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The Washington times., 1931-09-01
Mouse Aides
In Air-ROcket
Tests

NEW YORK. Sept. News
received here from DR.. Darwin
o. Lyon, American scientist, re-
vealed details of the first of a
series of rocket experiments in
Tripoli, Africa, to test certain
forms of explosive, the possibil-
ity Of steering by fins" or
''vanes," and the best method
of launching.
DR.. Lyon has under conStruc-
tion a large rocket which is to
carry into the upper air auto
matte instruments for measur-
ing the temperature and density
of the atmosphere and for OBJ
tanning a sample of the air at
the highest point reached by the
rocket. 1t is possible also that
this rocket will carry a mouse
and a canary to determine
whether or not they will survive
the pressure of acceleration.
The Washington times., 1931-09-01
AWAIT 5
HAGUE SAY ON
REICH PACT
Decision on Austro-German
Customs Union Expected to
Bring Vienna Remuneration

GENEVA, Sept. 1 0.NSO
The council of the League Of Ma
tionS will consider the decision of
the Hague Tribunal as to the
Legality of the Austro-G German
customs union as soon as it has
been received, it was announced
this evening shortly before the
council adjourned until tomor-
row.
The announcement superseded
a previous declaration which had
set aside Friday for discussion of
the projected pact. The council
will meet again tomorrow, but
the Hague courts decision is not
expected until the end of the
week.
With the question of Europe's
economic rehabilitation upper
most in the minds of the dele
gates. the sixty-fourth session of
the Council opened today.
Mandates Up
The routine matters on the
agenda included the French appli-
cation for withdrawal of its man.
date over Syria, as we'll as an at
tempt by Britain to drop its man.
date over Iraq.
Both Withdrawals we're believed
prompted by the heavy "upkeep"
of these outlying mandates.
WellinfOrmed League circles in
cline to the opinion that the
ruling on the AustrO- German pro-
pOsal will be that, although
the proposed pact does not viO-
late the spirit or letter Of the
treaty of Versailles, it disagreeS
with the Geneva protocols of
1922, in which Austria promised
not to compromise her economic
independence.
Remuneration Expected
In anticipation of such a de-
ciSion, it was expected DR.. Johann
Schober, Austrian foreign minis
ter, would announce Austrias vol
untary remuneration of the pact.
Austria's willingness to drop
the pact was believed influenced
largely by the fact that her def
cit is growing and she may be
obliged to seek a loan from
France.
The Washington times., 1931-09-01
ZEP IS SIGHTED
OFF BRAZIL

FERNANDO DE NORoNHA,
Brazil. Sept. l 1NSD.-The Ger
man dirigible, Graf Zeppelin, fly
ing nonstop from FriedrichShafen,
Germany, to Pernambuco, was
sighted off Fernando de Noronha
at $40 a. m. today, Washington
time.
FERNANDO NORONHA, Brazil,
Sept. l Q.N.SO 1.-THE Graf Zep-
pelin was near the equator at
dawn, according to messages from
its radio picked up here. Along
the Brazil coast the dirigible will
run into clouds and light winds,
but probably will be able to arrive
at Pernambuco at noon.
PERNAMBUSO, Brazil, Sept. l
Thousands of German and
Brazilian flags we're flung out as
news of the Zeppelin's approach
spread, and crowds from sur
rounding towns began to pour into
Pernambuco.
The Washington times., 1931-09-01
III DISABLED
OUT Of WORK

