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The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-31
81 Per Cent of FinIand's Capt.
tai City Favor Abolition of
Liquor Laws
WOMEN'S VOTES SURPRISING
TabuIators Will Work "a Hours
Each Day Until All Bal
lots Are Counted
BULLETIN


Helsingfors, Finland, Dec. 81.
-'P)-Tabulation of about one
sixth of the total vote in Fin
lands prohibition referendum in
dicated Thursday that propon-
ents of repeal would have the in
dorsement of at least half the
ballots.
Helsingfors, Finland, Dec. 31.-(P}--
With 81 per cent of the local votes
counted in the prohibition referen-
dunn, Helsingfors has gone so sur
prisingly and overwhelmingly wet that
Thursday afternoons editions of anti
prohibition newspapers talked about
national front" against the dry
laws.
Returns showed out of 132,730 votes
or 81 per cent of the entire city elec-
torate, 81 per cent voted for repeal
of the prohibition laws.
What surprised observers most was
the fact 60 per cent of the repeal
votes were cast by women.
The vote in the capital does not de.
termine the national outcome, bu'
supporters of repeal were confident
that their large vote here was an In.
dication of how the rest of the Fin.
nish cities would go, and their pre-.
diction was that the prohibition laws
are doomed.
The voting ended "Wednesday
night. 1t may be several days before
the complete result Is known, how.
ever, for all ballots are required tc
be sealed in the precincts in which
they are cast and sent here for The
count.
The count began at midnight. Tab
ulators will work "a hours day, II
three shifts, until it Is completed.
The strength of the anti-prohibi'
ton vote surprised political circles
although Helsingfors was counted OF
as one of the strongest centerS of an
ti-prohibition feeling.
Political observers expressed the be
lief, however, that should even 40 per
cent of the voters favor abolition o
the law. the government would argu
prohibition is no longer enforceable
The question of balancing the coun
trys budget played an important par
in the minds of many voters, evel
though it was an outside issue. Rag
mar Furuhjelm, chairman of the par
lament finance committee, declare
the 1892 budget safely balanced. bu
said the problem for 1888 would be
come increasingly difficult.
Many, therefore, believe" he sale
that the state should have the rev
enue. in an excise tax. that the SNUG
glers now get by purveying lquo
illegally"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-31
Daugherty Claims
Fall Forged Wire

New York, Dec. 3l.-(AP)-!he
World Telegram said Thursday lor-
mer Attorney General Harry M.
Daugherty, in his book "The msloe
Story Of the Harding Tragedy, ac-
cuses Albert B. Fall, former secretary
of the interior, of obtaining his ap-
pointment through forged telegram
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-31
PAYING BANK DIVIDEND

A dividend of 10 per cent Is beng
paid to creditors Of the closed Mer-
c,,ants State bank of Richardton, N.
D. it, was announced THURSDAY oy
I. r, Baird, receiver Of closed BANKS
Favment is being made through the
office of p. A. O'Keeffe district man
a9er mere.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-31
CHICAGOAN REFUSES
TO ACCEPT PACKAGE

Chicago, Dec. 31.-(AP)-OScar Du-
rante, vice president of the Chicago
school board and editor of a pro-fas-
ciSt paper, "L'Italia," Thursday re-
fused to accept an express parcel from
New York, fearing it might come
from the same source as the bombs
that killed and wounded postal en-
ployeS at Easton, Pa, Wednesday.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-31
Find Horse Sense
Works in Traffic

Cleveland. O.. Dec. 3l.-(P-
Talk about horse sense - Dobbin
pulled a driverless wagon through
the main thoroughfares, kept TO
the right, stopped at all red
lights; went ahead on the green:
and when finally caught hadn't
violated a traffic signal
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-31
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
WILL PROBE BOMBINGS

washington, Dec. 31.-fF1-Tne 1ed-
eral government. through three of its
departments. took measures Thursday
to guard against bombing in various
parts of the country.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-31
COLLEGE, JOURNALISTS ELECT

COLLEGE JOURNALISTS ELECT
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec 3l.--P)-Ralph A.
Crosman, University Of Colorado. was
elected president OF the American AS
sociation Of teachers Of Journalism, u
annual convention wednesday.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-31
Eliqible Bismarck Men Need Have
NoFears as Leap Year Approaches

Marriage licenses issued IN
Burleigh county during the last
II years were as follows: 1890
1853; 1e2l-1lS: 1922-130; 1928
ia; 1e24-lo5; 1s25-16l; 1926
1870; l927-132: l928-l46; 1929
ISL; 193O-l51; and 1881 Cup to
and including Dec. 30)-13O.
October, rather than June, was
the popular month for marriages
in Burleigh county during the
year just ending. the judges fig
ures show. Nineteen licenses
were issued in October. June and
November. with l8 each, we're
tied for second honors. Totals OF
licenses issued in other months
of 1891 include: January. ni1fe;
February, 10: March, four; April,
six; May, four: July, IL; AuguN.
10; September, 10: and Deceri-
Der, II, up to and including Def.
80.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
AIRLINE PILOT BREAKS
RECORD TO GOTHAM
Floyd Cox, With Six Passengers,
Bettcrs Capt. Hawks Time by
57-Minute Flight.

