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The Washington times., 1930-08-04
Pay Roll RObberies Call for
Extra Police Vigilance

Two bad pay ro robberiss in Washington in two succss
sve days. are portentons They call for extreme police
vigilance and activity that Washington may not become
field for modern organized crime Of this kind or any
other Effective activity far to have been well re-
warded.
THAT the police may have full cooperation banks and in
dusrs transmitting money by messengers must also use
great care and vigilance Opportunities for these crimes
must be minimized.
II is not possible for Washington, large cty to escape
crimes Of the hodup order, Our concern here chiefly
that Of preventing gangers and individual criminals gain
ing any foohold in this city Right the time to make
so warm for them that they will not nger in these parts
Congress failed enact vagrancy law that the police
Department has long sought Were this law in existence today
Washington unable to justify their presence here
ana unable to show an honest livelihood would be behind the
bars or fleeing the city. Without such law the police de-
arment should round suspicious characters anyhow and
keep them behind bars convenient charges
Paw roll robberies of the kind committed could be done by
amateurs or local criminals but rule they likely
to be the Of experienced criminals coming to Wash
ington hunting for profitable adventure Others Of this
stripe will turn this way there the least indication Of
police inability to handle matters
There is to lose confidence in police depart
ment It's bright viii prove efficient Crimes OF this
type generally take time for clear and satisfactory solution
point is to solve them and punish the criminals as
warning to others
The Washington times., 1930-08-04
BETwEEN FARMER AND CoNsUMER--THE MIDDLE MAN.

This interesting picture showing farmer gets
busheI Of wheat after il made into bread $780,
by man that ought to know something about it.
The artist is John Baer who worked TOT hvlng Is
AS to figures they supplied by Knud Wefad who
was formerly Progressive Congressman from Minnesota and
now publishes newspaper At Fargo Nortn Dakosa
Says Mr.. Wefald:
bushel of wheat so statistics tell makes
sixyto pound Of bread pound loaf sells today at
10 cents The farmer gets 50 cents bushe for wheat the
pays $500 for that wheat when made into bread
This picture and the figures supplied by those close to the
wheat growers impressive
And what applies to and the difference between the
farmer and the applies to many other things
farmer who takes Of the weans and raises the
calves gets before daylight to DO the milking a lbs lucky S y1
for anywhere from 15 to 20 cents quart
There is some exaggeration in the picture for it is true in
cartooning as all other things He who does not 60 too
There is technically no such thing bread trust
There are big manufacturers of bread competing keeny
with each other in advertising in quality IN delivery ana
There isn't any flour trust either Many makers of flour
compete with each other
But big baking and flour have the
benefit Of organization with possibilities Of meeting and
discussing "PRICE-FIxMG ESPECIALLY" without which
they could not exist
The farmer dsorganzed knows nothing about his brother
in North Dakota Maine or Florida
There great difference between bushel Of wheat on
the farm and that wheat ground into flour made into bread
Manufacturing baking delivery all the processes COST
MONEY
But certainly the spread between SO cents that the
farmer gets for bushel wheat and $500 that the baker
gets for wheat made into bread seems rather
WIDE.
Problems of PRODUCTION have been solved. PROBLEMS
Of DISTRIBUTION getting produce from the grower into the
hands of the the big problem ana Tar rom being
solved.
Il will be solved in tme of Intelligent men, instead
Of following the plan devong their brains to seeing
how much they can TAKE FOR THEMSELVES viii realize
that enough enough and that part Of their duty TO zee
how much they do for others
Once practically people earth cannba except the
few that were too tmd to kill anybody They died out
Now cannbaism gone and we cheat each other instead
Of eating each other.
After a while we shall get that also, probably
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let thousands Of them run at
large.
II we were half as civilized
about babies as we are about
boilers, little Jimmy Ellis would
be alive today. For it's just as
possible to prevent such mur-
ders as it Is to prevent boiler
explosions. How? BY exactly
the same methods. Expert in.
spection and junk and reject
the unfit.
We're not doing that yet be-
cause most Of us do not realize
the menace Of the unfit. We
shudder at q La Verne when he
gets into print, but we smile at
him when he Smirks and sinks
down our back alley. We think
that people must make queer
faces or noises before they are
dangerous. But the craziest
minds are often the most
charming and well behaved. A
flawed boiler does not Took
funny" but it's galvanized
death nevertheless.
we should inspect our hui
mans as carefully as we inspect
our boilers. There should be
examination Of all children. ;.
and the guarding and Segrega-
ton Of the unfit.
The Washington times., 1930-08-04
Listen, World!
BY Elsie Robinson

