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The Washington times., 1931-09-18
E.. W. Punaphrey Out
For MUrSIlnL's Post

Edgar w. Pumphrey, an attor-
ney Of Arlington county, Va. is
seeker for the post of United
States Marshal for the eastern dis
trict of Virginia. He has been a
member Of the Virginia and Dis
trict Of Columbia bar for the past
seven years.
The Washington times., 1931-09-18
400 GRAVES MARKED

RICHMOND. Va, Sept. 18
More than 400 grave markers for
Confederate. dead have been
placed this year by the United
Daughters Of the Confederacy
chapters throughout the State of
Virginia, Mrs. Charles William
Schaadt has announced.
The Washington times., 1931-09-18
FINED FOR ASSAULT

When Robert King, colored,
hit Florence Hopkins with his
fist, he laid himself open to a
sentence of five days in the
Montgomery County Jail by Po-
lice Court Judge Charles w.
Woodward,
The Washington times., 1931-09-18
CHURCH MEETS TUESDAY

FIRMONT, w. Va, Sept. Is.
The West Virginia conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church
will meet here Tuesday. Bishop
william F. Mcdowell, Of Wash
ington, D. c., will preside.
The Washington times., 1931-09-18

BOOKER 7 'tss ss,.Rs::: ? s::ss'
MARIE DRESSLER In POLITICS
The Washington times., 1931-09-18

REpnRIIe Q 81. Near IAth
N6E OO6BO Phone North 70Se
RICHARD BARTHELMEss
i'm THE LAST FLIGHT"
The Washington times., 1931-09-18
WARNER BROS. THEATERS

Today-EDMUND LOWE in TRANS
ATLANTIC" Comedy and Vitaphone
Short Subject. Tomcrrow-Clark Gable
and Madge Evans in Sporting Blood
The Washington times., 1931-06-01
|RITES FOR DEAD
| HELD ON SHIP

A colorful service on board the
U. 8. 8. Apache in the waters Of
the Potomac yesterday, commem-
Grated the war veterans who died
at sea.
Representative Hamilton Fish,
jr, the principal speaker, urged
full faith in our Government and
its ideals, and asked that 1t be
defended from enemies within as
well rs foes without.
En- route down the river, women
Of the auxiliary Of the Spanish
War Veterans flung poppies on
the water, and at Hains Point a
red buddy" poppy was cast on
the stream. The Navy Band
played.
Among the 200 prominent lead.
erS, including officials Of military
and fraternal orders, on board
were: Mrs. Edith H. Bird, Judge
Edward 8. Mattias, Rear Admiral
F. c. Billiard. Col. Rice w. Means,
Senor Orestes Ferrara, Benjamin
Motley, DR.. B. C. MacNeil, Gen.
Amos A. Fries, Admiral Robert
Z. Coontz, Major Charles De-
monet. Capt. Edward s. Bettel.
helm and Mrs. Addie Hickman.
The Washington times., 1931-06-01
BRIDGE MAY Be
'GRANDSTAND'

Use of Arlington Memorial
Bridge as an ideal "grandstand"
for air parades and other spec
tacles probe bly, viii cause a new
type Of roadway to be placed on
the span.
This was indicated today by
Lieut.. Col. U. s. Grant. 3d., di-
rector of Public Buildings and
Public parks when he called at
tention to the advisability Of hav.
ing a roadway which will not be-
come extremely hot or glaring.
One Of the types Of roadway
being considered is bituminous
concrete, such as is in use on
West Executive Avenue.s 1t does
not get slippery when wet.
The. material chosen for the
bridge may also be used on Con-
stitution Avenue from the inter.
section Of Virginia Avenue west
ward.
The bridge roadway will not be
laid until all necessary material
has been hauled over the bridge
on the bare concrete foundation,
Colonel Grant said, as he does
not want to have the trucks
damage the top surface before
1t Is open to the public.
The Washington times., 1931-06-01
MAYORS GURGLE
SPARKLING
BURGUNDY
Porter Of Los Angeles Sips
0rangeade; Group to Visit
Famous Battlefield Today

DIJON, June / dNS0 With
the cheers Of 10000 citizens Of
this. seat Of the Burgundy wine
industry and a second warm plea
for the abolition of prohibition to
null over, the party Of American
mayors now touring France en-
trained today for Nancy.
The mayors procession was
Cheered all the way from the city
hall to the railroad station.
Porter Refrains
Mayor John C. Porter, Of Los
Angeles, cOntentedIy drained
glass Of Orangeade while the others
responded In wine 10 final toast.
The party planned to visit the
battlefield of st. Mihiel. They
intend to leave for Strassbourg
tomorrow and, on Wednesday
for Chalons and Rheims.
High Pressure Talk
The mayors yesterday listened
while the mayor Of Dion expati.
9ted at great length In praise Of
the Vintages.
Mayor John Q. Porter, Of Los
Angeles, was the only one, how
ever, with fortitude sufficient to
disdain the eloquent plea.
The Washington times., 1931-06-01
CrGntOn Picture
GiUen to HOuUGrd u.

