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The Washington times., 1931-08-19

A professor out in Ohio Is at
work on a biography Of Ben
jamin Harrison, once President
of the United States, and though
it will probably be an excellent
biography it is not apt to create
much Of q stir. This will not be
because the subject Of the bio
graphy is not worth while. He
happens to have been one Of the
five or six most intellectual men
ever in the White House.
AS far as mere brain power
goes, it may be doubted whether
we have had any one better
equipped. But he had one term,
was defeated for a second, and
during one term he managed to
ALLEVIATE most of the leaders Of
his own party.
He was the beau ideal of the
aristocracy Of the intellect
man Of intellectual power, indif-
ferent to popular applause, and
absolutely independent. And
the lesson from it all is this
that brain alone does not make
for leadership, and that in pub
lie life no man can afford to be
absolutely independent of those
with whom he has to work.
Once when a high school
The Washington times., 1931-08-19
TIMES TEST

Fill each blank:
/. The Republicans support
ing the Democratic candidate,
Cleveland, in the election Of
1884 were called --. ---.
q. In 1920 the percentage of
illiteracy of the total popula-
tion in the United States was
3. A spectral ship seen off
the Cape of Good Hope and
considered ominous of ill-luck
is the
4. The Is the
great medieval epic Of Ger
many.
5. Cecile was q
famous French composer.
6. The French ex-
tends from MarSeiileS to the
Italian border along the Medj-
terranean coast.
7. Prussian soldiers were
called by the
French during the World War.
8. is decayed vege-
table matter, found in bogs
and used for fuel.
9. is the greatest
mineral-producing State in the
United States.
10. Edward w. Box was born
Match correctly:
II. The WaySide Inn, Salem
Mass.
IL. Fraunces' Tavern, New
York University.
l3. Hall of Fame, Monmouth.
shire, England.
IA. House of Seven Gables,
Sudbury, Mass.
IS. Tintern Abbey, New York
City.
.(Answers On MagaSizs Page)
The Washington times., 1931-08-19
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson.

erty from the hardworking,
intelligent people and give IL
to the buns and stupes. Call
that senSe?"
The Communists call it sense.
They say it is the only way to
bring peace and prosperity into
Russia.
"AIL MEN ARE BORN
EQUAL" say the Americans.
So if your neighbor is fall-
ure, that's his own fault. He
had as good a start as you did.
If he didn't take advantage OF
it, why should you be botheredP
But you should be bothered
according to the Communists:
FOR ALL MEN ARE NOT
BORN EQUAL-say they. To
the contrary. men are born
terribly unequal. There are
awful injustices right in ma
ture. Most men-the great
masses of men-Suffer all their
lives from those injustices.
And there can never be a
decent. civilized world If the
majority Of men are sick and
law and stupid and miserable.
So it's up to the strong to
help the weak. You've no
right to eat cake if your
brother eats crumbs. YOU
IRE YOUR BROTHERS
KEEPER.
CapitaIism's the Stuff
"Yeah?" you say. ''It
listens swell but they'll never
get by with it. It's all cock
eyed. The only way Is to let
the bright men make good and
give Jobs to the dull ones.
Capitalism - that's the stuff.
Those Reds sneer at it-but
look what it has done for
America"
Whereupon the Communist
would Immediately answer
"Look what it HASN'T done!
Look at your growing millions
of unemployed. Look at your
idle machines, your empty fac
tories. Is that what YOU call
equality2"
And then YOU would say
tcopyriEht 1881, King Features
Syndicate IAe.l.
The Washington times., 1931-08-19

boy, a chum and I had an On.
gagement with Harrison at his
Indianapolis home after his re-
tirement from the presidency.
We were ushered into a small
front room overcrowded with
furniture and bric-a-brac and
told to wait.
Soon we heard some one de-
scending the stairs, and with
the realization that we were
about to meet a great states
man, our hearts fluttered. In
walked Harrison "a short,
stockily built man, with a close
cropped beard, and a cold eye.
Without a smile, he shook
hands solemnly, motioned us to
our chairs, and facing us folded
his hands in silence. Nothing
The Washington times., 1931-08-19
CORVALLIS Will Surrender
Pacifists Won't Like It

