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Upon arriving at the room where
the President was lying upon the
floor I noticed about a half dozen
persons in the room, but no ply
sician. I asked the President If I
could be of any service to him, to
which he replied that he was very
comfortable, except for the tingling
in his feet, which reminded him of
the feeling he had when a boy when
his foot was asleep.
Soon after he said that he would
like little more air and suggested
that the window be opened. I opened
1t slightly, but he almost imme-
diately said that it made him chilly
and asked that I close it, which I
did. He remarked that the only
distressing discomfort the shock had
caused him was the nausea at first,
which was relieved by the vomiting,
down on the first floor soon after
he was shot. BY this time several
persons had come into the room"
Other Versions.
However, there are others who do
not agree with the statement made
by DR.. Tindall that he was the first
physician to arrive at the side of
the stricken President, and a few
years ago the writer received a card
from ]. M. Kelly Of Sioux City, Iowa,
IN which that gentleman gives credit
to . DR.. burlington, as the first
physician to arrive at Mr.. Garneld's
side. Mr.. Kelly said he was there
at the time along with Mr.. Blaine
and others. Incidentally, the city
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same quantity Of tobacco ut auction,
and where the tobacco is Of an in
ferior grade 1t will amount to con-
siderably more. He also faces the
possibility Of reclamations on poorly
packed or mixed hogsheads.
In former years most of Mary
lands tobacco crop was exported, but
since early 1920s there has been a
steady decline In the foreign de-
mand. During 1923, according to
the figures supplied by the Tobacco
Division of the Department of Com
merce, 1902 900 of the 1922 crop
Of 20,020, 900 was absorbed by foreign
buyers, but by 1894 the figure had
dwindled to 1,103 900 pounds and a
still further decline to 1900 900
pounds was registered in 1898.
When 80 to 80 per cent Of the
crop was being purchased by buyers
from abroad it would appear logical
that Baltimore, with its port ia
cilities and storage accommodations,
should handle the marketing Of the
crop, but with domestic manufac-
turers using about IS per cent of
present crops it appears feasible
for the crop to be marketed at
the point Of production in the large
tobacco-producing counties Of Prince
Georges, st. Marys, Charles. Calvert
and Anne Arundel, where practically
the entire crop Is grown.
Growth Of Industry.
With the growth of the cigarette
industry from a production Of few
billion annually in 1918 to nearly
159 billion in 1896, the leading
American manufacturers have been
turning more and more to Maryland
tobacco for their blends and the
head of the leaf tobacco purchas-
ing department of one Of the coun-
try's largest cigarette manufacturers
stated at the Marlboro opening sale
that fully IS per cent of the present
crop would ind It's way into the
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Ancient Practices
Are Still Used
In Selling

Colonial days. The date Of Mary.
lands hrst crop cannot be accurate
ly placed, but records show that the
Colony was growing and exporting
tobacco as early rs 1910, and while
the crop Is not large In comparison
with the poundage produced by
other tobacco growing sections, 1t
possesses qualities that cannot be
duplicated elsewhere, thus assuring
q steady demand for the Maryland
type.
The history of tobacco In Mary
land Is closely interviewer with the
life Of the people from Colonial
times. from the early days when the
first hogsheads were pulled to ports
by slaves. the hogshead rolling
along upon q pole driven through
Its center on the principal of axle,
down through the era when oxen
hauled the crude hogsheads to the
nearest railroad station, until the
present time when automobile
trucks with special-built bodies
carry 8 and IL hogsheads at a load
into Baltimore in = few hours.
The type Of Maryland tobacco
Is the second oldest known in the
United States and has distinctive
properties which sharply distinguish
it from all other types, the white
hurley of Kentucky and adjacent
States being similar. The latter and
Maryland have some qualities In
common and both are used extern
sively in the blend for popular Gig
arettes.
When cured the Maryland leaf Is
extraordinarily light, dry and chaf1y
in character; low in nicotine con-
tent, and light reddish brown in
color. 1t Is relatively thin, has 4
weak aroma and possesses as its
chief attribute an excellent burning
quality, which makes it desirable
as blend for cigarettes.
Await Judgment.
While 1t is entirely too early to
form any definite opinion Is to the
merits or dement's of the auction
system versus the age-old Baltimore
method, residents Of the tobacco
growing regions seem to be heartily
in favor Of giving the warehouse
men q thorough chance of estab-
fishing a permanent market before
passing judgment on the innovation
As q well-known grower and
transfer buyer Of As years. expert
ence In handling Maryland tobacco
stated ut the Marlboro opening:
I'VE have tried the Baltimore
market for about q hundred years
and reckon this new idea ought to
get . thorough trial. We Southern
(see TOBACCO, Page C-T0
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Marketing Methods
Have Period of
Experiment
By Pendlefon HUGHES.

