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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22

A matador's costume for an exhibit
ton bullfight, with all its gold and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
Drought Saves Lives
Of Pair Who Drove
Into City Reservoir
BY the Associated Press.

BRAZIL. Ind, January "a
James Gasaway and Chester
Walker are looking back thank
fully TO last Summers drought.
Riding In their automobile,
they failed to see the end ot the
road. The machine climbed a
railroad grade crossing and
plunged into the city reservoir
nearly dry from the drought
They were pinned under some
mud at the bottom. hut neither
was badly hurt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
the Aim redhead. whom she formerly
served as secretary-confldante
Ask Additional Information.

They showed their confusion by ask
ing several times for additional instruc-
tons in balloting and technical infor-
nation.
Glimpses into the private life of the
screen fiapper and glances at Cancelled
checks that told of the .frenzied spend
ing of more than $3.50. 900 by the Bow
household in less than two years, caught
by the jurors as they heard the aeSti-
mony, added to the problem of the
jury.
If convicted on all of the IS counts
of grand theft against her, Daisy would
face term of IS to $50 years should
the 1-to-10-year sentences on each
count be made to run consecutively.
The jury foreman, Ralph Boynton,
asked last night If it were necessary for
ballot attempt on each count to be a
unanimous one, which indicated a bal
loting attempt had ended in disagree
ment. He was instructed in the af11rma-
tive.
Defendant Retains COmpOsure.
The blond ex-secretary to the screen
flapper waited with composure in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
so SHIPS SEEN UNFIT

Briton Says New Craft of U. S. and
other Powers Lack Protection.
LONDON, January % (P).-Sir Will
liam Berry. former director of naval
construction for the British admiralty,
today expressed the opinion that SO
of the l0,O00-ton cruisers built or being
built under treaty limits in the United
States and other naval powers would
not be Mt fighting machines.
In his opinion these cruisers will be
inadequately protected. so that one well
placed salvo of shots would put them
out of commission. He said too much
had been sacrificed to speed and gun
power, and he urged that future cruisers
of the treaty type should be slower,
shorter and better protected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
ELECTED SIXTEEN TIMES
Allen C. Clark Again President of
Columbia Historical Society.

Allen c. Clark was elected president
Of the Columbia Historical Society for
his sixteenth term at a meeting of
that organization Tuesday. other Of
ficerS were:
Wilhelmus B. Bryan and John B.
Larner, vice presidents; Victor B. Dey-
Der, treasurer; Miss Maud B. Morris,
recording secretary; Henry l.. Bryan,
corresponding secretary; James F.
Hood, curator, and John c. Proctor,
chronicler.
The following managers were named:
Mrs. Charles w. Richardson, DR.. William
Tindan, Maj. Gist Blair. Frederic A.
Delano and Sidney r. Taliaferro.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
DAISY De Doe Jury
APPEARS CONF USED
Elderly Group GropeS VainIy
for Answer to Clara Bows
Allegations.
nv the Associated Press.

LOS ANGELES, January 90 Bewil-
dered by problems OF impulSive youth,
haphazard bookkeeping and Hollywood
OF screen life IL elderly men and
women to-day resumed deliberation on
the fate OF Daisy DE Boe, charged with
the theft OF $lb3 from Clara Bow,
fllm redheed
The seven men and f1ve women jul
rors, none OF whom belong TO Daisys
or Clara'a generation, CROPPED vainly for
six and one-halt hours yesterday. seek
ing to determine from mass OF COM
pick testimony whether Daisy stole from
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22

court room with . large crowd Of curl
Gus until the jurors retired.
Miss Bow, who for several days has
been confined to her Beverly Hills home
with a cold and nervousness, brought
on by her trial, did not appear yester-
day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22

Elizabeth's ships and was built from de-
signs in manuscripts collected by pepvs
nearly $50 years ago when he was
planning history of the royal navy.
The patchwork. as was the custom in
the days of the Spanish armada. is laid
on in angular patterns of brilliantly
contrasting colors
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
PEPYS IS HoNoRED
Science Museum Completes Ship
Model From Manuscripts.

