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The Washington times., 1931-10-10
Trade Board to Probe
Grand Jury Naminu

Charging local court officials
with carelessness and using un-
busineSSlike methods in selecting
grand jurors, the Board of Trade
yesterday ordered it's law commit
tee to investigate the situation.
This action resulted from the
occurrence that invalidated the
July Grand Jury and caused 179
indictments to be voided. A Fed
eral pensioner was discovered in
that group of talesmen.
The investigating committee,
appointed by Joseph H. Burkart.
chairman of the law committee,
consists of Daniel Thew Wright,
former justice of the District Su-
preme Court: Henry I. Quinn.
Mathew O'Brien, John McDill
Fox, dean of the law school OF
Catholic University, and A. Coulter
Wells. Mr.. Burkart will serve as
an exofficio member.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
FIRE FIELD DAY
At ROCKVILLE

Favored by ideal weather Mont
gomery county's first annual
Firemens' Field Day got underway
this afternoon at Rockville with
a large parade, featured by is
bands and so fire companies.
Rockville had a holiday ap-
pearance with American Flags
streaming along Montgomery
Avenue.
The parade began at William
Street and wended it's way down
Montgomery Avenue to Rockville
Fair Grounds, where it encircled
the race track.
Field events this afternoon will
be followed by asdance at Rock.
vile Heights tonight.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
HEARING NOV.23
On TRANSIT

The Public Utilities Commis-
sion today fixed November %
as the date for a public hearing
to consider the valuation of the
property of the Washington
Rapid Transit Company.
The commission announced its
intention of valuing the property
some time ago. The hearing will
be confined to the value of prop
erty used or useful in furnishing
public transportation within the
District.
The commission started a valu-
alton three years ago but aban.
doned the plan.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10

secretary: c. E. BogarduS, record
ing secretary; Elmer johnson,
financial secretary.
Vincent P. Russo was elected
treasurer to succeed H. D. Land
graf, resigned.
Attorney William NICK. Clayton
and John A. Saul will represent
the association in the Federation
of Citizens Associations. i.
Fairgrounds Asked
The organization went on record
as being opposed to the regula-
ton requiring the retirement of
police and other officials at the
age of 81. Members indorSed the
National Symphony Orchestra OF
the District and commended the
District Commissioners for hold
ing down the 1882 budget eSti-
mates to avoid tax increases.
In another resolution they called
attention to the need for play
ground facilities in the section.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
D j T
F WITHIN ID
DAYS
E. J. Armbruster Excused by
Tribunal Before End of
Testimony; a. Were Heard

The investigation into charges
that Bishop James Cannon, jr.,
mishandled political funds en-.
trusted to him in the 1928 cam.
paign was concluded today by
the District Grand Jury.
Assistant District Attorney
John j. Wilson, who presented
the case to the jury, announced
at its conclusion that report
could be expected within a week
or 10 days.
Secretary Involved
The Grand Jury listened for
two days and a half to witnesses
who detailed the financial aspects
of the Anti-Smith Democratic
campaign, which broke the solid
South.
1t has, been charged that the
bishop and Miss Ada L. Bur-
roughs failed to make proper re.
ports of campaign receipts and
expenditures as required by the
Federal Corrupt Practices Act.
While no indication was given
as to the feeling of the Grand
Jury in the matter. it was con,
sidered significant that when it
concluded its investigation it had
not heard all of the evidence
gathered by E. j. Armbruster,
auditor of the Department of
Justice.
ArmbruSter Excused
Mr.. Armhr''~ter '--~~ ~ tho sto~1
both yesterday and today, and
traced SeveraI Uf .... c. ..s ...
ing in the case. He had several
other checks, but the Grand Jury
apparently decided that it would
not be necessary to place this teS.
timOny in evidence and excused
Armbruster shortly before ad-
jOurning.
Reports made by the Bishop
and Miss Burroughs to the House
of Representatives were placed be-
fore the Grand Jury today by Will
liam Tyler Page, Clerk of the
House.
Mr.. Page had refused to produce
the reports until ordered to do so
by Justice James Proctor yester-
day.
More than a score of witnesses
were heard by the jury in It's in
veStigation. These included two
angels of the Bishops organiza-
ton, E. c. Jameson, who con-
tributed $65, 800. and former Sen
ator Joseph Frelinghuysen, who
gave $4,000.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
B-rrr; ID-do-o-o' Shivers
Bride at Park Wedding

