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The Washington times., 1931-07-13
TIMES TEST

Do you know:
/. How much did America pay
Spain for the Philippines?
2. Since what date have the
people of Porto Rico been
citizens of United States?
3. What strip Of land did Bal
boa cross in order to see
the Pacific? -. go
4. On what slogan was Presi-
dent Wilson reelected in
1915?
5. What name was given to
the American Army over
seas during the world war?
6. When was the name Amer
lea" first used?
z. What is the first line Of the
Declaration Of 1ndepend-
ence?
8. Why is Mt. Vernon i'm
portant now?
9. A. section of what country
is. called Lombardy?
10. How is the Columbia River
a boundary.
Match correctly:
IL. Settlement Of Plymouth
1918
IL. Harvard College founded
.''.,..' 1920
13. Arfnistice 1880
II. London Disarmament
Conference 1773
IS. Boston Tea Party 1885
..
ANSWERS on Magazine PaSel.
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Missouri Has Reno Licked

Due to what they call Joker" in legislation in Congress,
Missouri has the easiest quickest divorce system in the United
States even though it is something of dead letter.
When Mssouris divorce laws revised years ago
there slipped clause that nonesdents could establish
residence there by merely sgnyng intention to become
citizens This permits divorce and remarriage within a
few hours.
While Renos laws do approach this Reno keeps her
social and gambling advantages well advertised through
that advertising the thing that does the work and gets the
limeight.
Russia still has the world beaten in divorces and marriages.
though Licenses divorce officials ask questions
they give marriage certificate couple in few minutes
time after application and divorce to the couple
hour later. That's speed
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Prohibition Profits
Big in Bergen

An interesting glimpse Of the tactics of prohibonists
their given by Sheriff Harold " Reilly Of Bergen
county N j., in exclusive interview with the Hearst
newspapers.
Sheriff Reilly charges agents of the Antsaloon League
with inaugurating reign Of terror here-he worst cond
on that has existed there since the Russian Cosa he
puts it. He says:
paid by the AntSalOOn League have
rOughshOd this county, and have
corruption and bribery They have
raided Speakeaes without having made buys
private without
they abusive language They
split the sps Of raids and they have allowed places
They accepted bbs and they have resOd seized
liquor to the prOprietOrS.
Anti because feel
the tactics they indOrse
THEY BELIEVE EVERY OTHER LAW CAN BE BROKEN
TO ENFORCE THE PROHIBITION LAW EVEN TO LARCENY,
ILLEGAL ENTRY, AND GRAFT THAT IS SOLICITED AND
PAID"
Sheriff Reilly has stack Of affidavits to support his
charges They reveal that private detectives and other watch
and ward of the league have been reaping rich
harvest Since February he they have received brbe Of
than $4,000 for proteconto say nothing Of larger
obtained by illegal entry and seizure Of property
All of which another eloquent tribute to prohibition
a crime breeder instead of crime preventer.
Ten you might have predicted that the law would
make crooks out of those who opposed it.
You could hardly have foreseen that would do the
or worse, to those who forced its passage
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When the news, a little
vague, that we were going to
do something to save Ger.
many from an early economic
collapse and the newspapers
were all headlines about the
mastery" stroke of Mr..
Hoover, there was an upward
bound on the stock market
for one or two days.
Now the excitement is over
and we have settled down again
to the realization that pros
perity has not returned and
that from five million to seven
million men still are in search
of an oportunity to earn their
bread.
There was no sense, OF
course, in the assumption that
the one-year relief to Germany
in the matter of the repara-
tions would mean such an in
crease in the purchasing power
of the people here as to bring
back a boom in trade. Since
this is a matter Of deep con-
Germ to the American people
it is manifestly wrong to create
a false impression.
THUS it is just as well that
cambridge Colby, the last Sec
retary of State under Wood
row Wilson, should sound a
note Of warning. He probably
puts his finger on the motive
of the sensational reversal Of
the President when he says:
"The moratorium has been
hailed with loud hOsannaS by
the bankers, and naturally so,
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New Police Force Cleaning
Up Prince Georges County