Nasty explosion the other
day. Two men killed in q
boiler explo Sion-a third
blinded. Now everybody wants
to know how 1t happened that
the inspectors let 'em get by
with a boiler like that. Why
wasn't it junked long ago?
Pretty fussy we are about
boilers. Yet our streets are
filled with perambulating per-
lis a thousand times more
deadly than the biggest boiler
and we don't do a thing about
it.
ONE SIMPLE-MINDED DE
GENERATE PERSON rs A
MORE VICIOUS MENACE
THAN ANY AMOUNT OF MA
CHIMES. BUT NO Law PRO
TECTS Us AGAINST THAT
MENACE. IF IT DID LITTLE
JIMMY ELLIS WOULD BE
ALIVE TODAY.
Jimmy was 3. You know
a 3-year-old loves puddles. So,
Of course, he followed chuckl-
ing when La Verne Mcdonald
asked him to 60 wading. Per
hapS he even chuckled when
that 7-year-old hand first pushed
him under the water. But he
didn't chuckle long. For the
hand went on pushing, with
hideouS, cool elaboration
harder, harder. And presently
the little body that had strug-
gled so wildly lay still. Then
the hand let go. It was salts
fled. It had found out 'how
long he could stand it,"
Why did q youngSter of 7 kill
q baby Of 8? That was why.
said La Verne to the jury, with
never q flicker Of emotion in
face or voice. He was curious.
He wanted to find out, and
when he wanted to do things
he had to do them.
That wasn't the fiStr time he
had given that reason in court,
Last November he undressed
and beat 2-year-old Patsy Cav.
anaugh. And ever since he
could clutch and gouge and
twist he has been torturing
small animals. Why? Because
he wants to-'haS to-" And to
young La Verne'S twisted mind
that seems q sufficient answer.
Why should he be blamed for
anything so reasonable?
Why indeed! But how about
the police officers who caught
La Verne beating Patsy last
November How about the peO.
pie who saw him torturing ami.
mails for all these years? How
about you and me, who permit
q hazard like this to go I'm.
guarded? We don't permit dam
gerOuS machinery to 60 un-
guarded. But q faulty mind is
infinitely more Of q menace
than faulty machinery-yet We
The Washington times., 1930-08-04
Vivisection Is Lacking
In Logic, Critic Says

Editor, Times:
ViyiSectioniStS under attack
reply that mo one asks that
an end be put to surgery be-
cause some Of the surgical
methods are slightly nauseating
to the layman." But the cases
are not parallel. One takes it
for granted that the surgeon
is operating for the benefit Of
the patient although I must
admit that there is a great
deal Of human vivisection prac-
ced-but the vivisector is not
operating on the dog for the
benefit Of any particular hui
man, and very often he Is per-
forming an experiment that has
been done hundreds OF times
before. You must remember,
too, that many viviSection ex-
periments, where great suffer
ing is involved, are not applic-
able to human beings at all.
Many are misinfo formed in ref
erence to anesthetics. When an
animal operated upon under
aneStheSia comes out Of the
aneSthetic, he is, in a large
majority of cases, kept for
weeks and months under obSer-
vation, frequently greatly mutt
lated, until death comes to his
relief.
Then there are the almost
endless experiments where an
eStetics are not and cannot
be used. For example. the In
oculation experiments where the
suffering is frequently intoler-
able; the treadmill experiments,
the X-ray experiments, where
the animals are literally burned
UP, the starving experiments
for as many as a days or more;
the keeping puppies awake
walking them up and down
night and day without cessation
until they die; the whirling
experiment where animals are
whirled in a specially prepared
machine until they die.
Would it not be a truer ex-
preston to call these animals
martyrs Of our animal world
rather than heroes?
I listened for many days to
the claims made in Washing
ton by the vivisectorS at the
different hearings, and ! thought
at the time how pitifully small
were the claims they made for
cures Of the human family
through viviSection, and even
then the pitifully small num-
ber Of claims were assertions
not proved. ;.
SUE M. FARRELL,
President Of ViviSection
Investigation League
Inc, Of New York.
The Washington times., 1930-08-04
KNOWLEDGE
TEST

