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The Washington times., 1931-01-16
Cause of Mirror Pool
Warmth Is Puzzle
TOPark Heads

The popular condition Of the
shallow water in the Reflecting
Pool by the Lincoln Memorial,
which stays approximately de-
grees warmer than the deep
waters of the Potomac River at
the Tidal Basin is puzzl!ng the
staff of the director Of Public
Buildings and Public Parks.
Skaters become impatient be-
cause the two and one-haf
inches Of ice necessary for the
pool to be opened FOR the
sport seldom forms, despite the
fact that the weather is ex-
tremely chilly. ,
Tests made yesterday revealed
the temperature of the river at
Tidal Basin as 80 degrees, the
freezing point, and the water in
the Rejecting Pool as 81 de-
grees, five above freezia&
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
c. v. BUILDING
FUND CROWS

Students of George Washing
ton University have pledged
$4,000, for the Union Building,
TIA Twenty-first st. N. W., the
Student Council announced today.
Work on the reconstruction OF
the building will begin February
/, and it was estimated by DR..
Cloyd Heck Marvin, president OF
the university, that the building
will be ready three months after
work is started.
The building will contain a
ballroom, a roof garden, lounging
rooms and smoking rooms for
men and women.
Today's figure shows an in
crease of $4,000 over yesterday.
The goal is $4,000.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
Memorial Is Urged
For I'd Division

Plans for erecting a memorial
to the Second Division, A. E. F"
on B Street northwest, near
Seventeenth Street are outlined
in a bill introduced in the House
yesterday by Representative VAIN
wright (R.O of New York.
The monument, which it is
proposed to place directly south
OF the First Division memorial,
facing the State, War and Navy
Building, is to be paid tor by sub
scriptions from the Second Divi-
sion Memorial Association.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
italian Yacht Club
Announces ReQdttQ

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 Q.N.SD .
u. v. d'Annunzio, of New York,
announces that the Club Mono
aautico "Gabriele d'Annunzio," of
Gardone, Riviera, Italy, will hold
o regatta on the Lake Of Garda
in May.
Invitations will be sent to Amer
lcan yacht clubs by the Italian
racing committee, which has ar
ranged with the Navigazione Gen.
erale Italiana to transport Ameri-
ran boats to Genoa.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16

A formal request for an opin-
ion to determine whether 5000
per diem employees in the Dis
trict service should be paid for
their enforced holiday Christmas
Eve today was sent to Comp
troller General j. r. McCarl by
the District Commissioners.
Navy Yard Paid
The Commissioners call atten-
tion to the fact that per diem
workers in the Navy Yard were
paid for the Christmas eve holi-
day by an order to Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy Jancke, who
had discussed the matter with
the Comptroller Generals office.
The city heads. said:
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
McCarl Asked for Opinion
On Xmas EUe Pay

"In view Of the fact that per
diem employees of the Navy
Yard were granted leave of alb
senc with pay on December "A,
that date having been declared
a holiday by Executive Order,
it is believed that the same
leave privilege should extend to
per diem employees of the Dis
trict of Columbia for Decembr
"a, and such other days that
may be declared holidays by
Executive order"
To Pay February 1
A favorable decision by the
Comptroller General will bring an
extra days pay to per diem work
ers on February /, the Commits
sioners said.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
Monday Club Plans
Discussion of Alleys

The alleys of Washington will
be the subject of discussion at
the meeting of the Monday Eve
ming Club in the Cabinet Room
of the Willard Hotel Monday at
8 p. m. Mrs. Archibald Hopkins
will preside.
John Ihlder, Col. U. S. Grant,
Sd; the Rev. Anson Phelps
Stokes, Miss Rhoda Milliken, Miss
Gertrude Bowling and William Y.
Mahoney will speak.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
Phone Your Tips
To Times, Folks!
$50 in Prizes

Phone The Times when
anything happens-ring the
News Tip Editor between
$3.50 a. m. and 6 p. m.-tell
him of any new happenings
in your neighbOrhOOd. 1t
may mean cash to you,
Fifty dollars in cash Is
divided each week among 10
people who "tip off" The
Times on the best news
stories. Save your news for
The Times. A business mer-
ger, an accident, a rescue, a
fire, an important discovery
or anything that you think
might be of interest to the
public, may net you some
spending money If you
phone the News Tip Editor
at District $3.50.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
TWO Commissioned
In Reserve of ArnlU

