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The Washington times., 1931-07-08
FRANCE URGES
DRY REPEAL
ON GIANT BOMBER

BALTIMORE, July 8.-Opening
his campaign for the Republican
Presidential nomination. DR.. 10
seph Irwin France. former United
States Senator, flatly declared to
day that he favors the repeal OF
the Eighteenth Amendment.
Asserting that the prohibition
measure is IAN illegal statute, en-
acted in an illegal manner by
men who were disloyal to the
American faith DR.. France said:
"The question of the Eight
eenth Amendment does not in
vOlve necessarily or finally the
question of liquor. 1t involves
a far greater question of ma
tiOnal righteousness"
idea Revolving"
Playing the passage of the bill
DR.. France said:
The sinister uOCEF1ne tNaS
the end justifies the means.
that by serving evil you may
achieve good, is revolving to
all right.minded men.
"Our present lawiesSneSs'
racketeering, defiance Of Gov
ernment, had its origin in that
time when Senators, violating
their Oaths, flagrantly, crimi-
nalIy disObeyed the COnstitu-
ton and Bill of Rights.
prohibition by the Eight
eenth Amendment. violation
of our system, has brought o
terrible train of evils"
Praises Debt Plan
He called upon advocates of
temperance to aid in undoing
this wrong, declaring that
Americans must first regain their
sovereignty and then pass laws,
in accordance with constitutional
principles"
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
HOld-Ups Disguised
As COLOred Men

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, July
8.-Two unidentified white men,
masqueraded as negroes, held up
filling station near boswell and
robbed the proprietor, J. A. Mar
tin, of $50 in cash. Before TAX
ing their departure they com.
PEELED Martin to fill the tank OF
the truck in which they were
travelling.
The hold-up men blackened
their faces with burnt cork before
approaching the station and
forced Martin at pistol point to
turn over the money. Several
patches of white, however, were
visible under the covering of
black. A woman sat in the truck
during the hold-up and kept a
lookout for her confederates.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Passengers Delayed
Bus DriUer Punched

A busload of passengers trav-
cling to Washington from Phil
adelphia to view the Philadel-
phia Athletics play the Griffmen
yesterday we're forced to miss
the early innings of that game
when the driver of the bus was
apprehended by Prince Georges
County Constable Jack Wilson
on charges of reckless driving
and speeding.
The ball fans were detained at
the Hyattsville police statio-- un-
til Charles Cook, arrested op-
orator of the bus, was able to
obtain SIS collateral Il his
freedom. officer Wilson charged
the man with speeding tN"ou~h
the town limits of Hyattsville
and croWding m from the
highway.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Ner0 Hope for Bald Pates
Seen In Pilocarpi11

DR.. Goodman espouses this ex
planation of badness on the tor
of the head:
II think there Is strong evi-
dence that badness among
men and women when they are
fully mature Is due to the weak
ening of the sympathetic
nerves ending in the scalp.
Nervous System Changes
"What happens, it seems. is
that during maturity the SYM
pathetic nervous system be-
comes less important and the
central nervous system more.
Sympathetic nerves no longer
fully activate hair growth.
"Only in cases when some
preadOleScent traits persist, the
sympathetic nerves continue
their action, does the pOmpa.
dOur hairline persist"
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Il MONTH TERM
GIVEN DRIVER

Walter r. Benson, of Potomac,
Md. who on Sunday afternoon
led four Montgomery county po-
licemen a wild chase for two
hours, has been sentenced by Po-
lice Court Judge Charles w.
Woodward in Rockville, to serve
the next II months and four days
behind the bars on four of the
charges preferred by Montgomery
County Policeman Windsor c..
Poole.
The charges of failing to keep
to the right of the center of the
road and passing a motor vehicle
on the left when the way ahead
is not clear, were dismissed.
He was found guilty of having
no registration card, driving while
under the influence of liquor, ex-
ceeding so miles an hour. and
failing to stop after an accident.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08

NEW YORK, July Sub
stances like pilocarpin that stim-
ulate the sympathetic nerves
might prove treatment for
badness.
Injection of pilocarpin into
bald spots on the head in a
number of cases appears to have
restored. hair.
This is disclosed by DR.. Her
man Goodman, New York skin
specialist.
Theatrical Cure
For the present. DR.. Goodman
mentions the pilocarpin treat
ment incidentally only to sup
port his theory of badness.
Further clinical tests are needed
before any definite conclusion re-
garding the beneficial effect of
pilocarpin in badness can be
affirmed.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Veteran, q Musician,
Takes Life With Gun

