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Anti-Gang Insurance.

FROM the South Bend Tribune.
A British company is offering insur
ance covering racketeering. America 5
reputation was upheld when New
York City concern bought the first
policy.
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SHOOTING STARS.
BY pHnANDER JOHNSON.

Boys and Men.
The small boy is happy elf
Who lives but to enjoy himself.
His life Is free from serious care,
His only need is to prepare
For glories he is sure to earn
When at life's game he takes his turn;
With little need to toll or grieve-
That's what the older folk believe.
The man mature, in restful pride,
Has laid anxieties aside
And gained the power that mortals
prize,
Which he, at will, may exercise.
His wisdom brings him ease complete
And smooths each pathway for his feet,
As every scene brings JOY anew
That is the small boys point Of view
Selective Processes.
"Of course, you think the majority
should ruler"
II do" replied Senator Sorghum.
But 1 am a little particular about the
selection of the forceful minds that
exercise the dominating influence in
the majority"
Jud Tunkins says one encourage
ment to unemployment is the fact that
so many people seem to regard it as a
luxury.
Prior 10 the Flivver.
Great men, as we are all aware,
Whose minds illumed this mortal
scene
Have studied by the candles glare
Instead of burning gasoline.
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SnItrx Sentemher.

Sept smbsr Is the month. they say,
In which tie oyster makes his way
Unto TIE table. served with care,
To grace an Autumn bill OF fare.
But as September skies grow bright,
Evol ing heat as well as light.
The oyster gay srriyeth not
For even raw he'd be too hot.
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"Dar ain many Of u.s." said Uncle
lsben, $50 free from faults dat We can
take chance on de argument dat could
start II We tell other eople bout
theiri@" -
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THEODORE w. MOVES. Editor

The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Business once:
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New York once: Ito East 42nd 81.
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England.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24

@. In what order are colors recog-
nized by baby?-H. B.
A. Usually, yellow. red, white,
gray and black are first recognized, in
the order named. after the sixth
month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24

@. What determines the value of
first day covers and special cacl1ets
taken on first flights of airships2-
8. N.
upon the number of letters taken en-
first flights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-24

@. What did Grover Cleveland do
after he left the presidency?--J M.
A. He settled at Princeton and de-
livered an annual series of lectures on
political affairs at the university. and
also published many articles in maya
zines on public matters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-15
NEW TRAFFIC RULE
FOR TRUCKS ASKED
Van Duzer Holds Regulation
Is imperative Because of
Change in Types.

New trafic regulations controlling the
size OF trucks and their use of bridges
we're adopted yesterday by the District
Commissioners.
In asking substitution OF the new
rules for those already in force william
A. Van DuZer, director OF vehicles and
traffic. reported recent years had seen
numerous changes in the types and size
Of trucks which made it imperative that
the regulations be modernized. He ex-
planned six-wheel trucks now in COM
mon use and heavy equipment may now
be hauled on specially designed trailers
which distribute the load in such a
manner so as not to injure the pave
merts
Among others things, the ordinances
provide vehicles shall not be parked or
stopped for unloading of passengers on
any bridge or approach No vehicle the
weight of which. including its load, ex-
ceeds % 900 pounds on solid tires or
$4,000 pounds on pneumatic tires. viii
be permitted to use any span without
written permission.
No street railway car Weighing more
than "a 600 pounds, including its load
will be allowed to use any bridge. No
street railway car shall pass two or
more other cars coupled together on
any bridge il either OF the latter cars
weighs more than 1000 pounds
After January no motor vehicle
equipped with solid tires not heretofore
licensed to operate in the District will
be registered or titled except where
unusual service conditions make the use
Of pneumatic tires impractical in the
opinion Of the traffic director All heavy
equipment viii have to be registered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-15
FATALITIES PR0BED
BY CORONER'S JURY
Electrocution in Elevator and
Shooting of Boy Are In
vestigated.

