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The Washington times., 1930-04-01
CITIZENS FIGHT
NNAL PERMIT

A petition for the Federal
Radio Commission not to renew
the license Of WMAL was filed
yesterday by the Dupont Circle
Citizens Association.
The brief charged that the sta.
ton, owned by M. A. Leese, was
making a discriminatory use Of
the license for the political OBJ
ject Of gaining suffrage for the
residents of the District. The
station is suppressing free po.
litical discussion to gain this end
it was further charged.
According to the petition of the
Dupont Circle Association, which
Is opposed to giving the District
the vote, they have been refused
the right to state their views
over WNAL. although the other
side has been broadcast on num-
erouS occasions. It is claimed
that this is a violation Of the
radio act.
The Washington times., 1930-04-01
5 ARE HURT IN 8.
CAR M|SHAPS

Three traffic accidents last
night resulted in minor injuries
to five persons, police reported
today.
Bertrand L. Reichter, al, Of
the 1900 block Gallatin st. N. W.,
and Catherine Clark and Mae
Nile. 81, were slightly cut in .
crash at Thirteenth and Gallatin
Streets Northwest.
May Flaherty, IS, Woodley
Towers, was bruised when struck
by an automobile operated by
William Bole, 900 block MaSsa-
chuSetts Ave. N. W., in the 1000
block Fourteenth st. N. w.
Struck by an automobile on
the White House Ellipse last
night, Edlow Parker, II, of the
1900 block West Virginia Ave.
N. E., was bruised and cut on
both knees. He was treated at
Emergency Hospital.
The Washington times., 1930-04-01
Gemmill, Chicago Judge,
Dies of Heart Disease

CHICAGO. April UNS)-
Funeral services were being
arranged today for Judge William
N. Cemmill of the Superior Court
who fell dead here last night Of
heart trouble.
Judge Gemmill'S g years Of
service on the bench made him
the second oldest Chicago jurist
in point of service. He was SO.
He was bern at Shannon. H.,
where the burial viii be.
The Washington times., 1930-04-01
z phone GIRLS
HONORED FOR
BRAVERY

The courage and quick think
ing Of two young employees Of the
Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company, one Washing
tonian. earned them an award Of
the coveted Vail medal. it was
announced yesterday.
Miss Marian Boyd, q clerk in
the commercial department Of
the local office. will receive one
Of the medals for her courage
and reSourcefulneSs in saving q
young girl from drowning at
South River Beach, Md, June
80. 1929.
Miss Boyd attempted to save
a companion Of the girl but was
unsuccessful.
Mrs. Vera c. Macmillan, night
chief operator Of the winchester
office, will receive the other
medal for foiling Q robbery.
Evening star., 1930-09-25
ADVOCATE NIGHT LIFE
AS LURE TO TOURISTS
snake Rio the Monte Carlo Of
South America" Say Boost
ers Of Touring.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO.-Prefect Antonio
Prado Of this city has worked on the
Identification and modernizing of the
Of It to attract tourists from north of the
Equator as well as those from neigh
boring South American countries
This has resulted In two special ex-
cursions from Argentina and Uruguay
IN recent weeks when 1000 vacationers
came to Rios sunshine to get away from
the rigors of the Winter at home. Two
European liners were taken from their
regular runs. the first bringing 400 and
the latter 600 tourists here for a weeks
stay during which they used the ships
aS hotels.
Night life Is almost unknown in this
citv Of 100000 inhabitants, and the
boosters for tourist trade demand that
such attractions be Forthcoming If the
city Is TO take its place as a tourist
center.
People want to do something at night
except go to bed" said one advocate Of
bright lights in newspaper discussion
OF this subject.
Make Rio the Monte Carlo Of South
America" Is the slogan Of the advocates
Of tourism, but the organic law Of the
country prohibits gambling.
Evening star., 1930-09-25

