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The Washington times., 1931-03-31
s SISTER
IS SURPRISE
WITNESS
Mrs. SigaI Says Brother
Was at Bedside of Mother
Instead of Renting Suite

CLEVELAND, March 81 Q.N.S).
Pittsburgh Hymie" Martin, &C.
cused slayer of former Council
man William E. Potter, was in
Pittsburgh at his mothers bed
side in Montifiore Hospital on
January 81, the day the State
claims he rented the Potter death
suite in Cleveland.
That startling bit Of testimony
was given at Hymie's murder
trial in criminal court here today
by Mrs. Cecilia Sigal. Hymie's
sister, who took the stand as a
surprise witness in her brothers
behalf.
Faints In Court
The woman provided another
sensation for the crowded court
room when she tainted and fell
to the floor as she started to
leave the stand. Court attaches
carried her into q nearby room
and revived her.
Backing up the assertions made
by akron Mary" Outland Wood
field, sweetheart of Hymie, on the
stand yesterday, that she and
Martin were in Akron on the
night Of February 3, when the
murder is believed to have oc-
Cured, two Akron friends of
Hymie testified in his behalf.
Saw Him at Station
Mark F. Marion, salesman, of
Akron, related to the jury that he
saw Martin in front Of an Akron
gasoline station about 8 p. m. on
February 3.
He said he had known Martin
for several months.
He was followed to the stand
by Abe Kodish, also of Akron,
who testified that he received a
phone call from Hymie at Burke'S
place, rs Market ST., a few
minutes after 8 p. m.
Mary, the first witness to pre-
sent the alibi, said that Martin
had stopped at the gasoline sta
ton to call up a friend.
AS the trial entered another
day Of sessions, the report was
current that the defense would
introduce evidence to show that
Potter was no stranger to the
apartment building in which he
was slain.
2 Were in Suite
This testimony was slated as
the next surprise" of the de-
fense, which yesterday presented
evfNence revealing Betty Gray
and ]. ]. Redlick, held as ma
terial witnesses by the State, were
in the murder suite an hour be-
fore the time set by the State for
the killing.
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as Of March
%: $582, ,S66, ,20S77; expenditures,
S3,671,217.O6; customs receipts,
500, ,727, ,20s.33.
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
-Four Girls Escape
From Reform School

Four girls, ranging in age from
II to Is years, escaped from the
Industrial Home School for white
girls today, police were notified
by authorities at the school.
The names of the girls are
given as Lula Kalla. Is, 507 L st.
N. W.; Dorothy Bridget, II, 1851
w St. S. E.; Mary Magnetic, 13,
no home address given, and Ger
trude Allen, Is, whose home is
said to be at 764 Thirteenth st.
S. e.
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
D. c. To ESCAPE.
NEW DRY. RULE
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situation in the hands Of the
local police, who, he said, are
doing excellent work and making
steady progress. He added:
No Tighter, He Says
'It is. Of course, kOwn to all
Of us that there is plenty Of
liquor here and plenty of
SpeakeaSieS. But we think con-
ditiOns here are about as good
as they can be under the pres
ent methods of enforcement.
Certainly we do not cOntem-
plate making it any tighter"
In contrast to Washington, the
Federal enforcement unit is plan
ming many drives in other cities
when the 1882 appropriations be-
come available. It was made
clear that there will be no in
crease in the Federal forces of
agents here because they are not
necessary,
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
DRASTIC DOWNTOWN PARKING REGULATIONS PR0MULGATE
n. !. PLANS BIC
HOME COMING
FOR WALKER
DR.. Holmes, Annoyed by Idea,
Predicts Mayors Downfall
Within the Next 100 Days

