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La gaceta., 1931-05-07

Pat quiere darnos una junt;
electoral municipal, una com
puesta por cinco ciudadano
honrados, discretos, amante
del pueblo latino, etc.
Estes ciudadanos guisaran
Sc comeran TODD 10 relacionad
con las "mater&S electorales'
epitando asi molestias a los S
nores ediles.
Los cinco tendran poderes pa
ra designar a los ciudadano'
que han de sustituirlos.
Todo nos parece bien, meno'
que no Sc haya concedido repre-
sentaci6n a los latinos, en- e
grupo va escogido.
Tn caballeroso ciudadano d
Ybor o de West Tampa no Ia
cira NAL en- esa iunta.
La gaceta., 1931-05-07

Otro Iuminoso proyecto de le.
cay6 aver sobre la camara de re-
presentantes del estado.
Con la mejor buena fe, segur
ha explicado, ell representante
Elliot pide Sc autorice a los nj,
nos memories de 16 amos para
comprar cigarrillos.
Tan excelente nos pareee Ia
iniciativa, que lie agregarfamos
una enmienda que dijera asi
Los memories de 16 amos podran
comprar cigarrillos o cigarros.
pero al fumar no podran ira
garse ell hume.
Queda autorizado ell estadf
para tragarse Ell hume y.
La gaceta., 1931-05-07

das para evitar nuevos mott
mes. por parte de los mo4os.
La artilleria Sc ha emplaZa-
do de modo que los canon0s
convergen sobre los barrios de
los natives.
La gaceta., 1931-05-07
NUEVAS PRECAUCIONES
EN- TETUAN

Madrid, Mayo 7.-Informa
j Alto Comisario, desde Te-
La gaceta., 1931-05-07

@I1 CE1N EN ! IExNA LAC
TRO@AS DEL TERCIO Elk
TRANJERO
Madrid, Mayo 7.-Despa-
hos llegados de Marruecos dl
cen que ell tercio extranjero 81
que intranquilo, habiendo al
terado ell orden en- Zoco FL Ar
6a.
Oedidas de rigor Sc han to-
mado para calmar a los insu-
bordinados.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
BODY OF KEEPER
ORDERED EXHUMED
Additional Agents Act in Effort
to Solve Holland Bar
Mystery.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Nd, March 2l.-Two
additional Department of Justice agents
we're sent today to Crisheld, Nd, to try
to solve the mystery of the death of
Ulman Owens. keeper Of the lonely Hol-
land Bar Lighthouse, in Chesapeake
Bay.
Owens body was found Sunday in
the living quarters of the lighthouse
after residents of nearby sections re-
ported that the light had not burned
for two nights. The room was In dis
order and blood stains were found. but
coroner returned verdict Of death
from accidental causes.
A heart attack was given as the cause
Of death.
The decision to send two more agents,
announced by District Attorney Simon
E. Sobelof, followed the return here
yesterday Of two agents who made an
investigation and ordered ovens body
exhumed for post mortem exam
nation.
These two operatives told the district
attorney they were disinclined to accept
theory of foul play advanced by
Owens relatives and friends, however.
Owens, they were told, knew much of
the activities of rum runners in the
bay and nearby Tangier Sound, and his
life had been threatened
The Holland Bar Lighthouse is IL
miles from the mainland and 80 miles
from Crisfield. "A report from the post
mortem examination Is expected In
about ten days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
1t. COMDR. W|NSH|P
COMMITS SUICIDE
Army Judge Advocate Gen.
erals Brother Takes Life
in San Francisco.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 81 ~
Lieut. Comdr. Emory Winship. SO,
U. S. N. retired, San Francisco capital
list and member Of a prominent Ameri-
can family, shot and killed himself to-
day, presumably to avoid meeting his
estranged 30-year wife.
At the moment Of the suicide Mrs.
Winship was entering the couples fash
ionable apartment that she might col
Iect and take away few personal be-
longings.
The Navy oficer. retired q quarter
century ago for disability, was brother
Of Mai. Gen. Blanton Winship, Army
Judge advocate general Mrs. Winship,
until their marriage in 1928, was Miss
Dorothy Lamar Blount, of Macon, Ga.
She collapsed when told her husband
was dead. They have a year-old son
and separated a week ago.
Winship's first wife, Katherine Dillon
Winship, left him millions when she
died in Macon in 1920, and he was
owner of q number Of downtown build
ines here. Two children by his first
wife, Henry Dillon Winship and Miss
Katherin Winship, are in the East.
Miss Winship Is at Bryn Mawr and her
brother in Macon.
Winship left no note, and authorities
believed he had committed suicide on
the spur of the moment. The single
shot fired was heard by Winship's col
ored valet who found the former off,
Ger lying on the bath room floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
MAY RETIRE POLICE
AT O. UNDER PLAN
PROPOSEDF FOR D. c.
Suggestion of Gen. Crosby
Would Also Apply to
Fire Department.
% MEN TO BE AFFECTED
IF NEW RULING is APPLIED
Present Retirement Law Provides
Members Can Quit at 80 After
25 Years Service.

