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Evening star., 1932-02-07
Violin Bass Viol Invented.

Violins may be made to sing bass by
simply applying electricity, according 10
an inventor musician in France, who
has perfected a small device which
causes the change The device may be
quickly placed on the violin. the "juice"
turned on, and the delicate instrument
gives forth deep tones when the bow is
drawn across the strings.
Evening star., 1932-02-07
Saved BY Phone Call.

How a man was saved from death by
a telephone call was told at the inquest
into the explosion which caused the
death of As miners at the Bentley col
liery, near DoncaSter. England. A COL
liery worker named Swift said that he
left the pit a few minutes before the
blast, owing to an urgent private mes
sage he received over the telephone.
Evening star., 1932-02-07

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the nascent possibilities of future Of
florescence. He seems definitely to have
been the forerunner of the present Bush
man, but such type might conceiv-
ably have been the ancestor of other
races of modern man"
Evening star., 1932-02-07

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Evening star., 1932-02-07

Civil marriages in Glasgow, Scotland
last year totaled 2,017, an increase OF
SO over 1890.
Evening star., 1932-02-07
NUDES IN CITY THEATER
AROUSE FRENCH VOTERS
Belfort Mayor and His Friends
Face Defeat in lection-Art-
lists Rally to Support.

BELFORT, France, February 6 t4).-
Mayor Levy Grunwald and all his
adherents are threatened with defeat
in the May elections because they
permitted nudes in mural decoration
for the city theater.
Attacks upon the mayor became so
heated that when the theatCr was
inaugurated the artists who contributed
to the among them some of
Frances best-moved en- masSe into
Belfort' to defend their work and to
make election speeches on behalf OF the
mayor and his friends
BuchareSt's population increase in the
last 10 years was nearly 10 times that
of all Rumania.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
DAKOTA STAGES
PRIMARY TEST

BISMARCK, N. D., March IS
G.N.SD.-North Dakota was the
nations political cynosure today
as citizens went to the DOLLS to
vote in Republican and Demo
cratic primary elections.
The Democratic arena at.
tracted chief interest for there
Governor William H. C'Alfalfa
Bill"D Murray, of Oklahoma, was
waging a spirited battle. against
the forces supporting Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt. of New
York, as the party's presidential
nominee.
Democratic voters were to
choose between a set of Roosevelt
delegates to the national conven.
ton at Chicago in June and a
group of delegates pledged to
Murray. E.H-fl
In the preferential primary
former United States Senator Jo-
seph I. France, of Maryland was
bidding for the voters favor
against Jacob S. Coxey, of Mas
sillon, Ohio, the General" CoXey
of the famous March to Wash
ington many years ago.
President Hoover's name was
not placed. on the Presidential
preference ballot.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
FO|LED
BY AIR CHASE

LONDON, March IS G.N.S).
Modern science today had
thwarted the attempt of a youth
full couple to be married at
ancient Gretna Green.
Seventeen-year-old Tom Han
bury. son of Cecil Hanbury, M. p,
eloped with c-ually youthful Joan
Eve, daughter of the late Cap
tain Eve, killed in the World War,
to the famous Scottish black
smiths shop.
The smithy told the pair they
would have to live in Scotland
for three weeks before he could
marry them. Meanwhile the
couple learned that young Han
bury's mother and father we're
on their trail, via airplane. There
was no time to be lost. They
rushed to Glasgow.
But they failed again, for the
parents arrived to take the young
lovers back home to London.
Later they will be wed with for
mality, the parents said.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
VOTE GIVES LIFE
To DRY ISSUE

