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The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Jap Planes Fly
Over ChinChoW

PEIPING, Dec. 81 QN.SO.-
Japanese airplaneS flew over
Chinchow today. although no
bombs were dropped and the
maneuvers were believed to be
simply accommodating trips for
the benefit Of the forces advancing
on the Chinese city from the
north.
The Chinese withdrawal from
Chinchow is expected to require
about five days. This would in
dicate a clash may occur at this
last Chinese outpost when the
japanese enter it.
Complete occupation Of Kou.
pangtze by Japanese troops was
impeded by two feet of snow.
The Peiping-Mukden railway
was badly disarranged because OF
the military activity. Trains were
running only as far as Chinchow,
and some were 18 hours behind
schedule,
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GigoLo Bureau
Open to Girls
off, N. 7.

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 U.N.
S.).-"Dates, Dates! Who'll
have a nice, manly New Year
Eve gigolo date, guaranteed
drink-proof, attentive, and at
tractive?"
All it costs is $40, and a
little nerve.
For the firs3 time in history
escorts for girls are available
in this reputedly cruel and un-
friendly city. You just call a
newly-born guide and hostess
bureau, specify what kind Of
man you want and where you
want him to take you-and
presto! You are relieved Of
the ordeal of sitting alone with
your thoughts while 1882 rolls
in,
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
WOMEN 4 TO |.
FOR RETURN
To LIQUOR
Returns From Small ToWns
Surprises; Final Tally to
Take a Week
HELsINGFORs, Findland,

+ HELSINGFORS, Findland,
1 Dec. 81 (I.N.S.). - Finnish
voters have decided over
whelmingly against prohibi-
tion, returns available tonight
on the referendum held Tues
day and yesterday indicated,
and the National Parliament
is expected to repeal the dry
law almost at once, leaving
the United States the only
country under prohibition.
With nearly 100000 votes taou-
lated tonight, advocates Of repeal
had cast 144,635 ballots against
.SS,247 for the prohibitionists.
Only a few thousand votes were
cast for light wine and beer. an
alternative measure placed before
the people.
Women voters, with specially
colored ballots, registered nearly a
four-to-one protest against pro-
hibition, much to the surprise OF
the dryS.
DR.. Ramsay, leader of the wet
forces in the Helsingfors city
council, predicted tonight that, at
least, So per cent Of the entire
electorate will be found to have
declared against prohibition when
all the returns are in. Reports
from the rural distictS are ex'
pected to reduce the vets present
lead, but it is virtually impossible
to overcome it. Final returns are
not expected for a week.
:. DR.. Liakka, prohibition leader,
blamed the dry defeat upon the
heavy SHOWS, which prevented
many rural voters from going to
the polls.
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CH|NCHOW( ( FALL
DUE TOMORROW
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armored carloads of infantrymen,
took the city with virtually no
fighting. They had been en-
camped on the outskirts during
the night after their advance
from the southeast.
The main body Of General
lannon's army was to enter the
city later in the day.
Chinchow Is Next
The unit was to be joined by
another japanese army marching
from the north under General
Kamura, and together they were
to proceed south along the Peip-
ing-Mukden Railway into Chin
chow.
General Kamura's army left
TahuShan at dawn, crushing
handily what little resistance it
met. Tahushan was captured
yesterday.
The Japanese planned to enter
Chinchow tomorrow.
May Broadcast Battle
If the Chinese resist and a bat
tie results, japanese military head
quarters will install microphones
at the scene of conflict to broad
cast the sounds of the battle to
troops and officers at Mukden.
The Chinese evacuation of Chin
chow continues. Chang Hsueh-
Liange men are being moved
south of the Great Wall of China
as expeditiously as possible, the
railway line being taxed with the
rolling of full trains southwark
and their return for more sol
diers.
Chang, in evacuating the city,
declared he was doing it in defer
ence to the League OF Nations
and to test Japanese sincerity.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Committee Named
For 'Y's' Annual Fete

