The Minneapolis Star from Minneapolis, Minnesota • Page 2

SATURDAY; SEPTEMBER 141935' TWO Minneapolis Scene, Witnesses in Actress Death Children, Shot in SleepftSKS on Friday the 13th Improvin At the top is the bedroom in the farm home of H. H. Rogers, where Evelyn Hoey, Broadway musical comedy star and Minneapolis dancer, was found shot to death. At the right is the bed on which the actress died. Below are shown three witnesses in the shooting case, who were at the country manor near West Chester, at the time.

Left to right are Frank Catalno, chauffeur-butler; Claude Da tin, a farmer who visited the farm to see about back pay; and George Yamma, Japanese cook. One more Friday the Thirteenth Is past, and it gave two1 Minnesotans something to talk about. One, B. M. Shelley, 5236 Columbus avenue, drew 18 clubs in a bridge game at his home, picking up the cards just one minute before midnight The second, Mrs.

John Bro-sell of Malmo, gave birth to her thirteenth child. Mrs. Bro-sell for the first time had a doctor in attendance, because "I didn't want to take any chances with an unlucky number." Strato Flight Is Inspiration for New March Washington, Sept. 14. U.R Musical composers find odd inspira tions for some of their songs.

The National Geographic society selected the 121st anniversary of the composition of the Star Spangled Banner to announce today that it had a new musical composition all its own a march. Capt. Thomas Darcy, leader of the U. S. army band, wrote "The National Geographic March." "The idea for the march grew from the co-operation of the army and the National Geographic society in stratosphere exploration and aerial photography," an an nouncement said.

"In the musical phraseology are symbolized the world-wide activities of the society on sea ana Jana ana in the air." $37,000 HOUSING LOANS REPORTED Home modernization loans under the federal housing act amounted to $37,000 in Minneapolis during the" past week, H. M. Gardner, chairman of the Minneapolis Better Housing committee, reported today. He estimated that modernization and repair work in the city for the past year exceeded $3,000,000 in value. As a result of the activity, Mr, Gardner quoted building trades officials that for the first time in five years there is virtually no unemployment in the Minneapolis building trades.

A shortage of car penters and painters had existed in rural communities for several weeks. With building of new homes starting this fall under liberalized provisions of title 2 of the housing act, Mr. Gardner said railroads report heavy shipments of building materials. GRAIN EXPORTS IN CANADA AT PEAK Montreal, Sept. 14, Harbor officials today foresaw the greatest movement or grain out oi the St.

Lawrence river since pre-depression days. During the last 24 hours 000 bushels of grain space has been chartered and orders still are pouring in. More than 1,200,000 bushels are scheduled to leave today for European points. The sudden impetus to grain ex ports is said to be due partly to reports from Argentina and Aus tralla both of which are pessimiS' tic. M.E.A.

BOARD MEETS A proposal to hire a full-time field secretary to visit regularly the membership of the Minnesota Ed ucation association was discussed at a meeting of the executive board of the association at a busi ness meeting at the Curtis hotel today. T. B. Moe of Virginia, president, acted as chairman. Police Continued From Page One Respond to Treatment While in Oxygen Tents at Hospital University hospital physicians today reported "considerable im provement" in the condition of four children shot by their father as they slept in an Anoka county farm home.

The father, Charles J. Mar ier, afterwards hanged himself in the silo. Although still In oxygen tents, Irwin Marier, 5, and Florence, 3, were reported responding swiftly to treatment for chest wounds, inflicted when the father used a pistol on them and their sisters, Doris, 2, and Luella, nine months old. Marier shot the four and then killed himself because he apparently believed his wife, in a Minneapolis rest home, is suffering from an incurable illness, authorities said. The children were found when an aunt, Mrs.

Mearl Harthorn of Elk River, went to the farm to take some pictures of them, at the written request of the mother. The Marier farm is about 12 miles north of Anoka. Changes Weight FasttoWin Bet Ten years ago Alfred H. Johnson, executive secretary of the Midway Y.M.C.A. branch, wagered with Carl R.

