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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

The winner Of the Harold Vanderbilt
bridge championship trophy comes
right out and declares that women are
better bridge players than men. Be
warned, Lindbergh, Albert Edward, and
r. Vsllee; here is dangerous rival for
the widespread Worship Of the fairer
sex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Archeologists have discovered evil
dence in the Orkney Islands that the
STONE Age Britons" we're fond Of
breakfasting In bed The orkneys be-
long. geographically, TO Scotland. and
whatever the ancient reason for the
custom may have been, 1t is assured it
was to save something or other.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANpER JOHNSON.

Playing Safe.
He never wrote a book which might
Imply opinions strong.
He seldom spoke up for the right
For fear he'd get in wrong.
He never raised a single cheer
Fer party. creed or man
Till he had taken time to hear
The prospects OF the plan.
He never made move that led
To language stout and free.
His effort. In the things he said,
Was not to disagree.
And so he rose mid mild applause
To an important height.
His record was o. K. because
II was so very slight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

There are some who even think that
the Nautilus will get there and back be-
fore the DO-X gets here.
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All Other States ana Canada.


The Associated Press is exclusively entitled
60 the use for republication of all news dis
patches credited to 1t or not otherwise cred
TED n this peper and also the local news
enectal dispatchee hereIn are also reserved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Another sweeping triumph for the
pacifistsl Two packs of Army equip
ment are stolen from a local church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Observing persons recently returned
from Cuba seem Of the opinion that she
is not nearly so Libre as she used TO be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Well, there are only two things for
Quasi-Queen Helena Of Rumania to do
now-write book and head for Holly
wood.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Rate ~ MaiI-PayabIe In Advance.
MARYLAND and virginia.
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Simple Advancement.

simple arrangement.
what arrangements are you going
to make for moving the crops this
year?"
Il don't have to worry about moving
the crops" replied Farmer Corntossel
I'm going to let the summer boarders
come here and get EN-"
Jud Tunkins says some prophets are
without honor in their own country
because It's harder to fool people when
they are well acquainted with you.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

Bicycle Riders
Lead In Law Infractions.
Cologn. azetts--From October 81,
1929, to October 81, 1880, approximately
$4,000 sentences we're passed on various
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28
Useful in lis Way.


they are we'll acquainted with you.
Useful in It's Way.
And still no date is mentioned when
All threats OF strife must cease.
1t needs a war cloud now and then
To make us value peace.
Neglect.
so your husband is beginning to
neglect you?"
Yes" replied young Mrs. Torkins.
I'm afraid Charley is getting to be
very selfish. He is so deeply interested
in the base ball pennant race that he
DOESN'T seem to care whether win
the prize at a card party or n5t."
Sometimes it's just as easy 10 get
along without advice as II is to select
the kind you will take after you get it.
A Book Lover.
She bought a handsome cook book and
she wept
Because she heard her thoughtlesS
husband say
That in the library 1t should be kept
| And from the kitchen banished far
away.
1T makes all de difference said
Uncle Ebep, "wether de good opinion
a man has Of hssself Is an honest be.
lief or only bluff."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

q. Is Gentle Christian?-E. X.
A. The word Gentle" actually means
an alien. an outsider. It was applied
by the Jews TO any, one not Of the Jew.
ish faith. The early Christians applied
the term TO one either Jewish or non
Christian. The Romans applied It as
a ciyil distinction to al who were not
Roman citizens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

eight to twelve months.
The Republicans In the first Wiscon.
sin congressional district have a plethora
OF candidates for the nomination to fill
the House vacancy caused by the death
OF the late Henry Allen Cooper. So
far no date has been fixed for the spe-
cial election to fill this vacancy. al
though Gov. Philip La Follstt has said
he would not call the election until
after the State Legislature has adj
journed. That adjournment may take
place IN the latter part Of June or not
unit! July In the meantime half a
dozen or more candidates have their
lightning rods up, although only one
has formally declared himself in the
race, Assemblyman Hilker, a member
Of the Conservative or "stalwart"
group. An effort was made to get the
Conservatives to agree to settle the
candidacy OF their group in a caucus,
but Hilker has announced that he is
going into the race no matter whom
the caucus may select. The La Toilette
Progressives. on the other hand, have
generally agreed that they will have
just one candidate in this race. Cooper
was Progressive, although his dis.
trict is regarded as having a large
number OF Conservative Republicans
within its limits. If the Conservatives
put up TWO candidates, the prospects
for Progressive nominee will be much
brighter; stephen Boliss, editor of the
Janesvile Daily Gazette, regarded as
one OF the most Conservative news
papers In the Stat,, has considerable
support among the stalwarts for the
nomination. 1t looks as though the
contest would be a brisk one. The La
Toilette Progressives will do their ut
most to carry this district. and the
Conservatives may be expected to do
the same. In any event, 1t - not ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

