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The Washington times., 1931-06-10
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The Washington times., 1931-06-10
SUBWAY PLAN BALKED

CHICAGO, June 10.-Judge
Lindsay. in Circuit Court, has is
sued an injunction tieing up Chi
cago's whole new traction plan
and subway construction.
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
Marking Crime and Traffic
Accident CenterS

The Police Department of Washington is entering upon
plan Of compiling crime statistics which be Of
considerable value clearly locating crime centers Of this city
The city is divided into and crimes taking place in
these carefully checked in complete detail making
available police heads the exact conditions in various parts
Of the city, including the prevalence of particular types Of
crimes
In ways is crime atmosphere chart showing the
high and low pressure areas storms, etc.
cities traffic conditions ascertained through
maps and charts map of city kept before traffic Off
ca The of each traffic accident is marked with pins
Of various cos denong the seriousness Of the accidents In
the of time these pins will crowd certain spots indi
eating the prevalence at these spots Of abnormal traffic
dangers.
In instances unusual have been discovered for
exceptional numbers Of accidents and it has been easily posi-
be to correct the causes thereby improving safety
Something of the results should be possible in crime
charts and statistics Of Washington aiding detectives and
policemen to keep closer track of perpetrators Of various types
Of crimes Most criminals it is known have their special
lines and their own methods Of committing crimes
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
A YOUTHFUL BRITISH COHMONER, MASTER HEADLY,
MAKES PROUD BOW TO ROYALTY AFTER
PRESENTING A PURSE.

The lady with the big white hat the charming Duchess
Of York. daughternaw Of King George who goes every
where making herself agreeable, encouraging charity.
The little boy, doing his best to make what American
children would call "a perfectly swell bow has just handed
the Duchess purse full of money help the Royal
Medical Benevolent Fund Guild
The picture amusing but it would probably annoy
good friends Russia Over there where they have
just discovered freedom everybody the equal of every
body else, with the possible exception of Stain.
have you shot by merely pointing at and that
is not exactly equality.
But Russia inebrated with its first wild drink OF
freedom may the bowling and scrapng
in the days of Cars
You have all equal and then you suddenly
discover that inequalities not due much to the AFRO.
gance of the upper class to the inborn sERV1TY OF
OTHER CLASSES.
Americans may laugh at this little British Of the Com
mon People bending himself double in the presence of Royalty
But if that royalty to the United States land OF
glorious freedom you would duckng and bowling and
scrapng multiplied curtsies, pitifu ickspitte snobbsh-
finest houses such never dreamed
of in England.
The Duchess very polite would not laugh but NOT laugh
ing would require effort.
And she would tell about it when she got home other
titled travellers have done.
It was one thing for Jefferson write that equal
Declaration Independence It another thing for
Americans to believe it. And they don't
In fact, THEY KNOW that THEY are not equal
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
Noted Wife and Mother

TO be the wife of famous United States Senator, the
mother another and also mother of the governor Of great
State honor that has to few Of the nation
That honor belongs Mrs Belle La Toilette who died
here Tuesday and to be buried the State Wisconsin
that has sgnay honored those most loved by her.
What to their wives and mothers will be
fully appreciated Mrs La Toilette the counselor of her
distinguished husband the counselor and adviser of her
two eminent boys She did not mix openly in politics She
the true ideal wife and mother her home her main
sphere in life but she of judgment and
ability in all things that husband and consulted
her in the important steps taken by hem often sought
and followed her sensible advice.
There greater tribute her than this esteem and
affection in which she held and the candid admission that
her intelligence and judgment influenced her family in many
ways.
The husbands and who could well profit by similar
numbered by thousands Womans intuition is i'm
portant in matters concerning her family and when this
intuition added good there powerful
combination that many overlook until it is too late
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
Sowing the Wind
Reaping the Whirlwind

