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The Washington times., 1930-10-20
Woman Asks $4,000
For Death of Son

Suit to recover $4,000 damages
for the death Of her son, Thomas
r. Heath, jr., who was killed by
an automobile, october 10, 1929,
has been filed in Circuit Court by
Mrs. Lillian D. Heath of the 1400
block Park Rd. N. w., against
Robert Lyman, 5000 block Connec-
ticut Ave. N. W., said to have been
the operator Of the vehicle in
which young Heath was riding.
/. The tragedy is said to have oc-
Cured when Lyman lost control Of
his automobile and it overturned
on Riggs Rd. N. W., near the Balti.
more and Ohio 'viaduct. Attorneys
James A.. O'Shea, John H. Burnett
and Alfred Goldstein filed the
declaration.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
Paris Editor Suggests We
Learn France

NEW YORK, Oct. 20.-Leon
Bailby, whose articles In LIN
transigeant are read by most Pari-
slams every afternoon, has come to
examine America for the first
time. AS managing director of his
newspaper, which he has made In
twenty-four years into one Of the
most modern in France, he also
viii complete negotiations for
nearly $500, 900 worth Of printing
presses; but that, he said yester-
day, is not his major preoccupa-
ton.
He has found that Americans
do not know France nearly as well
as the French know America, and
his wish Is to do as much as posi-
BILE to arrange a better understand
ing.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
Police Radio Broddcasts
Extension Is Planned

Thousands of dollars worth OF
lost and stolen property has
been described and returned to
the owners by the descriptions
given over the air.
Work is now being done on
the central police broadcasting
plant at the Tenth precinct
station and it Is expected that
within the next few weeks the
station will be In operation. The
broadcast from WJSV will be
continued, however, as the police
broadcast station will operate on
a wave length that the average
radio will not be able to pick
UP, this station being for the
purpose Of informing precincts
and cruising police cars Of mat
ters not for the general public.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20

The American business men are
too busy to travel much. And the
American public, which travels
principally through the news
papers and the motion pictures,
finds so many things In your full
American life to engage it, that
they are disposed to regard Europe
and France as remote and unim.
portant.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
CHARITY URGED
ON K. Of {.

The Rev. Joseph v. Buckley,
pastor OF st. Francis Xavier's
Church and chaplain Of the
fourth degree, urged charity upon
the members Of the District
knights of Columbus at vesper
services last night In the Church
of the Immaculate Conception.
He said:
Practice charity in your ex-
pressiOns and thoughts and
thus express to the world the
light Of Jesus Christ rs Catholic
gentlemen"
Rsnh the BUSINESS SERVICE nI.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20

Those sought are Thomas Barnes,
ID; Samuel SimmS, 10; Melvin
Thomas, 10: Albert Gibson, -,
and BENJAMIN Diggs, IT.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20
FiUe Youths Escape
From RefOrna0tOry

Five colored youths who es-
capped from State Reformatory at
Cheltenham. Nd last night were
being sought here by police.
The Washington times., 1930-10-20

