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The Washington times., 1930-04-04
Washington's 1890 Population
Exnerts Sanpune Of Close to 100000 People

TATIsT1C1ANs official and unofficial predicting that
- this city population in the being taken
will be close to 100000 people which, if true will make
everybody happy
Our 1920 population 437571 inhabitants and there
little doubt that enyear increase has been considerably
over 100000
Fifteen years ago predictions of publcspirited citizens
that Washington would reach population OF more than
are now 100000 certainty and boosters are
looking forward to MILLION PEOPLE here in compare
lively short time
No American city has future substantial certain
Washington the Nation official capital and the world
most beautiful city
Washngons prosperity is not founded upon industry
business activity that is subject to financial dpressions Our
industry the business of Uncle Sam and chief
is that the nation itself is financially back of its
city Knowing this wealthy citizens from everywhere come
here to ve buy and build homes and invest in real estate
The Washington times., 1930-04-04
Laws of Science
By Archibald Henderson, Ph. d., LII. D.

OCTENCE works with the in
~ struments supplied by ma
ture. It analyzes the subjects
at its disposal and unravels the
complexities hidden beneath
surfaces often simple enough.
Science is actually a mode OF
systematiZation of knowledge.
Science in classic times was
descriptive, enumerative, &C
cumulative. Science in modern
times is marked by a certain
orderly constructivenesS. The
primary pursuit is less claSsifi.
ton than the formulation Of
law. We must know In what
category a certain specimen be-
longs-whether it be an okapi.
a primrose, a bar of steel, or
mathematical equation. But
this is only an initial step for
modern science: it clears the
ground for the more funda-
mental inquiry as to how the
subject acts within the given
category.
When we speak of scientific
laws, we are compelled to make
sharp distinctions regarding the
infallibility of the law. In a
word, the invariability of its
operation. The laws of science
partake of the nature Of the
particular domain in which
they operate. All so-called sci
enceS are not ON the same foot
ing of exactitude. In the same
proportion. we may say, the in
variability and exactitude of the
laws differ with the sciences
themselves.
Mathematics. for example. is
what we call an exact science,
It deals with ideal relation
ships. After establishing the
laws which govern these rela-
tionships, further progress in
a given direction follows the
inevitable line of logical exten-
sion and generalization. There
are no palpttating organisms
The Washington times., 1930-04-04
The Marry-GO-ROund
BY Helen Rowland

Paris manikin, what honor
hath she in the eyes of the
salesladies if she cannot say,
CHARGE it,?
An understanding of the
spoons and forks is more to be
desired than great wisdom: and
a smattering of near-French is
the sum of all knowledge.
A witty companion delighteth
the soul and exalteth the spirit:
but to be seen in box at the
opera beside the dull dowager
is good PUBLICITY.
Behold, a man may attain
a high polish and a woman
may acquire much savior faire.
But who hath the grande man.
ner of a little Pomeranian?
And the hauteur of a Pekingese,
who can surpass it?
Better a nod from the inn
ported limousine Cnan a warm
greeting and a lift" from a
flivver; and the frozen salute
Of a liveried chauffeur out
weigheth much cordiality from
a secondhand tin Lizzie.
A smile for the naughty, a
snub for the friendly, a stare
for the humble and a kiss for
the foot that spurn thee. THIS
is the Credo of the Snob.
Verify, verify, his way is hard.
For the rungs of the social
ladder are coated with ice. Yea,
they are exceeding slippery.
And the Climber is as one
that rideth the bumpers, and
taketh the JOLTS, without
murmuring!
The Washington times., 1930-04-04

plots to vandalize democracy
and colonize the ruins with
anarchy.
Soviet purpose menaces IL
personal ambition, all inde-
pendent enterprise. all individ-
ual right.
1t aims at the abolition Of
property laws, the overflow Of
church and the abandonment
of Magma Charta: the Substitu-
ton of dictation for free will
of censorship for unbridled ex-
preston of opinion, and the ele-
vation of the lazy and hazy to
equality with intellectually and
thrift.
IN THE foreboding picture Of
L. triumphant Bolshevism, with
its merciless intents and mob
lusts let loose upon reverence,
prosperity and tolerance, there
is a sharper challenge than was
ever evoked by the spectre OF
unchecked KaiseriSm.
The prodigiouS sums and sac
rifices dabbling the fields of
France, will finally become
feckleSs gestures, if we yield to
the pressure of commercial ex.
pediency, the council Of fatu-
Gus politicians or the penetra-
ton of radicals. and lift diplo'
matte bans against the SovietS.
Any treaty concluded with
the Russian government, as
presently constituted. would in
vited anarchy further to propa-
gandize here-permit untram.
meled intercourse between Mos
cows secret agents and the
sympathetic extremists now
furtively spreading hydrophobic
vepom through the United
States.
Russia is not in the throes OF
evolution. but in the thrall OF
megalomania.
There can be no hope of
abiding peace on ealth-no as
sured futures for any generation
while Moscow spins webs of
intrigue and SmuggIeS the virus
OF mischief across every from.
tier.
Copyright, 1880. by the Daily Mirror
4nc.' and Herbert Kaufman.)
The Washington times., 1930-04-04

