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The Washington times., 1930-02-06
HOME. SEEKING
QUARTERS .

For the third time since it was
forced from the old Emergency
Hospital Building at Fifteenth
and D Streets Northwest, the
House Of Detention will be moved.
The lease on the present loca-
tion, Sixth Street and Louisiana
Avenue Nor Invest, expires on
June 80. and committee of Dis
trict officials is on the hunt for
a new location.
The committee is under orders
to find a home for the House of
Detention and Woman's Bureau
somewhere in the Municipal Cen
ter area, on which the District
government has spent $4,000. 900.
It is probable the Dentention
Home viii be moved to the Ken
dali Building, John Marshall
Place and D Streets Northwest,
one Of the properties bought by
the District.
The move was forced by the
House Appropriations Committee,
which is reported to have re-
fused to approve an item of
$1,000 for rental of the present
quarters. Major L. e. Atkins, AS
SiStant Engineer Commissioner,
heads the committee. Serving
with him are e. P. Brook, super
intendent of the District Build
ing; Police Inspector William
Harrison, and Harry Luckett,
chief clerk Of the Police Depart
ment.
The Washington times., 1930-02-06
FURNACE BACKS.
DRUG Law

The Porter bill to \ prevent
physicians who are dope addicts,
or who violate the narcotic laws,
from prescribing or administer
ing narcotic drugs was endorsed
today by United States Commis-
sioner Needham C. Turnage as
a great aid to United States at
torneys in the prosecution Of mar
cotic offenders.
The bill has already received
the unqualified approval Of Dis
trict Attorney Leo A. Rover as
an aid to Government prosecut.
orS I'm reaching the medical
dope peddler now difficult at
times to prosecute.
DR.. Joseph d. Rogers, deputy
coroner and president Of Cas-
ualty Hospital, added his voice
to the general chorus Of approval
Of the bills, which also provide
for the Capitalization Of govern
mental n ar C tic enforcement
agencies.
Simple, Says Turnage
Having read the Porter bill"
Turnage said. II am firmly con-
vinced that the same should be
passed. Prosecution under the
bill would be greatly sirnplified,
as It would only be necessary for
the United States attorney to
charge a defendant with having
dealt in, sold, or given away mar
coticS without being licensed as
provided In such act.
The present narcotic act Is
based upon taxation and as a
result makes many technical re.
quirementS which would not exist
in the event Of the passage OF
the Porter BILL"
The Porter bills would not only
deny narcotic licenses to certain
persons, but would require the
United States Public Health Serv'
ice to report to Congress each
year the amount Of crude opium
and coca leaves needed IN the
The Washington times., 1930-02-06
EXAMINER HELD
FOR INQUIRY

Alleging that he was a "medi.
cal examiner" for an employment
agency soliciting young women
who later would be employed as
mattresses in the proposed Gov.
ernment cafeteriaS, Herbert D.
Franey, 38, of the 900 block
Louisiana Ave. n. w., listed as
colored, was taken into custody
last night by Headquarters Detec-
tives Robert Saunders and Charles
Weber on complaints from sev.
eral women.
The complainants, who later
identified Franey as the "ex-
aminer." told the officers that he
subjected, them to a rather pecu-
liar examination, and that in one
instance, at least, he prescribed
medicine that caused serious ILL
ness.
While he is being held for "in-
veStigation" police aver additional
charges will be placed against
Qlms a. @
The Washington times., 1930-02-06
.DREYFUS PROBE
CALLS BROKER

James e. Dowd, q Chicago
broker who is reported to have
Startling" information to dis
close, was subpoened today to ap-
pear next Monday before the
Grand Jury investigating the
death Of Mrs. Aurelia Fischer
Dreyfus. last October 20.
Dowd is q former close friend
Of Edmund McBrien, Mrs. Drey-
fus' companion on the night she
fell 20 feet to her death from the
balcony Of the Potomac Boat
Club as q dance orchestra played
Home, Sweet Home"
He is understood also to have
information concerning another
occasion when Mrs. DreyfuS and
McBrien were together, on the
morning more than six years ago
when Dot King, the Broadway
butterfly" was murdered in New
York.
Mrs. DreyfuS told police during
the King death investigation that
she was with MeBrien and Albert
Guimares in the latter'S suite in
the Embassy Hotel on that morn
ing. thus establishing an alibi for
GuimareS, who had been arrested
in connection with the case. Mem
bers Of Mrs. DreyfuS' family since
her death have disclosed that she
told them she was forced to per
lure herself in these statements.
The subpoena was sent to Chi
cago today by Assistant District
Attorney Neil BurkinShaW.
Detectives Testify
Having heard 80 witnesses tes-
tify as to the manner in which
Mrs. DreyfuS met her death, the
Grand Jury listened today to the
story Of how she spent part Of her
life from Lieut.. Walter Hourigan,
and Sergt. Joseph Fitzgerald, New
York detectives who investigated
the Dot King murder.
They appeared before the
Grand Jury at II a. m. and were
closeted with it for only about q
half hour. They refused to dis
close anyttl1ng relating to then
testimony, but it is understood tC
have concerned the alibi Mrs
Dreyfus was instrumental in es
tablishing for GuimareS six years
ago.
The Washington times., 1930-02-06

