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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-12

lie welfare as Lincoln, deserves to be
quickly forgotten"
Of the floor of the House Repre-
sentative Grail enlarged upon his con-
tentions in presenting the bill. IF the
Government is going to be so particular
about remarks of its citizens on Pre-
mier MusSolini, and apologies for them,
it. should take action for preventing the
circulation through the mails OF an at
tack on one of the most beloved charac-
tiers in history
Provides Heavy Penalty.
The Californian said his opposition
to the book was based upon newspaper
reviews and that he had not read the
book.
The measure proposed would impose
a penalty of not more than five years
imprisonment, or fine of $4,000, or
both, for sending the book through
the mails. 1t was referred to the
House Post Office Committee.
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those in party authority save on this
idea alone.
IF the party machinery, largely in
the hands Of the wet States of the
North and East, persists, as it now APP
pears to be doing, in centering interest
in the sole issue of prohibition; If it
is so using this machinery that this
will be the paramount issue in the
next national conventions, dwarf1ng
those of more transcendant import
ance-then 1T Is time for the real
Democrats, and lovers of the party to
organize, and see to it that a single
group does not use this great party
to vent their disapproval of one law,
and sacrifice the party on the altar of
that disapproval-making it ridiculous
in the eyes of the country"
Mr. Ozlin, a former speaker of the
Virginia House of Delegates, and active
in support of the party ticket in 1928,
said it would be too late for this or
ganization if the States waited until
the next national convention.
Eating Big Question Now.
Without such organization, he said
the States which have always fur
nished the paIty's electoral votes, and
without which success is impossible, will
be unable to effectively oppose or pre-
vent the consummation of the plan now
so evidently in the making"
In the present condition of the
country the question is no longer what
and how shall We drink, but what and
when shall we eat" Ozlin said.
Mr.. Ozlin said he was in no sense
satisfied with conditions under prohi-
bition as they exist and that he joined
with Jouett Shouse, chairman of the
National Executive Committee. in the
assertion that the party must face
squarely and honestly the prohibition
question"
Il want to see the best brains of my
party brought to bear on the question
that tolerable solution may be found"
he said. Il do not, however, wish to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-12
BYRD ACCEPTS PLACE
ON BICENTENNIAL BODY
Former Virginia Governor to Serve
on Commission in Alex
andria.
BY STAFF Correspondent of The Star.

BY staff Correspondent of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, February 49,
Ex-Governor Harry F. Byrd yesterday
accepted an appointment on the George
washington Bicentennial Commission
Tor Alexandria, which is being formed
to stage the George Washington pageant
planned for 1882.
Other members of the commission
are Charles H. Callahan, former State
Senator Floyd W. King. Capt Thurlow
White and John Barton Phillips, rep
resenting the local chamber of COM
merce.
1t was also stated that Ex-Governor
Byrd may attend the Zeppelin dinner
of the chamber of commerce to be held
February &c.
Plans for the 1882 pageant, which
Is to be on the order of the great pas
sion plays. are now in process of for
nation, and Dan S. Hollenga, business
manager of the chamber of commerce,
states that number of distinguished
actors are expected to be obtained for
the event.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-12
VIRGINIA DEMOCRAT
WOULD HALT VETS
Thomas w. 0zIin, State Vice
Chairman, Seeks to Set Up
Counter Organization.
Nv the Associated Press.


KENBRIDGE. Va. February a.
Thomas w. Ozlin. vice chairman of
the Virginia Democratic party, in a
formal statement TODAY asserted ma
tional Democratic party leaders and
officials apparently have a single idea
and aim in view-destruction of the
present system of prohibition-and that
If they persist it is incumbent upon
the States of the South and Middle
West to organize to prevent this folly"
Mr.. Ozlin emphasized that he was
speaking an an individual.
Making Party Issue.
1.-The feeling is growing that our
party leaders and officials are rapidly
Inaneuvering the party into the posi-
ton of making prohibition a party
issue, so paramount, that it will over
shadow all others in the party's appeal
to the American people," Ozlin said.
mo candidate has been seriously dis
cussed, as the Democratic standard
bearer in 1882. but who is known to
the Nation principally because of his
opposition to prohibition. No one, ap-
parently. can gain the attention of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-12

