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The Washington times., 1931-07-15
CELL|N| JEWEL
SALEFEATURE

When the Earl of Hardwood,
husband of Princess Mary of
England, sells the famous Can
ming jewel at auction in London
tomorrow, another chapter will
be started in the history of this
pendant, which is said to be
worth a fabulous sum.
The jewel was fashioned by
Bencenuto Cellini in the sixteenth
century. 1t is in the form of a
triton, the torso being a single
large pearl. Every portion of
the pendant is studded with
pearls, diamonds and rubies, with
portions in encrusted diamonds.
1t was presented by a prince
of the House of Medici, of
Florence, to Mogul emperor of
India. When Delhi was captured
following a mutiny. the jewel was
found in the treasury of the
King of Oudh and was appro-
priated by the Indian Govern
ment, then purchased by Earl
Canning, first Viceroy of India
Brought to Europe, it eventually
came into the possession of its
present owner.
At the auction sale at Sotheby'S
tomorrow, it will share the five
minutes allotted to it with a
superb gold pendant jewel set
with pearls, rubies and diamonds
The Washington times., 1931-07-15

the bill collector be kept away
from his door for 30 or 80 days.
Move Gathers Headway
What the farmer wants is to
have the bankers, the implement
companies, the merchants of his
home town and elsewhere cease
dunning him for payment on his
debts until he has had a chance
to recover from the proStration CT
the wheat market.
The movement is gaining head
way rapidly. In such towns as
Enid, Okla; Larned, Bucklin, In
dependence and other Kansas
towns, meetings are held to unite
in a demand for the moratorium.
Legge Takes Lead
Alexander Legge, executive OF
the international Harvester Com
pany and former chairman of
the Federal Farm Board, already
has instructed agents of his COM
pany not to force farmers to
sell on a depressed market to
meet payments on farm ma
chinery. Others are following
his lead,
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
SEVEN To PLAN
SHOALS STUDY

A commission of southerners,
aided by three representatives of
the Federal Government and of
agriculture, was organizing today
preparatory to its investigation
to determine method of
handling" Muscle Shoals, the
gigantic, wartime power plant.
The commission will submit a
report but will have no authority
to lease any of the units at the
site because such action requires
an act Of Congress-.
The commissioners are:
Col. Harry B. Ferguson, Col
Joseph 1. McMullen, Edward A.
O'Neal, president of the American
Farm Bureau Federation; Mercer
Reynolds, Chattanooga; Vance j.
Alexander, Nashville; w. A. Cald-
well, Jackson, Tenn; w. F. Nc
Farland, Florence, Ala; I. N.
Duncan. Auburn. and S. F.
Hobbs, Selma, Ala.
The last Congress passed the
Norris bill for Government opera
ton of the plants, but President
Hoover vetoed it.
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
MINE SHOOTING
CASE PROBED

PITTSBURGH, July IS UN.S0.
Thoroughly aroused by recurring
violence in the bituminous coal
strike, State police today began
an investigation into an armed
effort to halt a Dusload of strike
breakers near the West Virginia
line yesterday.
While leaders Of the United
Mine Workers of America con-
ferred with Secretary Of Labor
DOak in Washington, occupants
of a high-pOwered automobile
opened fire on the StrikebreakerS
as their car raced past the bus
at West Alexandria, Pa.
Sprayed by Bullets
Although the front and rear of
the bus was spattered with bull
lets, none of the Strikebreakers
were injured. Anonymous threats
to cease importing Strikebreakers
were reported to have been re-
ceiVed recently by Burns and
Church, of Wheeling, operators
of the bus.
Violence and attempted violence
continued to spread through the
soft coal field. The home of
Harry TiIton, who refused to join
the strike at the Atlasburg Mine
Of the Carnegie Coal Company,
was partly wrecked by a bomb,
but occupants of the home es-
capped injury.
Miners Home Burned
The home of John Chincilla,
who has been working steadily at
the Midland Mine of the Pitts
burgh Coal Company. was de-
stroyed by fire. Police said it
was 1ncendiary.
An unexploded bomb was found
in the home of Mike Pehulic, who
is under $2,500 bond on a charge
Of dynamiting a miners home
recently.
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PHOEBE HEARST
!. NAME URGED

