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The Washington times., 1931-11-20
SALE TAX TALKS
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Howard CD of Nebraska, the
group unanimously adopted this
couse of action. Speeches thank
ing William Randolph Hearst for
inviting the legislators to make
the journey under his auspices
were made.
A motion expressing thanks
for his affording the opportunity
for this fact-finding mission was
unanimously adopted.
King Lauds Mr.. Hearst
Senator King said it was the
general sentiment of the party
that Mr.. Hearst had mace IAN.
other patriotic contribution" No
attempts were made TO commit
members of the party for or
against the sales tax, Senator
King pointed out.
A committee was appointed to
extend to the government of
Canada, the provincial govern
ment of Quebec, and municipal
authorities of Montreal and Que
bee the thanks of the party for
their cordial reception and the
information given on the tax.
This committee consists of
Senators King and Gore and
Representatives Howard, Free
(RD of California, and Prall CD
of New York.
Good Will Prevails
In Quebec the delegation met
with the same cordiality that
marked stops in Montreal and
Ottawa. While the mission was
primarily to study the sales tax
operations at close range at every
banquet rendered to the visitors
the theme was close cooperation
between Canada and the United
States on all problems of mutual
interest.
Mayor Henry Levigeur, of Que
bee, told the visitors at a lunch
con given by the city of Quebec
in conjunction with the board
of trade and the Kiwanis Club,
that the sales tax had been a
success IN Canada.
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Dino Grandi Heavily Guarded as Gotham
Accords Him an Enthusiastic Welcome

York, with hands through the
crowd raised in the striking FaS-
ciSt salute-palm raised outward
high above the head.
A delegation of fervent FaScists
stood thusly singing the Fascist
national Observation-Disclosures"
as the youthful, bearded Granoi,
without Signora Grandi for the
first time during his American
visit. entered City Hall plaza.
There were many cries of Mus
solini, Mussolini," as Grandi. from
the balcony of City Hall, re-
turned the Fascist salute.
The band played the royal
Italian march.
Cheers, Music, Cheers
In the reception chamber with
in, more decorum and formality
was unfolded than has been seen
in an era of visiting dignitaries.
The master of ceremonies sing
songed:
81 have the pleasure to an
nOunce SO-and-SO."
And So-and-so took a bow and
a seat.
81 have the honor to an
nOunce Admirals SO-and-sO."
T have the pleasure of an.
nouncing the arrival of the
ambassador from Italy"
But when the pleasurable
arrival of Signor Grandi was
announced the phonetics was
drowned in an enthusiastic ova-
ton of cheers and music.
Chancellor Elmer Ellsworth
Brown, of New York University,
spoke of Italy having contributed
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
SECTIONAL RIFF I
FACES HOUSE
DEMOCRATS
New York Promises a Fourth
Entry Today in Race
For Leadership

Democrats in the House to-
day were confronted with the
possibility of a split on the
issue of sectionalism as candi-
dates for party leader came
into the open.
With the Democrats apparently
headed for control Of the House
and their caucus fixed for Decem.
ber 5, clear-cut lines were being
drawn between Northern and
Southern members Of the party.
Fourth Entry Due
Three avowed candidates for
the post we're in the field today
with another expected to an
nounce himself before the day is
over. The three are Representa-
tives McDuffie of Alabama, Ran.
kin Of Mississippi, and Rainey Of
Illinois.
Representative John j.. O'Con-
nor of New York was expected here
today to announce himself as a
receptive candidate. Reports were
received that the powerful New
York delegation Of % Democrats
had decided to throw their
strength to him.
Alabama Raises Issue
The situation came to a head
after members of the Alabama
delegation formally announced
the candidacy of Representative
McDuffie, now party whip. Repre-
sentative Oliver of Alabama, ex-
planned:
1--WE believe Mr.. McDuffie is
qualified and entitled to the
honor. We have not felt that
sectiOnaliSm should be a factor.
We do not ask that he be given
the honor because he is from
the South, and we do not Op-
pose any person because he is
from the North. It is a matter
Of qualification"
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q hand dkerchief. The crowd
laughed. I So did the club-slipping
cop-Sheepishly.
The Old Ticker Tape
Tension a few hours before the
Grandi arrival at the gossip Of
bombs and demonstrations turned
into a lighter mood as the pro.
ceSsion swung up Broadway
amidst the merry cascade of the
well.known ticker-tape and the
cheers of the workers on
curb and in window.
Mayor Jimmy" Walker, of the
ready wit and the laughing
tongue, added a light touch to
the affair. Diplomatic tradition
might ignore the shadow, but
Mayor Jimmy has a diplomatic
technic all his own.
81 cannot help but think that
it was but for the sake of
propaganda that the word sent
forth that it might not be com
Portable or perhaps not even
safe for you in the city of New
York"
Thus spoke the mayor to Sig
nor Grandi after he had pinued
the medal of the city If New
York on the distinguished Fascist
statesman. Then he added:
"But-YOur ExcelIency, if you
are not safe in the city of New
York I'm going to move"
Grandi laughed as much as
anybody at the remark.
FasciStS Sing LuStily
1t was a true Roman holiday
in City Hall and downtown New
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COPS ON. STAND,
DENY BEATING

