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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-06-09
RITES MONDAY
FOR WAR VET
Alex Dahlquist, Well Known
Chef, Died Friday From
Heart Ailment.

Alexander Dahlquist, well known in
this city where he has been employed
as chef in several of the lumber camps
for the past % years, first with the St.
Croix Lumber company, and later with
others, died Friday morning following
heart attack at the Portage River
trail camp of the Forest Service where
he was employed as cook.
Deceased was born in Saltwater on
March l, $780, He came to Ely in 1916
and followed his profession as cook at
the several camps in this section. He
left Ely for service with the A. E. F. on
July Is, 1917 and saw service overseas
with 34th Company Goth Engineers. He
received his discharge on Feb Is, 1919
Surviving are two brothers, Samuel
of st. Paul, and William of Rapid City
S. D., and three sisters, Mrs. August
Shogren of Popple, Mrs. Frank Williams
of Grand Rapids, Mimi, and Mrs. H
A. Goodrich of Salisbury, Mass.
The remains were prepared for buria
at the Ely Mortuary and the funera
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-06-09
OLD TIME BAND MEMBERS.

Matt Herranen of this city, a member
of the band of 81 who played for the
first Northern Minnesota Finnish F'esti-
val at Eveleth 35 years ago, will be a
member of the old timers band being
recruited for the Midsummer Festival
at Hibbing on June Is and 26. Over a
dozen of the first band members are
still alive and playing and the band
will prove an attraction at the festival
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-06-09
Mr.. and Mrs. III. KittiLd
HOnOred on Anniversary

Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kittila were
complimented with party in honor Of
their 25th wedding anniversary at their
home at 100 East Harvey street on May
80, by a large numbei of friends who
called at the home to congratulate the
couple.
Before leaving the guests presented
Mr.. and Mrs. Kittila with chest of
silver, set of dishes and glassware in
commemoration of the occasion. It is
estimated that nearly hundred were
present during the evening. Lunch was
served and a pleasant time resulted.
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PETER SWANSON TO ENTERTAIN.

Peter Swanson, retired roundhouse
superintendent of this city, who MAIN
tains summer home on Arrowhead
guests, the Supervisors Club of the D.
M. & I. r. Ry., of Two Harbors, on
June Is and 10.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-06-09

Mateo Mattiola, executive of the
HeadwaterS area of Boy Scouts was
in the city, Friday evening, and met
with the Vermilion Scout Council and
others interested in Scouting at the
Community Center rooms. A large
number were present to greet Mr..
Mattiola on this his first official visit
to the Council for the season
Byron Carlson, commissioner for the
district, presided at the meeting at
which the area executive called for the
reports of the district. The reports
were excellent and after reading the
same the several committees were
highly complimented by Mr. Mattiola
who pronounced the Vermilion district
prosperous and in good condition.
Matt Kapsch reported that 40 cubs
had signed the roll and that two cub
masters had qualified and another was
on the way towards qualification. H.
Anderson reported 10 cubs. Urho Hok-
kanen reported that his new troop of
nine members had passed their tender
foot tests and that the troop now has
four commissioners.
Ronald Erickson reported that he had
two ready for the Eagle Scout Board of
Review. The Eagle award will be given
all those qualified at a special Head
waters area meeting in Virginia on
June Is, by Judge Christ Holm of Hib-
bling, area court of honor chairman.
Edward Leach reported that he had
twenty boys who were active in the
evenings and that hikes were being
taken regularly. Treasurer John Drag
avon stated that all but a few dollars
of the quota had been sent in and that
the quota would be complete by the time
of the annual area meeting at Bennidji
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-06-09

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Irish sweepstakes tickets, writ
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The Washington times., 1938-06-18
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Colin c. Macpherson. S5. Arlington.
Va, and Wilma B. Brogan. 80, Galloway,
Va.
George NJ. Hashagen, IS. Dallas. Tex,
and Kaethe M. ]. Grunewald, 20. Bre-
Eugene N. Zuckert. 27. 1900 connecti.
cut Ave. N. w.. and Kathleen Barnes,
2S. 6212 Thirty-first st. N. W.
Timothy A. Fitzgerald, 21, and Myrtle
E. Covington. 20. both of Richmond. Va.
Earl Kardaras. 81. Bluefield, W. Va,
and Doris Harmon. 22, 119 c st. s. E.
John H. Kearful, 2s. 1855 Kearney St
n. E.. and NJ. Eileen Saffell, rs. 7Os
Twenty-second St. N. w.
Philip P. williams. 26. 1901 Biltmor.
St. N. W, and Minette M. Durel. %. e
Paso, Tex.
Edwin F. stengel. "a. HoldreEe. Neb.
and Mary L. Quinn, 2s, 1444 Parkwoot
Pl. N. w.
and Helen NJ. Rohan. "a. 1T Second st
sidney Richards. so. Brooklyn, N. Y.
and Blanche D. Kineberg, 80, 112'
Eighth st. N. W.
The Washington times., 1938-06-18
POLITICS MIXED
BY COPELAND'S
SUDDEN DEATH
1888
Looking Tired
By LEO W. O'BRIEN

