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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12
Hand of Fate Points Out Path
To Most Who FOIIOuU Crurlt and
Grinldce Game for Likelihood
TIM LONDOS, now recognized as
world champion, also became q mat

TIM LONDOS, now recognized as
world champion, also became a mat
artist through accident.
Londos, when only 10 years old, was
the "beeg, stronga man" of vaudeville
troupe. Possessed of a magnificent
physique, he also posed for sculptures,
but he never wrestled.
One day In Butte, Mont, a wrestling
exhibition was on the theatrical pro-
gram. It followed Londos' weight
lifting act. Jack OConnell, then champ
of Ireland, was to wrestle Charley CUT
Ter. Cutler failed to appear and Jim
was prevailed upon to enter the ring.
Through sheer strength Londos
knocked his opponent down, sat on him
and started on the road to the heavy
weight throne of nation.
YXTASHINGTON's bad man." Chief
w White Feather, affords another
example. Once upon a time the
chief had pugilistic ambitions, cavort-
ing under the tag of Tom Marvin"
While the CHIEF can only say he gave
his best when he fought Young Stribllng
and others of high rank, he was per-
fectly satisfied with his profession
| until a rassler named Ross appeared
in the Southern town where White
Feather was holding forth.
| A boxing bout and mat match APP
peared on the same card. Ross was one
| of the wTestlers. Tom Marvin (the
| Chief hisself) was one of the boxers.
| Hitting 1t of like oil and water, Ross
up and challenged the Chief to a fight,
/ one to rassle, the other to box.
| The Chief never had chance. But,
while being tossed through the air, he
did little thinking.
That's why Tom Marvin, alias Chief
| White Feather, Joined the ranks of
bone blenders.
nus SONNENBERG was playing
~ sen1i-pro foot bail before he turned
to the mat game. One day the ex-
Dartmouth star, in company with sew.
eral teammates, took in a mat show.
One Of the prelim boys failed to show up.
Tackle 'em, Gus" coaxed his team
mates. Then the spectators joined In.
There was nothing for Gus TO do. He
hoped In the ring, ignorant OF flying
mares, Japanese toeholds, bar Chin
Jocls ct sl., and did the natural thing.
When the rassler approached, sensing
easy victory, Gus dove forward IN
tackle
Plunkl SonnenberR's unhelmeted but
hard skull crashed into the rassler's
midrifs anI IL was all over.
Foot Rall PLAYER Gus Sonnenberg be-
came Champion Gus Sonnenberg not
long after.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12
CENTRAL SWIMMERS WIN
Burns Leads Way in 46-to-2o Vic
tory Over Baltimore Poly Team.

Central High swimmers vanquished
the Baltimore Poly team, as to 20, in
the Central pool.
Capt. Funk of Poly and Capt. Burns
of Central were the brightest perfor-
mers. Funk, after placing two events,
overcame a two-yard Central lead in
the relay to win that event for his
in the '1o0-yard event, swan back
stroke on the medley relay team and
gained lead that helped his team to
victory.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12
Sandwina, Boxer,
Circus Trained
T7ED sANDw1NA. heavywei,

TIED SANDwINA, heavyweight
/ fighter, inherited his great
strength. His mother, circus
performer, was the strongest woman
in the world. She could life 90 men.
Ted was youngster with a circus
education. John Ringing wanted
to adopt him. He was named after
Roosevelt.
In Europe at the age of IS, he
having gone over with his parents,
who were with a circus. his first
boxing was done. Max Schmeling
once was his sparring partner.
Shadwina scored 38 knockouts in
his first SIS bouts as professional.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12
B0TT0MLEY HAS RIVAL

Jim Bottomley. Card first sacker, was
one of the. first products of the chain
store system. He developed at Syracuse.
Now Rochester succeeding Syracuse,
has sent up Jimmy Collins and st.
Louis isn't sure which one will play first
in 1881.
A few seasons back Don Hurst was
developed. There was no room for him
and he went TO the Phillies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12

into adjacent territory than the outfleld
at Waco.
The Texas ground is In the center Of
the city and its deepest outfield is not
as distant from home plate by many q
foot as the outf1elds of Fenway Park.
Boston is also struggling with another
young outf1elder who can bat in minor
league company. His name is Van
Camp. He. too, is an Illinois boy. He
was born in Moline. played base ball
there and then went TO Des Moines.
He tried the ilfield as well as the out
field. Cleveland took him on for q
first baseman. but thought he was not
up to snuff and sent him back to the
minors. In 1880 he batted .344 for Des
MoineS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12

season Records.