Two of the most sensational crimes Of the year directly
traceable to the prohibition law.
The brutal murder of four young people in Michigan the
other day is attributed there to 'whte mule whiskey
"Moonshne maddened youths responsible not only
for that staying for series of almost equally atrocous
murders throughout the State
Governor Brucker of Michigan has put all sherffs and all
the State police the trail Of the manufacturers and sellers
of this beverage.
It consists 10 per cent alcohol plus fuse oil and other
posons
Two swigs of would make white rabbit fight herd Of
lions
The effect of it boys in their teens be imagined
and unfortunately it does not need to be imagined
The whole nation got sample OF what 1t could do IN tn'
fiendish outrage in Michigan only week ago.
In New York another sample of prohibitions effects is Of
fered to the country from slightly different angle.
brilliant young politician from neighborlng State VINO
incidentally an ardent dry, lies death in hospital
from shot fired during gin orgy.
This Young man and his woman companion had consumed
four bottles of gin in the course Of an evening ,s
If had drinking in saloon in the old days he would
have been thrown his the alley before ne had
started his second bottle
No bartender would have stood for debauch like tnat LOT
even saloons had their regulations to maintain
view of these case-and of two three million oner
cases that happened since prohibition went into etfe
the average citizen inclined agree with the mother Of the
young who shared the gin with the New Jersey senator
"ProhibitiOn," said this mother, sis the d0mnedeSt
IauU devised" -.
That language forcefu but does not do justice
to the orgy corruption and murder that prohibition has
brought on Us.
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
LISTEN, WORLD!
BY Elsie Robinson.

} But this is the truth. This IS
what is happening in your and
my sweet land of liberty" to-
day what has been hap
pening for many years. Don't
believe it? Read the recent
ly released National (Wicker-
sham) Commission on Law
Observance and Enforcement
Report. One hundred and tif-
teen pages are filled with news
items like that.
Horrible" Crimes
And for what frightful crime
were these children committed
to Federal penitentiaries?
Well, they violated the
Eighteenth Amendment" by
delivering a booze bottle for
some adult. They violated the
Mann Act"-fell in love G5-
year-old loveD, tried to elope,
crossed the border. Didn't
15-year-old Jimmy know that if
he crossed the border with 49,
year-old Jenny he was making
a White Slave of her? If he
didn't, his Uncle Sam will
learn him." via the black
snake and the black hole.
And then there are the
vicious outlaws (aged II and 12)
who break open a. freight car
to swipe some grapes. or
snitch some stamps out of a
country postoffice, so they can
20 to the movies. Federal
prisoners-marching in lock
step with murdererS and
thieves!
What's To Be Done?
Make a verse of that! Make
a verse to drown out the sound
of little girls screaming, Of lit
tie boys sobbing.
Horrible? What can be done
about it? DR.. Miriam Van
Waters, heading the special
juvenile investigation (referee
of the Los Angeles Juvenile
Court, expert consultant to the
Harvard Law School Crime
Survey says it can be stopped
if we'll take such children out
of Federal jurisdiction, put
them under State authority.
Maybe. but I suspect she's an
optimist. Prison walls are as
high and thick in State pens
as in Federal ones. local
hearts as cold, local brains as
dumb as those in Washington.
Something more is needed
Didn't we go to war to save
the Belgian babies?
HOW ABOUT KING
EUROPE TO COME OVER
AND RESCUE OURS?
copyright. 1881, King Features
Syndicate, Ine.)
The Washington times., 1931-08-20

The panic of the last two
years is certain to have a whole.
some political effect if it re-
suits in nothing more than in
destruction of the myth, haV-
ing no relation to history, that
panics occur under Democratic
Administrations and not under
Republican.
Just how that myth was in
jected into the minds Of intelli-
gent men and women is a mys-
terry. But it is literally true
that in every presidential cam
paign in generations the idea
has been whispered, and some
times shouted. into the minds
of the people that a Democratic
victory would mean a panic and
hard times. It was whispered,
as every one now knows, into
the ears of small merchants in
New York City in the campaign
of 1928.
Yelled for Smith,
Voted for Hoover
These merchants had been
among the most ardent admir-
ers and consistent supporters of
the gubernatorial aspirations of
Mr.. Smith; and yet they voted
generally for Hoover because
they had been told that the
election of Smith, one of the
best business executives the
State had ever known, would
mean the wrecking of business.
A fashionable lady of Wash
ington had a bet with one of
the distinguished New Yorkers
connected in the Capital with
the Administration, on the re-
suit in New York. A few days
before election he offered to re-
lease her from the bet; she de-
clined. He explained that there
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
"My country, tits of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
OF thee / sinai"