closed the reason. Survivors Of the
affair recounted that each woman BAN
dit appeared with sling on her back
and after making good use of her club,
pistol and other weapons, departed with
a truSSed-up prisoner in the sling, the
captives being carried In much the same
manner that babies are packed about
by Chinese mothers.
None Of the prisoners taken in this
raid returned to give a clue as to the
direction in which the bandits had
fed. But word was sent back to the
village that the price for release of
all the captives was $4,000 gold.
Relatives of the victims, although
knowing that failure to pay meant the
almost certain execution of the
prisoners, could only say that this was
more money than the entire village
could scrape together in a year.
Cause Laid to Famine.
The force that turned the women
OF this particular band to brigandage
was the same that has prompted many
other law-abiding and peace-loving
Chinese to take up lives of crime. Civil
wars, famine, collapse of the country's
currency and other economic factors
have driven thousands of men and
women to seek living where they could
lind it and from whoever happened to
have anything worth taking
The women in the Woochung raid
came from the silk district of Shun-
tax. A few years ago this section
crossed about $50,000,O00 a year from
its principal industry. Now only a
small fraction of that amount can be
sold and thousands of silk workers, In
cluding many women, have found
piracy or banditry their only hope of
keeping body and soul together.
Evening star., 1930-09-25
WOMAN BRIGANDS
NUMEROUS |NCH|NA
Amazonian Bandit Becomes
Commonplace Figure in
PreSent-Day Turmoil.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HONGKONG, September 24.-The
woman pirate and the Amazonian ban
Git have become commonplace figures
in the picture of present day China S
turmoil. Reports of armed women be-
ing among the narauders who have at
tackled vessel or looted a village have
become so frequent that they excite
little more interest than is aroused by
the reports of the ricksha coolies union.
Become Leaders.
Many women have become leaders of
bandit or pirate gangs, ruling with as
much ferocity as any hard-boiled Chi
nese male who ever led a gang of cut
throatS into a defenseleSs village or
across the deck of a captured mer-
chantman. Some reports indicate, in
fact, that the woman outlaws, true to
the traditions Of their sex when they
"go bad" outdo the men in their ruth
less treatment of victims.
Newspaper Investigates.
A newspaper investigation into recent
activities Of a gang Of outlaws made
up mostly of women has thrown some
interesting sidelight on the way In
which the Chinese female outlaw op-
crates.
In one instance this band sacked the
hourishing village of Woochung in
South China and kidnapped more than
100 persons, holding them for ransom.
Ordinarily band of captives of this
size loses one or two of its members
en- route to the outlaws lair, the es-
capped persons giving clues to the route
and probable whereabouts of the ma
rauders.
No Trace Found.
But police and military authorities
reported that no trace could be found of
the Woochung raiders, and inquiry di o.
Evening star., 1930-09-25
COMPANIONLESS MARRIAGE PACT
PLEAD IN REPLY TO WIFE'S SUIT
Ex-Mayor of Evanston, ILL.,, Charges Agreement to
Live Apart and Sell His Property
Was Broken.

of his properties with the agreement
that she was to sell it and other prop
critics.
All the plans went an1iss, however
according to Pearsons. who alleged
First. that Mrs. Pearsons has refused
to show his property to prospective buy
ers; second, that she violated the agree
ment never to become a part of his
demanded admittance and broke the
glass in the front door with her slipper
Pearsons denied charges of infldelity
made by Mrs. Pearsons in her bill fol
separate maintenance.
Evening star., 1930-09-25
BY the Associated Press.

EVANSTON, III, September 25.-An
agreement which called for a compan-
ionate marriage without companionshir
Is described by Harry P. Pearsons, for
mer mayor of Evanston, In an answer
he has filed to his wife's bill for sepa-
rate maintenance.
Pearsons declared that before their
marriage Mrs. Pearsons agreed that she
would not ask him to support her and
that they would live separately. The
marriage, he averred, was planned to
aid him in his business and she anc
her three children were installed in one
Evening star., 1930-09-25
VATICAN RAILWAY
PRESENTS PROBLEM
Requires Much Engineering Skill
to Make It Conform With
Beauty Of Papal State.
BY the Associated Press.


VATICAN CTTY.-The new Vatican
Railroad, although probably the small
est government line in the world-it Is
only 2,633 feet long-has demanded
much engineering attention because of
structural dif1culties and the need to
make it conform with the architectural
beauty of the Papal State.
Work on the railroad was begun In
April, 1929, and pushed with great ra-
pidity. Several buildings had to be de-
molished for the large railroad viaduct.
This viaduct presented considerable
trouble because of the uncertain nature
Of the terrain. Piles for the piers had
to be driven SO feet in order to Offset
the effects of subterranean water. The
viaduct was completed March / of this
year.
Because Of these facts the cost of the
railroad Is relatively high. Engineers
calculate the final figure at between
10000, 900 and 1900. 900 lire. or between
81 ,000, 900 and 81 ESQ 900. This averages
around $450 a linear foot.
Evening star., 1930-09-25

Two billion yards Of cotton pieoe
goods are produced each year in Eng
land.
Evening star., 1930-09-25
Alumni Program Nation Wide.

