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The Washington times., 1930-12-09
Christmas Holidays
To Be II Days for
School Children
Photo by EdmOnstOn

It's going to be a long Christ
mas holiday for the children Of
Washington this year. It's going
to be IL days long, because New
Years Day falls on Thursday,
and, according to the rules of
the Board of Education, when.
ever a holiday comes on Thurs
day, the next day shall also be
a holiday.
Consequently, since the next
day is Friday. the whole week
end will be added to the en-
joying Of the Christmas spirit
by the youngsters. School will
close on Tuesday, December %,
and classes will not reopen
until January S, the Monday
following New Years Day. "
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
MANS[AUGHTE Err
CHARGE LAID

Manslaughter is charged in an
indictment reported by the Grand
Jury today against George War
rem Graham, in connection with
the automobile death last Novem.
ber % Of Mary Herman, at Rhode
Island Avenue and v Street North
west.
Mrs. Herman was crossing the
street with her brother-in-law,
Harry B. Heiberger. who was also
struck by the machine, according
to police reports. Mr.. Graham is
said to have failed to stop after
the accident, but proceeded to his
home and notified police he had
struck two people.
James j. Powers is charged with
forgery and uttering in connection
with the alleged cashing Of $500
worth Of American Express Com.
pany's travellers checks, reported
stolen from the room Of William
Hurworth, Of Butte, Mont, at a
New York hotel on April 4, 1929,
Powers was arrested at Palm
Beach, Fla, last February.
Capt. Frank Giennoni, Of the
converted destroyer Anna. which
is moored off the sea wall at Po-
tomac Park, is indicted for larceny
In connection with the theft Of
articles from motor boats an
chored in the harhor. He entered
a plea Of not guilty in Police
Court.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
HURLEY BACKS,
RIVER WORK

Development Of the Mississippi
River and its projects as a means
of solving the farm problems OF
the great Middle West was urged
today by Secretary Of War Hur.
ley in an address at the opening
session Of the twenty.sixtia annual
rivers and harborS congress. He
said:
'The census shows that the
combined industries Of Illinois,
Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Ne
braska. North Dakota, WiscOn.
sin and Minnesota have de-
creased In number from 55,96S
to 37,174. The farm problem in
these States Is acute. It is my
opinion that nothing would con-
tribute more to solve these prob
lems than the development Of
cheap transportation in this
section"
He pleaded with his listeners to
work for the unification Of the
national system Of the waterways.
The st. Lawrence waterways prof.
ect is still being worked on and
will be put into operation shortly.
pending an agreement with Cana
dian authorities, he said.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
HOTEL ASSAULT
CASE FAILS

Charges OF assault against
three Washingtonians which grew
out of a row at the Shoreham
Hotel last Saturday, were nolle
pressed by Assistant District At
torney Michael F. Keogh today,
after an investigation Of the
case.
The charges had been preferred
against Vernon G. Taylor, sculp-
tor, 1910 Buchanan st. N. W.;
Mrs. Lillian Davidson, Of the
same address, and John H. David
son, automobile salesman, Of 2440
Sixteenth st. NJ. w.
Mr.. Keogh. said he thought
The police were justified in. max
ing charges, but he could not see
how substantial case could be
made. -a
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
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anything happenS-ring the
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phone the News Tip Editor
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The Washington times., 1930-12-09
JUDGE WATCHES
+ STOP SIGN CO

The street sign that refuses to
stay put delayed the course Of
justice in Traffic Court in the
triral Of the case of David C.
Johanson, IS, of 2505 Thirteenth
st. N. W., on a charge Of passing
a stop sign.
Mr.. JohanSon was charged last
week by Lieut.. M. D. Smith, Of
the traffic bureau, with having
passed the sign. Mr.. JohanScn,
in turn, accused Lieut.. Smith
with having Snatched the buttons
from his coat in an attempt to
drag him from his car.
Case Is Postponed
Judge John p. Mcmahon post
poned the case until today in or
der to view the stop sign at Full
:ler and Sixteenth Streets North
west. Lieutenant Smith had re-
ported the sign down when he
looked at it after the case was
made.
Judge Mcmahon then went
there Saturday to look 1t over
and 1t happened he was in the
same neighborhood Sunday, and
found the sign had again been
moved.
Judge Complains
Complained the Judge to the
head Of the Traffic Bureau:
~ am going to postpone de-
ciSiOn in this case until that
sign settles down In b perma.
nent home Of It's own. One
cannot expect motorists to
seek signs In hidden Iairs." :
Now the Traffic Bureau is try
ing to find the cure for the
signs wal1derluct. and instilI in
it q love Of home that win keep
it In It's place.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
FISCAL REPORT
A|VALYZED BY
WITNESS
Public Interest Lacking at
House Hearing Of Bureau
Report on City Financing

