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Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1930-04-01

lsaFu ultimate objective IN every
the thing called Success; it is
ould rather see written upon the
&C Of advancing civilization and time.
land straining every nerve to hold down
while thing the placard of failure.
the individual effort, for no man wants
a failure, no matter what calling he may
he is wise, he will not sleep too long, but
nd employ the time wisely, and grapple
unity, that he may not be put down as a
FLOWS. 1t appears that to succeed is in
nature, and to fail seems to him
ess. The wise man knows that
Dpther end of a very rough road
tie end of long tunnel. It
,e fertile plain.
IDS at the entrance Of the
e of the mountain, he care
fney-the hardships of the
erness, before he puts out
~ his way is the way of
for others. He must
for the many as we'll
e launches forth with
cult heights, the dam
e wilderness, until he
the plain of ultimate
bnly true in the career
the career of Organiza-
American Sons and
service and success
knew full we'll that
he price of discour-
d-be leaders lodged
ltive to race unity
kmselves can fat
rs.
American Sons
Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1930-04-01
GRAND LECTURER.

Ito notify all lodges that Sister Beatrice Peyton,
Re, Miss, has been appointed Grand Lecturer.
ase take. not ana accept her, as being duly
Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1930-04-01
J OF SUCCESS.

|. and ultimate objective in every
5 the thing called Success; it is
Hould rather see written upon the
The Washington times., 1930-02-08
Jury Trials Threaten
ToClogDistrictC Court

Police Court began today to
feel the affects of a recent de.
cision of the Court of Appeals
to the effect that a defendant
charged with reckless driving is
entitled to trial by jury.
Two such cases already have
been brought up. Roy Spencer
Allison, through his attorney,
John D. Fitzgerald, was the first
man in the history Of the District
to be accorded a trial by his
peers on reckless driving charge
and Sylvan Provost, the second,
when Judge Ralph Given granted
the requests of both.
It is feared that the courts,
already crowded. will become over
burdened almost to the breaking
point If people take advantage of
the new ruling. Last year there
were 1,416 cases Of reckless driy-
ing alone, or almost so per cent
Of all the jury cases put together,
including liquor cases.
At present the docket shows
that the prosecution is behind
The Washington times., 1930-02-08

our board. I respectfully urge in
their name and at their request
that the appointment in question
receive your further careful con.
sideration before 1t is made
final"
The Columbia Heights Business
Mems Association also protested
the appointment Of General
Crosby. declaring that his appoint
ment by the President is not in
accordance with the spirit Of the
law.
It was indicated at the White
House yesterday that the Presi-
dent was somewhat perturbed by
the idea that the country has the
idea that the National Capitol is
hot bed Of vice and crime. 1t
was also stated that seven proml-
nent WaShingtonianS had been
offered the position before it was
rendered General Crosby.
Among those who are supposed
to have declined the position are:
Coleman Jennings, financier;
Newbold Noyes. associate editor
OF the Washington Star: Charles
C. Glover. jr, Robert v. Flen.
ing, president of the Riggs Ma
tional Bank: Corcoran Thorn,
president Of the American Secur-
ity and Trust Company: Edwin
c. Graham, president Of the Ma
tonal ElectEacal supplR Curapany,
The Washington times., 1930-02-08
MOTHERS WANT
FEE PRACTICE
REGULATED

A drive win be launched
shortly by police Of the Women's
Bureau agains the "taxi-dance
racket" by which girls and young
women sell their company as
dancing partners to men patrons
Of dance halls and dancing
schools"
Alarmed by exorbitant sums of
money their daughters and
younger sisters have made In
many cases, mothers and sisters
demanded some action on the
part of the Women's Bureau of
the, PolicSe Department, who for
the past several months have
quietly been making an inveSti-
CATION.
The usual sum for an evenings
companionShip in the cheaper
night clubs and dancing places
is SIS, or so cents a dance. The
'mocus operandi" of the young
women is to come in alone and
strike up an acquaintance with
some lCne male.
The young women, for the most
part, police stated, operate with
out the knowledge of the dance
hall managers, who have built up
a reputation for clean dancing in
District halls. The evil itself, one
policewoman remarked. is not 50
bad, vt the belief is felt that
it will soon develop into a moral
question of some significance.
The Washington times., 1930-02-08
Girls 1Dance Racket" Under Investigation By Police
. BOYS AND GIRL
ARE INJURED
IN TRAFFIC

