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The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Many Notables to Attend
Funeral of Edison

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by the bier-aIl but Henry Ford.
He stood just outside the inner
door. He would not view his old
erOny.
He said to Charles Edison: .
"Y0u remember the last time
I saw him in the library. How
we talked together. Well, 1
want to keep that as the last
thing in my memory"
Mrs. Hoover on Way
Every train today brought celeb
rites.
Herbert Hoover was due to ar
rive this afternoon, escorted by q
motorcycle escort of is men.
The funeral services will be SIM
pie. They will not occupy more
than an hour. Then the vast
crowds, admitted to Llewellyn
Park by pass, will melt silently
away.
There will be a brief period in
which the inventors family will
take leave Of their dead, alone and
In seclusion. Then the body will
be taken to RoSedale for burial.
There is a crowd here, silent
with curiosity. And $50 police
from Newark and Montclair and
the Oranges will move about the
dead, keeping Edison'S bronze cof-
fin as the center Of their blue
clad circle.
These will remain ON duty until
after he is buried. Then 50 Of
them win remain as guard Of
honor about the grave and about
the cemetery.
Edison's last night here in the
laboratory was one Of calm dig
nifty. He rested in his library
under a guard OF honor. It was
q detail Of the Sixteenth Infantry
Of the regular Army. It was
made up Of one corporal and
three sergeants under the COM
mand of Lieut.. r. c. Brisich, Of
Fort Jay.
Thousands at Laboratory
There were $4,000 people who
passed through the gates Of the
laboratory group Of Buildings
from early in the morning until
just before the body was moved,
when the great steel gates were
closed softly against them.
The line, which was winding
slowly in through the gates like
q black, lethargic snake, extended
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
DENIES LOVING EX-PASTOR
Beauty Says Czech
Suitor Pestered Her
for Money

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 QN.SO.
Bartholomew J. Chaducek's $50r
600 suit against Betty Randolph,
former FolIies girl, whom he
claims left him waiting at the
altar, went to the jury today In
Supreme Court Justice Inter
myers court after bitter sunnlna-
ions by counsel.
Miss Randolph testified in
court that she had never loved
the former clergyman.
Chudacek alleges that Betty
failed to make the trip to the
altar, where he was waiting Tor
her, three times. ~
Betty admitted in court that
she promised once to marry the
man. She did it to save her life,
she said. She claimed he come
10 her apartment smelling Of
iuuor and tried to throw her out
Of the window. She capttulated
the next day.
Betty at one stage Of her teSti-
mony said she had been born IN
the South. This was to explain
Why she always offered drinks"
Later she changed the place OF
her birth to Baltimore. She said
She had changed her name from
elizabeth Bailey to- Betty Ran
dolph when she entered the Fol-
lies. =
she also said that her slIitor
had wanted her money and to
share her purported $62,00O-a.
year income. She said he had
once asked her for 100000 be-
cause "he was poor and wanted It
in case anything happened TO
her so he could write checks with
out embarrassment"
Denying that he was . "ren'
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
AID
.T0W0R[DSEEN
IN ROTARY
District Governor at Luncheon
Here Praises Local Club;
Spanish Professor a Guest

There Is an obligation laid
upon the Rotary Club today as
never uefore for constructive,
practical aid in. bringing about
the re-adjustment Of the world,
according to DR.. Paul e. Tits
worth, governor Of the Thirty.
fourth District Of Rotary Inter.
national, who addressed the
washington Rotary Club today.
DR.. Ellsworth, president Of
washington College at Chester.
town, Nd, was here today for
his annual official visit, and
prior to the noon luncheon met
with the officers Of the local
club.
Spaniard . Guest
Also o guest at the luncheon
at the Willard was Sr. Lana Sar.
ratio, professor Of n1etallurgy Of
Barcelona, Spain, q member Of
the Spanish Parliament and also
a member Of the Club Service
Committee Of Rotary Interna-
tional. He has just attended a
meeting Of the committee in
Chicago.
In his address to the club Gov
ernor Ellsworth dwelt largely on
club matters, commencing the
local club for it's prestige, achieve
ments and enthusiasm, and en-
phaSizing the need for co-opera-
ton Of all members within the
local club and cohesion Of all
local clubs within the interna-
tio1a1 body.
There is a tremendous obliga.
ton upon such a club as the
Rotary, with its high aims and
sound principles, to work for i'm.
prCvement of social and economic
conditions and thus justify it's
claims, the speaker said.
He reminded that Rotarians
have manifold opportunities for
practicing their altruistic theories.
and urged that they do so.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
U. S. Acts to Attach
Property of Capone