A special committee Of Y. M.
C. A. members to greet guests at
the joint Young Men's-Young
women's Christian Association
New Year Day celebration at the
Central Y. M. c. A. Building, has
been named by Leonard w. De.
Cast, general secretary.
Fred M. Nettleship is chairman
Of the committee and E. M. Willis
is Secrtary. Other members are
K. c. Buker, Dick Bumgartner,
c. Edward Beckett. L. B. Quimby,
w. r. Lansford, Carl H. Horn,
r. L. Shemwell, J. A. Walker,
Capt. c. o. Howard. Ellis Klein,
C. F. Smith, Thomas J. Frailey,
L. e. George, Albert Muehlhaus;
Sam j. Eggert. Florian Miller, H.
B. Cowden. Robert Carrico. Ralph
Haupt, S. Lasica, D. II. Smith and
r. w. Dunlap.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
HUN 7 LUNAT|C
AS PROWLER

Police today hunted a demented
middle aged man, following at
tempts to enter houses in the
vicinity of Eastern High School.
Early this morning Mrs. May
Weadon, 40 Fifteenth st. N. E.,
told police a man entered her
apartment and frightened her SO
that she tainted.
She said the intruder, who ap-
peared to have an infected eye,
stood over her bed and stared
at her. Nothing was stolen.
Mrs. Weadon told police it was
the second such experience.
Some time later this morning
John A. Smith, 326 Fourteenth
Pl. N. E., was awakened by sounds
of someone trying to enter his
apartment. Selling his revolver.
Smith crept to the window and
fired a shot at the burglar, who
fled. Smiths description of the
intruder Tailed with that of the
one who entered Mrs. Weadon'S
apartment.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Consulate Officials
Guarded in New York

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 GN.S0.
Heavy police guards were ordered
today over italian consulate Of
ficials and other intended victims
of the allegedly anti-FasciSt bomb
plot frustrated in Easton, Pa.
The office of the italian news
paper II Progresso, owned by
Generoso Pope, wealthy contractor
and publisher, was one of the
places given special protection.
DR.. Italo Carlo Falbo, city
editor of the paper. and Pope
were. among those to whom in
fernal machines were posted in
EaSton.
Emanuele Grazzi, italian con-
sui, declared he had received no
threats.
S. M. Pine, Pope's secretary,
said in the latter's absence that
the Pope newspapers here we're
not pro-FaSciSt or anti-Fascist. He
explained they adhered to Q non
partisan policy.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Preacher SUES
FOR LOST LOVE.

CHICAGO, Dec. 81 qNS).
Fifty letters will form the basis
of the 100000 alienation Of af-
fections suit filed against Will
liam B Storey, president Of the
Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad, and his wife by the
Rev. Ulysses Grant Warren, of
Corning, N. Y.
This was the announcement
today of william B. Gemmill, the
minister's attorney, who said his
clients declaration will allege
that his wife, Edith, was
estranged from him by Mr.. and
Mrs. Storey.
Most of the so letters to be
introduced as testimony in the
impending suit, Gemmill de-
clared, were exchanged between
Mrs. Storey and Mrs. Warren and
indicate a long friendship be-
tween the minister's wife and
the railroad magnate's household
circle.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
JACK DEMPSEY
DENIES WOO|NG
ESTELLE
Ex-Champ Lays at Rest Crop
of Rumors; in California
for Tulane Game
By MILLER HOLLAND
Copyright. 1881. by International
News Service)

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 81
I.N.S.l.-"I'm not engaged
to any Utah heiress. :
I'm not engaged to any
body else.
I'm not seeking a recon
ciliation with my divorced
wife, Estelle Taylor.
"If Estelle is engaged to
marry a good-looking Chi
cago man, I know nothing
about it. It's her business.
There's nothing I can say or
do about it. "
Jack DempTey was talking.
The former heavyweight cham
pion, who will shoot the works
during 1882 in a "one and las
to regain his title, wa
answering a lot of questions fo1
international News Service.
The Picture OF HealCn
The picture of health, and al
genial as ever, Jack talked while
a barber shaved him in a suit
at a hotel. It was just befor'
Jack departed by automobile TO
Los Angeles, where he was du'
to arrived today for at least tw'
purposes:
l. To attend the Tulane-U. S
c. football classic on New Yea
Day.
2. To referee the Al-Brown
SPEEDY" Dado. bantamweigh
bout Monday night. 1t will b.
his first appearance as a refere'
since he started his comebacl
several months ago.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Debt Bloc Formation
Interests Washington

