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The Washington times., 1930-12-06

Del locratic Opportunity

CyENATOR GLASS recently issued rousng,
a inspiring Democratic statement, in which he
arraigned Democrats for apologizing for
Democratic victory.
There are some Democrats who apparently are
willing to adopt the Republican theory that the
country will be hurt by Democratic government.
Evidently the public did not think it would be,
or they would not have elected so many Democrats.
It was during Republican regime that the
financial collapse occurred.
It was during Republican regime that the coun-
try has been slowly forced into foreign entangle-
rnents, in spite Of the protests of the public at
the polls
TWAS under Republican regime that the nations
foreign policy has been dominated by international
benkers and by Wall Street spectators
It was under Republican regime that the whole
country has been turned into an armed camp in
the attempt to enforce an unenforceable and un-
American prohibition law.
It was under Republican regime that the con-
stitutiona rights Of the States have been invaded
and the constitutional liberties Of the citizens
suppressed.
The opportunity of the Democrats is to restore
the Government to genuine democracy and genuine
Americanism
When the people elected the Democrats, they
did not want them to work with the Republicans
and continue the same policies and the same
calamities. Else they would have elected Re-
publicans.
A little DEMOCRACY will not hurt business.
It will do business good to have money in the
hands of little people who spend it, instead of big
people who hoard it.
A little AMERICANISM will not hurt business.
It will do business good to have money held
here in America to develop American industries,
instead of shipped abroad to buy European war
bonds.
A little old-fashioned HONESTY would not
hurt business
It would do business good to prevent some Of
the overspeculation and overcapitazation Of cats
and dogs which have plundered the public and
created depression.
The Democrats need not be afraid of their
principles or their party.
The people want change, and if they cannot
get the change they want from from the Democratic
Furthermore, they SHOULD do so; and the
Hearst papers will help them to do SO.
(signed) WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
BANDITS STAGE
|. 4H0LD-UPS

Four persons were held up last
night in a foray Of banditry.
Invading various sections Of the
city, a group Of highwaymen were
successful I'm obtaining money In
three "jObs" but failed In .
fourth when q drugstore prOprie-
tor dropped behind his counter
and the bandits became alarmed
and fled.
A lone robber, whose nerve
aided him In making a successful
getaway, appeared at the Lord
Baltimore Filling Station, Sixth
Street and Rhode Island Avenue
Northwest, e.rly in the evening
and forced Jesse Brotherton, the
attendant, to turn over $25 at
the point of a pistol.
Meets Minister
Brotherton was forced into q
lavatory and the bandit walked
calmly out of the office only tc
meet the Rev. Edgar Newton
100 block of Columbia Rd. N.
W., who drove up for a supply
Of gas. Addressing the minister,
the robber said:
"The attendant viii be right
out"
Becoming suspicious as the
bandit drove away in an auto.
mobile, Rev. Newton noted the
letter and two numerals on the
auto tag.
Police recalled that Jack Bitt.
ner, an attendant at the same
station, was killed in a hold-uu
three years ago.
Pedestrian Slugged
While a stream Of motorists
passed close by, three armed
bandits attacked and robbed An.
tome Mahenog, 200 block of q
st. N. E., employed at Wardman
Park Hotel, of $3.50 at Woodlev
Road and Twenty-seventh Street
Northwest.
Mahenog, who is 26 years old
was walking on Woodley Road
when two men leaped from a
parked machine. One struck him
with a weapon, believed to have
been a pistol, while the second
rfiled his pockets.
Taxi Driver Robbed
George p. Weinberg, 80. a taxi
driver, reported that he picked
UP two fares" near Twenty.first
Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.
and was told to drive to. Cherry.
dale, Va.
Nearing the destination, Mein-
berg said he was ordered to halt
his car and one of the. men forced
him from the r1:achine at the
point OF a pistol and then tied
him to q tree. The bandits rifled
his pockets Of S.
Entering the drugstore of DR.
Fred D. Potter, 1900 block Of
Georgia Ave. N. W., two bandits
drew weapons and demanded
money. DR.. Potter dropped be.
hind the counter. The bandits
then scampered from the store.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
CONDEMNS
MAN AGAIN

