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The Washington times., 1931-04-25
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LAUDS PROBES
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ALBANY, April Is G.N.S0
Political leaders today attached
deep significance to Governor
Roosevelt's radio declaration in
which he characterized the legis-
lative investigation of New York
city and Tammany Hall as one
of the major accomplishments OF
the 1881 legislature.
At Odds With Leaders
ROOsevelt's attitude on the leg,
islative probe Of Mayor Walkers
administration is in direct con-
traSt to that of Democratic lead
ers of the legislature who bitterly
opposed the investigation and
called it a political fishing ex-
peditiOn.
In his radio speech Roosevelt
gave a detailed review of the
accomplishments and failures"
of the last session of the legisla-
ture. After listing eleven accom-
plishments he said:
FINALLY, the legislature has
undertaken an investigation of
governmental conditions in the
city of New York and the two
appropriations to carry this out
have been a. proved by me. The
total of them is One-half mil
dion dollars.
Session "NOt Barren"
>"On the whole, therefore,
this session of legislature that
lasted over three months can
not be called barren of accom-
pliShmentS."
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
v | F { BLAMED
IN SHOOTING

NEW YORK, April Is QN.SD.
A sleek 22-year-old ex-convict of
the gigolo type, and middle-aged
matron were held by police today
in connection with the probable
fatal shooting of the matron's
husband
The youth, James de Pew,
hotel employe. has confessed his
part in the shooting. police de-
clared, and the woman. Mrs. Amy
Conlin, has made a partial state
ment.
Bullet In Spine
The victim, John T. Conlin,
steward at a lodge home. was in
st. Johns Hospital with a bullet
in his spine. De Pew said:
"She wanted money so she
could go to Reno and get a di-
vOrce. We planned to hold up
her husband - get the money
from him. We didn't mean to
harm him."
Conlin was held up and shot at
2 a. m. Monday as he was about
to enter his home. Mrs. Conlin
notified police and rushed her
husband to the hospital.
Detectives in investigating the
the shooting, discovered a tele-
phone number in a small diary
kept by Mrs. Conlin.
Tracing this number, they
found de Pew and, after hours of
grilling, the youth, who had served
one term in the WeStchester
county Jail for burglary, admitted
his part in the shooting, police an
nOunced.
May Live For Weeks
Mrs. Conlin. confronted with de
Pew's story. denied any participa-
ton in the shooting but admitted.
police said. that there was a
plan"
Conlin, according to physicians,
is not expected to survive. al
though he may linger for weeks.
The bullet is so lodged in his
spine that efforts to extricate it
have been unsuccessful.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
Carpenter Is Fined $5
Under New Traffic
REGULATION

A fine of SIS was meted out
by Judge John P. Mcmahon in
Traffic Court today, for first
conviction to be recorded under
the new 8 to $50 a. m. no park
ing regulation.
Paul Meier, 81. a carpenter,
of 2514 Seventeenth st. N. w.,
was the defendant. According
to police, Mr.. Meier's car was
parked at Eleventh and G
Streets Northwest yesterday at
1925 a. m. The defendant
pleaded not guilty, explaining
that he had stopped his car in
a loading zone long enough to
get a cabinet from a nearby
store.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
Blast Destroys Tomb
Of DOukhObOr's King

NELSON, B. c., April Is
Q.N.SD.-The tomb of Peter
Veregin I, late king of the Douk-
hobor community at Brilliant, B.
c., was blown up with dynamite
yesterday. Although the $4,000
structure over the body of the
cult leader was destroyed, his re-
mains were not disinterred.
Police attributed the outrage
to a fanatical faction, the Sons
of Freedom" which has opposed
leadership of Peter Veregin II,
present head of the Russian
religioniSts, since his ascendancy
to the throne"
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
FAT RE MEDY.
|SINvOLVED
|NCASE
Government Contends Public
Is Injured by Misleading
Statements of Company

