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The Washington times., 1931-11-09
SEN. N.COUzENS,
SWANSON
ASK OPEN
HEARING
Believe Naval Budget, Policy
Matter Of Primary Concern;
Britten to Fore

President Hoover's row with
the Navy League is only tenn
porarily a "closed affair."" it ap-
peared today.
When Congress assemblies next
month, demands will be made
for full investigation Of the
charges preferred against the
White House by League President
William Howard Gardiner.
Desire Open Inquiry
Several legislators, after read
ing the "vindication report" of
the Presidents hand-picked COM
mittee, expressed desire for an
impartial and open in yestigation
at which all sides could be heard.
Those who will press for con-
gressional inquiry feel that the
naval budget and the general Ad-
ministration naval policy are mat
ters of primary congressional
concern.
COuzenS in Van
Outstanding III this group rs
Senator Couzens (R.) of Michi-
gan. He said:
These things are legisIa-
tive matters, and / hope Con-
greSS viii go into them thor
Oughly and hold an in -estiga-
tiOn in which all sides can be
heard"
CouzenS would not comment on
the merits of the report prepared
by Chairman John Hays Ham
mbnd and his four associates on
the. Hoover committee.
This report, incidentally, in
pursuance of instructions from
the White House, took no c0gniz-
ance of GARDENERS charge Mr..
Hoover was in "abysma' igno-
rance" of naval affairs and a
"congential pacifist."
All Hold Silence
Gardiner nd the league mean
while, remained silent. i1one of
the members of the executive
committee, which voted Z to l
to stand by the charges after the
President had demanded an
apology, would say whether a
further statement would be is
sued or no..
Senate Swanson CD Virginia,
ranking minority member of the
Senate Naval Affairs Committee,
Joined CouZenS in predicting a
Congressional inquiry.
Representative Fred A. Britten
(RD Illinois, leader of the Big
Navy" forces in the House, al
ready has announced he will
press for one.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
LARGE COTTON
CROP DUE

This years cotton crop will
amount to 16,9OS, 900 bales, 619,-
900 bales more than forecast in
October, the crop reporting board
announced today. This Is the
second largest cotton crop ever
produced in tn United States.
1t is 2,971, 900 bales greater
than the 1880 crop. The 1926
crop, which alone exceeded the
present crop, was 17,977,0C0 bales.
October proved exceptionally
favorable for he harvest. Tenn
peratures have hcen above aver
age and rainfall has been light.
In it's report a month ago, the
department made allowance for
greater than average potential
loss of open cotton because at
that time there was an unusual
amount of open and unpicked
cotton in the fields. Because Of
the favorable weather conditions,
f.wever, field loss during Octo-
ber was actually less than aver
age.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Federal Judge Dies
After Long Illness

PLAINFIELD N. j., Nov. 9
G.N.SD Judge William Nelson
Runyon. of the Federal district
court at Newark, N. j.. died at his
home here today after long
illness. H? was 81.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
I Dead, 3 Hurt in
Anti-CathOLic Riot

MADRID, Nov. 9 G.N.SD One
woman was killed, three persons
seriously injured, and 80 others
less seriously hurt at Burgos to-
day when mounted police charged
anti-Catholic rioters. The rioters
had attacked Catholics returning
from Palencia, where Catholics
yesterday launched a campaign
for revision of the anti-religiouS
articles in the new Spanish con-
stitution. The Catholics fought
back, shouting Long live King
Christ.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
GLORIA s KNOT
MAY Be RET|ED

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, Nov. Q
GN.6O.-Attorneys for Gloria
Swanson, film star, planned to
petition Superior Court here to-
day for Miss Swanson's final di-
vorce decree from the Marquis
De La Falaise.
Ariss Swanson, "honeymooning
somewhere in Central California"
with Michael Farmer, Irish sports
man, whom she married in New
York State last August, was re-
ported prepared to go through
another marriage ceremony with
Farmer this week to clear any
legal difficulty that might arise
from her marriage to Farmer be-
fore her divorce from FalaiSe be-
came final.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
BURIED CASH
/. Of SLAYER
SOUGHT
Proof of Story Expected to
Aid Case of Man Who
Killed Young Girl