Prohibition promises to become
an acute issue in every congress
sional district next November.
The roll call of the House yes
terday on the indirect question Of
resubmitting the Eighteenth
Amendment to the States repre-
sents the battle map.
Both vets and drys we're study.
ing it today with unusual inter.
est, and with plans for November
already in the making. OF the
435 members of the House, 414
went definitely on record as to
where they stand on the issue of
resubmiSsion. For many of them
it was the first time they had
been forced to state where they
stood.
There were a good many quak-
ing hearts today on both sides as
the members realized that they
must explain and defend their
votes in their home districts in
the approaching primaries and
election.
Of course, the big city districts
are irretrievably wet and their
Representatives have little to
fear, but their rural brethren,
whether wet or dry, are in no
such position.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
k|DNAP|NGTR|AL
NEARS END

WARREN, Ohio, March IS
U.N.SO.-The fate of Dowell Har
graves, 30, accused kidnaper of
James De Jute, jr.. II, son of a
prominent Niles (Ohio) Contrac-
tor, was expected to be placed in
the hands of Common Pleas
Judge Lynn B. Griffith today.
Only one more States witness
remained to be called as the trial,
being heard without jury at the
request of the defense, neared a
close. Defense attorneys subpoe-
naed no witnesses.
While the State constructed a
case, which Prosecutor G. H. Bir-
rell hoped would warrant a pen
atty of life imprisonment for the
abduction of the boy, the defense
was believed to be contemplating
a motion for nolle pressing of the
indictment on the ground that
the extortion plot had not been
proved.
No direct evidence that ran
som had been demanded, sup
porting the extortion theory, has
been presented by any of the
nine witnesses for the State.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
DEFENDS
COED SLAYER

GLOBE, Ariz., March IS
G.N.SD Indian girls love
for her brave, over whom hovers
the shadow of the moose, shines
from the timid eyes of Jane Sey-
mour, beautiful young squaw Of
Golney (Mac) Seymour as she
sits by his side in a court room
where Seymour is on trial for
killing Henrietta Schmerler, the
New York coed who dared to
live among the Indians.
Separated from her husband
for five months when he was
held in Globe and Tucson jails
without bond, she showed no
emotion when she met him in
the court room. Their baby, just
a few months old, gazes wonder
ingly from the crib on his
mothers back. Accompanying
the wife and baby are Seymour's
aged parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
Seymour.
While Government witnesses
charge that Seymour attacked
and killed Miss Schmerler, with
whom he was infatuated, the
young Indian wife asserts he did
no wrong.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
26TOCONFRONT
INDIAN ON TRIAL
FOR MURDER.
Jury, Speedily Selected, Hears
First Witnesses Today in
Columbia Coed KilIinq

GLOBE, Ariz., March Is
(I.N.S.).-White mans justice
moved swiftly today with a
jury of 12 men selected on
the first day of the trial of
Golney Seymour, 81, Apache
Indian, charged with the
murder of Henrietta Schmer-
Ter, 25, Columbia University
coed.
Taking of testimony was to
start today with John Street,
United States Department of JUS
tice agent from Ell Paso, as the
first of the Governments 26 wit
neSSeS.
Some townfolk were alarmed
as Indians by the scores con-
tinued to come into Globe afoot,
on horseback and in automobiles
from the Apache, the White
River and San Carlos reserva-
tions.
Camp at Court House
They camped in a circle around
the courthouse last night and
were up early today.
1t was the first time a member
of the once fierce and mighty
Apache tribe had been tried on
a charge OF killing a woman.
Among the Apaches throngine
this little mining town was one
whose only name is "101," wear.
ing a headgear of turkey feathers
which his father, a fighter with
Geronimo, gave him. Also among
the tribeSmen were Seymour
parents and his young squaw.
Case Moves Rapidly
Wheels of the law moved
swiftly, in contrast with the re
cent trial of Winnie Ruth Judd,
the double trunk" murderesS. in
another Arizona court room this
year.
Within eight hours after the In.
dams trial was called yesterday
by Federal Judge Albert Sames, a
jury had been selected.
Seymour, the Government said
courted Miss Schmerler last sum-
mer while the white girl lived in a
cabin on the Apache reservation
'and gathered data about Indian
customs she had intended to in
clude in a thesis for an advanced
degree in anthropology.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
POWERS CLASH
WITH REICH

