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The Washington times., 1931-08-25
GAPONE OFFERS
| To AID LYNCH
FREEDOM
Eanuster King Answers Plea
OF Kidnapped Sportsman's
Family to Use Influence

\ CHICAGO, Aug. IS (I.N.SO.
al Capone today turned all his
underworld power upon the kid
'a7apers Of John j. ("Jack") Lynch
in an effort to, secure the safe
return Of the sportsman and
tiIrfman to his distraught family.
Friends Of the abducted gam
bier, unable to satisfy demands
for $2SO,OOO ransom, had asked
help from CapOne through his
lieutenant, Jack Guxik. Police,
holding q theory that CapOne
Interests were behind the kid
mapping, were Skeptical Of the
move.
Condemns Kidnapers.
Capone's surprising reply was
b bitter condemnation of kid.
napers in general and a promise
10 do all within his power to
help save Lynch. r.
No efforts of the kidnapers to
commupicate. with the family
were reported yesterday and no
word came last night, although
It was the deadline for the
demand.
The S12S,OOO Lynch home in
Lake Geneva, Wis.,, was heavily
guarded against visitors.
Reward Explained
The Daily Racing Form offered
Q $4,000 reward for information
leading to arrest and conviction
Of the kidnapers. The announce
Haent said:
"Mr. Lynch has no connec-
HOn with the Daily Racing
Form, but the publishers in,
offering the reward are
sctuated by q desire to serve
the best interests of the com.
munity and the American
turf, in aiding to stamp out
the growing crime Of kidnap-
ing men connected with
racing"
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
PARTY RALLIES TO COIN
Earvey's Convention
To Draw 10000
He Thinks

MONTE NE, Ark, Aug. IS
dNS).-This resort village to.
day Is in readiness to vel
ccme the delegates to w. H,
cCoin") Harvey's third party
political convention.
While it Is impossible to es.
innate accurately the number of
delegates the sponsor is predict.
ing approximately 10000.
The greater number are ex-
pected from the farming sec.
tionS of the Middle West, with
2,O00 from Arkansas and 1000
from each of the four States
Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and
Nebraska.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
WELFARE
CENTER MOVES

The Colored Mother-Child Gen.
ter is now in its new headquar-
ters at sol Second st. s. w.
The center, which had its in
ception under Mrs. Alma J. Scott,
its present director, has for the
last few years filled one of the
great needs for that section Of
the city, which has a very large
colored population. With the new
building very much larger, q
wider social program is being
planned by Mrs. Scott.
Mrs. Scott has been a social
worker here for the last three
decades. She is a graduate Of
Howard University and is presi-
dent of the local alumni lssocia-
ton, ~
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
DRY OFFICIALS
ARE At ODDS
+. ON DECOYS
Women Necessary, Campbell
Is Said to Have Asserted;
WoodCock View Is Opposite

Federal funds will not be avail
able for payment Of women dry
inforlners If Amos w. w. Wood
cock, prohibition director, has his
way.
Mr.. Woodcock's announced in
tention to withhold pay in such
cases follows continued reports of
the employment of women by Fed.
eral dry agents as blinds, decoys
or informers," after the dry ad.
ministrator had made it known
that he was opposed to this
practice.
2 Probes Under Way
Two separate inquiries are now
under way, Mr.. Woodcock said.
into reported violations Of this
edict.
The first investigation is into
charges brought by Representa-.
tive Karch Cd, Ill.)> that agents
in East st. Louis, Ill, were asso.
ciating with lewd women, using
them to gather evidence" and
that they were also conducting
warrantless raids.
At the same time, he made II
known that he intended to Gin
quire carefully" into reported
statements by Andrew Campbell
prohibition administrator in New
York State, that ''ladies must anc
will be used" in enforcing the dry
law there.
Opposes Their Use
Commenting on this, Mr.. Wood
cock said:
II am absolutely opposed to
the use Of women in any ca
pacity in enforcing this law.
No Federal funds will be used
to pay women infOrmers II /
can help it."
He added, however, that tht
New York administrator was cor
rect in stating that no genera
order had been issued to datG
against the employment oi
women. He said:
But I did not understand
that such practices were in
use"
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Postal Clerks .Le0Ue
For Annual MeetinU

President Leo E. George, Secre.
tary Thomas F. Flaherty, and AS.
sistant Secretary William Otto
have left for Los Angeles to at
tend the seventeenth biennial con-
vention of the National Fedora.
ton Of Post Office Clerks, begin
ming September Z. At the conven-
tion. marking the twenty-fifth an.
niversary Of the organization,
more than 500 resolutions will be
introduced.
Most have to do with retirement
and improvement Of employment
conditions. The organized clerks
protest any higher postage scale,
which they feel would reduce the
quantity Of mail, hence reduce
the number of employees needed.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
WET GAINS STIR
DRY LEADERS