Litsheim, boys' secretary at the St. Paul East district branch, he would weigh 20 pounds less than Litsheim In September, 1935. Johnson then weighed 144 pounds and Litsheim 154, pounds. Llt- sheim's weight later Increased to 200 pounds, and Johnson thought he needn't worry. The contest weighing-in caitfe Friday.

Litsheim weighed 167 pounds, while Johnson was only 19 pounds less. He had lost the bet. Litsheim disclosed he had been dieting, taking steam baths and following a rigid schedule of exercises, losing 15 pounds in the past 10 days. OPTOMETRISTS TO HOLD SESSIONS Latest methods of examining and treating abnormal eye conditions will be discussed by nationally prominent lecturers when the Min nesota Academy of Optometry holds its annual three day ses sion at the Curtis hotel and the University of Minnesota beginning, Septa22. More than 100 optometrists are expected to at- tend the sessions, Dr.

J. I. Kurti according to Dr. Will Preside Kurtz of Minneapolis, president of the academy, who will preside at all the sessions. GROCER SLUGGED, ROBBED BY BANDIT R.

A. Bratzke, grocer, was recovering today from head wounds suffered when, a bandit held him up in his store, 715 E. Fifteenth street, Friday night and slugged him with an Iron 'pipe. Bratzke fell to the floor unconscious. The assailant fled with $10.

GERMANY JAILS AMERICAN Hamburg, Germany, Sept. 14. (INS) A German judge who touched upon the Bremen-Brodsky Nazi flag Incident in New York today sentenced an American seaman, W. F. Gill, 25, of the liner Manhattan, to four weeks in jail on a "mis demeanor" charge.

He was charged with insulting the name of Chan cellor Adolf Hitler. ') by Father, CHARLES J. MARIER The children lived; he died. MRS. CHARLES J.

MARIER She lies in a rest home. PARLEYS STARTED TO FOIL GAS STRIKE Negotiations today were under way to avert a strike of gasoline station employes voted for midnight Sunday by the Gasoline Station Employes, No. 19,802. Union officials indicated that the membership of their organization will hold a meeting early Sunday night to hear the report of the negotiation committee, and if sufficient progress is reported the walkout may be held in abeyance. The union has charged that numerous companies are leasing stations to avoid collective bar gaining activities, and it also Is Seeking a wage scale.

A statement from the strike' committe indica t-1 ed that the public will be able to purchase gasoline, in event of a strike, because the walkout will not affect companies which have signed the agreement, and many independent owners will not be affected. Church and City in Cemetery Row White Plains, N. sept. 14. U.R The city of Mount Vernon must show cause Monday to Supreme Court Justice Raymond E.

Aldrich why it should not be restrained from burying paupers in Potter's' Field. The field is enclosed in one fence with the historic cemetery of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church, started In 1665. Church officials say 2,340 bodies have been burled In the paupers' plot, originally granted to hold only 1,700. The church fathers obtained the restraining order when city officials told undertakers to get bodies into Potter's field after churchmen locked the cemetery's gates.

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Via United 4t, Omaha i-p 1 Hoey-1 Continued From Page One in my absolute proof of suicide." i No One Else's Print Miss Hoey, one of the best known present day musical comedy stars, was found shot to death through the head in the bedroom of Henry Huddleston Rogers, country home near Downingtown Wednesday night. The son of the late multimillionaire oil man and a companion, William James Kelly, of Union City, N. are free on bail of $2,500 each on charges of suspicion of murder pending out come of an inquest next week. Dunlap said his examination of the gun revealed prints of no one else who was present in the house at the time of the shooting. "I found a few smudges of old prints," he said.

"But Miss Hoey's. were the freshest and showed up easily under the dusting powder." Shown Fingerprints He showed the fingerprints he had taken off the actress' body and those the gun. Through a pow erful microscopic lens, the capricious whorls and ridges were brought into bold relief. The prints appeared identical. The gun which fired the fatal shot lay on Dunlap's desk.

Three .45 caliber bullets still were in the chambers. Dunlap said that orig inally only four of the six Cham bers had bullets in them. Father Returns to Daughter's Apartment By International News Service New York, Sept. 14. A tragedy weary man, Henry J.