Formation Of a European bloc
for the twofold purpose of find
ing a solution of the troublesome
reparations problem and of fore
ing" the United States to revise
existing debt agreements aroused
great interest in Washington to-
day-but it was the interest Of
a detached bystander.
The United States will not be
represented at the Lausanne con-
ference of 10 nations which Great
Britain and France have Jointly
sponsored for January 18. An
unofficial observer may be as
signed to attend and report the
results of the conference, but
even that is uncertain.
The reason for the Washington
attitude is that Congress. for all
practical purposes, has virtually
taken debt negotiation from the
hands of President Hoover by de-
claring its firm opposition to any
VI ULACA 4COuCOAOAA VI NebAANOAAoOAOAA
of the debts Europe owes the
Treasury.
PARIS, Dec. 81 G.N.SD.-The
French cabinet today officially
approved of Lausanne, Switzer.
land, as the place to hold the
coming European reparations and
debts conference, although it left
open the date.
LONDON, Dec. 81 G.N.SO.
When Germany's creditor nations
assemble at Lausanne, Switzer-
land. next month to discuss debts
and reparationS, Great Britain
will seek an agreement which
will inspire investors to conf
dence in Germany and permit a
free flow of trade" enabling
Germany's foreign frozen credits
to be repaid speedily.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
BERLIN AGREES
To JANUARY 18
FOR PARLEY
Date Appears to Be Decided
Despite frances Plea
for More Time $

BERLIN, Dec. 81 (I.N.S.).
The German government today
officially agreed to January
18 as the date Of the Euro
pean reparations conference
and Lausanne as the place, fol-
lowing Great Britain s indirect
invitation.
Thus it appeared more likely
than ever that January 18 would
be the date of convention. al
though France has repeatedly
asked for a few more days in
order to allow her cabinet min
listers time to finish domestic
business before tackling the diff
ficult debt problem.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Silver Star Citation
To Infantry Private

The War Department today
announced the posthumous
award of the silver star citation
for gallantry in action during
the World War to Charles H.
Miller, private, infantry. The
citation reads:
miller voluntarily exposed
himself to heavy enemy fire,
to assist in recovering the
body of a comrade who had
been killed while crawling be-
tween the German first and
second line trenches"
Mrs. Louisa c. Miller, of
Blanchard, Iowa, his mother, is
his next of kin.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
POLICE SEARCH.
FOR BOMBERS

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and weighed about six pounds.
Kennedy said:
"This is the work Of Soviet
agencies. The bomb is typical
of Russian construction"
Mccartney Agrees
Mccartney. who agreed with
the theory, told local authorities
the explosive in the bombs was
Of greater power than ordinarily
is used. e..
While Federal officials sought
the motive for the plot, Penn
sylvania and New Jersey State
police secured the region for
three men who placed the deadly
parcels in the hands of the post
office workers. Descriptions of
the men and of a small auto
mobile in which they drove to
the postoffice were broadcast over
the entire Pennsylvania-New Jer-
Sey-New York area and every
filling station in a 50-mile radius
was checked for trace of the car.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31

Ject OF "a
fairy oper a
for the child
lik e." DR..
John ErSkine
wrote = the Ii
brettoS a n d
Louis Gruen-
berg the score.
Prof. Erskine
improves the
legendary tale
by filling in
the f a m lily
history before
Jack m a d e
his way up
in the world.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31

They then
S t ole silently
from the house
and drove in a
fast motor car
IS miles to the
home of Lady
FurneSS at Mel.
ton Mowbray,
W h ere they
joined in a gay
p a r ty until
dawn.
Returning to
the royal resi-.
dence the two
princes found
Al
The Washington times., 1931-12-31

enjoyed t n q
p e rformance
of a choir OF
school chill
d re n W h o
sang for him,
and he prom.
ised t h e m q
C ri S t mas
present.
The 400
children, who
h a d b e e n
S p e c ulating
On wlapthar
Mayor Walk
er would re-
~nnnhnr fhA
The Washington times., 1931-12-31

new to chortle
about today
d u rim g tn q
cocktail hour.
The tw
princes, being
quite human, it
seems, are heirs
to hu m a n
quirks.
When bore
dom battened
on them Wnlle
they were WIS.,
iting Kin g
G e orge and
Queen Mary at
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Wales and Brother Fool
King to 60 Whoopee'

