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Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-12-11
BURTON NEWS ITEMS

Steve Landers of Burton and M.
Dunsford of Ellisport left the Island
Monday with twelve hundred Christ
mas trees, to sell in California. They
will continue on to Los Angeles even
though sold out in the northern part
OF the state, and will not be home
until after Christmas. Here's hoping
they bring back an empty truck and
a fun purse.
Mrs. Beutel and daughter, Miss
Mary spent the week end with the
Keatings, the first time Mrs. Beutel
has been over since her return from
her European tour and her interest
ing account of her travels abroad
was much enjoyed at the Heating
home Miss Mary leaves December 10
for New Orleans, in time for the
Mardi Gras and to spend the winter
with her brother.
Mrs. E. L. Humphrey and Mr..
Halsey Carstens spoke before the con-
solidated high school Friday morning
along educational lines. Mrs Hum
phrey, after being the guest at a
number of homes during the week, left
early Sunday morning with the Cooks,
for Tacoma, and after a short stop at
Longview, expects to continue on
through California, and the latter part
of December to join Mr.. and Mrs. G.
w. Parks. at New Orleans for their
trip home to San Salvador.
Mrs. Nystedt received the sad news
by telegram, Saturday, of the sudden
passing away of her father Peter
Olson, at Red Deer, Canada.
The Burton improvement club and
the Garden Club held a combined
meeting at the Community grade
school building Thursday evening. A
committee was appointed to get ready
the Community Christmas tree for
Burton, which was such pleasant
feature at holiday time last year. Mrs.
Lillian Bucknell was elected treasurer
of the Burton Improvement Club to
succeed Mrs. A. Hunt who resigned.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mcknight assisted on
the program materially with piano
and violin. Mr.. Thatcher, Seattle land
scape gardner, talked on gardens,
rockeries and pools. A large crowd
was out.
A most enjoyable time, filled with
surprises, and good will end wishes,
was had at the Corbet home Thurs
day, when the Island woman's Club
arrived while Mrs. Corbet was out
with her car to bring a few invited
friends to help her celebrate her
birthday with g turkey dinner. The
club women also brought q turkey
dinner and large birthday cake, and
in turn were surprised TO find at their
table places, animals, no two alike
made from marshmallows, preserved
citron and other fruits, cleverly de-
signed by Mrs. Underwood; who was
advised of their coming. The after
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1930-12-11

noon was full Of jollity and passed all
too quickly. One club member put It
this strong. Il never had such good
time IN nay lifcl"
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
POLICE SEEKING
GIRL 8 KILLER
international Newsreel Photo

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Aug. 90
QN.S) After she had been kid
naped by a man who offered her
cand.'. the mutilated body of g.
year-old Marberine Appel was
found in an alley early today.
The girls nec.z was tightly bound
with strands of piano wire and
the head had been deeply gashed
by the slayer.
The murder occurred only an
hour before the body was found
by a motorist putting his car in
a garage, Coroner c. B. Grum.
packet declared. Apparently the
child had been choked to death
and her head smashed with a
monkey wrench or some other
blunt instrument. #...
Manhunt Starts
The entire police force, of $50
men, was modified in automobiles
within an hour and maintained an
all night search for the slayer. A
volunteer group of citizens helped
with the man hunt.
Examination of the body re.
vealed that the child had been
(COntinued on Page 2, Col. -
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
CHINESE CITIES.
FACE P|LLACE

SHANGHAI, Aug. 20 1N.s)
With Communists lurking a short
march away from Changsha,
capital of Human province, 1t
was reported today that Marking
military commanders were utiliz
ing the Red threat to extort ST.
O0O. 900 from the already pillaged
community.
Chinese residents are fleeing
the city in panic, taking as mach
as possible Of their possessions
with them.
Unconfirmed reports stated
that Chungking in Szechwan pro
vince, had been swept by q dis
aStrous conflagration ostensibly
started by Communists,
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
JULY REPORT.
|. SHOWS BIG
7 sesv
SLASH
/ Am saA
Saving In Operation Expense
More Than Offset BY Loss
in Number of Passengers

