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The Washington times., 1931-01-31
GREAT PLANE
AVOIDS FOG
IN VOYAGE
Madeira Is Passed Up When
Weather Conditions Prove
Adverse; $50 Miles Covered

LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands,
Jan. 81 UNSJ.-The DO-X,
worlds largest heavier-than-air
plane, carrying a total Of 19 per
sons, passengers and crew, ar.
rived here from Lisbon at 1880
a. M, Eastern standard time.
The trip required about seven and
one-half hours.
With its arrival, the big ship
had safely completed the first
leg of the flight which is to
carry it from Portugal to New
York. via the south Atlantic and
Brazil.
The DO-X roared out of the
north and descended upon the
harbor of this island port con-
siderably ahead of schedule, due
to the fact that Captain Chris
tiansen had "cut corner" /" to
avoid fog in his flight here by
coming direct to this place in
stead of passing over Funchal'
Madeira.
Saved $50 Miles
BY taking the direct route,
Captain Christensen clipped more
than $50 miles from his projected
flight, traversing a distance OF
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GGndhi Holds Open
Mind, Message Says

LONDON, Jan. 81 QN.So
Mahatma Gandhi, in message to
the Daily Herald, organ OF the
Labor party, said:
"On the face of it the prime
minister's statement at the con-
clusiOn of the round table con-
ference would appear wholly in
adequate, but, in common with
a majority of the congressman,
I have an absolutely open mind
and have suspended judgment"
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
2 Baltimore Women
Perish in Flames

BALTIMORE, Jan. 81 Q.N.SD.
Two women were burned to death
here today when fire destroyed a
four-story apartment house in the
business section.
The women. Mrs. Arthur Tucker
and Miss Alberta Clagett, were
trapped in a fourth-floor apart
mer1t,
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Movie of Beer Baron
Milking Cow ShOwn
In Vqgrancy Trial

CHICAGO. Jan. 81 GN.S0.
Authorities today had the op-
portunity of viewing motion
pictures which depict Joseph
Salts, one-time beer baron, as
a gentleman farmer and pro-
prietor of Saltisville, Wis.
On trial as a public enemy
vagrant, Salts arrived in court
here with two rolls of film
under his arm. Attorneys
promised that the films would
show the court that Joe is no
vagrant, but spends his time
milking cows, pitching hay and
plowing the fields.
Thirty-nine policemen were
on hand to testify differently,
however.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Boy Places Poison
In Fathers Coffee

ALBANY, N. Y, Jan. 81 Q.N.SO
Charged with attempting to
poison his father to get money to
care for his ailing stepmother,
who lives near Bristol, Pa, Merle
v. Fuller, Is, of Altamont, N. Y,
was under arrest today.
Young Fuller, according to State
police, confessed to putting poison
in his fathers coffee in an effort
to collect a $4,000 life insurance.
The father, Merle D. Fuller, is eX-
pected to recover.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Campbell May DriUe
In Sneed Test TOdnu

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, Jan.
81 Q.N.S0.-Capt. Malcolm Camp
bell, British speed Demon" who
next week will attempt to break
the worlds automobile speed rec.
ord of 231 miles an hour. may
take his car on the beach here
this afternoon for a preliminary
test.
For the past two days Camp
bells six mechanicians have been
going over the powerful 1,450
horsepower Bluebird I'd, to get
it in shape for the test next week.
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Diesel Engine Auto
VIII Seek Record

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Jan. 81
GN.SO.-The worlds first Diesel
engined racing car-17 feet long
will roar out of Indianapolis
tomorrow morning bound for
Daytona Beach, Fla, and for
what is hoped will be a new
worlds speed record for auto
mobiles powered with crude oil
motors.
C. L. Cummins will drive the
car in an attempt to make at
least 100 miles on the Florida
sands. Last year, driving a 1924
Packard roadster with a crude
Diesel motor, he set a record Of
80.382 miles an hour.
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today said that there was no
foundation for the report that
Major General Butler had re-
signed.
ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 31.-Maj.
Gen. Smedley Butler, Marine
Corps officer under arrest at
Quantico awaiting courtmartial
for his alleged insult" to Pre-
mier Mussolini Of Italy in .
speech at Philadelphia, has re-
signed from the Marine Corps eff
fective February /, it was stated
here today.
S. Russell Bridges, head Of an
Atlanta Lyceum, stated this In
giving details of a meeting at
which the hit-run story that in.
volved the Marine Corps leader
was first related.
Mr.. Bridges said that a con-
tract calling for General Buffers
appearance. on lecture platforms
throughout the country is in the
hands of the Lyceun system, and
only clearing of minor details re-
mains to be done.
Long Lecture Tour
The contract provides for spec
ial appearances of General But
ler in several cities in the East
during February or early March.
and for a scheduled lecture tour
beginning in the late summer
the bureau manager stated.
"The story, alleging that
Premier MussOIini, while driv-
ing his own automobile in Italy,
had run over a small child and
had not stopped, was told by
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BicentenniGL Group
ADDOintees Named

