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The Washington times., 1931-01-13

Through the odd number "19"
Representative Edward T. Taylor
Cd, Colorado, and William Tyler
Page, clerk of the House of Rep
resentatives, have just ascertained
they have a great deal in COM
mon. The 10Th of the month,
from boyhood to past middle age,
has figured prominently in their
lives.
Mr.. Taylor and Mr.. Page re-
Gently compared notes and as
serted that the 10Th of the month
was their lucky day. This was
brought out when Page appeared
before the House Appropriations
Committee, of which Taylor is
a member, to discuss a small
contingency fund of the House.
The hearings, held behind closed
doors, but now made public, dis
close that Representative Taylor
said:
Traces Pages Career
81 would like to call the
committees attention to the
fact that Mr.. Page, the wit
ness, today is starting on his
fiftieth year Of official life in
the House. On December 10,
1881, or 40 years ago yesterday,
he commenced his career as q
pageboy, and all records to date
show he has been q most eff
cient member Of the House
staff.
"T add that the number 19 is
the most important day in
each month to him, because he
was born on the 18th, ap-
pointed pagebOy on the 18th
and elected clerk of the House
on the 10th.
"And if you will pardon a
personal reference, Mr.. Chair
man, I my say incidentally
that that day of the month
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
Yale Glass of 1883
Plans d. C.. Reunion

The class of 1888 of Yale Uni
versity, of which Secretary OF
State Stimson is a member, will
hold it's annual reunion in Wash
ington January 81, it was al
nounced today.
Among the Washingtonians
who will attend aer the Rev
William C. Gordon, of 327 Col
lege st. N. W., and Allan T,
KlotS. The latter is the "class
baby and attended his first re-
union at the age of two years.
Secretary of State Stimson
will give a dinner in honor of
the class at his home in the
evening Of January 81.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
CUBAN ADMITS
KILLING MAN
IN FIGHT
Roanoke ReStauranteur Stays
Business Rival and Conveys
Body 125 Miles, Police Say

ROANOKE, Va, Jan. 13.-After
killing Ralph Sanchez, a Span
lard, in an argument over the
ownership of a restaurant here,
Mike Battaller, a Cuban, drove
the body 125 miles in Sanchez
car and threw it out on the bank
Of the Mediums River, near Char.
louisville, Va. he confessed to po-
lice last night.
Staying Laid to Pair
Bataller and Emilio Consuello,
known here as Frank Nelson, were
charged with the murder. Con.
suello was in the restaurant at the.
time of the killing, police say.
Police obtained Identification Of
the body from Bataller. During
police questioning the Cuban
broke down and confessed the
killing.
Stores Victims Car
Bataller said as soon as he had
rid himself of the body, he drove
to Washington and stored the
dead mans car in garage at SIS
Eighth st. N. w. He then returned
to Roanoke by train, he said. =
There is no gagage listed at the
address given by the alleged mur.
derer.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
Juniors TO Dance
At ALOHSi0n Club

The Junior Catholic Daughters
of America will entertain at a
dance January % at the AIoysian
Club, it was announced by Cath.
crime Hackett today.
On the arrangements commit
tee are Mary Curtin, Ann Love-
less, Mary Keehan, Leontine Gal
lahorn, Anna Cavanaugh, Rose
Durkin, Frances Crory and Rita
Woods.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
ELMs TO BE PLANTED

MT. VERNON, Va, Jan. 13
Twenty.four selected American
elm trees will be planted at the
Mt. Vernon terminus of the Mt.
Vernon Memorial Boulevard by
the United States Bureau of Pub
lie Roads. The elm trees were
selected because of the fact that
General Washington received
command of the Revolutionary
forces under an elm tree in Cam
bridge.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
CHAMBERS BAN
j. s. SHOALS
OPERATION
1,700 Member Groups Of U. S.
Commerce Organization In
Agreement on Lease Plan

