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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
Massachusetts Group
To Hold Fourth Dance

The Joint Committee OF the Massa-
chusetts State Society of Washington,
D. c., recently decided to hold the
fourth dance of the 193O-31 season
Thursday night, February 20, In the
main ball room of the Shoreham Hotel
THE program, to be interspersed with
dancing, viii be announced later by the
Entertainment Committee.
5yhe Entertainment Committee In
clutSes: Mr.. Lewis W. Hart, chairman;
Mr.. John L. Mcdonald, Mrs. Charles
F. Sharkey, Mr.. William r. Russell
Miss Eleanor Carleton, Miss Barbara
w. Butler, Miss Grace Chamberlain
Mrs. Patrick j. Murray, Miss Ruth M
Noyes, Mr.. John r. Nesline, Mr.. John
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

Mrs. joseph Bev is visiting with her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs
J. H. Bev, in their home in Coral
Gables Fla.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

and Mrs. B. Sumber welles, Mr.. and
Mrs. Woodbury. Blair, Mr.. and Mrs.
John F. wilkins, Mrs. Truxtun Beale,
Mrs. winthrop Chandler, Mrs. James
r. Curtis, Mrs. Tracy Dows. Mrs. Frank
Mitchell, Nine. Won Kaathoven, Mrs
Frank West, Mrs. John r. Williams
and the Misses Patten.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

r. Slattery and Mr.. Wilson McCray.
Mr.. Robert H. Kempton Is chairman
of Reception Committee; Miss Barbara
Butler of the Membership Committee
and Mr.. William T. Simpson Is treas-
urer. The director Of Federal prisons,
Mr.. Sanford Bates, is president Of the
society, Reservations may be had
through the secretary, Mr.. George A.
Herman, 1345 Girard street northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

ernoon by Mrs. Mason McCarty and
Mrs. w. N. Hodgkin at the home of
Mrs. Hcdgkin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15

Parkinson Tuesday evening at the home
of Mrs. D. P. Wood, jr.. and tea and
shower was held for her Thursday aft
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-15
Miss Jackson Entertained
AS Guest of Mrs. HOxie
Miss Dorothy Dodge Returns to Colorado Springs.
Il. Many Prominent Persons in Social
Life Make Recent Trips.

parents. Mr.. and Mrs. James Fret
Bronson, on Thornapple street.
Mrs. r. M. McCune of Forest Hills,
N. Y, who has been visiting her par
ents. Capt. Oliver NJ Maxarn, chief of
operations of the Coast Guard, and Mrs.
Maxam, for the last five weeks, returned
to her home yesterday.
Mr., william Goodheart, jr., of New
York City, is stopping in Washington
for a few days and is a guest of Mr..
and Mrs Herbert Gordon at Wardman
Park Hotel MIR. Goodheart flew from
Greensboro and Is en- route to his home
in New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Patton with
their daughter, Miss Margaret Craig,
have taken an apartment at Wardman
Park Hotel, where they are now max
ing their home.
Mrs. Irving Berlin, the former Miss
Ellin Mackay, is at the Shoreham Hotel
for a stay of few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. B. Lippincott of
Philadelphia are spending the week end
in washington at the May1ower.
Mrs. Thomas Ganey, DR.. David
Ganey, Mr. Paul Ganey and Mr.. Ganey
cullen of Bethlehem, Pa, are stopping
at Wardman Park Hotel for the week
end. They came to Washington for
the marriage of Mrs. Ganey's son. Mr..
Thomas Ganey, to Miss Helen Radclih,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Radcliff, which took place yesterday at
the Sacred Heart Church.
Miss Hilda E. Neister sailed yesterday
on the S. S. Republic for Southern
trip to the West Indies. She will re-
turn to the city during the first week
of March.
Miss Elizabeth Collier of Sweet Briar
College, Sweet Briar, Va, is at the
Dodge Hotel for the week end and is
accompanied by several of her class
nafeS
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-06
Railroads on the Alert