Read the BUSINESS SERVICE DI-
RECTORY In tOday's Classified Ads.
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BERLIN.-While American legislative
bodies, both State and Federal, usually
have a large proportion of lawyers on
their rosters, such is not the case in
Germany OF the 5000 candidates con-
tending in the September IA election
only small number were trained in the
law (no more than 18 lawyers sat in
the last House,, though virtually every
occupation was represented, many of
them being occupations from which
candidates in America seldom, II ever,
appear.
The number of priests and ministers
of the Gospel, for example, engaged in
politics showed no decrease this year
In addition there were several univer-
sity professors of the Catholic theo-
logical faculty. The former Reichstag
counted two Protestant preachers and
five priests. In Germany neither the
rules of the church nor custom prevent
a clergyman from engaging actively in
politics. He may campaign as vigor-
ously for his political faith as for his
religion.
Occupational figures for the last
Reichstag showed an interesting diver
sity, and the composition of the present
House is not expected to be greatly diff
ferent when statistics are compiled. In
the former body two saloon or wine res
taurant keepers, held seats; there were
80 teachers of all grades; the farming
element was represented by 3d. COM
merce, industry and trade had 56; func-
tionaries of the different political par
ties totaled 70; editors and authors
formed a phalanx of rs; 81 gave their
occupation as 'laborer," most of them
being Communists or Socialists.
These groups were, of course, promi-
nently represented at the pools this
month, in addition to numerous single
candidates from the ranks of science,
sociology (the AntiAlcohol party was
PRESENT. and other academic branches.
The old nobility was represented by
16 members in the former Reichstag.
They were Nationalist, Catholic Cen
trists, or members of the Peoples party,
and one, Count Reventlow, was a Ma
tional-Socialist. This last named fiery
group, led by Hitler, can boast, by the
way, of some of the bluest blood in the
Reich, Prince August Wilhelm (the
Saxe-Coburg, being members of the
party, though not candidates for cleo
ton.
OF retired army and navy officers,
six formerly held seats. Several new
candidates of their class, such as Gen.
Won Seeckt and Gen. Won Bartenweffer
Gudendorff's right-hand man during
the war; were nominees for Office this
time.
The role of the German woman in
Reichstag elections, both as voters and
candidates, has always been an inter-
esting one, particularly since there are
more female voters than male. Yet the
fact is that there has been a steady de-
crease in the last decade in the number
OF woman Deputies. In 1920 there were
81, in 1924 only SO, and in the last
house 81. Their age varied generally
between 40 and so years, with few
even older.
The percentage of women placed on
the party lists varies according to mas
culine inclination. It runs from about
s. per cent with the Centrists up to
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fascinating description of the forests
and rivers.
When the villagers heard where he
had been they dragged him evenings
f. Jm one homo to another and filled
him with wine and food and listened to
the wonderful tales about that distant
country. He was the hero of our village.
When Spring came we were all uneasy
and afraid that the gypsy would disap-
pear again as he had on the two previ-
Gus occasions. He stayed on He shod
horses, sharpened plowshares, and
stayed. The girl was happy. Her love
was stronger than the lure of the road.
One day two gendarmes appeared and
inquired whether gypsy named So
and-so was in the village. 1t turned out
that instead of being in America the
gypsy had been i'll gaol for horse steal
ing.
I bore him no i'll will for his lying,
but I did regret not to be able to ask
more information about America.
During the wedding festivities wit
nicknamed the blacksmith THE Ameri-
can" BY this name the man is known
to this day; and is still made to tell
stories about the America which he has
never seen.
Books Tell Authentic Story.
AS soon as 1 had learned to read
obtained what books I could about that
far away country. Chateaubriand'S
'Attala" had just been translated then,
and I learned French with dictionary
in order to be able to read Fenimore
Cooper's romances, in all of which red
Indians stalked naked through primeval
forests. That kind of reading filled my
mind and excited my imagination. 1t
Ia ha IN Oh
me seem very drab indeed; the men and
women without animation. the river
without majesty, the forest without
terror.
When I was Is years old my family
moved to larger town. In the shoe
makers shop one day my eyes were
drawn toward picture of a very home
ly man on the wall. The shoemaker
was a German. When asked who that
man was he told me that it was the
picture of Lincoln.
it sounded to my Latin-tuned ears!
A great admirer of the Liberator,
though he had never been across the
sea, the shoemaker knew many more
things about America than had learned
till then. 1t was the shoemaker who
spoke to me about jefferson and about
Lincoln and told me of their dreams
anu Glelr plans ana CaugnC me the nail
dozen English words which he knew.
Eyes. Civil war rather than slavery. 1t
is better that 10000 die than that a
thousand should be slaves. That is
democracy. Great duties"
Learned American Authors.
I made many trips to that shoe
makers shop. He knew Lincoln's
speeches by heart. He recited them
willingly He even improved upon them.
His blue eyes and his red beard were
aflame when he spoke of his hero. His
hero? Our hero.
The years that followed were fraught
with sorrow and crowded with Incl
dents that led my family to leave the
homeland. I landed in Paris. There I
got acquainted with the writings of
Thoreau and Walt Whitman, Bret
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ridicule. Every one had warned her not
to troth herself to a gypsy.
Summer passed and still the girl re-
fused to believe the boy had abandoned
her
He will come back to me-" she told
her friends. Il know he will"
The night after the first snowfall the
gypsy returned to the peasant girl. She
forgave him, though people repeated
their warnings to her She shrugged
her shoulders. She knew better. Her
love would vanquish the lure of the
road. He would stay.
Yet when the snow had melted he
disappeared again. This time people
didn't even bother to pity her. She was
fool. 1t served her right.
Toward the end of the Summer a
young peasant offered to marry the
buXom girl She refused. The gypsy
would come back
Snow fell. Wolves hoWled. The DAN
ube froze. Still no gypsy. The other
man offered marriage again. She
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
BY KoNRAD BERCovICI.

