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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-13
GETS DRUNK BY EAR
Prisoner Tells Judge He Poured
Alcohol in Hole in Head.

Judge Polk of Lincoln, Nebc. fined
a man SIS for getting drunk-even
though the method employed was novel.
The man told the judge that he
poured rubbing alcohol into hole left
by an operation behind his ear and
became intoxicated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-13
TEACHES SCHOOL FREE

Woman Works without Pay to Get
Material for Book.
Bloomfield, Iowa, has a school teach
er who works without pay. Because
she wanted experience before writing a
text book, Cathryn r. Goble donated
her services She teaches English in
the fifth and ninth grades.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-13

THANKSGIVING this will interesting day for the
who puts the Dining Room New urni
the dining room will make the family
interesting. Something admire simulant
that spurs renewal of love of and beauty
Besides if you do this will have attractive Dining Room
for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-13

18th Century English Type Dining Room
Suite, with your choice Of regular 6-foot
extension or refectory type table; walnut
and gumwood; ten pieces. $3.50
Elizabethan Type Dining Room Suite
of ten pieces, with conveniently ar
ranged buffet and the other pieces all
beautifully proportional .......$325
Attractive Dining Room Suite of ten
pieces, beautifed with butt walnut; an
unusual value and tastefully designed
suite ................'.. 1925
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
CIVIC GROUP MEETS

The executive committee of the
Arlington County Civic Federation
viii meet tonight at the home of
MRS Sade Catherine Coles, Cherry.
gaze, Va, Appointment of commit.
Sees to carry out projects under.
Saken at the last meeting of the
seoeration will be made at this
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
100 YEARS OLD

RICHMOND, June 80. - Miss
Barbara Anne Brown stopped TAX
ing medicine so years ago when
she began to feel too young to
need it. When her 100tn birth
day anniversary rolled around
the other day she pooh-phooh It.
saying reaching the mere century
mark did not call for celebration.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
GILLETTE SUIT DELAYED

BOSTON, June 80 0N.SO.
Hearing Of the $2O,OOO,O 900 suit
brought by minority stockholders
against the board Of directors of
the Gillette Safety Razor Com
pany in Suffolk Superior Court
before Judge William M. Priest,
sitting as master, was put over
until Friday.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
PINCH0T FIRES THREE

PITTSBURGH, June 80. - J.
Scott Morgan, James F. Kirk and
A. Means have been dis
missed from the board of registra-
ton commission by Gov. Clifford
and Major E. Lowry
Humes, Mrs. Sara C. Braun and
John K. Morrow have been ap'
pointed in their places.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
STEAM HEAT AND CENSUS

PARIS, June 80 Q.NS0-Steam
heat and plumbing are making
the population Of Paris swell, says
the census taker. Figures show
4,887 ,464 inhabitants in Paris and
the suburbs, an increase Of 319,-
493 over 1925. which is noted
principally in the industrial sub
urbs. These show an increase of
286,870 for a total of 2,O16,425.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
COAST GUARD MASCOT

NEW LONDON, Conn, June 80
UN.S0 .-Students at the Coast
Guard Academy here have long
had q penchant for bears. Three
they have had as mascots. When
the bears get too big and too
restless they are turned over to
some ZOO.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
NEW REFUGE ON SOUND

WEST HAVEN, Conn, June 80
UN.SO.-A new storm refuge for
small craft operating in Long
Island Sound is being constructed
here at a cost of $19O,OOO. Cove
River, on the Wilford-West
Haven boundary, has been Sc
lected for the site which will be
large enough for 400 boats.
The Washington times., 1931-06-30
PROBE MAYORS ACCOUNTS

PITTSBURGH, June 30.-The
stock trading records Of Mayor
Charles H. Cline and former
City Supplies Director Bertram
L. Succup, indicted in probe of
city contract irregularities, have
been subpoenaed by the grand
jury.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
Rabbi Notes History
Does Not Fix Blame
For Crucifixion