ALBANY, N. Y, June IL
d.N.s0.-The political situation
in President Roosevelt's home
State, already muddled by delay
OF both major parties in selecting
candidates for the November
election, was further complicated
today by the sudden death of o.
S. Senator Royal s. Copeland.
Party leaders now are faced
with q task Of nominating not
only candidates for the State
ticket but two U. S. Senators as
well. The term of Senator Rob
ert r. Wagner, junior Senator
from New York, expires at the
end Of this year.
Governor Lehman may shed
some light on the Democratic
candidate for one of the senatorial
posts if he decides to appoint a
successor to Copeland, who would
serve until January /.
The governor may permit the
office to remain vacant until 9
successor is elected in November.
President Roosevelt, it is be
lieved, is anxious that his State
should give him a vote Of conf
dence by electing Democratic
nominees next fall by substantial
margins. It would be a Sever(
| blow to New Deal prestige i
Roosevelt's State sent two Re
publicans to the Senate next Jan
uary.
Because Of the Importance o
| the New York State election thi
year, the President is expected tt
take a personal hand in the nam
ing of both candidates for tn
Senate, as well as for the gov
ernorship.
Senator Wagner, it is assumed
would be acceptable to Roosevelt
as a guhernatorial nominee. ]
Wagner runs, Representativ
James M. Mead of Buffalo may b
one of the Democratic candidate
Representative John O'Conno
of Manhattan is being mentione,
. as a possible candidate, but hi
, stand on several pieces of NeN
Deal legislation might make hir
: unacceptable to the Roosevelt
J forces,
The Washington times., 1938-06-18

get out then, but she went OUT
the door. I grabbed for her.
I had my hands on her but
couldn't hold her. When ! took
my hands off the wheel I lost
control of the car, and it went
down the road some distance
before it could stop it. Then
1 backed up to where she was
lying in the road. The blood
from her head got all over my
hands and the front Of my
clothes. Then I became fright
ened. I had never been in those
circumstances before and I did
not know what to do.
Il was panicky about being
away from the fire station with
out permission, so I got in the
car and drove off. One or two
times 1 thought of going back
to get her, but I went on to the
fire station. The first thing I
did when I got there was to
wash my hands and clothes. I
saw that the shift had not
changed, and I had not been
missed.
Then I made some coffee and
was sitting with my head on the
water cooler when Private Neill
who was on watch came back
and saw me. 1 got up and
walked out to the boat, then I
saw Neill beckoning to me from
the window. He said he had
had phone call from someone
who wanted to know if I was on
duty and he had told them I
was. A minute later there was
another call from someone who
told me my wife had been in an
accident and was in Casualty
Hospital.
''Neill gave me a nickle to call
the hospital and I talked to
someone there and then I talked
to Detective Sergeant Barrett.
Il saw the captain and he told
me I could go to the hospital.
saw Barrett when I got there
and he took me up to my wife's
room to identify her. I went
into the room and I could not
see her very well because her
face was covered with bandages.
I went up close to the bed and
put my hand on her arm and
told her this was Jimmy-to
speak to me; but she did not
answer. And then Barrett called
me out into the hall. I talked
to the doctor and he said my
wife was in a very serious condl-
dition. Barrett told me I had
better go to No. H."
What happened then?"
Sergeant Livermore took me
to Precinct No. 4.
when you got to No. 4, where
were you taken?"
upstairs to a large room.
"What happened?"
ORDERED TO STRIP
"I was told to take off my
clothes and these were searched.
Then Sergeant Barrett gave me
back my clothes and took me to
one side and told me 7 am q
policeman and you are a fire
man and so we are budd1es.
What happened?'
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I>andis Vows Love on Stand