That his conviction on charges
of violating the income tax law
will not excuse Al Cspone from
payment Of the money which the
Income Tax Bureau claims Is
due was shown yesterday when
the Government started proceed.
ings to attach property of the
gangster in Chicago and Miami:
Officials figure that Capone
owes. at least $215,0O0, with pros.
poets that the amount will exceed
81 10000 when a final check on
his resources is made. .
Instructions were issued yester.
day to Federal collectors at Miami
and in Chicago to attach all
Capone'S property which could be
located, the Government later to
prove in court that the money is
actually due.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
POLICEMAN HI 7.
HIM, man Says

A warrant charging assault has
been issued by Assistant United
States Attorney Michael F. Keogh
for the arrest Of John Sheedy,
jr., Of the United States Park
Police, it was learned today. It
was obtained by Alfred Hallidge.
so, rental agent for the trus"
tees Of the defunct Swartzen,
Rheem and Hensey Company.
Hallidge said he went to the
Sheedy apartment at 705 Fourth
st. N. W., October 8 to inform
Sheedy'S wife Of her discharge
as resident manager Of the
apartment house. After he ex-
planned his mission, Hallidge
adds, Sheedy, invited him into
the apartment several times in
a menacing manner.
When he refused to enter, he
charges, Sheedy grabbed him and
pulled him into the apartment.
There, according to Hallidge's
charge, the policeman and sew
eral companions beat him.
Hallidge declares that a man
named George Anderson, who
lives In the apartment building,
Sheedy's father-in.law and a step
son participated in the alleged
assault. After knocking him
down, Hallidge said, one Of the
party Jumped on him with both
feet, breaking five ribs.
The rental agent told Keogh
he then returned In a taxi to
his home in the Wardman Park
Hotel, where he collapsed. He
was then taken to Garfield Hos.
pital, where he was q patient
for five dayg
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
CHIEF To NAME
OWN AIDES
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conform to what General Crosby
feels to be the new develop
ment" In policing.
Selection Of a successor to
Inspector william S. Shelby, re-
tired yesterday, will be left to
the chief and by the first of
the year a half dozen vacancies
in the captains rank win be
created. Personnel to fill these
vacancies also will be chosen by
General GlaSsford.
The principal instruction which
General GIaSsfOrd will be working
under when he takes office will
be directions to follow up" orders.
The Commissioners are known to
believe that the mere issuance Of
orders is not enough. The chief,
they feel, must be ON his toes to
keep the force alert to obedience
Of the orders.
General Crosby's experience
with troops as well as General
GlaSSford's will be utilized to the
full to make the new deal in po-
lice affairs reach down from the
new heads Of the department to
the "man on the beat"
One. Of the principal complaints
which District officials lodged
against the administration Of
Major Henry G. Pratt was that
once orders were issued, that was
all there was to it.
General GlaSSford, it is under
stood, win spend a great ,lsal Of
time in the precinct houses. He
win not be expected to participate
personally in the enforcement Of
the laws, but he will be expected
personally to see that his men
function in this line.
The Commissioners yesterday
approved the retirement Of Capt.
Walter EmmersOl1, now command
ing the Thirteenth precinct. Sim
iIarIy the retirement Of Policeman
J. e. Wilson, Of the Eleventh pre-
cinct was ordered.
Both Of these retirements were
because Of age.
Several captaincies were LETT
Hanging in air. when General
Crosby q few months ago put his
new military form Of organizac
ton into effect. Retirements
probably viii mean the end Of
some Of these captaincies as
General Glassford may not find
it necessary to have as many
officers as the former admins
tration, 80
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
FINDS
GANGS0N RUN,
. CAPONE DONE
Crime Commission Cites Its
"PubEc Enemy List" Shows
1t Practically Wiped Out

CHICAGO, Oct. II (I.N.S0.-
With Al Capone facing the pros
pect Of q long term in a Federal
prison for income tax evasion,
officials Of the Chicago crime
commission reported ," marked
progress today in their long war
on gangSters. 5-
"On the Run"
The gangsterS are ION the rum
in Chicago, according to r. w,
Dvorak, assistant operating d.
rector Of the commission.
The commission has taken an
active interest In the Capor1e
case and is awaiting the sentence
Federal Judge James H. Wilker-
son will mete out, next Friday.
Throughout the Capone trial the
commission has had an observer,
Frederick Pretzie, jr., in court
following every bit Of testimony.
Fate Of Enemies"
What has happened to the
original list Of 28 public enc.
mies' named by the commission
April 23, 1892. Here is the an
SWer: u. ..' 80
Two are dead, three are i'm the
penitentiaries, five are under SEN
tence, one Ii awaiting sentence
one rs. ON hail pending. review in
am extraditiOn case, one has been
ordered depOrted, three are await
ing trial, five are fugitives from
justice and seven have been
cleared Of charges brought against
them since the list was prepared,
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Jenkins Made Head
Ru Student Council

