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The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-10

SPEND Sunday, Tuesday, Thurs day and Friday evening at the Bible Chautauqua. Odd Fellows Building. -adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-10

Virginia and V. M. football teams have met 27 times since 1893.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-10
STAGE STAR
 IS MARRIED

YUMA, Arizona, Nov. 10.-Mar-
 jorie Rambeau, stage and screen
 actress, and Francis Gudger, of Florida, have been married here by Justice of the Peace.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-10

Have your furs cleaned and re- paired at Chas. Goldstein & Co
 -adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-10
SPORT BRIEFS

Joe Hall, right end of the Flor ida football team, never played high school football.
 v... P. I. and William and Mary football teams met this fall for the eighth time since 1904. -
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-10
BAR SILVER AT NEW HIGH

NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-Bar silver Init another new 1881 high today 'Silver reached 37A cents an ounce.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-11-10

Old papers at The Empire.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06

be threatened, as I was not
close friend of Beulah. 1 had
met her at number Of parties
and dances, and that was all.
! II never went out any place
with her, and 1 was not q men,
ber Of the club. But / do not
believe this note is q practical
joke, and I am terrified"
Miss Ale said she went to look
in the mail box at 1880 a. m,
yesterday and the note was not
there. Shortly after 2 o'clock she
looked again and found the note
wrapped in q mans white silk
handkerchief.
Death Threat Quoted
Beside the note a picture clipped
from a newspaper showing the
slain girl was wrapped in the
handkerchief. The letter "F''
was printed on the picture.
The note itself was printed in
pencil on cheap ruled paper and
then traced over in ink. 1t was
signed "S."
Miss Ale was warned in the
note:
"YOu were a friend of Beulah
Limerick. You had better be
careful or you will be the next
to die. Your every move Is be-
ing watched. Beware"
The Washington times., 1931-01-06

place just so it was out Of the
Fifth precinct where LangdOn
is stationed.
Had knocked Off One"
"On one occasion, she told
me that when LangdOn threat
ened her he said he had
knocked off one girl and that
BeuIah had better watch out.
'It is possible that LangdOn
made certain advances toward
BeuIah who repulSed him. She
said LangdOn had tried to date
her up several times and that
she refused to have anything
to do with him."
Another clue that looked prom
Using for a time was blasted yes
terday when Detective Sergt.
Thomas Sweeney went to Bed
ford, Pa, to question Paul Los
kariS, Greek.
The man had left washington
last Wednesday, the day OF the
murder and, according to pas
sengers in a bus, had been talk
ing about a girl he thought he
had killed. Investigation proved
that he knows nothing Of this
case, Sweeney wired Inspector
Shelby.
Four Men Still Held
The date of the coroner'S in
quest will be set some time today,
with a possibility it will be held
tomorrow.
Police are still holding Lang
don, Vernon Limerick, the girls
brother; Richard Reed, who lived
with the Limericks. and William
Paddy,
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
Inquest Set; Chemist
To Test Blood Stains
For POLUder MdrkinQS

The coronerS inquest into the
puzzling death of Beulah Linn
erick, 19-year-old usher, shot to
death in her room at 18 Nine
teenth st. S. E., early last Wednes-
day, will be held Thursday morn
ing at 1880 o'clock.
This was decided today follow
ing a conference between Coroner
]. Ramsay Nevitt and Capt. Ed
ward j. Kelly of the Detective
Bureau.
While no statement was made
by police regarding the four
men held for questioning in
connection with the murder, it
was indicated that they will
be held until after the inquest
iS held.
DR.. Edwin Donaldson, police
chemist, entered the case today,
starting an examination Of the
bloodStained blankets and pillows.
He will attempt to determine if
there are any powder burns on
the blankets that were drawn
about the girls head when her
body was discovered.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
Planes Due at Natal
Tonight, Reported

RIO DE .JANEIRO, Jan. 6
G.N.SO SO.-Favored by fair weather
and clean skies all along the
Brazilian coast, the flotilla Of
Italian seaplanes commanded oy
Gen. Italo Balbo, flying from
Portuguese Guinea to Brazil, was
expected to reach Natal about 7
o. m. today 6 p. m. eastern
standard time), according to lat
est advices received here.
The Brazilian government wire
less office at Fernando NOrOnha
reported that the Italian planes
answered a wireless call sent out
shortly before noon 10 3. m.
eastern standard time), and ad-
vised that all Of the planes we're
making good progress. They did
not give their position, however.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
Dc. BAR To HEAR
OHIO JUR|ST