E For many years prior to the World war, railroads were
subject to mass attacks by politicians and demagogues
For several years after the war and up to 1929, due to
economies and exceptional management, their earnings
increased, their securities became popular and they OBJ
tanned needed money for improvements by sale of stocks
The present depression, coupled with new methods OF
competition, have caused some people to think that the
railroads are now ready to go the way of the horse
drawn cab and the street car.
The thoughtful person can see that this pessimistic pic
ture is overdrawn. It is true that the railroads have new
conditions with which to deal but figures show that
about 30 per cent of their traffic is still not competitive
and that they are the backbone of the nations trans
portation system.
Leading railroad executives are exerting their energies
to bring about a new era Of ra~ilroading through CO.
ordination of transport-ran, highway, water and air
Such systems are already visioned and progressive roads
are definitely moving in that direction. Federal and
state cooperation is necessary in a final adjustment.
With an investment Of Is billion dollars in the rail
roads of the country, government and industry cannot sit
idly by without taking a hand in this vital problem.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-06
The Last of BrettG!
)me one interruntAd ilS.

Some one interrupted us.
To this day the mystery isn't
cleared.
Among the scores who were
questioned, Bretta, or the supposed
Countess D'Essi. was not one OF
them.
I haven't seen Bretta since then.
I still wonder why she planned to
60 and see Garrison and why she
changed her mind or-Whether she
lied about not going there.
At any rate she was a fool not to
have notified me that she wasn't
going. and I was a fool for luck to
get out of q lot Of unsavory pub
Lefty about it, simply because I
stepped into the place about five
minutes after the police got there.
I was glad to get back to San
Guardo, and get ready for the
training and the opening Of the
season. Aside from the generous
way they paid me for doubling in
the movies, it was q profitable trip.
Those SloW-motion pictures proved
almost priceless; they put me wise
to exactly how my curves worked.
Sam Merrill had started plenty Of
publicity about the coming season.
announcing that his brother. John.
had bought the Avaldas from
FoSdick.
The Avalda fans were happy over
1t. because Fosdick was never popu-
lar, and, up to the time that I got
Sam Merrill to strengthen his team,
It had been too one-sided to give
the Avalda fans much pride in their
constant victories.
Fans love their home team, to be
sure. but they love q red hot, closely
played game still better, and the
real fan applauds good playing on
the part Of visiting rivals.
OF course, John Merrill didn't
know very much about handling
the team that he was supposed to
own, but I had him keep the same
manager.
II suppose you'll drop that RED
Flannigan?" Sam asked me.
Certainly not; he's too good q
player" I declared.
That's the spirit" Sam declared,
"and I'm. getting many q chuckle
out OF this situation"
All sorts Of stories were started to
create added interest In the coming
season.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-06
The kidnapping Problem
minneapolis Tribune)

AAA0AAAS/
kidnapping is beginning to play a prominent part in the
criminal developments of recent years. The holding for
ransom of wealthy or well-to-do men has become a regu-
lar business in %gangland. How common the occurrence
is can be judged by comparing the national furore that
arose over the kidnapping of young Cudahy by Pat Grove
and the comparative Indifference with which the news
of a kidnapping is now received. We are growing so &C
customed to kidnapping that it has lost Its capacity 10
shock us. We have apparently resigned ourselves to 1t as
just another detail in the growing business OF crime.
and gives a peculiar protection to the kidnaper. The
natural tendency of the relatives and friends OF the VIC
tim is to comply with the kidnapers' ransom demands.
They want the victim restored to liberty and they 90 not
care how this restoration is brought about. They have
little or no interest in the apprehension Of the ~kidnapers
and not infrequently they consplre with the KlonaperS
to insure their safety.
In almost every instance of kidnapping we find the police
complaining of a lack of cooperation on the part OF the
victims family. The family refuses to give the police IN
tiations with the kidnapers are carried on independently
of the police and there is what virtually amounts 10 q
conspiracy between the family and the kidnapers 70
thwart the police.
All this is easily understandable. The family, with q
member held a prisoner under the threat OF torture or
of consideration to the public interest involved IN the
affair. The matter is too poignantly personal Tor any
such display of public spirit. The whole thought OF the
family is to rescue the father, husband or son on any
possible terms even to the extent Of compromising with
the kidnapers.
While this is easy to understand, It = none the less .
part of the problem that society must solve in attempt
ing to deal with the kidnaper. Rarely Is the klonaper
caught and punished. Usually the victim Of q kidnapping
has had an experience which removes any notion Of re-
help the police after he is free than were his relatives
when he was a captive. All this combines to make klo-
mapping a fairly safe criminal activity and we suspect
a profitable one as well.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-06
Get Together First
Duluth Herald)