A conference in which all the
justices Sof the District Supreme
Court will take part will be held
this afternoon to decide whether
William Owens, 71-year-old dredge-
boat captain. accused Of killing
14-year-old Elsie Louise Bryant,
will be permitted to leave the Dis
trict Jail and go to his home in
greater Capitol Heights, Nd, to
point out the place where he says
he secreted $15,300.
Chief Justice Alfred "a. Wheat
declined to sign the order because
United States Attorney Leo A.
Rover would not give his consent
to the mans removal.
Decision Due Today
At the request Of Attorneys 10.
seph DiI.eO. and John r. Mullen
counsel for Ovens the cEfief Jus
tice decided to submit the matter
for an opinion from the other jus
tices. The decision was expected
early in the afternoon.
Mr.. DiLeo and Mr.. Mullen
pointed out that unless the money
is found Immediately. guards will
be placed around the premises.
The attorneys led a searching
party Saturday at the direction
of their client but were unable to
locate the buried treasure.
Money Is Important
In the order which the attor
neys submitted to the chief justice
they ask that he be liberated in
custody of deputy United States
marshall. Mr.. DiLeo said:
"Owens knows where he
buried the money, If he buried
it, and it stands to reason that
we would be facilitated in our
search if we can take him to
his home. After he points out
the place, we can dig there.
Then if we don't find it, it
either never was there or some
one got it," ~
The attorneys are trying to
locate the money, as its discovery
is expected to materially bolster
the defense case. owens shot
the 14-year-old girl when, he
claims, she and a boy friend
sought to rob him.
Says, He Buried Money
He says he anticipated such a
move and buried the money, leav-
ing the iron box in which he
kept it weighted with stones. The
girl AMI buy took the box, diScov-
cred it was empty of money, and
returned. 1t was then that the
shooting occurred.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
BOARD
ASKSCLEAR
STREETS
Congress Action Sought That
Visitors During Fete Year
May Enjoy Capital

A fiery denunciation of the
automobile parking system in the
Capital, coupled with a threat of
appealing to Congress to insure
accommodations for the thou
sands of motorists expected here
during the George Washington
Bicentennial celebration next year
were received today by the Dis
trict Commissioners from the
Commission of Fine Arts.
The communication, signed by
the entire personnel of the COM
mission, is copy of the original
sent to Senator Simeon D. FeSS
lR0, Ohio, vice chairman of the
Bicentennial Commission. It Sug
gested eight points for considera-
ton.
Purpose Thwarted
.~r The first four points renIfEided
that the city was originally laid
out under the direction of Presi-
dent Washington: that the city
has progressed until today it is
universally recognized as one of
the most beautiful in the world;
that the original city, lying be-
tween the AnacoStia Branch and
Rock Greek and the Potomac
River and Florida Avenue, with
its streets, avenues, parks and
parkways belong to all the peo-
pie of the United States.
The letter continues:
To-day the purpose Of the
founders is thwarted; convenience
is seriously impeded and pleasure
is destroyed by the permitted
usurpation of streets, parks, park
ways and monument grounds by
stationary automobiles.
Called a MOckery
with congestion of streets
already established and satura-
ton of parks complete, with the
monuments of Washington and
Lincoln defaced, with the very
steps of the Capitol blocked by
parked automobiles, with the
artistic features of the city as
planned by Washington and JET
ferson brought to naught, the
invitations extended to the citi-
zens of the United States to visit
their Capital would seem. but a
mockery. They will not be able
to find accommodation, let alone
10y and pleasure. .>,.
The sad experiences of conges-
ton on the day of the burial OF
the Unknown Soldier at Arlington
were regarded as a national dis
grace.
Action by Congress <..
''The Commission of Fine Arts
is able to suggest only one way
for preserving for the people Of
the United States the SURPRISING
artistic features of the city OF
washington, both during the bi-
centennial and thereafter. That
way is by Congress to recover the
parks for their use as parks and
to regulate the use of streets and
avenues for the benefit Of all
people"
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
DOCTOR CURED
Of G[PS|ES

DR.. Rhett Stewart, 1888 Con-
necticut Ave-, today exchanged
his medical services for a palm
reading by two gypsies and found
later that they had taken $S3 to
boot.
The two women went to his Of.
flee together, one complaining OF
an ailment for which DR.. Stewart
gave her a prescription. They
had no money, they said, but Of
fered to tell his fortune.
It was the same old game. DR..
Stewart was asked to produce a
sum of money and hold it. Ap,
parently he didn't hold on hard
enough, for he found after the
visit his $153 roll had shrunk to
$12O.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Federal Financing
Outlook improves

Noticeable Improvement has de-
veloped in the outlook for sue
cessful refinancing of nearly a
billion dollars in Government
paper December Is, Treasury Off
cials said today.
The situation was highly dis
couraging two weeks ago when
gold exports and an increase in
boarding frightened the money
market and boosted the average
price of Government 40-day paper
from less than u Of per cent to
2.69 per cent.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
COURT TAKES
RILEY BOY
FROM HIS
PARENTS
Aunt Gets Temporary Custody
of Lad; Girls Case Comes.
Up Wednesday

