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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
HENRY FORD'S 2-CENT CHECK
HELD VIOLATION OF OLD LAW
Statute Passed in 1909 Is Cited to Show
Worlds Richest Man Is Liable
to Punishment.

Light Golden Jubilee Committee. and
received by Mr.. Quinlan a few days
ago. At recent Atlantic City cele-
bration Of the invention Of the mean
descent lamp by Thomas A. Edison
Mr.. Quinlan loaned Mr.. Ford 2 cents
to buy jubilee stamp. Mr.. Ford
promised to repay the loan. He did,
and here's what the law books say:
Section 1872 of the United States
Code, annotated Criminal Code, section
1921 issuing notes less than 81:
mo person shall make. issue, circu-
late or put any note, check memoran-
dunn, token or other obligation for less
sum than 81 intended to circulate as
money or to be received or used in lieu
Of lawful money of the United States;
and every person so offending shall be
fined not more than $500, imprisoned
not more than six months, or both"
The law was passed by Congress on
March 4, 1909. There Is no record Of
procedure under 1t, but 1t was SubSe-
quently frightened up by the amend
ment removing enforcement from the
discretion OF the court.
The Federal statute was the outcome
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18

Of currency troubles following the
money panic of 1907. To meet emergen-
cieS there were issues of cashiers GER
tifcates and clearing house certificates,
and. particularly in the West. there was
municipal and county issues of scrip
and general run of synthetic cur
rency, almost as troublesome as the
present circulation Of homemade gin.
Congress knocked all this In the head,
but that was 20 years ago, and they
could not foresee that an obscure auto
mobile maker out In Detroit would be-
come Millionaire and write a 2-cent
check.
On October 81, next, Mr.. Ford will
give a dinner to Mr.. Edison as the cul-
mination Of the jubilee celebration. The
betting Is one brand-new Ford auto
mobile against a pair of roller skates
that the dinner will not be given in any
of Uncle Sans jails-no matter how
de luxe they may be.
Letting fancy. run Wild, 1t would cost
Henry Ford, $24 .657, 490 to put in six
months In jail, If his earning capacity
were taken away during that time. This
Is based on an earning Of per cent on
his $500, 100000. On the same basis, the
four seconds he took to sign the 2-cent
check cost him $632, as his time is
worth $l5S a second. However, he
would clean up that SIS In few seconds
over five minutes If they let him do his
home work in the Jail.
(Copyright, 1927
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

special DlSpaLcn TO Inc Star.
NEW YORK, July 16.-Henry Ford
is no incorrigible check writer, leaving
that end of the business to his sub
ordinates, but the other day he limbered
up his writing arm and tossed off a
check for cents-the first personal
check he had written in five years.
Today the law sharps here say Mr.
Ford can get six months In the Federal
jailhouse for 2-cent checks and can
be fined up to $500. While Ford Mo-
tor of Canda has not reacted to the
discovery, and Mr. Ford has not yet
jumped to Windsor, there is the Fed
eral statute looming up so high 1t
couldn't be cleared by pole vaulter.
To write a check for less than 81 is
a punishable offense. The law has
never been amended except to omit the
words at the discretion Of the court"
which leaves no possible loophole Of
escape for the Judge II some jealous
law enforcer should drag Mr.. Ford into
court.
MIR. Ford's check was made to J. F.
Quinlan of New York, secretary of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18

yesterday afternoon, but the count of
the votes was not completed until late
ovation from the convention yesterday
when In his opening speech he declared
the Lutherans believe in regeneration
through Christian influences and not
through a policeman's billy" He also
expressed disapproval of the mixing
into State affairs by religious bodies.
The convention also reelected a
number Of other officers. A. F. Setback
OF Fort Wayne was reelected treasurer
and Prof. e. H. Englebrecht of River
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18