MARTINSBURG, w. Va. July
8.-Byron Whitacre, of Capon
Bridge, Hampshire county, only
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Whit
acre and World War veteran.
ended his life by shooting IN the
yard of his home yesterday.
Mental depression. believed to
have been brought on by shell
shock, was ascribed as the mo-
tive. Before the war Whitacre
was a school teacher and a gifted
musician.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
DIES,
REGA|NS LIFE

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 8.
William Dugan, 27-year-old en-
gineer, today described how it
felt to be scientifically dead nine
hours and then return to life.
Mr.. Dugan, who was dead in
the light of all ordinary scientific
tests, after seemingly being
drowned near Laurel Springs, N.
j., last Saturday from a canoe,
described the experience as a
Floating through an empty
space, where it was very gentle
and peaceful"
What appeared to be the be-
ginning of rigor mortis was
visible in his body when the
voice of his mother recalled him
to earth. Doctors had pro-
nounced him dead.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Protest and All
Seem Futile in
This Case

L. C. Westervelt, cashier of
the company that owns Holly
wood, a subdivision near Belts
vile, Md, wrote to the Prince
Georges county commissioners,
protesting the changing of q
zoning ordinance so as to per-
NIT the construction of a bar
becue stand on the Baltimore
boulevard at Hollywood.
Inves sti cation showed the
stand had been there before
the subdivision, and no appli-
cation had been made to
change the ordinance.
No action was taken by the
commissioners.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
BOARD TO RESUME

The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission will begin
work within a few days on the
extension of the sewerage mains
from the present terminus on
Old Georgetown Road, in the
Bethesda area, to Browns Sta
ton in Alta Vista. It is the in
tentiop of the commission to COM
plete the project this season, it
was learned today.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
County School Enrolment
Registers Increase

During the school year just
ended, there were 1905 ele-
mentary pupils and 1857 high
school pupils in the white schools
of Montgomery county and 1,784
colo"ed elementary pupils and 122
high school students. the annual
report on attendance and enroll
ment of the Montgomery County
Board of Education shows.
The total of 1868 white pupils
is an increase of 446 over the past
year. The colored schools showed
The Washington times., 1931-07-08

a gain of 20 in the high schools
and a loss of 38 in the lower
grades.
The board authorized the Elmer
School and the Seneca School
closed. The pupils of the Elmer
School are to be transferred to
the Poolesville School next year
and the Seneca children to the
Darnestown School.
Simon Craver was appointed
trustee at Unity in place of
George w. Johnson, who has
moved from the community.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Rockville Firenaen
Off For Convention

Francis Lyddane, William Dis
ney, Oliver Perry, Joseph Eowes
and Clarence Anders, of the Rock
vile Volunteer Fire Department
left today to attend the three
day convention of the State fire
departments at Ocean City, Md
On Friday they will be Joined
by 25 more members of the Rock.
vile force, who will bring a truck
with them and participate in the
parade.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Bethesdan Jailed
As Drunken DriUeT

Charged with operating an
automobile after his license had
been revoked, Cecil Brown, of
Bethesda, Md. was sentenced to
serve 80 days in the Montgomery
county Jail by Judge Charles w
Woodward in Rockville police
court.
Brown also was given a 30-day
sentence for driving while intoxi
Gated.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Han1bLetOn Picked
For TOUn Council

1 James Hambleton, president OF
Rhe Somerset Citizens Council,
Mas been selected to fill the va
cancy of o. E. Roberts on the
Eown council.
Mr.. Hambleton is director of
Ithe bee culture laboratory which
the Department of Agriculture
conducts in Somerset.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
20 Seek Arlington
County Board Seats

w. w. Wright, of Bancroft,
Arlington county, today an
nounced his candidacy for the
county board to be elected in
January. His candidacy will be
subject to action of the Repub-
lican convention which meets
Friday night in Lyon Park.
Wright is the twenty-ninth per
son to announce his candidacy
for this office.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
WOMAN JAILED

Mabel Baker, colored, was SEN
fenced to serve 10 days in the
Montgomery County Jail by
Police Court Judge Charles W.
Woodward in Rockville for dis
orderly conduct.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
HER0s' MOTHERS SAIL