LONDON CP.-Samuel Pepys did
more than write diary, and the out
come of one Of his labors has just been
completed at the Science Museum.
It is a 6-foot model of one of Queen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
GIVEN SCHOOL CONTRACT
Washington Firms Sat. 800 hid on
Deanwood Protect Low,

Arthur L. Smith e Go. ~ washing
ton d. c.. submitted the low bid ot SOL -
500 FOR contract Ia construct four
room addition to tho Dcanwood school
Wilmington place and Lane place
northeast Seven bids were submitted,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
Notice TO Subscribers
in Apartment Houses

Subscribers wishing the
carrier boy to knock on
the door when delivering
The Star will please tele-
phone circulation depart
ment, National 5000-and
instructions will be given
for this service to start at
once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-22
Improved OZO Mist
Is Now Here
Rest for Head Colds

Thousands of sufferers from stuffy,
runny noses hail improved OHo Mist'
the superior inholant. Doctor" from
coast to conSt recommend tht" "ate'
pleasant. quick remedy Tor head ana
chest colds. Put a drop on handker-
chief or pillow; aromatic vapors give
instant and lasting relief Only soc
at all druggists.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-03
Etiquette

1. What does Eau gratin' meant
2. What is the dinner napkin real
ly for?
8. What could probably be charac.
terized as the chief attribute for a
woman to be considered by men as
clever?
d. If zone receives a wedding an
nouncement, but no invitation, is a
wedding gift obligatory?
5. May hot drink be poured into
the saucer to cool?
ANSWERS
l. Dishes covered with crumbs
and Drowned.
2. Use it to wipe the mouth before
drinking from the water glass, that
the glass may not be smeared; and
also to wipe the fingers, particularly
after using the finger bowl.
3. Make the man to whom you are
talking seem clever.
4. No.
5. Never. Merely allow it to cool
before drinking it.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-03
Despicable

Mr.. Herbert o. Yardley, white,
once PHOTOGRAPHER of the War De-
partment has written book in
which he explains how acting for the
government he deciphered and de-
coded the Japanese official messages
sent by that government to its rep
resentatives in Washington and Lon
don Just before the naval conference
of 1919.
As result, the United States
knew all the private and secret in
structions to the Japanese delegates
even before the Japanese made them
public.
While Japanese delegates were
eontending for seven war ships to
every ten built by the U. S., Uncle
Sam by his Spying knew that the
Japanese government had instructed
these delegates to accept six and one
half or even six instead.
If there is any dirtier business
than this, we have yet to hear of it..
1t is like playing cards with an op,
ponent into whose hands you have
looked.
It's like stealing and reading your
ntighbor's mail.
It's filthy a trick as ever en-
played by a so-called Christian ma
lion to take unfair advantage of
one known to be "heathen."
Mr.. Yardley somewhat boastfully
adds that this bit of degeneracv was
Al. Z
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-03
Hoover's Commission

President Hoover calls a counsel
of influential men to aid the jobless
and, as is his custom, leaves out any
colored people. Colored people are
suffering. proporti9natelr the evils
and tortures of unemployment more
than any other class or group. Some
people from among the colored group
would be able to assist the Presi-
dent in working out relief plans Our
suffering comes in incidental to that
of the whites and our relief will like
wise be incidental but in spite of
this we are American citizens, who
are entitled to a voice in expressing
orr own misery Mr. Hoover thinks
otherwise as do MANY other whites
but the problem remains. unrest
surges M in the breasts of those who
are denied their rights and the dav
of Justice and atonement will come
% will a change in the social order.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-03