Charles D: .Wohltjen, Brooklyn, N. =,
east district. and Edwin Meese, jr..
Oakland, Calf, west district.
heroerC Kuenne of Baltimore wcs
elected recording secretary and MISS
Olga springer of Pine Bluff, Ark, was
elected assistant secretary. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
NEW PETROLEUM
/. USE IS FORESEEN
Grain Alcohol Can Be Made
From Oil Gas, Report
Shows.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, July ia syn
thetic. petroleum chemistry industry OF
100000 900 year is estimated to be in
the making in report to the American
Institute of Chemical Engineers.
This figure does not take into account
the non competitive or the new markets
which the report says will undoubted-
ly be found for certain of these products
derived from petroleum hydrocarbons"
The round sum is based on the POSSIBLE
ity of petroleum sources supplanting
those now supplying acetone, normal
butanol, ethyl alcohol, fusel oil, ethyl
acetate, glycerin and miscellaneous
derivatives.
Two Make Report.
The report is by Wallace j. Murray
and Earl p Stevenson OF Arthur D.
Little, Inc, Cambridge, Mass.
'tOne of the most al1uring possibiH-
ties" says the report, "is the production
of ethyl alcohol grain alcoho) from
ethylene, Of which 1t is estimated that
5000 900 900 cubic feet year are avail
able In petroleum refinery gases. This
amount Is equivalent on q theoretical
basis to roughly lo0,0o0,0o0 gallons Of
100 proof alcohol.
Deserve Attention.
Tertiary alcohols, of which butyl and
alnyl are now available, deserve more
than passing attention. Until quite re-
Gently these were listed as laboratory
curtosities. They are unique products
for which we are indebted to the ad-
vance OF synthetic petroleum chem
istry.
"Isopropanol is another material men
toned only In text books prior to the
advent Of synthetic petroleum chemis-
try on a commercial scale. Its position
is still somewhat ambiguous.
"As substitute for denatured or in
dustrial alcohol its economic position
does not appear sound, chiefly because
Of conversion costs, but the market
otherwise open now Is relatively small"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18

AMONG the delicaces for which the Southern States
"A are recognized the velvety and juicy peach takes
precedence.
It's flavor is 1intable. With cream it is one OF the
worlds most tempting dishes.
But frozen in The Velvet Kind Ice Crean-the
Scream of the South"-it becomes superb among all
the refreshments of Summer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
OFFICERS Reelected
BY WALTHER LEAGUE
Fort Wayne Man Again to Lead
Organization Of Young
Lutherans.
BY the Associated Press.


FORT WAYNE, Ind, July ls.-E. ].
Gallmeyer of Fort Wayne Tuesday was
reelected president of the Walther
League by the delegates assembled here
for the leagues thirty-seventn annual
convention of young Lutherans. Victor
Schulz Of Grand Rapids, Mich, the
only other nominee, withdrew his name
Monday.
The balloting for officers was held
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18

Germany is buying large numbers of
British motion picture organs and Ger
mans are receiving instruction In play
ing them from British instructors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18

Mr. Ford's check was made to J. F.
Quinlan of New York, secretary of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18

Forest, Ill, was reelected neld secre-
tary.
All four vice presidents also were re-
elected. They are Prof. w. Baeppter,
EdmonSton, Alberta, Canada vice presi-
dent for the north district; w. r.
Kramer. Waco, Tex, south district
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-18
WOW fresh Peach

The fresh, pure cream from which this ice cream is
made is as fine product of the South the peaches
theselves-from selected herds dairy farms care
fully conducted and supervised
In Southern Diaries work of promoting the dairy in
dustry of the entire South branch carried on more
pa takingy than the making of ice Each plant
is last word in scientific equipment and sanitary
cleanliness.
The Washington times., 1929-11-27
Reduce the Federal Taxes On
Earned Incomes

CONGRESS and President Hoover will be keenly impressed
~ with the petitions that will be presented Congress
Saturday December T. signed by hundreds of thousands of
American citizens urging that there substantial reduction
in Federal taxes earned incomes.
This impression will be made stronger by the great parade
that march through the city to the Capitol to the
petitions from those who feel that they Disseminated
against by the tax laws of their country.
It significant that in this city business professional
joining most heartily in serving committees ar
ranging for this parade which should be by every man
and woman able to spare the short time necessary.
Business fully appreciate that the Government takes
from the worker all lines than his fair share in taxes
his ability to buy the things he needs and entitled to is re-
duced Furthermore his chances essened the
years when his earnings will be reduced.
Congress is to cut income taxes because of Treasury
plus That the cut ought to be made where
burdensome should be clear to anybody Men who
their incomes should be the benefcares They least
able to carry heavy tax burdens,
The Washington times., 1929-11-27
Be Thankful Tomorrow
"OH THAT MEN WOULD PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS
OGooDNEss AND FOR HIS WONDERFUL WORKS TO
And Work-That Next Thanksgiving May B
,Thankfulness