Francis Riley, the 15-year-old
boy who was responsible for the
release of his sister. Edith, from
a dark and airless closet at lilo
Rhode Island Ave. N. W.. Friday,
was. temporarily committed to the
Board of Public Welfare by the
Juvenile Court today.
He will be released in the Gus
tody of his aunt, Mrs. Lila Reed,
1414 v st. N. W., until WedneS'
day, when another hearing in
Juvenile Court will determine who
shall have final custody Of the
boy.
Home Songht For
Edith Riley, his 13-year-old sis
ter, who is recovering from the
effects of her confinement in the
dungeon-like closet, at Gallinger
Hospital. will also be taken before
the Juvenile Court Wednesday to
determine where she will find a
suitable home.
The boy has told police he is
afraid to return to the home OF
his step-mother, Mrs. Elsie Riley.
and his father, Harry Riley, who
are now awaiting action of the
Grand Jury on charges of cruelty
to his sister, Edith.
Since police released his
sister. Francis has been staying
with Mrs. Reed and another aunt
and uncle who took him into Vlr"
ginia for the weekend.
The Grand Jury today will begin
it's investigation of the charges
against Riley and his wife. They
(Continued on Page 2, Col. ~
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Rep. Taylor Better
After Operation

Representative J. Will Taylor
CD of Tennessee is recuperating
in a hospital at Memphis. Tenn,
following an operation for ap-
pendicitis, it was learned here
today. It is expected he will ar
rive here in time for the opening
and organization of Congress next
month.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
General Tires Buys
Connecticut Firm

AKRON, Ohio, Nov. U.N.So.
Purchase by the General Tire
ard Rubber Company, of Akron,
of the Yale Tire and Rubber
Company, of New Haven, Conn,
was announced today, by w.
O'Neil, president of the Akron
company.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Screen Actress
Accused of Speeding

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 9 uN.SD T..
A bench warrant today had been
issued for the arrest of Mar.
guerite De La Motto. screen &C.
tress. charged with speeding in
her automobile.
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
THE WEATHER

Fair and somewhat warmer tonight and Tues.
days lowest temperature tonight about IS de.
gress; gentle sOutherly winds. Temperature
yesterday-Hghst, Sc; lOwst, 80. Humidity
Observation-Disclosures, 90; lowest, 81.
Full Weather Report on Page II
The Washington times., 1931-11-09
Air Passenger Held
For Tossing $50 Bills

CHICAGO Nov. 9 GN.sJ.
Because he tossed $50 bills out
Of an airplane. Charles ]. Nc
Roberts, president of a feed com
pany at Plant City, Fla. was be-
ing examined today at the psyche
pathiC Hospital.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-23
HOOvERS Dine
ON Girl SCOUTS
HEALTH Diet
President and First Lady
Partake of Economy
Plate Dinner.
By Science serrice

By Science Service
WASHINGTON, April 23.-Presi-
dent and Mrs. Hoover diued today
on a meal costing "a cents a plate
at dinner given in the Girl Scouts
Little House" here, inaugurating
the national celebration of Better
Homes Week, which begins Sunday,
April g..
Five girl scouts cooked the dinner
which was planned by the bureau
of home economics of the United
States department of agriculture to
demonstrate the low cost health
diets which have been developed by
government food experts to meet
the employment emergency.
Soup, a meat course, dessert and
salad were included in the low price
meal, which cost s189 for the eight
guests or 1926 per person. This sum
was expended as follows:
Broad, cents; pea soup, ID cents;
meat loaf, 30 cents; potatoes, 9
cents; cabbage and carrot salad, %
cents; butter (for table and cook
ing) 8 cents; lemon bread pudding,
30 cents; tea, 8 cents; lemon, sugar
and milk for tea, 8 cents; mullins,
81 cents; melba toast, 5 cents;
brown sauce, cents.
Guests attending the dinner with
President and Mrs. Hoover were
DR.. r. L. Wilbur, secretary of the
interior, and president of Better
Homes of America; DR.. Louise
Stanley, chief of the bureau of home
economics; DR.. Lillian NJ. Gilbreth,
chairman of the woman's division
of the Presidents emergency COM
mittee for employment; DR.. James
Ford, executive director Of Better
Homes in America; Mrs. Frederick
Edey, national president of the Girl
Scouts, and Mrs. William Brown
Meloney, of New York.
Receiving at the Girl Scouts Lit
tie house" we're Miss Aida Hen
riqueS, Mrs. George Akerson and
Mrs. G. H. Bowman, hostess of the
Girl Scouts Little House"
The five girl scouts who cooked
the meal were Betty Leake, Helen
Sheets. Shirley Schafer, the daugh-
ter of Representative John C. Schaf-
er of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Faith
Shesong, Betty Jane Oswald and
Louise Erik, daughter of Representa-
tive Edmund F. Erik of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-23
UNREST IN BALKANS
France Is Worried Over
PeriIS to Peace.
BIZ United Press