T WAS born in a beautiful country.
Waters Of the Danube River lap
ped the gray stones of the wall
Il underneath my window. Hundreds
of boats flying red, green and yell
low sails in the blue wind bobbed up
and down the splashing silver waves. On
the opposite shore, to the apron of the
wooded hills, was an unbroken golden
sea of waving wheat waiting the most
seductive perfumes from early Spring to
harvest time. And the swishing and
the rustling of the blades mingled with
the song of the waves and charmed
me with their interwind rhythms and
subtle melodies.
We used to fish from the matched
roof of our home while listening to the
chatter and song of the Tartar boat
men and to the nasal cry of the muezzin
calling Mahomet's faithful TO prayer.
Harvest Time Dances.
And it was fertile country. At
thrashing time loved to watch how
quickly the bags filled themselves with
the heavy beads shaken out of the tall
sheaves. The loan in our garden was
like rich, black butter. There was
plenty of food for everybody. The
people were strong, healthy, lighthearted
and as fast on their feet as they were
quick to laugh. In the Spring they
danced every Sunday in front. of the
inn; because they believed that who
plowed and sowed gayly reaped plenty.
During the Summer they danced be-
cause they believed that who hoped
lightheartedly was compensated bounti-
fully. After the harvest they danced to
thank God for whatever He had given
them. During the long Winter months
they danced and sang because they
could do nothing else to while away
their time.
come from beautiful country; from
a fertile country. 1t is as beautiful as
this country, I now call mine, and as
fertile. I did not come to the United
States in search of food. I came to seek
other things. I sometimes find them in
the most unexpected places, but / am
more often disappointed than not.
Gypsy Deserts Maiden.
was seven years old when I first
heard of America. A young gypsy
blacksmith of my village was to be mar
ried that Spring to maid serving In
cur home However, when the snow
had melted he decamped secretly, leaV-
ing the poor peasant girl the butt OF all
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wouldn't have him. She waited for her
gypsy.
When Spring came and the gypsy
hadn't appeared my mother pressed the
girl to accept the man who offered to
marry her.
eff he hasn't come in the Winter he
surely won't come in the Spring"
The girl refused. And 10! and behold |!
when the second snow had fallen the
gypsy appeared at our door. We heard
him plead, and we heard her cry, but
did not hear what they said. Suddenly
the maid appeared in the doorway, with
the gypsy standing behind her, and
said: Madame, do you know why he
hasn't come? He was too far away to
come. He was in America"
1t was the first time I had heard of
the existence of that far-away CONT
nent. The young gypsy instantly became
my hero, and the hero of the house.
hold. I piled him with questions, and
he told me marvellous stories about In
dams, lions, tigers, and gave most
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Reichstag Has Few Lawyers on Roster,
But Priest and Ministers Are Listed