In our neighbor county, Prince Georges Nd, brand
police force cleaning booteggers gamblers and
night dancing establishments.
The work done so far fully ustfes the fight to have
police force for that county the force be kept out Of
political entngemens and be given freedom to enforce laws
against all voators the good people OF the county Will rejoice
in the benefits they will obtain.
ALI of the county along the District ne and Tor
miles beyond developing and becoming chain OF prosper
Gus cities and small towns Identified in many ways Win
the progress and business of this city.
part of the history of this country that bad men ana
women unable to carry activities in cities like Washington
seek to carry on doubtful propositions that city as
possible feeling that they have little to fear in sections not
fully protected by competent law officers
Although the police force is small it seems in
Cned to wipe illegal establishments and prevent that
county becoming night rendezvous for doubtful characters
Of this city or any other place.
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Ancient Dice Discovered

30 it now appears that gambling is exceedingly old
depravy of mankind dating far back nobody can say
It's ramicaon have merely spread with civizaton indi
indulge in the wckedness of trying to win somebody
elses money
Dr. speser of the University Of Pennsylvania did some
among discoveries pair of dice that had been used
back 250 G. The University of Pennsylvania al
ready owns backgammon board that 5000 years DID,
Queen Hatesu 1900 Co. supposed to have invented
dice Anyhow she quite toser Of the knucklebones
Old Rome hot dice town and the game in great
favor there not long Queen Haesus time The ruins
Of Pompe up bushel Of dice and of the
specimens loaded.
gambling but their PHILOSOPHERS are in agreement with
presentday thought of wise that gambling in FORM
brings more sorrows than pleasures financial rewards
Pompeis loaded bones shows that the crooks and the un
rncped got the money of those who thought Everything
was the square"
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A Modern Miracle
Part Science, Part Nerve

Despite Hoover moratoriums Rudy Valee marriages and
other epochmakng events the most important happening Of
recent that wonderful exhibition Of scientific skill
shown by Baltimore surgeon in separating the "samese
twins" born there last Tuesday.
No doubt you read the story in this newspaper which
ried complete and account Dr. Daniel Passagno
who performed the operation, not only had to the
infants but rearrange their vital organs At the moment
two other snatched the mother from death by
placed incubator with tanks at hand to keep the
breath in their tiny bodies.
Three lives saved where but few years ago all would
have been lost The perfection of medical science plus the
lightning resourceuness and iron of the doctors made
the impossible possible.
Never believe the day of miracles is past It is just
dawnn and in this amazing display of human achievement
you had glimpse of what the future holds in store
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because they find that the
American people have become
invOIuntarily contributors to the
stability Of German credits and
obligations in which the bankers
are heavily involved"
A Clear View Of
The Transaction
Since we are having much
made of the report that in Ber-'
lin they may name a street
after Mr.. Hoover on the theory
that he was moved belatedly to
the service of Germany, it is
Just as we'll to have a clear un-
derstanding of the nature of the
transaction. So Mr.. Colby con-
tinues:
"There is no suggestion, how
ever, Of any moratorium in re-
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Dividing Irish Estates

Some 10000 tenants landed estates in Ireland are to
become owners of their property under the law
Gently passed by the State DAHL The government will
buy the estates their propretors issuing land bonds to
the amount Of about $5O00OOO in payment therefor Then
the tenants will pay the government IN until they
become owners Of the land
This has been desire Of the Irish people for centuries
The incubus of andordsm has been injurious the
Emerald Isle for many generations just is to England
today The determination of the Free State Government to
put an end to the custom will is expected be very Dene
ficial to the citizens of Ireland.
The right and ability to ones land is foundation
principle among all free peoples The Irish to be con-
graduated on the fact that they about to realize their
age.long dream.
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The Biggest City
New York or Londoni

Londons claim to be still the worlds largest city will have
to be taken with grain of salt Her population is officially
announced 2s1s while that Of the five boroughS New
York at the last census was 69S15 But on fair basis
comparison New Yorks size is probably about 100000
This computed including adjacent portions Of
Jersey and Connecticut which separated only
correspond approximately Greater London whose oue
ring'' of cities helps to swell her total.
Even limiting New the five boroughs however it
will be but question of few years when New York out
strips the British capital 1t between 1920 and
1880 while London increased only S22,610.
By 1910 there will be argument It will all be but
the shouting.
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Birth Control Information

