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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-05-02
American Born Woman
Denied Citizenship

The novel story of how an
American woman became an alien
without going out of her native
town in North Dakota and is now
barred from American citizenship
will be told the House Immigra'
ton Committee on May 8.
Her case will be used as an argu-
ment for the bill Of Representa-
tive Griffin Cd of New York. to
permit naturalization of aliens
who refuse to take an oath to bear
arms for the United States.
Mrs. Mary Harris Doe, victim of
the strange transition, was born
in Iowa. married a Norwegian pas
tor of the Church of the Brethren
in Kenmare. N. D., and has lived
in that town for IS years.
When she married a Norwegian,
before the Gable act was passed,
she became Norwegian.
About three years ago. her
preacher-husband was naturalized
an American citizen.
When it was discovered last year
that she was still a Norwegian, al
though born in America of native
parents. she sought naturalization
under the Gable act.
But when Judge Lowe, of Minot
N. D., was about to naturalize her
an examiner asked her if she
would bear arms in defense of the
Constitution.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-05-02
5000 Voters Facing
VOteLeSS Primaries

ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va,
May 2.-Three thousand persons
will be excluded from the Demo
cratic primaries next August if
they don't pay their poll taxes
due before tomorrow at 4:3O
o'clock.
That is the deadline for voters
living in Arlington county, County
Treasurer E. Wade Ball an
nounced today. He will be at
his office in the court house TO.
day and tomorrow until 4:30 to
take care of the 5000 who have
put off paying their poll lax
until the last minute.
Commonwealth Counsel William
c. Cloth left today for New York
to confer with j. w. Thompson,
expert bonding lawyer, whose ap-
pkoval is necessary to the iSsu-
ance of bonds to the amount Of
$2,173,089 for a. county wide sys-
tenn of trunk line sewers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-05-02
FIT TIL FESTIVAL
= TOMORROW

Children from all over the city
will gather at Central Com
munity Center, Thirteenth and
Clifton Streets Northwest, tomor-
row afternoon at 2 o'clock to
participate in the fifth annual
Children's Festival by the Com
munity center department of the
public schools.
A violin ensemble of city-Wide
community groups, under the
direction of Laura F. Ward, will
open the program. The second
number will be a play, "A Holi-
day in Russia" directed by
Francis Brightwell, of MacFar-
land Center.
Park View Center will present
tap dances by a group of stud
entS and the Drum and 'Bugle
Corps of Boy Scout Troop 40.
In addition, Maud P. Burklin,
community secretary at Park
View, will be in charge of hand.
work exhibit.
A play, "Mary's Garden Ro-
nance" an a group of tap
dancers will be Thompson
Center's contribution to the pro-
gram, while Takoma Center will
present a Flower Festival and
a Gypsy Circle" Georgetown
Center will present two dances,
"Sunbonnet Dance" and the
"Daffodil Gavotte."
Langley and East Washington
centers will each present three
dances, while the Southeast Cen
ter will give a play, Shadow
graph" and a group of dancers.
Henry D. Cooke Center will be
represented with The Circus"
while Chevy Chase Center will
present a program reminiscent Of
the old-time South.
A miniature aircraft demonstra-
ton by members of the District
of Columbia Model Aircraft
League. and a demonstration of
piano instruction to community
groups, by Mary G. Lewis, will
complete the program.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-05-02
10 ARE INJURED
IN TRAFFIC
M|SHAPS
Ten Children Figure in Days
Heavy Toll, Including Baby
Held in Its Mothers Arms