LONDON, Dec. 81 0NS).
The Prince of Wales and his
brother, Prince George, were Civ.
ing a blaSe Mayfair something
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Child Choir Gets
Gifts From Walker

BERLIN, Dec. 31.-During his
last visit to Berlin Mayor James
j. Walker of New York greatly
The Washington times., 1931-12-31

PRINCE OF WALES S n ringham
on Christmas Eve, they set the
clocks ahead one hour and
hustled their royal parents off to
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Jack m tn BeanstaIk
Now ChiId's Opera

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 G.NSO.
The first flag-pole sitter, Jack.
of beanstalk fame, is tn sub
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
"DEPRESSION ILLUSION"

Harry D. Appleby, psychologist,
will speak on The Depression II.
lusion" Saturday night at 8 o'clock
at 140O New Hampshire Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31

He also adds a philosophical
COW to the cast which is as
stubborn as a human being
and much more truthful.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31

h ms elves PRINCE GEORGE
lockcd out. After considerable ef-
fort they reused shivering ser.
want who admitted them.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31
Phone District $3.50

Yes, sir-an Ad.Taker to help you carry out
this New Years Resolution is always ready
to assist you in preparing your Classified
Advertising for publication in The Morning
Herald and Evening Times.
The Washington times., 1931-12-31

promise given so long ago, were
delighted when they received
81 each. The money had been
sent to the head of the choir
by the mayor.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-14
Mr.. Justice Holmes

Chief Justice Hughes in his radio speech in COM
memoration Of the ninetieth birthday of Mr.. Justice
Holmes called his associate 'invincibly young" Those
two words sum up the matter concisely and accurately.
Few men experience active life at ninety. Holmes
creed is ITO live is to function" His decision is not to
retire until he can no longer function. That outlook on
life has kept him young and his mind today is as alert
and supple as ever.
What a wealth Of experience has been his! Born in
184l, eight years before the California gold rush; long
before the wealth and Importance of the great western
frontier we're known. Upon his graduation. the Civil war
had been in progress a year. He threw himself into
that struggle on the side OF the Union and was wounded
three times, once seriously. He began the study of law
when American Jurisprudence was emerging from a most
trying epoch. It has been his lot to contribute might
lily to it's development over a period Of several decades.
For nearly half a century he has served his state and
his nation as a distinguished jurist. He was often heard
to say: 1.-THE work Is never done while the power to
work remains"
He has been: referred to as the great dissenter, but
that term does not reflect the real character of the man.
1t was he who said that 1.-The life of the law has not been
logic; it has been experience" He based his decision on
the theory: that the best test of truth is the power of
the thought to get itself accepted in the competition Of
the market. and that truth is the only ground upon
which their wishes sOhe peoples) can be carried out.
That at any rate is the theory Of our Constitution.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-14
Quotations

washington is not only the nations
capital. It Is the symbol Of America.
President Hoover.
Only by seeing the United States
in its immensely car one judge how
powerful ind wonderful a nation she
really is.-George Jelinski, Polish Boy
Scout world tourer.
want babies-lots of twins, if pos
sible.-LOi; Moran, actress.
X X X
We have seen thousands OF bank
failures, and it is q great reflection
on the American people II they can't
get protection against this condition.
Owen D. Young.
\ \ X
The 9TH amendment was adopted
at the same time as the 18th, but no
one has yet set up the cry that the
former is Unconstitutional as every
once In a while they do regarding the
18th amendment.-Mrs. John Brooks
Henderson o. washington.
X X
In a public place I am a lady. In
my own home I am 9 devil.-Lupe
Velez.
X 4 4
# I ever do q talkie it will not be
as Charlie Chaplin.--Charlie Chaplin.
4 -
Boiled down to the bottom Of the
pot, q moron is anybody who doesn't
agree with you.-Dr. Louis e. Bisch.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-14

dark continent" in the interest Of science during the
past 10 years have repeatedly urged the establishment OF
sanctuaries to preserve species of animal life that are
fast disappearing. Africa is becoming civilized.
All this is thoroughly disheartening to one who likes
to believe that somewhere In far-off places real adven-
ture still exists. And what Of future generations of small
boys? Already most youngsters have discovered that
cowboys can be found only in rodeos or wild west troupes;
that Indian reservations are groups of farm houses with
here and there a filling station or soft drink stand. AS
for pirates-they disappeared a hundred years ago.
Now there is to be no Africa, no impenetrable jungles
made blood-curdling by the roar Of lions, the thunder
Of herds Of elephants and blazing campfires waiting for
cannibals to toast their victims. OF course, there is
still the circus. but the lure of the big Top was never
the same as that of the jungles. Africa modern? Africa
civilized? Yes, it is all most dsheartening.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-14
The Reward of Faith