Mayor ''Big Bill" Thompson Is
said to oppose the Strawn groups
stipulation that only payrolls and
departments regarded as "emer
gency" by the committee will be
given q helping hand from the
$50. .0Oo, 900 fund pledged by large
business houses.
Departure Of President H Wal
lace Caldwell, Of the school board;
for New York was taken as an in
dication that the administration
has been at work on relief plans
Of its own.
Negotiations have been under
way to sell $4,000, 900 Of the
school boards tax warrants to New
York bankers, although Chicago
bankers have refused to honor the
warrants. Administration declined
to state whether Caldwell had been
rendered q definite offer by New
York financial interests.
The Washington times., 1930-02-06
Chamber to Consider
Dry and Boxing Bills

Consideration of Senator
Howell's drastic dry law bill for
the District will be one Of the
main features of the meeting
Of the law and legislation COM
mittee Of the Washington
Chamber Of Commerce, tomorrow
afternoon in the. offices Of the
chamber in the Homer Building.
The board of directors Of the
chamber, meeting Tuesday night,
registered strong opposition to
that part Of the Howell bill
which would give police authority
to search and raid homes Of
private citizens on suspicion.
The committee viii also con-
slider a boxing bill for the
District.
The Washington times., 1930-02-06
Pension Office Doctor
Feted on Retirement

A brief ceremony was held yes
terday by associates Of DR.. Ava
H. Thompson, associated medical
officer, Bureau Of Pensions, the
occasion being his retirement. A
travelling bag, a bill fold and q
memory book were presented to
him.
A native Of Indiana, DR..
Thompson entered the Pension
office in 1889 and served Ia
various capacities.
The Washington times., 1930-02-06
United States for the following

United States for the following
year.
There are approximately 323, 900
physicians licensed by the vari-
Gus States and the District of
Columbia. OF these, 1t is eSti-
mated that about 1000 are dope
addictS. It Is to these only that
licenses to prescribe and admin.
lister narcotics would be denied.
Dr.. Rogers, who handles a
number of dope addictS every
year, said that 1t looks to him
like an excellent proposition.
Sees No Objection
II can see no reason why there
should be any objection to the
BILL" he said, land it should, on
the other hand, be beneficial to
the enforcement of narcotic laws.
THE drug addict is a great
menace to the public in many
ways. In our emergency work
at Casualty Hospital we see a
great many examples Of drug ad-
diction.
The Washington times., 1930-02-06
Mail Selling, Subject
OF Clubs Next Guest

Richard w. Freeman, vice presi-
dent of e large mail-order food
distributing concern Of Baltimore,
win be guest speaker at the meet
ing Of the Advertising Club Of
washington next Tuesday at
1890 o'clock in the auditorium
Of the National Press Club.
Freeman will speak on Sales
Letters the Soul Of Direct Mail, 50
and win tell Of methods Of direct
mail selling.
The Washington times., 1930-02-06

:. Plans are being perfected, il
was revealed today by Secretary
az War Hurley, to test American
coastal defense guns at their ulti-
mate possible firing range-a
range within a few yards Of six
miles farther than any such gun
ever before has been fired. The
';eye" Of the airplane win make
the test possible.
The tests are to be conducted
In the Panama Canal Zone dur
ing May and June. where there
are modern 16-inch guns installed
capable Of shooting well beyond
10000 yards"
g date. however. no tests have
The Washington times., 1930-02-06
BY HARRY r. FLORY