Seconds of fine quality pure
silk hosiery in chiffon and
service weights. Large range
of colorS.-Street Floor.
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achievements which are not founded
on facts may be placed on trial before
a jury composed of club members, and,
if found guilty of misrepresentation,
expelled from the club.
Other officers are: J. r. d. Collins,
vice president: Howard Brannock, Sec
rotary; Charles E. Fountain, treasurer:
Hampton Henry, sergeant at arms, and
r. Frank Brannock, bailiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-12
ROmney Resident Dies suddenly.

ROMNEY. w. Va. February II (Spe-
ciaD Stephen Davis, 70, a well known
resident here, died in the ONCE Of DR..
r. w. Daley, to which he was taken
for emergency attention, Just as he was
preparing for a trip son business to
Morgantown, w. Va, with Rev. Morgan
Cilley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-12
POLLARD LECTURE

Will Inaugurate Government Sc
ries at Lynchburg.
BY the Associated Press.
LYNCHBURG. Va, February 12.-
Gov. Pollard will inaugurate a series of
10 lectures on Virginia government to
be given here under the direction of
the University of Virginia extension
department. beginning Monday night.
The lectures will be given each Mon
day night during 10 consecutive weeks.
Each lecture will be given by some
department head of the State govern
ment.
Honduras coffee crop this season is
expected to total nearly 5000 900
pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
How the George Washington Bicentennial
Commission Conveys It's Patrio tic
Message to the Four Corners of the
Land, From Broadway to the Heart of
theArizonaDesert, and Across the Seas,
inMemoryoft heF atherof His Country.

Like all good showmen. Bloom realized that
publicity Is the life blood Of an enterprise Of
this nature, and he has followed that line Of
campaign. But nothing that smacks Of the
garish or namboyant has been allowed to creep
In; no ballyhoo In the accepted sense Of the
word. Simple dignity has been the keynote
throughout.
The frst problem confronting those charged
with starting the machinery In motion was to
get In personal touch with as many people as
possible. Postmaster General walter r. Brown
solved that by putting at the disposal Of the
commission the list OF the post offices Of the
country-4o406S in all-and then issuing q gen
eral order to an postmasters to furnish such
information as would be asked Of them.
To each and every enc Of these postmasters
then was sent q QUESTIONABLE, In which they
were requested to give the sine and location Of
their town, names Of local officials, member Of
Congress, al organizations and afncers, churches
and pastors, educational institutions Leading
citizens. In fact, every detail In any way hear
ing on the place.
This the postmasters did
Next the municipal officials were called upon
TO form local committees. and . set-up Of q
model directing body sent them for guidance.
Then by the thousands, individuals and groups
were acquainted with the plans and urged to
get behind the leaders Tor the celebrations in
their respective communities. just an idea Of
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COMMISSIONS SCOPE.
The BtceRtenisf
Offices throughout the
The 232
frafeynaL patriotic and civic bodies
The conms;OH sends Of 1900 l50O letters
Through
1882 UM be extended throughout the world
Plans 81 ceebreO1 include public
procession Paeeans mGees historic sh.iaes linked th Washinso
display
Sunday school lessons memorial planting
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geographical grace, may be called town.
They are getting ready, In comrno0 with
millions Of fellow citizens at home and abroad
for the celebration next year which win mark
the 2OOth anniversary Of the birth OF wash
>on.
The isolated s<ssepce they lead is somewhat
Of a barrier to any hing elaborate, but that is
not going to be stumbling block. Biii has
given his word for that
Bill was discovered by the United States
George Washington Bicsntennial Commission,
appointed by this Government to arouse In
terest in and direct the national and interna-
tional phases Of the 1892 Observance. and his
pledged participation Is typical Of the extent
10 which the commission has carried its
message
Into every nook and Granny Of this country.
from the obscure places peopied by such Is Bill
end his tribe TO Broadway, and beyond the
seas, the commission has made its labors felt.
and the result bids fair to be the most re-
nArksbIe sustained demonstration the Nation
has know
In more than 5000 towns and cities I'm the
United States the cooperation Of the residents
has been bespoken in the celebration which viii
start Washington's birthday and Get the
1lnal curtain on Thanksgiving, and responses
are coming In q neyer-ending stream TO the
headquarters Of the commission, in the Wash
jngton Building.
= From all stations In life. regardless Of cOaor
Or nationality, individuals and groups are
grounding to do their part.
In ~ STATES ana p0e OaSf<1cC OF COlo2nnA8
oextEal commissions have been set up to be In
Immediate charge Of their observanees In
more than 5000 municipalities local committees
already have been organized to devise program
and others are being organized rapidly.
In the end, those directing this gigantic
enterprise are confident that at more than
Ae.0O0 points there will be active civic partici-
Patian the whole radiating ont from the Ma
bonsl Capital, the hub where viii be conferred
the principal ceremonies, led BY the President
Of the United States.
REHIND all this activity is the energetic
- figure of Sol Bloom, Representative from
New York, who started out In life as q show
man. and is putting into practice the lessons
he learned there
Named associate director Of the commission
dong with Lieut.. Col. U. 8. Grant, Sd, who
was forced to resign by the press OF other
affairs and whose place never was filed, Bloom
in carrying On. day and night, to develop some
thing that will be worthy of the subject.
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what this means may be cleaned from the fact
that the commission is exerting every effort to
get in touch with $4,000 churches and $50, 300
fraternal patriotic and civic bodies, to en-
courage their participation.
As is evident, there are hundreds Of cases
where individual solicitation Of these innumer-
able groups is not necessary, any more than
1t would be practicable, for in the smaller COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