That this nation is getting pretty wise to birth control
information matter what the laws be- is evidenced in
the quoted statement Of notable BRIDE Fl love children
but there won't be any for couple of years. then hope
will have some" .......
The peculiar thing that there laws preventing
red people from deliberately remaining chdess but there
are laws that prohibit competent people telling ignorant
couples least able to have children how to avoid doing So
All this and many other things will out at the next
session Of Congress when the bill taken up authorizing the
giving Of contraception information There will be great
eight ON Capitol Hill >
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latiOn to the obligations that
are held by the bankers. On the
contrary, the American tax
payer is called upon to shoulder
a very considerable burden in
improving the prospects Of our
bankers for the ultimate realiZa-
ton of their loans to German
industriaIists and municipali-
ties"
Smell and His Share
in Tariff Legislation
Apropos of the tariff, Mr..
Lzingsland Macy who has taken
national as we'll as New York
State party leadership into his
hands, announces that Con-
gresham Smell of New York 1G
the ideal man for the Speaker
ship. He is, in truth, a charm
ing man personally, and
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WISE WORDS

He that has no friend and no
enemy is one of the vulgar,
and without talents, power or
energy.-Lavater.
For I do not distinguish them
by the eye, but by the mind;
which is the proper Judge Of
the man. Seneca.
Where there is no vision the
people perish. -ProVero.
To err is human; but contri-
ton felt for crime distinguishes
from the wicked. -Altier1.
The act of contemplation
then creates the thing contem-
plated.-Disraeli.
One is scarcely sensible OF
fatigue whilst he marches to
music. Carlyle.
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in the Navy Department. The Mohawk Apart
ment in this block occupies in part the site
of the James Y. Davis home.
The Myers home was at 440. Mrs. Stickney
says there were three daughters in this family
and that one married Charles E. Nyman of
the National Savings & Trust Co. Dr. GIN
built No. 442, and 448 was once the home Of
Representative Kerr. who. after he left Con-
gress. was given diplomatic post with one of
the South American republics. One of his
sons, Leeds Claybourne Kerr, is a retired naval
officer and there another son named
Arthur
George Kern, telegraph operator lived at
452. He had a sister Miss Alice L. Kern, who
was school teacher. Other members of the
family living there were: Edward Kern,
carpenter, and Frederick S., carpenter. Charles
H. Huguely of Huguely & Bowen, livery stable
keepers en- New York avenue, between Sixth
and Seventh streets. resided at asa NJ street,
and the MAYORS lived next door at 456, and
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identified with Calvary Baptist Sunday school
had q good deal in common The writer's
recollection of this family after they had moved
to Thirteenth and N streets is that there was
a son Carlisle, daughter Louise, and q son,
Edward T. Fenwick, who is still in business
here There were also other children.
To the building at GA M street there appears
to be q modern front erected to what was once
the home Of Judge Kern, clerksin the audi
tors ONCE. Treasury Department. Then came
lineup alley to the west and the corner
property.
For q long while part of the property on
the north side of M street west of F. H.
Stickneys was vacant, but when this was
built up a family named Aler from Cumber-
land, Md, moved into the one east of the alley.
In the next block to the east at the north
west corner of Fifth and M streets lived
Mr.. McGaw, q fine choir singer. who married
q daughter Of w. H. Bailey, superintendent of
gas and lamps. The latter lived farther to the
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Garnets of Varied Hnes

