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The Washington times., 1929-06-20
DIME FARE.
URGED BY
KLOTZ

A recommendation that the
Public Utilities Commission
grant the Capital Traction
Company and other street rail.
way lines in the District an
increased fare is contained in
a letter sent to Ralph B.
Fleharty, Peoples Counsel by
r. G. Klotz, commission en-
gineer, today.
The letter is a complete analysis
Of the traction situation sn the Dis
trict. All elements to support his
contention that the companies need
more money, IL satisfactory service
is to continue. are outlined by
Klotz.
Free Transfers
Using the fare rate sought by
the Capital Traction Company a
three tokens Tor Is cents. q straight
i0.cent cash fare and free trans
fers to and from busseA on pay
ment Of q cash fare, KlotZ points
out the advantages and disadvan-
taEes of the suggested increase,
He suggests that granted the IN.
crease. the companies should 1nstan
the inter company transfer; with
only such limitations as may avoid
abuse, and free transfers from
street cars to certain bus lines
operating as feeders and auxiliaries.
Cuts Fare For Children
His plan is as follows:
"Uniform fare for all street cars
and buses except as noted below:
"Ten.cent cash fare, three tokens
for 25 cents.
school tickets, IL for IS cents.
Free intra and intercompany
transfers between all car and bus
lines, with only sufficient restric-
tions to avoid loop riding and other
abuses.
Bus connections to be graded as
follows:
Feeder lines--Bladensburg, Poto-
mas Park. Massachusetts Avenue,
Randall Highlands, Chevy Chase
Loop. Bennings, Park Road, Wood
lev Road, East Washington, Ana
costia-fares to be same az on
street cars with free transfer to
and from cars.
Auxiliary lines-Burleith, Trini.
dad, Conduit Road, Rhode Island
Avenue-- fare 10 cents straight
free transfer to cars and free trans
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However, she is quite certain It
wasn't her husbands faVorite
lament, though she is equally sure
he had a. throbhing prediction Tor
other lyrics from the same source.
Her husband didn't dread the
dawn, she charges, because ne
seldom awakened to find Ramona
gone-at least during the last eight
years.
Sues Song Writer
And for this, and sundry other
reasons. Mrs. Shiverts, acting
through her attorney, Richard
Blaine Dawson, of the law firm of
Dawson & Dawson, has started two
legal actions against Mabel Wayne,
who wrote the song.
One names her as a correspondent
in divorce slit and the other, an
alienation action, seeks 100000 as
the price of her husbands affec-
tions.
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Wife Asks LoUe Balm
OF Ramona" Writer
80, / dread the daIOn
When I 0wake to find you gone
Ramona. I need you, my oIOn."

NEW YORK June 2O.-Now, that was thrllllngy senn
mental and entirely appropriate ending for what turned Out
to be of the most popular OF love ballads you ASK
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GRILLE ED.IN
16-H()IJR
TEST

COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 90
(I.N.S. ).-Following more than
Is hours of grilling, DR..
James Fl. Shook, who has been
held for investigation in con-
nection with the murder Of
Miss Theora Hix, 25-year-old
Ohio State University coed,
of Bradenton, Fla, admitted,
according to Chief of Police
Harry E. French that he had
been with Miss Xix the night
Of the Staying, and that he
burned some of her clothes
two days later.
Widespread rumors that Shook
had confessed were denied by John
r. Seidel, his attorney, who still
plans to apply for 4 habeas corpus
for tins doctors release.
A Columbus Newspaper Il selling
extras announcing Professor snook
contesses."
Shook was subjected to the
longest gri1ling in the history Of Co
lumbus police.
The questioning took place at the
city Jail, after which Shook was re.
turned to his cell at the county jail.
At 7:45 o'clock, an hour and q half
later, the probers made q sudden
dash from the city jail to the county
bastile, and, with a stenographer. en-.
tered Snook's cell.
Announcement Expected
A sensational announcement was
momentarily expected.
Horribly nlutilated, the body Of
Miss Hfx was found among the
weeds of a rifle range on the
outskirts of the city June II. The
girl had been brutally beaten and
slashed to her death the previous
night. The head had been beaten to
almost pulp, apparently with q,
hammer. So badly was it battered
Identification was not made until the
following day.
The body was found by two boys.
Until hiss admission early today.
DR.. Shook, who had admitted shars
ing one-room apartment love
nest" with the girl, had stead
fastedly maintained that he last
saw his sweetheart June IL.
Authorities place the utmost Inn
CONTINUED on Page 2. Column y
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PARAMOUNT PARK

