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The Washington times., 1931-11-16
TARS OUTk|CK
D. {; ELEVEN

The British tars from H. M. S.
Delhi gave the British United. one
of Washington's leading soccer ag-
gregation, a lesson on how the
game should be played. defeating
them, 6 to 2. before a crowd of g.
900 yesterday.
Eddie Edmonston, center for
ward for the Sailors. led the scor-
ing with two goals. The sailors
showed their scoring propensities
to full advantage in the second
half, when they chalked up four
markers.
Columbia Heights attack was
too powerful for Fort Myer, who
bowed. to 2, in a Capital City
League clash. T. Clark and L.
Koennel scored twice apiece.
The Washington times., 1931-11-16
500 Charity Seats
Go to Alabama
Society

The largest block of tickets
sold so far for the Alabama.
Georgetown-George Washington
Catholic University cha rity
football game at Griffith Sta
dunn December IL has been re-
served by the Alabama Society
of washington.
Tomorrow and Wednesday
the three local college student
bodies will be canvaSsed by rep
resentativeS Of the committee.
Downtown ticket sale has been
started at SpaldingS. A saving
Of so cents per ticket is possible
for buyers of seats between now
and December i.
The Washington times., 1931-11-16
Jim LOndOs Engages
GeOrge CGLzG Tonight

NEW YORK, No. 16.-Jim
Londos, of Greece, the mailman
who works every night, rain or
shine, engages George Calza,
italian wrestler, here tonight.
Londos claims the worlds title
and the match has been billed
for the championship. LondoS
once met defeat at the hands Of
the Italian.
The Washington times., 1931-11-16
BASEBALL PIONEER DIES

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Nov. 16.
Frank r. Peirce, IS, one of Gne
organizers of the Western ASsocia-
ton Baseball League. is dead
here today. He was a well known
financier and sportsman and was
one of the five men who founded
the Western Association shortly
after the turn Of the century.
The Washington times., 1931-11-16
PACKARD PlNMEN WIN

The Packard's Eagles bowlers
packed too much of wallop,
and as a result Stockett-Fiske
took a licking at their hands.
by scores of 522. 461 and 498 to
485, sci and 474. Ford'S 323
set and SCOTS 1873 game were
the high spots.
The Washington times., 1931-11-16
Zuppke's AN-Big Ten
Teams in The Times
on Wednesday

Bob Zuppke's All-WeStern
Conference first and second
teams will appear in the sports
pages Of the Washington Times
on Wednesday.
Zuppke, head football coach
at Illinois University. is the
second oldest coach in the Big
Ten.
Watch for his Big Ten teams
on Wednesday.
The Washington times., 1931-11-16
PH|PPS
To ANNEX
MEDAL
By GEORGE A. SIMPSON

Martin r. Mccarthy, Beaver
Dam Club golfer, is doubly happy
today.
He defeated Henry Phipps,
Beaver Dam Club champion, in the
playoff for the qualifying medal
in the recent championship and
sweetened his victory by bagging
an ace on the fourteenth hole, par
3, 1856 yard.
Mccarthy had a medal round OF
rs, three over par, for the 18 holes
while PhippS finished seven
strokes in the rear.
Going to the fourteenth tee,
Mccarthy fetched a maShie from
The Washington times., 1931-11-16
DELAWARE DRILLS

Delaware and Hudson Coal quint
will hold its initial practice seS-
sion tonight at $50 O'Clock on the
Langley Junior High School floor.
For games call Manager Buckley
at Potomac 1871 after Z o'clock.
The Washington times., 1931-11-16
KELLY MOURNED

NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-Gridiron
fans today mourned the death Of
William G. wild Bill Kelly, pro
fessional football player who
formerly was a star at the Univer
sity of Montana. He passed away
here following an attack of acute
indigestion.
The Washington times., 1931-11-16
BENNIES OPEN SEASON

The Benjamin Franklin Univer
sity basketball team will open its
season tonight at $3.50 O'Clock
against the newly organized Will
son Normal Teachers five in the
latterS gym.
The Washington times., 1931-11-16
FREEMAN A MlDDL LEWEIGHT