Automatic retirement from service
Of all members Of the police and fire
departments upon reaching the age Of
"a, is contemplated in a plan under
consideration by District oficials.
The proposal is designed to increase
the efficiency OF these two departments
through the replacement Of the veter-
ans with younger men. The plan will
be put into effect July /, II approved
by the Commissioners.
There are approximately 20 members
Of the police force who have passed the
age of 81. still on active duty, who
would be Immediately affected by the
retirement plan. Four of them are un-
derstood to be captains.
Proposed BY Crosby.
The FIRE department would not be
so drastically hit. There are only three
flremen 1t was said, who are over "a
wears Of age, and none Is among the
higher ranking officers.
The automatic retirement pan. 1t Is
understood, was conceived several weeks
ago by Mai. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby
R0A@ON
and FIRE departments. He is known tc
have discussed 1t with Mai. Henry G
Pratt, superintendent Of police: Fire
Chief George s. Watson. and Corpora
ton Counsel William w. Bride. Maj
Pratt and Fire Chief Watson are said
to have favored the plan. 1t has not
however, been formally submitted tc
the Board of Commissioners for Their
consideration.
The sudden death several month,
ago of two veteran police officers while
patrolling their beats is said to have
given Gen. Crosby the idea for auto
matically retiring policemen and fire'
men when they reach the age OF 81
Both Of these officers were over 81.
Many Carried On.
Members Of the Police and Fire De-
partmentS, under existing law, may nov
be retired at the age of so, providing
they have had IS years Of service. Ir
the past many men past this age
and eligible for retirement have beer
continued on active duty as long a.
their physical condition met the re-
Quired standards of the departments.
AS q result both the Police and Fire
Departments carried on their rolls q
number of men, who because of theil
| advanced age, were not regarded a.
emclenC as the younger men In Ght
service. Under the new retirement plar
there would be no man in either thu
| Police or Fire Departments over "a
irrespective of his physical condition.
Mai. Pratt and Fire Chief Watson
are said TO look With favor upon the
plan because they believe it will in.
crease the efficiency Of their respective
| departments, and at the same time pave
the way for q larger number of new
and younger men to join their force:
each year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
MAN HA|L|NG AUTO
BELIEVED RUN OVER
Woman Says Her Car Struck
ACcoster, Thought Bandit,
in Rock Creek Park.