Four boys and a girl were In
jured yesterday in traffic acci-
dents, one seriously when he fell
under the wheels Of an oil truck,
police report.
Marshall Wren, 1900 block Q
st. N. W., was questioned by
police after the rear wheels Of
truck he was driving ran over
12-year old Carl White, 1900 block
Gales st. N. e.
White, investigation revealed,
had been warned repeatedly to
keep off the back Of the heavy
truck. He slipped off and rolled
under the conveyance before it
could be stopped. He was taken
to Casualty Hospital and was
found to have sustained internal
injuries and lacerationS.
Mildred Bayne. Is. 1900 block
Eighth st. N. W., was bruised
and cut when struck by an auto
mobile operated by Harry Walsh,
first block Fifteenth st. s. E.
Her injuries were not serious.
Lacerated arms and shock were
sustained by Richard Dan, 4, Of
the 800 block Eighth st. N. E.,
when he was struck by a street
car at Eighth and F Streets North
east. He was taken to Casualty
Hospital and later to his home.
After treatment for lacerated
left arm at Casualty Hospital,
Tony Gallo. S. Of the 900 block
Tenth st. N. E., was allowed to
go home. He was struck by am
automobile, police reported. driven
by George Shreyer. Of Park Road
near Warder Street.
Melvin Michael. II. of the 1900
block Third st. N. W., received
bruised legs when his bicycle col.
lided with an automobile operated
by Fred A.. Night, 1000 block
Eighth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1930-02-08

about 370 cases, but with SO many
more jury trials demanded a seri-
Gus situation may soon face the
district attorney and corporation
counsel unless additional facilities
for hearing them are provided.
Judge Isaac r. Hit kept jury
court in session until 8 o'clock
one night in an effort to dispose
of a heavy assignment.
Criticism of Police Court judges
in the same tenor and from the
same source on the Capitol Hill
as that of Supreme Court justices
has been expressed to Presiding
Judge Gus A. Schuldt.
The crowded conditions In Su-
preme Court were laid to the
judges rather than to lack Of
facilities. in an official report two
days ago.
It is pointed out that for the
past few months the judge sitting
in the D. c. branch of Police
Court also has been hearing Jury
cases each day after his regular
assignment is cleared.
The Washington times., 1930-02-08
PAY.
BRIEF VISIT

william Jeffries Chewing. IT,,
youthful bank clerk husband of
the former Margo Couzens, yes
terday stopped off in Washington
with his bride and met Senator
Couzens for the first time.
The couple took time out from
their honeymoon in Virginia to
call on Mrs. Couzens and then
to 60 to the Capitol to be greeted
by the Senator.
Senator Couzens told reporters
that Chewing looked like a
mighty fine lad and expressed
himself as pleased with the choice
that his daughter has made.
Asked If young Chewing would
retain his position in the bank
the Senator replied, He better
h a d continue. He's married
now"
Following luncheon at the May
flower Hotel the couple returned
to Fredericksburg, the home Of
the bridegroom's parents. On
their return here the couple will
occupy an apartment-a one
room kitchenette affair-in the
Rutland Apartment house in the
100 block Seventeenth st. N. w.
Mrs. Chewing announced that
there will be no maid and no
round of parties and balls because
she intends to do her own house
work and live quietly. The rea-
son she eloped, she explained was
to avoid the round of social
events attendant upon a formal
engagement.
The Washington times., 1930-02-08
POLICE BATTER
DOOR IN RAID

