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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
MATS TRAILING, 81,
IN Fourth FRAME
Al CroWder Is Pounded Off
Pitchers Mound in Open
ing Inning.


Special Dispatch to The Star.
BOSTON, May driving Al Crow
Ger from the mound in the first in
ming and continuing their onslaught
against Burke, the Boston Red Sox were
leading the Nationals here today in the
fourth inning.
The score was S to- Q,
FIRST INNING.
WASHINGTON-Myer popped to
Rhyme. Russell tossed out H. Rice.
Manush singled to center. Cronin sin
gled to right, Manush taking third.
West singled to center, scoring Manush,
Cronin taking third. Rhyme threw out
Judge. One run.
BOSTON-Rhyne doubled to left.
Sweeney doubled to left, Rhyme stopping
at third waiting for the fly. Van Camp
doubled to right. scoring Rhyme and
Sweeney. Webb singled to short and
Van Camp was out, Cronin to Bluege
to Myer. Oliver singled to short left.
Pickering sing ed to left, scoring Webb.
Reeves walked, filling the bases. Burke
now pitching for washington. Connolly
walked, forcing Oliver across. Russell
famed. Rhyme flied to H. Rice. Four
runs.
SECOND INNING.
WASHIN N-Bluege walked.
Spencer hit into double play, Rhyme
to Reeves to Sweeney. Burke was out
to Sweeney, unassisted. No runs.
BOSTON-Sweeneyw was out, Burke to
Judge. Van Camp was out, Cronin to
Judge. Webb was out, Cronin to Judge.
No runs.
THIRD INNING.
WASHINGTON-Mye walked. H.
Rice was out, Russell to Sweeney.
Reeves threw cut Manush, Myer going
to third. Cronin doubled to left, scor-
ing Myer, and was out trying to make
third, Van Camp to Russell to Picker
ing. One run.
BOSTON-Oliver popped back of the
plate, and Spencer dropped it for an
error. oliver then doubled to left
Pickering singled to center, scoring
Oliver. Reeves flied to H. Rice. Con-
molly famed. Russell famed. One
run.
FOURTH INNING.
WASHINGTON-Ru threw out
West. Judge walked. Bluege flied to
Van Camp. Spencer forced Judge,
Pickering to Reeves. No runs.
BOSTON-Bolton now catching for
Washington. Rhyme flied to H. Rice.
Sweeney was safe on Judges two-baSe
error. Van Camp was out, Judge, un-
assisted, Sweeney taking third. Webb
flied to West. No runs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
HEARING ORDERED
ON PEPCO RATES
Gen. Patrick Announces De-
cision After Special Meet
ing of Commission.

The Public Utilities Commission at a
special meeting today decided to call a
public hearing to discuss the present
sliding scale under which electric rates
are annually adjusted with a view to
ultimately increasing the public share
of the benefits of the operation of the
Potomac Electric Power Co. under the
present consent decree.
Announcement of the commissions
action was made verbally by Gen. Ma
son M. Patrick, chairman after the
meeting. at which Corporation Counsel
William W. Bride and Peoples Counsel
Richmond B. Keech were present.
Court Action Seen.
Thus the controversy between the
commission and the power company
moves into new stcge. The company
is entitled to 10 days written notice
before the hearing is begun and should
the commission elect to change the
present sliding scale as result of
information brought out at the public
herring, it is considered quite likely that
there will be a contest in the courts
before any result in actual reduction of
rates is accomplished.
The commission and the company
have been at loggerheads all year since
the commissions finding made on De-
cen1ber 81, 1880, that under the present
consent decree the rate of return en-
joyed by the company is excessive. The
commission at first endeavored to get
the company to cooperate in the mat
ter of finding soma new scheme which
would increase the customers share of
the company's benefits accruing from
large profits, but the company declined
and since then numerous plans OF pro-
cedure have been discussed and re-
jected one by one. What will eventually
come out of the proposed public hear
ings is entirely speculative at the
moment.
Earnings Increased.
According to the present sliding scale,
instituted by a decree made by Justice
Wendell P. Stafford of District Supreme
Court by the consent of the parties and
effective January /, 1925, one-half of
the company's earnings each calendar
year in excess Of 7l2 per cent on an
agreed valuation is set up as a reduc-
ton fund and rates for the following
year are reduced in order to bring the
company's earnings back to 7h per
cent. Although this Is the theory, the
practice has been that each rate reduc-
ton has resulted in so much new bust
ness that the company's earnings in.
stead of being reduced have actually
been increased, and that its return on
its agreed value has been close to 10
per cent continuously during the eX-
istence of the decree. TIL agreed val
uation is $50, $780, 900, plus net additions
weighted, but undepreciated to date.
1t is expected that the notice of the
public hearing will go forward today
or tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
Special nlsnatch TO The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, May IA small strip
Of land in Montgomery County, legally
undiscovered since the founding Of
Maryland, was given TO the Federal
Government yesterday by Gov. Richie.
The tract. comprising approximately
20 square feet, is located near Great
Falls between the Chesapeake g. Ohio
Canal and the Potomac River.
It was discovered several years ago
by Government engineers who were
making a survey of the adjoining land
for the purpose OF establishing an aque-
duct TO Dalecarlia Reservoir near WASH
ington.. . II
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
SETTING FOREST FIRES
TO GET JOBS CHARGED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WINNIPEG, May Forestry on
Gals charged today that residents OF
isolated north county areas have been
making jobs for themselves by setting
forest fires and hiring themselves out
PROVINCIAL and Royal Canadian
to the fire areas to put stop to the
job-making. Officials said most of the
fires are far from towns and settle
ments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
. End 50-Year Courtship,