NEW YORK, July 8 GN.SD.
Another contingent of Gold Star
mothers will sail for France to-
day to visit the World War GENE
teries. Eighty-six women will sail
on the liner President Harding.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
Air Line Inspection
! Force QuddrUpLed

To facilitate inspection Of inter
estate air passenger lines that have
applied to the Commerce Depart
ment for certificates of authority
to operate, the aeronautic branch
has increased it's air line inspec-
tion force from three to IL in
kuectors, it was announced today.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
WEEKLY LUNCHEON

The Arlington County Kiwanis
Club will hold its weekly lunch
con meeting at the Windsor
Arms Tea House. Glebe Road, to-
day at noon.
The Washington times., 1931-07-08
FAIR DIRECTORS MEET

The Board of Directors of the
Rockville Fair will meet tonight
at the Farm Bureau at Rockville
to discuss final plans for the
fair which gets under way
August l8,
The Washington times., 1931-07-08

TRANSPORTATION worries can he over
come economically through the pur-
chase Of a good used car one Of
the many GOOD BUYS listed in today's
Classified Section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-31

Petroleum production IN Mexico in a
recent month was nearly 100000 bar
rels.
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emptied his pistol at the three miners
last night after they had fred at him.
Joe Moore, 40, was instantly killed
by bullet in the heart. julius Bald
win, 30, shot twice In the head, was
given no chance for recovery. His
brother, Jeh Baldwin, 80, was wounded
twice in the shoulder.
The shooting occurred at pavilion
a mile from Harlan, where miners often
congregate. Deputy sheriffs had pre-
viously confiscated firearms found in
the place. After last nights shooting
four shotguns. q pump gun and an au-
tomato pistol found in the building
were confiscated by Sheriff J. H. Blair.
Sheriff Blair said he believed the
miners fred in an attempt to prevent
Fleener from searching the place. He
released the deputy on his own recog-
nizance to appear for trial. Fleener
said the three opened fire when he
stopped his automobile in front of the
pavilion, which contains q soup kitchen
and small swimming pool.
Five persons previously had been
slain in Harlan County's mine labor
disorders, which resulted in the sending
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that additional bodies would be found.
The search will be directed particularly
at well-the rear of the garage, he
said. Sheriff's deputies reported that
at the bottom of the well they found
feet of rock which probably was
dumped there recently.
Several deep holes in a creek which
runs by the Power property also will
be explored.
Gas Mask Offers Clue.
Discovery Of a gas mask caused au-
thorities to believe the basement OF
the garage may have been designed for
asphyxiation by means of natural gas.
The gas mask was found under a
corner of a house owned by Powers wife
and sister-in-law here. The house waS
occupied by j. H. Stone. tenant, who
moved late last week, police said. Stone
could not be found today.
There were gas jets in the basement
of Powers garage, but there were none
in the garage above.
A former Army service man said the
gas mask was Of the type used by the
United States Army, but that, in his
opinion, 1t was not souvenir OF the
World War.
Says He Needs Records.
Corpl. Dorsey c. Daley of the West
Virginia State police and City De-
tective Carl Southern, to whom Powers
made his oral confession. announced
they would receive a written ccnfeS-
sion from the prisoner today. Powers
said he could not write his confession
last night because I will need some OF
the records you have in order to give
you the dates and other things you
will want TO know"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-31

The Labor parry is In power in Aus
tralia.
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MRS. LEMKE WEALTHY.
Attorney Says Murder Victim Had
Several Thousand.

ST. PAUL, August 81 (P).-Mrs. Dor
othy A. Lemke, formerly Of st. Paul
and fifth victim Of Harry F. Powers
at C!arksburg, w. Va, was known To
have had several thousand dollars at
the tire of her divorce, seven years
ago. from A. w. Lemke here.
|, This was disclosed today by Frank A.
McAllister of Chicago. former st. Paul
attorney. who represented Mrs. Lemke
in the divorce action. McAllister was
here on business.
Mrs. Lemke told me she had means
Of her own end was noC interested in
obtaining alimony." McAllister said.
When the time came for the final hea--
ing in the case she was in Worcester,
Mass, and would not return to tes-
tify"
McAllister said Mrs. Lenlke intimated
she had several thousand dollars end
had been given about 81 500 by Lemke
previous to the divorce. He said he
thought Mrs. Lemke suffered from hal
fluctuations which followed the death Of
her child.
II investigated Several stories she told
re and found they were without toun-
dation," McAllister said.
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Of State troops here for several weeks.
Two deputies, q mine commissary clerk
and a miner were, slain in May in q
gun battle near Evarts. A deputy sher-
III was shot to death month before at
the same place.
A deputy sheriff figured in another
lated to the labor troubles. Carlo Hy-
att, 10, was shot and killed by Deputy
Sheriff Ed Rose, who said Hyatt began
fighting him when he attempted TO ar
rest the youth on a drunkenness charge
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-31