Sweeping denials that they ever
laid a hand on James H. Harker
were made in District Supreme
Court today by two Of the four
policemen indicted on charges of
assaulting him to force a confes-
sion of robbery.
William R. Laflin and James
A. Mostyn, who took the stand in
their own defense, asserted Har-
ker was never beaten with fists,
kicked, or struck with a rubber
hose during the alleged third de.
gree inquisition in the First pre-
cinct station last August %.
The third defendant. William
C.. Grooms. took the stand Just
before the noon recess. Both
GroomS and William T. Bur
roughs are listed to support their
comrades story.
There was a likelihood that the
case. first of those involving IT
suspended policemen in third
degree cases, would reach the
jury today.
The defense introduced in the
evidence the rubber hose kept at
the station house with which
Harker says he was beaten. Mos
tyn said it was used at the First
precinct in the lavatory and when
he examined it on the stand. he
said it was the first time he had
ever held the hose.
Capt. William e. Holmes and
Lieut.. James H. Lee, of the First
precinct, both said Harker's eye
was swollen when they saw him be-
fore and after the reported third
degree"
Captain Holmes denied the
prisoners charge he had threat
ened to use force if Harker failed
TO confess.
The swollen eye was testified
to also by Francis K. Fitzgerald,
private watchman who with
Burroughs arrested Harker.
None Of them said the eye was
black. although deposition
from Fitzgerald to this effect
was read into the record by
United States Attorney Leo A.
Rover.
The police witnesses said
Harker'S eyes were bloodshot and
his face swollen, apparently from
drinking.
The fact was freely admitted
by the Government.
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
PRICE TILTS AID
FOOD FIRMS

Rising commodity prices in re
cent weeks are especially favor
able for food company profits,
says the Standard Statistics Com
pany, of New York, in a current
bulletin to its clients, which con
tinues in part:
Rising prices not only should
stimulate sales which otherwise
might be further postponed,
thus tending to cause a break
ing away from the policy of
hand-tO-mOuth buying, but they
also promise in many instances
to erase inventory losses.
Putting it another way, the
food industry, because of its
connection with most of the
commodities which have regis
tered sizeable price enhance
ment, is assuming an unexpect-
ed degree of leadership in the
initial stages of general busi-
ness and profits betterment.
Numerous food companies
depend upon large turnover to
account for the bulk of profits.
Assuming, therefore, that retail
prices can be kept in line by
advances tending to cOmpen-
safe for strength in raw ma
terials, the more rapid rate of
buying which would be precipi-
tated by a sustained uptread in
commodity quotations would
add materially to net income"
The Washington times., 1931-11-20

$50 much to American culture and
civilization. He said:
1T was Columbus from Genoa
who gave us our local habita.
tfOn and it was AmerigO YES
pucci who gave us our name"
Speaks of Culture
He referred to the classical an
tiquity of old Rome, the Christian
era born there; of Dante, the
great Italian poet; of the great
influence of the Italian renaiS'
sance, and of Marconi. the Italian
inventor, whose wireless research
work contributed so much to the
fact that the proceedings were
being broadcast over the radio
He added:
Fascist Get Him
There was only one untoward
incident during the parade from
the Battery to City Hall.
Albert Cupelli, alleged anti
Fascist. was arrested near City
Hall, charged with attempting to
leap on the running board of the
official car bearing Signor
Grandi.
He was beaten by Fascist sym.
pathizers before he was rescued
by police.
After his visit to City Hall,
Grandi was paraded back to the
Battery, ferried over to Jersey
City, where his special Baltimore
& Ohio train left for Phila-
delphia. He also planned to visit
Baltimore before returning here
next week. Detectives of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad were
stationed at all bridges over
which the Grandi train passed.
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
PANTAGES SOBS
On THE STAND

