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Evening star., 1931-06-22
HEAT WAVE BREAKS
AFTER TWO DIE;
FEW FRUSTRATED
Cool Breeze and Clouds Give
Capital Respite From High
Temperatures.
FEDERAL ACCOUNTANT
DIES ON GOLF COURSE
Indigestion Accentuates Effects Of
Foursome Member-Taken to
Hospital in Cab.

A cooling breeze early today checked
the heat wave which hovered over
washington since Saturday, leaving two
deaths and several prostrations. A
of 81 degrees was recorded
marx on Saturday.
The mercury is not expected to
mount higher than IS today-although,
as forecasters explained, much will de-
pend upon the direction Of the wind
and the cloud formations. If the clouds
break, they said, a slightly higher tenn
perature may be expected.
Tomorrow to Be Same.
Tomorrow's temperature is expected
to run about the same as today's. The
weather may seem hotter" 1t was said
at the Weather Bureau. because the
breeze, which was taking the edge OF
the heat today, may be lacking.
One of the heat victims was Ben
jamin G. Betz, 81 years old, 925 M
street. BetZ, an accountant employed
by the Shipping Board, who collapsed
while playing golf in East Potomac
Park.
With him at the time were Leonard
J. Moody, also Of the NJ street address;
George Hammond, 1923 Newton street,
and Joseph r. Crawford, La Sale
Apartments, Connecticut avenue and L
street.
Taken to Hospital.
The other members of the foursome
summoned a taxicab and Betz was
taken to Emergency Hospital, where he
was pronounced dead. Physicians said
his death was caused by the heat and
an attack Of acute indigestion.
Betz. who had been an employe of
the Shipping Board for about IS years,
is survived by a brother and a sister.
who live in Ohio. He was native of
Cleveland.
The other victim was Daniel Thomp-
son, So, colored. 1853 u street, who was
prostrated while working in a lunch
room at 5l1 Second street northeast,
where he was employed as a cook
The 9l-degree mark was reached at
4:30 pm, after the mercury had gotten
OF to rather slow start. A half hour
later 1t had dropped back to 90.
Many Sleep in Parks.
Many residents of the Capital spent
both Saturday and Sunday nights in
the various parks. Others sought relief
In nearby seashore resorts.
One of those VINO slept outdoors was
William H. Johnson, All New Jersey
avenue, who awoke yesterday morning,
after having spent the night on a
vacant lot near Dingman place, to find
$50 had been stolen from his pocket
Ernest Davis, 80, colored, was arrested
in connection with the theft and is
being held for investigation at the
sixth precint police station. He lives at
81 Dingman place.
Evening star., 1931-06-22
HITS MALARIA REPORT
Canal Zone Chief Denies Epidemic
Exists There.

BY the Associated Press.
Col. Harry Burgess, governor of the
Panama Canal Zone. reported to the
War Department today there was no
justification for recent statements that
malaria epidemic exists in that coun-
try.
In his report. Col. Burgess quoted the
chief health officer as follows:
Malaria always increases at the be-
ginning Of the rainy season and the
recent increase in patients in the hos
pttal Is similar to that observed each
year at the beginning of the rainy sea-
son. The malarial rates for Panama
Canal employees for the. first half Of
this year are. considerably lower than
was the case for the first six months
In either 1880 or 1929"
Evening star., 1931-06-22
YOUTH KILLED IN CRASH.
Dispatch to Tne star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CUMBERLAND, Md, June 22.-Ray-
mond F.. Stitcher, 20, was killed early
yesterday on Bedford road. He had
left with others for Huntingdon, Pa, to
take part in a hill-climbing contest
Companions had stopped to repair a
tire and he said he would return to
Cumberland for gasoline. He had gone
about 100 yards when he plunged into
a fence rounding a curve.
Evening star., 1931-06-22
DANVlLLE BOY, 10, WINS
STATE ESSAY CONTEST
Gold Medal Awarded Youth for
Paper on Highway Safety Signs.
Many Compete.
an.c,al Dispatch to The Star.