. Il
LONDON, Feb. 6 (I.NSo-
Although the submarine issue
has been forced to the fore at
the London naval arms confer
ence, it was generally regarded
rs certain today that their aboli-
ton viii not occur at the present
parley.
Among the various delegations,
this fact has been foreSeen and
accepted as inevitable. However,
to satisfy public opinion, Secre-
tary Of State Stimson and
Premier Macdonald will undoubt-
edly repeat their desires for
abolition Of submarines at next
Tuesdays plenary session.
Z / Barrier Is InSurmOuntable
The determined insistence Of
the French and japanese for the
retention Of submarines because
of their defensive value presents
= barrier to abolition Of such
craft which is regarded as in
sprmountable.
The real reason the discussion
Of the submarine question will
be begun before the plenary ses.
sion with the problem of the
method Of limitation still un-
solved is the fact that the latter
question required more negotia-
tio11 and discussion than has been
The delegates feel that while
the discussions Of the French
compromise proposal on the
method Of limitation are being
continued Semi-privately by the
committee Of the whole, some
thing more tangible should be
discussed openly and submarines
have, therefore, been selected.
General Pact Sought
The initial discussion on the
submarine question, however, will
be confined to attempts to bring
shout q general agreement that
the use Of submarines in warfare
should be hurnanized.
It is unlikely that allotment
figures viii be tackled by the
delegates until much later In the
conference. tt3
Italy, heretofore absolutely op.
posed to submarine abolition,
now apparently favors it. Italian
officials realize that in case OF
war with France, French Subma.
rines could blockade the italian
peninsula effectively, whereaS
Italy could not blockade Frances
two coasts, with or without sub
marines. II submarines do not
exist. the Italian surface fleet
could make a French blockade
o. risky proceeding.
Both France and Japan main.
tain that the submarine is the
most efficient and least costly
defensive weapon Of the smaller
powers. British war experience
leads British experts to class sub
marines rs minor weapons In de-
Tense, but major weapons in Of
Tense but major weapons in Of
their commerce destroying poten.
tialitieS.
The first tangible signs of fric.
The Washington times., 1930-02-06
Anti-Blue Law Group J,
Will Meet Tomorrow

The Lankford Bill, to prohibit
Sunday operation Of theaters all
over the United States. viii be
opposed at a meeting Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Association OPP
posed to Blue Laws, to, be held
at the Annapolis Hotel, Twelfth
and II Streets, Northwest, tomor-
row night at 8 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1930-02-06
IN BAD REPUTE,
but WILL SURVIVE NAVY PAR[EY

ton between the various ldelega-
tions to the five-power naval dis
armament conference flared up
today.
Meeting members Of the press
half an hour later than usual, a
spokesman for the British delega-
tion manifested annoyance over
the alleged French attempt to
claim credit for recent suggeS-
tionS aimed at 'humanizing'
submarine warfare.
He declared emphatically that
this idea was definitely Of Anglo.
American origin.
The Washington times., 1930-02-06
ROTARIANS TRAVEL

CHERRYDALE, va. Feb. g.
The Arlington Rotary Club VIII
go to Winchester, Va, tonight
to attend the annual Inter-CiIy
meeting to be held in the George
Washington Hotel.
The Washington times., 1930-02-06
MECHANICS TOOLS TAKEN

Mechanics tools worth SIS yes
terday were stolen from . tool
house on q building conStruc:isu
at Harewood Road and the East
Gate Of the Soldiers Home.
Ernest Sayer, Silver Spring, Md,
reported the loss.
The Washington times., 1930-02-06
BIBLE TEACHER TALKS

TAKOMA PARK, Md, Feb. 6.
Prof. w. r. French, teacher of
the Bible at washington Mis-
Sionary College, will talk on the
Last Generation" at services to
be held in Columbia Hall, of the
college, next Saturday morning.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15
Gail Judge Parker