RUSHVILLE, Ill, May (R-For
more than half a century Charles NJ
Doyle courted Katherine Lambert
Yesterday he married her at Mon
mouth, Ill.
Both bride and groom are past 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-01
WHITE HOUSE REUNION
FIRST IN SIX MONTHS
Herbert Hoover, Jr., at Home From
Asheville and Arrival of Al
Ian Completes Family.

There was a complete family reunion
in the White House today for the first
time in more than six months.
Allan Hoover, who is a graduate stu
dent at Harvard, arrived this morning
to complete the family circle.
Two days ago Herbert Hoover, jr.,
came to the White House from Ashe-
vile, N. c., where for six months he
has been recuperating from incipient
tuberculosis. He was accompanied by
his wife. Their three small children
had been living at the White House
while their father was in Asheville.
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The Stars carrier syttem covers
every CITY block and the regular edi-
ilon u delivered a. Washington homes
~ fast AZ the papers are printed
Evening star., 1931-12-14
SHEPPARD ASSA|[S
RASK0B ON LIQUOR
Says "Endeavor to Involve"
Democrats in Wet Issue
PeriIs Party in 1882.

w the Associated Press.
The prohibition troubles within the
Democratic party have been stirred
again, this time by Senator Sheppard
of Texas, Co-author of the eighteenth
amendment
He addressed directly to National
Chairman John j. Raskob yesterday a
statement that RaSkobs "endeavor to
involve the Democratic party in the
prohibition controversy" was the most
perilouS step that could be taken in
the face of the 1882 elections.
The Senator said this in answer to
the QUESTIONABLE sent by Raskob to
some 10000 contributors to the party's
1928 campaign funds, seeking to line up
sentiment for reSubmiSSion of the liquor
Issue. Prohibition, Sheppard contend
ed has accomplished vast good. has
more than justified its existence, but
has not yet had sufficiently fair trial
TO justify submission of a proposal for
repeal or alteration.
Dinwiddie Attacks Shouse.
simultaneously, from either side of
the prohibition fence came statements
of organization leaders, directed at
Congress-
Edwin G. Dinwiddie, secretary of the
National Prohibition Board of Strategy,
asserted Jouett ShouSe, executive Secre-
tary of the Democratic National Com
mittee, had made his group a wet
press agency" for Raskob He asserted
the drys do not concede their oppo-
nentS will ever succeed and forecast
that wet millionaires finally will tire
Of pouring out millions" to buy repeal.
Curran Cites Drys' Plea.
Henry n Clyrran nreSidep+ Of tho
Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment, wrote each member that
three outstanding dry leaders, Bishop
Cannon, DinWiddie and Mrs. Ella A.
Boole urged submission OF the liquor
question to the people in 1918 and 1914
The Anti-Saloon League" he con-
cluded, threatens to punish you for do
ing in 1881 what it begged you to do
in 1914"
Evening star., 1931-12-14
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
OFFICER TRANSFERRED
A. D. Lewis, Brother of Mine
Workers Head, to Get Personal
Experience in Field.

