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Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-26
Powell Ties
Alley Record

Billy Powell tied the bowling rec
ord Of l79 set by John Rose, Jr., last
night for the Centre Bowling Alleys,
according to Archer Boyd, manager
of the alleys. Powell's score ran like
this: Is, 35, So, 81, l04, l22, 1872, 800
l59 and 179. He missed pins six and
nine in the seventh box, and pins 4
and eight in the ninth box.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-26
TEN PINS ADDED AT
STANDARD ALLEYS

The Standard Bowling Alleys
have added ten pins for the en-
ioyment of bowlers, Freddie Kirk
land, manager, said today.
The big pins are on two alleys,
and 16-pound balls are tossed down
at the pins. The pins were in opera
ton for the first time yesterday
and drew many fans, some Of whom
who proved quite efficient with the
big balls.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-26
RIFLE TEAM CAPTAIN

Raleigh. April 26.-GIenn Sheet,
a rising junior in mechanical engi-
neering from Allentown, Pa, and
the boy who is setting the pace for
North Carolina States rifle team, has
been elected captain Of the l94l out
fit, it was announced today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-26
HIGH SWIMMERS TO
CLASH AT DUKE u.

Durham, April 26.-Raleigh highs
crack swimming team may end
Goldsboro's three-year reign as North
Carolina state high school swimming
champions in the annual meet to be
Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-04-26
MISS LOUISE HUDSON
is UNC MAY QUEEN

Chapel Hill, April 26.-Miss Louise
Hudson, daughter Of DR.. A. p. Hud-
son of the University English De-
partment, has been elected May
Queen at Carolina, it was announced
today. More than half of the goods
voted.
Miss Bobbie Winton OF Fort Worth,
Texas, will be maid Of honor, and
the queens two attendants will be
Misses Bobble Burroughs of Hobok,
en-, N. j., and Melville Corbett, Kin
ston.
Six seniors and six junior and
graduate students will make up the
queens court.
1T77-DopbIIry Co,n otto ri, o6 Inv
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distinguished herself in the Mexican
War, when her husband, Franklin
Chase. was United States Consul
at Tampico.
Henry Clay as Guest.
But surely one of the most
prominent people who made the
National their home was the cele-
brated kentuckian, Henry Clay.
Elected to the United States Senate
at the age of 90, and seated before
he reached the constitutional age of
80, he soon became one of Americas
most noted men He later became a
member of the House of Representa-
tlVes, where he was made Speaker.
He set a record for unsucceSsfullv
running for the presidency in 1924,
1882 and 1874, which was later
equaled by William Jennings Bryan.
Mr.. Clay died in the old National
in Room 80 Qater Room 116) on
June %, 1852, in his 18th year.
His body was taken to his be-
loved Kentucky, where his ashes
were laid to rest at Lexington. Nine
months before his death he made
some suggestion concerning the in
scription to be put upon a gold medal
his friends caused to be struck in
commemoration of his services.
Henry Clay was one of those great
statesmen who realized the import
ance of the Monroe Doctrine of
which We have been hearing so much
lately, and two years before Presi-
dent Monroe sent to Congress his
famous message of December 2,
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makes special efforts to insure that
the accused knows exactly what he
is pleading guilty to and checks on
him to see that his story jibes with
what the government charges.
Rotund and jovial he laughs with
the rest of the courtroom at an
amusing situation, but he can be
severe, when the occasion requires.
A vigorous student of the new
Federal rules for civil procedure is
Justice Oscar R. Luhring, the former
Republican Indiana Representative
in Congress and former Assistant
Attorney General of the United
States, who will be in Trial
Court in the fall. He gave a course
of instructions to the lawyers here
and held one of the first pre- trial
cases.
The only one Of the judges in
the old District Court Building who
has his court room next door to his
chambers, Justice Luhring has heard
great number of divorce cases,
including the famous annulment
suit of Stinson VS.. Stinson that ran
for several weeks. He has taken
special interest in winding up
ng-standing receiverships. Justice
Luhring practiced law in Evansville
in Indiana for number of years,
and after serving in the legislative
and executive branches in WASH
ington, was elevated to the bench
in July, 1880.
A regular attendant at the meet
ings of the Bar Association of the
District of Columbia is Justice
James M. Proctor, another native
Washingtonian who has been
clothed with the black robe of the
judiciary. He is in the forefront
of the movement to secure new
District Court building to relieve
the current overcrowded conditions
in the veteran structure.