Former Representative Louis
C. Cramton, Of Michigan, was
honored today at Howard Uni
versity when the Lampados Club
Of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity,
presented his photograph to the
university.
Cramton was for many years
chairman of the House Appro-
priation subcommittee in charge
Of the Interior Department bill,
under which Government funds
were apportioned to the school.
The Washington times., 1931-06-01
GARDEN VISITS POSTPONED

The rain yesterday and today
may have been Of untold advan-
tage to the 20 elementary school
gardens, but it caused post
ponement until tomorrow Of the
elementary science departments
annual garden visiting day.
The Washington times., 1931-06-01
FIGHT PRAIRIE DOGS

In a move to stamp out praire
dogs, 1928 acres Of lower Brule
indian reservation in South
Dakota we've covered with bait.
The Washington times., 1931-06-01

DEPARTURES From NORMAL
Accumulated excess Of temperature
since January ], 1931-26S.
Excess Of temperature since May I,
1876.
Accumulated deficiency Of precipita.
tIon since January /, 19s1-3.S2.
Excess of precipitation since May 1,
1931-1.30,
The Washington times., 1931-06-01
Weather Details

For the District. of Columbia. partly
cloudy and slightly cooler tonight
Tuesday fair with rising temperature;
gentle to moderate north winds.
For Maryland and Virginia, cloudy
and slightly cooler, preceded by rain
on the coast this afternoon and ros-
sibly early tonight Tuesday fair, slow
ly rising temperature in the interior /:
fresh north winds.
TIDE TABLE
Today-High tides s:a1 a. m. and
1851 p m.; low tides, 2:ss a. m. ami
Tomorrow-HiEh tides, s:Os q. m.
and 40 D. M; low tide& 3:2S q. M.
and 4:A D. m.
THE SUN AND THE MOON
The sun rose today, t:IS q. m. and
The sun rises Tuesday. G:H a. m.
and sets 7:27 y. m.
The moon rises today. s:11 .. m.
and sets, sos a. m.
The moon rises Tuesday, 1906 p. m.
and sets, sos a. m.
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
YESTERDAY TO-DAY
- ~ .- 40 m Al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-01
ARTISTS ARE BUSY
AT WHITE HOUSE
President Poses for Painter and
Mrs. Hoover for sculptor
During Week.

A portrait Of the President and =
bust cf. Mrs. Hoover were in this week 5
sum total Of work that went on in the
White House
In Ills cabinet chamber Presiden;
Hoover. posed cor Violet Beatrice Wen
ntr. who says she Is not really a
baroness any more. now that she is an
American citizen
Fefore pedestal interestingly top
ped with CLAW Mrs Hoover sat - gayly
shocked Helen Adele Tegch Miller, in q
lower floor conference room close 10
the cast porticro
The lS-minute sittings were sand
wicl4ed into days cramned With world
problems FOR the President and into q
calendar crowded with important social
appointments for Jhc Presidents wife,
50 THAI portrait and bust may appear
at the Chicago Wcsld Fa!r.
But neither Was subjected % the
nerve strain Of taking a liked position.
for these two artists, who like to work
together in different mediums. permit
their subjects 10 Go exactly as they
please.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-01
MRS. GAM ATTACKS
PARTY IRREGULARlTY
Curtis Sister Tells G. 0. P. Club
Nation Electing Republicans
Expects Their Program.

