrayal at
the hands of an "agent provaca-
teur," Nazi Germany's dread Peo-
pies Court today acquitted Rich
ard Roiderer, American citizen of
Cleveland, Ohio, of espionage
charges.
Roidered's trial lasted only
few hours and was featured by
his story that the agent, under
the guiSe of friendship, encour-
aged him to make notes on the
activities of storm troopers that
led to his arrest last June.
When Roiderer was told of his
acquittal, he burst into sobs and
wrung his hands Historically.
Heretofore, his brief public ap-
pearanceS since his arrest were
characterized by restraint. The
State will pay the cost of the trial.
The Washington times., 1935-04-12

In the presence of her hus-
band, she lifted the veil Of
mystery which has clOaked her
movements since she became
enmeshed in one of the most
lurid chapters in Maryland $
crime history. The interview
was arranged by her attorney
and was given at a downtown
rendezvous.
Wagging tongues Of male
factors-gossip mon myers
secret enemies-Fate-all these
combined to heap disgrace on
her and her family. That, in
a nutshell, is Anne Lyddane s
story. On advice of counsel,
she declined to develop part Of
her story, but, she limited,
Rockville, Md, and the world
Continued on Page ,, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
FRENCH LAY
'7REACHERY
To BRITISH
Refusal of Commitments on
Aggression Is Resented;
Cabinet Split Barred
International News Service

A British cabinet split on
foreign policy was revealed to-
day as the tripartite conference
at stresa swung into its second
day Of negotiations. Develop
ments follow:
STRESA-British split drew
France and Italy closer to-
gether, creating possibility Of q
FrancO-ItaIian pact on tie lines
Of the Franco ussian agree-
ment.
LONDON-The British view
that q new international cen.
ference should be called, with
Germany invited, prevailed to-
day at Stresa, it was reported.
Plans call for the meeting, to
be held in London.
BERLIN Germany viewed
the Stresa negotiations with
satisfaction as indications con-
tfnued to pOSnt to eventual
recognition of the Reich's equal
ity status.
By III. r. KNICKERBOCKER
Copyright, 1895, by International
News service)
sTRESA, Italy, April IL G.N.S)
A bombshell full of TINT landed
in the midst of the Stresa con-
ference today when news reached
this city by frantic telephone and
heated telegram that the British
foreign office had issued a state
ment in London which, if it had
been automatically reported, would
have disrupted the conference
and made any agreement be-
tween France and England
impossible.
Speedily, the first impression
was corrected and it became
known that it was Neville
Chamberlain, chancellor of the
exchequer. who had made the
statement on Britain's foreign
policy to the London press.
This made it worse, because no
one here and least of all Prime
Minister Macdonald and Foreign
Secretary Sir John Simon can
understand how another minister
whose department is finance
could have introduced his views
to the public on British foreign
policy at moment so tense and
fraught with dangerous posi-
bilitieS.
Neither Macdonald, Simon nor
anyone else in the British delega-
ton heard a word regarding
CONTINUED on Page 4, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
International News Service

Federal Emergency Relief funds
for nine States have been held
up, it was learned today, because
those States have taken no &C
ton, or unsatisfactory action, to
provide their share of the relief
burden.
Following a stern warning de-
livered by FERA Administrator
Harry L. Hopkins to Gov. George
H. Earle of Pennsylvania, that
his State would receive no fur
Their Federal funds after April IS
unless the State legislature took
action to provide five million dol
lars a month toward the relief
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
MRS. LYDDANE TELLS HER
STORY; SAYS SHE IS
BLACKMA|L VICTIM
MRS, FRANCIS LYDDANE