"My country, it's of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
OF thee / Sing!"
Nice Song-huh? Love to sing
it? Makes you swell with pride
and gratitude to think you be-.
long to such a swell place-.yes?
All right while you're singing it,
make a verse of this.
Make a verse about nearly
three thousand children thrown
into Federal prisons all Of
them under 18 years of age,
many of them under II, some Of
them IL.
Little, skinny children with
small bones like birds and wide,
bewildered eyes make a
verse about them being put into
solitary" for "discipline"-
Into black holes, airlesS, light
less, soundlesS holes that
turn husky, hard-boiled men into
mumbling idiots
The Black Hole
(While you're singing, think
of your little 12-year-old girl be-
ing shut into such a hole-bat-
tering with her small, soft hands
against the darkness-shrieking,
screaming. sobbing, whimpering
whispering until a
greater darkness came, a more
merciful silence. Till, opening
the door next morning, they
found her dead-such a Tiny
body stretched on that bare
plankD
Make a verse, a pretty, gay
verse, about little feet locked in
leg irons rough, black
links cutting into the pale
Make a verse about children
flogged e.
FlOgged BY a Brute
Seventy pounds of naked
child flesh spread eagled" on
a frame and flogged with a
blacksnake by a grown man
flogged because a little
boy or girl had made loud
popping noises with their
mouth" kicked a refuse can,
stolen an apple. While you're
at it, make a verse about 200
pound wardens who COM
placently give such reasons for
flogging children.
Make a particularly joyful,
proud verse about lines of chill
dren marching around, around,
around, around ceaselessly
. stopping only twice a day
for bread and water.
You won't make a verse?
You think I'm Joking? Pulling
"sob sister stuff" I wish I
were. I wish to God I wereI
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
Our Big-Hearted Cops

TO people the average cop has heart of flint He
30 accustomed to crimes and human depraes he
upon all people just much rghu fodder for machn
cry of police stations and courts
Many stranded destitute person will tell you this
always true OF Washington cops who eternay digging
into their pockets to relieve misery and make happiness
there is
Policeman Rawinson Of the Traffic Bureau found broken
down automobile with man. his wife and four small children
in it. They were trying to get from New York Florida in
the hopes OF the husband finding work They did
penny left They hungry
Rawinson hustled into police headquarters told story
pulled out S. of his and started collection secured
$40 and turned it to the down and-outers.
That one of many instances of kindly hearted Washington
policemen.
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
By Claude G. Bowers

have occurred during Re
publican administrations.
1t is amazing that the people
have forgotten the panic of
1873, which lasted longer than
that of 1893, and came during
the Grant administration, when
every branch of the Govern
ment was in possession of the
Republicans.
Grant Panic Was
A Big One
It ruined merchants, finan-
ciers and farmers. It carried
down the great banking house.
Of Jay Cook, then relatively as
important as that of Morgan
today. The one panic since the
war of the states under a
Democratic administration is
easily offset by the greater,
more persistent panic of the
Grant regime.
And then came other de-
pressions, not amounting to a
panic, under other Republican
administrations and the serious
financial panic of 1907 under
the Roosevelt regime. And now
the Hoover administration
panic surprising anything the
country has ever known before.
So that both in number and
severity the Republicans have a
blacker record in panics and
business depressions than the
Democrats.
For the purpose of the argu-
ment we need not charge re-
sponsibility for any of these
panics to the administration or
party in power. at the time of
their occurrence. But If the
Democrats were responsible for
the panic of 1893, the Republi-
cans, by the same token, are re-
SponSible for the greater panic
Of 1873 and the still greater
panic of 1929-1931. At any rate
it would require the most un-
thinkable nerve for any Republi-
can demagogue to warn the peo-
pie next year that a Democratic
victory would mean a panic"
Partially Saved by
Federal Reserve System
It is conceded everywhere
that the panic of the Hoover
regime would have been far
more devastating but for the ex-
istence of the Federal Reserve
System-which represents the
constructive craftsmanship of a
Democratic regime. 1t is equally
true that had this great finan-
cial agency not been in existence
when the war came, we should
have had serious times in Amer
lea.
It is interesting to know that
the Federal Reserve Act was
enacted so speedily after Viii
sons Inauguration because of
the conviction in administration
circles that every possible effort
was being made for political ef-
feet, to bring on a business de-
preston.
When the Underwood bill was
pending, we were reading day
by day of the grave uneasiness
in business circles; and every
time any factory anywhere laid
off a dozen men it was heralded
to the nation in flaming head
lines. A New York paper found
space in one column for all
these little It'd bits.
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
Paradise and WatermelOnS

