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Evening star., 1935-11-17
GAME PROTECTION
LAW TO BE TESTED
West Virginia Justice to Hear
Charges Appealed by Two
Hunters,

MARTINSBURG, W. Va, Novem-
Der l6-The question of whether
notice to a game protector from the
owner to stand of certain property
constitutes interference with an off,
Ger In the performance of his duty
and whether it is binding upon an
of1cial will come before Justice Ward
Nicklin here next week as a result
Of unexpected developments during the
course Of the trial here yesterday Of
James Householder and Clarence An
derson, Back Greek Vallty men, ac-
cused by game protectors Of hunting
fur-bearing animals out Of season.
While State witnesses were being
questioned, j. W. George. an official
Of the White Oak Lumber Co., which
has extensive operations in the noun
tain section in Back Greek Valley, and
employers of Householder and Ander-
son, interrupted and had notice served
upon c. T. Whitacre. a district game
warden. and Braden Kettering and
Frank Orr. deupty protectors, to stay
of the White Oak Lumber Co. prop
erty.
Protector Whitacre Immediately
countered by having the magistrate is
sue a warrant for George, charging
him with interfering or attempting to
interfere with a game protector in the
performance Of duty. The case was set
for next Friday, and George indicated
he would be on hand with mis- counsel.
When the trials of Anderson and
Householder were finished, the Justice
Evening star., 1935-11-17
Homestead GrOup
Ready for Winter
With Log Houses
20 Families Participate
in Joint Project
in Minnesota.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MINNEAPOLIS, November 16.-
Ethan Allen, pioneer in q Minnesota
cooperative homestead project, was
critically i'll today for the second time
In two years.
Allen hitch-hiked to Washington
two years ago to win Federal approval
for the Northern Welfare Association
colony and directed the preliminary
worl. A year ago he was stricken
with pneumonia induced by hard work
on the project.
Several families taken of city re-
lief rolls are working on the project
In contrast to the wooded 640-acre
tract which faced colonists last year,
this Winter finds them with 10 new
log houses, dairy barns and poultry
houses. All but two of the 20 families
were housed securely.
The project was conceived by Al
len, a descendant of the Revolutionary
War hero. when the depression de-
prived him of his livelihood as a car
penter. He obtained Federal backing
Of $4,000.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
EIGHT ARE INJURED
. ON VIRGINIA ROADS
Silver Spring Woman Among
Victims of Accident
Near Leesburu.
By stafr Correspondent Of Tn. Star.

By stafi Correspondent OF The Star.
LEESBURG, Va, November Is
Eight persons were injured, six seri-
ously, late today in two automobile
accidents, one at Mock's Corner, Fair
fax County, and the other near Mid
dleburg.
In a head-on collision at Mock's
Corner, Mrs. Mary A. Crismond, IS,
Silver Spring, Md, and Miss Kathe-
rine Ryan, Poughkeepsie, N. Y, occu-
pants of one machine, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Casey Of Leesburg, in the
second car, were injured.
Mrs. Crismond was admitted to the
Leesburg Hospital with her right arm
fractured in two places and both legs
broken above the knee. Casey, young
Leesburg citizen, is being treated at
the hospital for brain conclusion and
severe scalp wounds, while his wife
sustained undetermined body injuries.
Miss Ryan was admitted to George
town University Hospital in Washing
ton with a possible fractured skull.
deep head and face lacerations and a
fractured left leg.
The accident was said to have oc-
CURED when third machine made a
left turn in front Of the car occupied
by Mrs. Crismond and Miss Ryan.
Their chauffeur, Edgar Carwithen of
Kensington, Md, said he swerved TO
avoid the front car and met Casey's
machine proceeding in the opposite
direction
Near Middleburg earlier today, Mr..
and Mrs. James A. Trexler of Al
toona. Pa, were seriously hurt, and
two youths. Jesse Nagle and Jake
Mannion, also of Altoona, received
minor injuries, when an automobile in
which they we're riding and a truck
collided on the Winchester pike.
All were removed to the Alexandria
Hospital.
Trexler is being treated for q pos
sible fractured skull and severe scalp
wounds. His wife received a fractured
arm and severe face and head cuts.
Mannion sustained three fractured
ribs, and Nagle was cut ON the nose.
Evening star., 1935-11-17

