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The Washington times., 1931-12-30
Finland ST0RMIEASTMAN SEES
HITS DRY VOTE RAILS REV|v|NC

Railroad passenger traffic has
suffered some from the competi-
ton offered by bus and airplane
services, Joseph B. Eastman, a
member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission, said before
the American Economic AsSocia-
ton at the Washington Hotel
today.
This competition will continue
to be a factor in railroad opera
tions, he believes. Summing up
the situation, Commissioner East
man said:
"The new competition by
which the railroads are con-
fronted does very naturally
create apprehension with re-
spect to the future of railroad
earnings.
However, this competition
affects only a lesser part Of
railroad traffic.
'Tt is my belief that the
railroads will be able to work
out their own salvation and
emerge from this plight as
they have from others in the
past"
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
ECONOMIC HELP
SUGGESTED
international Photo

The present period of economic
stress is following in many re-
spects the pattern of those Of 1910
and 1870, which were the long
est and most severe in history,
Col. Leonard P. Ayres, vice presi-
dent of the Cleveland Trust Com
pany, declared today at the an
nual meeting of the American
Statistical Society at the Wash
ington Hotel.
Five propositions were sug-
gested by him as a program to
avoid similarly drastic results:
They were: Cd Deflation has
gone far enough; (2) We do not
have to wait for Europe; ID
Congress should promptly organ
ize the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, whose counterpart,
the War Finance Corporation,
was most effective in the last de-
preston; a. The Federal Re
serve System should be given
broad emergency powers, includ-
ing authority to rediScount the
dehentures Of the Reconstruction
Finance Corporation; 60 Con-
gress should quickly adopt a defi-
mite budget, looking toward an
early and definite policy Of linl-
iting Federal expenditures.
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
JONAS
Ei1,stein Critic Admits He
Too May Be Wrong

there were only two solutions
of the EinStein equations, Elm
Setin's and mine. Now, Lemai-
ire, an enthusiastic young JeS-
uit, shows us that there are
several other possible solutions
on which to map the universe.
"Einstein's is a static uni
verse in which everything
moves at random without sys-
tenn and the amount of matter
depends on the size of space.
81 looked at the universe as
so nearly empty that I could
disregard the matter in it. The
Pasadena astronomers appear
to have actually witnessed the
expansion of this matter-the
StarS-tOward infinity.
'Lemaitre now shows by his
solution that the universe be-
gan a few billion years ago on
the EinStein style and is pro.
crossing toward a system just
like the one / calculated.
perhaps all three Of us are
right, but the future must de-
eide that"
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
AIDE RAPS
'BALLYHOO'

NEW YORK, Dec. 30 G.N.S0
A retired naval officer, convinced
that "all this ballyhoo is running
the game of bridge" was in the
LenzC Culbertson match for better
or for worse today.
He is Commander Winfield Lig.
gett, jr., who last night replaced
Oswald Jacoby as the partner of
Sidney Lenz in the latter's battle
against Ely Culbertson and the
approach-forcing system.
Satisfied over his debut, having
aided LenZ to cut the CulbertSon
lead $40 points to 16,32O in the
course of nine placid rubbers,
Commander Liggett sat back in
his chair amid swirl of tobacco
smoke when the session was over
and said:
II came up here to sit in a
bridge game as Sid Lenz'S part
ner, and 1 find myself in the
midst of bahyhOO. Now, 1 like
to play bridge. like to play as
Sid's partner and 1 enjoy play
ing against the Cul6ertsOns.
But I think this baIIyhOO is ruin.
ing bridge and don't like that"
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
PLANS
ELECTRON END