and effort, and such priceless
contribution from all genera
tionS that had gone before.
Ever since the beginning of
time life had been working
toward that boy-forming him
out Of all the tangled begin.
nings, until at last his life
rose in a flying span
only to be cut off so quickly
by the dark. WAS THAT THE
END?
Standing there in the night I
. asked the question and I knew
that all over the world others
were aSkiEs that too. And sud-
denly the Bridge itself seemed to
give me the answer.
I could not see the other end
OF the bridge. It was lost in the
fog as my boys spirit had been
lost in that fog which my love
could not pierce. But knew
the Bridge had another end. I
knew that it led to solid land.
great highways. busy cities and,
beyond them the sweet, green
meadows and the sea.
I could not see the Bridge go
On but I knew that it did 60 on
for I knew that men do not
build great bridges to end in
nothingneSs. One end of that
bridge was proof to me of the
Other-evell though the darkness
lay between.
I had seen the beginning of
iife-the beautiful, complicated,
infinitely precious beginning of
life. And I had seen it vanish
in the black, cold fog of death.
But did H. really vanish? Was
that all there was?
Men do not build to end in
nothingneSS.
Does God?
The Washington times., 1930-04-04
Secrets of Health
BY DIR. Louis E. Bisch-

fects, such as stammering and
lisping.
Also keep an eye on the ton.
sils and the presence OF ade-
noidS.
Both can make children dull
and apathetic and disfigure
their features. Infected tonsils
also can keep them ill
Watch the teeth. If the bit
ing surfaces do not touch and
fit, one upon the other, the
child may be suffering from
rnal-OcclusiOn which leads to
digestive disturbances. nervous.
ness and poor health.
Peculiar mannerisms that per.
sist, such as sudden hand clap
ping, violent and persistent
rocking. may be early signs of
defective mental development.
Does the child know how to
play by himself as well as with
others?
Is he the object OF continual
ridicule? Does he only get
along with children younger
than himself?
Does punishment have little
or no effect supon him?
All such points should be
considered in order to discover
whether a child is average.
Then, during the school years,
being put back in classes or
failing Of promotion twice in
the same class are significant.
The Washington times., 1930-04-04

to go under the knife, to be
bombarded by X-rays or sub
jected to scrutiny through o
} microscope. The course of evo-
luton Of the science is fixed
and predetermined. You live
in a domain of complete alb
Straction. AS Whitehead puts
it, paraphrasing Russell. all you
assert is that ''if any entities
whatever have any relations
which satisfy Such-and-such
purely abstract conditions. then
they must have other relations
which satisfy other purely alb
stract conditions"
That is the basic reason that
mathematics is so satisfactory
as a science. It is for the
very reason that pure mathe-
matics is divorced from the re-
strictive to concrete objects
that it arrives at pure truth.
1t supplies us with the immacu-
late and impeccable results OF
thought moving in the sphere
of complete abstraction.
The laws Of physics and as.
tronony are approximations to
the perfect laws Of pure mathe-
matics. It is impossible to cal
culate with entire exactitude all
the perturbations which astro-
nomical bodies undergo, in or
der to arrive at their precise
orbits. But the methods Of ap-
proximation, which are scien-
tifically employed on mathe-
matical principles, meet the
exigent tests of practice and
supply results in satisfying &C.
cord with the physical facts.
The law Of gravitation is not
on the same footing, Scientifi.
,cally. with the law Of evolution.
In the strict sense, evolution Is
not ''law" at all. Tt is a ma.
jor hypothesis. a plausible idea
which works so well as a uni.
form scientific, generalization
that it is adopted in default Of
AnythtpS better or sYea aS sood.
The Washington times., 1930-04-04
Listen World
BY Elsie Robinson
The Bridge

