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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
LIGHT HOUSE DEATH
VICTIM EXHUMED
Theory of Keepers Murder
| by Rum Runners Gains
f.; Strength.
Special D.spatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CRISFIEI,D, Md, March 2O.-Indi-
cations that the Federal Government is
investigating q theory that Ulman
Owens, keeper of the Holland Bar light
house, was slain by rlm-runners Satur-
day night were strengthened here yes
terday when his body was exhumed by
order of officials of the United States
Department of Justice.
The body, found Sunday afternoon
bruised and almost nude on the floor
of the light house, had been buried
Wednesday at Danes Quarter.
Drs. George c. Coulbourne and w. H.
Coulbourne performed the autopsy yes
terday, after which vital organs were
sent to DR.. Howard j. Maldeis, post
mortem physician of Baltimore.
Justice Agent Arrives.
An agent of the Bureau of InveStiga-
ton Of the Department of Justice ar
rived In Crisfleld Tuesday aboard the
light mouse tender Violet
OmcerS OF the Violet, which reached
Baltimore from Crisfield Wednesday,
said th~S another mysterious circum-
stance had been added to owens death
"a calendar on the wall of the light
house was found torn to shreds The
room in which he was found was dis
arranged and furniture in it was over
turned.
Examination of the light revealed
that it had not been touched. 1t was
out Saturday night, and it was this that
first excited the curiosity of the resi-
dents of Crisf1eld, and led to the dis
covery of Owens body. The alcohol
lamp, which Is used to light the large
light, was in place, but had not been
used, indicating that Owens had died
or had been killed before nightfall.
Pistols May Be Advised.
Lewis M. Hopkins, superintendent Of
the Light House service in this section,
said Wednesday that If it is proved that
Owens was murdered, he will advise
precautionary measures for other light
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
SINGER FIGHTS USE
OF F|NGERPRINTS
Defense Overrued, However,
in Staying Trial of Caba-
ret Performer.

BY the Associated Press.
SALT LAKE CITY, March 20.-The
State had virtually completed its evil
dence against Jean Dayle, cabaret
singer. at her trial today on charge
of numbering Sam Frank, Memphis
(Tenn) jewelry auctioneer.
Fingerprints on the neck of a whisky
bottle with which Frank alleys dly was
slugged and those taken of the young
woman shortly after her arrest were
admitted by the court yesterday. .
The State contends the defendant
used the bottle to slay Frank after ell
forts to drug him had failed. she Is
alleged to have robbed him of a dia-
mond ring and other valuables after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

ment ofacials as "the Argentine
swindle." In outline It resembled the
notorious Spanish swindle."
themselves as in distress but about to
come into a sizeable fortune. This
they promise to share in return for
immediate aid.
Information has come to officials
that a person or group in Argentina
has made such advances to residents
of the United States. The State De-
part announced it was endeavoring to
trace the source.
Ofdcials said there were various forms
of the same scheme. In one of them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

the staying in Franks hotel room, De-
cember 6.
j. S. Bardole, police fingerprint ex-
pert, identified the prints on the bottle
as those of the index and middle nm
gers Of the right hand of the young
woman.
Defense Counsel Samuel A. King OBJ
jected to admission of the f1ngerprintS
with the assertion Miss Dayle's con-
stitutional rights had been violated
King made clear he might appeal the
point to the Supreme Court in the
event Of his clients conviction after
the objection had been overruled by
District Judge James H. Wolfe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
including equipping

house keepers, including equipping
them with pistols.
Townspeople here say that owens
was killed by rum runners because ne
talked too much. From his lonely post,
IL miles at sea, he saw the rum fleet
which operates off the shore, sailing
without lights, at night. He knew, per-
haps more than any other person, their
paths and schemes at secrecy.
At the inquest in Crisfield wednesday
1t was said, however, that Owens had
suddenly been seized with an insane MT;
had inflicted the bruises found on MS
body; wrecked his room and then had
died. Among members OF his family at
Danes Quarter and citizens here TINS
belief is Scorned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

letter written to a resident OF this
country said the applicant was being
held in an effort to make him divulge
the location of a huge sum of money.
The writer offered to disclose the
hiding place in return for $1,000 to De
given as an evidence of good faith,
with half the fortune.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
BODY IDENTIFIED
Woman Thought Slain and Thrown
Into Lake Erie.