brass ss-covered ball. These we're taken
off when the bed was set up in his
room because the tips touched the
ceiling with the balls on them. The
rollers we're brass wheels" he re-
lates. but these also had to be re-
moved to make it fit the bedchamber.
Thomas says he has been offered
S400 for the bed. but he's holding
out for $500" The bed is comfortable,
and has old-fashioned rope springs
Suttles Rest Is 80 years old. and Is
one Of the interesting old houses in
st. Marys County. 1t has been added
to until it appears to have been built
in three sections, one higher than the
other.
Declares Mrs. Surratt Innocent.
Thomas says that Mrs. Surratt was
innocent of any part in the tragedy.
He also had seen Booth many times.
Lloyd, the tenant farmer for Mrs.
Surratt, was grilled during the long
trial of his employer, but after his
lengthy questioning escaped convic-
ton.
Thomas was drafted the latter part
Of 1865. when he was 18, but thu
war ended before he was called to
the colors.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
STUDENTS PROTEST
VISIT OF NAZl ENVOY
University of Wisconsin Groups
Say They Desire to Show
Views on Fascism.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MADISON, Wis, November 16.-
A statement protesting the visit here
tomorrow of DR.. Hans Luther. German
Ambassador to the United States, was
signed and issued today by represent
atives Of II University Of Wisconsin
students organizations.
DR.. Luther will be the dinner guest
of Prof. A. r. Hohlfelt.
I'VE should like to make this visit
the occasion for an expression Of the
sentiment of the American student
body against fascism," the statement
read.
Declaring fascism is not only o Pc
culiarly European system. but '1iv-
ing danger in America" the statement
IF we condemn German fascism, We
must unite and fight against incipient
American fascism. This Is our mes
sage to Hans Luther"
Evening star., 1935-11-17

STEUART REVEALS
CURE OF CRIPPLE.
Girl Who Walked on All
Fours Becomes Nurse,
Says Shrine Leader.

How a little girl who had walked
on all fours all her life had been
cured In q Shriners' hospital for
crippled children was related last
night by Leonard p. Steuart. of
Washington, imperial potentate Of the
Shrine for North America at joint
ceremonial Of Almas and Boumi
Temples at the University Of Mary
land.
Steuart said he discovered the case
in q Shriners' hospital in Winnipeg,
Canada. This little girl. Steuart told
the gathering of about 1000 Shriners
in Ritchie Coliseum had walked all
her life ION hands and feet, on all
fours, like horse"
Becomes Student Nurse.
She was brought into the hospital
there and after undergoing operations
and treatment, she was so restored
TO normal activity that she became a
student nurse and was completing her
course of study at the time Steuart
was in Canada recently.
This reJuvenated girl, Steuart SAID,
had decided that upon her graduation
as a graduate nurse she would devote
her entire life to the work of Shriners
in caring for the destitute crippled
child.
History and Scope Told.
Reciting the history and scope of
the Is Shriners' hospitals for crippled
children, scattered throughout North
America, Steuart declared:
That one case of the crippled girl
who walked cn all fours and has now
devoted her whole life to the destitute
crippled child Is worth all Of the s22.-
100000 we have spent in this great
work"
Steuart explained that 1t cost ST.
100000 a year to operate the Is hos
pitals and that the property in these
institutions originally cost a total of
$6,000,00O. They are now endowed
with a fund Of $3,000,000, he ex-
planned
There is not a dollars worth Of
debt on these Institutions" he en-
phasized. They are all paid up"
Evening star., 1935-11-17
ELECTRA IS FIFTH
PRESIDENTIAL SHIP.
Cleveland Was First to Use
Yachts to Escape
Routine.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
When the trim little cutter Electra
glides down the Potomac next Spring
with President Roosevelt aboard, it
will become the fifth vessel on which
Presidents Of the United States have
sought to escape the daily routine Of
their busy desks.
Presidents from Grover Cleveland
to Franklin D. Roosevelt have made
week end and official cruises on the
Dolphin, Sylph, Mayflower and
Sequoia. All are now scrapped or
utilized on more prosaic voyages.
The Electra, Coast Guard cutter,
has been transferred to the Navy for
The Presidents use to replace the
Sequoia, a wooden vessel, on which
he has made numerous brief voyages
down the Potomac and into Chesa-
peake Bay during the last two years.
More Security in Electra.
The chief purpose in substituting
the Electra for the Sequoia is to give
the President greater security. The
Electra-l65 feet long, with beam
width of Is feet 334 inches, and dis
placement of 300 tons-is of steel,
considerably reducing the fire hazard.
The Electra also Is able to carry
more passengers and will have room
for the secret service men. In the
past, they have trailed the President
on another boat.
Recognizing the necessity Of Presi-
dents getting away from the White
House now and then, President Cleve-
land became the first Chief Executive
to take to the nearby river.
The Dolphin, built as a dispatch
boat just before his first inaugura-
ton, was kept at the Navy Yard here
for his use during his two terms
Q885-89 and 1893-97. Benjamin
Harrison also made occasional cruises
during his administration Q891-1901).
There are no available records,
however. of their cruises.
William Mckinley ordered the aging
Dolphin to other uses when he came
into office in 1897 and took over the
Sylph for the few voyages he made
prior to his assassination.
T. r. Took Mayfiower.
Theodore Roosevelt, an exponent Of
the vigorous life on land or sea, first
saw the Mayflower in 1905, when it
served as Admiral George Dewey's
flagship during review Of the feet.
A few days later. Admiral Dewey was
without flagship. President Roose-
welt had taken 1t over for his pri-
vate use.
For "a years. the Mayfower served
Roosevelt, Taft, Harding. Wilson.
Coolidge and Hoover until President
Hoover. for reasons of economy, Or
dered it back to other service In 1929.
While being reconditioned at the
Philadelphia Navy Yard it caught fire
and sank and was later sold for junk.
President Hoover made several
cruises on it before he discovered that
it cost about 100000 a year to main
tain the craft. Then he ordered 1t
assigned to other duty. leaving the
White House without q private yacht
for the first time since Clevelands
day.
Soon after Mr.. Roosevelt entered
the White House. he began looking
for a boat on which to satisfy his
natural liking for the sea.
The Sequoia was the best ship
available. It served on frequent voy-
ages down the river and into Chesa-
peake Bay on fishing expeditions and
pleasure cruises.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
LEGION AND AUXILIARY
TO HOLD INSTALLATION
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The STAR
SILVER SPRING, Md, November
16.-Joint installation ceremonies will
be held by Cissel-Saxon Post, Amer
lean Legion, and Cissel-Saxon Unit,
American Legion Auxiliary. Monday
night in the hearing room of the new
county building.
Officers of the post will be installed
by E. Brook Fetty of Takoma Park,
vice commander Of the Southern
Maryland district. The auxiliary OFF,
GERS will be installed by Mrs. Fetty,
vice president of this district.
Charles w. Houck Of Frederick,
State commander of the American
Legion, will be the principal speaker.
The new commander of the post Is
Thurman G. Metcalf and the president
ct the auxiliary u Mrs. II. q. oiusta.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
Sleeps in Booths Bed
But Thomas Edwards, 90, Has Never
Seen Assassin's Ghost.
. GEORGE MORGAN KNIGHT, Jr.
EoNARDTOWN, Md, Noven