Hoey, for. merly of Minneapolis, returned to the apartment of his slain daugh ter, Evelyn, today and said: "As quickly as mother Is well enough to travel, we will leave for Philadelphia, meet our daughter's body there and go on direct to St. Louis." The father was himself near col lapse. He had spent the night in Downingtown, arranging the transportation of Miss Hoey's body to the St. Louis home of the Hoeys.

In his absence, Mrs. Hoey suffered another collapse and a trained nurse was called in to care for her. If possible, the Hoeys will leave New York late today. Rogers In Seclusion Meantime, Henry Huddleston Rogers, the playboy son of the late oil man who cut him off with $500,000 of a $15,000,000 estate, was in seclusion, reportedly in this state free on $2,500 ball on a technical charge of suspicion of murder. William J.

Kelly, motion picture operator, who was a guest at Rogers' farm the night the Minneapolis actress and singer was found shot to death in Rogers' bedroom, also was free In the same bail on the same charge. Plans Funeral Funeral arrangements were made by the actress' father late last night when he went tn Downingtown to view the body. He was the first member of the family to see the body. He seemed hesitant at first to face the throng of nearly 200 persons massed before the funeral parlor since early evening. Earlier, the undertakers had permitted townsmen men, women and children and in one Instance an entire troop of Boy Scouts to view the body of the girl.

Hoey lowered his head in "the face of a barrage of photographers' flash bulbs, and waded through the crowd. Near Collapse "Let me see my daughter," he said. He was taken to the front room. "Oh, my God," he gasped. He broke into uncontrollable sobbing and seemed about to collapse.

He was placed in a chair. For fully five minutes he sat beside the body. Then he rose, his hands over his face, and walked out of the room. Investigating authorities Intend to present what evidence they have been able to uncover, at the inquest either Wednesday or Fri day. TENT NO.

1 TO MEET The regular meeting of Mary E. Starkweather tent No. 1, D.U.V. will be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday In Memorial hall in the courthouse.

Tight School I I All Commercial Subjects YJ 12 WEEKS FOR Enroll Now- Night School In Continuous Session DAT U.ASNKH CONTINUOUS Minneapolis Business College I Ninth and Nicollet MA in It keep: rtwvz JLEu- 5 DIE IN FREIGHT TRAIN SMASIIUP Monroe, Sept. 14. U.R The bodies of five unidentified men were taken from the wreckage or an Illinois Central freight train near here today. Rescue workers found the bodies seven, hours after the train plowed into a ditch. Eleven injured men were rushed to hospitals for treatment.

One of the injured, Pete Riggu, 30, of Calhoun, was pinned under an overturned oil car and doctors found it necessary to amputate his leg in order to free him. COFFMAN, BUDD ON YOUTH BOARD President Lotus D. Coffman of the University of Minnesota and Ralph Budd, Chicago, president of the Burlington railroad and former St Paul railway executive, today became members of a special commission appointed by the Amer-. lean Council of Education to investigate problems of youth. A private grant of $800,000 will finance the study guided by a full-time director and assistants.

In announcing the plan, George F. Zook, former United States commissioner of education and president of the council, said there does not now exist social agencies equipped to cope with the protec tion and supervision of young, peo ple. SEVEN ARE INJURED IN AUTO COLLISION Their automobile struck by a racing car on highway No. 65 a mile east of Albert Lea, five Minneapolis persons and two Faribault men we're injured, none seriously, Friday night. The collision occurred when a tire on the racing car blew out.

The Minneapolis persons Injured were Rev. and Mrs. Nels K. Fed-dersen, 5749 Pillsbury avenue, and John Shannon, Rolland Weng and Mrs. Sanders Peterson, all of 5729 Wentworth avenue.

Carl Kraseman, driver of the racing car, and Forest Cole also were hurt. The injured were taken to the Albert Lea hospital where Mr. Feddersen was reported to have suffered a back injury. S. S.

