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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
GIRL RUM CAR DRIVER
ARRANGED AND HELD
Woman and Nan Companion Put
Under 81, 900 Bond
Yah

The girl driver OF an automobile
which, police said, was carrying 80 gall
Ions Of alcohol. Peggie Allen, - years
old, and her companion, Ralph Brady.
%, both Of Atlantic City, NJ J., were
held for grand jury action in Police
Court today on q charge Of transporting
liquor.
The pair, arraigned before Judge
Gus A. Schuldt, pleaded not guilty and
we're held under bonds Of $1,000 each.
Charges against the Allen girl, Of driv-
ing without permit and having dead"
tags on the car, were continued until
May IL.
Detectives w. A. Schotter and Ru-
dolph Sleichert halted their machine at
Twenty fourth street and Rhode Island
avenue northeast and took the couple
into custody upon finding so gallons OF
alleged alcohol in the car. The woman
and her companion told police they
were on their way back to Atlantic CITY
at the time Of their arrest.
Schcster and Sleichert arrested James
z. SmaIlwood, colored, %. on the same
charge a few moments later when they
sighted his car and decided to search
It. Six gallons Of alleged whisky were
uncovered, the officers reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
SEAWAy INVENTOR
DIES SUDDENLY
Carroll Livingstone Riker,
Who Dredged Local Speed
way, Heart Attack Victim.

Carroll Livingstone Riker, 10, me-
chanical engineer, inventor and origi-
nator of the Riker Overland Seaway,
legislation for which has long been be-
fore Congress, died last night at the
home of friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Il. T.
Schofield, 1884 Edmunds street, follow
ing heart attack.
Mr.. Riker was q native Of New York
and there engaged in many activities
Including farming, inventing, manutac.
turing and engineering. He equipped
the first refrigerating steamship fo- the
transportation of perishable gooos, as
well as worked with Gen. q. W..
Goethals on the Panama Canal.
Dredged Speedway.
Mr.. Riker did the dredging, at con-
siderably under the estimated cost, LOT
the buiit-in portion of what is now the
Speedway, around the Tidal Basin;
Mr.. Riker was born at Staten Island,
N. Y, in 1853. He was educated at
Scheck's Institute, New Brighton; at
Leonard Institute, 'Coytesville, N. J"
and by private tutors.
He began as Q boy TO STUDY curIen S
and wave action in the ocean ana
rivers, and designed the hull OF the
steam boat Chastleton at the age OF
II. He had been granted more IMAM
20 patents for mechanical inventions:
In filling the Potomac Flats, he de-
signed and constructed the most power
ful pumping dredge constructed up 10
1887, when he was doing the work.
Sought to Control Stream.
Among the many ether projects in
11A f1olS mart were
establishment, in 1882, on the HUDSON
River Of the first factory in this coun-
try for the manufacture Of unfermented
grape Juice; origination OF a project
control the Gulf Stream by inducing
compulsory deposits Of sand on the
Grand Banks by the Labrador current.
In 1898, during the Spanish American
War, he designed and presented 10 the
United States Government a new type
Of torpedo that would float at any oe-
sired depth, and submitted a plan by
which a string of these torpedoes could
be fioated down upon enemy vessels or
drawn around them. He was founder,
in 1914, Of the Volunteers for Peace,
advocating a preliminary continuous
conference looking toward peace be-
tween belligerent nations in Europe.
Wrote Many Pamphlets.
He was the author Of pamphlets on
Power and Control of the Gulf Stream, F"
Power and Control of the Mississippi
River" international Police Of the
Seas" and others.
Mr.. Riker is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Elizabeth c. Riker, and daughter
Caroline of Spokane, Wash; two sons,
sister, Mrs. George E. Molleson Of
Lake Hamilton, Fla; two brothers, j. M.
Riker of Oswego, Kans., and Clarence
B. Riker of South Orange, N. j.
The body will be sent to West Orange
for funeral services and burial. He had
been in and around Washington for the
past Is years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08