Chief Justice Homer G. Powell,
of the Court of Common Pleas,
of Cleveland, at a meeting Of the
local bar association at the court
house tonight, will explain the
Cleveland court procedure which
is to be adopted here.
Justice Powell arrived today
and was introduced to the JUS
tices of the District Supreme
Court by John E. Laskey, chair
man of the special committee
which recommended adoption of
the Cleveland system.
Justice Powell is one of the
originators of the system which
is expected to relieve local courts
of congestion,
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
BOY, 17,S0UGHT
IN KILLING Of
BEAUTY, 18
Bakery Clerk Found With Her
Head Crushed; Leaves Diary
Containing so Mems Names

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 IN.S).
A 17-year-old high school boy was
sought by police today soon after
the body Of Doris Reihng, slim
beauty Of 10, was found with her
head crushed in the back room
of a midtown bakery where she
was employed as q clerk.
A theory that she had been
the victim of bandits was aban-
doned by police who placed the
time of the killing as shortly
after the girl opened the store
this morning. The body was
found by a delivery drivery, Wal
ter Alderman.
Diary Contains Names
A diary was found together
with an address book containing
the names Of so or more men.
Police said members Of the FAM
lily gave them the name Of high
school boy with whom Doris had
been keeping company with for
some time. They Quarrtlled on
Saturday night, police were in
formed.
Last night, according to police,
Doris tore up several pictures Of
herself and destroyed some cor
reSpondence.
Says Its "Her Business"
That's my business" was her
retort to questions concerning
her actions.
An iron stool was the weapon
used by the girls assailant. It
was found, bloodstained, near the
body and other injuries to the
girl indicated there had been a
terrific struggle; the wielder Of
the stool swinging it at the girl
again and again.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06

the picture Miss Pilaro Rios, a
Philippine girl, who said Acuna
had forced her into a shameful
occupation prior to August, 1925.
He took her to a boat bound for
the Philippines, she asserts, hav-
ing won her release by promising
to send her home. A policeman
went with them, she said. After
putting her aboard. however, and
going away with the policeman,
Acuna came back and took her off
the boat, she declared, to go back
to her former life.
Proves ID. G. Residence
When these declarations S
reached Acuna's ears, he had prac-
tically started for Washington.
With him were six police lieuten-
ants and newspaper correspond
ents.
A conference was held at the
offices of the Washington Hotel
Employees Alliance. Acuna is
taking back to New York the
evidence that he worked and
lived here during 1925, 1926 and
1927.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
Slain Girls Friend
BQrriCdded in Home
After Death Threat

Trembling and on the verge Of
collapse, Mary Ale, 21-year-old
friend of Beulah Limerick sits
fearful today in her home at 1859
Ridge Pl. S. E.
For yesterday she received a
death threat letter, warning her
to beware or the same fate that
was Beulah's would be hers. While
police attach little Importance to
the threat, the girl has barracaded
herself in her home.
Police Blame Crank
Police believe the note the work
of a crank, but the girl points out
that it says she is being watched
and is fearful that the man who
killed Beulah will force his way
into her room. She said:
II Can1pt see why 1 should
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D. c. RESIDENT
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pretext, then stage a raid on the
"disorderly house" Shyster law
yers, he said, then would extort
all the money the girls had, "fix"
the police and obtain the release
of the prisoners. At times the
lawyers would not even go to the
trouble of trying to obtain the dis
miSSal OF their clients, but would
merely advise them to plead guilty
to faxed charges, pocket what
money they didn't give the police,
and let the girls go to jail.
Governor Franklin D. Roose-
velt pardoned a number of the
young women who had been SEN
fenced on framed" charges after
Acuna started his revelations.
Now, as to Acuna'S dash to
Washington. Samuel Liebowitz,
attorney who represents the .27
policemen, yesterday threatened
to prosecute him for perjury.
Acuna stated that he had never
had anything to do with New
York vice while acting as "stool
pigeon"
Mr.. Liebowitz introduced into
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
P&ce Probe Action
or Robert LGngdOn
On Niqht of Murder