PHILADELPHIA, August 31.-Ad-
miral Albert Gleaves retired today as
governor of the United States Naval
Home, thus closing naval career OF
So years for the officer.
The admiral, who expects to return
to private life here, will be succeeded
by Rear Admiral Thomas Washington
Of San Francisco, who will take charge
on September IS.
During the World War Admiral
Gleaves had command of the Ameri-
can transport fleet and received nu-
merous decorations for his success in
conveying millions Of American soldiers
without loss of a single life through
submarine attacks.
He was born January l, 1858, in
Nashville, Tenn; retired from active
service in the Navy December 81, 1922
and was promoted to the full rank OF
admiral on August %. 1880. He had
been in charge Of the Naval Home for
the past three years.
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ASKS LEAGUE right
|. TO USE ALL ARMIES.
PauI.Boncour, Paris Leader,
Offers Plan as Solution
of Parity Problem.
Continued From First Page.)

he said, which, by unanimous con-
sent. will maintain naval superiority
for the United States and Great Bri-
tain"
Then he announced his proposal that
armed forces be placed at the DISPOSE
ton Of the League Of Nations, and he
predicted that France would support
such an undertaking at Geneva, be
cause it hGfmonizes with the convic-
tons of the French nation"
Until the problem ON mutual assist
ance Is settled, formidable obstacles
will be encountered. he said, citing the
difficulties met by the Washington and
London Naval Conferences as such in
stances.
Gen. Won Seeckt has said the World
War substituted for the eventual and
feared hegemony Of Germany the very
real supremacy Of France" said M.
Paul Boncour.
Much could be said about this, but
that is not the question. The question
Is not one of a succession of hegemonies
| or Of q struggle for hegemony. What
we must assure is hegemony Of the
League Of Nations"
ALOOFNESS SEEN ENDED,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-31

The birthrate Of the United States is
decreasing rapidly.
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POWERS OPERATED HERE.
Reported Seen at Time of Mary Bakers
Murder.

Reports that Harry o. Powers has at
times used Washington as a base OF
operations, and that he was here In
April, 1880, when Mary Baker was
killed, were understood to be under in
vestigation by police here today.
Powers is said. to have met a woman
in a hotel here and to have cores
pended with several others living In
nearby communities in connection with
his matrimonial bureau.
Mary Baker was killed by an I'M
identified man who was seen beating
her in her automobile near the Navy
Department Her mutilated body was
found in a ditch near Arlington Gene
terry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-31
Two Plan Lisbon.U. S. Hop.

LISBON, Portugal, August 81 (R.--
Willy Rody and Christian Johannsen
German airmen, who new here recently
from Berlin. plan to take on from
villa Franco de Xira on transatlan-
tic flight to New York as soon as work
on a flying field now under construc-
ton is completed.
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REFEREE RoUTs BANDITS
Dave Barry, Noted for Decision on
Dempsey, Saves 1000.

CHICAGO, August 81 R.-Dave
Barry, of 14-count note, swung a longer
count on two bandits Saturday night.
The referee Of the Dempsey-Tunney
battle at Soldiers Field was driving
along West Side boulevard when he
saw two men slug a third In Union
Park. Fourteen Count" joined the
battle. He swung several rights and
lefts and the assailants fled.
Then Barry learned the victim OF the
the assault was a bank messenger and
that he had saved the $4,000 pay roll of
a bottling works.
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COLEMAN ANNOUNCED
MINISTER TO DENMARK
Robert P. Skinner to Be Sent tc
Baltic Countries and Successor
Named in Greece.

Acting Secretary Of State Castle to-
day announced appointment of Fred
erick w. B. Coleman of Detroit. now
Minister to Latvia, Estonia and Lithua-
nia. to be Minister to Denmark.
Robert Peet Skinner Of Massilion,
Ohio, for more than five years Amer
lean Minister to Greece, was named
Minister to the three Baltic countries.
Coleman nils the vacancy caused by the
death OF the late Ralph H. Booth.
An appointment will be made later
to the Athens post.
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Fresh Mounds Found.
Seek Clues in Letters.