Two inquests were opened by a cor
oners jury at the District Morgue to-
day into the deaths yesterday of Arthur
E Day. IS years old, of Baltimore, Nd,
and william Hall. colored, 10 years old,
of 1918 Wallach place.
Touched Tension Wire.
Day. an elevator constructor, was
electrocuted when he touched a go
volt wire while working in an elevator
shaft on the nth floor at 1920 Fuller
street, and the colored boy was fatally
wounded in playful tussle fer q re-
Volver.
The fire rescue squad was summoned
after Ernest Fuller of 1Io9 Tenth street.
Days ca-Worker, found the Baltimore
man hanging unconscious from the
dangling wire. Members of the squad
could do nothing for the stricken maTS
however. and he died while being rushed
to Emergency Hospital in an ambulance
Played With Gun.
Fuller was severely shocked himself
in attempting to release Day and was
given first-aid treatment by physician,
Day had been staying in Washington
at the McReynolds apartments, police
we're told.
The colored boy was shot in the chest
by Charles Scott, colored, IL. years cid,
OF 1859 willard street, while playing
with a revolver in rear room at 249
Florida avenue. Scott tcld police that
he was trying to take revolver away
from Hall whsn it accidentally dis
charged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-15
NEW JAYNES CASE
SUSPECT ARRESTED
Detective Sergt. Barrett on Way
From Atlantic City With
Prisoner.

Another suspect in the staying o.
Mrs Elizabeth Jaynes. 57-year-old
Garden T Shoppe cashier, was being
brought here today from Atlantic City.
where he was arrested yesterday.
The new suspect, according to police
OF the New Jersey city, was arrested by
Detective Sergt Robert Barrett of
washington and Detectives Samuel
Wheatley and Edward Webb Of Atlantic
City.
Barrett. 1t is understood. left here in
quest Of the suspect. Thomas Jordan,
after questioning Mrs. Edith MagTuder
Dodsworth, 80. arrested here several
days ago.
According to the Atlantic City de-
tectives. Barrett gave them descrtp-
tions OF Jordan and asked their as
sistance in locating him. He was ar
rested a short time later in his home
there. Washington police refused to
give any information concerning Jor-
dams arrest, but the Atlantic City Of
flcers said they understood he had been
linked with the case by woman un-
der arrest here.
On arrival here, the suspect viii be
taken to headquarters for questioning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-15
Science
Cycles Of Rain Well Defined
in California Study.

Existence Of wet and dry cycles is
revealed by mathematical analysis Of
the rainfall records Of California, Dr.
A. p. Cforton OF the Scripps Institution
Of Oceanography reports to the AIneri-
can Geophysieal Union
Fluctuations Of rainfall" he saws
occur at intervals Of from two TO three
years, FIVE to six years, and % to IS
years. the first being more noticeable in
the records CT the northern stations
and the second in Southern California
Los Angeles shows successive wet and
dry periods. II years in length. with a
total cycle OF approximately % years,
In addition TO these there is evidence
Of a longer cycle Of SIS 10 so years.
The most important for forecastins,
purposes Is the Observation-Disclosures
cycle, especially marked IN the records
Of the Southern California stations. II
Is brought out by computing the fire.
Quency of occurrence OF seasons with
two or more consecutive months OF de-
sidedly abnormal rafn--the San Diego
record containing IS such seasons in
~ years"
The 22-year cycle, he points out. sp-
pears TO be universal. while the others
may be more dependent on local con-
tcopyTisht. is7i.i
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us. WORKERS CAR
FACILITIES SOUGHT
Federal Bar Association TO
Ask Congress to Give
Parking Funds.

