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The Washington times., 1929-11-26
Startling Situations Thrill
Reader of New Novel
THE STORY THUS FAR
By ELENoRE MEHERIN
Author of "Chickie" and Other Famous Seria

Mary Patricia Daom, beautiful, yOung brunette, meets
the lad of her dreams in the person Of Guy Elliott,
aviator chg is developing perfect arplane IN the plant
of old William Bryce. Happy days toUoW 0ith Pat and
Guy IN love. Then Barbara Bryce, young w!doc
of Bryces son. ith her seductive lure. Pat Grcets at
Borbara's beauty and aOonderS if Guy is moued by It,
Later Guy receives visit from Barbara and her young
son, upon ,Uhom old Bryce squanders q fortune I0m
Burns aUorkman RACES about the nfdirness Of We0th
His inuahd dying for e0dnt Of necessities Whe"
Bryce refuses loan, Burns Leaves Scedring rerenge
The nert night, in the factory, Guy hears SteoHhy
t0otStep.
1t is Burns avho has robbed the safe. He IS captured
by the pVntchn,an and arrested.
Bryce refuses to intercede for Burns and ne IS put IN
prison.
In Pats home preparations ore being made for her to
to enter college, Hearing much gossip about the yoh
of today Mrs Darn prays that Pat ciU remain the street.
0irl she is.
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What Do You KnOw?
ANSWERS TO TODAY's TEST
For Questions See Comic Page


l. Apples 2. Mammoth Cave 8. Great Britain. 4 The
fur Of the muskrat dyed
In Great Britain, by William Booth Cloth. Obong
portion of rich iced cake TO- French soldier
Photographic film is wound 12 Artificial universal language
13. Wlhelmina Emmanuel Alfonso
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Gas From COrnstaLks

Chemists at the University of Illinois have discovered
process of manufacturing good cheap cooking gas from
cornstalks It requires machinery bacteria from sewage
do the work
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NOW CONTINUE
CHAPTER 20

CHAPTER 20
OUY was deep in his black thoughts when a warm
w husky voice came lifting the room. We've
~ been reading about you. Congratulations With
smile in her dark beautiful eyes, Barbara Bryce came and
leaned Guys table, She had the little lad, Billy with
her. and she warned gaiy Don't let your dog bite
NV child He nrecious
The Washington times., 1929-11-26
Pedestrian Controls Traffic

pushbutton system has been developed whereby pedes
rians NAV control traffic from the sidewalk pedestrian
desiring to cross street. presses button and the light
signals caution" and then "stop."
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
FEDERALS PLAN
NAVOJOA
ATTACK

NoGALEs. Sonora. Mexico, April
20 Q.N.sl-Upon the warning of
General Lazaro Cardenas that he
expected to attack rebel positions
within "a hours, civilians today
were leaving Navajoa. according to
advices received here. The news OF
the impending attack was made
through the medium of llandbills
dropped from airplanes which
circled over the city.
Reports received here declared
the federals had repaired the rail-
road lines leading into Navojoa and
that troops We're rapidly moving
through San Bias, Sinaloa.
A major battle is expected when
the federals advance into the zone
where the 10000 troops of Gen.
Fausto Topete are entrencfled. The
rebels are reported to be occupying
we'll fortified positions along a five
mile front in the vicinity of Navo-
joa.
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
Minister Denounces
Fox Hunting as Cruel

Denouncing cruel sports and prac-
tices, particularizing fox hunting, as
''cruel, cowardly and unworthy the
name of sport the Rev. DIR. C.
Ernest Smith, rector of st. Thomas
Church, addressed TIE Washington
Humane Society last night, in Hu.
name Building, 1891 Jew York
Ave. N. W.
DIR, Smith characterized vivsection
as "hellish, heartless and immoral, u
and declared God did not mean for
man to torture and abuse the lower
animals.
James P. Brigg. jr., weeks old,
was enrolled the youngest member
of the society.
Others who spoke were: Virginia
w. Sargent, William v. Mahoney,
Willard Allen Colcord, Martha J.,
Atkins. Lena Feathers, and Mrs. II.
e. Ewing. Mrs. Herbert w. Ell.
more, president, presided.
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
STILL STOLEN,
ASKS HELP
OF SHERIFF

