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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-02-20
OBITUARY
Miss Mary France

Miss Mary France, who made
her home in Baltimore with
her sister, Mrs. VIM. r. Nesbitt,
died at the Church Home In
Urinary, on February Z. Inter
ment was made in Hopewell
Cemetery. The deceased is
survived by a sister, Mrs. VIM.
Nesbitt and several brothers,
one of whom is DR.. J. 1. France,
of Port Deposit.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-02-20
MRS. CATHERINE RICHARDS

Widow of Michael Richards, aged
76 years, died at an early hour Mon
day morning, Feb. 9th, at the home
of her daughter and son in law, Mr..
and Mrs. Saml. o. Martin, near Port
Deposit. where she had made her
home since the death of her husband
some time ago. Attic i'll about two
weeks her death came as a great
shock to her family and friends, who
with her physician, thought her inn
proving nicely, being in good spirits
and able to be out of bed on Sunday.
Mrs. Martin was terribly shocked
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-02-20
PUBLIC SALE
A U TO MOBILE S

~ ~ u " 4tA " IL 4 - ~ ~
The undersigned will sell at
Reynolds Garage, near Row.
landville, Md, on
SATURDAY, FEB. 81, 1881
at 1000 a. m.
The following machines.
which are being sold for stor-
age and repairs, the terms of
sale being cash.
1927 NASH COACH
Motor No. 47401. Serial No.
R47749.
FORD MODEL L ROADSTER
Motor No. 13664732
These machines are adver-
Used in compliance with the
Maryland State Laws, Chapter
Alt, Acts 1924, Sections 54 and
Sc, and a clear title is guar
anteed.
WILSON REYNOLDS
Fisher. Auctioneer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-02-20
West Nottingham Presbyterian
Church

kew. A. H. Hibshman
Phi. D., Pastor
Sunday School 10000 a. m.
Worship at 11:00 a. m.
Young Peoples Meeting at
700 p. m.
DIR. Hibshman's subject next
Sunday will be Washington
AS An Example To U.s."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-02-20

Under the will of the late
Mrs. Elizabeth Cabell Richie,
which has been filed in the Or
phans' Court, Baltimore, all of
her estate, valued at about
$S7. 900, is bequeathed to her
SON, Gov. Albert c., Richie.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-02-20

Friends of Gov. Albert c..
Richie are trying to set up or
carnations in every State, TO
FIJI Their his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for
pi resident in 1882.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-02-20
Insurance Sometimes Be-
comes Inadequate

Most fire insurance is based
on property values of several
yeas ago. 1t does not repre-
sent what the property is worth
EOv'.
Euild a wall of security
around your property by assur-
ing yourself that your insru-
ance is adequate for today.
We may be able to save you
considerable money by examin-
ing. your policies and bringing
them UP to date.
CHAS. 8. PYLE
INSURANCE
RISING SUN =: MD.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-02-20
Rising Sun NJ. Z. CF.are!t

j. G. Mccoy. Pastor.
Sunday School GAS Il. m.
Preaching 11:00 O'Clock.
Junior League 500 p. IN.
Senior League 700.
Preaching 7:45 o'clock.
Wednesday evening, 7:45
to $3.50 prayer meeting.
A cordial welcome to all.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-02-20

A man is his own hero, and
is always pining to be so re-
garded.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-02-20

If duty would use a mega
phone more of us might hear
the call.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-02-20
FORD MODEL T ROADSTER
FOR RENT

House on Rising Sun-Farm-
ington pike. Apply to Clarence
M. Clifford, Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-02-20
FOR RENT

House on Haines Ave, with
all the modern improvements:
electric lights, water, etc.
Apply to Taylor r. Biies or
VIM. M. Pogue, Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-02-20
FIREMAN'S HALL
RISING sun, MARYLAND
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 81

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY FL
The Years Laughing Hit
LITTLE ACCIDENT
from the prize winning
stage success by Floyd Dell and
Thomas Mitchell
Featuring
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and
Anita Page with strong sup
porting cast.
International News Reel
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
15PUP|LS |NCAR
CRASH;1 HURT

