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The Washington times., 1931-05-25
VOTERS To ACT
At SPECIAL
ELECTION
New Code to Allow Sunday
Movies, Baseball; Lords Day
Alliance WithhoIdS Action

BALTIMORE, May 25.-Empow-
cred by the last session of the
legislature to draw up a new code
and submit it to the voters, the
newly-elected city council met to-
day to draft laws "liberalizing"
the ancient blue laws.
The revised code will be placed
before the voters at a special
election this fall, and there it
little chan'e that it will not be
ratified.
The new laws, it . is believed
will allow Sunday baseball, NOV
ing pictures and other amuse-
ments and will also do away
with many Of the restrictions on
Storekeepers.
Practically every member of
the council stated prior to cleo
tion that he favored abolishing
the ancient Blue Laws.
The Lords Day Alliance. which
attacked the legislature for per-
mitting Baltimore to vote on such
a course, will take no action at
the present time, awaiting the
new code before opening its bat
tie to prevent the passing Of the
rigid Blue Laws.
The Washington times., 1931-05-25
BOARD ACTION
. PROTESTED

A giant mass meeting of citi-
Zens of Falls Church, Va, will
be held tonight in the audi
torium of the Madison School
in protest against the failure of
the school board to reappoint
two members of the faculty of
the Madison School for next
term.
The meeting has been arranged
by the three citizens associations
in the town who are leading the
movement to have the school
board reconsider its action.
The two teachers who were
not appointed by the board are
Miss Mary Upson and Miss Alice
Williams.
The teachers have been at
Falls Church for past two years
and are extremely popular with
both the pupils and parents.
The Northwest Citizens Asso-
citation. the East Falls Church
CiGizfas Association and the Col
umbia Street Citizens Association
have gone on record as protest
ing the boards action.
The Washington times., 1931-05-25
Photo by International

Pleas of European interests for
cancellation of World War debts
as relief for international de-
preston today found bellig,
erent congressional group in
arms.
Charging the American tax,
payers were losing approximately
$240,000,000 a year on debt set
Elements already negotiated, Sena,
tor Howell (RD of Nebraska, re-
opened the fight against cancel
lation.
He declared the American Gov
ernment in it's settlements had
cancelled $4,000, 100000 of war
debts, requiring only the payment
of interest on the debt for 81
years.
Howell said the American Gov
ernment was paying 4, or more,
per cent interest on the loans,
while the debtor nations were
paying this nation but 2.64 per
cent.
The Nebraskan warned Con-
gress and the people that can
collation. of these interest pay
ments from the European debtor
nations would compel the Ameri-
can people to bear the burden of
retiring $4,000, 100000 in Liberty
Loan bonds but to pay interest
charges on the bond issues until
the bonds were retired.
He said this interest totalled
$3.50 900, 900 last year.
The Washington times., 1931-05-25
NEGROES SHIFT
FROM c. D. P.
ST|RS CHIEFS
CoIored Leaders Urged to Get
Together in Order to Hold
Voters in Lineup

With no prospect of more
jobs unGer the present Hoover
administration. negro political
leaders, divided factionally since
the last presidential election,
were being urged today by
prominent nonleaders and voters
to get together and formulate
plans for the 1882 campaign.
The chief problem now con-
fronting the colored leaders is
organizing the large number of
voters who have migrated from
the South within the last decade
to sections above the Mason and
Dixon Line.
Alarmed by Defeats
Illinois and Ohio in the West
and New York, Pennsylvania and
New Jersey in the East are now
the most perplexing problems
confronting the Republican party.
Recent victories in those States
by the Democratic party are caus-
ing much alarm over holding the
COlOred vote.
1t is said that Pennsylvania has
nearly 100000 colored voters with
about one-third of that number
in Philadelphia. In New York
city, whose colored population is
100000, the negro almost unani-
mously votes the Democratic
ticket.
The swing of the negro voter to
the Democratic party was clearly
seen in the recent Baltimore city
election, where two colored mem
bers of the city council in strictly
colored districts were overwhelm-
ingly defeated by white Demo
cratic candidates. Baltimore is
said to have about $4,000 colored
voters.
Reconciliation Sought
The potential power of the Re-
publican party as far as the ccl-
ored voter is concerned les IN
bringing about a reconciliation
between Benjimon Davis, Perry
Howard and Robert Church, all
national committee men and mem
bers of one group: John r.
Hawkins, DR. Emmett j. Scott
and Judge Cobb of another group
and Judge w C. Hueston and j.
Finley Wilson of the third group.
The Washington times., 1931-05-25
MAY EXERCISES. WAR DEBT PLEA
HONOR VIRGIN R|LES HOWELL