Southern Maryland tobacco grow
ers, alarmed by the loss Of most
of their export trade and the con-
sequent decline in prices received
for their last crop, put their CEN
turies-old industry through face
lifting operations last week with
the opening of loose leaf auction
markets at Upper Marlboro and
Hughesville, where the leading do
nestle and export buyers joined the
farmers in an effort to revitalize the
marketing system of Maryland's
third money crop. Thus for the
first time the cry of the tobacco
auctioneer, we'll known throughout
other tobacco growing sections, was
heard in the Maryland tobacco belt
and the initial step to break Balti-
more's strangle hold on the mar
keting of Prince Georges County
chief money producing crop had
been taken.
The opening sale at Hughesville
last Monday and the auction at
Marlboro on Tuesday were both
attended by the leaf-buying heads
of all the major tobacco companies-
the Export Leaf Tobacco Co., the
r. j. Reynolds Tobacco Co., the
American Tobacco Co. and the Lig-
gett & Myers Tobacco Co.-as well
as a number Of Independent dealers
and rehandlers and the spirited
bidding evinced the interest of the
buyers.
Several thousand growers attended
the sales and, while many looked
upon the opening Of the auction
system as purely an experiment,
an equally large number thinks
the loose-leaf warehouse method
Of disposing of the crop is the logical
solution Of their present difficulties.
They cite the fact that over 80 per
cent of the United States crop Of
LASS $4,000 pounds in 1898 was
sold through open competitive bid
ding and that the system has been
in vogue since the Civil War and
has withstood successfully the ef-
forts of cooperative groups and
others to abolish it.
One of the chief advantages
stressed by the proponents of the
new deal for the Maryland growers
is that the farmer can see each
pile Cor basket of his tobacco sold
and is Immediately paid in cash
by the warehouse, and he retains
the right to reject the bid Of any
buyer If he does not consider it
high enough.
Auction Fee CHARGED.
For this service the warehouse
charges an auction fee Of IS cents
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he leading American

blends Of the leading American
cigarettes.
While this, to some extent, should
offset the declining export market
and the resultant decline In the
price Of Maryland tobacco. one OF
the prime reasons for the loss Of
the export business Is the fact that
the packers of Maryland tobacco
have reputation for offering bad
ly mixed hogsheads, that is, hogs
heads in which several dissimilar
grades are packed together, which
necessarily lowers the price and
makes it an undesirable purchase
from the viewpoint of European
cigarette manufacturers.
Closer grading by the growers,
which selling at auction will make
imperative, will enable leaf tobacco
exporters and the foreign buyer to
purchase suitable tobacco for their
requirements on the open market
and pack 1t to suit varying condi-
tons. This, at least, should prove
a step toward regaining the lost
prestige Of Maryland tobacco abroad,
and with the added competition of
our own domestic cigarette makers,
should envision brighter future for
the Maryland tobacco grower.
While the opinion among the Of
ficials of the four leading buying
companies was divided, as it was
among the growers, the chief buyer
for one Of the big four" told the
writer that his Arm was in q posi-
ton to furnish as many competent
buyers as the situation warranted,
as the Maryland crop is marketed
in the lull between the selling of
the Carolina, Virginia and Kentucky
crops, and all the companies have
experienced men available for duty.
Old State Interest.
Cultivation of tobacco on q COM
mercial scale is one Of the States
Oldest industries, dating back TO
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the following from his pen. H

