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The Washington times., 1931-01-30
SPREAD Of FLU
H|TSNEWY YORK

After having passed through
most of the winter influenza sea-
son without any noticeable out
break of this respiratory disease,
it has suddenly appeared in New
York City and has begun a fairly
rapid spread throughout the At
lantic Coast States and parts of
the South, according to the Pub
lie Health Service.
Seven thousand new cases were
reported this week, compared with
5000 last week, and an inSignifi-
cant number the week before.
Unusual precautions should be
employed in all sections Of the
United States, it was announced
today.
New York Hard Hit
If the disease follows it's usual
tendency it will spread towards
the West and may pass entirely
over the country before running
its course.
Reports SO far have indicated
the present type of influenza is
not serious, although in some
instances it is developing into
pneumonia. The situation is
more severe in New York city at
present with about 1000 new
cases a week being reported.
PelIagra in South
Generally speaking the state
of the country's health is good.
There is no unusual prevalence
of disease excepting some increase
of pellagra in the South. This
is strictly a deficiency disease
frequently attending periods of
famine or depression.
The Washington times., 1931-01-30
Realty Valuation
Reduced One-Third

FAIRFAX, Va, Jan. 30.-A
blanket reduction of 33 1-3 per
cent on the assessed valuation Of
Fairfax county real estate has
been ordered by the county board
of tax equalization and review.
The move was made after it had
been found impossible to obtain
an increase in the valuation Of
public utility and corporation
holdings to match the so per cent
increase in private holdings re,
Gently made by the reassessment
board.
If the higher assessment had
been maintained, with a proper
tionate reduction in the tax rate,
corporations with no increase
placed on their valuations would
have been relieved from paying
their due share !
The Washington times., 1931-01-30
FARMERS GIVEN
FIRST j. 8. AID

The first checks issued by the
Government in its $45,000,000
loan toward farmers relief in
drought-stricken areas were issued
today to three farmers in nearby
Virginia.
j. D, Wilson, Of near Wood
stock, va, was sent a check for
$50; S. M. Lewis and G. w. Mat
terspaw, both of near Lexington,
Va, $25 each.
The checks were signed by A.
Zappone, chief of the division of
accounts of the Agriculture De
partment, and will be used for
purchase of seed.
The bill providing for the loans
was passed in Congress last De-
cember. The maximum amount
each farmer can borrow is $500.
The Washington times., 1931-01-30

2-YEAR TERM

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 30.-John
Jasper Jarvis, 15-year-old bandit
with a record for escapes, today
was sentenced to two years in
the House of Correction by Cir
cult Judge Robert Moss.
The boy, who escaped eight
times from the Delaware Reform
School. was captured in Wash
ington several weeks ago after
robbing an Annapolis pawn shop.
Returned here, he escaped
from the county jail, again
broke into the pawn shop, slugged
the proprietor and escaped. He
was captured the next day anC
sent to the Maryland Training
School for Boys.
Two weeks after entering that
institution, the boy was returned
here by institution authorities
when they discovered he had a
loaded revolver strapped to his
leg.
The Washington times., 1931-01-30
Hearing on Parkway
Held bu Senators

The Senate District Committee
is holding a public hearing today
on a bill designed to speed up
acquisition of land in the George
Washington Memorial Parkway
through making $3,000,000 imme-
diately available.
Under the present law the Fed
eral Government has no funds
available for purchase of land
until after Maryland and Vir-
ginia have committed themselves
to pay half the cost of land to
be acquired in the States.
The Washington times., 1931-01-30

A car for you and one for the fam
IIy can both he purchased for the
price Of new one through tOday's
Classified Ads
The Washington times., 1931-01-30
LEADERS SEE K
MPROM|SE
MEASURE
Legislators Confer on Plan
to Increase Loan Value of
Certificates; Mellon BaIks