NEW ORLEANS, La, Dec. 80
UN.SJ-An attempt to abolish
the electron from the present
picture of atomic structure was
made today by DR.. w. F. G..
Swami in his inaugural address
as new, president of the Ameri-
can Physical Society.
DR.. Swami, director Of the Bar
tol Foundation, Franklin 1nsti-
tute, Philadelphia, told the society
and the physics section Of the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science that he
had found the electron wanting
in all respects as a model of
something real inside an atom.
He said it is a ghost" en-
dowed with properties and atti-
tudes that are ridiculous and, as
such, hampered the advance Of
atomic knowledge.
He advocated a wholesale adop-
ton by physicists Of the wave
mechanics" theory of atomic
structure. ElectronS here have
no entity, have only the quality
they display in function, he said.
Neils Bohr, the Danish physic-
ast, first visualized the electron.
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
MURDER GAIN 8
LAID To LAW

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 30
G.N.SD.-Police officers, lawyers,
and administrators of law in the
United States were scientifically
designated here today as among
the chief causes for the excessive
ly high murder rate of this nation.
Their contributions to this most
serious form of laWleSsness were
described by Professor Kenneth
E. Barnhart, Of Birmingham.
Southern College, in a profusely
statistical paper before the social
and economic section of the Amer
ican Association for the Advance
ment of Science.
Only in illiteracy did he find
another factor that probably con-
tributed more than policemen,
lawyers, and judges to the condi.
ton that make 'the United States
the most murderous country in
the world"
He found the policemen and
sheriffs, in the South, especially.
have a direct hand in the increase
of homicide through their habit
of shooting negroes who they
claim were resisting arrest"
Professor Barnhart also found
that all over the country the great
bulk of murderers were persons
who either knew or felt they could
not interest the courts in their
disputes or obtain justice there
after arouSing this interest.
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
MYSTERY STILL
/. Wells DEATHS
Of COUPLE
Graves of UnWed Mother and
Riding Master Opened
By Authorities

LYNN, Mass, Dec. 80
(I.N.S.).-Two freshly opened
graves today defied efforts to
solve the mystery surrounding
the sudden deaths of Dorothy
Cloutier, 81, comely unwed
mother, and John Anketell, 80,
riding master and father of
two children.
Miss Cloutier's body was ex-
humed after doubt had been ex-
pressed of the accuracy of the Of
ficial theory she had taken her
own life. An autopsy so far has
not revealed the cause Of death.
But exhumation of the body Of
John Anketell, who died in Miss
Cloutier's apartment last week,
disclosed, after a post mortem
examination, that he did not die
of alcoholism, as at first reported.
More subtle causes were be-
lieved responsible and local Off
cials sent vital organs from his
body to Boston for more expert
analysis.
Anketell called on Miss Cloutier
one night last week. She sum-
moned DR.. Alfred Bowen, for
whom she worked as secretary,
and he said he administered seda-
tiveS. He was recalled shortly
afterward and found Anketen
dead.
Miss Cloutier attended Ankle
tells funeral the next day. A few
hours later she was found dead
in her home, with the pilot on the
kitchen gas range burning.
Her sister, Marion, declared,
however, that if Dorothy meant to
take her own life she would have
taken also the life of her a.
month-old baby, Barbara.
Miss Cloutier before her baby
was born taught riding in Ankle
tells academy,
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
.STORK HELD FOE
Of DIVORCE

About II per cent of childlesS
marriages in America terminate
in the divorce court, Alfred Cahen
today told the American Socio-
logical Society in annual meeting
at the Willard Hotel.
Statistical calculations based on
the marriage rate, death rate and
the divorce rate in the United
States for 1928 show the divorce
rate to be approximately l8 per
cent, he said.
The home broken by divorce is
generally dissolved in less than
seven years, the speaker stated.
Mr.. Cahen said divorce is not
an American family habit, be-
cause only 8 per cent of mar
riages of couples possessing one
or more children end in divorce.
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
BY LYLE ABBOTT