The Federal Bar Association is pre-
pared to ask Congress to authorize
parking facilities for Government en-
ployes
Legislation will be sought for install
lation of accommodations in the tri-
angle buildings and for use Of the ada
cent public park areas.
A report dealing with the whole SUBJ
jeet has been prepared by special
committee, headed by Charles B. Lin
gamfelter, an attorney in the Bureau
of Internal Revenue, which was named
some time ago by william r. Valance
president OF the Bar AsSocia ton. This
report will be submitted to the Execu-
tive Committee of the association on
August "a.
It is estimated that minimum of
$3.50 cars must be cared for on an
an-day parking basis, and that the de-
sired facilities in the buildings could
be provided at a cost of about
$500 900.
This would include also reyisions in
the Internal Revenue and Commerce
Buildings, which are the only Mall
structures already erected
The report says the committee has
been able to find little objection among
the Government workers to paying a
reasonable parking fee in the buildings.
The. report criticizes the recent park
ing restrictions which have been in
effect in the downtown area.
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SCUFFLE FOR PISTOL
COSTS LIFE OF BOY

What was said to have been friendly
s,ufne between two colored boys. each
seeking possession Of a .25-caliber pistol,
which they had just found, ended in
tragedy yesterday when the gun was
discharged accidentally.
William Hail, about Is years old, died
at Emergency Hospital shortly after
'nard. a bullet having entered his lung.
Charles Scott. Is, Of 1859 Willard
street, was held by police pending a
coroneT's inquest
Scott and the Hall boy, who lived at
1918 Wallach street, had been visiting
the home Of the formers aunt, at
lt9 Florida avenue They were in the
Apartment alone when they found the
pkitol and started playing with It, young
Scott said. The Hall boy obtained the
gun first, according TO Scott, who told
pClice he was trying TO take it away
rom him when the gun was accident
Allv discharged
Headquarters detectives are investi-
eating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-15
TAX COLLECTIONS
TOTAL S35,S92,83O
D. c. Revenues Are Doubled
Since 1921, Towers Says
in Annual Report.

Tax collections during the fiscal year
ended June 80 totaled $35. 49,. $50 .04.
or sl,02S,553f9 more than in the pre-
vious year. c. M Towers, collector Of
taxes, revealed today in his annual re-
port to the District Commissioners.
The principal increases included real
estate taxes. up s924.547.45; intangible
personal taxes. up s4I,398Ol: interest
and penalties. up s37, 6e9. IS; trust and
special funds. up $3.50, 699 20, and gaso-
line tax, up $l80,3l2.
Water Collections Gain.
Another boost was shown in the COL
lection for water, which aggregated
1888 ,sl2.73, or $3i7,57962 more than
IN the previous year This included
rents, water main taxes and other items
Towers reported the receipts of his
office had more than doubled since
1921. They were, by years: 1921, S16,-
045,836,28; 1922, $16,636, 6S225; 1923,
Sle.l2l ,374.S7: 1924, Sl8, 1857 403 10 :
1925. s22,206.856I4; 1926, see. sos. :
1854: 1927. $50, 291 .667 SD; 1928, 1872
5.2.S7l.97; 1929, $50, 484 1925 IS; 1880,
sS4,s64 276.25; 1881, 35,S92, s3004.
Other Revenues Fall on.
Decreases included tangible personal
taxes. down S495 .042.23 insurance
taxes, down s5s ,o64s1. and miscel-
laneous collections, down 1899, 29T42
Collections for building and other
permits totaled $267, 70el5. Receipts
for various types of licenses amounted
&c $279, 484.29 Police Court fines ac-
counted for S4I5. 44s.77, while those Of
Juvenile Court totaled $365.48. Rents
on buildings and other property pro-
ditced l04.32945.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-15

