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The Washington times., 1931-02-14

Around
Radio
Dial

GuSlI16STS Oh Jue NdGlOLldA 0AOaA-
casting Company in New York to-
day ordered the company's Wash
ington office to trace the origin
Of unusual noises which threat
ened to mar the address Of Presi-
dent Hoover when he was speak
ing on Lincoln" from the White
House Thursday night.
Investigation disclosed the noise
originated in the White House.
At 1906 p. m, just as the Presi-
dent was in the midst Of his
speech, chimes were heard in the
Lincoln study, from where the
President was speaking. The
chimes came from a clock on the
mantlepiece in the room, the same
clock which was used by Lincoln.
The chimes were loud enough to
be heard over the air.
It was further learned that the
clock was six minutes slow, the
chimes sounding 10 times for 10
o'clock.
A silent" manuscript, guar
anteed crackle-proof, has been de-
veloped for the use Of DR.. Julius
Klein, Assistant Secretary Of
Commerce, for his weekly talks
over the Columbia network locally
from WMAL.
The textile division, of the De-
partment of Commerce, which
conducts experiments to find new
uses for cotton, co-operated with
cotton manufacturers in the de-
velopment Of the product. It is a
cotton-processed fabric, soft and
pliable, on which addresses may
be typed or written in ink with
out blurring.
The advantage of the new
paper" is that it eliminates the
cracking and ruStling noises of
manuscripts that are carried over
the air in annoying volume.
Practiced radio speakers gingerly
lift each piece of manuscript as
it is read and set it noiselessly
on the floor.
The remarks of less experienced
speakers, however, frequently are
heard to the accompaniment of a
loud rattling of their papers.
Ambassador Paul Claudel of
France will voice the tribute of
the French nation on George
WaShington'S Birthday during an
Army Band program over the Co
lumbia Broadcasting System from
Washington, February %, 9 to
$50 p. m.
The band will play a special
program including music of the
Observation-Disclosures era, and the
diplomat will speak briefly in both
English and French. Ambassador
Claudel's greeting will be re-
Sponded to by G. BaScom Slemp,
American High Commissioner to
the International Colonial and
Overseas Exposition, to be held in
Paris, May i to October 81.
Playwright John Drinkwater,
who yielded his scheduled Thurs
day time from London in order to
smooth the air lanes for the
Pope'S broadcast, will be heard
from across the seas tomorrow.
He will pay his tribute to Abra-
ham Lincoln from England over
the Columbia network at 1890
p. m.
Helen Hayes, star of the Lon
don drawing-room comedy, "Petti-
coat Influence" will broadcast
over the WABC- Columbia network
on Thursday, February 10, at II
a. M, on the Five Arts program
Of the Radio Home-Makers' Club.
Miss Hayes first appeared on
The Washington times., 1931-02-14
DEATHS

HODGKINS. HOWARD LINCOLN-Passed
away on Friday evening. February IL,
1881, at George Washington University
hSspt1 tbe beoyed husband Of Marie Wilkinson
HOdgkins, in the sixty-ninth year of his
age. Besides his wife. he is survived by
two sons, Howard W. Hodgkins and George
kins, and a brother. H. Grant Hodgl!ins
Remains resting at the W. W. Chambers
Co. funeral home. 14O0 Chaplin Street
Funeral services will be conducted on
Sunday afternoon February l5,. 1881, at
3 80 o'clock at Corcoran Hail. George
Washington University. Kindly omit
flowers.
NELSON. WALTER-Departed this life. on
residence. 626 Thirteenth Street Northeast,
WALTER NELSON. the beloved husband
of Carlean Nelson and devoted son OF
Estelle Nelson. Besides his wife and
mother. he leaves to mourn his departure
four brothers. two sisters.
Notice of funeral services and intermeht
will. be announced hereafter. Remains
resting at the W. Ernest Jarvis funeral
RABE, EMMA ELIZABETH-Passed away
residence. l722 D Street Southeast. EMMA
ELIZABETH .RABE -(nee Pumphrey), be-
loved wife of John L. Rabe; &c..
her late residence, on Monday; February
10. 1881, at IL 80 a. m. Relatives and
friends are invited to attend. lnterment
at Potomac. Md.
YOUNG. WILLIAM K.-Departed this life
1891. WILLIAM K. YOUNG.
FI11eral services will be conducted from
the W. W, Chambers Co. funeral home
400 Chaplin Street Northwest, on, on Sstur; 3
o'clock. Interment will follow at Mount
Carmel Cemetery. Nd.
The Washington times., 1931-02-14