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, April
20.-"Is this the place where you
report stolen property" asked q.
man who walked into the office Of
Deputy Sheriff Joseph Baker, at
Bowling Green, Caroline county, q
few miles below here today.
1T is, replied the deputy.
We'll, somebody stole my still
last night" said the man.
The deputy sheriff got up as
quickly as his $50 pounds would
permit. but before he could do any
thing the man identified himself as
4. c. Beazley, and said the still
had been in possession OF his family
for years. His grandfather and his
father before him used it in the
days when farmers could distill
under a. State license. Since prohi-
bition it has occupied a space in the
corner of Mr.. Beazley's barn.
Deputy Sheriff Baker went out
in search of it on the theory that
The man who got it, got it to use,
It., but he doesn't yet know what
he win do in Beazley's case, as it
is against the law to own still in
Virginia, even if the stiIl had been
the property first of ones grand
father.
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
RESULTS
ANNOUNCED
MONDAY

In a sealed envelope at the office
of The Washington Times is the
result of the Typical American Girl
Quest for the District of Washing
ton. ! :
The name OF the 'girl O. dream"
is inside. She is the girl who's was
selected late yesterday, after a
lengthy session at the. Carlton Hotel,
as the young woman, who, in the
estimation of the three judges, was
the most typical of all the girls
who We're at the hotel. She is the
typical Washington girl.
In the same envelope are also the
names of several other girls who
in the estimation of the judges were
nearest to the winner in represent
ing the Nations Capital women
hood. They were all very close TO
the winning girl, it was declared,
but apparently they lacked one
minor thing that the other girl pos.
sessed.
Announced Monday
The name of the winning girl
will be announced i'm The Washing
ton Times on Monday. Her picture
and the story of her life will also
be told at that time.
The names of the other girls who
came very close to the finish also
will be told.
The board of judges was com.
posed of Felix Mahony, local art
eit and head of the National School
of Fine and Applied Art; Marjorie
Webster, head of the Marjorie Web
ster School of Expression and
Physical Education, and Louise
Roushon Hoover. fashion designer
and artist, who replaced Mrs. Giles
Scott Rafter. Mrs. Rafter was un-
able to serve at the last minute
because of an unforeseen occur
renee.
Decision Final
The decision of the local judges
will be final. In the week Of May
13, Washington's typical American
girl will travel to New York for
the final elimination in the country
wide quest.
In the event that she is selected
by the national quest judges as
The Typical American Girl she
wan IC1ClhG boyVVV NoCb
Magazine and also will be given
a tour of several of the European
countries. On this tour she will
visit the cities of Paris, Berlin and
London.
Girls Sincere =
One of the things that amazed
the judges at last nights elimina-
ton was the frankness that all of
the girls used when answering.
questions that were put to them.
Another was their sincerity.
All of the girls that were at the
Carlton yesterday were representa-,
tive of American womanhood. The
girl who was selected was the
most typical girl of the lot.
Watch for the announcement
Monday in The Washington Times
of the name of the girl selected as
the Golden Girl of Washington. +"
She will be true representative
of American womanhood of thu
younger generation
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D. ROUNDING
UP WORK To
ADJOURN

With a. hectic week behind them,
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton today are putting finishing
touches on their Thirty-eighth Con-
tinental Congress. The congress viii
adjourn this afternoon when Mrs.
Lowell Fletcher Hobart, president
ticket of national officers are in
stalled. They will rule for three
years.
When the delegates filed into Ne
mortal Continental Hall today their
minds were plainly not on the busi-
ness at hand. The business con-
sisted of reports of the resolution
committee and new business. The
Daughters were busy making plans
for their departure. Many left the
city early today.
At the close of the congress a
banquet will be given at the Willard
Hotel.
This afternoon state regents and
vice regents will take the oath of
office.
The congress completed the
greater part OF it's business yester-
day when it attacked the spread of
communism and adopted resolutions
calling upon Congress for speedy
appropriations to bring the United
States Navy up to its full power,
dedicated Constitution Hall. new
$4,000 auditorium, and the
Madonna of the Trail statue at
Bethesda.
Last night the delegates heard
addresses by Representatives Ruth
Hanna Mccormick and Florence
Kahn. Mrs. Mccormick declared
that the World War had not made
the world safe fol democracy. and
warned against allowing the United
maze of international political in.
States to become involved in 1.-THE
trigue in the League of Nations
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C. E. Robinson Renamed
Head of Bar Group Here