Conceding enactment before
March 4 of a bill converting the
soldiers bonus into cash, Admin
istration leaders today were seek.
ing a compromise draft to over
come President Hoover's objec-
tions.
Talk of the Presidents spokes.
men was that the bill would pass,
but would be vetoed if it came
anywhere near draining the
Senator Moses OF New Hamp,
shire said:
81 think it will pass before
March 4, but it certainly is
running into a Veto"
Leaders were known to be con-
ferring with American Legion Of
ficials regarding substitute
scheme whereby the bonus could
be paid without the necessity for
a bond issue, to which the Treas
TRY objects. Such a plan would
increase the borrowing facilities
for the veterans certificates.
Compromise Likely
With further hearings by the
Senate Finance Committee de.
ferred, probably until next week,
and House hearings on numer-
Gus bills about to begin, belief
spread that compromise might
result from this or from the
Garner bill in the House. and one
proposed by Senator Conally CD
Of Texas, in the Senate, provid-
ing for cash payment of the
bonus certificates on the basis of
their present value.
The bills in both houses, and
they are numerous, range from
provision for full cash payment at
ence Of the face value of the Ger.
tificateS to proposal of Senator
Vandenburg (R.) of Michigan
authorizing loans up to so per
cent of their face value.
The cost of the Vandenburg
plan would be about the same as
cash payment of the certificates
at their present value, or approx
mately $2,000,O00,Oo0. The cost
under the maturity value proposal
would be more than SO, 400 900 900,
1t Is estimated.
Mellon Stands Firm
Sentiment in Congress generally
Is that demands of the veterans
will have to be met in some form,
and the Senate Finance Commit
tee already has agreed to consider
additional veteran legislation.
This includes an appropriation CT
millions to be used for between
five and twelve thousand addi-
tional hospital beds in veterans
hospitals.
Meanwhile, Secretary Mellon
remains adamant in his opposition
to any further demands on the
Treasury for the veterans.
The Washington times., 1931-01-30
MAN FINED $10O

ROCKVILLE, Md, Jan. 80.
Walter E. sprouse, of Frederick,
was given the alternative Of pay
ing fine of 500 and costs or
serving 80 days in jail by Police
Court Judge Charles w. Wood
ward, after Sprous pleaded
guilty to driving while intoxicated.
The Washington times., 1931-01-30
SUPPORT
CADET LEADER
Times Staff Photos

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Jan. 30
Virtually every civic and patriotic
organization in the city has
Joined in the fight being made to
retain Col. Clarence Deems. jr., as
military instructor at the local
high schools.
Yesterday delegations represent
ing the American Legion, Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy, the Mil
itia Company, D. A. r., Citizens
Association and other groups ap-
peared before council to appeal
from the request for the transfer
which was made by the city
school board. with three of its
members absent.
The Alexandria Post Of the
American Legion last night
passed a resolution asking the
school board to hold public
meeting Saturday night, and give
Colonel Deems a public hearing.
Gen. Fred Sladen, commandant
of the Third Corps Area, yester-
day notified the chamber Of com"
merce that no action would be
taken by the War Department
until it had made an investiga-
ton of the situation here.
car for yOu and one for the fam
IIy can both he purchased for the
The Washington times., 1931-01-30
ELECTION SCHEDULED

CHERRYDALE, Va, Jan. 30.
The League Of Republican Women
of Arlington County will meet to-
night at the home of Mrs. Mary
Dudley, on Chain Bridge Road, to
elect a nominating committee.
The Washington times., 1931-01-30
Kicked Shin Sends
AQent to HOSpitnL

UNION, Va, Jan. 80.
State Revenue Officer w. I.
Thompson is in King Daughters
Hospital here with a broken leg
which he is alleged to have Sus-
tanned when kicked by a man
named "Sip" Fitzgerald at Mas
sizes Mills, Nelson county.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
ARMER JURY
TO TRY 0KLAHOMAN
Draper, Charged With Murder
Of Three, Says With Smile,
ut viii Do.''
By the Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
IDABEL, Okla, December 1o.-Twelve
McCurtain County farmers who seldom
read the newspapers viii sit In judg-
ment on Charles Draper, mountaineer,
charged with killing two men and a boy
IN Dead Mans Hollow" near Ultima
Thule, Ark, last October.
The jury was completed late yester-
day. after three days spent In question:
Ing more than $50 veniremen In an
effort to find IL who had not formed
opinions from newspaper accounts Of
the killing Of e. S. Chappell OF Spring
dale, Ark; Eugene Harris Of Antlers,
Okla, and Jack O'Dell, 10. who lived
near Idabel.
Draper nodded his shaggy head when
asked II he was satisfied with the Jury.
1T will do," he said with q smile.
Draper's tousled hair hasn't known a
BARRIERS shears in weeks. Not since the
trial began has he shaved, although he
shaved daily before. He smoked Gig
Evening star., 1931-12-10
ARMY ORDERS