Ernest jenkins, class Of 1888,
has been elected president Of the
student council at the. Miner
Teachers College. Other officers
elected were Adelaide Webb, 1894,
vice president: Junita Smackum,
1925, secretary, and Carolyn Hoi
lornan, 1884, treasurer.
The new officers were enthusi-
astically received by the student
body and win serve for one year.
Students participating in the pro-
gram following the election were
william Epps, representing the
basketball team; Florita Roy, the
cheering club; Addie Bruce, the
girls bali team; Alice Clark. the
swimming team; Violet Miller, the
athletic association: Nora Drew,
the dramatic club, and Airline Gil.
more. the glee club,
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
ACTS OF ARMY
DEFENSIVE
ONLY
Kellogg Pact Observed, Tokyo
Replies to Notes Of Powers;
Secret Geneva Session Held 'IN

TOKYO, Oct. Il uN.S0-The
government Of japan fully recog-
nizes its obligations under the Kef
logg Pact for the outlawry Of war
and has no intention of resorting
to armed conflict for solution Of
its differences with China In Man
churia, it was stated tonight In
Japan's reply to the identic notes
sent, to Tokyo by the Kellogg Pact
Signatories at the suggestion OF
the League Of Nations Council,
The Japanese reply, prepared
by Foreign Minister Baron Shide-
l1ara, is to be presented to the
various foreign embassies at il
q. m. tomorrow.
Act of War Denied
Japan reiterstes that occupa-
fion Of Manchuria constituted
solely d measure Of SeR1deaenSe
ana In no respect can be con-
Strued as an act Of war, In viola
tiOn of the terms Of the Kellogg
Pact.
As proof Of Japan,S readiness
to negotiate the issue peacefully,
the note cited the Japanese
communication to the League Of
Nations October 8, in which the
government reviewed the situar
tion in Manchuria and expressed
q desire for direct negotiations
with China as soon as the Sc.
curity Of her nationals was guar:
anteed by the Chinese suthor1:
ties.
Anti.Jap Acts Cited
The communication states that
Japan believes it should be made
clear that anti-Japanese activity
and sentiment in China Cannot
be interpreted as spontaneous
action by individual Chinese,
but that they are the result OF
concerted propaganda sponsored
by organizations taking the law
into their own hands"
from the outset, Japan has
maintained that the Kellogg pact
Is mot applicable in the present
instance, IS no state Of war ex-
lists I'm, ManChuria and no decIara:
tion Of war is contemplated by
the japanese government.
Fiye.POint Change
Shortly before the gist Of the
Japanese reply was revealed, 1t
was learned the government
would accede to the suggestion
Of Aristide BRAND, chairman Of
the League Of Nations Council.
that the fifth clause in Tokyo's
'five-point plan," put forward as
q basis of negotiations with
China, be altered.
AS originally presented at
Geneva by Kenkichi Yoshizawa,
Japanese delegate to the league,
the fifth point demanded an
agreement between China and
japan :.for cooperation and
avoidance of ruinous competition
between the South Manchuria
and other railroads In Man
churia and give effect to all
existing treaty rights"
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
WATER POWER
QUIZ SOUGHT
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the American power industry,
King asserted, els not sufficient"
and the political operations of
the industry should also be exam
ined, he held.
The pending negotiations be-
tween this country and Canada
on the st. Lawrence waterway
project, King wrote the Congress,
furnishes still another vital rea.
son for an inquiry into the polit.
ical activities of the power in
tereStS.
Power Rights Involved
Vast water power rights are
involved, King declared, "and
it is important that it should
be known that any agreement
entered into Isl free from sub
verSive political influences"
The report continues:
'Tt is common knowledge that
American private power mOnOp-
OlieS desire these treaties to
their private advantage. A pre-
cautiOnary clause as to what
banking and utility concerns
may be endeavOFing to direct
this treaty making from the out
side and who their friends are
ON the inside might just now re-
dOund to the public benefit for
the next alf-century.
"There is reason to believe
that the same tactics used i'm
Canada are being pursued here
and for the same general DUR
pose-capture Of the mower sites
now in the peoples control"
Lawyers on Payroll
I'm substantiatiOn Of his charge
King wrote that the Alabama
Power Company, (which is CON-
trOlled by the Electric Bond and
Share Company Of New York,
has ONE or more lawyers ON. its
payroll in every town Of cOnse..
Quence in every county in Ala
b&ma.
The real business of these
lawyers is not legal, but to
see that town, county, state,
Congressional, Senatorial and
Presidential candidates are first
privately made safe for the
power trust. have q list of
these lawyers and their sti-
pendS and write advisedIy."
He further charged that Col,
William Kelly. an Army engineer,
for many years chief engineer Of
the Federal Power Commission,
was "notoriously favorable to the
power interests" and after leav.
ing the Government service was
made vice president and general
manager Of one Of the SubSidt-
aries Of the Niagara-HudSon Cor
poration. where, among other
activities. he is lobbyist for his
employers, both in Washington
and Albany" ..*
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
New Note Sent
By China to League