Francis "Slo" and Anne LyddGme, husband end 'Oite
of Rockville last night gaze The Washington Times the
foNoaUng exclusive intervieus They submitted freely
to interrogation. They amsered freely Some of their
givem IN confidence Their Ia0yersand
they themselves Thought of the facts and eramo-
toms to be introduced IN her defense should be aVhhe1d
from the public for the moment But 1t the 0ole
a reveang story. 1t appealing story-o human
Nnder similar circumstances.
The Washington Times believes the public, 0hch has
heard little but accusation and 5nmuemdo should haze the
other side of the storthe Lyddanes side. Here 1t
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
"Slon1' Lyddane
Sticking by
His Wife
By THEODORE A. HUNTLEY

By THEUDUNE "A. HUNTLEY
Copyright, 1895, by The ashington Times
"Slom" Lyddane is sticking by
his wife.
Win, lose or draw, it's all the
same.
They have faced things together
before. They are facing them to-
gether now.
Anne Lyddane was a young girl
lis or 16-when "Slom" first
saw her. They were married when
she was 20. "Slom" was "a. That
was 10 years ago. Ten years into
which have been packed more
(continued on Page ,, Col. 81
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
.StOWaWay Found
SmOthered on Ship

ST. JOHNS, N. F., April IL
SD.-Tragic fate of Eugene
Rumsey, a Stowaway, was dis
closed when his body was discov-
cred in the bunker of the S. S
Dominica when it arrived at st.
Pierre today. He had smothered
to death. RumSey was trying to
get back to his home here.
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
7 DEAD, FLAMES
ROUT MANY

Officials of the Fire Department
launched an investigation today
into the cause of a blaze which
early this morning swept tene-
ment house in the TOO block Co.
lumbia Rd. N. w., claiming the
lives of seven persons, all colored.
Apparently trapped on the third
floor of the three-story brick house
the five children and two women
were suffocated to death before
CONTINUED on Page ,, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
Curley Fears
laps Doom
u. S. Mills

A warning that the entire tex.
tile industry of New England will
shortly be wiped out unless the
Government moves Immediately to
curb the flood of cheap japanese
cotton goods into this country was
given today by Gov. James M.
Curley, of Massachusetts.
Heading delegation of nearly
all New England governors gath
cred here in one of the most i'm
pressive demonstrations of public
officials against cheap foreign
competition ever witnessed in the
Continued on Page 2, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
9 States Denied Relief
Funds After April IS

load, it was learned that April
funds have not been allocated to
Virginia Called upon to provide
five million dollars State and
local funds), Florida. Georgia,
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Missouri, Tennessee and New Jer'
sey, in addition to Pennsylvania
None After April Is
Pennsylvania has receive d
funds, or been assured of funds,
up to April Is, but after that, Mr..
Hopkins said:
pennsylvania gets no more
CONTINUED on Page ,, Col. y
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
4 PROBES LAUNCHED:
MASS RITES PLANNED
FOR CHILD VICTIMS
BY CARROLL PEEKE

Sorrowing Wiliamsport Nd, received back its dead
today.
Under gray and sombre skies, the bodies of 10 boys
and girlsyesterday laughing and happy children de-
scrbed the of the high school-today manged
and torn from the terrible crash of school bus and
speeding passenger train Rockvie-were returned
to their homes the entire little Maryland community
mourned.
Flags dropped at half staf-a pail of silence and horror
covered the little ownthere scarcely dry eye as
who yesterday laughed and sang in glee
they left for exciting visit University Of MARYLAND
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
Bv EUGENE A. KELLY

b. Washington
Blue-eyed Anne Lyddane central figure in Rockville $
bizarre murder plot gave her side of the story today
in an exclusive interview with The Washington Times.
Accused by the State Maryland of shemng the murders
Of her husband som Lyddane and Mrs Josephine
Bea wife of her onetime friend the bank clerk
calmly rected the history of her fe the events leading
to her and the part played the drama which
The Washington times., 1935-04-12