Opposition to Government
operation Of Muscle Shoals was
expressed today to the 1,700 mem
Der organizations Of the Chamber
of Commerce Of the United
States.
Letter Sent Out
In a letter sent the member
organizations, William Butter
worth, president, said:
Federal operation Of Muscle
Shoals, in whole or in part,
can serve no useful purpose"
A statement by julius H
Barnes, chairman Of the board,
said:
Government operation Of
the Muscle Shoals plant cannot
be justified from the viewpoint
either Of economic enterprise
or Of national policy.
Vote for Leasing
Discussion Of this question
has been proceeding over years
and the member organizations
Of the national chamber have
voted Overwhelmingly that the
Muscle Shoals project should
be sold or leased, as is, on the
best possible terms"
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
BOY's Burns Result
In .LOckiGU, Death

MARTINSBURG, W. Va, Jan.
13.-Lockjaw, resulting from pow
der burns received while playing
with a toy pistol on New Year
eve, resulted in the death. in a
local hospital of Floyd Edgar
Mason, Is, of Bunker Hill,
The palm of the youth'2 hand
was lacerated by the explosion OF
the nistol.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
E.. F. Graham
Files Divorce Suit

Extreme cruelty, profanity. in
toxication and deSertion are
charged in the suit for limited
divorce filed in Equity Court by
Mrs. Ethel F. Graham, 1910 Six
teenth st. N. w. against Ralph
M. Graham, a telephone company
employe, whom, she says, earns
between $1,000 and $4,000 a
year.
Attorney Richard Quigley filed
the bill for the wife who claims
he recently began going out with
other women and deserted her
last December 26.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
LICENSED TO WE'D

ROCKVILLE, Nd, Jan. II.
Marriage licenses were issued
here for A. Graydon Barnurn. %,
and Helen Louise Talley, 81, both
Of Richmond, Va; Jack Edwin
Parker, 81, and Dorothy E. Rosen-
berger, 18, both Of Washington;
Joseph Hampton Goode, jr., 27,
of Bassett, Va, and Elizabeth M.
Crute, "a, of Farmville, Va: Joel
Watkins, jr., %, and Katherine
Armstrong, 20, both Of Farm.
vile, Va; John L. Poole, 81, and
Adell Morris, 10, both Of Wash
ington, and Marshall A. Sophia,
%, of Warrenton, Va, and Marie
I. Bates, 19, Of Culpeper, Va.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
Fairfax Group Asks
Bill Board Ren1ODnL

FAIRFAX. Va. Jan. 13.
Methods for eliminating objection
able billboards along the main
high ways from Washington
through Virginia will be discussed
by the Fairfax County Chamber
of Commerce at its monthly meet
ing tonight at Lee-Jackson School.
It is hoped by directors Of the
trade group to obtain removal Of
the more unsightly signs before
the George Washington Bicenten-
NAL
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
Booth Harrington Is
III in Johns Hopkins

BALTIMORE, Jan. 13. - Booth
Harrington, novelist, was admit
ted to the Wilmer Ophthalmolog-
ical Institute Of the Johns Hop.
kins Hospital last night for treat
ment Of an eye disorder. It was
his third visit there since Jan
uary, 1929.
Hospital authorities said Mr..
Harrington might undergo an
operation for q cataract.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
49, Brings Luck to House
Member and Clerk
A. G. LANDRus

is also very sacred to me; be-
cause I was born on the 18th,
graduated from high school on
the 10th and married On the
10TH"
Representative Taylor has been
a House member since 1909 and
was reelected in November for
another two years. Mr.. Page
is a native of Frederick, Md,
has been in the House for a half
century.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
Byrd Exploration
Films To Be SL1OLnEl

A screen showing of some of
the activities of the Byrd
Antarctic expedition will be pre-
sented by Lloyd v. Berkner at
a meeting Of the Columbia His
torical Society, next Tuesday at
Sis p. r1- in the Cosmos Club.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM ALL
ASKED
Arkansas Faces Worst Situa-
ton Of Fl States; Drought
Felt in Widespread Area

