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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17

But there's a villain in this
piece. He was William Gates,
a handsome merchant and MIR.
Schmahl darkly intimates that
the alteration from which en-
sued the walking Duel" arose
from IAN affair of the heart"
At any rate, McPhail and Gates
met one morning in June in a
saloon owned by Matt Offerman
and were soon well oiled.
almost everyone was addict
ed to drink at that time," Mr..
Schmahl apologies, $50 the
Colonel and Gates were by no
means pariahs. But on this
particular day the two nabobs
drank more than they could
conveniently manage, and along
about eleven o'clock, almost re-
sorted to blows"
Friends interposed, however,
and the two enemies were sep
arated before any physical vio-
lence was done. But neither
man forgot his grudge as they
stalked towards their homes. For
in a few minutes the Colonel
reappeared, fourishing his cher
ished army sabre above his
head, ''uttering fearful impreca-
tions," and vowing to do unto
death his accursed rival. Those
who had formerly placated the
arguers now practiced discre-
ton and fled for cover. For cal
most Immediately out came
Gates with a desperate appear
ing revolver, one of the kind
loaded from the muzzle with
shot and ball." At this point
MIR. Schamahrs epic becomes too
great for him and he is guilty
of what must have been a ter
rible understatement. "The out
look was appalling" is all that
he can say of the scene.
But he continues, Gates be-
gan sedate march down the
government road that lead to
Beaver Falls and the Colonel
followed him at a distance.
Gates now and then would cast
fearful eye over his shoulder
to make certain the Colonel
wasn't gaining ground, and on
his side, the pursuer was just as
chary."
The path of the two duelers
brought them by julius, then a
boy of seven, and his older
brother Otto, who were tending
cattle near the ravine that one
passes just before he reaches the
Redwood Falls cemetery. 1t
must have been a fearful sight
for the two lads to watch the
enraged pair stalking down the
road some 100 yards apart, with
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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17

and John r. Thompson, T. E..
Caster, Grin Fletcher, O. c. Mar
tin, and John Dunlap arrived at
the falls of the Redwood. His
daughter Eta reminisced, eve
went to New Ulm in a covered
wagon and remained there while
my father and others built a
stockade at Redwood Falls with
few houses inside. It was a
log time before the settlers felt
it safe to live outside the stock
ade." The first McPhail home
stood in the alley which now
separates the Jaehning hard
ware and Ehlers and Habicht
stores. The main portion of the
dwelling is preserved in Ramsey
park. After putting the saw mill
into operation the Colonel built
second house without the pro-
tective stockade on the present
site of j. H. Melges' home. 1t
was later moved, and remodeled
10 form the present residence of
Mrs. Julia Glassco..
McPhail's chief concern for
the future of his cherished en-
terprise arose from the suspic-
ious behavior of the struggling
groups of Indians who still
roamed the prairies. He still
nursed an intense aversion for
the marauding redskins and
made frequent appeals to the
governor for troops with which
to rid the district of them.
eff you could send me 10 or
IL cavalrymen for a few days."
he wrote in May 1864, with our
aid, I feel confident we can
capture or otherwise dispose of
them. We have a nice little set
tlement commenced at this place
and will do much to restore con-
fidence to the disordered from
tier"
Repulsive to the present day
plainsman is the realization that
Indians and wolves got the same
consideration; the sole difference
being that a fur pelt brought a
far smaller bounty than a red
skins scalp. But they were
shown little sympathy by the
battle SCARED Colonel, who liv-
ed under the frontier code Of
kill or be killed. He wrote again
in June of the first year at Red
wood Fails, "Send me 20 Spring
field rifles; also 1000 rounds of
ball cartridges. Should we use
these cartridges we will pay for
them in scalps, that is if the
bounty Of 5000 still holds good;
if not. then charge them as ex-
pended for the good of the SER
vice. AS regards giving a bond
for the guns, as provided by law,
we are strictly outside of the
civil law Jurisdiction. New Ulm
40 miles away, is the nearest
point that makes any pretense
to live under civil law"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-08-17
Feel Happy AS Pig
In A later Patch"

But the energetic Colonels
troubles were relatively few,
and he lost no time in propa-
gandizing the merits of his new
community. More realistic than
the blarney he printed in his
Patriot" are the encomiurns he
Evening star., 1939-04-18
Chi|dren's Pennies
To Finance Mural