ReSuming his testimony todaR
before the special House commith
tee appointed to investigate fiscaI
relations between the Federal AM
District governments, Thomas +
Murphy, assistant chief Of the
United States Bureau Of Eff.
cheney, delved into the intricacies
Of numerous charts prepared by
the bureau showing that the Fed
eral contribution to the District
during the next fiscal year should
be 10.183,391.
Report Is Delayed
Mr.. Murphy's testimony was in
terrupted by many questions by
committee members and when ad-
journment came for the day, he
had but two-thirds completed the
formal report Of the Bureau Of
Efficiency, which was released for
publication yesterday.
Although the fiscal relations
subject presumably is Of para.
mount Importance in the District,
the attendance at the House
committe hearings has dwindled
down to less than on-haH dozen
persons in addition to members
Of the committee.
In fact. the apparent lack Of
public interest is such that the
special committee has moved the
hearing room from commodious
offices Of the District Of Column
bia Committee to a much smaller
room known as No. 293, House
Office Building.
Attending the hearings today
were only the three District
Commissioners, Tax Ass essor
Richards, District Auditor Dono-
van, Mr.. Murphy and Herbert
Rapp, the last two of the Bureau
Of Efficiency.
The only citizen and unofficial
representative Of the District of
Columbia in attendance was Gro
yer w. Ayres, secretary-treaSurer
OF the Ten-Mile Square Club.
Witness Is Questioned
Despite this apparent lack of
public interest, members Of the
special House committee, with
only three members present most
OF the time, plugged along for q
couple Of hours asking Mr..
Murphy to analyze the figures he
submitted yesterday to support
the Bureau Of Efficiency estimate
that the Federal Government
should contribute more than $1O,-
100000 annually to the District.
Mr.. Murphy will resume the wit
ness stand tomorrow morning in
further analysis Of the Bureau Of
Efficiency report
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
u. s. Claims Group
Leaves for Canada

American members of the In
ternational Joint Commission
were to leave tonight for Ottawa,
Canada, to adjudicate settlement
Of 800 damage claims amounting
to $4,000, 900 brought by Amer
ican farmers against the Consoli-
dated Mining and Smelling Com
pany, Of Trail. B. c., Canada.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
History Club to Hear
Col. Scott Keu-Snlith

Lieut.. Col. Francis Scott Key
Smith, great7grandson Of the
author Of THE Star.Spangled
Banner" will be the guest Of
honor and speaker at the meeting
of the Swisher History Club, Of
George Washington University, to-
morrow evening at Corcoran Hall,
Twenty-first and G Streets North
west. Colonel Key-Smith will talk
on Francis Scott Key and the
National Anthem"
Elmer Louis Kayser, professor
Of history, Of the university, will
preside,
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
HOOUer Names
Ship for President

Mrs. Herbert Hoover will
christen today at Newport News,
Va, the steamship President
Hoover, largest American-built
merchant vessel.
The proverbial bottle Of cham
ipagne viii be replaced at the
christening ceremony by a bottle
Of water taken from the Atlantic,
Pacific and Indian Oceans, and
the China, Arabian, Red and
Mediterranean Seas. Mrs. Hoover
and party left early today on a
special train.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
Nile Daughters Head D. C. School Officials
Is Guest at CnnitOLITO Confer on RudQet

Joint conference Of public
school officials and the Board Of
Education with organized citizens
civic groups will be held at the
Franklin Administration Building
auditorium. Thirteenth and K
Streets at 8 o'clock tonight.
Officials will describe school
needs for which they petjtioned
the Bureau Of the Budget and
trace the treatment of individual
items up to the time Of the
Budget submission to Congress.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09

Mrs. Katherine E. Rintz, Of
Chicago, supreme queen Of the
Daughters Of the Nile, an organ
ization comprised Of wives Of
Mystic shriners, yesterday was
guests of honor at the Capitol.
Accompanied by members Of
the Samla Temple, Mrs. Rintz
visited the White House, Execu-
tive Offices, and other places of
interest ii the city. She will
leave washington today to con.
tinue her tour of the East.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
Keech viii Demand
Public Hearing for
1881 POIUer Rates