They shivered with the cold
this morning as they solemnly
said II do," just as the sun was
peeping over the tree tops in a
wooded section in Rock Greek
Park.
Miss frankie Joe Mann, 2010
Kalorama Rd. N. w., and Ray
mond Torpy. of Syracuse, N. Y,
we're married at the top of the
hill near Ridge Road in the park
because they both love the great
outdoors.
Pretty Dark, But
Rain or shine, they would
have gone through with it. 1t
was fortunate the sun shOne,
they said, as the Rev. DR.. G. C..
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
FUNK BLAMED
On TEACHERS

Charges that prejudice on the
part of certain professors in the
School of Dentistry at Georgetown
University resulted in failure OH
the part of student in the
school to pass his classes are con-
tanned in a petition for a writ of
mandamus filed in District Su-
preme Court today.
The plaintiff, Joseph Emmett
Joyce, of New York. says he en-
tered the school in 1923 and
passed all of his classes until he
reached the Junior year. During
that year he asserts, he was sue,
ceSsful in all of his mid-year tests,
but he received four conditions in
his final tests, resulting in his be-
ing dropped from the school.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
TAX QUIZ PUTS
La AFONTA|NE !.
ON CARPET
Reputed Gambler Scheduled
for GriIIing Yesterday;
u. S. Keeps Details Secret

The Governments investigation
of income tax reports filed by
James C. (Jimmy) La Fontaine,
reputed Prince Georges county
gambler, still was under way to.
day, with secrecy shrouding every
move except admission that the
probe was on.
Agents Of the Internal Revenue
Bureau began the investigation
several months ago, but only re-
Gently have whipped their evi-
dence in shape for presentation,
it was disclosed today at the
bureau.
Hearing Scheduled
La Fontaine was scheduled to
be given a hearing yesterday, but
whether it was actually held could
not be learned, officials of the
bureau pointing out that discus
sion of investigation is against
the policy until criminal proceed
ings are instituted.
All persons whose income tax
reports are under inquiry are
given an opportunity to explain
the discrepancy at a closed hear,
ing, and as far as possible the
bureau seeks to keep such matters
from the public.
NeighbOrs Questioned
Agents during their investiga-
ton questioned many residents of
Prince Georges county living near
the house behind the high green
fence"
La FOntaine could not be located
yesterday, the house, as per Gus
tom. being closed during the Mary
land racing season.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
What's Doing
TODAY

TODAY
Smoker-Alpha Chi Sigma, 8
p. M, Hamilton Hotel.
Meeting-M Military Order World
War, all day, Mayflower Hotel.
Military Order World
War. l p. m. Mayflower Hotel.
Meeting -Gridiron Club, noon,
Gridiron Room, willard Hotel.
Dinner-Women's international
League, 7:3O p. M, Willard Hotel.
Lecture-"Wha 1 Saw in the
Soviet Union" by Warren B.
Strong, at Washington Open
Forum, 1866 Pennsylvania Ave. N.
W., 8 p. m.
TOMORROW
Forum-Secular League, RE,
ligion and Russia" Musicians
Hall, 1905 E st. N. w.
Meeting-Dr. Hamill's Follow
up Committee. White House cen
ference, 9 a. m. willard Hotel.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
Delay Collections,
Farm Debtors Ask

The Government should defer
demands for payments on drought
relief loans, Senator Robinson
CD, Arkansas told President
Hoover yesterday.
He said that normally the farm
ers would be in position to pay,
but can not do so now because
of the drop in the price of cot
ton and rice in the drought area,
Demand for payment at this
time, he said. would impose an
unnecessary hardship in many
rural districts.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
P A n AMERICAN
PARLEY ROW
|NPROSPECT
Tariff May Develop Rift
as Confab Nears an End;
Delegates to See Mt. Vernon