Appointment of Charles Moore,
chairman of the Fine Arts Com
mission. and DR.. George F. Bower
man, librarian of the Public
Library, as members of the Dis
trict of Columbia Bicentennial
. Commission was announced today.
w. w. Everett, Robert V. Flem-
ing, and Frank B. NoyeS were
named vice chairmen of the COM
mission.
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
Club Shooting Fray
Holds N. Y. Gambler

NEW YORK, Jan. 81 Q.N.S0 .
The arrest of "Chink" Sherman,
gambler and cabaret operator, in
connection with the recent shoot
ing carnival at the Club Abbey,
was revealed today with the sign
ing of an order giving him Q re-
lease on $4,000 bail. 4.
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2 KILLED IN CRASH

BALTIMORE, Jan. 81 QN.SD.
Two men were killed today when
their small coupe struck another
automobile and turned over. They
were John C. Hager, 81, and
Frederick Shriever, 10. The gas
tank of the coupe exploded in the
collision and the wreckage caught
fire,
The Washington times., 1931-01-31
CHAPTER 6

That was my last attempt
toward a business or CONNER
cial career. I was thoroughly
sick and disguised with it all,
yet I could not help but feel as
though it was all my own fault,
in spite of my self pity, which I
demonstrated by crying myself
to sleep fore several nights in
succession.
I tried to analyze myself.
What manner of girl was II
Was !. lacking In the funda-
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mentals of real ability, true sta
bility? And, why was I was so
temperamentally misunderstood,
my sense of feminine decency
so thoroughly outraged?
Was 1 normal? The mirror
into which I barred this soul-tor-
menting inquiry reflected notu-
ing strange in figure or coun-
tenance. was filled with
youth, 1.-the and strong, sleek
and supple. I studied each fea-
ture, the firm contours of
cheeks, chin and nostrils, much
cConstnusH a. Page -
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Lure of. Footlights Stirs
Alma Rubens' Fancy

tnsen the OtOd imagination OF Alma Ru6ens
QuinceyS "ConteSSonS of Opium
period of her life she ooUerned By
uncomfortable to do the forbidden SO it quite
eusv for her to TRANSPORT mentally
dope Jiend
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MRS. MILDRED ARNOLD
LIEUT.. LESLIE P. ARNOLD,
around-the-worl Army flier,
has again been refused a
divorce at Phoenix, Ariz., from
Mrs. Mildred Avery Arnold, of
Atlanta. The court ruled
grounds were insufficient.
Arnold recently married sPris-
ella Dean, screen star, after
obtaining a divorce which Mrs.
Mildred Arnold later had set
aside. Priscilla Dean and
Arnold separated when the de-
cree was anhulled.
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To GO
I ON LECTURE
TOUR, HE
AYERS
Quantico Denies, However,
That Stormy Petrol Has
Quit; Trial May Be Public

Marine Corps headquarters
today said that there was no
foundation for the report that
Major General Butler had re-
signed.
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THEIR

much colder tonight;
about ~ degrees;
ads. Temperature
ist, 80.
on Page z
only afternoon paper in
patches Of international
ice.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
PRACTICE HELD.
BY WOODWARD
As UNFAIR
Says 1t Is Not Right to Send
Law Breakers From One
County to Another

Because Judge Charles W.
Woodward doesn't believe it is
right to drive a man out of one
county or State into another
after he has committed a crime,
Charles H. Weadon, of Rock
vile, must pay a fine of $40
and costs or serve three months
in the Maryland house Of cor
rection and 10 days in Jail.
Meanwhile a suspended SEN
tence Of a year will hang over him
for possessing liquor and reckless
driving.
Attorney F. Barnard pleaded in
Rockville police court that his
client be given a suspended SEN
tence and ordered to stay out of
Montgomery county. This he
said would give the man chance
to start anew.
Judge Woodw ard said he
thought it would be an imposition
on another county to send the
man there.
Charles Howes, who was charged
with breaking glass on the pub
lie highway for which. he was
fined $40 and costs, also was
given the alternative Of paying
fine of $50 and costs or serving
three months in the Maryland
House Of Correction on posses
ion charge.
Although Weadon took all the
blame and said he only had given
HoweS a lift Judge Woodward
said he did not believe the story.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
LUNG GCL|N|CSET
FOR DEC. 11AT
SILVER SPRING
Morning Hours for Whites,
P. N. for Negroes; School
Tests Reveal Defects