LOS ANGELES, Nov. % GIN.
S0.-Alexander Pantages, wealthy
theatrical man, today faced a diff
ficult ordeal Of cross-examination.
Testifying in his own behalf in
his re-trial on charges of attack
ing Eunice Pringle, Pantages said
the pretty young dancer had
seized him in his private office,
diSarranged his clothing and then
screamed that she had been at
tackled.
Weeping, gesturing and volubly
explaining, Pantages kept Judge
Clair s. Tappaan continually
warning him to confine his tes-
timony to answers to the attor-
ney'S questions.
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
BLAMES BOARD
. Of WELFARE
IN CASE
West Virginian Is Impressed
at Increase in Weight
Shown by Edith

Edith Riley, 15-year-old cup
board child, who is recovering
from the effects Of her alleged
confinement in a closet at the
home of her father and step
mother, Harry and Elsie Riley,
was visited at Gallinger Hos
pital yesterday by Representa-
tive Frank l.. Bowman (R.)
of West Virginia, who has de-
manded an investigation Of the
Board of Public Welfare,
which he declares is partly re-
sponsible for her condition.
COnfers With BOcOck
Representative Bowman first
conferred with DR.. Edgar A. Bo.
cock, superintendent of Gallinger,
and then visited Edith in her
room.
Representative Bowman was
Informed as to Edith's condition,
saw her emaciated body. and was
shown the scars that mark her
forehead. Once more he declared
that her case was the most out
rageouS he had ever known.
He was much impressed when
told the child now weighs 46
pounds, an eight-pound increase
since she was first brought to
Gallinger.
Case ArOuSes Mother
Evidence of the nationwide in
tereSt aroused over the case was
shown today in lette-' received
from a Pittsburgh mother, plead
ing that her letter be published
In behalf of mothers Of the world
whose hearts weep at the thought
of q little chlid'c suffering.
The mother, Mrs. s. Drummond,
urged that the father and STEP
mother be given the same treat
ment they are alleged to have
given the child over a period Of
eight years, including alleged Soli-
tary confinement in q dungeon.
like closet for months at q time.
This letter does not represent
an unusual case of q mother
touched by stories Of alleged
cruelty to the child. Scores of
similar letters, from mothers. faith
erB, young married couples and
children. have poured into Gal
linger Hospital, where the child
Is receiving the first kind care
and treatment she has apparently
known for years.
The Washington times., 1931-11-20

minded.
M os t Of
their profes-
Sors are un.
civilized.
A n y S t u
d e n t W h o
takes football
S e r i ouSly is
d e g ra d i ng
himself.
D emocracy
is a bust.
Says H. L.
M e n c k e n
A m erica S
vitriolic critic,
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
HOOVER
PACT COVERS
3 3PO|NTS
General Understanding Reach
ed on Arms Truce, Debt,
and Economic Needs

Dino Grandi having "sold "
Washington on ItaloAmerican
cooperation on all ,interna-
tional questions in which the
two countries have a common
interest, took his wares to
New York today to display
them there.
These consist Of a distinguished
appearance. an engaging frank,
ness, and a winning personality
He will display them to the
home folks" of Gotham, which
| has a larger italian population
than any other city in the world.
except Rome.
To Press for Arms Cut
While here he Is understood to
have reached a broad, general un-
derStanding with President
Hoover that the United States
and Italy jointly viii press for
continued reduction Of world
arfnaments: for a reconsideration
Of the questions Of intergovern-
mental debts and reparationS; for
mutual, constructive cooperation
to hasten economic recovery.
The Italian foreign minister,
FaSciSm'S travelling salesman, de-
parted here with the pronounced
blessing Of official Washington.
Only q few hours before he left,
a joint statement was issued by
Secretary of State StimSon and
Grandi at a press conference at
the State Department, in which
it was said his visit had been a
complete success from the official
point Of view.
No Binding Agreements
No hard and fast agreements
had been negotiated, 1t was said,
but there had been a frank and
cordial exchange Of views re-
specting many problems Of world
Importance. Said the statement:
SIT has not been the purpose
Of this meeting to reach any
particular agreements, but the
informal discussions and ex-
changes Of views have served
to clarity many points Of mu-
tual interest and have estab-
lished q sympathetic under.
standing of our problems. We.
feel confident that the rela-
tiOnShipG fOStered during this
meeting will prove valuable In
laying the foundations fer bene-
ficial action by our respective
| governments"
The statement laid stress, as
did GrNndi in his public utter
ances, upon the Importance
which financial and economic
subjects occupied in his conversa-
tions with President Hoover and
Secretary Stimson.
It continued:
Truce on ArmamentS
1--WE believe that the existing
understandings between the
principal naval powers can and
should be completed and that
the general acceptance Of the
proposal, initiated by SignOr
Grandi, for q one years arma-
mentS truce is indicative Of the
great opportunity for the
achievements of concrete and
! constructive results presented
by the forthcoming conference
for Iimita tion of ornaments"
Grandi was accompanied to
New York by Delano Robbins,
representing the State Depart
ment. His wife was not with
him. She is going to Philadel-
The Washington times., 1931-11-20

