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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08
RENO ACTS TO HOLD
DIVORCE BUSINESS
Merchants and Attorneys
Seek Passage of 6-Week
Residence Measure.
BY tie Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
RENO, New, March Faced with
active competition from Hot Springs
Ark, and Boise, Idaho, for its lucrative
divorce business, Reno is preparing tc
turn out DEGREES severing marital bonds
SIX weeks after the applicants arrive in
this divorce capital
Hotel proprietors, business men, re-
sort owners and lawyers have no desire
to shorten the stay of wealthy persons
coming from New York and other East
ern cities to seek divorce but neither
do they intend that the money spent by
the unhappily wed shall slip away to
Arkansas and Idaho.
Favorable Action Forecast.
All the influence that local interests
can muster will be eXerted toward WIN
ming the State Senate's approval of the
si&-week residence bill passed unani-
mously Yesterday by the State House
of Representatives. Favorable action in
the Senate next week was predicted to-
day by Reno lawyers.
The legislation was hastily drafted as
the result of enactment of 90-day di-
vorce laws in Arkansas anG Idaho,
which place those States on par with
the present residence requirements in
Nevada.
Reno lawyers do not expect that d.
vorceS here will be increased to any
extent by the six-week law, but they
do feel the proposed change will keep
the maritaIy unrestful headed for Ne
vada.
The divorce business is valued at
from $2,000,000 to $4,000 900 year by
attorneys and business men. This in
cludes attorneys fees averaging prob
ably $500 per client.
1000 Cases Filed Yearly.
For the past two years there have
been an average of 1000 divorce cases
filed each year. indicating there are
approximately 900 divorce seekers here
at all times.
1t is estimated that it costs SIS a day
Tor living expenses exclusive of attor-
neys' fees. On this basis Reno's tran
sient divorce seeking population is
spending over S1.500,000 a year.
OF course, such prominent divorce
applicants as Mrs. Evelyn Marshall
Field, Sd, spend much more than the
average Sc each day, and there have
been many wealthy divorce seekers here
In recent years.
Elizabeth Dupont got divorce here.
walker P. Inman, heir to part of the
Duke tobacco millions, had a hard fight
70 obtain his divorce, and Ralph Els
man, Brooklyn utility magnate. spent
thousands of dollars in court litigation.
Many of New York's social elite have
taken away Reno DEGREES and there are
many of them here now doing time"
Tor three months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-08

Slams automobile registration has
doubled in the last five years.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
SMITH REPLIES
To VET SUIT

District Supreme Court has no
authority to review a rating Of
the Veterans Bureau, it was as
serted by william Wolfe Smith,
chief counsel Of the Veterans Blu
reau, in a motion yesterday ask
ing the court to dismiss a suit
brought by John e. Smalling, a
world war veteran, to restrain the
Secretary of the Treasury from
continuing the payment of $187
q month to Mr.. Smith, as long as
Mr.. Smith continues to draw
$4,000 a year as chief OF the
legal staff of the bureau.
Mr.. Smalling filed his suit last
week, claiming that the chief
counsel of the bureau served only
so days in a non-combatant
branch Of the service during the
war and could not have sustained
an injury emitting him to dis
ability pay.
Attorneys John Lewis Smith
and John Paul Jones represent
Mr.. Smith, who, besides chal-
lenging the Jurisdiction of the
court says that the plaintiffs
bill fails to state cause of action
and that Mr.. Smalling has no
legal nor equitable interest in the
subject matter of the suit.
The motion points out that the
law delegates the absolute au
thority in such matters to the
Veterans Bureau and that his
own disability rating has been
approved by the director of the
bureau.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
LIBEL FILED On
JOSEPHINE K.