TOWsON, Md, Dec. 6.-Lorenzo
Price, colored, will be sentenced
to death on the gallows in Circuit
Court here next Monday morning.
This will be the second time the
death sentence has been passed
on the man, he having been con.
victed of first degree murder grow
ing out Of the fatal shooting Of
Reuben Heyman last January at
a previous trial.
The Court of Appeals subSe-
quently granted q retrial Of the
case and yesterday, after deliberat-
ing only S6 minutes, o Jury again
found him guilty Of first degree
murder.
Price took the stand In his own
defense and claimed that Mrs.
Dorothy Burgess, Heyman's COM
panion on the night Of the shoot
ing, had given him money to buy
the gun and urged him to kill Mr..
Heyman.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
FLORIDA FREED
Of FRUIT FLY

Florida has been freed from the
invasion Of the Mediterranean
fruit fly that has caused millions
Of dollars damage in the orange
groves.
This was stated today In the
annual report Of the Bureau of
Entomology submitted to the De
partment Of Agriculture by DR..
c. L. Marlatt, chief Of the bureau.
Experimental work on the fruit
fly is being carried on at a station
in the Hawaiian Islands, and 1t Is
the work done there that paved
the way for the successful eradica-
tion Of the pest in the United
States.
The bureau is carrying on ex-
perimental work in the field Of
control for such pests as the Jap
anese beetle, the European corn
borer, the gypsy moth and. the
Oriental fruit moth.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
D. c. FUNDS QUIZ
ASKS TAX DATA

Called upon for additional In
formation covering taxation
assessments and property values
in washington as compared with
other cities Tax Assessor William
p. Richard again was scheduled
to be the chief witness today
before the House committee
investigating fiscal relations be-
tween the District and Federal
Governments.
Mr.. Richards, On the stand for
the third time, was asked to
suppE an available data on taxa.
tiOn assessments In 80 cities Of
1,OO0, 900 population or less.
In early parts Of his testimony
he had explained In detail how
property is assessed here at prac-
tically it's fun value. However,
Mr.. Richards complained, when
the Government wishes to
purchase property condemnations
juries allow o much greater value.
Asked If the Government was
as wen represented as private
parties on condemnation proceed
ingS the tax assessor said he
would not like to reply.
Officials OF the Bureau Of
Efficiency are to follow Mr..
Richards on the stand. Chair
man Mapes said that daily hear
ings, Including Saturday, would
be conducted.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
DRY RANK lifts
. EXPECTED At
MEETINGS
Leaders Apprehensive Of
Battle Among Organizations
over Anti-Wet Program

with four major dry organlza'
tions meeting in Washington
next week, there is a prospect Of
a battle within the ranks, DR..
Clarence True Wilson, head Of
the Methodist Board Of Temper
ance. Prohibition, and Public
Morals. being in favor Of refer
endum on the Eighteenth Amend
nlent and Ernest H. Cherrington,
general secretary Of the World
League Against Alcoholism. being
afraid of the consequences OF one.
Mr.. Cherrington estimates that
a referendum would cost the
friends Of prohibition at least
S25, ,OOO, 900, and he n1anifests q
great fear that the vets have
gained sufficient strength and
determination to spend even more
than that.
Referendum Favored
DR.. Wilson has come out for Q
referendum, making his only con-
dition that some definite alterna-
tive, hard liquor, light wines and
beer, Government control, or
something Of the kind, be In
cluded. He says he would favor
one every 10 years, even, as he
believes the drys would win.
Mr.. Cherrington Is not so op-
tomistic, evidently, and his pic
ture Of the expenses Of such a
move Is chaotic. In the first place
he figures there would be 100000
voting precincts with about seven
persons or more looking after
each--say 10000 persons in all.
At S. q day each, that would be
$3.75O, 900 q day pay - which
might, on the other hand, be an
aid to the unemployed.
Then Mr.. Cherrington sees the
necessity Of putting pamphlets de-
scribing the glorieS Of prohibi-
ton in each home-at q cost Of
at least 5000, 900. Advertising
and other expenses would easily
run the total to $25, 900, he
says.
Finance Problem
"The handful Of wet million
aires" fears Mr.. Cherrington,
who today are lavishly financing
the fight against the Eighteenth
Amendment might easily write a
few checks covering q parallel
expenditure for the wet group.
but the dry forces have not the
directors Of any great alcohol
producing plants prepared to
finnace our fight, for the sake of
personal profits to be gained.
1T is currently rumored that
10 men today are financing the
wet propaganda at the rate Of
$500, 900 each per year." he de-
clares.
The decision In the prospective
battle will depend upon which Of
the leaders has the backing Of
the majority Of influential drys
The first Of the meetings to
begin will be that of the National
Temperance Conference, Monday
and Tuesday. DR.. wilson 5
Methodist Board Of Temperance.
Prohibition and Public Morals
will meet on Tuesday: the Ma
tional Council Of Associations In
Favor of the Prohibition Amend
ment on Wednesday and Thurs
day, and the international Reform
Bureau will meet on Friday.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
SEES TRAIN KILL
HER HUSBAND
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and the man led her to an au-
tonohile which took her to her
home.
washington Terminal officials
said Mr.. Ellis, an electrician with
the company for 18 years, left
his work at Fourth and s Streets,
near the lexington yards, and
cut directly across the tracks.
The train, painting in from
Hagerstown, Nd. struck him be-
fore the engineer could reach his
controls. His body was thrown
to the opposite tracks and death
was instantaneous.
It was learned that the two
sons of the Crarners are In a
school for the blind in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Creamer had plan
aed q happy Christmas for them
pnd the boys were eagerly look.
~ E0gvard to It
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
2 Annapolis Clubs
Disburse $I87, 900