Fate and skillful driving COM
bined to avert what might have
been a tragedy when an Army
truck, carrying IS school children.
collided with an automobile in
front of the Census Bureau at
Sixth and D Streets Southwest
this morning.
The Army truck, operated by
Private Howard r. Russell, was
moving north on Sixth Street
when the other car, driven by
CeSario L. Mamaril. 2022 F st. N.
W., an employe of the Census Bu.
reau, swung sharply to the left
across the road. Russell swung to
the right to avoid a head-on col
lision. The truck skidded, hit the
other car glancing blow and
crashed into a tree near the curb.
Meredith Haines, IA, who re.
ceived a slight cut on the fore
head, was the only one of the Is
passengers in the truck who was
hurt. She was taken to her home.
All these children are from the
Army War College, who attend
various schools in the District.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
SOCIETY MAN
PROMOTER .
AMONG 90
DEAD, FEAR
Boston CIubman and Expert
Camera Man Thought Lost;
Explosion DemoIishes Ship
pictures on Page -

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland.
March II (9:43 a. m. Newfound-
land time). - After battling
through the long northland night
across shifting ice floes and
against an icy Arctic wind, 11S
survivors of the ill-starred seal
ing vessel Viking, destroyed by
an explosion in the outer reaches
of White Bay. had struggled to
safety on Sainte Barbe Island to.
day.
None Of the survivors could tell
of the fate of L. Varick Fr1ssell,
New York society man and lnde"
pendent motion picture producer,
whose talking film expedition into
the sub-Arctic wastes ended in
tragedy when a mysterious explo-
sion demolished the Viking and
took toll of at least 20 lives.
The fate of F'rissell AID his
chief aides-Harry Sargent, Bos-
ton social registerite, and A. ..
Penrod, well-known cameraman-
remained lacked in the frozen
wastes of White Bay.
Whether they met instant
death when the stern OF the
Viking was smashed to smitherS
eens by the blast or escaped with
their lives has not been ascer"
tanned.
AS the hours passed hope for
the rescue of the three adven'
turous film men waned.
The survivors, restored to CO
herency by food and warmth
after their heroic struggle over
the ice-floes. told gruesome stor"
les of the disaster.
Some Survivors Manned
Some of those who reaches
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. n
The Washington times., 1931-03-17

Forewarned of a prohibition
row in both Republican and
Democratic parties, the Methodist
board of temperance, prohibition
and public morals has launched
a campaign to obtain 100000
signatures to a pledge to support
only bone-dry presidential
candidate in 1882.
Engineered by Dr.. Clarence
True Wilson, secretary of the
Methodist body, the drive is
calculated to get voters to Op-
pose any presidential candidate
running on a wet platform, or
any candidate personally wet.
Will Start In Summer
The work of obtaining the
signatures will start early this
summer, according to DR.. Wilson,
and will be carried on through
Methodist unit workers all over
the country. DR.. Wilson said:
"We can get, / believe, 5,OOO,-
900 of the approximately 6,OOO,-
900 MethOdiSts in the country to
agree to the desired action"
The board hopes, DR.. Wilson re-
vealed, to spike any attempts to
commit the Democratic party to
wet plank in it's platform or to
nominate a wet candidate. The
dry campaign of the MethodistS
against former Governor Alfred E.
Smith of New York, Democratic
Presidential candidate in 1928, was
small compared to the drive which
Wilson plans to launch this year,
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
CHILD Staying
HUNT W|DENS

SAN DIEGO, Calf, March IT
1N.SO .-Authorities of cities
from Portland, Ore, to the Mex
ican border today joined in the
task of investigating the recent
movements of some 800 known
moral eccentrics in a desperate ef-
fort to locate the slayer of Vir-
ginia Brooks, 10-year-old school
girl.
A Brooks case bureau" in
charge of Los Angeles and San
Diego detectives and cooperating
with a staff of scientists and Spe-
cialiSts, has been set up here to
organize the man-hunt on a more
scientific basis and to eliminate
all false "tipS" and "clueS."
Ture Wallin, %, who was ar
rested at Tecate, Mexico, as a SuS-
pect, was under close guard today
as authorities questioned him fur.
ther regarding his departure for
Mexico shortly after the Brooks
girl vanished on her way to school,
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
GANGSTERTR|AL
UN|TES COUPLE

CHICAGO, March II GN.S).
The father and mother of Leo V.
Brothers, long estranged, sat side
by side today in Judge Joseph
Sabath's courtroom, where Broth
ers' trial on charge of killing
Alfred Jake" Lingle entered its
second day.
The picking of a jury to de-
termine whether the st. Louis
hoOdIum is guilty of numbering
the Chicago Tribune reporter pro
ceeded slowly. Only three jurors
have been tentatively accepted.
Brothers parents-Mrs. Rose
Brothers JesSen, of Webster
Groves, Mo-, and v. Harvey Broth
ers, Chicago barber-were Scru-
tinized closely by persons who
thronged to the trial. A daughter
of the couple, Mrs. Esther Dick,
of St. Louis, escorted the elder
Brothers to the side of his former
wife in the courtroom.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
I HURT IN NEW
JOLIET RIOT