Battering down an electrically
operated steel door in the TOO
block Ninth st. N. W., late yester-
day. police vice squad members ar
rested the alleged proprietor of a
completely equipped gambling den,
and listed IS men as material wit
neSSeS. ......
For the second time within three
days the raiding force scored on
tips from an undercover man.
Crowds, attracted by the batter
ing ram tactics Of the officers.
gathered and watched the proceed
ings. After the first door had
given way a second was found.
The men on the inside. however,
showed the white flag" and let
the raiders enter.
Sergt. o. j. Letterman and Po-
licemen r. J. Cox, j. A. Mostyn
and F. A. TruScott charged Louis
Schwartz, 25, Of the 1000 block
Thirteenth ST., with operating q
gambling table, and later released
him on $1,000 bond.
The Washington times., 1930-02-08
SEANTSONC CApTTAE,. .pEOpLE
Times staff Photo

The ways of the drama be-
ing what they are, DANIEL C.
CHACE, Washington journal.
iSt, feels that. the serious ef.
forts of man are of no import.
Rather is he inclined to shut
his eyes to the errors and
blunders that attend the
dramas decline and say: "Oh,
well, any old kind Of a plays
the thing" AS a judge, with
four other newspaper writers,
Mr.. Chace appraised the four
final plays in the one-act play
tourney. During 1.-THE Valiant" i"
he snoozed peacefully. A
friend and admirer seated in
front of him woke him when
the snoreS disturbed the audi
ence. During 1.-The Little Stone
House" he slept again: the
friend again banged his foot
to stop the snoring. And dur
ing when the Ship Goes
Down." the whole business was
repeated. The point Of the
story. however, is this: After the
plays had ended and the judges
had bent their heads in confer
ence, two plays: "The Valiant"
and when the Ship Goes
Down" were. tied in the voting.
Mr.. Chace's change of vote gave
the award to When the Ship
Goes Down. for which his
Snores' had been louder and
longer. ~
There are fen tOho cannot
find something to feel snob-
Dish about. according to AT
TORNEY HENRY i. QUINN.
Attorney Quinn illustrated his
point NTH the folIotDtng story
told at the recent banquet IN
honor of himself and Attorneys
George e. Strong and james A.
O'SheG, defenders of Inspector
Shelby and Lieutenant Kelly.
A somewhat pompouS IGaDyer
tDGS approached in his office
near the District courthouse By
a colored man tDho said he tDGs
in difficulties.
"Ot course. you knotu I'm no
Police Court lGpyer," said the
legal light. in q manner III
tended to be dtscourGging.
Deed you Gtn't, boss" said
the tDouId-be client. "And me,
amt no Police, Court boy.
Eaa Q OAG16 $llER boaEH
The Washington times., 1930-02-08
Adm. GraysOn Chosen
Hunt Club President

Election Of officers was held at
a recent meeting of the Riding
and Hunt Club of Washington,
Twenty-second and p Streets
Northwest. Those elected were
Admiral Cary T. Grayson. presi-
dent: Frank j. Hight, first vice
president; Major Harry Leonard,
second vice president. and Melvin
C. Hazen. secretary and treasurer.
Those on the executive commit
tee chosen were Wilton j. Lam
bert, l.. Perry West and Major w.
M Grimes.
The Washington times., 1930-02-08

Apartments offering all hotel conve-
niences are advertised in Times Classi-
fled Rental Ads.
The Washington times., 1930-02-08

CAPT. IRA sHEETZ the medical
administrative corps OF the
First DipiSion ReSerDeS. RhNe,
aOho made. an e1lUiGbIe record
oDerSeGs, has been an GctiDe
TeSerpe member since the con-
cluSion of the 1BGT.
The Washington times., 1930-02-08
MEET MONDAY NIGHT