Cornwas will be allowed to surrender at Yorktown next
October The commission in charge of the celebration there
has restored the pageant originally planned
There would been fuss the matter Of
our pacist odygoodiesn office and Ouhad not been
afraid that England might object.
What earth made them think Is Of those puzzles
of the pacfst mind that perpex plain Americans and plain
Engishmen also.
But British cousins have patiently explained that they
had forgotten all about Yorktown and Corvallis andto
their remarks into languagdidnt care
hoot whether celebrated not
So the incident to be closed and the
brigade will find something else Of equal Importance
to work themselves up
If know them, they will.
The Washington times., 1931-08-19
Was q Convincing

Was . Convincing
Speaker
No President making a swing
around the circuit, as some
have, has ever approached him
in the feat of making precisely
the kind of talk that perfectly
fitted the community to which
it was addressed. Everywhere
he casually introduced a note
of local history, and this was
commented upon by the press
as remarkable.
In the presidency he had
brains, and a real capacity for
craftsmanship, and a courage
no one ever doubted, and q
will. But he did not know how
to adapt himself to the public
men with whom he had to
work.
He made enemies Of most Of
them and he did not care. He
would have made q great minis
ter for an absolute monarch
of the time Of Elizabeth and
Catherine de Medici, but in the
days Of Charles I he would
have lost his head at the
Tower-and lost it with the
naughty dignity Of . gentle
man.
The Washington times., 1931-08-19
After the Jag, the Headache
But 1t Cant Last Forever

Believe it otherwise living costs still the down
grade They have already dropped 65 cent since the first
of the year, taking them by and large for the whole country
The Labor Department in Washington finds the drop dis
tributed follows:
Food prices 1873 per cent house furnishings SO per cent
fuel and light 66 cent clothing 4e per cent rents 81
per cent
These figures vary widely for different cities but the trend
unmistakably down. Little by little we getting out Of
and often cruel process but that the country will be
on frer foundation than it has been since prewar years.
Nations like individuals, cannot go prolonged jag
without headache next morning We went on nine year
jag It is surprising that have had twoyear head
ache since.
The Washington times., 1931-08-19
Cleaning Up for 1882

The good people and officials of Arlington county Va
taking quite earnestly their plans for cleanup of all prop
large numbers of visitors from country Owners
lots will be compelled by law to clean up weeds
and rubbish.
Rna neghbors whose civic pride back their cleanup
movement We do lot of talking anu lot of ballyhOOng
but do not get far in cleanup movements. .
The natural artificial and architectural beauties of Wash
ngon should be increased in 19S2fOr that matter all the
timely premises free from rubbish and unsghtly weeds
Our home should take greater interest in next
visits here Of millions Of American citizens by the planting of
flowers and by keeping grounds green with grass.
The Washington times., 1931-08-19
Juvenile Delinquency

14year-od colored boy captured while attempting get
into pastry shop will be dealt with by the Juvenile Court
and under intelligent scientific handling will probably turn
out to be good citizen.
The old way still practiced in many places would be to cast
this boy into Jail with hardened criminals convict him and
send him to prison with still criminals When his
was finished he would be ready for any crime.
this city boys of this type and age sent to the In
dustria Home for CoOred Children where they given
good treatment and taught the ways OF industry and honesty
What should be done with them before commitment this
any other institution would be careful psychatric exam
nation to determine their normality abnormality
they abnormal mentally there should be treatment
endeavor restore normaty. they merely vic
Es Of bad environment the industrial school has ways to
give them views the lives they should lead.
The Washington times., 1931-08-19