WILLIAMSBURG. September as
George w. Guy, alumni secretary Of
William and Mary College, announces
MS intention to organize an alumni
association in every county of VIRGINIA
and IN every State in the Union. He
plans to extend the alumni activities
OF the college also into the international
Held, the organization of a local alumni
association in Hawaii at Honolulu being
one OF the first outlying points for or
ganlzation OF former students Of VIII
liam and Mary.
Evening star., 1930-09-25

densitieS are high enough for the trans
formation Of matter into radiation 10
take place with ease"
Milne does not give the temperatures
Of this nucleus. Estimates by other
astronomers have indicated the possibil-
tty Of millions Of degrees. Milne says
The new results are not speculation" {"
and explains the mathematics whereby
he obtains them.
Evening star., 1930-09-25
NUCLEUS IN STARS SEEN
AS HIGH ENERGY SOURCE
Oxford Scientist Claims Tempera-
lures Are High Enough for
Transformation of Matter.

LONDON (P.-Claim that he has
found previously unsuspected" nu-
cleus in the center Of stars that ac-
counts for their tremendous energies Is
made by Z. A. Milne Of oxford In a let
ter to Nature.
I'm the intensely hot, intensely dense
nucleus" he saws, "the Temperatures and
Evening star., 1930-09-25

palace Of Laeken. has wonderful blue"
garden, and 1t was among the lavender
and the blue pansies that the princess
worked happily at the dainty garments
on the last sunny days of Summer
The famous shop which has supplied
the stuffs and lace for all the royal
trouSSeaux and layettes for two centu-
ries and more is near the Avenue
Louise. Here they sell batiste as fine as
chiffon, and they will show you more
than so designs and 20 widths If you go
in and ask merely for Valenciennes
lacel
(CopyriEht, 1880. by North American News
paper AllianceD
Evening star., 1930-09-25
PRINCESS ASTRID SEWS
CLOTHES FOR HER BABY
Work Among Pansies Of Wonder
full Blue Garden of Old Laeken
Palace Recalled.

BRUSSELS CNANA).-It Is an
open secret now that the capable Prin-
cess Astrid, Duchess of Brabant, made
all the layette for the new royal baby
herself from Belgian materials and
lace. The chateau at Stuyvenberg
where the Duke and Duchess of Bra
hant are residing. near the lovely old
Evening star., 1930-09-25
Cantaloupe Exceeds 1e Pounds

GREELEY, Calf, September IS (N.A.
MAJ A wonder cantaloupe, weighing
16& pounds, has been raised by Charles
Adams. Adams has q number Of mel
ons in his patch, each weighing more
than 10 pounds.
Evening star., 1930-09-25
RARE METAL REDUCED

ST. LOUIS [F).-A prospective cut N
Che price of germaniunl, rare metal
now selling at about 81 900 pound, is
reported to the Amelican Electrochemi-
cal Society by u. G. rainton and E. T..
Clayton Of the Evans -Wallower Zinc Co.
They describe researches expected to
lover production costs. Germanium Is
VaxY resistant to rust.
Evening star., 1930-09-25

Night labor is prohibited In Neither
land bakeries.
Evening star., 1930-09-25
BERLIN WOMEN PRETTIER
Walking and Dress improvements
Mark Changes in Republic.

BERLIN (N.AN.A) J .-Berlin's walk
ing tours have been so many and in
cluded such numbers of young German
women that these are noticeably Slim
mer and gloriously tanned.
Women everywhere are better dressed
than they used to be, but nowhere is
this so noticeable as in Germany. The
"hausfrau" look and the rather dowdy
appearance are almost entirely gone,
and the slim, short-haired, brown-skin-
ned women in Berlin and its environS
are really attractive.
(Copyright, 1890. by North American News
paper Alliance
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
BETH L. E HI E M