Support of the movement to
name the playground. adjacent to
the new Phoebe A. Tearst School
at Thirty-seventh and Rodman
Streets Northwest. in memory of
Mrs. Hearst was voiced today by
the Cathedral Heights Cleveland
Park Citizens Association. the
Richmond Park Citizens Associa-
tion and the North Cleveland
Park Citizens Association,
The school was recently named
by a unanimous vote of the
Board of Education in honor of
the mother Of William Randolph
Hearst.
The citizen groups request that
the plc yground be named after
Mrs. Hearst "inasmuch as the. ad-
joining public school is to be
named in her memory"
The committee of the citizens
groups asserted that in the light
of the extensive educational
work of Mrs Hearst. it is only fit
ting that both the school and the
playground should be made a me
mortal to her name"
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
DEN TAL PARLEY
CLOSES MEET

The Interstate Dental Associa-
ton ended its convention today
at Howard University Dental
School.
Addresses by DR.. William j.
Gies, of the College of Physicians
and Surgeons, New York, and
DIR. ]. B. Lowell, OF the Odonto-
Chirurgical Society Of Philadel-
phia, were interesting lights Of
the final session.
Officers of the association in
clude DR.. Downing, Roanoke, Va,
president; DR.. j. w. Black, Rocky
Mount, N. c., vice president; DR..
M. D. Wiseman, of this city,
secretary-treasurer and DR.. Isaac
Young, of Baltimore, assistant
secretary.
The Washington times., 1931-07-15

freight rates, including those on
agricultural products.
Called Last Straw"
Fred Brenckman, local repre-
sentative o. the National Grange,
said:
can increase in freight rates
now 5imply would be the last
straw to break the camel'S back.
1t would prove ruinOuS to agri-
culture"
Politicians today are discussing
whether Kansas, normally a rock
ribbed Republican State, will
swing to the Democratic column
next year, since all symptoms of
major revolt are present.
Doubt is expressed as to
whether Vice President Curtis, in
the event that he tries to regain
his old seat in the Senate next
year, can be elected from his
State.
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
FRENCH FL|ERS.
ON To MOSCOW .

MOSCOW, July IS GN.S),
The French fliers LebriX and
Doret, whose plane crashed Mon
day night on the Siberian wastes
while they were attempting a nom
stop flight to Tokyo, we're slowly
making their way back toward
Moscow today.
According to a report received
here today, only two of the three
occupants of the plane, Lebrix
and the mechanic, Mesmin, leaped
with parachutes from the ma
chine when it started to fall.
Doret remained at the controls in
an effort to glide the plane to
safety.
Lebrix landed with his para
chute in a treetop and suffered
bruises on a foot.
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
Baskin Asks S221,OOO
On Contract Breach

Suit to recover 1921 900 dam
ages for alleged breach of con-
tract was filed today in Circuit
Court by Maurice Baskin, 1924
K st. N. w., against Richard
P. Whitty, Frank B. Essex and
the R. P. Whitty Construction
Company arising out of the fore
closure of a second trust amount
ing to $153,000 on property On
which thG plaintiff held a $71 900
third trust.
Mr.. Baskin says that on Sep
tember IL. 1923, the defendants
held the second trust and
solicited him to endorse his third
trust to them on their representa-
tion that they would protect him
against foreclosure. They failed
to keep their agreement and al
lowed the property to be fore
closed on the second trust and
have not paid him the $71, 900
secured by his third trust, he
says.
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
Higher Waistlines,
Longer Skirts,
Winter Mode

NEW YORK, July Is Q.N.S).
Luxurious furs. velvets, and me
tallic cloth will feature women's
clothes this fall and winter, it
was forecast today by fashion
experts attending the early fall
style show last night.
A trend away from simplicity
and economy was shown in the
81 American and French Crea-
tions displayed at the show.
WaiStlines will be higher and
shirts an inch longer.
Ostrich feathers are coming
back and hip-length jackets will
be fur.trimmed,
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
Buckley Juror Held
On Perjury Charge

DETROIT, July IS QN.SO.
Joseph A. Beane, member of the
jury which acquitted three no
torious gangsters of the murder
of Gerald Buckley, radio idol, is
at liberty under bond today after
pleading not guilty to a charge
of perjury. Beane had sworn he
had never been a witness in a
criminal case. Authorities de-
clared he had testified in his own
behalf in Columbus, Ohio. when
charged with embezzling $1,000.
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
White House office
Gets NeU Furniture

The lobby of the Presidential
executive office today received
new furniture, consisting of six
easy chairs, six side chairs and
two divans which were brought
from headquarters of the Wicker
sham Commission, in the Tower
Building, at Fourteenth and K
Streets Northwest.
The pieces are covered with
black grain leather and give to
the waiting room a more artistic
and dignified aspect.
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
Moratorium Sought
By Wheat Farmers

TOPEKA, Kan, July 15.-The
sorely beset wheat farmers of
Kansas, confronted with a crisis
almost unprecedented in the
States history, are now request
ing of the nation the same sort of
relieI measure that has oeen ex,
tended to Germany-a mora.
torium from their debts and a
stay from their creditors in the
midst of their distress.
While wheat has fallen to IS
cents a buShel-a price which
may lead to its use as fuel in
farm hOmeS-the farmer asks that
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
Florence Is Back
After q Days
A. W. O. |.