O. Should green beans be called
string beans or snap beanS2T-B. D.
A. Since the new varieties Of beans
are st1fne1ess. . better name for them
Is snap beans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

q. Which language is older. Latin or
Greek?-J. r.
A. Greek Is considerably older than
Latin, which Is chosen by the fact
that Latin was profoundly Influenced
by Greek during ifs DEVELOPMENT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-28

q. How old Is the Guido scale?---
w. M
A. This scale Of musical notation was
inven ed by Guido d'Arczgo, an Italian
Benedictine monk. who lived from
900 TO 1850.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31

lighter output. with market receipts
limited, prices were holding well to-
ward the first of June. Daily shipments
have been averaging about 800 cars, OF
which about 20 per cent are old pota-
toes. Movement is active from South
Carolina and beginning from North
Carolina. New potatoes of the red va
rieties are selling at 81 to $l.l5 per 100
pounds in producing sections ana from
S1.75 to So in Northern markets. The
white varieties by the barrel bring $3.50
to 81 in such markets as New York,
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
Old potatoes are selling rather low at
IS cents to 81 In Eastern and MidweSt-
ern producing sections. Maine Green
Mountains bring $l.35 to $1.S5 for job
bling sales in Eastern cities.
Steady Apple Markets.
Apples seem disposed to close the
season near the top prices. The best
ones have been selling at So to $2.2S
a bushel In the big markets, which Is
comp lratively good for depression times.
New York Baldwins are quoted at 81 TO
$225 per bushel in New York, Pitts
burgh and Cincinnati and Virginia Pip
pins at $225 to $3.50. Shipments OF
Eastern apples are becoming light, but
there are still fairly liberal supplies OF
boxed fruit from the Pacific Northwest.
which has been selling at Arm prices
lately. Export movement OF apples con-
tinued fairly active to the end. Ship
ments Of boxed fruit were liberal to
Germany and the British markets took
largest supplies of the parrel pack in
the closing weeks of the season. The
new apple crop seems to be shaping up
well so far as can be determined from
early conditions. Unusually heavy pro-
duction is expected in Virginia and West
Virginia and early prospects are fair to
good In the North and West.
Shipments of the early varieties OF
Georgia peaches are on the way and q
large output is expected Of the later va
rieties in that section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31
NEW BUSINESS CYCLE
GETTING UNDER WAY
Rapid Advance Is Held Retarded
by Situation in Building
Industry.
Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK, May 30.-"We antici-
pate an irregular reaction In business
during May and perhaps June, which
could of course wipe out the advance
which has been made since January,
saws the Brookmire Economic Service
in its current bulletin. The service
goes on to say: I'VE do not believe the
reaction will 60 so far. and incline
strongly to the view that new cycle
is getting slowly and hesitantly under
way. retarded by the building situation.
1.-THE most outstanding events OF re-
cent weeks have been the drastic price
slumps, extending alike to commodlty
and security markets. An interesting
feature of these declines Is that they
have in numerous cases occurred after
the basic cycle appeared to have turned
upward.
Cotton. for instance, just in the last
few days has broken through the pre-
vious low levels of the season, although
consumption of the staple has been
rising for several months and there Is
every reason to believe that the crop
this year will be reduced. Rubber In
April broke to new low levels below 8
cents a pound, although tire output
was already expanding and there mad
appeared some indications Of declining
rubber production. There has since
been a sharp recovery.
Copper and the other non-ferrous
metals also have lately made new low
price records. In these instances 1t
cannot be said that consumption has
vet begun to expand, and production
has not been fully curtailed: neverthe-
less. the situation appears fairly well
liquidated."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
YEAR 1881 TO DATE

by ". B & Washington CO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31

The works of Arts tile were redis-
covered and translated 4aA- he tsabic
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-31
WEEKLY SUMMARY OF The NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
FOR WEEK ENDING MAY 30, 1881.