Marie Tasker has gone to Kingwood
where she will be employed at the
home of Carl Gibson.
Miss Zita Farrell visited her par
ents at Mt. Savage over the weekend.
Mr.. Dorsey Harvey, Sand Flat, was
a business caller here last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd Moon and fam
lily, Oakland, and Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Page, Atlanta, Ga, were dinner
guests Sunday at the home of Mr..
and Hrs. ]. T. Moon.
Miss Mary Menke, Fairmont
State college, Fairmont, W. Va, spent
the Easter holidays with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Menke.
Miss Hazel Hardesty, Cumberland,
spent Easter with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Bushrod Hardesty.
Sunday school opened last Sunday
at the Highland Schoolhouse. Quite
a number were present.
Miss Susie Moon has returned from
Hutton to spend few weeks at her
home here.
Mr.. Ben Tasker visited at the home
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24

A Maryland FlOridian Uses The Re-
publican's Columns To Convey a
Message To His Garrett County
Friends, And He Made a Wise
Choice In The Local Newspaper
Field.
To the Editor of The Republican.
l can think of few hundred of my
friends in and about Garrett county I
would like to write to, but that takes
too much time and expense, so why
not send this communication to The
Republican is my thought, as most of
them are subscribers.
We have had a remarkable winter in
Florida. Many of the nations most
famous people, from President Hoov-
er, the Coolidges, and on down to the
most humble have been here. They
did not come to speculate in lands and
lots as they did five years ago. Prop
erty was then selling at several times
its real worth, but now after many
millions have been spent on roads and
other internal improvements, land
sales are few and prices low.
March was month of cool weather
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
IN DAYS OF OLD
FORTY YEARS AGO

The rate of taxation for the en-
suing year will be $1.15%, reduc-
ton of ten cents over the rate of last
year.
Esquire Gender has removed his
office from the Boyer building, cor
ner of Main and Alder streets, to the
Pritchard building, Second street.
Mr.. Urias Stanton was appointed
treasurer of Garrett county by the
county commissioners. Mr.. Stanton
appointed DR.. E. H. Bartlett his
deputy.
Married on April 10, Abraham M.
Lee and Miss Rosa E. Friend, both of
Garrett county.
James w. feathers will soon begin
the erection of a dwelling on his lot
on Water street.
w. A. Smith took a business trip to
Cumberland last week.
Mr.. Fred Burkhard, Accident, is
putting uOWH d pdNcIlSuC III 1IOHC VI
his property.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Plans for the erection of K. of P.
building are in the course of prepara-
ton by Mr.. D. E. Bolden.
M. M. Stanton, Grantsville, and
Chas. M. Miller, Swanton, were named
as general assessors of the county by
Governor Crothers.
Contract was awarded for seven
miles of road extending the Hoop
pole Road from Rodeheaver's to Nc
Henry. a j
Mrs. w. "A. Sturgiss is visiting
friends in Cumberland and Meyers
dale.
Mr.. William o. Davis, assistant
agent at the B. and O. station, was
transferred to Cumberland to relieve
the day agent there who was ill.
Messrs. ]. C. Renninger and G..
Semmes Hamill returned from a
session of the Grand Lodge, Knights
of Pythias, at Baltimore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
GORMAN
Maple Syrup Shipped to Vermont

Maple Syrup Shipped to Vermont
The largest single shipment of ma
pie syrup made from this point was
that loaded on Monday on the West
ern Maryland Railway which consist
ed of seventy-fve steel drums con-
tanning over 1000 gallons of syrup
which had been purchased and loaded
by Jacob Dilgard and 1. T. Gilfllian
for the Green Mountain Packing Co.,
st. Adams, Vermont, which is one Of
the largest wholesale concerns dealing
in maple syrup in the United States.
Mr.. Gilfllian, of St. Adams, who
has had many years experience in
handling and grading maple products
tested and graded the syrup as it was
manufactured in the various camps
or delivered to the freight station. He
is of the opinion that this is one of
the leading communities in the pro-
duction of maple sugar and syrup in
the country. In the production of the
output only standard equipment is be-
ing used by the owners of groves in
this community.
Personal Mention
Mr.. Walter Ross and family, of
Pittsburgh, spent Easter with rela-
tives here.
I. F. King, who visited his family
here, has returned to Durbin.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. White spent
Easter at Ambridge, Pa.
DR.. and Mrs. Wayne Martin, of
Uniontown, recently visited the lat
ter's sister, Mrs. T. o. Winters in
Gormania.
Misses Anna Dilgard, Gwendolyn
Chisholm and Woodie Hilleary were
home for Easter from the Frostburg
State Normal.
Mr.. Gus T. Hilleary and family, of
Morgantown, w. Va, visited the for
mer's mother, Mrs. C. E. Duckworth,
recently.
Eugene Winters, student at Pitt
University, Uniontown, visited his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. o. Winters,
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. James Gilbert entertained the
T. L. C. Club Monday night. Mrs.
Robert Oates, Mrs. Emmett Williams,
Mrs. H. Lynch, Mrs. ]. Beatty Smith
and Mrs. Blaine burst were present.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
THURSDAY, APRIL "a, 1880.
YARD-GARDEN CONTEST