Governor Olson, st. Paul reports, has decided to cal
together representatives of Minneapolis and st. Paul to
see if they cannot agree on a plan for handling the
Twin City sewage disposal problem that will avoid stag
ing a battle before the legislature if it is called in extra
session.
The governor has said that he will not call the legis-
lature unless the Twin Cities agree on a plan that can
be put through without a fight, and in that stand he
unquestionably represents the wish Of the state at large.
If it would be possible for these quarreling communities
to solve the problem with the legislature in session, it Is
possible for them to agree before the legislature meets
so that if an extra session is called this issue will not lead
to a protracted session at public expense.
II the Twin Cities really wish to solve this problem,
which grows out Of a situation that is loud with bad
smells and full Of menace, they will agree on a reasonable
basis that is fair to all interests, and they agree further
that if the legislature meets they will put through the
plan agreed upon with a minimum of debate.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-06
The Legion and the Reds

Hope that the American Legion may assist in deliver
! ing a vital blow against communism in America is ex-
/ pressed by Russell Cook, national director of the Legion's
| AmericaniSm commission. This body expects to file
! q report with the executive committee Of the veterans
4 organization in the near future, in which the matter
will be discussed in detail.
It is noteworthy. however, that there is no tendency
toward witch burning in the proposed Legion activity
Commenting on this attitude, Cook said:
1.-THE Legion recognizes that there are two ways of
opposing communism. One is the Intellectual, hysterical,
martyr-rising, speech-making type. The other is a far
seeing and constructive program, such as has been for
years. and will continue to be the program of the Amer
icanism commission.
~"However. with this constructive program, that looks
20 the future, there is q need for dealing direct with
4f,e existing communistic situation in the United States.
rhe Legion Is well aware of the strength of the Reds in
Amertca. and IS not unduly alarmed over their present
ro~er. Yet, no nation is so great that it can remain
1890 and whole without the vigilance that sef-preserva-
80 demands. and while the situation does not call for
~toaaut action, there is the necessity for a sane and
Hrnctiye method Of opposing such q political disease,
SW1 nrrrressing It as much IS possible.
SAnet1can Legion posts are well informed as to the
Nrrer PROCEDURE in dealing with local and individual
r1e. 1hsy are expected to watch quietly ior' ana 70
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-06
Eating Out

1t is no secret that the eating habits of a great part
of the American public have changed radically in recent
years. The apartment and the delicatessen make un-
necessary or impossible the storage of food in cellars
such as most of us knew when the country still was
largely agricultural.
The change of occupation from vigorous manual labor
to so-called brain work or the watching of a machine
also has changed the diet necessary to sustain the aver
age man.
A third factor now makes it appearance. This is the
fact that many restaurants are catering to what may be
called family trade. In homes where the mother is en-
gagged in business or industry it often is found desirable
to take the entire family to the public dining hall.
Even the housewife likes to "eat OUT occasionally
She gets tired of her own cooking and a trip to the
restaurant, with no dishes to wash afterward, is welcome
1t seems reasonable to assume that a good many husbands
might make "hit' with their wives by adopting this
practice.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-06
DR.. MCCOY win gladly answer
personal questions on health and
diet addressed to him. care Of
The Tribune.
Enclose a stamped addressed
envelope for reply.