FORT MONMOUTH, N. j.,
July 15.-Plorence Nightingale,
crack carrier pigeon of the
United States Army Signal
Corps Station here, arrived
home yesterday after being
listed A. w. o. L. % days.
The bird, which had been a
favorite in the 715-mile race
started from Lookout Noun
tain, Tenn, had been wounded
and had apparently made a
large part of the return trip
afoot.
Her wounds are estimated to
be about three weeks old. She
is receiving the best of care in
her loft.
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
-Four Organizations
Book Moonlight Ride

Four organizations, the Potomac
Post of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, over TOO strong; the Ana
lostan Tribe, the Eureka Hive,
No. IS, and the Electra Chapter
of the Order of the Eastern Star,
will take a moonlight cruise down
the Potomac tonight on the
Wilson Line steamer City of
Washington. The trip will last
three hours.
The Washington times., 1931-07-15


47c; rye, soc; eggs, SC. Old
timers say this year is the
worst ever.
The wheat crisis today grips
Washington as the great politi,
cal issue upon which all for,
tunes in 1882 depend.
Kansas. with grain price
slump worse than it ever saw in
the palmy days of the Populists,
is demanding of the nation a
moratorium for it's farmers sim.
liar in effect to that which
President Hoover is advocating
for Germany.
Vice President Curtis, spokes-
man or the farm interests of his
State. is continuing without let
up his fight to keep the Federal
Farm Boards stabilization wheat
off the market. despite the re.
bluffs he has sustained.
Farm Board UnmOved
Apparently unfIurrier, the Fed.
eral Farm Board today held an
executive routine business" meet
ing, with no sign that it intends
to modify its policy of dispOsing
of its stored wheat at the rate of
100000 bushels a month.
Trying to stave off possible
disaster from another quarter,
representatives of farm organi-
cations today appeared before the
Interstate Commerce Commission
opposing the railroads petition
for Is per cent increase in all
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
MARINE LEGION TO MEET

The Veteran Marine Corps
Legion will hold a meeting at 8
o'clock tonight in the board room
OF the District Building to make
plans for their anual outing, to
be held some time this month.
The Washington times., 1931-07-15

Sixteen days left to file your
personal tax return. Quotations
on stocks and bonds should be as
of the opening bid on July 1.
1881, or of the closest approx
mate date thereto that is ascer-
tainabIe,
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
TeLeUisiOn Units
Made bu NeU Firm

Announcement is made Of the
organization of Continental Tele-
vision Corporation, formed under
the laws of Delaware, to engage
in the manufacture and assembly
of television equipment at New
ark, N. J.
The company has acquired con-
trolling interest in the Radio
Technic Laboratory, pioneers in
radio and television, and VIII
have at it's disposal the most
modern machinery, transportation
facilities and extensive research
laboratories.
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
fGiue Us Debt Holiday Too, Farmers Cry
Kansas Republican Upset Seen

ATT, Kan, July Is.
(SpeciaD- Prices today: Wheat,
Csc; rye, zoe; butter, zoe; eggs,
lie. In September, 1889,
lowest of former years, wheat,
47c; rye, soc; eggs, SC. Old
timers say this year is the
worst ever.
The Washington times., 1931-07-15
Photo by Interna tional
PRINCE MARY AND
CHILDREN

THE HUSBAND of Princess
Mary of England, the Earl of
Harewood, is to sell at auction
Thursday one of the worlds
most famous jewels. the Can
ming. fashioned by Benvenuto
Cellini. Princess Mary is the
only daughter Of King George.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-31
A Deserving Campaign.