The Republican announced last
week that the Oakland Civic club
would sponsor Yard and Garden
contest. The motive-and the only
motive-is to make Oakland a city
beautiful. The Republican is back of
this movement because it believes it
is a newspapers duty to do worth
while things for the community in
which it thrives.
If the citizens of Oakland will rally
to this plan of the Civic club and The
Republican, our city this summer will
truly become city beautiful. You
will see grassy yards everywhere.
You will see neat back yards and al
leys.
The Republican wishes to encourage
people throughout the city to improve
and beautify their homes. Once they
have done it men and women and
children will begin to enjoy the out Of
doors, to spend more of their time
there, to live more of the day in the
open air and sunshine.
The cost of planting trees, shrubs
and flowers is not great. A tiny
package of seeds alone will do won
ders. You win if you lose, for if you
do not win any of the prizes you will
profit in a more beautiful home, a
happier environment, and if you are
practical you will have enhanced the
actual value of your property in dol
lars and cents.
Entering the Oakland Yard and
Garden contest will not be all work.
1t will be play. Let's enter the con-
test now.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
The Swelling Gasoline Tax

Gasoline taxation has come to the
fore as one of the greatest of the
problems affecting the American
pocket-book. Last year the tax
reached almost $450,OO0,OO0. This
year an authoritative estimate fore
casts total of $55O,OOO,OOO.
This estimate is based almost en-
tirely on the expected gain in gaso-
line consumption. 1t does not include
the recent tax increase of a cent a
gallon in Idaho, or proposed higher
rates in Mississippi, New York, New
Jersey, Texas, Massachusetts,, North
Dakota, Kansas, Louisiana and other
states. 1t is said that Missouri and
California alone have displayed no
tendancy toward a higher tax rate.
At the end of 1880, when the $780,
100000 has been collected, American
motorists will have paid a total of
$1,744, 100000 in five years, over six
times the total of the preceding five
years.
Few people have any fault to find
with fair gasoline tax when all the
revenue is used for road purposes.
In many states, however, the tax has
grown out of all proportion to the re-
tail price of gasoline, and some of the
revenue has been diverted to schools,
state departments, state debts and
general funds. And the tendency to-
ward still higher taxes continues with
increasing force.
Unless American motorists use
their power to discourage exorbitant
gas taxation, it is forecast that ten
cent tax rates may be anticipated in
the near future.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
ANN OUNCEMENT IS

Announcements of candidates for
political offices will be published in
The Republican at the following rates,
the cash or it's equivalent to accom-
pany all orders for insertion of the
advertisements which will appear in
each edition of the paper until the
date Of the primary election:
State Senator, $25; Members of the
House of Delegates, SIS; Clerk of the
Circuit Court, $25; States Attorney,
$25; Sheriff, 500; County Treasurer,
$40; County Commissioner, SIS; Clerk
to the County Commissioners, SIS;
County Surveyor, S.; Judges of the
Orphans Court, SIS; Register of Wills,
$40.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1930-04-24
Scout Court of Honor to be Held
on Monday

The regular monthly meeting of the
Court of Honor of the Boy Scouts of
America will be held on Monday even
ing at. 1880 o'clock in the Masonic
clubroom, Harland L. Jones, chairman,
announced. Examinations for merit
badges will be conducted at this time
and about ten second and first class
scouts are expected. N z,
Two acres of trees are to be planted
by the, scouts on Saturday to help the.
Oakland Civic club in it's work. The
trees are to be planted on the Her.
rington Manor State forest and the
work will be in charge of H. C. Buck
ingham, district forester. The scouts
will hike to the Manor early Saturday
morning and remain all day.