Reported wet gains and the
now clear fact that prohibition
is to be a major issue in the
1882 Presidential campaign have
stirred the radical prohibition
forces into new drives against
the demon rum"
Statements are coming almost
daily from the Anti-Saloon League
and its branches, the World
League Against Alcoholism, the
Methodist Board of Temperance
and Morals. the Women's Chris
tian Temperance Union and
others. In substance they all
deny claims Of vets that prohibi-
ton is on the toboggan and a
nationwide referendum would re-
peal it.
Just now the drxs seem to be
concentrating attacks upon Gov.
Franklin d. Roosevelt, Of New
York, an outstanding contender
for the Democratic presidential
nomination, whose stand on pro
hibitiOn the drys assert is too in
definite. They want and out.
and-Out utterance from the gov.
ernOr saying that prohibition is
q great thing.
Meanwhile, the drys today are
rather ldown-hearted over the
switch of Senator Charles NC
Nary R.) Of Oregon, heretofore
one of their champions. Senator
McNary now says he'd like to
have the Eighteenth Amendment
resubmitted to the States.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25

be served to the youngsters. A
pretentious program. games and
athletic contests have been ar
ranged by the officials of the in
Stitution.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
injured Man Unable
TO Explain Condition

= Richard Stritch, so, of the
Ghastleton Hotel. Sixteenth and
- Streets Northwest, was recover
ang today from injuries mysteri.
0usly inflicted on him last night,
police report.
Found lying in the street at
Sixth and M Streets Northwest,
he was removed to Freedman's
Hospital, and treated by DR.. L.
T.. Coleman for lacerations of the
scalp. His condition is not seri.
DUE.
= Stritch said he did not know
where or how he received the in.
Buries. He was booked at the
Second precinct on a charge, OF
antoxication.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Plus BANS CIVIL
{ WEDDINGS
"@DOAHwOO

ROME, Aug. 25 CUS)-Acting
on authority granted under the
lateran Concordat, the Vatican
has issued a decree forbidding
Catholics in Italy to contract a
civil marriage either after or
before a religious marriage. The
order applies only to Italy.
:" Catholic couples having a civil
marriage ceremony performed will
De considered public sinners"
The italian government recog-
n1zes the legality of religious cere.
monies.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25

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New York city.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
K. OF C. TO MEET

Forest Glen Council, No. 2169.
Knights of Columbus. will held
its regular meeting on Tuesday,
September l, in the hall of st.
Michaels' Church, Silver Spring.
The program for fall and winter
activities will be discussed. It is
possible installation Of the newly
elected officers may take place
on that night.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Orphans to Attend
DUirU Heads Picnic

One hundred inmates Of the
st. Johns Orphanage will be
guests Of Herbert L. Marcy, presi-
dent of the Arlington County
Dairy, on the grounds tomorrow
afternoon at the third annual
picnic given for them by the
dairy company.
Ice cream, cake and milk will
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
P R o O F

Here's a comparison of the power
developed in a high. compression
motor without knocking-by
leading premium-priced fuels.
(The difference, of course, would
be even more startling if ESQ
were compared with ordinary
,gasolines.) The fuels were picked
at random from roadside pumps
and the results of the test recorded
on a dynamometer.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
Property OlUners
=. AppeUL Zone Rule

e The Alexandria coming board
viii hear eight appeals from
property owners who would erect
structures not in conformity with
the Zoning laws. Thursday night.
The Washington times., 1931-08-25
EASY and ECONOMICAL TO MAKE COOL
DRINKS At HOME

81 Lemons, oranges, tea, coffee,
chocolate, also syrups from canned
fruits, can be used as a favor base
Tor delicious cool drinks. In sweet
ening these beverages nothing
takes the place of sugar. And
refined cane sugar is the recog-
nized standard everywhere.
Cool drinks sweetened to taste
are most refreshing. Think Of this
when you are tired as we'll as hot.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-03
MAYOR DECLARES CITY sOULD CARRY
 0N STREET WORK

