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The Washington times., 1930-05-23

With the fate of the Admins
tration's Federal court reform
program at stake, wet and dry
forces in the house today opened
an under cover" fight over pro-
posed amendment of the Jones
five and ten" law.
After months of investigation,
House Judiciary Committee mem
bers in charge of the Wickersham
law enforcement commissions
program have reached the con-
clusion that real prohibition court
reform is impossible unless either
the Jones law or the VolStead act
is modified.
Compromise Is Sought
Unwilling to publicly toss the
WickerSham commissions pro-
gram overheard, the committee is
now making one final effort to
work out a modified plan salts
factory to the Administration and
vets and dryS alike.
Although the Wickersham COM
mission program has been criti-
cized on many grounds, the one
big stumbling block, it was
learned, is the necessity of amend
ing the basis prohibition law to
The Washington times., 1930-05-23
REPORT.
IS DUE SOON

A program for enactment OF
the new tariff bill, ratification OF
the London naval treaty and ad-
journment of Congress by June
20 was tentatively approved to-
day by administration leaders.
Ratification of the London pact
was doubtful, as a majority Of
the Senate seeks to postpone
action until the next session Of
Congress. Their wish will pre-
vail unless the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee completes
hearings within a week and re-
ports to the Senate with a recon-
mendation for immediate ratifi-
cation.
Senate and House conferees met
again today to complete their
arbitration + the flexible tariff
dispute. 1t appeared certain they
would agree on the Hawley modi,
fication.
President Hoover was reported
to have approved tn plan under
which he would be directed to
accept or reject in entirety any
recommendation of the Tariff
Commission for change in
duties. The personnel of the com.
mission would include three Re
publicans and three Democrats
All it's recommendations would
have to be by majority vote.
Senator Simmons CD of North
Carolina. minority finance leader.
has fought the compromise. Rep
resentative Garner CD Of Texas
minority floor leader Of the
House, however, approves it.
The Washington times., 1930-05-23
ingalls, to Present
TrODhu at Air Race

David S. ingalls,, Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy for Aeronau-
tics, it was announced at the
I wy Department yesterday. will
present the ingalls, Trophy" to
the pilot of the plane which at
tains the highest percentage of
it's rated speed in the Curtiss Ma
rine Trophy race at the Naval Air
Station, Anacostia, tomorrow aft
ernoon.
ingalls, is an enthusiastic flier
himself. He tests the new and
experimental types of naval air
craft at Anacostia. and flies on
inspection trips to the navy's air
stations and the aircraft squad
ron at sea.
The Washington times., 1930-05-23
INQUIRY.
UNDER WAY

CHICAGO, May % G.N.SD.
Letters were sent out by the
States attorneys office today to
l3 men associated with the con-
tracing business here. summon
ing them to appear before Patrick
Roche. chief investigator, for
questioning in connection with
lis investigation into the affairs
Of Harry K. Curtis, Chicago at
torney, and son of Vice President
Charles Curtis.
Roche is seeking to determine
whether Curtis relationship to
the Vice President had any bear
ing on the fact he had been re-
tanned by contractors seeking
work on Federal buildings.
Curtis denied there was any
such connection. He said most
of the retainerS had been re-
turned, because he felt that he
was unable to earn them.
The Washington times., 1930-05-23

HARRY X. CURTIS
OF CHICAGO, son of Vice
President Charles Curtis who
was quizzed on contractors COM
plants. which alleged large
sums we're paid him for Gov
ernment contracts. Curtis ad-
mitted he received $4,000 in
counsel fees.
The Washington times., 1930-05-23
LEADERS WILL MEET

LEESBURG, Va, May 23.-The
third leaders training meeting for
the All Clubs and Home Demon
stration club, of Loudoun, will be
held May 80 at the LeeSburg High
school when Mrs. Mary B. Nc
Gowan, food specialist of the Ex-
tension Division. v. P. L., will give
demonstrations in main dishes for
supper, salad making and table
service.
The Washington times., 1930-05-23
TlUO Youths Hurt
PLGying Baseball