r EONARDTOWN, Md, Novem-
ber 8-How would you like to
sleep in the old-fashioned
- four poster bed in which John
Wilkes Booth slept and planned how
he was going to assassinate President
Abraham Lincoln?
Between Helen and Chaptico. in
st. Marys County, Maryland, lives
Thomas Edwards, aged 80. at Suites
Rest, who for the past go years has
been sleeping in John Wilkes Booths
bed!
Edwards, who remembers well the
assassination and the dark days that
followed. brings to light another
interesting angle on the national
tragedy.
Following the hanging of Mrs.
Surratt, of Clinton. who kept the
boarding house in Washington where
Booth was a boarder and, it was
claimed, helped to plan the assassi-
nation, the tenant farmer on Mrs.
Surratt's farm moved to Washington
and brought the furniture with him.
Bed Was Included.
Among the things was the bed
from the room where John Wilkes
Booth had slept when staying at
Surrattville, now renamed Clinton.
The bed, Edwards says, he found
one day in the cellar of John Lloyd's
home in Washington, on Seventh and
E streets southwest. He asked Lloyd
why the bed was kept in the cellar
and Lloyd replied: I'm going to
burn that bed, because it nearly got
me hung once! That's why I have
it here. I'm going to break it up
and burn it,"
Thomas, who was visiting his
daughter, then working in Washing
ton. said, Don't burn the bed. give
it to me, and will use it."
So Lloyd shipped the bed to him
at Leonardtown wharf, and he
brought it to Suttles Rest in an OK
cart.
Burned Original Mattress.
Thomas said he burned the original
mattress, had the bed polished, and
has been sleeping in it since, without
any fear of Booths ghost returning.
The bed, a black mahogany four
poster. is said by Thomas to be three
inches wider than the average bed.
On the tip of each post was large
Evening star., 1935-11-17
SMITHSONIAN ACCEPTS
PLANE WINNIE MAE
Offer of Widow of Wiley Post to
Send Craft for Purchase
Formally Acted On.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BARTLESVIIIIE, Okla, November
16.-The Winnie Mae, monoplane
that carried Wiley Post on his two
world flights, was accepted today by
the Smithsonian Institute.
Alexander Wetmore, director Of the
Smithsonian Institute. advised his as
sistant, Paul CARRIER, in charge OF
aeronautics. Of the acceptance Of Mrs.
Posts offer to send the plane to
Washington, pending its purchase.
The plane will rest In the mu-
scum temporarily. at least, and per-
manently if Congress appropriates
money for its purchase" CARRIER said.
THE ship is priceless and worth
any sum paid for it as historical
exhibit" CARRIER reported to his su-
perior, after an inspection Of the
plane here. Dismantling Of the plane
for shipment to Washington will be-
gin next week, CARRIER said.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
SAFETY TALK HEARD
A. A. A. Representative Addresses
Riverdale PIT. A.

