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The Washington times., 1931-04-28
Half Brother of King
Dead in French Capital

PARIS, April % GNSD.-
Funeral services were arranged
today for Prince Chandaburi, half
brother of King Prajadhipok of
Siam and Eldest son of the late
King Chulalongkorn, who died at
the Siamese Legation here after
a brief illness.
The Prince will be buried at
Pere la Chaise Cemetery on
Thursday. In the meantime his
body will lie in state at the Lega-
tion, where a special chapel has
been provided.
On learning of the Princes
death, President CASTOR Doumer.
que of France Immediately com.
municated his sympathies to the
King of Siam, who is now visiting
in New York, a delegation of
French officials called at the
Legation to express formal con
dolences.
Prince Chandaburi, who was
SIS years old, underwent throat
operation six months ago. He
had been i'll frequently in the
last few weeks.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
King and Queen of Siam
Visit Capital Today

and Mrs. Stimson and the Siam
ese minister here to Arlington
Cemetery and Mt. Vernon, where
wreath will be placed on the
tomb of George Washington.
A state dinner at the White
House at 7:45 p. m. concludes the
program for tomorrow.
The King will receive degree
from George washington Univer-
sity Thursday morning, and at
10:3O a. M, accompanied by mem
bers of his encourage, he will go
to Baltimore. There he will be
examined by DR.. William Holland
Wilmer, noted eye specialist. Later
the King and his party will be en-
tertained at lunch by DR.. Wilmer.
The return to Washington will
be made at 3 o'clock, in time to
receive President and Mrs. Hoover
at the Anderson residence for tea
at 5 o'clock.
They will take the 10 o'clock
train for New York Friday.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
S|ANESE RULER
To CD ON AIR

King Prajadhipok of Siam will
speak to the people of the United
States over a coast-to-coast net
work of the Columbia Broadcast
ing System tomorrow afternoon
at las. Washingtonians will
get the program over station
WMAL.
First Time Before mike"
The King, in making his pre-
miere appearance before a micro
phone, will speak from the Wash
ington home of Larz Anderson,
former United States Ambassador
to Japan, which he is using while
visiting the Nations Capital.
King Prajadhipok will be in
troduced by Raymond P. Stevens,
his advisor in foreign affairs.
The United States Marine Band
will be present and will play be-
fore and after the Kings address,
rendering the Siamese and Ameri-
can national anthems. The
Siamese ruler is expected to talk
about five minutes, in English.
It is hoped also the Queen
Rambai Barni will speak, al
though this is not yet sure.
Native Music Billed
Following the Kings speech,
Columbia will present exclusively
the initial rendition over the
radio of the Quarrel of the
Princes" an old Siamese dance
drama. 1t will be played as a
piano duet by the noted artist,
Nine. Theodore Sturkow Ryder,
formerly of the New York, Chi
cago and Minneapolis Sym
phonies, and Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe, Washington pianist and
composer.
It was Nine. sturkow Ryder
who transcribed the Quarrel of
the Princes" into piano music,
the first person ever to accom-
plish such a feat. She will
present the original transcription
to the King on Thursday.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
WOMAN DRAWS
GUN IN HOTEL

A woman giving the name of
Mrs. Ruth Bedell, 27 years old,
and who gave several street ad-
dresses, threw Cavalier Hotel EN-,
ployes into a state of alarm early
today when she brandished a pis.
tol in the face of the night man
ager.
According to police, the woman
entered the hotel and demanded
to see her husband. Joseph l..
Tall, night manager, told the
woman he would try to call the
man she asked for. Apparently
not satisfied with this, the woman
is alleged to have taken the pistol
from her coat and brandiShed it
in the face of the night manager.
A bellboy became excited and
called the Tenth precinct police
station.
Mr.. Tall then took the woman
to the fifth floor of the hotel
and called the man she wanted
from a room. Meanwhile police
arrived and placed the woman
under arrest. They later found
the gun in a linen closet nearby.
The woman was later taken to
the Woman's Bureau and charged
with carrying a deadly weapon.
She will be arraigned in Police
Court as soon as the police finish
an investigation of her identity
and the several addresses she
gave.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
G|RLSTRANGLER
FOLLS POLICE

SAN DIEGO, Calf, April % Il.
N.SO.-Search for the suspected
stranger of Louise Teuber, II,
whose identity police would not
disclose, centered today in a resi-
Dental district here in which her
"phantom lover" and Louise were
believed to have spent the evening
before the drive that ended in
death.
The latest clue in the hanging
of the girl, whose unclad body was
found on a tree a week ago, de-
veIoped after witnesses reported
they had seen Louise in a car with
q man on the eve of the Staying.
A woman reported she had
talked to Louise shortly before she
disappeared and had later seen
her enter a car with two men, one
of whom answers the description
of the suspect.
A coroner's jury yesterday
brought in verdict of "strangu-
lation by person or persons un-
known"
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
To HOLD
WET PARADE