HEISINGFORS, Finland, Dec.
80 U.N.SO.-As stormy weather
continued to keep Finland'S rural
population from voting freely in
the second and final days ballot
ing on the prohibition referen-
dunn, the vets were jubilant to-
day as city voters turned out
again in large numbers. Reports
from the agricultural districts in
dicated a surprisingly small vote.
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
Physicians WidOlU
Found Dead in Bed

Mrs. Margaret E. SeiSS, 70,
whose body was found on a bed
in her apartment at Twelfth
Street and Massachusetts, Avenue
Northwest, at noon today, died
from natural causes, according to
DR.. William Bowman, of the
Casualty Hospital.
Members of the Rescue Squad,
summoned by neighbors who had
become alarmed when they had
not seen hrs. SeisS today, had
to force the doors of the apart
ment. Mrs. SeiSs had suffered
from high blood pressure and
weak heart. She was the widow
of a Takoma Park, Md, phys
ician.
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
DEPEW v TRACED
To BUFFALO

BUFFALO, N. Y, Dec. 80
GN.S0.-The nationwide search
for the kidnapers of Mrs. Nellie
Donnelly, millionaire Kansas City
manufacturer, centered here to-
day with reports that Martin
Depew, 40, alleged leader Of the
abducting gang, was hiding in
the vicinity.
Police were checking a teIe.
gram signed Ethel sent to
Frank Walters, a farmer ct
Brockton, near here, which al.
legedly was sent by the wife 'O6
Depew.
The message read:
1--WE will be there"
Police said Mrs. Depew was
Walters sister. Police also checked
reports that Depew stayed over
night here Monday at rourning
house.
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
Commissioners Let
3 SeLCer Contracts

Three contracts for improve.
ment to the sewerage system
have been awarded by the Dis.
trict Commissioners. William A.
Pate was given a contract to
build a replacement sewer in
Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest,
between Twelfth and Thirteenth
Streets, for $6,009.71. A $2;29O.45
contract went to Hughes &
Keegan, Inc. to construct a sewer
in C Street Northeast, between
Delaware Avenue and First Street.
The j. B. McCrary Company was
given a $1,980 contract for a
sewer in the vicinity of Third
and QuackenboS Streets North,
west.
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
BOydS Store Burns:
$4,000 Is DAMAGE

Fire Of undetermined origin last
night totally destroyed the gen.
eral merchandise store Of Roland
B. Day, at Boyds, Montgomery
County, Md. The damage was
estimated at $4,000.
The fire was discovered by Rob
ert Williams. The blaze was be-
yond control when the firemen
reached the scene and they could
do nothing but protect adjoining
buildings from flying sparks.
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
Annapolis JObless,
OnLu 30, GiUen Work

ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Dec. 80
Annapolis is in no deep throeS
Of distress. It's total unemploy-
ment roll is 80 and these are
assured work this winter by the
Annapolis Park Board. They will
be paid % cents an hour for
eight hours work.
They will start today cutting
timber in Truxton Park. Pro
ceeds from sale Of the wood will
be used to aid the poor.
The wage money was obtained
from football games played at
the Naval Academy this fall.
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
Basketball, Music
SUNDAY Attraction

Basketball with a musical ac-
compartment hits Washington
Sunday afternoon when Buck Lai,
former New York Giant third
sacker, brings his Hawaiian Aloha
quint to Silver. Spring Armory
for an engagement with the Vic
Sport Shop Semi-pros. .t
Composed in the main Of ma
tive Hawaiians who through resi-
dence in the East have learned
the finer elements of basketball,
the visitors have whipped the
strongest pro teams in Ohio and
western Pennsylvania. Skilled in
both the two-handed dribble and
intercollegiate methods of play,
they figure to give Joe Sweeney
and his mates trouble aplentys
The Washington times., 1931-12-30