Crime Statistics


In the Wickersham report prom
crimes committed by our people,
proportion of which is reflective,
caused by our population.
Ever and anon some agency comes
forward with some statistics on crime
and the colored man. In almost all
of these crime reports gathered by
some social service student at the
courts it is shown that the colored
people are in court more than other
groups in proportion to the popula-
ton. While the figures and percen-
tages may be correct in point of
numbers, the conclusions from these
figures are usually drawn or refer
red, grossly misrepresent the truth
of the situation. The figures show
the colored population up in the light
that they are more criminally in
clined than other component parts of
the population. If the figures are
gathered at the morals court the in
ference gained from simply counting
noses is that we are also the most
immoral group in the country.
None of these reports ever tell the
why of the situation. These reports
do not tell the public that colored
people are picked up in large num-
bers for the most trivial of offenses,
often illegally, that they are convic-
ted many times on account of inabil-
ity to hire proper counsel, that their
ignorance often opens wide the pris-
on doors for them, that rank preju-
dice is the cause of their arrest and
is frequently the direct or indirect
cause of their conviction and in the
case of the Moral Court there is no
adequate provision for welfare work
for first offenders.
These reports do not show the
economic background which makes
the offenses of colored people stand
out in bold relief to the gaze of the
world while other people do worse
things but with better economic
background more successfully hide
their law violations. These gather
ers of statistics almost Invariably
fall into the error of making the col
ored the most criminal and immoral
element of our populations purely
from a check of the police or court
blotter The harm is done when
these deductions are broadcast with
out any of the reasons being told
and it is about time some agency got
to the point where these gatherers
of statistics told the whole truth
along with their figures and charts.
We certainly as a people do not
furnish all of the gangsters, the
racketeers, and high-powered citizen
ry who are Haunting the law every
day and we certainly do not consti-
tute large percentage of the muir
derers and brutal killers who stalk
the land and defy the law and then
beat the rap with high price counsel.
Let us insist in the future that we
are presented as we are and that if
figures are to be presented, let us
have the proper explanation of these
figures to insure true picture be-
ing presented and not gross mis-
representation.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-03
DR.. Williams Legacy

Il was a mighty fine thing for the
late DR.. Daniel Williams of Chicago
to becueath fifty thousand dollars to
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People. The
Advancement Association has been
functioning over two decades in its
splendid work by the grace of white
philanthropy and benevolence. This
bequest of DR.. Williams gives proof
to the fact that the colored people
are awakening to the reality that
they must support in a larger meas
ure their own charities and uplift
organizations.
Fifty thousand dollars coming in
one lump from the estate of de-
ceased colored man will undoubted-
ly prove to the N. A. A. c. P. that
they have "cast their bread upon the
water and after many days it has re-
turned" 1t will awaken within the
minds and hearts of colored people
g stronger sense of duty and respon-
sibility. 1t creates and establishes a
splendid precedent and will undoubt-
eddy focus a more definite interest
in the vicarious work of the Asso-
citation.
The time will come when cofored
people will be compelled to endow
their own schools, support their own
social service work, finance their
own politics and supply credit for
their own business. 1t appears from
recent indications that the colored
people are no longer regarded as
helpless wards by the whites. The
presence of fine automobiles, the
n0toriety of trips to Europe and
the advent of fine metropolitan
homes, and widespread advertise
ment of business development
amongst us has resulted in the we'll
disposed whites concluding that we
are rapidly approaching the stage in
our own development when and
where we can take care of ourselves.
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
should be maintained and supported
by colored people. Statistics prove
that the per capita wealth of our
people permits of our own support
of such organizations. When we ar
rive at the conclusion that we must
support these kind of institutions
just then will we liberate them and
separate them from alliances that
curtail their power, limit their pro-
gramme and circumscribe their poll
cies. The fifty thousand dollar leg
acy of DR.. Williams establishes a
precedent for others to follow and
many of us can give substantially
before the hour of death arrives.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-03
A Church Circus

The Rev. A. A. Herbert, revivalst
of Kansas City, recently conducted
15-day meeting IN Memphis using
as illustrations two horned frogs OBJ
tanned in Mexico and four-legged
rooster which lays eggs but doesn't
cackle
With such a beginning Mr.. Her.
bert should add a few more freaks
and provide a real sideshow for a
circus.
incidentally, sections of his church
were roped off exclusively for the
use of whites who desired to come
in and witness his performance.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-09-03

THE NORTHWEST ENTERPRISE
ia the best Sc Negro Newspaper in
the u s. A.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
F ARM IMPORTS
. CURB FAVORED
BY LEGGE
Increased Tariff Rather Than
Embargo Urged in Letter
Sent. to House Committee