The Supreme Court today had
under advisement a case in which
It may lay down far.reaching
rule affecting the power of the
Federal Trade Commission TO
censor" advertising to prevent
unfair competition that Injuries
the public.
The issue arose when the com
mission ordered the makers of
an anti-fat remedy to cease al
legged false and misleading adver-
Using and include in advertising
a statement that the remedy
should be taken only on advice
Of a physician.
Lost Two Decisions
After losing in two lower Fed
eral courts the commission. aided
BY the Department of Justice,
appealed to the high court, de-
claring its power to preserve fair
competition in American business
is threatened by the decisions.
Assistant Attorney General
John Lord O'Brian, arguing for
the Government, told the court
the purpose of the Trade Commits
sion law has been virtually NULL
fled by the lower courts.
In answer, l.. w. Candless, OF
Detroit. attorney for the company,
asserted that the commission had
set up a virtual censorship Of ad-
VertiSing.
Public Injured, He Holds
Mr.. O'Brian denied the commits
sion sought to set up a censor.
ship. He contended the false and
misleading advertising, while 1t
may or may not have injured a
competitor, injured the public.
He continued:
81 do not contend the COM
mission has jurisdiction over all
false advertising. Congress had
no intention of setting up
strict category of what is unfair
competition. That must be de-
cided in each case"
There must be three elements
in the matter, Mr.. O'Brian said.
The representation must be false,
there must be competition and
the public must also be affected.
Testimony CO-"ilictS
In this case, he said, it was
shown there was competition but
it was not shown that another
competitor was directly affected.
It was shown, he contended, the
public was led to believe that it
was using a safe remedy. when
there was conflicting testimony
OH this question.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
Model PLGyrOOn1
Exhibited by Scouts

A model playroom equipped on
a scientific basis is on exhibit to-
day at the National Girl Scouts
Little House, Eighteenth st. and
New York Ave-, as a demonStra-
ton for Better Homes in America
Week.
The playthings selected by Mrs.
Margaret Richie White, of the
Washington Child Research Cen
ter, are such as to stimulate the
child to self-activity. An exhibit
of clothes, designed by the Bu-
reau of Home Economics, is also
on display, and the garments are
simple enough for the child to
dress itself.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
D. C.. Picked as Start
For Air ShOLu Race

Washington, D. C. and Sac
ramento, Calf, were announced
yesterday as the starting points
for races for the international
Aeronautical Industrial Exposition
in Mexico City from May Is to
"a. According to the announce
ment. 10000 pesos will be paid
to the washington winner and
5000 pesos to the winner Of the
Sacramento race.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
Aspen Church Gets
$50 From Society

The second contribution within
six months was made when the
Young Peoples Society of st.
Mary's Episcopal Church, of
Aspen, Montgomery county, voted
to give $50 towards reduction Of
the parish hall building debt.
The Sunday school announced
today that lawn fete and dance
will be given at the parish hall,
May 9 from 5 p. m. until midnight.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
Prize of S25
Planned for Bazaar

A real. old-fashioned bazaa"
will be held at st. Dominic
School hall from April 80 to Ma
2. inclusive. More than IS coll
cessions will be in operation. Each
night during the bazaar $25 will
be given away.
Among those on the committee
in charge are Misses Catherine
Roche, Marie Hawk, and Evelyn
Knott.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
SOUGHT
AS SSTRANGLER
Of THREE
San Diego Police Adopt New
Theories in Girl Murders:
Mrs. Ribbens' Past Traced

SAN DIEGO. Calf, April IS
G.N.SO Sensational eories S
we're being developed by police
and criminologists here today in
an effort to solve the death of q
child, a girl, and woman, all
believed to have been strangled
by the same killer.
"Female Fiend" Sought
The most sensational was that
a feminine fiend was the "phan-
tom killer" responsible for the
strange triumvirate of murders
The victims we're:
Mrs. w. B. Bibbens, whose
battered, Slashed, and garrOtted
body was found Thursday night
in her expensive apartment.
Louise Teuber, II, whose un-
clad body was suspended from
q tree last Sunday.
Virginia Brooks, schoolgirl,
who was kidnapped and murd-
cred last February.
Victims of Stranger
Coroner Gums autopsies re-
veal that each victim had died
as the result of strangulation. He
expressed the belief that the
Brooks girl had been choked to
death, that Mrs. Bibbens was gar
rotted with a towel, and that the
Teuber girl had been struck with
a blunt instrument, then hanged
with a rope.
Police point out that none of
the victims was attacked-in sup
port of the theory that perhaps
a crazed woman was behind the
carnival of crime that has ter
rorized citizens here in the last
three months.
WOman'S Past Traced
The past life of the beautiful
Bibbens woman was being searched
by police. She was known to
have had a passion for gambling
and diamonds and was habitue
Of Mexican race tracks and casi-
noes. Her husband was suicide
several years ago, police report.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
BUTLER WANT rs
HAITI ENVOY
REBUKED
Minister to U. S. Said to Have
Cast ASpersions on Record
for Which Marine Won Honor

