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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-25
First New American Bird
In Fl Years Discovered

Observation-Disclosures Of the
first new species Of bird In the con-
tinental United States In Il years
was reported today by the Smithson-
ian institution.
The woodland songster, member
of the family Of warblers, was given
the scientific name of Dendroica Pc.
tomac, or Sutton's Warbler. The first
bird was seen In the Panhandle"
district Of West Virginia by Karl w.
Halter, ornithologist Of Bethany col
lege.
Scientists say the bird may be q
new creation, the rarely observed
phenomenon in nature of a fertile
cross between two species.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-25
Judge John A. Roeser
Passed Away Friday
CONTINUED from Page One)

enth Judicial district, Don M. Cam
eron, Anton Thompson, Byron VIII
son and J. B. Himsl.
Active pallbearers were Warren
Stewart, Harry Burns, Ray Quin-
Ivan, Howard Donohue, William
Doane and Henry Sullivan.
Among attorneys of the district
who were at st. Cloud for the
funeral were James Clarity, OF
Moorhead; Peter Schroeder, OF De
troit Lakes; James Daley, Of Per
ham; Austin Grimes, of Little
Falls; William Wood, Henry Prinz,
Of Long Prairie; Morgan Flaherty,
Foley; Victor Conklin, L. L. Kells,
Sank Centre; George Andrews, Ed
ward P. Flynn, Paynesville; Con-
stance Larson, Leatch and Swore,
Ralph Thornton, Alexandria.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-25
Sick Man Writes
His Own Epitaph

LEESBURG. IDAHO.-Boast-
ing q well-planned and executed
career throughout his life, Orion
E. kirkpatrick feared that he
would not recover from an illness.
He supervised engraving Of his
own tombstone: ''In memory Of
Orion E. kirkpatrick, who gave
A years Of his prime years to
mining in Lembi county-His
motto to the golden rule.
kirkpatrick recovered.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-25
He Collects Superstiti tons

NORMAN. OKLA.-Although this
IL . scientific age. DR.. Benjamin
Cartwright. education professor Of
the University Of Oklahoma, has q
collection of 10000 superstitions.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12
O'Neil Status as Engineer
Argued by Two Rival Camps

showing that on March 7. the rec
ords Of the office do not show the
name of r d. O'Neil as Wash
ington licensed engineer
Under chapter 167. Laws of 1885,
II was shown that 1T shall be un-
lawful (after Jan. /, 1885, for any
person to practice the profession of
engineering or land surveying in
this state, or 10 use in connection
with his name or otherwise as
sumo. use or advertise. any title or
description tending to convey the
impression that he is a profess
sionsl engineer on land surveyor.
unless such person has been duly
registered and holds an unreyoked
certificate Of registration.
The act includes civil electrical.
mechanical. structural and hy-
dTsulie engineering"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12

Whether r. d. Bob o'Neii is
an electrical engineer was q moot
question today. depending upon
which of rival camps for utilities
commissioner was expressing the
opinion.
Commissioner Davisson's camp
had pointed to O'Neil's executive
experience as being limited TO that
of "journeyman electrician.
o'Neil countered with an affidavit
signed by Bob Gleason, owner-man-
sger Of the Gleason Electric Co.
saying he had employed o'Neil
"for the past - years as an eler-
trioal engineer and foreman Of con-
structiOn."
The DAWSON camp came back
with q letter from the state de-
partment Of licenses a. Olympia
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12