The net income Of the Washing.
ton Railway and Electric Com.
pany fell off n per cent in JuIy.
the month in which the new Ios
cent fare went into effect. figut
filed by the company with the
Public Utilities Commission today
showed.
More than 100000 fewer pas
sengers were carried by the COM
pany this year than In July, 1929.
Saving in Operations
The monthly report, filed with
the commission. showed net in
come was $4,000 less than in
June, and S3O,O31 less than in
July, 1929.
While the company was cutting
down operating expenses $24, 500.
the gross passenger revenue fell
off from $368, ,865 in July 1929.
to $33T .307 In July this year.
The startling drop Included
only eight days Of the a1 rates.
The report showed I.266, ,90I
cash fares were raid during tlaa
month, and 3,O45. .1S6 token fares.
In July, 1929, there were 1,442..
603 cash and 3,466, ,097 token
fares. 81
President Ham could not b.
reached today for statement.
ID. c. Officials Surprised
At the time the new rates went
into effect, he said he expected 4
slight decrease in passengers and
revenue until the public became
accustomed to the new schedule,
The decrease in both is much
more than District officials anti.
cipated. .
It was estimated thata If the
same condition exists throughout
the rest Of the year. the net
profit of the company viii drop
tfrom an expected $500yO0O to
about one-fifth of that amount.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
SEDAN
BELIEVED USED
BY BANDITS
Newspaper Man Reports Car
Vanished About Same Time
As Movie 'Theater HoId.up

A police dragnet was spread
over the Capital today in the
hope of snaring two dapper.
dressed bandits, who last night
staged thrilling hold-up Of $265
at Warmers Avalon Theater. in
Chevy Chase, while scores Of un-
suSpecting patrons sat in the
amusement place and thrilled to
the sequences Of q crook picture.
The bandits effected a clean
getaway but are being sought on
detailed descriptions furnished BY
their victim.
The title Of the picture was
'"The Shadow Of the Law"
Links Auto Theft
A theory that the theft Of an
automobile belonging to Walker
BueI, correspondent for the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. was linked with
the escape of the bandits was
entertained today by Fourteenth
precinct police.
Buel, who resides in the $500
block Of dramercy st. N. w,
parked his car in front Of drug
store, a block sway from the thea
ter, about 10 o'clock last night, to
visit the store circulating library.
Twenty minutes later ne
emerged from the store TO find
his car had been stolen. There
were two books dealing with
fictitious crimes in the car. The
theft of the car occurred at about
the same time the bandits fled
the theater. The automobile is a
1927, green Nash sedan bearing
the District license tags numbered
J-6218. The car had not been re
covered by police today.
Quitting their place in the
audience while the last show was
being screened, the debonair
bandits sauntered nonchalantly
to the theater office. where S.
Edward Bowman. assistant man
ager of the movie house, was
counting the night'S receipts
Brandishing revolvers, the bandits
issued the dreaded "sitck 'en1 up
command and had the assistant
manager at their mercy.
Gagged and Bound
Bowman was gagged and bound
by his assailants who, taking
their time and all the money in
sight, walked into the theater
down a darkened aisle and out
into an alley, making their escape.
Miss Blanche LevinSon. of the
first block of II st. N. W.. organist
heard the door slam and then
heard her employer shouting foI
aid, he having worked the gag
from his mouth.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
RELIEF
SOUGHT Of
CONGRESS
Banks to Lend 10 Farmers
With Good Security, Charity
to Be Asked for Bankrupt