Reasserting that there is no
historical basis for placing the
blame for the crucifixion of
Jesus Christ upon the Jews,
as a people, DR.. 'Abram Simon,
of the Washington Hebrew Con-
gregation, in a Passover sermon
at the Eighth Street Temple
last night, pleaded for fair play,
better understan ding, and
spiritual unity.
In his sermon, DR.. Simon re-
viewed the tragic events which
eliminated in the crucifying of
Christ on Mt. Calvary from a
historical angle. He said:
"The entire story, tragic as it
is to an extreme, leaves much to
be desired for accuracy and
truthfuIness.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
{, WILL GET
REPORT EARLY
NEXT WEEK
Sweeping Investigation Into
Local Ownership Finished
After Visit to Many Cities

A report on the sweeping inVeS-
tigation into ownership of the
Washington Gas Light Company
is being prepared by the Depart
ment of Justice and is expected to
be turned over to members of the
Public Utilities Commission early
next week.
Assistant Corporation Counsel
William A. Roberts has been in,
formed that the agents of the de.
partment have completed their
investigation. which centered in
Chicago, New York, Boston and
other cities.
Suit Is Expected
Just what the agents have un
covered could not be definitely de.
termine6, but it has been init.
mated that sufficient evidence has
been secured to warrant filing
suit in Equity Court under the
La Toilette anti-merger law.
The inquiry was made to deter
mine whether or not any con
trolling interest in the local gas
company is owned by the gigantic
Public Service Corporation, OF
Chicago.
Later Changed Name
The local company was bought
out by a banking group, which
formed the SeabOard Investment
Trust. The name of the trust
was later changed to the Wash
ingtOn and Surban Companies.
Stock held by the Washington
and Suburban Companies was re
Gently transferred, it was re
ported, to the Westville Trust
Company, of Illinois. Albert E
Pierce, president of the Centca.
Public Service Corporation, is
also president of the Westville
Trust.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
D, c. BILL BASED
|. On LUMP SUN

Efforts to work out a new and
equitable system of fiscal rela-
tions between the Federal and
District Governments are not eX-
pected to be effective in time to
have the new scheme incorporated
in the District appropriation bill
which will be enacted in the COM
ing session of Congress.
AS a result of the delay ex-
pected in working out the new
relationship, the budget for 1888.
now in course Of preparation, will
in all likelihood be predicated
upon the $9,500,000 Federal lump
sum which has prevailed in the
last two appropriation bills.
Bingham Is Agreed
The House seems to be in a
mood to continue this apprOpri,
alton until it's select committee
investigating the relationship can
make report.
Senator Hiram Bingham, chair.
man of the District subcommittee
of the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee, who has led the fight for
more liberal treatment by the Fed
eral Government, is willing to ac
cept the $9,5OO,OOO arrangement
temporarily.
It was indicated today that al
though the committee may be able
to report at the December session
the decision could hardly be &C
cepted in time for inclusion in the
appropriation bill to be acted upon
at the same session.
No matter what the report of
the Mapes committee, which is
conducting the inquiry, may be
it is conceded there will be a
bitter wrangle in Congress before
it becomes a settled policy.
Many local leaders feel the
committee will endeavor to cut
down the Federal share of local
financing. This will bring about
local circles.
| wholesale I condemnation from
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
P. j. c. STUDIES
RATE REPLY

The Public Utilities Commis-
sion will convene on Tuesday to
decide it's next move in the con-
troversy over a reduction in elec
trio rates.
Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick,
chairman of the commission,
made this announcement today
in declaring that the commission
has not yet fully considered the
'stinging reply sent by the
Potomac Electric Power Company
yesterday to a recent letter of
the commission. The company
informed the commission that it
was content to leave the present
rates stand.
In view of the letter sent to
the company by the commission,
it appears likely that the COM
mission will decide to carry its
fight for reduction Of rates
into court.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
CobbLer Must Surrender
Ancient Stand to u. S.