High.
Average price of SO stocks. 1851 120SS 173.07 ii
Same period year Observation-Disclosures. 245.60 20
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Continued on Fourth Pasel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
THORNE MURDER
solution IS SEEN
Police Defer Questioning For
mer Marine, Believed
Owner of Weapon.

Lifting Of the mystery surrounding
the murder. Of Emanuel Thorne, Is
year-old Marine private, appeared
probable last night following discovery
that the four bullets which caused
Thornes death were fired from a re-
Volver believed to have been the prop
erty OF a former Marine now confined
in the District Reformatory.
The prisoner. Cline r. Teagarden
who is serving a five-year sentence for
assault and robbery, was taken to the
District Jail yesterday to be questioned
by Deputy Sheriff Thomas Garrison of
Prince Georges County and members Of
the Washington homicide squad.
Garrison was unable TO come to the
Capital, however, and the questioning
was postponed until today or tomorrow
depending on how soon the Maryland
deputy Is able to complete other phases
OF his investigation.
Briefly Questioned.
Teegarden, who is 81, was subjected
To a brief interrogation at the re-
formatory, but the nature of the in
formation obtained from him was not
revealed
The theory that robbery was the
motive for Thorne's slaying-advanced
when it was learned he had about $50
and valuable jewelry when he left the
Marine Barracks on January 16-was
secuted last night by Garrison.
"It's true his wallet was empty and
his jewelry missing when the body was
found" Garrison said. but believe he
was murdered because he knew too
much. The robbery, I think, was an
after thought; perhaps planned to put
investigators on the wrong track"
Garrison's opinion is based, he eX-
planned, on the fact Thorne, according
to fellow Marines, expressed fear he
would be bumped of" because he had
knowledge of several recent hold-ups.
Members of Same Company.
Teegarden and Thorne were mem
bers of the same company, Garrison
added
Arrested February for assaultng
and robbing William Lumsden of Ra-
leigh, N. c., whom he lured to a lonely
section OF Southeast Washington by in
viting him to go for a ride with girl,
Teegarden was at liberty January 16
when, Garrison insists, thorne was
killed.
The pistol from which the fatal bull
let's are believed to have been fired was
found at the scene of the assault and
robbery. At Garrison's request the
weapon was examined by Lieut.. John
Folwer, Police Department ballistics
expert, who expressed the opinion il
was the gun from which the Slugs
| found in Tl1orne's body were discharged
The Marines body was found eight
days ago, buried in shallow grave in
| a patch of woods at Great7r Capitol
! Heights. Two men were arrested In
! connection with the case, but were re-
| leased when they succeeded in con-
! vincinR Garrison they were innocent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
SUSPECT IN GORDON
Staying ACCUSED
Woman Identifies Stein as Man
Who Tried to Chloroform :.
Her in Apartment. ~
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. April l1--IIeW woes
came today to plague Harr5 Stein,
racketeer held on suspicion Of stran-
Cling Vivian Gordon.
A woman, whose name waH mot dis
closed saw Stems pictureG in the
papers She went to the E1fonx dis
trict attorneys office and picked him
out of lineup as a man wFD entered
her apartment last April. trio to over
come her with a chloroform saturated
handkerchief and escaped with two
rings after she fought him c Ct.
Since the alleged robbery took place
in Manhattan, she was Sc at to Dis
trict Attorney Grains Office to register
her complaint.
A wide search for thru witnesses
marked today's developme nts in the
Gordon case. Police declar ID these wit
nesseS-one Of them tax Icab driver
could testify that Stein yTas with the
vice graft tipster and LEGGED black
mailer the day before Ter body was
found in Van Cortlandt Park with a
clothesline around the n eek.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
SC0UTCRAFT EXHIBITION
PLANNED HERE ON MAY 2
Emb lem of Efficiency to Be
Awarded Troop Compiling
Best Point Score.