THE garnet, the most widely distributed q all
gem stones, is commonly believed to be q
red stone but according to the Bureau of Mines
it may be of practically any color but blue So
general is the distribution Of the garnet, It has
little commercial value as a gem under it's own
name but under some Of its more appealing
designations such as Cape ruby, Uralian emerald
and South African jade, it finds a reader
market.
While 10 States have deposits Of garnet of
gem quality, production in this country has
been declining since 1901. The principal sup
plies Of the gem garnet now come from Bohemia,
the most productive region being about so
kilometers from Prague.
The lack of market value of the garnet is
IN no way due to its lack of beauty for the
garnet is very attractive but the abundance has
kept the prices low. The various colors found
in garnets due to the presence of frcn
manganese, chrome or other chemicals
The garnet finds a commercial use bevond
that Of jewelry, however, for it is frequently
employed in the manufacture Of watches pro-
viding the hard bearings vital to the longevity
Of q watch. Ordinary garnet not Of gem quail
ity Is used as an abrasive both IN the form Of
powder and as paper similar to sandpaper
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Farm Mortgages Decrease

IN spite Of the drought and other discouraging
factors, the farm mortgage total has declined
in the past three years This, however, may not
be rs encouraging as it seems on the face of It
because the burden of indebtedness has IN
creased due to falling farm values. At present
about % per cent of the total farm value in
this country is covered by mortgage, with the
figures rising in some instances to the full value
Of the farms mortgaged More than half, In
fact, almost two-thrds of tile farms are mort
gagged for less than half Their value while per
cent art mortgaged to the hit. O."
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HSHcker SzUindIes Industrious Housezvives