THE CHILDREN OF MEN"
The people this country have special for thanks
on this Thanksgiving day that reminds each Of our
great good fortune and of many possessions.
That we exist at all is miracle.
That the climate of our earth the temperature of
blood regulated that life is possible is everlasting cause
We the heat of the Internal region below feet
Absolute ero hundreds of degrees below freezing our
heads, above the atmosphere
We are travelling through the frightfuly cold ether at
speed exceeding Is miles second.
And go peacefully about our business undlsturbed
nation is the richest and most powerful the world
We should be thankful for THAT.
Millions that fooshy gambled have learned lesson They
have been taught by the only real school, EXPERIENCE that
nobody gets ANYTHING FOR NOTHING.
They should be thankful for THAT.
Crops good The nation is in earnest strong at peace
with the world and able to keep peace by MAKING itself
spected
Every American should be thankful for THAT
AS nation we want nothing that is not We
INTEND and we ABLE to keep what is
That which is grows in value every day and
every year.
We should be thankful for THAT.
Above ALL many u.s. perhaps majority, have done all
that might do have wasted opportunities and ignored
others. BUT WE HAVE TIME AHEAD OF U.s.
Another year and many years stretch ahead Each day
gives opportunity for useful work, for greater self
respect for weaknesses for prosperity increased
Our mistakes own to blame for them
many blessings the gifts of generous Providence
in the worlds most fortunate land We should be thankful
The Washington times., 1929-11-27
lima of Times Reporters Universally Condemned

FORT WAYNE (Ind) NEWS-SENTINEL
Press representatives must be protected against
the present arbitrary power of the judiciary in citing
and jailng press for contempt when they refuse
to divuge the confidential sources of their infor-
nation
BALTIMORE NEWS
Their CThe Times repOrtersO imprisonment is only
the latest of several fagrant examples of judicial
tyranny in contempt cases that richly deserves and
will soon receive the attention of Congress-
HARTFORD Comm TIMES
If newspapers can discover where speakeases are
located, police ought to be able to.
The Washington times., 1929-11-27
MiIIikan and the MiIkman
BY Herbert Kaufman

DRoFEssoR HARLOW sHAPLEY, who surveys futures
and fundamentals from Harvard astronomical laboratory
discovers after squirting through the powerful tee
and microscopes present command that still
crawling among the foothills of knowledge"
He tosse imagination, among other tdbs for digestion
the fact that the material system (of which the pnpont
where dwell is such pddng party more than
a thousand million trillion miles across
In light of which observation would appear that
will be indefinitely occupied with research practice
tiOn and the investigation of substance environment
Students of yesterday must step aside for experts
morrow.
Live problems can't be solved with dead theories One
thought that hasn't previously anybody else
more important than library full of tre knowledge
Consequently Dr. Millkans value to society is equal
that of the average million individuals contribute
lasting thought permanent principle progress
Mkan assured that radioactiviy largely
from four to wit helium oxygen silicon and on and
upon that premise inventors will eventually appara
tus to control and resultant forces which may
quie the unkng of all wireless and power systems
Of course merely choice few mentally privileged
enlist in such adventures.
The rank and file of the Adamsons aren't technically
trained sympathetcally inclined to superintendent
But only fauous seHsatifacton downright lazness
account for the empty roles that maores play in affairs
For instance any balance sheet indebted your in
genuity for dividend increasing notion7
Are the author of single idea to reduce leaks
or lacks?
Probably not. You prefer brood instead over the in
justice and napprcation which continue to eegate you
to the background of action.
Lacking the sparkpugs of initiative and enterprise folk
who do possess them of your time energy
You may know as much the who bosses you, but
you don t show as much.
You may be better educated but unless reflection
distilled from your college fueling you
won't work without a driving belt
Wherever hghbrow is taking orders from roughneck
it's because he has neither the CUTS the gumption to give
orders to himself
No individual is worth than his output place
fixed and your wage is based o production
t0f his than
he takes out of himself The jobs hold continue to
until grow out of them
There's for development in standardized situa-
on for which every contingency anticipated by set
rule and regulation
Dprove the validity of the rule successfully challenge
the soundness Of the regulation and Immediately become
candidate for promotion distinction
The difference between Milkan and milkman is that
his faculties and the other let's them drowse
lCoPyright 1929 by the Daily Mirror
The Washington times., 1929-11-27
LISTEN WORLD!
"GiUe Thanks-For WhQt?"
By Elsie Robinson