James Allen, 77-year-old shoe
maker, sat today at his cobbler's
bench in his shop at 307 Thir-
teenth-and-a-half st. N. W., and
ruefully contemplated the relent-
less fate, disguised as the Federal
building program, which is about
to force him to move from the
neighborhood in which he has
worked and lived for the past So
years
Said Mr.. Allen:
Eyes, the Government bought
this place last week. I've been
here only a month. They
bought the place on Fourteenth
Street, where had my shop for
% years, and I moved here.
Now, 1 suppose I'll have to
move again. hope, however,
that with all the building they
are doing they'll forget me for
a year at least.
Feels At Home
"I've been on this side of
the Avenue So years and have
never been farther over than
Ohio Avenue and never beyond
Twelfth or Fourteenth Street.
So, you see this neighbOrhOOd
seems like home.
"Why, man, 1 remember the
time when 1 knew every man
on this side of the Avenue
from Fifteenth Street to the
market. But things have
changed nOw-changed so much
that am the only business
man on this side of the Avenue
who was here so years ago.
The others have moved away
or died"
The shoemaking business also
isn't what it used to be, Mr.
Allen admits. He dwells with
pride on the days Of the gay
'8O's and COS when men wore
The Washington times., 1931-04-04

boots in the winter time and took
pride in their footwear.
Mr.. Allen also takes pride in
the fact that he used to devote
most of his time to the making
of shoes. That, however, was be-
fore his left hand failed him,
and when he devoted his craft
manship to custom orders and his
apprentices fixed half-soles and
attended to the other cobbling
jobs.
He has one regret, and that
is that he never had a President
as a customer. He said:
"The biggest Government Of
ficialS / ever made shoes for
were assistant secretaries. But
I've made shoes and boots for
many of the big business men
and plenty of policemen and
firemen."
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
New British Club
Holds First Dance

With the purpose of fostering
activities in sports. group OF
Englishmen living in Washington
have organized the British United
Athletic and Social Club, with
headquarters at 1928 N st. N. w.
Sir Ronald Lindsay, the British
Ambassador, with members of
the embassy staff, was present at
the opening of the club on Thurs
day evening.
Officers of the club are Robert
Bruce, president; Hugh Lamont,
secretary; F. S. Low, treasurer,
and Archibald Boyd, financial
secretary.
A benefit dance will be given
by the club at the National Press
Club next Friday evening.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
DETECTIVES LET.
SLAYER'S TRAIL
GROW COLD
Renew Search for Baker When
Surrender Tip Fails; Now
Expect Quarry to End Life

Betrayed by false hopes of the
willingness of their quarry to
surrender, police today were de-
voting all of their efforts to ap'
pretending Albert Baker, A, who
on Thursday night shot and
killed his wife, Mrs. May Baker,
40.
Lu.leG into a state of waiting
when they were informed early
yesterday that Baker would give
himself up in the course Of the
day, the authorities lost about
"A hours in getting on his trail.
All Haunts Watched
But today, convinced that
Baker has no intention of volun.
tarily surrendering, policemen
and detectives are zealously
guarding all of his known haunts
in the hope that they will be
able to pick up the wanted man.
There is a belief among police
that Baker, haunted by the slays
ing of his wife, the mother Of
his three children, may attempt
to do away with himself.
Authorities have been informed
that about two weeks ago the
man limited to witnesses that
soon both he and his wife would
be dead.
No Clue to Whereabouts
All avenues of information
which might lead to finding
Baker are being scanned by the
police, but thus far no clue to his
whereabouts has been obtained.
Two men early yesterday are
said to have visited Robert I.
Miller, local attorney, and told
him that Baker would come to
his office later in the day and
surrender. A guard was stationed
at the office and, although police
watched all day, Baker failed to
put in an appearance.
The theory of police now is
that at the time Baker sent the
emissaries to the lawyer he did
not realize that he had killed his
wife, thinking that he had only
wounded her. With the realiza-
ton that he had committed MUIR
DEF, police believe, Baker changed
his mind.
Now Expect Suicide
Now they believe that the man
will either seek to avoid capture
or will do away with himself.
The three children of the cou.
pie are being cared for at the
Receiving Home for Children.
They witnessed the quarrel and
the shooting Thursday night.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
H0LiGn-AmeriCGn
Students to Dance