When two colored men she believed
to be bandits stepped before an auto
mobile driven by Mrs. Grace Sweeney,
$3.50 Thirty-second street, in Rock
Greek Park yesterday, and ordered her
to stop, she stepped on the gas, knocked
one of them down, ran over him and
sped away, she reported to police last
night.
Mrs. Sweeney. wife of Paul A. Swee-
ney. an attorney in the State Depart
ment, said she was driving slowly along
Broad Branch road in the park when
the two men stepped IN front Of her
machine. One Of them held up his
hand and she slowed down, thinking he
was seeking information OF some kind
As she slowed down, Mrs. Sweeney said,
the man who had signalled yelled
Stop"
1T flashed through my mind" she
continued. that I was being held UP.
1 didn't know exactly what to do, but
jammed down the accelerator and
brushed the man down. I felt one of
the front wheels of the machine pass
over his body, and as I sped away
looked in the rear vision mirror and
saw his companion stoop to pick him
up"
Mrs. Sweeney drove to her home and
told her husband of the incident. He
reported 1t to the park police, and they
in turns made a report to the Four
tenth precinct police station.
Police began a check Of local hospitals
In an effort to learn whether or not a
colored man answering the description
of the man struck by Mrs. Sweeney's
automobile had applied for treatment.
Mrs. Sweeney said she felt sure she
could identify the man.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
PAROLE BOARD TRIO
CALLED AT JOLIET
Legislative Committee to Sift
Charges of Discriminate
ing Against Poor.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
JOLIET, Ill, March 21.-Blamed by
two prison chaplsins for the seething
unrest in Illinois twin penittntiaries
three members of the State Parole
Board were subpoenaed today to ap-
pear before a special committee of the
Legislature investigating prison condi-
tons.
Both Rev. Engius Weir. Catholic
priest, and Rev. George L. Whitmeyer
resigned Episcopal chaplain, agreed
that the week of disturbance which
brought three deaths and million dol
lars damage Was due Ito the Parole
Board and the Parole Board only"
Discrimination against poor convicts
attempts to force prisoners to inform or
friends outside the prison as condi-
ton Of release, and interference by the
Cook County (Chicago) States attor-
ney's Office In paroles we're among the
specific charges.
Three Members Summoned.
Consequently, the second day Of hear
ings by the committee was interrupted
while Chairman Roger Little sent sum.
10 W. -. DOhlN
chairman: r.. Keen Ryan and Thomas
H. Cannon, the trio who comprise the
board.
Sharing interest with the testimony Of
the fiery Rev. Whitmeyer and the young
soft-spoken Father Weir, a member o.
the Franciscan Order, was a detailed
explanation of the circumstances which
accompanied the death Of Joseph Coax.
ley. convict, in solitary confinement.
Dayton E. Beasley, keeper Of the soil
tary prison, related his version Of how
Coakley died and the treatment ac-
corded him Then Robert johnson
Ccakley's cellmate, related a story that
Coakley had died while handcuffed II
the bars
But it was the charges Of the chap
lains that engrossed the committee
Mr.. Whitmeyer. asked by the warden Il
resign and charged with "fomentins
trouble" said:
well dressed relatives OF inmates gel
every consideration by the Parole Board
Inmates represented by lawyers and
politicians also get consideration. But
If the relatives who come here to plead
are poorly dressed and look as though
they amounted to little-they get little
time from the board
Blame Laid to Board.
Father Weir said: Neither the parole
law nor parole regulations are at fault
II Is the Parole Board members. Theil
attitude here has caused the trouble.
There are boys OF 10 imprisoned
here. with hardened criminals, And al
the State reformatory, built for way.
/ ward youths, there are men OF 80. And
there are insane criminals here who
should be in the asylum at Menard."
His charges regarding conditions al
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column a.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
FOUR HURT AS AUTO
KILLS TWO HORSES
Girl Expected to Die After Ma
chine Strikes Wagon on
Highway.
By stan Correspondent of The star.


ALEXANDRIA. Va, March 2l.-Four
persons were injured tonight when an
automobile struck horse-drawn wagon
on the Franconia road in Fairfax
County, a short distance southwest of
this city.
Those hurt were Flora Dyer. Is; her
mother, Mrs. Thomas Dyer, 43; Miss
Mary harrington, 20, and Frank Toll
bert, %. all of Fairfax County.
Miss Dyer suffered fractured skull
and is not expected to live. An opera
ton was resorted to at the Alexandria
hospital in an effort to save her life,
but physicians expressed little hope for
her recovery.
Mrs. Dyer received back injuries and
severe decorations. She is a patient at
the same hospital. Frank Tolbert,
driver of the automobile, and Miss
harrington received cuts and bruises.
After treatment they were able to leave
the hospital.
Two horses which were drawing the
wagon were killed. The wagon is said
by Alexandria police to have been driven
by Ephriam Brown, colored, Of Spring.
field, Va, and is said to have been un-
lighted.
Detective sergt. Edgar Sims and of
ficer A. w. Mills of Fairfax County, in
vestigated the accident.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
CLARITY or ISSUES
ASKED BY RASKOB
Democratic Chief Calls on
Parties to Define Social
and Economic Policies.

BY the AssociatedsPress.
BALTIMORE, Md, March 2l.-John
]. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic
National Committee, tonight called on
beth major political parties to state
their stand on economic and social
questions prior to the 1882 presidential
campaign lin language a l4-year-old
child could understand"
Mr.. Raskob made his declaration in
an address at the annual dinner OF the
Southern Maryland Society, during
which he caStigated Federal and other
police for ''unwarranted" searches of
private parties under the Volstead law.
Hits WarrantlesS Searches.
In this connection he said he was
"shame6 into modification" when his
party was searched by Federal officials
while he was returning from q trip to
Nassau. He described such s.arches
without warrants as indecent"
II cannot believe American society
has sunk to such level to tolerate that
sort of thing without protest." he de-
clared.
This condition, Mr.. I.askob said, was
an outgrowth of the eighteenth amend
ment and Volstead act, and added that
suspicion and distrust would continue
as long as officials are permitted to
search without question"
The Democratic chairman said the
people of the Nation would be given
an opportunity to say whether they
want a continuance of the eighteenth
amendment and VolStead act, or
whether they wanted change. Honest
drys who have the courage of their
convictions and who insist that popular
sentiment Is on the side of continuance,
should have no hesitancy in giving such
an opportunity, he added, unless they
are hypocritical.
Lewis Pleads for Parity.
Sir Willmott Harsant Lewis, WASH
ington correspondent Of the London
Times, also a speaker at the dinner, de-
clared that England stood as the great
est force for peace and called on the
United States to assume parity and re-
sponsibility with that nation in seek
ing world peace.
The success of the 1892 Geneva con-
ference, the recently knighted news
paper man said, depended largely on
this Nation accepting some part of the
responsibility. But, he declared If
America continued to remain aloof,
England was prepared to carry on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
DEBUTANTE HURT
AS CAR OVERTURNS
Four Returning From Country
Club Suffer Cuts as Auto
Leaves Road.