Into Lake Erie.
ERIE. Pa, March 20 P.-An aged
mother last night identified the body OF
a woman taken from Lake Erie Wed
nesday as that of her daughter, Miss
Mary SobusEi, %, Of Mexican, Erie
County.
Tha mother collapsed after viewing
the body at morgue.
Physicians who performed an autopsy
Yesterday said Miss Sobuski was the vic
tim of an illegal operation. The body,
weighted by heavy chain and iron was
found by Coast Guardsmen, and police
believed the woman died on land and
the body was thrown into the lake.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20
U. S. WARNS AGAINST
ARGENTINE SWlNDLE
State Department Says Old Conf
dence Game Relocated by
Letter Writers.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A warning was issued by the State
Department yesterday against more
than century-old confidence game, re-
vived this time in Argentina. The
scheme was dubbed by State Depart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-20

Featuring the
famous ankle.fashion.
ing, the custom tai
lored effect that pre-
vents Gaping and slip
ping.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
They Are Not Beggars

Major General James G. Harbord, u. S. A., re-
tired doubtless meant well when he told the Amer
lean Legion's unemployment conference he could
imagine nothing more ridiculous than going to De-
troit with a program to relieve the whole country
in one hand and tin cup in the other"
The general was referring to the growing demand
for immediate payment in full of soldier bonus
tiicates which will be considered at the legion con-
vention next week
But 100000 jobless veterans, idle through no fault
of their own will resent being characterized as beg
CARS They and their comrades would be only hui
man if remarks like those of General Harbord in
creased their determination to force payment now,
instead of in 1945.
We believe it would be unwise to make large cash
payments to single group like the veterans when
suffering is general Jobless and hungry veterans
should have relief but they should get it along with
other elements of the population.
There are, as we have said before, numerous and
valid arguments against cash payments. Most vet
Grams know they prosper only the whole country
prospers They are not greedy, they seek
ing charity They do not want to use their political
power to force special favors at the expense of the
rest of the country But they do want work and food
The surest way for the administration and big
business Spokesman to block cash payments is to make
it certain that general relief measures will be ade
Quate enough to remove the necessity for such special
relief Threats like those which recently have come
from administration quarters will not deter the
Legionnaires Nor will insults.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
The Real Crusade

However citizens or civic organizations
may disagree on policies of public taxation,
there can be no honest difference of opinion
on the matter Of the utility charges by the
light and water companies.
The charges have no relation whatever
either to the money spent in the construc-
tion of these plants or their present repro
duction value, rule that was obtained by
the utilities in order to tax the private citi-
zen for the World war.
The same conditions which prevail in
Indianapolis exist in nearly every other city
of the state except the few which have we'll
managed public plants.
The drive by the insult interests in the
southern part of the state to make regulation
even more of farce is one phase of the
situation.
The truth is that the so-called owners Of
these plants have very little of their own
money invested in them and most Of the So
called owners have taken out much more in
excessive profits than they ever risked.
The water and power rates in the city of
indianapolis have become the greatest
burden upon property. These corporations
tax just as coercively as any levy made by
state or county or city. They tax and can
enforce their levies by threat of death or dis
comfort.
theoretically they are limited in their
earnings to small percentage on values or
investment or whatever particular yard stick
they select. In practice the rates are I'M
limited, except by the capacity of the people
to pay.
The activities of the insults indicate
strongly that the next political battle in this
state will be one to determine whether the
state can control insult or insult will rule the
state. Every new plant he adds to his sys-
tenn becomes a new bit of conquered terri
tory.
A courageous fight in this city against
the water and light rates might encourage
the whole state to fight later to wage such
a war as might produce a public service
commission which is not under utility own
ership and domination.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
Observation-Disclosures

dog-in-t he-manger policy on ornaments has
been fixed by the Hoover administration. 1t will
not support any of the several official and semi
official proposals for immediate armament truce,
and it will not offer proposal of its own.
AT least, that was the dictum of the state depart
ment Tuesday, following several days of conference
between Secretary Stmson and President Hoover
Nothing is to be done about the offer of a truce
beginning now and running through the 1882 arms
conference made by Foreign Minister Grand of Italy
Nothing to be done about the proposal of Senator
Borah chairman of the senate foreign relations
mittee, for fve-year building holiday. pending a
longer agreement.
: The given for blocking these plaps is that
they would require long negotiations at the when
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE
Moderation Best Rule for Health
HEALTH SERVICE

generally healthful condition, is
one that is fairly firm, does not sag,
that is free from pimples, and that
does not scale away.
In the care of the skin, ordinary
bathing with soap and water suff1-
GENTLY frequent will keep it clean
and healthful.
Like other domesticated creatures
man did not always live outdoors. A
certain amount of time out-of-doo
every day is necessary for health.
During this period one may inhale
fresh air, secure sunlight and
indulge in moderate exercise.
This does not mean that every
one ought to be an out-of-doo IA
matte, a MAI athon runner or a hun
dred-mile walker. The road to
health does not lie in the excep-
tional performance, but in a simple
routine of average performance.
Outdoor exercise should be in
dulged in regularly, but not to the
point of fatigue, or irritating sun
burn, or of undue exposure. The
indoor man succumbs easier to ex-
posure than the one who is used to
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
The School Budget