LINE GETS EXTENSION Washington, Sept. 14. U.R The secretary of commerce has granted the United States Steamship lines a 90-day extension of time under which It must award a contract, for a sister ship to the Manhattan and Washington, it was reported today. NEW AND USED BUILDING MATERIAL ON TIME PAYMENTS 1 to 20 YEARS TO PAY Your complete building or remodeling job or material only can be financed here. Free eetlmatee plana, Onr will glady call at yonr home.

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At least that is the assumption of H. M. Barclay, federal supervisor of land acquisition for the Minneapolis project, who already has started making disbursements to owners of property held under option by the government, Going Ahead "We are going ahead making payments for the land acquired in solid blocks In the area," Mr. Barclay said, "and as soon as other solid blocks of land are acquired 'contiguous to this area by option we will start issuing checks for this property." 'However, the Washington Bureau of THE STAR reported the Minneapolis housing project is in danger as a result of the Ickes-Hopkins agreement reached in conference Friday with President Roosevelt. Restrictions Set I All housing propects will be re stricted to $146,000,000 instead of $246,000,000 as originally planned.

On 11 projects, the Washington patches said, the PWA has pur chased land and is committed to the project and must complete them. These do not total $100,000,000 and there will be something left Over 6r' a few more projects to be selected by advisory committee on allotments. Minneapolis may be in one of these two classes, but so far no details as to the status of the city project would be given out. CREW STRIKES AS LINER IS TO SAIL New York, Sept. 14.

U.R) The liner American Merchant of the American Merchant line was en route today to Plymouth and Lon don with a hastily organized sub stitute crew as the result of a strike of its regular crew in support of a seaman expelled from their union as a Communist. Officers of the International Sea men's union furnished union deck and fireroom crews to break up the strike of the American Mer chant's regular crew, but the liner sailed with non-union radio opera The walkout occurred without warning just before the American Merchant was due to sail at 4 p.m yesterday. Sailing was delayed four hours. logy at the University of Minne sota. Sardeson explored the passage way at the request of city sewer authorities, climbed over its jutting rocks, surveyed the smooth top, the rugged sides and a tiny lake at its farther end, and read in a moment its complete history.

Glacial Drift The entrance is approximately 20 feet above river level. It bores directly west for 300 feet, bears to the south for 100 feet, and swings back to a westerly direc tion for 200 feet more. The roof of the cave marks the lower side of a layer of limestone 32 feet thick. Above the limestone is a layer of glacial drift 20 feet in depth. The cave ftself was cut out of St.

Peter sandstone, a layer 150 feet in depth. Beneath that is another layer of limestone, 150 thick, and under that the Jordan sandstone, 50 feet through. Reconstructed by Expert The cave, as reconstructed by Sardeson, was cut out by water seeping through the sandstone. Above it, the limestone, being of harder texture, held fast. Inch by inch the sandstone was ground away until now the cave is approximately 20 feet from roof to the floor.

All this happened far back in Cenozioc time. St. Anthony falls then were located where Fort Snelling is now, and the Mississip pi was following a course southward from Delano, through Lake Minnetonka and south of what is now Minneapolis. Officials doubted whether the cave could ever be exploited. Trickles of water seep through the limestone above.

Hugh, rugged rocks protrude from the walls. The floor, pierced with large boulders, make walking difficult. The air inside, stagnant for thousands upon thousands of years, is musty and Stifling. Lake Like a Jewel One sparkling bit of natural beauty marks the cave. The lake at Its westernmost tip is like a jewel in an expanse of foreboding, yellow clay.

Its water is green as emerald. Under the glare of a flashlight it glistens like beryl. rich City officials have refused permit spectators to enter the cave. Aside from the fact that visitors would hinder sewer workers, there Is constant danger of falling rock, they said. Cave Continued, From Page One ed 10 of to jury of "the shooting of people as they sat on porches of their own homes and in their own automobiles," and would Insist that the jury hear them.

Officials would have to act immediately in order to provide necessary funds to employ 200 additional policemen after Jan. 1. Police Chief Frank E. Forestal first would have to amend his budget request, adding $336,000 to his requirements for 1936, and the city council finance committee would consider the proposal. A special session of the council probably would have to called, because the board of estimate and taxation expects to begin hearings next week on departmental budgets, and it will fix minimum tax levies early in October.