Tor WhlC1 Marine won Honor
Undaunted by his recent tilt
with Mussolini, Mai. Gen. Smedley
Butler has now started a con-
troversial joust with the Haitian
minister to the United States,
Dantes Bellegarde.
The belligerent marine yester-
day accused the Caribbean diplO-
mat of having made belittling
and inaccurate remarks regarding
the American campaign in Haiti
against rebels in 1915.
In this sortie General Butler
captured Fort Riviera, occupied
by bandits in the interior of
Haiti, and later was rewarded
with a Congressional medal of
honor for his bravery.
No Such Fort, He Says
About this exploit Minister
Bellegarde was quoted in an
article in the Washington Herald
on April 13 as saying:
1--WE have looked all over our
island, and there is no such
fort as the one described"
General Butler has protested
to Secretary of the Navy Adams
against this statement, consider
ing it a reflection on his record
and his valor. He also declares
it to be a reflection upon the
Marine Corps, and he wants the
State Department to do some
thing about it.
Secretary of the Navy Adams
has not yet made a reply to
General Butler, but it is under
stood will turn the entire incident
over to the State Department for
consideration.
RidicuIes Fighting Marine"
Minister Bellegarde was quoted
as saying that General Butler is
every imaginary" in his account
of what happened at Fort Riviera.
he continued:
"The general tells how he
took 20 men, climbed up the
we'll, crawled through a drain
pipe, and took the fort.
I'VE in Haiti have always
wondered about that. For there
is no Fort Riviera. There never
was.
However, for taking Fort
Riviera, General Butler got the
Congressional Medal of Honor
the second time. He is the
only man in the United States
to get it twice-the fighting
marine!"
The attack upon Fort Riviera,
whose existence is deemed purely
mythical by the Haitian minis
ter, is described in detail in the
citation for the Congressional
Medal of Honor which General
Butler received on November II,
1915. 1t is based upon official
marine records.
Recall Duce Incident
The State Department some
weeks ago apologized to the 1tal-
ian government for speech OF
General Buffers in Philadelphia,
in which he portrayed Premier
Mussolini as a hit-and-run motor
ist. A general court-martial was
ordered for Butler in this instance,
after the Italian minister had pro
tested, but the trial was called off
when Butler apologized for "en1-
barrassing" the United States
Government. He drew a repri-
mand from Secretary of the Navy
Adams as punishment.
General Butler has just been
granted two weeks leave of alb
sence to go to Oregon and direct
the organization of State con-
stabulary in that State. His as
sistance was requested by State
authorities.
The Washington times., 1931-04-25
BRAINY PLAYER

Professor C. v. P. Young, head
of the Department of Physical
Education at Cornell University
originated the hidden ball. trick
as quarterback when he played
for Cornell against Penn State in
1897.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-17
Fond of Their School