ISNiVAS "NyN S'''N'
Within the Next 100 Days
NEW YORK, March 81 dN.sD
Mayor Jimmy Walkers po-
litical Waterloo" will come within
100 days, in the opinion Of the
Rev. John Haynes Holmes, a
leading figure in the battle to
overthrow the Walker administra
ton and Tammany Hall.
This prediction, voiced last
night before a mass meeting of
1000 persons in Carnegie Hall.
added fuel today to the political
conflagration that has been rag.
ing in New York city since the
State legislature recently author.
lied sweeping inquiry into
every branch of the alleged "cor.
rupt" Walker administration.
DeplOres Civic Welcome
The Rev. Holmes Iikened Walker
to Napoleon, describing him as
small little man" who would
enter the city this week with the
acclaim of the gang of poll.
ticians, social vulgarianS, speak.
easy gangSters, and Tammany
Hall racketeers."
Walker, who has been vaca.
tioning in California. leaves the
Pacific Coast this afternoon. He
will be back in New York on
Saturday prepared, he says, to
demand q Showdown" on every
charge.
A great reception awaits the
nonchalant, debonair mayor. &C
cording to reports in Tammany
circles, for the arrival Of the wise
cracking Jimmy" is to be the
signal for a vigorous counter.
offensive in a hard-hitting "vindi.
cation campaign"
FOrsees His Waterloo
The Rev. Holmes reaction to
the reception Is this:
"Well, and good, let the re-
ceptiOn be held-it will only be
history repeating itself on O
ridiculous and petty scale.
81 give Mayor Walker 100
days in which to enjoy his re-
turn to New York city. One
hundred days-and then he will
have gone to his Waterloo and
started upon his exile. This
city will be rid of him, gladly
rid Of him, and then it can
start upon the reorganization
of life in terms of honor, truth
and high.minded public service"
Mayor Walker, however, has
asserted in California that his
health is fully recovered and that
he is fit and eager for the battle
with his vast army of critics. He
is coming home with fire In his
eye"
Shake-up Under Way
Meanwhile a big shake-up in
various branches Of the Walker
administration is taking place.
uC pOACe UCpdFGmcHG AdS DccH
OuSting vice "cOps" involved In
charges Of Framing" women. An
ex-Official of the building depart.
ment has been arrested on the
charge of accepting q $1,5OO bribe
to speed up work on q penthouse.
Yesterday q wholesale transfer of
300 tenement house inspectors
was ordered.
Today it was predicted that a
ruthless Shake-up of every inspec-
tion staff in the city government
is imminent. The health and
fire inspection staffs are said to
be the next slated for reorganiza-
ton.
Walkers critics contend that
this activity is "a confession Of
guilt on the part Of Tammany'
and designed to mitigate the
forthcoming activities of the legis-
lative inquiry which will begin
about May /.
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
Civil Service Lists
-Four Examinations

The Civil Service Commission,
1924 F st. N. w., announces ex-
aminations in four specialized sub
jectS, as follows: Principal social
worker, Public Health Service;
home economic teachers Senior,
reservation and junior high
schools, Indian Service; senior
olericulturiSt, Bureau of Plant In
dustry, and photographic trans
ferer, Coast and Geodetic Survey.
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
Boy Faints in Court
When Sentenced
In Auto MiShap

Joseph v. Lamont, II, of El
PaSo, Tex, tainted Immediately
after being sentenced today to
so days in Jail for leaving after
colliding and driving without a
permit.
Lamont is said to have col
lided with q car Of william
Stott, colored, last night.
The Washington times., 1931-03-31
Mayor Walker Starts
Today for New York

PALM SPRINGS, Calf, March
81 UN.S0.-Mayor James j.
Walker, of New York, was ready
to leave for the East today, &C.
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. A. c.
Bloomenthal.
The mayor finished packing all
% trunks he brought with him for
the vacation in the desert. He
will return to his desk in New
York with a ruddy coat Of tan ap-
piled by the days beneath the
desert sun.
Has Copy Of Charges
At a press conference yesterday
the mayor waved a bulky type
written manuscript with the as.
Sertion:
"These are the charges filed
against me, as mailed from Gov.
ernOr Roosevelt"
He also read a note from the
governor asking that q reply be
made after Walker arrives in New
York.
Promises Statement
The mayor has promised to
make his first statement in de.
fense Of charges brought against
the New York administration
within 48 hours after his arrival
in the metropolis Friday.
Mayor Walker said he will be in
Los Angeles during the coming
Olympiad.
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Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