TOWARD evening I went down
- to Brooklyn Bridge.
Pretty muggy going. Fog
coming in-blurring everything.
I prowled around the streets
for a while. One of the most
interesting sights in America
that tangle of narrow. crooked
streets on the New York end
Of the bridge. Something ter.
ribly human about them. par
ticularly on a foggy night
like the blind trails you follow
through the years-blundering
your way along-neVer seeing
clearly where you're going
winding up so often at u dead
wall. or in the gutter!
Presently I came out Of the
tangle, to the Bridge itself.
Just the beginning of the Bridge
all the rest was lost in the
fog y.
No matter how often I see
them, can never get over the
beauty of those great spans.
rising so suddenly out of all the
muck and confusion-rising up
so grandly and surely-taking
off, into a clearer, higher air
rising up, as life rises, out Of
tangled beginnings and taking
off into-where?
Standing there. in the fog,
with the darkness blotting out
that flying arch, I asked myself
that question. I was sad, Bit
ter. perhaps. I had been think
ing Of my dead boy and of the
beauty and pity of that lovely
life which had ended at 81.
So much had gone into that
life. So much of my own love
The Washington times., 1930-04-04

VOONI chlloFeh sAlouA"
= ways be carefully watched.
And parents should familiarize
themselves with what is normal
and what is not.
Children often do not develop
as they should and their par
ents do not discover that fact.
The trouble is they do not
know what, exactly, to look for.
Often, too, when parents
know that something is wrong,
they are led to believe that the
children will outgrow 1t and
they may wait beyond the time
when medical aid might have
been of help.
In early childhood talking
and walking should be watched.
Although wide variations
exist, especially in talking, .
child that can do neither by
two years should be seen by a
physician who speciallzes in
children.
I have known mothers who
remained undisturbed. even
when the child was two years
old and could scarcely articu-
late.
Better be on the safe side,
and if there are no signs of
walking and talking, see a doc
tor. 1t pays In the end.
Also watch for speech de-
The Washington times., 1930-04-04
ONCE-OVERS

avoid unpleasant comment as
you would have the rest do
when you run the machine and
get your particular favorites?
Radios should bring the fam
lily closer, not break up the
peace at home.
When there are quarrels over
certain programmes. or because
one wants it loud and another
wants it softer, or as to who
shall manipulate things at any
time 1t Is a sign of Selfishness
somewhere.
There is a fair and square
deal in radio by which each
member of the family gives
and takes on a fifty-fifty basis,
and it should not be necessary
to discusss about it till the real
thrill and beauty of the thing
ID lost.
The Washington times., 1930-04-04

~ USSIA isn't interested in
naval reduction.
AS Except in the limited
Black Sea district, all her vital
areas are safe from maritime
attack.
Her population. her factories,
her mines and her larders
huddle behind the most effective
of all defenses-impenetrable
mileage and repellent winters.
Like the late DR.. Munyon,
who cared not who made the
songs of the nation as long
as he might manufacture it's
pills, the Soviets don't give a
whoop how many battle-Eeels
the other powers lay, as long
as they can construct all The
airships that conquest requires.
Moscow is forging thunder
bolts instead of Long Toms,
confiding her fortunes to wing
spread-preparing to swoop
upon the political systems that
challenge her existence, with
such cohorts of falcons that no
objective will soon be safe from
their horde fury. ~
WHILE democracy hens, haws,
w fiddles, fuses and chases
chimeras at London, The
Hague and Geneva, Stain pro-
grams the vastest technical
education plan in history.
Within five years, the counr
try will be filled with experts
in engineering, metallurgy and
aero-dynamics.
Completely self-reSourced IL,
every munition requirement but
rubber, Russia can draw upon
her own mines and forests for
all the structural materials for
armament and transportation.
Her exhaustless wealths thumb
nose at blockade. She does not
need the Freedom of the Seas
to obtain bread, oil, meat,
fbreS or fuels.
The war cloud that we should
most dread is forming yonder.
MMrTARIsTIC Prussia sim
4EA ply Schemed to captain
civilization with martinez ef-
The Washington times., 1930-04-04

uEARKEN, my Daughter, to
IL the Credo of the Snob.
Who worshipeth at the shrine
of the Social Register and
glorfyeth the Almighty Dollar.
Go to, saith the Snob. A
millionaire may consort with
Bohemians and chum with the
unwashed.
But, to command the respect
and homage of Head Walters
requireth a "grande opera"
manner and an English accent.
For they cannot be deceived by
false signs.
Better dinner of herbs
served by a flunky in livery
than feast in the house where
there is no butler. And. where
the cook waiteth on the table,
it is folly to linger.
For, what profiteth it a man
CI1OUSA A1C WAA4 a RAoNC AL WAY
Hall of Fame, if the doors OF
the SMART houses be closed
against him?
Lo, the simmer. of a silk
hat becometh the brow more
than the light of intelligence;
and a good wine cellar is more
to be honored than cancelled
debts. 1t putteth thee among
the SOPHISTTCATES!
A cheap coat may cover a
warm heart: but mantle Of
ermine dazzleth the eyes of the
first-nighters and impresseth
the ushers and doormen.
Go to. Though a woman
possess all the grace of a
princess and all the style of a
The Washington times., 1930-04-04

