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The Washington times., 1931-04-23
COUNTY OFFICER
CHARGED WITH
DUTY LAPSE
Constable Earle Blackwell Is
Indicted in Mystery Case;
Freed Under $500 Bond

Constable Earle Blackwell of
Capitol Heights, Md, and Joseph
Artini, barber of the same town
were released on $500 bonds today
on charges of malfeasance in
office and receiving money under
false pretenses, respectively
Both men had been indicted
yesterday, but the grand jury'S
action was kept secret until after
bench warrants were served early
today.
Officials Are Silent
Police officials of Prince George
county refused to gvie any lnfor-
nation regarding BlackWell'S al
rest and the constable could not
be found at noon today. Black
we'll has a good record for police
work in his county, having for
merly served as deputy to Charles
A. Early, former sheriff.
Blackwell's theory of an auto
mobile theft ring in the as yet
unsolved murder of Emanuel
Thorpe, youthful Marine, has
generally been accepted as the
most logical lead in that case.
Although police refused to talk
of Artini's indictment, the ac-
cused mans lawyer, Frank M.
Hall, of Upper Marlboro, today
declared that he believed Artini
the victim of Department of
Justice investigation.
Wanted to Fix Case"
A man, whose identity is un-
known, Mr.. Hall declared, went
into Artini's barber shop several
weeks ago and said that he had
been arrested for drunken driving
and asked Artini to fix the case.
According to the story, the man
begged Artini to help him be-
cause of his family. Artini's at
tempt to have the case dismissed
was unsuccessful, however, and
the man was convicted in Police
Court.
Mr.. Hall declared that a small
fee paid Artini for expenses was
returned. Within a few days, it
was said, Artini's activities were
called to the attention of the
grand jury.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
WIDOW
SUES N CARL
Staff Photo

Mrs. Katherine Imbrie, 1915
Sixteenth st. N. w., widow of
Vice Counsel Robert w. Imbrie,
who was assassinated by Persian
police at Teheran, Persia, on
July 18, 1924, today asked the
District Supreme Court to COM
pei John R. McCarl, Comptroller
General of the United States, to
make full payment of the 100000
which Congress appropriated to
her for her own injuries during
the period ensuing after her nus
bands Staying.
Attorneys Sherley Faust and
Wilson filed the petition for
Mrs. Imbrie, who says that the
Comptroller General is withhold
ing $1,325.86 from the amount
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The Washington times., 1931-04-23
TWO Women Robbed
Of SI4,5OO JeWeLry

CHICAGO, April % G.N.Sl
Another robbery attack on promi-
nent persons of Chicago was re-
corded today with the holdup of
Mrs. Clair Ellis More and Mrs.
Horace Loomis Hayward from
whom two bandits snatched $l4,-
500 in jewelry.
The women, both prominent in
society. were trailed from a the
atef to their homes last night. AS
they stepped out of their car, the
bandits pushed the chauffeur
back into the seat and stripped
the jewelry from the necks and
arms of the women.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
{ AN c
HOLDS DOCTOR

CHICAGO, April % GN.SD.
DR.. Isaac D. Kelley, wealthy st.
Louis physician who disappeared
from his home Monday, has been
seen since in the Morrison Hotel,
and on nearby Chicago streets,
according to a mysterious tele-
gram received today at the de-
tective bureau.
The wire was sent from New
York and the only signature was
the initials, &C. o. D."
ST. LOUIS, Mo-. April % GN.
SD.-SiX suspects were being held
today in the kidnapping of DR..
Isaac D. Kelley, wealthy doctor
and clubman. mysteriously miss
ing from his home since last
Monday.
St. Louis county police, who
were holding the men, did not
indicate they had any evidence
against them.
Mrs. Kelly reported she had re-
ceived no demand for ransom.
Chief of Detectives Kaiser re-
ceived an anonymous telephone
message last night saying the
doctor was safe in Chicago. He
believed it was the work of a
crank.
Police expressed the belief that
DR.. Kelley might be hidden some
where in'Illinois, where a gang Of
kidnapers recently have been
preying on prominent persons.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
VoliUd JunkS Bdthtub
As Part of Plan to
Live 1O6 Years

