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The Washington times., 1930-10-09
Jews
Small in Number, Great in Achievement.

The latest Jewish Year Book just issued tells you that
there but Jews in the world of whom 4SS
live in the United States and 600 in New York city
Great Britain has but 100000 She might be more pros
porous if she had few more.
Certainly the part played by Jewish thrift and business
ability in making AMERICA the wealthest nation and New
York its weahiest city, would be hard to overestmate
The British Empire by the way would have got far
without the aid of Jewish bankers from the days of EdwardI
those of George " They helped England defeat Napoleon
for example though history which much Of Wellington
and Nelson, says little Of that
They have also furnished England with Of her most
eminent -Drae bought the suez Canal and
Reading, viceroy of india to name but two.
mere speck among the population in all great countries
the Jews contribute many times their share in brains ana
energy every couns assets Nations that persecute them
do not prosper
Spain at the height of her glory banished them.
Had Spain welcomed them as Britain and America have
DONE the map of the world would be different today
The Washington times., 1930-10-09
A Puzzle of the Centuries
By Archibald Henderson

25; 8, is, II, and 9, 40. Al. To
illustrate, we have g. r 4Oa =
al, since 81 + 1900 = 1881.
There are an infinite number
Of such triplets X. y, z satisfy
ing the equation
x'+y'=z'
It is interesting to recall that
many Of the disciples of Py-
thagoraS knew not a few such
tripletS. In his Arithmettcc,
Diophantus. of Alexandria, who
lived in the third century OF
our era, gave a rule for deter
mining such numbers.
Fermat went a step further,
and stated that the equation
xn + yn = IN
cannot be solved for integral
or whole number values Of x,
y, z, when n is an interger
greater than 2. He said: 7
discovered truly wonderful
proof of this, which, however,
this margin is too narrow to
hold" This alleged proof Of
Fermat has never been found,
and doubt +9day is entertained
as to whether mat he| --er
discovered such a ->-~~+. Many
mathematician, says Tobias
Dantzig in Number, has since
wished that Fermat had had
a wider marg at his disposal
when he wrote it.
Many of the greatest mathe-
maticians of the last three cen
turies have attempted to prove
Fermat's Theorem: Euler and
Lagrange, Hummer and RE
mann, among others. In 1908
a DR.. WolfSkoel offered 100.0 900
marks for a complete solution.
Thousands of attempts have
been made, but only few cases
have been proved. Euler proved
the theorem for n=3, Fermat
for ma Dirichlet for ms. No
one has proved the theorem in
general, The puzzle remains
unsolved, the prize unawarded.
Copyright, 1880, International Eeoturo
SeE~tees 1nc.A
The Washington times., 1930-10-09
KNOWLEDGE
TEST

Do you know:
/. What does the term "Ar-
cadia" mean today?
2. In what campaign were
the Bull Moose?
3. What is meant by a hunt
ing case on a watch?
4. How did the word lynch
ing get into our language?
5. What color Is a roam horse2
Match correctly:
6. ghost
f1uctuate
z. vertigo
leaping
8. waver
dizziness
9. saltant
fragment
10. piece
Specter
Fill each blank:
IL. The Black War oc-
Cured before the Civil War.
IL. Rip Van Wrinkle slept IN
the - Mountains.
13. Lincoln was shot in the
- Theater.
IA. A pillory is an old-time
place Of --.
is. A young is called .
fawn. Z
ANSWERS .Oa AEagauins PAgs9
The Washington times., 1930-10-09
Saturday Half Holiday Law
Test Case Proposed in District Courts.

legal test Of the Saturday half holiday question here is
suggested and steps should be taken to have the
upon this long existing law heretofore interpreted applying
solely to banks of the District.
The Federal Bar Association is taking active interest in
seeking to have this law become applicable Federal estab
hmens here and the suggestion is that the courts should
be asked pass the matter One way doing this would
be for Federal worker to absent himself from work
Saturday afternoon and, when payment refused to
bring suit.
Application Of this law to all workers in the District would
be advisable for Federal workers than any bill for Sat-
urday half holidays likely to pass Congress Efforts will be
made in that body to compel civil service employees work
extra time five days Of each week to make for the loss
Of time Saturday afternoons That is establishments
while others would go work at and close o'clock
There is just why Federal workers should
have half holiday all the year and have
to get it.
The Washington times., 1930-10-09

