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The Washington times., 1931-04-13
D c ] n N.CR|ME CENSUS
JAILED FROWNED ON

The plan for a police census
of hoodlums in the Capital as
a means of decreasing crimes as
proposed by John j. Quinn, OF
531 Randolph st. N. w.. is be
lieved to be not feasible by Maj
Gen. Herbert B. Crosby District
Commissioner in charge OF police
Mr.. Guinn's plan calls for the
registration of guests in hotels
and boarding and lodging houses
and also a house-t toulouse canvass
of private homes by policemen
General Crosby pointed out
that through the criminal 1den'
tifaction bureau of the Police
Department, a. census of local
hoodlums already has been gath
cred and is in the hands of po'
lice whenever needed.
Undesirables from other cities
who visit the Capital, the Com
missioner pointed out, would not
correctly answer questions on the
proposed census blanks in hotels,
boarding houses and lodging
houses. He further pointed out
that a police census of the city
is taken once every five years
and a city directory is compiled
yearly.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
WILL
FIGHT ENDS

The will of Emile Berliner, in
ventor of the talking machine,
which was attacked by his son,
Herbert s. Berliner, of Montreal.
was admitted to probate today by
Justice James M. Proctor, when
the son advised the court that q
settlement had been made with
the other heirs and he desired to
withdraw the attack, which he
made on the will shortly after it
was filed in 1929.
Mr.. Berliner died August 8, 1929
and excluded the son from the
will, which disposed Of a $780,
600 estate by saying that he had
given the latter special advan'
tages by which he had been able
to accumulate larger sum. The
son is president of the Compo
Company.
Attorneys Wilton j. Lambert.
Alvin L. Newmyer and Charles S.
Baker represented the son, while
the executors were represented by
Attorneys Whiteford, Marshall
and Hart and Milton w. King.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
REALTY LOSSES
CAUSE SUICIDE
Times Staff Photo

Mrs. Margaret H. Hancock, 81,
ended her life yesterday by hang
ing in her apartment at 17O5
Lanier Pl. N. w.
Dependency over the financial
difficulties of Swartzell, Rheem
and Hensey Company, in which
she had invested heavily, is be-
leved to have prompted the act.
The body was found by Mrs.
C. B. Gibbons, who shared the
apartment with Mrs. Hancock.
The neck had been caught in a
loop of a scarf hung over the
bathroom door.
Mrs. Hancock, a native Wash
ingtonian, had been in the en-
ploy of the United States Weather
Bureau for a number of years.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
T OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES LURE
lip tn BALLOU RECORD THRONG

Washington's cherry blossom
parade was held yesterday and
more than 225, 900 persons turned
out for the marvellous spectacle.
The President and Mrs. Hoover
were among those who, drawn by
the combination of a perfect
spring day and the beauty Of the
blossoms, came to walk in PO-
tOmac Park and witness the
beauty show of Mother Nature.
The presidential party left
their cars at the Tidal Basin and
walked half way around that
body of water while interested
spectators and amateur pho
tographers delighted in this rare
chance to see and picture the
President, his wife and son.
From the Tidal Basin the
presidential party motored 10
Hains Point, declining a police
motorcycle escort but just riding
with the crowd.
Statistics show that 1920 ma
chimes passed over the inlet
bridge between $50 a. m. and
7::3O p. M, lettering by 5000 the
previous record set in 1929.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13

George washington Lucas, col
ored, Al, of Glen Arden, Md, is
afraid of the "bad eggs" who live
in his section, he told Judge
Ralph E. Givens in Police Court
today, in explaining why he was
carrying .32-caliber pistol in his
pocket yesterday.
Lucas was arrested in Wylie
Court Northeast, after police had
been informed that he was flash
ing pistol. He told the judge
that he had just received some
bonus money, and was carrying
the gun to protect himself as he
walked through the woods from
the carline to his home. He de-
clared:
There's lots of bad eggs out
there"
Judge Given replied:
"WelI, people in Washington
are likely to think you are a
bad egg yourself, coming in
here and flashing a pistol around
like that. I'll give you $50
dayS."
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
BR|DEPREPARES
To MOVE IN
GAS CASE
Evidence Gathered by Justice
Agents Thought Sufficient
to Lay Antitrust Charges