High sverage-H. Goebel, 1926.
High xame-H. GoebeI, 1z3.
High SETH. GoebeL ass.
High strikeS-H. Goebel and Bell, -.
High spares--E. Goebel, %.
High team game-Scoofers, 5TA.
High team Set-6coofers, 1904.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-12
BY FRANCIS e. STAN.

all athletes the wrestler Is the
least envied. Wrestling is a
game people like to watch, but
rarely. If ever. has one heard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13

than three miles a second! Since these waves
travel through different materials with differ
ent speeds, the next step is TO determine the
rock which transmits waves Of the same char
acter at a similar velocity.
More specifically the research in the glacial
phase of our study will attempt to determine
the thickness OF the vast coverings of rock and
earth debris left by the gigantic ice sheets in
the last ice age. Beneath these deposits lie
the solid rock formations that at the
surface before the ice advanced in its relen.-
less march.
"A chartng of the old land surfaces would
reveal a general picture of the land before
it changed by the glaciers, demonstrating,
possibly that hills occurred in places now oc-
cupied by valleys and that rivers some 10000
years ago in different directions from
those of today.
The principal means for studying these
problems is portable seismograph, first de-
veloped commercially for discovering important
oil deposits. The Harvard Seismograph Station,
in the course of its present tests, is using two
of these instruments. one a commercial type,
the other an instrument unique in its field.
1.-THE ordinary type records vibrations travel
ing in only one direction. The other,
especially constructed for this kind OF research
by H. Gordon Taylor OF Washington, D. c.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13

QUT to return to DR.. Leets own description
- of his tests: "GeoIogStS have long believed
that the continents underlad by granite.
They have been trying for many years to de-
termine how thick this layer is. The only
means of study has been. and still is, the
velocitieS with which earthquake waves travel
through this layer.
Little knowledge exists about these
velocities. If such speeds are determined. they
will indirectly contribute to the aim of scientists
to learn the exact thickness of this foundation
layer, or, on the other hand, the study may
reveal that this foundation is not granite at all
Our experiments will take two forms. One
will be the measurement of the speed through
which vibrations travel through the supposed
granite. The other will be the measuring Of
the thickness of drifts left by glaciers some TO-
900 years ago, revealing the original formation
of the land.
In recnt years earthquake waves recorded
by seismograph stations less than TOO miles
from the centers of disturbance have given
some necessary data. Such records have led to
the conclusion that certain earthquake waves
travel through the continental foundations at a
speed Of about 900 feet per second, or more
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-13

mographS, magnify the motion Of the vibrating
rock and give a written record graph OF
that motion"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03
Weather Dictionary

Some people collect stamps and
some collect snuff boxes, but G. F..
Talman, librarian of the United
States weather bureau, is collecting
words relating to the weather. His
encyclopedia weather dictionary,
when completed, will contain about
$4,000 weather terms, including slang,
dialect, and scientific names for
weather phenomena. 1t may be some
years before the dictionary is fin
ished, but meanwhile each definition
is filed on card and the cards are
in daily use as references for the
scientists of the weather bureau and
others.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03
Here's Proof Small Boy
Can Get Too Much Cake

Children really work hard in the
movies. Little Johnny Nelson is re-
sponsible for this statement, and he
can prove it, too.
"Why, only the other day." says
Johnny, 1--WE had a scene where a
bunch of us kids had to sit at a
table and eat. The first two or three
scenes they did of us were swell, but
even with US artistic kids there is
limit. Finally, just when / can't
stuff down another thing, the di-
rector says:
Now, Wen take this again, and
this time, Johnny, eat that cake as
if you really enjoyed it,
HE got sore as the deuce when
told him l couldn't even eat it I'M
less stood up, and how could kid
look pleased when he's got belly
ache, anyway?"-Los Angeles Times.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03
Pain Quickly Relieved