PHILADELPHIA, April %
G.N.SO-Delegates to Labor's ma
tional committee for modification
of the Volstead Act are to march
to City Hall Plaza today in a
demonstration. Mathew Woll,
vice president of the American
Federation of Labor, was to head
the 200 delegates in a parade.
The two-day session will end
tonight with a dinner.
Victory in the "battle to bury
Volsteadism" was predicted yester-
day by Woll within one year."
He warned that violence may
burst forth ''if the will of the
American people is not needed
by politicians too cOwardIy to
vote the modification they them
selves know essential and wise. ~
Congress has disregarded
facts, it has followed fancies
and whims and needed minOri-
ties. We delegate a limited
authority to Congress and it
has exceeded that authority.
Questions of liberty and of
right are involved. We iisre-
gard law to part from the
British Empire. We parted by
violent revolution. The negro
was freed through civil strife,
that freedom might prevail.
There is too much law and
order today"
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
DIME A DANCE"
GIRL SLAIN IN
LOVE ROW
Virginia Branner Murdered
BY Lover, Police Believe;
Body Tossed Behind Wall

NEW YORK, April % GN.S).
Virginia Brannen, 23-year-old
dance hall hostess, was probably
murdered by a jealous lover,
police said today.
The body of the girl, who came
to New York from Bangor, Me-,
seeking fame, was found yeSter-
day near a lovers lane in the
Dunwoodie section of YonkerS.
She had been taken for a ride"
in broad daylight. shot once un-
der the heart, and her body tossed
behind a low stone wall border.
ing a Catholic seminary.
One of her hands, caught in .
hedge bordering the wall,
beckoned to passersby, who dis
covered the body.
Police today had made no
arrests in the case and were
doubtful as to the exact motive,
although they said they believed
she had been the victim Of -
love quarrel" A man, known to
have been her friend, was sought.
Authorities denied there was any
connection between the girls MUIR
der and New York gangsters and
vice conditions in New York.
The girl, who was dressed
cheaply, came to New York a few
weeks ago from Bangor.
Her pocketbook revealed a list
of telephone numbers which police
were checking today.
Tracks of an automobile showed
plainly beside the wall where the
body was found.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
KING IS ANXIOUS
To SEE RUTH
(Continued From Page ~
and mediate instead of accept
ing everything at once"

NNOHEERUe0 from rage ~
and mediate instead of accept
ing everything at once"
The King, although the head of
the Buddhist Church in Siam
declared that he did not con
slider himself as having any
divine right. He said:
"The duty of the king is to
help his people. But the king,
like the father in a patriarchaI
family, is to be Obeyed.
"The obedience that the king
receives is the obedience of
love and not of fear. And /
assure you that it works like
that in Siam.
"We cannot aim, perhaps, for
the happiness of everybody,
but we can aim for the happi-
ness of the greater number"
Will Study Voting
His Majesty said he wished to
observe how the American peo
pie voted and if the voting really
expressed the will of the ma
jority.
Asked if he considered a mon
archy or a republic the best form
of government, he replied:
"That is a question for
professor of sociology. The
best form of government is
that which suits the people of
a particular country best"
After explaining that he was
planning to permit his subjects tc
elect their own local councillors
His Majesty voluntarily intro
duced the subject of religion.
Like every Siamese prince, he
served a novitiate as a Buddhist
monk, in which he had to beg fol
food. Of religion, he said:
"We do not say that one re-
ligiOn is better than another,
but we do urge our people to
take up what is best. If people
are taught to do good, they have
gained merit, no matter in what
manner they have done it. I
think western influences accord
well with Buddhism"
Siamese women have taken up
western influences eagerly, said
His Majesty, remarking:
"They are very fond of West
ern styles and even bob their
hair. 1t makes them look very
pretty. The women of Siam are
very free and do most of the
things that men do. They study
in the law and medical schools"
He Prefers Football
The King, in declaring he
wanted to see Babe Ruth, con.
fessed that he had seen one ball
game, but didn't understand it
He said he liked American foot
ball games better.
At the end of the interview in
Ophir Hall, the estate where the
royal party is staying, Queen
Rambai Barni, the lovely young
consort of His Majesty, joined
the party.
She said she was enjoying her
self in America very much and
chatted about the weather. She
wore a dark brown silk ensemble.
Her wealth of dark hair was
coiled at the neck. Her hair
was not bobbed.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
Mrs. JeWett Heads
ArtiLLeru WOnleN