The report of the investigation
by Department of Justice agents,
into the ownership of the Wash
ington Gas Light Company was
turned over today to Corporation
Counsel William w. Bride.
Mr.. Bride, who recently
returned to his desk from Mount
Alto Hospital, stated that he does
not plan to go over the report
until Wednesday. He will then
discuss the report with members
of the Public Utilities commission.
Merger Suit Seen
Just what the agents
uncovered in the investigation
could not be determined. 1t
is believed that sufficient
evidence was uncovered to war
rant the institution Of o suit
based ON the LaFOllette Anti
Merger Law. ,
The investigation was begun
following announcement by the
Central Public Service Corpora
ton of Chicago that it has as
sumed management of the Wash
ington Gas Light Company, the
Georgetown Gas Light Company
and the Alexandria Gas Com
pany.
The announcement also stated
that ownership of stock in the
companies was still vested in the
Washington and Suburban Com
panies, which grew out OF the
Seaboard Investment Trust-the
holding company that bought con-
troll of the companies two years
ago.
Three Cities COmbed
During the investigation, the
stock Of the Washington and
Suburban Companies was turned
over to the WestvfIle Trust Oi
Illinois. Albert e. Pierce, who Il
president of the Central Public
Service Company, is also presi
dent of the Westville Trust.
The agents of the Department
of Justice worked in Chicago
New York and Boston and other
cities in gathering data during
the investigation.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Vdgrant Fined $500,
Had Cash Box KeYS

I Steve Prymok, IS, of 422 Third
st. N. W., was sentenced to pay
q fine of $500 or serve 180 days
in jail by Judge Isaac R. Hit
in Police Court today, following
his conviction on a vagrancy
acharge.
Police testified that at the
time of his arrest Prymok had in
his pockets about $50 in cash
and q string of keys fitting the
cash boxes of number of news
paper honor system racks. When
he was unable to give a salts
factory explanation of the keys
Judge Hit imposed a heavy SEN
( tence.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Patriotic Council
To Attend Benefit

A benefit performance of
Phillip Goes Forth" will be given
by the National Theater Players,
Wednesday night, under the
sponsorship of the National Pa.
triotic Council.
The performance will be at
tended by many visitors who are
coming to Washington for the
conventions of the Daughters of
the American Revolution, Daugh.
ters of Founders and Patriots of
America and Daughters of Ameri.
can ColoniSts.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13

The District public school chill
dren may be fingerprinted, and
then again they may not.
It all rests with the recon-
mendation of DR.. Frank w. Bal
lou, superintendent of schools,
and the subsequent approval Of
the board of education.
And DIR. BaIlOu has not de-
cided what to do about it. He
said so today.
Ever since the last meeting of
the Board of Education two weeks
ago, there has been a general
spirit of wondering among school
children awaiting the Eyes" or
mo" sign from the board as to
whether they would be subjected
to putting their little fingers in
ink and then pressing them
upon a piece of paper, making a
record for all time.
The suggestion for the finger
printing was made by William
F.. Grosskurth, an employe of the
Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing, who asserts that such a
plan would make 1t possible to
find all lost children. The rec
ords of the fingerprints would be
kept at the Franklin Administers
tion Building.
Although Mr.. Grosskurth con-
sidered it a very simple plan,
school authorities are not of the
same opinion. Nor do they like
the whole idea very much. To
them it is Objectionable on the
grounds that it puts the chill,
dren in class with criminals.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
TlUO d. C.. Educators
Will Go to Cornell

William C. Ruediger, dean Of
Teachers College of George Wash
ington University, and Clyde
Fisher, curator of education and
astronomy of the American Mu-
scum of Natural History, have ac-
cepted appointments as members
of the instruction staff of the for
tieth summer session of Cornell
University. Glasses will start at
Ithaca, N. Y, July 6.
Charles B. Hale, associate pro-
fessor of English at the University
of Maryland, has also been named
to the Cornell faculty for the sum-
mer school, as has Robert G. Fos-
ter, agriculturist for Eastern
States, cooperative extension of
the United States Department of
Agriculture.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
H0zen PLANNING
MaY 1916 ShOIU

Melvin c. Hazen, who nas been
reelected president of the Ma
tional Capital Horse Show Asso-
citation, will supervise cue 1881
event which is to be held on the
grounds of the association located
. at Bradley Farms, Montgomery
county, May 1915, inclusive.
Mr.. Hazen will be assisted by
Read Admiral Cary T. TraySon,
George S. Patton, jr.; Harry L.
Rust, jr.; Karl w. Corby, Major
/ William M. Grimes, Major Harry
I Leonard, Thomas P. Bones, Ray
mond H. Norton, George P. Plum
mer, L. Perry West, A. H. Ryan,
II. r. Quinter, Percy N. Neipold,
John o. Gheen and Quinton L.
/ Conner.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
SCHOOLS To AID
IN C|TY-W|DE
MOVEMENT
Gold, Silver and Bronze
Medals to Be Prizes for Best
Articles Written by Pupils