Children of two Catholic
churches paid their annual tri
butte to the Virgin Mary yester'
day in May day ceremonies.
More than $50 children from
st. Gabriel's Church. headed by
Catherine Mccarthy as May
queen, marched down Webster
Street to the entrance of the
church on Grant Circle.
May Russell and Margaret
Smith were attendants to the
queen. The Rt. Rev. j. M. Nc,
Namara, auxiliary bishop of the
diocese, gave the sermon.
With Christine Langstreame as
May queen, over 500 children
marched to st. Patrick'S Church,
at Tenth and, G Streets North
west. Margaret Fitzpatrick and
Gertrude Nelsine were attendants
to the queen, whose court was
made up of the graduating class
of St. Patrick's High School,
Boys from ST. Joseph's Orphan
Asylum and girls from st. Vim
cents also participated. The ser
mon was by the Rev. Joseph D.
Anon and the benediCtion was
by the Rev. DR.. j. K. Cartwright.
May Day services also were
held at st. Ignatfus' Church,
Oxon Hill, Md. and st. Martins
GaitherSburg. Md.
The Washington times., 1931-05-25
Lou Costs Bolster
Utilities Values

Continued decline in commod-
ity prices is Of greater value to
public utilities than to railroads
and industrials. according to the
Investment Bulletin of the Alex
ander Hamilton Institute. The
selling prices of their own prod
ucts are stable and their volume
of sales not Subjeet-to drastic re-
duction even during depression.
The Washington times., 1931-05-25
TdkOm1G Home Group
To Name Officers

Harry A. Mariner, chair of
the nominating committe of the
Takoma Park Home and School
Association, announced today the
society will hold its annual elec-
ton of officers in the auditorium
of the Takoma elementary school
tomorrow evening at the last
meeting of the school year.
The following are candidates:
For president, Leonard w. KEEP
hart; first vice president, Will
lam H. Youngman; second vice
president, Mrs. I. A. Flora; re-
cording secretary. Mrs. George E.
Davis; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. S. F. Mooers, and treasurer,
George E. Davis.
The Washington times., 1931-05-25
CAUGHT IN GEAR
T|ESTRANGLES
BOATMAN
PostoffiCe Department Clerk
Found LifeIess in Launch;
Death Held to Be Accident

Wallace D. Rodgers, Al, of Lee
way, Va, clerk in the account
ing office of the Postoffice Depart
ment, was strangled Saturday
night when his necktie caught in
the gears of a motor boat engine
Death was accidental, according
to an inquest conducted by DIR.
John r. Drury, coroner, Of st.
Marys county, Md, yesterday.
With Richard Swain, 81, Rod.
gers had left Washington on a
weekend fishing trip. Each took
a boat and spent the night on the
water. The launch was found
Sunday morning off Solomon's Is
land.
Rodgers is survived by his widow
and two daughters, Mary Jane, 6,
and Julie Elizabeth, 8.
Before entering the Postoffice
Department he had been employed
in the adjutant generals office in
the War Department.
The Washington times., 1931-05-25
FOOD, PLANT SALE

The Ladies Aid Society of the
Takoma Park Presbyteria n
Church will hold a food, flower,
and plant sale on Friday, May 20.
The Washington times., 1931-05-25
Ad Club to Hold
Election Tomorrow