When You Turn on the Radio
A RE you arbitrary at home
"A about the kind of enter
tainment radio brings into the
house?
Because you enjoy certain
features do you insist that they
shall be the only ones that
shall be tuned in while you
are listening?
Not often do the whole fam
lily enjoy the same kind of
entertainment.
When one member of the
family tries to monopoIize
radio production and variety
that shall be received, the
others of the circle are not
pleased
You know that you dislike
certain numbers that others
enthuse over.
Why not be . good speyt and
The Washington times., 1930-04-04
KNOWLEDGE TEST

Do you know:
/. What does D. C. in music mean?
2. What is an affidavit?
3. At what temperature does ice melt?
4. Who said
Peace hath her victories
No less renowned than war;?
S. What color is azure?
The Washington times., 1930-04-04
THE MISCHIEF MAKER = By Herbert Kaufman

have destroyed democracy in
order to seize and operate its
incredibly valuable and compe-
tent machinery. Bolshevism
The Washington times., 1930-04-04

ficiency. Russia aims to re-
cast the universe in her expert
mental image.
MilitariStic Prussia would
The Washington times., 1930-04-04

Fill each blank;
6. "Pitys akin to "
Z. Better -- than never"
8. "The wind bloweth where 1t "
9. "The price of -- is above rubies"
10. "Frailty thy name is -."
Match correctly:
II. Grotto Inn
IL. Marsh BoiSterous
13. Termagant , Swamp
II. Verdant Cave
Is. Hostelry, Green
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IAn'wSrs en- Magazine Passl
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-22
BERMAN GIVES
SELF UP FOR
FEDERAL TERM

SEATTLE, April %. U.D-Jacob
Bcrman, former officer OF the JUL
an Petroleum Company, surrender
ed to the United States marshall
here today to begin serving term
in Mcneil Island federal penitenti-
ary.
Berman was surrendered by his
bondsman. He had been at liberty
under $4,000 bail.
81 am surrendering because GER
tain people whom am going to
testify against in Los Angeles are
using all pressure to prevent me
from testifying by forcing me into
further trials" Berman said.
81 am going to return voluntari-
" to California to testify at other
trials in connection with the Julian
Petroleum cases." he added. 1.-THE
district attorneys office III Los An
geles knew nothing about my plans
and had nothing to do with my sur
rendering here"
Berman said he expected his com
mitment to Mcneil Island from the
circuit court of appeals in San
Francisco to arrive here tomorrow.
He will then Join S. c. Lewis at
the island penitentiary. Lewis was
, sentenced in connection with Lewis
oil promotion activities and is want
ed in Los Angeles on charges in
connection with the Julian stock
crash in May, 1927.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-22
COURT GRANTS
new TRIAL TO
BUDDY DAVIS.
Keyes' Former Deputy To
Have New Chance OF
Establishing Innocence

LOS ANGELES, April %. U.P)-
Tie conviction of Harold "Buddy
Davis, former chief deputy distric
attorney, charged with accepting ;
bribe in a Julian Petroleum Corpora
t,on case, was reversed today by tht
district court of appeals.
A jury found Davis guilty of hav
ing accepted $500 for tcmperine
/ ihc prosecution to insure acquitta
of men charged with wrecking the
Julian company through conspir
acy to violate the state corporate
securities act.
The same trial which led to
charges being preferred against
Davis led to the trial and conviction
Of Davis superior, Asa Keyes. then
district attorney.
Keyes as head Of the district at.
torney's office was found guilty Of
taking bribes in the ease. Davis had
actual charge of the conspiracy trial.
In reversing the lower court and
granting Davis new trial, the ap-
pellate court found that the evil
Gence on which the conviction was
based was not proper and that this
situation, coupled with certain trial
errors, entitled the defendant to n
new trial.
The ruling of the higher court
read in part:
'The fact that the verdict rests
upon the testimony of a self-con-
fesscd accomplice in the crime of
bribery, Ga crime which necessarily
nnpeaches the integrity of one who
takes part in its commission) the
fact there is evidence that the ae-
ccmpilce had an interested motive
for testifying against the defend
ant; the fact that the so-called cor
roborative evidence is of that incon-
elusive character which appears in
the record and the fact that those
errors occurred to which we have
given attention have left the cause
in a condition which entities the ap-
reliant to new trial.'
The testimony to which the APP
pellate court referred was that of
Ben Getzoff, Spring street broker,
who was convicted with Keyes and
Ed Rosenberg, broker, in the first
bribery trial.
Getzoff was given probation when
he was found to be in i'll health and
after he offered to turn states evil
dence against Davis.
Keyes and Rosenberg went to San
Quentin to start serving terms Of
from one to IA years but Getzoff
went to the witness stand and told
The court he paid $500 to Davis
to insure the acquittal in the con
spiracy trial of Rosenberg and other
defendants, including S. c. Lewis
and Jacob Berman, Julian eXecu-
tivcs.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-22
Marriage Blocks
Staying Trial