T have been working on the pro- position for some time on the pos sibility of making the cutoff road across the lagoon said mayor D. C.. Brownell, getting the figures and probable cost of completing the road from our garbage dump to the mile post 0 on the present road
 Due to the school building expenses and the hospital expenses during the past two years, the Council has no surplus to devote to the re- pairing of the present roads, let alone constructing new ones, but the availability of two dirt moving machines, in active operation now in town, present an opportunity to have both old and new work done so cheaply, that I believe the town should find some means of under taking the work at this time"
 The Mayor further added, MT. Boudray, Superintendent Of the Re- surrection Bridge construction for the Seims-Spokane Company has generously agreed to give the city 50 truck loads of gravel during the next two weeks. He has also given us reasonable figure for rental of the drag-line shovel for a week or two after their work is completed.
 MT. Greely, Superintendent of the Puget Sound Dredging Company of Seattle has assured me also that he will, so far as he is able, place the dredged material in the lagoon to the best advantage of the city"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-03
so THEY WERE WED

A quiet marriage ceremony took place Sunday evening in Commis- sioner Curtis Morford's office when Miss Katie Andre of Dillingham; be- came the wife of Wm. Aucorn of Kanatak. Witnesses were Mrs. M Kristensen and John Andre. The bride has been in Seward for sev- eral weeks. Mr. Aucorn is engaged in fishing and trapping to the Vest ward. The couple expected to board the SS. Starr today for Kanatak, thence by their own river boat to Egegik.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-03

Henry S. Hall Jr.. of Boston, and Mrs. Hall are returning to AL aska for a trip to the Interior. MT. Hall was a member of the Mccarthy party climbing Mt. Lo- gan in 1925.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-03

The U. s. s. Discoverer Ic.; last night at midnight for Barrel Is- lands where trian g ulation and sounding work is being carried on.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-03
EDITORS FUTILE WORK

Like all good community boosters, Editor Shannon of the Commerce (Ga) News tries to ald ms home mer chants by advocating trade at home policy.
 Like many another good community booster, Editor Shannon sometimes gets discouraged through lack or appreciation the part of those for whom ne tres to boost But let him tell it in his own concise fashion:
 "Two weeks ago penned the best editorial we know how to wlite doing best to encourage the people of all this section to patronlze home merchants and bless your heart honey not single business man in Commerce has even said thank you. 1naC goes to show what it goes to show"
 Which leads the Triton Gazette to remark if Editor Shannon had urged folks to 'buy 1t away from home" he would have lived long enough to hear the last of the holler that would have been raised.
 Tourist agencies may be alright, but doubt ii they doing the Territory justice in rushing visitors through the Northland similar to suburbanes return ing home at the rush hour It IS t1ue the visitor can return home and say he has been to Alaska but time did not permit him to learn anything of the Territory.
 In June, 1919 twelve years ago, was signed the treaty of peace which ended the World War Judging from the bickerngs that have taken place since, to who was to out top in the matter of repara- tions and debt payments it might better have been called treaty of fleece
 An interesting letter was received by The Gateway from the States the other day in which the writer again remarked of the pleasant time he enjoyed while in All aska But there mention of subject which recalled something too often forgotten by many that matter if is not wealthy in gold he is indeed rch if he has friends.
 In country such as Alaska, whose resources have been scarcely touched there is opportunity for every man able and willing to work.
 Success needs no explanation; failure does
 XMennber lO3lzE
 NATIONAL FD1TOp1A1 ASSOCIATION
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-03

The Alaska Pack Board III the best pack board in Alaska. Man ufactured and sold by Seward Leather Works.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-03

More and more each day rolls by, the citizens of the city thankful to the council of last year which rasped the opportunity establish the Seward General Hospital and found ways and means to attract Dr. A. Haverstck to this city, Without question: Seward is be- coming known throughout the Territory as the Mayo of the North"
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-03

"The Majestic" last word in mo- dern refrigeration, at Brown { Hawkins.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-03
ALASKANS NOT DANGEROUS

All they have lacked the White House, the Cap ito building and Pennsylvania Avenue to make some of the towns in Alaska believe they were in Washington D. c.
 The streets have been full of United States Senator's Congressmen and high government officials And they all seemed to be real men, affabe easy to approach and willing and anxious to learn all they could about the conditions under which live in this far away corner of Gods footstool
 Some said they found Alaskans not bit dangerous; that they cannot believe bear are so dangerous an animal as they had been told and that none of their party had been bit or clawed by native or bear
Seward daily gateway., 1931-08-03