Boy Scout troops of the 4th Diyi-
sion will be hosts Of all Scout troops in
the city at an outdoor exhibition of
"scoutcraft" to be held in the Central
High School Stadium May 2 at AIS
o'clock. In making this announcement
Deputy Scout Commissioner Edward M.
Perkins, in charge of the 4th Division.
said special emblem of efficiency"
will be awarded by the Parker-Bridget
Co.
The 4th Division troops will compete
in speed contests of knot tying, tent
pitching and outfit packing Ten
events, including mapping, distance
judging, fire building and cooking will
be held in the stadium. Two of these
are scheduled for April IS. Deputy
Commissioner Fred w. Pearce will be
chief judge of the contests. Ribbons
and pins will be awarded winners of
the events.
The troop whose representatives COM
pile the highest number Of points in
competition viii have its name and
that Of its scoutmaster engraved on
the trophy. The games will be an
annual affair, with the trophy being at
stake yearly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
RETAIL BUSINESS
HERE FAVORABLE
Figures of 1880 Census
Show Total of S331,S73,844
During Year.

Washingtons annual retail business
Of 1881, s73,s44 compares quite fayorably
with the volume Of business conducted
in other cities Of comparative size. fig
ures obtained in the 1880 census Of
retail distribution reveal. The figures
are based on Washington's 1880 popu-
lation of 1876 869.
Figures released yesterday by the Bu-
reau Of the Census show that New Or
leans, La, having a population OF 458,-
1852, did an annual business of but
S158,295. 164, according to the 1906
stores reporting. More than $500 re-
tail stores in Washington reported in
the census.
Other comparative cities include Min
neapolis, MINI, with population OF
464 1856, having 6,025 stores. doing an
annual business of 1904 800, 1872. and
Cincinnati. Ohio-population 45l,l60,
with 6,99l stores; annual business,
1921. 572,l67.
Baltimore, with a population Of S04.-
874. reported that l2,609 stores did an
annual business OF s3S0.45o,5 l8; Mil
waukee, Wis, with a population Of
578,249, did an annual business Of s347,.
422, 233 for 8.7l7 stores; San Francisco
Calf. population 634, 1894, did busineI
Of s499 ,O60,4l6, with 1904 stores 70.
porting, and the annual business q
Cleveland. Ohio. with a population =
900, 429. was 1894 ,240,7s7, with 1850
stores reporting.
Washingtons greatest volume q
business, next to foodstuffs was dc la
in the automobile group, which repd 1T
ed an annual business of S50,215.t 30
This compares with s22 ,345 422 for nIev
Orleans. $44.355,514 for Minneapc ills
SAG, 1877 $40 for Baltimore and $4o,5 IS,
785 for Cincinnati.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12

ing the relief work The shifts are stin
eight hours.
Equipment Also Changed.
And as conditions have changed. so
has the nature Of the equipment head
quarters uses. The signal system was
installed here along about the close of
the Civil War. When Mothersead went
to work on July 1. 1887. the Fire Board
occupied the upper floor at police head
quarters, then at the corner Of Fifth and
D streets. Next they moved over to the
Walker Building on Louisiana avenue
In 1898, however Commissioner John
B. White, an ardent advocate Of the
modern flre-signal system, got through
an appropriation, and taking the board
out Of rented quarters put it in No. IA
engine house, on Eighth street between
d and E streets. There it remained I'M
til the shift was made to the District
Building in 1908
Now Mothersead thinks the system Is
about as near perfect as is possible
Checks are provided throughout, to
avoid possible disaster. through some
slip-up. For instance, the fire boxes are
divided up into 40 receiving circuits, and
boxes one block apart are put on diff
ferent circuits, so that if one is out Of
order the other may be used Again,
ChGiS ltulC d DOA SJdilS COIIlIlS III, q
ticker in headquarters spills tape that
repeats the call. and as the repeater is
cut in sending the alarm on fire house
gongS all over the city. tickers in the
houses carry the same message in tape.
Remembers Death of Comrades.
Many fires have impressed them
selves in Mothersead's memory but
those he remembers best are the ones
in which comrades met death. The fire
in a row of commission establishments
on Louisiana avenue more than Is
years ago, when four firemen were killed ::
the Knox fire in 1894, when blazing
stables at First and B streets also took
toll of four dead. and then there was
a fire at the National Hotel, when a
telephone operator stayed to warn
others. got out of the burning building
herself, only TO lose her life returning
for a pocketbook she had left behind in
her excitement.
The only man whose service predateS
that Of Mr.. MotherSead at the fire board
Is James G. Simpson, superintendent of
fire alarm telegraph, who came over
from the Western Union two years be-
fore Mothersead left that company to
enter the service of the District.
And when Lewis F. Mothersead-for
that Is the way 1t appears on the pay
roll-retireS to his home at 81 E south
east when he reaches the age of 70,
May 10, Simpson will be the last Of the
veterans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
Bootleg Caught
By Drop in Prices,
Crusaders Aver
Statement Issued to Show
Changes in Lieu of
Government Data.