Most cases of rheumatism and
many diagnosed as neuritis are
caused by germ action. Consistent
use of B. & NJ, The Penetrating
Germicide, will quickly relieve the
acute pain and in most cases the
3. & M. Treatment will stop the
growth Of the germs.
Your druggist should be able to
supply B. & M. in $1.25 and rs cent
sizes. If not, send his name and we
will ship direct. F. e. ROLLINS
COMPANY, So Beverly ST., Boston,
Mass.-Adv.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03
Unusual Fertility

IF producing unusual things is any
Indication Of lands fertility, the farm
land around West Memphis, Ark,
must be unusually fertile. j. w.
Stotts went to his garden to gather
vegetables. Pulling radish, he
found that it was a twin radish, two
well-developed radishes growing to-
gether. He next gathered tomatoes
and found quadruplet tomatoes En-
couraged by that, Mr.. Stotts next
picked cabbage and harvested one
with seven Observation-Disclosures.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03
Laree.Hearted Fish

A catfish weighing about two and
one-half pounds swan up to the boat
of Clifford King, of Del Rio, Texas,
and nibbled bits of chicken tossed to
it. After taking few bites the fish
swan back to the channel and re-
turned in a few moments with four
others. They partook of the refresh
ments, then swan off and returned
in short time with a whole school
of fish about the same size.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03
Left the Bedstead

A young man registered in an On
tario (Calif.) rooming house for the
night When the manager went to
the room to straighten it the next
morning, she found that the guest
had departed with two bed sheets,
one pair of double blankets, single
blanket, one spread and one pillow
slip,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03
Are We Created Unequal?

"The biological discoveries Of q
half-century or more" Prof. Harrison
Il. Hunt told the Eugenics Research
association, "have revealed that peo-
pie, instead of being potentially equal
at birth, vary enormously. and that
such differences are often inherited /;
so one might say it is self-evident
that men are created unequal"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03
Rose. for D;abete.

Taking vinca roses in the form of
a tea as q remedy for diabetes is
quite a common practice in Africa
and Australia. Now science has de-
cided to find out the actual RENE
dial value of the plant.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03
Safety First

Over neat pyramid composed Of
boxes of golf balls, the drug clerk
had placed a placard: Golf Pills"
II think we had better scrap that"
advised the boss. Somebody will
be trying to swallow one"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03
Writers, Pluck

Sinclair Lewis, at an Algonquin
luncheon. praised writer's pluck.
"a writer" he said, "will work
two or three years on a book, make
$40 out of it, and then plunge pluck
lily into two or three years. more
work on another book.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03

When a young woman shows you
newly taken photographs of herself,
don't make the mistake Of not ask
ing for one.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03

A ghost relies chiefly on noises to
scare you.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03

A lot of misery consists in simply
remembering.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03

Idleness breeds bad habits.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03
The Final Laugh

Inc Final Laugh
BLACKWELL. Bill has played his
last practical joke.
Jill-That so? What did he do?
Jack-Well, he's dead-and he be-
queathed his brains to science.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03

Factory Episode
"Why do you keep that old man
around?"
Hes the owner" ri
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-12-03

Why are there now no saints7
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-29