LOS ANGELES, April %. W.H-
The secret marriage of the states
star witness in the prosecution of
w. r. McIntirc, to the defendant,
threatened today to cause postpone
ment of the mans trial on charges
Of murder.
The witness, Miss Ruby Bur
roughs, yesterday produced a mar
riage certificate revealing that she
and McIntire, who is being tried
for the death of Mrs. Margaret
Towers, victim of "A hit-run driver
were married after the man was
placed in Jail.
The marriage was performed un
der California statute which per
mits persons who have lived to-
gether as common law man and
wife, to wed without first obtaining
a marriage license.
If the ceremony is held legal, the
witness cannot testify against hei
husband. While Superior Judge Viii
liam Aggler took the situation un
der adyisement, the district attor
ney's office swore to complaint
charging the woman with conceal
ing facts from magistrate.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-22
Three Killed As
Car Strikes Tree

INGLEWOOD, Calf, April %
U.H-Three persons, a woman and
two men, were killed here today
when the automobile in which they
were riding at approximately 20
miles an hour, struck tree.
The dead were Miss frankie
Hunter, so, Los Angelesi John w.
Maxwell. Los Angeles, and George
Hume, Hollywood.
According to Truman Hamilton,
Mojave constable, Murphy. was driv-
ing at the time of the crash. The
automobile sideswiped the truck
and Murphy was hurled to the high,
way with broken neck, crushed
chest and other injuries.
The two men were on their way
to attend a court session at San
Diego at the time of the crash.
c. l.. Crabbs, the truck driver,
was uninjured.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-22
ACTION SEEKS To
FORCE PAYMENT
FROM OIL MAN

LOS ANGELES, April %. U.P)-
The Elks Hill naval oil scandal
which is a constant source of legal
entanglements since the regime of
Albert B. Fall as secretary of the
interior, will echo in federal dis.
trict court here Thursday when a
suit to compel Edward l.. Doheny.
oil magnate, to pay from 81 100000
to $50, ,000,0 900 to the Pan-American
Petroleum and Transport Company
goes on trial
The suit, brought by ATTORNEY
Frank H. Kunkel, of Cincinnati, al.
leges that the Fall-Doheny transact.
ing cost the Pan American Com
pany millions of dollars and that
the company's stockholders suffer
ed greatly when the court ruled
that contracts and leases entered in
to between Fall and Doheny were
permeated with fraud.
In his answer Dohenv contended
that even if KunkePs charges were
true, which he denied, the statuta =
of limitations precludes prosecution
of the suit so long after the
materts complained of took place.
Attracted to the cas-. are soma
of the country's leading attorneys.
among whom are Emery Buckner,
formerly United States attorney for
New York; Frank Hogan of Wash
ington, ID. c., Doheny's attorney in
the recent bribery trial; Luther
Day and ID. G. Ling of Cleveland,
and John o. Eden formerly presi-
dent of the Ohio state bar. A num-
ber of local attorneys VIII appeal
also.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-04-22
Plane Drives
Car Off Road

CASA GRANDE, Ariz., April %.
Authorities here today held a war
rant charging John Doe, airplane
pilot, with reckless driving
The warrant was sworn out by
Mrs. j. L. Woods, FL Paso, Texas
who was driving an automobile to
Santa Monica, Calf, when she no
ticed shadow on the road.
Thinking it was a motorcycle :
shadow and that the vehicle was
going to pass, Mrs. Woods drove
over to the side of the road. Sudden
ly the drone Of an airpalne motor
was heard overhead. Realizing the
shadow was that of a plane, Mrs
Woods said she became frightened
and lost control of the machine. II
plunged over the road bank.
None of the machines five oeeu
pants was injured.