With a short group session con-
fronting them on the sixth day
of the Fourth Pan-American Com
mercial Conference today, the
Latin American delegates pre-
pared to visit Mt. Vernon this
afternoon.
BY the action of the plenary
session in placing original pro-
posals in the hands of the reso-
lutions committee and granting
that body the right of privacy,
the work of the plenary sessions
in the future is to be greatly
expedited.
Fireworks In Prospect
In the past, such resolutions
have been formulated on the
floor of the plenary sessions and
arguments have been heated and
not very much to the point.
1t was expected, however, that
at least one of the resolutions on
the main features developed dur.
ing the conference, tariff, gold
and silver, might be presented
during the short plenary session
to be held today, in which case
it was relatively certain fireworks
would be set off.
The only reference made to the
tariff situation during the ses-
sions yesterday was by the reso-
lutionS committee.
Reductions Sought
A resolution recommends to
the American governments that
they grant to each other, as soon
as conditions of their domestic
economy permit, the greatest
tariff advantages and the reduc-
ton of domestic taxes on natural
products, whether manufactured
or not, of the soil or industry of
the national territory of the
others, either through multi
lateral conventions or special
treaties"
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
DANGER FEARED
IF CHILDREN
USE ROAD
KeniIWorth Group Suggests
P. U. C. Allow Scent Rate;
School Officials Are Silent

A compromise between parents
Of pupils of the abandoned Kenil-
worth School and school officials
was proposed today as the parents
prepared to request bus service for
transporting the children in the
Kenilworth neighborhood to the
Benning School.
A written request was sent
today to Mrs. Florence H. Rogers,
supervising principal, by the Kenil-
worth Parent Teacher Association.
The women, according to Mrs.
Elmer Farr, president of the par
ent-teacher group, are willing to
ask the Public Utilities Commits
sion to permit a bus company to
operate on the threc-cent fare.
r. L. Haycock, assistant super
intendent of schools in charge
of elementary schools, planned
conference during the day with
DR.. Frank w. Ballou, superin-
tendent, relative to the protest
of the parents against sending
their children to the Benning
School, while at the same time,
Mrs. F. H. Rogers, supervising
principal of the district of which
Kenilworth is a unit, was making
personal calls on parents in an
effort to sway them to a CO.
operative attitude.
The parents at meeting yes
terday declared they would not
permit their children to attend
Benning School, on Minnesota
Avenue Northeast, near Benning
Road, pointing out the youngsters
would have to walk mile and
a half and cross six railroad
tracks.
Officials Are Silent
This threat had not been called
to the attention of the board to-
day, and school officials declined
to state what action would be
taken if the children are kept out
Of school.
Mr.. Haycock sought to mini
mize the threat and indicated he
expected the parents and the
children to cooperate. He said:
"This is an emergency, and
while, we know, it will bring
about some inconvenience, we
expect the full cooperation of
the parents and the children"
The Washington times., 1931-10-10

johnson, of the National Baptist
Church, pronounced the words
that made them husband and
wife.
It was rather dark. so early this
morning, and the preacher had
considerable difficulty reading the
ceremony, but all went well.
Breakfast at ShOreham
A wedding breakfast was served
at the Shoreham Hotel by the
brides mother, Mrs. Frank Mann.
of North Carolina. The pair left
for Virginia Immediately after the
breakfast.
Miss Mann was an employe of
the Department Of Agriculture.
Mr. Torpy is an engineer with the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
Fourteenth Streets
Santa Claus Lane
Again to Blaze

The District Commissioners
have approved the petition OF
the Columbia Heights Business
Mems Association to again
operate Santa Claus Lane"
on Fourteenth Street Northwest
from Fairmont Street to Park.
Road during the month of De-
cember.
The Commissioners took &C.
ton after the District elec-
trical department, the police
department and other agencies
reported that the lighting and
decorations installed by the
business men met with no OBJ
iectionS.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
3 COnUicts Escape
From MGruLQnd Jail

Squeezing themselves up 20
feet to the roof through q mar
row ventilator, three convicts
escaped last night from the Mary
land House of Correction at JeS-
sup'S Cut near Baltimore.
The jailbreak was effected in
the recreation hour between 6
and 7 p. m. After the convicts
reached the roof they scaled
down a towering wall suC fled.
The men were listed as Robert
Minner, %; George Merridith,
and william Knott. Eacn was
serving long term.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
SK|PPY'S SIRE
ELIMINATES
The Belittler asked:
"WhO started this wOrld?"
Skippy replied:

The Belittler asked:
"WhO started this wOrld?"
Skippy replied:
"A very lovely man-and
smart too. Why, what's wrong
with it?"
"WelI, to begin with-I don't
like the way tOitles is made"
A cartoonist is supposed to be
a funny man and do tricks with
his pencil-not to speculate on
the woes of the universe.
In CroSby's latest book, "A Car
toonist's Philosophy" his public
gets it's first complete picture of
Skippy.
Crosby could no more have re-
sisted writing and publishing "a
CartooniSt'S Philosophy" than
Skippy could have refrained re-
buking the Belittler. The latter
had dared "belittle" things Skippy
held holy. And found himself
properly in his place after his
friend had informed him on the
subject. Says Skippy:
"FOr all we knOw-GOd might
have stayed up nights wonder
ing what tOitIe'd look like"
Crosby has been working, either
consciously or unconsciously, on
"A Cartoonist's Philosophy" for
years. Incidentally, once he had
completed the book, he found that
no publisher dared print it. And
in the end he published it him
calf
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
Allen Pope Heads
Rehabilitation Unit

Allen Pope yester was
elected president of the Bureau
of Rehabilitation. Other officers
named: Ralph E. Smith, first vice
president Arthur j. Sundlun,
second vice president; George E.
c. Hayes. third vice president;
Dwight N. Burnham, secretary,
and r. L. McKeever, treasurer.
The organizations annual re-
port said 2,710 persons were inter
viewed, while 2,422 applied for re-
lief. The bureau spent 1886 for
relief during the year.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
Boys club Invites
NeLU ReqiStrGntS

Registration of boys from nine
to 18 years old will be accepted
Monday by the Boys Club OF
Washington, 230 C st. N. W.. when
the organization begins its twelfth
season.
Harry Child. former pitcher
with the Washington Baseball
Club, is in charge of the enlarged
athletic department.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
Ideal Fall Weather
Seen as Mercury
Registers 48

Mercury at the Weather Bu-
reau registered a real fall tenn
perature when at 8 a. m. the
Official reading was 48 degrees,
just two degrees above normal
for this season.
Prospects for a continuation
OF the bracing weather, however.
were dimmed by the forecast,
which calls for fair but warmer
weather on Sunday.
Today was also expected to
be warmer than yesterday when
the highest temperature, 50, was
registered at p. m.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
MOther-ChiId Center
To Open October ~

The new Mother Child Center
for colored mothers in the South
west section will open October q
at sol Second st. S. w. Mrs.
Alma Scott, founder of the Gen.
ter, remains as the director.
The staff, in addition to Mrs.
Scott, includes three paid workers
and 18 volunteers. Nearly 200
children and more than so
mothers are now enrolled at the
center.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
DRIVER DROPS APPEAL

Paul Miller, of Bladensburg,
Md, withdrew an appeal to con-
viction in Police Court, where he
was arraigned on a charge of
driving while drunk. Miller paid
a fine of $100 in Circuit Court.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
PIT. A. ELECTS OFFICERS

Mrs. Daniel c. Walser has been
elected president of the Chevy
Chase Elementary Parent Teacher
Association. Other officers are
Mrs. John Lowe, vice president;
Mrs. S. w. Boggs, secretary, and
Mrs. Harry Irvine, treasurer.
The Washington times., 1931-10-10
FARM BUREAU MEETS

There will be a meeting of
the directors of the Montgomery
County Farm Bureau Tuesday at
2 p. m. in the office of the
bureau.
The Washington times., 1931-09-21
SHOOTING WINS
TIP CONTEST
$40 PRIZE
EnterpriSing Woman Is Well
Paid for Phoning Times
of Tragedy in Maryland