131Ok-WOL-229n,
S:3O-Good Afternoon.
4:O0-Lorna Ellis, pianist.
4:1k-Waltz Time.
4:45-Dance Music.
5:OO-Early Aviation about Washing
ton by Edward H. Young.
6:15-Alvin Thaden, entertainer.
5:30-Opportunities.
5:55-Public Service Man.
6:OO-Walter T. Holt, Mandolin and
Guitar Ensemble.
S:30-Aerial Columnist.
6:35-Tropical Serenaders.
6:55-Dinner Music.
7:2O--Late News Flashes from The
Washington Herald.
7:S0-Jack Ralston's Orchestra.
I46Ok-WJSV-2O5n1
3:OO-Ryder Violin Ensemble.
3:30-Mother Goose party.
4:O0-Falls Church PIT. A
4:30-Memory Boys.
5:00-Science and history.
5:15-Along Route SO.
7:OO-Myer Goldman's Orchestra.
7:34-Two-Eleven.
8:00-Front Line Of Politics.
S:15-Gretta Ludwig.
S:30-Sunday School lesson.
9:00-Ma Brown.
9:15-Pa Brown and His Brownies.
9:45-Emerson Johnson Jubilee Singers.
10:30-Emery Dougherty's Orchestra.
The Washington times., 1931-02-14
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
MRS. LAURA F. YoLKMAN

The funeral Of Mrs. Laura F.
Volkman, 81, one Of the Oldest
residents of Washington and the
widow of Henry c. Volkman, who
died here about 20 years ago, will
be conducted Monday at 2 o'clock
from the family residence, 1921
Newark st. N. w. Interment will
be in Prospect Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Volkman, born in Balti-
more and married in that city,
came to Washington in 1861. She
saw the inaugurationS Of Abra-
ham Lincoln and that of every
President since that time. She
is survived by seven children and
numerous grandchildren and
great-grand. children. Among her
grand children is Brooke Johns,
the musical comedy star and
banjoist.
Her surviving children are Mrs.
Franklin G. Williams; Mrs. L. C.
Rosenbusch; Mrs. r. C. Rozwee;
Mrs. Amelia Johns; Harry Volk-
man, William A. Volkman and
Frank Volkman, all residents of
the National Capital. Mrs. Volk-
man had a wide acquaintance in
the Georgetown section of the
city where she long lived.
The Washington times., 1931-02-14

Apartments in all sections Of WASH
ingtOn can be located through the
Classified Ads.
The Washington times., 1931-02-14

Helen Hayes, star of the Lon
don drawing-room comedy, "Petti-
coat Influence" will broadcast
over the WABC- Columbia network
on Thursday, February 19, at II
a. m, on the Five Arts program
Of the Radio Home-Makers Club.
Miss Hayes first appeared on
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-10-01
WHY? WHY? WHY i?

TIME AGAINST PROHIBITION AMENDMENT, in
report filed with the Clerk Of the House September 22 for
- the period from January August 81 1881 reported total
receipts of $41O7e9 and expenditures of 1891 658.
Among larger contributors r. Crane Jr Chicago
Illinois, $3OOOO DUPONT Wilmington Delaware $3OOOO
DUPONT Wilmington Delaware $4,000; Pierre S. DUPONT Will
mingon, Delaware $4,000 Stanley Field Chicago $4,000 Ed
New York. $3OOOO Arthur Curtis James, New
York $25OOO Miss Annie Jennings New York ST. 00 William
S. Knudn Detroit, Michigan $1,000; Arthur Lyman Boston,
So Pennsylvania Association Against the Prohibition Amend
men Phlad pha $1956O Thomas w Phillips Jr Butler Penn
syvnia 500 John Raskob New York S4o0oo Mrs Edith
Gerg Canaan Connecticut 2OO and ST 900 each from
following: Harry c. Black Baltimore Maryland; Mrs Mary
Brewster Jennings New York; Oliver G. Jennings New York;
Page Bristol Connct Charles E. Perkins, Santa Bar
bara Calf. and F. W. Roebng, Jr. Trenton New jersey
THE UNITED STATES DAILY, Sept %, 1881.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1931-10-01
Is This the Answer !?