Do you know:
/. What does the expression
alma Mater" mean?
2. Where In ancient Greece
was there . famous
oracle?
5. What are abstract mum.
berS?
4. What is an accommod odation
train?
5. What was the name Of the
burial field bought with
the money from Judas?
s. What is q ballad?
Z. Whose ghost appears in
Macbeth" at the royal
banquet?
8. Who was called the fore
runner Of Christ?
8. What is a cablegraIn?
10. What stimulant is found in
coffee?
Match correctly:
IL. Obstacle
abolish
IL. Nullify
self f-denial q.
13. accumulate
hindrance
IL. abnegation
amaSs
IS. abrogate
cancel
CAnsWers on Magazine Page.J
The Washington times., 1930-08-04
Alchemy
By Archibald Henderson, Ph.D., Del,
Famous Scientific Authority

e
It may be, as the great chem
lst Justus von Liebig said,
shat alchemy was really chem
istry. But that admirable doc
tor" Roger Bacon, was prob
ably nearer the truth when he
said: Alchemy Is q science
teaching how to transform any
kind Of metal into another"
Men were lured by the fasci-
mating quest Of solving q great
secret and becoming fabulously
wealthy. There was the double
appeal Of scientific research
and the acquisition of riches
beyond the dreams Of avarice."
Alchemy flourished through
the ages, too. because it af.
forded every opportunity for
the exploitation Of wealthy but
ignorant and credulous people
by frauds, quacks and impoSt-
ors. Alchemy, after the fash
ion of the wicked. flourished
like the green bay tree for II
centuries.
It is not dead even now.
Scientists still are working on
the problem Of the transnuta-
ton Of metals. Several years
ago a japanese physicist
claimed to have turned lead
into gold.
The origin Of alchemy is lost
In the dim haze of antiquity.
It is rather generally agreed
that it was founded by the
Egyptian god Thoth.
From Egypt it spread into
Europe. Alchemy also had an
early independent origin in
China. and the first ruler who
became q votary Of alchemy In
China was Chin Shih Huang,
famous as the builder Of the
Great Wall, in 220 B. G,
Throughout the ages kings,
rulers, ernperors, deeply con-
cerned with raising revenue for
the royal government, have ex-
hibited interest In alchemy as
q possible means Of fattening
The Washington times., 1930-08-04

the treasury. Sometimes a clear.
eyed ruler diScerned the impoS-
tor in the alchemist. Diocletian,
in 29O, decreed the destruction
Of books on alchemy at the
time when knowledge Of it was
a monopoly Of the prieStly
caste.
Was alchemy an entirely fruit
less and fraudulent profession?
Did no beneficial result flow
from it? The adequate answer
is supplied by Bernard Jaffe in
his fascinating work "Crucible.
Francis Bacon compared al
chemy ITO, the man who told his
sons he had left them gold
buried somewhere in his vine
yard where they by digging
found no gold, but by turning
up the mould about the roots Of
the vines procured a plentiful
vintage"
In this financial search called
alchemy q great mass Of valua-
BILE discoveries was made and
many chemical facts were
learned.
Nitric, hydrocnloric and sui
phuric acids the three most
important acids employed by the
modern chemist, and aqua regia.
the powerful solvent for gold
formed by mixing the first two
Of these acids, were introduced
by these early gold Searchers.
In their quest for the seed Of
gold in the dirt and droSs Of
centuries new elements like
antimony, arsenic, bismuth and
phosphorus were unearthed.
Many Of the common cherni-
Gals Of today owe their dis
covery to those early dayS-alum
borax, cream Of tartar. ether
Illuminating geld, plaster = of
paris red lead, iron and silver
salts and heavy bariurn sulphate
the first substance known to
glow In the dark after exposure
to sunlight, which was stumbled
upon by Cacariolo, o cobbler Of
Bologna.
Copyright, 1880, International Feature
Service. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1930-08-04
SECRETS OF
HEALTH
BY DR.. Louis e. Bisch-