Automobile accidents in the
District and nearby Maryland
Yesterday caused injury to 10
persons. OF the injured ten were
children, one a baby in the arms
of it's mother. The death of a
man from injuries received in a
crash last Tuesday was also re.
ported to police.
Alfred Elliott, SO, 24O0 block
Sixteenth st. N. W., succumbed
at Providence Hospital where he
had been under treatment since
Tuesday for a fractured skull
and internal injuries.
Fifth precinct police said that
Elliott received the fatal hurts
near La Plata, Md. when his
car overturned. He is survived
by his widow and two children.
Just Escape Death.
A mother and her baby narrowly
escaped death yesterday afternoon
when the mother fell while
alighting from a street car at Fiji
teenth and F SITS. N. w. Mrs.
Helen Howard, 81, 1900 block
Sixth St. S. W., and her four
months-old child were both treated
at Emergency Hospital for lacera-
tons and bruises.
Seven persons. five of them
school girls. escaped death when
their car overturned three times
after skidding off the road at
Hughesville, Md, and burst into
flames.
The girls receiving minor in
juries were Jane Bird, Sandy
Spring, Md: Anne Beach, Chevy
Chase; Lanier Lindsey, Lanham,
Md: Pansy Cheetham. Silver
Spring, Md. and Margaret Norris,
Chevy Chase.
Driver Is Injured.
The car was driven by Frank
Smith. who also suffered minor
injuries, while Mrs. Minnie Swind-
Ter, %, a teacher at st. Mary's
Seminary. st. Mary's City, Md,
where the girls we're all students.
was the most seriously injured. re-
ceiving a fractured nose, shock.
cuts and bruises.
Daniel Howard. l6, 2900 block
@ st. N. W.. suffered a broken
neck at Second and East Capitol
SITS. when a heavy piece of timber
on a truck he was unloading fell
on his neck. He was taken to Cas-
ualty Hospital. where his condi-
ton was reported as serious.
Running into the street in front
of his home in the 100 block F st.
N. W., William Hoover. colored, 4,
received possible internal injuries
when he was felled by a taxicab
operated by James N. Pearson. 800
block New York Ave. N. w. Pear
son was held by Sixth precinct po-
lice for investigation.
Child Is Hurt
Knocked down by an automo-
bile when. according to police, he
ran in it's path, James Elmer
Smithson. 2, 1900 block Pa. Ave.
S. E., escaped with slight bruises.
After treatment at Providence
Hospital the boy returned home.
Police reported that Graham j.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-05-02
Second Sex Lecture
For Sunday Morning

The second of three lectures on
knowledge Concerning Sex" will
be delivered Sunday morning at
11:15 o'clock at the Washington
Hebrew Temple Vestry Rooms,
Eighth Street between H and I
Streets, Northwest, by DR.. Nell
vile B. Fischer under auspices
of the Brotherhood of the Wash
ington Hebrew Congregation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-05-02
Harry LGngdOn Sued
BIZ Former MANAGER

HOLLYWOOD, Calf. May 2
UN.SO-A suit to collect &c..
412 was on file here today
, against Harry Langdon, screen
comedian. William H. Jenner
Langdon's former business man.
ager, was the complainant.
Jenner was employed at a
salary of $500 a week, according
to the complainant. He was also
to receive a percentage of the
profits from the motion pictures
in which Langdon took part. The
complaint alleges that the salary
Gas paid but not the percentage.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-05-02

Times starr Photo
MISS MARGUERITE NORRIS
WHEN AN AUTOMOBILE
plunged from the road yeSter.
day at Hughesville, Md. five
girl students from st. Mary's
Seminary at st. Mary's, Nd.
were injured. Miss Beach. l6,
and Miss Norris, Is. of 1927
Meadow Lane. Chevy Chase,
Md, were among the injured.
The former fractured her
left arm and hip; the latter,
wrenched her knees. The car
turned over three times, then
caught fire.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-05-02
clean Up Campaign
VIII Begin May 10

A cleanup" campaign during
1880 is being planned by a sub
committee of the police and fire
protection committee Of the
Washington Chamber of Com
merce.
Preliminary plans for the cam
paign were made at meeting Of
the committee yesterday, when
Col. E. G. Bliss. chairman Of the
subcommittee, reported that con.
ferences had been held with the
District Commissioners.
- The week of May 10 has been
set by the Commissioners as
Clean Up Week"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-05-02
Photo by international

She said she would not, since it
was against her religion.
The Supreme Court, having de-
cided in the Rosika Schwimmer
case that such a refusal was bar
to naturalization, she was denied
citizenship. Thus she is still q
Norwegian, although American
born, while her Norwegian-born
husband of the same church belief
is now an American.
She is declared liable to deporta-
ton to Norway. Representative
Sinclair (R.) of North Dakota will
propose a special bill 10 give her
citizenship if the Griffin bill is
defeated.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-05-02
TROOPS HAVE
CONV|CTS
QU|ETED
Will Remain on Duty 80 Days,
y or Longer, Before Turning
! Job Back to Prison Guards
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