Wealthy gourmets differ in their views the greatest
dains in foods but to thousands of Americans the
food paradise wealth Of ripe waermelons cheap prices
This condition exists in Washington and will probably
continue for weeks Waermeons by thousands daily
being dumped into this city from the Eastern shore Mary
land, Virginia and other Southern points They by
boats, trucks, trains.
Nature has been bountful this luxury as in all other
crops this year. Farmers who raise them profted least
OF ALL Their financial rewards have been small Frequently
they have lost money The benearies have
OF this fine fruit and they to be found in all walks of e
Not so ago. before the chain stores became
numerous watermeons pedded by hucksers through
the streets of Washington Some of this done now but
there not the volume of other days the familiar calls Of
the hucksters Red ripe watermelons; red the rind"
This fruit delightful epicures rich and poor excel
this year in sweetness and richness of flavor The
nave almost been made to order for watermelons.
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
Baltimore and Real Beer

It not an uncommon thing to hear Washington man
to another Lets to Baltimore tonight and get
some real beer and they do it, leaving Washington money
in Baltimore
Prohibition agents there the other night destroyed
100000 brewing plant and are probably the track of
Others but the beer supply will doubtless continue
What Washington beer drinkers would like would be to
be in Wisconsin In all the cities of that State real
beer is sold less openly in peakeasies so numerous
that prohibition agents not get rid Of them and when
they make arrests, seldom get convictions.
The point is though that in Wisconsin city the other
day the saloon fellows selling genuine beer at cents
glass and throwing in luncheon for good measure much like
Che old saloon days They engaging in little open
cutting Of prices to stimulate business.
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
TIMES TEST

Do you know:
/. What famous American
naval captain said, II have
not begun to fight" al.
though the ship was badly
damaged?
2. Where is WinSton-Salem?
3. What do the red and white
stripes on a BARRIERS pole
signify?
4. What theatrical producer is
known for "Glorifying the
American Girl'?
5. Who wrote the opera "Pel-
leas and MeliSande"?
Fill each blank:
6. The family marked letter,
figure or design seen on
paper when held to the
light is called the .
Z. holds the place in
Great Britain given to base
ball in United States.
8. The institution offering
training on the level Of the
first two college years is
known as the -.
9. The most destructive insect
which attacks the cotton
plant is -.
10. A hall porter in France is
known as a
Match correctly:
II. Conjecture means concord
2. Edict means sepulchre
13. Position is a suppoSition
IA. Tomb means a decree
10. Harmony means place
,lAnsRers on Magaxine Pagel
The Washington times., 1931-08-20
Panics and Parties

was not a chance for Smith in
the State because the small
merchants, a distinct and num-
erous class, had been impreg-
mated with the idea that Smith
meant panic.
Panics During Many
Republican Regimes
Just why intelligent people
with any knowledge of history
could be so imposed upon has
always been a puzzle to me.
We did have a panic in 1893
The Washington times., 1931-08-20

when Cleveland had just taken
his seat as President, but no
sef-respecting historian would
say that panic was not rushing
on during the last months of
the administration of Mr.. Har-
rison.
That panic has been served
up to the gullible in every
imaginable form in every cam
paign since. And apparently
the average person has been
ignorant of the panics that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-01