Every child in the District of
Columbia public schools more
than $4,000 in all-will partici-
pate in an essay contest to be
conducted by The Washington
Times in connection with the
1881 cleanup campaign, which
has as it's goal the stimulation of
business, the decrease of unem-
ployment, and the beautifying Of
the city for the George Washing
ton bicentennial.
The essay contest, the broad
est in scope ever conducted in
Washington, will be carried on
in cooperation with the Wash
ingtOn Cleanup Campaign Com
mittee, of which Frederic A. De
lanO is chairman, and the public
school system, of which DIR. Frank
w. BalIOu is superintendent.
Part of School Work
Because of the three-fold aim
of the cleanup campaign com.
mittee, the essay contest will be
made a part of the regular work
of the public schools, and will be
featured in every class in every
school-grade, junior high and
senior high.
Each child who participates
will be given a grade mark based
on the merits of his essay. Each
participant will be eligible for
medals and certificates which
will be awarded by The Times.
twenty-five medals will be pre-
sented. The grand prize, beau
tiful gold medal, will be given to
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The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Discussion Planned
On Outdoor Games

Tonight's session of the 1881
Play Institute, fifth in the pres
ent series, to be held at Wilson
Teachers College, Eleventh and
Harvard SITS. N. W., will be de-
voted to a discussion and demon
stration of outdoor games.
The meeting is under the
auspices of the Community Cen
ter Department. Mrs. Elwood
Street is chairman of the in.
stitute.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Wife of Diplomat
Run DOWn by Auto

Nine. ]. II. van Royen, wife
of the Minister from the Meth
erlands, is suffering from q
broken leg, after being knoaked
down yesterday by an automo"
bile in front of the legation,
Fifteenth and Euclid Streets
Northwest.
She is being treated by a
private physician at her home.
The automobile, police said, was
driven by Ethel Mayhem. 10, Of
1872 Eleventh st. N. E. She was
not arrested.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Fire Squad ReUiUes
Gas Poisoned Girl

Miss Dorothy Korte, 33, is re.
covering at Gallinger Hospital to-
day from effects of gas and ether
poisoning after she was found
unconscious at 1928 I st. N. W.,
yesterday.
Members of the fire rescue
squad revived her after a 35-
minute battle. She was first
taken to Emergency Hospital but
later removed to Gallinger. Miss
Korte is an employe of the De
partment of Justice.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
KENEIPP TO SPEAK

George E. Keneipp, chairman
of the transportation committee
of the Washington Chamber Of
Commerce, will address the mem
berS of the Washington Rotary
Club at the weekly luncheon
meeting at the Willard Hotel
Wednesday,.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
BINGO PARTY PLANNED

A bingo party will be held by
the Ladies Auxiliary Of the Dis
trict Fire Department at 8 p. m.
tonight at the home Of Mrs.
Ethel Davis. 1868 Monroe st.
N, w.
The Washington times., 1931-04-13
Times Staff Photo


SYLVIA BILLY BETTY LOU MARION
THESE YOUNG CRUSADERS will recite the Ameri-
cans Greed to school children and to church groups
under the direction of Mile Gavrie Heudier 1903 Park
Rd N. w. They Sylvia Ruth Mars 10, 1903 Park
Rd; Billy Emery H. 3O23 Fourteenth St. N. w.; Betty
Lou Emerson, 2, 1928 Hiatt Pl. N. w., and Marion
May Emerson, 1928 Hiatt Pl. N. w.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-16
CHAPTER VIII.
A KISS IN TINE.

THE man beside Adrian Fouche
caught Juanita's hand, bah
bling softly in the strange
tongue. He turned to the new
conner.
"I was just saying, senior" he OBJ
heyyed. that she Is beautiful as an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-16
St. Louis Woman Loses
20 Lbs. of Fat In 4 Weeks

full acids and poisons and strikes at
the usual CAUSE Of fat-thousands
of women are amazed at the SIM
plicity and common. sense behind
the Kruschen treatment and are
more than overjoyed by the results.
You can hasten the reducing action
by going lighter on potatoes. pastry
and fatty meats.
Mrs Mae West OF st. Louis, Mo,
writes. Il just can't help but let
YOU know what Kruscfen has done
for me, I'm only % years old and
weighed 40 lbs until taking one
box Of your Kruschen Salts Just 4
weeks ago. I now weigh 1850 lbs
also have more energy and, fur
thermore, I've never had a hungry
moment n certainly "a q great re-
lief not to be fat and bulky"
nuy krkchen TODAY. An aSc
bottle laata 4 weekh Peoples Drug
stores ~ any leading drug store
throughout the world can supply
YOU money bark n not aatlAiied ~
Advertisement
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moon Of DELIGHT
h4< Maanu1ef Bell 0uAI0sG