By JAMES l.. KILGALLEN
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 2
U.N.SJ.-Military rule of Ohio
State penitentiary will continue
tndefinitely-possibly for 80 days.
The old prison, wrecked by
fire and by the hands of muffin
Gus convicts, will be gradually
repaired. and when the cells are
} again ready for occupancy, the
5000 prisoners will be locked up.
They are now housed in a stock
ade, hastily erected by the troops,
and in various buildings.
Warden Says He'll Stick
Whether. Warden Pres ton
Thomas will lose his job, which
he has held for II years, still
j. was problematical today, but
there were unmistakable indica-
tions that he would not. The
veteran warden himself insists he
will not quit under fire, and the
clamoring of convicts for his re-
moval has died down to a whiS-
per. Even the warden's political
enemies have ceased firing.
Gov. Myers Y Cooper was ex-
pected to receive today or to-
morrow the report and recon-
mendations of the special board
of inquiry he appointed to in
vestigate the cause and fix the
responsibility of the fire tragedy
of the night of April 81, when
800 convicts, trapped in their
locked cells, were burned to death
- auffocated.
COnvicts Are Licked
Col. Robert Haubrich, of the
Ohio National Guard, in COM
mand of the military occupation
o. the prison, said today that all
IL quiet in the prison. He saw
no likelihood of further rebellion.
The once "passively resisting"
convicts are clicked"
Even the toughest of. pris-
oners realize the jig is up. All
talk of refusing to work has
ceased. Colonel Haubrich al,
ready has put 1000 of the con
victs to work and he is rapidly
finding jobs for the others. It
is the tough babies" who are
finding the going rather rough
after their reign Of terror. They
are being shown no quarter by
the military.
Daughter and Gun on Job
Warden Thomas was busy in
his office arranging the transfer
of prisoners to various other jailS
in Ohio to relieve some of the
congestion at the penitentiary
here. Two hundred more con-
victs will shortly be removed to
the State reformatory at Mans,
field. Several hundred already
have been sent to the prison farm
at London, Ohio.
The warden's efficient daugh
ter, Amanda, who, incidentally,
carries a snub-nosed 38-caliber re-
/, volver around with her, is con-
' stantly at her fathers side, help
, ing him in every way she can.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-05-02
Dorothy Grice Webs
Frank NJ. Catcher

LEESBURG. Va, May Mrs.
Edward M. Grice. of Richmond,
Va. has announced the marriage
of her daughter. Dorothy Eliza
beth, to Frank M. Gallener, son
of Mrs. Maude E. Galleher, of
LeeSburg.
The ceremony was performed
in Richmond. Mr.. and Mrs. Gal
leher will live in Richmond.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-05-02
MAY DAY FETES
IN j. s. PASS
QUIETLY
Three Dead, II Injured in
Riot in Argentine, Commun-
lists in Europe Avoid Disorder

NEW YORK, May 2 Q.N.So
May day was quietly observed
throughout the United States,
with minor clashes, but no out
break of consequence, Interna-
tional News Service dispatches
showed today.
In New York so arrests were
made, most of the charges cover.
ing distribution Of communist
handbills. More than $4,000
policemen were used to keep
order here.
Arrests for disorderly conduct
and distribution of communist
literature and handbills were
made in Elizabeth, New Jersey
Philadelphia, Oakland, Calf. ano
Stamford and New Britain, Conn
In Oakland several communist
paraders were beaten in a
skirmiSh with police.
London, May 2 1N.SO May
day had come and gone today
with little in it's European wake
but memories of celebrations and
paradeS of generally quiet demon
strations by communists ano
socialists.
There were a few disturbances
Of a minor nature reported.
Police protection was given
communists for their meeting al
Hyde Park, London. and except
for an outbreak by a few hood
lums the day passed unevent
fully.
Paris police nipped the possibil
ity of serious disturbances by ar
resting 687 French and 81 for
eign Communists. At st. Denis
the entire city council and Deputy
Doriot were arrested when hey
tried to hold a forbidden meeting
An attempt to picket automobile
factories was frustrated by police
Strike In Spain
In Spain. the usual general
strike of workingmen took place
for the day. Thirty pers1ns in,
Guiding a number of women, were
injured, when mounted police
charged a group of 5000 persons
welcoming home Miguel Una.
mund, Liberal leader, recently re
turned from exile.
Moscow turned out en- maSSe to
witness the customary review and
display of military strength of
the Soviet government. Govern
ment leaders made addresses 10
the crowds in Red Square decry,
in capitalism.
Except for a minor affray at
PiraeuS, Greece was quiet.
Pleasant demonstrations in bcr.
lin, at the LuStgarten. were held
by Communists and Socialists, ir
turn. Except for small fights
the rest of Germany endowed An
equally quiet May day.
Dispatches from Buenos Aires
indicated that the Argentine c1pi-
tai was the most turbulent center
with three dead and Is wounded
during riots throughout San Mar
tin providence and the city.
The arrest of $50 Comm ltllsts
in Toxic and Osaka and other
precautionary measures gave
Japan IN orderly day.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-05-02