Willenl de Sitter, Dutch SGOGnt'
as WeH known in scientific cir
cIeS as Albert EinStein, today re-
uedled in an exclusive interUieD
Nth International NetDs Service
that an obscure young Belgian
priest has eUolDed a. ne1D theory
OF the nniUerSe that mag super
sede both the theory OF reIGtiUity
of EinStein and the De Sitter
coSn1ic theory.
BY LYLE ABBOTT
Copyright, 1881, by International
Feature Service, Inc)
PASADENA, Calf, Dec. 80
Q.N.SO An armistice was de-
clared today in the war of the
universeS."
Prof. Willem de Sitter, the
Dutch scientist who arrived a
day before his rival, Prof. Albert
Einstein, of Germany, called off
the contest and said the victory
at this time belongs to a Belgian
priest.
'"The priest is Able Lemaitre,
of the University Of Luvain.
"A few years ago we thought
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
William II. LGndeS
Is Dead at StQlIzltOIl

STAUNTON, Va, Dec. 80.
William H. Landes, one Of Staun-
toms leading citizens, died today
after an illness OF several weeks.
He was IA, a lawyer, former
mayor, legislator, and leader in
church organizations and educa-
tional institutions.
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
FORCING REB|D
NETS GAME IN
No TRUMP
Features Spectacular Rubber
In Otherwise Dull Session
Of Marathon Bridge

The tollot0ing description of
play in the CulbertSon-Lenz bridge
match last night tDGS expressly
tDritten for The Washington Times
and International NeUS Seruice
by Josephine Culbertson, tDife of
Ely CulbertSon.
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
Chicago Gambler
Is Taken for Ride

HICAGO, Dec. 3 Q.N.S0 .
Abe Cooper, small-time gambler,
was taken for a gangland ride
today. His body was found
sprawled beside a road in Lay
ton township,
The Washington times., 1931-12-30

THE SON of the deputy
boxing commissioner of New
York and a witness before the
Seabury city investigators, was
shot to death by John Rag
onetti, a former business part
ner. Ragonetti then shot him
self in the head. His condition
is critical.
The Washington times., 1931-12-30
By JOSEPHINE CULBERTSON
Worlds Greatest Woman Bridge Player
Copyright, 1881. by International
News Service)


Copyright, 1881, by International
News service)
NEW YORK, Dec. 30
(IN.S.).-An evening of rather
drab and uninteresting hands
was relieved by one spectacu-
lar rubber and one interesting
hand, which brought the
fifteenth session of the 150-
rubber match between my hus-
band and Sidney S. LEM to
a close last night.
The feature of this hand was
the forcing rebid after opening
the bidding with One Spade.
This resulted in a game con.
tract i'll No Trump.
The Hand:
East dealer. Both sides vulner.
able. Part score: North-South, 80.
LenZ
V107643
~Q854
&QJ65
Mrs.
Culbertson Culbertson
, AAQ5
A9s7 N AZ
vKJ5 W E vAQ8
%72 ~AJ10
%AK832 90
Liggett
KJ1063
W92
- AK6 -
&1O974
The Bidding:
East South West North
4 a Pass - Pass
3 = Pass 3 N. T. Pass
Pass Pass
The only tricks made by our
opponents were two diamond
tricks, one spade trick and q
heart.
The value of a part-score and
the principle that over-bidding
pays were both aptly illustrated
on the first and second hands
of the 108th rubber, the fifth Of
the evening. The first hand,
with West as dealer, was:
LenZ
10853
Mrs.
Culbertson Culbertson
AK65 AAQ1O
VAK9 SO
%742 " VQJ4S
b10865 AK
- &Q74
Liggett
MJ43
W7652
\AJ96
&92
The Bidding:
West North East South
Pass - IA -
"a 80 "a Pass
Pass Pass
While Mr.. Lenz and Com
mander Liggett did not hold
great values in honors, their dis.
tribution values were such that
a contract of Four Diamonds
would have been defeated only
one trick, which, if doubled
would have cost them 100 points.
AS it was, I made Three Spades
for a score of 80 points.
.nEnTIAI TnRnTn
The Washington times., 1931-12-30