There are 271 disabled World
War veterans in Washington,
looking for jobs, according to E. C.
Babcock, national commander of
the Disabled American Veterans
of the World War. There are 66
former service men who are un-
employable because of their
wounds. There are GOT employed.
4 These statistics were obtained
u the result of a survey in which
Ase e A. ", U. S. Veterans Ad-
n SStration and the U. S. De-
paftment of Labor cooperated.
QueStionnaireS were sent to 300,.
900 men on the compensation
rolls.
The national results shows that
46, ,424 of these veterans are now
employed and that 61,666 are in
need of jobs. There are 1928
unable to work,
The Washington times., 1931-09-01
THIRD DEGREE
THEIR ONLY
CONCERN
Justice Department Officials
Tell Volunteer Informants
10 Go to D. c. Authorities
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around gambling activities. Re
ports that certain memOers of
the. force were receiving "cuts"
for protecting gamblers have
been widespread but have never
received serious study By an i'm
partial agency.
Department officials refused
20 make public the names Of the
volunteer witnesses.
Sent to D. C. Authorities
An official In charge of the in
Nestigation said today.
Several persons have come to
N during our investigation Of
the third degree activities and
have wanted to give us evi-
0ence Of graft and gambling
hOOk-ups Of policemen.
We have been forced to re-
1use such evidence because our
orders for conducting the bru.
taHEy Investigation are explicit,
and we cannot 80 beyond them.
In each instance we have
told these volunteers to 70 to
the proper District authorities.
Whatever they may do with the
evidence Is up to them"
So effective has been the work
Of. the Federal agents in investi-
eating brutality charges against
the police that within five days
after starting their inquiry they
have prepared what they believe
to be conclusive evidence in five
cases.
See Quick Indictment
These cases, involving five
prisoners and a larger number of
officers, will be presented to the.
Grand Jury tomorrow under the
supervision of District Attorney
Leo A. Rover. The district attor-
ney expects rapid action on the
part Of the jury, and it has
been indicated that indictments
may be expected before the end
Of the week.
1Speed of the department in
gathering the evidence is in con-
trast to the action of police
inspectors who started the probe.
In several days the inspectors
were able to gather only a score
Of denials o. the charges and no
evidence that beatings had taken
place. - "-
While the District Attorney is
presenting the cases to the jury
the Federal agents will continue
work on about dozen more cases
UPON which they are now en-
gagged. AS they complete their
inquiry in each case the eVi-
dence will be turned over to
Rover. Indications are that suf.
Mc1ent. testimony will be avail
able to keep the jury at work on
th1rd-desree cases for several
weeks.
Police Face Ousting
Some Of the cases go back as
far as eight or ten months.
There is no specific law cover
llg third.dcgree brutality, law Of
n0efs admitted today. Those
believed guilty can be charged
only with simple assault and the
penalty upon conviction cannot
so beyond one years impriSOn-
nlent. II was said.
It is doubtful if police who
were present at beatingS, but
who took no part in the actual
Wflippinss can be charged with
anything. it was said. In some
cases, however, their mere pres
e1lce may make them parties to
the criminal act, it was pointed
out.
The Washington times., 1931-09-01
! D j n 6 HEADS
JOBS UNIT

Owen D. Young, Of New York,
chairman of the board of the
General Electric Company, today
was designated to head a Subcom-
mittee which will mobilize re-
sources during the drive for funds
of the Presidents emergency COM
mittee on unemployment.
Young was named a member of
the committees advisory council
last week by President Hoover.
Young's committee will be con-
cerned with public and private
activities to provide relief funds,
Walter S. Clifford, director of the
Presidents organization, an
nounced. .. ....
Other members of the commit
tee are:
Walter Teagle, New York;
Henry M. Robinson, Los Angeles;
Pierre du Pont, Wilmington, Del;
William Cooper Proctor, Cincin-
natl; James F. Bell Minneapolis;
Charles Clairborne, New Orleans;
Fred Fisher. Detroit; Carl Gray,
Omaha; H. c. Knight, New
Haven, Conn; H. E. Lloyd, Phila-
delphia; j. F. Lucey, Dallas;
Conrad Mann, Kansas City;
Samuel Mather, Cleveland; Ed
ward L. Ryerson, jr.. Chicago;
Myron C. Taylor, New York;
Oscar Wellsoff, Birmingham;
William Allen White, Emporia,
Kan. and Matthew Woll, Wash
ington.
The Washington times., 1931-09-01
Hoover Discusses.-,->,,,,.
Polish Centennial

Plans for international celebra-
ton of the centennial of the
Polish revolution were discussed
today with President Hoover by
group of prominent Poles and
delegation which arrived last Light
from Augusta, Ga, where the ,:em.
onstration is to be held on Novem-
ber IA.
The party will leave today for
New York to complete plans for
the demonstration before return
ing to Augusta. President Hoover
is expected to attend the celebra-
tion which will be participated in
by a long list of notablaS includ-
ing the governors of Georgia,
South Carolina and Tennessee,
members of the Cabinet and Of
Congress.
The Washington times., 1931-09-01
ARNY-NAVY SITE
STILL PUZZLE

