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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
MENCKEN PRAISES
DRY Law REPORT
Refers. SarcasticaIIy to Hoo
yer in Citing Wickersham
Difficulties.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, January 24-H l..
Mencken in a copyrighted article In
the Baltimore Evening Sun expresses
the opinion that the Wickersham Law
Enforcement Commission did an excel
be almost brilliant"
"All the editorial writer's and other
publiciSts seem to be sniffish about the
report" said the editor and critic. II
have encountered no commentary upon
1t which does not sheer at 1t for con.
fusion and inconsistency. The
plain fact is that, as state papers 60
In the United States, the report Is q
document Of manifold and unusual
merits"
Had to Keep Within Bounds.
1.-THE commission, as o commission"
said Mencken, had to keep within the
bounds of the feasible. It had to re.
member the extreme difficulty Of making
any change, whether large or small, in
the eighteenth amendment or the Vol.
stead act, and the sworn duty of Mr..
Hoover to execute both so long as they
remain upon the books.
1.-THE reports sets forth clearly that
prohibition, after IL years Of trial, is an
intolerable failure and nuisance and that
opposition to it is growing daily. It
proposes that, so long as the experiment
is continued, some effort be made to
render it more tolerable, and suggests
a number of devices to that end, all Of
them intelligent.
"And 1t recommends finally that II
they fail, too, the eighteenth amend
ment be repealed and something more
workable put in its place.
Finds Nothing Wrong.
'What is wrong with this program?
I can find nothing It Is prudent, mod
crate and free from demagogy, and IL
Mr.. Hoover's yearning to be reelected
in 1882 did not stand in the way, it
might be attainable.
ut takes into account the two salient
facts in the situation-F1rSt, that pro-
hibition Is in the Constitution and get
ting it out will be a tedious and vexa-
tious business, and, second, that the
overwhelming majority Of Americans
are implacably against 1t and will not
rest until it Is disposed Of.
These two facts are trreconcilable
and no effort is made to reconcile them
But an effort is at least made to bring
the war between them into bounds
and so civilize 1t and make 1t en-
"These immediate effects Of the re-
port will probably be small. Mr.. Hoo
yer, with his eye on 1882, has already
drawn its teeth. On the coun-
try at large, think the report is bound
to make a profound impression, once 1t
Is digested."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
POLISH CORRIDOR
QUESTION SETTLED
League Summons Govern
ment to End Connection
With Patriotic Bodies.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GENEVA, January 24.-The Coun-
Gil Of the League Of Nations topped off
q week Of laborious sessions tonight by
composing the inflammatory German
Polish minority question with q settle
ment hailed in Geneva as one of the
most important decisions Of the League
in recent years.
In effect the council unanimously
condemned the activities of certain pa
triotic organizations in Poland, which
were charged with violent acts against
the German minority, and summoned
the Polish government to break OF all
connections with these bodies.
Further, the Warsaw government was
asked to report to the council before
its session next May what measures had
been taken to execute the Leagues
| mandate.
In addition to its action on the
minorities question, the council issued
call for q world disarmament con-
ference to begin February 2, 1882.
Geneva was named as the site for the
parley, providing arrangement can be
made in advance for the proper hous-
ing and entertainment of the hundreds
Of delegates, observers and newspaper
men who will attend.
Adopt Opium Report.
Another decision was the adoption of
the report of the Opium Advisory Com
mittee, providing that the Interna-
tioal Opium Conference May ~ shall
consider revision of the present mar
cotic treaty so as to include all
narcotic drugs, and leaving the con-
ference free to consider all schemes
for limitation Of production and export.
! The German Polish settlement,
League quarters believe, will have a
wholesome effect on the whole Of trou-
bled Europe. The question has been
one of the gravest to come before re-
cent sessions of the Council, and any
miSStep in treating it was considered
fraught with possibilities of serious
danger.
Henderson CongratuIates Body.
Summarizing the results Of the de-
ciSion, Foreign Minister Arthur Hender-
son of Great Britain, president of the
Council, congratulated that body and
the Polish and German members for
an agreement which, he said, was vital
to the maintenance Of peace.
He appealed to both the Polish ma
jority and German minority in Silesia
to recognize that it is in their true
interests to cooperate loyalty with the
government under which they must
live"
At the request Of representatives of
Peru, Venezuela and Guatemala, the
Council decided tonight to place the
question Of nationality Of wives on the
agenda for the next meeting of the
Assembly Of the League In September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
Women Demand Vote.