Special DISPATCH " AhS CtaA'
DANvILLE, Va, June 22.-Douglas
vyinn. 1O-year-old school boy and son
II Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Winn Of this
city has been notified that he won the
ffrst prize in the Virginia highway
Pewsrd for Observing Street and High
nav safety Signs" was the best in Vir-
cinia competition, sponsored by the
National Automobile Chamber Of Com
merce. The prize is a gold medal, car
rvin6 with it check for SIS. In ad-
djtion the paper is certified to the ma
fional competition. the prize for the
hest of which will be q gold watch and
a free trip to washington.
Evening star., 1931-06-22
TWO CARS COLLIDE.
Three Persons Injured in Accident In
LOudoun County.

L0udoun County.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
HERNDON, Va, June 22.-Two cars,
one containing L. H. Hutchison and
his wife of Washington, the former
the manager of Sanitary grocery store
here, and the other roadster, belong
ing to and driven by John Ryon, occu-
pied also by Frank M. Ballou, both well
known Sportsmen of Herndon, were in
a head-on collision yesterday afternoon
near Waxpool, Loudoun County. Mr.
and Mrs. Hutchison were both injured
and were taken to Washington for ex-
animation, and Ballou sugered broken
eollarbone, badly lacerated hand and
other injuries and was taken to Wash
ington hospital today for treatment.
Both cars were badly damaged, that
of Ryon being virtually demolished
Charges against Ryon were dismissed.
vnVrrxx uuVrn IN CRASH
Evening star., 1931-06-22
NATURAL BRIDGE PARK
AREA TO BE INCREASED
255 Acres Will Be Added to Tract
of National Forest Land if u. s.
Completes Negotiations.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LYNCHBURG. Va, June 22.-Nat-
ural Bridge National Forest area will
be increased by 255 acres, If negotia-
tions started by the Government are
completed. The Department of Agricul-
ture has approved purchase of three ad-
Amherst and the other in Augusta
County. Augusta land aggregates 104
acres and Amherst ISL. Examination
Of titles and survey Of the land is pend
ing now.
Evening star., 1931-06-22
TAXI CRASH HURTS CHILD
s-Year-old Sent to Hospital Suffer-
ing Lacerated Ear.

A collision between taxicab and q
private machine at Fourteenth and d
streets northeast sent Jane HumphrieS,
3 years old, of 331 Sixteenth street
southeast, to Casualty Hospital with
lacerated ear yesterday.
The girl was riding in the taxi, with
her father, George L. Humphries, 2s,
at the wheel. when it collided with q
car operated by Dan B. Dennis, 20, Of
1448 Fairmont street. Neither driver was
held. Both escaped injury.
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
MIR. CapOne'S Farewell
Will Leave Bloody Record of Crime Behind Him

When Capone tells the world that he is through with the
racket gamehe murder of and women the blackenng
of human souls in conceivable sort of way the taking
of bread clothing from and children that their
husbands and brothers might indulge their appetes and
furnish cash to gangersthere those who will believe
him and who may have sympathy for him.
The that Mr. Capone nwardy rejoicing that
he may get away from gangers bullets and that he will
have opportunity to retire from the ne never
would have had under other circumstances.
By the time Capone out of prson-and the almost
certain thing he will land therethe gunmen and criminals
who had him marked may have softened in their feelings and
attempt settle old with him So long as he was
kng these vicious had little good chance to get him.
but some of them wait for years to even up things
There is touch of pathos in Capones references to his
little boy his family That he has the sense Of deency to
want to see this child from the evils the father has
been surrounded by credbe but he also does not want
the boy the fathers body rdded with machine gun
bullets brought home some day. .
So Capone will leave other minds to carry the
racket shoulder the responsibilities and take the awful chances
that go with them He will do his turn and become family
man. can and the if in his case looms large VIII
he ever be able sconnec from the bad he has held to
him by threats upon their lives?
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
"When they start shooting down ba