FIRST RACE-Mary winn, Perjury.
SECOND RACE-Marcella Arnes.
Len1nos, Golden Top. Dusty Answer.
Realty, Senator Fiddler
THIRD RACE-Tecate Black Nan.
Florence Kranz, Bright Plume, Illinois
king. Flora Levy.
FOURTH tRACE-war. Grail, Escarra.
Thistle Beauty, Al stebIer. Miss Mary
land, Huey.
SIXTH RACE-Chicola,
weather, clear; track. fast.
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ABERTS DENIES
GONSP TRACY

BEI4AIR. Nd, June 2o.-'I am
through with Mrs. Stone forever;
l know nothing OF Georges death,
and / am living again with my
wife and three children"
Those were the words given to
States Attorney w. Worthington
Hopkins today by. James e. Aberts,
railroad brakeman and admitted in
innate of Mrs. Hattie Stone, of
HaVre de Grace. who IL accused of
poisoning her son. George. 15.
Came From Beiair
Aberts was brought here and
locked up in the Belair Jail as, a
Continued on Page 2, Column II
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MAN, 50, found
DYING IN AUTO

HAGERSToWN, Nd, June 20
His head badly gashed. William F.
Scholl.. So. OF Philadelphia, travel
ing salesman. was found dying in
his automobile on the Middleburg
Pike, four miles from Hagerstown.
last night. -
suspecting foul play, local author.
tiles are making a full investiga-
ton today. One theory prominently
advanced is that scho1l was at
tackled by a hitch-hiker he had
befriendsd.'
The tragedy became kncwp when
ScholPs car, travelling at a low
rate of speed, left the pike and
stopped at a. fence bordering the
home Of Norman Diller.
Found by Two Men
DiIIer and Mark Petrie ran out.
They found Scholl lying in the car
beside the steering Wheel He was
unconscious, covered with blood,
and his pulse was beating feebly.
They summoned DIR. B. B. Keis-
Ter. but School died before the arri-
val of the physician.
Police found ample proof of
Scholrs identity in his pockets. He
was a travelling representative of
a shoe company OF Rochester, N. Y,
it was learned, and several boxes
of shoes were found in the ma.
chine.
His personal funds had been ,un-
touched, nor was there any sign of
an attempted robbery.
To Trace His Route
It was at first believed that
Scholl may have been overcome by
the heat, or had been stricken i'll
and had struck his head against
some part of the automobile.
The Investigators. however, were
unable to discover how such blow
would have inflicted the deep cash
on his head, which apparently had
been caused bye.sa fairly sharp
weapon.
Through an investigation of the
territory through which Schou was
travelling, authorities hope to trace
the various steps of his journey to
the time of the fatal blow, they
said. SchoII apparently had come
down from Pennsylvania, as his
pockets held several orders for
shoes from dealers in nearby towns
OF that State.
ADvERTisEMENT
Improved n. r. d r. Express Motor
Coach Service to MISUNDERSTANDING
burg. See announcement inside.
The Washington times., 1929-06-20
ADVERTIsEMENT

Improved n. #. q r. Express Motor
Coach Service to Richmond-Frederiek
burg. See announcement inside.
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COchrane, Ex-Husband
OF Gamma Walska, Dies

SARANAC LAKE, n. Y. June
20 Alexander Smith Cpch-
rane, millionaire carpet manufac.
turer of Yonkers, n. r., and a
former husband 9f Mime. Gamma
Walsha, opera singer, died here
today.
C0ehrane, once known as the
worlds wealthiest bachelor, = was
noted az a sportsman ,and philan.
thropist. He maintained a summer
home at RedIapds, Calf.
The Washington times., 1929-06-20
BANK STATEMENTS

Washington Clearing House,
New York Clearing House bal
ance, $154, ,O0O, 900.
New York Clearing House ex.
change, 81 ,438, 900, 600.
Treasury balance, $685., Isl, ,644.29.
Custonles receipts, So, ,566, 1856.
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ToDAY'S SCRATCHES
WASHINGTON pARN