An election for officers and di-
rectors of the Advertising Club
of Washington will ho held at a
luncheon meeting at the National
Press Club tomorrow from 20
p. m.
TellerS will be F. P. Guthrie,
chairman. w. H. Howard and
John w. Houser. Election will be
for president, first and second
vice presidents, treasurer, secre-
tary and three directors.
The Washington times., 1931-05-25
NeW Bell School
Exercises Tonight

The class eXercices of the grad
uating class of the new Bell Ele-
mentary School will be held to-
night at the school auditorium,
First and D Streets Southwest.
The program includes an invoca-
ton by the Rev. G. w. Coleman.
The Washington times., 1931-05-25
BREAKS LEG in FALL

Carl Breeden, of Clarendon. Va,
an employe of Wise Brothers
Dairy, is in Georgetown Univer-
Sity Hospital with a broken leg,
received when he fell from his
milk wagon yesterday at Four
teenth and Legation Streets
Northwest.
The Washington times., 1931-05-25
TALKS ON NUTRITION

Miss Grace M. England, Red
Cross nutritionist for Montgomery
county, will address the Kensing-
ton chapter of the w. c. T. U.
Thursday at p. m. on ''Nutri-
tion," at the home of Mrs. Ellen
Cleveland,
The Washington times., 1931-05-25
RunGlUQy Boy, II,
Sought in Norfolk

James Ware Keeling, II, col
ored, of 1889 Fifth st. N. W., dis
appeared from his home Thurs
day evening leaving a note say
ing:
"I'm going to hitch-hike to
Norfolk"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
This Woman Lost
Pounds Of Fat

Mrs H. Price of Woodside, L. L..
writes: "A year ago I weighed 100
lbs. started to take Kruschen and
now I weigh 126 and never felt bet
ter in my life and what's more, I
look more like 20 yrs. old than the
mother of 2 children, one 10 and the
other 18. Every one of my friends say
it's marvellous the way I reduced"
To lose fat with speed take a half
teaspoonful of Kruschen In a glass Of
hot water before breakfast every
morning-don't miss a morning-an
IS cent bottle lasts 4 weeks-get it at
Finney's Drug store, Halls Drug store
or any drug store in America. If not
joyfully satisfied after the first bottle
money back.-Advertisement.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07

Readings and musical numbers
are on the program for the meeting
Of the Wachter Parent-Teacher as
sociation at 7:45 o'clock Tuesday
evening at the Wachter school.
Mrs. liver Acker will sing q group
of numbers and Miss Clara Tom will
play a piano number. Readings will
be given by Virginia Cayou and
Jane Smith. An hour of recreation
will follow the program, with games
directed by Miss Mildred Freid.
A committee composed of Misses
Josie Grinde and jeanette Myhre
and Mrs. B. Drennen will be in
charge of the meeting.
X X X
Miss Winona Dewhurst was hos
tess at a bridge party Saturday eve
ming at the home Of Mrs. J. C. Mad
dox, 500 Avenue A. Three tables
were in play, and score awards were
made to Mrs. Rolf Normann and
Robert Byrne. Decorations in the
Christmas colors were used. Inge-
man Sanford, Watford City, was a
guest from out-of-town.
y 4 y
Mrs. William Schantz, 228 West
Rosser avenue, entertained a COM
pany of 10 friends at bridge din
ner Saturday evening at her home,
the occasion being the. birthday an
of Mr.. Schantz. Red
candles and decorations in the holi-
day colors were used for the table.
Mrs. Charles Martin and Kenneth
King received prizes in the bridge
games after dinner.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
Chicagoan Outd0es
Fabled HOrsewOman

Chicago, Dec. 7.-(P)-The dif.
ference between Lady Godiva
and Thomas Lee of Chicago Is
that Lady Godiva had q horse.
But let Lee tell about it.
1.-The thermometer" he said,
stood at 80. I was going by an
alley five blocks from home.
Three men with guns stopped me
and took my 80 cents. Then one
of them said:
"'You must think we are in
this business for fun. Well show
you we make profit on every
DEAL"
Then they took off mya over-
coat and my suit and my shoes
and seeks and whatever else I
had on and told me to run. It
is difficult to explain my state
of mind as I dashed from ssh
barrel to ash barrel, fronak sha-
dow to shadow, wondering what
the neighbors would think If they
should see me-"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
West Virginia Slayer
Faces Trial for Life