Col Marcus B. Stokes, United States
Infantry, at Fort Bragg, N. O., has been
placed ON the retired List on account OF
age. Maj. w. r. Won zeliski, Medical
Corps, has been transferred from Fort
Lewis, Wash, to Fort Bragg, N. c.; Maj.
T. p. Heap, Quartermaster Corps, from
Fort Crook, Nebr, to Philadelphia; Capt.
William E. Heavey, Engineers, from the
Panama Canal Zone to this city Tor
duty In the Office Of the Chief Of Engt-
neers: Capt. w. B. Yancey, Infantry,
from Fort Ontario, N. Y, to Fort Ben
ming, Ca; Capt. L. G. Dennis, Coast
Artillery, from Fort Scott, Calif., to Fort
Monroe, Va; Capt. w. v. Renner, Quar-
termaster Corps, from Boston to Phila-
dolphin; Capt. L. e. Hunt, Quarternas-
ter Corps, from Fort Rosecrans, Calf,
to Fort Sam Houston, Tex; Chaplain
z. 7. McNally from Fort Banks, Mass,
to Seifridge Field, Mich; Capt. w. L.
Smith, Infantry, from Hawaii to the
West Virginia University at Morgan
town; Lieut.. p. A. Harris, Coast Artil-
lery, from Fort Preble, Me, to the
University Of Alabama, and Lieut.
Thomas Robinson, Cavalry, from Brook
lyn, N. Y, to the Sd Cavalry at Fort
Myer, Va.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
new LIFE ORIGIN
THEORY ADVANCED
Scientist Holds 1t May Have
: Started at Many Places
/. at Once.
BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

life may have originated on earth
q many places at about the same
TINE.
This hypothesis Is advanced In the
uAnual report Of Smithsonian Insti-
tstion, issued this week, by DR.. Assar
Rdding, noted Swedish geologist. 1t
obens the way to q picture Of divergent
evolution to the infinitely complex
lring things of today, strikingly dif-
frent from the view generally held
u biologists.
sThe most significant time in the
e0rth's history, Or. Hadding believes,
vas the first rainy day. For many
vxather-because 1t was SO hot that
sfeam could not condense into water.
Nom the seething interior of the globe
enormous amounts of molten lava
vAre thrown over the surface. With
ne water this became fine dust, cov-
eking everything and lashed by the
hoavy winds that swept over the world.
Under such conditions the chemical
composition of protoplasm which Is the
hesis of life was impossible.
Grew Cold Gradually.
wBut. holds DR.. Hadding, the earth
was growing cooler by minute degrees
Ecme parts OF it, as Is the case today,
Y4re cooler than others. These were
the regions near the poles in the Are
tic and Anarctic Winters. Probably
In one of these regions, he says, the
critical point was one day attained
where the condensation Of water in
tie atmosphere was possible. 1t fell
Id the form Of rain. The rain beat
uat hollows in the volcanic dust where
water accumulated In the form Of
p6ol. This may pave happened 2,ooo'-
Oeo 900 years ago.
Now this volcanic ash, says the
swedish geologist, contained soluble
sets which were leached out by the
%ter. Thus were brought together
iI these first rain puddles" the chemi-
cSl constituents of protoplasm IN the
presence Of water. ~
s"It appears most natural for me to
inagine," DR.. Hadding says, that life
began at this time. II an organic cell
cSuld be formed In one pool, 1t could
atso be formed in another, and we then
c6ne TO the conclusion that that origin
q organic life may be derived from
several protoplasms. To explain the
appearance of life on earth by the ac-
cassion Of germs from other heavenly
bodies Is only to push the problem
a4tay. We have no reason to suppose
TIE conditions on other planets to have
hen more favorable for the formation
d cell than those on our earth.
> New Diseases Are Danger.
There would be reason to call the
pre-aquatic time the pr1meval Of the
e&rth. The time OF the first. condensa-
tim of water Is made the boundary be-
t4en two Of the greatest periods in the
eArth's history of evolution. The first
r&ns are Of revolutioniMng significance. /"
From the beginning az the evolution
u life the report jurnps 70 nnechsniSnns
Evening star., 1931-12-10