Two casualties of baseball games,
each with broken nose, were
treated at Emergency Hospital
yesterday. Joseph Hamilton, 20,
of Alexandria, was struck by
pitched ball while playing on the
Monument grounds, and Joseph
Newman, colored, II, was struck
in the face with a baseball bat
while playing near his home at
BallSton, Va.
The Washington times., 1930-05-23
Dry La1U Reform Program
HINGES on Jones Act

make it effective. One represen-
tatiVe said:
Everything leads back to the
Jones law. When Congress i'm
posed maximum five-year
prison sentence and $4,000 fine
on prohibition viOlatOrS, 1t made
the crime a felony.
Under the Constitution fell
Ony cases must be investigated
by grand juries and indict-
mentS returned.
1T is impossible to go outside
the present court machinery III
handling prohibition cases, un-
less you use a roundabout
method which Congress won't
endorse"
A compromise proposal to save
part of the WickerSham program
would permit district attorneys
to prosecute on direct informa-
ton.
Amendment Necessary
But this cannot be done unless
the Jones law is amended, it is
said. Another proposal would
permit U. S. Commissioners to
accept pleas of guilty. This also
is barred unless the Jones law
is reVamped except for possession
Of liquor, the committee has
found.
While the Wickersham commis.
sion has expressed a willingness
to have the Jones law amended
Attorney General Mitchell de.
clares the drastic law deserves
more than years trial.
A substitute proposal may be
advanced by the commission on
Monday, but doubt was expressed
by House lawyers whether any
court reform could be devised to
win support unless the Jones law
question is met Squarely.
The Washington times., 1930-05-23
Bible Glass Body
To Hold Field D1u

The annual field day and inter
denominational visitations will
be held by the Organized Bible
Glass Association next Sunday.
The field will serve the dual
purpose of emphasizing the unity
of the work in a spirit of
Christian fellowship and an
nouncement of the schedule for
the summer conference to be held
at Westminster, Md.
The Washington times., 1930-05-23
Mdrtinsburg GrOWs
2,34O In Ten Years

MARTINSBURG. w. Va, May
22.-Berkeley county, including
Martinsburg. has population of
28,028, an increase over the past
ten years of 3,474, census reports
reveal. Martinsburg's gain dur
ing the past decade was 2,34O,
while the. remainder of the
county gained >1.134. The gain
for the entire county was IA
per cent.
In Berkeley county oustide Mar
tinsburg's city limits, 1918 peo-
pie reside, while in Martinsburg
proper there are 1895.
The Washington times., 1930-05-23
George Moran Back
In Hospital Aq1in

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, May %
1NSO George Moran, of the
1.-TWO Black Crows" is again
patient at a hospital where ne
underwent second operation to
correct the trouble for which he
was operated on recently.
His condition was said to be
critical today.
The Washington times., 1930-05-23

-Pbo "spendour ths 1
SOME TYPES OF COMETS "zr~+~
The tails of comets fantastic shapes, believed
due to the repusve forces exerted by the comet heads
and the sum- These gaseous tails sometimes trail for
many thousands of miles. While the paths of of
the comets lie within the orbits of planet the paths
others stretch far off into space long periods epsing
before the return of the sky wanderers.
The Washington times., 1930-05-23
FESTIVAL is PLANNED

A floral festival and card party
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Frederick Parkhurst at Edgemoor,
Md. Monday afternoon when the
Bethesda Parent Teachers Asso,
citation will sponsor a perform,
ance by children Of the Bethesda
Primary School.
The Washington times., 1930-05-23

ORBITS OF FEW OF THE NEARBY COMETS SEEN YEARS AGO
OF the planets Saturn Uranus and Neptune shown Long
people terrified by these heavenly visitors The Bayeux
tapestry people gazing wonder Haeys comet 1866
Harold threatened attacks by ships
registered anxiety.
The Washington times., 1930-05-23
PROGRAM is VARIED

The Macfarland Community
Center will give a program of a
varied nature tonight at 8:15
o'clock at the Macfarland Junior
High School,
The Washington times., 1930-05-23
OVERCOME BY GAS

Found overcome by gas in his
room in the $500 block of Four
teenth st. N. W., yesterday, Maui.
rice Kivelighan, 30, was treated
by the Fire Rescue Squad.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31

the murder Of Edward @. Ross, bank
messenger, at the Ward Baking COM
pany plant here i'm 1925.
Cappelio Is charged with first degree
murder, for the same crime for which
Jerry Gedzium, "Jerry the Pole" was
electrocuted on February %. 1928. A
third man arrested In the case, Louis
Lacedra, was released because OF In
sufficient evidence.
Cappello's arrest was due to the
alertress of Patrolmen Hannebury and
Louisinl1i, who. took him into custody
in front of his home.
For four years the Cambridge police
have been searching for Cappello,
making several trips to Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont ON the case
during the last four years.
1t was known in police circles that
Cappello was running liquor from
Canada, a fact which he admitted
when arrested, and several traps were
set IN tiny towns near the Canadian
border.
At one time, about a year ago, po-
lice lying IN ambush nearly arrested
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31