One vast field in mathematics
is now known as the Theory OF
Numbers. Throughout history
numbers has attracted the in
terest of mankind. The symbol
ism Of numbers appeals deeply
to the religious mind; and by
its devotees numerology is re-
garded as a science" whether
of superstition, mysticism. palm
istry, or fortune-teling. The
theory of numbers, says Hardy,
more than any other branch
of mathematics, began by being
an experimental science. Its
most famous theorems have all
been conjectured, sometimes q
hundred years or more before
they were proved: and they
have been suggested by a mass
Of computations.
One of the most extraordi-
nary problems in mathematics,
which has its origin in the re-
mote past, is the famous prob
lem of Fermat. AS formulated
by this gifted Frenchman, the
problem reads:
It is impossible to partition a
cube into two cubes or a BIZ
quadrate into two biquadrates,
or generally any power higher
than a square into two powers
of like degree.
The history of this problem,
for the Csc n-2, goes back to
times of remote antiquity among
the Egyptians. The Greeks and
the Chinese were acquainted
with the problem. Pythagoras
gave the first general proof of
it known to history. This the
orem is named for the Pytla-
gorean theorem: but it is popu-
larly known as the PonS ASig-
norum, or bridge Of asses.
The Greeks, and before them
the Egyptians, knew of the ex-
istence of a right triangle hav-
ing its sides in the ratio of 3
to 4 to 5.
Such sets Of numbers are,
for example. s, IL 1a4 I a.
The Washington times., 1930-10-09
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DIR. Louis E. Bisch-

There are all kinds of fears,
and one of them is the fear Of
being different!
How instinctively we tend to
mould ourselves like the rest
our clothes, our manners, our
social relationship, our customs.
our speech, almost everything.
And yet, is not being different
often a great, if not the great
est, asset we possess?
Nevertheless, I have known
numbers of people, young and
old, who worried because they
thought, or because they were
told, they were different from
the average. Sometimes they
thought that that actually
cant insanity, which OF
course, was absurd.
What does being different
really imply? Being different
means not being typical, not
agreeing with the regular, eS-
tablished, prevailing type.
If we take thousands of ind1-
viduals, catalogue their abilities,
traits and aptitudes, and then
strike an average, we arrive at
a set of characteristics which
is typical of the particular
group we have tested.
Now apply this general
method in theory to everybody
that exists and what do we
have? What we find is a very
low mean-mediocrity.
Therefore, being different,
not being typical. always means
not being mediocre. It does
not necessarily mean being
~''perior, however. 1t may
mean being inferior.
Still, by far and large, those
whom I am trying to encour-
age are more likely to fall
within the SUPERIOR rather than
the inferior group, at least as
regards some Of their ca
pacities. 4
The Washington times., 1930-10-09

DR.. Joseph Collins, famous
author, says: "The greatest
contribution of this age to
civilization is the destruction Of
the sex bogy."
Maybe. But also admit that
the silliest contribution of this
age to civilization is the sex
ballyhoo.
It is undoubtedly bad to fear
sex, ignore sex, repress sex and
act as if it were the SmuttieSt
subject on earth. But it is
equally bad to act as if it were
the smartest, and exploit it
above every other topic of hui
man interest.
When you N me and Mary
and Bill were kids, back in the
NaSty-nice Nineties, we had a
quaint amusement. Whenever
we felt particularly daredevil.
ish, we'd sneak out and write q
Dirty Word on the back wall
of the barn, or other public
utility. Having done this we
felt just like Ajax defying the
lightning.
Now, according to DR.. Col
Inns, this desire to paste society
one in the snoot by writing q
Dirty Word, was due to the un-
healthy repression of sex ex-
preston. But 80 years have
passed. And now we can ex.
press sex all over the lot. But
has that assuaged our desire to
deal in Dirty Words? Has it
allayed our lascivous snickerS
and given us that nonchaIant
indifference toward sex which
should come with full knowledge
and freedom? I'll say it
hasn't! We, no longer, it is
true, need say it in secret. We
can speak right up in the sit
ting room and talk as dirty as
we please, provided we use nice,
ritzy words. BUT WE STILL
LOOK AND FEEL AS IF WE
WERE WRITING THAT BAD
WORD BACK ON THE OLD
BARN WALL.
ERrhaps we've destroyed the
The Washington times., 1930-10-09
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
BY Temple Manning