thia area. but within the base rate areas
Of the bradley and Silver Spring exc
changes. the charge viii be the Wiscon-
sin and Shepherd rates plus 30 cents.
Mileage Charges Continue.
Mileage charges win be made outside
the Bradley and Silver Spring base rate
areas.
telephone service has been sought for .
number OF years by civic organizations
in Bethesda and Silver Spring. The
Bethesda Chamber Of Commerce and
the Silver Spring Lions Club have been
particularly active in this regard. The
new schedule Of rates Is to be presented
at q meeting Of the Montgomery County
Civic Federation Monday night In the
Bethesda Elementary School.
Communities Included.
The communities offered the wiscon-
sin and Shepherd base rate include
River View, Brookmcat, Curtin, Friend
ship Heights, Drummond, Somerset,
Bethesda eastern part, Leland, Chevy
Chase, Md; Takoma Park, Silver
Spring, Sligo. Fenwick, Woodside, Wood
side Park.
Beyond this area, but within the
base rate areas Of the Bradley and
Silver Spring exchanges, the monthly
charge for all classes of service viii be
so cents higher than in the area ada
cent to the District line. This win in
clude the communities Of Bradley Hills,
Bethesda western part). Edgemoor,
English Village, Battery Park, Wood
mont, Huntington Terrace, Cedar Lane,
Sonoma, Alta Vista, Kenwood, Forest
Glen ION the northwest), Seven Oaks
Con the north.
Outside Of the base rate areas mile
age charges viii apply.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
Doctors for Giving
Easy Death Sleep
To Incurables
nlinoisHOmeopathicC Com.
mittee Holds Euthansia
Further Step in Practice.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, May administration
Of painless death sleep to imbeciles
and sufferers from incurable diseases
was advocated by the Illinois Homeo-
pathic Medical Association in a resolu-
ton drafted today for submission by its
Legislative Committee to the State
General Assembly.
DR.. william Alva Guild, committee
chairman, said he regarded euthansia,
or administration Of the death sleep, as
q further step In the increasingly
liberal viewpoint in medical practice.
"All medical groups are true to the
thesis of prolonging human life" ne
said, yet the question arises whether
under certain circumstances, the pro-
longation Of life would be advisable.
And we have many patients who have
asked to be put out Of their misery
suffering from tncurable diseases"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
SAVINGS BANK UPHELD
IN FORGED CHECK CASE
Defendant Wins Directed Verdict
in Suit for Damages Brought
by Electric Firm.

The North Capitol Savings Bank to-
day won q suit against it for $500 by
Charles d. Kenney, trading as the
Washington Electric Co., for the al
legged payment without authorization TO
an employe of the plaintiff Of the pr>
ceeds Of checks given by customers of
the plaintiff. 1t was also claimed that
Kenney's signature had been forged on
the checks.
Justice Frederick L. Siddons directed
the Jury to return verdict for the
bank, upholding the contention Of the
defense that the evidence showed that
the employe had been held out by the
employer as having authority to indorse
checks and the the employer had rati.
fed the action of the employe after
discovery of the cashing of the checks.
The bank was represented by Attor-
neys Burkart e. Quinn, while Attorneys
Francis w. Hill, jr., and r. B. Hoffman
appeared for the merchant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
NEARBY MARYLAND
TO GET CITY PHONES
Silver Spring and Bethesda
viii Go On Exchanges
by June |.

Silver Spring and Bethesda viii have
city telephone service about June J.,
according to announcement by ofnciAls
of the Chesapeake a. Potomac Tele-
phone Co.
On that date subscribers in the two
communities will be assigned Shepherd
and Wisconsin numbers and have the
same service now enjoyed by users Of
these two exchanges. Under the sys-
TEN now in force, subscribers on Silver
Spring and Bradley e""hanges pay q
toll charge on calls to Washington.
New Plan Optional.
The new plan is optional, according
to off1cials OF the telephone company.
The Bradley and Silver Spring services
will be continued for those who require
only local service. From Bradley num-
bers calls may be made to Wisconsin
and from Silver Spring to Shepherd
without extra charge.
The offer of the telephone company
will allow subscribers within approx
mately one mile of the District Of
Columbia line to pay the present Wis
consin and Shepherd rates. Beyond
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
DIVORCE SUITS FILED

By 4 stan Correspondent OF The Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, May g.
Two suits for divorce, on grounds OF
abandonment, were filed in Circuit
Court yesterday.
Okey Charlotte Moore petitioned fol-
a divorce from Eugene Moore of Min
den. w. Va. The couple was married
May II, 1920, In Catlettsburg, KY, and
has one child, now years old.
Through Attorney J. Frank Lillarc
the wife tells the court her husband
left her In March, 1922. She asks the
custody Of the child.
Claiming his wife left him in JAN
uary, 1926, Ross C. Pyles asks divorce
from Mary M. Pyles, whom he married
at Clinton, Md. in August, 1914. The
couple has three children. Attorney
Arthur G. Keefer appears for Pyles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08