THERE always appears to be "slicker" ready
to take advantage of any unusual situation
that develops.
The greatly publicised campaign to en-
courage home canning of the surplus crops of
fruits and vegetables this year has developed
a new swindler, audaciouS no doubt, but never
theless 3 swindler. The favorite approach of
this new type schemer is to call at home
where there have been considerable canning
activities and pose as a Federal food inspector
The results of his inspection are always uncom
plimentary to the housewife and he condemns
much Of her stock of preserves Having con-
demned them he carries them away in order
that there shall be no doubt of their being de-
stroyed.
This particular swindle has become so wide
spread the Federal Government has been forced
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to issue warning. For one thing, Federal food
inspectors seldom visit private home for the
product OF the kitchen canning is not frequently
traded in interstate commerce A person claim
ing to be a Federal inspector is therefore under
suspicion.
In the second place, Federal inspector not
only has q badge but also other credentials
bearing his picture and the seal of the Depart
ment of Agriculture. In the third place, when
ever any samples are collected by the Federal
experts they pay the current market price for
the goods taken.
A heavy fine is the penalty for posing as a
Federal agent, but because of the general lack
of information and the awe inspired by the use
of the authority Of the Federal Government the
instances in which this particular swindle was
put over have been numerous
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west ON M between Ninth and Tenth streets
At 507 once resided a family named Quincy.
Mr.. Gardiner, inventor of the Gardiner electric
time system. connected with the Naval OBJ
servatory, had his home at No. SILL and the
dwelling on the northeast corner of Sixth and
M streets was then owned by Robert Fletcher,
who remodeled 1t into two residences. On the
south side Of the street lived Bert H. Brock
way of the well known lunchroom firm of Fred
&c Brockway, who many years ago were in
business at the northeast corner of Seventh
and G streets, opposite Schwing & Clarke,
dispensers of seafood and other things
IN the 400 block, so years ago, more or less,
we find living at 409, Joseph Prather butcher
in the Northern Liberty Market and this house
is probably still standing and numbered AS
At number 457 resided r. S. Parks, apassistant
examiner in the Patent ONCE. He had three
sons George T.. William S. and Fred. William
S. Parks died q few years ago, he was the
father Of Charles o. Parks, who married Miss
Hazel Cox daughter Of William w. Cox and
granddaughter of Matthew c. Emery, last
mayor OF Washington. Mr.. and Mrs Parks
have three interesting children and make their
home in st. Petersburg, Fla.
The brick house between 459 and 465 M
street. with q large tree in the front yard,
likely occupied a part of the site Of the
Chauncey home which extended to No. 465.~ At
ass lived Augustus Davis, a builder whose
daughter Margaret married Frank L. Pelouze,
an early type founder of this city, and later
q broker another daughter, Sarah, married
w. H. H. CiSsell, Wholesale and retail grocer.
son of Augustus Davis Charles, like his
father, was a builder and erected the four
houses at 451 to Asst. The father built the
Baltimore & Potomac Railroad station, at Sixth
and streets NV. where President Garfield
was shot and which was removed some years
ago.
On the south side CT M street beginning at
No. 400, we find that S. w. Woodward lived at
this number shortly after he first came to
Washington. Louis Waldecker chief clerk
Bureau OF Navigation, Navy Department made
his home at Ala, and here his son. William
Waldecker, well known musician also re-
sled Four thirty-two .lst east Of the NIley
replaces the home Of d. A. Dennison a clerk
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JAMES CROGGON evidently gave this sec
~ ton of Washington more than casual at
tention in his excellent write-ups CT years ago,
for again we find him describing some of the
nearby blocks in words which may stand re-
peating, especially for the newcomers. He
says:
The square south between L and M Sixth
and Seventh streets. 449, "a original lots, was
assigned to Lynch & Sands the proprietors
IN l796, but prior to that Greenleaf had title
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No. ASS was built on land belonging to that
family.
. EFERRING to the alley houses, with which
y the block bounded by NJ. N, Sixth and
Seventh streets was plentifully supplied, MIR.
Stickney says:
Adjoining the Alers' was a row running up
the north alley to the intersection Of the east
and west alley; so far as known these alleys
had no name. Above this alley, running north
to N street. were sheds and stables and the
atmosphere was redolent with the odors Of
q barnyard for the sheds housed various ami
malS that are not ordinarily domiciled within
the city limits. The neighborhood slumbers
were often terminated by the cocks shrill
clarion or the echoing horn of the FISHERMAN
who sometimes peddled his good-sized bucket
of bivalves all over the city, even as far out
rs Rock Greek Church road and beyond"
Continuing Mr. Stickney says:
I'm the old days when the Stickney homes
were in evidence the neighborhood was quite
friendly-most of the homes were owned by
their occupants The second precinct police
station, under the command of Capt. Sullivan,
was the headquarters Of fine body of men
under the charge Of an efficient and highly re-
spected oficer Although the alleys were oc-
cupied by a mixed population engaged in va
rfous occupations, there were never any serious
outbreaks or troubles and the whole neighbour
hood enjoyed an enviable reputation for OBJ
servance Of law and order. Not far away, on
I street, lived one of Washington's best mayors:
on NJ street between Sixth and Seventh was
fine warden of the Jail, John s. Croker at
Sixth and M streets was the president of the
City Council when the District was a terri
tory; and these outstanding officials with a
body of citizens of sobriety and industry made
the section a desirable one"
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A 7 6l0 lived Mr.. Allen, Government
clerk and 6l2 is about the site of an early
residence of Albert w. Fenwick a member of
the old patent firm of Mason Fenwick e.
Lawrence. Mr. Stickney says that Mrs Fen
wick belonged to the Munson family of Viz
GINA, whose estate at Bailey's' Cross Roads
figures prominently in affairs of the Civil War
He also says that the Fenwick family rivaled
his fathers in size, and that both then being
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FILIPINO ELECTION
IS INVESTIGATED
105 inspectors Delay Report
on Returns and Newspaper
Errs in TabuIation.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MANILA, June 4.-Failure Of los
election inspectors to report returns
promptly and the appearance Of an err
ror in the tabulations of a newspaper
on results of Tuesdays elections caused
the secretary Of the interior, Honorio
Ventura, to start an investigation to-
day.
Alfonso Mendoza. a Radical party
candidate, asked the investigation
when the Manila Tribune announced
he had been elected Representative
from the south district of the city
OficitN returns at the time showed 81
precincts had not reported in accord
ance with the law and that Prudencio
Remigio, Nacionalista candidate, was
leading Mendoza.
Police Immediately began q search
for the los inspectors in charge of the
missing precincts and by this afternoon
had rounded up all but q few.
Some inspectors said they were ig-
norant Of the law and had delivered the
returns to the wrong authorities. 9th
ers said they had gone home. intend
ing to report the returns later.
These explanations failed to satisfy
Secretary Ventura and he started an
inquiry to determine whether the in