Have you a right to be eating
meat and cake, these days, If
your neighbor is eating stale
bread and water?
Have you a right to be sleep
ing in a soft bed, riding in a
car, reading good books, work
ing at q pleasant job II he Is
homeless, pennilesS?
"Of course I have" you say.
IT earned that cake and meat
that house and car. worked
hard. Used my brains and got
ahead. Saved and sacrificed.
Now I have a right to enjoy
my reward"
But have you?
= It Is true, he was lazy while
you were industrious. He wasted
while you saved. He's stupid
and clumsy and lacking in am
bition- But is all that his
fault?
Quite q Difference
! Did you get an equal start
you and your neighbor? Did
he have as good a mind as
yours, !. as healthy a body, as
sound training and environ
ment? Did he have as fair a
chance as you did, everything
considered? And, If he didn't
should he be penalized for the
faults he cannot help? Should
you be rewarded for the virtues
you did not create?
AND IF HE IS PENALIZED
AND YOU ARE REWARDED,
WHAT WILL COME OF TT
EVENTUALLY? WILL HIS IG-
NORANCE AND MISERY
DRAG YOU DOWN? OR WILL
YOUR INDUSTRY AND WIS
DOM DRAG HIM UP? OR
WILL YOU BOTH GA DOWN
AND GO BOOM?" .
Strange, upsetting questions
aren't they? You can't escape
questions Ike that If you're
reading about Russia these
days.
A Crazy People
Jaw. those Russians make
me sick!" you say at once.
"Lookit the crazy things they
do. Take away all the prop
The Washington times., 1931-08-19
Hearst Papers Advocate

Houest friendship NTH all nations, enGngn0 alliances
Utth none"-Geor0e Washington.
Proportoru representation United States Senate
State to Senator's Legislation to enforce
prompt constitutional reapporttonment IN the House OF
Representatives.
SepGrde departments the Anpy of the NGDy and OF the
Air Forces united under Secretary OF National Defense
Federal action to the of Federal to abolish
Alterncy under Secretary OF Education
installation of the first Of January toHoW
ing the NoUeuber election.
Selecttpe Immigration to admit those suited tor Anse
can citizenship and American needs.
Decoration of undesirable aliens extension OF citizen
ship period to 10 years.
Complete publicity for income tGres to pecent o0 tar
dodgers from escaping taxation"
Modification of the Volsteud permit light mines and
beers under Federal regulation.
The Washington times., 1931-08-19
Double Lives and Gin

Leading double lives is dangerous enough but when it
complicated by too free Of gin trouble is inevitable the
country observes from a in New York.
Gentlemen with love nests the side finding the costs
somewhat oppressive in these days of restricted flow
At least that good to give to sweeties" they
have begun to tire of any other
The high of living keeny felt by many people, but
when to that is added the high cost of loving boong
there Is bound to be smash-up sooner later.
The Washington times., 1931-08-19
Why Harrison Failed

Why Harrison Failed
As q Leader
The incident illustrates Har.
rison's failure as a leader. He
snubbed the great, and often,
no doubt when they deserved
snubbing: but he did not really
know how to be, or seem, kind
ly, to mere children. We after
wards learned that he had in
terpoSed objections just to hear
how we would answer and that
he enjoyed the bout as much as
we hated it. But he did not
even look his enjoyment. His
eyes were cold and without
mirth; and I can see him after
all these years sitting there with
folded hands, his, pale face
showing a million criSs-cross
wrinkles.
He was a great lawyer-none
better anywhere. He was q
great orator-without rhetorical
frills or elocutionary flourishes
but with diction perfectly chaSte,
with q close-knit reasoning that
was more beautiful than flowers
of speech. And in his dignity
he had the air Of one speaking.
with authority.
The Washington times., 1931-08-19
Where Great Man Failed = By Claude G. Bowers

courtesy, I'm afraid. At length
he agreed, went with us TO the
door. shook hands coldly, and
we departed.
Infuriated at the man, we
stalked downtown, exhausting
our vocabularies Of contempt,
when we met Beveridge, not
then in the Senate, who had
arranged the interview. How
did we come out?" he asked.
We answered with invecGiye.
q" How long were you there?" he
asked. About 40 minutes" we
answered. Then go right back
and thank him on your knees.
If you had been two United
States Senators he would not
have given you five minutes"
The Washington times., 1931-08-19
Sought to Discourage
Youthful Callers