BIZ United Press
PARIS, April 23.-Spread Of
political unrest through the Balkan
states caused considerable concern
in Paris chancellories today as the
tension in regard to Spains's new
republic decreased.
oltti lea developments in
Rumania, where King Carol has
met cabinet crisis after consider
able difficulty, and in Bulgaria,
where the cabinet of Premier Andrea
Liapchev rendered it's resignation,
we're watched with particular
anxiety.
The Bulgarian crisis was regarded
as the most vital influence in
Balkan peace. The Liapchev cabinet
has lasted for eight years, and
during that time the country was
stabilized.
France was disappointed to see A.
D. Bouroff. foreign minister, fall
into disfavor simultaneously with
the cabinet crisis. Bouroff had been
friendly to France.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-23

Ruth Sue Adams, Beech Grove
senior, will play the leading role
in Purple Towers" to be given
at 8 Friday night in Beech Grove
high school auditorium.
A cast Of seventy-flve members
Of Beech Grove high school glee
club will present the operetta I'M
der direction of Ruth Packard,
music director. Male lead will be
taken by Byron Rutledge. The
cast includes Wayne Garrison,
WELDON Brit5on, Daisy Saunders,
Burney Wiley, Ruby Gearhart,
Harry Shelby, Joe Banstikle and
Daisy Lynch.
Dancing is under supervision Of
Isadore Mason, Beech Grove ath-
letic instructor Marcia Clapp is
in charge of scenery.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-23
INCREASED LIFE
SPAN PREDICTED
BY PHYSICIAN
Medical Discoveries Mean
More Leisure Time,
Philosophers Told.
By United Press

By United Press
PHILADELPHIA, April 23.-The
span Of life may be increased i'm
measurably as a result of medical
discoveries, according to DR.. Lee K.
Frankel, vice president of the Met
ropolitan Life Insurance Company,
in an address today during the
American Philosophical Society's
2O4th annual meeting. The prob
lem of the future will be the ade-
quate use of leisure, he said
He pictured a future when men
will live longer, work more con-
tentedly in the field Of endeavor
that they enjoy, when orphan asy-
lums and welfare organizations will
be a thing Of the past.
William Morton Wheeler, dean Of
the Bussey institute of research of
applied biology of Harvard uni
versity, expressed the opinion that
theology is Succunbing rapidly to
scientific inroads, not only in the
biological and physical sciences, but
in history, anthropology and pSy-
chOlogy.
Wheeler predicted that within the
coming generation it will have no
more cultural value than astroiogy.
New knowledge of the atom has
only gone into its outer shell of
electrons, its atmosphere" and has
not penetrated it's central mystery,
the nucleus, at all, Professor Ar
thur H. Compton of the University
of Chicago told the society.
The nucleus, or core of the atom,
is where most Of the atoms mass,
or substance, is concentrated.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-23
PRESIDENT WILL HONOR
COLONISTS OF VIRGINIA

Hoover to Attend Church at Scene
of Pocahontas-John Smith Episode.
By United Press
WASHINGTON, April 2S.-Presi-
dent Hoover Sunday will visit one
Of the most romantic spots in
America, where the English first
gained a permanent foothold in the
western hemisphere, and scene Of
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-23

the legendary Captain John Smith
Pocahontas episode.
Three hundred and twenty-four
years ago a small band of English
adventures. seeking quick wealth
in a new land, debarked on Cape
Henry.
To this bleak sandspit-now
hardly more than a desert island
the President viii go to attend a
church service concentrating that
earlier voyage by the first colonists
Of Virginia.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-23
WOMAN GETS RUM FINE

Charge of liquor transporting was
dismissed and judgment was with
held on blind tiger charge against
William Ansted, 3O66 North Merid-
ian street, Apt. 3o3, in Municipal
Judge Paul G. Wetter's court
Wednesday,
Mrs. Ophelia Wilson, lit College
avenue, Apt. 2, into whose home
Ansted is alleged to have walked
during a police raid, was fined 500
and costs and sentenced to thirty
days in Jail on a blind tiger charge.
The iail sentence was suspended.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-23
Sentenced for Forgery