Pennies from colored school chill
dren throughout the country will
be used to finance the Marian An
derson Mural project, honoring the
famous contralto, Edward Bruce,
chief of the Fine Arts section of the
Treasury Department. said today.
Plans for the enterprise were
going forward under the guidance
of National Committee announced
by Mr.. Bruce, who stated that COL
ored school children will be asked
to give from l to S cents each
to provide the necessary funds.
A sponsor list disclosed by Mr..
Bruce includes the names of Sec
retary of Interior Ickes. Mrs. Henry
Morgenthau, jr,: DR.. Ernest Grue-
ming and other Government officials
and civic leaders.
Mr.. Bruce, who is to serve as
chairman of the committee, de-
scribed the project as a further
step in the cultural development of
our colored people"
The Treasury official stated that
enterprise is IAN outgrowth of Miss
Anderson's recital recently at the
Lincoln Memorial, a program which
SO wonderfully exemplit1ed the prog
ress of her race"
Secretary Ickes has accepted an
invitation to be a sponsor of the
mural project" he continued, "and
has expressed his willingness to
have the painting installed in the
Interior Department Building"
The painter will be selected fol-
lowing a Nation wide competition
open to all Americans. regardless of
color. Mr.. Bruce explained.
Evening star., 1939-04-18
Allies Seek 10 Induce
Rumania 10 Accept
Russian Aid
Woverine on Admission
Of Troops Is Denied
In Bucharest
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BUDAPEST, April 18-Opposing
forces tugged at Balkan countries
today as Great Britain and France
tried to induce Rumania to commit
herself to British Russian French
cooperation and Italy appeared to
be extending her influence In Yugo-
slavia.
Discussions preliminary to Yugo-
slav Foreign Minister Alexander
Cinca- Markovich's conference with
italian Foreign Minister Count
Galeazzo Ciano In Venice late this
week were taking place in Belgrade.
In Bucharest 1t was conceded that
there were constant exchanges of
opinion with France and Great
Britain.
But the Bucharest foreign office
vigorously denied persistent reports
that Rumania was wavering in her
reluctance to promise Soviet Rus
sian troops the right to cross Ru-
manian territory if need be.
Great Britain has given Ru-
mania a unilateral pledge of
aid should Rumanian independ-
ence be endangered. similar to
pledges given Poland and
Greece)
1t remains principle of policy,
1t was said in Bucharest, that Rus
sian troops must not be admitted on
Rumanian soil.
There was no comment on reports
that an effort was being made to
persuade Rumania to permit Soviet
war planes to fly over her terri
tory.
Evening star., 1939-04-18

order, then to make impossible in
the future such decisions as the
board has made in this handful of
cases, the proposal is to repeal that
part Of the law under which hun
dreds OF welcome adjustments and
decisions have been made"
In five tables, the board chairman
submitted statistics comparing hoard
disposal Of A. F. l.. and c. l. o.
cases. On q percentage basis, the
results were almost identical with
regard to cases settled, cases dis
missed or withdrawn, the time re-
quired for handling the cases of
each group and the direction OF de-
cisions. In addition, he said, Fed
Grafton locals are now appealing to
the board in considerably greater
numbers than are c. I. o. unions.
Denies Prejudice.
OF accusations that the board is
prejudiced against employers, the
chairman made emphatic denial, re-
sorting again to statistics.
Some 94 per cent of the cases
filed with the board" he explained,
have been adjusted without formal
hearing. OF these, AZ per cent
amounting to $3.50 cases up to
March l-were adjusted in favor of
the employer by dismissal or by
withdrawal. The remaining So per
cent-some 1878 cases-were settled
upon terms agreeable to the en-
ployer as well as to the union.
by reason Of the exhaustive
sitting Of cases prior to hearing.
it is natural that a preponderant
number of these cases requiring de-
cision by the board should be de-
cided against the employer. The
same would be true of any efflci-
emily conducted administrative
agency. Yet, even among these Sc
lected cases, there is high percent
age of issues decided in favor of the
employer"
Records Compared.
In further defense, the chairman
compared the boards record before
the Supreme Court with that of all
other Federal administrative agen-
cies.
During the period from 1928 to
1887 all the Federal administrative
agencies were sustained by the Su-
preme Court in 64 per cent of their
cases, reversed in IS per cent and
modified in ! per cent. During the
period of its existence, the board
has been affirmed in rs per
cent, reversed in IL per cent and
modified in IL per cent"
Cautioning the committee that re-
vision Of this law to the point sought
by many would mean that we have
celebrated the l5Oth anniversary of
our Bill Of Rights by repeating civil
liberties, easily comparable in i'm
portance with those which are found
in the Bill of Rights Of the Constitu-
tion." he reminded them, lit will be
the first time in American history
that the National Government has,
except under the exigencies of war,
taken away a civil liberty deliber-
ately granted and for time en-
joyed by millions of Americans"
Evening star., 1939-04-18
Former Anna Gould to Return
To 7 urrytown, Gir|hood Home