hands and clothes and then
got panicky and excited, and
got back in the car and drove to
the firehouse." .
lands admitted he attempted
to cover up his connection with
his wife's death by washing blood
from his car, hands and clothes,
and burning his bloody shirt
sleeves and socks. His statement
to the Jury was substantially the
same as the one he signed in police
headquarters several hours after
his arrest. lands told the jury
however, that detectives beat anc
threatened him and that he signed
the statement only after he wa
told his mother would be kept II
custody until he confessed.
CALM UNDER CRossFIRE
Handis' composure did not de
fsert him when Helfin Launched
into his cross examination.
"Mrs. Lands was always q
| cOnS1deraGe ana A44SCUAOA1oU0
wife, was she not?" Helm
asked.
eyes, she was," Lands replied.
''You say you were always de-
voted to her?" Heflin asked.
eyes, I was." the defendant
replied A..
'"There never came a time
when you were not devoted TO
her?" L.. .,
"No, there never was time. "
Lands freely admitted OWNERSHIP
of the bloodstained sand-tille
. sock found near his wife's bod
, and said he had manufactured
. as a bludgeon at the fire .1ous
two weeks before she was injured
He declared he kept it in his ca
to protect himself from hold'u
men, but could not explain no
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it happened to be found at
Twenty.fourth and Taylor streets.
Calmly he denied that he had
ever struck his wife with it.
Justice Jesse Adkins interrupted
Heflin's cross-examination to ask
a series Of questions which re-
suited in Lands leaving the wit
ness stand to re-enact the man
ner in which he says he went to
the assistance Of his wife.
what did you do when you
got out Of the carp" Justice Ad-
kins asked. "Show the court"
lands left the witness stand
and in front Of the jury box bent
down slowly to the floor and said
"I picked her up-like this"
With his hands spread out HI
arose slowly from his stopped posi-
Ition, and turned in the direction
in which he said his car wal
parked, took q step as If dragging
an inert form which seemed Il
slip from his grip as he raised i
fender-high.
HEARD HEAD BUMP
When he resumed the stand Jus
tice Adkins said:
"What makes you think she
hit the rear fender Of your car
when she fell?
II heard her head bump. 70
lands said.
"Now can you tell the jury
how blood got on the rear Of
your car if her head hit the front
of your fender" Justice Adkins
asked.
II can't" Lands replied.
Justice Adkins asked Landi
2 why he didn't stop and let HI
!. wife get out of the car when sh
:, said she wanted to get out. An
p the defendant replied:
v II don't know"
The Washington times., 1938-06-18
GEORGE BURNAP,
ARTIST, TO REST
IN BOSTON CRAVE
Private Rites Planned
At Sisters Home