WhlIe MT. LEIl1 anu OUEIEs
mander Liggett did not hold
great values in honors, their dis.
tribution values were such that
a contract of Four Diamonds
would have been defeated only
one trick, which, if doubled
would have cost them 100 points.
AS it was, I made Three Spades
for a score of 80 points.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-09
ANTI SALOON LEAGUE HOLDS
 ANNUAL MEET
Is Prepared to Battle for Prohibition Mcbride
 Makes Prediction

ST. PETERSBURG, Florida, March 9.-The Anti-Saloon League in annual session here today. is prepared for another battle in be- half of Prohibition in the 1892 Presidential campaign.
 F. Scott Mcbride, General Super intendent. predicted the dry law will be a leading issue. He de- nounced the Raskob plan for state control and charged the proposal was backed by multimillionaires of the east and they are coming for ward now to tell the Southern States what the States should do. They offer states the right to re- peal Prohibition. This is merely to encourage those fellows who are enemies of the things we love.
 President Hoover said more in ten minutes, following his oath of office, and has stood by it more closely than any of the Presidents who preceded him. It is now up to the law-abiding people to stand behind Hoover and the Constitu- tion, and to block any movement making Prohibition a question of State options"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-09
TAKE NO ACTION 3-P0WER TREATY
United States and Japan Delay Official Con-
 flrmatlon

PARIS, March 9.-Delay by the United States and Japan in ap- proving the naval accord between Great Britain, France .and Italy has given rise to the impression here that the agreement may be regarded officially as a regional arrangement between the three countries to run until 1886 with out official modification of the London and Washington Naval treaties.
 It is felt here that the tendency of Tokyo and Washington to avoid new five-power conference to ratify the accord is to avoid the necessity of formal approval which would mean submission of the agreement to the United States Senate and Japanese Diet.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-09
FIVE HUNDRED |NJURED;MANY
 DEAD, QUAKES
One City Is Entirely De- stroyed-Relief Work
 Is Slowed Up

BELGRADE, Jugo- -Slavia, March 9.-Between eighty and one hun dred and fifty persons are dead in eastern Jugo-Slavia and adjacent Bulgarian regions from earthquakes of last Saturday and Sunday.
 Five hundred are known to have been injured
 The quakes extend from eastern Jugo-Slavia across Bulgaria to the shores of the Black Sea.
 More than 900 houses were wrecked at Pitava and 19 persons are known to have been killed Every building in the town was de- molished.
 Relief work is slow as railroads suffered much damage to road beds and rolling stock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-09
HEADLESS BODY IS IDENTIFIED,
 FINGER PRINTS
Eighth Mysterious Staying In California Is
 Discovered

RIO VISTA, Gal, March 9-A headless body found anchored to tractor wheel in the Sacramento River, has been identified as that of Sant Ham Pande, University of California student, and active in India politics.
 The staying is the eighth mys- terious murder in California within five years. The body was identified by finger prints. On February 24, Pande went to the Bureau of Crin- inal Investigation in Sacramento and asked to be finger printed fin case something happened"
 Pande was Investigating other deaths of his countrymen for the Police and was known to have been an outspoken advocate of British rule in India.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-09
6. Q. P. DRIES GET BUSY ON
 '32 CAMP A|CN
To Work for Denomination of Hoover on Pro-
 hibition Platform SOME DEMOCRATSHAVE NEW ISSUE TO ADVANCE Third Elem e mt Entering Into Fight Senator
 Norris Is Leader