CHICAGO, April % G.N.S3.
William Glenn Voliva, overseer
of the religious colony at Zion,
who recently took a trip around
the world to prove the sphere
is flat as a pancake, today an
nouced that never again will he
go near a bathtub.
Voliva's antipathy ward
bathtubs dates back to a few
weeks ago when he severely
scalded his foot in one. BY not
taking any risks in tubs, he said,
he is certain to live to be l06
years old.
A $2,OOO,OOO stock issue went
on sale in Zion today, following
Voliva's action in Incorporating
all of lions holdings as Zion
Institutions and Industries, Inc,
with a capital of $5,000,000.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
CRACK-UP KILLS
BRITISH ACE
TNTTD ATT

LONDON, April % G.N.SD.
Air Vice-Marshal FELTON, Vesey
Holt, an outstanding British aero
nautical expert. and his pilot were
killed today in a crash between
two military planes at Seahurst
Park, Sussex.
Death of Holt was a severe
blow to the ranks of British air
experts, already decimated by the
loss of 48 lives in the crash of the
dirigible R-1O1 in France last year.
Holt had a distinguished war
record, serving from 1914 to 1919
in the royal air force. He was
made air commodore in 1925 and
recently appointed vice-marshal.
He was the son of the late Sir
VeSey Holt.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
SOCIAL ERROR
BY SPANISH
IS CITED
Madariaga's Appoint ment
Failed to include Request for
Approval by This Government

Caustic criticism of America by
Salvador De Madariaga, whose
appointment as Spanish ambassa-
dor was announced in Madrid by
the new regime, probably will be
ignored by President Hoover, it
was indicated today.
Also will be ignored the social
error" by the Spanish Republican
government in making the an
nOuncement of the selection of a
successor to Alexandra Oadilla Y
Bell, the retiring royal ambaSSa-
dor, before it was known whether
De Madariaga would be accept
able, This is an old diplomatic
custom and seldom deviated from.
De Madariaga. formerly at
tached to the League of Nations,
is a well-known writer on inter
national affairs.
ASSailed Monroe Doctrine
In 1929. he wrote articles in
American magazines aSSailing the
Kellogg Peace Pact. the Monroe
Doctrine, and American i'm
perialism.
He declared the American
policy in Latin America to be
stark Imperialism" adding that
the United States considers the
whole continent as its prey"
De Madariaga also criticized
his own government for forgetting
"too quickly" the Spanish-Ameri
can War and what he char
acterized as the unjust accusa-
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The Washington times., 1931-04-23
They Kept Us Out of War;
Now They Ruin Our Girls

CUMBERLAND, Md, April %.
Flat feet were never meant to
tread the primrose path of right
eouSness, according to DR.. Carrie
Weaver Smith, superintendent of
Montrose School for Girls, REFS
terstown, Md, who blames girls
bad morals. in a surprising num-
Der of cases. upon flat fleet. She
said
Probably as many girls fail
while on parole from institu-
tiOns because tof flat feet ~
from any Lther physical cause.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Found Slain
On Scenic HiqhlUdu

PORTLAND, Ore, April %
QNSO Police today were try
ing to identify the body of
man found lying in flower bed
along the Scenic Highway. His
skull had been crushed and po-
lice believe he had been mur-
dered about two months ago.
The hody was clothed in a suit
made in Cleveland.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Wisconsin Political
Leader Dies at 81

MADISON, Wis, April %
QF.SD Nils P. Haugen, SO, tax
commissioner of Wisconsin for
81 years and the first candidate
for governor under the La Fol
lette movement, died at his home
here today.
In the early part of his career
Haugen served as Congressman
from northern Wisconsin,
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
AntisGLOOn Leader
Buried in Richmond

RICHMOND, Va, April "a
Funeral services for the Rev.
David Hepburn, superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League of Vir-
ginia. were conducted here yester-
day by the Rev. DR.. Charles w.
Daniel, paste rof First Baptist
Church, officiating.
The burial was in Hollywood
Cemetery. Mr.. Hepburn was for
many years associated with Bishop
James Cannon. jr.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
John Berry, Veteran
Balloon Pilot, Dead

ST. LOUIS, April %. - John
Berry, 80. dean of balloon pilots,
today is dead at his home here.
Berry's first balloon ascension
was made when he was ID years
old, at Rochester, N. Y. He came
to St. Louis in 1898 and organized
a company to build a dirigible.
In a dispute over the project he
was shot by one of his associates.
He sued and bought balloon with
the proceeds. Berry won the first
national balloon race, held from
Indianapolis, June 9, 1909.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
ANGUS CROOK
GETS 8 YEARS