Travel tine between the National
Capital and New York was clipped to
less than an hour yesterday afternoon
when Floyd Cox. Ludington Line pilot,
assigned to the new 68-minute schedule,
smashed two records Of Capt. Frank
M Hawks.
Taking of from Washington Hoover
Airport with six passengers and baggage,
2 fun load for his loW-w.ng Lockneed
Orion plane, Cox landed at Newark Air
port. New York terminal, 81 minutes
and 33-5 seconds later. His record
was timed by w. c. Bauer, Bureau OF
Standards, and is official
Not only did Cox clip full minute
from Capt. Hawks time for the run to
New York, but he also bettered Capt.
Hawks mark fir m Philadelphia TO New
York by two minutes, covering the dis
tance in 10 minutes. Capt. Hawks car
ried no one with him, while Coxs plane
was heavily lo1ded.
Cox MADE his record on regular
scheduled run. He encountered clouds
and heavy rain between Philadelphia
and New York, and but fer this believes
he could have cut another minute or
two from his TIME.
Last April Cox, carrying 10 paSsen-
gers in a tri-motored transport, came
within one minute Of equaiing the speed
mark then held by Capt. Hawks and
succeeded in tying the women's speed
record between New York and Wash
ington, held by Miss Ruth Nichols.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
COMMANDER BLACKBURN
FUNERAL is TOMORROW
Retired officer Killed in Fall to Be
Buried at Airing

Comdr. John Hail Blackburn, 81, u.
S. N, retired, who died Thursday as the
result of a plunge from a third-story
window of Walter Reed Hospital, will
be buried tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock in Arlington National Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Capts. j. P. Lannon.
r. r. Adams, r. P. Craft, A. A. Station,
r. G. Davis, w. d. Pulestcn and e. S.
Land, all of the Navy.
Capt. Sidney K. Evans, Chaplain
Corps, u. S. NJ, will officiate. A military
escort will form at the Fort Myer gate
at o'clock.
Comdr. Blackburn was executive Of
ficer of the u. S. S. Leviathan, when the
vessel was doing transport duty during
the Wcrld War. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Emma B. Blackburn of this
city, and a son, John H., jr., of Bur-
nngame, Calf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
STIMSON, 81 YEARS OLD TO-DAY,
SPENDS ANNIVERSARY AT DESK
Secretary of State Passes
Birthday With Health
Unimpaired.
Army Retirement Age Finds
Chief of U. S. Diplomats
Busy at Tasks.

Secretary of State Henry Lewis Slim
son today observed his 64th birthday
anniversary, busy at his desk on the
world problems of disarmament and
peace.
Passing years and the strain of con-
Quoting the foreign relations of the
Nation have made the Secretary some
what gray around the temples, but
otherwise he shows little signs of hav-
ing reached 64-the age at which Army
and Navy officers are required by law
to retire.
Tennis and horseback riding play an
important part in keeping him in good
physical condition. His favorite pastime
is a gallop over winding bride path
in Rock Greek Park or on his $500, 900
estate on Cathedral avenue.
Smiles NervOusIy at Press.
= Tennis runs a close second. He pre-
fers its comparatively strenuous action
to golf and ranks with Secretary Adams
Of the Navy among the best players in
the cabinet.
In his office the Secretary works
fast and demands that his assistants do
likewise. His usual working hours are
from about to 4.
BY combining recreation with work
on this Summers trip 10 Europe, Sec
rotary Stimson preserved his health so
successfully that he announced on his
recent return that he felt better than
when he left
He is tall and erect, with a clear,
rudy complexion, a small dark mus
tache and a patrician Roman nose. A
somewhat nervous smile plays about the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
ATLANTA FRIENDS
BACK DR.. SHELTON
Many Come Here as Pastor
Prepares for Trial on Wom-
ans Charges.