The body Of George Burnap,
landscape artist, who died early
yesterday. at the home Of his sis
ter, Mrs. Edward Hamlin Everett,
of 1904 Massachusetts, Ave. N. W.,
will be sent to Boston where pri-
vate funeral services will be held.
Mr.. Burnap, originator Of de-
signs for many of Washington's
parks and buildings as a Govern
ment architect from 1910 to 1916,
died at the age Of SO. He made
his home at 1741 Rhode Island
Ave. N. w.
Besides Mrs Everett, he is sur.
vived by another sister, Mrs.
George r. Colby, Of Boston, from
whose home he will be buried.
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up to this time had you ad-
mitted that you had been out
with your wife?"
mo"
"Why?"
II didn't want my mother to
know
Proceed"
Barrett then got angry and
called me abusive names ana
struck me twice on the jaw. I
asked if I could talk to my
mother on the telephone. They
said I couldn't.
"They said my mother was
being held at the Women's Blu
reau in connection with the
case. Then I broke down and
told Barrett what had hap
pened. I was then taken to
police headquarters and writ
ten statement was taken"
Have you got a gun?"
"Yes. I got it from a member
of the military police at camp"
Have you a stick?"
ayes. 1 also got that from q
member of the military police"
And did you have a sock
filled with sand?"
eyes"
"How long before March "a
did you have this sock?"
1.-TWO weeks"
FEARED HOLDUP MEN
"Why did you have it?"
81 was afraid of holdup men. !"
"How did it get into your car
that night?"
"I don't know"
"Where was it?"
ION the floor near the back
seat"
when you went back to the
firehouse we're the gun and the
sock in the carp"
yes"
"And were they in the same
position in the car as when you
went to Casualty Hospital?"
LAS far as I know, yes"
cat any time up until you say
your wife jumped from the cal
did you intend to harm her?"
"I certainly did not"
"You knew Miss Simpson,"
EYES,"
did she know you were mar
ried?"
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ton and has seen eye to eye on
few issues involving the policies
of the New Deal. However, in his
Is years of service in the Senate,
he had drawn about him univer.
Republican and Democratic alike.
sal affection Of his colleagues.
Messages of regret and coincidence
came to his home here by the hun
dredS.
WIFE FRUSTRATED
Mrs. Copeland suffered from Sc
we're shock after the Senator's
death and today was under a
physicians care.
DR.. Copeland was chairman Of
the important Senate Commerce
Committee, and In that post
steered through legislative chan
nels most of the flood control
merchant marine and aviation
legislation of the past several
years. He was q tirelesS worker
and nationally known for hi
debonair appearance, and the rec
carnation which adorned his lape
every morning.
Instinctively conservative, Sen
ator Copeland broke with the New
Deal early in President ROOSEVELT
administration, fought the Ad
ministration's Supreme Court re
organization program fiercely
and made a futile anti-Admin1s
tration race for the New Yorl
mayoralty in which he was de
feated by the fusion-backe'
LaGuardia last year.
Writings and radio broadcast
on health problems brought Sen
ator Copeland as much renowI
as his work in the Senate. Fo
years he conducted a daily syndi
Gated column discussing tn
physical ills of humanity and way
to avoid and cure them. He wa
i. the author of "Refraction," a text
book, and 1.-THE Health Book,
: treating Of medicine for the laity
: President RooSevent, in Nahant
Mass, for the wedding Of his sor
John, was one Of the first to tell
: graph condolences to the Senator
: widow. He wired:
1--WE have been greatly
shocked to hear of the Senators s
t sudden death. Mrs. Roosevelt
joins me in sending you our
VI deepest sympathy"
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"She did"
'How did she know"
81 told her several times and
my mother told her several
times"
WAS there any blood on the
car when your wife went out?"
ST didn't notice anything"
did you notice any noise at
the time?"
II heard q bump"
ibid you do anything to the
carp"
81 got out to inspect it, and
noticed blood on the right rear
fender"
what did you do?"
CLEANED CAR
'When I got back to the fire
house I got a rag and wiped
the blood off the bumper and
fender"
"Did you do anything to your
clothes?"
"I washed my hands, my
shirt, and shoes"
How did the blood get
there?"
"It must have been while
cleaning the car"
when did you first meet
Miss Simpson,"
"I was introduced to her by a
friend of mine at camp"
How frequently did you see
her?"
"a couple Of times a week"
"Do you recall at any time
going to a jewelry store and
looking at rings?"
eyes"
PLANNED TO BUY "SET"
what were the rings?"
"A diamond ring and a we'd
ding ring" ,
"I told the salesman I wanted
q diamond ring for a birthday
present. placed a $40 deposit
on the diamond ring and the
salesman showed me a set. A
couple of days later the sales.
man called me to his store and
said that since I was already
in debt I should take the wed.
ding ring and get the diamond
later. I told him that I had nc
use for q wedding ring. Later
my mother gave me $50 and the
salesman gave me the SET"
| Attorney Kelly then exhibited
a woman's wrist watch.
''Do you recognize this2"
! eyes"
"In previous testimony, it ha!
been stated that this is the
watch you gave your wife. L
this true?"
"Well, I gave her a watch"
"Is this the same watch yol
gave Miss Simpson,"
mo-"
Cross examination by Heflin.
"Were you married Noven
ber, 1882"
eyes, at Annapolis, Md"
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and the one he gave his wife.
With his hands folded on his
lap, and speaking SO softly that
the Jurors were forced to lean for.
ward In their chairs with their
hands cupped to their ears, Lands
described his version Of how his
wife met her death.
SAYS WIFE FEARED GUN
Returning from the ride or
which they had reached an agree
ment for payment Of the doctors
bill, Lands said, his wife became
nervous and thought he had 9
gun inside his shirt. She threat
ened to Jump out Of the car be
Hfore they reached the desolate
section at Twepty-fourth ant
Taylor Streets N. E., where sh'
was killed, he said.
"As I turned the car into
Twenty-fourth Street slowed
down to about 20 miles an hour
because the road was bumpy,"
Lands related. when the car
slowed UP she opened the door
to jump. speeded up to IS or
so miles an hour thinking she
would not Jump If I went fast,
but she went out the door.
IT grabbed for her and got
my hands on her but I could
not hold her."
HEARD HEAD HIT FENDER
Lands said he heard his wife
head hit the rear fender OF tn
car as she fell and he went som
distance down the road before b
could stop the machine.
II backed up to where she was
lying in the road and picked hel
up. I got blood all over my
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Deaths.
Marriages
BIRTHS

