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La gaceta., 1931-12-16
EN-
TIRE URUGUAY, BRASIL Y


Montevideo, Uruguay, die. l6.
los %gobiernos de Uruguay,
Argentina Y Brasil Sc disponen
a celebrar una conferencia que
tondrd efecto en- esta ciudad du-
.an., a. pria,~a quineena dc
diciembre, a fin de estudiar los
problemas economics de los
tres paises, cuyo estudio servira
mas tarde de base para ell Ira
tado Commercial que entire ellos
Sc pretende suseribir.
Estas actividades Sc deben q
iniciativas del gobierno urugua-
yo.
La gaceta., 1931-12-16
IREGRESO Ell COMANDAN.
TIE MURPHY

Al regresar aver de Washing
ton el Comandante Phillip G.
Murphy, recientemente elecJo di
rector del congreso nacional de
rios Y puertos d eFlorida, decla-
r6 que ell puerto de Tampa habia
sido discutido a%mpliamente y
que figuraria en- el programa de
mejoras proyectadas.
Murphy agrego que habia con
ferenciado co mel Secretario de
la Guerra Hurley, con ell Tenien-
La gaceta., 1931-12-16

La Bellsrfue arrestado en- la
maHana de aver EN- una residen-
ella privada de la Gale Spruce,
en- West Tampa, por los dipu-
tados Keltner y Sinclair, quienes
informaron que desde hace dos
semanas este Sc ocultaba de dia
~ salia a trabajar de noche como
chofer de un "taXicab".
A petici6n del fiscal, eel juez
Parks, de la Corte del Circuito,
/, expidi6 un mandamiento orde-
nando al Sheriff Joughin que re
tenga a La Belle en- la carcel has
ia que Sc celebre ell juicio con-
ira Leavine.
Este ultimo fu6 arrestado por
la policia de San Francisco, Ca
~lifornia, y devuelto a esta ciudad
ell 6 de diciembre bajo la acusa-
ci0n de asesinato en- primer
grade. Victor Palmer y Norman
Heidi, Sc encuentran en- la car
eel del condado bajo s%entencia
de muerte, tambien por ell asesl,
nato de Joe B. Johnson.
Cuando Sc celebr6 ell juicio
contra Palmer y Heidi, La Belle
declare que lie habia prestado a
Leavine la pistola identificada
en- la Corte como la misma que
Sc utilize para asesinar a john
son, y cuya anna lie entrego la
misma noche del ~sangriento SUI
|ceso.
Palmer a su vez declare que
Leavine habia planeado ell robe
del cual result6 la muerte de
johnson, Y que el (Palmer)
despu6s de hacer ell disparo trio
ell arma a I'm patio de una casa
cercana, donde mas tarde fue
encontrada.
Leavine sostiene que el no es-
taba en- Tampa la noche del cri-
men y que NADIA saba EN- rela-
ci6n con ell mismo.
La gaceta., 1931-12-16

EFeneargado de Ia estaci6n dc
gas6lina de la Standard Oil. 81
uuada en- la avenida de Nebraska
y Gale GeneSsee. Sr. Virgil Mos.
deTlnelo a ia policia que dos la
droncs almados Y nal veStidos
entfaron anoche en- ell local, He
vandose So que habia en- la GAIA.
Los bandidoS Sc dieron a la
fuga por la avenida de Nebra q
ka.
La gaceta., 1931-12-16
CARTA DE LA SOCIEDAD
LA ~F'RATERNIDAD"
Sr. Victoriano Manteiga,
Director de la G~aceta",
CiuJoI

Cf. ffttofIaho Mdntefgd,
Director de La Gaceta",
Ciudad.
Estimado ST.. y amigo:
De orden del Sr. Presidente
lie envfo I'm saludo carinoso, que
la oportanidad 6rinda, al ofre-
Ger a Vd. nuestro recien funda-
do Botiquin.
Tambien dire a Vd. que seria
un alto honor para esta Socie-
dad, ooder estrechar SD mano en-
esta casa, en- que tanto Sc lie
estima como periodista compe-
.tentisimo yScaballeroso.
Sin otro asunto de Vd. respe-
t%uosamente,
Antonio Betheac0urt,
Secretario.
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PARECE QUE Sc TRATABA
DE ~AMEDRENTAR A Los
TESTIGOS
La gaceta., 1931-12-16