Pernicious anemia should not
be confused with ordinary
forms Of anemia.
In other words, 1t is not
anemia or deficiency of quail
ity or quantity Of the red
corpuscles Of the blood from
an injury or wound, from hem
orrhoids, from the rupture Of a
blood vessel or the disease of
an organ. Such forms Of ane-
mia are corrected when the
fault Of the body Is again re-
paired.
Pernicious anemia Is a seri-
Gus malady and requires con-
tinual treatment and care.
It occurs generally between
the IS and so year old period.
Often the patient has seemed
to be in perfect health, al
though there are cases in
which q severe mental shock
or intense worry over a long
period, or digestive troubles for
some time have been noted.
Strange as 1t may seem, the
general body weight and general
frame Of the patient may be
in striking contrast to the pic
ture Of utter exhaustion which
he presents.
When q blood test is made Of
an individual suffering from
perniciouS anemia it is found
that the red cells may be only
one-fifth or less in number than
normal.
The heinoglobin or red color.
ing matter is not proportion.
ately decreased but rather in
creased, relatively speaking.
This is exactly contrary to other
forms of anemia.
No one with pernicious ane-
mia, whether of a mild or Of q
severe nature, should attempt to
get along without the aid Of o
physician.
It takes months and years OF
treatment and the danger of
carelessness and discouragement
are accordingly great.
Good food. fresh air, rest are
al advisable.
Meat is hard to digest for
these patients.
The Washington times., 1930-08-04
Underpaid Army Lieutenants

Congress- with unusual unanmty increased the maximum
pay prvates in the Police and Fire Departments Of Wash
ington to 50, 400 year, meritorous boost.
The pay Of second lieutenant in the Army for the first
three years in that rank is $126 month with quarters
and subsistence that his aggregate annual pay about
$2190 The pay applies commissioned officers Of
similar rank in the Navy, Marine Corps Coast Guard Coast
and Geodetic Survey and Public Health Service.
Congress has been considering this question Of better pay
for men six services long time It joint
committee studying the problem. There is doubt that
these fine servants Of the nation should have better
They had increases since 1908 twenty-five years ago.
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because there was a shortage
Of water, occaSioned by the
dry spell, and consequently
there being little water, the
chemicals did not get In so
much work.
we were finally blessed with
rain but then as soon as the
water began to rise in went
the ill-taSting stuff. For some
Of the people, who perhaps
use water only to wash with,
this did not work such a hard
ship, but to others it meant
either go without water or
imbibe that awful substitute
for it.
AS an example Of the bad
effect of the water, some peo-
pie are keeping jars stored
away in which they have water
Washington water. In the
olden days people used to be
martyrs; but then they usually
had q cause. But out here we,
too. are martyrs, but why?
THIRSTY.
The Washington times., 1930-08-04
Hearst Papers Advocate

/. Peace and Gnpaty wsth all nations; entangtsng
alliances Nth none" as ADVOCATED By George
Washington.
g Proportional representation in the United States
Senate, no State to haze less than taOO Senator's.
Legislation to enforce prompt constitutional reap
pott,onment stn the House OF Representatives.
3. separate Department Of the Army, OF the Macy
and of the Air Forces. all united under a Secretary
OF National Defense.
a. Federr! action to the limit 0t Federal popOers to
abolish siLitefGcy in the United States under
Secretary OF EdUcdtiOR.
s. Installation of the President the first of Jan
NaTJ fOllOiDiRg November election.
The Washington times., 1930-08-04

drink" If so you can sympa.
thize with those Of us who live
In Chevy Chase. on the Mary
land side, where for some time
we have been forced to drink
water that is not fit to drink.
The water has been treated
with chemicals and has been
for longer than seems nsces-
sary. For q few days the con-
dition became better, but only
The Washington times., 1930-08-04
WORDS FROM LIPS OF WISE MEN

To preach loud, long and
damnation is the way to be
cried up. We love q man that
damns us and we run after him
to save us. Seldom.
Give me health and @ day
and will make the pomp Of
emperors ridiculous.
Emerson.
Men who are raScalS sever
ally are highly worth people IN
the mass. -Montesquleu'
The Washington times., 1930-08-04
Policemen On Beats
Should Discard Goats