Clarksburg, w. Va, Dec. 7.-(P-
With q smile on his face, Harry F..
Powers went on trial for his life Mon
day.
Twelve hundred men. women and
children packed Moore's opera house
as the selection of a jury began.
They came from all over the West
Virginia mining section to hear agar,
the story most Of them know by heart
how Powers wooed many women by
mail and become slnal-town Casa
nova; how two women and three chill
dren vanished after being seen with
him: how they were traced to a
strange building with subterranean
chamber Powers had built six miles
out in the country; how their bodies
were found in q ditch nearby, and
how Powers was arrested and charged
with killing all five In the windowless
garage.
Hundreds Of the curious mining
folk waited for hours in line outside
the opera house, used because other
quarters were small, only to find the
demand for seats greater than the
supply.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
Mclean, Oliver Send
Eight to Institute

Washburn. N. D., Dec. 7.-McLean
and Oliver counties will be represent
ed at the state All club Achievement
Institute in Fargo Dec. 2 to II by
seven All club members and one local
leader. according to A. L. Norling.
Mclean county agricultural agent.
An Aberdeen Angus calf will be ex-
hibited at the institute by Ross
Josephson, Washburn. Mclean coun-
ty girls will compete in singing and
clothing contests.
Those who will attend are Milton
Sauer, Ross Josephson. and Anita
Scholl, all of Washburn: Lois Greg
ory, Hensler; Margaret Norland. Viola
Tauer, and May Thompson. all Of Un-
derwood; and Miss Marie Paulson. 10
cal director, who will act as chaperone
for the girls.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
Meetings of Clubs
And Social Groups

The Mothers Service club will
hold a meeting at s o'clock Tues
day evening at the home of Mrs. P.
r. Webb, 400 Avenue c.
4 +
The December dinner meeting of
the Business and Professional Wo-
mems club will be held at 6:15
o'clock Tuesday evening at the club
rooms. The dinner and program
will be arranged by Mrs. J. w. Scott,
chairman Of the finance committee.
X X \
The Woman's Foreign Missionary
society Of the McCabe Methodist
church will meet at 2:30 o'clock Tues
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
w. j. Church, SOP Eleventh St. Mrs.
F. A. Gossman will be in charge Of
the program.
Members Of the St. Alexius hos
pital alumni association will meet
at o'clock Tuesday evening in the
nurses home at the hospital. All
members are urged to be present.
i i Il
The Standard Bearers of the Nc
Cabe Methodist church will meet at
1880 o'clock this evening in the
church parlors. Betty Barnes and
Lois Ulsrud will be hostesses.
Il X \
Members Of Troop No. /, Junior
Catholic Daughters, will hold a
meeting at 6:45 o'clock this evening
at the home Of Marian Enright, 515
Third st.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
Italian Selected to
Head Young Plan Body

Basel, Switzerland. Dec. 7.-R--
Alberto Beneduce Of Italy Monday
was selected president of the Young
plan advisory committee studying
Germany's capacity to pay repara-
tions.
The seven committee members Sc
lected him after Walter w. Stewart,
the American representative, had de-
clined the nomination. A proposal to
elect Stewart, it was understood, was
opposed by the French delegation.
After selecting the chairman the
committee chose four additional
members.
The members filed behind the gol-
den grill of the world bank lader,
with bundles Of statistics. The pre-
dictions was that the committee
would have to sit for several weeks
before it could reach a decision on
what is to be done in the case Of
Germany and her reparations pay
ments.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
MARCHERS LOSE IN
ATTEMPT TO CRASH
DOORS Of CONGRESS
Small Group Showed Away BY
Police as It Tries to Gain
Senate Floor