munities Q relatively few people can reach the
whole
But wherever extra efforts are necessary to
get complete eoversge, they are made, as Is evil
denced BY the fact that 10000 70 5000
letters to individuals and organisations
Of one sort or another is the general
average Of . days mailing. SuppIementtng this
are press and radio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02
BY J. A. FOX.

ILL SAITH-which Is not exactly his
name-is preparing to pay tribute 20
George Washington.
Bill and his family are the sole resi-
dents Of q little spot in the Arizona
desert, which, by invoking o sort Of
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Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-10
RIDE STARTED
HERE MAY END
in EXECUTION

FLORENCE, Ariz., Feb. 10. U.P)-
The state board of pardons today
continued hearing on the clemency
application of Charles r. Foster.
condemned murderer, until next
Thursday. The session will be held
in Phoenix, starting at 10 a. m, Lin
B. Orme, chairman of the board, an
nounced.
Foster was convicted of killing
Martin Parko near Benson, Feb. Is,
1929 He was hitch hiking from
California to his home in Pennsyl-
vania and Parko had picked him up
at Ell Centro, Calf.
An attempt to sell Park IS small
coupe led TO Fosters arrest at Lords
burg, N. M. He confessed and after
conviction was sentenced to hang.
Foster was declared to be sane after
which he appealed to the state Su-
preme court which upheld the lower
court and denied a further appeal
for rehearing.
Action by the pardon board is
Foster S last chance to avoid exc
cution. If the plea is denied he will
be hanged here at daybrcak, Friday,
Feb. 90
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-10
WEATHER BACK
TO NORMALLY in
MIDWEST AREAS

CHICAGO, Feb. 10. UP)-Sea-
sonable weather prevailed today
throughout most of the United
States for the first time since the
year 1881 began.
The winter heat wave" that had
held the middlewest in its grip for
weeks was effectively ended by a
wave of chilling winds which car
ried snow into some sections, rain
into others and sent the mercury
sliding downward in all.
In Arkansas, the state which suf-
fered most from the droughtS,
enough water fell Sunday and Mon
day to make precipitation normal
for the entire month. 1t was be-
lieved today the rain had ended af-
ter total fall of $40 inches.
Heavy rains also fell in Illinois,
Missouri. Oklahoma. Kentucky and
other states that had suffered from
the droughts. The benefits were
said to be unestimablc.
In northern states. from the
Rocky mountains eastward To the
Atlantic coast. normal winter con-
ditions prevailed. Snow fell in many
sections and temperatures generally
we're below freezing at night. ris-
ing today to around the freezing
mark.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-10
ACCUSED PAIR
OF BROKERS TO
FACE CHARGES