'e Hehet"i Jeie ue
'euerpo de ingehsr Rs del eitrci.
flo. = con otras bersonalidades.
con el I'm de saber algo sobre e.
.tuauro deI ruerto De Tampa, en-
relaci6n con el intereambio CO.
meroial BON los PASSES del Centre
v Sud America.
Mr.. Murphy asisti6 a la con-
ferencia como un delegado de
y de la Florida.
!. FL 81. Waiter F.. Goachman
fu6 elegido director por
la Florida Y A. f. Knots, reela-
gido vice-presidente. FL repre-
sentante a Ia camara por Illinois
Mr.. Reid, fue electo PreSidente
del CongreSo.
La gaceta., 1931-12-16
AVISO

Ell obsequio de la cena de La
Soberana, cuya entreSa estaba
senalada para ell Is del pre-
sente mes, ha sido pospuesta
tuacion economical reinante.
para ell dia II, debido a la ST.
La gaceta., 1931-12-16

En- la Residential de la Sra.
A, H. Anderson. TIP de Ia ave
nida South Orleans, I'm ladr6n
cort6 la tela metalica de una ven
tana Y Sc llev6 la cantidad de
$18 que Sc encontraba sobre la
CANA, dentro de una boisa de
manO.
La gaceta., 1931-12-16

Ell Fiscal Parkhill Sc encuen-
ira investigando un complot de-
nunciado para intimidar a los
testigos en- ell %juicio pendiente
contra Louis Leavine, por ell ase
La gaceta., 1931-12-16

GANGA-Se
vende a precio de situaci6n una
maquina de escribir Under
WOOD, practicamente nueva.
Informa men La Gaceta.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
Good MANAGEMENT.

Although the season is less than a
week old the Washington team is of to
the flying start that its supporters so
earnestly desired and today holds the
undisputed leadership of the American
League. And to many an old-time fan
there is a reason which accounts for
this good beginning beside the general
high-class play of the team. This rea-
son is a change In policy on the part
Of the management in regard to with
drawal of weakening pitchers. In pre-
vious years it was the exception when
the first sign Of faltering was noted in
Washington slabster and he was re-
placed Immediately by fresh mound
talent. This. year in the five games
played starting pitchers have been re-
lieved three times and on two out of
the three occasions the shift was eff
fective in bringing victory.
Brown in the first game, after pitch
ing magnificent ball for eight innings,
palpably lost his stuff" after one was
out in the ninth. That Marberry and
Crowder, who relieved him, were IN
was no fault of Walter Johnson's. In
the third game Crowder was saved by
wonderful support until the fifth in
ming. 1t was apparent however. that
he had nothing on the ball" When
Miller of the Athletics opened the fifth
by plastering a fly on the center-field
fence. Crowder was removed and
Tauchser saved the game. In the fourth
game Jones pitched beautifully for six
innings, but in the seventh he displayed
unmistakable signs OF being through"
throwing the ball three times in the
dirt at the batter's feet. A quick shift
to Marberry resulted in another Wash
ington triumph.
With the exception of Crowder none
Of the pitchers had been hit particu-
larly hard, and even in Crowder's case
only one run had been scored against
him. Brown had been bearing down"
with all he had for eight innings. He
clearly weakened in the ninth. He
was removed at the proper moment.
Crowder's luck could not save him for
ever and Tauscher took up the burden
at the propitious moment. Jones,
losing his usually good control, began
stage of wildnesS and Marberry was
promptly rushed into the breach. 1t Is
such canny management as this that
produces winning teams Washington
players have all the ability necessary
to garner a pennant and it looks very
much as If Walter johnson has finally
come into his own as one Of the high
ranking managers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20

Study by Congress of the budget for
the fiscal year 1881 resulted in sharp
disagreement between House and Senate
over the amount of the lump sum, a
disagreement that was compromised in
the closing hours of the long session
last July by increasing the lump sum to
So, 100000 At the same time the House
decided to investigate District fiscal
affairs.
The investigation ordered in July did
not begin until a week or so before the
short session last December, which was,
OF course, too late to have any effect
on the estimates prepared for the fiscal
year 1882. The investigation moved by
fits and starts through the course of
the short session, and the end was not
in sight when the budget for 1892 be-
came the 1882 appropriations act.
Now the Commissioners are starting
to work on their estimates for the fiscal
year 1888. The end of the fiscal in
quiry, which, 1t is presumed, will exer-
SAoS GA AhPOL IoAlb ILl1luCklCc upon APP
propriative practice for the District, is
still beyond the horizon. There are in
dications that the report of the COM
mittee CT investigation will be made be-
fore the converting of the new Congress
But even If it Is made then, the psyche
logical processes Of new Congress are
not of a nature to insure expedition in
the digestion of reports. So the 1888
estimates will follow the pattern out
lined in the last two appropriation
bills, being based on current tax rate
and the current Federal appropriation
of $500 900.
In deciding to hold estimates to a
revenue availability computed on that
basis, the Commissioners have acted
wisely. As long as Congress does not
see At to disturb the lump sum the tax
rate must remain undisturbed. If the
money produced is insufficient for the
growing needs of the District, the least
important Of such needs must wait
until Congress recognizes the long-since
obvious fact that its proportion of con-
tribution must be greatly increased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20