Editor, Times:
] wonder why the traffic po.
Iceman is allowed to discard
his coat, while the men pa
trolling their beats can't even
open their coats. Anyone who
thinks it is not as hot on the
beat as directing traffic ought
to try it one Of these days.
/ have seen one of these men
come home so exhausted he
could not eat the dinner wait
ing for him and his shirt soak
ing wet and all the dye Of the
uniform faded on to the shirt.
Perhaps II you print this letter.
someone higher up. with the
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Extremes of fortune are true
wisdom's test.
And he's of men most wise who
bears them best.
Cumberland.
He who does not stretch him
self according to the coverlet
finds his feet uncovered.
Goethe.
For If it be half-denied
"Tis half as good as justified.
Butler.
The Washington times., 1930-08-04

interest Of their men a heart,
will give his matter Of summer
clothes some serious thought.
ONE WHO KNOWS.
Says Chevy Chase Water
Is Not Tit to Drink
Editor, Times:
You perhaps have heard the
lines, Water. water. every
where, but not a drop to
New Britain herald., 1930-05-10
lRKED BY ACQUITTAL
 JUDGE FIRES JURY
Releases Nenircmcn for Remainder of Criminal Court After They
 Tree Driver of Crowded Car.

New London, May f0-Irked hy q jurys acquittal of John T Kehoe or manslaughtcr charge. Judge Allyn L. Brown in superior court yesterday discharged the jurymen fo rthe remainder Of the criminal court term, In relieving the jury Of further duty the judge made if clear that he did not agree with the verdict and said "I hope non O. you gentlemen ever meet on the road the kind Of driver you have today acquitted "
 l[choc. au attendant at the Nor rich State Hospital for the Inzan4 had six persons, fou. women auI two men, including himself. in his onc-soated car April i when he lost control and the automobile plunged eff the road at Dead Mans curyo Mrs. Rose Riley Of Norwich n3a Filled.
 The prosecution maintained Ike hoc vas drunE but physicians salI that although he had been drinking he was not under the influence Of liquor.
 The jury, it vas said. took yolc half minute after it had retired. | voting for acquiltal and one for conviction. The jury vas out but lt minutes in all
New Britain herald., 1930-05-10
POLES LEAD LIST
 AT NIGHT SCHOOL
italians Second Numerically, Director O'Brien's Report Shows

Pupils of Polish extraction great ly outnumbered those of any other nationality in evening school attend ance, according to the annual re- port of Americanization Director James E. O'Brien which was filed with the school board at it's annual meeting yesterday afternoon. TWcnty-two different natonaltics were enrolled at the school
 Men of Italian extraction led all the other men in attendance. Wom- cn of Polish nationality were higher in number than the men and the combined groups placed this na- tonallty above the others,
 Mir. OBrien:s report gives in formation in detail concerning the work Of the evening schools during inc past year. He had under his supervision three principals and 31 teachers.
 He Is also in charge of the Amcr- canization Service bureau. Because Of the employment situation he was called upon 169 times to give as- sistanCe to persons who arc badly in need Of employment because of having families.
 Mir O'Rrien in his report spoke of the community center at the Nathan Hall school. This Is expected to be a forcrunner of ecveral 10 be start ed in this city, it was indicated in the report,
 The report follows in full:
 The evening schools opened on September 2$, 1929, and closed on March 31, 1929, completing 75 nights of two hours each. Classes for foreign born adults were con- ductod at the Central junior high school, Nathan Hale junior high school, and Washington school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights during the above period.
 Tho total enrolment for the classes for foreign born adults was 646, including 4o7 men and 239 women, Tn the continuation or ele- mentary grade classes sWhich were held at the Central junior high school, the total enrolment vas 130. while the typewritine classes held at the same school had an enrolment to capacity, namely s.
 Two hundred and seventy three students in the foreign born adult classes attended 50 or more sessions through the evening school year. Fifty-six students had a. perfect at- tendance for 75 nights. Three were perfect in attendance for the three years past or a total Of o95 nights without missing a single session. Six stud dents attended for tHo years or 150 nights without missing q session.
 Interest in the type~rting classes has always been great and this year our physical equipment was not largo enough 10 care for all who ap piled. In order to accommodate all who were qualified 10 enter such classes. two divisions were made and classes in each division were operated on a schedule Of ono and onc-quartcr hours each.