Only few corporations and very large property
oppose the policy of the school board to main
tain the present standards of education in the face
of present unpleasant financial conditions.
AS the president Of the school board, Russell Will
son declared the opponents are corporations which
send no babes to school. The fathers and mothers
want their children to learn enough to prevent dis
asters That can be done only by education.
1t is more necessary this year to have school ia
cites for every one from kindergarten to senility
than ever before. The people have more time to
study Night schools and adult schools are essential
1t is better to study than to brood
If there is any danger, it lies in the possibility
that the control of public thought will be in the
hands of the wage-cutters, the penny pnchers, the
politically minded men of wealth whose only thought
is to escape payment of taxes.
Every attempt will be made to pass the burdens
both in taxes and in charities to the workers who
are still the job That may be one way For it
is certain that there is time to pass income tax
laws which would produce a resemblance to a democ-
racy of income in theoretical political democracy
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
No Sales Tax

In a season when most of those workers who are
not out looking for jobs are having to live cur
tailed incomes, it is astonishing effrontery that
sales tax should be suggested seriously as way out
Of the countrys financial difficulties.
That it should be suggested by a senator as close
to Treasury Secretary Mellon as David A. Reed OF
Pennsylvania is disturbing, even though the Presi-
dent, according to other Republican leaders, will not
support the sales tax plan.
sales tax is a tax on each piece of bread that
poor must eat, on each pair of shoes and over
als they must buy. 1t reaches into the pockets of
the humblest citizen, the beggar in the street
while protecting rich men from the fear that their
incomes may be taxed further
proposes to collect two billion dollars from those
who have least who conceivably might lack sufficient
food and clothing if required to pay it.
This plan could be supported only by men anxious
to protect large fortunes already amassed and at the
same time lacking in understanding of what is
tial if money making is to continue.
Bleeding the poor of dollars now is the intellectual
equivalent of bleeding the sick in medieval times to
restore health Medical science has advanced since
then and so has economic understanding 1t is rec
ognzed generally now that prosperity in this country
return only when the great of people in the
country again have money to buy goods
There is probably little danger that sales tax law
will be enacted by congress In 1921 business used
every at it's command to have such a law
adopted and enough members of congress refused to
listen This year, with the people less able than ever
before to endure such imposition congress prob
ably will reject the proposition in the summary fashion
it deserves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
TIT CEENTC TN ME -, HAYWOOD
i i OLL1N1O ~ 1V1A D1 BROUN

ment" She also expresses the opin-
ion that college boys and girls have
absolutely no serious conversation.
Look at Tourist Sections
r IKE any sweeping statement,
IL some of the things that the
famous novelist says may be true.
But I rather think she based her
opinion upon the particular group
of youngsters who came back across
the ocean with her on the lie de
France.
Now, the f1rst-cabin lad and miss
hardly constitute a complete cross
section of America. To Miss Fer
ber's ear these sons and daughters
of the well-to-do seemed excessive
ly addicted to slang stencils such as
ooh, yeah!" and cts the bunk"
Probably even her fellow ocean
voyagerS might have shown some
capacity for intelligent conversation
if found at ease. After all, any 49,
year-older is likely to feel somewhat
abashed in the presence of writer
whose work is very well known.
Youth is additionally awkward,
particularly here in America. And
many an "Oh, yeah!" may be listed
under that familiar face saver, de-
Tense mechanism.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16

European affairs in unsettled state and that
such plans and negotiations would interfere with the
February arms conference. That excuse is absurd
1t is precisely because the world situation is SO
unsettled and explosive, both politically and f1nan-
cally that immediate arms truce is needed to
bring down the fever and starve of bankruptcy
1t is precisely because all statesmen know-and
admit in private-that the conference will crash
unless the international situation is improved before
February, that an immediate truce is needed
AS for the long negotiations, which the state de-
partment says would be required for an holiday
the country has not forgotten that President Hoover
acted night in the matter of the debt moratorium
Perhaps Grandi Borah and the millions of tax
payers in this and other countries who favor an i'm
mediate arms truce have not hit upon practicable
plan-though we think they have.
That, however, does not relieve the Hoover ad-
mnistration of responsibility If those other plans
not workable it is up to the United States gov
eminent to find plan that will work, quickly
The developing world chaos will not wait upon
the red tape of the state department, upon the
waning hopes of 1882 arms conference which never
may meet.
Nor will the prospective -bilion-dollar deficit
of the Washington government wait.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
Just Every Day Sense
By MRS. WALTER FERGUSON