the following from his pen. He
says:
while being at my desk in the
Office of the Commissioners Of the
District of Columbia, which was
then housed In the Morrison Build
ing on the west side Of Four and-
a-half street, now John Marshall
place, a few minutes before 10
o'clock on the morning of July 2,
1881, I was startled by the abrupt
entrance of the ONCE messenger
and his excited exclamation that
Vice President Arthur has just been
killed at the Baltimore & Potomac
Railroad Station
Il Immediately left the building to
go to the station, but upon reaching
the northwest corner of Four-and-A-
half street and Pennsylvania avenue,
where the police headquarters was
then situated, was attracted by two
detectives leading a man up the
outside steps on the Four-and-a-
half street side of the building. by
means Of which access was had to
the second story, where the ONCE Of
the superintendent of police was
quartered
Resemblance Seen.
Il followed them up the steps, and
when I reached the top the man in
custody of the officers turned his
face toward me and smiled at me
with a silly sort Of leer Some years
before, when the territorial form of
government for the District Of Co.
lumbia was in force, one of the
prominent participants in the local
political gatherings in the voting
district in which then resided was
a highly nervous, excitable man OF
more than ordinary mental culture
but regarded as somewhat eccentric
The man under arrest so nearly re-
sembled this man in appearance
that I thought it was he and was
about to address him as such and
ask him why he was under police
restraint when one Of the officers
whispered to me, This is Guiteau,
the man who shot the President
1t was Charles j. Guiteau.
II visited this man at the District
Jail several weeks later, where his
conversation with me confirmed the
impression made upon me by the
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Locust Point warehouse in Balti-