Denver Dock Colorado Mitch
ell, 521 Harvard st. N. W., today
received commission as a sec
ond lieutenant in the Army Re
serve, according to a War De
partment announcement.
A commission was also issued
70 Howard Hanford Hopkins, of
Baltimore, as a first lieutenant
in the Army Medical Reserve
Corps.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
Lincoln Park Group
JObLeSS Report Due

The Lincoln Park Citizens AS
soCiation committee on unemploy-
ment is to render its report at
the monthly meeting Monday at
the Bryan School at 8 p. N.
Discussion of District problems
and a report Of the objectiveS Of
the Community Chest by J. A.
Kamerow are also on the pro
nraY m
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
SISTER-|N N-LAW
WOUNDED BY
PATROLMAN
Leroy Bachelor Is Accused
After Shots Are Fired At
Home of His EStranged Wife

A warrant charging Policeman
Leroy Bachelor with mayhem Of
Ruth Harvey, 10-year-old daugh-
ter Of Lieut.. Edward T. Halney,
was sworn out today at the Arling-
ton county court house.
A short time later Judge Gus A.
schuldt signed a fugitive from
Justice warrant against Bachelor
at Police Court. The accused po-
liceman is under arrest at the
First precinct as a result of a
shooting at the home of Lieu
tenant Harvey. his father-in-law,
IN Acova Heights, Va, last night.
One. of half a dozen bullets re-
ported to have been fired by
Bachelor when he was refused
permission to see Mrs. Margaret
Harvey Bachelor, his estranged
wife, struck Ruth Harvey and in
flicted a slight injury.
Has Car Crash
Speeding to Washington after
the attempted assault, Bachelors
automobile crashed into another
car at Fourteenth and B Streets
Northwest. Bachelor is being
held today at the First precinct
charged with reckless driving,
while his father-in-law is max
ing efforts to obtain warrant
from Virginia authorities.
The shooting took place shortly
after 9 o'clock last night after
Bachelor had been told by his
father-in-law that the wife did
not want to see him. AS he
drove from the house, Bachelor
Is alleged to have fired the five
shots.
Asked for Wife
According to Lieutenant Har-
ney, Bachelor called the home
earlier in the day and called his
wife, saying that he wanted to
talk to her. The latter told him
that she would not see him.
A 7hort time later, Lieutenant
Harvey said, Bachelor drove up to
the house in his automobile and
sounded the horn. Lieutenant
Harvey closed the door. Bachelor
started his automobile and upon
turning the corner, opened fire.
Lieutenant Harvey ran for his
service revolver but when he
reached the window Bachelor had
disappeared.
Woman Is Hurt
Upon reaching Fourteenth and
B Streets, Bachelors automobile
crashed into machine operated
by William P. Neville, 1901 Sev-
enth st. N. w. Mr.. Neville's ma
chine was overturned and Miss
Margaret Nash, 80, of 1876 Twenty
second st. N. W., a passenger, was
badly shaken. She was treated at
the Emergency Hospital.
Bachelor, it is alleged, aban-
doned his automobile and was
followed by Richard Guinan, a
witness, to an alley in the rear
of the First precinct police sta
ton. Bachelor was then placed
under arrest and later suspended
from duty by Lieut.. w. H. Carlin.
Police say his pistol was empty.
, Bachelor was married in 1925.
He and his wife separated about
three months ago and she estab-
lished a residence in her fathers
home to institute divorce pro
ceedings. Bachelor lives at 2809
Fifteenth st. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
BLAINE BILL
IS HIT BY
= KEYSER
Local Men Favor Capper Bill;
Blaine Says Measure Gives
Political Pull Opportunity