MEXICO CITY, January "a R.-
Two thousand women held a public
protest meeting today in Juchitan,
State of Oaxca, and issued a manifesto
refusing recognition OF the municipal
authorities.
The action was taken as a result of
police interference in a street manifes-
tation of women, several of whom were
arrested. The women demanded the
right to participate in the election of
municipal authorities, refusing other
wise to consider them legally elected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
PROBE is REQUESTED
Governor Asks That Charge of
Maladministration Be
Investigated.
Nv the Associated Pres.

~ the Associated Press.
DIES MONIES, Iowa, January "a
Investigation Of charges of maladmir1s-
tration of the University of Iowa by
Joint Legislative Committee was re-
quested today by Gov. Dan Turner in
q message to the General Assembly.
The Governor said the charges were
grave, "alleging irregularities too serious
to be tolerated II true"
His request followed series Of ar
ticles in the Cedar Rapids Gazette
Republican, charging irregularities in
the administration of the university.
While Gov Turner refused to COM
ment further, it was indicated the
charges dealt TO some extent with the
method of handling finances.
President Walter A. Jessup of the
university, w J. McChesney, its
treasurer, and George T. Baker of
Davenport, president Of the State Board
of Education, said they welcomed an
investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
TO FEED GAME AND SONG BIRDS
On Verge of Starvation Because of Drought and Cold
Lecompte Says

throughout the entire continent east Of
the Rocky Mountain Range" LeCompte
added:
"OrchardistS and those interested in
the growing of forests need the pres
ence of bird life 365 days in a year, If
possible, while the hunter is permitted
only about 40 days season to hunt the
game birds, and unless the public in
general responds to our appeal, the ag-
riculturists will not receive the benefit
of the presence of the birds and the
hunters of our State cannot expect a
bountiful supply of game when they go
afield during the season of 1881.
1.-The game division of the conServa-
ton department of Maryland, through
the district deputy game wardens Of
the 20 counties, viii furnish seed gratis
to those interested who are not able or
willing to provide it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
RUBENS FUNERAL HELD
Nearly 1000 Admirers, Including
Screen Celebrities, Attend.

LOS ANGELES, January "a CP-
Funeral services were held for Alma
Rubens today while nearly 1000 ad-
mirers Of the brunette beauty Of the
screen stood nearby
Within the chapel, SO friends gath
cred. Among them were Marion Da-
vies, the film celebrity, and the former
film star, Claire Windsor. Ricardo
CorteZ, estranged husband of the ac-
tresS, stood at her bier.
Miss RubenS died suddenly last We'd
nesday from pneumonia. Her body will
be sent to Fresno, Calf, to be placed
in family crypt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
DISPUTES RIGHT TO FORCE
VACCINATION IN SCHOOLS
Chicago Secretary of Taxpayers
League Files Suit Against City
Health Commissioner.
BY the Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
CHICAGO, January 24.-The right
of school and health officials to force
children to submit to vaccination was
questioned today by Mrs Helene B.
Joseph, secretary Of the Taxpayers and
Voters League.
She filed suit for an Injunction
against DR.. Arnold H. Kegel, city health
commissioner, and DR.. Isaac D. Rawl-
ings, head of the bureau of commun-
icable diseases, to restrain them from
forcing children, under threats of ex-
pulsion from school, to submit to vac
cinations.
She alleged the State Supreme Court
recently ruled there is no law by which
authorities may force vaccinations
upon children without the consent of
their parents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
Workers Army Disbands.