1t is a little hard to believe that there are any school
children, anywhere, who would not rejoice when theiS
Ischoolfouse burned down. Yet so reputable q magazine
as The Nation assures us that this was the case recently
when the Hessian Hills School, at Croton-on-H Hudson.
New York. burned down. II The Nation says so, it must
be true. But it Is a bit of a shock.
Indeed, these children not only failed to rejoice at the
burning of their schoolhouse; they flocked around and
offered to help rebuild it. They offered their pennies
and uckels to the building fund. Groups Of them pledged
their allowances. In every way they showed that they
actually wanted The school leopened as speedily as pos
sible.
This seems to us to be as good a recommendation as
could possibly be obtained for the teachers at this school;
and while we know nothing whatever about the place. we
would like to hear more. A school that can make chill
dren go to their classes with joyous zest would be worth
studying.
Yet, when you stop to think about it, the wonder is
that all schools are not like that. Surely the school
authorities have everything in their favor as far as the
raw material Is concerned. The %youngster who tIudges
off to school for the first time begins his journey with
high hopes. He is eager to 60. School Is going to be
fine stuff. He presents himself, wide-eyed and expect
ant, ready to drink In the marvels that are to be
presented TO him. Remember how it was?
On top of that, every child has an overwhelming thirst
for Internationally and all kinds Of 1t. There are
many, many things in this world about which he knows
nothing, and most of them are fascinating. 1t is the JOB
of the school teacher to feed him this information: and,
the appetite the average %youngster takes to
school with him, the job ought to be easy.
But somehow it isn't. Somewhere along the line there
is a slip-up. The child is not long in discovering that
work is chiefly drudgery. If the school and the
child arc both normal-representative. that IS. OF the
great average-the child soon entertains a lively hatred
for the place, and wants nothing so much as to be ever
~laStingly free from it.
Part of this, probably, is due to the fact that learning
anything has it's dull moments. To play the violin, Tor
instance, is very gratifying; but before one can produce
anything that even a~pproximates pleasing music one
must spend long hours at the most uninspirlng sort OF
study and practice. The preliminary steps are bound to
be more or less discomfiting.
But is that all of it? Shouldn't it be possible Tor the
school to be fascinating and e~njoyable? ms nttle
story from the banks OF the Hudson makes IL seem So
at any rate.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-17
Shaking Off the Other Sheep
(The Northwestern Miller)

(The Northwestern MlIer)
If YOU ever watched ten thousand sheep being driven
through a village street in Idaho. you saw a lot OF violent
action, but little progress. They eddied up every side
alley, jumped over each others neck, tripped over their
own feet, and nearly strangled in the dust.
The trouble with a sheep is that 1T insists on some
other sheep doing its thinking. 1t is not what you would
call self-reliant. When danger threatens, sheep huddle
together with heads toward the center. and bleat-tne
way the average motorist solves a traffic jam by honklng.
It is a curious fact that comparatively few people
make much, If any, money out of business. THAT Is
BECAUSE SHEEP PSYCHOLOGY GUIDES MOST
BUSINESS MEN. The average business man feels lonely
sand other sheep-tremendously active, but going no
where.
One Of OUR basic industries is an example. Recently,
a foreign competitor dumped a few hundred tons In this
country at a low price. We could have absorbed this
dumped stuff without a ripple. But one OF our producers
got panicky and jumped into the ditch. All the rest
followed, of course. AS a result, prices are below cost OF
production and will stay there for some tme-tor no
reason at all.
An advertiser follows an individual line of thinking
about as follows: "This industry in which I am strug-
Cling and getting nowhere is all wet. We manufacturers
are producing three hundred million dollars worth OF
goods and making no money. We are a bunch OF sheep.
Jul STUFF IS ALL ALIKE AND NOT ESPECIALLY
GOOD, ECAUS QUALITY AND CUT PRICES DON'T
GO TOGETHER. Dealers bully us into selling below
cost and then can't make any money themselves. be-
cause most dealers are sheep also. Naturally, consumers
don't care what they buy, so long as the price is low.
They are indifferent to poor quality, because no one has
ever told them about high quality. No more for me
I will make our goods better than any one has ever dared
to make them and I will tell every man, woman and
child in the country about them. The rest OF these
sheep can Craze over the same barren pastures-me for
the upper ranges where there is something to eat"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-17
The Right to Vote
Grand Forks Herald)