Singing CRITICS m of the
methods of conducting the bus1-
ness of issuance and sale OF Secu-
rites in the District marked a
hearing today before the Blaine
subcommittee of the Senate Dis
trict Committee.
The hearing, for the purpose
of considering a "blue-sky" law
for the District, was punctuated
throughout by condemnation OF
the securities business in the city
by Senator John j. Blaine, OF
Wisconsin, chairman of the sub
committee. 1t was also marked
by verbal clashes between Sena-
tor Blaine and Paul v. Keyser,
representing the Inves m ent
Bankers Association.
Two Bills Studied
The issue was drawn between
the Capper bill, which would
regulate securities through use
of the injunction process, and
the Blaine bill, which would pro
vide for study of securities be-
fore their sale by the Public Util-
tiles Commission.
Senator Blaine and Mr.. Keyser
were at complete disagreement
on the relative merits of the bill,
Mr.. Keyser supporting the Cap
per proposal which would leave
administration largely up to the
District attorney.
Senator Blaine took exception
to a statement by Keyser that
the trouble here is caused by
groups of "high pressure sales"
men" and fly-by-night operators.
Local Men Blamed
The Senator declared:
"The difficulty here is not
with these men who come in
but with local men who have
built up high reputation as
being good business rSen. This
is a situation which no State
in the Union would tolerate for
a minute and I make this
statement on the basis of in
formation now in the posses
sion of the committee and
upon which we will take evil
dence in the future"
Discussing the power which
would be given the District at
torney under the Capper bill,
Mr.. Keyser defended a provision
which would keep secret any in
vestigations of security companies
which the District attorney might
investigate. Senator Blaine as
serted the effect of this provi-
sion would be to suppress NAL
administration of the law"
Mr.. Keyser said:
"WelI, we must assume that
public officers are honest"
Blaine Decries Pull"
To this Senator Blaine replied:
"That is certainly a violent
assumption as witnessed by
many cases in the District. This
provision would protect the man
who has political pull and pun
ish the man who has not"
Mr.. Keyser said the provision
was designed to protect honest
houses against street gossip.
Mr.. Keyser told the committee
that enactment of a law regulat-
ing the sale of securities is i'm
perative, asserting that mere en-
| forcement of criminal statutes
does not curb fraudulent promo
tion.
KeySer Is Backed
F. G. Addison, jr., representing
the District of Columbia Bankers
Association, declared there was
dire need for a securities law here
and supported Mr.. Keyser's con-
tention that the Capper bill Is
preferable.
At the conclusion of the hearing
Senator Blaine announced that
the committee would meet again
Tuesday morning to hear testi-
mony on specific instances OF
fraud in the issuance of securities
here.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
TREASURY CLERKS DANCE

Treasury employees will dance
tomorrow night at Almas Temple,
1915 K st. N. W., under the
auspices of Federal Employees
Union, No. 262. Committees are
headed by Miss Margaret Sulli-
van and Guy Harper. The presi-
dent is j. C. Burnham.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
WILL LOSE AIR RIFLES

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Jan. 16.-
Due to the large number of re-
ports of injuries from air rifles
since Christmas, Captain Camp
bell has ordered the police tc con-
fiscate all air rifles found in the
hands Of small boys on the
streets.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
SCOUTS GET CHARTER

Troop II, newest Boy Scout
group in the District, will receive
its charter al Inhalation services
at the Petwoi III Baptist Church,
Sunday night.
The Washington times., 1931-01-16
4,62O TAGS SOLD

ALEXANDRIA. Jan. 16.
Claude w. Fletcher, in charge OF
the sale of auto tags, sold 4,62O
during the past month. Last year
slightly over 1000 were sold be-
fore January IS.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-22
YROUSER STAINS
ARE FOUND TO Be
CAUSED BY BLOOD
Garment Found in Closet OF Ac.
cused Minot Man Held
As Evidence

Minot. N. D., Oct. 22.-(FeBlood-
stains found upon a pair of trousers
belonging to william Savora, charged
with the first-degree murder OF his
housekeeper, Mrs. Dena Korchenko,
in Minot, on September %, were
those Of a human, chemists have ad-
vised States Attorney Paul Camp
bell.
The trousers were sent to chemists
at Northwestern university, Evanston,
ILL.,, for investigation Of the blood
stains and it Is from them that the
states attorney has received the In,
formation that it is a human blood
which Is upon the trousers.
The states attorney said Thursday
that he expects to receive another
report from the chemists, this to be
a formal one, and advices from Chi
cago state that this has been for
warded and Is expected to arrive
soon.
Mrs. Korchenko, q widow, was
found dead on the morning Of Sep
tember %, her body lying behind a
hedge q short distance from the
savora rooming house. Her throat
had been cut, hole jabbed through
one cheek, and there were other cuts
and bruises upon her face and head.
The two Northwestern chemists
who made the examination Of the
trouser bloodstains are to be placed
under subpoena to come to Minot to
testify at the trial Of Savora, which
Is expected to start about Nov. /.
TIL bloodstained trousers. which
savora has said belong to him, were
found hanging in . closet In his room
in his house.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-22
CLUBS CONVENTION
PLANNED AT FARGO
Local cosmopoIitans to Attend
District Meeting Set
For Nov. 30