Selection of a site for the new
Army-Navy building, which has
been a moot question ever since
its erection was suggested in
1929 as part of the Federal
Governments new building pro
gram, still has not been def
nitely decided, it was learned
today.
Construction of the building
was suggested by President
Hoover as a means of centraliz-
ing all War Department bureaus
and divisions in a single struc-
ture. A board of experts headed
by Maj. Gen. Frank Cheatham,
quartermaster general, was ap-
pointed to make survey Of the
needs of the various depart
mentS.
Disagreement Arose
When the board reported it's
findings it was said a disagree
ment had arisen over the loca-
ton of the structure, some mem
berS favoring a site close to the
Navy Munitions Building, at
Eighteenth Street and Constitu-
ton Avenue, while others felt a
site nearer the projected Federal
building group along PennSylva-
MIA Avenue should be obtained.
Definite selection of a site, it was
said today at the office of the
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury, which has supervision over
all Government building projects,
now awaits the result of a survey
being conducted by the firm of
Holabird and Root, consulting
architects.
Conducting a Survey
Experts of the company, it was
said, are conducting a survey
along the lines of the original
survey of the quartermaster gen.
erals department, with reference
to the needs of the various de-
partments which will be affected.
One of the sites which mas been
proposed and which is said to
be favored in some official circles
is that at Connecticut Avenue,
between Nineteenth and Twenty
third Streets. That this site will
eventually be selected is the gen,
eral opinion in some departments,
the fact that buildings On the
site are now being torn down
lending weight to the supposition
The Washington times., 1931-09-01
Drive to Instruct
Voters Is Proposed

A countrywide campaign to
educate voters in the proper
method of marking the ballot will
be recommended by the executive
committee of the Arlington County
Civic Federation at a meeting to-
night at the Community House in
Lyon Park.
Harry A. Fellows, president of
the organization, is author of the
resolution.
Among other projects to be pre-
sented are proposed changes in
the federation's constitution.
The Washington times., 1931-09-01
DRIVER CRASHES
INTO WINDOW

Othello Washington, %, of 1929
Flagler Pl. N. W., was arrested on
charge of reckless driving early
today after his machine had
crashed into a plate glass window
of a clothing store on the north
west corner of Ninth and E
Streets Northwest.
According to police, Washing
ton was driving north on Ninth
at high rate of speed when
he attempted to make a right
turn into E Street. He lost con-
troll of his car, it is said, crashed
into the window and skidded
along the pavement for about so
feet. -....l
The youth escaped injury,
The Washington times., 1931-09-01
Deportation Faces
SLAYER on Parole

A warrant of deportation awaits
Damascus Garcia Gallur, and if
he is ever released from the San
Quentin prison in California,
where he is serving a life term
for second degree murder, he will
be deported to Spain, the Depart
ment of Labor announced today.
Gallur was convicted in 1915,
and under California laws he
now is eligible for parole.
The Washington times., 1931-09-01
TOOLS STOLEN

Carpenters tools valued at 500
yesterday were stolen from a tool
shed on a building under construc-
ton at Thirty-eighth St. and
Massachusetts, Ave. N. w. David
R. Camel, foreman, reported the
theft.
The Washington times., 1931-09-01
Heart AiLn1ent Kills
Former Publisher

LOS ANGELES, Calf, Sept. 1
0.NSO Heart disease today had
caused the death Of James Phil
lips, 80, of Boston and New York,
on .-time publisher of the New
York Daily Press, and until re-
tirement four years ago, PRESIDENT
of several copper companies ard
a woolen manufacturing concern.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-18

wife Of Capt Dubel. Of the Marine Corps
base at Quantico, Va. and her sister
Mrs. Curtis; Pvt. William Morgan
colored, attached to Fort Humphreys
Va, and Charles A. Parker. as years
old, described as q hitch hiker," who
said his nearest relative lived in Zanes-
vile, Ohio.
All received decorations and head and
body bruises. Mrs. Dubel and Mrs
Curtis were taken to q hospital at
Quantico, while Parker and Morgan
were treated at the Fort Humphreys
Hospital Several other persons in the
three automobiles escaped injury.
Deputy Sheriff George p Mccain OF
Fairfax County, who investigated the
accident, said that he was unable to
find the driver of the third car, which
bore Norfolk, Va, city tags.
The accident occurred when the car
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-18
given by Circuit Court of Appeals at