The February meeting of the
Takoma Park Citizens Associa-
ton win be held Monday night at
1880 in the Takoma Park Branch
of the Public Library. John ].
Walker, president, will preside.
The Washington times., 1930-02-08
CAPT. IRA SHEETZ mag be
the head of the officers at the
Tenth precinct, net President

II o o D e r
ge s t erdG az
designated q
member OF
Sheets'S CON-
m q n d as
another cap
tain.
There aDiII
be no tric-
ti0n, q DeTS
EARL RHUE,
the recently
Gp poi n t e d
captain, for
his commits
sion is in
The Washington times., 1930-02-08
CITIZENS TO MEET

The Piney Branch Citizens
Association will meet Monday at
8 o'clock in the Hamline Meth
odist Episcopal Church, Sixteenth
and Allison Streets Northwest
The Washington times., 1930-02-08
SPEAKS ON PHILOSOPHERS

The Washington Society for
Philosophical Inquiry will meet
at the National Museum at 4:45
Tuesday afternoon. Prof. Ed
ward E. Richardson, president of
the society, will address the
group on Medical Philosophers"
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-24
TEST FOR CONGRESS

You might keep your eyes open for a
little while now and see Just how your
congressman votes on the senate bill to
abolish the courtesy of the port priv
ilege for congressman and senator's.
This privilege you know, enables a
congressman or senator, returning to this
country from abroad to bring in his bag
it various congressman in recent months
have brought liquor into the country
thereby causing rather disgusting scam
dal.
The bill to abolish this privilege passed
the senate, and is now up to the house. 1t
is hard to see any valid reason for voting
against it. Even aside from the question
of smuggled liquor, why on earth should
a congressman be exempt from the Gus
toms regulations? The privilege was or
iginally intended only as mark of cour-
tesy to foreign diplomats, and it should
be limited to that class very strictly.
Your congressman's vote on this bill
will give you pretty good line on his
stature.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-24
Ell CentrO Scout
Leaders Return

w. f. Robson, Scout executive.
Elmer See and II. L. Sallev. have
Just returned from the regional con
ference Of Scout executives and
leaders held this weekend in Pasa.
Gena at the Vista del Arrovo no.
tel, and which was attended by a
large number Of officials from
Southern California.
Chief among the speakers. were
James Z. West, national Scout ex-
ecutiye from New York City, vii
liam Gibbs McAdoo, vice president
Of the national council, and {. G.
Moore of San Francisco, also vice
/ president.
Saturday evening a banquet was
held in the Masonic Temple OF
asadena and the affair was at
tended not only by Scout leaders
but by prominent business mef
from the various Southern Cqlifor
MIA counties.
Major Burnham, famous z b
trotter and explorer, James Z. Wes
and Milton McCrae of San Dieg,
were the principal speakers on thi
occasion.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-24

led trousers and, sometimes cap
and, again. a tall, silk hat.
" Anyhow. IL catch that funny
rabbit WHISPERED the Gypsy boy,
and so he got ready 10 give Uncle
Wiggily a sad surprise by setting
trap, or snare, along the path by
which Mr. Longears had just hoped
70 find an adventure.
With a long piece Of leather, like
shoe string. the Gypsy boy made a
moose like q cowboys lasso only
smaller This moose he fastened 10 a
small tree which he bent down from
the top, so it was shaped like an In
dian 5 bow. The top of the tree
was made fast to stick in the
ground and the moose, or lasso was
spread open and left hanging near it,
'Now.'' whispered the Gypsy.
when Uncle Wiggily comes hopping
along this path on his way home, he
viii run his head in this moose. the
lick will pop out Of the ground, up
win spring the tree l bent down
and Uncle Wiggily will be dangling
ov his neck and I shall catch him.
Oh, I know how to snare rabbits"
It all happened just h ! way.
After while, finding no adventure,
Uncle Wiggily came running back
70 his bungalow. He did not see the
moose snare, or trap, and raD his
head right into il. By doing this he
pulled up the stick that held the
Lent tree pegged down. Up it sprang.
taking the rabbit with it. and there
he dangled with his neck in the las
50, swinging and kicking his poor
legs.
"Oh, Oh, what 4 surprise." cried
rEcle Wiggily And he would soon
have choked and then the Gypsy,
coming back, would have caught a
rabbit. But just then through the
the thicket ran Toodle and Noodle
Flattail. the beaver boys. They saw
poor, surprised Uncle Wiggilv dan
Cling and quickly, with their sharp,
gnawing teeth, cut down the tree
so Uncle Wiggily landed safely on
the ground in pile Of leaves.
"Thanks, beaver boys.' gasped
Mr.. Longears, pulling his head out
Of the moose. " You saved my life
Then he ran home TO his bungalow
before tha Gypsy came back, 50 all
was well. And if the rag doll doesn 7
take the cover off the picture book
: TO put over the sleeping goldfish l II
ten you next about Uncle Wiggily 5
bark pudding.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-24
Council To Meet
Again Tonight