The actions Of Patrolman Rob-
ertI Iangdon, of No. S precinct, on
the night Of the murder OF
Beulah Limerick we're being
probed by detectives today.
Still held for investigation, the
officer has Steadfastly denied any
knowledge of the crime. But de-
tectiveS are trying to find out why
he went twice to the door OF the
girls room that night and why he
says he turned his flashlight into
the room.
The Importance of this line of
questioning was revealed when it
was learned that a light had
burned in the murder chamber all
night.
PatroIman Langdon has admit
ted to detectives that he went to
the door of the house twice that
morning, once about 2 o'clock and
the second time about o'clock.
On the last visit to the death
house, the patrOlman told mem
bers Of the homicide squad, he
flashed his light in the room and
saw the girl in bed, her head COW
cred with blankets. She was found
dead in this position some four
hours later.
Mystery Car in Case
Controverting this statement of
the officer who is being held in
connection with the murder, Mrs.
Pearl Poston, who lives at 1885 A
st. s. E., the nearest dwelling to
the death house, declared today
that light was shining in the
murder room all night.
Mrs. POStOn, who was i'll the
night preceding the murder, arose
about midnight and saw q light
shining in the death room.
A large sedan was parked in
front Of the Limerick house at the
time. Ownership Of this automO-
bile has not been determined.
About l o'clock in the morn
ing, Mrs. PoSton arose again and
saw q light still burning in the
dead girls room. Again at S
y CAOCA1 SL1c saw GLlS IlSnG SClu
burning in the room.
Police point out that if the
light was burning over the dead
girls bed there would have been
no need for Policeman LangdOn
to flash ON his light.
Tells of Wild Parties
Mrs. Poston revealed that there
had been a succession of noisy
parties at the little death house,
lasting far into the night and
early morning, with as many as
IS men visiting the place and
nearly q dozen cars parked near
by.
The parties lasted so late and
were so noisy that on one occasion
she complained to police.
That the slain girl feared Lang
don and was preparing to move
to another neighbOrhOOd the day
she was slain to escape him was
revealed to police by Mrs. Julia
BywaterS, sister of the dead girl.
Mrs. Bywaters said:
"BeuIah told me that she
wanted to get away from the
place because she was afraid Of
what LangdOn right do to her.
She said she would move any
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
General BaIbO Reports
All Well on Trip,

ROME, Jan. 6 G.N.S) Gen.
Italo Balbo, Italian minister Of air
and commander of the flotilla of
seaplanes flying from Portuguese
Guinea to Brazil, reported by
radio at 3 p. M, G. M. T.
90 a. M, E. S. To, today that all
was well with the flight. The
message was received at the air
ministry here.
Communication with European
radio stations became difficult as
the IL planes winged their way
further westward, and reports
from the fleet became less fire.
quent.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
IL REDS HELD IN PLOT

BUDAPEST, Jan. 6 QN.SO.
Twelve Communists charged with
rioting to overthrow the govern
ment were arrested here and guam
titles of Red literature confis-
Gated. Police said the ringleader,
a journalist named Josef Revay,
has made a full confession.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
TROTzKY TO LECTURE

OSLO, Jan. 6 GN.SO.-Leon
Trotzky, deposed Communist
leader, may soon be allowed to
lecture to student bodies of Nor
way. There is a probability that
the government will allow him to
accept various invitations, pro-
vided he refrains from mixing in
Norwegian politics.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
HEAR
Of RED CROSS
JOBLESS AID
Payne Says Arkansas Food
Riots Are Exaggerated; Loan
Measure to Be Demanded