In evolution operating at present which
may threaten mans dominion Of the
world. This side Of the picture Is pre-
scnted by DR.. Charles B. Davenport OF
the Carnegie Institutton Of Washington.
The most dangerous, he says, are pos
Able mutations" In bacteria and III
terahle vir1lses which may bring about
diseases to which the race has no re-
sistance.
There seems reason to believe" he
says, that these are mutating, and per-
haps rapidly. The waves OF influenza
epidemtcs that pass round the world In
periodic fashion show somewhat differ
ent symptoms in successive visits. Those
who are resistant to one visitation may
show slight resistance, to the next
When one contemplates the high NOR
tality Of the influenza epidemic Of
1918, one realizes that 1t Is quite within
the range Of possibility that at some
these viruses such that no human pro-
toplasm can protect itself against It,
Then our boasted skyscrapers might be-
come inhabited by bats, and the safe
deposit vaults Of our cities become the
caves Of wild animals"
Need More Intelligence.
Mans only protection, DR.. Daven-
port warns, is by the development Of
more intelligence, either by eugenics,
mechanical methods such as X-ray ir-
radiation which generally produces only
detectives, or by patiently waiting for
nature to work out the problem. Al
though the dominant species in nature,
the biologist warns, man cannot as
sumo that he is superior to the laws Of
nature which affect him in the same
way as they affect the simplest aggre-
cations OF protoplasm in the primeval
puddles.
Homo Sapiens," he says, "is only q
natural species with highly evolved
hand and brain. 1t is proud OF its
control OF nature in certain directions.
Let 1t beware lest 1t think it can evolve
further by q man-made formula that
may suit its perverted desires, but must
eventually fail II opposed to the form
ula OF nature"
The living matter which may have
originated in the primal dust with the
first rains, DR.. Davenport holds, has
an infinite capacity for changing into
different forms d life, but a limited
number Of environments In which these
new forms can live. Only those muta-
tions which happen to find a favorable
home can hope to survive. Thus by
far the greatest number perish before
they have any opportunity to get
started. including some that might be
highly dangerous to man.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
OPERATOR is CLEARED
Court Holds ONCE Can Be In Dwell
ing II Room Is Not Used
for Living.

An employment agency may be oper-
ated IN dwelling house If the room or
rooms there used are not used as living
quarters, Judge Ralph Given ruled yes
tcrday in Police Court in a case num-
bered along with others In the Districts
drive against the Illegal operation Of the
agencies.
Judge Given handed down his decision
In dismisstng charges against Charles
M. Barker, 903 Ninth street, one of the
16 persons arrested in the drive.
Barker was accused Of violating the
section Of the law which forbids the
operation Of an agency In rooms used
for living purposes.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Thomas
r. Cameron, who has handled the cases
for the District, contended the law for
bids keeping OF an agency In dwell
Evening star., 1931-12-10
Auto Horn in Music Maker.

Auto horns really may produce music,
according to youth In Germany who
Is reported to have devised an instr7,-
ment out of one OF the pedestrian's r.
pests. hollow broomstick and a mem
brane from . phonograph. The combi-
nation Is played with . bow like any
strtnged instrument, and the tone and
volume are said TO be good enough for
concert work.
Evening star., 1931-12-10

Ship your Christmas packages by the
safe, sure way-Railway Express Agency.
advertisement.
Evening star., 1931-12-10

ing. The defense was based upon that
Interpretation Of the law which con-
tends the provision applies only to the
rooms actually used as an ONCE.
Evening star., 1931-12-10
8 necessarily during selection Of

axettes necessarily during selection Of
the jury.
L. Z. Mifiin, county attorney. asked
the death penalty In his opening state
ment. He named several persons 70
whom Draper aIlegedly had confessed
the triple killing, which grew out OF .
robbery.
Nogales international., 1931-06-05
Facing The Present

The international does not aspire to become a
chronicle of pessis, but neither does it wish to be
considered chirpr Of senseless chatter about how
good times are just around the corner
Truth to tell, many eminent observers Of things
economic say so, and they backed up by gentle
men Of political learning and they may be right, but
all we can advise, at this time is for every citizen to
look carefully to his or her future.
be in the midst of great economic depression We
have in this country ample gold, and considerable
surplus Of commodities. The men who produced the
wealth Of the past have not departed The 'makings
Of good times are in OUR midst.
despondent because he knows that things could be
much worse but he does not become foolish and kid
himself about the facts.
Nogales international., 1931-06-05
Danger In Old Cars

Old, worn-out, automobiles constitute menace
when operated on the highways, not only to the oc-
cupants but to other people as we'll
It is not surprising therefore that the suggestion
is being made that there should be systematic IN
specton of automobiles by officials who should have
the power to order out Of service obsolete that
are dangerous to other vehicles and pedestrians.
The number Of accidents on OUT highways
amount to an alarming total each year and every
means should be adopted which might reduce the toll
Of life and accidents To bar all rambling wrecks and
wor1l-out cars would probably help.
In the interest Of what was described as econo-
iny, the federal government is preparing to abandon
So army posts 13 of which now are occupied by armed
forces 1t will be observed that the posts be aban
doned are located in states that in 1880 repudiated
their G. O. P alignment Of 1928 Two Of the posts are
in Arizona (Dunbar's Weekly
Nogales international., 1931-06-05
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Lower Lining Costs