FIRST RACE-Tabby Cat.
SECOND SACE-St, Matthews, G6
Away, Traymore, Coaster, Paula Shay,
Haylnaker
THIRD RACE-5adxer FACE.
SETH RACE-Flood Control.
SEVENTH RACE-Theorist Jane.
Weather clear; track fast.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-07
The Border Highway

There is one important factor the American gov
eminent has overlooked In connection with promotion
CT 4 better understanding and closer commercial rela-
lions between the United States and Mexico, and that
is the necessity Of providing more highways Tor the
border. thereby bringing the American pubic INTO
closer contact with Mexico.
The misunderstanding which have arisen between
the two republics In the past. the ~prsjudioes ana an
t~irathies. are the result Of lack Of contact. They %
not exist in the border country. doe to the fact the
residents on both sides Of the Rio Grande have close
contacts. They have learned that while their language
and costoms may differ, they have mutual intesests
and that through cooperation they can aid n ths so-
luton OF their respective problems.
For several years Mexican border leaders have
sought TO impress upon the federal government the
advantage which would accrue TO both the United
st.tss and Mexico by surfacing the border highway.
which extends from Brownsville through Laredo and
I'll Paso 10 san Diego, California, and diverting 70 the
MEXICAN border 4 large volume Of the seasonal tour
ist traffic between the East and West In recent
months the federal government has evidence consia-
cradle interest. which has been enhanced BY the loes.
having projects. and it Is not improbable that betorf
another year has passed the government will provide
az least part Of the funds for the proieS.
Cameron county will have approximately = miles
80 ~. ., miles within her borders paved in a few
ussks and has applied to the state for aid on the re-
uaindsr az the project. Hidalgo county districts IN
AAAAAAA
rluds psrt Of the border highway in their projects ana
The entire mileage from Mission vest 70 Roma mas peeh
TONED with gravel and oiled, forming one 81 the
finest Highways in South Texas. From Roma to Lare-
do work Is nov under way on bridges and other strue-
lures, with the state highway commission proposing
rravelinr and oihng through Zapata and webb eoun-
ties. From Laredo west no definite plans have been
announced, but il j. evident that unless the federal
government provides 4 liberal appropriation financing
will be impossible.
IMPROVEMENT Of this famous old trad the entire
distance from Brownsville TO san Diego would pro-
vide direct connections with the Highways the Mexican
rovernment is now constructing from The border south
usrd. IL would become the favored route for 2 large
volume Of tourist traffic and would prove an important
factor in eementing better relations between the peo-
pies Of the two republics.
Another feature which should not be overlooked
would be the value of this highway r. the law enforce
ment officers II both countries. The operations al
smugvlers and other lavle's elements are confined
PRINCIPALLY to those regions where officers OF the Ia"
seldom penetrate. The lsw-breaker carefully AVOIDS
tia highways Of civilization, preferrlng the devious
trails through the %chaparial. and % long - the wide
snranss Of border remains without highways and pro-
lection. the lavlsss elements will continue e operate
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-07
College Enrolment

r. Sat th,t enrolment IN the senior colleges Fl
-. United states In 1897 and 1925 did not show the
go. r.resnt.ve ~ increase a. ln the four previous
years has caused considerable comment On the rart
Of educational leaders.
p,;o- ~ the World war there had been a steady IL
rys.xe in college enrolment, but Immediately after
ths va there was = very large increase. which con-
,irusd with little abatement until 1927. There was 2
rorrespondnrly large increase IN the enrolment in
secondary schools. The colleges seem to have caught
Nm with the increased secondary school enrolment
and while increases arc still to be expected, it is hard
70 see where any very large increases are 70 come from.
our colleges are now On = level fully p per cent
above that of the rre-Wsr period. II seems reasonable
a. presume that the results ~ the increased belief N
the value Of a college education, which followed the
war. have become fully effective. The slack has been
taken VI. whether = relatively stationary enrollmsnt
would be A matter for cheer or for regret would de-
pend upon whether the students who come to college
hereafter viii ~ mostly those who could and should
profit nv college training or whether they are those
who would be better employed in some other way.
The suggestion Of the probable effect Of a deereas-
ins birth rate in placing families in = better financial
rosition % send their children 20 college. and ths
related suggestion that the drop IN enrolment msy be
the result ofthe temporary business recession az tn
past two years are interesting. They are contrary,
However. to the current tradition TO the effect that
in general a BRIEF period Of financisl depression Is
likely q result in a sharp increase in college enroll
msnt. This tradition seems "a have some statistical
justification. The figures have not. In general. shown
that . temporary business depression results In de-
creased college enrolment.
The whole matter is very complex, and no one has
any excuse fer being doEmatie; but il Is certainly
reasonable 70 suppose that with = decrease In the
rate Of growth Of the eountry's population a time must
cone sooner or later vhes college enrolment will BE-
In accord with the population increase.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-07