While the sun-baked States
modified local resources for the
relief Of drought sufferers, Ad.
ministration leaders today indi.
Gated they win appeal to Con-
gress in December for aid In
tiding agriculture through an
other crop year.
In Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana,
Illinois. Kansas. Kentucky, Mary.
land, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio.
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and
west Virginia, authorities were
told State relief organizations
have started carrying out the pro
gram adopted at the bankers
conference here early this week.
Loans On Security
This relief win consist OF local
loans to solvent farmers. relief
for members Of cooperative as
sociations through their own or
ganizations and creation OF agri-
cultural credit corporations TO
handle loans on suitable security.
The whole credit relief move
ment undertaken locally, how.
ever, viii be conducted on sound
business practices" with indica-
tions that many drought stricken
farmers will BE unable TO secure
relief 10 aid those whose crops
were entirely destroyed and who
are without collateral for addi-
tional loans. the Government viii
be forced to ask Congress for
special relief funds.
RediscOunt Paper
Until Congress does recon-
vene, the Governments relief
measures viii be:
Rediscounting loans by local
organizations through the inter
mediate credit banks.
Aiding cooperative associations
through the Federal Farm Board.
Securing rate reductions in dis
tressed areas, with the co-opera-
ton Of the Interstate Commerce
Continued on Page 2, Gel. -
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
MOOyashiEer's Gun
Kills 2 Policemen

/ EUGENE, Ore, Aug. 20 UN.S)
Two policemen are dead today
and two others are wounded while
a posse Of nearly rs officers and
citizens are trailing their wound.
ed assailant, II. Sutherland,
moonshiner, with bloodhounds
through the dense wilderness Of
the Mohawk River Valley 20 miles
northeast of Eugene.
The dead men are Joe Saund'
ers, deputy game warden, and
Oscar Duley, Eugene policeman
and county deputy.
Lee Bown, son Of Sheriff Harry
Bown and Rodney Reach, deputy,
are in the hospital here with leg
wounds and will recover.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
HOOVER PLANS.
DLENES5 AID

President Hoover hopes to allie
viate unemployment throughout
the country by speeding up the
Federal Governments $500. 600, 900
building program, authorized by
Congress to be executed between
now and 1910.
Ferry K. Heath, Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury in charge
Of Federal buildings, and John
w. Philip, Fourth Assistant Post
master General, will be among
the guests Mr.. Hoover will take
to his Virginia camp on the
Rapidan River this afternoon for
q weekend Sojourn.
They viii be asked to outline
to the President the progress
made so far and how a large
portion Of the work can be made
available within the near future.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
INDIAN POLICE
HEAD KILLED
ationai Newsfeel Photo

LONDON. Aug. % UN.s).
F. j. Lowman, acting inspector
general OF police at Dacca, India,
died today from a bullet fired
by an unknown assailant as he
was leaving Dacca Hospital, in
company with superintendent Of
Police Eric HodSon, who was
wounded in the shooting, 1t was
stated in a dispatch to the Lon
don Evening News. ;,
Two suspects were arrested.
the dispatch added.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
Plants Respond to Kind
Care Like Animals

Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose.
world-famous bio-phySicist, an
nounces from the Bose Research
In5titute, Calcutta. India. some
of his latest amazing proofs that
the plants respond to all kinds
of stimulations, just like animals.
The plants are affected In their
rate of growth by heat, light,
chemicals, electric currents and
wireless or radio electric waves.
Sir Jagadish has discovered
that plants respond favorably to
gentle stimulation but unfavor.
ably to violent stimulaticns.
He says:
Growth Of plants is retarded
by strong stimulation, but it is
accelerated by weak stimulation
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
Physician, Sedsick,
QUITS ChnHaneL6 6lUiv7u

DOVER, England, Aug. 90
QN.SO Another bid for English
Channel swimming honorS failed
today when DR.. Brewster. of Lon
don, attempting to swim from
Dover to France in record time,
for the Dover Gold Cup, became
seasick and was forced to leave
the water at 2 p. m.
DR.. Brewster had been in the
water almost eight hours.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
BOOtlegger
Shoots A Policemen