"When they start shooting doWn babies" said Mayor
Walker, "it is time to call a halt"
The Mayor then proceeded to call halt by summoning
Police Commissioner Murooney to City Hall and ordering
lentless New York's gangsters.
The killing of child and the wounding of four others
by beer gang in 10Th Street what moved the Mayor
to action, as you know.
Every and woman in New York and throughout
the nation will rally the aid of the authorities in their at
tempts to exterminate these slayers of children
The Mayor is in earnest Commissioner Mulrooney is In
earnest, the city is in earnest.
But if in spite of all this earpestness the gangs NOT
extermnated, what then?
The question pertinent because these fine crusade for
law and order have of faring and petering out
while the gangs go on forever.
The this question is in the hands of Governor
Roosevelt.
He is Commander-in- Chief of the National Guard-the
military power Of the State.
the Guard take control of the situation
if local officials and local police cannot deal with it. When
they fail it his duty chief executive to deal with it, and
to stamp it out
Resort to this extreme may unnecessary Let hope
So But one thing If IS necessary the Governor
can count support of the city, and State and these
United States in whatever measure he may adopt
The killing of children in gangster battles must stop Get
that straight.
The people of have had their fill of gangs and
gangdom They been ridden past endurance by these
and murderer and they have been ckened to
nausea by spectacle of little bodies torn and acerated by
gunmen's bullets. .-
They want the gangs wiped out PERMANENTLY.
They will back any official to the limit from the Governor
on down with and the energy to wipe them out
They demand end to this sping Of the blood OF limo
children if it that man In the state armed
forces must be modified to end it.
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
The Hop to IStanbul

The American fers Russell Boardman and John Polando
who have Just completed nonstop flight between the mum
cipal airport in New York and 1stanbu Turkey distance
O0 miles broke the worlds of 4912 miles made by
Costes and Beonte flight and covered the
route in 40 hours IT minutes.
Boardman is Bostonian and Polando's home is in Lynn
Mass experienced pilots and each has been through
variety thrilling experiences in the air Apparently they
sought high attitudes in beginning OF their long Journey an
communication passing Paris officials at lie Bourge
neither sighted heard them.
Some doubt is raised whether the Federation Aero
nauoue Internatonae will recognize this extraordinary
flight as taking the nonstop record from the French The
New York and stanbu represents only 1926 miles and the
remainder of 5000 covered constitutes devaons from the
direct route.
the correct point of view that these Americans covered
eighty miles more nonstop than Costes and Beone did,
whether they chose make their route via country or
another seeking favorable air currents other satisfactory
flying conditions Anyway the lads did great job OF flying
and hope they are given full credit
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
LISTEN, WORLD!
By Elsie Robinson

should hate error all the more
and prove it by fighting IL III
my fellow man" uo
boy! With arguments IKE
that you're wasted on us SIM
ple home folks. You and MUS
solini, and maybe a few de,
posed czars and kaiSeTs ana
sultans, ought to get togetner'l
"The world is going to the
dogs because we no longer have
any fixed standards. No mat
ter what a man does, we tlnd
some excuse for him. we
blame it on his early tram
ing, bad environment or the
social system. If his act is TOO
abominable, we send for an
alienist and have him declared
insane. The time has come to
call a halt to such tolerance
and substitute good, old fash
ioned severity"
That's his story. And you
can bet he'll stick to it.
Which side do I take?
don't take any. I daSn't! For
I have my own reasons for
wanting all the tolerance there
is. I'm one of those unfor-
tunate humans whose, lives are
Just chuck full of the painful
consequences of folly.
Would I like to have those
consequences sweet-kissed away?
Would like to hang them on
someone's neck?
BRING ON YOUR KISSES
AND SHOW ME THE NECK!
Which explains why 1 vote
for tolerance and am down
right chummy with sinners:
But, of course, that may be. all
wrong. Maybe tolerance is a
blight. Maybe we should lam
bast the beam in our brothers
eye, regardless of the mote In
our own
And not only heaVe the first
stone but hire a quarry for
emergencies
If so, here's your chance to
say so. Don't mind me. I'm
not proud.
Copyright. 1881, King Features
Syndicate, 1nc.l
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
To Revise Public Utilities
Laws of District

Revision of the public utilities laws of the District to be
asked Congress by the Public Utilities Commission and with
this request will go Congress the commissions recommen
dations.
Public Utilities Commission, and most of the laws under
which operates became effective March 1918 Effective
the date the much talked of antmerger law
outcome of the thoughts of the late Senator Robert La Toilette
There have been amendments that date not enough to
keep the up confer the authority the
mission needs control transit problems of the District
The La Follette amendment been evaded by all utilities
corporations the District 1t is less dead letter
It has prevented foreign other public utilities
tons buying controlling the stocks of local companies
without the sanction of Congress- required by the law
The commission will naturally seek wider authority for
of corporations local foreign and to compel clear
obedience to its orders.
When the commission created and given laws to work
with taxis and buses not considered factors
in transportation problems here They real factors
and commission without authority control taxi rates
operations except in minor ways.
The commission must have full power over taxis and
should have all other needs to handle transit prob
lens here for the good of this city and its people
The Washington times., 1931-08-01