Supported by number Of friends
who have come here from Atlanta, DR..
william A. Shelton, pastor of the
Mount Vernon Place M. E. Church
South, today was making final prepa-
rations to defend himself tomorrow
against charges brought by his former
secretary.
The visitors from Atlanta, numbering
about IL, are said to have come here
voluntarily to offer their services TO
DR.. Shelton. They will not be per-
mitted, however, to take any active part
in the church trial Of the charges.
The accusations were made by Miss
Carrie A. Williams of 1922 Forty-frst
street, who served as secretary to DR..
Shelton and his predecessor.
The trial was decided upon by Bishop
E. d. Mouzon of Charlotte, N. c., after
a committee of preachers, acting for
him had investigated the charges. 1t
vas announced the trial was being neld
lin fairness to all concerned.
An attempt by Bishop Mouzon tC
have the trial held in Fredericksburg
Va. was abandoned because of the diff
ficulty that would be encountered In
getting the witnesses there. Alexandris
was tentatively selected as trial site
1t is expected that a large number
OF witnesses will testify for DR.. Shell
ton, most of them as to his character
The pastor is expected to make Wig
orous defense endeavoring to prove
the charges entirely unfounded, instead
of merely taking a defensive position
Rev. e. v. REGISTER, former presid-
ing elder Of this dis riot, will act a:
prosecutor. The defense will be con-
Quoted by the Rev. j. j. Rives of the
Francis Asbury Church; Rev. II. H
Sherman Of the Board Of Christian
Education and Raymond B. Dickie, q
local attorney.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
RUM RAIDERS FIND
17|EGALLON STILL
Police and Dry Agents Seize
Alleged Liquor in Truck
and Arrest Driver.

The arrest of truck driver said to
have been carrying IS gallons of liquor
was followed two hours later this morn
ing by a raid on his alleged source of
supply, where 15o-gallon still, gall
Ions Of liquor and 2,45O gallons of
peach mash were found
The raid, conducted by a combined
squad of prohibition agents and police,
was made on the third floor Of a house
in the 1900 block of Twelfth street.
The man under arrest is Joseph Cit
tidino, 80, 700 block of Massachusetts
avenue northeast. He was booked at
the first inspection district headouar-
tiers on charge Of illegal possession.
The arrest was made in rear of the
TOO block OF Fifth street by Prohibition
Agent X. O. Speiss and Policeman G..
2: Thornton, who say they followed
Cittidino from the location of the still
to an alley in rear Of Fifth street.
SHORTY after 10 o'clock a raiding
squad, headed by Sergt. R. A. Johnson
OF the nrSt inspection district squad
ana capt. Robert Dingess of the Prohi-
oltion Bureau, visited the Twelfth street
aooreSs with a search warrant. They
say they found the still warm from re-
cent operation. The large quantity OF
mash was found in barrels on the third
moor In a room adjoining the room
Wnere the still was located.
Ihose who took part in the raid were
capt: Dingess and Speiss of the Pro-
hloltlon Bureau and the police raiding
squad, consisting Of Sergt. johnson and
PVts. q. E. Thornton. c. d. Schamp, IL
u. Bauer and W. A. Shooter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
fancy Ceremonies.
PLANS COMPLETED
Bust of Former u. S. Chief
Justice to Be Unveiled
at Frederick.