Even if city officials all the way down the line conceded that 200 more police were needed, however, would be difficult to finance the extra cost within the tax levy limitations specified in the city charter. The maximum levy for the current expense fund, from which the police appropriation is made, is 11 mills, and it was antici pated the full amount would be needed to barely cover ordinary needs. Adding $336,000 to the police fund would have to be offset by reducing other appropriations. CITY'S HURRICANE VICTIM IS DEAD Joseph Nepsha, 40-year-old for mer Minneapolis resident, died late Friday at Miami, from injur ies suffered when the recent Flor Ida hurricane struck the Harbor Rock veterans' camp, where he was stationed, according to word re ceived today by Wasil Nepsha, 915 Main street N.E., a brother. The dead man was born in Russia and came to the United States in 1913.

He came to Minneapolis after the end of the war. Nepsha went to Florida about eight months ago. FLAG OF PARAGUAY GIVEN ROTARY CLUB The fiag of Paraguay, the gift of a Parayguayan official, was pre sented to the Minneapolis Rotary club Friday by the governor of the Ninth district of Rotary, Foster Kelnholz of St. Paul. Mr.

Kelnholz received the flag from a prominent Paraguayan of- addition of 200 men to the Min neapolis police force. The prelim inary report was returned late Friday to District Judge Paul W. Guilford. The report was issued after two full8 days of investigation Davis Accused The grand jury will reconvene at a.m. Monday to continue coiv sideration of the riot and the dem onstratioh'at the courthouse Fri day during which the police fired tear gas at the crowd.

Charges inciting a riot may be asked against Sam K. Davis, one of the leaders of the Friday crowd. Frank P. Forestal, superintendent of police', and several officers who were on duty during the courthouse demonstration conferred with Assistant County Attorneys William G. Compton and Al Dretchko today, Jury Recalls Mayor Police officers claimed Davis harangued the crowd and told them to stay where they were when police ordered them to move on.

Mayor Latimer was recalled before the grand jury Friday afternoon. When he left the jury room the mayor explained he had traced the history of the Flour City labor disagreements, practically repeating his testimony given Thursday. "We believe the police department did the best they could with the number of men they had," said the jury -report, signed by J. C. Goodsell, jury foreman, and Mrs.

Fred Loring, secretary. Statement of Jury The statement in full: "This jury has spent two full days hearing testimony and examining witnesses in connection with the riot which occurred at the Flour City Ornamental Iron Works the night of Sept. 11, 1935, result in; in two deaths and injuries to a large number of people. "It is our belief that had suffi cient police protection been afford' ed, the crowds could have been held in line and disturbances held to a minimum. Witnesses disclosed that between 60 and 70 policemen is all that were available to handle this situation; that had 200 men been available, it would have been handled.

"The prime factor deaths and injuries Is a lack of po lice protection. "The publicity given to this af-fri- by the newspapers, hand-bills and radio, drew crowds of spectators, including, ho doubt, a number of persons who cannot properly handle themselves in a mob. Urges 100 More Police "We recommend to you that immediate steps be taken through the proper channels to increase the po lice department of the city of Min neapolis by 200 additional police men. The unemployment being so great, so many people with noth ing to do but follow disturbances for excitement, the spirit Of unrest existing in Minneapolis, will undoubtedly be responsible for additional outbreaks such as happened this week. Would Add $336,000 "We believe that the police department did the best they could with the number of men they had.

"The citizens of Minneapolis all look to the police department to prevent all unlavful manifestations of disorder. This cannot be ef fectively done without an adequate police force." Nearly a score of persons living near the plant will demand that the grand jury hear them Monday, it was indicated. A spokesman for the residents communicated with County Attorney Ed J. Go ft and said they were ready to tell the be it lneseflcial BACK to COLLEGE ON ONE OF THE SMARTEST TRAINS IN AMERICA at the recent convention of LOS ANGELES Rotary International at Mexico City, Mexico. CLt'B TO MEET Members of the Salesmen's club will observe Constitution week at their regular luncheon meeting Monday noon at the West hotel.

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