EUGENE, Ore, Aug. 20 U.N.S.)
Defying a large posse of officers
and armed citizens. H. Suther-
land. suspected bootlegger, barri-
caded himself in a cabin in the
dense woods near Marcola, Lane
county. early todav. and shot four
officers. one probably fatally.
Joe Saunders, deputy game
warden: Lee Brown. deputy
sheriff. and Rodney Beach, an
other deputy, were moved down
BY. the eornered man after they
bad gone TO arrest Sutherland
and his son for the shooting Of
oSE4r Duley. Eugene policeman
ard county deputy, late last night.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29

of whatever kind. Direct slim.
ulation retardc the rate of growth
Of a plant, while an indirect
stimulation enhances It,"
The scientist disproveS the idea
held by scientists that a plant
has several kinds Of, and separate,
modes of responding to different
-orts of 5timulations.
Sir JagadiSh says:
''The plants irritability is not
Of different sorts. 1t has one
and the same excitability, ex-
pressed to various kinds Of stin1-
ulationS i'm the same general
way"
Gentle treatment helps 6
plants development. and violence
checks it. ,a
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
2 Girls, Pilot Dead
In Buffalo Plane Fall

BUFFALO, N: Y, Aug. 20 GIN.
So.-Two girls and a man were
dead here today after the myster-
ious fall Of an airplane, which
dropped 500 feet.
The victims were Rose Zajac
and Pearl Jobczynska, taking
their first air ride, and Arthur j.
Devlin, pilot. All were Buffalo
residents.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
Hencl,vndrs of CGpOne
Slain bv 2 Callers

CHICAGO, Aug. 20 (IN.S.l.-
John Kruspe, SO, said to be q
henchnan of Alphonse Caporle.
was shot and killed today. by two
gunmen at the front door Of his
home.
Kruspe dropped dead with five
slugs in his body when he ad-
mitted his identity to the two
callers. The gunmen then turned
and fled, according to Mrs. sue
Gardner who witnessed the slay-
ing.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
Detachable Skirt Is
Latest Dress StULe

NEW YORK, Aug. 90 Q.N.S).
A French actress today brought
to New York the latest in women's
fashions.
She wore q sport outfit with a
detachable skirt and knee
breeches underneath the skirt.
The skirt is removed during
warm weather or when tennis or
golf is to be played.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
President of Rotary
Sails for EnnLnEld

NEW YORK. Aug. 20 0.N.S0.
Almon e. Roth, Of Palo Alto,
Calf, president Of Rotary Inter
national, sails on the Majestic
for England at midnight.
He is making his first visit to
the Rotary Clubs of Europe and
will address the first Rotary con-
ference at The Hague and the
Rotary international convention
at Vienna,
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
HOUNDED HER
MONEY,
F., GIRL TELLS
| POLICE 4.
Formal Complaint Is Filed,
. Backed by Second Witness;
Grand Jury Action Likely

Formal charges Of extortion
@sre filed against Spottswood r.
Crayely, Second precinct police
nan, by Elizabeth @. Campbell,
aaee block W st. N. w., who to-
DAY made q signed statement for
Tnspector T. r. Bean, who has
been detailed to investigate the
charges. The District Attorney
also is expected to investigate
the case. Gravely was suspended
taaay by Capt. o. T. Davis, his
precinct commander.
Tne young womans charges
followed her sensational state
ment In Police Court yesterday
that she could not make q living
due Co being raided SO frequently
by Gravely despite the fact that
she had to pay him plenty for
protection"
Hiss Campbell was in court
charged with assaulting the burly
policeman and to have attacked
Pulicewuman Effa L., aCaSseper on
July q when Gravely arrested
her. she was exonerated of the
assault On Gravely but convicted
hy . jury Of attacking the police
W0m&n.
Charges Supported
Hiss Campbell was accompanied
Co police headquarters today py
Mss Helen Talsaz, who also made
an affidavit supporting the extor-
tian charges against Gravely.
According to the story told
TnSBector Bean. Gravely visited
the home Of the two women on
many occasions, sometimes dS
freuuentiy as three times q
mOnfh making alleged demands
for protection money"
In spite of making alleged pay
nsenks to the policeman, Miss
Campbell said that she was
hounded by Graveiy until she was
forced TO leave town.
Gravely told a different story.
he stated that on the night he ar
rested Miss Campbell she had
~sulicited" him and was riding in
Ccsnsiaasd on Page 2. Col. -
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
Farms in Virginia
DrOn 1923 ilt 10 Yrs.