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Dec. 6.
That the Christmas saving club
plan is popular among residents
of Annapolis and vicinity is in
dicated by the fact that two Of
the city's banking institutions are
now mailing checks to depositors
amounting to more than $ls7. 900.
The Annapolis Banking and
Trust Company is distributing
$122,743.68, and the State Capt.
tai Bank Of the Eastern Shore
Trust Company, $65. 900.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
PO|NCARE SICK,
WOULD DODGE
PREM|ERJOB
Former Presidents Desire to
Avoid Task Leaves France
With Few to Pick From

PARIS, Dec. 6.-The scarcity Of
suitable political timber available
to President Castor DOumergue
In his search for . successor to
Andre Tardieu as Premier Of
France today left the chief ex-
ecutive in an undecided frame Of
mind.
RAYMOND POincare, the man
most desired for the post, advised
President DOumergue that his
health would not permit him to
accept again such responsible
post. Despite this, an under
current Of hope persisted that the
veteran statesman In the END
would succumb to persuasion be.
ing brought upon him.
BarthOu Is Prospect
Aside from Poincare, the most
promising prospect appeared TO
be Louis Barthou, former premier
and former chairman Of the
reparations commission. He was
minister Of justice in the last
Poincare cabinet.
M. BarthOu Il believed capable
Of constructing . coalition cab
met which would include the
radicals.
BRAND in BACKGROUND
other prospects include Pierre
Laval, minister Of labor In the
Tardieu cabinet, who settled the
recent troublesome textile strike;
Henri Cheron, former finance
minister and minister Of justice,
and Theodore Steeg, former resi-.
dent general Of Morocco.
In the background, Of course,
remains Aristide BRAND, who
continues to dominate the foreign
office.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Prisoner Wins Case
After Is Affen1ntH

NEW YORK, Dec. ellis
fifteenth suit In three years was
carried successfully by Roy H.
Sloane, once q student at Co
lumbia University, when the
Court Of Appeals at Albany
granted him a writ Of mandamus
ordering the Westchester County
Court to resentence him for q
misdemeanor instead of q felony
on a charge Of possessing metal
knuckles while a prisoner In Sing
Sing.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Bandit Ties, RObs
JelUeIer of $4,000

LOS ANGELES, Dec. G. (IN.S1
Police today were seeking a
bandit who last night robbed Alb
raham Moss, manufacturing Jew
eler, Of $4,000 worth of dia-
ri1onds.
Leisurely entering the Moss Of.
flee the bandit asked to see some
stones. He drew a revolver, forced
the jeweler to open the safe and
scooped up the entire stock of
diamonds.
After binding the jewelers.
wrists with wire he left.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
M0Ttinsburg Police
Resign iHs Theft Quiz