During lengthy court suits with
her former husband over custody
Of their three sons evidence was
introduced to show that the Count
de Castellane had run through
$7,50O,0O0 of his wife's $4,000, 900
fortune. Expenditures included those
for a pink marble palace, a 1,600-ton
yacht and $l50,00O birthday party.
The Due de Talleyrand died Oc-
tober 26, 1887, and the duchess re-
turned here last month. She has
been living in a New York hotel
pending the completion Of repairs at
Lyndhurst, which she bought from
the estate of her late sister, Mrs.
Finley j. Shepard.
The 6O0-acre estate, vacant since
the death Of Mrs. Shepard last
December, Is valued at between
$400, 900 and 100000. It was laid
out by her father In the early 9Os.
Evening star., 1939-04-18
bratenahI Memorial
Services Impressive

Old friends, clergy who had been
trained and served under him, chits,
dren grown up in schools he direct.
ed, men and women of his own gen.
GRAFTON with their grandsons and
granddaughter, and many strangers
who never met him and yet hold
his name in reverence, yesterday
afternoon gathered at Washington
Cathedral for memorial services for
the late Very Rev. G. c. F.. Braten-
ahl, dean of Washington Cathedral
from 1915 to 1885. -,
The sacred program began with
the professional, THE Sons of God
Go Forth to War;" sung by tho
Cathedral choir of men and boys,
under Robert G. Barrow. Very Rev.
Noble G. Powell, DR.. Bratenahl'S
successor, read the opening SEN
tences Of Scripture and the second
lesson: the Rev. DR.. Charles r. War
ner, rector Of st. Adams Parish
Church. the first lesson. and Canon
William Murray Bradner the COL
lects and prayers. The Right Rev.
James E. Freeman, Bishop Of WASH
ington. then repeated the chapters
tribute to the dean as chairman Of
the Cathedral Building COMMITTEES
and as iconographer supervising the
Cathedral design and construction.
AT the close of the service, follow
Ing the bishops prayers and bene-
o1ction, the choir sang as the re-
cesslonal. Glorious Things of Thee
Are Spoken"
chapter members in the chanceI
were the bishop, Dean Powell,
Canon Bradner and Canon Anson
Phelps Stokes. Those in the con.
gregation included the Rev. DR.. Ze
Barney T. Phillips, rector of thu
Church Of the Epiphany; Corcoran
Thom, William R. Castle, Alanson
b. Houghton and c. F. r. Ogilby,
Evening star., 1939-04-18

Charles Elliott, II. of Isl Kenyon
street NV. Bruce School.
Elliot L. Amidon, 9, of 1906 Irving
street NE, John Burroughs School.
Raymond Hartzell, II, of ALT
Hayes street NE. Benning School.
Irving Seigel. II, of 727 L street
NE. Blair School.
Howard Miller, Is, of 1915 Ho-
brook street NE, Elio. Junior High.
Jack Cleary, 10, of 442 Kentucky
avenue S. E., Buchanan School,
Leonard Brooks, 13. of 29l5 Yost
place NE, Mckinley High.
Lester E. Moreland. IA, of 1900 G.
street NE, Eliot Junior High.
Paul B. Cramer, jr.. 13, of 1876
Somerset place NV, Paul Junior
High.
Richard j. Pelicano, 10, of 734
Van Buren place NV, Paul Juniot
High.
Joseph Lane. 13, of 1913 Seventh
street NE. Shaw Junior High.
Paul F. Tavel, II, of 36O9 Eastern
avenue NE, Langley Junior High.
Sonny White, 10, of 1924 Appleton
street NV, Ben w. Murch School.
William H. Hall. jr, 13, of 3Olo
Otis street NE, Taft Junior High
Directions for entering the 1899
Washington Soap Box Derby are
printed elsewhere on this page
Boys 10 to Is years old inclusive and
living in Washington or nearby
Maryland and Virginia are eligible
for the event.
watch The Star for Derbu Mems J
Evening star., 1939-04-18
Edgar Jury Dead|ocked;
Third Trial Considered
By the Associated Press.