NJTdnQ fCrkS dcralQ)
In support of the petitions asking for the submission
of a constitutional amendment to move the state capital
from Bismarck to jamestown it has been urged on sew
eral occasions that the signing of such a petition did
not necessarily imply approval of the capital removal
project, but merely recognition of the right Of the people
to express themselves on such an important subject. It
was argued that refusal to sign would indicate a desire
to prevent free expression of the popular will. A similar
members who declared themselves opposed to capital
removal, but thought it only fair that the people should
have an opportunity to vote on the subject. Therefore
those members opposed the inclusion of the emergency
clause in the capitol building bill in order that the sup
porters of removal might not be put to the trouble of
obtaining as many as 10000 signatures to the referendum
petition which would be required to overcome the effect
Of the emergency clause.
Such arguments have a certain plausibility, but they
are ulsound. The initiative and the referendum are in
tended as extraordinary and emergency measures. Ordi-
narily it is expected that constitutional amendments
shall be proposed by the legislature, and that laws en-
acted by the legislature shall stand. 1t is intended that
direct action shall be taken by the people only in un-
usual cases, where there is a strong and well defined
sentiment which, for any reason, has not been expressed
by the legislative body.
In the case Of capital removal, if there is sufficient
removal sentiment in tho state to make it reasonably
probable that the project will be supported by a majority
of the voters, there will be plenty of persons to sign petit
tons without appealing to those who are unfavorable.
Those who are In favor of permitting conditions to re-
main as they are have no occasion to wish for q vote.
The initiative should be taken by those who desire q
change. and by them only.
It may be noted ir passing that when the capitol build
ing bill was before the house, all the representatives
from the three Grand Forks county districts voted In
favor OF retention of the emergency clause. We are salts
fled that In doing so those members expressed the SEN
timent that is preponderant in their several districts.
While the removal petitions were signed by a large num-
Der of Grand Forks residents, very many Of those per-
sons signed without having given the subject a thought,
and while the subject has keen discussed informally at
many business gatherings. we have yet to learn Of one
Of such gatherings where there was evidence Of any con-
siderable sentiment IN favor of removal.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-17
No Longer Self-COnscious

No less an authority than Efrem Zimbalist asserts that
America no longer need take a back seat for other nations
with regard to music, and the news will come to most
of us as something refreshing.
For many years Americans have regarded themselves
as inferior, in some of the arts and letters, particularly
the field of music, to our European cousins. The great
est compositions have been regarded as those Of the So
called old masters and, whether or not he liked the
works of Brahms or List, the average American has tried
to give the impression of true appreciation while listen
ing to their compositions. All this despite the fact that
the process frequently panied him severely, II the truth
were told.
We have taken it so much for granted that the Euro
peans are superior in both composition and rendition that
Mr.. zimbalists pr~onunciamento. America leads the
world in every form of musical activity is something
of a pleasant surprise.
tive American, having been born in Russia and educated
under the foreign masters. He has lived abroad much
of the time and has kept in close touch with musical
developments in the leading centers of Europe.
We can believe him, therefore, when he asserts that
I'VE have left Germany far behind. We not only have
the best orchestras and the best c%oncertists, but We
have men who write excellent music, Powell, Taylor,
GershWin and Goldmark, for example.
American jazz never has been SO popular in Europe.
Europeans adore it, even those who make a pretense
at despising it. They sneak off secretly to listen to It,"
There are many persons in this country who regard
LET Me Call You Sweetheart" as more typical Of the
spirit of the nation than Eyes, We Have No Bananas
but partisans of both American balladry and jazz may
take equal pride in Zimbalsts inference that our infer
iority complex, insofar as music is concerned, is un-
Justified.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-02-17
A New Art in Fishing

Keeping wild fish wild IS one of the fine points which
makes the artificial raising of fish in most states of
the country for restocking purposes a real art, accord
ing to the American Game association.
With the Matching season in full sway in state fish
culture stations, Wisconsin is now importing 100000
brook trout eggs from the Rocky Mountain wilds of Mon
tana, where the young fish dine on mustang meat.
The diet for baby fish in Montana has been mustang
liver and meal, but faced with a shortage of that vigor-
Gus fare, the state is experimenting with other ingredi-
ents. The mustang supply is fast decreasing because Of
canning factories which export the delicacy Of mustang
flesh to European countries.
New Mexico, confronted by a depletion of the beef
liver supply-due to the human consumption of liver
since America went "vitamin conscous"-has solved this
problem by weaving the young fish from the liver menu
after the first few weeks and giving them straight horse
meat.
Though reduction plants engaged in manufacturing
chicken feed and dog food are making serious inroads
into our horse supply also, We anticipate no serious pinch
in this direction for a long time" said E. L. Perry,
secretary of the New Mexico department. of fish and
game.
Mother" fish kept in the rearing ponds are caught
and stripped of their eggs during spawning season. The
eggs, millions of them. are placed In glass jars, about
5000 to the quart, and water at an even temperature
runs through these constantly for from 80 to 100 days.
reared to planting size. The pools are watched night
and day, often lighted by bomb" or flare lights, to guard
against poachers and to attract insects.