Mrs. Charles N. JeWett, of st.
Louis, will head the Women
Descendants of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company, the
coming year.
Other officers elected at the
annual rendezvous at the Hotel
Washington last night include
Mrs. Charles P. Tozier, Cleveland,
first vice president; Mrs. Silas E.
Walker, Warren, Pa, second vice
president; Miss Anna Anable, New
York, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Allen r. Evans, Philadelphia,
historian, and Mrs. Otto Walther
Kulling, Meadowbrook, Pa, re-
cording secretary.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
OATH To BEAR
ARMS RAPED

The Supreme Court will hear
final arguments today in the
cases of Prof. Douglas Clyde Mac
Intosh and Marie Averill Bland
in which the Government sup
ports the right of the Labor De-
partment to bar from citizenship
conscientious objectors.
The oral argument in the cases
has engendered a duel between So
licitor General Thomas Thatcher
and John w. Davis, former Dem
ocratic candidate for the. PreSi-
dency.
Violates Principles
Mr.. Davis declared the Labor
Departments demand that alien
applicants for naturalization shall
take an oath to bear arms in de-
tense of the country violates the
religious liberty principles on
which the nation was founded.
He said that under the rule ap-
piled to Prof. Macintosh, teacher
of theology at Yale, and Miss
Bland, a New York nurse, many
Of the nations greatest citizens
never could have been admitted.
Lincoln Would Be Barred
Under this doctrine, he said,
Abraham Lincoln, had he been an
alien, could not have been natural
lied because he was committed to
opposition to war when he be.
lieved the nation was wrong.
1nferentially, he indicated PreSi-
dent Hoover himself member
of the Friends Church-could not
gain citizenship if he were an
alien seeking naturalization.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
EX-DICTATOR
ARRESTEDAT
H|SHOME
Plans Made for Early Trial;
Jury System to Be Restored
After Lapse of Eight Years

MADRID. April % G.N.S0
General Damaso Berenguer, pre-
mier of Spain during its last
monarchical year, sat in a mill
tary prison today while the Re
publican government hastened ar.
rangements for his trial.
General Berenguer, charge
with responsibility for the exc
cutiOn of Captains Hernandez
and Galan after the Jaca Garri
son rebellion last December, was
arrested at his home and quietly
escorted to the prison.
Brought Crowns Fall
The one-time dictator, who fol
lowed Gen. Primo de Rivero as
head of King Alfonso's tottering
regime, will be defended by Gen.
Francisco Franco, brother of
Major Ramon Franco of the
Spanish air forces.
With advent of the republic,
the nation looked back upon the
Jaca rebellion with increasing
conviction that the uprising was
the factor that inaugurated the
eventful fall of the monarchy.
The two leaders who faced a
firing squad for their revolu-
tionary activities are regarded
now as the country's martyrs.
Jury to Be Restored
General Berenguer, who left
Madrid for Lisbon Immediately
after withdrawal of the King, re-
turned here voluntarily.
The cabinet announced, mean
while, the jury system would be
re-established in Spanish courts
after suspension of nearly eight
years. Women will be admitted
to jury duty in all cases involving
"crimes of passion" the govern
ment stated.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
I8-HOur Air Service
To Link 2 Coasts

NEWARK, N. j., April %
G.N.SO An 18-hour air mail
and express service between New
York and California will be the
next step in air transport.
That was the prediction of
Walter E. Brown, postmaster
general, when he took a plane
here late yesterday for Washing
ton after a New York visit.
He said if one line should open
such a service, other transconti-
mental lines would follow.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
Marie Young Makes
Piano Debut TOniqht

Miss Marie Young, daughter of
the late Col. Charles H. Young,
who was the highest ranking col
ored officer in the United States
Army, will make her debut before
a Washington audience tonight in
a piano recital at the Plymouth
Congregational Church, Seven
teenth Street between P and Q
Streets Northwest.
Miss Young has spent several
years in Europe studying under
prominent teachers, many of
whom were friends of her father.
The program will be under the
auspices of the choir of the
church, William ChilSs, president.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
LOUe-Sick Youth, Is,
Ends Life With Shot

BALTIMORE, April % IN.SD
John A. Walker, 18, called on
Mary Wilkowski, Is, last night.
He arrived at her home the same
time as did Louis F.. Eckhart, an
other youth.
Mary told them she could not
see them as she had to do her
lessons and they left Before
leaving Mary and Louis, John
declared he was going to shoot
himself.
Louis drove John through the
neighborhood in his automobile
and then John asked to get out.
A moment later he shot himself
in the temple, killing himself in
stantly.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
HYDE Outlines Plans
For Library Project