have largely given themselves over to
the consumption Of mineral waters OF
various sorts. none of them, in his
opinion, as beneficial as wine.
Another gentleman, Abou Nouas. an
Oriental poet, was quoted. who before
dying. in the year $50 OF the Hegira,
and TAO Of Christianity, wrote short
text with the students Of Cairo and
Bagdad. beginning:
"Solace me with wine-but assure me
it is Winer'
This and many other eulogies Of the
grape occupied most Of the sessions,
though beer and brandy were also not
without their protagonists. Spain was
represented. but not by delegates from
any Spanish chapter, for there does
not exist in Spain any anti-prohibition
league. related to the international as
ISOLATION: There are branches, how
ever, both IN Portugal and Italy, dele
gates from which showed themselves
both numerous. persevering and en-
thllsiastic.
This twelfth congress of vinicul-
turists and nti-prohibitionists would
except for this anomaly in the case
except for this anomaly in the case
of q grape growing country.
Refresh and strengthen me with
wine. but be sure that 1t Is Spanish
wine" should be the motto of our
yiniculturists Of Andalusia, of La
Rioja and del Priorato For Spain. due
to the spread of prohibition, has lost
the markets Of North America, Fin
land and Poland and Is about to lose
others. Therefore. If we do not con-
sumo our wines at home, they must
eventually be wasted. Due principally
to the enbargoes OF Yankeeland, the
products Of Alsace. Bordeaux. Burgundy.
Champagne. and Of regions along the
Rhine and Rhone, are also without an
outlet.
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II a decidedly obnoxious TO American
sensibilities to complain Of Lindbergh's
slow progress through the Kurile Islands
when he was making the utmost speed
consistent with safety.
Now that the way has been blased
across the Pacific, by Post and Gatty.
by panshorn and Herndon. and By Lind
bergh, there will be many other flights.
Japan will be naturally the prime OBJ
jective Of these hops. meme OF which
will have any purpose but the friend
lisst. and all Of which should be well
coined by Japan as promoSiSe Of good
feeling between the two countries,
Probably the present season for Pacific
flying is about ever. There vii De time
In the next few months to deTciop a
new attitude toward international ay!a-
ton which will avoid such unpleasant
instances hereafter as the firing Of
Psngborn and Herndon and The criti-
cisn Il Iindhergh.
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Days Pay for Relief
Of Jobless Urged
To the Editor Of Tn. Star:

AZ viz EuAtoi VI AnS Sthfs
My suggestion for the relief Of the I'M
employed Is that all States. districts
and municipalities be requested to CO.
operate to the end that all people en-
ployed be required to donate at least
one days pay toward a fund to help
care for those not employed and who
can not get work: that all business
professional and other persons, who do
not work for a salary donate as liber-
ally to the cause Of relief as the COM
mittee may think would be q fair share
for the individual to give.
The above plan is suggested with the
thought in mind that those who are
employed or who may be enjoying an
income from some kind OF business,
can and should be glad to help others
who have been unemployed for months
and are without incomes The one days
pay or the sum equal to a days net
income from any business will 20 long
way toward the relief of the millions
who will be in need this Winter.
Suppose We say that the Commits
sioners Of the District be requested to
name a committee or board, as they
may choose. to cooperate to the end
that everyone in the District be given
an opportunity to do his bit. The plans
for distribution can be easily met when
the funds are once in hand.
Should the above idea be approved,
then the President might call upon the
Governors OF the several States and all
the principal cities TO cooperate to the
end that this matter be pushed with
all force possible until the plan has
been fully consummated, whereby all
who are In need may be given relief
ROBERT H. ALCORN.
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sncwden, who has been chancellor Of
the exchequer. and J. II. Thomas, who
has been secretary for dominion affairs.
both OF whom are following the LAborite
chief into the new cabinet. The break
from Macdonald and snowden Is head
ed by Arthur Henderson. Laborite secre-
tary for foreign affairs. who. it Is well
understood, has for some time aspired
to the premiers place rs leader OF the
Labor party and head Of the govern
ment. 1t is. however, q far cry from
Macdonald to Henderson. The latter,
able man though he is, does not possess
the confidence Of the rank and file Of
his party as did Macdonald. His lead
ership is likely to become mere ges-
ture. for 1t is greatly to be doubted
whether he can command sufficient
following Of Laborites to win for him
self at the next election q balance-of-
power representation in Parliament.
Nobody, Of course, can foretell the
length of time that the coalition min
istry will last. 1t is an emergency or
ganisation. created to meet q condition
that may prevail for some time or may
be quickly adjusted The general ex-
pectation in England seems to be that
there viii be an election In the Autumn,
on the assumption that the drastic
remedies Of economy adopted will effect
q balancing Of the budget and permit
the issuance Of q call for the electorate
to determine the future organization Of
the government. In this situation the
Liberals though weakened somewhat at
present by the illness Of their chief.
David Lloyd George. who is GONZALES
cent, will undoubtedly make . strong
effort to regain power. So will the Con-
servatives, who today are the plurality
party In Parliament and who normally
command the largest fraction Of the
votes cast in a general election. The
measures nov TO be adopted will greatly
affect the trend Of the voting when the
call for ballots comes.
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Interstate Commerce Cornmisieoner was
due largely to the influence Of those
who are being enriched hy the Lake
Cargo freight rates. II this e an ex-
ample Of what Federal control means,
then perhaps It would be Just. as wen TO
permit the Pennsylvania mines to no
at once into the hands Of the sheriff
ana get the agony over with the
Conservation Of coal might become
national concern" AYERS the Port
Huron Times Herald. while the Gin
ctnnAn Times-Star recognizes the
changing attitude Of large operators
toward Government control" asserting
that this slightest intimation OF such
. proposal five years ago was anath-
ema." The Connellsville Daily Courier
observes definite efforts to stabilize
the industry. so that both capital
and labor may eventually secure q
larger and more secure return than Is
possible under conditions that have
existed even before the present depres-
sion set In" The Chicago Daily News
holds that the plan offers a solution
that viii deserve serious attention If
out, believing that "the present stu
alton is becoming socially and econom-
ically impossible" The New York
Times takes the position that 1T is at
least encouraging that an industry
which has experienced great misfortune
should be prepared to consider q bold
solution Of its problems"
No one who knows the American
people can believe that they are pre-
pared for any such radical departure"
protests the Lexington Leader, while
the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel advises
that ut would seem the part Of COM
mon sense for the coal business rather
than the Government, to settle the
matter Of production control" The Nil
waukee Journal contends that sit is
very large subject that opens up when
you begin to talk about having the
Government say that q man In Colo
RADIO shall close up his coal mines in
order that man in Pennsylvania may
make q profit on his"
The San Jose Mercury Herald says
that the chief difflculty to private
action Is the antitrust Law, and charges
that the hardshipS endured by the
miners for years are In q large meas
ure due to this law"
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Farmers Held Losers
In Charity Wheat Sale
TO the Editor OF The star.