President Hoover today issued
o public proclamation requesting
generous contributions to the
$4,000, 900 fund which the Red
Cross is endeavoring to raise for
the relief Of suffering in the 81
States hard hit by the drought
and other economic depressions.
The District of Columbia will
be asked to contribute 100000
as its quota toward the fund.
Maryland's quota is $280,000 and
Virginia's, $4,000.
Arkansas Worst Hit
The worst situation admittedly
prevails in Arkansas, where the
Red Cross is now feeding thou
sands Of families utterly destitute
and without. food. Other South
ern States while affected will
require lesser assistance. In AL,
the effects of the drought have
been felt in 81 States in greater
or lesser degree.
Conditions in some of the
States have been made materially
worse by the effects of the gen.
eral, depression, which has hit
small industries that normally
employ hundreds of men in rural
communities. The drought was
bad enough, but the general de-
preston aggravated conditions re-
sulting from it.
Hoover Makes Appeal
The Presidents proclamation
Includes:
There must be q very mate
rial increase in the resources
of the American Red Cross to
enable it to bear the burden
which it has undertaken in
the drought area and smaller
communities over FL States
during this winter. During the
last 10 days the Red Cross has
had to increase the rate of ex-
ditures to an amount
greater than during the entire
previous four months.
"The American Red Cross is
the nations sole agency for
relief in such q crisis; it is
meeting the demand and must
continue to do so during the
remainder of the winter.
$31O,OOO,OOO Is Needed
"The disaster reserve of the
Red Cross which was pledged
to this emergency last August
Is not sufficient to meet the
increased demand. It is impera-
tive in the view Of the ex-
perienced directors of the Red
Cross that a minimum of at
least SIC, 900 be contributed
to carry the relief program to
completion.
Gas President of the United
States, and as president of the
American Red Cross, /, there
fore, appeal to our people to
contribute promptly and most
generously in order that the
s1fferingS Of thousands of our
fellow cOuntrvmen may De pre-
vented. I an doing so with
supreme confidence that in the
face Of this great humanitarian
need your response will be i'm
mediate"
Quota Is Announced
The DC. quota of 100000 has
been assigned to the Capital, John
Barton Payne, chairman of the ma.
tional Red Cross organization, an
nounced last night after a meet
ing of it's leaders.
The new fund Is needed in the
drought-Stricken sections, Judge
Payne declared in a letter to Red
Cross, ito prevent untold suffer
ing and actual starvation of
thousands of families"
There are more than 5000 Red
Cross chapters that have been
asked to contribute to the fund.
The Red Cross already has
spent $1,254,000 in drought relief
work, it is announced. Just how
much of the new fund will be re-
quired for relief in Virginia and
Maryland has not been disclosed.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
Home RGiding Bill
2tirS lin Crusader

Denouncing the Howell home
raid" bill, Col. Julian Goldman,
newly elected National Com
mander Of the Crusaders, spoke
before the executive committee
Of the washington chapter yes
terday at a luncheon in the Hay
Adams House,
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
MAN FINED SIS

ROCKVILLE, Md, Jan. IL.
j. B. Adams was fined SIS and
costs in Police Court Saturday
after Frank Elisha told Judge
Charles w. Woodward that Mr..
Adams was drunk Saturday and
acted in a disorderly manner.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
DELEGATES NAMED

CLARENDON, Va, Jan. 13.
Mrs. Louise Browning, Mrs. Her
bert Marcy and Mrs. G. K. Red
field have been named delegates
to the Arlington County Council
Of Parent-TeacherS Associations
from the Robert E. Lee School.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
HOOUer's Secretary
To Greet Boz Scouts

Walter H. Newton, secretary to
President Hoover, and an honor.
ary Boy Scout Of Minneapolis,
will extend greetings to the
4,491, 1892 Boys Scouts Of America
Thursday morning at 1O:30
o'clock on the White House
grounds.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13
ROTARY TO HEAR MILLS

Thomas E. Mills, football coach
Of Georgetown University, will
speak on Athletic Instruction"
before the Washington Rotary
Club at its luncheon meeting to-
morrow.
The Washington times., 1931-01-13

Your home IL what you make Il
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of attractive home-buyS see todayS o
Classified Ads. =
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
WILL O.P. HAVE
 STEERING BOARD
This and Other Matters tC Be Considered at Ses.
 sion Tonight
UNITED FRONT