Mrs, Edward Everett Gam, sister and
offieial hostess of Vice President Curtis,
In an address Friday before the Ma
tional Capital Republican Club, aSsailed
party irregularity. asserting that when
the people elect Republican President
and a Republican House and Senate,
they have right to expect that a Re-
publican program viii prevail"
Mrs, Gam said the success of the
two-party system Of government in the
past has grown out Of the loyalty of
the men elected 10 office to the party
which they assume TO represent.
Loyalty on the part OF the repre-
sentativeS Of the people TO their party
becomes loyalty to the people them
selves" size declared
Congrs tuiatilg the club upon its rapid
strides since It was founded in Decem-
Der, 1929 Mrs. Gam outlined the part
IL. may play in the next campaign In
interpreting national political occur
renceS.
Douglas whniock, president Of the
Young Republicans unit, concluded the
program with Sh ri sketch Of the
plans Of his outfit for the coming year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-01
DAYTON BANK CLOSES

COLUMBUS. Ohio. October 81 tEa).--
The Union Trust Co OF Dayton Ohio.
was taken over b. the state Banking
Department today because cf steady
withdrawal Of deposits. Ira J. Fulton,
state banking superintendent, took
charge.
The untor Trust Co, of Dayton was
one az the largest banks in the city. II
reported resources Of S3i .O49.236 on
September 20. Capital was 81 SOC, 900
and surplus 81 100000.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
MUSSOLINI AND KEMAL PASHA WITH ONE EXCEPTION
EUROPES MOST POWERFUL RULERS.
STUDY THEIR FACES.

These pictures the of WILL and the fact that
determined individual in these days Of flying machines
rapid fire guns and poison is the greatest power earth
One these men, you know, rules Italy His word is
law and defies every power that seeks oveue his will
The other Keal Pasha rules the great empire of Turkey
has overthown the Turkish Sutans has tossed aside the
pretended successor Mohammed head of the Mosem
gion and to large extent he has tossed aside Mchammeds
religion, and the publc's respect for it.
He has torn the veil from the faces of and the fez
from the heads Of
In Italy, the law "word of Musolni and Turkeys
law is the will of Kemal Pasha.'
The masses of men are less like sheep and when
somebody willing, and determined to DRIVE THEM,
they move like sheep obedently
We believe that civilized and have self governing
ability We forget that only 10000 years from the
Age, living actually in the early infancy of the
race that destined last hundreds of millions
of years
An exhibitor of trained dogs cracks his whip and the dogs
Jump through hoop The ruler Of subseen human beings
cracks his whip obey the will stronger than
their
There will in Europe strong that Of either Of
these STRONGER perhaps and that is the will Of
sTALIN Dictator and absolute ruler of Russia.
What he THINKS, Russia does, and what he ORDERS
Russia obeys.
What will happen Italy when Mussoni goes, to Turkey
when Kema goes to Russia when Stain goes7
Those questions time will answer
child that walk better than that must be
carried even though it walks feeby and falls down oc
casionally.
that learns govern itself better than one that
obey without question the will Of an individual
But before become too proud OF our self government
we should ask this question:
How much do lUe govern ourselves, hOlO much do
organized corporations and money govern us?
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
u. S. Attorneys as Political
AppOinteeS

The Wckersham Commissions criticism Of the seec
tion of United States attorneys through political influences
il probably not sastefu President Hoover and the De-
uartment of Justice which is charged with the response
bilitv of Federal law enforcement"
It is somewhat anomalous that Federal Judges even when
selected through political backing supposed to be COM
uetely independent of the political influences that hoisted
them to their places while United States attorneys COM
reled to listen to the recommendations and wishes of the
"big boys who put them in office.
In the enforcement of laws and in the prosecution Of crm
mails the United States attorneys WELD immense in
deciding who shall be prosecuted and the extent Of that prose-
cution.
The commission calls attention to the fact that the great
difference between English and American justice is in the
"reativey small number of British that dismissed
by means other than jury trials"
Briefly therefore, American criminals not relentessy
brought trial They frequently not forced to face
iurie The United States attorneys have wide discretionary
putting criminals trial and In the manner the
cases are handled when trials started.
It notoriously that most of the country big crm
mails are powerful in politics United States attorneys
aligned with political organizations and leaders.
The President noinates all United States attorneys but
custom requires that he follow the recommendations Of United
colleagues confirm these nominations
Both Senate and House understand that the nominees do
have political affiliations Both know beyond doubt that
prosecutors should be wholly free from political obligations
and connections.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
P. U. C.. Changes Electric
Light Rates

No other decision fairly possible than that found by
the Public Utilities Commission to the unreasonably high
rates enjoyed by the Potomac Electric Power Company under
the existing consent decree.
The Times first bring this situation the attention
the commission pointed long that the electric
pany has since 1926 enjoyed excessive unreasonable
return of 10 per cent the agreement made in
We should withhold praise from the management of
the electric lighting company for successful and
period since 1926 but prosperity something that should
shared by all in these days.
Modification of the Decree to lower the present rates
return will be attacked in the courts and the modification
delayed just long the p E. Co. do this but the
Justice Of the modification will be upheld by most Of the
people Of Washington.
would have been most graceful thing had the electric
light company yielded in this matter community aid at
this time because the company is always assured of
able returns and is well that has been getting
than its just share from the users Of electricity the
District.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
Our New National Park
1t Ought to Be Popular