Read what he say. II he Is not
apologize, I will keel him anyhow.
Juanita closed the door. lit the can.
die in the recess behind the bed. II
was as she had supposed. The note was
written in indecipherable character. Sne
went back to Gabreau.
HE has apologized." she said. Moth
ing would be bettered by Gabreaus Kill
ing somebody. !.
at is because Divitt make him do 1t.
Divitt say somebody make you onder-
stand date he gon' pool off 20 veil. SO
you go way. Divitt say 1t hurt Turk TURK
ladies' modesties when somebody pool
off dew wells. Ledbetter say he beg OF
YOU pardons. He will never do dat II
you will come back. So he tex out his
pen and write Adrian Fouche say SO,
too. But they laugh, and I not know
what he write"
Odd that Gabreau had not suspected
he would write in Turkish.
Us he there yet?"
For why should he go? He think
you come back and kiss him some mo-.
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Preserve With
Refined Cane Sugar
Cane Sugar Insures Ideal
Results in All Kinds
of Canning

With sugar at an unusually low
price, and since bargains in fruit
and vegetables are always to be
had, everybody can count on saw
ing money by putting up variety
OF fruit, jellies, jams and sweet
relishes.
Countless are the housewives
who choose refined cane sugar for
preserving fruits and vegetables
of all kinds.
Preserves fill an important place
in the diet. Canned fruits are
fine for breakfast. also as desserts
or for use in salads. Jellies and
relishes' are nice Accomplishments
for beef, lamb, pork and fowl.
Sandwiches made Of jam are al
ways appropriate for childrens
school luncheons. Preserve NTH
refined cane sugar. The Sugar
Institute.
Advertisement.
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holiday periods Of congestion Signs 2
feet square, reading Stay In line under
penalty Of arrest" will be erected in
the center of the highway.
Motor clubs watched the program,
hoping trafic would be expedited ard
accidents lessened but fearful of loss of
rights under the State motor velltcla
law.
A parallel highway to relieve the
Dunes route, around the foot of Lake
Michigan into Chicago, will be COM
pleted next year.
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Also Gained In Energy-So
Happy Can't Help but Write
Letter of Thanks-Read 1t.

A half teaspoonful Of Kruschen
Salts in a glass of hot water every
morning before breakfast not only
quickly gives you the trim, slender
figure you've eagerly craved, but also
brings back a degree OF health and
beauty you haven't rad since tie
hret pounds OF excess fat made their
appearance strength and energy
YOU forgot existed refill your body
skin clears you feel years younger
and look n. tool
And here in nutshell IA the
"Why' of the amazing reducing and
health giving power ~ ktuschen.
kniarhen IA a SUPERB combination
~ SIX separate mineral aAlta which
Aet on Rlands. nerves and body o..
sans a. a. the talia a the famous
ana eNpenslye Hnaa ~ ElFnpe
y heena IRE mady iFra fFoFA harm.
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ESCAPED TRIO CAPTURED

DENTON, Md, July 16 PD-Two
men held in connection with the $4,000
robbery March 16 of the Bank Of
Ridgely, and another charged with
bootlegging, escaped from the county
jail here in the sheriff's automobile. but
were recaptured early yesterday.
The three left the Jail by means of
a passkey stolen by trusty. Sheriff
Quincy Tarbutton said. They are
George Blanchfield. Jerome Skaggs and
Russell Dean, the latter held on dry
charge
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DUCK HUNTERS FACING
PROSPECT OF LEAN YEAR
Breeding Greatly Reduced in
Prairie Provinces as Result Of
Drought, Official Says.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
OTTAWA, July 16.-Duck hunters
from Quebec to California and from
Minnesota 10 Mexico may expect a
Murphy minister Of interior. following
reports of serious feil,ire in the Wild
duck crop throughout the breeding
grounds III the southern part of the
prairie provinces.
The chief migratory game officer for
Western Canada has reported water
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You will not kiss no mani" she an
swered quickly, mo Gabreau!" scarcely
knowing what she said. SO 1t
was accident that he had come here,
one of those twists of the shuttle that
seemed to give significance to the whole
design. And he had not even suspected,
since he had gone away.
(To be continued.)
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SYNOPSIS Because Jason ;, Diyitt
knows she was q stowaway on the snip
where Umberto, his employee. had found
her. Juanita Basara's fear Of exposure s.rs
TSn1blinR house. Divitt and his wife,
Molly. are kind to her, and the dwarf.
Gabreau, Conchitas son, nearly Kills
juanita. The Turkish disguise she wears
as she sells cigarettes has intrigued
Eric Iedbetter, who had lived in Turkey.
to speak to her in turkish. In their
party are Kirk Stanard and his grand
mother, Mrs BelaiSe. AS Ledbetter tests
with the yelled Juanita, a newcomer.
Senior Basara OF Mexico City, Joins the
group. Juanita, frightened, is about to
run.
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POLICE PLAN DRIVE
ON SUNDAY AUT0ISTS'
Those Going Less Than 40 Miles
an Hour on Most Congested
Road to Face Jail.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GARY, Ind, July 16.-Tndiana State
police plan to gpeed ur week end traffic
by erresting Sunday drivers" or the
Dunes Highway, one of the Nations
most cong7sted rcade.
Spurred by an increasing number Of
accidents on the bottleneck bctwael,
Michigan City and Chicago, Lieut.. C.
w. Wilson said his men would try to
keep traffic moving steadily at 40 miles
an hour, making arrests for faster and
slower speeds during week END and
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Woman Freed in Staying.