40 the 6uibor OF Inc star.
note In the public press statements
to the effect that 1t is proposed by Carl
Williams, a member of the Federal
Farm Board, that various Community
Chests throughout the country buy the
wheat now in the Farm Boards hands
and distribute it to the needy. But
why further wreck the farmer to feed
the needy when there is ample wealth
in the country to buy from the farmer
at Q fair price, the wheat required tfG
the needy7
The farmer Is on the verge OF bank
ruptcy today by overproduction OF
wheat. Taking the Farm Boards wheat
and giving 1t to the needy is simply
taking away from the farmer very
important percentage OF his market. In
other words, 1t relieves the man with
the surplus from giving little more
to charity In order to pay the propen
price to the farmer, but at the same
time 1t destroys the farmer. This
scheme win simply change the brea6
line from the needy TO the farmers,
who win form the new bread line.
The disposal to sell this wheat to the
Chinese Is sound. Let the credit be
long or short-let 1t even be sixty-two
years as has been granted to powerful
nations Of Europe for war debts. Then
let the Community Chest buy the wheat
from the farmer at proper price.
That will save the needy and the farm
er both. The same might be done with
cotton II we could just induce the
Chinese 70 60 back 10 the pig-tail and
~ ~ - AGos 4. VRrrs.
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Trafic must forever remain q mystery
to the man who isn't In It.
we thought of this the other day as
we stood on the north side Of Pennsyl-
vania avenue, waiting . chance to 60
across.
How different this wide street IL to-
day from the Avenue OF 20, ID, even 10
years agol
Now it is as much as ones life Is
worth, as the saying goes, to venture
across on ones legs.
The safest thing to do, II one wants
to 60 to the postal station in the old
Post once Department building, say, Is
to hire a cab to take one ACROSS.
Why not?
Taxis could work UP thriving BUSH
ness in taking pedestrians across street
for q nickel
Such a maneuver wouldn't slow up
the cabs much. and would result IN
greater safety to pedestrians.
Where do all the automobiles come
from?
That is the question one asks ones
self while waiting for an opportunity to
dart across.
Even on Thirteenth street at quarter
to 9 o'clock in the morning the feeling
Of mystery which comes over one at the
large number of cars is no more acute
than on Pennsylvania avenue at almost
any time Of day.
The extra width of the favorite parade
ground no doubt accounts for the pop
ularity Of this noble thoroughfare with
motorists.
Surely these thousands Of people can
not have so much business down this
way, as that they want to go somewhere,
and take this avenue to 1t.
But still the question remains:
Where do they all come from?
1t does not the slightest bit OF good
to remind ourself Of the fact that each
driver is a human being, that he Is COM
ing from somewhere and going some
where else.
Still we have an unaccountable feeling
that so many of them should not be
coming along here at just this particular
time.
Doesn't any one stay home any more
It does no good. either, TO remind our
self of the fact that each one Is on the
street no more surely than ourseh.
-
We, with our small package to put in
the parcel post, are there to go across
to the postal station.
Each one Of these human beings in an
automobile Is on some sort Of errand or
other, there can be do doubt OF 1t in
the world.
What seems mysterious to the pedes-
TRAN is simply the effect OF numbers on
the human mind.
Up to a certain point, probably differ
ing with each person, numbers are IN
teresting After that merely bafding.
The appeal Of large numbers, to the
human mind, lies in the realm OF mys-
terry.
This may not apply to the financial
expert. who has mastered the handling
Of aggregates as II they were units.
To him, million (say dollars) is Just
one thing-a million dollars, one million
dollars. The accent goes on the one.
To the countless scores Of persons OF
another type, who foolishly insist on
understanding numbers as such, a
million means q million. and as such
ends up by meaning exactly nothing at
all
= ~
That is why stocks and bonds, bank
ing. high finance, trading, mergers, ETC.,
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American Flyers in Japan.

Clearly the Japanese government
should straighten oat matters regarding
the treatment Of foreign flyers who are
visiting those islands. Definite resu-
Iations should not only be adopted but
should be widely broadcast for the IN
formation Of all nations, respecting es-
pecially the areas on which landings
may not be made and also the matter Of
photography from the air. Recently two
instances have arisen in which lack Of
knowledge by flyers respecting Japanese
restrictions and prohibitions has led TO
embarrassment and criticism. In one
case two American flyers we're arrested
and later fined heavily for taking pic
lures over zones which are barred TO
photographers. There could be no COM
plant technically on this score in be-
half Of the unfortunate ayiAtors because
they had undoubtedly broken the Jap
anese rules But they had done so In
ignorance Of the limita ton and without
intention Of trespass Their release with
adinonition would have been more APP
propriate than the imposition Of fine
Of about 81 900 each. exaction Of which
has undoubtedly caused unpleasant feel
ing in this country.
Nov Col Lindbergh is under criticism
n 1 stated By news agency IN Toxic
Tor having landed his plane in the hishi
from PetropAvlovsk In KamchatkA u
Nernuro, Japan. The going between
these points was bad. The ship had I'd
be brought 10 water out Of schedule be
cause Of storm and fog 1t is stated
now unofaeially but pcintedly that the
IAndberghs landed on prohibited lake.
and other waters which were no
specined by the Japanese aviation bu
read m the emergency descent permit
Issued At the request Of the American
embassy
1t Is evident from the fact that eriti
ciam has been expressed OF Lindhargh'
course that the japanese authorities ar
TOO meticulous in their insissenee upoi
prescribed routes and landing poInii
Even though the government itszlf Ia
not demufred, clearly the matter Ia
been discussed In critical terms an
TINS itself IL an unpleasant suggestion
that Japan does not yet understand III
purpose Of International flying. II va
certainly not to spy out military secret
thas IaAdbersia 81 Pansbosn an
fsrnAon ssaads their aishh y ispa'