Tommy Freeman, former welter-
weight champion, has gained too
much weight to continue as a vel
terweight. Freeman will box as a
middleWeight in the future.
The Washington times., 1931-11-16
Mill FUTURE B00S BY LAT II HILL TOP TRIU
. Tulane May Get Cold
To Play on Coast
HOud Win Needed
What q Team!
Is NOtre Danes
Nothing to Stop EN-

When should strong is Notre Dame let up on
an opponent weak as Navy?
That is debate which is raging today among Washing
ton spectators fortunate enough to be among
63 900 who observed Head Coach Hunk Andersons ges
tue toward Rip Miller Navy head coach when the former
played second and thdsng Notre Damers against the
Midshipmen throughout the second half OF that 2O-too
defeat Navy absorbed last Saturday
There wasn't one of the 60odd thousand spectators but
realized the score might easily have been 100 to had
the South Benders desired that far but Anderson
narenv decided he would football game instead Of
track meet and there few who thought that for
their money they should have been permitted to more
of the first string Irish Schwartz Jackwhlch MehnkoVlch
49,
The Washington times., 1931-11-16
Goodwin Subs for Injured
Weiss in Alex. Fight

Bob Goodwin the fourteenth best pugs the United States
today will face Billy Schwartz tonight the first boxing show
staged for the benefit Of the Day Nursery at Porner
The Washington times., 1931-11-16

But, regardless Of whether
the class of 1882 or the class
OF 1884 was represented on the
field for Notre Dame, some CT
the most accurate blocking and
tackling that has ever been
seen in these parts was On TAP
for the multitude.
The Washington times., 1931-11-16

his golf kit. Addressing the ball,
he whaled away and the ball rolled
a few yards and trickled into the
CID
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-03

ing his decision he stated that T will con- tinue as chairman until the national eonven- tion is held and completed. Of course with the selection of candidates. a manager for the campaign must then take over. :. ." Senator Fess was not President Hoover's se- lection three years ago. The president named Claudius H. Huston as chairman. He resigned last year and Senator Fess suc- ceeded. He won his name by declaring that prohibition was not party issue. He changed this somewhat after the elections of lo3O when it was indisputably proved that several candidates were defeated solely on the wet and dry issue. There was strong sentiment for Senator Fess' removal from the office some months ago. but he managed to live down this ignominy. It would never do for the g.o.p. to oust high official like that with an election pending.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-03

end 1t is inevitable thzt mankind submit to mandate that is hostile to his very being.
 But to return to the Connecticut senator's remarks Quoting from the ill-fated Wicker sham commission report on prohibition he said that it showed that r'the prohibition law does not promote respect for law and does not teach the habit of law observ- anee -" As Senator Bingham believes the question is not going from total abstinence to drunkenness. but are we going to do some thing to promote temperance and discourage lawlessness If we cannot repeal the Eigh- teenth Amendment at least we ought to mod ify the Volstead Act so as to make it more reasonable. more in conformity with public opinion. Personally believe that it would be entirely within the Constitution to legal ize the manufacture and sale of 4 per cent beer. which in ordinary use is not intoxieat- ing. Legalizing good beer would promote temperance by tending to discourage the use of bootleg liquor.
 Furthermore 1t would restore an import ant source of tax revenue now denied to the Federal government. We are faced with tremendous deficit. There is no doubt that a considerable part of this deficit might be met by placing reasonable tax on beer and permitting its manufacture and sale. In 1917 we derived $9l 100000 from taxes on beer and ale. In 1918 the tax amounted to $126.000.000 and in 1919 to $ll7.- 100000. The revenue is now lost to the Federal government.
 Another advantage of the legalizing of beer would be the increased use of grain In 1917. 91,000,000 bushels of grain were used in brewing. believe that the manu facture and sale of per cent beer would give employment to large number of those not now employed. It sounds reasonable to suppose that at least 100000 would find honorable employment in connection with the manufacture and distribution of 4 per cent. :" And just think what the added legaliZation of wines would mean to the country if figures are to carry any weight. We know that prohibition organizations can and have quoted just as imposing figures to show that legaization of wines or beers don't mean SO much to the nation compared with other industries
 Getting into statistics is apt to lead any body to make extravagant statements, not that we doubt the sincerity of any of them. They are made in good faith How ever, both sides concerned should remember that figures for years of the licensed saloon don't reveal what would happen in l93l or 1932. For one thing glance at our popula- .s At-. 1,,~I I~a1 ,~-I lion mark back in 1915. We climbed to 1O6.000.000 in 1920. It was close to 123,000.00O at the last federal census in 1930. It's more now This increase does not favor the prohibition cause one bit. It means more mouths to drink. as any survey of our American colleges and universities would reveal. Really the repealers and mod ifiers have the better of the argument.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-03
Whither Go We?