CORE, Switzerland, July Is (P-
Nine Simone Boulter, defendant in
the first murder trial ever held here
was acquitted yesterday of killing Cuno
Hofer, a writer, at San Moritz last
January.
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fowl almost entirely absent from the
south central prairies, Murphy said,
and 95 per cent Of the sloughs are dry.
Poor breeding seasons both this year
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and in 1880. combined with the steadily
increasing army of hunters was respon.
stble for the lack Of waterfowl, it was
stated.
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De udder man have gone De man what
they call 'senor.' He have gone to
ketch his boat"
Juanita breathed again. When Ga
breau said huskily, You will not do it?
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-15
II COLONEL 0LMsTEAD
 ARRIVES FROM KODAK

It. Col. Dawson Olmstead, head of the Washington Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System, re- turned Saturday evening on the SS. Admiral Watson from Kodiak and planned to leave Seward today for Anchorage with Col. Otto F. Ohl- son, general manager of the Alaska Railroad
 Colonel Olmstead spent Sunday inspecting the local station and of fees and a portion of the day on one of the numerous local fishing streams in company with promin- ent local residents.
 And he brought back some choice specimens!
 At noon today Colonel Olmstead was the guest of honor at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-15
SHEEP FOR VISITORS

The Admiral Watson brought this years first shipment of sheep from the ranch of H. s. Abbert of Ko- diak to Seward for the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce party. MT. Abbert congratulates himself that these are few of the sheep that he kept the bears from eating. Af- ter 12 days of intensive hunting he succeeded in killing one of these marauding beasts. VIZ: the Kodiak brown bear.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-15
DETROIT AND OREGON
 HUNTERS ARRIVE SOON

A party of eight big game hun ters from Detroit and Carleton, Ore gon, will arrive in Alaska in Aug ust. They will first hunt moose and mountain sheep on Kenai Penin- sula, then caribou at Cantwell or some other point on the Alaska Railroad and wind up their outing with brown bear hunt on Kodiak Island
 The party will be under the lead ership of Chas. Madsen, field mana ger of the Kodiak Guides Assn.
 Madsen's many successful hunts are fast giving him fame through out the United States and Canada. This is one enterprise of which Kodiak can be proud.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-15
NOTED Av|ATR|X ESCAPES
 INJURY AUT0CYR0 CRASH

PECOS, Texas, June IS. (P) - Amelia Earhart escaped injury when her autogyro plane crashed from an altitude of about 30 feet as she was taking off from the airport here, to resume her journey east ward from California.
 While the plane was damaged considerably, neither the noted aviatrix nor her mchanic, Eddie De Taught, were hurt. The accident was caused by the plane striking 3 landing light upright as it took off.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-15
RADIO CORPORATION SAYS LICENSES REFUSED
 LIVES bE ENDANGERED

WASHINGTON, D. C., June IA. lP)-The Ra dio Corporation of America in a plea for injunction against the Federal Radio Com mission claim that if radio fre- quency licenses and renewal of i- censes are refused on charges of monopoly, it would strike down national broadcasting, internation- al broadcasting, experimental sys- tems involving years of research and millions of investors money.
 That it would render worth less, vast international communi- cation systems and place in jeo- pardy through lack of communica- ton, millions of dollars worth of shipping and thousands of lives at sea.
Seward daily gateway., 1931-06-15
U. S. THE GOAT"

LONDON, June A. (P)-One of the solutions suggested at the con- ference of German and British statesmen on ways and means to ameliorate the German repara- tions burden is that of suspension of debt payments to the United States by the allied nations or at least a rebate in the present rate If interest in international loans.