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The Washington times., 1929-10-28
North Carolina Woman
Leaves Money to Pets

ASHEVILLE, n. c., Oct. % IN.
S.).-Buncombe county, N. c., will
receive $4,000 to care for cat, and
New York animal hospital gets
$500 in memory of "Taffy," a dog,
according to terms of the will Of
Miss Marion Mead, of Skyland, NC.
The $4,000, however, was left to
care for the cat throughout it's
lifetime. The dog had once been
benefited by treatment in the New
York animal hospital. 1t is now
dead
The Washington times., 1929-10-28
Southwest Asks Help
In Getting More Lights

The Southwest Citizens Associa'
ton asked the Federation of Civic
Associations to assist them in get
ting better lights in that section Of
the city at the regular meeting Of
the latter group held last night at
the District Building.
There are no traffic lights at Ger
tain intersections of the busy dis.
tricts in the southwest, and electric
lights on Third Street have not been
pl9Ced as recent communication
from the District Engineer Commits,
sioner had promised.
Report from the education com
mittee on the Dunbar High School
stadium was made. The matter will
he taken up further with the Board
OF Education.
The Washington times., 1929-10-28

legal subjects. and at one time was
assistant to the president of the
Kansas City Chamber of Com
merce. He obtained his legal edu-
cation at the Kansas City Law
School and Georgetown University
Law School.
Is Member of Bar
Brinkman is member of the
bar of the United States Supreme
Court, the District Supreme Court,
the District Court of Appeals and
the Missouri Supreme Court. Dur
ing his service on the District Com
mittee, he has assisted in handling
great number of legislative mat
ters of Importance to the District.
The Washington times., 1929-10-28
Judge O'TOOle Scores
Death Penalty in Talk

Judge Mary O'Toole, of the Dis
trict Municipal Court, continued her
fight for the abolition Of capital
punishment in an address yester-
day before the Washington Open
Forum. sos Eye st. N. w.
Judge O'Toole declared capital
punishment to be out of tune with
modern civilization. She pointed out
that only a small percentage of
murderers ever pay with their lives
because juries wish to avoid the
responsibility for executions.
The Washington times., 1929-10-28
Butler Backs Negro
For Representative

NEW YORK, Oct. 2S.-Dr. Nicho-
las Murray Butler, president of CO.
lumbia University, Endorsed the
candidacy of Herbert T. Delany,
negro Republican nominee for the
House Of Representatives from the
Twentyfirst district.
In letter to Delany, a 32.year.
old lawyer, who worked his way
through college to n position on
the staff of the United States At
torney. DIR. Butler wrote:
You have exceptional qualifiCa.
tions to represent us in Congress.
The Washington times., 1929-10-28
Jim Ring Appointed
y. G.. Committee Aid

James Ring connected with city staff of The Washing
Times for past years. today was appointed as
the Senate District Committee eectNe november
bv Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas chairman Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
GOVERNMENT EVILS.
HIT BY MCCORMICK.
Law Enforcement Commits
sion Member Says Prob
lens Demand Settlement.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES, December 23.-That
President H0over's Law Enforcement
Commission has concluded that two
major problems, prohibition enforce
ment and governmental lawlesSneSs, "
demand immediate settlement was dis
closed here last night by Federal Judge
Paul j. Mccormick, q member of the
commission
Judge Mccormick asserted that the
elimination of governmental lawless-
ness would result in q guarantee OF
constitutional rights to citizens.
Explaining that he was speaking as
an individual and not officially for the
commission, Judge Mccormick asserted
dwellings without warrants was one of
the outstanding evils Of present-day
enforcement methods.
Approved by Constitution,
"It Is n gross misuse and denial of
the constitutional rights of citizens. u
he said, and q menace to life and lib.
erty.
"A mans home is his castle. and the
practice OF entering It, in the cause of
prohibition enforcement. without re-
course to legal procedure, should be
abolished. Third degree methods, As
INDUCED IN today, are wrong"
The evils Of governmental procedure
also were scored by Judge Mccormick.
The machinery Of the law is very anti
quated, he said and needs more up-to-
date manipulation.
Work Well Outlined,
The work of the commission has been
well outlined, Judge Mccormick said.
and the various matters within its
province have been assigned to an in
vestigating committee for inquiry and
report. This committee Is to convene
in the Spring Of 1880. 1t is composed
OF 10 men and woman, Miss Ada l..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
BY JOHN C. QUARRIER,
Associated Press staR Writer.