had never before seen such a variety
of flowers and such riot of color.
And the sky was blue with soft white
clouds drifting lazily across it, and
the air was only mildly warm, and
out there was the ocean glistening in
the sun and showing every opales-
cent tint that Imagination could con-
ceiye OF. 1t seemed an ideal place to
live-fiowers everywhere and blue
sky and sunshine and the air filed
with a thousand sweet odorS.
In the morning was awakened by
a regular scratching sound outside
my bungalow. looked: out of the
window and saw Suki sweeping the
lawn with a long handled rattan
broom. A half dozen huge hau trees
stood back of the hotel, yellow with
big bell-like blossoms, in the daytime.
During the night the flowers had fad
ed and dropped, and the ground I'M
derneath the trees was Uttered with
them. So, too, with the brilliant hibis-
Gus; and under the red shower trees
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31
Studying Effects Of Radium Rays

slightest trace Of the radium effects.
1t will require several months, DR..
L. r. Thompson, who is directing the
inquiry for the health service, said,
to complete study Of the plates OBJ
tanned by the field workers and pre-
pare the results of their study for pub
LEGATION.
The study is the most exhaustive
ever undertaken to determine how
radium rays affect workers who come
into intimate contact with them. Five
New Jersey women and a number of
workers elsewhere have been stricken
after exposure to radium rays in
clock factories and several deaths
have resulted.
Doctor Thompson explained the
health service has decided to expand
its inquiry to Illinois in order to OBJ
tain data that will be as complete as
possible. Results of the survey are
expected to be of invaluable aid to
science in the future.
Women workers in clock factories
whom the investigation discloses to be
infected with the penetrating radium
rays will be removed to other en-
ployment.
Results of the study are expected
also to clarity the dispute between
scientists over, whether radium rays
are harmful.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31

Albert Nye Roughton, fiftyfour, an
American citizen, who is now in Wash
ington, exhibiting the scars inflicted
on his face and body during the two
years he spent in Turkish prison.
Roughton, who seeks pension on
which he may live, was a Spanish
American war veteran who was en-
gagged in 1914-15 in running the block.
ade into Mesopotamia aboard Brit
ish ship. He was captured, branded
as spy and sent to prison in the
Blue mountains. There he was brand
ed with the German double-headed
eagle superimposed on the Turkish
Spider of DEATH" which served as
means of identification in case Of
escape. Escaping from prison with
young girl, Ada Allen Mace, another
prisoner. Roughton later Joined the ex-
petition of Lord Carnavon which I'M
earthed the tomb of King Tut-Ankh-
Amen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31

there was carpet of faded petals.
Suki was raking them into piles and
carrying them away and burning
them. Even flowers, it seems. involve
labor and responsibility. and are not
an unmixed delight. There is an en-
barrassment in riches of flowers as
| suppose there is in every sort of
riches.
A woman in San. Francisco has just
applied for a divorce. She was mar
ried to man who after their mar
riage had become suddenly rich
through the discovery Of oil on some
of his property. The luxury amid
which the woman suddenly found
herself was an embarrassment to her !;
she longed for the old simple life.
Poverty grants to those she loves"
she wrote to her husband, "the only
urge of life--ther boon Of DESIRE"
With nothing to wish for, nothing to
work for, with every want satisfied.
life would no doubt pail upon us. We
can have too many flowers, too much
sunshine. For even flowers and sun
shine might in time become real
embarrassment of riches.
Il sometimes long to be poor mans
wife," wealthy woman once said to
me. There would be less responsible
ity for me in such a position. more
freedom, more joy to which i could
look forward"
t@. 1880. Western Newspaper union.l
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31

eyes are blinded almost as we drive
down the street with the brilliance of
the coloring. Croton hedges which
seem unreal, painted. so bright scar
let are they. Long rows of shower
trees line the street covered with
flowers scarlet. yellow. pink and
combination of rainbow tints which
make one think he is in fairy land.
Great masses of hibiscus are every
where showing a thousand tints and
colors and combination of colors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31
New Poor