Organization of q district unit of
Cosmopolitan clubs will be effected at
a district convention In Fargo Nov. 30,
1t was announced Thursday noon at
the luncheon meeting Of the Bismarck
Cosmopolitan club.
In the absence Of J. s. Fevold,
president of the local organization,
Dr.. K. w. Morris presided at the
meeting and read q letter from Cap
Miller, president of the Fargo Co.'S
mopolitan club, announcing the con-
vention plans.
Delegation to the convention from
the Bismarck club will be chosen at
q meeting In the near future, 1t was
announced.
At the convention a district COVER
nor and other officers will be elected
and general organization completed
The convention will be held In the
new science hall, recently constructed
at the North Dakota agricultural COL
lege.
Attending the convention, the letter
said, will be Cosmopolitan's interna-
tional song leader from Winnipeg.
The convention will be closed with a
governors ball."
Adolph Engelhardt played a violin
solo at the luncheon. He was accom-
panied by Grace Duryea Morris.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-22
IN Mine
Held ACCIDENTAL
Grant County Coroner Says No
Inquest Will Be Held Into
leith Mishap

Carson, N. D.. Oct. 22-P}-rhc
death of two men In Ignite mine
near Leith Tuesday night resulted
from accidental causes, Grant county
authorities said Wednesday night
following an investigation. No in
quest will be held.
Sherman Hauser. operator Of the
mine, and Glare Hauge, miner. were
killed when q slab Of sandstone fell
from the ceiling while they were pre-
pairing to leave.
Coroner Emmanuel Hertz, Grant
county, conducted the investigation.
Funeral services for Hauser will be
:::e..1 At Leith Thursday, while serv-
ices Ioc Hauge are to be conducted
from the Lutheran church near Leith
Friday.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-22
URGES DESTRUCTION
OF some MILK COWS
Dairy Advisory Group Makes
Suggestion in Report to
Farm Board

Washington, oct. 22.-R>-Dairy
farmers are urged to destroy one
tenth Of the country's milk COWS to
prevent over production In report
submitted to the farm board.
The report, prepared by the dairy
advisory committee. an agency OF
dairy cooperatives. points out herds
have been increasing for four years
which will eventually lead to large
surpluses and low prices.
In addition to asking each farmer
to eliminate one cow out Of each 10.
the committee also suggested all low
producing COWS be culled and sold for
slaughter and that additional heifer
calves be vealed.
The committee adopted resolutions
commencing cooperative marketing
of dairy products, and urging milk
distributors to buy from cooperatives.
Adoption by the farm board OF this
proposal would mark new attempt
by it to curtail over : production
through destruction at the fountain
head. It's proposal that one-third OF
the cotton acreage under cultivation
be turned under was rejected by the
south.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-22
CONTINUE SEARCH
FOR WOMAN sought
IN TRUNK MURDERS
Relatives Express Opinion Mrs.
Judd Will Not Be Found
Alive

Los Angeles, Oct. %. R-T The
strenuous police hunt for Winnie
Ruth Judd, wanted for the Phoenix
trunk murders, continued throughout
the west Thursday, but the belief grew
that she either was hiding here or
had committed suicide.
The search was pressed while off,
GERS prepared for an inquest over the
bodies of the victims, Miss Hedvig
Samuelson and Miss Agnes LIE Roi,
shipped here In trunks claimed by
Mrs. Judd.
On the theory that Mrs. Judd'S body
might be found in some out-of the
way place, police looked over the
beaches and hills around Los An
geles.
Her husband, DR.. w. G. Judd, and
her brother, B. j. McKinnell, both ex-
pressed the belief that she would not
be found alive.
Many friends of Mrs. Judd were
interrogated. Guards were placed at
their homes in the hope the fugitive
would seek aid from acquaintances.
Officers also endeavored to piece
together plausible motive.
"All evidence shows 1t was q case
of insanity-but there was something
that caused the mind to perform such
a ghastly crime" said Detective In
spector D. A. Davidson. Indications
were that jealousy furnished the
background for the slayings - but
jealousy Of what is still undeter-
mined"
That Mrs. Judd had been acting
irrationally for some time was dis
closed by her former employers, who
said she had acted "queerly" on nu-
merous occasions.
Davidson said police had wholly
abandoned the theory that Mrs. Judd
had q man accomplice.
Coroner Nance received a telegram
from Miss Samuslson's parents at
White Earth, N. D., requesting her
body be sent there for burial after
authorities conclude their investiga-
tions.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-22
To Continue Quest
Started by Edison