Senator Hiram A. Bingham reiterated his intention of resubmitting his 4 per cent beer bill when Congress eonvenes in radio address heard last week. Several of the sena- tors remarks are worth repeating not merely for the cause of those opposed to prohibition. but in the interests of temperance for which most of us are working. Too many ardent prohibitionists fail to realize that often the zeal of their foes is not so much to secure a glass of beer or wine. but to prevent con ditions that in their opinion are far worse than those which existed in the days of the licensed saloon. We'll wager that the new corners to the anti-prohibtionist faction are temperance men and women seeking to in- culcste real temperance in the nation.
 That prohibition can never bring about temperate conditions should be unquestioned today. It has failed and failed miserably It is not the means whereby this nation will lead all others in the quest for temperance Prohibition supporters may claim that we have tried all methods of liquor control with little or no success. but there has been no universal effort at controlling the manufae- ture and sale of wines beers. and liquors since the saloon was ostraeized. Older eoun- tries thas osrs have played with spiritueus liquors long before this nation was formed Probably more will continue to play with the issue as long as mankind exists. Ia the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-03

They argue things out informally and the keynote of discussion is often What the hell?" Borah is perhaps the biggest man here who can be depended upon to hand out no selfish propaganda and no ba- loney.
 The conferences provide a boom for the reporters. who can usually get an idea for story if they are hard up, and one for Borah, who gets a wider circulation for his views than any American outside the White House. Sometimes, of course, the views are not pub lished as his.
 After the Borah conference some correspondent always says. Well, let's go sec" And off goes a group. Such a group, large or small, Is always barging about the senate office building at this season. Lately it's meat has been LaFollette of Wisconsin, Reed of Pennsylvania, Couzens of Michi- gan, Nye of North Dakota, Walsh of Montana and McNary of Ore- gon. If you ask the correspond ents what they gather about the possibilities of the next congress. they will tell you that things won't begin to shape up until Norris of Nebraska gets back and goes into conference with his fellow progress sives.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-03
At The National Capitol
A Digest of Who's Who and What's Wha
DAILY WASHINGTON LETTEE
By RODNEY BUTCHER

Washington - Members of Con-
 gross are dribbling in here in
 preparation for the big doings
 which begin in December. Fifteen
 or 20 senators are reported in town at this writing and probably there are 25 or 30 representatives. Most
 of them are here for work, but
 few forget that this is the best
 season to trumpet their views for
 the country. Later with everyone
 here, competition will be keener.
 The supreme court, located in
 the capitols center, has been
 having its first fall session. Tom
 Heflin of Alabama also has been
 on view in connection with the contest for his old seat against
 Senator Bankhead.
 Miscellaneous busts, statues and
 famous old paintings are being
 scrubbed or dusted off.
 Jim Preston is roasting again at his perch in the senate press
 gallery. He moved there back in
 1897 and this will be the 17th
 congress he has seen assemble.
 Telegraph operators have re- turned to the gallery, for already they are assured of enough news files from the capitol to make their presence worth while.
 The house press gallery, which doesn't compare with the senate's in prestige, must be content with a good scrubbing and Q repaint- ing.
 But down on the house floor VOL find that an almost gaudy flooring of greenish-blue rubber tiling has been laid over the slightly raised portion over which the 435 seats are spread. This re- places the old carpet. Spit Is a horrid word but one learns that
 some members were often horrid. The senate chamber looks the
 same, but during the summer the whole pine floor was taken up and every electric wire beneath care- fully tubed to end the fire hazard And there's now fire pump in the
 capitol which will produce 1000 gallons of water a minute.
 The possession season really opened when Senator Borah oi Idaho returned and resumed his daily o'clock press conferences Twenty or 30 correspondents father in Borah's office daily and with utmost frankness, he hashes over with them developments cur rent. Usually Borah doesn't talk for publication, but he always has interesting ideas and opinions and, as often as not, interesting information. The correspondents sitting in chairs or on the floor
 also have ideas and information
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-03