A libel, without regard to the
prohibition laws, has been filed
against the Josephine K, alleged
British rum runner captured last
January, the Department Of Jus.
tice announced yesterday.
The libel, filed by the U, s.
Attorney for the southern district
Of New York, is under sections of
the tariff act Of 1880, penalizing
a vessel unable to produce a
cargo manifest and trans-shippinp
a cargo within four leagues Of
the United States coast without
a permit.
The master of the Josephine K
was killed by shell fire from the
Coast Guard when the vessel at
tempted to escape. The Canadian
government has filed a protest
claiming violation of the seizure
treaty of 1924.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
MARSHAL MUST.
ESCORT BODY

q. s. Marshal Edgar c. Snyder
has Just learned that in addition
to his dueitse as marshal he is
also required to act as an un-
dertaker.
The marshal was chagrined to-
day when he was notified that he
Is expected to take charge Of the
body Of q Federal prisoner and
see that the body Is transported
to the mans home at Muns1ng.
Mich.
Harry M. Underhill, the de
ceased prisoner, had been serving
a sentence at Leavenworth. He
developed mental trouble from
which he died Monday. Under
hill was a world war veteran.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
Welfare Council
To Hold Election

Members Of the board of direc.
tors Of the Council of Social Agen,
cies will be elected at the annual
meeting of that organization Mon,
day at 1890 p. m, at the Y. w
G. A. Seventeenth and K SITS
N. w.
Reports on the work Of the past
year will be made and members at
large also will be elected.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
FISHERMAN IS DROWNED

HAGERSTOWN, Md, April Is.
The body of Chester Hiles, SO,
who was drowned in the Potomac
River near Brosius, w. Va, while
fishing, has not been recovered.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
OFFICES ENTERED, LOOT

Several offices in the building
at 1700 I st. N. E., we're entered
and ransacked early yesterday
morning but nothing was taken.
The Washington times., 1931-04-15

DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL
Accumulated excess of temperature
since January /, 1881, 220 degrees.
Excess of temperature since April l.
1891, IS degrees.
Accumulated deficiency of precipita-
ton since January /, 1881 376 inches.
Excess of precipitation since April l..
1891, AZ inch.
TIDE TABLES
Today-High tides, 6:25 a. m. and
6:49 p. m. Low tides, 12:42 a. M
and 1915 p. m.
Tomorrow-High tiles, 7:O5 a. m. and
1929 p. m. Low tides, 1925 a. m. and
THE SUN AND THE MOON
The sun rose today at 6:Ss a. m.
and sets at 6:44 p. m.
The sun rises Thursday at 6:31 a. m.
and sets at 6:45 .. m.
The moon rises today at 4:s4 a. m.
The moon rises Thursday at 4:54
a. m. and sets at 5:S9 p. m.
COMPARATIVE TEMPERATURES
The Washington times., 1931-04-15

Do not deny yourself the pleasure of
owning your own hOme-tuFn to the
Classified Real Estate Ads in tOday's
The Washington times., 1931-04-15
WEATHER REPORT
TILL 8 r. M. THURSDAY

FORECAST TILL r. NJ. THURSDAY
District of Columbia-Fatr tonight;
Thursday, increasing cloudiness; not
much change in temperature. Gentle
TO moderate northeast winds.
Maryland-Fair tonight and Thurs
day; not much change in temperature;
probably light frost in lorth portion
tonight. Moderate northeast winds.
Virginia-Fair tonight; Thursday, in
creasinR cloudiness, probably rain in
extreme south portion; not much
change in temperature. Moderate
northeas winds.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
THE INDIANAPOLIS TINES

of the street. it was reckless driving
that put it there"
Parker admitted that in haste
Tuesday he parked his car on the
wrong side of the street in the COO
block, North La Sale street, at 7:45
a. m. He said after he had entered
a residence C. j. Griffin, MOTORCYCLE
officer, started to tag his car.
Il went out to the auto and he
gave me a slip of paper on which
the offense was written" he said.
He charged me with reckless
driving although he didn't see me
drive on the thoroughfare. The
complaint tag is issued under the
name of Claude Worley, chief OF
police.
II tried to explain the sftua-
ton to the court-about the officer
not seeing me and the tag bearing
the name of man who hasn't
headed the department for long
time-but it didn't do any good"
Parker paid the fine and Cameron
suspended costs.
1t was recalled today that gam
bling and booze cases in municipal
courts have been lost recently be-
cause officers admitted they did not
see the crime committed or did not
have any arrest warrants.
Parker did not have an attorney
when he appeared in court, he said.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
JUDITH LOWRY TO
BE GUEST STAR HERE
Former Stuart Walker Favorite Starred in Skidding,
With the Casey Company, Starting Sunday.

oDIiH LOWRY who joined Stuart Walkers this city
~ lar back 1917 and
cincinnati since that time
guest star beginning Sunday
Miss Lowry will the
rounded by the entire resident paYers
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
new RULING OF
COURT THREAT
TO MOTORISTS
Parking on Wrong Side Of
Street Held Reckless
Driving