Sought to Discourage
Youthful Callers
Speaking in a low tone,
barely audible, he sought to
discourage us with objections.
We met these objections and
he sat looking out the window
inanimate as a statue. Then
he replied with new objections.
And so in a circle we went.
Soon the boys concluded that
he was merely seeking an eX-
cuse to refuse us: and the sense
of awe gave way to one OF re-
sentiment and dislike. We an
swered his objections with scant
The Washington times., 1931-08-19

to make it easier for mere
children. We had a request to
make, and made it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
Likely Fall in Big Meet at University of Maryland Saturday

tennis team proved too strong for Gen.
trail Highs racketers yesterday. the
scholasticS bowling, 5 to 0, at College
Park. All the victories were scored in
singles. darkness putting halt to the
doubles.
Summaries:
Fox lMdl defeated Smith, -. IS.
S. osen pans. d as S.t sisssf Msess
Ruckm nmo "a. SO aci9 gan. '~0'' 0''''''0
Episcopal High followed up It's tri-
umph Of two weeks ago over Eastern's
District scholastic OUTFIT, Dewitt, win
ming at Alexandria, 4 to 2.
Summaries:
sinslss.wLllis o. defeated .. Taylor;
s s.lss; 81: So d F. H IaslS5 e SSi:sss
A Ans aH ~ pSH |I: as s sSSr
: :sS ~ S S;sssff sSs rR :ylSf 's sR5
feated Takoma-Silver Spring High, 8
to o, in a match at Garrett Park.
Summaries:
sinEles- oCallahan (oP) defeated Bozie-
Cannon 9Pdj defeated stacey CT, 81.
Reese (oP) defeated Emmerick CT, 81.
60.
Stacey Boz.ewich (Tl. 81, e-e.
Shields Heekin (GP) defeated Emmerick-
Whittlesey (T), 6-3, 60.
Eastern High and Georgetown Uni
versitys tennis teams battled to q 3-to-3
deadlock yesterday at the Hilltop, diVd-
ing the four singles matches and the
pair of doubles encounters.
Summaries:
elngles-Hunt CE) defeated Crowley, 81,
rs: Reeves (G.) defeated Dtdden, 6-3,
Is: Cruchley 90: defeated Deland. 81,
al; z0lA 'Eo defeated Mccarthy 81
Doubles-Nconan and Newkirk tE) de-
crowley and Cruchley co. defeated Hunt
and Didden, 81, 60, rs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
BUSINESS, WESTERN
BATTLE TOMORROW
Title Series Clash Is One of
Seven Events Listed for
School Teams.

IN USINESS and Western are ex-
x pected to put on tight scrap
in the public high school bASe
ball championship series tomor-
row afternoon In the Eastern Stadium
at $3.50 o'clock. Both will be hot after
victory, as neither can AFFORD TO lose If
It would stay In the thick Of the nag
battle. Each has dropped It's only
series start.
Jimmy Garner probably will start on
the mound for Business with George
Clarke on the firing lire for Western.
In addition to the Business Western
game, three diamond Tits involving
schoolboy teams hereabout are scheduled
tomorrow along with a couple Of tennis
matches and a golf clash.
On the diamond Gonzag9 and Tech
will meet on the Monument Grounds,
Central and Maryland Freshmen will
have it out at College Park and Emer-
son and Washington-Lee High will
clash at Ballston.
Western will meet Severn School at
Severn Park, Md, and Dewitt and
Friends will mix at Friends In tennis.
The golf match VIII bring together
Dewitt and Georgetown Freshmen ct
the Washington Golf and Country Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
HARPER "HoME" TONIGHT

SOUTH BEND, Ind, April 80 Dr.
Jesse Harper will return to Notre Dame
tonight to replace the late Knute
Rockne as director OF athletics.
A welcome home" win be extended
Harper.
Tomorrow he win take Up the reinS
dashed by death from Rockne's hands,
to carry on for the man who carried
on for him when he left NotTe Dame
In 1913.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
e PRINCE GEORGES
ATHLETES IN MEET
Maryland Park,
Marlboro Will Compete
in U. of NJ. Games.