A 19-year-old debutante was critical
ly injured early today and three Of her
companions suffered lesser hurts when
their automobile hit a culvert on River
road and overturned down an embank-
ment, while returning from the Con-
greSsional Country Club.
Lucy Sharp, daughter Of DR.. George
r. Sharp, 5000 Highland place, was
severely cut about the Ileac and neck
when hurled into the windshield by
the impact.
Others in Car.
Another debutante Of last year, Mis-;
Eleanor Walsh, 40, formerly of Lo:
Angeles, was slightly cut and bruised.
The car was being driven by Robert
RodenbeTg, 350I Macomb street. Miss
Sharp was sitting next to him in the
front seat.
The other occupant of the automobile
Douglas X Huntress, 3515 Newark
street. escaped with lesser cuts and
bruises.
Huntress pulled the two girls from the
wreckage, kicking open the door. He
said afterward that Rodenberg swervec
the car to avoid another automobile and
hit the culyert, losing control Of his
machine.
Passing MOtorist Helps.
The two young women and Huntres'
were picked up by another motorist re-
turning from dance at the club anC
taken to Emergency Hospital, whert
Miss Sharp's condition was undeter
mined early today. Miss Walsh wa!
treated and discharged, as was Hunt
ress.
The men and their companions were
dressed in full evening attire.
DR.. Sharp hurried to the hospita.
when notified of the accident.
Rodenberg was taken to Georgetown
Hospital for treatment for minor In
| juries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
T. M. BALDWIN RESIGNS

Thomas M. Baldwin, jr., District SUI
of insurance. resigned
Yesterday effective April %, to accept a
position with an insurance concern.
Mr.. Baldwin, who joined the District
service as a deputy and examiner in the
insurance department on July IS, 1922,
was promoted to superintendent of the
on March 90. 1924, and has
served as such since. His resignation
was accepted by the Commissioners, but
no successor has yet been named.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22

BY the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Md, March a.
Despite the pleas OF friends and rela-
tives. Joseph Kawalski, convicted of
beating his i'll wife, is to suffer 10
lashes here probably next week, it was
indicated today.
Judge Eugene O'Dunne, who SEN
fenced Kawalski, agreed to suspend an
additional sentence of 80 days and
recommended that the flashing shall
not be "unreasonably severe" but he
refused to change the penalty other
wise.
A move to appeal to Gov Albert C.
Richie has been abandoned. Friends
OF Kawalski who interceded with Judge
ODunne in his behalf, said today.
Kawalski will be the third person TO
be dashed in Maryland in IL years.
wife beating Is the only offense for
which the penalty Is provided. Ka-
walski is the second man to be sem
fenced to the whipping post by Judge
ODunne in five years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
TEN LASHES. WITHOUT BLOOD.
PRESCRIBED FOR WIFE-BEATER
Pleas of Friends for Changed Sentence IN
acknowledgement Anti Whipping
Law to Be introduced.

In q letter to Sheriff Joseph c.
Deegan, who is required by the 1888
statute to carry out the sentence,
Judge O'Dunne recommended that the
whipping be done If possible without
drawing blood, which gives it touch
of brutality"
No date has been set for the whip
ping, but Warden Harry Martin of the
City jail has requested the sheriff that
he be given "a hours advance notice
Of tho time so he can make prepara-
tions, such as installing the post and
arranging for witnesses.
Judge O'Dunne suggested in his let
ter that Kawalski be allowed to re-
main in jail for five days after the
flashing ITO cool down" If he so desires.
In removing the jail sentence he made
the condition that Kawalski be recon
ciled with his wife and family and as
sumo the duties "of head Of the FAM
lily in a manner becoming that station. .
A bill to outlaw the whipping post
in Maryland will be introduced in the
Legislature next week, 1t was said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
'GUILDER' HELD ONLY REMBRANDT
IN METROPOLITAN ART MUSEUM
DIR. Toch, Chemist, Tells Microscopical Society He's
Convinced Trace of Masters Brush Is Lacking.