1talian-American students of the
graduating classes of Georgetown,
George Washington and Catholic
universities will be honor guests
of the Lido Civic Club at it's an
nual dance, April 18, at the May
flower Hotel.
John J. Sirica, club president,
named the following committee
on arrangements: Anton T. Cos
tella, chairman DIR. Raphael N
Manganaro, Joseph Nacrelli. Eu-
gene Concion and F. Colaprico.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
ZON|NG CHANGE
HIT BY D. c.
ENGINEER
S. G. LindhoIm Explains
Why "Skyscraper" Height
Demands Should Be Denied

Demands for additional terri
tory to the 110-foot building
height area are unwarranted, S,
G Lindholm, engineer of the Dis
trict Zoning Commission, stated
today in a report to the commits,
sion.
Characterizing the demands as
"a clamor for chances to draw a
lucky number in a lottery" the
engineer pointed out that the ter.
ritory now allotted for the Capi,
tails sky-scrapers" is not suffi,
GENTLY utilized. He reported:
"PriOr to the zOning act of
1920 there were in what is now
the 11O-fOOt height zone Al
buildings higher than 80 feet.
A new building in this area
means the razing of the old one;
but Notwithstanding this, only
4S of the 1853 buildings erected
since 1920 are more than 80
feet. Although permitted to go
up to 110 feet, the promoters
of 125, or IS per cent, of the
new buildings did not go be-
yOnd the 9O-fOOt limit, and at
least GA of the new buildings
were only one and two stories.
Holding lucky numbers, less
than a third of the pro-
moters avaiIed themselves of the
chance"
Small Uses Made
The zoning map of 1920, the en-
gineer declared, contained 5,4OO,
900 square feet in the 110-foot
area, and since then 836,A00 have
been given to claimants Of the
lucky numbers"
Less than 100000 of the 1856, ,4OC
square feet have been improved
with "sky scrapers" above 80 feet
while of the total of 6,236, ,4O'
square feet only 1,225.000 SQUARE
feet have. been utilized for 11O
foot building projects, the repor
states.
The engineer also pointed ou
that the Federal and District build
ings programs will mean the va
eating of millions of square fee
during the next few years.
He also declared:
can argument based not upon
general need, but upon specula-
ton, is that the height cOnces-
sionS should be made west Of
Sixteenth Street because the as
seSSed value of land west of Six
teenth Street is lower than east
thereof. Assuming that the cost
of raZing old buildings is the
same in both sections, the pro-
mOter would move heaven and
earth to secure a 11O-fOOt zOning
in the 9O-fOOt district because
he would not only get a site
cheapIy, but would have the ad-
vantage over his neighbOr in
building height"
Raising the height limit, MI
Lindholm pointed out, in any area
will be followed by increasing thu
value of the land and assess
mentS.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
GdLLinger Betters
Treatment of Poor

Marked improvement in the
medical care of the poor of the
District of Columbia is revealed
in records of Gallinger Hospital,
according to the April Bulletin
of the Medical Society of the
District of Columbia.
The bulletin says the average
number of patients at the hos
pital during 1880 was AL and
the daily cost per patient was
$685.. Five years ago, it is said,
each patient averaged 20 days
in the hospital, while in 1880 the
average was slightly over 10 days.
This. the bulletin says, means a
saving of $5O0,O00 annually to
the District.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
East Potomac Park
Traffic to Be Split