The scuttng of the American Navy goes on blthely in
Washington and the citizen knows nothing about it.
The two latest examples of the Administrations program of
crippng the defense the reduction Of the number
of idhipmen training at Annapolis by twenty-five per
cent and the scrappng the island Of Guam the Pacific
a naval base.
Not one reader in hundred noticed either
These blows at the Navy dealt in the holy name Of
economy-the economy being of the pennywise poundfooh
variety popular in Washington
Without trained officers for ships, the Administration
nerhaps get away with its failure to build the ships that
ought to be building.
And bv abandoning naval bases, it can clip the Nays
wings still further.
The crowning touch in this masterpiece Of pactfstc
sraeg however is the Administrations plan to convert
Guam into national park under the enlightened sway of
Secretary of Interior Wilbur.
Guam is only $500 miles away from California
It's natural beauties ought to make great appeal to the
millions of American tourists with two weeks vacation year
in which to 60 sightseeing ~
Perhaps the final solution will be to turn the Navy into
excursion line offeri round trips to Guam at popular rates
That would be an appropriate climax to the Administra
tom 8 present program Of politics. pacitiSm and pffA
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
Cutting Wages on Road and
Street Construction

Serious charges continue be made about contemplated
cutting Of wages State road projects and road construction
IN which the Federal Government is directly interested
Information indicates that road contractors in many drec
ns obtaining bids at curate prices the basis Of pro-
grams of cutting the wages of skilled and unsled labor
The Times editoray pointed out few days ago that the
thing is likely happen this city connection with
street paving contracts beginning with the fiscal year.
July i.
The Bacon law which attempts to uphold prevailing
wages on Federal building construction projects does not
apply to Federal District contracts in any other field than
building.
suggestion is put forward that Congress will take
mp this question of cutting wages road construction when
December and apply the provisions OF the Bacon
Davis road and other work the Federal Government Is
concerned in.
By the time that done road contractors inclined street
paving contractors in Washington inclined will have done
their work in wage cutting and the injuries Will fall heaVeE
upon workers hardest hit by economic conditions
On information reaching this newspaper there little douot
that some contractors for street paving and repairing IN the
District ARE preparing cut wages that they made tne
estimates for the work low with that idea in view .
cutting of wages here they have any OF stopping It,
Conditions serious to stand for the expoltaton Oh
labor by greedy contractors. ,...
It is within the power of the Commissioners too In letting
future contracts ask bidders what their intentions are IN
the matter of wages and use this information as they deem
best.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
LISTEN, WORLD!
,By Elsie Robinson.

Why do you have moods?
That's why. You have moods
because you are more than
brute flesh. more than an ar
rangement of bone and meat
which eats and sleeps and re-
produces its kind and dies. You
have a thinking brain. "a feel
ing, emotional system. But you
have these things AT A PRICE.
If you are intelligent enough to
think, you are bound to think
of irritating as well as inspiring
things. If you are sensitive
enough to feel, you are bound
to feel distressing as well as de-
lightful things. And you are
also bound to have stagnant
moments when your weary re-
ceiving apparatus will seem to
have gone dead" That is the
penalty of having a receiving
apparatus.
MOODS ARE THE PRICE
YOU PAY FOR HAVING A
HUMAN BRAIN AND HEART.
It's a great gift to have HUI
man Life. BUT IT'S ALSO A
GREAT CHALLENGE. Billions
of lives came and went before
one form of life arrived which
was fit to house the brain and
heart Of q Man. WHICH WAS
FIT TO STAND THE STRAIN
OF THOUGHT AND FEELING.
And many who now wear hui
man form are not standing
that strain. They may speak
human language, use human
gestures, but when it comes to
thinking and feeling they have
little on any COW.
Hate Hard Work
And, indeed, we all rebel at
times against the heavy job Of
Being Human. That is what
happens when you "get sick OF
everything" and wish you could
run away" YOU WOULD
LIKE TO RUN AWAY FROM
BEING A MAN. You would
like to shake off responsibilities
and go back to the comfortable
responsibility of the brute.
Something in you dimly remem-
bers that brute state and longs
for its ease and comfort.
Human Life is the greatest
gift on earth, but it is also the
greatest challenge. Can you &C
cept that challenge? Have you
gumption enough to stand the
strain of moods?
(Copyright, 1881, by King Features
syndidAts. 1nc.)
The Washington times., 1931-06-11