Locust Point warehouse in Balti-
more.
Inspection consists of remov-
ing the cask or hogshead and
making q number Of breaks in the
packed tobacco. several hands or
bundles being drawn from the va
rious breaks. These are then tied
and sealed by an ofhcial, which
sample then constitutes . guaran-
tee that 1t accurately represents the
tobacco in the hogshead. The SAM
pie, after being sealed, Is taken
by q runner to the sales agency to
which 1t has been consigned. Each
sample must bear card giving
the name of the shipper and the
number of the hogshead.
Sealed Bids Given.
THE tobacco is sold by sealed
bids, which are placed in . box
and opened at specified hour. and
If after purchase the hogshead is
not judged up to its sample by the
purchaser he has the privilege Of
arbitrating the matter and seeking
q reclamation.
There are ct least four commission
houses and one cooperative asso-
ciation-in the Maryland Tobacco
Growers Notwithstanding to-
bacco on the Baltimore market.
These agencies all charge the grower
a fiat fee Of s. per hogshead In
connection with the selling"
Now, in addition to paying the
50 selling fee, the grower must pro-
vide his own hogsheads, pay the
freight from point Of origin and
also insurance, and, with the cost
Of . hogshead put at $3.50 (each
hogshead averages about 600 pounds
when packed, plus freight and in
surance and the additional charge
Of getting the tobacco packed at
his farm or packhouse, the actual
selling cost will probably run . little
higher than the cost Of selling the
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HE wrote that letter before he
shot the President, obviously with
the expectation that it would be
accepted by the country as q JUS
tifcation of his crime.
when the detective informed me
Of the identity Of his prisoner and
the cause Of his arrest 1t occurred
to me that I might be Of some
service at the railroad station, to-
ward which I Immediately went.
when I reached the station
President GARFIELD had been car
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The following names Of heads of
families Of the District Of Columbia,
taken from the census Of 1900,
should be added to those omitted
June as: Upton Thomas, James
Vansant, Charles Warden, Caleb
Vermillion, John Vermillion, John
Vinsent, Nicholas Voss, Bailey WASH
ington, Andrew Way, David Water
stone, William Whann, Peter Wha-
land, Michael Whealand. Mathew
Whealand, Joseph Wheat, Bennet
Wheatley, Leonard Wheeler. Am
brose White, John White, Thomas
White, Allen Wiley, Philip williams.
Stewart Williams, Collin William
son, Kitty Williamson, Alexander
Wilson, John L. Wilson, Joseph
Wilson, Samuel Wilson, Thomas
Wilson, william Winable, Christian
Writ, Basil Wood, William Worth
ington, Mathew Wright, Robert
Wright, william Yates, Ann Young,
Motley Young, Ruth Young.
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will explain everything. Take me
to the police station
Assassin's Name and Address.
Officers were sent to the police
headquarters by order of those
around the President to get the
name of the assassin. He very will
ingly wrote his name and address
on a sheet of paper, as follows:
"'Charles Gltteau,
Attorney at-LaW,
Chicago, III"
Three other extra editions of The
Star followed this one before the
day was over.
No one in Washington was bet
ter or more widely known than the
late DR.. Tindall, whose service with
the local government ran back to
the days when the District of Co.
lumbia was governed to an ex-
tent by a mayor, a board of alder
men and a common council. At
the time of this crime DR.. Tin
dali was secretary to the Board of
Commissioners, position he held
for many years afterward, and If
any one was in position to get
at the facts it was this kindly gen.
tleman, whose friendship the writer
was privileged to enjoy.
Debatable Points.
There are some debatable points
connected with this attack on the
President, and there will always
be one or more versions of just what
took place on the morning of July
2, but the writer's confidence in
DR.. Tindall prompts him to quote
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per pile, 10 cents per hundred
pounds for weighing the tobacco and
~ per cent commission on the
gross amount of the sale, which
would cost the owner on q gross sale
Of 500 consisting of four baskets
of 100 pound each) about $3.50. He
is given check, less these charges,
Immediately following the consum-
nation of the sale to the buyer, and
he is not liable for any recourse
from the purchaser.
Maryland's 1887 crop of %, 450, 900
pounds was all sold through the
Baltimore market, based on hogs
head-drawn samples. The growers
received an average of $3.50 per
hundred pounds, the aggregate
amount being 81, 104, 900, considerably
below the peak year Of 1896 when
the crop brought $7,688, 900 for 3d.
100000 pounds, these figures being
furnished by the extension service
OF the University of Maryland.
The decline Of $500, 900 in total
revenue and q falling of of $3.50
per hundred pounds in the average
price caused widespread dissatis-
faction among Southern Maryland
growers, and during the last sum-
mer several Of the larger growers
decided to give the auction system
q trial and induced experienced
warehousemen from the Carolina
tobacco belt to open houses at
Hughesville and Marlboro.
In describing the system Of mar
keting in use for the past 100 years
Mr.. B. w. Posey Of the university's
extension service has the following
to say:
"All tobacco grown in Southern
Maryland, whether sold Though To-
cal buyers or shipped directly by
the growers, is delivered for In.
spection and storage either to the
State tobacco warehouses or the
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ried up to the second-story SOUTH
east room. The police officer at the
foot Of the stairway halted me there,
but 1t. Charles R. Vernon OF the
Police Department. who soon there
after appeared, said, Let him up,
he's a DOCTOR which was stretch
ing e very slender fact to Its limit.
as 1t had been several years since
I had had occasion to employ my
medical information In either ad-
vice or treatment, at least to others
than my own family.
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self-satisf1ed shipper which I had
noted on his face on the police head
quarters steps-that II his mind were
not unbalanced 1t would take very
little excitement to make it 50.
His egregious egotism, which was
tantamount to mental irresponsible
ity, was apparent from his vain
glorious boast at the time of his ar
rest in the railroad station that
I did it and want to be arrested;
am q stalwart and Arthur Is Presi-
dent as If the crime entailed no
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punitive consequences to himself,
but rather exalted him into an OBJ
ject entitled to public adulation.
His Self Esteem.
mo one could duly estimate his
boundless self esteem without hav-
ing seen the self satisfied grin which
animated his face whenever he was
pleased with what he said. It was
that facial expression which most
impressed me about him, both At
police headquarters and when I
met him at the Jail. 80
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An ENGRAVING of President
Garfield, uho died September
19, 1881, at Elberon, N. J.
Top ro,D, dbove, Is the build
ing that served as police head
quarters In 1881 and to tDhtch
Gnitedu 1ods taken after COM
Knitting his crime. Later this
building 1Das Fritz Reuters
restaurant and it is 1lo1D the
site OF the Ford Building, home
of the Traffic Bureau.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-15
Bomber's S Brother
Under Indictment