approximately rs per cent with the
enough they are allotted places well
down on the lists and with only a
meager chance for election except In
the case of those Of special prominence
or influence.
1t is a paradoxial fact that those
parties which have to rely strongest
upon feminine votes in the main give
women the poorest show in party man
agement At the last Berlin city elec-
cialists and Communists (those parties
treating women most generously
commanded more male than female
votes, while the Nationalist candidates
we're elected by 80 per cent more female
votes than male. With the Peoples
party there was an even $3.50 VOTE
while the Centrist party benefited by
predominant female vote of IS per cent.
A noteworthy feature of every Ger
man election is the number of votes
having to be pronounced void for being
cast contrary to election rules. This
number in the last election reached
AGO. 900, amounting to 1.3 per cent Of the
total. A large proportion we're so-called
"joker votes" many people using their
polling visit as an opportunity to offer
all kinds of political advice in both
prose and poetry, or to express per-
sonal opinion of some candidate. Bible
verses are not infrequently called upon,
and apparently the Dictionary of Quo
tations is thumbed from end to end in
many a home the night before election.
One man, wrath writ across his face,
fulfilled his ire and his political prerog-
alive by scrawling;
You are nothing and
Your work is nothing.
To choose you would be
A horror to the Lord.
That the candidate never saw this
sentiment made no difference. The
man had gone to the polls, had had
his say. Twenty-Five per cent of the.
eligible voters don't do even that much.
(Copyright, 1930)
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of delegates to the next National Con-
vention. AS rule there are, ana the
next time there will be, some wet dele
gates from States in the dry South, such
as Louisiana.
OF all the sign-posts of progress maze
by the vets hardly any one is so full of
meaning as this achievement of status
in which it is probable that the next
Democratic National Convention VIII
adopt wet platform.
At this point, however, one thing Is
important to be remembered majority
of the delegates to the next Democratic
Convention can adopt wet plank in the
platform. 1t would take tWo-thirds OF
the delegates however, to nominate
wet for President-and the vets, so far
at least, do not seem likely to have the
necessary two-thirds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
Hawaii Unidentified
By New Pineapple Duty

Recent action by the United States
Senate in voting an increase from IS to
so cents a crate on fresh pineapples
brings no particular satisfaction to
Hawaiian pineapple interests. This
Territory exports virtually no fresh
pineapples. It's great pines" trade is
built up Of Gained pineapples, of which
1t is the worlds largest producer. The
fresh pineapple tariff benefits chiefly
the growers of Florida and Porto Rico.
The latter has by far the largest volume
of domestic pineapples shipped fresh to
metropolitan markets. The chief for
eign competitors of domestic producers
of fresh pines" are Cuba, Mexico and
Central American countries. Hawaiian
pineapple interests would welcome an
increase in the tariff on foreign canned
pineapple, to meet the threat of in
roads on American markets, but thus
far have seen little to indicate that such
an increase win be voted by this Con-
gress.
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sula from Jamestown and IA miles dis
tant from Williamsburg lies Yorktown.
There, on october 10, 1881, the Colonial
era In America came to an end
Jamestown Island and the Yorktown
battlefield have been set aside as a
national Colonial monument" and will
be preserved for posterity by the Fed
eral Government under the terms of the
Cramton bill recently passed by Con-
gress and signed by President Hoover.
Both will be linked with Williamsburg,
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Element in America was established and
the Colonial era began.
Six miles from this glamorous spot is
the town of Williamsburg. long the capi-
tai of the colony, whose streets we're
trod by washington and Jefferson,
Henry and Mason, Marshall and Ran
dolph, and which was the scene of some
of the most far-reaching events that
took place during the years when Vir-
gjnial was Colonial pos ession Of Great
Britain. On the other side Of the PENN
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which is now undergoing a marvellous
transformation at the hands of John D.
Rockefeller, jr. Mr. Rockefeller is spend
ing some $4,000, 900 with view TO re-
storing the town to the appearance it
had in the eighteenth century. The
national Colonial monument" will in
clude only enough of Williamsburg for
the highway joining jamestown and
yorktown to pass through it. Steps
preliminary to the development of the
Continued on Fourth Page.)
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BY vIRGINIUs DABNEY.

~ HOSTS of Capt. John Smith and
many another stout-thewed
r warrior Of Elizabethan England
stalk beneath the ancient oaks
of jamestown Island, apd the
shades of the great chiefs PoT1latan,
Opechancanough and Totopotomoy
wander among the battered tombs and
about the ruined church tower where
in 1907 the first permanent English set
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CONGRESS LITTLE CHANGED
ON PROHIBITION QUESTION
Summary of Primaries, However, Indi-
Gates Democratic Party Will Adopt
Wet Plank at Next Convention.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

w WITH all the primaries and
n conventions out of the way,
wv it is possible to summarize
what has happened about
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Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-01
Mrs. Blake Again
Tells Of Result

About 5 months ago | told OF
the wonderful results | got from
Sargon and | IN making this second
statement to say that my improve
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-01
COAST LEAGUE

Yesterdays Results
San Francisco, s; Sacramento, ..
Others, night games.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-01

The Oregon poultry convention
'will be held this year at the agri-
cultural college, Corvallis, July
1924.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-01
TON|GHT'S CARD
EXPECTED TO Be
FULL OF ACTION
Double Efain Event And
Good Supporting Bill
Draw, Fans Praise.