Moods. queer things, aren't
they?
You'll be feeling fine. Then,
suddenly, for no good reason,
everything will go blah. You
feel dead inside-as though all
sensation had stopped forever.
Or blue-choked with some
mysterious sorrow which you
can't define. Or vaguely irri-
tated-at odds with everyone.
You hate life. You wish you
could crawl off into a corner
never have to do another
thing never have to speak to
another person.
You tell yourself it's absurd
to feel like this. You say you
ought to be ashamed. things
might be a. thousand times
worse. look at the troubles
some people have. You count
your blessings. But it doesn't
do any good. You're still
wretched. Why? You don't
know why. That's the worst of
it. If only you could know why
such moods happen, you might
protect yourself against them
or endure them better.
Human-Not Cow!
You can know why thew hap
pen. THEY HAPPEN BECAUSE
YOU ARE A HUMAN BEING
AND NOT A COW OR A CAT
FISH.
Have you ever thought what
it means to be a Human Being
what it has cost to produce
Human Life? Probably not.
Most of us take our condition
for granted. We assume we
"juSt happened" We didn't.
Human Life is the result of the
longest, hardest, coStlieSt expert
ment that Creation has ever
made.
All life is mysterious enough.
Even the life of a tree. worm,
a gnat, is infinitely compli-
Gated. Countless generations of
living cells had to grope and
tumble and battle and breed
and die before one gnat grew
wings.
More Than Flesh
THEN CONSIDER THE MIL
LIONS UPON MILLIONS OF
LOWER ORGANISMS WHICH
HAD TO PASS THROUGH
LIFE BEFORE A MAN COULD
THINK AND FEEL
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
Claude G.. Bowers on Wickersham Report

This was not a unique Incl
dent. In every district in the
United States, United States at
torneys are appointed solely on
a political basis. In most States
Senators reserve the prize for
their most trusted political lieu
tenants. Presidents have been
known to look upon these
United States attorneys as sub
ordinate to their will. And this,
of course, applies to the ap-
pointment of Federal judges.
A Real Political
Appointment
Does Mr.. WickerSham think
that President Hoover appointed
Judge Parker, of North Caro-
lima, to the bench because of
his professional qualifications
or his temperamental equip
ment?
Of course Mr.. Wickersham
understands perfectly that the
appointment was made in the
hope of strengthening the
Hoover organization in North
Carolina. And surely Mr.. Wick
ersham, who regrets that Sen
ators interfere, is pleased that
they interfered in this instance,
since the action of the Senators
was predicated on Mr.. Wicker
sham's theory.
And does Mr.. Wickersham be-
lieve that John Knight was
made a Federal judge recently
in Buffalo for any other reason
than because he had earned a
reward from his party? 1t is
possible that Mr.. Wickersham
had these in mind in the sub
mission of his report.
Mentions Officials in
New York City
discussing the interference
of politics in prosecutions, Mr..
Wickersham mentions the dis
trict attorneys, State officials,
in New York city. Since this
is a report on the courts of the
nation this special mention of
that city might we'll have been
omitted. Nevada is not in
terested in New York affairs.
1t is interested in the Federal
courts. One might complain
that Mr.. WickerSham injected
this local note to serve the
purposes of local politics, but
this would probably be unjust.
New YorkerS are proverbially
provincial and only imagine
that the nation concentrates
its attention on their affairs.
The Washington times., 1931-06-11
TIMES TEST

Match correctly:
/. Belgian hare
awkwardness
2. genre painting
variety of domestic
rabbit
3. lard
granulated starch
4. gaucherie
rendered fat Of swine
s.. 7Sago
de ais with realistic
Mark each statement True"
or False:
6. The expression "de
faeto" means actually.
z. t. A. jowl means a hood.
8. Emeritus is a title given
when one has been
retired from active
service.
.. Magenta is a purple
color.
10. The highest mountain in
the BerkShires is Mt.
Whitney.
II. Advent comes before the
feast of Easter.
II. German silver is pure
silver.
13. A cannibal is a bird that
eats human flesh.
IA. A harpoon is a certain
kind Of fish line.
49, Block Island is near
Canada.
CAnswers on MaEakfne PaEsE