At an adjourned meeting Of thu
city council TO be held at $50 o'clock
tonight, the resolution which would
place the proposition of civic aud
itrriun ,u H. regular ballot for tn"
city elections on April Il, Will
come up for its second reading and
final adoption 10y the council This
is the last opportunity the council
will have ta consider this measure as
noon, tomorrow. js the dead line for
ANY such p.ouosed addition 20 thu
city ballot II muSt br published
for fin. Ia4s after adoption aui
then will be officially included
ar.ons the other measures for the
consideration of the voters
This resolution received a 4 to !
vote +. it. favor at the last regular
meeting Of the council, Wednesday
night, after the opiuien, of mmy
citizens. both in favor of and
against the proposal, had heeu
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-24
THE STRAIN OF MODERN LIFE

Leonard P Ayres, the famous statisti-
clan of the Cleveland Trust Co.. turned
his attention the other day to the ages of
American presidents He set up the fig
ures for all presidents, from Washington
to Taft, in the form of a chart, and made
the rather surprising discovery that the
Il1e-span of American presidents has
been steadily decreasing, from the found
ing of the republic to the present day.
Taft died at the age of 72 1t is bit
disturbing to discover that no other pres
ident who lived that long is to be found
until we get back to Millard Fillmore.
who occupied the White House before the
Civil War. And the averages drawn by
Colonel Ayres are quite as disturbing.
Twenty-eight former presidents of the
United States have died. If they are
thought of as consisting of four groups Of
seven each, you get figures like these:
The average age Of the first group
the presidents from Washington to Jack
son-was IS years. For the second group,
excluding Lincoln, who was assassinated,
the average age was II. For the third
group, excluding Garfield, the average
was sc. And sc, too, it is for the final
group, excluding Mckinley.
Undeniably, the life-span Of the presi-
dents is growing shorter. Is it. possibly,
because the duties of the office have
grown more burdensome, so that a pres
idential term nowadays takes more out of
man than it did in the days of Adams
and Jefferson?
Possibly. Yet Colonel Ayres points
out that records of life insurance COM
panies indicate that older people have
shorter life expectancy now than was the
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-24
A PCZZLER

There is nothing like this modern age
for producing puzzling problems in the
field of morals
In Buffalo there was a young man
studying to become missionary He had
a hard time making both ends meet; it
was necessary for him to earn a little
money by part-time work. So he took to
running liquor across the Niagara river
for bootleggers
Eventually he got caught, and a court
fined him S50-and. presumably ordered
him to desist. And for the life of us we
can't figure out Just what, if any, moral
there is attaching to his story. To be
missionary is to devote oneself to high
calling-yet turning bootlegger to get
there hardly seems like the right way to
go about it. Does the end Justify the
means?
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-24
Tour Praised
By Poultrymen