Raymond and Beulah Beech. twii
girls.
Frank and Audra whitehouse, girl.
Andrew and Letha Dahl, girl.
John and Emma Rulapaugh, boy.
Maynard and Agnes Harrison, boy
George and Dorothy Crue. boy.
William and Thelma Edwards, hoy.
Douglas and Letha Warwick, girl.
James and Lucille Gibbons, girl.
Raymond and Bertha Hazell, girl.
Robert and Margaret Weishaupt, girl.
Christopher and Louise Granger, boy.
Frank and Bernice Goodyear, girl.
Paul and Ellen Cissel, girl
William and Lucille Reekes, boy,
John and Pearl Mcdaniel. boy.
Fay and Lois Hignett, boy.
Frank and Ada Davies, girl.
Lawrence and Olga Hyde, girl.
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DEATHS

IDA J. Heilberger. so. st. Elizabetha
Hospital.
Carrie Frank, 10. Emergency Hospital.
Catherine NJ. Heffernan. 7s, 81 Florida
William R. Kennedy. 75, sibley Hos
pital
Fannie A. Feddon. ss. 112 Fifteenth
Paul Richman, 81, 425 Sixth st. N. E
Mary v. MacNamara, so. Providence
Anna Boyle, 40, Garfield Hospital
Arthur, Campbell a. Gahlnser HOS
! Robert R. Burdstts. 49, walter Reed
General Hospital
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1885
At Senate Hearing
'CopeIand's Death
Is Shock to Nation
Brain Ailnent, Brought On by OverworE
Fatal to New York Doctor Senator

Accompanied by his gefstricken widow and their only
SON. the body of Senator Royal s. Copeland
and physician left Washington today for Suffern n T.
where funeral services will be held tomorrow.
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7 estirnony
In Death of Wife
Detailed Verbatim
Rookie Fireman Describes Fatal Ride, and
Insists Tragedy Was Accident

Following is the verbatim testimony of James Landls
rookie fireman on trial for his life accused of numbering his
wife Mrs Blanche G. Land when he took the stand TO-DAY
The Washington times., 1938-06-18

| Arriving at Newark, N. j., the
body was transferred to a hearse
for the remainder of the trip to
Suffern.
Senator Copeland died suddenly
last night at his apartment in the
Shoreham Hotel of a brain all
ment, brought on, doctors said. by
the strain of his work in the SeS-
sion of Congress which had ad-
Ijourned less than "a hours before
his death.
It was, they said, Just such a
fatal ailment as Senator Cope
land, in his capacity as a physic-
liam, had warned his colleagues at
the Capitol against literally hun
dreds of times. The Senator him
self disregarded the same warn
ling from other physicians and
worked tirelessly UP to the last
minute of the session.
Immediate cause of Senator
ICopeland's death was given by DR.
John w. Calver, official Con.
lgressional physician, as uremic
poisoning. DR.. Calver recalled
THAT less than two weeks ago he
Ihad cautioned Senator Copeland
to avoid taxing his strength as the
ISenator piloted the omnibus flooc
Icontrol bill to its final passage.
Senator Copeland's death fol
lowed by a few hours that Of
Representative Allard Gasque
D.) Of South Carolina, who died
yesterday at Walter Reed Hospi
ltal.
SUCCESSOR IN DOUBT
Official circles here expressed
the belief Governor Herbert Leh
man Of New York would not i'm
mediately appoint anyone to sue
Iceed Senator Copeland, unles
there is a special session Of Con
lgress before the fall elections
Among those mentioned as pos
Isible eventual successors to Sena
ltor Copeland were Joseph P. Ken
Inedy, now ambassador to Grea
britain; Mayor Fiorella H. L
Gtardia Of New York city; Pos
master General James A. Earle
and United States Solicitor Ger
Ieral Robert H. jackson.
Senator Copeland, in the pas
several years, had been frequer
lcritic Of the Roosevelt admnistr'
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REAPER, RUSSELL RUTHERFORD-on
Friday, June II. 1888, at 2119 H St.
N. W., RUSSELL RUTHERFORD
REAPER. the beloved husband of Amy
Reaper.
Funeral from the W. W. Chambers Co.
funeral home. 140O Chaplin St. n. W.
on Saturday. June 1S, at 2 D. m. Rels-
tives and friends are invited. 1nterment
in New York city. June 20.
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PUGLISI. ANGELA-on Thursday. June
16. 1888, ANGELA PUGLISI. the beloved
wife of Anthony L. PUGLISI. of No. 6
Third Street Southeast. and mother OF
Santo, Mary. Joseph and Albert Puglisi.
Funeral will be held at the Milburn T.
zirkle funeral home. $40 c Street North
east, on Monday, June 20, at 8 80 a. m. !:
thence to St. Peters Church, Second and
C Streets s. E.. where mass will be said
at 10 a. m. for the repose of her soul.
Relatives and friends invited.
Interment Mount QliYet CemeterY.