THANKSGIVING DAY to give
1 thanks for home and
friends. A day to rejoice over
peace and plenty.
But how about those who
haven't home or friends, peace
or plenty? How about those
whom life has sold short? This
is for them this is for you,
If you're one of them.
It's your thanks day, too.
Give thanks for what?
For yourself for your
life for the chance to live,
whatever the cost.
Don't pass up this day because
you're not in the mood for it.
Stand up - look up
speak up. Tighten your lip and
steady your eye and say-"I'm
thankful" Thankful for deeper,
fiercer things than ease and
safety and happiness. Thank
full for tn echance to fight
and the spirit to fight with.
What if the going is rough?
1t is only a weakling who has
to have smooth going. What if
the way is dangerous? It's only
a coward who yells for safety.
What if you have taken a
chance and lost? At least you
had the courage to take a
chance and that spirit is
bound, at last to lead to victory.
What if the years have dashed
your pride and battered your
heart?
Thank God, you had pride
The Washington times., 1929-11-27
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis e. Risch-

LIVERY person numbers among
- his acquaintance one or
more individuals who seem to
be sick continually-at least
they claim they are.
The name we like to desig-
nate them by is hypochondriacs.
1t is a chronic state of mild de-
preston characterized CHIEFLY
by anxiety concerning health.
An outstanding trait of hypo-
chondriacs is the shifting of
anxiety and attention from one
organ to another.
At one time they worry about
the heart, then they think they
are short of breath and must be
developing tuberculosis, then a
digestive disturbance may give
rise to the notion that they have
ulcers of the stomach, possibly
even cancer.
And so it goes. One thing
after another haraSses them al
most beyond belief.
The hypochondriac certainly
suffers mentally and we must
not treat his complaints lightly
nor poke fun at him. The inter
eSting feature about all such
cases, of course, is the fact that
nothing whatever is wrong about
the organs they believe to be
diseased.
When a hypochondriac COM
plains of pain in the chest, for
example, there is no organic
difficulty of any kind present
and careful examination and
tests will demonstrate that fact.
This makes the average person
Jump to the conclusion that the
disease complained Of is all bosh.
The Washington times., 1929-11-27

to lash and heart to batter.
And, above all, thank God,
you're still going strong. Yes,
know you limp a bit, you've
a scab on your nose, and your
wind is dented. But they
haven't licked you, yet-not
by a million miles!
Others may face the day un-
Scared, smack their lips at
loaded tables and fat pocket
books, but you, stranger, have
something that out-rates them
all. You can grin at a we'll
stocked life.
You've seen things happen;
you've helped them happen;
you've been through the heat
and hell of it all. You're a
veteran, now, and you've
earned your stripes.
Yes, I know you're wearing
most of those stripes on your
soul-branded. And the bread
you eat today may be bitter
with unshed tears. Yet, never
thelesS, you. above all, should
be thankful.
Thankful for tears and
stripes. They are treasure,
dearly bought, and those who
have dared to suffer are the
truly great.
so, stand up. Look up.
Speak up. Cry-"I'm thankful"
Thankful? I've had the
courage to challenge life as a
man"
The Washington times., 1929-11-27
Hearst Papers Advocate

l. An agreement OF English-Speaking peoples to pre-
serve peace among themselves and to promote the
peace of the 1OorLd
e. Proportional representation in the United States
Senate, no State to haze less than t1Vo Senators.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
portiOnment IN the House of Representatives.
8. separate Department of the ArnuyI of the Navy
and of the Air Forces, all united under Secretary
=. of National Defense.
4. Federal action to the limit of Federal poWers to
abolish iterucy in the United States under Secre
tGry of Education.
Election of Congress I'm November. installation on
the first of January following. Inauguration of the
President first of January neat after November
election.
The Washington times., 1929-11-27
THE MARRY
GO-ROUND
BY Helen Rowland.
Lovers-and Others