Her Nails" was the work of Nicolaes
Macs, an understudy of the Dutch
artist, he said, and "Pilate Washing
His Hands and The Artists Son
dents Of genuine works of old masters
other than Rembrandt They we're pre-
sented to the museum by the late Ben
jamin Altman.
Or. John c. Van Dyke, professor of
the history of art at Rutgers Uniyer-
sity. said in 1928 that none Of the works
then in the museum, highly authenti-
Gated as Rembrandt's, were genuine.
He said further that only about IS of
the hundreds Of paintings accredited
to the master were actually his art.
DR.. Toch is professor Of chemistry
Of artistic painting ct the National
Academy Of Design.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
DENY CUBAN CRUELTY.
Officials Declare Political Prisoners Are
Being Well Treated.


NUEVA CORONA. ISLE OF PINES.
March 81 (P.-Sixty- three men and
boys, described by the Cuban govern
ment as the most dangerous political
prisoners in the principal fortress ut
Havana. have been accorded special
privileges since their transfer to the
ancient prison of the island last
week, but their opposition to the Ma
chado regime has not diminished.
Most Of them are students and sew
eral are professional men. They range
in age from IS to SO. Oficials, denying
the prisoners charges Of mistreatment,
said they we're permitted to fraternize.
were not obliged to wear prison clothing
and were spared mental tasks which
usually fall to prisoners. Books are
supplied. there are radio sets and visi-
tors are admitted on Sundays.
Some of the prisoners complained to
the Associated Press correspondent of
poor food. overcrowding and bad sani-
tation. but they agreed their iailors
we're mild" Some said they believed
their lives in danger and others be-
lieved some of the political prisoners
arrested in recent weeks had been put
to death.
An army lieutenant detailed 70 the
group said complaints regarding the
food were unwarranted, adding that
prisoners were permitted to receive
delicacies from friends and those who
could AFFORD it might send out for
meals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
BYRD'S POLAR VESSEL
TO COME TO CAPITAL
City of New York Will Be on Elk
hibition Here Throughout
Month of April.

Rear Admiral Richard e. Byd's his
toric polar ship. the City Of New York,
will be on exhibition in Washington
during the month of April
The sturdy vessel which withstood
the storms and ice foes OF the Antarctic
for q year on Byrd's dash to the South
Pole, 1t was learned yesterday. will
make the voyage here from Miami,
Fla. 1t is expected to arrive about
April /.
Its arrival here is timed for the cherry
blossom season in Potomac Park and
Easter week, which brings thousands
of visitors into Washington from all
over the country 1t is understood the
City of New York viii be moored at
the foot Of M street in the Channel.
Public school children particularly
will be interested in the visit Of the
historic vessel, IS classes In the schools,
followed closely the news stories Of
Admiral Byrd's expedition to the South
Pole.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
JUSTICE STAFFORD BECOMES
ELIGIBLE TO RETIRE ON MAY 1
Has Served on Supreme
Court of District for Past
II Years.
Dean of Local Branch Last OF
Personnel in Office at Time
He Was Named.
BY THOMAS M. HARVEY.

Justice Wendell Phillips Stafford VIII
be eligible to lay aside his judicial duties
May l, after service Of 81 years. OF
which 81 have been spent on the Su-
preme Court of the District of Column
bia and four on the bench Of the Su-
preme Court Of Vermont. Justice Stat
ford will be 70 years old on that date,
and since he has had more than 10
years service. may retire or resign with
full pay for the balance of his life.
While he has not announced just
when he will take advantage of the
right to retire or resign, it is generally
expected that he will do so shortly
after the celebration Of his SEVENTEEN
birthday anniversary. The condition Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-22
b. the Assoeiate0 Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW. YORK, March 21.-With the
possible exception Of The Guilder, !"
the METROPOLITAN Museum Of Art is
spurious IN the estimate Of DR.. Maxi
milan Toch, chemist.
He made this assertion IN an address
before the New York Microscopical So
ciety at the American Museum OF
Natural History last night. When asked
to comment, Bryson Burroughs. cura-
tor Of paintings at the Metropolitan,
replied: II have nothing TO say"
MicroscopicaI. Chemical and x-ray
studies of the canyases had convinced
him, DR.. Toch said, that they did not
show amy traces Of the Dutch artists
brush work.
/. The painting ~old Woman Cutting