Hindenburv, He had exactly 10 cents
to his name and he bought with it q
cup OF steaning coffee and one large
bun. Although / was so hungry that
at times became dizzy, / simply didn't
have the heart to accept half when 1t
was offered. I don't know where he is
now He disappeared yesterday after
noon after telling me he was going to
touch up" a bakery for some rolls. I
hope he wasn't arrested. Neither of us
had eaten in "a hours.
There's a medical student down at
the Gospel Mission who, up until a
year ago. worked his way through col
lege Summer before last he quit col
lege to work for year to try to get
His last job was
at Virginia Beach. running a bath
house at one Of the smaller hotels there.
The wife of his boss, a woman old
enough to be his mother fell in love
with him. Well, the boss fired him and
ordered him off the premises within an
hour. Now he's ION the bum"
Needy Meet in Jungle
could tell of the suicide of man
in Baltimore because he had not eaten
in five days; I could tell of nights spent
lin the Jungle Do you know what
the Jungle" Is? It's a spot just out
Stde OF the b. IL y. yaruS Where we
unfortunates meet to boil coffee in a
tin can and eat stale bread one of us
has begged.
And could tell you Of miserable
nights spent tramping the streets in a
cold doWnpour of rain, of men who
tainted from the biting, gnawing pangs
of hunger, but were too proud to beg
food. could tell of man who stood in
bread line muttering insane nothings
to himself and when he was informed
there was no more food ran scream
ing down the street. I could tell of a
man and his wife who showed up at
one of the missions and asked for food,
and when they were refused, they slept
in the park. The next morning the
man disappeared. and that night the
woman quietly slipped out into a de-
serted shack and bore child, who later
died.
I could tell Of things that no paper
would print but why tell them?
No one Is interested in the UNEMPLOYED.
Some Of Us are not even interested in
ourselves any more. It's a case Of the
best dog wins the bone.
Well what's the use? I've hitch
hiked across the country I've ridden
the rods" Of freight trains I've worn
out the only pair of shoes I possess
trying to find job. There are no Jobs.
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RY oNE on RE uNEMPLoYEp.

NJ r. AVERAGE MAN OF the City
Nh of Washington hasn't the
vi faintest conception Of the
pathos and sadness and sorrow
that's hidden in the ranks Of
the Army of the Unemployed. This
little article is merely minute portion
of great saga that could be written
around them.
I'm one of the Unemployed. I'm not
ashamed of it, but on the other hand,
I'm not exactly proud of it. live with
the Unemployed, sleep with them. eat
in the soup lines with them and tramp
the streets with them looking for
job--any kind of job that will bring
in money. l know them.
Living in the charity missions of
Washington today there are authors
doctors, lawyers, architects, portrait
painters and just plain buns. There is
one man in the Central Union Mission
who was. a year ago. one of the fore
most brokers on the wheat exchange OF
Chicago. I've met men who were dirty,
hungry, downcast and forgotten, who
were, only q short time since, prosper
Gus. well fed and respected citizens Of
their home towns. And now, they're
buns.
Walked Streets in Rain.
zone of them Is my friend. When
landed in Washington with exactly 3
cents to my name and applied to the
mission for bed and a bite to eat they
were forced to turn me out because of
the lack of room. 1t was raining that
night, and walked the streets soaked
to the skin.
On the corner of Pennsylvania ave
nue. and Thirteenth street / first saw
him. Standing there, shoulders squared,
chin up, with hiSaclothing in rags and
two-week growth OF beard, he pre-
scented to me the extremely unusual
picture of a down-and-outer who still
believed thai while there was life there
must be hope. l slouched under the
meager shelter of the dripping awning
with him and there we stood in silence
for five minutes. Finally he turned to
me and in a broken German accent
asked me for tobacco. / told him /
had not smoked in three days, and
with a shrug of his shoulders he re-
marked ia. / know. It's hell"
From then on the ice was broken and
he became my friend and adviser in
misfortune. He was German land
scape gardener who at one time had
worked on the country estate of Won
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-15
LOSS OF $61o IN BANK
REPORTED BY WOMAN

Loss of s6lO-most Of which had Just
been withdrawn from the District Ma
tional Bank-was reported 70 police to-
day by Virginia Gillian, 300s Thirteenth
street.
The money. consisting of six new 500
bills and q $40 bill, was in q pocket
book which the woman left in q teie-
phone booth on the FIRST 11oor OF the
bank building yesterday, she said.
Discovering her loss q few minutes
after leaving the booth, she returned
but the purse was gone, she added.
Lieut.. Comdr. Thomas NJ Shack,
U. S. N, asked the police to ind 3 thief
who forced the lock on the door TO his
apartment in the Kew Gardens. Twenty
seventh and @ streets, and escaped with
clothing worth 965.
Robberies In which thieves obtained
total of sl5a in cash and two rings
worth $3.50 also were reported. TIE VIC
Tins were Lorna J. Hawks. 2642 Twenty
eighth street; Frederick n. Peterson. al
Delaware avenue southwest. and Mar
shall Stafford. si4 First styosA
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Jobs of 1856 Civilians Held
Safe for Present by
Capt. Kintner.
MINlMlzES PROSPECT
OF OTHER REDUCTIONS
Brooklyn and Philadelphia Stations
Both iAbove Average in
Employment.