IN memorandum signed by Wm H. Sayton secretary Of the
against the Prohibition Amendment subpoenoed
By United States Senate Lobby Investigation Committee and
reported IN the records the Hearings pages appears the
oo0ing suggestion By Mr. Saton of one appeal to be m
cuded letter asking support big income t0r OF the anti
prohibition fight Irene DUPONT of the big donors listed aboOe
"Irenee duPonts statement that of his companies
would 900 corporation tax we should have
say, the British tax on beer.
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presumably will be, they will take an
appeal and so endeavor to prolong the
case. leaving the hideous creature at
liberty for an indefinite period, leering
and grinning at the law in contemptu-
GUS defiance.
The shame is that Chicago has not
caught this brigand in its own legal
net and long since sent him to his de-
served punishment. The shame is that
the State of Illinois has not handled
TIE case of common felon. The
shame is that the law has failed ut
terly to cope with the creature whose
hirelings have slain and robbed and
mutiIated offenders against his own
bandit rule. No matter how satisfactory
will be the eventual incarceration Of
Capcne in Federal prison for the
failure to make an income tax return.
as technical means to the end of get
ting him in jail, there will remain the
sense that the law has failed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-19
Lincoln's Birthplace
Minor Item in Greatness

From the Columbus Ohio State Journal.
Poor Abraham Lincoln! He is the
means by which many another man
has broken into print to gain O mo-
mentary fame Now comes Judge
Harvey H. Smith, 20, and retired, who,
in the New York Evening Post, has
said that the Great Emancipator was
not born in q one-room log cabin. 1t
is one Of the costs Of greatness, we
suppose, to have the facts of ones life
picked over by all Corners. But what
If Lincoln wasn't born in q one-room
log cabin and did see the light Of day
first In O comfortable two-roorn house,
and what II his father wasn't as poor
a. popular history has indicated, but
really was comfortably fixed7 It
doesn't prove anything, and 1t doesn't
Lincolns greatness comes not from
whether he was born in a log cabin
or not, but in the work that he did
and the manner in which he accom-
plished it. Shorn Of all little details
which make interesting, although not
particularly important, reading, bereft
of all Interpretation, he still remains a
great man, a man who no doubt al
tered the course of American and to
an extent world history. Millions of
people have felt his influence or have
been affected by the acts of his ad-
ministration. In life and in death he
has been both revered and vilified,
but that doesn't change his signifi-
canoe. Nor does the fact, II It Is a
fact, that he was born in q two-room
house instead OF one-room log cabin
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Pepper Martin, Public Hero,
Stirs New Interest in Game

PLAYERS. minor pugilists and fancy ice
skaters" the Baltimore Sun describes
the rise to fame Of the st. Louis player:
mo Red Grange, Bobby Jones or Jack
Dempsey has ever set America by the
ears as the young st. Louis base ball
player has done in this world series.
Day after day sports writer's have talked
of him in terms arranged on an as
cending scale And for once they have
not exaggerated. When a newspaper
headlined its report of the game the
other afternoon Martin Beats Ath
letics, 5-1.' it was entirely right. This
Pepper Martin stole the whole show in
manner which even Ty Cobb and
Babe Ruth could never manage"
Another game was played, just as
the Pepper knew" comments the Al
lentown Morning Call land. as he
feared. he not only went hitless, but
Gid not get a chance to display that
daring which. up to that time, had been
the despair OF his opponents. His bat
ting average fell. he made no hit. In
fact, he did just nothing. The day of
the athletic hero is short-lived. There
is no idol that so swiftly and COM
pletely disintegrates as the athletic idol.
The Pepper might just as well have
taken full advantage of the adulations.
He has been on enough base ball lots
to know how crowds act everywhere
toward the ball player. AS long as
the produces the cheers rise to high
heaven. The instant he fails. Back to
the bush leagueS!' is the cry"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-19