Formal demand for q public
hearing on the proposed reduc-
tions in electric rates for 1881
will be made today to the Public
Utilities Commission by Rich
mond B. Keech, peoples counsel.
sci.
The commission considered the
reductions yesterday but at the
inSistence Of Mr.. Keech postponed
definite action until Thursday to
give the peoples counsel add.
tional' time to study the rate
schedules.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
W0ItOni01ts Confer
WnhFiskeru Chief

Henry O'Malley, commissioner
Of the Bureau Of Fisheries, is to-
day holding q. conference with
representatives Of the Izaak Wal.
ton League and various fish and
game commissioners from Penn.
sylvania, Virginia, West Virginia,
Maryland and the District of
Columbia in an effort to create
more efficient cooperation be-
tween the bureau and the States.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
MAGISTRATE RESIGNS

NEW YORK, Dec. 9 0N.S0. 4.
Magistrate Francis x. McQuade
resigned from the bench today a
few minutes before he was to take
the stand at the, appellate divi-
sion's investigation Of the courts.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
BANKRUPTCY ORDERED

Listing debts of $6.458.79 and
claiming no assets, Charles s. Mil
Ter, an insurance agent, 1000
Connecticut Ave. N. W., today was
adjudicated a voluntary bankrupt.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
CITIZENS TO ELECT

An election of officers Of the
Park View Citizens Association
win be held at a meeting tomor-
row night at the Park View
Platoon School.
The Washington times., 1930-12-09
BURGLARS LOOT TILL

Burglars yesterday forced en-
trance into the Loeffler Motor
Company, 200 block Pennsylvania
Ave. N. W., and escaped after loot
ing a cash register Of $18.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-09
HerOism At Sea
Features Race

san FRANCISCO. Calf. July ..
lU.P)-A tale of hcroism at sea dur
my the annual California to Homo
lulu yacht race was told today in II
radio message picked up here from
Lazard Lippman, owner of the con.
testing yacht Talayha.
Lippman : message, received by
Harry Shaw, amateur radio opera
tor, read: "a sailor washed over
hoard. but due to heroic efforts OF
=. q. johnson, Beverly Hills, guest
aboard, and another sailor. vino kept
him III tow until other sailors could
come to their assistance, he was
saved
The message added, "Light and
variable winds. Making good time.
The Talayha did not give its posi-
ton. In competition with Waltel
Horne'S contender, DIR, Floyd
Swift's Millielou and Morgan Ad
ANS Enchantress, it started from
here July / on the 2300.mile ocean
race.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-09
Mine OFFICIALS
FEAR VIOLENCE
IN BUTTE FIELD

BUTTE, Mont, July 9. U.H-
More than 100 deputy sheriffs min
gled with the crowds today when
further outbreak of violence was
expected as non-union workers
filled places vacated by union
tcamsters and machinists.
Meanwhile events moved slowly
toward a threatened general strike
of all union labor as employers
went ahead with their program Of
using strike breakers.
Crowds of Sullen or curious per
sons gathered outside establish
mcnts employing non-union machin-
csts-apparently waiting for. the
strike breakers to come off shift.
Deliveries were made under police
protection to prevent attacks which
earlier in the week sent two men
to the hospital and caused bitter
feeling.
City and county officials. the Sill
yer Bow Employers Association
and union. leaders have deplored
rioting, although union men have
refused to handle goods delivered
by non-union teamstcrs.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-09
TWO HEARINGS
AWAIT FOSTER

|, LOS ANGELES. July 9. U.p)-
frankie Foster, Chicago hoodlum in.
dictcd in the murder of Alfred j.
Linglc, began another weeks res.
idcncc in the county Jail here today
after his fight against cxtradition
was delayed by superior court.
Two legal hearings await Foster
next Tuesday. the first in superior
court on the cXtradition halted by
Il habcas corpus writ, and the other
, in municipal court on a fugitive
warrant calling for his return to
Chicago.
Superior Judge Walton J. Wood
continued the cXtradition hearing
when deputy district attorneys said
, they wanted more time to prepare
y complete showing of Fosters al
legged connection with the Linglc
murder. Fosters habcas corpus
writ contendcd he was not in Chi
cago on June 9, the day of the
staying.
Later Foster was taken to muni-
cipal court for arraignmcnt on the
fugitive charge and held without
bail.
Police were mystificd last night
by word from Chicago that won.
an known as Margaret Peggy Alb.
bott of Los Angeles was questioned
by Cook county prosecutors III con
ncction with the killing. Los An
gcles authorities went to the ad-
dress she gave here and learned
from the landladv that the Abbott
woman had occupied room only
from March I to l.. While there.
the landlady said, Il Salvation Army
worker known as Kathleen called
on her several times.
Meanwhile George Davis, Fosters
bodyguard. still was held on Il De
troit charge of assault with intent
to Kill as the outgrowth of Il gang
fight there. Instructions were re.
ceived from [. :. Attorney Watkins
of Detroit to hold Davis for fed
eral authorities on another charge,
that of suspicion of violating the
Harrison Narcotic act Both the
charges were lodge against Davis
under the name of Harry Kirscheu.
baum. by which lac WAS known in
Detroit.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-09
PERFECT ROAD IS
PICTURED BEFORE
HIGHWAY MEETING