WASHINGTON, D. C., March g. Republican dries have snapped up the Prohibition issue for 1882, advanced by John J. Raskob, Chair man of the Democratic National Committee.
 From Senator Arthur Capper, of Kansas, came the first call for the renomination of Herbert Hoover by the Republicans and a challenge for a Prohibition showdown.
 Senator Capper said: Hoover will be nominated and will lead the Republicans to victory in 1892 on Prohibition platform. The Repub- licans are dry and let us settle it now"
 Aroused Democrats
 But aroused Democrats are rally ing behind Senator Joseph T. Rob- inson of Arkansas that economic rehabilitation be made the cam paign issue in 1882
 Alarmed at the prospects of a di- F4oiO4l III JllC ldliho OFC1 IllC oJdIC Liquor Control plank, proposed by Chairman Raskob, the Democrats are preparing to quash the pro- posal at the December meeting of the National Committee.
 New Element
 Meanwhile a new element in the approaching Presidential campaign is getting organized with a meet ing of Democrats and Republican Independents. The meeting has been called by Senator George w Norris of Nebraska Economic pol icies of Hoover and those advanced by Raskob are due for an attack, although the group denies plans for organizing a Third Party.
 Gov Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York State declined an invi- tation to attend the meeting.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-09
WINTER HITS
 EUR0PE;SN0W
 BLOCKS ROADS
Temperatures Are Report ed Low-Rivers Threat
 en to Overflow Banks

LONDON, March 9.-Winter rode rough shod over Europe today with temperatures low and high winds prevailing which drove snow before them.
 Eastern Scotland is knee deep in snow
 Northern France, Germany, Bel gium, Austria, Poland and the Scandinavian countries are all af- fected by the extreme cold.
 Snowdrifts block the highways and trains are delayed.
 Near Paris, swollen rivers threat en floods.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-09
HOUSE UPSETS REP0RT;BOYLE
 FOR CHAIRMAN
Ziegler Le ads Successful Fight on Report of Com
 mittee on Committees

The House this morning took committee organization into its own hands, overturning the recom- mendation of the Committee on Committees as to the Chairman of the Fisheries Committee, and mak- ing few other adjustments made necessary by that action.
 Frank A. Boyle, Juneau, was the final choice of the House for head of the Fisheries Committee, named by the House after two others had been rejected His candidacy was a compromise put forward by Rep- resentative A. H. ziegler at the last minute after, he declared, his own efforts to reach an understand ing with Messrs. Grover c. Vim and J. E. Johnson of this Division had come to naught.
 Slated for Donnelly
 When the House met this morn ing the Committee on Committtes had new report to substitute the one made early last week which was held up on account of the disagreement over the Fisheries Committee Last Tuesday, when the report was submitted, MT. Boyle moved to- substitute MT. ziegler for Mir. Johnson on that body. With Representatives Burgh, Foster and Allyn on the sick list all last week, the matter was continued by unan- imous consent until today.
 The Committee on Committees met before this mornings session and, with an apparently hopeless deadlock between ziegler and John- son still prevailing, 1t compromised with the selection of Representa- tive Donnelly, Fourth Division, for the place. MT. Donnelly frankly said he didn't want 1t and would only agree to accept 1t to settle the difficulty.
 Ziegler Starts Revolt
 MT. Ziegler led the revolt against the Committees recommendations He asserted that the disputed posi- ton by right should go to a First Division member, adding this was
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-09
TODAY'S STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK, nSarch 9.-Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock today is SIS, American Can 124, Anaconda Copper 4oA, Bethle- hem Steel 64A, General Motors 45, Granby Consolidated 27h, Inter national Harvester STA, Kennecott 29as, Packard Motors 10zs, Sim mons Beds 20A, Standard Brands 20. Standard Oil of California 46, Standard Oil of New Jersey 457s United Aircraft 35, U s. Steel 14ess, Curtiss-Wright 5%, Hudson Bay 51s, Holster Radio 1ss.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1931-03-09
JAPAN SHAKEN,
 SEVERE QUAKE

TOKYO, Japan, March 9.-A se- were earthquake struck Central Ja- pan today.
 The quake is apparently the heaviest on Hokkaido Island but was felt in Tokyo and Aomori where shop windows were broken, chimneys were toppled to the ground and telephone and tele- graph lines broken.