Success needs no explanation; failure
The Washington times., 1931-06-23

He was on the civilian team
representing Washington, D. c.
in the national matches during
the years 1918, 1919, 1920, and
1921 and coach for three years
thereafter. MCCARTHY was made
a distinguished marksman by the
War Department in 1921, the
highest award of the United
States Government.
In 1924 he became famous at
the National matches when he
established worlds record of
1875 consecutive bulls eyes at 200
yards with the % caliber rifle
anG two days later won the long
range championship of the United
States and the famous Wimble-
don Cup, at 1000 yards with the
military rifle.
In 1926 he won the Eastern
Small Bore championship at
Sea Girt, N. ]. scoring 25Ox25O
to win the match and estab-
fishing a worlds record.
The same year at Camp Perry
he won the small bore champion
ship of the United States and
the majority of the small bore
rifle matches fired during the pc
riod of the national matches.
He has been team captain or
team coach of numerous other
winning teams during the past
10 years and has among his col
lection of medals five Interna-
tional Small Bore Team Medals
won by teams of which he was a
member.
He is president of the National
Capital Rifle Club which boasts
of having among its members
many famous rifle and pistol
shots.
The Washington times., 1931-06-23
Miss Walker Loses
In Md. Net TOlLrneY

BALTIMORE, Md, June %.
Miss Frances Walker, defending
champion, eliminated Miss
Frances Walker, of Washington,
D. c., 60. 81, in the first
round of the annual Women's
Maryland State tennis cham
pionships on the Baltimore
Country Club. Results of other
matches in which Washing
tonians figured follow:
Betty Cochran defeated Anne
Austin McLanahan, of Baltimore,
60, 6-3; Mrs. Ruth Martinez
defeated Ethel Martien, 60,
60; Mary Martlett Gibbs. of
Baltimore, defeated Sara Moore,
6-8, 60, 60; Elizabeth War
rem, of Richmond. Va, defeated
Irma Jacobs, 1-6, Ga, 60;
Elizabeth Cox, of Baltimore, de-
feated Marian King by default.
The Washington times., 1931-06-23
Golf Divots

Eleven years ago at Inverness
none paid notice to Tommy
Armour in the National Open
:. he'll be the attraction when
the championship returns to the
Inverness Club at Toledo on
July 2, 3 and 4. Charlie Penna,
caddymaster at Congressional
Country Club. has Tommy
Armour's old set of clubs. >.
Bob Sax, a 2O-year-old golfer, is
the sensation of the Pliladel-
phia dis t ri t. . he recently
scored IS over the Overlook
Club course, being six under
par. the National ProfeS-
sional Golfers Association
championship will be held at
the Wannamoisett Country
Club at Providence, R. l., Sep
tember 14-19. Jose Jurado,
the Argentine pro who cracked
in the British Open after lead
ing most of the way. will not
compete in the American Open
.. Maurice Nee, the 15-year-old
Manor Club golfer, will come in
for attention within two years.
The Washington times., 1931-06-23
ARMY Ne 7 MEN
IN TOURNEY

Twenty-Five Army officers took
part in the opening round Of the
Army Sheridan trophy tennis
tournament, which opened at Co
lumbia Country Club today.
Lieut.. John w. Strahan, defend
ing champion, drew bye. He Is
seeded No. l. Lieut.. Dave Hede-
kin, former Western High stu
dent, is No. 2, while Lieut.. STAN
ley K. Robinson and Major J..
Huntington Hills, are No. 3 ana
4, respectively.
The finals are scheduled for
Saturday. The main bulk of the
Army's Leech Cup representatives
are selected from participants IN
this tournament.
The Washington times., 1931-06-23
ROsenbLOOn1 Meets
SLattery in August

NEW YORK, June 23.-Jirnn1y
Johnston, boxing promoter at
Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, planned
to ask the New York Boxing Com
mission today to sanction a Is.
round light-heavyweight cham
pionship bout between Make
Rosenbloom, of New York, the
titleholder, and Jimmy Slattery,
of Buffalo, at the Brooklyn ball
park on August IL. Slattery'S
manager accepted terms yeSter"
day. Rosenbloom's pilot con-
sented to the bout last week.
The Washington times., 1931-06-23
RECENT BOUT.
DREW: WELL
IN GARDEN
By JACK DEMPSEY