labor is reasonable" about
wage reductions when indus
tries making or proposing them
first cut dividends and the
salaries of the executives.
He makes the point that
much has been done by main
tanning wages until the cost
of living went doWn"-imply-
ing that when the cost Of liv-
ing goes down wages may be
reduced with proprlety. Aside
from the fact that there has
been a SlaShing OF wages be-
fore the cost o. living went
down, this suggestion is un-
fortunate.
It implies that, since the
cost of living has gone down,
the wages may now be cut.
Coming from Mr.. Sullivan, the
correspondent, this means
nothing more than an lndi'
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
The Coal Situation
Large Operators Are Making Mistake in Refusing to
Attend the Proposed Conference

The situation in the soft coal industry shows signs OF
Improvement and many who predict that unless the
and get together concerted plan for
action it will become worse
Appeals have been made of Pennsylvania
and other States furnish National Guard tents for the tam
lies of miners who have been evicted from their homes
The Rev Myers industrial secretary Of the Federa
Council Churches who has been visiting mining camps IN
the Pittsburgh district says he fears further violence on the
part of miners desperate by the suffering OF their wives
and children. . -,
The large operators who have refused to attend the
proposed conference United States Government auspices
to consider the situation have assumed serious responsibility
They making mistake in withholding their suppoi
from the parley they nng their reputation by thus OBJ
structng be genuine effort to lift the industry
out of the into which it has fallen.
T. x gratifying to see Secretaries Lamont and Doak going
ahead with the plan Notwithstanding the large operators a
tude Even conference of small operators may accomplish
something.
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
Screaming Pays Dividends

Womens have frustrated several store hodups In
Washington lately going to that under some cHcum
stances, screams pay good dividends
Here is chance for psychologists to get in explana-
tons why when they confront dangers
and why men, as rule stand still and do nothing and for
police experts advise to make of their screaming
machinery whenever that will break up crime.
When a bandit points his gun at man and commands
'hands up the almost certain to do just that thing
Pointing gun at a woman will likely bring shrieks
and assistance The bandit gets ratified and beats it. He
would have to be blooded murderer to shoot
under these circumstances
Modern business has burglar alarms for its protection but
the swift criminal knows he do his job and frequently
get away before the apparatus bring help Why wouldn
an invention that up awful screaming be ef
fectve rang burglars, holdup and thieves? Just
press button and let the machinery yell its head off,
The Washington times., 1931-08-01

Is tolerance a vice?
Should we be charitable to-
ward sinners?
Should we try to understand
how they got that way and do
our best to relieve them from
the unpleasant consequence OF
their folly?
A gentleman who signs him.
self For Righteousness" says
it is and we shouldn't. Which
wouldn't be so remarkable if
I didn't get scores of other let
ters saying the same thing.
So maybe there's something
to it.
people need punishment"
he starts, "or they never learn
sense.
Tolerance is the sign of a
lazy conscience. WE MAKE 1T
EASY FOR THEIRS Be
CAUSE WE WANT TO TAKE
TT EASY OURSELVES"
tSome body please page
Buddha, ConfuciuS, EpictetuS,
Jesus of Nazareth, Socrates,
and other benevolent philoso-
piers. They had it all wrong
about helping that under dog0
I'VE should" he snarls, de
eide once for all just What is
right and what is wrong. We
should choose definite stand
ards for ourselves. AnG then
we should stick by those stand
ards and demand the others
stick by them or pay the pen
atty. There should be no ex-
ceptions, even though the cul-
prit be the one We love best
on earth"
what a cosy little domestic
comrade you'd make, strangerO
The PuritanS may have
made a few mistakes. but in
the main they were right.
There can be no compromise
with evil. If a man sins, let
him pay the price. Doubtless
many will say that 1 should
not condemn because I am not
perfect myself. But that has
nothing to do with it. If I am
unfortunate enough to err, I
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
Religion and Reno

Payment mortgage of the largest churches in
Reno overdue but will be met by its faithful members in
manner and they will carry best they in the
that boasts that it the wide open in the United
States
stated in the daily dispatches that tell of from
fifty hundred divorces day. of wide open gambling
and drinking, but refrain from telling of evils
In the nineteenth chapter of Genesis twentyfour
and twenty-five there is told what happened to the two
most wide open cities of the days of Abraham
'Then the Lord rained upon sodom and upon Gomor-
rah birthstone and fire from the LORD out Of heaven;
And He overthrow those cities, and all the plain,
and all the inhabitants of the cities and that which grew
upon the ground"
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
Rubber Worms Fish With

