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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20
Post Office Department So
licitor Announces Government
Will Take Drastic Action.
POSTMASTER HAS ISSUED
ORDERS TO END TRAFFIC
Newspapers, Promoters and Indi.
vidualS Warned-Caustic Com
plants Received.
~ the Associated press

By the Associated Press.
A Federal crusade against American
participation In foreign sweepstake lot
teries was announced today by Solicitor
Donnelly Of the Post Once Department.
In . statement, Donnelly called the
attention Of newspapers, foreign pro.
moters and all individuals using Ameri-
can mails, to the contemplated cam
paign and said the Government will
do everything in its power to stamp out
such illegal practices"
Donnelly said that during the past
few months Postmaster General Brown
already had issued more than 100 fraud
orders I'm an attempt to suppress this
lottery traf1c.''
Caustic complaints from every Sec
ton Of the country" Donnelly added,
have reached the department against
these wholesale violations of law.
To Enforce Drastic Provisions.
1T is the intention Of this depart
ment to enforce strictly the drastic pro-
visions Of the statute against Lotteries
with view to breaking up an unlawful
practice which has recently grown to
such huge proportions in American
cities, towns and villages as to border
on a national disgrace"
The solicitor asserted "the intention
Of Congress to bar from the mails mat
ter Of every kind relating to lottery"
seemed to be made clear by restrictions
upon the press.
In specific language" he warned,
the law forbids the deposit or carriage
N the mails Of not only any Newspaper
containing any advertisement of any
lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme Of
any kind offering prizes dependent upon
lot or chance but also of any news
paper or other publications Containing
any list Of the prizes drawn or awarded
by means OF any such lottery, gift en-
terpriSe, or scheme, whether said list
contains any part or all Of such prizes"
Foreign Promoters Offenders.
The solicitor remarked that pro-
moterS abroad are violating penal law
by mailing forbidden matter into this
country, and may be prosecuted If found
within United States borders.
Deploring the losses Of hundreds OF
] thousands, while huge winnings OF q
| few ere broadcast, the solicitor said
the Se-called sweepstakes, when 1t is
not In tact q pure fake,ss rs so many are,
Is usually based ON some horse race,
but has no connection Herewith :.
Various sweepstakes emanating from
the Irish Free State, Canada, New
foundland; Mexico and other countries
are based on the same race run In an
other country.
But the old-faShioned Louisiana lot
terry and other world famous lotteries
Of earlier days, which brought about
the enactment of our stringent Federal
anti-lottery statute, were mere pygmies
| in comparison"
Donnelly said he did not believe that
hereafter the newspapers would desire
TO publish the matter the statute for
bids"
THE illegality Of the scheme" he
added, ''is IN no way affected by the
representation that In some Of the cases
a small percentage of the funds go to
charity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20
BOOTH NATIVE OF TORONTO.
Was Newspaper Editor and Publisher
and Art Collector.

DETROIT, June 20 Cp).-Ralph Har-
mon Booth, newspaper editor and pub
Usher and art connoiSseur, was born in
Toronto, Canada, September 20, 1873.
When he was g. years aid his uaFenta
moved to Detroit, the city and state
with which his life and guinness In
terests have largely been connected.
His early schooling, obtained in pub
lie schools of Canada and Detroit, ter
minated technically when he left school
at the age Of Is to enter o bank.
Mr.. Booths business interests had
been conferred in the newspaper field
since 1891, when, after three years with
the Detroit National Bank, he became
cashier Of the Detroit Tribune. Three
years later he was business manager of
that paper. In 1895 he went to Chi
cago as secretary and business manager
Of the Chicago Journal, then owned by
George G. Booth and James e. ScrippS.
At the age Of % he became the editor
and manager OF that newspaper.
In 1904 the Chicago Journal was sold,
become editor and publisher Of the De.
troit Tribune. When that paper was
merged with the Detroit News, Mr..
Booth, in association with his brother,
George G. Booth, who owned controlling
interest in the Grand Rapids Press, the
MlSkegon Chronicle and Bay City
Times, and other leaders, had visions
Of building up a group Of associated
community newspapers. They acquired
the following eight daily Michigan
newspapers: The Grand Rapids Press,
the Flint Journal, the Saginaw News,
the Kalamazoo Gazette. the Jackson
Citizen-Patriot, the Bay City Times,
the Muskegon Chronicle and the Ann
Arbor News, all owned by the Booth
Newspapers, Inc, Of which he was
president up to the time Of his death.
Mr.. Booth was prominent in the adj
ministration Of the Associated Press,
serving In 1917 and 1918 as 1lrst vice
president Of that organization after hay
ing held other positions In 1t.
He was q director Of the Guardian
Detroit Bank, q leader Of art affairs in
Detroit and . trustee and presiden: Of
the Old Detroit Museum OF Art. MI.
Booth was married May "a, 1905, to
Mary M. Batterman Of Chicago. They
have two children. John Lord Booth
and Mrs. Virginia B. Vogel.
--~~-SAna AU@nzz
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20
BOY, 4, LOCKED IN JAIL CELL,
GREATLITTLES SPORT, SAY POLICE
Will Not Run Away Again, Promises Roger Perry, Inn
prisoned at Mothers Request