by JAIN DEME De
Proof that there is nothing
wrong with the boxing game
except the boxers themselves
is found in the recent sell-out
show staged in New York by
Billy Petrolle and Jimmy McLar-
min.
The thousands of Madison
Square Garden patrons who
through the past year of hippo
dromes and burlesques engaged
in by many ringmen kept away
from those shows-suddenly put
in a feverish appearance to see
Billy and Jimmy. The depres-
sion blamed by so many for the
small attendance at fights, is still
on; yet the Garden was a sell
out that night at prices from 81
to $40, and thousands were
turned away.
Simply because the fans
knew that both those fellow
are fighters, that neither stalls
or clincheS, and that each is
certain to be in there trying
with all they've got all the time.
That's what the fistic public
wants and. if it is assured that
it will get it. neither the price
nor the financial condition of
the country makes any radical
difference. They'll dig up the
money someway, somehow, to
see fight.
But these loyal supporters have
not been dropping into the pal
aces of swat of late. The reason
is not difficult to find. The boys
who call themselves fighters have
been playing brother-in-law acts
being careful not to get hurt and
just as careful about not harming
the other fellow.
Too much "let'S save our
selves for another match later
on" stuff.
The huge gate for the McLar-
nin-Petrolle battle should serve as
a real lesson to the boxers whose
pay has been Vow small throL n
this past year, owing to low at
tendance.
The boys can learn from his
that the way to cash in on their
profession is to go into that ring
for no other purpose than to
fight.
If they will do that and qua
antee the customers a run for
their money they. too, can draw
big houses and help themselves
to big slices "f me-
Copyright. 1881. by King
Features SyndiCate.D
The Washington times., 1931-06-23
Golf
TOurneV Thursday

The next tournament of golf,
ers of the Department of Agricul,
ture will be held Thursday. L. A.
Reynoldson is chairman of the
board of governors of the tourna-
ment. Some of the veterans of
the niblick who are expected to
continue their stellar rating at
this tournament are William H.
white, entomology; DR.. L. T. Hop
lins, animal industry. AMI F. w
casey. food and drug admlnistra-
tim
The Washington times., 1931-06-23
GEORGIA BOXER
To EASE Up

GEAUGA LAKE, Ohio, June %.
With young" Stribling giving
every indication that he is about
ready for his tussle with Max
Schmeling in Cleveland's stadium
July 3, there was movement on
foot in the Stribling camp today
to apply the brakes to the con-
tenders training schedule so that
he will not overwork.
Boxing regularly for three solid
weeks, the longest preparatory
training that he has ever taken
for a fight. Strib has nearly
reached the point known as fight
ing trim, and PA" Stribling,
father-manager Of the fighter, ad-
mits it.
Stating that my boy" has
been displaying nervousness and
temperament, the elder Strib-
ling declared that "he'S" about
ready and we'll have to keep
him from working too hard"
The Georgian will prlng his
ring drills to an end on next
Sunday night, according to Strib-
ling, sr. Workouts are scheduled
for tonight, Thursday, Saturday
and Sunday nights.
Frank Cawley, of Philadelphia,
who aided Tommy Lougnran to
prepare for some of his fights,
will be Strib's opponent in most
of the sessions to keep the con-
tender in fighting mood.
The Washington times., 1931-06-23
BLUE P0LO|STS
FACEFT.HOYLE

The War Department Blues
poloists oppose Fort Hoyle in the
War Department invitation series
at the Potomac Park polo oval
at $3.50 today.
This is the second match OF
the series. It is the first time
the Fort Hoyle team has played
a local team this year and little
is known regarding the strength
of it's lineup.
The War Department Blues
are led by Col. Adna Chaffee,
a mOtivating spirit in local
polo for years, and a stellar
performer to boot.
The other members of the
team are Lieutenant Rogers,
Major Mcdonald and Lieutenant
Strobein, with Captain Fox on
the reserve list.
The War Blues had an easy
time defeating the War Whites
in a practice match Saturday,
winning, S to l. The War Whites
recently reached the semifinals
of the Riggs Memorial Cup tour
nament in Baltimore, where they
bowed to Fauquier.Loudoun, the
ultimate winners.
The Third Cavalry of Fort
Myer, Va, rede to victory over
Fort Humphreys, 10 to 6, in the
opening game yesterday, before
some 5000 spectators. Fort Hum
phreyS, less experienced, put up a
brilliant fight.
Lieutenant Noble was the star
Of the contest, sending six goals
between the uprights. He was
also a spark plug on the attack
and defense. Fort Humphreys
actually tailed two goals, being
conceded four goals as a handi-
cap. Summary:
Third Cavalry. Pos. FIT. Humphreys.
capt hlgon. ;.....I l.. Lieut. Rameggi
MAJ: Cunningham.. 2......... Lieut.. Cox
Lieut.. Holbrook. ..4..... Capt. Buckley
CaNalry 80: :...'....... 1-1O
"Fort Humphreys ...... 0 0 0 / l. s
Fort Humphreys had 4 goals handi-
cap.
Goals-NobIe 49, Holbrook (sD, Lig-
non, RameggL Buckley. Substitution
Eager and Major Patton. TiTTTfsU- Timer-TfeU-
tenant Strobein Scorer-SerEeant Will
Hams. Time of chukkers-7h minutes.