LONDON, April % GNSO.
British law dealt severely today
with Eddie Guerin. spectacular
international underworld figure
of 20 years ago, when it found
him guilty on all counts and i'm
posed sentence of three years
penal servitude in Old Bailey
prison.
Arrested in West End London
several weeks ago, the criminal
pleaded not guilty to various
charges against him, including
theft and forgery.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Mercury Reaches 80
In Detroit GetdIUdy

DETROIT, April % G.N.SO.
Winter was singing its swan song
with near freezing weather here
today.
The mercury dropped 80 de-
grees yesterday, following a "a
hour rain. The low mark was
touched early today when ther-
mometer readings were 80 degrees.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Housewife Is FeLLed
By OlUn Rolling Pin

Robert washington, colored
soldier at Fort Humphreys,
turned the tables on Emma Lucas.
also colored, when he used the
housewives proverbial weapon.
rolling pin, to strike her on the
head
In the Alexandria Police Court
this morning he was fined SIS
and costs.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23

81 have never yet visited an
institution where this defect
was seriously considered, and
yet we wonder why our girls
are lazy and will not stick to
the jobs assigned to them.
Standing in a laundry all day
forces a girl with fallen arches
into a physical ordeal that very
few have endurance to meet"
DR.. Smith. long associated with
for girls. was speaking
before the Maryland State Con-
ference of Social Work, held here.
The Washington times., 1931-04-23
Thief Greets Woman
Answering DOOrbeU

Pearl V. Bell, colored, ITO Co
lumbia Rd. N. W., reported that
when she answered the doorbell
of her apartment today an un.
identified colored man held her
up at the point of a pistol and
robbed her of a pocketbook con-
tanning S2O.16,
The Washington times., 1931-04-23

planned attack upon Secretary
Stimson's department.
The New York representative
accepted the censOring of his
speech with good grace, serene in
knowledge that his attitude to-
ward the State Department will
receive plenty of publicity, either
through the daughters forbid his
making it at the Continental
Congress.
Substantially the same speech
already has been recorded by the
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-20
TO-DAY TS THE
AnntDersdy
GERMAN SEA WARFARE


on Tuesday. oct. 20. German
warrhips bombarded Dunkirk and
German raiders sank two British
~destroyers and nine merchant
ships.
No civilian casualties were re-
ported I'm Dunkirk-
Sinking OF the ships by the
German raiders took place I'm the
North Sea between the Shetland
Islands and the Norwegian coast.
EnEland's losses for the week
ending oct. 20 included II ships
OF over 1000 tons
Meantime the British began an
enveIoping movement northeast on
Bardad and drove the Turkish
forces in the vicinity or KAbil-
Robat across the Daila river.
On this date President Wilson
issued a proclamation specifying
Sunday, Oct. 20. rs q day OF pray
er for war success and asked his
acountrymen to observe the APP
pointed day, according 70 their
several faiths. In solemn prayer
that Gods blessing may rest upon
the high task which is laid upon
us. TO the end that the cause for
which we give our lives and rreas
ure may triumph and our efforts
be bles cd with high achievement.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-20
Motor Accidents and Their Costs

In the United States more than a million persons
are now killed or injured every year in street or high
way accidents, says Capper's magazine. Sen. Arthaf Cap
sending all the inhabitants of Arizona to the hospital
twice a wear. The inhabitants of Delaware four times a
wear or all the people of Vermont thrice a year" says the
writer. "n fact, Is states have populations less than the
total of annual auto toll" so reports the Travellers lnsur-
ance company. The number of deaths in automobile &C
cidents probably will reach $4,000 this year Ihat ex-
ceeds the population of such cities as Santa Barbara,
Colorado Springs, Pensacola, Bloomington, Lewiston and
Ithaca. The general public pays little or no a!Ientloh 70
these enormous figures due to automobile accidents, yet
if a pestilence were to visit the United States and claim
more than a million people it would terrorlze the coun-
try. There would be general suspension of all but the
most necessary business affairs in order that the people
might concentrate on a defense against this terrible al
Fiction. Every word written by Capper's magazine writer
i the GOSPEL truth. And yet Texas lawmakers defeated
a measure which called for licensing of all drivers of
motor cars and motor trucks.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-20
Lynn Talley and the Cotton Problem