TwENTY-SIx Prince Georges
County high school athletes,
representing Hyattsville, Mary
land Park and Upper Marlboro,
are entered in the University Of Mary
land interscholastic track and field meet
Saturday at College Park.
HyattSville, with Is entries, will have
the largest squad OF the three in COM
petition. Maryland Park will have nine
and Upper Marlboro four competitors.
Three Hyattsville athletes, one Upper
Marlboro and one Maryland Park will
compete in the open events.
Vincent Stevens, Hyattsville, the lone
Prince Georges athlete to score in the
open events last season, having tied for
first place In the pole vault, will again
participate.
The Prince Georges entries follow:
Hyattsville, open eventS-220- yard
low hurdles, Robert 'Toole; one-mile run,
Thomas Hayes; pole vault. Vincent
Stevens. County high school events
10O-yard dash, Ernest Nicholson,
SALaIACo SALhOICSS dllQ E4uCSI NOLy,
440-yard dash, Warren Evans, Harvey
Love and Elmer Mostow: 880-yard run,
Thomas Hayes, Coleman Headley and
Solomon PincuS; broad Jump, Ernest
Michaelson, Jack Sheriff and Fred
Baird; 12-pound shotput, Warren Evans
and Vincent Stevens
Maryland Park, open evertS-200-yard
dash, r. Pattison. County high school
events-100-yard dash, H. Schmidt, W.
Peaire and A. Loncas; 440-yard dash,
F. MCGUIRE, D. Palmer and s. Brick
head; S80-yard run, F. Pattison and r.
Mitchell; 12-pound shotput, Lee Suit.
Upper Marlboro, open eventS-100-
yard dash, Howard Ford: 22O-yard dash,
Howard Ford. County high school
events-100-yard dash, Howard Ford
and George Deck: 440-yard DASH
George Deck; 880-yard run, Philip
Duvall and Richard Lowe; broad jump,
George Deck and Richard Lowe; H.
pound shotput, George Deck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
MILLS OF GONzAGA
BUSINESS NEMESIS
His Hitting in Pinches Wins
thinning BattIe-0ther
SChoolboys Busy.

~ARL MILLS was q real thorn in
the side Of Business base bali
4 team yesterday as Gon1aga
registered o 10 to triumph,
after IL innings.
Mills socked q home run in the last
Of the ninth with the bases loaded TO
knot the count ut seven-all and in the
eleventh, with his team two runs be-
hind and two teammates on the sacks,
he smashed out q double to tie the
score and scored the winning run him
self . little later.
Cleary went the route for Gonzaga,
while Silverman and Garner twirled
for Business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
Contests Listed
For Schoolboys

Today.
Emerson VS.. Eastern at Eastern
(base balD. $3.50 o'clock.
Dewitt vs.. Takoma-Silver Spring
High at Silver Spring (tennis).
Tomorrow.
Business vs.. Western at Eastern
Stadium, public high school cham
pionship (base ball), $50 o'clock.
Gonzaga vs.. Tech ct Tech (I6aSe
balD, $3.50 o'clock.
Central vs.. Maryland Freshmen ct
College Park (base ball), 4 o'clock.
Emerson VS.. Washington-Lee High
at Ballston (base balD, $50 O'Clock.
Western VS.. Severn School at
Severn Park. Md. (tennis).
Dewitt VS.. Friends ct Friends (ten-
nis).
Saturday.
Episcopal Academy Va. OF. Adams
at st. Adams (base BALD.
Western vs.. Baltimore Poly at
Baltimore (tennis).
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
WALKER, MCLEAN SCORE

Displaying marked superiority, Chan
ming Walker and Perry Mclean yes
terday triumphed over w. C.. Wood
worth and Leonard Vineberg to win the
doubles championship Of the A. A. U.
hand ball tournament at the Y. NJ. G.
A. The scores were IL to IL and
IL to 0.
It was the final match Of the tourna-
naAnt.
J. B. Payne and Paul Pearlman finished
third In the doubles competition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
372 FROM SCHOOLS
TO ATTACK Marks
Brewer of Washington Set
Figures in 1915 That
Stand Still.