, Earlier today ii children,
shaken with horror, cut and
bruised as the heavy rain cut
through the bus, returned to
their homes.
A few hours later the first of
the dead were returned. More will
follow. For in the District Morgue
lie the bodies of four others, three
girls and a boy who were brought
to Georgetown Hospital from the
scene of the crash, but too late
for medical science to do anything
for them.
Four Probes Under Way
Meanwhile four investigations of
the tragedy, the worst that has
happened near the Nations Capt.
tai in many years, were under way
today.
Montgomery county officials.
who lodged charge of man.
slaughter against Percy Line, the
driver of the bus, started the first
investigation under the direction
of James H. Pugh, States Attor-
ney.
A second was launched by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Two Federal safety engineers,
G. V. Lowering and T. B. Smith,
Of the bureau of safety of the
I. c. c., were rushed to Rockville
and started an intensive probe.
Baltimore and Ohio officials
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
TIMES INDEX

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guarantees Home Delivery ser.
vice every evening. Should you
fail to receive yours, call Dis
trict 1000 promptly any time
before 7:15 p. m. and your
copy will be dispatched by
special messenger.
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
THE INJURED
AT GEORGETOWN
HOSPITAL

Thelma staley, IT.
Margaret Kreps, II.
Slightly Injured and
Returned Honey
William Collier.
Dunard Hose.
Albert Leaf.
Wilma Newberry.
William Carver.
Helen Blozer.
Dwight Fernow.
Blanche Long.
Mary Feach.
Malcolm Collier.
Glenn Anderson.
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
THE DEAD
AT GEORGETOWN
HOSPITAL,

@A ~ SS~ avn - ~ ~ w Az
HOSPITAL
Mary L. Downs, Is.
James Flurie, IS.
Phoebe Kelly, is.
Lois Winters, 16.
AT ROCKVILLE
Carl Bindle, Is.
Bertha Castle, 16.
Elva Harsh, II.
Norris Downs, is.
Paul McElroy, 16.
Pearl Emerson, Is.
Claud Myers, Is.
Margaret Zimmerman
Leroy Kendle, Is.
Virginia Myers, II.
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
All Records
BROKEN

R. P. Rocco. Vice President
TRIANGLE MOTOR CO.
New York Ave. 6 N. Cupitol
Says:
"W E SOLD % used cars
w the first day our
Used Car ad was published
in your Want Ad Section and
II the second day from the
same ad, breaking all records
for Triangle Motor Co. used
car sales in any one day"
:"
This is the BEST reason we
con offer as to why you,
too, wiH find the used ear
value you tU0nt in the Used
Car Column Of
today's WANT ADS
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
TAXI MAN ACCUSED

NEW YORK, April IL G.N.SD.
Struck by a taxicab alleged to have
passed a street car on the wrong
side, F. A. Virgins, SIS, of Seattle,
Wash, was in a serious condition
at Bellevue Hospital today. He
suffered a fractured skull.
The Washington times., 1935-04-12
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Rain tonight and probably Sat
urdGy morning; continued cold.
MEAN TEMPERATURES
Washington. As Los Angeles. 81
New York.. a San Diego. -. 50
Chicago zee. Al San Francisco SO
Detroit ..... 46 Portland, Ore. 81
Atlanta ..... So Omaha ..... 38
weather Details on Page 4OJ
Montana oil and mining journal., 1935-08-03

It consisted Of 200 mules, 80 coaches
and 10 lumber wagons.
With this heterogeneous equipment
he started west. On June he crossed
the Platte river at Julesburg, with the
worst part Of his journey before him.
The weather turned bad. 1t rained for
days Swollen streams Knocked and
were conquered. Thick gumbo clawed
at the stages and wagons with un-
availing fingers. Indians were brushed
aside.
Spottswood pushed on. He arrived at
Salt Lake City on June 90. The follow
ing day the first stage sarted for Vig-
gtnia City, "a hours ahead Of the con-
tracted time.
Halladay had soft spot In his heart
for the Montana branch. And well he
might. It saved him from bankruptcy
when all Of his many other resources
failed.
The name Of Ben HaIladay was
household word through the SOS. Var
ious stories Of how he got his start still
make their endless rounds. The most
authentic has 1t that he began life as
mule skinner in Missouri. In 1840 he
was bitten by the gold bug and went
to California. He seems to have been
successful, in small way, as placer
miner.
At any rate, he turned up In Salt
Lake City late in '49 with stock Of
$40, 900 in goods and partner. Through
the intercession Of Brigham Young, the
Montana oil and mining journal., 1935-08-03