LOvers-and Others
A super-woman Is one who
"A can win an argument with
a man-and then get him to
say that he loves her.
A mans wife is something
like the Equator; in a subcon-
Scious way, he knows she's
there-but he can look right at
her without seeing her.
What no woman can under
stand is why man will spend
weeks trying to wedge into a
girls affections-and then, sud
denly turn around in a panic
and try to Squirm out of them.
The shyeSt man on earth
never doubts but that SOME
woman wants to marry him.
The shyest man in the world
will shy" at anything that is
thrown at his head-particu-
larly if it happens to be a
woman.
Infatuation, like paralysis, Is
so often all on one side.
Here's to that woman-politi-
clan, who boasts that she has
been happily married to the
same man for over thirty years!
It takes far more courage to go
on living with the average man,
than to walk out to a cookbook
ing lawyer and spill your tears
and your troubles all over his
desk.
It's hard for a man to forget
a woman's beauty-especially,
when she leaves most of it on
his coat lapel.
"A robber demands only your
money or your life" says the
cynical bachelor, but a woman
always wants both!"
The Washington times., 1929-11-27
CHICAGO NEWS

The position taken by the court arbitrary and
unreasonable. The cause of order and good govern
ment would lose, not gain, were this principle (re
spectng of newspaper cOnfdences) renOunced. News
papers are not prosecutors.
COLUMBUS CNeb.) DAILY TELEGRAM
The action of the court has aroused intense resent
ment among all classes of sureenOugh Americans 1t
is nasty blow at our bOasted freedom of the press
If the conduct of the court is to be adopted through
out the country it will mean gOOdby to the activity
of newspaper reporters in chasing down and exposing
many Crimes public and private.
The Washington times., 1929-11-27
NEW YORK COMMERCIAL

The course of justice is easily diverted Instead of
being commended for what they (the repOrters) had
dOne they were sent to Jail for not doing more; that
is for refusing to divulge the names of speakeasy
prOprietOrs. 1t wss confidential information which
they were professionally obliged to keep secret
CHARLOTTE (N. CO. OBSERVER
These reporters had given the authorities all the
information that they could naturally expect There
was no reason why the police agencies of the town
could not have gone out and got the facts The
newspaper men performed public service.
The Washington times., 1929-11-27
Two Bi lions of Buildings
Good News for Prosperity.

r NICHOLAS ROBERTS, head of S. W. straus Co., who
have financed since the war; important buildings
than any other organization in the United States predicts
building program Of in the next six months
Exclusive Of major engineering projects"
Cheaper money that the usury debauch is interrupted
will make possible much building that needed but has
been possible while money could be lent on call at from
to 20 per cent.
The Washington times., 1929-11-27
Too Much Trouble
And They Got Nothing.

WHEN the prices and fortunes in Wall Street were crack
w ing heavily officials not far away in the Navy Supply
Department in Brooklyn examining the work of gang
that bound guards and spent five hours trying vainy
to break into Government safe containing $4,000.
That lot of work for only $66ooo you are in the
cracking business Wall Street the place. You can make
or lose it more rapidly there.
The Washington times., 1929-11-27
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

In all things that are purely
social we can be as separate as
the fingers, yet one as the hand
in all things essential to mutual
progreSs.-Washington.
The Washington times., 1929-11-27

The sight of a drunkard is
a better sermon against Chat
vice than the best that Was
ever preached upon that sub
ject. -Savllle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-01
TURIN IS REPORTED
ROYAL MARRIAGE SITE
Popola Di Roma Says Humbert and
Marie Jose Will Wed in
Piedmont Capital.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME. November T. Popolo di
Roma's Vatican City correspondent to-
day said the marriage of Crown Prince
Humbert and Princess Marie jose of
Belgium probably will occur at Turin
instead of Rome.
AS reasons he assigned the residence
in Turin of Archbishop GAMBIA, who
probably will perform the ceremony,
TURNS position as capital of Piedmont,
old seat Of the house of Savoy, the
sacred shroud or which the Savior
was said to have BEN laid upon the
descent from the cross and which is kept
in Turin as property of the reigning
house and fourth. that political con-
siderations necessitating marriage of the
heir to the throne in Rome itself no
longer exist as they did at the time Of
the Kings marriage.