Justice Proctor has addressed the
Bar Association and he has long
been associated with the courthouse,
for in his early years, he was an
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even being afraid to enter the build
ing. 1t was due to this so-called
epidemic that President Buchanan's s
nephew, Col. E. E. Lane, is said to
have lost his life. During this scare,
Col. Franklin Tenney. together with
DR.. S, w. Jones, heard of the hotel
and the fatality which hung about
it, and asked to be shown through
the place. OF this, an item printed
years ago, said:
'Mr. Tenney examined and leased
1t. threw open the windows, had the
house cleansed, 278 loads of dirt
taken from the cellar and yards, put
100000 worth of furniture into the
hotel and was called crazy by his
friends. The hotel was opened to
the public, completely renovated
and declared thoroughly free of the
poisonous malaria, December S, 1857.
Soon after it was opened every room
was taken and the parlors and
salons, where had danced the bellies
of a quarter of a century before,
were again filled with life and
beauty. They sold out to H. S. Ben
son of Philadelphia, who took charge
April l, 1868.
'Messrs. Tennv & Jones, receiving
100000 for the hotel, each retired
with handsome capital and the
former purchasing and fitting up an
elegant manor at Manchester, called
Gale Hall moved there with his
family. Mr.. Benson died in 1859
and the National again passed into
the hands of Tenney e. Jones and
George H. Calvert. Mr. Tenney
bought out the entire establishment
June l, 1871, and conducted the no.
tel for some time after 1871 alone,
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| tereSted in solving complex prob
lens. Justice Laws personally knows
/ hundreds of lawyers, by reason of
the fact that just prior to his ele-
vation to the bench he headed the
Bar Association.
A record for disposing of a great
. number of uncontested divorces has
1 been established by Justice T. Alan
Goldsborough, the former Mary
land Representative from the East
ern Shore. who came to District
Court a year ago in February. With
liking for fishing. Justice Colds
borough spends his spare time in
/ the Chesapeake Bay country. He
practiced law for a number of years
| at Denton, was States attorney for
Caroline County. Md. and served
in Congress for some Is years.
Has Complex Cases.
Complex patent cases have come
before Justice Goldsborough, as we'll
as labor disputes. With Justices
Laws and James W. Morris, Justice
Goldsborough has his chambers and
courtroom in the new Police Court
Building, because there was no
room for them in the old District
Court. Tall and lean, Justice Colds
borough came to the bench prac-
tically unknown to the great mass
of practitioners here but is rapidly
becoming favorably viewed by the
bar.
Another newcomer to Washing
tons bar is Justice Morris, VINO was
until recently Assistant Attorney
General. in charge of the Tax Di-
vision Of the Department of Justice.
This native of North Carolina prac-
ticed law for some 20 years at
Tampa, Fla. Little over year ago
he was appointed to District Court.
Hard work is said to be Justice
Morris hobby. On rare occasions,
he goes golfing to Pinehurst, N. c.,
and is close friend of former
Attorney General Cummings. Dur
ing the World War, the jurist was
a captain of infantry and is now a
lieutenant colonel in the Reserves.
Gen. Pershing cited him for con-
spicuous and meritorious services.
During his term on District Court,
lie has presided over $1,000,000
plagiarism suit, brought by SOL
dier stationed in California, against
film company-a suit that con-
sumed several weeks and entailed
the viewing of the disputed movie.
To be with his mother on Mothers
Day, Justice Morris flew recently
to Florida.
Native Washingtonian is the new
est addition to the judiciary of
District Court-Justice David A.
Pine, who was until recently the
United States Attorney here AS
a young judge, he burns the mid
night oil, reminiscent of his days
as District Attorney, whenshe work.
ed far into the night on an i'm
portant case. Kindly and affable,
Justice Pine has a hearty laugh.
He likes horseback riding and spent
a recent vacation on Montana
ranch.
Confidential clerk to Attorneys
General McReynolds and Gregory,
Justice Pine server as a captain in
the Army in the War World. He
handled Federal cases in Colorado,
Arizona, New Mexico, California
and Nevada. Subsequently, he es-
tablished law practice here, and
when Leslie c. Garnett became
United States Attorney, Mr.. Pine
became his first assistant, succeed
ing his chief later in that post. He
became a jurist only in April.
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in Lebanon Lodge, No. 7, Of this
city, on November "a, 1911, that
lodge having been chartered on the
preceding October 8. He served the
jurisdiction as grand master in 1888.