more than IS degrees in Hawaii and
in the winter It drops to about go"
he asserted.
Expanding ON the sub5ect Of Ha-
waiaam weather, Governor P02mdexteE
said, with smile, Il haven't an over
coat, raincoat, or an umbrella 10 my
name"
The governor left Hawaii on june
13, travelling almost directly to
Washington, ID. G. He uses air trans
p0rtati0n whenever possible and pre-
dicted that within few months q
regular air line w0uld be established
over the ocean to the islands. The
airships are under construction now
mma it win soon be Just SO hours from
HOn0anlu TO New York
Painting an attractive word pac-
ture o. Hawaii, he said, SITS principal
industries are sugar, pzneappies and
t0urfsssau sweet pF0kl&r BE ex-
planned that ehe tourist industry car
ries with Il some trials and he f0azad
it necessary to assign enc Of his
clerks to handle passports for the
tourists. $50 many tourists arrive I'm
Hawaii and then change their minds
and decide 70 tour the Orient eAaaa szAe
government appointed me q pAsspars
agent" He said that as many as
20 passports had been issued by the
speciaA clerk In one day.
While the passport business Ia an
added gubernat0Tial duty, he escapes
much Of the grief, so attendant upon
governors Of the states, In issuing
exEKaditiOn and h0nOring reqwistxom
papers. Criminals do mot come TO
Hawaii because they can't get away,
and IL a crime is committed I'm the
islands q quick pelice net Is drawn
making escape difficult. II criminal
reaches q boat, he Is soon discovered
by radio, Governor P0indexter said
The governor sp0ke Of the agri-
cultural resources Of the islands and
the part the government was taking
I'm aiding the industry. On the wind
ward, or @wetv side of the islands, ir-
rigatiOn Of the cane sugar crops is not
necessary although the fields are ir-
rigated on the dry side. Since little
rain falls in the islands away from
the mountains. irrigation Of the vast
pineapple plantations is necessary,
Governor POindexter said.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1935-08-03
GrGsshoppers Cause
Damage in Forests

Forest Supervisor G. E. Martin, who
with Ranger G. v. Rubottom recently
spent a week in the Crazy mountain
district, reports that the grasshopper
infestation is evident in earnest, even
IN the high forest ranges, and that the
insect pests are causing considerable
damage to forage
Although the season was late and the
young hoppers did not get a start as
early as last year, they are making up
for that now, the forest officials dis
covered in the course Of their survey.
The supervisor does not look for q
forage shortage this fall, but explains.
that there is danger OF the ground
growth being damaged.
Although there are proposed eradica-
ton projects listed for some sections Of
the west. there is little that can be done
TO prevent damage in the forest ranges
this season, officials believe, nor are
there any funds available for such
work on the extensive scale that would
be necessary.
Montana oil and mining journal., 1935-08-03