The Chief Justice and several asso-
ciate justices of the United States SUI
preme Court, the Governor Of Mary
land and many other distinguished
jurists and lawyers will attend the I'M
yelling September 26 of a memorial to
former Chief Justice Roger Brooke
fancy in the court house yard at Fred
erick, Md.
Chief Justice Hughes win deliver an
address at the unwilling ceremony, and
the memorial will be accepted for Fred
erick County by Judge Arthur D. Will
lard.
Besides the Chief Justice, it's ex-
pected that Associate Justices Harlan F.
Stone, Pierce Butler and Owen j. Rob-
erts of the United States Supreme
Court will attend the event.
Richie to Accept.
The memorial will be accepted on be-
half of the State of Maryland by Gov
Albert C. Richie, Other State officials,
including Attorney General w. Preston
Lane, jr., and Secretary of State David
G. Winebrenner, Sd, will attend.
OAd6cS VI Tic MAI y4hl10 NOu1b "a AP-
peals, all jurists of the city of Balti-
more, all members of the Frederick
County Bar Association, representatives
of every bar association in the State,
President James H. Morgan of Dickin-
son College, Carlisle, Pa, of which
Justice fancy was graduate. and
many others will be among the distin-
guished guests.
Bishop Mcnamara Of Washington,
assistant to Archbishop Curley Of the
Diocese of Maryland, will represent the
Catholic Church, of which Justice
fancy was member.
Reception for Chief Justice.
The schedule of events for the day
will open with an informal reception to
Chief Justice Hughes at the Francis
Scott Key Hotel in Frederick at II
am, to be followed by luncheon in
honor of the distinguished guests at
the hotel at ! o'clock.
The Frederick High School Band will
present a concert in the Court House
Park at 80 o'clock, and at 2:30 o'clock
the services will open in the park, with
Joseph D. Baker, prominent Frederick
citizen, presiding.
The invocation will be asked at the
opening of the ceremonies by Bishop
Mcnamara, and an address by Mr..
Baker will follow.
The Chief Justice will be presented
by Chief Judge Hammond Urner of
the sixth judicial district, and the
statue will be unveiled Immediately fol-
lowing his address. Following the two
addresses of acceptance, the sculptor,
Joseph Urner, son of Chief Judge
Urner, will be presented
Bust viii Complete Series.
Rev. Douglas Hooff. rector of All
Souls Episcopal Church, viii pronounce
the benediction.
The unwilling of the bust of Chief
Justice fancy will complete series of
tablets and statues erected in and
about the court house to commence
rate distinguished sons of Frederick
and historic events
The idea of honoring the memory
of Chief Justice fancy by erecting a
statue in Court House Park was adj
vanced by H. Dorsey Etchison in 1929
The Roger Brooke fancy Memorial As
ISOLATION was formed shortly after,
with Mr.. Etchison as president, Mrs.
Francis H. Markell and Maj. E. H.
Mcbride, vice presidents; Hammond
Clary, treasurer, and Paul !. Payne,
secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
INJURED FUGITIVE
SEIZED BY POLICE
Woman Friend in Whose
Home Burglar Suspect !.
Was Found Held.

George Emmett Hicks, SO, who jim
mied his way out of the witness room
at the twelfth precinct early last Thurs
day, was under arrest again today
and all because Sergt. Frank Alligood,
the Police Departments champion re-
coverer of stolen automobiles. decided
to abandon his speciality long enough to
do little checktng-up on the elusive
fugitive.
While Hicks, under suspicion in 80 to
40 recent burglarieS, was being treated
at Gallinger Hospital for injuries re-
ceived when he leaped from second
floor window of the police station, Mrs.
Helen Thomas. %. with whom he is
said to have been staying since his es-
cape, was being held at the House Of
Detention.
Il was given confidential tip that
Hicks could be found at Mrs. Thomas
apartment, at 125 North Carolina
avenue southeast" Alligood explained.
Sure enough, he was there-lying in
bed, too badly hurt to make move"
Injuries Examined.
Alligood took Hicks to the hospital,
where he was found to be suffering
from a severe back injury, sprained
ankle and badly twisted leg. Physi-
clans at the institution declared X-ray
photographs would be necessary to de-
termine whether or not Hicks back and
leg were broken.
According to Alligood, Hicks said he
jimmied the door of the witness room,
on the second floor of the police sta
ton, and jumped to the ground Hail
ing a cab in the neighborhood, he said,
he went directly to Mrs. Thomas
apartment, where he remained until ar
rested by Alligood.
Mrs Thomas, also known as Miss
Helen Weierson, was booked for investl-
CATION after being questioned at head
quarters She said she came here re-
Gently from New York and has known
Hicks about three months. Hicks also
was booked for investigation and will
be questioned extensively after he is
released from the hospital.
Trapped by Photo.
Hicks first landed in the custody of
the police back in March, 1880, when
he was trapped in the apartment of
Miss Nina Owings, 1882 Kenyon street,
whose photograph he had stolen while
alleged1y burglarizing the place. After
telephoning Miss OwingS several times,
he induced her to make an engagement
with him. Two tenth precinct de-
tectives hid in the apartment and
placed him under arrest shortly after
he arrived to keep the date"
Hicks, police reported at the time,
subsequently confessed 81 housebreak-
|'ings. While awaiting trial, he was adj
judged mentally unsound and was
committed to st. Elizabeth's Hospital
while the charges against him were
nolle pressed. After a few months in
the institution he was pronounced
cured and was released.
He was arrested again last Wednes-
day night by Sergt. Michael Dowd
whom he is said to have promised to
tell everything" If given an opportu-
nifty to take little nap" first Dowd
had him locked in the witness room al
the police station. but he remained
there only a few hours, escaping about
, 2 O'Clock the following morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
LLOWEEN COMMITTEE
TO PLAN FESTIVITIES

A meeting of the Halloween celebra-
ton general committee which is PLAN
ming to organize festivities incident to
the observance October 81, win be held
tonight at 8 O'Clock in the board room
of the District Building, it was an
nounced today by Assistant Corporation
Counsel William A. Roberts, chairman
of the group.
The committee Is composed of more
than rs members, representing all of
the trade and civic bodies of the Ma
tional Capital. 1t is tentatively plan
ned to hold a parade and carnival on
Halloween night, the parade to be on
Pennsylvania avenue and the carnival
later on Constitution avenue, thus shift
ing the center of ceremonies for the
first time from F. street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
CONTROL OF TAX|S
BY UTILITY BOARD
URGED IN CAPITAL
Business Leaders Declare
Cut Rates Unfair to
Cars and Buses.
CONGRESS TO GET PLEA
FOR PUBLIC PROTECTION
Lack of Meters and Insurance Seen
as Menace to Passengers
Using Cabs Here.