Arising TO the defense Of Taco
ma magazine and news dealers.
James w. Egan. local magazine
writer and representative of the
Authors League Of America,
charged Monday that several hum
dred small business men Of the
city and county are being unwar-
rsntedly slandered by what he
termed an 'iIl-advised crusade
against so-cslled salacious liter
ature"
Doubt was expressed by Egan
that any reputable magazine ven
dor or distributor Is offering for
sale publications which justly can
be described as obscene or porno-
graphic. He pointed out that local
newsstands carry only magazines
shipped through the mails, and
that the United States govern
ment does not permit the shipment
of periodicals transgressing the
law.
Demends Names
The avowed intention of self
elected literary censors" to at
tempt banning about so magazines
from the local stands Egan pro-
nounced as "high-handed, Hitler
istic interference with scores OF
Tacomans who have invested their
capital In this business, and who
are struggling in the face of adj
verse market conditions to make
a livelihood" He challenged any
member OF the local crusading
committee to name so magazines
sold by Tacoma dealers that are
actually "salacious." or even q
fraction OF that number.
The fact that a prime mover
In the present crusade Is a reform
candidate for mayor "overwhelm-
ingly repudiated by the electorate
in the Feb. n primary" caused
Egan to question whether some
good citizens Of Tacoma were not
being used as unwilling pawns in
= political publicity racket.
Questions Foirness
Egan also questioned the fair
ness OF a movement that made
no apparent effort to invite repre-
sentatives Of the magazine vendors
vitality affected or call into coun-
sci any person with firsthand
knowledge of the writing busi-
ness" II a sincere. non-political
endeavor to improve reading mat
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12
Hopes to Speed
Up Trials Here

Filing of a new and separate
murder charge against John Ord,
accusing him of the first degree
murder of Mrs. Myra Nosler. and
arraignment Of both Ord and of
James Hampson, charged with
murder of Virginia Rifle, will
take place some time this week.
Prosecutor Thor c. Tollefson said
Monday.
The prosecutor said he hoped to
get both on the trial assignment
docket for the coming Saturday
to hasten them toward the earliest
possible trial dates
At the same time he said
he would press for some con-
cluslon In the long pending
John Reese death case before
the week Is out.
Still in Jail. though acquitted by
a jury Jan. 20 of the murder of
Reese, is 25-year-old Winnifred
Frances Jones. also known as Mar
guerita Zawicli. She has been
held without arraignment pend
ing some decision on 3 charge of
first degree assault against her,
a complaint brought in justice
court by two Ashford women vol
said the young woman had fired
shots at them.
Tollefson said he would have
Miss Jones Tor Zawiekil before
the justice court. possibly Thurs
day, for a hearing to determine
whether evidence against her war
rants trial in superior court.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12


ster and an ornary seaman.
The third was pure Norwegian,
making his first visit to Tacoma
this week with the Romulus. His
hair and eyebrows were jet black,
and his accent was even more awe
some, albeit musical.
The fourth, whose extremely un-
usual accent had US baffled at
first, likes tax-tokens. Hes never
sailed in anything but Scandinav-
ian ships since he began seafaring
some years ago; he spoke with the
Scandinavian infection to the nasal
drawl of his home-Texas.)
We were the fifth, and the others
did us the courtesy to speak Amer
icanese.
Just Farming
Like the talk will, we discussed
many topics. Many Of the famous
seaports of the world were men,
toned with easy familiarity. Using
tao, in North China, was among
them.
yeah Man." said Tex, cay
skol tell you-all something
about Tsingtao."
Seems that when the sampans
and bumboats came alongside in
the harbor to hawk their wares
and beg for scraps, the sailors of
the Roumulus made good custom
ers. So good, they ran out of money
about the second day.
Tex, like the rest, was broke ex-
cept for one Washington token left
from a previous visit here. And
he wanted some of those super
delicious peanuts for which Using
tao is famed.
Try Anything Once
So he slipped the tax-token be-
tween the strands of a piece of
small line, and lowered it over the
side to the nearest peanut-selling
sampan. The Chinese vendor in
spected it very carefully and at last
looked up with beaming grin.
He thereupon made the end
of the line fast to a five-gallon
gasoline can full Of peanuts!
Next day, however. none of the
sampan peddlers would accept any
thing except true-ringing Chinese
coins-no more Martins" for
them, thanks.
incidentally, there are only two
Norwegians in the entire deck force
of the Norwegian RomuIus.
Sailing Match Score
Four of the eight T.Y.C. races
have been sailed for the Irvinetta
Rowland perpetual trophy.
Ten boats turned out Sunday for
a near-perfect days sailing; there
were no accidents, no did not
finish" and only one protested
foul. Very good.
The winners were Jack Teitge's
Manana, Bill Nelson's Nichevo and
Herb Munson's Myth, in that order.
Thus, standings at the half
way mark Of the series for the
big silver mug are rs follows:
Manana, IT; Rosal. IT.; Myth,
Is; Whitecap, 10; Nichevo, II;
Marjune, IL; Lady Luck, 10; Mi
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12
Kite Contest
Set March q
Pierce Co. Event
To Be in Buckley