GENEVA, Oct. 21.-Spurred by
another note from the Chinese
government urging immediate
action-the second received
within "a hours-the League Of
Nations Council strove today to
reach some sort Of compromise
permitting settlement Of the Man
churian dispute.
= Chfna'S second note, handed to
Aristide BRAND, French foreign
minister and president Of the
council by DIR. Alfred Sxe, chief
Of the Chinese delegation, de-
cIared the situation had reached
. "Crisis which must be settled
without further delay"
- BRAND Calls Session
M. BRAND called a secret seS-
sion Of the five leading members
Of the council.
The United States was not rep
resented at the session ct M.
Brands hotel. ~
Reports said the meeting was
called to consider again the five
point plan proposed by Japan as
Q "baSiS for negotiations" s.
The principal point discussed, It
was understood, was Japan's ap.
parent willingness to OeVacuate
Manchuris provided the League
Council does not 60 to the ex-
treInity Of setting a definite date
for withdrawal Of Japanese troops.
Adjournment Considered
Il was reported M. BRAND sug.
gested Japan's demand I'm this re
Spect might be met by adjOurnine
the council for three weeks, which
was believed acceptable to Japan.
The understanding was that
during this interim japanese evac
u4tiOn would commence, thus per
nltting Tokyo to carry out the
withdrawal Of troops as an appar
ent voluntary act.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Calendar Gives 1878
As Date Edison
Found Light

Mrs. Alfred Cheethan, Of 1921
Saratoga Ave-, Silver Spring,
Md, a teacher at the Chevy
Chase Country Day School, has
been trying to teach her pupils
something Of the significance
Of the passing Of Thomas Edi-
son and in searching for ma
terial she discovered o calendar
gave October 81 as the date
Of the invention Of the light
by Edison.
Her calendar gives the year
as 1873, while early news
paper accounts place the date
as 1879.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
CardOzO PIT. A. Body
Elects Its Officers

Mrs. M. L. Blackwell was re.
elected president of the Cardozo
High School Parent Teacher As
sociation at its first meeting held
last night. Mrs. M. II. Skinner
was reelected secretary, and Mrs.
Louise Lovett, treasurer. Both
are members Of the Cardozo
faculty.
In the business meeting the as
sociation pledges its support to
Mrs. Ida Taylor, the only colored
social worker at the Juvenile
Court. An effort will also be
made to get instruments for an
orchestra at the school.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Japanese Translate
Mrs. Lindbergh Poem

Remembrance" the poem
which Mrs. Anne Lindbergh wrote
a few years back for the Smith
College Monthly and which was
set to music by Maury Madison,
in Paris last spring, has now been
translated into japanese and will
be published in that country.
The Japanese translation is the
work of Rynusaku Tsunoda Of
the japanese Culture Center Of
Columbia University.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Drunk DriUer Gets
Year in Rockville

Cyril Spencer was sentenced to
serve IL months in the Maryland
House Of Correction by Police
Court Judge Charles w. Wood.
ward Ia Rockville, when he was
convicted the second time Of driv-
ing while under the influence Of
liquor. .-...
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
Liberty Light to Go
Out in Edison Honor

NEW YORK, Oct. 81 d.N.S).
AS a part Of the minute Of dark
ness tribute to Thomas A. Edison,
the torch Of the Statue Of Lib
erty will be extinguished for so
seconds at 10 o'clock tonight On
orders Of Maj. Gen. Hanson e.
Ely, commander Of the Second
Corps Area, announced today.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
cISSEL A CAPTAIN

Joseph c. CisSeI, Of Silver
Spring, Nd, has been appointed
a captain of the Army Infantry
Reserve, the War Department
announced today.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
COLLECTORS TO MEET

The Capital Philatelic Society
for junior collectors will hold
It's weekly meeting Friday at
Thompson Community Center at
1880 O'Clock.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21
GAELIC CLUB T0, DANCE