A new Interpretation Of the traffic
law in Indianapolis by police and
courts today stood as threat to
motorists.
The new regulation is that the
driver of a car who parks it on the
wrong side of the street is not
guilty Of improper parking, but of
reckless driving.
Under this charge motorists can
be brought into municipal courts
and fined, while if the improper
parking charge were assessed, the
first offense would mean only an
outlay of 81.
First case Of this to bring COM
plant from the defendant was re-
vealed to The Times today by
George Parker, sos Burgess ave-
nue., father of eight children, who
can not get steady work, but who
paid SIS fine in Municipal Judge
Clifton r. Cameron's court.
Lieutenant Eugene Shine of the
traffic department, explained the
new Interpretation by police;
IF the car is on the wrong side
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20

MISS Lowry'S last previous visit to
Indianapolis took place in February,
when she appeared in Walkers pro-
duction Of Its a Wise Child" Fol-
lowing that engagement, which
closed the season for the Walker
Cincinnati company, Miss Lowry
went to the far-famed Goodman
theater in Chicago to serve as guest
star in Somerset Maugham's The
Sacred Flame"
Between her seasons with Stuart
Walker, Miss Lowry has found time
to play on Broadway with Walter
Hampden in THE Light of Asia, :"
with Edward G. Robinson and
Blanche Yurka in the Theater
Guilds production of Goat Song"
in the Kenneth MacGowan revival
Of Eugene O'NeilPs Beyond the
Horizon" with Michael Strange in
Easter and numerous other
things.
Last summer she spent several
weeks with George Somnes and the
Cape Cod Players at Dennis, Mass.
There she appeared with Alice Brady,
Tom Powers, Pedro De Cordoba,
Henry Hull and other stage nota-
bles. Among the things she recalls
having done in Indianapolis with
Stuart Walker in her first season
with him back in 1917 are Booth
Tarkington's Seventeen" Kick In"
and THE Book Of job"
In "Skidding" at Englishs with
the Casey company next week, Miss
Lowry will have Frances Dale, DON
aid Woods and the other local play
ers in the cast with her.
Il n
indianapolis theaters today offer:
"On the Spot" at English's; Trans
atlantic" at the Lyric; Sporting
Blood" at the Palace; "Sky Raid
ers,' at the Ohio; Travelling Hus-
bands" at the Circle; THE Smiling
Lieutenant" at the Indiana;
Bought" at the Apollo, and bur-
lesque at the Mutual.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
NEW MARK SET
FOR BABY FISH
HatcherieS' June Output Is
Heaviest Ever.

July was the largest month in
history of the state fish hatcheries
for output of fingerlings, according
to a report made today by Walter
Shirts, fish and game chief of the
state conservation department.
The report lists a distribution of
1880 small-mouth black bass;
275,617 large mouth black bass:
$4,000 rock bass; $4,000 bluegills:
100000 crappies; 1900 red-eared sun
fish and $1,000 channel catfish.
Thirteen organizations took 1856
young pheasantS from the Jasper
Pulaski county game preserve dur
ing July, the report shows. Four
hundred and seventy young birds
raised in the Brown county game
preserve were liberated. There were
209 arrests for fish and game law
violations and 1874 convictions net
ting fines and costs of 52,090.02.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
"Skin Trouble Drove Me Wild"
Hea|edby Radium Rays atHOne

itching stopped in a few minutes.
Soon the ugly patches vanished
Everybody knows how quickly
radium rays end itching skin Dis
eases, rashes, pimples, sores. oils
or piles. And now medical SCI
ence has found how to ir .ude
radium substance with certain ONT
ment ingredients. They call this
new ointment Album.
Album has been placed IN all drug
stores. so at last you can use its
radium rays at home. Use for sores.
raShes, pimples, eczema, stubborn
skin diseases, raw. rubbed skin,
sore, tender feet, sunburn, boils.
Users say itching and burning ended
at once and Album brought relief
when other ointmentS failed.
Get tube of Album today. Spe-
cial this week at all drug stores. II
not delighted to see skin troubles
vanish so quick, manufacturer re-
funds money-AdvertiS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
Ugly, Itching RasheS
Ended Quick at Home
by Radium Rays in
Amazing Ointment.
New Discovery Ends Sores,
Boils, Pimples, Eczema
Itch, Sunburn, Pill Pain,
So Quick Users AStOnished.