now gold has been coming back to the
United States in such quantities and
under such circumstances as to show
that the world has come to think OF
America as the safest depository for
gold and of the dollar as the most
stable currency. During single week
recently gold came to the United States
in large amounts from Europe and ia
pan and in dribbles from small and re-
mote countries like Portugal. India and
the Straits Settlements.
5I2 Failures in October.
In the same period, when the outflow
Of gold was greatest. about october !
banks. national and State, were failing
at the rate of about 20 a day. The
total failures, State and national. in
october were 512 During the same
calamitous first week in October. cur
rency was disappearing, chiefly into
frightened boarding, at the rate OF
disappeared was about $1.000,000 900.
or a fifth of the whole quantity in
circulation.
The boarding while it lasted accel-
Grated the failures of banks, and the
failing of banks accelerated boarding.
Our credit structure was under a dou-
BILE attack-from abroad through with
drawals of gold and at home through
boarding and bank failures. The three
conditions combined constituted, one
may reasonably say. the greatest panic
in history At the time it was compare
lively unnoticed. chiefly because the
worlds attention was concentrated on
the fall of the British pound, which was,
indeed, largely the cause of our own con-
dition. Today the flow of gold has re-
versed bank failures are in some de-
gree succeeded by bank reopenings and
boarding has ceased.
Copyright, 1917
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-29
FISCAL OFFICIALS
HERE treasured
Return OF Gold to u. S. and
Reopening of Banks
Cheers Treasury.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

This weeks report Of internationa
shipments of gold announced the re-
Ceipt by America Ill one day OF SlO,-
1000 On recent day the branch
CT the Treasury having control OF
banks reported banks closed, on2i
banks reopened. two" That net gain
of one was a landmark in recent Treas
ury history. High officials of the Treas
ury called each other on the phone to
recent day, the report was 10 banks
reopened." The feeling of relief and
assurance that has come to fiscal Off
Gals In washington constitutes a news
event of major Importance.
The two new conditions combined
the return flow of gold to the United
States and the reports Of banks re-
opening instead of banks closing, COM
pose the complete reversal of a tide
which when it was running the other
way constituted the most spectacular
condition in this years economic his
tory.
The generalization, indeed, can rea-
sonably be made much broader. II is
tenable to say that there was, about the
last week of September and the first
week of October, in the United States
ana in the world the most DEVASTATING
state of panic in all history. One de-
striking but exact superlative.
Dollar sold Short"
The quantity of gold taken from the
United States by panic-stricken world
during the month from about mid-Sep-
TENDER to about mid-October was by
far the largest amount ever taken out
of any country in the same length OF
time. The United States during that
l. Il
than was ever given up by any other
country in similar period either in
peace time or war time. Europe, and
practically the whole world, was panic
stricken to point where it distruSted
the stability of the dollar and actually
doubted the solvency of the United
States. In Europe, the dollar was sold
short in enormous quantities.
Gold was demanded by Europe in
such sums that the ships could net
carry 1t, in the sense that insurance
companies will only insure a given
amount of gold on single ship. The
lag IN shipments caused by this condi-
ton had the effect of accentuating the
soanicky wish of Europe to get the golo
At the height of the panic gold was
leaving the United States at the rate of
about 10000, 900 a day.
The policy followed by our fiscal Of
nclalS In washington ana New York
was one OF promptly shipping the gold
to whatever countries asked for it, and
by their calmness having the effect of
asking the frightened countries if they
wanted more. The only protective step
our officials took was merely to make a
slight raise in the discount rate, which
is the universal routine practice of all
countries when exchange runs against
them.
The net effect of the whole episode
has been greatly to increase the worlds
respect for the American dollar and
the American financial structure. The
drain, great as it was, left the United
States with much more gold than it
needs. After we had lost three quar-
tiers Of a billion dollars, we still had
more than four billions left Since
the drain ceased, for about five weeks
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-29
LINDBERGH AWAITING
FOG'S END IN FLORIDA
Plays on Beach Near Fishing Viii
lage in Delay on Return
From Miami.