City ktiairs Committee. In a meas
ure, it rs the hurting of reserves into
the attack on the mayor and his ad-
mInistration of the New York City
government.
The City Affairs Committee of the
! NaGbnal Republican Club. after listing
its specific charges of maladministra-
ton, asserts that there are two troubles
with Mayor Walker. The first, the re-
port maintains, is found in the fact that
the mayor has given little serious atten-
ton to his duties; that he has "joked,
junketed to the race tracks" and has
spent many of his nights at wild par
ties" The second trouble with the
mayor" the report holds, is due to the
fact that he is an integral part of a
political machine which is interested
in building up its own power and filling
the pockets of its members rather than
in governing the city we'll" 1t is per-
hapS to be expected that the National
Republican Club will list membership in
Tammany as undesirable. However,
Tammany is the dominant force politi-
cally in Manhattan today and to it
many evils have been charged by Demo-
Gratis as well as Republicans. Mayor
Walker, whether he desires it or not,
will have to suffer for the ills of the
organization which put him in power
and maintains him there.
The publication of the reply of Mayor
Walker to the charges leveled against
him by the City Affairs Committee, ex-
pected today, is awaited not only in
New York but elsewhere with interest.
The City Affairs Committee brought
severe Indictment against the mayor.
Gov. Roosevelt, who is recognized as q
formidable contender for the Democratic
presidential nomination next year, has
real problem before him in view of
the disclosures, covering a period of
many months, showing the rottenness
which has prevailed in several of the
departments Of the city government of
New York.
The attack on Mayor Walker now
mace from many quarters mas singled
out the mayor only because he is the
symbol of dominating political organi-
Zation that governs in Americas great
est city. The attackers may be able to
show that Walker is a shallow wise
cracker" and inefficient, but what they
are intent upon doing is to show up the
system" which prevails under Tam
many leadership. Tammany has been
shown up before, many times But
Tammany has staged a comeback"
after each reversal. The system can be
defeated finally only when the citizens
Of New York take an intelligent inter-
est in their own government, not spo-
radically, but all the time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

which will develop the deliberative
faculties" Another, who evidently is
interested in girth control, requested
advice on how to ameliorate my
flesh"
One OF WaShington's charming visi-
tors, OF which the Capital woods in
cherry blossom time are full is Mrs,
Albfn E. johnson, whose husband until
recently was New York World CORE
spondent at Geneva, Switzerland Mrs.
Johnson, prior to her marriage to that
DrIllant scribe, was active at Geneva
on behalf of the American League of
Nations Association. Not long ago. y
she narrates, "one of our Middle Wes:-
ern globe trotters, after being Shown
through League headquarters, confessed
ne was completely sold on it. I'm
gong home he declared, and tell folks
us darned shame that little coun-
Try IKE Switzerland can have a League
OF Nations while the United States. the
FIcheSt country on earth, Is still with
out one"
4 4
Prof. Alexander Meikleiohn of the
University of Wisconsin has iust de-
lvefed his maiden address in Washing
ton-before the National League of
women Voters. The former president
OF Amherst, despite his British birth.
new England upbringiug and solemn
exterior, is as witty as they make 'em.
He plunges his audience into incessant
peais of laughter with the skill of a
VIII Rogers. The Women Voters had
assigned assign him the topic OF group rep
resentation on Capitol Hill. II don't
know much about that" said DR..
MelkleJohn, adding: II know about
alumni thrust at the action of
Calvin Coolidge'S Alma Mater in eject
ing the philosopher from the presidency
OF Amherst in 1924 Meiklejohn calls
Ior social revolution" in America to
prevent the drowning of idealism in a
sea OF materialism. He thinks the
plant the tricks of the base bali dia-
mond" II life in this country is to be
made worth living.
4
1t was somewhat mortified GROIN
OF 6O-odd journalists of distinction who
confronted President Hoover the other
night. They were members OF the
american Society of Newspaper Ed
ICorS' IN annual session at Washington,
who'd been invited for an "informaP'
y pm: pow-wow at the White House.
me 1nformality" they'd understood,
extended to the matter of dress. The
SHOULD
turn up In their business clothes. They
expected to encounter Mr.. Hoover in
his. Instead, he greeted them in his
dinner suit. The situation became
normalized as soon as the President
launched into his shop talk with the
EDITORS. Many of them, who had never
heard the Chief" in an extempore
aooress, were surprised and delighted
by MS huency and ease. Hoover Is
always at his best in such an environ
ment, when the impulse to deliver
a speech" doesn't Cypress him.
\ X X
DR.: Ada L. Comstock, only woman
member of the Wickersham Commits
sion, will be the principal speaker at
the annual banquet of the American
Law Institute in Washington on May
3. Miss Comstock's statement was the
shortest submitted by any member of
the commission, belying the theory
that brevity is not among woman's
charms. She registered unmiStakable
wetnesS.
tcopyright. 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20