Washington, Dec. 7.-(P)-Twice re-
PEELED by bluecoats. $500 demonst1a-
tors Monday gave up their attempt to
gain admission to the floor of the sem
ate and turned to the white house.
First large delegation and then
small one sought to reach the cham
Der where only senators are allowed.
They bore with them demand for
unemployment insurance.
Refused admittance, they sought to
push their way past police. only to be
showed away.
They returned to admit failure to
the crowd Of demonstrators that
awaited them in front of the capitol
Cheers greeted speech by one Of
their leaders asserting congress had
refused to hear the demand Of the un-
employed
Then they went away, as they had
come, singing the '1nternationale," !"
hymn Of the Communists.
White house officials decided the
demonstrators would not be allowed
to pass the gates of the grounds sur
rounding the executive mansion.
If leaders wish to present a petit
ton to President Hoover. it will be
taken at the gates.
The Observation-Disclosures by 4
band-began their march to the capi-
tol shortly after 1890. Men and wo-
men, white and negro, they marched
four abreast under the sharpest scru-
tiny of police.
There were no signs, banners or
placards when the marchers got un-
der way.
The main front door of the capi-
tol at the top CT the great steps was
closed, locked and barricaded with a
couple of chairs and hatrack.
Senator Norris of Nebraska called
the exhibition of automatic rifles and
tear gas guns by police "a great mis-
take"
After being turned back at the
White House the demonstrators went
to headquarters of the American
Federation Of Labor, where Presi-
dent William Green told them their
leaders were not interested in help
ing the working people or solving
their economic problems but in pro-
noting the cause Of communism.
Measles break out in London in an
epidemic every alternate year.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
New Trouble BreWs
In Cities of India
(By the Associated Press)

(By the Associated Press)
Less than a week after the second
round-table conference closed in Lon
don without providing, Mahatma
Gandhi said, for "real freedom" fo1
India, protests, including call for a
revival Of passive resistance and the
boycott, have been registered in
three important Indian centers.
The provincial conference in Ben
gal urged a boycott of British goods,
banks, insurance companies and
shipping lines.
The council of the all-India Mos
lem League at New Delhi expressed
dissatisfaction with the British gov
ernment's failure to announce deci-
sion concerning the safeguarding Of
Moslem rights.
At Lucknow an Agarian sub-com-
mittee authorized local sub-commit-
tees to begin no-rent campaign
Immediately.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
Regular meeting of Bis
marck Chapter, No. 10, Royal
Arch Masons Tuesday, Dec. 8,
at 1880 p. m. Election Of Of
ficers.

Local No. 229 A. F. of Musi-
clans invites all members and
ladies' of organizations affil-
lated with Bismarck Central
Trades and Labor assembly to
its coming out party tonight at
Central Labor hall. Festivities
begin at $3.50. A good time is
assured.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
Sterling Ladies Aid
!. Plans Entertainment

Sterling, N. D.. Dec. IAN enter
tainment will be staged here Friday
night, Dec. II. by the Sterling Metho-
dist Episcopal church Ladies Aid.
Features on the program will be a
concert by the Mandan Male chorus.
which has 80 members, and comedy
play, "The Marriage Proposal" to be
given by a home talent cast.
Following the program, mscel-
laneous sale will be conducted.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
CHRISTMAS SEAL REMINDER

The Yellowstone stage-coacll, deck
ed with Christmas greenery and
carrying a group of singers, made It's
second appearance in Bismarck Satur-
day as a reminder of the Christmas
seal sale being carried on by the
Women's community council.
Singers were Mrs. j. L. Powell. Mrs.
J. l.. Hughes, Art Cayou, and Charles
Goodwin, Bismarck, and Mrs. d. C..
Scothorn, Mrs. r. w. SINNERS and
j. G. Gould, Mandan. Horses and a
driver were furnished by the Wachter
Transfer company.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
Name State Entrants
For Rhodes Contest