Many Wsterburians will regret to leara that the famous Kittatinny hotel was recent ly razed by fire. The hotel was one of the most picturesque and popular in Delaware Water Gap. Its loss was estimated at over one-half million. It was not pretentious hostelry. being of frame construction and only four stories high. However, it hung on a rock cliff high over the Laekawanna railroad tracks and the Delaware river just above where it cuts through the gap. The hotel fronted on the Lackawanna trail which recently had become modern high way. Formerly it was a narrow ma- cadamized road with trolley tracks close to the cliff and an appalling drop to the rail- road tracks on the outer side. We presume some attempt to rebuild will be made.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-03
Taxpayers Will Strike

A leading economic authority, Professor Fairehild professor of political economy at Yale university. says that increasing taxes in the face of decreasing revenues, have brought the taxpayers of the country to point close to revolt One cause of the troubles of the farmers has been high taxes. Here is charge that cannot be dodged by any econ-. omies the agricuturalsts may adopt The taxes must be paid, or their property is for feited.
 The problem for the average person is not the federal income taxes which come mostly upon people of large wealth or comfortable circumstances. Federal corporation taxes, however, are likely to hit the ordinary con sumner. Many corporations are supposed to consider these taxes an expense of their busi- ness and to add enough to their prices to pay them. What hurts the ordinary person is the taxes of cities. counties, and states. What can be done to get them down?
 People do not want to stint the education of their children. they demand good roads, fire protection, and adequate police. But there will be trouble in many municipal governments. unless the city fathers find ways to reduce expenses. Community fi- nances everywhere should be managed by the most efficient business people. and the prices paid for many services will have to be reduced. Many towns cannot afford to pay for handsome schoolhouses and other public buildings as they would like to.
 If reasonable bids are not made for con- struction jobs, the result is likely to be that the jobs won't be done A willingness to work for moderate prices will keep the taxes down. and keep people at work. It is an era of retrenchment in public expenses. The officials and politicians that can cut the taxes will be popular here in Connecticut and elsewhere.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-03
RE-ENTR THE WIZARD

(New York Herald-Tribune)
 One of the sideshows in the cir- GUS of intolerance has just reopen ed under the same management but a different name. Colonel ". J. Simmons, well but not favorabiy known to ali of us as the former imperial wizard of the Ku-Klux Klan, Is back again at his familiar function Cor is 1t perhaps bus iness?) of rounding up miscellan. eous American prejudices. bogeys. fears and hatreds. His latest effort is spectroscopic. It is called the White Band, and 1t is going to com bat "black radicalism. red com munism, yellow intrigue and white asinine folly" Whether the good old K. K. K. white nlghtgowns will eventually be issued Cat a fair price) to the bands secret member ship is not revealed, but fl they arc they will probably follow the cur. rent fashion In dust pans, bread boxes. shoe trees and plumbing fix' tures and he as pretty as . rain bow. ftl.f
 vltes Jews and Catholics to join the White Band. This, from Q form or usiaapA. Sa a nNtahtA haNanN@ V"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-03