Cnoosition to the appointment OF Jcnn D. Parker ~
the supreme court continues to grow.
Yesterday administration forces IN the Sen@ve
..s;ofo~, committee decided against riskng vote
a. This time. The matter put over for announcer
week. ,... =
This week will be used to excellent advantage Il
g1,e committee will call Parker himself TO discuss So
of the questions that have been raised concerning MS
fitness for the supreme bench President hoover ai"
Senator Borah for example, disagree concerning
Parlzers attitude on the constitutional and legal rigS
Of labor Let Parker state his position to the COM
mittee.
At the same time he should clarity Tor the COM
oittee another point of dispute That is his alleged
asir 70 restrict the constitutional political rights of
NEGROES If he has changed his mind since he made
bie astounding speech on this subject as North
Carolina gubernatorial candidate in 1920, let him
give such assurances to the senate.
FINALLY. there is a much more important question
which he can answer for the committee. What is his
nonception of the duty of a supreme court JuSuceF
would he consider it his duty to join with the pres
ent-dav court majority in usurping powers, making
of the court super-congress determining questions
of policy instead of merely interpreting the Consul
tuition and the laws regularly enacted? Or would
he think with Justice Holmes and Brandeis, that he
should not lend himself to such usurpation?
This issue in the final analysis is not one OF con-
servative versus liberal It is the issue of one who
stretches the constitutional function of the court YER
Sis one who does not Historically to be sure those
extending the court powers have done to the hene-
fit of property interests and at the expense Of hu-
man rights.
And thus in its immediate, as distinct from Its
basic aspects the issue usually has presented itself
as one of departure from liberalism, when in fact the
Where does Parker stand this issue?
The senate is charged by the Constitution with
giving its advice and consent to the President IN
the choice of Justices Following a long, though
dubious precedent, the President did not ask the
senates advice Therefore it is all the more mpor-
tant that the senate consider carefully before grant
ing its consent.
In our judgment Parker is a political appolntee
whose record fails to show the legal eninence, the
independence of mind the fidelity to constitutional
human rights which should be required.
So much has been brought out against Parker's
qualifications that the burden of proof is upon his
supporters and upon Parker himself. Unless Parker
rs witness in his own behalf change the present
drift of opinion the President should withdraw his
name OF the senate should refuse confirmation.
Otherwise the supreme court win fall further in
the public respect
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15
the public respect.


The Presidents address to the D. A. r.
assuring.
Despite his exaggerated praise of the naval treaty
compromise, his emphasis the necessity of Ameri-
can cooperation building international machinery
for peaceful settlement of disputes touched the most
vital part Of foreign policy. This assurance of Amer
can attitude was especially needed at this time of
general disappointment over the failure Of gov
ernment at the London conference to support non
military consultation pact part of that desired
peace machinery.
AS to precisely what form this American co-opera-
ton in international agreement is to take the Presi-
dent did not make clear. The public will await his
further development OF this policy with great inter
est and hope.
Meanwhile, encouragement is to be derived from
his defense of American adherence to the world court
It is to be assumed that he now will send the delayed
protocol of adherence to the senate for prompt rati-
hcation.
The Presidents appeal for proper peace spirit
was splendid. The country and the D. A. R. in par
ticular-hardly miss the point of his statement
that:
1T is easier still to engage in invective or vim
dctye phrases and slogan which stir national selfish
ness and self-righteousness.'
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15

Perhaps the only significance OF the private pri-
.o~ ,ald nv LAWYERS on the nominations for ju-
5,1 eifions is to be found in the extent Of oppo-
sition to existing judges.
More weight could be given had the vote oeen
sntireiv secret. The ballots were signed and were
counted in the presence Of representatives Of the can
didates. This detail is somewhat important because
attorneys must appear before judges they have any
business. That many would be swayed by the lear
that his ballot would prove handicap to his clients
when he came before judge now in power seems
probable. 49,. .,oro
II is somewhat significant, therefore, that tnele
were many votes against some of the Judges iiN
suggests that the lawyers believe that JuSUce isi'
not suffer with some changes In glVlhg "eisiI' -
49, o-ir;or Of the lawyers the public will properly
- that the official in power always has an ad-
ose over The man who merely hopes to get the Ioo'
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15
D. A. r. Dangers