Dorsey w. Hyde, secretary of
the Washington Chamber of Com
merce and member of the
Georgetown Public Library Asso-
citation, last night outlined plans
for the new library to be erected
at Wisconsin Avenue and r
Streets to the Georgetown Citizens
Association.
Mr.. Hyde said that $4,000 al
ready had been appropriated and
was being used in grading. The
library will cost approximately
$250,000.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
Rich Wife Shoots
ArizOnQn 5 Times

TUCSON, Ariz., April %
G.N.SO Shot by his wealthy
63-year-old wife as he lay in bed,
Thomas K. Marshall so, had an
even chance of recovery, his physi'
clans reported today
Marshall told police that he was
asleep when his wife fired the
first shot and that she fired four
more shots into his body despite
his pleadings.
Police stated that Marshall and
his wife quarreled some time ago
about young maid formerly en-
ployed at the Marshall mansion.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
White House Hears
Nearby Gas Blast

Hundreds of millions of dollars
in vaults at the Treasury Depart,
ment got terrific jolt last night
and windows in the White
House, the Hotel Willard and
nearby theaters ratified when
sewer explosion let go at Penn
sylvania Avenue and Fifteenth
Street. hurting several heavy
manhole covers high in the air.
No one was injured, but the
blast, caused by accumulated
gases, caused considerable COM
motion
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
FRENCH ELECTION SET

PARIS, April % .-Presi,
dent CASTOR Doumergue today
signed a decree prepared by Pre-.
mier Pierre Laval setting May 13
as the date for the presidential
elections in France.
The Washington times., 1931-04-28
Rockwell Kent Off
Soon for Greenland

NEW YORK, April % GN.SD
Rockwell Kent, artist and author,
will sail Thursday for an 18-
month trip to Greenland.
A year ago when he visited
Greenland, his small boat was
wrecked and he and two friends
barely escaped drowning.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-07

By score or 21 to 16, the Ju- neau Alumni defeated the Haines City Junior team at basketball in the High School gymnasium here last evening.
 Another game will be played on the same floor this evening, be- ginning at 8 o'clock. The con- testants will be the Juneau Fire men and the Haines team. Tonight as last night, a nominal charge will be made for admission.
 Last nights games were inter- esting throughout. At the end of the half, the score was a tie, to 8, and the superiority of the Ju- neau Alumni was not assured until the final whistle of the referee.
 J. Crme starred for the victors, and Yarrow and Peterson for the visitors. Yarrow gave a fine dem- onstration of effective blocking.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-07
MAN GETS LIFE
 ON AUTO THEFT

FORT SCOTT, Kan, Nov. IT, Kenneth Stoball, twenty-four Pleasanton, Kan, has been sen fenced to life imprisonment at Lansing Penitentiary because he stole a motor car.
 Stoball was sentenced under the Kansas habitual criminal law. Judge Charles F. Trinkle heard Stoball's plea of guilty before sentencing him to life imprisonment.
 T would never have pleaded guilty if had known I was going to get that long rap," Stoball said stoically, after the sentence had been pronounced.
 It was shown in court that Sto- ball had served two prison terms in Oklahoma and one in Missouri.
 Under the law it was mandatory for Judge Trinkle to sentence Sto- ball to life.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-07
@G12zklElak1 NAAN GOULD >~ 1sSSs8SsSAs7ES 1sSSs8SsS7As FE2sS esSEss

essential to big league hockey and this, my dear Watson, is ele- mentary-there is no chance of a change in the playoff system.
 The national league is down to an eight club circuit for the 1931- 32 season, following the withdraw al of Ottawa and Philadelphia, but six teams will have a chance to get into the Stanley Cup series via the playoffs for first, second and third place clubs in each division.
 The regular season, therefore, doesn't mean great deal so far as settling the worlds champion ship is concerned Only the tail enders in each four-club division will be out of the playoff money.
 The best argument in favor of the system is that it keeps the rest of the teams scrapping in the event there is a runaway in either or both divisions of the circuit.
 Otherwise there is no good req son why series between the di- vision winners is not adequate to the purpose of deciding the best professional team in Canadian American hockey.
 Baseball gets. around the prob lem satisfactorily by cutting in" the second, third and fourth place clubs when the worlds series play CT pool is split.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-07
JUNEAU LEADING IN TELEC GRAPHIC
 PIN ACCOMPANIMENT.
L o cal Legionnaires l59 Pins Ahead of Ket-
 chikan Bowlers