Charles E. Robinson was re.
elected president of the local Col.
ored Bar Association last night at
the Twelfth Street Branch 2. M. CA.
Other officers named were: Ernest
Davis, first vice president; Thomas
Walker, second vice president: Earl
Alexander. recording secretary; Am.
brose Shief, corresponding secretary.
and Frank Adams, treasurer.
The Bar Association will hold it's.
annual banquet on May is, at the
Whitelaw Hotel The banquet COM
rnittee comprises Henry A. Brown,
chairman, Miss Ollie Cooper, Mrs.
Dora L.etcher, Frank Adams, Th@o-
dom Brown. George w. Petersen.
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j. s. IS RUN
SWAMP
NONHE
SAYS
BY William .. Neal
International News Service


The national prohibition act
was denounced today as class
legislation by Representative
o. j. Kvale (F.-L.) of Mime
sofa, a Lutheran minister who
defeated Andrew j. Volstead,
its author, upon a platform
that he was "driel' than Vol
stead. "
The voIstead law is class legislar
ton because it permits the rich
man to get plenty OF good liquor.
and prohibits the poor man from
doing so, Kvale said.
His declaration was made in con-
nection with bill he introduced for
the purpose of drying up the coun-
try" The bill, he said, is designed
to prevent the rich man from re.
plenishing his cellar under the color
of the law.
Raps Dry Groups
Kvale also took a rap at dry
organizations which have refused to
get behind his proposed legislation.
accusing them of hypocrisy
1t is true that some organiza
tions which ought to support my
bill have refused to do so,'' he said.
Why? Because some of them are
getting contributions from these
same rich people who keep their
cellars full of good liquor"
Under the Volstead act, Kvale
explained, a person who had liquor
before the dry law became effective
was entitled to obtain a permit to
keep it. Rich people who stocked
up their cellars can replenish them
under the color of this provision by
representing that their liquor is part
of that named in their permit. he
said.
The man who has money can
get all the liquor he wants. but ii
takes a rich man to get good
LIQUOR he said. This fact makes
the Volstead act class legislation Of
the worst sort. I am not against
the 1aw-what I want to do il TO
make it apply to everybody"
Swamped With Rum
''The United States as a nation
knows nothing about actual prohibi-
ton, for it has never tried it. What
it has tried is something called
'Volsteadism,' and / dispute no
mans right to give it that name.
But it is not prohibition. There is
as wide difference between the
two as there is between swamp
and desert.
What we now have is the curse
of the country. Prohibition, if we
can have it, will be a boon, a God
send, blessing to untold millions,
and to millions Of generations yet
unborn
Kvale asserted that lack Of en-
forcement of prohibition is a ma
tional scandal"
He declined to discuss the effeco
tiveness of the Jones law, for which
he voted.
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
Cobb Island Becomes
Maryland Township

A new town was born in Charles
county, Md, yesterday.
Cobb Island. surrounded by the
Potomac and Wicomico Rivers and
Neales Creek. so miles from Wash
ington. is the new township. Three
Washington men--Henry Gilligan,
member of the Board of Educa-
tion; l.. o. Sack and F. w. Kneesi
ARE acting as town commissioners
Until the first regular election in
May.
All residents of the island having
citizenship in Mary and will be
allowed to vote IT the municipal
election. Incorporation papers give
the two commissioners power to
borrow money for water works,
sewage. roads and other public i'm
provements.
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
Loses Eye Salvaging
Copper From Old
Stills

LLRAY. Va, April 20.-Chop-
ping to pieces some copper stills
purchased from the county after
they had been seized by prohibi.
ton officers and stored in the jail,
Lester Redman, tax collector in
Marksville district, was hit in the
eye by a piece of the copper and
the eye had to be removed.
Redman. with his son, had come
to the Jail, where the stills were
stored and both were chopping
them to pieces. Redman's ak
slipped, striking the copper
glance and chipping off the piece
that struck him in the eye He
was rushed to Rockingham Hos
pitaI.
Nine hundred pounds of copper,
the accumulation of but a short
while, were totaled in the stills.
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Daughters who attended the
dedication of Constitution Hall
had a chilly afternoon. The great
auditorium. still in the last stages
of construction, was damp and
unheated.
The retiring president general
had some difficulty communicating
with the leader of the Marine
Band, which occupied the deeply
sunken orchestra pit. Her en-
deavors caused about 5000 sup
pressed giggles.
Blue was the predominating
color on the new stage. Mrs.
Hoover wore a blue ensemble with
her brown straw hat, while Mrs.
Brosseau wore a blue hat and
dress of darker shade. Mrs.
Hoover's hat got many admiring
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
Senator Kean Slated
For District Committee