Detectives began porting over the mis-
siveS in the hope that new clues might
be- added to the evidence that Is ex-
pected to send Powers to the gallows.
T1ae letters, addressed to Cornelius O
Pierson, were in a post Office box. They
will5no be removed until a postal in
spector arrives. Letters taken from the
box yesterday bore the following return
addresses:
I'm. r, 1915 wallace street, Phila-
delphia, Pa; Van Bos Kock, Walnut
walton, Fla; EOS Flower street, Bur-
liugton, n. Co. COL Martin street, Clear
field, PAM. B., T342 Vermont avenue.
st. Louis, Mo-; 1l6 Clifton street, Olean.
N. Y.
Sheriff Grimm expressed q conviction
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Michael Alton. aged 1s, of St Paul's
School. London, has the distinction. of
being the first competitor at Bisley 70
obtain the highest possible score with
a service rife
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THREE SHOT IN GUN
. BATTLE AT HARLAN
One Dead, Another Dying as
Deputy Returns Fire
of Miners.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HARLAN. KY, August 3i.-One
miner dead, one dying and another
wounded was the toll today of the lstes-
shooting in Harlon County's troubled
mine area.
Deputy Sheriff Lee FIeener said he
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
P,U, c. To F|GHT
PHONE MERGER

The Public Utilities Commission
has definitely decided to enter
suit against the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company in
the District Supreme Court on a
charge of violating the LaFollette
anti-merger law.
Recent sale of $4,000, 600
issue of capital stock of the local
company to its parent organiza-
ton, the American Telephone
and Telegraph Company, is the
basis of the suit.
Mai. Gen. Mason M. Patrick,
chairman of the commission, said
today the suit probably will be
filed by the middle Of next
month. after the return Of Cor
poration Counsel William w.
Bride from Europe.
The company contends that
the sale of the stock to the A. T.
g. T. did not violate the La
toilette law, since the local con-
Germ was owned 100 per cent by
the A. T. g. T. before permission
was obtained from the commits
sion for the stock issue.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23

NEW YORK, July % QN.SD.
Prohibition and the economic sit
uation will be the dominant is
sues in the 1882 political cam
paign, Anton J. Cermak, mayor of
Chicago. declared today. He SAID:
81 cannot think of any issues
that will transcend prohibition
and hard times"
Cermak, a wet Democrat, COM
mands an unusual position in the
party in view of his election as
Chicago'S worlds fair mayor over
the strong opposition of William
Hale Thompson.
In New York for Fight
OStensibly here to see the
Walker-Sharkey fight. last night,
Mayor Cermak held conferences
with two of the leaders OF the
Democratic party-Franklin D.
Roosevelt and former Governor
Alfred E. Smith.
Mayor Cermak and Ex-Governor
Smith had a lengthy discussion
on the political situation. Tne
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
NANK|NG TURNS
TUCKER TOU.S.

PEIPING, July "a 0N.SJ.-
Acting under instructions from
the Nanking government, Shang-
hal authorities have surrendered
DR.. Francis Tucker, treasurer Of
the William S. Porter Memorial
Hospital at Shanghai, to the
American Consul at Tsinan, it
was announced by the American
Legation here today.
DIR. Tucker was taken into
custody by Chinese police fol-
lowing the death of q Chinese
janitOr at the hospital. who was
shot when he tried to flee from
questioning regarding a series of
theftS.
Disregardihg the extraterritor.
ialty agreements, the Chinese po-
lice refused to hand DR.. Tucker
over to the American authorities
and took him to Tsinan. He
was held incommunicado until
the Marking government ordered
his release.
The Washington times., 1931-07-23
MICKEY No HERO
To HIS WIFE

NEW YORK, July % QN.S).
Mickey Walker, who last night
made a new niche for himself by
fighting Jack Sharkey to a draw,
today may be a hero to a million
fight fans but he is not so much
to his wife.
Mrs. Maude Walker Socked him
with an attachment today which
took away his share of last nights
receipts.
She claimed $27,SOO as reim-
burSment for money she has
spent in support of their two chill
dren.
FaithlesS, She Says
Mrs. Walker pictured Mickey as
a fafthless husband. a cruel
father, and a poor provider, in
papers filed in Brooklyn supreme
court.
Ms. Walker declares Mickey
put her out of the house in 1929
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