A. D. Lewis, assistant director of the
United States Employment Service and
brother Of John L. Lewis, president of
the United Mine Workers of America.
has been transferred from his permanent
Office here to field service in order Ito
keep in personal contact with the situa-
ton" Secretary of Labor Doak an
nounced today
A similar transfer has been ordered
Tor H. l.. BrunSon, another employment
service official, both men being sent into
the field for an indefinite period
A report that Lewis had been either
denoted or dropped from the service
was denied by both Secretary Doak and
John R. Alpine, supervising director of
the service. Alpine succeeded Henry
Jones, director-g general of the service,
sew months ago, after Jones resignation
had been requested by Secretary Doak.
Sending Mr. Lewis into the field is
my own idea" Secretary Doak ex
planned, "for I wanted him to get in
personal contact with the employment
Situation. The same applies to Mr.
BrunSon and to others who have been
Stationed regularly in Washington"
Mr.. Lewis is out of the city for
few days on executive business for me-"
Mr. Alpine declared.
Evening star., 1931-12-14
JUDGE CLEARS HARKER
ON PICTURE CHARGES
Another Trial Likely as Prosecutor
Announces Plan to Present
Amended Allegation.

James Henry Harker, youthful bakers
assistant, whose charges against first
precinct police resulted In the recent
third degree brutality investigate was
cleared by Judge Isaac r. Hit in Police
Court today on charges of possessing
an obscene picture.
Judge Hit granted the motion Of
Defense Attorney S. McComas Hawken
to quash the charge on the ground it
failed to all@ge Harker possessed the pic
ture with intent to exhibit 1t.
However, it is likely Harker will have
to face another trial for possessing the
picture, as Assistant United States At
torney Wilbert McInerney, Immediately
after the judges decision, announced he
would place new charge against
Harker which would be amended to
charge that he intended to exhibit the
picture.
Harker was arrested recently by Po-
liceman R. E. Williams, second pre-
cinct, fer disorderly conduct and in
toxication. Police said the obscene pic
ture was found in his possession when
he was searched after the arrest.
Evening star., 1931-12-14
u. S. PARK WORKER DIES
AFTER So YEARS. SERVICE
Fohn Barry Started in Public
Buildings Office at so
Cents a Day.

John Barry, veteran employe of the
Office of Public Buildings and Public
Parks, who had nearly 50 years con-
tinuous service in that branch of the
Government, died last night at his
home, 1928 Quincy street.
He entered the service of the Office
of Public Buildings and Grounds, as it
was then known, as a water boy at so
cents day and became SO thoroughly
acquainted with plant life in this 10
cality that he was rated as an expert.
At the time of his death. he was horti-
Culturist in charge of flowers in the
parks and designs. His father was an
enploye Of the same Office and served
q number of years at the Washington
Monument
Evening star., 1931-12-14
WRECK LAID TO PLOT
I. c. c. Bureau Says Switch Was
Maliciously Disa bled.

BY the Associated Press.
An accident on the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad November
IL at East Taunton Mass, in which
three men were injured, was found by
the Safety Bureau of the Interstate
Commerce Commission today to have
been caused by malicious tampering
with a switch
The investigators found a switch lock
had been forced and the lever turned
just 'enough to move the switch point
and cause the wreck but in such way
as to leave the green lamp showing
when the engineer approached the
switch There was no indication in the
report as to whether the guilty persons
had been apprehended
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-01
Interesting Items OF News
Written For The Press By
Ell CentrO School Pupils

Phyllis Anderson, Arthur Jenkins,
Christy Plemons and Flora Mae
Perratt visited our class. We were
very glad to have them. - Carol
Mann, 7-B-1.
Tuesday morning the boys and
girls of Wilson school looked wan
deringly at Mrs. Walker standing
out in front of the school. Later
they found out that the furnace was
broken and there was TO be no
school-Jane Woodbury., ga.
Four girls and four boys from the
Fox Leaders glee club sang, "Over
the River and Through the Woods. -
over the radio last Thursday night.
The ones who sang were: Ola Mac
Price, Betty Douthitt, Lillian Hen
derson, Ruth Riddle, Bobbie Reid
Billie Donohue, Phil Van Slych, and
Walter Madden.-Betty Douthitt, s.
B-2.
The representatives from the Z
A, 7-B-1, 7-B-2 and GA class COM
peted last Friday in the poem con-
test in assembly. Marian Lively
Won first place and Fay Adair sec.
! ond.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-01
Age For Love- At
Fox Imperial