GENEVA. March is QN.S),
The big naval powers, defending
the Washington and London
treaties at today's session of the
naval commission of the dis
armament conference, clashed
head on with Germany and
Russia, who united in a firm
stand for further reductions in
sea armementS.
A sharp dispute developed
when Werner G.. Won Rheinbaben
of Germany, reiterated his coun'
try's refusal to accept the naval
category figures in the draft con
vention drawn up by the prepara
tory disarmament commission.
British Vice Admiral A. D. P
R. Pound replied to the German
and Soviet arguments:
"The Washington and Lon
don naval figures must remain
intact until 1886. They have
established a naval balance
which any modification will
disturb"
Senator Claude Swanson, OF
the American delegation, tacitly
seconded Admiral Pounds declar
alton, vigorously nodding his
aquiescence.
The Soviet delegation backed
up Germany by proposing aboli
ton of capital ships Of over
10000 tons. and the defining OF
cruisers as ships of between 1900
and 1000 tons and destroyers as
all under 1900 tons.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
1,O09 PEASANT IS
SHOT BY SOVIET

BUCHAREST, Rumania, March
IS G.N.SD.-Soviet guards along
the Russo-Rumanian border have
killed 1,O09 peasants who attempt,
ed to flee the famine-stricken
Ukraine without permits, it was
officially announced today by the
joint Russian and Rumanian in
vestigating committee.
These peasants, of whom 212
we're women and Al children, were
shot down by Soviet order as they
tried to cross the frozen Dniester
River, the border line here, dur.
ing the past few months.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
PARIS PRAISES
HIM FOR SAVING
THE FRANC
Match Magnate's $4,000, 900
Loan in 1927 Recalled;
Burial in Sweden

PARIS, March Is (I.N.S.).
Friends, pointing to the fact
that Ivar Kreuger had not
taken a holiday for Is years,
today declared the noted
financier would not have taken
his life had he not been too
tired to carry on.
A younger brother was making
arrangements to have the body
taken back to his native Sweden
for burial.
The Paris press, despite the
seriousness of the financial situa.
ton created by the violence of
Kreuger's death, had nothing but
praise for him. The country has
been grateful to him since he
loaned the government $75,00O,.
900 in 1927, making possible the
stabilization of the franc.
The suicide Saturday caused
the Bourse yesterday to expert
ence it's worst day since the
failure of the Kreditanstalt.
Losses averaged 10 to IL per
cent.
One of the reasons given for
the sharp decline, which occurred
despite favorable news from the
German elections, was the fact
that the market was in a vul.
nerable condition due to steady
rise for three weeks.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
RiOtOuS Shades
Decreed for
BreWerieS

Red, blue, black, yellow and
white-that's the new spring
color scheme for distilleries and
breweries of prohibition United
States.
Commissioner James M.
Doran, of the Industrial Alco-
hol Bureau, issued orders today
that all pipe lines used for con-
veyance of mash, beer, wine,
whisky, rum. brandy, fusel oil
and water must be painted with
designated colors.
In order to prevent diversion
the bureau will seal all pipe
joints and make periodical in
spections of plants. Serially
numbered seals have been pro-
Vided.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
Junior League Book
Sale to Aid Library

To create additional funds with
which to purchase books for the
American Merchant Marine Ii
brary, all first editions donated
during the recent book drive will
be placed on sale today at the
Junior League, 1929 Connecticut
Avenue.
Included among the rare edi-
tions are first printings of Laf-
cadio Hearn, Sinclair Lewis, Edith
Wharton, and early editions of the
poems and letters of Emily Dick
inSon,
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
|NRS.L.W.CALvER
D|ESHERE