the chiId's comfort. During the night .
cat ate the boys bread, and in the
morning Patrolman Linton bought
young Perry q box of creckers, which
the lad ate along with water from .
shiny tin cup.
II was awfulIy tempted to take the
lad from the cell and comfort him. /
have children Of my own, and realize
what 1t means to them to become
scared. However, / dared not remove
him, but did try to cheer him up by
chatting. found him q very small
child for his age. At one time he re-
marked, You know, Mr.. Onicer. I'm
glad I didn't 60 TO New York, cause it's
awfully dangerous to cross the street,
and I'd have been all alone Another
time he remarked about by uniform
being pretty, and he promised never 10
leave his home again unless mother
permitted him to DO So" Linton said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20
~ the Assoeiated Press.

- the AsS0ciated Press.
ing their way laboriously on eight huge
auto tractors through the yawning de-
clivities Of Khyber Pass across thu roof
Of the world, 20 members Of the Haardt
Central Asiatic expedition, including
Owen Maynard Williams Of Washing
ton, arrived here today from Afghan
istan.
They had had an arduous 10-week
Journey across the Syrian Desert, Irak,
Persia and Afghanistan. during which
they collected vast quantity Of new
and interesting material
They have many Photographic and
colored movies as well as much geo.
graphical and ethnographical data re-
garding the peoples, scenic wonders and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20
TRY AGAIN CREDO WORKS
TO EXTENT OF $3.50

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, June 20. "A robbers
credo Of .:if at first you don't succeed.
try again." worked last night to the
extent Of $3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Galloway ana MI.
by Q robber last night as Galloway
stopped his automobile for Q tra6ac
signal.
The bandit escaped with $3.50 in
jewelry and cash.
As he jumped into an accompfice's
car the rObber shouted:
"You probably don't remember me.
failed. I clicked this time" s.
And the Callaways recalled an at
tempt Of q robber to break into their
apartment six months ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20

A grave yard marathon is now UNDER
way In Washington.
Mime. Pauline Fernandow, little girl
from the provinces trying to make good
IN q big way, seeks to shatter the rec
ord held by Mile. Olga Troutkowski es-
tablished In Correctionville. Iowa. IN
1923. The champion Is said TO have
remained in an alright comm under"
ground for 81 hours and 5 minutes.
Nine. Pauline was buried alive yes
terdaY afternoon at o'clock under the
turf at Camp Meigs and thereby be-
came the feature attraction Of the fam
being conducted there under the
auspices Of the Central Labor Union.
The corpse Is attached to the
carnival company showing at the old
camp grounds and her comrades vouch
for the fact that she Is surviving only
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20
CAPITAL MAN CROSSES ROOF
OF WORLD WITH EXPEDITION
Owen Maynard Williams Traverses
Kh, Der Pass and Desert En- Route to
India and China.

strange customs of the isolated coun-
tries over which they have Travelled.
Sound records we're made of native Ian
guages, songs and music.
Tomorrow the expedition will attempt
to cross towering Pamirs by way of
the Gilgit route to Kashmir. On the
other side of Pamirs q number of spe-
cially constructed automobiles from
Peiping will be waiting to take the
expedition into Chinese Turkestan and
the Cobb Desert and thence to Peiping.
After exploring interior China the
expedition will return by way Of Siam,
Burma, India, Baluchistan and Arabia,
thus completing . 15,000-n1ile trip.
Owen Maynard williams is a stan
representative of the National Geo
graphic Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20
RALPH BOOTH DIES;
ENVOY TO DENMARK
American Minister III Since
Last Observation-Disclosures
for Heart AiIment.
BIZ the Associated Press