LOS ANGELES, June IS. (UP)-
Policeman Lloyd w. Allen, twin
brother of Roy j. Allen, convicted
with Earle Kynette for the Harry
Raymond bombing, today was under
indictment by the county grand
jury on a charge of witness tam
pering in connection with his broth
er's conviction.
The indictment charged Lloyd
Allen assertedly attempted to in
duce George Sakalis, vegetable ped.
dler and star prosecution witness In
the bombing case, to change his
testimony against Roy Allen.
Kynette, former head of the
police spy squad, and Roy Allen
were convicted of placing a bomb
in the automobile of Raymond, for
mer San Diego police chief who was
acting as a private detective in
yestigating vice and corruption in
Los Angeles. When Raymond
stepped on the starter of his car
on Jan. a. 1888, the bomb exploded
and nearly killed him.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-15
Assembly Styrnied
In Oil SquabbIe

SACRAMENTO, June Is. UP)-
The assembly was deadlocked today
on an administration attempt to
revive oil control legislation after
an all night parliamentary wrangle
which involved charges that Gov.
Culbert Olson perhaps had sold
out" to the Standard Oil company
The governors assembly leaders
we're successful in obtaining a a.
to 81 vote to Withdraw the Atkin-
son oil prorate bill from the COM
mittee on oil industries, but the
law required it to then go to the
ways and means committee for
approval of a proposed appropria.
ton for administration of the act.
Then followed hours of bitter
dispute over points of procedure, cli-
NAKED by a vote at $3.50 am. on
the direct question of withdrawing
the measure from the second COM
mittee. When the roll was called
the vote was 35 to 35 and Assem-
blyman Maurice Atkinson, D., Long
Beach, author of the oil bill, OBJ.
tanned a call of the house in an
attempt to obtain the required Al
votes.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-15

later when the land is in alfalfa,
for example, the attendance drops
off.
However, the Farm Bureau
stand is a good thing in that it
calls attention to any possible ex-
travagances. 1t is a good thing to
check up once in awhile"
Eugenia Brandenburg, new trus-
tee of the Mt. Signal district, de-
clared:
I'VE already have made up our
budget and it will remain about the
same as last year. Although 1
haven't been on the board long
enough to know the complete back
ground, feel sure our present ex-
penses are as low as they can be
and still have an efficiently run
organization.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-15

only $21,737!
Regardless of what the tax rate
is, our actual school expenses have
dropped
John Dubois of Eucalyptus
brought up the question of fluc-
tuating school attendance. He said:
The Whole Picture
1.-THE Farm Bureau figures fail TO
give the whole picture. It is i'm
possible for any school board to
foresee what their attendance fig
ures will be and on that point in
come is based. For example, there
is a considerable boost in attend
ance figures when the farmlands in
a school district are planted in veg
etables. We get the transient work.
ers' children, for which there is no
provision in income. A few years
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-15
Future Farmers Plan Annual Roundup,
Watermelon Feed Here Friday Night

Ell Centro Future Farmers will
stage their annual watermelon feed
at the high school football field
Friday night with the new presi-
dent, Carl Vogt, scheduled to pro-
vide the melons.
Prior to the feast members will
play softball. Senior members
challenged junior members for the
game.
The event will be marked by the
distribution of THE Roundup" an
nual publication OF the chapter.
Henry House, editor, announced
that the staff had technical as
Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-15
FIRE RAZES GRANDSTAND

WINDSOR, Ont. June is. CUP)-
The grandstand at the Devonshire
race track in Windsor was destroy
ed today by fire which caused dam
age estimated at $4,000. Devon
shire has not been in operation
since 1896.