Mrs. Lizzie W. Calver, 76, widow
of DR.. Thomas Calver and mother
of DR.. George w. Calver, United
States Capitol physician, died late
last night at her home at 207
A st. S. E.
Mrs, Calver, who was very we'll
known in charitable and fraternal
organizations, succumbed to the
effects of influenza, with which
she was stricken Saturday night.
Clara Barton Aide
She was associated with Miss
Clara Barton in the establishment
of Red Cross services in the Army
camps at Fort Myer and Washing.
ton at the time of the Spanish.
American War.
When the District Volunteers
were mustered out for a 60-day
furlough, she ran a temporary
home supported by voluntary con-
tributions of Washington citizens
for those members of the regiment
who were without home and
money.
She was president of the Legion
of Loyal Women and past matron
of Ruth Chapter, Order of Eastern
Star.
Had Rank of Major
During the World War she had
the rank of major in the Ameri-
can Red Cross, and did philan'
thropic and charity work.
She is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Mary Barker and Mrs.
Charles E. Ireton: her son, DR..
George Calver, and his wife, and
two grandchildren, Jessie Carleton
Calver and Georgiana Elizabeth
Calver.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
R|TCH|E BACKS
UTILITY BOARD

ANNAPOLIS, March 15.-In a
letter received by the city coun-
Gil today, Governor Albert c.
Ritchie refused to dismiss the,
members of the Public Service
Commission, whose removal was
requested by the Annapolis courl-
Gil and chamber of commerce.
The governor contended that
the commissioners are able, up
right men.
The Annapolis groups had In
sisted they were "pro-utility," fol
lowing their opposition to lower
electric and gas rates for the
State capital.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
Loss Turned Profit
Bu Arnold Constable

Report of Arnold Constable
Corp. and subsidiaries for year
ended January 81, 1882, shows
net profit of $161,798 after taxes,
depreciation, minority interest
and other charges, equivalent to
48 cents a share on 337 100 no.
par shares of capital stock.
This compares with net loss of
S562,2 ,222 in preceding fiscal year.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
Taft School Certain,
Civic Group Hears

Assurances that Congress would
appropriate $25O,OOO for the pro-
posed Taft Junior High School,
to be erected at Quincy and
Eighteenth Streets Northeast,
were made last night at a meet
ing of the Brookland Citizens
Association.
Resolutions commended the
police of the Fifth precinct for
splendid work in handling chill
dren in traffic; opposed any in
crease in real estate taxes, and
requested the District Commits
sionerS to grade and surface Four
teenth Street from Newton
Street to Michigan Avenue.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
BILL PROVIDES
MORE JOBS

Enactment of the 1882 revenue
bill. pending in the House would
necessitate establishment of an
additional Federal bureau and
probably several hundred positions,
Representative Henry T. Rainey
Cd of Illinois, majority floor
leader, said today.
The Ways and Means Com
mittee, which drafted the meas
ure, could not definitely fix the
number of employees the new bu'
reau would require, Rainey said,
Final decision will be left to the
Treasury Department.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
-Four Win in Weekly
Bridge Tournament

Trophy winners at the weekly
duplicate bridge tournament at
the Hotel Gordon last night under
the direction of Mrs. Alma E.
Byrne Hwere: North and South,
Mrs. Dixie Wright, 3016 Porter
st. N. W., and E. B. Swanson.
2012 @ st. N. W.; East and West,
Mrs. Lottie Hoover Jackman, La
Sale Apartments, and Frank B
Lord, 2O3l Park Rd. N. w.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
Police to Enforce
S1fetU Zone SDeed

Violation of the regulations gov
erning the speed of automobiles
passing street car loading plat
forms will be strictly enforced
by police, following warning by
Police Court officials yesterday.
The limit Is is miles an hour.
A number of arrests have re-
Gently been made and traffic
officers have been instructed to
push" the campaign to reduce
the violations.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
Byrnes Asks Merger
For u. S. Farm Board

The bill to abolish the Federal
Farm Board and transfer its ac-
tivities to the Department of
Agriculture was considered today
by the Senate Committee on
Agriculture.
Sponsored by Senator Byrnes
CD of South Carolina, the bill
would also authorize discontinue
ance of surplus control opera
tons under the agricultural
marketing act.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
Armstrong Students
To Exhibit TrGininq