Some time ago we told here CT a
small spider which lived on a barome-
ter.
Today We have to offer large spider
WHICH Lives on q Sun-dial. He has been
there for about 2 months.
The dial is Of the conventional bronze,
and the spider, sort Of chameleon
spider, evidently, Is a perfect match
He lives, as far as our observation
goes. in depression at the extreme end
OF the gnomon, into which he fits eX-
actly.
The gnomon of a sun-dial, in case it
Is one Of the few facts the reader does
net know-for every one knows every
thing nowadayS-is the upright piece
dial. ~ VI '
1t Is pointed due north, and has an
upward inclination of so many degrees,
we forget eXatcly how many, but per-
haps As or there abouts.
The dial itself Is affixed to the top
of an old tree trunk. abcut 80 inches
high 1t was once flourishing tree,
until an ice cream man thoughtlessly
empticd the water from a freezer at the
base.
Today it makes an effective and pic
turesquc sun-dial shaft, one exactly
proportioned to the residence Of garden
spiders.
4 X 4 X
This fellow has two sets of double
legs at the rear. So close together that
the separate members of each pair seem
to have a common origin.
AS for the rest of him, he is a great
deal like ordinary spiders, except for
his coloration. This, as stated, is a per-
feet bronze, light bronze rather than
dark one.
The consistency of this creature is
milky, If one may put it that way. De-
spite his color, he is in a measure trans
parent.
Every time we pass the dial, We look
for the spider. and he is always there
He rs there in the morning. in the after
noon, in the evening. If he leaves his
den or observation tower. or whatever
he thinks it is, he must do 1t at night.
Heavy evidences OF a web, however
at the base of the shaft which is
thickly planted with iris and on which
a vine climbs. make one believe that
he dimes elsewhere.
The neatneSs with which he fits him
self into the side depression of the
gnomon would seem to be more than
coincidence. Like his coloration. this
fine fit appears to be an adaptation.
The gnomon is rather long and wide
anu us Oll DOlIl sues, Is ue-
pressed. Into this depression the spider
has fitted himself, until he seems as If
made for this one position in life
His long legs. or sets of legs. trail out
, below. and his body. rather on the stout
side. almost fills the width of the con-
cavity.
His head, or what there is of it. fits
into the upper part. the highest. point
ing aloft. So far, we have never OBJ
served the insect on the west side of
the gnomon. but solely on the east,
where. no doubt, he is safe from winds.
Wondering what he did with himself
during rains, we went out the other
evening, upon the occasion of the first
rain in weeks, to watch his antics.
Hitherto he had seemed lethargic. II
one touched the dial. he gave no sign.
II one raped severely upon it with a
finger. he might condescend to wiggle
few legs, but nothing more.
X \
As the raindrops began to patter
down. old Mr.. Spider moved first one
leg then another.
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Thomas Alva Edison.

II 1t were permitted to the eulogist
OF Thomas A. Edison to name but one
OF his achievements in an appraisal of
his services to mankind, difficulty
would be met in selecting that single
contribution. For he gave so much to
the world that choice becomes a mat
ter of balancing values. Yet if that
choice must be made, it will probably
fall upon the incandescent electric
light, EdiSon's earliest revolutionary
discovery. And 1t is not alone because
of the value of that form Of illumina-
ton, which Is incalculable, that it is
to be placed foremost in the long list
OF wonders wrought in the Edison lab
oratory For the search for a filament
which would glow with the heat caused
by the passage of an electric current
vas characteristic Of EGison's genius for
taking infinite pains, his patience and
his Unsuitable curiosity regarding the
qualities OF the elements of nature.
Therein lay the mans supremacy In the
field of invention, in which he wrought
for so many years and from which
have come such marvels.
Consider this list of Edison's accom-
plishments, 50 incomplete as to be
barely a beginning of enumeration:
The incandescent lamp, the phono-
graph, the carbon telephone transmit
ter, the microphone, the motion picture,
the multiple transmission system Of te-
legraphy. With one exception these
were all back in the seventies of the
preceding century, that exception be-
ing the motion picture camera and
protector, which came in 1894. Those
were wonderful years. the decade of
seventy-eighty, years of geat impulses
and advances, revolutionary time in
the mechanic arts. The world stepped
out of its trammels and gained in
vision and hearing and understanding,
in communication and illumination.
Edison brought 80 much Of this i'm
provement that he has been called
blessed by countless millions in his own
time, and these benedictions viii pass
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-19
WASHINGTON OBSERVATIONS
BY FREDERIC FILLIAM FILE.