The National Training School for
Women and Girls is making splendid
fight to overcome q deficit Of five thou
sand dollars, carried over from last
year, and to realize an additional ten
thousand dollars with which to meet
a note soon to fall due on one Of the
new buildings The campaign now under
way will come to a close on Sunday
afternoon, April IL, with final meet
ing In the washington Auditorium.
The many friends Of this fine and valu-
able institution, who are by no means
confined to the members of the colored
race, wish it every success. The call
for funds, which comes in the nature
Of an emergency call, viii not go un-
needed.
The school today represents the
growth of an idea. 1t was founded
twenty years ago in the belief that the
colored citizens themselves could and
would support an institution designed
to help women and girls Of that race
to make better homes for their hus-
bands and their children and to i'm
prove themselves. The idea proved o
fact. The students have come from
Africa, Haiti and the West Indies, as
well as from all parts Of the United
States, and two thousand Of them have
benefited by its training. Its teachers
are Christian women, the graduates Of
the best colleges and universities. 1t
has come to fill definite place among
eolored institutions, and with its growth
its field Of activities has constantly
widened.
It has preached the gospel Of self
help" from the beginning, and for those
who believe in helping those who help
themselves no greater opportunity ex-
lists for making & gift that viii bear
fruit.
The Star joins the community in
congratulating the school upon its
progress so far and in wishing the
present effort every success.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-31

Award Of contract for the demoli-
ton Of the buildings now standing upon
the site Of the projected Department Of
Justice, between Pennsylvania and Con-
5titution avenues and Ninth and Tenth
streets, advances the great work Of
Government construction in Washing
ton. In few days the bricks wdll be
falling in that area, once the scene Of
Washington's greatest activity in the
vending of food supplies. Three
squares" comprise the area, none Of
them rectangular or Of the usual size.
The structures are all ancient ones, the
newest being no less than thirty-five
years old. Many Of them date back to
before the war;" the war Of the sixties
Some Of them were notable in local his
tory. One Of them was nationally
known, that which became Ford's Opera
House when John T. Ford was COM
PEELED to seek new quarters for his play
house upon the assassination of Presi-
dent Lincoln in the Tenth street theater,
which was Immediately taken over by
the Government. This building had
been for long time prior to 1865 in use
as place Of public entertainment, hav-
Ing been known as Walls Opera House
fer long time, just as in the later
years of its use it was called the Bijou
which name gave some Washingtonians
trouble in pronouncing. When it goes
Washington will have lost relic which
will not be deeply regretted.
In a very short time contract will
be let for another work of demolition
in the same general area, that for the
razing of the buildings now standing on
the cite of the new Post once Depart
mant, Immediately west Of the present
postal headquarters. The proceedings
for the acquisition Of title to the lands
in this area are virtually at an end and
site-clearing operations viii soon fol-
low. Likewise 1t Is expected that work
will be started this Spring upon the
removal of the buildings from the
squares lying south Of the District
Building and the former Southern Rail-
way Office, which are to become part of
the central court or grand plaza" that
will be surrounded by the great group
CT Government Offices, one Of which, the
Department Of Commerce, now stands
at the western flank.
Thus almost week by week the work
goes On. now destructively, then con-
structiyely. steadily changing the aspect
Of downtown Washington and bringing
more and more definitely into vision the
actual attainment of the ideal Of the
National Capital.
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Highlights on the Wide World
Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

lures approximating 4.30O pesetas. The
rest OF the money, 1900 pesetas, Senior
Santander gave toward the erection Of
q school building on the old 6imancas
highway, in quarter where there are
many children without educational
facilities.
"A peseta Is worth q little over 10 cents.
X 4
Earthquake Reports
Keep Tourists From Mexico.
FL Universal, Mexico, d. F.-ExaReer.
ated reports of the recent earthquakes
IN Mexico have reached the United
states and caused many residents Of
tnaC country TO cancel trips contem-
plated to Mexico in the near future.
This is unfortunate, for the seieTY,ic
disturbances here were feeble In char
acter, even at the points where they
were most evident, 100 miles from the
capital, In the southern part Of the re-
public. Far from feeling any alarm.
tourists already in Mexico City when
the earthquakes occurred were rather
Pleased with the experience, and their
opportunity to become acquainted with
a minor "temblor" at close range. The
only building damaged in Mexico City
was an ancient mud structure, which
promptly fell down at the first shock
without inJuring any one. The geo
graphical position of the capital insures
It's safety, as nature has provided 4
plant subsoil, with reinforcing strata
OF rock, which has obviated for hum
dreds OF years any formidable instances
of seismical phenomena.
AS this Is one of the most ENJOYABLE
periods OF the year in Mexico CITY. it
Wouid pc unfortunate were many pro-
neys here because of such hyperbolical
misconceptions of the hazards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-03-31
THIS AND THAT
BY CHARLES 5. TRAcEwELL.