Another Mayor whose early life
was associated with this site even
before the erection of the National
was Richard Wallach. who was the
city father from 1861 to 1867 Like
Mayor Weightman, he was born in
Alexandria, which at that time was
a part OF the District of Columbia
Mayor Wallach's father, also named
Richard, moved into Washington at
an early date and opened his law
office in his residence, which stood
where now stands the Sixth street
side OF the National The Mayor
was brother to w. D. Wallach. an
early editor and owner of The Star.
His marriage involved an unusual
situation. Mr.. Clark says:
Mr.. Wallach and Walter Lenox
kept bachelors hall at the latter's
house at the intersection of Sixth
and D streets and Louisiana avenue.
AT Marshall Browns wedding Mr..
Wallach was a guest. Said the
groom, unselfish in matrimonial
happiness, to his guest, Dick. why
don't you select a bride from among
these fine ladies?' Replied the
bachelor Dick, No, I will wait until
YOU have daughter and when she
grows up I will marry her Thurs
day was the evening and April was
the month and 1856 the year when
and the Metropolitan Hotel the
place where Richard Wallach. ESQ.,,
proudly stood with Rosa. his bride.
The bride was II and the groom
was 40"
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then sold a quarter interest to Mr..
w. H. Crosby, a gentleman of ster-
ling ability, exceedingly popular and
generous to fault.
Owned by Burnes.
The building is on property that
in the early days Of the District,
when Washington became the seat
of Government, was owned by David
Burnes. Here, as early as 1916. were
the Weightman buildings, erected
by Roger Chew Weightman, Mayor
of Washington from 1924 to 1926.
Weightman had purchased the
property designated as lots 8, 9,
part 10. II and II in square 491
in 1911, 1912 and 1918. Allen C. Clark
tells us:
In the corner he had a store
where he sold books, but more, the
greater essentials of life, particular
lied in an advertisement October
2, 1924: Yarns, plaid shlrtings.
chambrays. sattenettes, chocolate
sugar, nails The same date, Sep
tember. 1913, he relinquished his
branch store on F. street, near Fif-
teenth, adjoining Mrs Curtis board
ing house.
In the Weightman buildings for
two years prior to August IS, 1920,
the Mayor and the register had
offices; then they moved to the new
City Hall"
Native Of Alexandria.
Mayor Weightman was born In
Alexandria, January 18. 1887; came
TO Washington about 1900 and ap-
prenticed himself TO Way & Croft
printers. He continued in the art
preservative of all arts" for some
years. He was Mason and the
first candidate to receive the degrees
Evening star., 1940-07-28
By WHliam A. MiHen.'

Widely divergent backgrounds are
represented in the careers of the
dozen jurists who sit on the bench
of District Court-most of whom are
now summering in various parts Of
the Nation. A fourth of them-it is
interesting to recall-have had serv-
ice in Congress. Some of them are
ex-service men who fought in the
World War. Three of the u are
septuagenarians
From many parts of the Nation
they come-from variety of law
practices-to bring to bear on the
legal problems of the National
Capital and its inhabitants wide
scope of talent
For District Court here is the only
Federal District Court in the Re-
public where an Assignment Com
missioner is provided, where marital
affairs are regularly threshed out
and crimes not involving Federal
statutes are tried. Further, the Dis
trict Court probation office has long
been distinct from the Federal
probation system. The peculiar
legal problems of the District of
Columbia are dissected and ad-
judicated in dozen courts
ordinarily two of them criminal
tribunals, four non-jury civil courts
and one motions court, one pre-
trial court, and the rest are jury
civil courts.
But as yet-due to sickness, death
or the non-flling of a vacancy-all
II jurists have not functioned at
the same time. for any period.
The Chief Justice of District Court
stands in the relationship of a
Governor of the District of Colum-
bia. for before him come all cases
of extradition-heard in a State
before the chief executive. Divorce
cases, damage actions, arising for
the most part out of traffic ac-
cidents, and patent cases make up
| the bulk of the litigation at District
| Court. And Washingtonians-a
others-are not hesitant about filing
their actions, for annually, now,
about 1000 cases are passed over
the counter to the clerks for
recording.
Living former jurists who served
on the bench of District Court are:
The poet, Justice Wendell P. Staf-
ford, retired; Daniel Thew Wright
James Harry Covington and A. A.
Hoehling, now engaged in the
private practice of law.
Qualities Observed.
What manner of men are the
dozen District Court jurists, now
actively engaged?
Dartmouth man and native OF
New Hampshire is Chief Justice
Alfred Adams Wheat, named to the
court in May, 1929. and created
presiding jurist in June, 1880. A
familiar figure in the lobby of the
Mayflower Hotel, where he resides,
the Chief Justice devotes his legal
attention. for the most part, to land
condemnation cases. He has passed
on millions of dollars worth OF
property required by the govern
ments-both District and Federal
for the public improvements here
He has heard a number of famous
extradition cases, including that OF
William Dudley Pelley, leader OF
the Silver Shirts.