The recent stock market crash has
put on the lists of charity organiza-
lions persons who never before had
dreamed that they might be objects
Of charity. But a wrong slant ON the
situation might be got from a cartoon
saw recently. depicting a man ac-
cepting aims. from a woman. poor
fellow" said the benefactress. ''Stock
market. | suppose?" NO" replied the
object of charity. II was always
bum" The persons who are now ask
ing for help are not investors and
former big men of Wall Street. but
such folk as artists who have lost
their commissions. servants who have
been let out. tutors and music teach
ers and the like. The family that has
suffered in Wall Street goes on an
economy program, and the retrench-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31
Exit shoestringers

The Wall Street crash accomplished
one good thing at any rate. 1t drove
to cover dozens of shoestring the
atrical producers. These gentlemen.
for the most part inexpert in the ways
of the stage, rely upon ''angels" to
put up the money for their ventures.
They are called shoestringers, but
often they spend huge amounts of
some one else's money. In the old
days cloak,and-suiter felt rich
enough to take fiier at the stage.
But now he has retrenched. and
Broadway is slightly safer for the
real producers. But only slightly. It's
an off season, and many real pro-
eucers are taking vacations.
20 by the Bell Syndicate. Ine-l
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31
Four Year Hunt Ends In Arrest

Cappello at Newport, vt, but he got
away. During the last four years he
has shown an uncanny knowledge OF
where police traps were set and cir
cled around them.
At intervals he would make visits to
East Boston haunts, where he was a
familiar figure before the Cambridge
murder. The police, knowing of these
visits. but never being able to be at
the right place at the right time. were
outwitted until Cappello walked into
the trap.
The murder of the bank messenger
and theft of the $4,000 pay roll in
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31

front of the Ward Baking company on
Albany street, was one of long Sc
ries of similar crimes that terrorized
Cambridge during the years of 1924
and 1925.
1t was a needless and particularly
coldblooded killing. Ross was at the
wheel of the bank car as it drew up
in front of the baking company with
the weekly pay roll.
AS it stopped three men stepped up
with lepeled guns snarling. "Put 'em
up! Put 'em up!'' AS they spoke they
opened fire and young Ross crumpled
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31

over the wheel with bullet in his
head and another in his lung.
The bandits ran to fast car and
sped away with the pay roll, amount
ing to $10,275.24, which they had
wrenched from Rufus A. Johnson and
William II. O'Toole, bank guards.
The bandits made clean getaway,
but several witnesses got a good look
at them before they disappeared. 1t
was on the testimony of those wit
nesses that Jerry Gedzium. known
as Jerry the Pole, was later sent to
the electric chair.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31

uOShcu a. AOHU-
lulu. is that it is
a garden of flow
ers. Friends come
running up the
ships gangplank
with wreaths of
carnations and
gardenias, an d
fra grant ginger
an d roses an d
t h no W I b e m
around ones neck
even before one
has landed. Our
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31

Washington, D. C.-Studies to de-
termine the effects upon workers of
exposure to radium rays have been ex-
tended to the Midwest by the United
States public health service.
More than 200 women clock factory
employees in the vicinity of New York
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31

already have been examined by scien-
tific Investigators Of the service.
Using especially developed apparatus,
the investigators have subjected each
worker to a searching examination
that is expected after X-ray plates
have been developed to disclose the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31

Cambridge, Mass. After more than
four years OF searching the law has
reached out and fallen heavily ON the
shoulder OF Jerry Cappello, twenty
four, OF East Boston, charged with
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31
Wrong Book


The new Theatre Guild play. Me
teor," tried out in Boston recently,
with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne
in the principal roles. The business
of the play calls for the use of a first
edition of very rare old book. To
get copy was out of the question. so
another very old book was used. One
day the company received a package
and letter from Boston bookseller.
The letter explained that the writer
had seen the play, and had noted that
the book being used did not look like
the first edition Of the work it was
supposed to be. 1T is the wrong size,"
he wrote. Il am sending you another
old book whose general appearance
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31
BY
GRANT DIXON

and size are much closer to the orig
inal book.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31
The Embarrassment
of Riches
By THOMAS ARKLE CLARK
Dean Of Men. University of

The impression which one gets Of
Hawaii, almost before the boat has
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31
DIPPING INTO
SCIENCE
Elements Of the Sum

Helium, the element which is
always being produced by radi-
UNI in the earth, was first dis
covered in the sun and not I'M
til years later was it found to
exist ON our planet.
Chromium is another element
Of the sun, but none Of this has
been found on the earth.
"a. 1880. western Newspaper Union,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31
Lights Of Neu York

ment affects the hirelings in that they
are discharged.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31
IIylEYlx59 GTZH