The number Of farms In Yir:
ginia has decreased 1913 In NUNS
Der, or 81 per cent, since 1920.
the Bureau Of Census announced
today.
This year there are I'll ,O20
farms, against 193, ,T23 in 1925 and
1S6, ,242 in 1920.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
fwo Tines Features
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The Washington times., 1930-08-29
ToDAY'S SCRATCHES
BLUE BONNETs

BLUE BUNNEAS
FIRST RACE-AtipOtOes, Zebra, Play
EN- Sorry, Number Three.
THIRD RACE-PhiIIlps First, Al
Kripp, Ace OF Aces end, John J. VIII
Ilanas. single Pip, Sport HalIahan.
FIFTH RACE-AmmOnd.
SEVENTH RACE-TOm Kanty, Little
Scout, Lawless, KensingtOn Lad, Epi-
gram.
weather, cloudy: track. fast
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
Bromley Is Ready
For Pacific Flight

TOKYO. Aug. 20 0NSo.-
Lieut.. Harold Bromley. American
aiFman. announced today he
would leave at 4 a. m. tomorrow,
IL weather conditions permit, on
his scheduled nonstop flight to
Tmeama, washington. Favorable
westerly winds were increasing,
Indicating conditions would be
amzuiciuus Cor the take-off.
a farewell banquet was ten
Gsred Bromley and his assistant,
E@rusa Gatty, by the villagers Of
Awmmra, where the KaSumigaura
sar field. starting point Of the
G4xht. Is located.
PeFSlsiRg Returning
To Work on Memoirs
a Z| YORK. Aug. 20 u.N.S0
ca Sahn J. PerShing. who has
namm resting here following his
T4a frum France. where he has
Am fsw several months as chair
m af sae Battle Monument
Gmzzann. lEft for washington
k~8Hs.
wR tn washington he win
w& m k1s memoirs, which are
e. b. nzR1ed shortly.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29


BATNBRIDGE PARK
FIRST RACE-War Nymph, Emphatic,
Beau Aspin. ApOpka. Choir Invisible,
KaIiniO. Chris Paschen. LOyOla, Bisque.
SECOND RACE-Bill Lutx.
THIRD RACE-ROycrOfter. Kitty Cat.
OIenlan Sunshine. lima Fox, Ball Gee,
Jeh Prlmp.
FOURTH RAoE-BOOtee, Fallen Leaf,
CurIle.
FIFTH RACE-sParnell.
SIXTH RACE--Lunacy. On Trial. Sal
Mahdi. Craotan. Porto Belle Gold, Huey.
SEVENTH RACE-Fair Lark. CarlIno,
Blue Caddl. Rosewood, Antiquarian, Ada
Adler.
Weather, cloudy: track, fast.
DEVONSHIRE
FIRST RACE -- Gold Sand, Pardika
Twenty One ShillinEs.
FOURTH RACE-Tea Gown, P1ayvOte
SIXTH RACE-Ritter.
SEVENTH RACE-(a0Od Shepherd.
Weather, clear; track. fast.
The Washington times., 1930-08-29
THE WEATHER

PaEsly sleu4y teaighs snd Saturdays net Hauc
sAanws in tamperasare, gsntle ncrshwsst wtndi
TemPsrasurs ysstsEd@y-Hishssts SSi Lowes
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-02-18
KILLER, "A, GETS
LIFE SENTENCE