Once again tie faithful are pr
pairing to gather. the favored sons
and daughters Of old King Fist have
been putting the aiekcls aside dur
! ing the week and are all set fur al
other big time at Harry Woodbury. S
Palace de WalIop tonight. And. this
being the first one tor August. with
four more coming up during tn
month. Harry has surely done him
self proud in the bouts he planned
fer tonight. Let $ give them last
lookover.
In the first half OF the double
main event, Leon Limbraco, The
hard hitting Filipino champ OF Uncle
sam 5 Pacific fleet amt prominent
contender fer the All-Navy belt, will
spent ten rounds or less i'll the
squared circle with joe Ogtega. q
Fresno Mexican scrapper, as his
companion. Just ont point to be
roted here. Joe may he very good,
but should he Ger IN the way q
Leon 5 piledrivins left, just once,
this bout will have . sudden ending.
! We don't expect it to go the full
distance Joe wll give his best,
| however, for he las been promised
scrap with Bobby Pacho If lie
wins and that via spur the Fresno
hoy to 20 his best.
| The second half of Tie double
main event, also for tn rounds, viii
: be between Louis Ramos, Panama,
land Pete Magalianes. of san Fran
cisco. These boys are billed as real
speed artists. Both are extremely
clever and are anxious to get along
in the old game and therefore 4
hangup fight VIII be the result.
This viii be Pete ; first appearance
in this neck Of the woods and Bert
Morse. who has bought the fighters
contract. is confident that Pete eau
lick anything down here. Well, he
viii have a good chance 10 show his
stuff tonight.
Nose Bailey ana Louis Reyes VIII
tangle in the SIX rouHd special. The
fast little coiorad boy from san
Diego hos been Geadlining along tile
coast and reports say he is all there
and will Give Louis Reyes. the BraW-
lev fighter, who has been making
such rapid strides along the Wa
10 fistie perfection here lately, a
warm and convincing argument. Re
lmember what we said Yesterday,
that we look to this scrap 20 BE-
the best, probably, on the whole
card.
The prelim viii be between Loren
20 REYES, Mexicali, and Sal Romero.
Tiaiuana. Reyes viii have q chance
10 boost himself sky high by taking
Sal. who IS the champ Of his native
city and has had things his own
way there for long time.
There's the card, and we really
believe that il is a dandy. Ladies
with escorts win again be admitted
free to the arena as guests OF tbe
management. SO. let's ali be there
this evening, to ''velcome the new
comers and start August off with
I Z bang.
Imperial Valley press., 1930-08-01
So. California
Sport Briefs

IDYLLWILD. Calf, Aug. l. U.P)
The annual Southern California
tennis tournament win be held here
August sic. with a large number
of leading players participating, it
was announced today. This will be
the eighth year the tournament has
been played in Idyllwild.
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Aug. IU.D
Armand Emanuel, San Francisco
barrister-boxer. will meet Al Moro,
young heavyweight. in the 10 round
main event at the Legion stadium
here tonight.
Moro, a protege of Jim Jeffries,
faces the most formidable opponent
Of his career in the logged. clever
fighter from the north. Emanuel
was given the edge by the tex
perts.'
Tom Partick and Fred Cullen will
meet in the semi-windup. and the
special will see Ora Smith trading
blows with Pete Pacheeo.
Los ANGELES. Aug. l. UP)-
Favorites were running true to form
as second day matches in the an
nual Los Angeles county tennis
championships began at the Palo-
mar tennis club today.
Ebert Lewis. Los Angeles stai
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Yesterday s Results

Philadelphia, u; Brooklyn. :.
Pittsburgh, +; st. Louis, 3.
New York. Il: Boston. ).