A chest clinic open to ali
Montgomery County residents
who have permission from
their family doctors will be
held December II at the
County Building in Silver
Spring.
The examination by DR.. Leo v.
Schneider, of the Maryland Tu,
berculosis Association will be de-
voted to white persons in the
morning and negroes in the aft
ernoon.
At the White Oak School, AZ
students were examined by DR.,
William T. Pratt, county health
officer, and 35 were found to
have some physical defeat.
Only IA of the 79 negro stu
dents Of the River Road School,
examined by Mrs. o. w. Ander-
son, public health nurse, were
found to be in perfect health.
Five had defective eyes, three
goiter, "a defective tonsils, 46 de-
fective teeth, and is were under
nourished 10 per cent or more.
There were no ear defects.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
YOUTH IN COURT
GETS BARGAIN

Saturday was bargain day at
the Rockville police court for
Richard Martin, colored, who
pleaded guilty to two charges
and got fined in only one.
After a colored woman had
said the boy hunted on her
property despite warning signs
prohibiting it, and decided not to
prosecute the boy and Judge
Charles w. Woodward gave him
suspended sentence, he was
brought back again by Carroll
Waters, chief game warden for
Montgomery county, and charged
with hunting without a license.
Judge Woodward looked up in
surprise and asked if he were
not the boy who had just been
let off. Martin was ordered to
pay a fine of $40 or serve 20
days in Jail.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
PREJUDICE DEPRIVED MOONEY OF JUSTICE

dently at work to preven
Mooney from getting new
trial. The attorney general Of
the state had taken OXman's
case before the county grand
jury, and Judge Clark, a deputy
in the attorney generals office,
asked that body to find an in
dictment against Oxman for sub
ornation of perjury.
Deaf Ears To Plea
A solid majority Of the jury
turned a deaf ear to the elo-
quent pleading of Judge Clark.
Oxman was not indicted but
Judge Clark made statement.
which I published in the Bulle,
tin, that he was unable to over
come the influences that were
used on the jury to save OK
man from being indicted.
The public was greatly excited
over the murders that had been
committed. The crime was such
a horrible one that even being
charged with the commission Of
it was enough to cause a deep
prejudice against Mooney. This
prejudice was later revealed when
a. jury in the Superior Court &C
quilted Oxman of the charge Of
subornation of perjury.
The freeing of Oxman encour-
aged and strengthened the forces
behind the prosecution, and this
power was then turned against
me for having published the OK.
man letters. It was suggested by
group Of very influential citi.
zens that I ought to be run out
Of town. Unfortunately for me,
this group had convinced the
owners of the Bulletin that
should not be allowed to continue
the Mooney fight in the columns
of that paper.
Invited by Mr.. Hearst
It looked as If my newspaper
career was about to come to a
sudden end. I couldn't remain
with the Bulletin unless I could
continue to fight for the freedom
Of these men that knew to be
innocent. And I had received
definite orders to drop the
Mooney case.
Just at this time something
happened that seemed to me moth
ing short of a miracle. William
Randolph Hearst asked me to
come to the Call and bring the
Mooney case with me.
Mr.. Hearst has been fighting
for justice for the poor and help
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
ROW PUTS AUTH
IN COURT

Lawrence j. Auth, IS, son Of a
member Of the firm of N. Auth
Provision Company, and a COM
= panion, Michael Durso, 25, were to
appear in Police Court today on
charges Of assault.
According to police, the pair en-
gagged in an argument with John
e. Bromwell. %, of 1929 Irving
st. N. W., when the latter's auto
mobile is said to have struck the
others car at Connecticut Avenue
and S Street Northwest, yesterday.
A number of blows were struck
and Bromwell was injured.
Auth and Durso were arrested
and later released on bond. Brom-
well was treated at Emergency
Hospital. Auth lives at 405 Sixth
st. s. W., while Durso resides at
1925 H st. N. E.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
NERTNEY GIVES
CHAIR WORKOUT.

willie" Nertney, idol of Wash
ington and Maryland race fans,
injured when Blue Damsel fell
with him at Pimlico over q week
ago, is rapidly learning to ride his
wheel chair.
AS willie" took a ride through
the corridors of the South 9alti-
more General Hospital, he visited
with other jockeys, one of whom
was recuperating there from the
same spill. Among those he
talked to were Vincent Roussell,
rider Of Sandwrack, the horse
which fell over Blue Damsel, and
Archie Kelly, the, jockey who
broke leg during the Laurel
meet.
Swathed in blankets, the three
riders discussed the races that
cost them injuries. Nertney said:
"There is little can remem-
ber about that third race. I
was determined to bring Blue
DamSel home a winner and
then it happened. 1 don't wen
know how far we had gOne."
RouSSell declared:
ut happersHl so quickly I was
deciding whether to pull up or
go around when Sandwrack fell
over Blue DamSel."
Nertney will leave the hospital
this week, physicians said.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Held
At Upper Marlboro