Skin troubles drove me nearly
crazy" writes grateful woman.
Ugly raShes itched day and night
I couldn't sleep. Nothing helped me.
Radium treatments were advised.
Then druggist told me about
new discovery called Adium-an
ointment which actually contains
radium rays. 1t was wonderful. The
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20

Fenstermacher, attorneys for the
petitioners.
Present wage scale is "A to 40
cents on two-man cars, and 40 to
81 cents one one-man cars. In
crease to a 60-cent minimum is
asked. Present hours Of work range
up to more than twelve hours, but
on split shifts. The petitioners
tried to put across a program of
eight hours work without any rest
periods or time out for eating.
Monthly cost sheets are to be in
troduced in evidence by the COM
pany and Washington statistics on
drop in living costs by the petition
erS.
The matter then will be set for
oral argument, before decision is
given, Singleton said,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
Bad Sores Healed
One Application Brings Relief

For over 80 years the mighty
healing and soothing power of Pc
terson's Ointment has quickly end
ed sores of long standing-has
brought instant comfort to folks SUI
fering with piles, itching skin and
burns-has banished the worst pirn-
pies and Eczema in just a few days.
And one IS cent box Of Petersons
Ointment at any drug store proves it
even one application convinces you've
at last discovered a wonder working
Ointment which won't fail to give the
results you ant.-Advertisement
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
CAR men WELL
PAID, TRAMWAY
CHIEFS ASSERT
Comparisons Show Wage
Rate Is Higher Than
Competing Firms.

indianapolis Street Railway Com
pany car operators have higher
wage scale than interburban lines,
and bus drivers for the company are
paid 10 cents an hour more than IS
paid by a competing company in
the city.
This is the unrefuted testimony
Commissioner Frank T. Singleton
of the public service commission is
considering today as arbitrator of a
petition asking wage increases and
improved working conditions for
car men.
1t was injected into the record by
James P. Tretton, general man
ager of the company.
Cites Various Pay Scales
At the hearing on the petition in
the house of representatives
Wednesday afternoon, Tretton cited
pay scales of various interurban
lines operating out of Indianapolis
insult lines pay conductors and mo-
tormen from Al to 46 cents for two
man cars, with cents additional
Tor one-man cars, he said. Scale
on the Indianapolis & Southeastern
is 40 to As cents an hour, according
to the Tretton testimony.
But the Logan j. Smith Transpor-
tation Company, in direct cQmpeti-
ton with street railway bus and car
lines, pays only 35 cents an hour to
its drivers, Tretton asserted.
Street railway bus drivers pay
ranges from As to so cents. In
creases, as on the cars, are based
on length Of service up to five years.
Testifies for Company
Charles H. Overman, one-time
minister and a motorman for the
last ten years, took the stand to
tell the commissioner that he is
satisfied with present wages and
working conditions.
He pointed out the greatly de-
creased living costs and the inn
paired revenues of the company as
reasons for not granting the pay
increases asked at this time.
His service with the company has
permitted him to rear a family of
six girls and three boys and has
been equal to ownership of an es-
tate paying monthly revenue of
Sl64 month, he said.
l.. j. E. Foley, company auditor,
testified company revenues dropped
more than 100000 during 1890 and
he believed there has been greater
decrease this year.
To put the requested pay in
crease into effect would increase
operating costs $52O,5O0 and time
and one-half overtime alone would
mean an additional $4,000. he
said.
Overtime Is Asked
Overtime over eight hours is
asked in the petition. Attempts to
turn this proposal into an eight
hour-oay plan was thWarted by
Singleton who refused to accept
testimony and exhibits on this point
offered by Asa Smith and j. S.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
Screen Comedian Bares Marriage

Screen Comedian Bares Marriage
By United Press
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 20. - Ned
Sparks, motion picture comedian,
has been married to Miss Mercedes
Caballero since last October, it was
revealed today. The ceremony took
place in San Bernardino, and a
honeymoon at the comedians hunt
ing lodge near Quebec, Ontario,
followed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
POINCARE is II TODAY

War Time President of France
Spends Birthday at Country Home.
By United Press
SAMPIGNY, France, Aug. 20.-At
his simple country home in the
peaceful French countryside here,
Raymond Poincare, president of
France during the war years, cele-
brated his seventy-f1rst birthday
today.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
MOTION PICTURES