by Lne hSSOCldteQ fEebo.
MIAMI, Fla. April 18 LP.-James
Edgar said he would confer with
his attorney today to decide If he
should press for a third trial of his
100000 heart balm suit against
Lewis E. Mallory, Sd, young Brad
ford, Pa, oil heir.
A jury considered for seven hours
the evidence presented at a retrial
and shortly before midnight last
night informed the court it was
hopelessly deadlocked.
Mr.. Edgar, member of a wealthy
Detroit family. was awarded s35 900
at the first trial, in 1896. The State
Supreme Court reversed the Verdict
as excessive,
Neither Mr.. Mallory, i'll at Bed
ford. Mass, nor the former Mrs.
Edgar. who resumed her stage neme
of Kathryn Crawford after her
divorce. were present for the latest
hearing. Most of the testimony was
read from transcripts of the first
trial.
Evening star., 1939-04-18
Roosevelt and Aides
Study Market Plans
In Event Of War
Survey Described as
Embracing Whole Issue
Of World Trade
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt called in his
financial advisers today to survey
tentative plans as to the conduct
OF security and commodity markets
In event of a European war.
Officials said the question already
had been discussed in a preliminary
way by department officials directly
concerned.
The survey was described as en-
bracing the whole subject of world
trade as it would be affected by an
outbreak of hostilities.
Those called to the White House
were Secretary of the Treasury
Morgenthau, Undersecretary Hanes,
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace,
Chairman Jesse H. Jones of the Re-
construction Finance Corp, Chair
man Mariner S. Eccles of the Fed
eral Reserve Board and Jerome
Frank, member of the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Secretaries Morgenthau and Wal
lace, Commissioner Frank, Mr.. Ec-
cles and others met last night for
a preliminary discussion of how to
soften the shocks of foreign crises
on American business.
On the business as usual" basis,
they gave particular attention to
keeping all types of markets-par-
ticularly stock, bond, commodity
and money marts - functioning
smoothly. The group was reported
as opposed to "slapping on a lot of
regulations"
Following that meeting, there was
expressed a belief that big Amer
ican corporation, possibly sponsored
by the R. F. c., would be formed to
buy up the investments of foreigners
in this country in case of war and
liquidate them slowly so as to avoid
demoralizing American markets.
Evening star., 1939-04-18
Permits of DistiIIer
Suspended 80 Doys
!. the Associated Press.


w. S. Alexander. Federal alcohol
administrator, announced yesterday
issuance of an order suspending
distiller's, warehousing and bottling,
rectifier's and wholesalers basic per-
mits held by Owings Mills Distillery,
Inc, Owings Mills, Md.
The suspension was for 80 days.
beginning at am. tomorrow and
terminating at am. May 10.
The administrator found that the
respondent "misbranded distilled
spirits shipped in interstate COM
merce by overstating the age of the
whisky.
Mr.. Alexander also announced
revocation of the wholesalers basic
permit held by James A. Gale, doing
business as the Dorsey Wholesale
Liquor Co., Dorsey. Md, and issu-
ance of a permit to its transferee,
the Dorsey Wholesale Liquor Co.,
Inc, Relay, Md.
Evening star., 1939-04-18
Neutrality
Continued From First Page.)