tainb,eau has been indicated as a suit
able place of residence.
But there are rumors that Alfonso
has his eye turned in another direc-
ton. He has large interests In Eng
land, having been a canny investor of
his savings from the rcya. stipendA.
Furthermore, his consort, VicSo;!% Is
an EngliShwoman by birth. A late dis
patch from Paris states that he will
leave that city for London tomorrow
ION private business" and another dis
patch from London says that there are
persistent but yet unconfirmed reports
that Alfonso has bought Norris Castle,
an estate Of 200 acres near Osborne, on
the Isle of Wight. Such a residence
would probably be quite agreeable to
the French and less likely to become
irksome to the English, in view of its
detachment and comparative isolation.
But an even later dispatch, from
Paris, says that the Duke of Miranda,
the former Kings chamberlain, an
nounces that Fontainbleau will be the
future home of Alfonso and his family.
This suggests that he intends to remain
as close as possible to Spain in order
to make an immediate response to a
recall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
Longworth, Man of Wealth,
Lauded as Servant of Public

! World Herald contends that at Is Q
| good thing to have 1t demonstrated
that in our great democracy there Is .
congenial place in the political arena
for the ariStocrat."
X 4
"He was an exemplary rich man"
says the Pasadena Star-News, "buckling
down to the hard work of eXacting pub
lie service. His distinguished father-1n-
law, the lamented Col. Roosevelt, also
was a conspicuous example of q man
having abundant means who conse-
Grated his life to public service. Genial,
warm hearted, hkable, Nicholas Long
worth was personally popular with men
of all political faiths. His sudden
passing has grieved the Nation"
1.-The course of Government will be
changed by his DEATH" in the Judgment
of the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
"Just what the political significance
will be is difficult to determine. With
the exception of the President, the
Speaker of the National House of Rep
resentatives is the most powerful man
in the Nation, and Speaker Longworth
welded that power with an urbanity
and an effectiveness that made him
perhaps feared, but certainly respected
by his colleagues. In his passing the
world, the Nation and Ohio suffer q
loss. His legacy is station in life for
whoever can get it.
Speaker Longworth'S personal charm
and popularity are attested by the Day.
ton Daily News, the Chattanooga Times,
the Pittsburgh PoSt-GaZette, the New
York Sun, the Worcester Evening
Gazette, the Charlotte News, the Balti-
more Sun, the Charleston IS. c. News
and Courier, the Cleveland Plain Dealer
and the Wheeling Intelligencer. The
Madison (Wis.) State Journal holds
that there are few men in the country
equally equipped for the 'SpeakerShip."
The Birmingham News states that "in
all his political dealings he was the
same gracious, polished, gentlemanly
Nick Longworth that he was to his
friends" The Atlanta Journal sug-
gests that in him good humor attained
the potency and the charm Of a fine
art" The Philadelphia Evening Bulle-
tin records that "he had unique quail
fications to mediate between sections
and elements of diverse background. to
diminish antagonism and soften the
aSperitieS of controversy"
His conservative judgment, fairness,
experience and industry had earned him
through the years of his service the re-
spect of his colleagues in both parties"
testifies the Chicago Daily Tribune,
while the Akron Beacon Journal eX-
plains as to his success in the office Of
Speaker: I'm this position he fitted
admirably into the succession Of car
DOM which by an application Of hard
rules had held the independence of the
House in leash for near two generations
of American Government. First Reed,
then Cannon, then Longworth. But II
the dominion Of Reed and Cannon was
imposed with no apology for the frank
usurpation that it really meant, that OF
Longworth wore the face of fineSse and
benevolence. These were the qualities
which in the progressive revolutions OF
our National politics saved him from
being overborne by insurgent strength.
Nick, indeed, was too good a fellow to
be depoSed."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
Honduras Catches the Fever.