The Federal farm board has
abandoned proposals for an EN-.
barge on surplus agricultural prod
ucts, and instead favors amend.
ments to the tariff law to halt
imports, it was disclosed today.
Although Chairman Legge has
never fIatly indorsed embargoes
on wheat, as urged by Senator
Capper (D.) of Kansas and Rep.
resentative Burtness (R.) Of North
Dakota, he has issued statements
regarded as approving efforts to
this end.
Hawley Gets Reply
The new position of the board
was stated today in a letter from
Sam r. McKelvie to Representa-
tive Hawley (RO of Oregon,
chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee. Mr.. Hawley called on
the board for a report on the
Burtness Bill which proposes an
embargo on wheat and other agri-
cultural products of which there
is a surplus.
In the absence of Legge, Nc
Kelvie stated the position Of the
board as follows:
Answering your letter Of
January 19, to Chairman Legge,
it was the chairman's original
idea that if results could not
be gotten in some more practi-
cal way, a temporary embargo
might be placed against imports
of agricultural commodities. 1t
is our view this should be done
as a last resort.
"The better plan would be
to give the Tariff Commission
authority to recommend so per
cent. increases in tariffs on
agricultural products without
taking the time to make more
cost studies in countries that
are shipping their products
into the United States.
I'm other words, the flexible
provisions of the present tariff
bill require altogether too much
delay to meet the present
emergency, and it: probably will
always be SO"
McKelvie added that the board
hoped Congress would take some
action in the present session to
halt the importation Of foreign
farm products.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
WOOL REPORT

BOSTON, Jan. "a QN.SO.-
action of the domestic wool mar
ket in view of the decline at the
London opening during the past
week was considered by members
of the trade to be very encourag.
ing. The recent decline in do
mestic prices have at least
practically discounted what hap
pened at London and the ousi'
ness that was pending on domes-
tic wool appeared to proceed
without serious interruption. The
aggregate volume of sales was
larger than last week the largest
in any week in several months.
Prices we're slightly lower on
some grades and steady IN others.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
REP0RTDEGI 'NE.
|N|NSURANCE

Actual production figures for
the year 1880 by AZ member COM
panies of the Association OF Lie
Insurance Presidents confirm last
months forecast by executives
that 1905 new business would not
be much below that of the record
breaking year of 1929. A report
forwarded by the association to
the Department of Commerce
shows that the actual amount OF
new life Misunderstanding OF
revivals, increases and dividend
additions-purchased last year
from these companies was only 3.3
per cent less than in 1919, when
all previous production records
were surpassed.
Combining the records of new
life insurance production -eX-
elusive of revivals, increases and
dividend additions-of these "A
member companies representing
IS per cent of the new business
done by all United States legal re-
serve companies, the report shows
that, with the exception Of 1929,
the amount of production was
greater last year than in any other
year in life insurance history.
Exceeding the amount of new
business in 1928 by 1.9 per cent,
and that of 1927 by 1913 per cent,
the amount of new production
last year surpassed the average
for the five years, 1e25-1929, by
6.3 per cent
Industrial business made the
best showing Of the three classes,
ending the year with a decrease
of only 1.6 per cent under the
1929 total. In this class Of bust-
ness the summer months saw the
greatest gains, June leading with
the large increase Of 28.8 per cent.
Group insurance, the class al.
ways showing the greatest varla-
ton in volume and percentage
changes, had a fluctuating trend
throughout the year. The great
est increase in this class, 84.3 Der
cent, came in September, while
the largest decrease of the YEAR,
Sill per cent, was shown in the
following month.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
ARMOUR QUITS
OLD FIRM

CHICAGO, Jan. "a QN.S0
For the first time since it's
founding So years ago the pack
ing house of Armour & Co.. to-
day was without a member Of
the famous Armour family in an
official position.
With the election of T. George
Lee as president and the result
ing resignation of the last Of the
Armours to hold executive office,
Philip D. Armour III, the pack
ing house firm yesterday passed
completely into the hands OF out
side interests.
Succeeds White
Lee succeeds F.. Edison White,
who was killed January Is, in a
fall from the seventh floor win
dow of his apartment. Lee en-
tered the firms employ as a
stenographer SO years ago, and
was fifth vice president before
yesterdays action by the board
of directors.
Armour, the grandson Of "old
P. d." founder of the company
and first president, was first vice
president and director and was
known to have fostered the am
bition of succeeding his forebears
as head of the packing firm.
Armour hoped that yesterdays
meeting of the board would real
ize that ambition but after four
hours deliberation the directors
chose Lee and gave Armour's
office of first vice president to
Philip L. Reed, treasurer and sec
retary of the finance committee.
Greatest Disappointment
"This is the greatest disap-
pointment of my life," said
Armour in making his resigna-
tiOn known.
He made known his resignation
with a suddenness which was
dramatic shortly after the boards
action was announced.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
AND TUBE
HEADS MEET