given by a circuit Court of Appeals at
New Orleans.
Nixon charged in a $1,000 damage
suit against James Condor and c. H,
Kolle that he was not permitted to
vote in the 1928 Democratic primary.
Federal Judge Charles A. Boynton held
a party had right to regulate its pri-
mary elections. and the New Orleans
court upheld his decision.
The suit was the second of It's kind
brought by Nixon. In 1926 he sued c.
c. Herndon OF Ell Paso, saying he had
been refused permission to vote in a
Democratic primary The United States
Supreme Court held the Texas primary
law unconstitutional.
Two weeks later the Legislature
passed the existent primary law Hith
al emergency clause, giving the State
Executive Committee the right to de-
termine who should participate in a
party primary election. Then the COM
mittce ruled no Negro could vote in the
primary
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-18

driven by the unknown person, which
was headed north, sideswiped Morgans
auto. which was going south, and then
struck Capt. Dubels car. which also was
headed south. All of the automobiles
accident was on a straight stretch Of
highway about IA miles south OF this
city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-18
FOUR PERSONS HURT
IN TRIPLE COLLISION
Driver of First Auto Is Missing
After It Hits Officers Car
and Other Vehicle.
BY staff Correspondent Of The Star.

BY staff Correspondent Of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. Va, May 18.-Four
persons We're injured in triple auto
mobile collision about one mile north
of Woodbridge on the Richmond-Wash-
ington Highway late Saturday after
noon. The driver of one of the auto
mobiles involved in the crash could not
be found after the accident.
Those hurt were Mrs. Bernard Dubel,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-18
COIORED VOTE BAN
APPEALED I'M TEXAS
o, S. Supreme Court Asked to Re.
view Law Excluding Race From
Democratic Primary.

BY the Associated Press.
Ell PASO, Tex, May ia test of
the 1926 Texas election law, which has
resulted in refusal TO allcw Negroes to
vote in Democratic primaries, will be
carried to the United States Supreme
Court.
Attorneys for DR.. L. A. Nixon, FL
Paso Negro, said Saturday they would
appeal from an adverse decision in his
case against election judges of FL PaSo
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-18

McAbee OF Baltimore, who Is In the
American Hospital with slight attack
] Of facial erysipelas. Mrs. Jennie Ran
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-18

dali OF Detroit. whose arm was broken
while crossing the Atlantic was able
to accompany tlle party
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-18

and one TO st. Quentin. They will visit
the cemeteries tomorrow.
All were able to 60 except Mrs. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-18
WAR MOTHERS AT FRONT

Five Groups Leave Paris to Visit
Three Battlefield Cemeteries.
PARIS. May Is C4O.-Five groups of
widows and mothers of American SOL
diers who fell in France during the
World War left for the front today, two
groups going to Verdun, two to scissors
Evening star., 1931-12-28

their pay would fall first upon those
elsewhere who are dependent upon
them.
Every dollar taken from the pay en-
yelope or the check of the Government
worker in Washington, with very few
exceptions, would be a dollar taken
from the pitifully small income of
some person in enc CT the States. This
would make a material addition to
the burden Of charity maintenance
elsewhere. In Delaware. in Oklahoma,
IN Nebraska, in Michigan, in Illinois,
in Georgia, in virtually every State the
effect would be felt.
If the average pay Of the Govern
ment worker in Washington we're
higher than the compensation OF cor
responding workers elsewhere there
might be some basis for proposal to
reduce the scale. But it is not. In
deed, it only now compares with the
scale that prevails in the States for
similar services, taking into account
the reductions effected there, incident
to the oppression adjustments. There
w2s no general increase in Government
pay during the years of af1uence when
scales in the inductrieS and In busi-
ness were advanced The Government
clerks alone of all the employed
classes in the United States remained
upon the pre- prosperity basis. Reduc-
tion now would set them back even
further behind the average.
The great majority of the Govern
ment workers in Washington are the
constituents of the legislators. Their
families and relatives back home whom
the are aiding in this period of dis
trc3s are lilcwSe constituents. There
Is go d aeon, tre- e4Cre, for the de-
vclUpmeno Oh oEpys-.iCn in Congress to
any measure c. horizontal or Stairstep
re4uctionS in the pay scale of the Fed
eral service. This is in addition to the
opposition that arises from a sense OF
fair play for the Government workers,
who have never been raised to the point
of proportionate return for their faith
full, valuable services.
Evening star., 1931-12-28
The Naval Hospital.