LEAVENwORTH, KanS, December
23.-The long gray columns marched
through the grim corridors of the Fed
eral penitentiary here. the feet OF
marchers beating solemn tattoo on
the stone floor. No babble Of voices
relieved the monotonous rumble. The
beat was the measure OF q strange, hol-
low silence. Eyes straight ahead faces
inexpensive, the prisoners marched
through the auStere rotunda, where the
green and red lights Of q Christmas
tree cleaned dimly on the marble walls.
To work? Oh, mol Not on Sunday.
To the auditorium. Another lecture of
some sort. Maybe q band OF hymn
singers or Soul-SaverS to make one
weep.
COnvictS Resent Intrusion.
Into the auditorium and single file
into the seats, f1lling them as swiftly
and neatly as man could draw a
straight line with a pencil. in a few
moments more than LOO men had
filled the prison theater. each with a
little white program in his hand.
Christmas festival program pre-
sented by the Kansas City Chapter of
War Mothers" the program stated.
Well. they would be expected to weep,
then. Sentiment! BoSh! Why couldn't
man go ahead and harden his heart I?
Oh. well. might as we'll be there as any
other place within the prison. On with
the show!
kindly-appearing old man with a
close-cropped white mustache and no
teeth kept bobbing up and looking around
the auditorium as he used to look for
friends in the theater. A young fellow
with dark complexion, an oiled pompa-
dour and weak chin looked at the floor
and frowned. But most of the assem-
bled convictS sat Sullenly, with folded
arms, and looked at the worn curtain.
Mail robber, bootlegger. narcotic ped
dler, forger. counterfeiter, bank wreck
ers-they dared the entertainers to
change their sullen mood.
Refuse 70 Join Singing.
The prison chaplain said the invoca-
ton. and Mrs. w. H. Wyley, chairman
Of the entertainment committee, wished
the crowd a merry Christmas. Then
Harry KesSell a popular Kansas CITY
singer and master of ceremonies. asked
the boys in a cheerio voice to join him
in Silent Night" They stood but did
not sing. A few lips moved, but one
can't sing very heartily at Leavenworth
or Atlanta. Then suddenly something
happened. 1t began with a furry OF
girls in modern dancing costumes, a
furry of white crepe and pink silk. A
gasp went through the auditorium. Boy
Boy! A few yips went up. Step it UP
grille! Is it alright. Mr.. Warden? Quite
alright. said Warden T. B. White
Christmas
Miss Doris Bickell. a red-headed girl
with voice like the sound of q clarinet
came out and sang her blues, IT Amt
Got Nobody"
Sullen faces were remade with laugh
ter. The prisoners held their knees. And
when a contralto note tremoloed. ling
cred and sobbed. they groaned and
laughed. The applause roared. Whoo-
pee! Miss Louise McCue and Miss Jane
Affalter sang popular songs. and the
prisoners forgot they had guards The
warden smiled appreciatively at the
high humor into which his boys had
been thrown.
There was an hour of It, The boy
with the frown and pout looked trans
formed. The old man with the white
mustache clasped and reclasped his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
HOUR OF LIFE" TRANSFORMS
CONVICTS AT LEAVENWORTH
Smiling Eyes Again Become Sullen as
Clang of Cell Doors Ends Brief
Christmas Program.

withered hands and said well, well"
under his breath.
Prison Reasserts Self.
And then the prison-the iron and
stone and Steel-reasserted itself.
The prison orchestra replaced the
visiting Jazz ensemble. It blared a
march and q small, straight captain of
the guards paced to the front. He
fiicked his foreflnger to the right. Five
hundred men in the right section stood
and marched out as one. He licked
the finger to the left. Five hundred
more men rose and joined in lockstep.
Four small gestures and / 100 men were
marching through the stone corridors.
There was the harsh voice of a guard
the cold blink of the Christmas tree
lights. unregarded by sullen eyes-the
monotonous rumble and shuffle of
marching feet-and finally the remote
clang Of sliding cell block doors sliding
shut behind the army.
Lights on the Christmas tree blinked
out. The entertainers shivered slightly
in the darkened auditorium.
Christmas In Leavenworth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
TAYLOR EVIDENCE
CALLED POLITICS"
Asa Reyes Taunts Former
California Governor
From Jail Cell.
Nv the Associated Press.