The Gaelic-American Club will
give a dance at the Playhouse,
1914 N st. N. w. tomorrow at
9 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21

from the gates down to St. Mark s
Church, a distance Of a mile.
The Washington times., 1931-10-21

Is SHOWN here with her
unusual pet Harry. Harry is
a stuffed dog and has q bona
fide passport, which has been
visaed by authorities in many
European countries. Miss Rob
ert arrived today on the s. s.
Majestic after . tour Of
Europe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18

The Star delivered TO your
door every evening and Sunday
morning at 1i5c per day and SC
Sunday. Can you afford to be
without this service al this cost?
Telephone National 5000 and de-
livery viii start at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18

Dickens, Scott, Thackeray, Hardy and
Jane Austen are the most popular au-
thors among sailors on British battle
ships
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
branded such reports as merely ru-

mors.'
Detailed accounts of such alleged
negotiations appeared February 2 and 3
in the Ranking Central Daily News.
generally regarded as the governments
official organ. The Daily News quoted
the ministry Of communications as its
authority
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GROUP TO OBSERVE
WASHINGTON BIRTH
Sons and Daughters of Re-
public to Present Program
on Friday Night.

The Sons and Daughters of the Re
public, D. A. r.. will celebrate George
Washingtcn's birthday anniversary Fri
day night at Peck Memorial Chapel,
Twenty and M streets.
An elaborate program has been ar
ranged to start at 1880, at which tie
guest speakers will be Mai. Gen. Amos
A. Fries u. S. A.. retired; Mrs. John
u. Sherman of the George Washington
Bicentennial Commission, Miss Helen
Hartman, State regent; Mrs. David d.
Caldwell vice president gcnetal. end
Mrs. Earl B. Fuller, past State chair
man of the State Committee. Rev.
Irving Ketcham will pronounce sthe i'll
vocation and benediCtion. A section 0t
the Army Band will play, with Mrs.
Thelma Mills Rector guest soloist The
Friendship House Glee Club Will rectte
patriotic numbers, Henry Collins will
be color bearer. John Grove and Rich
ard Logan, presidents of Nathan Hale
and Mount Vernon Clubs, Will be mas
tiers of ceremony of the evening.
Committee members who will act as
hostesses are Miss Elisabeth NJ. Barnes.
Mrs Arthur j. williams. jr.; Miss Mary
F. Biekford, Mrs. Helen II. ROurdy, Miss
Annah Began. Miss Caroline l. Babb,
Miss Jean Warfeld. Mrs Margaret NJ.
Brulnbaueh. Mrs Adela L Brand. Miss
Adelaide S Beard Miss Gilbert Gone,
Miss Estelle Sawyer, Mrs. Maude l..
Trewhella and Mrs. A. Y. Casanova.
Assisting hostesses will be members Of
the clubs: Miss Winifred Watts. Miss
Ruth Conner, Miss Edwina Rooney,
Miss Isabelle Kelliher Miss Mildred
Becker and Miss Mary HeinbuCh. John
Grove, vice president of Nathan Hale
Club, and LLOYD Scott, recording secre-
tary of Mount Vernon Club. will have
charge CT ushers.
A social hour will complete the pro-
gram of the evening. Members of
Friendship House clubs and their
friends desiring to attend will meet at
Friendship House promptly at O'Clock
to meet the Rotary bus CARRYING the
clubs to Peck Memorial Chapel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-18
By the Associated Press.

Ely the Associated Press.
Daring as always, Alice Roosevelt
Longworth turned back the clock
quarter century. last night, to appear
at her silver wedding party in the
bullying pompadour of 1906 and a cos
tune from her trousseau.
The Slender. youthful looking "Prin-
cess Alice" required of the guests in
vited to dinner at the Longworth home
that they too wear gowns of the same
era If they had no ball gowns left,
they were commanded to appear in
shiTtWaists. skirts and sailor hats, so
that inside the home everything re-
called the February H. when at the
White House President Roosevelt gave
away his daughter to young Mick"
who now shines as the sartorially per-
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IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED
Pennsylvania Railroad to Spend
$175. 100000 for Repairs.

PHILADELPHIA, February 18 Pl.-
w. w. Atterbury, president of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Co.. announced last
night that the company planned to
spend approximately $175000,000 for
Improvements III the next two and one
half years instead of four years. as was
the intention when the program was
decided upon.
1T is our view" Mr.. Atterbury said
in a formal statement, that commodity
prices are now at level and the eff
cheney of labor is so great that improve
ments can now be definitely contracted
for on exceptionally favorable bases"