the vegetables, but it is better to use
the salads without any dressing ex-
cept a small amount of oil or cream if
you desire. Arrange three meals a day
of these vegetables, not using fruits,
bread, meat or other foods during this
time.
In eating the vegetables I want you
to Use plenty of them. Actually stuff
yourself. This will serve to satisfy
your hunger and at the same time
will provide plenty of bulky material
to cleanse out intestinal accumula-
tons. Even though you are obtain
ing plenty of bulk with your food, I
want you to continue with one enema
a day during this eliminative diet.
The enema assists in getting the
wastes out of the body about a day
ahead of their usual schedule and it
is therefore of service while you are
trying to speed up elimination, and
also continue with two sponge or
shower baths each day in order to
keep the pores of the skin open. Drink
at least a glassful of water every half
hour between these non-starchy vege-
table meals. Do not drink anything
out water during this time.
CONTINUED tomorrow
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-06
Seeking a Solution

Belief that corrupt practices in elections are one of the
crying evils of the nation led Senator Gerald F. Nye Of
North Dakota to call a conference between his investi-
eating committee and a number of so-called experts in
political theory from the colleges and universities of the
nation.
The questions propounded to them for solution we're:
/. Should the congress undertake enactment of a COM
prehensive corrupt practices act or should 1t limit itself
to the control of campaign contributions and expendi-
lures?
2. In view of the decision of the supreme court in the
Newberry case, has congress the power to legslate with
reference to primary elections?
3. Has congress the power to legislate with reference
to the election of the president and vice president of the
United States?
4. If a definite limitation is to be placed on campaign
expenditures, what formula should be applied to give
due weight to differences among the states as regards
area and population?
5. Should the limitation of campaign expenditures be
inclusive of all items or should such expenditures as
printing, postage, travelling expenses, etc., be unrestricted?
6. BY what method may the expenditures alleged to
have been made on behalf of a ticket comprising numer-
GUS candidates be most equitably and effectively limited
or controlled?
7. Should the proposed legislation provide for perm
anent committees empowered to investigate charges relat-
ing to excessive expenditures or corrupt practices dur
ing the course of a campaign?
8. Should the government provide all or part Of the
campaign funds of candidates or political organizations?
9. Should the government issue an election bulletin or
other publication in which candidates or political organ
izajonS may be accorded equal space to present their
claims for support
Senator Nye,s experience during the long Investigation
which he made into senatorial campaigns in various
states, caused him to ask these questions. No right
thinking citizen can doubt that if answers are found for
them this country will be benefited.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-06

Most OF our old players were to
be back on the San Guardo team
Jim Crowley, Fudge Waters and
our other stars.
Encouraging letters from Dolly
came regularly. The chow would
run through the summer, she de-
clared. My manager had assured
me that. Dolly was always a bit
reproachful because I had preferred
baseball to herself, as she plainly
put it. I sent back rather kidding
letters and promised to help her
produce a show Of her own some
Harry dropped me a line to the
effect that while I was a pitching
fool in about every way he could
see, I was also a fool for luck, MAX
ing good with my show. He had
learned that I would clean up more
during the season than he would
with his big salary, but I would
have given it all and everything
else-except my almost forlorn
hopes of winning Mavis Merrill-to
be a big league player like himself.
We rather forced the rivalry gag
VCUWCCA1 VAAC XXClAA4A NAOVAAOAO, UAV ~
was good business. Both teams were
fitted out with brand new and rath-
er loud costumes.
On the opening day Of the season
each team had a band to march
around the grounds. Because we had
defeated the Avaldas last year they
had to play the opening game in
San Guardo.
The crowd was a record one and
as we were marching around the
grounds before warming up I near
ly fell out of step and stood still, /
was so amazed and delighted to see
Mavis in the grandstand beside her
father.
I Fosdick really believed John Mer-
rill owned the team. No one else
knew the truth except Sam and
John Merrill and myself, not even
MaviS, as I learned later.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-06
"We're Enemies NOw!!"