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Jan. "a.
GN.SO.-Decision as to the next
move in the attempt to merge
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Com
pany with Bethlehem Steel Corpo'
ration was in prospect today as
directors of the Sheet and Tube
concern gathered here for a spe-
cisl meeting.
To Discuss Merger
.. While no definite announce
ment was forthcoming from Off.
Gals that a future course OF
action would be discussed Tor de-
cided upon at the session, rumors
we're current here that the merger
was the principal purpose for
the meeting.
The meeting is the first since
Judge, David G.. jenkins handed
down his ruling last December,
granting a permanent injunction
to the anti-merger forces against
the consolidation.
Appeal Limit Nears
The session also comes a short
time before the legal period in
which a petition for Al appeal
Of the case to higher court
may be filed expires.
Frank Purnell, president of
Sheet and Tube, defined the
meeting today as a. regular
monthly session and added that
the merger may be discussed"
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
RAIL STOPOvER
EXTENDED

Policies which are 70 become
effective on all railroads Of Feb
ruary l are expected to increase
passenger patronage and to re-
move many of. the inconVe n!ences
of this form of travel, Washing
ton representatives Of local and
,anscontinental systems an
nounced today.
Effective on that date. all one
way tickets to any point ir the
United States or in Canada will
be good for 30 days and will per
nit the holder to stop off at any
number of intermediate points en-
route: The only requirement to
be met by the traveller is that
he reach his destination in 80
days.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
METAL MARKETS

NEW YORK, Jan. "a G.N'so'
Copper buying was smaller on
both foreign and domestic &C.
count. European consumers were
blying less because of their sure
ness that the price OF copper
will not rise within the near fu-
ture. Some secondhand. copper
was offered at ga cents pound,
but producers and custom smelt.
ers were still at 10 cents delivered
to the end of May.
Electrolytic for foreign ship
ment was at 1890 cents a pound
elf. Hamburg, Havre aud Lon
don for January and February,
1895 cents a poung for March,
and 1O.4O cents a pound for April
delivery. Zinc buying was small
with the price at 4 cents a pound
east of st, Louis for prime West
ern zinc. .
Lead buying was small With the
price unchanged at ATS cents a
pound New York. and ass cents
a pound at st. LoN.s.
The Washington times., 1931-01-24
Legal Training Seen Big
Aid to Rosenberg

ganization of the staff of the in:
stitution of which he is the head.
Mr.. Rosenberg, through the
training which he was given while
studying law at Georgetown Uni
versity, has been able to attend to
the minor details Of project con-
corning his bank, as well as the
larger items of the project. It is
hardly ever that he misses a de-
tail in anything and the keenneSS
of his mind is shown in the mum.
Der of things he has accomplished
at the bank during the time he
has been connected with 1t.
Mr.. Rosenberg is married and
has two children. Audrey r., and
Maurice D. Rosenberg, jr.
He is vitality interested in the
civic life of Washington and has
long been a member of the Board
of Trade and the Merchants and
Manufacturer Association. Dur
ing the World War it was
through his efforts that a great
amount of the Liberty Bonds sold
during the various drives were
distributed. He was also a mem
ber Of the Hoover-CurtiS inaug-
ural committee.
Mr.. Rosenberg is an accom-
plished traveller. He has recently
returned from South America,
where he visited many points
of interest. During his trip there
he made a study of numerous
trade conditions in a casual way
and friends say that although
his trip was mainly for pleasure,
he learned a great deal about the
foreign markets in the Southern
hemisphere which will aid him
in his work.