Experiments to obtain high-grade
bond paper from wheat and oats straw
are under way at Iowa State College.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
TRAFFIC STUDY PLAN
TO BE FINISHED TODAY


Make Arrangements to 100000
Cost Of Years Survey
Final preparations for year-long
trafic survey In the metropolitan area
of washington, starting on July 1, will
be made this afternoon, at meeting
of the Regional Highway Committee.
sponsored by the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission.
Financial arrangements and the pro-
portionate part each Of the interested
agencies Is to pay in the $4,000 traffic
survey was to occupy prime place on
the program. The survey Is to be made
in q 2o-mile radius of Washington and
will determine the origin and deStina-
ton of traffic, so that road construc-
ton can go forward on scientific and
economic basis.
Agencies interested in the trafac
count include, the District government,
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission, the Bureau of Pub
lie Roads Of the Department Of Agri-
culture, the Maryland State Roads Com
mission, the Virginia State Highway
Commission, Prince Georges and Mont
gomery> Counties, Md; Arlington and
Fairfax Counties in Virginia, and Alex
andria.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08

he continued, Ethan try his luck along
the Shenandoah River or one OF the
branches of the headwaterS Of the Po-
tomac."
Chesapeake Bay and the lower por-
ton of the Potomac also are good nsnlng
Commissioner O'Malley urged con-
seryation of fish, praising the 1zaak
walton League Of Americas EFFORTS
along that line.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
PAIR. SUED FOR ARREST
John A. GRADER Asks $4,000 From
Athena and Louis Courembis.

John A, GRADER, 41o Nicholson street,
has filed suit in the District Supreme
Court to recover $4,000 damages from
Athena Courembis, BIAS Mount Pleasant
street, and Louis Courembis. 1902
Eleventh street, for alleged false ar
rest
He charges that the defendants made
a report to police which resulted in his
arrest September 26 last on charge
Of larceny, which was dismissed wnen
called for trial in Police Court Octo-
Der 4.
He saws he was Inundated by being
taken through the streets to police
station, where he was detained for
seven hours while bail was being ar
ranged. He is represented by Attorney
Philip F. higgins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
VARIETY OF FISH
FOUND NEAR D. c.
Nearby Mountains Abound in
Game, 0'MaIIey Tells
Anglers.
ct ask q simple question.
The truth is all I wish
Are fisherman all liars,
N.. l4ANc ACh 9p

With that bit Of verse, COMMISSIONS
Henry O'Malley of the United StateS
Bureau of Fisheries yesterday conc1uoeo
an address which Station WMAL. IN
cooperation with Rod and Stream OF
The Star, broadcast to anglers,
washington anglers, c 70 G,ni;;sS sr
OMalley declared, are 10 pc envleo Dy
for their proximity to good fishing
places.
Where" he asked, "can an angler
with only a weeks vacation obtain the
variety of sport which is taken for
granted by local sportsmen?"
The mountains Of Western Maryland,
the Blue Ridge Mountains OF Virginia
and the Allegheny Mountains Of Penn
sylvania contain fishing places which
are within easy reach of the Capital,
Commissioner OMalley pointed out.
Here" he said, "the trout tackle can
be given a thorough workout for brooks,
rainbows or possibly brown trout.
"And q fisherman could do worse, ="
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
Attack by Man Charged,
! Stair correspondent of The star.

BY O Stan CORRESPONDENT OF The 5taT
CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md, May g.
Accused of disorderly conduct by George
Finger, president Of the local Towr
Council, William Compiler is scheduled
to be arraigned in Police Court here
next Thursday. According to Finger
he and Mayor Selig Posin were inves'
tigating complaints Of improper drain
age in front Of Comphers Chewton ave
nue. home when the man struck MIN
without any exchange Of words.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
Churchmen Vote Birth Control.