Senator Hamilton F. kean (R) OF
New Jersey is slated for member
ship on the Senate District Com
nittee, according to persistent
rumors at the Capitol today.
Kean was the victor over former
Senator Edward I. Edwards (D.)
last November. Two other Demo
cratic members of the committee
were defeated in November-Wil.
liam Cabell Bruce of Maryland and
NJ. NJ. Neely of West Virginia.
1t is probable that the vacancies
will be filled early next week, az
Senator Arthur Caper, chairman. is
anxious to eaH ~ mestins
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Sidelights On .. A. r.

glances, what with the trick fur
arrangement on one side.
The speeches were somewhat
heightened by the number of per-
sons it was necessary to address.
Mrs. Hoover, Nine. President
General. honorary and national
officers, distinguished guests, and
members of the Continental Con-
gress." was the way some of the
speakers put 1t,
Captain Stott, of the Third pre-
cinct. is still taking care of the
Daughters. He chaperoned them
faithfully from yesterdays morn
ing session to the new building,
and remained for the ceremonies.
The hew First Lady has no rivals
for graciousness. She was roundly
applauded at the dedication exer-
cises and attained the superlative
in feminine expression, pleased sur
prise and shyness.
Some of the pages are getting all
worn out.
This is the third time for me
and last one of them said yes
terday, 'and i mean last with a
broad a."
The Oklahoma delegation has
heen entertained by the Oklahoma
Congressional delegation at lunch
in the private Senate dining room.
Senator Elmer Thomas was master
of ceremonies.
Mrs. C. Montague Irwin will be
hostess to Mrs. Thomas Shaw,
Mrs. w. III. Hoyt, retiring State re.
gent of Minnesota, Miss Carolyn e.
Punderson. new state regent, Mrs.
A, w, Milne and Mrs. Hayman at
luncheon today in the Senate din
ing rooms.
with Mrs. Bailie safely out of
the way Mrs. Hobart safely
elected and the new Constitution
Hall all dedicated, the Daughters
can go home and rest for another
wear. The exodus probably will
start tomorrow, although some of
the delegates may remain to see
what washington looks like when
it doesn't rain
Many members OF the Con-
tinental Congress Will take colds
home with them as souvenirs. due
to the sour humor of the weather
man this week.
"Now that Mr.. Brosseau has
given us s25,000," one of the
Daughters said. maybe he wont
have to be identif1ed before ne
can get into the sessions. =
The husband of the president
general had considerable difficulty
at the first session, when ushers
refused to let mere man through
the sacred portals. He had to be
identified befors he vas admitted.
The Washington times., 1929-04-20
Program for Today
In d. A. r. Congress

announcements.
Recess for luncheon.
p. m.
Assembly call: entrance OF
the pages.
Report OF Resolutions Com.
nlittee.
New business.
Confirmation of newly elected
State Regents and State Vice
Regents.
Installation Of new officers,
the Chaplain General.
Music: America" the assem-
blage.
Adjournment: Thirty eighth
Continental Congress.
1880 j.. m.-Annual banquet,
new Willard Hotel.
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PIJBLICIT
BANNED D
BYG.O.P
CHIEF
BY William X. Hutchinson
International News Service