You seldom hear
life referred to as a
lottery except by
those who have
drawn blanks.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-01-31

A sufficiency of Fairgrounds would
cut in half the number of cases Of
child delinquency, declares the presi-
dent of the Playground association.
The Washington times., 1930-03-10
TORSO REMAINS
UNIDENTIFIED

WAUKEGAN. H.. March 10
nNs0 Seven blackened keys
and shreds of blue cloth were
the only clues today which might
lead to the identification Of the
dismembered torso OF a young
woman found in the smouldering
ruins of a hunting lodge at Deep
Lake.
Police are inclined to believe
the woman was slain by gang
members. Search was ordered
for three women to determine if
one was the victim. They are
Mrs. Frank Biege, Marion Miller
and Louise Rolfe.
Miss Rolfe was the blonde
alibi'' of Jack C"Machine Gun")
McGurn, when he was accused in
the st. Valentines Day massacre
of seven gangsters. Mrs. Biege
recently told police her husband
slew Ben Newmark at the orders
Of AL Capone. Miss Miller was
questioned about the battle in
which Frank McErlane was shot
in German Deaconess Hospital.
The Washington times., 1930-03-10
CITY SURVEYED
BY CHURCHES

-Four thousapd volunteer work
ers, representing more than l25
churches started canvassing
Washington today TO ascertain
preferences Of every man, woman
and child In the city.
The survey, which will last two
weeks, was undertaken to assist
churches in discovering their re-
sponsibility in this city, and in
preparation for the city-wide
evangelistic campaign which will
be launched March 30.
Gather for Instruction
More than 5000 men and women
gathered yesterday at meetings in
the Ingram Memorial Congrega-
tiOnal Church, the First Congrega.
tional Church and Pilgrim Pres
byterian Church to receive instruc-
tions.
The Rev. L. z. Ripley will have
charge Of the survey. He will be
assisted by the Rev. A. Earl Kerna-
han, the Rev. G. A. Morong and
Mrs. Mabel Ripley. Headquarters
have been established In Calvary
Baptist Church.
According to present plans, re-
suits of the canvass will be an
nounced Friday. March 81, at an
evening meeting.
Daily Reports Planned
=
Daily reports Of the progress of
the survey will be announced ct
the Calvary Baptist Church head.
quarters.
Branch headquarters have been
established at the Metropolitan
Presbyterian Church, Mt. Vernon
Place M. e. Church, Mt. Pleasant
Congregational Church, st. Paul's
NJ. e. Church. Ingram Memorial
Congregational Church, Brookland
Baptist Church, Pilgrim Presbyte.
rian Church, Wesley NJ. E. Church,
Anacostia Church, Clarendon
Baptist Church and Northminster
Presbyterian Chapel.
The Washington times., 1930-03-10
SUSPECT
SEIZED IN RAID

Surrounded by headquarters de
tectives and police in the midst
Of more than $1,000 worth Of
brake lining alleged to have been
stolen from the Bearing Sales
Company, 1900 block Fourteenth
st. N. W., Francis Hazen, 80, of
Philadelphia, surrendered yester
day to police only after he had
been physically subdued.
The anonymous phone tip,
which led to the seizure of 2.10O
feet of the lining, later led to the
arrest Of two women and four
men who are being held in CON
nection with the case. They will
be questioned concerning the
theft Of three truck loads Of
cement stolen last week from
Fifteenth and H Streets North
east.
Hazen, who is technically
charged with investigation, was
found locked in a garage in the
100 block Twentieth st. N. w.
Police we're forced to break in
the doors before they could get
at the man,
The Washington times., 1930-03-10
Mother 5 Necking Told
In Court By Her
Children

PHILADELPHIA. March TO-
A mothers "necking parties"
were described by her children
in a $4,000 alienation action
brought by their father.
The action was brought by
Walter Badowski, a tailor,
against Walter Andruskiewicz.
46, formerly a saloonkeeper
Before Judge Francis Skunk
Brown, tr., and a jury in Com
mon Pleas Court. Eleanor Ba-
dowski, IL, told how she wit
messed a love scene between her
mother. Anna Badowski, and
Andruskiewicz.
He told my mother he loved
her and that she should live
with him." the young girl testi-
fled.
Mrs. Badowskis 13.year-old
son added a narrative to the
testimony. He said he had seen
his mother and Andruskiewicz
hugging and kissing.