Half of the automobiles leav-
ing East Potomac Park in the
next few days will be detoured so
that they will pass over the
bridge connecting East and West
Potomac Parks, instead of over
the inlet bridge at the foot of
Fourteenth Street, Capt. Roy c..
Montgomery, superintendent of
Park Police, has decided.
The decision was made after a
conference with Representative
Frank L. Bowman, who is inter
ested in eXpediting the movement
of traffic during rush hours.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
Pierce Hall Players
To Present COn1edy

Presentation of a one-act COM
edy satire, Society Sailors" will
feature the annual meeting of the
Pierce Hall Players scheduled for
Wednesday night at Pierce Hall,
Sixteenth and Harvard Streets
Northwest.
Appearing in the cast will be
Aida M. Brooks, May Jameson
Bryant, Leslie Waudby, Esther
Waldron, William E. Bryant and
Louise Townsend.
Business matters, including
election of members to the goY-
erning board of the organization,
also will be considered.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
D. C.. Medical Society
Meetinq in Mau

Plans for the annual meeting
of the Medical Society of the Dis
trict of Columbia during May are
being mapped out by committee
under the Craftsmanship of DR..
Ralph M. LeComte.
No definite date has been
fixed, but the sessions will be
over a two-day period. At one
evening session, the public will
be admitted.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
French Lodge Plans
NOndGy Film Meet

A meeting of the Benjamin B.
French Lodge, No. IS, F. A. A. NJ,
will be held Monday at $50
D. m. in the Masonic Temple,
Thirteenth Street and New York
Avenue N. w. Motion pictures
and other entertainment will
make up the program. and re-
freshmentS will be served.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
"ATOMIC LlNKAGE"

DR.. N. V. Sidgwick, of oxford
University, will address the Chem
ical Society of Washington at its
regular meeting Thursday evening
at 8 o'clock, at the Cosmos Club.
The speakers subject will be
Atomic Linkage."
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
TRADE GROUP TO MEET

The Washington Automotive
Trade Association will hold its
regular meeting Monday night at
8:15 o'clock at the Racquet Club.
Proposals to amend the organiza-
tion's bylaws will be considered.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
Photo +, International

BRYAN UNTIEDT
THE HERO of the Colorado bus disaster will be the
guest of President Hoover at the White House, it
announced today. The youthful hero is Bryan Untiedt
Is, of Denver who fought desperately to keep Fl
children alive when the bus in which they riding
became snowbound Five of the children died despite
the youths gallant efforts
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
POWer Is Held Key
To Success in Life

Reasons for success or failure
will be analyzed by Napoleon Hill,
dean of. the International Success
University, in a series of four
lectures to be given at the
Masonic Temple beginning Mon
day night, April 6.
After studying the careers Of
10000 persons Mr.. Hill claims
that the old anxiom concerning
hard work and honesty has been
supplanted by power" He
claims that in every failure there
is the seed of equivalent success.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04

Staff Photo

JAMES ALLEN
COBBLER for So years in the same neghborhood,
James Allen IT, is forced to move from his shop
at 307 Thirteenth and One-Half St. N w., because of
the Federal building program. His former place around
the corner Fourteenth Street also recently
purchased by the Government.
The Washington times., 1931-04-04
LEGION PARTY APRIL 80

The Kenneth H. Nash Unit, No.
8, of the American Legion Aux.
iliary, will hold its annual card
party April 80 at the Thomas
Circle Club, 1926 Massachusetts,
Ave. N, w,
La gaceta., 1931-04-20

su hermano Y no habiendo aun
transcurrido mas que seis dias
desde la escena del notario, era
proclamar la guerra civil en- Ell
escritorio Y llevarla quiza a to-
dos los ambitos de la fabrica:
era romper ~lanzas, y publican
sospechas y recelos, Y dar qui-
zas preparedness de desuni6n
absolute a 10 que tai vez no era
mas que diferencia de procedi-
mientos, Dona Bernardo Sc con-
ten.o, sin contenerse, con ALTAR
los hombros, dar un portazo a
la mampara del despacho Y re-
tugiarse en- su tocador, descon-
tenta de todos, Y mas a1n de 81
misma, por no haber podido dar
expansion a todos los rencores
que durante tantos amos sc ha-
La gaceta., 1931-04-20