Charles Curtis Of Pomeroy, O., may smile q little
sometimes at the notices and poems which optimisticany
tell the world to keep on keeping on. 1t IS so exactly
what he did. And he won.
It took him "a years to learn to walk after a farm
accident paralyzed him at the age Of 20. But he never
gave up.
He could only move his head for the first 10 years
of his illness. But he could talk into the telephone and
give news as q country correspondent for a newspaper
Most men have an idea that heroes are found only at
the head Of the line of march where warriors go, steel
clad. to follow the flame of a gallant banner. They have
not learned that there are infinitely greater martyr
dons where it takes more strength to make a lantern OF
ones courage and swing it in the dark. than to face the
conquering cannons.
So Charlie Curtis kept on. Not because he wanted
to be q hero. Just because he wanted to walk. AFTER
10 years he sensed a slight feeling in the tips OF his toes
and fingers. Then he found he could roll over ana
could crawl . few inches. His sister fitted pads to his
knees and hands as he crept. Then he grew strong
enough for crutches and finally he threw them aside and
walked. Now at the age OF 70, he walks proudly ana
ssyly from house TO house, with wares to sell.
He won his reward q pair Of legs which most men
never lose. He did 1t because his faith never 1altereo.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-14
Today Is the
Anniversary Of
RUYSDAEL'S BIRTH

RUYSDAEL'S BIRTH
On March IA, 1923, Jacob Ruysdael,
the most eminent painter of the
Dutch school,. was born at Harlem,
Holland.
After studying under his uncle,
Jacob was received into the guild in
his home town. He moved to Am
sterdam about 1866, where he soon
obtained citizenship rights. At this
time he travelled widely In. his native
land and In the outlying hill region
of Germany. -.
He was a close observer Of nature
and chose for his paintings the flat
and homely scenery of his native
country, with lonely hamlets, water
mills, dark sheets of water overshad-
owed by trees. His forest, mountain
and waterfall scenes are called highly
poetic.
In 1851 Ruysdael returned to Har-
lem poo- and sick, and his Mennonite
coreligionists procured for him ad-
mission to the almshouse, where he
died in March, 1852.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-14
Building Opportunity
Cargo FORUM

Times of adversely, also times of opportunity-for the
thrifty and foresighted. .--
Take as an instance the building industry. There
hasn't been a time since the war when building could
be done on such a low cost basis as at the present
moment. Lumber is low, hardware is low. labor is low,
and, in such times as these, bargains are to be had in
building sites.
Fargo lumber dealers, hardware dealers and other
building supply men report that their prices have been
reduced until they are now on a lower level than at
any time since the war and in some cases are even down
to pre-war levels.
Also contractors and others in the building trades are
now seeking to keep crews intact and are ready to make
sacrifices in profits just to keep things going until more
prosperous times appear.
Undoubtedly there are many persons in Fargo who
have been planning on q home of their own. Others
are living in houses which, would be improved by con-
siderable undermining. We believe they will find the
present building situation one well, worth studying.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1931-03-14
An international Language

A new magazine, 1.-THE international Forum" has be-
gun publication in Berlin. It is to be a monthly. devoted
to "the exposition Of German, American and British
IDEAS. - "
And this new international magazine, which will con-
tain work by German, British and American writer's. is
printed entirely in English, The editor explains that
a great many educated Germans read and speak Eng
lsh, but that few Of the corresponding class in Britain
or America understand German. French was considered
for the magazine, but rejected on the ground that, de-
spite it's reputation as an international language, French
is really "a medium Of exchange among the Latin races.
So English it is. and one more victory in the bloodless
battle that is making our own tongue the international
language. None Of the several efforts to create an
artificial language has made anything like the progress
toward universally that has been made by English,
aided by literature and tho rowing spirit Of its peoples,
and latterly receiving q still further impetus from the
radio.