After the parade I went owe to
greet Mavis. She was mighty sweet
to me.
of course we are enemies now.
with dad owning the Avaldas and
you are playing against u.s." She
"Oh yes, bitter enemies" !
agreed, soberly.
Her father laughed so heartily
that she was puzzled, because Of
course she couldn't see the real Joke.
AND 1t is too bad that you are
continued.
Anything you say-only be sure
l snail DO my best to help win"
Z best is awfully good, Bert.
9nly OF course I shall mascot for
If mascots decided, there would
oe no nope for us, Mavis, and of
curse l cannot ever get a mascot
sucn as the Avaldas have, because
mere is no other o. so-beautiful
and wonderful"
Thanks for the taffy."
looked at her and she began to
You know it isn't taffy, Mavis."
All you know is baseball, Bert,
ana you may believe what you say.
put That doesn't make it So. NOW
20 II and make a lot Of wild pitches.
6ememoer I'm roofing against YOU"
ttemeinoer I'm roofing against you"
IMAM pay no attention to me-" I as
Sured her.
And We'll win, this season, that
Is certain" she said, gravely. bit her
beautiful blue eyes were LAUGHING.
III make a wager on that, MaVls."
Agreed, Bert-name it."
II VIII cost you bigger odds than
Fosdick gave, far more than thirty
70 one-lU bet you a kiss against
just a formal h~andshake!"
MavlS looked at me keenlv.
wondered what she was going to
say to that.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-06
ARB

Hoover Travelled to Cape Henry, Vir-
ginia, to honor the landing of John
Smith. The fact he got wet there in
dicates he might have got John mixed
up with Al.
=
The king Of Siam went back-stage
to congratulate the beautiful Lily
Pons after her opera performance.
There's not so much wrong with his
majesty's eyesight as we thought.
X X X
When Alfonso was in London re-
Gently a newspaper there reported he
lacked funds. Poor fellow-he didn't
even have a crown.
X X 4
Gandhi says he is not coming to
the United States. Perhaps he's
frightened at tales of u vanishing
Indians.
* X *
Failing to find work, a respondent
college graduate is reported to have
eaten his diploma. To be sure, it rep
resents a good many courses.
Copyright, 1881, NEA Service, Inc.)
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-05-06
Merely O. Bluff!
It was all a big bluff. I had been

It was all a big bluff. I had been
scared pink, almost.
"Who are you and what are you
doing here?" he demanded.
I told him my name, but I
couldn't drag Bretta into it.
II met him over at the studio
where I've been working for ten
days. I dropped in at his request
to talk over a baseball story I have
in mind" I said, speaking easily by
this time. Nothing that I knew Of
could tear down that story, but I
was nervous for fear Bretta would
come there, as the arrangement had
been made. And then I was more
frightened for fear she wouldn't
show up. It might mean that she
had already been there.
The result was that I went back
to my hotel and proved easily
enough that I had just left there
after putting on my dinner suit and
a light top coat.
The Jap was promptly cleared.
He had been to the store and the
people in the next bungalow had
seen Garrison come to the door and
give him some additional orders.
That was sufficient to prove that
Garrison was alive when the Jap
left.
No one was seen to enter again
until the Jap came back and then
rushed out for help, but 1t was evil
dent some one had visited there, or
else had been hiding there without
the JAMS knowledge.
Because I had dropped In after
the officers came, there was nothing
to it, but I told this plain clothes
man very frankly that some day l
would beat him up for trying to
throw q scare into me. He insisted
that it was merely his method to
scare all the information possible
out Of every one"
"Never mind" I said, at head
quarters and before a bunch, I'll
scare some information out Of you
some day for that"
He tried to smooth it over.
I went back to my hotel I de-
cided to telephone Bretta.
what time is your party, count
eSs?" I 5ked.
"Folks are coming now, but they've
just heard about Pete-it won't be
q party" she said. and her voice
sounded all right.
A dozen or so vert there, all
chattering about the sensational
murder.
Bretta seemed rather gay. A lot
Of drinks we're disposed OF and
every little while some Of the men
would drive to headquarters to learn
the latest about it.
After a long while I got a chance
with Bretta alone.
Before I could say q word she
said to me, Perhaps If I had
stopped at Pete's as planned. it
wouldn't have happened"
"And It didn't occur to you to
phone me not " 60 there. to meet
you. Bretta?"
why no, I was busy getting
ready-I-I forgot it."
And that gave me an early trip
over there for nothing"
did you go there? Tell me, Bert
did you? What did you sect"
what did you expect me to See?"
"Well, whom did you see?"
"Just whom did you expect me to
see, Bretta?"
slow should I ':now?" she an
SWered.