about ten acres, consisting Of
an uncovered space and many
Of what would be called stalls"
in the markets Of the United
States. Followers of the night
life of Paris frequently visit the
Halles in the early morning to
top off the night with a bowl
Of the onion soup always on
tap there for the workers. It
is said by experienced FOUNDERS
to be an excellent blotting pa
per for more fiery liquids.
Woren visitors to Paris, as a
rule, make beeline for the Rue
de la Paix and the large stores
for which the city is famous.
Among these are the Magazin du
Louvre, Printemps, the Bon
Marche and, of course, the cele-
brated couturieres for those with
no buttons to their purses. If
you know how to buy in Paris
you can get things very reason
ably, but the sound of an Ameri-
can accent is generally the sig
nal for a marking up of prices in
the smaller shops. The depart
ment stores, Of course, do not do
this.
And, remember this, your
Paris shopkeeper is a Latin, and
a Latin loves to bargain. Don't
be afraid to haggle about price;
the dealer expects you to and
fixes his asking or starting price
accordingly. He is rather diSap-
pointed if, according to the gen.
eral American custom, you say
90. K; wrap it up" And his
opinion of you takes a drop, too.
The Washington times., 1930-10-09

A great many persons have
the idea that the individual
motto of every Partisan is Pour
s'Amuse," which very, very
freely translated, means "On
pleasure bent" AS a matter lof
fact, the Frenchman found In
the business world is an exceed
ingly serious person, who takes
his n1oney-making very much to
heart. He is not the 'boule-
vardier" type any more than
the Broadway night-lifers are
representative of the backbone
of the United States.
There is one thing the bust
ness man Of Paris does insist
upon, however, and that is time
enough to eat his midday meal
his dejeuner, he calls it. The
American invasion has en-
croached somewhat upon this,
but those who have business
with the large houses will do
well to remember that the
hours from noon to 2 o'clock
are sacred to the dejeuner, and
a great many business places
are closed tight during this
period. They make UP for 1t by
keeping open much later than
do the less business houses in
the United States. OF course, a
good many Of the shops in the
central part Of Paris, with an
eye to getting the visitors dol
lar, remain open.
And that brings us to the
Halles Centrales, the chief mar.
ket Of Paris. Most visitors want
to see this market, situated
close to the Louvre, covering
The Washington times., 1930-10-09

held a meeting on october 2,
to discuss this decision and
agreed that they believed it was
not the intention of Congress
that property owners should
pay twice for the paving of q
street, and therefore, passed a
resolution creating a committee
of five to secure legal represen-
tation with the view of request
ing a decision from the District
Supreme Court for the purpose
of setting aside the decision of
the Corporation Counsel. The
The Washington times., 1930-10-09
Long Distance. Politics
A Great Improvement.

Charles Tutte Republican nominee for Governor Of New
York. will campaign from bus with an ampiier capaOe Oh
carrying his voice TEN MILES.
Probably Mr. Tuttle will not turn the amper on at 1ull
strengthened than anyway He would break many
windows if he did and breaking windows is poor way to
get votes. . :.
The ampifier interests everybody, however whether IN
terested in Mr. Tute It evidence OF how lar we
have in radio since election and Of how far we
will probably 60 before the election in 1881
Then no doubt the candidate kiss babies by machinery
That would be great relief candidates. 1t would be
still greater relief to babies.
The Washington times., 1930-10-09
Letters to the Editor From Readers of The Times

The wider use Of concrete pave
ment since it is safest (skid-
proof, permanent, cheap, can
be smooth, does not melt, give
off offensive odors in summer
and Goes not pocket" or lose
its crown. It's drawbacks are
few, mainly: takes time to lay
and is noisy where horses and
buggies, are still in use.
That your newspaper consider
as one of its aims the establish
ment of an adequate subway
system in Washington before
this $4,000, 900 is spent on
these streets. Sincerely,
A. q. r.
The Washington times., 1930-10-09
Hearst Papers Advocate

l. "PeGce and amty aOitk all nations; entGnging
alliances sOith none," Gdvocated by George Wash
tngton.
e. Proportional representation in the United States
Senate, state to have less than tOo Senators.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
porttonnent IN the House of Representatives.
g. separate Department of the Army, of the Macy
and of the Air Forces, all united NTder Secre-
tGry of National Defense.
a. Federal action to the limit of Federal powers to
abolish il6terGcy IN the United States under
Secretary of Education.
s. Installation of the President ON the first of jan
uGry folosOing November election.
g. Selective immigration to admit only those suited
for American citizenship.
T. Deportation of undesirable aliens.
g. Complete publicity for income tGres.
The Washington times., 1930-10-09

total cost Of this work is $32,-
O00-50 per cent is to be paid
for by the owners.
r. s. WILKINS.
The Washington times., 1930-10-09
Asks Subway System
For Traffic Relief

Editor, Times:
For the interest Of the Dis
trict let me suggest: (Referring
to your editoriaD.
"Ten-Year Program of High
way Improvements in District" !"
The Washington times., 1930-07-23
Paris Confab Important,
Says MicrobioLogists