Appointment of another "steer- ing comraIttee" to direct the com- pilation of the g.o.p. ticket for the fall campaign loomed as highly possible to-day, according to re- ports heard from reliable sources in the republican ranks. Tonight the g.o.p. town committee will meet to ct the date for the pri- maries and to decide whether or not to hold caucuses. At the ses- sion, also, 1t was reliably reported to-day, the question of whether or not to name a steering commit tee," may be discussed.
 That there is considerable oppo- sition to .he appointment of such committe. in various circles of the local g.o.p forces is we'll known fact. Therefore, any effort to make sucn an appointment will be opposed aId possibly discouraged.
 Regular republicans to-day re- fused to take seriously the pro- posed formation of the so-called United Front" republican organ ization which has been started by Edward Edelowitz. They referred to the mo, ement as one based on a program. of trouble making rather than on a constructive plan.
 The republicans will have pri- mary battle this year, it is quite apparent, for ex-Alderman Arthur Blewitt 's out to wrest the nom- ination for registrar of voters from the presen: incumbent. Thomas F. Dillane. Therefore, the naming of the date uf the primaries tonight by the g.o.p. town committee will give the B!ewitt and Dillane forces an opportt nity to set their plans definitely in preparation for the battle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
REVOLT IN CUBA TOOK TEN LIVES
 UP TO PRESENT
Rebel and Loyal Forces Had Some Sharp Ex- changes at the Capital Yesterday
By K. D. GILMORE nited Press Staff Correspondent

Limited Press stan SOrTeSpOnuent) Havana, Cuba, Aug 11-UP)- Brisk fighting between rebel and | loyal government forces was re- ported near the capital to-day as the death toll in the Cuban revolt reached ten.
 President GerardO Machado signed decree suspending con- stitutional guarantees. And a state of siege continued in the provinces of Havana and Pinar del Rio.
 The government maintained its rigid military grip on the island !, Five more revolutionaries and 1 one government rural guard were slain in a battle last night at Guan- abacoa, 12 miles outside Havana. Three rebels and one police lost their lives in earlier outbreaks.
 The fighting at Guanabacoa oc- cured when a party of nationalists attempting to overthrow the Mach ado regime marched on the near by city. A patrol of rural guards attempted to halt the advancing rebels, meager reports penetrating ! the censorship indicated, and a sharp, brief skirmish ensued. A communique from the department | IHe IUltIiOI that INV rebels and a corporal of the rural guard were killed.
 Guanabacoa is a town of 17,000 persons.
 The engagement, the first en- counter during the revolt, resulted in President Machado's taking prompt action. He issued the de- cree suspending constitutional 1 tho h. lie.
 The presidents action followed authorization from congress grant suspend the guarantees. Rigid rule under a state of siege already was established in Havana and Pinar del Rio province.
 Prior to the reports of the en- Gagement at Guanabacoa there were rumors of uprisings and one outbreak of violence in Havana. Four persons were hurt when striking street car workers hurled bomb into a street car near Ha- vanau diversity. Secret police raided rural establishment oc- cupied by alleged rebels between Marianao and Arroyo. arresting two men and scizing arms and ann intuition.
 General Maria Menocal. former president charged with leadership of the rebel movement, was said to be in Oriente province. where suc- cssfuI Cuban uprisings have started in the past. However, government officials said Menocal had fled to- ward Florida on the yacht oCral.
 Disorders were reported in Santa Clara. an important railroad point 150 miles east of Havana. The re- ports lacked confirmation.
 Other unconfirmed rumors said that General Baldomero Acosta, former mayor of the Mariana dis trict. heading a force of some 500 rebels had attacked government forces in the mountains near Pinar del Rio.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
av the game is worked"

way the game is worked
 One of the inspectors stated that he had heard Polisnik had bought several diamonds and pawned them. Polisnik readily agreed to go back to New Hampshire to be tried, hence extradition papers are enot necessary.
 AS for Jensen, we are not hold ing him as we are convinced that he was just an innocent party and is not involved in the affair in any way" said Inspector Cronin. Super intendent of Police Joseph Mclean. who was in the conference with the inspector and Postmaster A. N. Col grove, also stated that Jensen would be released by the local police as no charge Is pending against him.
 Inspector Cronin admitted that there is a possibility of a monetary reward for the apprehension of Polisnik but had no idea of the amount as this is determined by the post office department passing the amount on the details of the robbery and the subsequent doings in the case.
 T have been chasing this man all over the eastern part of the country. l was down in Tennessee last Thursday and have been watch ing the last few days Vermont and New Hampshire where this man is said to have been. 1 am certainly glad we have him" said Inspector Cronin.
 "Polisnik, as far as we have learned, Is said to have a police record since 1915 when he is all legged to have a been implicated in a forgery went on the inspector who said that Polisnik Is not the "big time" crook or fOrger but Is of the type who deceives the smaller store manager who does not like to lose sale.
 Both Riggs and Polisnik will be tried in Concord, New Hampshire, and the duo face Jail sentences of appalling magnitude. The robbery carries Il maximum sentence of five years, and then the federal charges carry possible five year sentence on each money order passed spuri- ously.
 Polisnik was finged printed in the local station for future reference and taken back to New Hampshire thsi afternoon by the inspectors.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
POSTAL THIEF'S COMPANION LIBERATED
WASHINGTON IS
 WATCHING CUBA
 AND ITS TROUBLE
No Thought of Interven- ton Just Yet, Says Act. ing Secretary of State Castle
BY JOSEPH H. BAIRD Press Stan Correspondent.