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Dec.
6.-Two policemen Of this. city
have abruptly resigned as an in.
quiry into the theft Of merchan-
disc from a local store Is getting
under way. They are Samuel
Bowers and Thomas O,Brien
j. r. Evans, proprietor of It's
store, today said the theft in
wolves merchandise worth about
$1,000. The goods have been re-
turned to him, he said, and for
that reason he has declined to
prosecute.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Coast Guard Lnuded
For SnauqQIinq Curb

But for the work of the Coast
Guard the quantity Of liquor
smuggling on our coasts would be
enormous, Rear Admiral r. C,
Billiard, commandant, reported
to Secretary Of the Treasury Mel
Ion yesterday. He said:
Smuggling operations ON the
Great Lakes have been very
active. It is yet too early to
determine with any degree Of
certainty the permanent effects
Of the recent Canadian law
forbidding clearance Of liquor
CargOes."
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
u. s. Beats Veteran
In Insurance Suit

A Circuit Court jury before JUS
tlce Frederick l.. Siddons reported
o verdict In favor Of the Govern
nent yesterday in the suit
brought by Frank p. Barber, Of
New Orleans, La, to recover $500
OH his war risk insurance con-
tract for alleged injuries re-
ceived during his 40-day war serv-
ice in the Students Army Train
ing Corps. The trial took four
weeks.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
DueLLiIlg Students
Seized in GernIanu

BERLIN, Dec. s lIN.S) -
Fifty students were arrested here
today when police raided a secret
duelling meet.
Students duels, practiced in
Germany for many years, nave
now been outlawed but are still
engaged In surreptitiously.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Coach Pixlee Talks
At Alumni Lunch

James E Pixlee, director Of
athletics at George Washington
University, addressed alumni at
the monthly luncheon in the La
fayette Hotel today at 1880,
Coach Pixlee reviewed the foot
ball season and told Of plans for
the coming season. A quartet
from the glee club sang.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
CAUSE
DEATH Of 81
NEARLIEGE
Belgian Authorities Believe
Hidden War Materials May
Be Cause; 800 In Hospitals
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the battling death.fog, rushing
thousands Of gas masks to the
area, the inhabitants stuffed pa
per and cloth in the CEinks Of
doorways and windows and hud-
died within their walls In fear OF
the yellow, choking mist
Scenes Of Suffering
From Liege to Namiir, the mys-
terious fog lay In patches and
streaks, turning the countryside
into q scene Of death and acute
suffering.
Abandoning the theory that
the slaughter might have been
caused by, stores Of forgotten
poison gas left buried somewhere
IN the valley since the war, off.
ciaIs divided their efforts between
seeking the origin Of the fumes
and rendering aid to those threat
ened with death.
A check-up Of the victim S
showed that most Of those I, az
fected had been suffering from
heart or lung ailments. Among
the theories put forward was that
the fog, which has lain over the
countryside for three days, had
become surcharged with noxious
fumes from zinc and other fac
tories, but the extent Of the area
affected laid this open to doubt
Fan In Their Tracks
Terror gripped the inhabitants
as they saw the victims, one by
one, throttled by the asphyxiat-
ing fog. falling almost in their
tracks like soldiers during a gas
attack In wartime. Hundreds
living In the small village worst
affected by the catastrophe has
tily packed a few belongings and
fled into Liege, recalling the days
when refugees fled before the In
vading armies.
Hopes were held out that the
fog would lift by tonight, but dur.
ing the early afternoon the chok.
ing, mist stiI1 continued to deal
out suffering and death, clOaking
the. entire countryside In an
opaque blanket.
It was feared that many Of
those taken to hospitals would
succumb, while a more complete
house-to-hous claeokglp was ex-
pected to reveal hitherto unre-
ported deaths. Scarcely any aged
persons In the affected area es-
capped without suffering some i'll
effects.
Loss in livestock was heavy, ami
mails being affected much the
satne as human beings by the fog.
A complication Of fatality cases
furnished by municipal officers
showed that Of eight towns hard
hit, the municipality Of Engis,
five miles from here, suffered
worst. Fourteen deaths were re.
corded there within "a hours.
The remaining fatalities were
reported as follows Female
Grande, 4; Yvoe, s; Pemeppe, 10:
Otte. q: Amay, 8, and Anfin, 8.
The village Of Augree reported
10 persons seriously i'll and
numerous cases were under treat
ment in other hospitals. 4
The phenomena was compare
tive to that Of 1911, when IL
persons fell dead in the midst
Of an icy fog. They were per-
sons whose lungs, doctors at the
time said, were weak. Normally
this region is considered one of
the health spots of Belgium.
The remote probability that the
''black death" of other genera
tions had again visited the coun>
tryside was discounted by com
mission members.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Bureau School Plan
ADDrODed bU CGruSi