The American Red Cross has
provided relief for 250,OOO persons
in the drought-stricken States at
an expenditure of $849, ,965, John
Barton Payne, chairman of the
organization, told the Senate Ap-
preparations Committee today at
the opening of the Senate inquiry
into the unemployment situation.
Payne discounted reports of food
riots in Arkansas. He said there
were but 40 persons who de-
manded food wlAile the Red Cross
was feeding 500 other families the
same day.
Tells of Funds
He said his organization had
$4,000, 900 on hand and that he
had told President Hoover it
might get through the winter
with that fund"
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they had selected a house and
wanted to know when they could
occupy it.
Didn't Know Of Move
Asked for references, they gave
the names of Mr.. and Mrs. Willis,
owners Of the property the trio
then occupied.
Reed then paid deposit Of
$40 on the house selected, and
they were asked to come back at
10 o'clock, next morning, and
complete the transaction provided
the references we're acceptable.
The real estate company COM
municated with Mrs. Willis who
expressed surprise that they were
moving since they had not no
titled her.
She informed the real estate
company that all she knew about
the trio was that the rent had
been paid promptly.
This discovery bears out state
ments by members of her family
that she desired to get away from
the Fifth police precinct to es-
cape Patrolman Robert Langdon,
police officer, she claimed had
been annoying her.
Langdon, attached to the Fifth
precinct, is being held in connec-
ton with the murder.
Miss Martha Bargfrede, init
mate friend of the slain girl, was
again summoned to headquarters
today and questioned by members
! Of the homicide squad.
It was learned that the detec-
tiveS are seeking to learn from
her the names of all persons who
attended a dance the night of the
Staying.
Miss Bargfrede was present at
th9 affair and was brought home
by miss Limerick and William
Paddy. The last two then drove
to fhe death house on Nineteenth
Street.
Paddy is one of four being held
by sQplice in connection with the
Staying.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
JURY DEFENDED.
BY DARROW

A defense Of the jury system
in criminal cases was made by
Clarence Darrow, noted Chicago
lawyer and criminologist, in an
address at Howard University
Law School yesterday.
The growing tendency" to
eliminate juries and to concen-
trate power in judges was scored
by Mr.. Darrow, who declared:
"Juries, as a rule, are more
concerned with justice to de-
PENDANTS. while judges are re-
stricted " the technicalitieS Of
the law and the prevailing
trend of public opinion"
Many persons hailed into the
court on criminal charges, eSpe-
cially negroes, are convicted be-
cause they lack money for a
proper legal defense, Mr.. Darrow
declared. His lectures at Howard
University are given throughout
the current week at 1890 a. m.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
s F[|ERS REACH
BRAZIL COAL

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MarceIlO asking whether it should
"begin search for five planes
which have not yet been sighted
ON the cruise between the Mar.
cello and the BenSagna." The
latter is another cruiser further
along the. course of the flight.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance January ),
92,129,916.36.
Expenditures, $12,642,953.79.
Customs receipts, $1,798, 1897 .28.
The Washington times., 1931-01-06

Arlst
BASEMENT PLAN OF LIMERICK HOME
HERE is the plan of the basement room at 18 Nine
teenth St. S. E. where Beulah Limerick, of the Sky High
Whoopee Club was murdered and the kitchen where
Policeman Robert F. Langdon of the Fifth precinct says
he found bullet in coffee cup. In these squalid
surroundings this 19yearod girl lived with her brother
and Richard Reed, gas station employee
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-11
Uncle Rays
 Corner
RUINS IN CAMBoDIA

Have you ever heard of Cambodia? ? Perhaps not, for 1t is far from being 8 famous country.
 Cambodia is in southeastern Asia, and borders on Siam. At present 1t is under the rule of France, but for many centuries 1t was free and powerful nation.
 The visitor in Cambodia may see a ruined city known as Angkor Thom. This city dates back to the year 860, and was the home of. kings who ruled the land in olden times. The city was deserted 500 years ago, and the palaces have fallen down.
 Among the ruins. we may still see walls which were built around the palace grounds. Cut in the small Ter walls, are engravings of men on the backs of elephants, in the midst of hunting trip. Several of the elephants hold game" in their trunks, at least one holding a deer.
 Two miles from the palace ruins Angkor wat. The buildings were set up about 1000 years ago, to give honor to a Hindu god. Some say that the god was Brahma, others believe that 1t was Silva. Both of those gods are honored in the Hindu religion.
 The central temple is 213 feet high. It is composed of gray stone, and is carved-inside and outside with hundreds of figures and designs. Among the figures are men, elc- plants, horses, chariots and birds. A seven-headed snake known as "Naga
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-11