Lynn P. Taley is a former governor of the federal
reserve bank of Dallas and now is chairman of the Bank
Of America National Trust and Savings association of
San Francisco. Expressing his views to a staff writer Of
the New York Times concerning the cotton industry,
Talley said that the planters of the South, and particu-
larly Texas, had been affected rather less drastically
than many outsiders believed. He said that this was due
not only to the fact that the planters are producing cot
ton at low cost but also because they have borrowed less
money in 1881 than at any time since 1915 and as a re-
suit the burden of financing has been less honorous. Re
ferring to the foreign trade situation, he said, we
could not expect to demand a favorable export balance
and to require Europe to pay gold that was taken from
the central banks, thereby depicting their currency and
still hope to maintain those nations in a primarily solvent
status; that the extension OF credit and the sensible
handling of our export business is an essential factor to
be considered in world economic rehabilitation" Prime
Minister Laval of France is on his way to Washington.
France and the United States practically control the gold
supply of the world. American treasury experts announce
$1,000. 600, 900 of frozen assets and SSOO,OOO,OOO hoard
ed in secret places by Americans who have Withdrawn
their money from banks. Is a heavy supply of gold a
curse2
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-20
Daily Health
Talk

All sorts Of troubles can happen 10
a loot. Among the most common
conditions are sprains, strains, frac-
lures, dislocations, excessive sweat
ing, corTlS, callouseS, warts, chill
blains, hing-worm, bunionS, hammer
toes. painful heels, ingrown toenailS.
cracked toes, bliSters, bruises and
disturbances Of the circulation. Any
one OF these conditions may eventu-
ate into a serious disturbance af-
fecting the body as a whole.
One need only recall the death
of the son OF a former president who.
while playing tennis, developed a
blister on his heel from rubbing by
his tennis shoe. Within a short time
the blister became infected and
general septicemia developed, and
death followed.
In a recent consideration OF the
care Of the feet. DR.. Philip Levin
provided a number OF footnotes
which every mother and every in
dustrial worker viii do well to con-
slider carefully.
Obtain a shoe that has the shape
Of your foot.
Fit your feet and not the other
persons eye.
The most important shoe measure
ment Is from the tip OF the heel to
the middle OF the big toe joint. This
point should come opposite that
point Of the shoe where the shank
goes over into the sole.
1t should not be necessary to
break in" shoes.
The purpose of modification Of
shoes Is TO give one support and
to compel him to walk e the pro-
per walking angle.
The purpose of exercise is 10
strengthen the supporting struc-
lures OF the arches and to stimu-
lat the circulation.
The purpose of massage Is to in
crease the circulation Of the mus
cles Of your feet, in order that they
grow stronger by the exercise.
The purpose Of contrast sprays.
that is alternating hot and cold, is
to furnish a tonic for the nerves,
blood vessels, muscles and ligaments.
Overeating is usually reflected in
the form Of painful feet as well as
pain in the abdomen.
Overeating causes foot dyspepsia.
Obesity throws additional strain
on the feet.
Flat feet are not necessarily
painful feet.
Flat feet plus rheumatic feet are
very painful and stiff.
A slight degree Of pigeon toes may
be a very desirable condition.
The child walks on the same hard
surfaces-hard floors, cement side
walks. and asphalt streets-as adults
and therefore II should have the
same protection that the adults DO.
rigid or semi-rigid shank shoes.
A flexible shoe Is sufficient for
those whe need only exercise. but
for those who need both exercise
and support. ii is insufficient. 1t may
be used part time to alternate with
the rigid shank shoe.
Observe your child's foot and leg
posture occasionally during sleep.
Be on the lookout for improper
sitting posture or positions during
rest or play. One OF the worst sitting
positions Is that in which the child
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-20
A Republican Senator on the War Path

Sen. Hiram Bingham, republican of Connecticut, is
on the war path. He is one of the scholars of the senate,
a famous flyer and is for preparedness at all times. He is
for revolutionary changes in the 18th amendment as well
as the Volstead act. In a recent address he declared the
United States had too much government and that the
federal government should desist from taking on new
burdens. Sen. Bingham is an ultra champion Of states
rights. This is the warning he handed to his fellow coun-
trymen, zone by one our liberties are being taken away
from US. One by one opportunities for individual devel-
opment are being destroyed.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-20
The
Once Ooer

CORRESPONDENCE WITH A
LANDLORD, THEN AND NOW.