A conflict Of considerations develops
IN the matter Of the emplacement of
the new Naval Hospital in this city.
Artistic considerations, held by the
Commission Of Fine Arts, urge that 1t
be located elsewhere than the present
site, near the Lincoln Memorial and
the Arlington Memorial Bridge. Senti-
mental considerations, held by the Navy
Department, dictate that 1t be erected
on the site now occupied, close to those
structures. The department maintains
that the land so used at present and
proposed for the hospital has been in
the occupancy of naval establishments
for many years, first as the site Of the
observatory and later for the hospital,
which first used the old observatory
buildings and then spread to temporary
quarters erected during the Great War
The Commission Of Fine Arts holds that
an est lblishment of this character
should not occupy space in the imme-
diate area of monumental structures, at
least unless it is itself designed in keep
ing with the artistic environment. In
other words, II the hospital Is SO placed
1t should be harmonious to the general
scene that is now approaching final
development.
Coupled with this discussion is the
question OF the emplacement of the
Gavy and War Department buildings,
tentatively allocated TO spaces north Of
Constitution avenue and west OF
Eighteenth street. Naval authorities
favor that site, as 90 the War Depart
ment officials for the new home of that
establishment. Opposition has arisen to
this ALLEGATION Of ground on the score
In part of the cost of the sites. No
decision is Immediately in view. 1t is
indicated that owing to the condition
Of the Treasury appropriations for these
two constructions will not be made al
snas which permits poSsponsmsnt d
Evening star., 1931-12-28
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PH1LANDER JOHNSON.
Self Sacrifice.

Self Sacrifice.
There was philosopher, long, long ago,
Who felt it his duty the public 10 show
Just how it should manage its various
cares
In home life as well as in public affairs.
He told what to eat
And what we should drink;
Just how we should speak
And what we should think;
Just how we should spell
And how we should sing:
Just how we should vote
Chats the principal thing;
Just when we should smile
And when we should frovn;
Just what we should read
'Mongst the prints of the town;
Just when We should work
And when we should sleep;
How much we should spend
And how much we should keep.
Such numberless duties before him arose
That he found he had never an hour
for repose,
Nor eating, nor singing, nor thinking,
nor play,
Nor sleeping, except In the hastiest way.
And we hailed him great man indeed
when twas known
What generous goodness of heart he
had shown
In attending to every ones needs save
his own.
Evening star., 1931-12-28
Plea for U. S. Entry
I'm Court Is Scored
From the Worcester Telegram.


Many are the reasons for American
adherence to the World Court under
the Root formula. There is no strong
reason for rejecting this plan. But the
supporters of the court are making a
mistake which may be damaging to their
cause. They are oyerstating their case,
In 1926 the Senate voted to adhere
to the court, with five reservations.
The fifth reservation was not accepted
by other nations adhering to the court.
So there was deadlock. The fifth
reservation would enable America to
prevent the court from giving an ad-
Nsory opinion. Under the Root formula
the court would be able to give an
advisory opinion, In the face Of Amer
lean objection, until America had been
permitted fully TO present her views,
The Root formula probably IN most
cases would serve as q veto power for
America. But the Root formula does
not specifically grant any such veto
power TO America
Yet many prominent supporters of
the court insist that the Root formula
means an absolute acceptance Of the
Senate's original NTH reservation. That
is the wrong way TO go about the busi-
ness. It means a departure from strict
accuracy. and 1t will therefore give the
opponents of the court chance to
score point. Friends of the court
should promptly reverse their attitude
IN this particular. The Root plan de-
serves TO win On Its own inertia Far
fetched praise Of II Is likely 10 hinder
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