THE Age For Love" modern play
based upon the modern woman, is
the attraction for tonight only at
Fox Imperial Theatre. with an all
star cast headed by Billie Dove,
Charles Starrett, Lois Wilson, Ed
ward Everett Horton and Mary
Duncan.
Directed by Frank Lloyd and pro-
duced by United Artists, The Age
For Love, tells the troubles OF a
married couple, the cause of their
difficulties being that the husband
is submerged by the fame of his
wife who has achieved success III
the business world.
Resenting the background into
which he is cast the husband re-
volts with the result that their hith-
erto perfect romance comes peril
ously near to a smash-up
The play is based on the sensa-
tional novel of the same name by
Ernest Pascal, and has been given
high praise by dramatic critics.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-01
FINE PROGRAM
ARRANGED FOR
CHAMBER LUNCH

An unusually finep rogram has
been arranged by M. NJ. Munson,
for the El Centro Chamber of Com
merce luncheon meeting on We'd
nesday of this week. H. E. Gates,
manager of the General Electric
company at Los Angeles will be
the speaker and his subject will be
General Electric's Contribution to
Modern Living Gates is known as
a splendid and interesting speaker
and members of the chamber will
remember a talk he gave on
Thomas Edison last year, which was
outstanding. r
The El Centro Realty Board will
join with the chamber in honoring,
in addition to Gates, President Wat
son and Director Smith of the state
real estate association, visitors here
from San Francisco, who will give
brief addresses.
As the message of Gates is of
particular interest to women, Pres
ident Whitelaw, of the FL Centro
Chamber, has stated that the ladies
will be welcome at this meeting and
hopes that there will be a large
representation of El Centre house
wives. All realtors from every city
in the valley are also urged to at
tend to greet the officers of the
state real estate association and it
is expected that the attendance at
this meeting will be unusually large.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-01
Don't
Quote Me-
BY United Press

WASHINGTON, Dec. l. UP)-A
good many people in Washington
think Secretary of State StimSon
took a dressing down from the jap
anese foreign office in return for
Japanese withdrawal from the
Chinchow area of Manchuria and
that he feels he got a bargain.
To support that belief they point
to several things. One is thai
Stimson remained exceedingly calm
under the sizzling statement in
Toxic which accused him of talking
out of turn. Another is that at the
very moment the japanese foreign
office was speaking harsh words c.
Stimson, the japanese army was
withdrawing from the direction Of
ChinchoW-the thing which StimSon
insisted upon most emphatically.
In other words it may be that
Japan called Stimson names as a
screen under the protection OF
which it gave him his own way.
To understand the situation a bit
of background of politics in Japan
may be helpful. In Japan the pres
ent civil government is not nearly
so strongly NationaliStic as is the
! opposition party. The opposition
has been busy preaching strong
Nationalism ever since trouble start
ed in Manchuria. 1t has gained
much strength. 1t is entirely pos
sible that its doctrine of Nation
alism has been preached with such
| success that any indication OF
weakening in the ruling partys
policy in Manchuria would result
in overthrow of the government
Withdrawal of troops from such
places as Tsitsihar or Chin Chow
could easily be construed as evi
dence of such a weakening, under
the deft touches of opposition
spokeSmen.
So, when the government decided
it must call back at least some of
its troops, it was also faced with
the problem of saving its own life
The belief that 1t deliberately
seized an opportunity to issue a mil
liant statement directed at Secre-
! tary Stlmson is firmly held by many
shrewd observers. The fact that q
hours later the japanese foreign
office revoked" its statement seems
Of little consequence-it had shown
the people of Japan what it would
have said had Secretary Stimsoll
done the things of which he was
at first accused, and its troops were
enroute back from Chinchow.
In that connection it also is in
teresting to note that although
Stimson hurried to his office when
he heard of the statement, he lost
all signs of worry the moment he
read press reports that the troop
Withdrawals were in progress.
And q close associate of Stimson
commented:
I'VE are very little interested in
the statement of the foreign office
its the news of the troop with
drawals that's really important.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-01
Ell CentrO Girls
Reported Missing;