ANNAPOLIS. Md, Feb. 10
For the first time in the history
of the local courts a 14-year-old
boy was sentenced to life i'm
prisonment on a charge of muir
der this afternoon when Judge
Robert Moss directed that Leroy
Tyler, colored. II, be committed
to the penitentiary.
The boy was convicted on a
charge of murder in the first de-
gree and the jury returned the
verdict without mercy at the con-
cluSion of the trial last week.
When the verdict was returned
Judge Moss took sentence under
Amusement. stating that he felt
inclined toward sentencing the
boy to execution. He stated this
afternoon that in view of the alb
sence of any presidents that he
would impose the life sentence.
Tyler confessed to Staying his
81 year-old grandmother, Novem.
Der q, for the purpose of taking
a small sum of money she had in
the house.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-02-18
Russians Gloat Over
Closing Churches

any anti-Soviet acts committed
in the name of religion"
The Izvestias outspoken atti,
tude is the latest phase of the
atheistic wave sweeping over Rus
STA. 1t follows the amazing
demonstration staged by 10000
persons in Sub-zero weather at
Gh1ta, Siberia, when they cheered
and sang as government officials
Systematically proceeded with the
closing of all churches in that
city by order of the local Soviets.
Throughout the entire republic
demonstrations are being held,
aimed at the eXtinction-of religion.
Many Of the smaller towns and
cities are far in advance of Mos
COW in the closing of churches,
and various anti-reGgioniSt or
CARNATIONS are urging the capital
set an example to the rest of the
nation by shutting down the com
paratiVely few churches still open.
Already the famed bells of Mos
COW churches have been stilled by
order of the government. which
decreed that the chimes inter
ferred with the rest Of Soviet
workers.
The bells viii he melted down
and made into farm implements.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-02-18

an extract from a region of the
supra-renal gland which is potent.
We believe it is a hormone,
he said. Further research will
determine how close we are to
absolute facts.
Hundreds of patients have
been receiving our treatments
recently.
1T is too early to make any
definite affirmations that would
satisfy our professional colleagues.
But when we see case after case
in which the extract reduces or
aboliShes suffering and softens
the hard Jumps Of malignant
tumors, it is impossible to evade
the tentative conclusion that we
have the hormone that plays the
crucial part in the stability of
the system"
In commenting on the extract.
DR.. Humber stated:
I'VE have no doubt that our
extract kills career tissue without
inilrinC the normal tissue and
without INV ""H"titutional dis
turbanCo - tn patient"
His St~'~ment waS eIabora ted
upon by DR.. A. NJ. Moody, head
Ccs~'i~~sI 90 Psss :. Column -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1930-02-18
Al | { GE D
'BOOT|E'
HELD

George r. Cassidy, IS, The
Man in the Green Hat" was taken
into police custody today with
John T. Galley, IS. of Baltimore,
on charges of transportation and
possession of six quarts of liquor.
Cassidy. who lives in the 800
block of Seventeenth st. S. E..
was arrested with Galley, accord
ing to police at First and C
Streets Northeast Just as trey
drove up to the Senate Office
Building.
II am victim of frame-up."
Cassidy said at the First precinct.
where he was booked on the
charges.
He told newspaper men that
the charges lodged against him
by Ralph r Aiken, special pro-
hibition agent, we're without
grounds and intiInated that the
officer had been trying to get him
on a liquor count since the first
time he was brought into court.
He was released with Galley on
$4,000 bond each and intimated
that he would carry fight into
court.
Cassidy. whose sobriquet OF
The Man in the Green Hat" was
applied to him some time ago
after he was appretended while
making a delivery in the Senate
office Building, has been hailed
into court on several charges
since that time On his last ap-
pearance he was arreigned for
transportation and possession
after police had spotted him en-
tering the Senate Office Building
with package. and upon his
temperance he was arrested. A
large quantity of liquor was later
found in his home.