Ct the city and especially in TIE Eo-esll.d "enbasry
district"
Although speakers at the meeting made no COM
rlaint against ambassadors using wines and liquors for
their personal househclds under the rights OF extra
territoriality, q courtesy that j. granted foreign en-
bassies and consulates all over the world. il vas
charged that some Washington embassies" have be-
come virtual speakeasies where enough liquor is boot.
legged daily ito float the Arkansas."
Clinton ". Howard. chairman Of the COMMITTEES as
serted: 1T is ommon report that enough liquor d
coming in under protection Of foreign privilege 70 float
the Arkansas. There Is no reason in the world why
any foreign property should enjoy immunity from the
laws Of our country or why the constitution Of the
United States should not be enforced on every foot
Of soil under the American flag"
Mr.. Howard holds rather peculiar views regarding
the regulation Of foreign embassies. II it were per-
Missile for the United States to enforce liquor pro-
hibition within foreign embassies, it would be equally
permissible for the Turks to prohibit wives Of Ameri-
can ambassadors to appear on the streets without wells
or for the American representative in Samoaland to
array himself in trousers. The United States il not
the only country that prohibits, but is practically the
only one that prohibits use of alcoholic beverages. II
this country is going to enforce its peculiar brand of
prohibition upon foreign ambassadors or other repre-
~sentativss 81 foreign governments, ii would be only
fair for foreign nations TO impose their own peculiar
regulations upon American representatives.
The right or extrsterritorisIity is a courtesy grant
ed fer the express purpose of protecting foreign rep
resentstiyes from the embarrassment of domestic PRO.
hibitions or other s~umptuary measures, and the United
States would be the last country to countenance any
discourtesy 70 those who are representing foreign gov
ernments.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-07
By ROE ~FULKERSON

READ THIS FIRST.
Betty Brown. unettrsctivs to men.
takes up dancing to increase her
physical charm. Andy Adair. Harry
Ford and other men seek her society.
although some Of their attentions
are not the kind she desires. Her
father dies and her high school
friend, George Harris. a slow, stolid
boy. sees her through the funeral.
a sharper swindles her mother out
Of her life insurance money and she
dies broken hearted. leaving Betty
alone In the world with only a hun
bred dollars and no ability 10 earn
her living save hy dancing.
NOW co ON WITH THE ST0RY)
CHAPTER XIX
The first evening in her new room
Betty was lonely, indeed. She went
to a cafeteria for her dinner, then
back u her room. She was about 10
throw herself on the bed 70 cry when
t,s woman who ran the rooming
house called up the stairs: "Mr. Har-
ris is here 10 see you. Miss Brown"
Bet went gladly down 10 meet
George in the dinEy rooming house
parlor.
II thought you might be lonely and
want 70 20 TO a moving picture he
said. in his slow voice.
Il don't think 7 care for q picture"
replied Betty. but l would like to
talk 20 You. George. for ] am very
lonely. But let's not SIT here. This
place Is gloomy. Let's 20 sit IN the
park.
on . rsrk bench George went ~
once a. the point.
What are yoL going 70 do for q
living."
Il don't know anything but dane
inT. ! shall have 70 do that"
"Where!"
"A lot Of entertainments use paid
talent. 7 know the address Of a RI
who hires IL. Jack Parker. Several
Of the girls 1t dancing school told me
tat be had given them Jobs a. stAs
dinners and the like"
y an very much opposed 20 that"
Geo > announced. mo good can
come Of going 20 places like thati
You will get into bad company and
YOU are too nice q girl 70 mix up
vith the kind 0f people who 20 20
such placezi'
George. you have q wrong idea OF
dancing girix," protested Betty. The
girls at Seiikoff's we're just as nice as
the girls We knew NJ high school. A
nice girl Is a nice Girl. whether she
dances In public or not"
n am not critiririnE the girls. \
say = steady association in that
York and environment reans
STEADY lopsnnT of your standards
ard idssis."
Regardless CT standards and ideals.
one must eat"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-07
An, M About s-Wsasz
lllEtlb New York .R1ER