By the Associated Press
VIENNA, June 2o-Ralph Booth,
United States Minister to Denmark,
died today at the Kaiserhof Hotel. At
Bad Gastein, Salzburg, Austria. He was
81 years old.
The United States consul general at
Vienna has taken charge of the body.
Mr.. Booth had been III for same time
and his wife had kept the State De-
partment at Washington informed Of
mis- condition.
Mr. Booth went to Bad Gastein sew
eral weeks ago to undergo treatment
for heart ailment. There he was
Joined by Mrs. Booth, his daughter, Mrs.
Virginia Dtckerman Vogel, and his son,
John Lord Booth.
The Minister had been in Ill health
since last December when he suffered
an attack of influenza.
All the members of Mr.. Booths fam
lily were at his bedside when he died.
The direct cause of death was said to
be kidney trouble. Mr.. Booth also had
been suffering from q heart aiIment.
BOOTH NATIVE OF TORONTO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20
SEIPEL CABINET FAILS

\ VIENNA, June 20 [F.-Dr. Ignaz
a;eipel, former chancellor Of Austria, an
1founced today he had abandoned his
e4fort to form cabinet. It was reported
that President Miklas intends to ap-
point 4 provisional cabinet.
lDr. Saipel made two attempts to form
3 goyeTnment. The first effort was
t0yard . concentration government:
uitk socialists included, and the second
was an attempt to get together q
cabinet % pan-German and Agrarian
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20
Special Dispatch to The star.

special DtSpatcn 70 Inc star.
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, June 2O.--Ctty
Patrolman Virgil Linton, in charge Of
police headquarters here the night little
4-year-old Roger Perry, r., was kept
there as punishment for wanderlust,
today that of what q great little sport
the lad proved during his confinement.
Perry, who Is the son Of Lieut.. Roger
Perry, u. S. NJ, was sent TO Jail by his
mother because he refused "to mind"
her. Patrolman Linton said he found
the little fellow "a nice" but pitiful
character. "fIis mother sent him two
slices Of bread and told me TO give them
to him with some water II he got hun
gry," Patrolman Linton said.
The lad soon cried himself to sleep,
according to the oficer, but during the
night Linton threw q blanket over him.
The mother had sent the blanket tor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20
MERCURY SO AT NOON,
SO SEEN TOP FOR DAY

The Capital today was in for years
record heat mark.
The temperature at noon was SO,
and the outlook for the day was high
Of about 90.
The top yesterday, when one man
was Frustrated, was 81, which was re-
corded at pm.
tomorrow win be partly cloudy with
local thunder showers and mot quite
so warm"
The heat last night drove hundreds
to the parks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20

State Department Not OficiaIIy In
formed Of Death.
Secretary Of State StimSon expressed
deep regret" today at the death of
Ralph H. Booth, Minister to Denmark.
The Secretary said the department
had not yet been ofncially informed Of
the Minister'S death, but Mr.. Stimson
was notified In O personal message from
Mrs Booth.
The Secretary several days ago cabled
Mrs. Booth, offering any personal help
or assistance which he might be able to
give
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20

HWn0 TUEE1U = EIUTHN31 W.
1wsh fal, CPonin ca, MyeF, Kuhel,
BlueEe, HSrgrave, Averill' VosmAk' AeeaDp'
Seeds. 60
rwo-base hits - Harris, West, Manush'
Ayerin.
ThYee.base hit-BIuege.
Stolen baSes-MyeR, CPOnin.
Left on 6ases-Washington. 81 Cleveland :.
Base on balls-Oh Brown, q on Shonner' II
an Donahue, 2; of Thomas, 2.
struck out-By Brown, Il By shenner' IL
BY Donahue, 2. a,
Donahue, 8 IN 3 innings.
Losing pIteheF-ShofneR.
Time Of Bame-2 hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20

Radio Programs on Page BIS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20

STIMSoN EXPRESSES REGRET.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20

%. {. weather Bureau Foreeast).
Fair tonight; tomorrow party clouoy.
probably local thundershowers and not
quite so warm.
Observation-Disclosures, a., at pm.
Yesterday: lowest, ~. at am. today.
Full report on page 10.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20

CLEVELAND, June 20.-PoundWg
three Cleveland pitchers hard benlno
tight fiinging on the part OF bLoya
Brown, the Nationals won Sne ms th;s
game of double-neaoer helS "l'"
afternoon.
The score was IA to 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-06-20
SECOND INNING.