international News Service
A partisan tariff controversy
In the Senate was developing
today to add to the farm re-
lief worries of the Admins
tration.
The Democratic minority on the
Senate Finance Committee will bat
tie for open tariff hearings. while
the Republicans have decided on
secret session.
The controversy furnished an
other sign that the Hoover Congress
NAV be far from amenable to
presidential wishes.
Farm Aid Row SINNERS
The farm-relief controversy went
right ahead in the Senate, although
Administration forces had the House
situation we'll in hand. The Senate
Agriculture Committee. awaiting a
statement from the White House
on the unwelcome debenture plan.
prepared to write 1t into the new
Senate farm bill, regardless OF
White House sentiment
The President could kill the plan
by merely announcing his opposition
to it, but such an outspoken act is
not anticipated, since it would put
Mr. Hoover in the position of pull
ing pressure on Congress- posi-
tion he has studiously avoided.
His public statement late yester-
day, appealing to all sides to get
together was addressed to farm or
ganization, not to Congress.
The tariff conflict arose at the
first session of the Finance Com
Ynittee. AS soon as the question of
open or closed hearings came up,
the committee divided into two
Partisan camps.
Watson Bans Public
'tThe Democrats decided that
whatever the character of hearings
general or special-we would
favor public hearings" announced
Senator Simmons Cd of North
Carolina, the aged minority finance
leader. I'VE believe the hearings,
and the record of requests for
higher tariff rates, would be of in
terest to the country"
THE majority members of the
Finance Committee have decided on
closed hearings" countered Senator
Watson of Indiana, Republican
leader.
I'VE will decide later whether the
hearings shall be general or con-
fined merely to subjects not
touched upon at the House hear
ings We felt, however, that closed
hearings would expedite considera,
tion of the tariff bill after it reaches
the Senate.
The Republicans, having a strict
party majority on the committee,
are certain to have their way. The
disagreement, though, indicated the
Democrats were ready and willing
as ever to make party battle out
Of the tariff.
Aided by Dickinson
While Administration leaders were
hopeful of a peaceful special ses-
sion. both the farm bill and the
tariff may lead to old-fashioned po-
litical battles before they are en-
acted.
Administration forces We're in con-
troll in the House and planned to
enact the so-called Hoover bill early
next week. Their task was made
easy when Representative Dickin-
son R.) Of Iowa, head of the House
farm bloc. came out with an in
dorsement of the bill and an attack
on the debenture plan.
"The debenture plan ought not
to be considered" Dickinson told
the House. "The equalization fee
is past history because we fixed
our farm policy in the last Presi-
dental campaign and the fee was
abandoned.
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GENERA
NEWS SECTION
$40 a. M.

S.OB a. Als
MEMORIAL CONTINENTAL
.HALI-Assembly call; entrance
of the President Gener a |
escorted by the pages.
Congress called to order, the
President General.
Scripture and Prayer, the
Chaplain General.
Music: '"The Star.SpangEed
Banner" the assemblage.
Reading of the minutes.
Report of the Resolutions
Committee. Mrs. Henry b. JOY,
chairman.
Presentation of gifts.
Unfinished business.
New business.
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Hoover Catches
Trout on Visit. to
Maryland Stream
President Makes Unex-
pected Trip to Preserve
AT COtOckin Furnace.

President Hoover declared half
holiday for himself yesterday afternoon
and motored to the fishing preserve
at Catoctin Furnace, near Frederick.
Md. recently acquired by Lawrence
Richey, one of his secretaries, and while
looking over the place did little seri-
Gus casting with nice pound-and-a-
half trout as the result. The party re-
turned at $50 O'Clock last night.
Mrs Hoover and Secretary Richey
and Mrs. Richey accompanied the
President on this brief fishing expedi-
tion although. while casting about the
banks of Hunting Creek, the party was
Joined by Henry OMalley and other Of
ficials OF the Bureau of Fisheries.
The President is said to have been
we'll pleased with the general layout of
this nearby Fishing hole" and was
represented afterward as expressing a
desire to pay frequent visits during the
coming Summer.
Evidently inspired by the warm
Springlike weather yesterday. the Presi-
dent quickly decided, after completing
his mornings schedule of business, to
visit the Cstoctin Furnace preserve
Virtually no advance preparations for
the trip were made so sudden was his
decision The President made no ad-
vance announcement of his intentions
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TWO WOMEN SHOT
FOLLOWING PARTY
Divorce Wounded Her During
Struggle, Then Shot Self,
Other Victim Says.

By the Associated Press.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April 27.-Police
here today were endesvoring to de-
termine the circumstances in the shoot
ing early today Of Mrs. Owen Conrad,
divorce, and Miss Margaret Maley,
who shared an apartment here. Mrs.
Conrad is not expected to recover.
Both women are prominent socially
and entertained party of friends until
late last night. Included in the party
were F. Harold Van Orman. former
lieutenant governor Of indiana; his wife,
Susie Van Orman, candidate for mayor
OF Evansville, State Senator John H.
Hewitt, and several other men and
women.
Mrs. Van Orman, in a statement
today. said the party broke up about
2 O'Clock this morning.
Miss Maley told the police that about
4 o'clock she entered Mrs. Conrad I.
apartment and that the latter was
brandishing revolver In attempting
to wrest the weapon from Mrs. Conrad
bullet struck Miss Maley in the leg
She said Mrs. Conrad then shot herself
IN the abdomen.
Mrs. Conrad Is the mother of a
2-yesr-old child. Her former husband
Is said TO be In England