might be the better part Of a mile long
and require a reader to hire taxi in
order to take it all in. The House
That Herbert Built" is one suggestion
that still has its supporters, as an ap-
propriate label for the department that
grew from an acorn into a tall oak un-
der Hoover'S aegis.
X
The White House has an official organ
all its own. It's called White House
Conference Happenings" No. 2, for
october, is just of the press. The
happenings in question are those con-
cerned with the Conference on Child
Health and Protection called by Presi-
dent Hoover in November. 1890 The
bulletin is to be issued from time to
time" Printed in handy newspaper
fashion, it reflects the practiced jour-
who succeeded French Strother as Mr..
Hoover's research secretary, with the
Child Welfare Conference as his par
ticular charge.
The Victor L. Berger National
Foundation. formed to commemorate
the first Socialist elected to the United
states Congress, will make its public
debut in Washington on the evening of
November 19. The occasion will be a
joint debate between Representative
Hamilton Fish, jr.. and Norman Thomas
on the subject, rs Capitalism Worth
Saving?" Fish will say "Yes!" and the
late Socialist candidate for the presi-
dency will rebuff with mol"
+ X
Cuban Opposition News Agency" is
the title Of vigorous new organiza-
ton now stripped for action in WASH
1ngton. Its purpose is to educate the
american people into comprehending
the iniquities of the Machado govern
ment at Havana. One of the agency's
latest productions along that line is the
disclosure that former President Mario
Menocal, Cornell University graduate.
who brought Cuba into the World War
the day following Americas entry. is
suffering cruel punishment in the
vaults of the Cuban military fortress,
where he was incarcerated last Sum-
mer. For the greater part of the past
two months. Menocal has been held in
communicate, not being permitted to
see his friends. his family, or his at
torneys. Only within the past few days
has the Machado cabinet given Menocal
the-privilege Of receiving visits from his
wife.
(Copyright, 1887
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-19
A Test of Patriotism.

During the next six weeks Americans
are to undergo test of citizenship and
patriotism. They are called upon in
that period to raise and contribute
funds for the relief Of the unemployed
and the distresse' during the coming
Winter. The duty is as important. the
crisis as grave as though the country
were at war. The depression in bust
ness has brought to misery and want
men and women through no fault Of
their own. The suffering rests not
upon men of military age alone, but
upon women and children, the aged
and the infirm.
President Hoover in a radio address
broadcast throughout the Nation last
night launched the actual drive for
funds, which is to be carried forward
in every section and community in the
United States. The President has
created national committee under the
leadership of Walter Clifford which is
cooperating with State and local or
CARNATIONS in the effort to prevent Suf-
fering in this country. Into the great
network of charitable endeavor have
been drawn organizations, many of
them long established, in every State
and city and town of the Union. The
function Of the national organization
is to aid these organizations in the
conduct of the drive and to bring about
Of -LaI
country.
The battle against want and misery
brought on by depression and unem-
ployment is being waged in the homes
is involved. The struggle calls for the
best efforts of all Americans. President
Hoover rightly said in his address last
night that mo one with a spark Of
human sympathy can contemplate I'M
moved the possibilities of suffering that
can crush many of our unfortunate fell
low Americans If we fail them"
The appeal of the President is to
the individual American to do his full
duty in this emergency. Every one
must enlist in this army of relief. I'm
less the voluntary aid is sufficient a
draft will be necessary. For no one
believes that the President or the
American people will acquiesce in a
period of terrible suffering for thou
sands of our people. The draft in this
instance means a Federal dole" 1t
means that taxes will have to be levied
to raise the money to feed and clothe
the unemployed and the poor. 1t
means that list Of Americans running
perhaps into the millions will be
placed on the Government lists for the
dole. And in the end, if experience in
other countries may be taken as cri-
terion, the dole will be saddled perma-
nently upon the Nation, fostering I'M
employment rather than relieving it. -.
Americans have always responded in
the past to call to duty. They have
faced each new emergency with courage
and have overcome tremendous OBJ
stacleS in the path of the courftry's
progress. They will not fail today.
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Capone's Conviction.

Conviction in Chicago of Alphonse
Capone of violation of the Federal in
come tax law may perhaps be viewed as
a triumph Of justice" in that 1t is
step toward the Imprisonment of a man
who has defied the laws braZenly and
brutally, and has lived by crime and
grown rich by murderous banditry. But
it is none the less sad reflection upon
the State and the city in which he has
practlced his thieving, murderous pro-
fession. 1t is a travesty upon the law
that apparently the only way in which
this marauder, gang leader, assassin by
proxy, racketeer and blackmailer can
be reached for punishment is through
the technically of trifling with the
statute which requires statement of
income for purposes Of taxation.
Capones guilt Of the charge brought
Against him in this case was virtually
confessed in his unsuccessful efforts to
"adjust" rs taxes. The fact that he
enjoyed an enormous revenue from his
various crooked and criminal enter
prises was patent and there was no dis
quite as to his failure to make return
to the Government. Yet even in this
trial, which seemed to be merely a
formality, effort was impudently made
to deny that the revenue was 'lsgiti-
mate" on the ground that it was from
gambling and Furthermore that a great
part of it was squandered in losing bets
on the horses. Now Capone's attorneys
are making a motion to set aside the
verdict on the ground Of inconsistency
based upon the fact that he was ac-
quilted Of some of the charges but con-
victed Of others Of similar nature
Ind yhen this motion u denied - h