DUNCAN, Okla. January "a DR.
The working mans army" Organized
here two weeks ago to demand an
equitable distribution Of wealth.. dis
banded today.
Members failed to name a chairman
to succeed Willis Bonner, who resigned,
saying that apparently the time was
not ripe for an organization Of working
men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
TINKHAM LAYS CANNON
CHARGES BEFORE NYE
Senate Committee VIII Consider
Complaints to Determine Course
of Action.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Representative Tinkham, Republican,
Massachusetts,, has laid before the Sem
ate Campaign Funds Committee, the
charges he made before the Senate
Lobby Committee and in the House
regarding the handling by Bishop James
Cannon, jr., of anti-Smith campaign
funds in Virginia in the 1928 election.
Chairman Nye will place the COM
plants before his committee next week
to determine whether they should be
investigated under the new power lodged
in the committee under the recently
adopted resolution Of Senator Glass,
Democrat, Virginia.
Nye said he personally believed the
charges Ilecessitated an investigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
ART TO BE EXHIBITED
Watercolors and Etchings at How.
ard University Tuesday.

Water colors by r. Bruce Horsfall Of
Nature Magazine will 60 on exhibition
at Howard University Gallery of Art
Tuesday. Etchings by Nelson B. Moore
also will be shown for two weeks, ac-
cording to the plans by Prof. j. v. Her
ring. In the display will be birds,
flowers and some wild animals, which
have made Horsfall so widely known.
The public Is invited to the gallery,
which is at Sixth street and Howard
place. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
Special Dispatch to The star.

~F0V1"@ 017T7VV11 70 11o S5~1'
BALTIMORE, January 24.-State
Game Warden E. Lee LeCompte yester-
day issued another appeal to Maryland
of whom are on the verge of starva-
ton due to the frozen ground and their
inability to secure natural feed.
Scientific investigations, he pointed
out, have proved that agriculturist, or
chardistS and those interested in the
growing of forests are compelled by ma
ture to have the presence of birds,
game, song and insectivorous, to assist
them in combating the insect pests
which prevail throughout this CONT
nent.
1.-THE drought of 1880 has seriously
affected our wild life supply" LeCompte
declared. mot only In Maryland, but
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
SMOKE CAUSES ARRESTS

Two Post Collateral Under ordi-
nance Against Excess.
Two brokers. JaSiale Franklin Ella
IS years old. OF 1920 New York avenue.
and Lewis William Richardson, 80, of
BIS Fifteenth street, were arrested by
Policeman r. H. MCGEE yesterday for
violating the District ordinance against
excessive smoke emitting from build
ings. They. posted $40 collateral for
their release at the first precinct sta
ton and declared their intentions of
FORGETTING the bond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
Premature Spring
Visits NOrthIand as
Temperature Hits 40
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ST. PAUL, January pa pre-
mature Spring left its visiting
card over the Northland today.
Farmers slushed about barn
lots, preparing for Spring seed
ing. Bees buzzed. Robins were
seen everywhere. Boys played
marbles.
Temperatures at 40 were the
usual thing. In Southern Min
nesota it was 53--a peat bog fire,
frozen out, smoldered anew.
At Bemidji, up near Canada, 1t
was 38. A year ago today the
town tingled at 80 below.
Over the Dakotas the sun
smiled warmly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25

to artistic use,
along with the
singing voice
of one of the
members, this
orchestra of
flaming haired
young women
makes use OF
musical ma
terial in a
most noncha-
liant way ana
the result is
melody. The
leader, M S s
Bobbie Grice,
introduces the
original i'd e q
technique of
q college cheer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
DR.. THOMAS H. HEALY
TO GET CUBAN HONOR
Assistant Dean of Georgetown For.
eign Service School to Receive
Order Tomorrow.