Contending the virtually unregulated
taxicab situation in Washington is
"deplorable" and calls for intervention
OF the Government, the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association has asked
the Public Utilities Commission to util-
ize all the power vested in it to control
the spread of meterless taxicabs and fix
a uniform rate.
If the commission has not the power
to intervene, the association will CO.
operate with 1t in seeking appropriate
legislation at the next session of Con-
gresS looking to placing the cabs within
the same correlated scope as the other
transportation utilities.
Dissatisfaction Voiced.
In letter to the commission, made
public today by Edward D. Shaw. Sec
rotary of the merchants group the as
ISOLATION outlined the stand taken at a
recent meeting of its board of governors,
at which time vigorous dissatisfaction
with the taxicab situation was voiced.
1t was the sense of the board, it
was explained today, that the taxicabs
operating as they do on ''free-for- all'
basis, constitute a source of unfair COM
petition to the street car and bus COM
panies, whose rates are fixed by the
District Government.
Mention also was made of the in
ability in most cases of taxicab opera
tors, especially independent ones, to
offer any guarantee Of responsibility
in case of accident.
ID. c. Inspection Favored.
The Merchants and Manufacturers
Association already is on record in favor
OF the principle of compulsory auto
mobile liability insurance law, but has
expressed itself as not being entirely
satisfied with the methods which are
in force in some States.
The association also recently favored
Government inspection of all vehicles
operating on the public streets, to in
sure their safety mechanically.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21
LICENSE TAGS TRACED.
Search of Georgia Directories Fails to
Identify Dead Man.

Search Of Georgia Directories Fails to
Identify Dead Man.
BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ca, September 81 -
The Georgia automobile license tag
department today said the license plates
on an automobile found standing in
front Of a hotel In Washington after
the death of man registered as E. L.
James of Macon, Ga, had been issued
to Miss Mildred e. Felix of Atlanta.
The Atlanta telephone and city
directories listed no such name. Officials
in charge of the Atlanta ONCE Building,
which she gave as her address in apply
ing for the licenses, said she was not
known there.
The Dobbs Tire Co. of Atlanta, whose
cards bearing the name William M.
Todd" were found in the mans pockets,
was unable to cast any light on his
identity.
Advices from Macon said the city
directory there listed no such person
as E. L. James.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-09-21

4 u this morning, although he
seemed eager enough to assist
the investigation, probably was the only
eyewitness when his master leaped, fell
or was pushed to his death in a paved
alley three floors under hotel room in
the rear of 482 Pennsylvania avenue
last night.
The small dog glumly nosed bottle
proffered him in the squad room by
solicitous bluecoats. He wagged his
stump Of a tail by way of thanks, but
he made it clear in polite way that
he had no appetite. either for the milk
or for a ham ana egg sandwich some
one produced from a lunch basket.
There was no name on the dogs col
lar, nor had police at late hour today
been able to determine the masters
identity. The man, about 81 years
old, well dressed and quiet-mannered,
came in yesterday morning at 9:45
o'clock and registered as E. l.. James
of Macon, Ca.
Attendants saw him last about 6
o'clock yesterday afternoon. The door
to his room, they said, was left open
ar : the lights were on. William F.
Rector, the night clerk, who was MAX
ing his rounds, investigated and found
the dog lying alone on the bed.
A screen in the bath room, Rector
said, had been removed and bills and
coins-s33. 7O-lay scattered on the sill
and floor. Rector climbed out the
window to the fire escape and saw the
mans body lying in the alley below.
An ambulance was summoned from
Casualty Hospital, and the doctor pro-
nounced the man dead Of a fractured
skull.
He apparently fell squarely on his
head, as there were no other broken
bones.
Coroner j. Ramsay hewitt and police
learned that the man had left light
sedan parked outside bearing Georgia
tag No. "Y-18T" His belt buckle was
inscribed with the initial &C." and two
cards left in his effects said William
M. Todd, Dobbs Tire Co., Atlanta, Ca