NEW YORK. Feb. They used
TO do IL in the draft days TO trap fell
lows who tried to get out Of poin-
inT the Big Tiff. Last week q mendi-
can't who wass arrested for begging
without m license pleaded deafness
10 the court. The judges sympathy
was aroused and be was permitted 70
go. As he stepped away from the
bar, however, a court attendant crept
up behind him and dropped four
dimes 10 his feet. The deaf chump
Immediately turned and looked at the
coins. vhsreupon he was brought
back and given thirty days.
OF AL BREAKS,
Because New York reporters COW
cred the Arnold Rcthstein case con-
fused him with another sportsman
known nv Niger Nate Brooks. Silent
Nate Raymond probably will never
live down the nickname NJ Niger
Nate.
But what we started cut n record
was Raymond's session of low ball"
with Nick the Greek and Others.
last year. al the San Francisco Bar IN
Tia Juana.
Raymond was ahead $4,000 and tn
Greek vas tout almost S35.nnn. when
RAYMOND admired the Greeks tic.
Gee. that's . pip" said Raymond.
I'D like TO have t."
"Ieh, its nice" said the Greek
Cost me twenty-five bucks. and it's
washable. too"
a few minutes later Raymond said
u was quitting for the night. The
Greek urged him a. play y BIT long
e. III a play another hour mi
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-07
Hitting the Wet Spots

The embassy district in Washington. described as
athe wettest spot in America came under the fire of
the United National Committee for Law Enforcement.
q new organisation, which proposes 10 dry Up" the
capital as the first step in its national campaign.
Committee speakers pointed cut At = mass meeting
in which a7 churches participated. that 4 was folly .
attempt 60 dry MP the nation unless the law II eff
GENTLY enforced IN the national csrital. They express
"a the view that Washington should Re made the neral
Is we'll as the political capital q the United States
ard proclaimed war on rum and vice IN every quarter
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-02-07

Betty hssitstsd rcrent. and then
lifted her skirts just above her
knees.
"Sav. Kid. don't Fet me wrong.
Legs are what ! sell and what YOU
have 20 sell. That's What the cash
customers want. It's hir. hip, hur-
ray. II there IL too much hip there
is no Murray. No legs, no legacy. 7
must remember that. That's a good
nifty. Let's see 'em."
Bette reached behind and gathered
her dress tight IN show her figure.
I'm. not 10 bad. They don't like
the heefy ones. Come down here at
two o'clock. I'm trying out q mono
logist and there will be a piano
PLAYER here. Wei see what you
can 40. Bring your music with you"
my music?'
"Your dance music and . song or
two. MI you can do a y and
dance
Hs turned away 10 the frowry girl
10 ask some questions about another
matter and paid no further attention
20 Betty.
Good morning She turned %
20. but Parker merely waved his
hand without replying.
Betty thought about the interview
ail the cay home. She felt Genrre
was probably right, but cansolsd her
sell with the thought that this bluff
man. Parker. was likely bothered
' 18th a lot Of girls who wanted TO
dance, and his familiarity was only
the result Of his business.
She vas hack at tvo with ner cos
tune. The frowzy girl told her n &C.
upstairs and follow the sound 20 the
piano. She found herself In a large
room devoid OF furniture, except for
a piano ard three broken chairs. On
che OF these hat a hard-faced girl,
smoking n cigarette.
At the -iano war = young man Of
ths same type as Parker. On the
floor n man III sailor costume sang
q song about "AIl Hands on Deck"
half . tone off key. AT the conclu-
sion az the song he danced a horn
pipe avkwzrcly, and then gave an
imitation Of drawing a glass Of soda,
pretending 70 ret ~ cut Of his ear.
The man at the piano held his nose
~ the conclusion cf the arr. and
Parker waved him away with The
one word "Rottenl-
But my monoloyue." protested
the performer.
Joe Miller joke book stuff Come
on. kid he turned 70 the other girl.
strut your stuff"
The girl handed tpo or three dog
cared sheets uf music to the piano
player ard began A song. Half way
through the first verse Parker inter
rrrted her. Lets see von dams. =
The piano player thumbled the mu1ic
and began 70 play while the girl
began q Charleston. The Chzrles-