The Order Of Carlos Manuel de Ces-
pedes will be bestowed upon DR.. Thomas
H. Healy, assistant dean Of the School
of Foreign Service of Georgetown Uni
versity, tomorrow at the Cuban embaSy.
Presentation of the decoration, In
recognition of DR.. Healy's contributions
to the advancement Of Cuban culture,
will follow luncheon given in his honor
by Ambassador Orestes Ferrara and
Sonora de Ferrara. A number Of prom
inent women Of Washingtons diplomatic
and educational circles have been in
vited to participate in the function.
DR.. Healy is associate professor Of
international law at the GEORGETOWN
School and has given considerable at
tention to Cuban affairs and to inter-
national relations bearing upon Latin
America generally. He Is q native Of
Washington and graduate Of the George
town Law School as well as Georgetown
College.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
TAXI DRIVER SOUGHT
Police Say Chauffeur Disappeared
After Collision.

Police last night were seeking a tax
cab driver who abandoned his machine
and fled after it had crashed into a
tree following a collision with another
automobile at Seventeenth and B streets
The cab, which had the word home
inscribed on either side, crashed into
an automobile driven by Julian Dorsey
400 H street southeast, last night. AL
though his car overturned Dorsey
escaped injury, according to police.
After striking Dorsey'S machine, the
taxi careened across small parkway
and crashed into a tree about 100 feet
farther on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
Mexican Volcano Active.

OAxACA CITY, Mexico, January "a
R).-Volcanic action in hills between
San Andres Chicahuaxtla and Cabecera
Nueva, 200 miles Northwest of here,
was evidenced today with eruption of
several boulders and the opening Of
earth cracks from which gases and
smoke issued s.1. -
The inhabitants ned b panic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
SILVER FOUND IN JUNGLE
Treasure Hunters Reporting Sue
cess From Panama Trip.

BOSTON, January "a (P).-A party
Of treasure hunters that left Boston
December 5 for Panama has reported
finding a rich silver deposit in the
Panaman jungle, in letter made public
here today.
The adventures reported that the
silver deposit was discovered in the side
of a big hill which has an active vol
cano at its summit Samples. are being
taken to Panama City to be assayed.
Tia party reports being on excellent
ter7EB with officials and nativeA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
DISTRICT NATIONAL BOARD
TO HOLD SESSION HERE

DoI0BdICs EIUM Every 6CdLe EX-
pected, Beginning Tomorrow,
to Attend Meeting.
A three-day meeting Of the National
Board of Management Of the National
Society, Daughters Of the American
Revolution, viii open here tomorrow.
Delegates from every State In the Union
are expected to attend the sessions,
The Executive Committee will meet
tomorrow and other sessions are SEIZED.
uled for Tuesday and Wednesday. Par.
ticipation IN the yorktown Sesquicen-
tennial celebration viii be discussed at
a meeting of the Yorktown Committee.
OF which Mrs. James T. Morris is chair
man.. This session is scheduled for
Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25

Utilization Of streams for irrigation
as well as hydroeiectric power is being
studied by the Spanish government.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington 5 Theaters.


A N act that stopped the show
~ last evening at the Earle
"A Theater contributes in a
4 u most important way to the
quality of the weeks pro-
gram. Identified as THE Fourteen
Brick Tops" and playing a variety
of instruments, all Of which are put
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-25
Moran and DreSsIer Stir
Columbia Audiences.

THAT priceless pair, Polly Moran
and Marie Dressler, have again
combined to produce one Of those
much too rare cinema achievements
"a really funny comedy.
Not a dragging moment can be
complained Of in Reducing" the
latest laughter-provoking vehicle Of
those two i0yeabie, 1auglable old
girls. Moran and Dressler, which Is
The Washington times., 1931-10-17
"142O CHAPLIN ST. NV"

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ure), $3.50. 3 rooms and bath
frigeration on house current.
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Rentals
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SOLICITORS. CANVASSERS,
AGENTS So

CANVASSERS-T0 sell neckties: an excep
tional opportunity 1909 St. N w