According to figures complied by the Massa-
chusetts Department Of Labor the cost of living il
April reached its lowest point since December 1917.
Using the average retail prices of 1913 as the basis
The purchasing value Of the dollar was 70.
Some still maintain that the cost of living has
not decreased much but the Massachusetts index II
CURES for April 1880 and 1881 show considerable de
cline in the five elements Of the home budget fol
low food 142 to 49, clothing 173 to 154 shelter l63
to 1885, fuel and light 178 to 1885, sundres 167 to ISL;
and all combined 157 to 141
Therefore it appears that the cost Of living has
decreased considerably in the last year and money is
worth more today than then
Nogales international., 1931-06-05

If you want to know how many people in Santa
Cruz County can run this newspaper better than we
can look up the last census figures and subtract two.
Nogales international., 1931-06-05

You can go all around the world and come back
to Nogales where you will find that opportunities ex
Nogales international., 1931-06-05
Hard 70 Explain

Every once in a while al editor comes across in
cdents in life that are hard to explain For example,
take the following story from Salisbury n. c., as
summarized from the Associated Press;
"a woman received letter from her husband, III
another city saying he had dreamed that OF their
children had been killed He asked for an immediate
answer The wife wrote him that all were safe and
we'll She gave the letter to their fouryearoldson to
mail. AS he crossed the street to mail box truck
ran over and killed him
Psychologists, and few Others will have learned
stories to tell YOU most Of which will be based on
coincidence" Yet there are lot of people who will
read the learned explanations with the question I'M
answered in their minds.
-O-O-0-
If you want to know how many people in Santa
Cruz County can run this newspaper better than we
can look UP the last census figures and subtract two.
Now is the time to get up an argument on the
tariff prohibition anything else The hot weather
viii make the discussion hotter and probably end IN
g shooting scrape. s s'aF
Unsigned contributions we repeat, for the 6578th
time get into the wastebasket just soon as we see
them If your communication does not appear in the
Nogales international send it in again, with your
name signed.
You can 60 all around the world and come back
to Nogales where you viii find that opportunities ex-
ist
Nogales international., 1931-06-05

Mrs. J.. c. Barnes and children
returned to Their home in Phoenix,
Thursday, after few days stay in
the city.
Nogales international., 1931-06-05

to visitors to the University OF Arizona
campus completed snake pit situated al one e2 o. Ve
garden
Although reptiles have not been permanently paced III e
and will give an authentic 0och
Of desert life Snakes been placed II e
o to test reiabty safeguards are pand to make
escape absolutely impossible.
Of leading motion picture orez7
inns have taken Dctu Of the pit
captured while prize ratIesnakes MIXED outside the p
Nogales international., 1931-06-05

j. S. Jennings and family will
arrive here today from Albuquerque,
N. M, to spend a several weeks va
cation. They formerly lived in this
city. 45E
Nogales international., 1931-06-05
Three Arizona =

Continued From Page One)
years OF statehood, was a heavy,
middle-aged widow She was be-
headed by, the moose. This grue-
some accident drew protests from
Arizona and elsewhere.
1t is significant that something
has prevented al but one of the
executions scheduled since the Du-
gan hanging. Passage by the legis-
lature this year of a bill providing
lethal gas executions reflected the
sentiment of the state at large
The gas bin was vetoed with
profound regret" by Governor Geo.
rye w. P. Hunt because it repealed
law voted by the people and;
therefore, was unconstitutional.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-12-31
Are There ANY Negro Jews?

There are many thousand negro
Jews In the world. The number of
colored Jews in the United States
alone is several thousand and they
maintain synagogues in New York
City. Some of these negro Jews are
converts to the Hebrew faith, but the
majority of them are descendants Of
white Jews who intermarried with
colored people in Abyssiriia and other
parts of Africa. Like other Jews they
are divided into two groups, orthodox
and unorthodox. The orthodox color
ed Jews accept the Jewish religion in
Its entirety and they deny Jesus, eat
only kosher meat, keep Saturday as
the Sabbath. fast on Yom Kippur, eat
lunleavened bread in Passover and
when possible send their children to
Jewish schools. One congregation of
colored Jews in New York holds that
they are the original and pure Israel
ties Of the tribe If Juda and that oil
white Jews are descended from the
ten lost tribes.