PARIS, July 23.-"ThOugh
the world Is not aware of II,
the meteorological congress
may be more important to hu-
manity than The Hague Con.
ference and its results i'm.
mensely more far-reaching than
those Of the Young plan"
This remark by one Of the
delegates reflected today the
earnest attitude of several hun
dred scientists, investigators and
students from 20 countries who
are at the Pasteur Institute this
week exchanging data for com
mon aid in their search FOR
knowledge of microbe life and to
equip themselves for conflict
against the worlds disease
Yesterdays discussions centered
on the efforts of science to de-
tect the scarlet fever bacillus, and
reports from IL countries, includ-
ing two addresses by Americans,
indicated the progress that has
been made in this work. The
scarlet fever bacillus has not
Keen isolated, but experts are
agreed that 1t is conveyed in
some manner by a hemolytic
streptococcus.
Reports by DIR. A. r. Dochez
and DR.. Augustus B. Wadsworth
of the United States indicated
confidence that an effective anti
toxin serum for scarlet fever
soon would be found, while cele-
brated Rumanian scientist, Prince
Cantacuzene, was more reserved
in his declarations.
Prince CantacuZene described
his studies of the streptococcus
and came to the conclusion that
scarlet fever was not manifesto
ton of the action of this bacillus,
but that more probably it served
The Washington times., 1930-07-23
.GANDHI IS SUED
FOR PEACE

BOMBAY. July % 1N.s3.-In
an effort to. obtain peaceful
settlement of midas pressing
problems, Sir Tel Bahadur sapru
and Jayakar. Indian leaders.
visited Mshatma Gandhi at the
Yeravda prison near Poona to-
day.
The interview. which took place
in the prison office, lasted three
hours and a half. Neither Sir
Tel nor Jayakar would make
any statement.
1t is known, however. that the
two Indian leaders. proponents
of moderate tactics, sounded out
the imprisoned nationalist leader
on the possibilities of settling the
present Indian troubles by means
of arbitration.
The visit was made with the
permission of Lord Irwin, British
Viceroy in India.
The Washington times., 1930-07-23
RIOGRANDEL|N
To Be SH|F TED

The American.Mexican inter.
national boundary commission is
preparing a final report on recti-
fication of the Rio Grande River
for submission to the two gov
ernments involved, it was learned
here today.
They plan to settle the long
over the boundary between
this country and Mexico, which
previously has been a constantly
moving entity, due to the fact
that it was determined by the
changeable river lines.
Successful elimination OF the
agreement planned, it was
learned, will involve also plan
for Strengthening the river be-
tween Ell Paso and Fort Quitman,
Texas, a distance of approx
mately 155 miles. This action, it
was estimated, would remove the
annual flood menace to land in
the vicinity of El Paso. The pro-
posed rectified channel for the
Rio Grande's course, according to
engineers, would reduce the 1885,
mile river course between Ell PaSo
and Fort Quitman to about 88
miles.
Lawrence M. Lawson, the
American commissioner, and Gus
tavo p. Serrano, commissioner for
Mexico, are at present in Mexico
City working out the final draft
for the report.
The Washington times., 1930-07-23
3 Girls Are Injured
When Truck SkidS

FROSTBURG, Md. July %.
Hannah Gates, 18, Eckhart, Md /,
sustained a fractured collar bone;
Miss Virginia Allison, 16, daugh-
ter of Rev. and Mrs. F, E. Alli-
son, of this city. was bruised
about the head and shoulders and
Miss Elizabeth Grose, l8. II
Levels, w. Va, bruised severely
about the arms and legs in an &C.
cident IA miles west Of this city
today.
The trio of young women were
on a days lark hiking and were
returning to their homes from
Addison, Md. on, a truck. Wet
roads following a rain caused the
truck to skid when the brakes
were applied on a down hill grade,
throwing the girls from the truck.
The Washington times., 1930-07-23
Gnllgsters BLGnted
For Shotgun Wounds

CHICAGO, July % UN.So. !.
Believed by the police to be a
victim of gang attack, Joseph
Martorana, ~, was in a serious
condition at Belmont Hospital to-
day with nearly a score Of shot
gun wounds.
Martorana was shot last night
while driving in an automobile
wife was uninjured. Martorana
automobile was perforated by the
slugs and Martorana was wounded
in the legs and the head. His
was wife uninjured. Martorana
said he did not see his assailants
and claimed he heard no shots.
The Washington times., 1930-07-23
DETROIT MAYOR
IS RECALLED