The Jobs of the 1886 civilian workers
At the washington Navy Yard are safe
for the present, Capt Edwin g. KNIT
ner Construction Corps, U. S. N, OF
the Navy Yard Division, Navy Depart
ment, said to day, as present conditions
do not point to any reduction In the
force. Unforeseen factors may arise,
he added. that may change the Situa-
ton. resulting in increases or reduction.
The ORGANIZATION at the Washington
ward was built up to 4.866 in August,
1928. to take care of the prospective
construction program. which was later
reduced. This necessitated cut In
the force and by August, 1880, it had
dropped to Ats. In the last year,
due to the slackening OF work. 1t has
been further reduced by SIG, so that
on August the local yard had 1896
civil employees.
Brooklyn Above Average.
Capt. Kintner pointed out that at
fhe Brooklyn N. Y. Navy Yard on Au-
gust Is there were 3,440, a figure above
the average for the past IL months,
which was 3,403. At the Philadelphia
yard there were 3,4l4 employees as of
August 6, this being below the average
for the past IL months. which was
1889. Capt Kintner made 1t clear,
however, that the figure for the Phila
delphia yard is now above what it was
in the so-called boom times preceding
the stock market crash. In August,
1929. there were 1886 employed at the
Philadelphia yard, compared with 3,4l4
now at work there.
The captain took occasion to explain
that published reports of estimates that
between 200 and 800 men are to be
discharged at the Philadelphia and
Brooklyn yards in the next three
months are not az all sure. As in the
case of Washington. he said, conditions
may alter the situation.
Fluctuation Unavoidable.
Capt. Kintner said: Efforts to
stabilize the work load at the yards
are being made at all times, but some
fiuctuation is unavoidable-the ships
of the feet must move and ships are
not available at all times to permit
making the work load exactly even
The forces in the navy yards are not
much below what they were two years
ago, which is in striking contrast to the
situation in the majority OF private in
dustrial plar1ts-sone of which are en-
ploying forces that are only a fraction
Of their normal forces.
The Navy is doing what it can to
support the administration policies Of
maintaining wages and employment"
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when clear air momentarily allowed him
to glimpse an avenue which led to safety.
Afterward he investigated this route
under better weather conditions and
found that he had been flying in the
very heart Of the Andean Mountains,
and that his escape was nothing short
of a miracle. since he had been forced
time and again TO turn the plane away
from canyon walls when he sighted
them as near as 10 feet from his wing
tips!
Only.C OndOrs Would Know.
Had he smashed up on that occasion,
only the condors would have known
what happened. Instead of being in the
clear, as he had supposed, he was at
times amid big snow-covered mountain
peaks.
In clear weather. Travis says. there
is no grander sight in the world than
the majestic range of the Andes. viewed
from high altitude, where to the north
at times the peak of Aconcagua rises
% 09S feet above sea level. the highest
mountain in the Western Hemisphere.
Capt Travis was the pilot of Capt.
A. w. Stevens, the Army Air Corps
photographer. who made the recent
series of pictures over Mount Aconcagua
that for the first time sAowed the true
curvature of the earth on one plate.
CEff Travis. his fellow airmen say, is
one of the most capable and fearless
flyers in the world His fouS~a-week
trips over the most perilous route in the
world is to him 'oniS in the days work.
When asked. showever. If his small son
wodld be an aviator, he said: mot by
a darn sight"
After his vacation in Washington and
New York. he returns to South America
to resume flying.
You get used to that country. and
some get to like it." he offered with q
smile as he left Washington for New
York. Drop down and visit us some
time" WE'LL maybe, but not over the
hump of the Andes in bad weather.