BUCKLEY M. Markin, local
WPA recreational instructor, an
nounced the annual Pierce county
kite tournament will be held in
Buckley March 20, on the Sheets
field, starting at 10 a. m. This
tournament will include entries
from a large portion of the coun-
ty, with children from Roy. Sum-
ner, Puyallup, Glover Park, Milton,
South Prairie, Salvation Army,
University lace, Carbonate, Wilke-
son and Buckley scheduled to par
ticipate.
w. E. Daniels, superintendent of
the Buckley high school. will open
the tournament officially with
short talk, and then Postmaster J.
D. Martin and Bob Anderson. ed
itor of the News, will speak. Fred
S. Hughes, zone supervisor. Mr..
Cottle and Mr.. Green, from the
state WPA office are also expect
ed to address the contestants. The
contest judges will be H. N. Phil
lips, principal of the high school,
F. Chorvat. faculty member, and
Bob Anderson.
Participants in the tournament
will be divided into junior class
(under IA years of age) and a
senior class lover Ia, and may
enter their kites in either the
standard. artistic or novelyt divi-
sions. The various types of kites
that will be allowed to compete IN
the tournament are the two-stick
kites. square box kite, all flat two
and three stick, triangular wing
box artistic kite, ovelty kite, Ba-
den Powell kite. Conyne kite, star,
six-pointed star, ship and festooned
/ kite.
c. r. Greenwood of Burnett VIII
be the new director on the school
board for next year and the special
SO mills levy for future building
was passed at the annual school
election held at Buckley.
The vote for the director was:
Bisbing 1O2. Greenwood 2e6; and
the special levy tally was 200 for
and l3S against.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12
Garden Club
Session Set
Will Be Tuesday:
Trees As Topic

GIG HARBOR 49, The Peninsula
Garden club viii meet Tuesday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. j.
McCallum with Mrs. Roy Evenson
in charge OF the program. The
featured topic win be Trees and
How to Know Them" and roll call
viii be What to Do In March. /"
Study hour will be directed by
Mrs. c. A. Brown.
The Amateur Garden club will
have a one o'clock dessert lunch
con Tuesday afternoon at the club
house with Mrs. Eric Erickson the
hostess. "Landscaping" will be
the topic to be discussed and roll
call will be answered by naming a
favorite shrub.
John Paul Jones lodge No. I'll,
F. and A. NJ, viii hold stated
communication Tuesday evening
at the lodge rooms in Community
hall.
Among members of Hartman I'd
denberg post No. 1854, Veterans Of
Foreign Wars, and the Ladies
auxiliary to attend the Wild West
Admiral Robert f. Coontz posts at
their big meeting at Bremerton
Friday evening were John d. Ed
win, commander; w. c. Perry,
senior vice commander; Ed Lay
den, past commander, Department
of Washington; Jeanne Sellers
Roby, president, and Mrs. Ebba
Uddenberg and Miss Katharine
Dorotich, past presidents.
Department of Washington Conn.,
mander Harold Kreidil compli-
mented Tacoma's Wild West post
on its drill teams work.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12
Mackle Is Back
From Trip South

Fred Mackh. ~. win re-enter
the real estate and insurance bust
ness here. he said today.
Mackle returned to Tacoma by
train on the weekend after a
months absence. during which he
toured the east and south to get
. line on business conditions In
major cities.
He said that Tacomas low
power rates had caused consider
able favorable comment in other
parts Of the country. and predicted
. tremendous growth in industries
that use large blocks Of electric
power.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12
Smoke Screen in Proposed
Hospital Levy Is CHARGED

the county has ended each year
with a huge surplus in the general
fund. yet the commissioners have
not seen fit TO budget any part of
this TO rehsbilitste the county hos
pitaL Instead. they now ask the
voters to approve an additional
levy Of s225 900. This on top of q
surplus in the general fund for the
year 1910 Of S224. 6soT2.
The merits of the Improvement
and additions asked for in the spe-
cial levy have also been hidden be-
hand Tia same SMOKE screen."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12
z Women Hurt
In Auto Crash