Grand Forks, N. D., Dec. 7.-P)r
George L. White, Grand Forks, and ].
Ernest Smith, Jamestown, were Sc
lected Saturday to represent North
Dakota in district eliminations for a
1892 Rhodes scholarship.
White and Smith are students in
the University Of North Dakota and
Jamestown college, respectively. The
district eliminations will be held We'd
nesday and Thursday at Spokane.
WASH, and both students left for that
city Sunday night.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07

Armour Creameries (Bis-
marck) will custom dress your
turkeys FREE. Get in touch
with them quick, sell them
your home dressed turkeys and
highest market prices will be
paid.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07

NOTICE-Lecture on Rus
sia Dec. 9 at Patterson hall at
1880 p. m. by well known lec-
turer who has recently return
ed from that country. Lecture
lustrafed by lantern slides.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
Mill City Bandits
Get $4,000 Payroll

Minneapolis, Dec. 7.-R) - Two
bandits held up two employees of the
Mum Hing cafe as they stepped into
car in the rear of the cafe to take
the weekend receipts to a bank
shortly before noon Monday and es-
caped with $1,000 in cash.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
FOOTBALL STAR IS ILL

New Orleans, Dec. 7.-{P}-Jerry
Dalrymple, all-Araerican end and cap
tain Of Tulane university's football
team, was brought to hospital here
Monday with kidney ailment which
teammates fear may keep him out of
the Rose Bow game with Southern
California at Pasadena New Years
DaV
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07

E. M. Kafer, former Bismarck resi-
dent who returned to Bismarck about
two months ago, has been appointed
justice of the peace by the Burleigh
county commissioners. He will MAIN
tain offices in the City National bank
building. Mr. Kafer was deputy sher-
III here for 10 years.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
MOORHEAD MAN INJURED

MOOKHEAU MAN INJURED
Moorhead. Minn., Dec. 7.-(ReIn-
jured late Saturday when his automo-
bile crashed into the Great Northern'S
Oriental limited in Moorhead, Har-
vey Leverson of Mcorhead remained
in a local hospital in serious condi-
ton Monday.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

CALIFORNIA COMBINATION wave
the ideal permanent. Spiral top
croquinole ends. Now $500. Sham
poo and set included. California
Wave Nook, 102 Third street. Bis
marck. Phone 782.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07

A son was born Saturday at the
Bismarck hospital to Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Dryden, Bismarck.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. L. Harrington,
Bismarck, are parents of a son born
at the Bismarck hospital Sunday.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07

Regular meeting of Bis
marck- -Mandan Lodge of Per-
fection Wednesday, Dec. 9, at
1880 D. m.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
CLEANERS OFFER TO
Do WORK FREE FOR.
open YOUR HEART
Fund For Relief of Needy Fam
lilies Swell to $261.60
Over Week. End

Announcement that the Master
Cleaners and Dyers have agreed to
clean free Of charge clothing donated
to the "Open Your Heart" relief cam
paign was made Monday by Milton
Rue, general chairman Of the move
ment.
The chairman reiterated his plea
for clothing, toys, and other articles
of use to be given to needy families
this Christmas. The demand remains
much larger than the supply, he said.
The "Open Your Heart" fund
swelled to $261.60 over the weekend.
New donations were listed as follows:
Brought forward .$228.11
N. O. Churchill ............... 500
M-F Service Station .......... $50
Dome Pavilion ................ 1000
Frank Grambs ............... 500
Dr. F. b. CtrauSS ............. 500
Total. Observation-Disclosures. .$26l 60
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
City-COunty News

Officers will be elected at the an
nual meeting of Bismarck chapter
No. 10, Royal Arch Mason, at 7:3O
p. m. Tuesday in the Masonic temple.
Mrs. Ann Holland, who underwent
an operation several weeks ago at a
local hospital, now is convalescing
at the home of Mrs. C. A. Olson, 422
Fourth St.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07
Cheap as Dirt Is
Untrue in New York

New York, Dec. 7.-(PHSome-
thing is wrong with that good old
saying, "as cheap as dirt" The
stores here offer 1t for sale-for
window boxes, and such-and you
only get enough for small flow
er Dot for q dime.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-07

Measles break out in London in an
epidemic every alternate year.