RIvERDALE, Md, November 16.-
In keeping with the efforts of The
Evening Star to reduce the number
Of automobile accidents, members of
the local Parent-Teacher Association
Of which T. C. Gardner is president,
had as their guest speaker Richard M.
Ham of the American Automobile
Association who showed motion pic
lures Of traffic accidents.
The association is sponsoring a
bingo party for Wednesday evening
at the school auditorium with Mrs.
Sernice DuVerger chairman of ar
rangements, who announces the door
prize will be a turkey.
The grade mothers will hold a
luncheon at the school Friday for the
benefit of Mrs. Mildred McCall's
room.
Evening star., 1935-11-17

- can D6 wrong, especially NIleL
they set out on the warpath tc
4 preserve peace.
This is the opinion of Miss Mabel
Vernon, national campaign director OF
Peace and Freedom. Just back from
Geneva, where she started the bal
rolling against war, Miss Vernon came
to town yesterday with plans to petit
ton the world powers through what
she terms "a peoples mandate to gov.
ernments."
Determined to get 50.00o,OO0 men
and women throughout the world
to sign this mandate-signatures to
be presented to world leaders-the
Women's International League has
opened headquarters in all the princi-
pal cities of the world-with the Office
in Paris taking care of Europe. The
American Office is set up and func-
tioning in the Willard Hotel.
12,000, 900 United States Quota.
Between now and Easter, 1880,
Miss Vernon and her cohorts hope to
collect the signatures of 100000
Americans. These. with $4,000, 900
signatures from Great Britain, Japan
and other countries. will be shown
first to the dictators of Germany and
Italy, Hitler and Mussolini War
lords will be dared to start another
world conflict.
To date, the women's international
League for Peace and Freedom has
sent throughout America mandates
for 100000 signatures-each printed
sheet to contain 20 names and ad-
dresses. They have gone to all the
leading organizations and individuals
in the Nation. Most Of them were
sent by request.
Miss Vernon, outlining the cam
paign, realizes the magnitude of the
task-trying to collect 100000 sig
natures in America.
You see," she says. there are some
people who still hold to the old be-
lief that there is security in arma-
ment. Still, more and more people
are coming around to the modern
viewpoint-that there is no security
in armament. In point of fact, huge
armaments are incentives for war"
Everybody Eligible.
Miss Vernon, as the major general
of the new peace movement. is out
to enlist everybody in the ranks Of
peace army. When the signatures
are all in, and everything ready for
action. there is going to be a grand
parade down Constitution avenue. from
the Capitol to the White House. There
Americas petition for preserving world
peace will be presented to the Presi-
dent of the United States.
Its about time the statesmen of
the world listened to the voice Of
humanity" Miss Vernon says, citing
the fact that the voice of humanity
is uttering one long ard loud cry
against another world war.
At Geneva. Miss Vernon conferred
with representatives Of all the lead
ing powers. She came away from
that nerve center firm in the belief
that all the statesmen need is little
Evening star., 1935-11-17
Millions to Fight for Peace
Miss Mabel Vernon Is General Seeking
Enlistment of 5O,0O0,0O0.

encouragement. little help from the
folks back home, hollering in their
ears. Keep us out of war;"
The recent poll taken in Great
Britain. where 10000 900 persons voted
against participation in any war, was
cited by the returned peace advocates
as evidence that the time has come
to stop fooling with high explosives
and death-dealing gases.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
CARD PARTY PLANNED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, November 10
The American Legion Auxiliary,
Arlington Unit No. 139, has started
arrangements for its tenth annual
service sale card party to be held
Friday, December 6.
The committee in charge will be
headed by Mrs. H. w. Beattie and
Mrs. Blanche Yorkdale Tickets may
be purchased from any member of
Evening star., 1935-11-17
Volunteer Infantry to Dine.