OKLAHOMA CITY, July 9. U.P)
Visions of IA continent intcrlaced
with paved highways 100 feet in
width, over which vehicles will
speed at 100 miles an nour, were
placed before good roads enthusiasts
by expert tecnnicians here today.
Engineers with years of expert
ence predicted before the joint meet
ing of the L. $. Good Roads associa-
tion and the Bankhead Highway as
sociation that modern scientific
achievement would soon bring to
civilization Il system of highways as
effective as was the Appian way to
the Roman Empire.
The "perfect road of the future
will span the continent III It straight
line, the experts predicted. Cities
towns and hamclts will be avoided.
Grades and traffic hazards will be
eliminated by conformation to the
topography of the land. Safety will
be insured by routing traffic of
various speeds into separate lanes.
RoadWavS of the future will be
in keeping with the modern social
and economic theory of decentraliza-
tion,' Senator w. b. Pine of Okla
homa. told the 800 delegates from
30 states. Decentralization of in
dustrv and population is a national
necessity. Place the factories in the
west and middle west and let the
population diffuse, but give them
transportation to the seaboards.
This is the good roads problem.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-09
Expect Fleagle
TO Hang Tonight

CANON CITY, Coo, July Q. UP)
Witnesses have been summoned
to appear carly this evening and it
appeared certain today that 10 ph
Flcagle, gray haired bandit leader,
will be hanged tonight at the state
pcnitcntiary.
The unannounccd hangman is OK
pcctcd to spring the ,rap which will
drop the outlaw 10 his death short
ly after 9 p. III.
While officials at the prison con.
tinucd last minute preparations, at
torncys made frantic pleas to GOV.
crmor w. II. Adams for Il short re,
pricvc.
Howard Rovston and George All.
Shicr, confcdcratCS of Flcaglc who
occupy an adjacent cell, have off
cred no solacc TO their chief.
Flcaglc recently asked their for
givcncss and friendship. They are
to die soon for the s;.rrc crime, rob-
berry of the Lamar bank and the
murders in connection with it.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-09
SPEECH
ATTACKS
HOOVER
Kansas Governor f lays
Presidents A t t i t u de
Toward Agriculture
LEGGE, HYDE SCORED
Declares Administration
Is Denying Far m er
Square Deal.

HAYS. Kansas. July 9. U.P)-
Governor Clyde NJ. Reed of Kansas,
in a speech prepared for delivery
later today, challenged the whole
attitude of the Hoover administra-
ton toward agriculture, charged
the administration with attempting
to subordinate agriculture to indus
try and questioned the good faith
of Alexander Legge, chairman of
the farm board.
Reeds speech, a bitter denuncia
tion of the administration policies,
was to he made from the same
platform on which Secretary of Ag-
riculture Arthur NJ. Hyde and
Legge appeared to urge from the
Kansas farmers u reduction of their
wheat acreage.
The governor is a Republican, in
the midst of fight for renomina-
ton. He attacked the farm board
for offering reduction of acreage as
the only method to remedy the agri-
cultural situation. He said the ad-
ministration was denying the farm
er square deal as regards foreign
trade
By inference, Reed charged that
Legge. former head of the Inter
national Harvester Company, was
persuading American farmers to
cut their acreage without producing
an eXportable surplus while imple
ment manufacturers exported their
machines to foreign growers who
could raise wheat formerly supplied
by this country.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-09
One Killed, Many
Injured in Slide

NEW YORK, July 9. UP) Tons
of dirt and rock, looscned by 4
recent rainstorm. poured down on
20 men working in water supply
tunnel 800 feet below street level
in the Bronx early today, killing
one man and injuring nine others,
two of them seriously.
The only warning of impending
accident received by the men, fill
ing dirt buckets in the deep tunnel,
was the cracking Of timbers which
held up the room, As they dashed
for the lift, only - feet away, the
Snoring gave way suddenly and they
were caught under the avalanche
Ten of the men dug their way to
the lift and gave the alarm.
Police, aided by workmen, final.
ly dug out the nine injured men
and the body of Michael Kelly, 27.
of 81 kimball Avenue, Nonkcrs.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-09
'Siamese Twins
Are Two Persons