With four charges against him,
Anthony Chapman, colored, who
said he lived at 458 M st. N. W.,
was released on $500 bond by JUS
tice of the Peace Horace Taylor
in Upper Marlboro, yesterday.
Chapman was arrested by Cor
poral A. E. Markley, of the State
police, when he was found asleep
in a nautomobile parked near T.
B.. Md. Marklev charged the nan
with the parking violation, dis
orderly conduct and assault and
battery.
When taken before Justice Tay'
lor, it was said, the arrested man
became surly and used obscene
language. The justice Of the peace
filed a second disorderly conduct
charge against him.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Chevy Chase Center
To Present Program

A moving picture of Western
life and a comedy will be in
cluded in the program for chill
dren and adults tomorrow after
noon at 3:15 o'clock at the Chevy
Chase Center in the E. v. Brown
School building under the aus
pices of the Community Center
Department, and under direction
of Mrs. F.. K. Espenschied, COM
munity secretary at Chevy Chase
Community Center.
Miss Lucille Bracket, of Mrs.
Donna L. Taggart's group at the
center, will give a demonstration
of acrobatic dancing and Miss
Ivy Randall will present one of
her group in a series of tap
dances,
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
President Receives
9O-POuIld GObbLe1

President Hoover's Thanksgiv.
ing dinner was assured today
when he received a 3O-pound tur'
key from the Berkley County Tur'
key Growers Association of West
Virginia.
Mrs. E. C. Taft brought the
bird to the White House, where
Secretary Lawrence Richey for
mally received it in behalf Of
the President.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
CANNON 8 FUND.
HIS AFFAIR
ALFRIEDA

RIG MOND, Va, Nov. %.
How much his friends, the pub
lie, are contributing to Bishop
James Cannon jr.'s defense fund
is nobody's business but the
bishops.
This was the answer given by
the Virginia prelate when inter
viewers sought to learn the eX.
tent to which the Cannon de-
fense fund had grown since it
was started October 81. Bishop
Cannon said:
81 don't think the amount
of the fund is anybOdy's busi-
ness.
"This fund was initiated by
my friends, most. Of whom I
have known for many years.
They think an appeal should
be made to aid in the expenses
of my trial. 1 don't handle
any of the money myself.
81 don't know how much
money is in the fund now,
but / have seen several letters
which contained quite large
contributions. Some of the let
ters I have seen have been very
friendly to me-"
According to Charles w. War.
den, a Presbyterian, a Washing
ton investment broker and treas
urer of the Cannon defense fund,
most of the contributions have
come from Methodist ministers
Laymen, fewer of whom have
contributed, have, however, given
the lions share of actual money
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Motor Tags Topic
OF Richmond COnfab

Claude w. Fletcher, distributor
Of sta e auto tags in Alexandria
will 60 to Richmond tomorrow to
confer with the director of motor
vehicles relative to issuing tags
this year.
No arrangements have been
made yet for issuing the tags
The 1882 tags will go on sale over
. the State December Is. They will
have black letters on white
BACKGROUND.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
ROCKVILLE LICENSES

Marriage licenses were issued
at Rockville to Frank E. Marsh,
30, of London, and Marjorie
Christina West, 80, of Beaver
Dam, Wis; George H. Corcoran,
S3, and Doris B. Grover. 26, both
Of Washington; Arnold Selby, %,
of Olney, and Amanda Keys, 10,
Of Brookeville, Md. and Alfred
A. Merkle, 81, of Bowie. Md, and
Trella Mae Miller, 10, of Ardmore,
Md.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
DEPUTIES Are Freed
In Death of Student

ARDMORE, OKLA, Nov. %.
william E. Guess and Cecil
Crosby. former deputy sheriffs,
today were freed of the murder
of Manuel Garcia Gomez, Mexi-
can college student, whoawaS shot
with Emilio Cortez Rubio, cousin
Of the Mexican President, while
the officers were arresting them
here June 7.
Guess confessed he shot them
In self-defense.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
High School Pupils
To GiUe PLGU Soon