 Washington, Aug 1l.-UP)- The state department to-day fol- lowed cloCely reports of poli- tical conditions in Cuba, where unrest has led to an abortive up- rising by President Gerardo Ma chado's enemies.
 MachadO has assured Ambassa- dor Harry G. Gugsenheim he has the situation under control. Yet the possibility that the uprising in Pinar Del Rio Province was only "feint" to divert attention from the real scene of intended revolution was suggested in Gug- Senheim's report.
 Cuba in many ways Is the state departments most important Car ibbean problem. United Statets citizens have billion and a half dollars Invested int he island, and Cuba has unique political con- nection with this country. Under the treaty which ended the Spanish American war, the United States assumed responsi- bility for protecting life and pro- perty in the former Spanish Dos- session. This country's right to intervene was recognized in Cuba's acceptance of the Platt amend ment to the war department ap- propriation bill in 1901. The Stimson administration in the state department has inter- preted this amendment liberally. It has held the United States has no righ to indie in Cuba domes- tic affairs and should intervene only if chaos threatened.
 Acting Secretary of State Castle said the department has given no thought to intervention in the present instance. Marines have been sent to the island several times in the past 30 years.
 Serious discontent with the regime of President Machado hasa been fomenting in Cuba for fully two years. It heads up under the banner of the Union Nacionalista, an unrecognized party estimated to include 10 per cent of the popu- lation of Havana.
 Observers here say the revo- lutionists are impelled by two motives.
 The first is economic. A falling sugar market in land where su- gar is the predominant crop has resulted in unemployment, povery and suffering.
 The second motive is purely po- liticaI The Union Nacionalista charges that Machado has main! tained himself in office by uncon- stitutional means, that he is dictator.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-08-11
RUSHING WORK ON
 BALDWIN STREET
Force of Lab0rers. Hust- ling on Storm Sewer
 and Road Surface
TWO BIG PROJECTS

It took a long time to improve Baldwin street. but 1t is now in fair way to be finished for about a third Of the distance. It is & good many years ago since the aldermen got a bond issue for this purpose, but owing 10 some mis- understs nding on the part of the people the project Was abandoned and the money was spent else-
 where. ihe late W. J. Larkin, then member of the board of pion of spending money on that streete giving as his reason that the trolley company had changed grades to suit itself and that the abutting property owners had Il right to look to the city to make good the damages 1t allowed to be practiced on t1cm. The improve ment of Baldwin street was one of the few things on which the city fathers was unanimous, so that 1t remained in it's present shape un- til now the accu&ing finger could not be pointed at the city officials.
 Anyway, it remained in its pres- eUL COHuhiOu 4hdS VT Iid5 So came into, power, and if he carries out his pians. Baldwin street will soon be n boulevard from Scoyill's bridge to it's logical terminis. south Of Smith and Griggs factory, thus relieving to some extent at least the congestion on South Main street At present the work of removing the uneven surface on Baldwin street has been carried to a point near Martin street, and the storm sewer Is finished to Lib- erty street. The intention ia to carry both projects as far as Washington street this year and take Up the other stretch next year. or course taere Is con3id- erable confusion there just now, but that Is unavoidable.
 The replanking of the bridge over the Mad river is another good job in that street. It will serve the purpose until such time as the city can see it's way clear to constructing concrete mason ary bridge at that point.
 The property owners have shown commendable spirit in the mat ter of making new water end sewer connections. so that when the street is paved 1t is not likely to have to be opened for a long time.