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 10. UP)-
Harold G.. Ferguson, head of a real
estate and investment trust corpo-
ration bearing his name. and Clay
ton Luckey, vice president of the
same firm, were at liberty on Si0,-
900 bail each today, following their
arrest on 48 counts of violation Of
the Corporate Securities act. involy-
ing approximately S950,000.
Arranged before Municipal Judge
H. Parker Wood, preliminary hear
ing of the pair was set for March 2.
Issuance of the complaint yester-
day followed a months inveStiga-
ton of financial affairs of the Fer
guson firm. instituted at the re-
quest of State Corporation Commis-
sioner Raymond l.. Haight, who
charged mismanagemento of six COM
panies and four trusts of the COR
pOration.
Alleged sale of trust certificates
without a permit was the basis of
80 counts, while sale of certificates
contrary to terms set out in trust
indentures was charged in another
dozen counts. Juggling" of funds
in four trusts in order to negotiate
the purchase of the Malibu Beach
tract was charged in the complaint.
Ferguson was president of the Los
Angeles Realty Board last year.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-10
CHEMICAL GAS
ROUTS CLASSES
AT UNIVERSITY

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 10. UJ.p)-
Five hundred students were driven
from the chemistry building at Ohio
State University and one instructor
was burned seriously when "A five
pound bottle of liquid bromine was
broken in the chemical laboratory
today.
In addition to the burns, Clar-
nee Bremen, Columbus, the instruct
or, suffered lung and heart trouble,
caused by the gas. He was taken
TO University hospital, where at
taches said the entire lover part
Of his body had been burned.
Neutralizing gases were released
in the one-story building shortly
after the accident, to permit stu
dents To re-entcr.
A majority of them returned to
their classes. but some still were
afraid of the gas and declined to
go into the building again.
Bremen dropped the bottle con-
tanning the bromine during DEM
onStration before his class. II
smashed TO bits, releasing the dead
| ly gases.
Bremen ran into tho adjoining
organic laboratory. tearing off his
clothes so he could treat his burns
easily When he realized water was
an insufficient unguent. he ran to
washroom. Professors finding him
there after a 10 minute search, or
dered his removal To the hospital.
As the gases spread through the
building. professors and students
spread an alarm.
Scores of students fought their
way TO the doors. choking and cry
ing as the fumes reached them.
A number OF the victims ran TO
nearby medical building for treat
ment. II was said there that none
of them had been hurt seriously.
Several professors donned gas
masks and reentered the building
in the hope Of saving anyone who
might have been overcome. They
found the claSsrooms and corridors
emptied. Bremier is a graduate as
sistant at the university.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-10
DISTRICT MAKING
READY TO SHOOT
HUGE EXPLOSION

Preparations for shooting" ap-
proximately 10000 cubic yards of
rock in the irrigation district quar-
ry at Andrade are under way this
week, according to M. j. Dowd
chief engineer.
There will be something like
900 pounds of powder used to
blow up the side of the quarry.
Dowd states that present plans
Schedule April /, as the date for
the job.
Workmen are drilling five coy
ote" holes into the face of the
quarry near the base OF the rock
wall. These holes will have a di-
mension of approximately three by
four feet and will extend straight
into the mountain for a distance
of from 54 to 65 feet. At the end
of each hole there will be a tunnel
at right angles and extending for a
distance of % -cet on either side of
the main tunnels in a "T'.
AT the eXtremities of each "T'
there will be pocxecS eXcavated for
packing the powder
The last big shot in the district
quarry occurred in 1927 when about
10000 cubic yards of rock were
brought down. The rock is used for
levee maintenance and repair. Large
quantities are always kept on hand
at the quarry for emergency work
on the levees during high water
periods
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-10
WARRANTS ISSUED
FOR WITNESSES
WHO FLED STATE