Pupils Of the Upper Marlboro
(MdO High School are busy re-
hearsing "Skidding," a three-act
play, which they Owill present
soon.
The cast will include Reginald
Burroughs, Fannie Duley, Oscar
Duley, Henrietta Ratcliff, Helen
Sasscer, Cleveland Buck, Priscilla
Talbot, Robert Gather, Clara
Mae. Klein and William Shrews
bury.
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Noted Editor Tells
How Suspect Cot
bad Deal"
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ment, who had been in charge
of the bomb case.
A close friend of the district
attorneys called on me at the
Bulletin offices and urged me to
meet Ficket and Cunha that eve-
ming in the rooms Of Eddie Gar
ney at the Olympic Club. I
promised him would go. I
found at the meeting Charles M.
Fickert, Edward Cunha, repre-
senting the district attorneys
office, and Thomas O'Connor and
Edwin w. Mckenzie, attorneys
for Thomas Mooney. We were
all exceedingly friendly together.
Fickert expressed great indigna-
tion at Oxman. AS he strobe up
and down the room he declared:
'TII hang that --
Oxman!"
Tom O'Connor said, laughingly:
"Y0u can't hang Oman, he
hasn't committed murder"
"Well, then, I'll give him the
full penalty of the law"
After. we had all agreed on that
course Of procedure, it was de-
cided that Mooney was entitled to
a new trial. Cunha suggested
that Tom O'Connor, attorney for
Mooney, should write for the pub
lie a statement to be signed by
Fickert on the following morn
ing. The statement was to ex-
press the district attorneys de-
sire for a new trial for Mooney
based on OXman's letters to
Rigall.
After O'Connor had promised to
write the statement, everyone in
the room was happy. We all shook
hands with each othe--. Gunha,
who only a night or two before
had declared to me that he was
on the "Scrap heap" gripped my
hand. Tears were in his eyes, as
he said:
"YOu saved the whole bunch
Of u.s."
I left the Olympic Club with
Mckenzie and O'Connor, and we
walked down the street together,
congratulating ourselves that our
fight was won.
Something happened during the
remaining hours Of that memor-
able night more than 15 wears
ago. I have never known just
what it was. 1 published the
details of the meeting in the
Bulletin on the following day, and
a day later Fickert issued a state
ment that I had tried to coerce
him into granting Mooney a new
trial, and he had Indignantly re-
fused.
Powerful influences were evi
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Garner, 81, Almost
FOrUetS BirthddY

Representative John N. Garner,
who probably will be the next
Speaker of the House, quietly
observed his sixty-second birthday
yesterday.
He received many congratula-
tory messages and phone calls
but Mrs. Garner, his companion
and secretary, said it seemed to
be "just another day" for her
husband and he'd overlooked the
date until she reminded him of
it at the breakfast table.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Hunting Season
Finds Game Scarce

According to w. Harry John
son, game warden for Alexandria
and Arlington, the first week of
the hunting season was disap-
pointing to many spoItsmen as
on account of the dry weather.
Dogs were unable to find game.
johnson made IA arrests for
violations of the hunting laws
last week,
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
THANKSGIVING SERVICES

Two Thanksgiving Day services
are planned by the Rev. j. M. c.
Shrewsbury, of Upper Marlboro,
Md. The first will be held in st,
Barnabas Church, Iceland, Md,
at 8 a. M, while the second will
take place in Trinity Church.
Upper Marlboro, at 1920 a. m. {.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23

In q third article tomorrow, er.
cluSively in The Washington
Times, Mr.. Older tOill tell of teStt:
n1ony of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Hatcher before the grand jury
that Orman wns their guest in
Woodland when the bomb, er-
pLoded,
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
ORPHANS TO FEAST

Donations to the Thanksgiving
dinner to be served children Of
the I. o. o. F. Orphans Home
will be received by members of the
Clarendon Rebekah Lodge, No. %,
at Odd Fellows. Hall, Clarendon,
Va, tonight.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
C0LLINGT0N SERVICE

A special service will be held
at Holy Trinity Church, Colling-
ton, Md, at II o'clock Thanks
giving morning. The service will
be followed by a turkey dinner.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
Older Describes How
Promises Were
Broken
Times Staff Photo

less for 40 years. He was familiar
with "lost causes" and "forlorn
hopes" and my adding the
Mooney case to his long list dis,
turbed him not at all.
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
TOBACCO MEN ELECT

The Maryland Tobacco Growers
Association will meet to elect Off.
GERS for 1882 in the courthouse at
Upper Marlboro, Md, Saturday
The Washington times., 1931-11-23
ZONE APPEAL STUDIED

The board Of zoning appeals of
Arlington county will meet to-
morrow night at the courthouse
to consider appeals filed by
Nathan Scanlan and Max Levitoy.