JOLIET. ILL.,, March II GN.SO.
Rioting flared up again in the
Illinois prison units here today.
Five convicts were seriously
wounded by knives and a dozen
others received minor hurt when
inmates of the new penitentiary
at Stateville fought among them
selves.
With scores of convicts par
ticipating, the outbreak started
in the prison bandroom and
spread to the yard.
1t was believed the quarrel was
caused by disagreement over
plans for a wholesale delivery.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
Lone Radio Operator
At Disaster Scene
Denies He's LADY
Photo by International

ST. JOHNS, N. F., March II
G.N.SD.-Otis Bartlett, 81, un-
romantic, matter-of-fact lone ra-
dio operator on Horse Island,
scene of the Viking sea trag-
edy, probably was surprised to-
day to learn that he was re-
ported to be a romantic woman
operator.
This was revealed when por-
tions of newspaper story 'ap-
pearing in New York were Ca
bled here, asking for confirma-
ton and interviews with the
wireless operator.
Bartlett assured the outside
world that he is a man and
has proven himself very much
of a man by the manner in
which he has stood by his
transmitting key for more than
48 hours, constantly sending
news of the tragedy.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
SUIT To DECIDE
SHORE LANDS
OWNERSHIP
Airport Joins Dredging Firm
in Asking Highest Court
to Settle Virginia Dispute

The United States Supreme
Court has agreed to decide the
long mooted question of who
owns the land on the Virginia
side of the Potomac River be-
tween high and low water marks.
With this decision the high
court also will settle the vexed
question of police jurisdiction
over the tide lands of the river
and will determine various un-
settled points involving the pro-
gram of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission
for construction of the George
Washington Parkway and BOule-
ward.
Arguments April 13
In granting writ of certiorari
the court set April 13 to hear
arguments on the merits of owner
ship of the land. -
The case comes to the high
court as a result of a dispute
between the Washington Airport
Inc. and the Smoot Sand and
Gravel Corp. The airport claims
it owns the land running down to
the low water mark and that the
gravel company trespassed upon
this land and began dredging
operations.
The District Court of Virginia
favored the gravel company but
was reversed by the Court of Ap-
peals which upheld the conten-
ton of the airport company that
it's land ran to the low water
mark.
Both Sides Seek Ruling
Both sides joined in the petition
to bring the matter to the atten-
ton Of the Supreme Court, point
ing out the Importance of final
decision in the case.
In petitioning for the writ, at
torneys in the case say:
at is conceded by everyone
that the boundary is either the
high-water mark or the low
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. s.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
jUR|ST WEIGHS
BEAUTY'S FATE

NICE, France, March II G.N.s)
In preparation for questioning
Mrs. Fred G. Nixon-NirdIinger on
the Staying Of her wealthy hus-
band, Magistrate Vachier today
made a thorough study Of all evi-
dence.
Tomorrow or Thursday he will
determine whether or not the ST.
Louis beauty prize winner must
spend the summer months m
cell awaiting jury trial or erjoy
freedom on bail.
The continued silence oI the
theater magnate's own family
has somewhat limited the action
Of the NixOn-Nirdlinger family
attorney, who arrived here to
take charge of the slain mans
interests.
Evidence uncovered SO far sup
ported all points of self-defense
offered as the cause of She shoot
ing by the 26-yearold widow.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
Methodist Board to Seek
Dry Vote Pledges
Photo by international
NEWTON

the Methodist chieftain revealed.
DR.. Wilson added:
"The prohibition issue has
no place in the Democratic
platform. We expect to pledge
enough voters within the next
two years to block any wet
tendencies of the party in 1882.
We will show the party be-
fOrehand it would only commit
political suicide by adopting a
wet platform or running
wet candidate"
DR.. Wilson said the drive
would in no way be directed
against religious beliefs. He
added:
1--WE don't care what religion
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. y
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
Mayor Finds Place In Sun
And Basks and Basks