LOS ANGELES. December 23.-The
statement Of former Gov. Friend w
Richardson that he possessed proof that
william Desmond Taylor, noted motion
picture director, who was mysteriously
slain seven years ago, was killed by q
motion picture actress was characterized
today by former District Attorney Asa
Reyes as political ammunition"
Soon after Richardson made the an
nouncement to San Francisco news
papers Saturday statement was issued
BY Buron Fits, present district attorney,
in which the prosecutor said only one
link remained to be forged in order to
perfect his case against the slayer.
Keyes, who is under conviction on a
bribery charge. asserted in the county
jail yesterday that Richardson is Shak-
ing the bones Of Taylor for political
purposes"
Richardson Candidacy Possible.
Both Richardson and Fits have been
mentioned as possible candidates for the
Republican nomination for governor.
Richardson has intinated that either
he or Fits would announce candidacy
soon.
Keyes, who is recovering from an OPP
Grafton in the Jail hospital, character
lied Richardson's charge that ASA
~
Taylor's slayer" as a political broadside.
why doesn't he produce his evidence
now?" Reyes asked. Why has he re-
manned silent and waited more than
three years to reveal that he had posi-
tive proof Of the guilty party?"
THE Taylor murder happened in
1922 while Thomas Lee Woolwine was
district attorney of Los Angeles County
and while Buron Fits. present district
attorney. and 1 both were deputies In
the district attorneys ONCE. No stone
was left unturned then or since then to
uncover the secret of the murder"
Prison Convict Informer.
Richardson said he was told by a
former Folsom Penitentiary convict,
known as Otis Hefner and Otto Nelson.
that Taylor was slain by motion pic
ture actress.
District Attorney Fits said the scene
Of the murder had been reconstructed
and that perfect case had been built
around it, but lone possible connecting
link remained to be filled" He indi-
Gated the slayer of Taylor Is known,
but revealed no names. nor did he dis
close the nature Of the missing con-
Meeting link.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23

Comstock, President Of Radcliffe Col
lege, and Is headed by George W.
Wickersham, former Attorney General
and head of the commission.
Judge Mccormick made his an
nouncement upon his return here from
the East. where he spent four months
in connection with the work of the
commission. During that time he also
sat on the Federal bench In New York
He created considerable attention by
decreeing the wholesale padlockinE OF
New York night clubs where prohibi-
ton law violations had been uncovered
The announcement served to partially
lift the veil OF silence which has sur
rounded the work Of the commission
thus far.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
HOLDS UNEMPLOYMENT
AN UNS0LVED PROBLEM
British Official, in Address, Warns
Against Move That Would
Disturb Public Credit.
u the Associated Press.

ny the Associated Press.
LONDON. December 23.-J. H
Thomas, lord privy seal and minister OF
employment, In an address at Penge
yesterday, said:
quite frankly L tell you I have moi
solved the unemployment problem.
wonder how many would be honest and
frankly say they expect the problem to
be solved In six months"
He said the members Of the govern
ment realized that anything shaking the
credit Of the country would injure the
very people they desired to help.
Referring to press stories on the prob
ability of general elections next year
M Thomas added he could only say
wait and See."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
RECOIL AUTO is TESTED.
Liquid Fuel Used by Waller Instead
of Rockets.

BERLIN, December % R.-MaS
Waller, rocket car enthusiast, tested his
recoil automobile with liquid fuel in
stead OF rockets on the Avus Speedway
here yesterday. The test was made
without q hitch, but Waller failed to
equal his record of 235 miles an hour
made with the rockets.
Waller said the new fuel insured the
drivers absolute control The start
was made in a great cloud Of smoke
from the exhaust, but the machine
worked smoothly throughout. The car
Is without springs. The drivers seat Is
in the center and there are four fuel
containers in front Of him and two be-
hind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
Shaving Brush Il $l35.

LIVERPOOL [P).-A shaving brush
which cost $l35 has been shipped from
this English port to India 1t was az
inches high and had an ivory handle.
Its bristles were selected from ar. OCr
worth Of the finest badger hair. The
makers thought 1t was ordered Is a
practical, although expensive, Christ
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
THREE DIE IN CRASH.
Four Young Men in Auto Run
Down by Fast Train.