WASHINGTON -Kuhel touled 10
Kamm. Spencer singled TO csnter:
Brown took q third strike. MyeI
1vaI<ed Manush doubled down the
ripht-field line, scoring Spencer ana
Myer. Donahue, a right-hander, re-
Heyed Shoffner. Cronin sent long ny
to VoSmik. Two runs.
CLEVELA flied TO Ma.
nush. Kamm hoiSted to West. So old
Sewell. No runs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
DOCTORS
Prescription gives
Bowels Real Help

Train your bowels to be regular:
to move at the same time every
day; to be so thorough that they
get rid Of all the waste. Syrup
Pepsin-a doctors prescription
will help you do this. When you
take this compound of laxative
herbs, pure pepsin and other val
liable ingredients, you are helping
the bowels to help themselves.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is
the sensible thing to take whenever
you are headachy, bilious, half
sick from constipation. When you
have no appetite, and a bad taste
or bad breath shows you're full of
poisonous matter or sour bile.
DIR. Caldwell studied bowel
troubles for Al years. His pre-
scription always works quickly,
thoroughly; can never do you any
harm. 1t just cleans you out and
sweetens the whole digestive tract.
1t gives those overworked bowels
the help they need.
Take some DIR. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin today, and see how fine you
feel tomorrow-and for days to
come. Give it to the kiddies when
they're sickly or feverish; they'll
like the taste! Your druggist has
big bottles of it, all ready for use.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
N. Y. Woman Lost
IA Pounds Of Fat
One IS Cent Bottle of
Kruschen Salts Did 1t

II am starting on my second bottle
of Kruschen Salts and am real
pleased with results. 1 take it for
reducing and so far have lost IA
pounds and T think it is doing won
ders for me. do not feel so tired
evenings when I get home from
work"
A generous bottle of Kruschel
Salts that lasts weeks costs but s;
cents at any drugstore in America
take one half teaspoon in a glass
of hot water every morning before
breakfast-cut out pastry and fatty
meats-go light on potatoes, butter,
cream and sugar-that will help
Kruschen take off your fat.
Before the bottle is empty surplus
fat is leaving you-indolence changes
to activity-you'll feel younger
eyes will brighten-step grows spry.
Millions know this-you ought to
know it. Kruschen Salts is the ideal
treatment for constipation, indiges-
ton. headaches, nervousness and
acidity.
Take Kruschen every morning
it's the little daily dose that does IL
If not joyfully satisfied after the
first bottle-money back-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
USE REED CANARY
GRASS IN SWAMP
Agronomist Suggests Crop As
Good Solution For the Wet
Land Problem.

Growing reed canary grass Is one
of the most satisfactory ways of solv-
ing the wet land problem in Mime
sofa, says A. G. Army, farm crops spe-
cialist Of the Minnesota Agricultural
Experiment Station. Reed canary
grass thriyes on land too wet for most
other farm crops and produces yields
OF hay or pasture as good or better
than those on the best adjoining we'll
drained land, he says. Numerous
farmers having areas of wet land
ranging from less than an acre up to
20 acres have found using reed can
airy grass more profitable and salts
factory than draining.
Stands Of reed canary have been
obtained and yields of from 4 to
tons of hay harvested each year in
two cuttings. The hay has about the
same protein content as clover.
Different ways in which stands
have been obtained are outlined by
Mr.. Army as follows: "In preparing
for seeding the willows have been
cleared off and the dead grass burn
ed. 1t has been found best to burn
the dead grass off the preceding fall.
Fields that would bear horses during
part Of the year have been plowed and
good seed beds prepared. On these
fields it generally has been found
best to delay seeding the reed canary
until most Of the weed seeds have
terminated and been killed by disk
ing and narrowing. The reed canary
seed has been broadcast whenever the
fields were ready.
Successful stands have been OBJ
tanned from seedlings Of from to 6
pounds made from April to July Is.
Other fields too wet at all times for
blowing, but having no water stand
ing on them early in spring have been
burned off in the fall. Early in the
spring, when the upper or inches
had become thawed out, but still re-
NAMED frozen enough underneath to
bear the horses, those areas have
been disked thoroughly and narrowed.
Reed canary grass seed has been scat
tered Immediately at rates of 4 to 6
pounds per acre and the field harrow
ed to cover. This method does not
provide as good a seeded as plow-
ing, disking and narrowing but it is
much better than no preparation"
Mr.. Army points out that the fact
that reed canary is long-lived per-
ennial Is a great advantage on wet
lands. Fields on which successful
stands were obtained from 25 to 80
years ago are still highly productive
and look as though they would con-
tinue to produce satisfactory crops
indefinitely. An occasional dressing
of barnyard manure keeps the growth
vigorous.
Six pounds Of seed per acre will be
needed. Seed costs about $1.50
pound or So per acre. Dividing this
by 30, the number Of crops which the
grass has been known to produce
with one seeding, makes the annual
cost of the seed 80 cents per acre.
This is lower than the annual cost per
acre for seed of grains, legumes and
grasses and about the same as for
corn. The Minnesota Experiment
Station, University Farm, st. Paul,
will supply full information on re-
quest.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
A MAN DYNAMOMETER
W Farm Engineering Chief In
vents Machine to Test
Power of Human.