Fond of cigarettes, Chief Justice
Wheat often stops in at the Motions
Court clerks Office, during court
recess, to take puff" He formerly
was acting solicitor general and par
Of his assignment, while serving in tn,
Department of Justice, was to argue
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Here, when Southern hospitality
was so noticeable, Chief Justice
Taney did his receiving, and later
Chief Justice Chase and his charm
ing daughter were frequently to be
seen at the hotel Mrs. Pickens,
wife of the Governor of South
Carolina, was once among the
prominent boarders, as were ex-Gov.
G. E. Cole, Secretaries McCrary and
Harlan, Nine. Octavia La Vert and
Gen. B. F. Butler, the latter during
the Civil War, when his head
quarters were in this city: Senator
Jim Lane of Kansas. Matt H. Car
penter of Wisconsin. Ann H. Stevens,
the authoress; Senator o. P Morton,
war Governor of Indiana, and ex-
Gov. Hammond of South Carolina.
Senator Stephen A. Douglas was
also patron here before moving
TO Douglas Row at Second and I
streets. Vice President Ferry. Sena-
tor Conger and family Of Michigan,
Senator Robert Toombs of Georgia,
John &. Calhoun OF South Carolina,
Senator Mallory of Florida. Gov.
Bagley of Michigan, Attorney Cen
eral Tappan of New Hampshire,
Gov Colquitt Of Georgia, Gov Ham
ilton OF Maryland, Senator and Mrs.
John P. Hale, Senator Zach Chand-
Ter, Senator GWin of California.
Mrs. Ashley, wife of Gen. Ashley,
who afterward married John j.
Crittenden in the hotel, and George
Bancroft had their names on the
register. There were among the
boarders also the Minister to France,
Mr.. Faulkner: Gov. Howard Of Dako-
ia, Gen Sam Houston, Gov. Steele of
New Hampshire and Mrs. Ann
Chase, the heroine of Tampico, who
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Washington University - studying
law about the same time Chief Jus
tice Wheat attended there for his
law degree.
Assistant United States ATTORNEY.
special assistant to Attorneys Gen.
eral Bonaparte and Wickersham: in
charge of land fraud cases in the
West in pre-World War days, Justice
Gordon went to Japan to investigate
customs cases. President Harding
made him District attorney here
and President Coolidge reappointed
him to that post, only TO elevate him
to the bench in April, 1923. For l8
months during the World War. JUS
tlce Gordon served in the Judge
Advocate Generals Corps-six of
them at American General Head
quarters at Chaumont in France.
Severe at times, yet kind hearted,
with firm hand he presides at
criminal trials. Before dying recent
ly, an accused man left note in
which he thanked Justice Gordon for
giving him a break" And that was
typical Of the jurist, for he is known
for his liberal use of the probation
system for those he deems deserving
cases. When lawyer hears him
tell client that the accused has
been skating on thin ice" for a
long time, he knows that the con-
victed man is to be given another
chance.
A heritage of his early training
is the shorthand that Justice Jesse
C. Adkins still writes to aid him
in deciding cases. Native of Knox
vile, Tenn. where he was born
April 13, 1879, Justice Adkins has
served on the bench since June. 1890.
His brother, William S. Adkins,
well read in military affairs, is senior
clerk in the Criminal Courts and
oficiates in Criminal Court No. l..
Adkins Experience.
Justice Adkins has tried a great
number of damage suits, but he has
also served on the criminal bench.
When in the criminal division, he
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Assistant Unlted states Attorney
there. He was captain of infantry
in the A. E. F. in the World War.
AS special assistant to the Attorney
General, he was in charge of suits
of the United States to clear titles
to river-front properties in the Ma
tional Capital. A lover of small
craft, he has taken his vacation in
the Chesapeake Bay country, ex-
ploring hooks and bays, "roughing
it in his own small ship.
Formerly in Congress.
Ruddy-faced stocky Justice F.
Dickinson Let's is a former Repub-
lican Representative in Congress
from Iowa He is a kindly and
courteous gentleman, giving lawyers
wide latitude in the trial Of a case,
but he has been known to throw
the book" at criminals. where he
considered their offenses grievous.
He was judge in his native Iowa,
before coming to Congress. In 1881
he went on the bench of District
Court.