Bootleggers have been harder hit by
the collapse of commodity prices than
even the farmers in the worst OF the
drought sections, according to the
Washington headquarters Of the Cru
saders, anti-prohibition organization.
In a statement issued last night the
Crusaders pointed out that bootleg gin
has more than kept pace with the
other commodities in the decrease in
prices. Accompanying the statement
was a graph outlining the varying prices
of gin during prohibition years, this
showing a decided drop in recent
months below the average cost Of
living.
Here in Washington, theoretically a
model city In such matters as prohibi-
ton enforcement" the statement said
potable gin, when manufactured in
the shadow of the shower curtains,
sets up an overhead cost ranging from
rs cents to SLIT a quart, depending
largely upon the amount of raw mate
rial purchased.
The Crusaders pointed out that the
Government furnishes voluninous sta
tiSticS on the rise and falla.of prices
for practically every commodity except
alcoholic beverages. The wet organiza-
ton, therefore. has compiled its own
statistics with the data Obtained from
sources deemed reliable" y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-12
Special Traffic Arrangements
Made to Handle Crowds
Near Tidal Basin.
BUS LINES TO RUN EXTRA
CARS TO HANDLE CROWD
Single Blossom Trees Now Showing
Many Blooms-Double Variety
Slower in Opening.

Thousands of visitors will join the
local residents in a pilgrimage to Po-
tomac Park today for a view of the
budding cherry blossoms, which have
opened enough to frame the Tidal Basin
with delicate wreath of pink.
Special arrangements to take care Of
the expected automobile traffic have
been worked out by the park police,
following conferences with Representa-
tive Bowman OF West Virginia, who has
interested himself in the park traffic
problem.
A diagram of traffic routing to be-
come effective today Is reproduced in
ouested to study the map carefully be-
fore venturing into Potomac Park, in
order to avoid confusion in the con-
gested area.
Special Bus Service.
A full corps of park policemen will
be on hand to direct motorists into
approved channels of traffic.
Special cherry blossom bus service
will be instituted today by the Wash
tngton Rapid Transit Co. Buses will
leave Seventeenth and B streets at con-
venient intervals during the day, be-
ginning at 1890 O'Clock and continu-
ing until o'clock, officials of the COM
pany announced A 10-cent fare will
be charged for the trip around the
basin. In addition, double decker
buses will be operated on the Six
teenth street line, connecting with the
cherry blossom buses.
The warm sunshine Of the past few
days. coupled with the prospect of more
sun rays today. has worked magic with
the buds on the single-blcssom trees
around the Tidal Basin. Some of the
trees already have burst into full bloom,
while others are on the verge of I'M
folding their glories to the admiring
crowds.
Prince Here Wednesday.
The double blossom trees at Hams
Point will not be ready to bloGsss for
some days yet.
Prince and Princess Taksmatsu Of ia
pan. visiting in the United States on
their year-long, round-tlle world honey
moon. will be in Washington wednes-
Gay. in time TO view the blossoms of
their native land in their NEST gor-
geous profusion.