ATLANTIC CITY, \. j.. july o.
U,H>-Thc greatest feat ever pcrpc.
tratcd among the awc-inspiring col.
lection of "human Freaks at the
Atlantic City boardwalk show was
the dcft way III which Daisy aud
Violet Milton, heretofore known as
"siamcsc twins became two per.
sons and smotc their manager on
"thc nose, the face and checks.
The story came out in recorder s
court today whon the Milton sisters
answered complaint of disordcrly
conduct. They appeared thoroughly
"dc-siamcscd, - and said "thcir
manager had refused to pay them
back salary totaling $2, 800. Last
night, they said, they made their
final demand tor the money and
when they met with refusal Daisy
unbuttoncd herself from Violet and
Smotc the manager.
Recorder Altman dismissed the
charges and ordered payment of the
money "to avoid further complica
tiODs.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-09
'Lindbergh's Son
Named Junior

: ENGLEWOOD, N. j., July 9.
lUP-The son of Colonel and
/ Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh has
. been named Charles Augustus
J Lindbergh, Jr.
The announcement was made
/ last night at the home of Am
: bassador Dwight w. Morrow,
Mrs. Lindbergh's father.
/ The child was born on June %,
the 24th birthday of Mrs. Lind
! bergh, and in the same house in
1 which its parents were married
. on May 27, 1929
: Mrs. Lindbergh and the child
are expected to leave soon for
/ the Morrow summer estate at
. North Haven, Me.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-09
HOOVER FLAYED
FOR REFUSAL TO
DELIVER PAPERS

WASHINGTON, July .. U.n)-
President lloovcr's refusal to give
the senate secret papers relating to
the London naval treaty was likcn-
ed today by Senator Black, Demo
crat, Alabama. to thc' policies of
Alexander Hamilton and all men
who believed in the theory of one
man deSpotic governments.
Black said talk of the possibili-
ty of Il leak i'll the papers were
delivered to the senate was cam
outage and an insult to congress.
BaSing his argument on the con
stitution, Black said the secretary
of state was responsible to con.
grcsS and to the President in the
custody of department of files that
Secretary StimSon should not lac
permitted to withhold papers from
the senate.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-09
Severe Storms
Sweep Arizona

PHOENIX, Ariz.. July 9. W.H-
Storms which swept Arizona late
Tuesday and early today caused the
death of one man, destroyed and
damaged several homes and broke
Il heat wave of several days.
Lightning struck II porch of II
ranch home near Flagstaff, and
killed Maccndonio Ortcga, so years
old.
At Prescott, one house was dies.
troycd by lightning and several
homes damaged by the electrical
storm in that region.
Telephone lines in several parts
of the state are reported disrupted.
In some places, highways are re-
portd barely paSsable.
Heavy rains fell over Phoenix
and the Salt River Valley, benefit.
ing Arizona irrigation projects.
More rain was forecast for to-.
night and Thursday.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-07-09
BY EA4L J. JOHNSON
United Press Staff Correspondent

CHICAGO, July 9. U.P-Occas-
iUnallv in the history of Chicago
crime one murder becomes ola
Cause Cclebrc" of furious attac k
on the underworld
Such murder five years ago was
the killing of Assistant States At
torncy William McSwiggin.
Such 4 crime was the Moran gan.
massacre on st. Valentines day in
1929.
Such crime also was the Staying
four weeks ago of Alfred j. Lingle,
police reporter for the Chicago
Tribune.
But the Lingle murder promises
to draw all previous gang killings,
in the extent OF its ramifications,
in its Significance as signaling u
final showdown on whether Chicago
can eliminate the evils which have
given her a bad name.
\ the same time it presents
problems with which Chicago has
not had to deal before. 1t casts sus-
plcion upon other reporters for the
very newspapers which have led the
fight against organized crime and
has set the papers themselves to
sniping at each others motives
l his and other developments will
he reported in subsequent dis.
patches. Today's is devoted in the
main to Linglc, the reportcr-rack
ctcer. and to the murder which
ended his mysterious career.
Aside from the private activi-
ties III which he is new believed to
have played such questionable roles,
"Jakc" Linglc was the type Of met
ropolitan newspaper reporter that
has been exploited on the stage in
recent seasons. He was familiar
with police and criminals. He sell
dom wrote the stories he "covercd, ,"
but tcicphoned his facts TO rc.writc
men in the city room Of his paper.
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