Harding, "a. a soldier at Fort
Myer, Va, was the operator of
the car.
Francis x. Mayhem, 5, 1000
block I st. N. E.. was seriously in
iured when he was knocked down
by an automobile few doors from
his home, operated by Morris Cal
vim Frye. colored. 1900 block Mich
OILS Ave. S. E. The child received
a left thigh fracture and internal
injuries.
Police stated that yesterdays
traffic toll was one of the heaviest
in recent months.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14

Hotels should not be padlocked
for prohibition violations unless
liquor sales have been traced def.
nitely to the management, Prohi.
bition Commissioner James M.
Doran said today.
No report had been received On
the move of Administrator
Maurice Campbell, of New York
city, to get an Injunction to close
the Manger Hotel property. Doran
declared, however, that the. hotel
padlocking plan in New York did
not mean there was nationwide
movement afoot to check prohibi-
ton violations with that weapon.
Traced to Bell Boys
"As rule the reputable hotels
do not countenance prohibition
violations, and when violations
are called to their attention they
take immediate steps to stop
them" Doran said. In most cases
these violations are traced to
some bell boy racket or other
employe."
Doran said the big hotels had
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
Padlocki1,g of Hotels
Rare Says Doran

too much at stake to risk pad
lock injunctions of the whole
property by permitting the sale
of liquor or actually taking part
in small bootlegging, such as hotel
sales would be regarded.
Give Hotels Chance
Prohibition administrators have
been advised by dry headquarters
not to seek paddock injunctions
against hotels unless it appeared
the management was participat-
ing. The policy has been to give
the hotels q chance to clean up
their own property and to prefer
charges against employees guilty
of violations.
Nevertheless Doran said that
where hotels have been warned
several times of violations on the
part of their employees, where the
management knowingly permitted
sales, actually participated n
bootlegging indirectly or directly
or opened bar-rooms it would be
necessary to take extreme meas
ures and that administrator s
were expected to take that step
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
GIRL 'JUGGLED'
BANK s BOOKS

CHICAGO, Feb. II 1N.S3.-
Embezzlements totaling $4,000
had been found today by exam
iners studying the books 81 the
defunct Peoples State Bank of
haywood. The bank closed last
Saturday several days after the
disappearance Of its girl cashier,
Miss Laverne Lindgren.
Warrants charging embezzle.
ment and the acceptance Of de-
posits when they knew the bank
to be inSolvent have been issued
against the young woman and
her sponsors. Elmer P. Langguth,
the bank president.
Assistant States Attorney Ed
ward Markham said last night
that the shortage probably will
amount to several hundred thou.
sand dollars more.
Markham said he learned from
questioning employees of the bank
that Langguth and Miss Lindgrell
had been manipulating the
ledgerS for at least two years, or
since shortly after the girl, who
had been a telephone operator,
was elevated to more responsible
positions.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
JOBLESS WORRY
SEC. DAVIS

Secretary Of Labor Davis in a
radio speech last night claimed
that overgrowth of population
and over.emphasis of machine
efficiency in production are con
tributing factors to undercon'
sumption and resultant unem.
ployment.
He admitted that there is more
unemployment than I'VE want to
see" and added nobody knows
what business would be like today
If it had not been for President
Hoover'S prompt action" Immi.
grafton he also stamped as a
contributing factor to unemploy.
ment, saying I'VE must be on the
alert; We must watch ourselves
with this ever-growing popu-
lation."
He advocated encouragement
Of the Federal employment service
and operation of State employ.
ment offices. He added, how.
ever, that "the best employment
agency is the employer himself
and "if our employers really put
their minds down on it, there
would be no employment prob.
lem. If we put as much thought
on employment as we do on
installing new machinery, there
would be little or no unemploy
ment,"
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
DOUBLE KILLING
LAID To FEUD

NEW YORK, Feb. II U.N.S0.
Accepting the theory Of a gang
feud as the cause Of the brutal
killing of May Smith, 24.year-old
dance hall hostess, formerly of
Wilkes.Barre, and her gambler
sweetheart Carmine Barelli, 81,
police today were endeavoring to
solve the mystery surrounding
the murders.
The couple we're shot down on
Inwood Avenue, the Bronx, by
four men who followed them IN
an automobile.
Police last night eombed dance
halls in Manhattan and the
Bronx searching for a woman
known as Dutchy said to have
visited the slain couple shortly
before the shooting. Finding no
one at home, she left a note
1t is also thought that the
wanton murder of the girl was
committed to prevent her reveal.
ing. the slayers of Barelh to
police.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
Lehlbach Bill Slated
For Hearing Tuesday