Los ANGELES, Feb. 10. U.P)--
The departure of Betty Totman, 10
year-old "honor gambler" for
Denver. Colo, IN company with her
mother. Mrs. F.. N. Totman. caused
the district attorneys office to is
sue felony complaints against the
pair today.
The complaints we're signed short
Is before Don Courtney, automobile
finance agent with whom the girl
tod authorities she gambled her
honor AGAINST $1,000 in a dice game,
We slheduled 20 appear for preli-
m nary hearing on charges OF con-
trih ag TO the delinquency of a
minor.
Mis- Totman fled from Los An
feles because. she told authorities IN
a letter. she was tired of all the
publicity growing out of the affair.
overt acts IN the complaints IN
ciudtd the allegations that Miss
Tolman left the state when her tes-
timony was vital TO the prosecution
.oi Courtney. and that the Totmans
refused 10 let process servers enter
their home.
Warrant FOR the arrest OF Mrs.
Totman and her daughter were TO
be- forwarded % Denver, authorities
said
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-10
GMlnLdL-,e
w ,sOys:

FT. SMITH, Ark, Feb.
.. 80 Say. that Tulsa is a
bear. We played there
last night 10 exactly $780,
600 az one single perform
ance. making 100000 the
state Of Oklahoma paid in
the one week. IL wasn't
the attraction; il was the
cause.
These people down in
these states know that
there is folks that are hun
CRY and they arc going TO
feed 'em a long as they
are able. And say. they
DO a great gag down here,
they don't just open up a
soup kitchen and feed a
lot Of professional buns
They make 'em work and
then give EN- the money
IL buy some food. Played
my wife's town. Rogers,
Ark. today. and TT. Smith
tonight.
Yours. WILL ROGERS.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-10
YOUNG LOVES
DREAM GIVEN
RUDE SETBACK

LANCASTER, Cal. Feb. 10. U.P)--
1t was springtime at Lancaster high
school. SO four young students
eloped to Las Vegas. New. with ev-
cry intention of leaving that Gret-
ma Green, married.
But today they were held in GUS
tody in Los Angeles.
The four, Evelyn Bautier, l6, vi
Wan MahaSstall, Is, HerSchell
Holmes, 10, and Eugene Johnson,
l8, closed their books, piled into a
flivver and started for Nevada.
The automobile collapsed II miles
south of Las Vegas and the boys
started for town with phono-
graph, which they intended to
pawn. The sheriff found them
trudging through the dust.
The girls were held in juvenile
nall in Los Angeles today. and ac-
cording to Deputy Sheriff Nettie
Yaw mighty glad to be, and stay,
there" because both fathers had
heavy belts with buckles on them.
They were scheduled, however, to
meet father today.
Bond of $1,000 each was keeping
the boys in the county jail on
charges of child stealing, placed be-
fore Justice of the Peace ONeill
here by the girls parents.
Because the youths lived by help
ing themselves to supplies in cabins
along the road to Las Vegas, Cap
tain Norris Stensland said addi-
tional charges of burglary might be
placed against them.
Imperial Valley press., 1931-02-10
MYSTERY OF FERTILE ISLAND
SOLVED BY FIRE DISCOVERY

glass tin cans and What not
have been merged. up 10 nov
another mystery to city ofti-
oials. has been cleared With the
revelation that the farm - ar-
tually an outdoor h0thouse, ac-
cording To Richard 4. Patterson.
Jr. OF the department 81 eoF-
rection. He believes the fire
explains the unusual heaxY yield
i'm vegetables
Last year Ne raised there
$1,000 pounds Of mAnKis bests.
5000 pou IDS Of tablc aeets. eeo0
pounds Of corn. a great quantity
of tomatoes. radiShes and ether
garden truck We raisr tao
crops there annually instead oi
one.' he said.