NEBRASKA CITY. Nebr., December
% (A1.-Four young men, three Of them
brothers, we're killed instantly near here
yesterday afternoon when their autono-
bile was struck at a grade crossing by
an OmAha-Kansas City train, travelling
30 miles an hour.
The dead: William FeIen. Henry
Feilen, Frank Feilen and Charles Rel
mer. Wreckage of the car was car
ried more than q quarter mile before
the train could be stopped.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
U. S. ACTRESS MARRIES
LONDON MILLIONAIRE
Lieut.. Francis Francis Gives Up
Churchman's Career for Sunny
Jarman. 19.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON. December 23.-Lieut.
Francis Francis, youthful millionaire
subaltern who gave Up his Churchman's
career for love. and Sunny Jarman, 1e-
year-old American actress, we're mar
ried quietly in Christ Church, Mayfair,
today.
Lieut.. Francis recently resigned his
commission In the Guards in COM
pliance with the unwritten law that no
Gl1ardsman may marry into the the
atrical profession. Only a few close
friends witnessed the ceremony.
The bride was charming figure In
Q trock Of biege velvet and a felt hat
Of the same hue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
Aviators Form Union.

MANILA (R).-Filipino aviators have
formed labor union of 80 members.
Thus far there are no aviation employ
ers in the islands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-23
COMPETITIONS ARE OPEN
American Academy in Rome An.
nounces Fellowship Dates.

NEW YORK, December "a QP.-The
American Academy in Rome yesterday
announced its annual competitions were
open for fellowships in architecture
landscape architecture, musical conDo.
sition, painting, sculpture and classical
studies
Entries for competitions in the f,ne
arts close March l, in classical studies
February /.
The terms of the fellowships in fine
arts, open only to men, is three wears
and In classical studies, open to both
men and women. two years. The fell
loWships are each worth about 81. 500 A
year.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Remove This Danger Point! !

One Of the most dangerous highway
hazards in the vicinity Of washington
lies at the junction Of the Fort
Humphreys and Mount Vernon roads, q
few miles below Alexandria. A tradi-
ton among the State police assigned
to patrolling this locality has it that
there is always at least one patient in
the Alexandria Hospital suffering from
injuries received at this spot. The
State Roads Commission should elimi-
nate the inviting conditions at
the earliest possible moment.
At the junction southbound trafic
descends q hill around q curve to pass
over q narrow bridge. NorthbOund
trafAc descends another hill to round Q
turn and cross the bridge, while traflc
coming from Mount Vernon must turn
rather blindly into the main highway
and cross the bridge. Traflc L. always
heavy on these roads and the usual
complications attending the descent Of
hill on q wet day when the concrete
Is slippery are increased by the fact
that automobile drivers reach the
bridge without being able to see far
ahead on any Of the cOnverging roads.
As q result there are smash-ups and
collisions almost every day.
The Fort Humphreys road, built
during the war by the Government and
later turned over to Virginia, takes care
of the main stream Of traffic between
the north and the south. 1t is too i'm
portant as a highway to contain such
bottle-necks and blind curves as those
at the junction. The State Roads Com
mission has promised to remedy condi-
tions at Gum Springs, q little north Of
the junction, where there is q sharp
curve. 1t should undertake the two
projects at the same time.
Evening star., 1929-12-15

ence leaped to the conclusion that the
famed man Of letters was refusing, OF
declining. to meet the heir to the throne
Then came the Kisses, plenty Of them
and loud ones. Later it was learned
that what Shaw was refusing was q
requt st from the Prince that he relieve
the latter Of the duty Of presenting
prizeI to the winning boxers. This is
a pee nliar state of affairs. 1t has been
thought on this side of the Atlantic
that when royal prince requests a
subject complies, but apparently this is
not always so, even when the request
bears the compliment Of substituting
for royalty.
The Prince of Wales has been TO this
country and on that occasion made a
universal impression whereby 1t is I'M
likely that any American, no matter
what his political preJudices, and even
including Mayor Thompson himself,
would be pleased and proud promptly
to do any reasonable thing the young
gentleman asked. The Prince never
spares himself in doing any reasonable
thing asked Of him, and Mr.. Shaw's
public conduct would appear as blame
worthy as 1t is inexplicable. Albert
Edwards request was doubtless
prompted by innate modesty; Mr..
Shaw'S declination was certainly not
prompted by any such thing. "Noblesse
oblise" ought to work both ways: If
you have first-claSs prince, treat him
right. Shaw deserved the misses.
Evening star., 1929-12-15
THE GREAT HUNGER
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES E. FREEMAN, D. D, IL. D.
Bishop Of Washington