Cne IaSC pas
sion play at
0 b erammer-
gau. is now
working as a
servant girl
a t Slinfold,
SUISSE, Inter
national News
Service learn
ed today.
She 90 k
h er present
pro S i tion to
support h e r
W / i o W e d
mother g. n d
two younger
sisters W h O
The Washington times., 1931-11-20

Ties, mas been
made defend
ant in a $780,
900 alienation
suit filed in
supreme court
by Mrs. Julia
S. Rose, wife
of Clarence
S. Rose, a
Park Avenue
promoter,
Mrs. r oS
charges that
Rose became
interested in
the beautiful
show girl in
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
.ALL-STATES HOP TONIGHT

The reception and dance of the
All States Society tonight at the
Shoreham Hotel will have as
guests Of honor Commissioner and
Mrs. Luther H. Reichelderfer who
will be in the receiving line with
w. E. Hoffeins. president Of the
organization, and Mrs. Hoffeins.
The Washington times., 1931-11-20

proval on a
new fashion
in m e n S
neckwear by
p u r C h a sing
for his own
use a supply
of hand-knit-
ted, S c a r f.
like wooden
neckties sim
liar to hunt.
ing stocks.
These ties
were design
ed by Miss
j. M. Percival
to be sold for
disabled war
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
FoRFEITS SIo1 TO COURT

Charged. with driving an auto
mobile while under the influence
Of liquor. T. w. Clark, Of Alex
andria. Va. forfeited $101 ather
than face trial in police court at
Capitol Heights, Md, yesterday.
Clark was arrested near T. B.,
Md. by state Policeman A. =.
&arkley,
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
Prince Of Wales Puts
O. K. on NeckWear

LONDON. Nov. 20 G.N.SD.
The Prince of Wales today
placed the cachet of his ap.
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Ex-FoIIies Beauty
Sued for 100000

NEW YORK. Nov. 2O.-Kath.
crime Burke, one of the most
glorified of the ziegfeld beau
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
IT'S A FACT

Classified advertisers can reach 65,37O
MORE readers for ONE price in The
Morning Herald and Evening Times
than in ANY Classified medium in
Washington.
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
Former Madonna Now
A Servant in Home

LONDON, Nov. 20 T.NSO.
Amy Rutz, the Madonna" Of
The Washington times., 1931-11-20

Prince Of Wales 10 UC 0UIU IUI
the benefit of disabled war
veterans funds. After placing
his order, the Prince re.
marked:
They're ideal for golf and
hunting"
The Washington times., 1931-11-20

SHOW gITI IN Katherine Rurke
June, 1880, and has spent much
OF his ime in her company
since that time.
Mr.. Mencken Unleashes
An EbuIition
NEW YORK, Nov. 20 QN.SD.
The average American college
student is stupid and narrow.
The Washington times., 1931-11-20
Entertainment
At Reduced. Prices

Anything is NEWS that tells some
thing you want to know. And folks
who have delayed the purchase of
radio until they could buy the one
they want at the price they could af-
ford to pay will find some REAL
NEWS featured in the Radios For
Sale" Classification of the Classified
Section of this newspaper.
Many other NEWS announcements per-
tanning to the more important human
wants are also featured today in the
Classified columns of this newspaper.
The Washington times., 1931-11-20

sisters, who AMY ELTZ
are reported to be in an i'm
poVeriShed condition,
The Washington times., 1931-11-20