Afford John Bradford Post No 4, Juneau, has a lead of 15o pins over the Ketchikan Post, its near est competitor, in the American Legion triangular telegraphic bowl ing tournament as a result of the first two nights play. Anchorage is two pins behind Ketchikan.
 Totals for the two matches are. Juneau, 5,291; Ketchikan, 5132; Anchorage, 5,130.
 The series will be concluded to- night. Arrangements had been made to include Sitka in the tour nament but at the last minute it was found to be impossible to get a first class team toegther.
 Scores for the first two matches follow:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-07

Albie Booth broke into the foot ball spotlight at Yale as a running and kicking quarterback two years ago.
 This year little boy blue" has blossomed forth as passing and blocking halfback under the ex- pert tutelage of Benny Friedman, formerly of Michigan, and Bucky O'Connor, formerly of Notre Dame. It is one of the most unusual alterations in the somewhat gen. eral readjustment at Yale this year.
 Booths all-around aptitude on the gridiron has never been ques- tioned, but it is a tribute to the Eli captin's skill that he has read fly adjusted himself into new scheme of attack.
 When it came to replacing Albie at quarterback, Friedman's first ! choice was Dud Parker This youngster showed signs of devel opment into first rate field gen. eral last year and he quickly caught the eye of the All-America quarterback
 Friedman was given a free hand by Head Coach Nal Stevens in making his selection as well as in organizing the Eli aerial attack.
 Booth has improved at least 50 per cent as passer under Fried mans coaching His losses didn't have much snap last season and the year before, but he can hit the target now almost as consist ently as Harvards Barry Wood.
 Maybe Booths revenge, if any, against Harvard and Wood this November will be gained through the air. It will be good trick if Albie can do it.
 All Potential Champions So long as the gate receipts are
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-07
FURIOUS TEN
 ROUND FIGHT
 IS WITNESSED
Canto Robleto Given Un- popular Decision Over
 Speedy Dado

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Nov. IT, Canot Robleto, of Pasadena, won a ten round decision over Speedy Dado, Filipino, a bantamweight, last night, in a furious bout.
 The decision was not popular with the ringsiders who figured Dado had at least earned a draw.
 The Filipino was more clever and threw the most punches but Rob- leto packed heavier wallops.
 Robleto and Dado each weighed 115A pounds.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-07
HAPPY JACK"
 CHESBRO DIES
On e inc Spitball Pitcher Passes Away as Re-
 suit Heart Attack
----B.yPap

CONWAY, Mass, Nov. 7-"Happy Jack" Chesbro. onetime spitball pitcher of the New York Americans died suddenly yesterday as the result of heart attack on his chicken farm here.
 Chesbro was 56 years old.
 Although not the first spitball pitcher, Chesbro was regarded by many baseball authorities as the best.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-07
STANLEY HACK PURCHASED BY
 CHICAGO CUBS
Star Third Baseman of Sacramento Club
 Goes to Majors

CHICAGO, III, Nov. T. The Chicago Cubs made the first move to strengthen the club for the 1892 campaign by purchasing Stanley Hack, star third baseman of the Sacramento Pacific Coast League Club for cash and a player to be named later.
 Hack batted $50 last year and sparkled in defense work.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-07
BOBBY O'HARA
 GETS DECISION

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Nov. IT, Bobby O'Hara, Chicago welter, won a 10 round decision last night over Al Alicante, of Los Angeles.
 O'Hara won seven rounds, AL cante two rounds and one round was even.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-07
CLECHORN WINS
 FROM MOULDEN

HAVRE, Mont, Nov. 7.-Walter Cleghorn, Alaskan Eskimo, won a decision over Speedy Moulden, of New Orleans, a middleweight, in a 10 round fight here last night
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-07
JUNEAU WINS 21-16;AN0THER
 CAME TONIGHT
Local Bremen and Haines Team Will Play in High
 School Gymnasium

Substitutions. Juneau-J. Orme for F. Orme; Baker for Junge; F. Orme, for Jackson; Jackson for F. Crme.
 Officials Kelly Blake, referee: R. s. Raven, timer. William Roden- berg, scorer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-07
WAR TALK MEANS JAIL

WARSAW-Poland's new penal code imposes jail terms up to five years for persons convicted of in- citing wars.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-07
TWO LEAVE HOSPITAL

D. H. Mcdonald, who entered St. Ann's hospital October 23, and Arness Sevold, who entered the in- stitution October 30, left for their homes yesterday.