The principal concern of the Daughters of the
American Revolution is "anti-American propaganda.
This we gather from the address Of the socieys pres
dent-generaI Mrs Lowell Fletcher Hobart at the an
nual meeting in Washington
The daughters are concerned over national de-
fense possible scrappng Of ships, possible en-
tangling alliances, the merchant marine, American
izaton Of aliens divers other subjects But their
most cherished fear is that the country might be
willing to abandon this stable government as pre-
liminary to the adoption of impractical theories of
Communism and Socialism"
In Mrs. Hobar'ts opinion the danger is real and
can be met only by the efforts of all patriots"
Never has America faced the situation that exists
today" she says pointing to the alleged danger of
infection from Russia. Already the red flag is being
cheered as t faunts its crimson folds in parts
Of our nation" she says
Americans Mrs Hobart believes are soft-hearted
and gulble and succumb readily to the propaganda
of gh-powered psychologists" and radical leaders.
They are not quick to derentate false doctrine from
Legitimate teaching" she thinks.
We suspect Mrs. Hobart is unduly alarmed, for
we have been unable to detect any imminent danger
that America is going Bolshevist or that Communism
is attracting any considerable following.
There are criticisms of the existing order, there
should be- the founding fathers, in fact guaranteed
persons who earnestly are seeking to establish uni
versal peace and who want smaller army and navy.
Others believe the courts should be curbed. The
actual danger is that these citizens will be branded
as disoyal, and denied the right peaceably to per-
suade their neighbors to their views.
"ed Scares in recent years have led to patriotic
excuses, every knows the worst period being
during the regime of Attorney-Gen Palmer. But
even now there is procession of persons to the jals
for no crime other than expressing unorthodox
opinions.
Zeal in putting down "un-Americansr," for in
stance led a previous D. A. R. administration into
the absurd action Of backisting as speakers pron-
nent liberals throughout the country Such persons
as Jane Addams, Newton D. Baker, Irving Fisher and
Senator Borah we're regarded unfit to speak before
the chapters.
The D. A. r. should remember that freedom of
thought and speech was cherished by their revolu-
tionary forbearS and if it had not heen there would
be no America for the daughters to love.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15
REASON By FRzRFR5oK RzRBR5

THE intolerable nuisance Of this day is the driver
i who refuses to dim or defect his lights and
sails forth, shooting binding stream toward all
coners on the highway.
Those who are entrusted with the monumental
task of calling automobile drivers to the coors OF
civilization should concentrate on the headlight puliy
It's worse than ever and he who drives at nlghJ
takes his life in his hand.
Forty years ago an Iowa woman became peeved
over something about the house and went TO bed,
refusing to leave it until her death the other day.
One little mouse carefully inserted between the
blankets back in 1890 would have handled her case
with neatness and dispatch.
IT'S a great relief to know that all this paralysis
is due to the drinking of ginger, rather than the
Importation of germs from Mars, as claimed by an
eastern scientist.
Some of the hospitality now being extended by the
citizens of Charleston, s. c. to the crew OF the Ger
man cruiser, Eden, may be due to the TACT that the
Enden carries large liquid cargo.
Some think it's an outrage that nominee for the
supreme bench should be investigated by the senate
before it confirms him. but if candidate for Pres-
dent can be lambasted throughout four months
veStigation for week or so.
THE calling forth OF all these candidates for sheriff
l. by noble and patriotic ambition to serve their
beloved and is the greatest mobilization OF american
citizens since the creation Of the army which canned
the kaiser.
President Brooks of the University Of Missouri has
been removed because he opposed the circulation OF
sex QUESTIONABLE among the boys and girls.
Brooks right: the children OF this age are
sufficiently smeared with this stuff without introduc
ing it into the schools.
Londoasis aroused because an artist has displayed
You wouldn't think it would be very popular with
the thousands who are begging for bread.
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15
Communism as a Religion

Not a few Communists have been incensed be-
cause it has been alleged that Communism is in its
most profound implications. essentially a religious
system. Writing in the New York Telegram. Henry
AIeinick says:
There recently has been published in leading
newspapers and magazines throughout the nation
the misleading and utterly ridiculous statement that
Communism is a religion
Communism could not possibly be religion, since
It does not teach and encourage the recognition Of
or obedience to any supernatural onipotent being
Communist philosophy is emphaticslly anti-religous
being based upon a scientific and n1aterialistic
cepton Of life opposed to superstition and theology
The Comm ;ts seek to promote the gorifica-
ton OF man on earth not in doubtful hereafter
Certainly, If one were to assert that Communism
The Indianapolis times., 1930-04-15
Sixteen Glasses of Headache Found

ing the passage from the sinus into
the nose.
There are headaches associated
with the toxic results of various pois-
ons, such as alcohol, tobacco, ether
or lead.
The headaches may be due to
anenlia, when the blood is poor in
the essential substances. Headaches
may be due to kidney involvement,
to eyestrain, or to difficulties with
digestion.
The nervous type of headache is
extremely prevalent. AS pointed
out by DR.. Tilney, its diagnosis de-
pends on eliminating all other
cauSative factors and the making of
careful study of the personality of
the human being to make sure that
there is no influence in his home
conditions, marital relations, or
financial responsibilities associated
with the onset of the headaches.
Headaches of the migraine type
tend to run in families, to come on
at regular intervals, and to be ex-
tremely severe.
It affects more often those who
lead sedentary lives and is less fire.
quent in those who spend much time
outdoors.