DETROIT, July % G.N.S0 -
Mayor Charles Bowles, the
$4,000 year executive Of the
Nations fourth largest city, to-
day had been recalled from the
office which the electorate had
bestowed upon him last fall.
It was the first time in the
history of the United states that
a major city had impeached its
mayor via the recall route.
In a special election. the people
Overwhelmingly voted to oust the
mayor. Complete returns from
the city'S 852 precincts showed
that 121,041 persons had favored
ehe recall and that 90,034 sup
ported the mayor and voted
against it.
Probably the most serious
charge made against the mayor
was the published statement of
political enemy that pictures OF
palatial gambling denS could be
taken from the windows of the
mayors office in City Hall.
Mayor BowleS, when reached
for a statement, made the crisp
comment;
I'VE are beaten!"
The Washington times., 1930-07-23
SEA SCOUTS OFF
ON new TRIP

Sea Scout Troop sol will leave
the city Saturday for q week end
cruise on the Atlantic Coast. This
is the only colored Sea Scout
troop south Of Chicago. Satur-
day the boys completed trip as
far as the mouth Of the James
River.
The group is under the direction
Of Skipper H. K. Howerton and
owns q 40-foot sloop, with ac-
commodation for l8 scouts. There
are 10 second class scouts and
six first class in the troop. Robert
Bess is the only Eagle member.
To become member a boy
must be is years of age and a
good swimmer. The sloop has an
auxiliary engine, a 14-foot life
boat and can stand rough
weather. The troop has cruised
several miles out on the Allan
tic Ocean.
The Washington times., 1930-07-23
Arlington School
Accents Bond Bid

ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va,
July 2S. The Arlington county
school board, at a special ses-
sion held at the courthouse last
night, accepted the bid. of H. M.
BylleSby & Co., of New York, for
the purchase of $4,000 of
county school bonds. The ac-
cepted bid was at the rate of AZ
per cent with a premium OF
$4.131.
County School Superintendent
Fletcher Kemp announced that
j. H. Coleman, of Lynchburg, Va,
the successful bidder for addi-
tions to /. the Westinghouse
High School. will start work to-
morrow morning. The contract
provides that the work. which
calls for 80 additional class
rooms, shall be completed Jan
uary is, 1881.
The Washington times., 1930-07-23
Rainstornl Reneges on
Perplexed Police As
Tree Sitters Sit

CHICAGO. July % .HN.S).
Juvenile and police officials
arrived at the conclusion today
that metropolitan Chicago is in
need of a good rainstor11, o.
several transforms, in fact.
It was the tree-sitting situa-
ton that brought them to the
decision. While the arms of
the law waved helplessly in an
effort to grasp legal means by
which the youth Of the city
might be pried off the scores
of oak. elm and poplar limbs
on which it has chosen to sit,
the sitters, several scores of
them, continue to sit. Some
were piling up records nearing
the 300th hour.
The Washington times., 1930-07-23
Lighting Strikes
Home, Woman Dead

HAGERSTOWN, Md. July ,23.
Mrs. Winona Essland, 56, wife Of
farmer near Great Cacapon,
w. Va, was killed yesterday
when lightning struck her home.
Mrs, EsSlaIld had gone to an
upper story Of her home to close
a window. Her husband and 3
neighbor, seated on the front
porch. heard the bolt strike and
ran upstairs to find Mrs. Essland
dead on the floor.
The Washington times., 1930-07-23
Second Typltus Case
Qunrantined Here

The second typhus case of the
year within the greater Wash
ington area was reported to the
District Health Department by
Sibley Hospital officials today af-
ter they had quarantineu Mrs.
Douglas Task, of Virginia High
lands, Va. in the contagious
ward. sd l..
The disease, for which there Is
a high mortality rate seldom
nlanifests itself in this region, Of
ficials said, although precautions
should be taken against it and
physicia ms immediately sum
inoned il suspicion arises.
The previous case was an A.
cotink, Va. youth who recUS
cred at Gallinger Hospital.
The Washington times., 1930-07-23
Million Abatement
GiUen Bird Estate

The estate of the late Charles
Sumner Bird, of Boston, was
granted a tax abatement of 81
024,S96 by the Treasury, Otser
abatements are:
Estate Of William Max, Phila.
delphia, $27. 1856: estate of Louis
A. Rang. Chicago. $38.025: estate
Of Christian De Guigne, tr.. san
Francisco, $26.720; estate Of Ssn.
dali G. Winston. Minneapolis,
$38.742;; estate Of BENJAMIN w
Fleischer, Philadelphia. $67 $50:
estate of Sophie r. Poole. Par
kersburg, w. Va. $27. .474, and
First Wisconsin National Bank.
Milwaukee. $3O,S12.