President Arthur S. Pease of Amherst col lege has apologized to Bishop Thomas M. OLeary of the Springfield diocese for certain remarks and a cartoon in recent issue of Lord Jeff, unofficial college comic paper. Last night an editorial appeared on this page relative to the incident. President Peases letter of apology was addressed to Bishop O'Leary as he was considered the representative of the Roman Catholics who were affronted by the student attempt at levty. We anticipated some such action by the Amherst authorities once the matter had been called to their attention as no self respecting institution would approve the tactics that the students displayed in their recent issue of Lord Jeff As President Pease explains the magazine is uncensored by the faculty. It is good argument for such censorship. We suppose there would be those who would express horror at such trammelling on the independent thought of the college youth of to-day. However. just such incidents as the above one will con- tinue to crop forth as long as immature minds are permitted to give full rein to their imagination and their sense of what is right. Amherst college has suffered an injury through sehoolboy ineptitude. It will be some time before she lives it down. for the wrong is done.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-03
Quotations
FIRST AMERICANs KILLED

On November 8, 1917, three Americans were killed and five wounded in the first engagement in which American troops figured.
 These Americans were: Cor poral James B. Gresham. Evans vile, Ind; Private Thomas F. En- right, Pittsburg, Pa, and Private Merle D. Hay, Glidden, Ia.
 They were killed in hand to hand fighting when small detach- ment of American infantrymen was attacked in the trenches by su- perior force of Germans. The Americans were cut off by heavy barrage fire in their rear.
 A sergeant and a corporal and 10 men were taken prisoners. The enemy lost some men.
 The dead were buried on the slope of a hill overlooking a small village somewhere in France.
 Simple markers were placed on their graves with the inscription: Here lie the first soldiers. of the great Republic of the United States who died on the soil of France for justice and liberty, No- yember g. 1917."
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-03
SLOW WORK IN NEW
 HAMPSHIRE
(New York Times)

By an amendment to the election act passed by the legislature in special session, the New Jersey re- publicans were able to respond to the exceeding bitetr cry of the brethern in Washington. There will be a primary on November IF | to nominate a successor to the late Representative Alderman and special election December 1. But the vacant seat in the First New Hampshire district must remain untitled till nearly a month after the meeting of congress. Shortly after the death of Representative Fletcher Hale the Granite State republicans seemed to think that the business of choosing his suc- so that they had time enough and to spare. A study of the state election laws taught them other l wise. On Wednesday Governor Winant and his council set Janu- ary as the date of the special election.
 In his radio broadcast of this ! week Governor Winant set forth l, the elaborate process which must be followed. The bungling un- formity of legislation on substanti- ally the same subject has seldom had happier illustration. The di- rect primary law specifically ex- poets from its operations elections to fill vacancies. Why this dis respect for the oracle of the peo- ple's will? It is a fact. however hard to believe that the old wicked Hale's seat. The caucus and the convention have to be dug up, just as the yhad to be when the seat of "Cy" Subway, most altitudin-r ous of representatives. wa sto be filled in 1918.
 | Seven solemn steps have to be taken of which the first, publica- ton of the precept for the special election, is the only short and easy one. Fain would the antiquari- an dwell on such forbidden, for gotten lore as warning a caucus" but. time presses" save in New Hampshire. From the initiatory precept to final certification by the Governor and Council takes at least sixty-four days, If Mir Vii nant's chronologers have counted straight. Special sessions don't appeal to New Hampshire. What is be done? Nothing. but to play l thS sotiic oSSSt uihE to tuc rules. As a consistent reformer, Cover nor Winant proposes that the fed eral constitutoin be amended so that a governor may fill a vacancy in the house as well as in the sem ate. After putting this youngster on the waiting list the governor turns to chide his erring people.
 Why shouldn't the legislature nut elections to fill vacancies under the sacred shelter of the direct primary law? It Is "out of step with proE- ress Ito resort to an antiquated. obsolete and discarded system of election by caucus and convention" It Is: and no trained observcr will
 take for wink the tear thnt drlps from the cyo of George Moses of Nov HaEpshlre os he reads thess salutary rensarhs.