TRY WANT IN THE TINES WILL BRING RESULTS.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
Overtime Is Asked

Overtime over eight hours is
asked in the petition. Attempts to
turn this proposal into an eight
hour-oay plan was thwarted by
Singleton who refused to accept
testimony and exhibits on this point
offered by Asa Smith and j. S.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
Aided Cripple Aids Town

By United Press
WEST STOCKBRIDGE, Mass,
Aug. 20.-For twenty years, as
helpless cripple, Nellie Gray received
town aid. Now at II, she has given
the town $4,000. Recently she was
bequeathed $650,00O by brother.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-08-20
FOOD PRICES MOUNT
Labor Report Seen Marker
to Better Times.
BvUuited Press


WASHINGTON Aug. 2O.-Ob-
servers Of economic conditions
were cheered today by a department
Of labor report which showed an in
crease in retail food prices in July
and a steady tone in wholesale
prices.
The increase in food prices was
only 4 of l per cent, but consider
able significance was attached to
the gain because commodity quota
tons had been drifting lower ever
since the depression.
1t was felt the increase might
prove to be q marker on the road
to better times, although economists
pointed out it will be necessary to
wait several months to see if the
trend is permanent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

meal for a nickel that night, consisting of
another sandwich and a cup of water and on
Monday morning I was waiting for the post
office to open.
1t did. But there nothing for me put
in the day looking for job, found none.
but got back TO the post Office in the late after
noon. Nothing. I got the delivery clerk TO go
through the letters again. hoping he had made
a mistake. but he hadn't. Tuesday morning
felt rather hungry, but quite hopeful when the
post Office opened felt lot hungrier when
I learned there was no letter for me.
did have good clothing. but 1t wasn't until
another frutless inquiry at that delivery window
in the evening that driven to diStasteful
effort to eat. Besides, had put in that whole
day asking for job-of any sort--and got none,
and was tired. 1 hung around the French
Market smelling things for long time before
I could get sufficiently desperate to make try.
Then selected a motherly looking old French
woman and asked her If she couldn't extend
me credit for at least cup of coffee and
sandwich.
II never feed buns" she said, regarding me,
because II did I'd soon have nothing to eat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

She was astounded to discover that instead
of a SIS bill she had $40! And what is more.
her mother never got reply to an advertise
ment for the man who had lost it. Can that
be accounted for by any save providential
interposition effecting change?
THERE is a man now resident on the French
Riviera who a stevedore in Galveston.
I haven't permission to his name, so call
him Jones. He worked hard, saved harder He
lent his savings to others at what I fear
a usurious rate of interest. He was selected as
a victim by crooked realtor who got him to
advance 5000 cat l8 per cent per annum) on
some land. The mortgage legal, the land
titles good but after the realtor had skipped
from Galveston owing every one he could.
Jones found himself the owner Of a 100-acre
farm" that was almost worthless. But he
couldn't face loss and hung onto the land
constantly trying to find some one who would
give him 5000 for it,
Two or three years later a firm making O
shipment OF mining machinery to q southern
Caribbean port with bad port facilities decided
to send an expert stevedore to accompany 1t and
supervise its unloading and delivery; they hired
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
BY ROY NORTON,
4ttor OF hc Crusaders Casket," "The Liberntor"

myself; but-you don't look like one. You look
as If you'd pay II you had it. Poor boy!"
And she gave me not only a cup Of coffee but
a huge plate of food can't think Of her even
now without a rush of gratitude May God
bless her! But when the next day brought dis
appointment 1 was ashamed to take more than
a cup of coffee and sandwich from her
after l had told her that still had nothing.
My landlady never much as objected when I
told her that couldn't pay until I got my
money.
The next day tried to get job toting cotton
on the levee with gang Of Negroes who worked
by the hour. They wouldn't give me even an
hours work. and by now I was too ashamed
TO visit the French Market again, and didn't
know how to beg steal Early education
along other lines. Too green. Too soft.
RY another day was beginning to feel little
WOODY" when started going into any and
almost every place asking for work. Now, here
comes this thing of chance, coincidence, or
however one may define it. was dragging
myself along a street. whose name have for
gotten when I saw . sign, "Mantes, Tiles,