siempre habia tenido para Puig
un carino verdadero y respetuo-
so, no solo porque su coraz6n a.
gradecido conocia 10 que toda su
familia debia a aquel generoso
amigo, sino porque veia que en-
todas las ~cuestiones mas o me-
nos graves que surgian en- la
casa, PUG defendia siempre 10
razonable y 10 justo Y sus tics
10 absurdo y 10 il6gico. Pero
desde que I'm acontecimiento,
adn no bien comprendido por
ella, lie habia nelegado a posici6n
mas humilde Y parecia como
que todos en- la fabrica Y en- Ell
escritorio celebraban con sonri-
sas insidiosas y hasta indirec-
tas malevolas aquel juego de la
fortuna, Sc habia despertado en-
La gaceta., 1931-04-20

eiia con mayor fuerza al efecto
anterior, y nj I'm solo dfa deia-
ba de buscarle para pedirIe 81
abrazo de todas las mananas v
Ia despedida de todas las tardes.
l como 81 al perder PUG 81 de-
'fecho a mandar en- todos. bubi4-
"a perdido Lucia la timidez res
petuoSa con que en- medic de su
carlno lie trataba, debida ouiza.
mas que a su propio deseo. a Ia
ceremoniosa y fra conduct
que veia obseryar a sus tfos O.,
su amigo, ahora lie escuehaha
con mas c~onfianza v lie bablaba
con mas franqueza, producien.
90 en- ell amino del bonfsimo n
Juan una expansion carinosa
cast desconOcida en- 81 durautA
su reinado.
La gaceta., 1931-04-20
AVISOS EN- WEST TAMPA
,ian amontonado en- su alma.

bian amontonado en- su alma.
Benito Sc lanz6 a la Gale, que
era donde estaba verdaderamen
tie a gusto, sin nadie que lie mo-
lestara, sin NADIA que lie distra-
jera de sus preocupaciones, y
desarroll6 en- la soledad de su
espiritu una serie de proyectos
que como otras tantas sombras
chinescas pasaban y repasaban
por su imagination atareada,
Jamas habia pensado tanto.
Los que verdaderamente sa-
caban la tripa de NAL ano, Sc
gun la Erase grafica de Rispall,
eran los novios. Mientras los
graves problemas que preo-
cupaban a los sehores mayores
los hacian olvidarse de las pc
Queneces de La vida, Lucia y
La gaceta., 1931-04-20
LA BATUTA LA TIENEN
LOS Y SUYA
ES LA CULPA
(Por Miguel Lorente)

La Cultura Fisica, esa virgen
del mundo, no llama La atencion
a los Pelucas Y Promotores de
por AGA. Las luchas entreslos
promotores y los Pelucas agltan
la ciudad, con estos dltimos con-
vertidos en- criticos de los Ma
nagers de pugilistas.
Parece que olvidados de sus
falsos pasos y de sus frecuen-
ties cafdas, los promotores, que
Itienen la batuta en- su manoe Sc
presentan como campeonSs del
derecho.
Ellos, que no han hecho rel
mar ell derecho porque no les ha
dado la CANA, que podian haber
dado buenos ejemplos y no 10
hicieron, tiran la cara a los ina
nagers' y boxeadores, que es-
tan enl Ia infancia, relatiVa-
mente, errores que no pertene-
cen a estos.
Los p%romotores son los con-
sentidores de las malas peleas,
pues ellos son los encargados de
velar por ell prestigio del Arte.
Vemos por experienced que el
miedo derriba al cobarde, pero
da amino al hombre esforzado.
Nal anda quien mancha los
"bienes" que necesita para su
%provecho.
La fatalidad, ell amargo desti-
no, pone a los de "arriba" en-
posici6n de crfticos de los do
minados, de los de abajo.