For time, he was a law student
at Columbia University, but he
secured his legal degree from the
University of Iowa. He has the
reputation of being one of the best
jurists on the bench of District
Court. Recently, he released a
couple of alleged Communists, hold
ing that the full safeguards of the
law had not been complied with, in
their case. Habitually, he announces
his opinions from the bench. after
listening to opposing arguments,
giving prompt decisions.
Tall, white haired, ruddy-faced,
scholarly Justice Daniel w. O'Don-
oughue possesses an unusual flow
of fine language, which he displays
in charging a jury. Seldom, if ever,
does he have any opinions under
advisement, preferring to render
his opinion extemporaneously, i'm
mediately after argument. He, too,
is native Washingtonian.
Considered an abstemious liver,
Justice O'Donoghue is known as
never accepting night invitations,
holding that judge should re-
main aloof. Fond of walking, the
jurist retains the common touch
with his old friends. Courtly and
pleasant. some of his fond admirers
describe him as AN angel from
Heaven" For more than 30 years
he was engaged in the active prac-
tice of the law here, and in 1882
he donned the black robe of jurist
under permanent appointment,
having previously had an ad interim
commission.
Demands Punctuality..
A recent president of the Bar As
sociation of the District of Co.
lumbia Is Justice Bolitha j. Laws,
whose insistence on punctuality
has passed into proverb at District
Court During his brief incumbency
on District Court he has handled
hundreds of pre-trial cases, strip
ping the law suits down to their
vital points to expedite trial and
where possible-achieving compro-
mise and thus disposing of the &C
ton, saving time and expense for
courts, lawyers, juries and witnesses.
He is close friend of former At
torney General Homer S. Cum
mings.
Fond of golfing, Justice Laws has
brought to his new assignment IN
enthusiasm, capacity for getting
things done and a firm belief that
the public should have more of a
voice in seeing that the courts work
even more efficiently. Inviting new
ideas and assistance from those in
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Men Talent

Government cases before the Su-
preme Court. In this capacity. he
argued more than 100 cases before
the Republics highest court. An
enthusiastic yachtsman he has spent
some of his summers at Marblehead
in Massachusetts,. More than half a
century following his graduation at
Dartmouth, he still takes a keen
interest in its affairs. follows its
trend in the alumni publications and
he has addressed his alma mater,
on occasion.
Born June 13. 1867, Chief Justice
Wheat has no intention of retiring
from the bench, although, like two
of his collea CUES, who have reached
more than 10 years in the Federal
judiciary, he could retire at full
salary.
His admirers say that Chief JUS
tice Wheat has the knack of going
right to the heart of legal problem,
brushing aside the chaff and un-
earthing the kernel He is rated as
excelling in cases affecting the Gov
ernment.
Born in the same year as the Chief
Justice is Justice Jennings Bailey,
son of Senator. who has had the
longest service on the bench of all
For he received his appointment
from President Woodrow Wilson
back in May, 1918. He, too, plans
to continue in active service, for he
loves his work. Although he is over
70 years of age, Justice Bailey plays
tennis and drives his own car.
While many lawyers think that
Justice Bailey is austere, he possesses
a kindly sense Of quiet humor and
he delights in joshing with a poker
face, often unknown to his inter-
viewer. He cuts short the long
Winded arguments of pompous
counsel and can touch the vital spot
of a legal problem with electricity
like alacrity. He knocks the judicial
nail on the legal head rapidly and
can dispose of great numoer of
cases in single day. He is severe
on husbands who fail to pay alimony
as directed by the court, and does
not hesitate to send them to Jail
but he does not like criminal bench
work.
For a number of years, Justice
Bailey has not served in jury court
preferring to devote his ripe expert
ence to unraveling complicated
patent cases. He has handled many
vital Government cases, including
the Black Tom explosion and Berg
doll decisions, that recall front page
stories of World War days.
Native of Nashville in Tennessee
Justice Bailey returns to his native
Volunteer State to spend part of the
summer recess. He served as deputy
clerk and master of the Chancery
Court at Nashville and this back
ground has been of value in his
work on the bench.
For a time, iii health has removed
from the District Court scene one Of
it's most colorful characters-Justice
Payton Gordon, the third of the tri-
umvirate of septuagenarians. But
he hopes to return in October tt
active duty-and his many friends
are roofing for his recapture Of full
health. He is exceeded in length Of
service on the court only by Justice
Bailey.
Law School Associates.
A varied career stretches behinc
the venerable Justice Gordon, fol
in his early days, he was in lane
title work at the courthouse. He
was born in the National Capital
April 30, 1870. He was at the ole
Columbian University-now George