COUNCIL BLUFFS. Iowa, May 8 (E1.
"A resolution favoring birth control
and education on the subject was
edopted YESTERDAY by the Iowa Ccd<
gregational Church Conference. The
resolution passed, 20 to IS after con-
siderable debate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-08
BRIBE OFFER ALLEGED

Police Charge Remands HERBERT H.
Cole, Colored, to Grand Jury.
Charged with attempting to bride two
sixth precinct policemen by Offering
protection money, Herbert r. Cole. &c.
colored, was remanded to the grand
Jury in Police Court on $1,000 bail.
Policemen T. D. Bacon and H. l..
Anderson testified that Cole approached
them while they were patroling q beat
in Seaton court and offered them $40
a month each If they would not modest
Ibis liquor business"
Policeman Bacon said that Cole gave
him IS as a down payment" just before
he placed him under arrest.
Nogales international., 1931-01-02
GRANT MOTORISTS
.3O-DAY "GRACE"
TO GET PLATES

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 81 (U.P0-
The state highway department has
granted a 30-day grace" period to
Arizona motorists that might Sc
cure 1881 license plates without hav-
ing their machines seized.
The extension of time was made
following receipt of an opinion from
the attorney generals office.
The highway code provides that
all motor vehicles operated on roads
of the state must be registered by
January l of each year. After that
date, the fee becomes delinquent,
and motor vehicles driven on roads
are operated illegally, and subject
to seizure by authorities.
In an opinion to E. M. Whitworth,
superintendent of motor vehicle div
ision of the state highway depart
ment, Charles L. Strouss, assistant
attorney general, ruled.
Under provisions of Section 1858,
Revised Code of 1928, the Motor
Vehicle division, however, may not
seize motor vehicle operated with
out registration until 80 days after
the date of delinquency"
Nogales international., 1931-01-02

AS the clock struck twelve We'd
nesday night ushering in the new
year 1881, Victor j. Wager became
sheriff of Santa Cruz County, sue
ceeding Pat Patterson.
The retiring sheriff had checked
out during his last day in office,
prisoners had been counted and
Wager had given a receipt for them,
90 there wasn't anything to do for
the retiring sheriff but to turn the
KEYS over to the new sheriff at
midnight.
When Wager took over the office
there were II prisoners in the coun-
tv iail. four of the number being
county and the remainder federal.
Nine of the number were serving
terms and the remainder awaiting
trial.
The change in the sheriff's office
was the only one that the new year
brought at the courthouse except
that in the Board of Supervisors
where w. T. Roath, Democrat, sue
ceeded A. S. Henderson, Republican
A list of Wager's deputies was pub
lished in Tuesdays International
Nogales international., 1931-01-02
WORK BEGINS NEXT MONTH ON
NOCALES HERMOSILL0 ROAD

between Nogales and Hermosillo, the
route will be extended to the south
ern border of Sonora where it will
meet part of the international Pa
cific highway goin through the state
of Sinaloa to the south.
When work on the road through
Sonora is finished, it is expected
motorists will be able to drive from
Nogales to Guaynas, on the Gulf
of Lower California. in seven hours.
At the present time Mexico allows
tourists Is days in that country
without paying daty On automobiles.
It has been suggested that this linn
it be extended to 80 days to give
motorists ample time to tour Mex
leo without the formality of bond
ing their cars.
The Mexican states recently or
ganized an association whose chief
object is the construction and i'm
provement of the international road
from Mexico City to the American
border.
Nogales international., 1931-01-02
Legionnaires Hold
Holiday Fete Herr

Members of Ridge-Igo post of the
American Legion held a special New
Years day program at Rossi's ca
sino in Nogales, Sonora, yesterday.
Dancing and an entertainment pro-
gram were provided throughout the
afternoon.
The post presented Col. A. M.
Shipp, commander of the 25th In
fantry here for the last two years,
with a gift on the eve of his depar-
ture for Camp Lewis, Washington.
Colonel Shipp was commended for
his cooperation with the Legion
naires during his service in Nogales.
DR.. A. L. Gustetter was toast
master at the American Legion New
Years party.
Nogales international., 1931-01-02
Plan To Increase
State Gasoline Tax

PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. l. (U.Po-
The state highway department is
working out a bill to be introduced
in the Forthcoming legislature for
purpose of increasing the state gaso-
line tax one cent.
The state will be required to raise
between $50O,0OO and $1000,oOo to
match the latest federal aid ap-
preparation of s1,17o,4s1, w. w
Lane, highway engineer, declared
This ALLEGATION of funds is in the
nature of an advance and lG Will
not be necessary to match the fund
completely until 1882, Lane aodeo
Through increase in the gas tax a
portion of this sum will be raised
Nogales international., 1931-01-02
Income Tax Blanks
To Be Mailed Today