Two to fourteen years sentence
in the state reformatory was given
Charles Barger, %, on a second con-
viction for forgery in criminal
court Tuesday afternoon by Special
Judge L. Ert Slack Barger forged
check on his half-brother, Ish-
mael Barger, 5301a West Morris
street. March Is.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-23

Legal advice for Indiana's
new state boxing commits
sion will come from Galtizen A.
Farabaugh, South Bend, who has
been named commission attorney
at a salary of $4,000 year.
Galitzen is the personal attor-
ney of Andrew Weisberg, South
Bend, chairman of the commits
sion. The attorney was former
South Bend city judge, lecturer
in Notre Dame law school for
nineteen years and twenty-six
years ago played on its baseball
team.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-23
Pioneer Buried

By Times Special
MARION, Ind, April 23.-Funeral
services were held here Wednesday
for Constantine L. Shugart, 81, one
of the pioneer residents of this
community. She leaves a son and
two daughters.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-23
LAWRENCE IS
VICTOR IN FIGHT
TO HELP ARABS
Battles Until Promises to
Desert Tribes in War
Time Are Fulfilled.
Continued from Page One)

work of a special presentation copy
for the king. He asked, therefore,
that the king should be willing TO
accept one in the circumstances.
The king agreed. The book subse-
quently was placed in his valuable
library.
On one visit to the palace when
Lawrence was describing his war
In the desert in answer to questions
the king asked him If he did not
have something which could be
added to his (the king's) unique
collection Of war souvenirs.
Lawrence suggested several OBJ
jects, including one which had been
intimately connected with the kali
ser. The king 'smilingly declined
the latter Finally, he accepted a
rife.
Legal Status in Doubt
Speaking Of the decorations which
he refused, Lawrence pointed out
that he actually was in doubt to
this day as to the legal status OF
his case:
Il am in the unusual position of
having refused decorations which
have been gazetted. To the best
of my knowledge the announce
ments In the gazette have not been
Cancelled.
80 I presume that, legally, I
might be entitled to them, although
I refused to take them from the
king. But the matter is indifferent
to me-"
Referring then to the circum-
stances which led to his refusal to
be decorated, Lawrence recalled that
his object was to obtain from the
government the fulf1llment Of
promises he made to the Arabs on
behalf of Britain in exchange for
Arab participation in the war on
the allied side.
Rewards Are Refused
Il could not get satisfaction at
the time" he said, 80 when they
tried to reward me and at the same
time let down the Arabs, naturally
1 refused.
This, of course, gave me a free
hand. They failed to shut me up.
1 told them all what 1 thought OF
them.
After q long fight, in which 1
was fortunate in obtaining the sup
port of Winston Churchill, I secured
for the Arabs all that was humanity
practical and possible to secure"
There could not, he added, have
existed proper political unity be-
tween tribes who had no tele-
phones, telegraphs or railways con-
Meeting their respective territories;
camels being the sole MODE of
transport in the desert.
His struggles to obtain what he
wanted for the Arabs during the
Paris peace conference, he said,
were complicated by Franco-British
bargaining.
Among the French, he said,
Clemenceau behaved splendidly to-
ward him and the Arabs.
Gets What He Wanted
But in the end, Britain induced
France to part with Mosul in ex-
change for a mandate over Syria
which they received; at the expense
of the Syrians.
At one time matters had reached
a serious stage. Lawrence was
asked to accept an important post
in connection with Arabian affairs.
He refused.
He said he would not work under
certain members of the cabinet.
He had warm words with one of
them in particular at a meeting in
Downing street.
Finally he was induced to accept
a temporary post as adviser" to
Winston Churchill. 1t was through
this, he said, that he got what he
wanted for my Arabs
Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-12-31
Entertains for Visitors.

Mrs. w. G. Seims was hostess to
few lady friends Saturday evening,
the pleasant affair being given to honor
Mrs Charles Located Of New York
City and Mrs. Ernest Handt of Chip
pewa Falls, Wis, who are visiting the
Wichman and Kienitz families. Two
tables of pinochle were in play with
Mrs w. F. Kienitz winning high score
prize and Mrs. Handt the guest prize.
In another contest in which the guests
were asked to make as many words as
possible out of the word Christmas,
Mrs Kienitz, Mrs. George Neils and
Mrs. John Peay tied for the prize and
drew lots, which was won by Mrs. Peay
Refreshments were served.