PALM SPRINGS, CAL, March
17.-"Let New York take care
of itself while Jimmie takes care
of himself"
That was the manner in which
Mayor Walker, of New York, here
for a rest to avert a threatened
nervous breakdown, bantered with
newspaper men who today con-
tinued to haunt the home of
Samuel Untermyer, which the
mayor has borrowed.
Jimmy" rose at 10 a. m. and
bedecked himself for a sun bath
in a pair of flaming yellow silk
pajamas and a purple robe. He
basked in the sunshine that
flooded the patio.
"Say 'bask,' not 1ie,' in the
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
CosgraUe Greets America
On St. Patnck;s Day

full of the unfailing help and en-
Couragement which they have re-
ceived from many generations of
Americans.
Irishmen who found new homes
on American soil learned to appre-
ciate there the blessings of pOliti-
cal liberty. While they kept faith
with their new citizenship, they
gave moral and material support
to the national struggle at home,
Continued on Page ,, Col. -
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
ADMITTED He
ASSAULTED,
BEAT HER
Betty MoWry's Body Found in
Neighbor's House As Town
Joins Parents in Search

EBENSBURG, Pa, March II
GN.S0 Starchak, alleged
slayer of 7-year-old Betty Mowry,
was rushed under heavy guard to
the Johnstown jail today when
friends and neighbors of the girls
parents threatened mob violence
against the prisoner.
Their anger inflamed as details
of Starchak's revolving, alleged
confession filtered through to
the outside, crowd of men and
women surged close to the Jail
where Starchak was being held.
state police drove the crowd
back, but an undercurrent of re-
sentiment was evident.
Police held a hurried conference
and decided on the quick dash by
automobile from EbenSburg to
Johnstown, 20 miles away.
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. March II
O.N.S0.-While the lifeless body
Of little 7-year-old Betty Mowry
lay in an undertaking parlor at
Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1931-03-17

sun. 1 must be careful of my
words to keep from being mis-
understood"
After a cocoanut oil rub, the
Mayor donned a pair of pale pink
pajamaS.
AS he was being photographed
a tramp approached.
81 am a former New Yorker
and have walked 28 miles to
see you. Can you give me
jOb?" inquired the tramp.
my man, you are hired. Go
you to the village and get the
correct time because l have a
lot of pressing engagements"
Mayor Walker gave his visitor
two silver dollars.
(Other Walker News on Page q.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
Spring Lures Youth
To Desert Home

Spring is here-or at least the
spring urge in young chaps to
60 places and do things.
One of the first to start out
under the urge of spring is John
LapOrte, son of Mrs. Laura La
porte, S NeWcut Rd., HyattsVille,
Md.
John is 6 feet l inch tall, and
has auburn hair, dark brown
eyes and a light complexion.
When he left home he was wear
ing blue serge suit, blue over
coat and no hat.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
GORDON|NQU|RY.
ABROAD DENIED

NEW YORK, March II qN.S) .
Irving Ben Cooper, chief assistant
to Judge Samuel Seabury in the
New York city vice inquiry, today
denied a report from London that
he had telephoned across the At
lantic to George FelloWes regard
ing letters alleged to have been
written by Vivian Gordon, stran-
gled Broadway butterfly.
Fellowes, who claims to have
been a confidante of the slain
Gordon woman, had made public
in England communications he
declared were written by her.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
ChicG, R1n1dniGn
FLier,. to Visit Here

Jean Chica, famous Rumanian
fIier, is expected to land his plane
at observation-disclosures Airport
this afternoon, attaches of the
Rumanian legation said today.
The aviator will take the Ameri-
can plane he is flying from Cali
fornia with him to Europe, and
attempt a long distance hop there
in the near future, it was said.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
Wife Slain, Cripple
Dies After Attack

CLARINDA, Iowa, March IT..
G.N.SD.-Irving Beach, husband
Of Mrs. Emma Beach. "a, mur-
dered here Sunday night, died at
a hospital today without being
able to give authorities any in
formation regarding his wife'S
aSsailants.
Suffering from a paralytic
stroke at the time of the attack,
he was struck by one. of the muir
derers of his wife. He had been
unable to talk since the attack.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
Friends Meet Again
After Half Century

ONTARIO, Calf, March II
ON.SD 1.-Two friends were re-
united here after a separation of
half a century. City Clerk D. B.
Wynne and Harry Witten, who
were bosom friends in Missouri,
met by chance in the city hall
her.
Wynne left Missouri in 1871
for the Coast.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
Man Hurt in Fall
From Rail Bridqe

James Jarbo, 20, of 300 Twelfth
st. S. W., is in an undetermined
condition at Emergency Hospital
today after falling from the rail
way bridge at Fourteenth and
Water Streets Southwest early
this morning. Mr.. Jarbo fell
about IL feet on to the roadway.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
Thieves Take $3.50
In Gems From Home