Victims of a two-car collision
at So. 62d and Montgomery SITS.
about noon Sunday, Mrs. Cora
Clark, 63, and Mrs. Alma MCGEE,
81, repeatedly were recovering
Monday. Mrs. Clark suffered
several broken ribs and Mrs. Nc
Gee sustained a broken collarbone,
1t was revealed at the Pierce
County hospital.
The two women, who live at
1922 So. Montgomery St, were
riding in a car driven by Earl L.
McMurray, ~, who lives at the
same address. The car collided
with another machine driven by
Max J. Remedies, Is, 6041 So.
Warner St, police said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12
Two Residence Fires
Cause Slight Domoge

Fires of short duration IN two
residences caused damage Sunday.
A blaze resulting from a defective
flue sent firemen to the home OF
William r. Baker, 1901 A ST. at
1887 a. m. and caused about $50
damage. Children playing with
matches were responsible for
fire at the home of A. Parks, T26
Fswcett ave. at $50 p. m. An
other $50 loAs resulted.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12

Joy, Z: Windwaif. 3; Don Jon, l.
It's still anybcdy's picnic = for
there have been surprise-results
every time out so far.
The next originally scheduled
sailing match was postponed once.
and then a second time. The latest
flash from the sanctum sanctorum
makes the date March 81.
Reason; The Tacoma Yacht
club viii do homage to Daffo-
dill week.
Most appropriate way. Of course,
Is a sailing match augmented by q
powerboat turnout. So be 1t.
Last of Breed
And speaking of windjammers.
we've moaned plenty about the dis
appearance Of sailing vessels Of the
American flag. well. almost.)
There are two commercial
wind b ags- three masted
schooners - still to be found
commissioned In these waters.
They are the Axalea and the
WawonA.
Each winter they are laid-up.
Each spring they are revived"
Carrying crews totaling some so
fishermen-sailors, they will depart
from Puget Sound about April Is
for their annual pilgrimage to the
Behring sea for cod-fishing.
Mutter, Mutter
Our mailbag, more often than
otherwise, contains unsigned let
tiers.
Now much as we appreciate the
messages they contain, we're just
stubborn and contrary enough to
file the unsigned ones in the waste
basket.
We never betrayed a confidence
in our life, and we have always
flown our true colors. So won't
youse guys please stop being 30
coy?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12

Pierce county voters are asked to
study the following new angles to
the proposal to levy three mills for
the county hospital. according to
Ray w. Thompson. spokesman for
a group Of taxpayers and home
owners from all parts Of Pierce
county:
Buried deep beneath the bar
rage and smoke screen Of public
ity about the Pierce County hos
pitsl. a half-milllon dollars Of tax
payers money lays hidden and for
gotten - sid. Fer ksso yeaEs
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12

AZ the most powerful neutral in
the world, the u. 8. may have q
peculiarly good opportunity to In
fluence the kind of peace settle
ment which eventually energies
when the war Ii over. Whether
America takes part In the peace
conference or not. her economic
Influence II bound to be great.
That il one reason why the public
opinion revealed In today's survey
will not be ignored either In WASH
ington or In the capitals of Europe.
The survey shows that the great
est support for an international
peace conference at this time
comes from members Of President
Roosevelt's own party, ~ does
most OF the support for American
participation IN such q conference.
But there seems to be little or no
sign Of the kind Of partisan split
which developed over Woodrow
Wilson's League Of Nations. More
than half Of the Republicans with
opinions on the two questions APP
proved the idea of a conference
and approved Of American partici-
patton.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12
Tiny Girl Sicksned
By Eucalyptus Oil

A sudden urge to drink euealyp-
tus oil sent three-year-old Joan
Allen. 1920 So. State st, to the
Pierce County hospital with a
police escort late Sunday after
noon. The child swallowed the
preparation and became i'll. Her
parents thought she had been
poisoned and called police. She
responded TO sntidotes and was
able to leave the hospital shortly
after. The girl is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Glare Allen.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12