That nose for news" that
earns $50 each week for alert
news tipsters of The Washington
Times this week smelt the scent
Of 10 stories before police and
other authorities made reports on
the information.
The grand prize of $40 goes to
an enterprising woman who lost
no time in reporting the myS-
terious shooting of A. K Mari,
75-year-old resident of Mt. Har-
mony, Md, who was found
Slumped in a chair with a bullet
wound in his abdomen.
Second Tip Wins $40
When he heard the sound of
shots from 1924 New York Ave.
N. W., man working nearby i'm
mediately called The Times, re-
vealing a story of the shooting
OF an alleged thief. The tip
won $40.
The report that Comdr. John A.
Blackburn, U. S. NJ, retired, had
leaped to his death from bal
cony at Walter Reed Hospital
netted SIS to a third tipster.
For reporting an apparent dis
interest by police in evidence in
the death of Policeman Raymond
M Morrow, a young man who
found a traffic ticket at the scene
was awarded the fourth prize
Of So.
Six 50 prizes were awarded as
follows: The finding of a mys-
terious note in a fruit jar in the
Potomac, revealing that Donald
and Doris" were being held cap
tives: lay off of a number of
Census Bureau employees; increased
taxicab rates: addition of gorilla
and chimpanZee to zoo; leak in
refrigerator endangering several
lives, and the death of railroad
employe under a crate of ma
chinery.
The Washington times., 1931-09-21
n { v CO|FFURE
FOR '32 FETE

Inspired by the coming George
washington Bicentennial celebra-
ton, Emile Beauvais, of Washing
ton, president of the National
Hairdressers and Cosmetologists
Association, has created a modi-
fled Colonial hairdress, that is ex-
pected to be used at balls and
other occasions commemerating
the Two Hundredth Anniversary
of the birth of the first President.
The long bob easily adaptS it.
self to the colonial coiffure, Emile
declares, and is made by curling
the hair loosely. brushing it back
in a pompadour or parting it on
either side. To finish off the hair
dress, a curl hangs on either side
or both sides.
The hair may lie worn in the
NJ atural shade, or it may be
whitened to true Colonial color
with white powder which can be
easily brushed out.
The Washington times., 1931-09-21
ADVERTISEMENT
S.Uiftest, Easiest Way
to End Bilious Spell

When you neglect those first
symptoms of constipation-bad
breath, coated tongue, liStlessnesS
the whole system soon suffers.
Appetite lags. Digestion slows up.
You become headachy, dizzy,
bilious.
It's easy to correct sluggish
bowel action! Take a candy Cas-
caret tonight. See how quickly
and pleasantly-the bowels are
activated. All the souring waste
is gently propelled from the sys-
tenn. Regular and complete bowel
action is restored.
Cascarets are made from pure
cascara, a substance which doctors
agree actually strengthens bot0eI
muscles. All drug stores have
CaScaretS. 10c.
The Washington times., 1931-09-21
FURNACE TO SPEAK

United States Commissioner
Needham C. Turnage will be guest
speaker at a meeting of the Wash
ington Round Table. to be held
tomorrow at 1890 p. m. at the
University Club. A business meet
ing will follow luncheon.
The Washington times., 1931-09-21
Benton, Ill.,, OutIOWs
Alcohol in ANYTHING

BENTON, ILL.,, Sept. 81 0N.SJ.
"A dry law has been passed by the
city council. 1t declares nothing
containing alcohol can be kept in
homes, business houses and other
places within the city, nor can it
be manufactured, possessed or
given away. 1t provides a fine OF
$50 to 5000.
The Washington times., 1931-09-21

agree with me--my stomach seemed
to be out of order most of the time"
said Mrs. |. J. YandIe of 1892 No.
Osceola St. "But when ! had COM
pleted the third bottle of DR.. Pierce'S
Golden Medical Discovery | had
gained in weight, enjoyed my meals
thoroughly, slept wei. at night and
my general health was normal
All druggists sell
DR.. Pierce'S Discovery
The Washington times., 1931-09-21
TAK0MA COUNCIL MEETS

The September meeting Of the
Town Council Of Takoma PARK
will be held tonight at o'clock
in the fire house. Citizens are
invited to attend.
The Washington times., 1931-09-21
DISORD Erred STOMACH

Ocala, Fla.
Last fall | be-
came nervous
and terribly run
d o W n, | o S t
W e i G h t a n d
couldn't sleep
we'll at night; my
appetite was
very poor and
what little food
| did eat didn't
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