CORRESPONDENCE WITH A
LANDLORD, THEN AND NOW.
(The Complaint.)
Bimmock g. BorSch,
Agents, Babylonian Apartments,
Gentlemen:
I am writing you for the third
time TO ask that you make repairs
TO my apartment as promised when
l signed the lease. There IL a leak
in the pipe under the kitchen sink.
which makes the kitchen a pool Of
water at all times. The ceiling in
the front bedroom has fallen in
and the door on the service en-
trance has no hinges.
Will you please give these mat
tiers attention without further de-
lay?
Very truly yours,
Elmer Twitchen
The Answer In 1921
--.fr. Elmer Twitchell,
The Babylonian Arms.
Sir:
AS we told you over the phone.
no guarantees were made 10 make
any repairs when you signed the
lease. The condition Of the premises
was taken into consideration when
we made the low rental II $3.50 a
month.
We have no interest in leaks In
pipes under kitchen sinks or else
where. They are all a matter Of
taste. Some tenants like them, and
some do not. However, we expressly
state in Item SO Of our lease that
We cannot make pools on kitchen
floors optional. If they're there
when you move in, you have to keep
them.
With regard to the ceiling, We
are not supplying ceilings on any
rooms this season.
Trusting that we will hear no
more Of the matter, we are
Respectfully,
Bimmock e. BorSch.
P. S. We suggest that you get rid
OF the door without hinges and
buy a gate.
Ina Dodo went to the wrong
movie last night. She thought "The
Guardsman" was that new Notre
Dame football picture.
OBVIOUSLY
p. K. L. suggests that the color
OF those silk sets OF underwear
worn by Al Capone was, obviously,
pun-metal.
President Lowell OF Harvard has
refused TO let the Crimson football
team play for charity. as suggested
by MI. owen d. Young Probably
he's merely sticking to the old
theory that the Harvard line must
never give.
BIRTHPLACES YOU'D NEVER
SUSPECT
Bernarr Macfadden. Mil Springs.
Mo.
Charles 3. Dillingham;. Hartford.
Conn.
George NJ. Cohan. Providence, r.
O.. O-McIntyre ... Plattsburg, Mo
Thomas w. Lamont. ". Claverack.
Rosa Ponselle. .Meriden. Conn.
Norma Talmadge. Niagara Falls.
N. Y.
Mark Sullivan. .Avondale, Pa
Bruce Barton. Robbins. Tenn.
Alexander Woollcott. -. Phalanx,
Nj.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-20

Il will. But he's SO young. He
isn't 81 yet" She hadn't thought
OF II before but now IL came TO her
that whatever Eddie had been up
to. his punishment would be tenn
pered for him-he was still a minor
in the eyes Of the law.
I'm sorry 10 see you 20, now
more than ever" Mr.. Jupiter re-
sumed. Eddie did not interest him
much; he was OF a different stripe
from his sister, and he had never
cared much about the boy. "I1l tell
you, II II wasn't for this Dirk OF
yours-we had plans about you,
Mama and I. 1 don't know but
she'd like them carried out any
way. now she's gone and can't at
tend TO II herself"
Mary had no idea OF what was
coming; as he continued. her
amazement grew.
I'VE always wanted n daughter.
and after Bruce went away, and
you came. Mama used to say how
nice Il was TO have a young girl In
the house.
"Of course, Bruce VIII marry
some day; but then we never see
as much OF Bruce as we'd like TO-"
The shadow OF a very real bitter
ness crossed his face. mo. that
might not happen anyway In our
lifetime. and like as not IL would be
one Of those foreign women he's
always writing about. No. we
thought we wouldn't wait for that.
We had you here. and liked you.
and we thought we'd Just adopt
you. Now. what would you have
said TO that?"
Ii was like a fairy-tale come true.
She found herself laughing and cry
ing at once.
1T would have been wonderful
Perfectly wonderful"
"Yes-well." he said, pleased a.
a child. well have to see about II
when all this Is over. Things are
pretty bad right now. But you
mustn't let II worry you. or change
your plans a jot- BrucelI be along
any day now. / dare say there'l
be an answer TO my cable before
the days over. and when he comes
he'll brighten things UP N bit"
Mary tried to believe that this
was 50 but could only reflect bitter
ly on what she had heard OF the