Washington fishermen who sometimes find bait hard get
to their liking apprzed that Colorado lawyer has
invented rubber for fishing that wgges and squrms
just like angeworm and easily fools the most cautious fish
Boys who can't afford the purchase price will continue
dig for angeworm but the worst part of it for juvenile
adult fishermen is that angeworms to disappear in hot
weather except the commercial variety plentiful bred
for fishing purposes.
There may be skepticsm about the artificial bait
Angleworms have their appeal to all small fish and few
varieties Of large but in the salt waters not far from
Washington the big fellows most eagerly at white crab
meat cut from peeer crabs The inventor may be able
turn imitation crab well imitation angeworm
The Washington times., 1931-08-01

President Hover is to be COM
mended for his announcement
that the Administration has
has not changed its position
on wage reductions.
While the Administrations
opinion on the subject is not
compelling on industries, an an
nouncement from any of its
spokesmen indicating a juStifi-
cation for wage reductions
would be eagerly. welcomed by
those who would like to reduce.
'put when the President adds
that mo member of the Admin
istration has expressed the view
or holds the view that the
policy of the Administration in
advocating the maintenance OF
wages would be changed, ne
ignores the letter of Secretary
Lamont,
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
The Press Saw
Trouble Ahead

Not matter what Mr.. La
monts intent, it is not without
reason that the general inter
probation of the press was that
the Administration was waVer-
ing.
Just as the President makes
his denial of a change in attl-
tude, Mark Sullivan, who IS
recognized as the reflector OF
the Presidents views, writes the
paper he represents that labor
is reasonable" and "concllla-
tory" on the subject OF wage
reductions under certain conol-
tions.
This, on top Of the Lamont
letter, certainly indicates some
weakening in the demand that
wages be maintained.
According to Mr.. Sullivan
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
Number of Strikes

Number of Strikes
Increasing
Meanwhile the number OF
strikes is increasing. The divis-
ion of conciliation of the Labor
Department has been asked to
act during the last six months
in 447 cases. involving 1925
workers. The silk strike at
Paterson, which is growing
ugly, and has been ascribed by
the press to the CommuniStic
influences, has now been joined
by the conservative unions that
are fighting Communism.
The strikes in the coal fields
are becoming more bitter in
temper. A general reduction
in wages will certainly be fol-
lowed by new strikes. And a
great number of strikes, along
with unemployment in the
dead of winter, will not be
good either for business Cr
Government.
1t is to be hoped that in
dustries will take note of the
Presidents repudiation of the
letter of Mr.. Lamont.
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
More About Wage Cutting By Claude G. Bowers

vidual opinion; but coming
from the bosom friend Of the
President and a frequent guest
at Rapidan, a. greater signifi-
canoe may be attached to the
statement.
However, the President de-
MES that he has changed his
position, and this is we'll.
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
TIMES TEST

Match correctly:
l. Cotton
Minnesota
2. Barley
Georgia
8. Peanuts
Colorado
4. Cherries
Texas
5. Sugar beetS
California
Do you know:
6. What is another name for
karakul?
Z. Who is given credit for
burying Jesus?
8. What is another express
sion for "for and against?
8. What did Vergil say about
the Greeks?
10. What Is a periScope?
IL. What is a detour?
, II. What important life was
lost at the battle Of Ira
falgar?
13. What is one Of the most
ornamental varie t les of
quartz?
IA. How is a gazetteer like a
dictionary?
is. What term means "in
proportion?
ANSWERS on Magazine PaEe)
The Washington times., 1931-08-01
WISE WORDS

All the crimes on earth do
not destroy so many of the hu-
man race, nor ALLEVIATE so much
property as drunkenness.
Bacon.
Temperance gives nature
her full play, and enables her
to exert herself in all her force
and Yigor. Addison.
The Washington times., 1931-08-01

past-millions that could have
been used as an insurance fund
against wage cuts and unem-
ployment.
Meanwhile wages have been
cut in great numbers Of indus
tries, and organized labor is
girding its loinS for . struggle.
The Railroad Labor-Executive
Association has made its posi-
ton clear.