Industrial Studies Department Of thu
foundation after examination Of the
administration Of agreements between
miners and operators organizations
during the last 80 years
The report states that neither the
economic problem Of the coal industry
as q whole. which 1t says is compli.
Gated by traces of communistic agita-
ton, nor the dissension within the
United Mine Workers can be dealt with
effectively until both miners and opera
tors are 30 organized as to be able TO
function together in consideration OF
their joint interest.
The study was made by Louis Bloch
now statistician for the Department OF
Industrial Studies Of the State of Cali
fornia.
Bloch's final conclusion was the
giving coal miners a share in the
management Of coal mines, in regard
to their working conditions, yields the
direct benefit Of a freer, more satisfied,
and therefore more efficient body OF
workers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-01

without emotion. confronted Chicago
authorities today.
Warner Cory, whose mother, Mrs.
Adeline Jones Cory, has been an art
teacher in Chicago public schools for
20 years, is the boy. Patrolman Ed
ward Smith was his victim. He shot
Smith to death Saturday with an auto
matte pistol when the policeman or
dered him, his brother Carl. Is, and
Schuyler Pearson, IS, from the swim
ming pool Of the John Marshall. High
School.
Judge Mary Bartelme Of the Juvenile
Court said discretion rested with the
States attorney as to whether the boy
should face q jury in Criminal Court
or come before her. She added that
there had been instances in Cook
County Of boys under II being tried for
murder in the Criminal Court and also
in the Juvenile Court, but that none
had ever been executed.
Young Cory. who but recently got
his first pair of long trousers, led ON
GERS to the swimming pool yesterday to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-01
DROWNING DEATH
PROBED BY POLICE
Blood Is Found on Shirt of
Political Leaders Com
panion.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
TACOMA, N H, June Police to-
day were investigating circumstances Of
the mysterious drowning on Lake Win
nipesaukee yesterday of Chelso Arri-
goni. 81. former State Senator of Mid
dletown, Conn. Arrigoni, according to
the story OF his companions in a motor
launch. disappeared from the boat Il
short time after the party visited the
camp of Jack Delaney, former light
heavyweight boxer.
Delay Telling Story.
Arrigonis drowning did not become
known until late last night when
Georgia N. Billings, a Long Island
City, N. Y. boxer and Miss Catherine
Hance of Red Bank, N. j., who said she
was Arrigoni's f1ancee, came to police
headquarters and told Of the circum-
stanes.
They together with Billings wife,
and Arrigoni were the only ones In the
launch.
Billings, the police said, had blood
stains on the front of his shirt. These
he explained by saying that Delaney
lad accidentally broken the windshield
OF the launch while it was drawn up at
his place and afterward he had brushed
a cut hand aaginst him.
Known As Swimmer.
Miss Hance said she and Arrigoni
were sitting at the stern of the launch
when she left him momentarily to con-
suit Billings in the front cockpit about
the best route back to the WeirS.
When she turned around Arrigoni had
disappeared.
Arrigoni was a member OF firm Of
road contractors at Middletown.
Sheriff Frederick Elliott of Laconia
said he learned Arrigoni was an ex-
celent swimmer.
The Billings have camp at Mere
dith,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-01
AIR OBSTRUCTION
MARKINGS SOUGHT
Aviation officials to Discuss Safety
Steps With Organizations
Representatives.

Representatives of nine national or
carnations will meet with officials Of
the Commerce Departments aeronautics
branch tomorrow to discuss the mark
ing of distractions to air navigation.
The conference will be held at the
department. beginning at 10 am. 1t
will deal with the marking Of skeleton
towers, transmission lines and bridge
spans over navigable waters. hazardous
flying areas. such as oil fields, having
a number of high derricks. or oil tank
farms. having pinnacle lighting arrester
towers, and certified high explosive
areas
Organizations to be represented are
TIE American Gas Association, Amer
ican Institute of Electrical Engineers,
American Railway Association, Aero
nautical Chamber of Commerce Of
America. Illuminating Engineering So
ciety, Institute of Radio Engineers, Ma
tional Electric Light Association, Ma
tional Electrical Manufacturers Asso-
citation and Independent Telephone As
ISOLATION.
There also will be delegates from the
airmail service of the Post ONCE De-
partment, Army Air Corps and Navy
Bureau Of Aeronautics.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-01

re-enact FOR them the killing. He was
ions, who also appeared to be unemo-
tional.
The youth told the police he had
broken into the John Marshall School
on previous occasions to swim or loot
and confessed he had stolen the pistol
from q desk in the schools gymnasium.
He is Q student in another high school.
His parents and his teacher said they
found his act incomprehensible.