BY the Associated Press.
FLAGLER BEACH, Fla. November
28-Fog that interrupted Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh's flight from Miami to
New York, causing him to land here
this morning, continued to hang heav-
lily over the landscape late today and
he decided to remain in this fishing
village overnight
He spent several hours on the beach
this afternoon, playing in the sand like
a boy and swimming in the white over
capped surf.
Later, he ate hearty meal and re-
tired to the villages only hotel to rest.
If weather conditions have improved,
he said he would leave early tomorrow
for New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-13

ROBINSON, ALPH0NZO. Departed this LIFE
on "wednesday, February II, 1881, At lO:ls
am. ALPHONZO ROBINSON Dummy,
beloved son Of the late Joseph ]. and
Mary e. Robinson and loving brother Of
Constance 8. Pye and Rose =. Smith.
He also leaves q devoted brother.in-laws
Alto w. Smith; an aunt, Mrs. Grace n
Conway Of Philadelphia, Pa; two nteees,
sse er,c d Reynolds ant. and Hyseiynth
Funeral from his late residence, cit 9Th
pm; thence to the Providence BaptiSS
Church M st. bet 4iz and 6th sts. S.V.
1nterment in Harmony Cemetery. lt'
Roy, DAVID. Suddenly. on, "wednesday.
FEBRUARY IL, DAVID ROY. beloved brother
Of Charles P. and william Roy, Lucy ~
Saddis and Elizabeth Cook. Notice of
TREGO. WILLIAM wILLETT. On Thurs
day, February ~, 1881. at mis- residence.
Stoneleigh Court, WILLIAM W1LLETT
TREGO; husband of Mary Z. Trego. Sery-
ruary Is, at IL am. Interment private. IS
VoLKMAN, LAURA FRANCES. on Friday,
residence, the Newark Apis, 1901 Newark
st, NV, LAURA FRANCES VOLKMAN,
beloved wife of the late Henry @. Volk-
man, aged 81 years. Funeral from the
above residence Monday, February i6, al
pm. Relatives and friends invited. In
terment Prospect Hill Cemetery. 10
YOUNG. WILLIAM X. Suddenly. on Thurs
day, February II, 1881. WILLIAM
YOUNG. Funeral services at the w W
Chambers Co; funeral home, 400 Chaplin
pm. Interment Mount Carmel Cemetery,
Nd,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-13
Deaths Reported.

., The following deaths have been reported 10
the Health Department in the past az hours:
Ho James CSysy' co. United States soldiers
John. E. Mills. 70. 1882 r. I. ave. ne.
Th;ia,ries TudFe. a. Providence Hospital.
William H., Cook. SO. 1850 w st. Sc
ENRICH Goblin. 81, Casualty Hospital
Elmond A; Burnham, IS, Garfield Memo
Patrick Tourney. "a, oallineer HOSPITAL
=. catherine Vireinia Lloyd, SO, los 7th
Moy. Y. Me. 90. s1s Pa. ave.
Wlllam z. Fox, So. Naval Hospital.
=, Otto n. Rathke. Sc, Walter Reed General
Andrew Thymanski, So. Providence Hos
Charles r. Burrows. 50, 1918 34th st.
James =. skosland, so. Rock Greek park
Alfred wollberg, 40, en- route Emergency
John q. o'Meara, 4s. 7OS 9th st. ne.
Jeanette Atkinson, 20, tuberculosis Hos
Marie A. Robinson, 20. Freedmen's Hos
pital.
Thsresa H. Campbell, alias Theresa Holmes.
~. 720 l. st. s.e.
Chester Bsrnes. ~. Freedmen's Hospital
Charles Z. Fountain. 10, Ills eth st. ne
Mary A. Dean. / month, 429 H Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-13
WOMAN is DEAD AT 81
Mrs. Wilhelmina Aue Leaves Three
Sons and -Four Daughters.

Mrs. Wilhelmina Aue, 81 years old, q
resident of Washington for 90 years,
died yesterday at her home, 81 Bryant
street, after a short illness. Mrs. Aue
came to Washington from Germany.
She was the widow of John Henry Aue,
who died here in 1892.
Funeral services will be held at the
residence at 2 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. Rev. Richard Schmidt, pastor Of
Zion Lutheran Church, of which Mrs.
Aue was member, will offlciate. In
terment will be in Prospect Hill Gene
terry.
She was a member Of the Eastern
Star. Surviving are three sons, Fred
l.. Aue, William Aue and John H. Aue,
and four daughters, Mrs. Catherine
Schickler, Mrs. Henry Herger, Mrs.
Harry Young and Mrs. John Rizzo,
with whom she lived.