shipping and our commerce as a
whole.
Since Congress is not expected to
act on any neutrality proposal this
month, there apparently will be a
period beginning May during which
the only restriction on American
shipping in event of a foreign war
would be the embargo on exporting
arms and munitions.
Two other developments bearing
on the foreign situation shared the
attention of legislators and admin
istration officials:
l. It was learned authoritatively
that Senator Pittman was planning
to ask Congress later to impose re-
strictions on United States trade
with Japan because of her alleged
violation Of the nine-power treaty
respecting the territorial integrity
of China.
2. Chairman Walsh of the Senate
Naval Committee called for speeding
up the 10-year naval expansion pro-
gram in order to provide fleets for
both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Senator Walsh broached the two
fleet idea in Senate speech yester-
day with the argument that I'VE
can no longer defend a two-ocean
Nation with a one-ocean Navy"
The Senate, meanwhile, approved
a S4,000,000 appropriation to es-
tablish research plant at Sunny
vale, Calf, for the National Ad-
visory Committee on Aeronautics.
The item previously had been re-
jected by the House.
The research establishment, sup
plementing laboratories at Langley
Field, Va, was recommended ny the
Army, Navy and the Advisory Com
mittee. Spokesman for the latter
said it was needed because the
United States now is second to Ger
many in quality of air equipment.
Acting Chairman Bloom of the
House Foreign Affairs Committee
said he expected to know within 48
hours whether Col. Charles A. Lind
bergh would accept an invitation to
testify on neutrality proposals.
Appearing before the House group
yesterday, Norman Thomas, head of
the Socialist party, asserted that
America could do nothing either to
deter Europe from war or to bring
about the victory of righteousness. :"
He advocated that in whatever
neutrality legislation was finally
adopted, there should be included a
mandatory embargo on war mate
rails as well as on actual arms and
munitions, which, in event of war,
would be embargoed by the present
act. He also warned against eco
nomic action against aggresor ma
tions.
Representative Fish, Republican,
OF New York brought President
Roosevelt's peace message to Chan
cellor Hitler and Premier Mussolini
up in the House, praised it as an
effort for peace, but expressed doubt
that it would amount to more than
a sensational and dramatic ges-
ture."
He then went into a criticism of
the Presidents foreign policy, as
serting that if Mr.. Roosevelt had
refrained from encouraging Eng
land and France to believe that we
would fight their battles. they would
have long ago reached an agreement
by peaceful means to solve their
own problems"
Scattered Kisses from the visitors
galleries sounded when Representa-
tive Fish finished speaking Speak
er Bankhead, at the suggestion of
Majority Leader Rayburn, warned
the visitors against any "demonstra-
tions."
Evening star., 1939-04-18
Apple Fete Exclusion
To Be Held April %

"A one-day excursion to the Shen-.
andoah Apple Blossom Festival, to be
held April q and % at Winchester,
va, will be held Friday, April %, by
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad from
washington and Silver Spring, Md.
The train will leave Washington
at 800 am. Passengers at Silver
Spring will be picked up at 8::34 am,
arriving 10:40 am. at Winchester.
Returning, the special train will leave
Winchester 6 pm, arriving at s:Ol
pm. in Silver Spring and in WASH
ington at BIS pm. The round trip
fare will be SITS.
Evening star., 1939-04-18
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April 1S.-After 40
years abroad the Duchess de Talley-
rand, the former Anna Gould, q
reigning society beauty of the
"mauve decade" has decided to
spend her declining years at Lynde-
hurst, her girlhood home at Tarry-
town on the Hudson.
The American heiress, daughter Of
Jay Gould, the f1nancier and rail-
road titan, aroused widespread ed
itorial censure by marrying a poor
but titled foreigner, Count Boni
de Castellane Of Paris in 1895, when
she was 81.
In 1906 she obtained a divorce
and two years later married her for
mer husbands cousin, Helie de Tai
leyrand-Perigord. who soon after be-
came the fifth Due de Talleyrand on
the death of his father.
Evening star., 1939-04-18
Antarctic Mopmoking
Expedition Studied
BY the Associated Press.

by tne AbSOClateQ fItSS.
State Department officials dis
cussed today the advisability of try
ing to map lands in the Antarctic
claimed by American explorers dur
ing the last 100 years.
Secretary Hull arranged a con-
ference with Lincoln Ellsworth, ex-
plorer. He previously has consulted
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, and
one of these two men may be asked
to lead the map-making expedition,
If it is sent.
Mapping of the half million square
miles would be preliminary step to
formal diplomatic claim to the land
officials said congressional approval
would be necessary for such an ex-
pedition.
Evening star., 1939-04-18
Poppy Committee Named

The local Veterans of Foreign
Wars IN a meeting at headquarters,
1924 H street NV, last night select
ed It's Buddy Poppy Committee and
selected May 1913 for the annual
drive to help disabled veterans.
Proceeds from the drive in a large
part are used to maintain a ma
tional home where children of
deceased veterans are supported and
educated.