Most important OF al. perhaps.
Do the American people wish to
participate In = peace conference.
or have they been dinillusioaed by
the results Of the Versailles peace
making twenty-one years ago,
In view Of the national and in
ternationaf importance Of these
questions the American Institute
Of Public Opinion has conducted
soun1lnga IN al parts Of the United
Stntea which Indicate the temper
Of American voters at this time.
while the responsibilities Of peace
making and trsaty-framing win
ret with the experts and diplo.
mats when peace 10 finally reached.
one factor which win have to Be
taken into account IN any settle
ment Il the attitude Of the Ameri-
can public.
Hare are the salient points In
that attitude today ~ gained
k1V41 - 00AHSys
I. Evea though ths war In
Western Europe h apparently
1Ar from = aecisiea, the mA-
jesity - Americans believe
tAns - attempt should -
nna1s - 80 u row threush
n internatienAl conference.
NJ Ingo1tute aslfed, De you
eA1nk new h - hight tinns
for ~ bsading nations Of The
work. - have . confcrence b
ny - settie Europe's problems
and ed TIE war between Ger
many ard England aad
Fnnce?v
FIFTY eight per cent Of those
WITH opinions on the question
answered Eyes; ferty-twe per
cent thought n wss not the
yight time THIS In itself n
N Indication Of favorable
Sentiment for TIE welles mis-
sion, since Mr.. Welles WAS sent
abroad specifically 10 boarn
whether . conference would
have any chance 1T the present
tfme.
= Even more important ~ .
revelation Of the American mind.
however. 10 the fact that = ma jori- |
~ believe the United States should
take part In such . conference n
one h called. In answer to the
question. III such = conference Ii
held. should the United States take
part IN II? IS per cent say Yes;
Is per cent my No"
Foreign Policy Popular
The public's attitude makes two
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12

Fifth OF the vessels to sail the
Orient circle under the flag of
the new Puget Sound Orient line,
the motorship West Cusseta ar
rived in Tacoma direct from the
Atlantic seaboard Sunday to start
loading for her first voyage.
Berthed at the Centennial dock
Monday, she was slowing a sub
stantial cargo Of flour. She will
load at other sound ports and re-
turn to Tacoma to load at Port
piers March II and Is. She sails
direct for Shanghai on the 18th.
The crew of the West Cusseta
Travelled by train to the east to
bring her TO Tacoma. The Crown
City. the sixth vessel TO join the
fleet which already included the
Coldbrook. Capillo, Collingsworth
and Satartia, is due here this
month.
Outgoing flour constituted the
heaviest single item of cargo
movement in port Monday. At
Sperry dock, the Susana, Philip
pine steamer. was loading for
Cheefoo and Manila. She will not
finish loading until Thursday. In
addition, Sperry's expected the
Roseville late Monday to load flour
for the Orient. She is due to call
at Centennial for additional cargo.
Other arrivals included the
Dutch motorship Manoeran, in
South African service. at the
Shelter where the Condor re-
NAMED berthed. the Liberty Gle
at Dickman mill. and the Lake
Francis at st. Paul mill, all week
end arrivals. The Romulus re-
NAMED at the Mccormick dock.
Report of the harbormaster' s
office for the month of January,
released today, revealed decrease
! ootH IN NoNaA bohhobt eiaN '"1e
ton from the preceding month.
The report disclosed total inn
ports Of 1ol.e7l tons valued al
s4.422, 70l. AS against 1884 ton,
at $3.50. 4So in December: tota
exports Of 1ol, 106 tons worth
S5,5s3, e1s as against 1o2,ss7 ton,
worth se.757. AIS in December. Thu
drop in business handled by th'
port totaled S1,6Si,226 for tbs
month.
Port Calender
Ships In Port Snssns. Sperr,
dock: West Cusseta, Centennia
I S1>tr. NEnnoara, CNndor az cpael
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12

Norwegian, In
ter changeably.
and sometimes
simply as dis
Scandanoogisn."
Another was
p er AVIAN
"Senor Specca-
cles" he as
called. for the
thick glasses he
wore. Stout and
swarthy, he was
only a young
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-03-12
TI3EEM&a#5f3$kf
West Cusseto Arrives From East Coust
And Storts Loading Cargo For Orient

mill; Lake Frances, st. Paul mill;
Romulus at Mccormick dock.
Ships Due: Monday. Roseville,
sperry dock; Tuesday, Valparaiso,
Port piers; Coast Miller, Shaffer
No. 2; Julia Luckenbach, Defiance
mill,