THE school administrators and teachers, we are
Il told. will aid in celebrating the George Wash
ington bicentennial which falls next year.
1t devoutly is to be hoped that they will be per-
mted to present the father of his country to their
pupils as he really existed and not as the usual
D. A. r. hero.
For here was man of highest courage, of most
amazing strength of purpose who, during the years
in which he has been acclaimed, has been the least
beloved of all national figures, because he so con-
sistently has been misrepresented to children.
Hitherto they have known a Washington that
could have little appeal to them dressed as he was
in the tinSel trappingS Of perverted patriotism
Never has the greatness of his deeds been ex-
planned and seldom has George Washington, the man
been permitted to enter into the clasSroomS where
Washington, the general, was enshrined.
VET study of the significance of his behavior
should have salutary effect upon the youth of this
any age. Let u.s. therefore forget the pretty story
of the cherry tree. Let us forget the warrior.
Let us Tor once turn eyes away from Valley
Forge, and regard George Washington the young
who had momentous decisions to make; Wash
ngton the tory the arisocrat, the loyal subject of
Great Britain.
For surely that young man is an inspiration to
all those who delight in freedom.
And he was brave enough to discard the beliefs
that his fathers long had held sacred. He was
strong enough to overthrow customs and traditions
bred into his bone because his mind and his heart
told him they unjust.
To George Washington patriotism did not mean
my country, right or wrong" 1t meant something
more splendid, dream of justice for the oppressed
and freedom for the enSlaved II was patriotism
that counted men and their ri1hts above loyalty
to king.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16

spending considerable time in the
open.
The pleasures of life may be di-
vided into indoor and outdoor
sports, the indoor life for mental
relaxation, the outdoor life for ex-
ercise and physical health. A
change of occupation or of scene is
Of value in promoting longevity, but
dissipation is not recreation.
The trend of modern life seems
to be toward speeding up to greater
mental strain and almost ceaseless
activity.
Today the business mans panacea
is golf, but golf may be merely a
mental relaxation. Too much at
tention to the 10Th hole, and six
hours of dissipation after a heavy
dinner may undo all of the good
effects of the eighteen holes of
actual play in the afternoon.
The Oldest aphorism in personal
hygiene is a plea for moderation in
all things. A heathful life requires,
of course, play, rest and sleep, but
even these must be in moderation.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
Rank With States

NEW PEOPLE believe in govern
IL ment ownership as a general
policy, but many are willing to try
it as an experiment, or expedient in
spots, as a means of regulation, a
threat which might help to keep the
big boys in line.
In this connection, it is only fair
to say that private enterprise has
ceased to be the free-for-all clover
patch it once was. Many of our So
called private enterprises have de-
veloped into enormous public in
situations, no matter by what name
we call them.
Some, indeed, rank well up with
states, when it comes to revenue,
pay rolls, and effect on the general
welfare.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
It's Weird Tale

TINE latest New York mystery is
4 so real that authorities can't
tell whether it was a murder, kid
mapping or voluntary disappearance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Ceilings,
with their 5-year-old daughter, were
sleeping on board their anchored
yacht one night last week.
In the morning Mrs. Ceilings was
found on board another yacht sew
eral miles away, Mr.. Ceilings had
disappeared, and the daughter was
still asleep in her own bunk.
Mrs. Ceilings says that two men
men came on board some time dur
ing the night, called her husband,
demanded to be taken across Long
Island sound to Connecticut and
threw him overheard after more OF
less argument.
She says that then they put her
in a canoe, rowed some distance and
finally marooned her on the yacht.
where she was found. It's weird
tale, particularly because it reveals
no motive for anybody doing any
thing.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
NJ. E. Tracy.
SAYS:

The American Legion Is IN q
Position to Lead at q Time
WI en- A M eri ca Needs
Leadership Sadly.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16.-General
~ Harbord gives the legion good
advice. 1t would be ridiculous to
present relief program with one
hand and rattle a tin cup with the
other.
AS a reward for services rendered,
the boys have a right to rattle tin
cups, a right to demand some of
the loot garnered by stay-at-home
prof1teers while they rotted in the
trenches at $50 month, but they
face an opportunity to do some
thing bigger than that.
In spite of all they went through,
they still represent not only the
most vigorous, but the most influ-
entail group of men in this country.
They are in a position to lead at
a time when leadership is needed
sadly.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-16
Have aith in Slower

T Asst week Moyle and Allen dis
L. appeared somewhere on their
flight from Toxic to Seattle, and
now they're looking for that Ger
man plane which left Lisbon a
couple of days ago, which was ex-
pected in New York Wednesday
morning, and which last was re-
ported off Cape Race.
Still, we hang up rewards for
tranS-oceanic flights, encouraging
our best and brightest young
aviators to gamble with death.
Better by far, to put faith in the
slower, but more constructive
progress Of regular flying.
The air transport lines of this
country covered more than 81 900 900
passenger miles during the last six
months, with only five accidents and
nine fatalities.