PHOENIX, Ariz. Jan. 1.-The
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has authorized the release of blanks
for the filing Of income tax reports
for the calendar year ended Decem-
tber 81, 1890, and such forms will
be mailed from the office of Fred o.
Gooden, Collector Of Internal Rev
Fenue, on January 2, 1891.
Reurns must be filed with the Col
hector of Internal Revenue or one Of
his deputies on or before March Is,
1891.
A return must be filed by every
citizen of the United States and ev-
cry person residing in the United
States whose gross income for the
taxable year amounted to $1,000, or
whose net income amounted to ST.
500 if single, or if married and not
living with husband or wife, or,
whose net income amounted to $3,-
500 if married and living with hus-
band or wife.
Nogales international., 1931-01-02
MISS TITCOMB TO
WED HENRY LEE

Announcement of the engagement
of Miss Polly Titconlb, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Titcomb, to
Henry Davis Lee, owner of the Lone
Mountain Cattle Ranch in the Hua-
chuca Mountains in Cochise county,
was made by the mother of the
bride-to-be at a delightful supper
dance given on New Years eve at
the palatial Titcomb home, 431
Crawford street.
The wedding will be an event of
the early. spring and the young
couple will make their home on
Lone Mountain.
About Is persons, some from
neighboring points, were present at
the supper-dance and following the
affair the party danced the old year
out and the new year in at the
Aztec Club in Nogales, Sonora.
Miss Titcomb, youngest of the
Titcomb girls, was born and raised
in Nogales and is graduate Of
Marlborough College for Girls in
Los Angeles. She is one of Nogales'
most charming young women, and
a member of one of southern Ari-
zona's leading families.
Mr.. Lee is member of one of the
most prominent families in the
southern states. He is a grandson
Of Henry Gassaway Davis, former
United States Senator from West
Virginia and at one time Democratic
candidate for ce-President, and is
also nephew of Stephen Elkins,
who was also United States Sem
ator.
Mr.. Lee has been a resident of Co.
chise county about three years and
is graduate of Princeton University
and the Virginia Military Institute.
Nogales international., 1931-01-02
HOLCOMB CASE BE
HEARD ON JAN. s

Preliminary hearing of the case of
Herbert Holcomb, charged with ag-
gravated assault, was postponed
from Tuesday to January 8.
The hearing will be held in the
court of Justice of the Peace Char
les E. Hardy.
Holcomb is charged with having
struck Policeman Lewis Curtis with
a tequila bottle on Christmas night
at the Aztec Bowling & Billiard Par
lor while Curtis and other officers
we're endeavoring to arrest Holcomb
and William Thomas. Thomas plead
ed guilty to a charge of disturbing
the peace and paid $25 fine. Hol-
comb is now out of Jail on bol:d.
Nogales international., 1931-01-02

Reports from Arizona that that
state soon will consider three
months divorce law should in no
way alarm Reno.
Arizona has but one thing to Of
fer that Reno can't offer, and that
is her climate in the winter time
During December, January and
February, Arizona might draw few
residents for divorce proceedings,
but Reno has so much to offer dur
inc the other nine months of the
year in the way of more attractive
climate and scenery that the pros
poets of Arizona drawing any great
amount of business away from Re
no is hardly worth considering. At
least it is nothing to get alarmed
over.
From early spring until late fall
it is so hot in and around Phoenix,
which would be the natural mecca
OF the divorce seekers, that no one
ever goes there that can go else
where for the same purpose.
In addition to Reno's scenic at
fractions, which include Lake Ia
hoe, Pyramid Lake, the Truckee riv-.
er and a dozen other places, Reno.
and all of Nevada for that matter
is a little more broadminded than
Arizona. We can offer those attrac-
tons, through our far-sighted ad-
ministrations, that are more desir-
able to the moneyed classes than
sweltering heat and conservative
laws.
1.-The statement was made by one
of Arizona's newly elected state
senators, who harbors an ambition
to father the proposed three-month
divorce law, that Reno receives $780,
000, 600 a year from those who come
here for divorce. We suspect the