A hearing on Representative
Lehlbach's bill to liberalize the
civil service retirement law by
allotting superannuated Federal
workers $50 pension for each
year in the ranks will be held
Tuesday.
Although more generous in its
provisions that the Dale bill
which increased the maximum
annuity to $1,000, Lehlbach IS
measure is opposed by the joint
conference of retirement which
represents 100000 Federal work
ers. Robert H. Alcorn, chairman
of the conference, declares the
lower paid employees would bene
fit more from the Dale bill than
the Lehlbach measure.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
Objections to Crosby
Scored as Toe Late

The large civic organizations
Of the city should have shown
more interest in the selection of
the District Commissioners prior
to President Hoover'S choice of
Major General Crosby, rather
than making so much trouble at
this late date. in the opinion of
Charles I. Stengle, former Repre-
sentative from New York, in a
speech before the American Uni.
versity Park Citizens Association
last night, in Hurst Hall, at the
university.
Other members of the aSsocia.
tion objected to the choice of re-
tired Army officers as District
Commissioners.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
James Howell Named
To Staff of LOyOla

James Howell, formerly of
Washington, has been appointed
to the faculty of the Law School
Of Loyola University, Chicago, it
was announced yesterday.
A member of the District of
Columbia bar, Howell was as
sociated here with M. M. Doyle
IN law practice last year. He
will make his home in Chicago.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
NEW SCHOOL BURNS

GREENWOOD, Ark, Feb. IL
A high school built here less
than a year ago from $4,000
left by the late 3. s. Alexander
on the condition that corporal
punishment should be abolished,
has burned.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
CITIZENS MEET TONIGHT

The Brightwood Citizens AS
sociation will meet in the Bright
wood School, Thirteenth and
Nicholson SITS. N. W., tonight at
8 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1930-02-14
Life Insurance

0WNERS Of Efe insurance have had occasion
~ recently to compare the stability of this form
of investment with that Of even the highest grade
securities
chart of the market price averages of
leading stocks for twenty years shows an irregular
line that rises and dips sometimes vertically, with
peaks and Valleys.
There are no "depressions" in the investment
values of Life insurance policies They do not fuc-
The Washington times., 1930-02-14

tuate with businesscycles. From year to year, the
~ million Metropolitan Life Insurance policies
show steady increase in values TO policy holders.
The man who regularly invests part of his
earnings in life insurance can go to sleep each
night with the knowledge that he is building an
estate of the greatest security and with sure
investment return for every dollar paid in
Life insurance is an investment whose value
constantly increases the longer it IS kept in force
The Washington times., 1930-11-28

For repairing curtain lights.
side or back curtains, etc.
The better grade-size 20x25
inches,
Size 50x20 inches.....Ssc
The Washington times., 1930-11-28

Academy Cadets, ~ to 0. G'rrr,
it was a cold and bitter day.
And oh yes. Georgetown Prep
played a 12-to-12 game with Iona
prep for New Rochelle, N. Y, at
New Rochelle.
A pass, Murphy to Moore
for IL yards over the goal
line, in the last quarter, kept
GEORGETOWN Prep from los.
ing. Iona had taken a 12'tO-6
lead up to that time.
Tech, for a time in its game
against Swavely, looked as II IL
was not going to get that revenge
it went down to Manassas TO
get, as the Prep team took a
7.to-0 lead at half time.
But Hardells men got started
after the intermisSion and took
the third quarter to get the most
of their revenge. Twelve points
were scored on touchdoWns by
Sachs and Nelson. Then two
more points we're added in the
final period, when a safety was
registered for measure.
A forward pass helped the
Gonzaga eleven along in tying
Eastern in the game between
these two teams.
Mills heaved to Dunan
about midfieId and the latter
The Washington times., 1930-11-28
BEATS
SNAVELY
a To I.

Maybe it was the fact that it
was Thanksgiving Day, maybe it
was because it was so cold. 1t
might have been something else,
but whatever it was our local
scholastic elevens did not play as
stoutly yesterday as has been
known of them in former games
for the season.
The champion Tech eleven, for
one, barely defeated. Swavely
Prep at Manassas, Va, IA to Z.
Gonzaga played Eastern to a
6-to-6 tie while Western could not
do a thing about a defeat at the
hands of the Staunton Military