the patter Of drops furnishes Q ready
indicator OF the progress OF the rain,
whether 1t is increasing, slackening or
holding It's own. Often It Is dihicult to
determine Just how much 1T is RAIN
ing. The indicator tells at glance.
4 \
The rain will tell the inquisitive
householder more pointedly than any
friend Just where spots of soil appear
which would better be grassed over.
Such places take on shiny appear
ance, and one should mentally make
note of them in order to give them at
tention at the proper time.
It win be well during the flrSt rains
to watch out for excessively wet spots
which appear under the caves Of garage
roofs, especially on the side, where
there are no cutters.
The spill Of rain at such q place
makes a superwet spot, where ordi-
narily few flowers will grow and where
the blossoms are beaten beyond recogni-
ton II they do manage to come up.
Such a point Is a good one to avoid.
Plants may well be put foot or SO in
advance of the line of rainfall, but
hardy shrubs will do very well in 1t.
There Is q mistiness to the atrnos-
phere on O typical rainy day which
to familiar garden.
It is almost as If a new light had
been thrown on stage picture. Where
sunlight falls Is now flooded with a
mellow cross between light and dark
ness which envelopS everything with a
touch Of the diffusion SO highly priced
In photography.
Every few minutes these lights and
shades change slightly so that the OBJ
servant person finds himself taking hun
dredS OF snapshots" without finn or
camera.
Surely the outdoor gardening season
of 1881 gives every promise of being a
successful one.
These rains of recent weeks have been
real rains, each one long enough con-
ttnued to do real good to all the things
that grow.
Earth which was as dry as powder 4
and 5 feet down last Fall is now moist
down to depth of some 312 feet
1t Is not common, except during such
dry season as last year, for earth to
really dry out below foot. Even this
depth may be reduced by proper mulch
ing, so that a large amount of the
moisture content of the soil is retained.
During the average season, especially
one in which there have been frequent
and copious Spring rains, there is not
only plenty of moisture put on the
ground from above, but in the provi-
dence of Nature much water comes
seeping through the soil from mystic
rious underground sources.
These sources are not understood,
nor have they been studied to any con-
siderable extent, but they seem to exist,
and it Is due to them in part that trees
and shrubs and even grass and flowers
grow as they do in the average season.
The drought of 1880 to q great,
though undetermined, extent stopped
this source of continuing water. It is
scarcely probable that 1t has been re-
placed, especially In this vicinity.
But the continuing rains, especially
If the proverbial April showers follow.
will do their heroic share in the good
work, and it is to be hoped that sub.
terranean supplies. journeying unseen
from far sources, will be thoroughly on
hand.
The fate Of home gardens hanRs In
the balance during the next month.
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laws than driving nails on sunday--cr
else repeating the lava. Il Il encourag-
ing to note that q committee Of the
Baltimore city Council has just voted to
repeal the ordinance prohibiting auto
mobiles and other vehicles from using
the paved streets Of the city on the
Sabbath. That Is what commonly is
called step in the right direction.
The vagaries Of enforcement Of the
State blue laws in Maryland are pretty
well known. A plumber in Glen Echo
was fined and sentenced for driving
nails in his home on Sunday. A few
miles away, in Takoma Park, scores of
persons were busily engaged In their
daily tasks and without interference from
anybody, though technically as guilty,
under the law, as the unfortunate
plumber. In Baltimore Sunday thea
tiers and Sunday base ball are pro-
hibited. Yet the theaters remain closed,
while base bail is played. Efforts to
prevent Sunday base ball have been
futile. The grand juries have refused
W LluASbs Ge1I juAA0o hoFS 4SAuSSN w
convict.
The Legislature is seeking at this
term to enact the law favored BY Gov.
Ritchie for applying the home rule dec
trine in enforcement Of blue laws. I'm
der this law each county would decide
for itself its policy and enforce the an
Gent statutes or let them die. The OPP
position to a reform so reasonable on its
face comes from those who are sincerely
opposed TO the wide open" Sunday that
would probably result in Baltimore.
They no doubt take the position that it
is better to have statutes as outworu as
the laws Of 1923 on the books than no
restrictions, as might be the case under
the proposed amendments. But 1t is
unfortunate that the sentiment that re-
tains blue laws" on the books does not
revise them in the light Of new condi-
tons and ideas. A sentiment 50 strong
should be able TO make reasonable con-
SESSIONS that would save conditions tin-
der the laws as they are from deserved
ridicule.