YUST one athlete among the
372 individuals listed from
~ 46 schools, who now holds
q record, will participate in
the assault on the marks in the
fourteenth University of Mary
land interScholastic track and
field meet Saturday afternoon at
College Park.
He is Earl Widmyer Of Hagers-
town High, who last season swept
over the 100-yard course in the
county high school events In
10 Us seconds. Hagerstown won
the county high school class team
trophy last Spring.
AS q rule each meet sees new records
established and this year is expected to
prove no exception. Four were hung up
last Spring.
There are some marks, though, which
have stood up year after year and prob
ably will also withstand Saturdays
meet
Records Of Brooke CUntz) Brewer, one
of the greatest athletes ever produced in
this section, in the 100 and 220 yard
dashes, are the Oldest in the annals OF
the meet. He made them way back in
1915, while representing st. Adams
School.
Aside from Brewers marks, the oldest
which will be at stake Saturday Is that
Of - feet for the running broad Jump,
held by Lawrence Sullivan Of Baltimore
Poly. It was made In 1915.
None of the records IN the county
school was made earlier than 1925.
Here are the marks at which the
sehoolboys will be shooting:
Open Events.
10o-yard dash, 4-5-Brooke
Brewer st. Albans), 1915.
12o-yard high hurdles, 16 les
william (Ty) Reid Charlotte, N. c.
High, 1928 (heat).
220.yard dash, C:22 2-5-Brooke
Brewer est. Albans), 1915.
Mile-rln, 4:33 2-5-A Crowley
(Ailentown Prep, 1880.
44o-yard dash, O:51 3-5-Jack Ed
wards washington Tech High
School, 1928.
22o-yard low hurdles. O:26 2-5-
Charles Milstead Charlotte, N. G.
High), 1927.
Ss0-yard run, 2:o2-A Crowley
(Alleptown Prep, 1880.
12-pound shotput, 40 feet inches
Luther williams (oxford, N. G.
3AShyS &SSos
High Jump, feet-Steele wash.
ington Western High SCHOOL,, 1923.
Discus throw, lat feet 1913 inches
Theron Brown [Greensboro, N. c.,
High, 1928.
Javelin throw, 1874 feet 0 inches
Hunter Motley (Woodberry Forest),
1927.
Pole. vault IL feet-Henry Nc
Donald (Tech), 1927.
Broad jump, % feet-Lawfence
Sullivan Baltimore Polytechnic),
I County High school Events.
| 10o-yard dash, 10 2-5-Earl Wild
myer CHagerstown High, 1880.
eeo-yard run, 2:oS-Bob Rems-
burg C6iddietown High, 1926.
440-yaxd dash, SO 2-5-Maynard
Summers Frederick High, 1928; r.
Middleton (F1ostburg High, 1880.
12-pound shctpuE, a feet 7M
inches-Jess Kra1covic (Sparrows
Point High, 1926.
Broad jump. 20 feet inches
Maynard Summers Frederick High,
1928.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
BLUES POINT FOR MEET
Encouraged by Showing at Penn,
Txy Again Saturday,

Encouraged by their showing In the
Penn relays, Gallaudet's track and field
athletes now are. hard at work In prep
aration for their opening meet Of the
outdoor season Saturday at Baltimore
against Johns Hopkins and other
schools.
Jimmy Rayhill, sprinter, appears the
best newcomer on the squad, which has
little veteran material. The HaReS APP
pear to be better on In the running
department than In the field.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
QUITS GRID AND DIAMOND

NEW YORK, April 30 Uo.-6t. Johns
College Of Brooklyn has decided to
abandon foot ball and base ball as
intercollegiate sports at the end Of the
present schedules.
Action was taken By the board Of
trustees because Of disappointing gate
receipts.
The foot ball team will play the
Eames scheduled for next Fail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-04-30
u. of M. Field Day
Program Saturday

1890 am: Lacrosse - Maryland
Freshmen VS.. Virginia Freshmen.
pm Track - Interscholastic
meet, including 10 open and 5 events
closed TO State high schools; Mary
land vs.. Navy and Virginia to b
run concurrently with schooIboy
events.
1870 pm: Base ball-MaTyland
Varsity w. West Virginia.
2 pm: Tennis-Maryland ~.
William and Mary.
4:30 pm: Lacrosse - Maryland
Varsity vs. Penn State.