Tert: "WheHce shall tDe buy bread
that these may edt?"-St. John, bis.
MAN shall not liUe by bread dloHe'-
st. Luke, iU,4.
The bread problem is universal to the
race. Life is largely characterized by q
search for material things. From the
crying infant seeking satisfaction for
its hunger to the aged man reaching
forth thin hands for food, the quest
goes on. In one form or another our
search Is for satisfaction. Reduced to
simplest terms, it is bodily and physical
demands that constitute the impelling
and compelling motive of life. Jean
Vatican goes to the galley for loaf OF
bread to feed starving ones at home: a
king poiSonS his brother to gain his
crown and faithless wife; Alexander,
dying at 80, sighS for more worlds to
conquer. A man sells his honor and
his soul and brings shame to his house
hold that he may gain q little more OF
this worlds goods, q little more of dis
tinction and praise Of men, only to md
at the end Of his way dissatisfaction and
diSillusion. A whole nation loses its
poise because a period of uncertainty
and panic seizes the stock market, and.
irrespective of real values and stable
industrial conditions, q situation is pre-
cipitated bordering on hySteria. Trac-
ing all these to their legitimate source,
we discover the same old anxiety ex-
pressed in the query of disciple:
whence shall we buy bread that these
may eat?" The form of its expression
changes. the cause or motive largely re-
mains the same.
Jesus was by no means blind or in
different to mans physical needs. Re-
peatedly He gave demonstration OF His
concern for bodies. Indeed, the major
part of His ministry was to those who
had suffered misfortune Of one kind or
another in the battle Of life. At one
time, speaking Of the comprehensiveness
of the Eternal Fathers love, He said
concerning mans physical needs, Your
Heavenly Father knoweth that ye have
need of all these things" There is
nothing in the Christian philosophy of
life that disparageS mans reasonable
quest for the satisfaction of his legiti-
mate appetites. What He did insist
upon was that the mere satisfaction
OF desire, however it might express it
Evening star., 1929-12-15

assistance have so improved the quality
and the quantity of what the consumer
receives that the demand for aquatic
products has Of late vastly increased.
For example, more than $4,000, 900
pounds of packaged fresh and frozen
FISH, or three and one-half times the
production Of 1926, and valued at
$40 900, 600, we're marketed in 1928.
This increased demand leads, in turn,
to an intenSification of fishing opera
tions, which, in turn, leads often to .
dire threat to the future supply.
Next, from numerous sources goes to
the bureau another call for help. More
and greater demands are made upon 1t
for accurate knowledge concerning both
actual conditions and those needful re-
strictions which may insure the con-
tinuance of the large-scale operations
demanded by the public appetite. Al
most every State, in planning wise con-
servation laws, looks to the bureau to
make the necessary preliminary inves-
tigation. A case in point, which comes
close to the National Capital, is the de-
plorable depletion of the natural oyster
bottoms OF the Potomac, discovered by
the bureau at the urgent request of the
Maryland fish commissioner, the report
of which was accompanied with scien-
tifically founded recommendations for
their rehabilitation.
The result Of the situation is that
the more work the Bureau of Fisheries
does, the more it finds on hand to
do, and in a steadily increasing ratio
But, with adequate cooperation and
recognition from other governmental
branches-more especially the legisla-
tive branch, which may make generous
financial propriations-there is no
doubt that it can continue cheerfully
and competently to Swing the job"
Evening star., 1929-12-15
Fish Farming.

The harvest of the sea" is a pbrase
eften' and with propriety, used in de-
scrloing the produce of the briny deep.
Certain basic conditions affecting both
farming and fisheries salt and fresh
water alike, are specified in the recently
published annual report of the COM
miSSSOner Of fisheries. Fisheries, it
points out, like agriculture, are divided
into large number of small operating
units, largely lacking in the capital
necessary to conduct that fundamental
technical research which has been the
foundation for the huge and hugely
profitable expansion in the industrial
field. These conditions have retarded
the development of fisheries both at
home and abroad and have made them
subject Of logical national concern
and national aid.
Marked economic improvement, how
ever, Is noted Of recent years; and this
point brings out a curious situation a:
regards the Bureau of Fisheries, one
wherein that important, although not
always well advertised, Federal agency
finds itself in what amounts TO a sOrt
of treadmill. The situation is some
thing like this: The bureau, it is gen.
orally admitted, is entitled to an ap.
preciable amount of the credit for the
improvement noted. 1t has given vasI
assistance to the solution of variou,
fisheries problems, running all the way
. from intricate biological questions to th'
best preservative for the meshes of gill
nets, and including the training o
technoloeists who later graduate int
!, the industry at considerably increases
emoluments. on the other hand, thI
developments re:ulting from this yer!