@ASAAAAd O OdtShCS VIC 3cNCTs
Latin America. it would begin to APP
pear, simply will not stay put Several
months having elapsed since the cpl
demic Of revolutions seemed to have
run its course in South and Central
America, Honduras of a sudden is the
scene of an armed revolt aimed at over
throw OF the government. Tela, impor-
tant Caribbean port city, was attacked
on Sunday by rebel troops, who were
repulsed, after severe fighting, by gov
eminent forces. The towns of Progreso,
Saba and Sonaguera were also attacked,
but successfully defended.
Cruisers of the United States scout
ing feet-our trouble squadron" in
the Caribbean as it is not inappropriate
ly nicknamed-are proceeding to men
aced points on the Honduran coast.
They are under the same orders as
American naval forces already operat-
ing in Nicaragua, where, in accordance
with the new Hoover StimSon Central
American doctrine, protection of Amer
lean lives and property will be con-
nned to the coastal area. Any of our
nationals who may be caught inland
viii have to shift for themselves. if
they are unlucky enough to be within
che zone Of the Honduran civil war.
Honduras borders Nicaragua on the
north. That geographical circumstance
suggests in some quarters the possibility
that the marauding and meddling hand
Of Gen" SANDING may be at work in
the Honduran revolution. One of the
difficulties hitherto encountered by the
Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional and the
cooperating United States Marines in
their joint efforts TO suppress SANDING
Is that his guerrilla bands found it easy
10 fee for safety across the Honduran
border. The Sandinistas, it was also
discovered, recruited the sinews of their
warfare, chiefly food, from Honduras,
usually by methods punishable in civil
lied countries as grand larceny. It will
be interesting to observe whether there
Is anything more than coincidence in
The outbreak of a Honduran revolution
at the moment of revived Sandinista
Expectations in Nicaragua.
American human and material in
Serests in Honduras having been safe
guarded. the question Of recognition of
a possibly successful revolution may
sooner or later confront the State De-
partment. Practice makes perfect. Sec
rotary Stimson has certainly had no
lack OF precedents in that particular
neld OF diplomacy during the past year.
Bolivia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil Guate-
mala and Panama have put revolution
AIRY governments in power since the
Spring Of 1880. Washington's policy of
extending recognition to regimes de-
monstrably representative Of the public
viii, capable Of maintaining law and
order, and ready to acknowledge inter-
national obligations will presumably
dictate any attitude Secretary Stimson
may have to adopt toward Honduras.
That state is party to the 1928 pact
whereby the five Central American
states agree, as among themselves, not
to recognize the validity OF any govern
ment which usurps office by unconsti-
tutional means. The question arises,
what are constitutional means south Of
the Rio Grande? Ballots-or bullets?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-20
France Anxious for Its Guest.

When Alfonso XIII. as he had been,
arrived in Paris on his departure from
Spain, he was greeted with remarkable
demonstrations of affection and respect.
Multitudes swarmed about the railway
station and escorted him TO his hotel
and cheered him Justify and sincerely.
For few hours he was quite hero.
For two or three days he was the CEN
ter OF Partisan interest and the news
papers were filled with stories about
him. speculations as TO his plans, &C
counts OF his goings and comings. Then
Alfonso became an old story. This
was probably not due to the fact that
he was officially known by the less
regal title OF Duke OF Toledo. 1t was
due doubtless 10 the fact that Alfonso
was no longer especially interesting
The crowd cannot continue indefinitely
to cheer a fallen monarch or to be
acutely CONCERNED over his welfare and
whereabouts and projects.
But the French government, or at
least the municipality of Paris, which
Is virtually the same thing, did not
lose interest in the fugitive. Indeed it
became somewhat uneasy regarding
him. Even as the Duke of Toledo he
was in way the guest and charge of
France and apprehension developed lest
some harm might come to him while
he was in Paris. So 1t is now under
stood that the Paris police have init
mated to the distinguished visitor that
II he intends TO remain in France he
should select some smaller place than
the capital for his residence. where
more adequate measures can be taken
6Or his protection.
For Alfonso is not yet out Of the
woods, though out Of Spain. Some ex-
txemely bitter feeling is manifest to-
ward him on the part Of the radical
Republicans and there is fear lest
fanatics might slip across the frontier
and up to Paris and make things very
unpleasant for the former monarch
especially Is hts abdication turns Out