Los Angeles authorities today were
requested to aid the sheriff's office
here in a search for Matte Brans-
ford, IA, and Bertha Cline, 16, miss
ing from their homes in Ell Centre
since o'clock yesterday morning.
The girls are thought to be to-
gether. The Bransford girl has two
brothers living in Sawtelle, while
the other girl has a sister working
in Los Angeles.
Matte Bransford weighs 80
pounds, IS of slender build, has large
grey eyes and dark brown hair, and
was wearing a long dress, low shoes
and a green coat. The other girl
weighs l12 pounds, is tall and slen-
der and has dark eyes and dark
brown hair.
The mother of the Bransford girl
asked that her daughter be taken
into custody and held until she can
be returned home.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-01
WILSON SCHOOL

Last Tuesday some of the pupils
of Wilson went around visiting
other schools. Then on Friday we
had many visitors as we had to
make up for Tuesdays holiday
Sumiko Yano, 8-B-1.
Little Bobby was going by the pet
shop when he saw some puppies. He
went in and asked how much they
were. 1.-TWO dollars piece" was
the reply.
"Oh!" says Bobby, II don't want
a piece, I want a whole dog. -
Lucille Henderson, 8-B-1.
The 7-B-1 English class wrote 2
theme on My Favorite Picture.
wrote about the "Old Santa Fe
Trail, by James Hunter-Pur
Mite, 7-B-l.
Last Friday we had many visit
ors. In spelling Jack Hensley
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-01
New Deputies To
Register Voters

Forerunning thunder of coming
Imperial Irrigation District elec-
tions rumbled in the county clerks S
office yesterday afternon when
Edward H. Law, county clerk, ap-
pointed two deputies, for registra-
ton only and without pay.
The deputies are Josephine M
Adair and Anna w. Strickler. They
will serve until the beginning of
the new year. Although Law knew
nothing of their purpose, other
than that it is to register voters,
it is assumed their work will be
in connection with coming irriga-
ton district elections.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-01
Lost
Ask Search For
Imperial Man

Aid of deputy sheriffs in a search
for D. C. Hart of Imperial yester-
day afternoon was requested by j.
P. Hart, a relative of the missing
man.
Hart left his family destitute
November 90, officers we're told, and
has not been heard from since. He
was in Mexico, supposedly work.
ing for che Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict, when last heard of.
The missing man is 25 years old,
six feet, one inch tall, weighs 10
pounds, and has blue eyes anc dark
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-01
CHEAPER GRID TICKETS

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -U.D =
Cheaper football tickets are in pros
pect for followers of. Yale football
but not right away. The Yale Ath-
letic association intends to cut
prices when the athletic deficit is
eliminated, according to the Yale
Alumni Weekly. Tickets for Yale's
big games now cost $4 and $5, re-
gardless of whether they call for
seats on the 50-yard line or be-
hind the goal posts.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-01
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE OF
SALE.

In the Superior Court of the Coun-
ty of Imperial, State of Califor-
MA c. w. RANSOM, Plaintiff,
vs.. ROGER G.. WEBSTER and
BLANCHE S. WEBSTER, husband
and wife, F.. S. WEBSTER and
ALICE G.. WEBSTER, etc., ct al,
Defendants.
Under and by virtue of an order
Of sale and decree of foreclosure is
sued out of the Superior Court Of
the County of Imperial, State of
California, on the 30th day of Oc-
tober, 1881, in the above-entitled
action, in said Superior Court,
wherein the above-named plaintiff
obtained a judgment and decree of
foreclosure against the said Defend
ants on the 30th day of October,
1881, which said Judgment and de-
cree was on the 30th day of Octo-
ber, 1881, recorded in Judgment
book Is of said Court, at page 298,
to which judgment and decree ref
erence is hereby made for the terms,
conditions, and manner of sale, and
the amounts due, I am commanded
to sell all that certain lot, piece or
parcel of land, situate, lying, and
being in the County of Imperial,
State of California, and bounded
and described as follows:
The South half of the South
east quarter (Sl5 of the SEQ of
Section Twenty-four (24), Town
GEO. F. KAPP,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
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Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-01
COUPLE WE'D 81 YEARS

DETROIT, U.P)-Mr. and Mrs.
Anthony Weller, 90 and 90 years old.
respectively, have been husband
and wife 67 years. Fifty of their
d descendants attended their most re-
cent anniversary Natives OF Cam
ada, the couple was married N
Kitchener, Ont. They have eight
children, So grandchildren and 80
great grandchildren.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-12-01
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to express our sincere
thanks and appreciation for the
sympathy and kindness extended 20
us during the death of our dear
daughter and sister, Victoria God
man.
Mrs. Victoria Goldman and family