NJ Ii 4HA11'ONH-N III al aTUICIe
today appearing in the Specta-
tor, the undergraduate news
paper of Columbia University.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
STOCK PRICES DROP
AFTER RECENT GAIN
Trading Volume Remains
Small, but ReceSsionS
Are Numerous.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special DlSpdICH 10 Inc 0IuI'
NEW YORK. July Discretionary
from start to finish, todays stock mar
ket made It's lowest prices in the after
noon, when losses in the standard in
dustrials ran from to 4 points and
in the rails / to points. The de-
cline was due not so much to pressure
of offerings as to lack Of bids and
the market was never really weak
Volume was in the neighborhood OF
!. 900 900 shares, but it was less than
that of Tuesday when the list was
advancing. United States Steel and
American Can boNe the brunt OF the
selling in the Mt half hour, when
the former dipped below ga and the
latter below I02, the lowest OF the
week Rock Island was off 3 points
toward the end.
Reasons for the change of direction
in the early trading came mostly under
three heads. First, disappointment was
expressed over the latest proposals for
the relief of Germany. Second, the
weekly reviews of the iron and steel
trade, while expressing optimism over
the late Summer and Fall outlook told
of another decrease in rate of opera
ton: and, finally, there was increasing
doubt that the Interstate Commerce
Commission would act favorably on the
application of the railroads for higher
rates.
The best showing was made by the
tobacco stocks, the oils and some of
the utilities. Even these were off more
or less but they met better support.
The two stocks which represent the
Wall Street attitude toward foreign
affairs, American & Foreign Power and
International Telephone, each lost only
a point. On the other hand United
States Steel was down twice as much
and so was American Can. General
Electric dropped back fractionally, the
six months earnings statement being
fully as good as had been expected.
AS matter of fact the market has
been pleasantly surprised by the
nature of the second quarter reports.
1t had been freely prophesied that
when these statements came out they
would be so poor as to bring heavy
selling of the stocks concerned, but so
far nothing of the kind has happened.
1t is taken for granted that earnings
this year will compare unfavorably
with those of year ago and the
market seems to have discounted the
situation fully.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
Buying for Profit
BY GEORGE T. HUGHES.

To be successful in investment re-
quires boundlesS patience. This Is
something the ordinary run-of-the mill
Spectator entirely lacks. He is anxious
to make "a quick turn and will not
listen to any suggestion that does not
promise an immediate profit. He argues
that If, for example, the stock market
is IN declining phase there is no
use to buy stocks even though admit
tedly underpriced, because the trend is
downward and he can wait to buy until
the turn has come and shows on the
tape. Meanwhile he is content to go
with the current.
The tactics of the investor are ex-
actly the opposite. In the long run,
too, the investor makes the larger profit
Late in May of this year when stocks
were Sagging to what was then the
lowest Of the long decline, a former
member of the New York Stock Ex-
change, retired these many years, how
many may perhaps be guessed when it
is sad that he paid $25 900 for his seat
and sold it for $780, 900, came down to
Wall Street He went into brokers
Office and bought a large block of a
seasoned industrial. paying cash. The
broker protested. That company" he
said, lis going to cut the dividend in
two at the next meeting What's the
use of buying noW?" But the customer
said YEARLY, Yes, I know, but look at
the price
Well 1t Is still too early to say who
was right the broker or the customer.
Perhaps it was an error to buy that
particular stock in the face of all the
universities which the industry repre-
sented has experienced in the past two
years, but the principle is sound. The
largest rewards will go to those cou-
rageous buyers and patient holders of
sound equities willing to disregard in
termediate market fluctuations.
The in-and-out trader has excitement
and sometimes he has profit, but more
often when the accounts are added up
at the end of the year he has a loss.
Copyright. 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-22
INCREASE IN GASOLINE
! DEMAND is PREDICTED
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated PRESS.
NEW YORK, July 22.-The American
Petroleum Institutes Committee on Re-
finery Statistics and Economics today
estimated that total demand for refinery
gasoline in the second half year would
increase 81 per. cent over the CORE
spending period of 1890. Domestic de-
mand, It was forecast, would rise ST
per cent while exports would be 10 per
cent lower.
The committee estimated a decline of
"a per cent in the total demand for
crude OIL but, expected per cent
gain in exports, domestic crude require
ments were placed at an average OF
1898 900 barrels daily
The committee set 80, $4,000 barrels
of refinery gasoline as the economic
limit for such stocks at the end of 1881.
1t was held that 27,184,000 barrels on
october would provide adequate work.
ing stocks. An increase of 100000
barrels from that total between october
/ and December 81 was, contemplated.
Although late reports indicate gaso-
line reserves are being drawn upon
heavily, the committee warned that II
present refinery operations were con-
tinued through the early part OF the
second half year and then underwent
only the usual fourth quarter reduction,
stocks were apt to be seven or eight
million barrels above the recommended
limit,