CHEVY CHASE, Md. March IT.
Forcing an entrance through the
kitchen window of the home of
John C. Flack, at 62O1 Brookville
Rd., robbers last night stole jew
elry valued at $3.50.
Included in the loot were two
diamond rings and a watch.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
BY WILLIAM B. COSGRAVE
President of the Council of Ministers
Irish Free State

ITIsI TTtV NIHIV
Copyright. 1891. hv International
News SNrFICe)
DUBLIN, March III am glad
, have this opportunity for send
G a St. Patrick's day message of
reeting through the medium of
the International News Service to
all of our friends in America.
The people of ireland are mind
The Washington times., 1931-03-17
BLOSSOMS DUE SOON

Snowstorm or no snowstorm the
Japanese cherry trees are going
to spread their blossoms a few
days before the first of the
month, officials Of the Office of
Public Buildings and Parks be-
lieve.
The Washington times., 1931-03-17

lOther Walker News on Page y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12

ISOLATION assets and new life insurance.
What happens to this flow Of funds2
Distress consists In large measure Of
the inability of basic industries to dis
pose profitably Of their output. De-
cline In consumption is evident in lum-
Der, sand, gravel, cement, stone, all
forms of steel and the non-ferrous
metals. Construction is sadly off and
the entire steel industry is suffering
from low pulse beat. The decline is
reflected in the drop in freight traf1c,
and that in turn sets another vicious
chain of cause and effect in motion.
ut is to be noted that all the mate
rails mentioned are employed in the
creation of the more or less permanent
forms of wealth. How important thrift
is in sustaining these vital basic indus
tries IS suggested by the fact that the
building and loan associations of the
country financed the construction of
500, 900 homes I'll 1929. During the first
IL months of the year more than S.
600, O00, 900 of bond issues have been
fioated and approximately 48 per cent
of this total has been purchased by
American banks from the proceeds of
American thrift A substantial part of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12

of butter, dairy interests insisted that
the 2-cent tax was not sufficient TO
deter INSCRIPTIONS persons who were
selling oleomargarine in the gllise of
butter for much less than the bona
fide product. Congress amended the
law, increasing the tax on artifcially
colored oleomargarine to 10 cents a
pound and placing a tax of one-fourth
cent a pound on uncolored.
New Refining Process.
But, just when all artificially coll
ored butter substitutes were paying a
Decent tax a new process for refining
palm oil was developed in England.
The butter-substitut industry was pro-
vided with a natural ingredient which
did the work of the artificial color. de-
feating entirely the purpose Of the oleo-
margarine law. it was claimed.
The act says that when oIeomar-
garine is free from artificial colora-
zion which causes it to look like but
ter of any shade of yellow the tax shall
be one-fourth of one cent a pound
Charged with collecting the tax. the
Bureau of Internal Revenue ruled that
oleomargarine is not free from arti-
fetal celebration except where such yell
low color results from naturally colored
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12

oils or other materials which are used
in substantial quantities in relation TO
the other ingredients.
These must serve some material
function or functions in addition to Inn
parting color to the finished product.
That IL what palm oil does. It now is
so refined that from 10 to 80 per cent
of q pound of oleomargarine can be
made of the oil and 1t has a natural
yellow color.
Shipments Increase.
Shipments of oleomargarine and but
ter substitutes in this country in 1929
represented an increase of SIS per cent
in quantity compared with the year be-
fore, with value of more than $50
100000. If this had been pure butter
on which the average price was about
40 cents pound it would have repre-
sented revenue of approximately
$l24, 249 932 for the American ferne.
anil, farm leaders insist, meant eIirni-
nation of the butter surplus. AS they
see the situation, only the produce
ton of oleomargarine has beaten
prices down. Storage stocks OF butter
are less than a year ago. consumption
has increased and the output Is barely
normal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12
BY FRANK I. WELLER,
Associated Press Farm Editor.

The 30-year battle of the Butter In
dustry, to protect itself from the COM
petition of more cheaply manufactured
substitutes has broken into the open
again.
In the office Of David Burnet, COM
missioner of internal revenue, farm
leaders have planned to fight the
bureaus ruling which permits use of
palm oil in oleomargarine. The oil
imparts the natural color of butter, but
under the bureaus definition of "artifi-
cial coloration," escapes the Federal tax
on colored oleomargarine.
Complaint of Butter Interests.
The effect, it is claimed. has been
virtually to nullify all protective legis-
lation for the butter producer Unless
the ruling is changed, representatives