maptime in, the early days of the month and entirely visible by mid- night. The brightest star in Leo Is Regulus, the royal star, which lies at it's western extremity. It is a fine blue white star, of stellar magnitude, 1.3. It's color is like that of Rigel in Orion but 1t Is not nearly as great body as the latetr. It appears to be single physical unit. for neither the telescope nor that more powerful agent in the discov- cry of double stars. the spectroscope has been able to resolve 1t into more than one body.
 Although Regulus is only the goth star in order of brightness, it was greatly venerated by the ancients. as it's name bears witness, because 1t marked at one time in the earth's recent past the place in the heavens where the sun was situated at the hottest time of the year. To-day this Is not the case; for the preces- sion of the equinoxes has moved the position of the equator so as to make the sun occupy a position in the neighboring constellation of summer solstice. At the eastern end of Leo is Denebola, the next brightest star in this group; 1t is of the second magniture and in spectral type more like Sirius, the great hydrogen star. In Regulus the element helium Is stil Ian im- portant part of the spectrum; in that of Sirius and Denebola helium does not show it's lines. though we know from our experience with the sun that 1t must be present.
 From comments made by the an- cient astronomers and the impor- tance that Denebola seemed to have for them, it is possible that long ago 1t was much brighter than we now find it. Such changes are known to occur among the stars. and 1t is a fact that great many stars undergo some changes in brightness; some- times these changes are periodic in nature. recurring at definite inter- vals. but frequently, too. they are ir- regular and unpredictable. On the other hand, 1t may be possible that Denebola's ancient repute was due entirely to its position as the east ern outpost of Leo.
 The Lion itself is supposed to rep- resent the beast which Hercules killed as one of his famous twelve tasks. Within Leo is the Sickle formed by the curve of the stars lying just north of Regulus and in- cluding the latter as marking the handle. This sub-group name Is ap- appearance of the star conhguration propriate not only because of the but also because of the relation of Leo to the sun in the mid d-summer of long ago. Leo and Sickle really have nothing to do with one another; which goes to show how star and constellation names and the star myths are composed of factors of various origins superimposed on one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-11
FINCERPRINTS
 REPLACE WAVES

Seattle-It's a long jump from beauty parlor operator to sheriff, and Walter E. Faulkner, sheriff-elect of Snohomish county, needed some practice in the art of trailing thieves, murderers and bootleggers.
 He came to Seattle and enrolled in a "sheriff's instruction course" arranged impromptu by Sheriff Claude c. Bannick of King county, to prepare for his new duties which will start January 12.
 Faulkner and his wife operate a beauty Dhop in Everett. Mrs Faulk- ner was a beauty parlor operator in New York before their marriage, and establishment of their Everett business was effected after their honeymoon. Business was good for several years, then competition cut in on the profits. Faulkner looked for other opportunities. The sheriffs office. interested him. and he filed on the democratic ticket last fall, despite fhe fact that Snohomisli county hadn't had a democratic sher- in in 34 years.
 He won the nomination by votes. tsen defeated the republican incuuns bent by 1,0QQ votes. <. '. Z. .....s...
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-03-11

old place over intact and, but for job or two of reconstruction, have sought to preserve 1t intact. Thus, the smart lackey who takes you to your room, is likely to whisper that you're in the very spot once oc- cupied by the sultan's favorite girl friend.
 And does this thrill the plump lady tourist? ... Dun't esk!
 But it's the water they'll keep telling you about. Yes, sir, there's water here, which is why Fez is Fez. To be sure, it's sluggish, dirty look ing stream for the most part. But it's water, and in arid Africa that's something to talk about.
 I've heard much about the dirty Arab and the dirty Moor and the dirty half-castes, and all the rest. My observation has been that the people are not dirty out of any in- stinct or desire, but out of necessity.
 On the morning afaer a heavy rain, have watched whole colony's rushing for the nearest puddle to get the laundry done. Along the roadside, where little irrigation ditch or conduit ran, I've seen an entire family taking bath in the face of all passing traffic. I've seen them bathe their feet and take q quick sponge bath at every fountain and line a river bank by the hun dreds.
 And, as you all know without my assistance, Fez is the holy of hofies. cluttered with mosques and min arets; @ place of universities and re- 1igfous schools; colorful and clutter ed with assorted races--a cultural center of this section of the world.
 GILBERT SWAN.