Charles #. Carusi, president of
the Board Of Education, yester-
day declared that the assertion
of the Bureau Of the Budget that
only eight portable school build
ings win remain In washington
when the present projects out
lined in the 1882 budget are CON-
pleted Is fallible.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
Northwestern Germany
Shipping Is Halted

BERLIN. Dec. 8 G.NSo.
Northwestern Germany was
.paralyzed by dense fog today.
Shipping was tied up, only two
vessels being able to enter the
Hamburg harbor while the port
Of Cologne was tied up. COM
pletely.
Berlin itself was seriously af-
fected by the fog.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
IOWANS TO DANCE

The Iowa Congressional delega-
ton win be guests Of honor OF
the Iowa Society Of washington
at q dance to be held tonight at
the willard Hotel.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
NORRIS
SIMMONS
MORROW

NrnRR
Capital personalities
M. Carolina evidence
E. sailing
The Washington times., 1930-01-15
APPEALs EoR SHOES

An appeal has been made by the
Veterans Of Foreign Wars to all
Washingtonians to send any dis
carded shoes or clothing to its
service bureau in the Metropolitan
Bank Building or telephone Ma
tional 5484. The bureau has re-
ceived numerous calls lately for
articles of this kind.
The Washington times., 1930-01-15
POWER PLANT APPROVED

The District Commissioners yes
terday approved the application
Of the Potomac Electric Power
Company to erect q new substa-
tion at 2119 Champlain st. N. W.,
for the purpose of housing elec-
trical equipment to control its
lines in that neighborhood.
The Washington times., 1930-01-15
Prince, Expelled,
To Sail Saturday

MEXICO CITY, Jan. IS QNSl.
Prince Antonio Cortes, descendant
OF Herman Cortes, win sail for
Europe Saturday, following Presi-
dent Portes Gil's refusal to re-
woke an order Of expulsion against
the prince.
The Washington times., 1930-01-15
MISS LAKE GIVES TALK

'TThe Absolute and the Cosmos
we're thoroughly dissected yester.
day by Miss Matalee T. Lake, as
sistant in philosophy at George
washington University, addressing
the American Society for Philo-
sophical Inquiry, at the National
Museum Building.
The Washington times., 1930-01-15
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The Washington times., 1930-12-06
j. S. SHIP AIDS
RESCUE Of "A

The Navy Department yester.
day reported that it's Asiatic fleet
picked up the SOS. sent out by
the German motorShip Hedwig
and relayed it to ships in the VI
cinity Of the stricken vessel, result
ing in the rescue Of the crew.
On December 2, the report
states, the Hedwig flashed q call
for help, stating that she was
aground outside Pratas Reef, be-
tween Luzon and Hongkong, with
IL men aboard. The message
was intercepted by the naval
radio station at Guam, which
transmitted it to the " s. 8.
Pittsburgh in Formosa Channel,
600 miles from the Hedwig.
The Pittsburgh then relayed
the message to Hongkong. Two
British ships were dispatched
from Hongkong, $50 miles away,
and these effected the rescue.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
One Bandit Killed,
z CUught in Battle

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Dec. 6
0N.S0-One alleged bandit was
killed, another wounded and six
confederateS were taken prisoner
following an early morning pistol
battle yesterday in Strawn, Ill.
Charles Foocher, 81, said by
police to be a college student,
was critically wounded In the
fight and died in st. JoSeph'S
Hospital here. Police charge he
was one Of the band that raided
q number Of stores in Strawn
and engaged in a pistol battle
with citizens.
The Washington times., 1930-12-06
ROthsteiEs Witness
Paid for Jail Term

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 uNS.)
Bridget FAIRY, star witness In the
trial Of George McGanuS, indicted
for the murder Of Arnold Roth
stein, which started this day one
year ago, received an anniversary
present Of $402 today.
When McManus was freed by q
jury the district attorney offered
Miss FAIRY, who had been kept in
q cell as q material witness for
1874 days, the usual witness fee Of
81 a day. She Spurned it.