West Orange. N. j., Oct. a.
Locked in q drawer Of
Thomas A. Edison's desk at his
home is q small piece Of vul-
canized rubber that represents the
successful completion Of one Of
the last experiments In his long
search for q formula for making
rubber out Of goldenrod.
It was brought to him less than
q month ago by an assistant, Ar
thur L. Walsh, vice president Of
the Edison Industries, who said
it pleased him greatly.
It had been made under his
directions and indicated q solu-
tion to a problem that had wor-
ried him during the early days
Of his illness-the difficulty In
vulcanizng rubber obtained from
goldenrod because Of the impure
ties in the plant.
Walsh, In q statement given out
after q conference with Charles
Edison. the inventors son, said
Edison's experiments In synthetic
rubber had not been completed,
but added that undoubtedly the
rubber experiments would be car
ried on"
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-22
Lindberghs Return
Home from Orient

Victoria. B. c.. Oct. 22.-tF-The
steamer President jefferson, returning
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
from the Orient, arrived here at 3:55
q. m. Thursday.
Lindbergh declined to be inter-
viewed but Mrs. Lindbergh said she
was eager to get back to her baby.
They went at once to an airfield
where they boarded borrowed plane
for Seattle, arriving there 46 minutes
later. After a brief stop at Seattle
they hoped eastward, planning to
land at Boise. Idaho, for fuel.
The Lindberghs returned to the
United States because of the death
Of Mrs Lindbergh's father, Senator
Dwight w. Morrow Of New Jersey.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-10-22
10 9GR0UPSCONTINUE
EFFORTS TO SECURE
$4,000 FOR RELIEF
Reports Continue Encouraging
Though Secretary Has no
Campaign Figures
GOVERNOR MAKES APPEAL
Shafer Points Out Great Needs
OF Families in Northwest.
ern North Dakota
GOVERNOR MAKES APPEAL

Nineteen committees Thursday were
continuing work in the combined Bis
marck Community Chest-American
Red Cross drive for funds In an ef-
fort to raise approximately $2e, 900, ac-
cording to H. p. Goddard, secretary Of
the Community Chest.
NO complete committee reports had
been made Thursday morning and
Goddard therefore had no definite
figures on the drive, but the secretary
said reports made by committees con-
ttnued encouraging.
The drive began Tuesday morning.
The Burleigh county Red Cross
drought relief quota is $l3,300 while
the Community Chest quota is ap-
proximately $4,000.
An appeal to North Dakotans to
unite In providing relief for drought
stricken families In northwestern
North Dakota was made in q state
ment Thursday by Governor George
F. Shafer.
The governor called attention to the
suffering of the needy. and expressed
the hope that sufficient relief will be
provided so that none will suffer dur
Ing the winter months.
$4,000 Are Suffering
Due to the devastating drought
the most severe In the history Of the
state, over 10000 farmers, men, wom-
en- and children, mostly children, In
northwestern North Dakota will suf-
Ter acute distress for want Of food
clothing and fuel unless considerable
assistance Is given to them." the gov.
ernor said.
Il know the people living in the
stricken territory for whom aid is
needed. With few exceptions, they
are worthy citizens. Many Of them
are pioneer settlers who homestead
ed In western North Dakota over q
generation ago.
by their industry, they have pro-
duced, for the state and nation, mil
lions Of bushels of grain and thou
sands of head of livestock. They
have built homes, reared families, es-
tablished schools and churches, con-
structed hundreds of miles of i'm
proved highways and contributed
much to the up-building Of North
Dakota.
"They are meeting the present crisis
with splendid courage and little COM
plant The federal government will
give them loans for livestock feeding
purposes, and the Red Cross, sup
ported by the citizenship of the state,
must do the rest.
Urged To Contribute
1T is estimated that between $780,
900 and 81 ,000, 900 will be required by
the Red Cross to adequately meet the
situation in our state. The people Of
North Dakota are invited to contrib
ute 100000 of that sum as their
share of the total amount required In
addition to such food. clothing and
other commodities as may be donated.
1T Is my earnest hope that no man,
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