The 1st District of Columbia Vol
unteer Infantry will hold its annual
dinner at pm. Wednesday at the
Lafayette Hotel. The affair will mark
the thirty-Seventh anniversary of the
mastering out of the regiment. which
was one of the first to enter the
Spanish American War.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
GARDEN CLUB ELECTS
Warrenton Group Is Headed by
Mrs. G. C. Lawrence,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
WARRENTON, Va, November 16.-
The annual meeting of the Warren
ton Garden Club was held at the
home Of Mrs. H. C. Groome. Mrs.
George c. Lawrence was reelected
president and other officers are Mrs.
r. r. Barrett, first vice president;
Mrs. H. c. Groome, second vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Francis A. Georger, re-
cording secretary and treasurer; Mrs.
Harry Pool, corresponding secretary.
Miss L. M. Bouligny and Mrs. D.
Turner Day, with the officers, con-
stitute tha Executive Board.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
REELECTED PRESIDENT
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN. Md, November
16.-Mrs. E. E. Burch of the first dis
trict in st. Marys County has been
reelected president of the Rural
Women's Club of the First District,
Miss Ethel M. Joy. county demonstIa-
ton agent. announces today.
The other officers to serve with the
president are: Vice president, Mrs.
Aaron Biscoe; secretary, Mrs Richard
Smith; treasurer, Mrs. Clyde Jarboe;
reporter of club activities, Mrs. r. T..
Abel. and parliamentarian. Mrs. J.
o. King.
Evening star., 1935-11-17
FOUR HELD IN FAIRFAX
IN HOUSEKEEPING CASE

Daughter Among Four to Ap-
pear in Court Tomorrow.
BY Staff Correspondent of The Star
FAIRFAX, Va. November 16.-
Charged with housebreaking and lar
ceny, Mrs. Elsie Weeden, 40, of Spring.
field. her son and daughter, Howard
Weeden. 16, and Mrs. Florence Schin-
dell, %, and Robert Abel, 40. also of
Springfield, were IN the county jail
here today pending appearance be-
fore Judge Paul Brown in Police Court
Monday morning.
The four we're arrested at the
Weeden home last night by Deputy
Sheriff George McCann and Traffic
Ofiicer Louis Finks in connection with
the recent theft of property valued
at 5000 from cabin in Springfield
Evening star., 1935-11-17
BY JOHN JAY DAILY.

can't be wrong. especially when
they set out on the warpath to
Evening star., 1935-05-22

The young man remarked briskly,
Look here, you wait down here. I'll
have a look round for your bath
room friend"
moi" She could not help grabbing
at his arm, though she dropped 1t at
once, ashamed. It'd rather come
with you"
He looked down at her trembling
mouth and eyes big with fear and
nodded.
"All right. Keep behind me, that's
all. Have you a candle?"
mo. I couldn't find any"
There was q pile of old newspapers
in one corner of the pantry; he took
up one and rolled 1t tightly, twisting
one end. His hands, Alison noticed.
were brown, strong and very finely
shaped, almost too delicate for so big
a man. The lantern fared up as 1t
caught the end Of the paper.
Now, where did you see this
ghost'?"
He was coming after me, down.
stairs"
He hasn't passed this door"
He must have gone that way, then,
| into the kitchen.
Together, by the smoky flare Of
the improvised torch, they explored
the passage, a long straight passage
with a thick, ugly carpet in Persian
pattern, which ended in a tagged
kitchen on the left and a back door
with some stone steps leading to q
cellar on the right.
The back door was locked.
We'll take 1t room by room. In
st-hunting one can't be too care
| ful," said the man beside her, lightly
Evening star., 1935-05-22

kerchief, shakily and with shiny nose,
to meet two perplexed blue eyes. When
he frowned like that he looked much
older and stern.
Look here, what house Is this?"
"The Croft house, Warley, isn't it?"
Alison looked up with surprise. Was
that the solution, she wondered? Had
she got into the wrong house by mis-
take?
But he nodded.
That's what I understood" he
agreed. Does 1t belong to your
father?"
IT don't quite know. That's the
queer part of it, I'd never heard OF
It before. But I know he was going
to take a country holse and his wire
said the Croft house, Warley. all right.
And the man at Warley in the garage
seemed to know it," Alison explained
confusedly. "I expect that fathers
lust moving in-you see, he's getting
married again"
II see." The young man said that
doubtfully, surveying Alison with
puzzled eyes which took in her pretty
face, well-cut tweed suit, good shoes
and daintily-kept hands.
After a moment he added. Il was
out there in the road, taking a stroll
before I turned in, and saw some
one get in through this window. 1t
struck me as not exactly-orthodox-
so I followed And the next thing ]
knew was you showing your hand
into my face"
He spoke so frankly that she had
to believe him: she smoothed back
her thick chestnut curls, thinking
"He's nice"