Valley poultrymcn who attended
the recent tour of the Salt River
Valley poultry farms and the GOV
ernment poultry station, sponsor'' :
10y the agricultural extension serv.
lee and led bv y. T.. Creighton. as
sistant farm advisor and poultry
expert. are enthusiastic i'll I lie r
praises of the trip through Arizona.
-Four automobile loads made up
the trip. and the chief point of in
terest wa, the experiment station
where for two wears an experiment
has been conducted in regard 10 the
relative merits of indoor and out.
Goor housing from the point of view
Of egg production and mortality
Outdoor housing is used to . con
siderable extent by valley farmers,
particularly at tine Ferguson farm,
and not only is It less expensive,
since no shelters have 10 be built,
but it has been found at the STA.
tion where desert conditions sim
liar to the local climate obtain, that
il is superior as far as egg produc.
tion and mortality are concerned.
Improved methods - feeding are
also conducted here, high grade al.
falfa meal being used "a supple
ment to grain and other ingredients
N the mashes to excellent effect,
not only cheapening the feed but
-n,urn,iup the quality.
Four ranches were visited as well
IS the experiment station, tn" tour
ending with dinner in Phoenix.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-24

tian church, Rev. :. Smyser Of Holt
Vile officiating.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Rverson, Martha
Ryersou. and e. II. Slocum Of Holt
vile, as soloists, assisted in the
last rites for the deceased. state
,raffie Officers, led by Frank Os
walt. headed the procession of
friends and relatives of the family
to Evergreen cemetery, where the
intcrmcnt took place.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-24

\ scar on tie hand of Mrs. Edna
{. stiles, above, OF Pasadena. cal.
may lead to her Identification as
tie heir to the $2,OOO,O0O estate of
the Gaby Deslys. An aged nurse
testified in Paris that the famous
cancer secretly gave birth to a
daughter and that a scar was cut
ON the baby : hand. Mrs. stiles, an
orphan, heard the story and i in
rcstigating.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-24
TEN YEARS AGO
March "a, 1920

The Sans Souci club is planning a
dance, to be given on April L al
the Davis hall. Invitations viii be
issued. The members are Peggy
Lien, Agnes Watkins, lone Sam
mons, Cheerful Apple, Rose Sam
mons, Lalla Rook Baker, Evalyn
Boman, Kathymae Cook, Florence
Hoover, and Sue Hazel Baker.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-24
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
Morcb Oi 1QIS

While Charles II. Hersee, secretary
Of the Imperial Valley Hardware
company, with his family attended
a motion picture sho| Monday
night. thieves entered the home on
Wensley avenue and got away with
considerable clothing and jeweiry.
Practically all of Hersee's extra
pairs Of trousers were taken, in al
dition to much clothing and jewe'rY
belonging to his mother who had
Just arrived from Los Angeles the
day before.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-24
Looking Backward
What the Tress Files Tell Of I'M
perial Valley for this Date
In Past Years
TWENTY YEARS AGO
March a. 1910

The Imperial Woman's club met
informally at the rest room Friday
afternoon, March %, listened to the
very interesting reports OF Mrs.
Florence Arnold and Mrs. Julia v.
Blair, the delegates to the conyen-
ton Of the State Federation OF
Woman's clubs. held at Santa Bal-
bara, April 5 to -.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-24

case generation ago. Apparently the
speedy pace of the modern age is too
strenuous, once certain age is passed.
People century ago had fewer luxur-
les, fewer conveniences, but they were not
under so great strain.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-24

heard. 1t is expected that the coun.
ell viii repeat its action of last
Wednesday, tonight, thus putting
before the people for their approval
or rejection, proposition which
has been the subject of much discus
sion in the city during the past few
weeks.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-03-24
DAGUE DENIES GUILT

NEWCASTLE, Pa, Mar. "a. U.P)
W. Glenn Dague, former c hoir
singer, salesman and gunman, plead
ed not guilty 1t the opening Of his
rial today on charge Of murder
In connection with the death Of
Brady Paul, hignway patrol cor
poral last December 27. Selection
Of the jury began Immediately.