who pushed their numbering vehicle:
across wilderness trails by bull strength
and determination.
He was destined for his profession by
birth and background. For King was
born In Missouri, where the love for
good horseflesh has been inbred for
generations. He came Of adventurous
stock and at the tender age OF six ac-
companied his father across the plains.
The elder King took pride in being
known as a pixies peak man." His
prairie schooner, drawn by span Of
oxen, was inscribed with q huge sign.
pixies Peak or Bust"
Wiley King can Just remember that
on the return trek from Colorado one
word was painted over the ambitious
challenge. The word was "B-U-S-T-
ED"
Somewhere along the back track the
King caravan fell in with a wagon train
headed for the new bonanza at Vir-
ginia City. Montana territory was a
long ways off by OK cart but the sire
was set on making his fortune In the
west and he readily accepted an offer
to join the party.
Thus Wiley King was projected into
the life of the territory.
About the same time Ben Halladay
the founder and sole owner Of the Over
AesAQ Csdt3E GytAN4ACoy Eob - AAAk44A NOAAbAuCt
between Salt Lake City and Viringia
City, thus establishing the first stage |
line into Montana
The contract was let early In May. |
1854, with the provision that Halladay |
have the service in operation by July
l or pay a fine Of 500 a day for de-
hnquencies.
This put even the redoubtable Over
land on the spot. It was necessary 20
bring the necessary livestock and equip
ment from Leavenworth, Kan, Halla
days eastern terminal, and this could
MT be done overnight or over period
OF weeks.
The Cheyennes were beginning to be-
come troublesome and whether the
Montana branch could be established
at all was matter Of grave speculation.
Halliday gambled on the courage
and reSourcefulneSS of his western SUI
perintendent, Robert j. Spottswood. He
was a gentleman of parts AS fearless
rs a mad bull, he was considered bet
ter pistol shot than the lamented
George Slade, another Overland man
who made his share of history before
he was hanged by the VigilanteS. ]
Spottswood had reputation as an In
liam fighter and few road agents were
willing to tackle stage on which he !
vas riding. His name therefore brought I
ear in many quarters.
Spottswood moved quickly. He re-
,eived his orders at Latham, Colo, and
tarted for Leavenworth on the next ]
tage. In less than week after his {
lrrival he had rounded up his outfit. t
Montana oil and mining journal., 1935-08-03


AImOst forgotten In an era Of gasO-
line and high-speed records arc the
men who whipped the stage coaches
over danger-fnfested trails Of ter
ratorial Montana. OF all the hard
bitten crew who ~puiIed the ribbons
from the day Ben Halliday sent the
first coach rafting into Virginia City
until the railroad superseded the
rse-arawn vehicles, probably not
mere than a dozen survive. One Of
them Is n. w. (WtEey) King OF Myers,
whose prOudes boast is that, despite
his ~ years, he Is still I'm the saddle
and able to ride as long and hard IS
any of the young fellows with whom
he punched COWS
King grew up in Montana-and the
stage business AS q boy he mingled
with the drivers who whipped Halla-
days immortal Overlands in and out
Of Virginia City. AS a man he saw the
passing Of the territory's last major
line when Gilman and Salisbury OF
Billings yielded to the imperative chal-
lenge Of the iron horse.
For the better part Of two winters,
T8 and 10 he drove the @. 81 s. stage
on the nightly run from Junction City
to Forsyth.
Might driving was never a sought
for assignment. In winter 1t was an
ordeal to literally freeze the blood Of
the heartiest, yet Wiley King establish
ed the record Of never having missed
a run regardless Of man or weather.
Stage drivers we're supposed to be
gay, dashing fellows. Romantic writers
have endowed them with all Of the
good qualities Of matinee idols. King
would knock this notion into cooked
hat.
he looks like a gray-haired cupid
and he can't recall that he was ever
considered Romeo Of the road. In fact,
he says, he never married because no
body wuaild say yes"
Heck We used to drive stage for
the same reason engineers hog their
trains these days." he explains. "DriV- |
ing meant pretty good wages and
money wasn't to be sneezed at even II
we didn't have as many ways Of getting /
rid Of It as we have nowadays"
The aim OF all good stage drivers was
to get from point to point in the quick
est possible time. Rowing Indians,
lurking road agents, storms, bottomleSs
ruts, endless hills and pitleSs coulees
were to be met and coped with as they
came But the coach had to 60 through
On time, whether It was q four-horse
Concord or q springleSs terkie drawn
By a pair of frisky mules.
King had the knack of getting over
his run on time. He was a specialist
md because he was master, oid-timers
rate him along with Bishop West,
Charles Higginbottom, Red" Neal,
Felix Warren and other drag liners"