Just how much Drawn" a man has,
and what 1t is worth compared with
other forms of power used on farms,
can at last be measured accurately.
A man dynamometer" recently in
venter by Prof. VIM. Boss, chief Of
the agricultural engineering division,
University Farm, will show accurate
~, in terms of foot-pounds or of watts
of electricity, just how much power a
man is capable of developing for any
given period of time. By using STAN
dard engineering tests, this unique
instrument makes it possible to COM
pare mans power capacity directly
with that of horses, motors, wind
mills, waterwheels or other sources
Of power.
Literally and figuratively, Professor
Boss invention makes light of mans
work" Literally, because through q
dynamo 1t actually converts the en-
ergy expended into electric illumina-
ton. Figuratively, because it shows
that the power which the average
man is capable of developing is ridic-
ulously small and costly in relation
to that made possible by the use of
mechanical devices utilizing coal, pc
troleum or other materials of nature.
The man dynamometer resembles
an ordinary kitchen cabinet in size
and general appearance. At one side
Is crank for driving Prony brake,
which Ia nnnnnafod mi L.,
such way that each pound register
ed on the dial of the scale indicates
one man power (one-eighth horse pow
err Of energy exerted on the crank.
On the other side is a similar crank
for driving a dynamo to generate cleo
tricity which may be used to light one
or more bulbs. A voltmeter registers
the rate at which the current is gen.
Grated. The dynamometer also has
a clock to be used in making calcula-
lions. The clock also has a psycholo-
gical function, that of impressing I'D
on the person "cranking" the dynamo
meter how long an hour of such labor
really would seem.
Some placards on the dynamometer
give interesting facts. For instance,
one situated near the light bulbs
reads: Switch on one lamp. Turn
crank 60 revolutions per minute. The
voltmeter will indicate ITO volts. You
will then be generating 93A watts.
This is equal to Is horse power or
one man power. Keep turning for one
hour. The electricity you would gen.
crate would be worth about one cent"
Another placard gives a comparison
Of the approximate costs of different
kinds Of power used on farms in 1880.
AS compared with 81 per horse pow
er hour furnished by man, an equal
amount Of power could be obtained
from wind or water for 1 cent, from
oxen or horses for Is cents, from
steam for 10 cents, or from gasoline
for cents. Electricity which may
be generated only through one of the
above forms of power Is also rated at
8 cents. Thus the machine shows in
a novel and striking way that mans
relation to power in agriculture or
manufacture should be that of con-
trolling cheaper and more efficient
forms of power, rather than of trying
himself to be source of power.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-02-20
MOTHERS STUDY NUTRITION
Nearly 1,7o0 Women Enrolled Under
Miss Hobart in 1890.

President Hoover, at the recent
White House Conference on Child
Health, declared that of As million
children in the United States, 6 mil
lion are Improperly nourished. This
sad condition could be overcome if
parents were better posted on nutri-
tional problems, as many Minnesota
women are becoming informed
through the nutrition projects car
ried on by the state and county agri.
cultural extension forces.
During 1880, 1856 women were en-
rolled in these projects which were
conducted by Miss Inez Hobart, nu-
triton specialist, University Farm.
Each of these mothers in turn passed
along part of what she learned to at
least seven others. The result re-
ported by the members show that g.
515 actually improved their health.
That the methods used were changing
certain food and health practices is
indicated by the following figures:
In the families of the members, 5,942
persons were using adequate amounts
OF milk, 2,196 were using whole grains
daily, 1854 some raw food daily and
7,OS7 were using two vegetables
daily.
In an effort to estimate the amount
of fruit and vegetables needed
throughout the non-producing months,
1,464 worked out their fruit and vege-
table budgets. These budgets have
resulted in larger gardens, a better
variety OF garden stuff raised, and
considerable interest in better meth
DDS Of canning and storing.
Members who have followed out
the budget, report that it has decreas-
ed the food costs by increasing the
consumption Of the home grown prod
ucts.