Demonstrating the work Of
students in vocational and tech
nical courses, the annual in
dustrial arts exhibit of the Arm
strong High School will be held
tonight at 8 o'clock at the school.
All shops and classes will be
open, with students working at
their various assignments.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
TGkOn1d Park Grocer
Sues for S263 Bill

H. r. Thompson, Of Takoma
Park, Md, through Attorney Wal
ter L. Green. of Hyattsville, has
filed suit in the Circuit Court at
Rockville for a $263.67 grocery bill
against Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Har-
riS.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
Times Staff Member
Addresses Students

Newspaper Composition" was
the subject of a talk given last
evening by Frank L. Baer, copy
editor of The Washington Times,
before the journalism class of
Mckinley Night School. A gen.
eral discussion followed.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
Suit Asks $500
For AUeQed Breach

Frances Gray, through AT
torney John E. Oxley. Of Rock.
vile, has filed suit in the Circuit
Court at Rockville for $4,000 dam.
ages from Frank L. Hewitt, whom
she charges failed to live up to an
agreement made when she de-
posted 5000 with him for the
sale of lot in Silver Spring for
81 500
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
FINED AS DRUNK DRIVER

Harry Crilly, 8 Lloyd Ave.
Braddock, was fined 500 and
costs in Alexandria police court
today for driving under the in
fluence of liquor. His car struck
a truck and another car on Glib
bonS Street.
The Washington times., 1932-03-15
DesertiOn Charged,
DiUOrce Is Granted

Judge Robert B. Peter at Rock
vile granted an absolute divorce
to Arthur Merchant, of Takonla
Park, Mo-, from Polly Ann Mer-'
chant, charging desertion. .~
Evening star., 1932-02-18
SPRINCTIME
BY D. C. PEATTIR.
CrocuNs.

Crocuses.
Crocuses! What would young love
in an English novel be without oro-
cuses2 What would our American
Spring be without them-these first,
uncertain and often treacherous days
Of earlier Spring? In the woods there
is nothing shower than skunk-cabbase
I fear, with = few pussy willows and
alder catkins. and the first wild naples
and 'elms in flower. Happy the lawn
that is spangled now with crocuses
Grateful and enviouS are the neighborS
Fastening by, for the field-of-the cloth
of-gold that crocuSes make Of q nttlG
suburban lot
We must go to Greece. to Provence
to the Caucasus to learn where cro-
cuses grow wild. Yes, actually; I've
seen them; it's memorable moment
for a flower lover. But do not imagine
that in the wild they look any finer
than right here in the District not a.
fine, indeed, for they do not usually
grow crowded together, and in any one
place there is seldom more than one
color of crocus to be seen. The en-.
chanting blue and gold and white ef-
fects that you can so easily obtain
easily. that is, by sending in an order;
I don't pretend that these sprttes are
cheaply sold) are due to the hybridizers'
and breeders skill and, of course. to
the artful admixture Of numerous
species of crocus in the same nursery
packet.
They speak to us, certainly, Of an
other sort of Spring than that we know
here in the District. something far
warmer and more opulent and colorful
"a Mediterranean Spring. Ours Is .
shyer, more tremulous, wilder affair
and some would add sweeter and more
lovable Perhaps, that is taste. Of
which there is more disputing than
there ought to be. But the most
Evening star., 1932-02-18
Everyday Psychology
BY DIR. JESSE W. sPRowLs.

What do you mean when you say
that so-and-so is eccentric? Literally,
Of course, the term means "on-center."
Actually, 1t means almost anything,
when you unsympathetically try to de-
scribe q personality that doesn't meas
ure up to your idea Of acceptable or
sanctionable behavior.
There are two sorts Of eccentric peo-
pie: Normal eccentrics and "cranks.
The normal eccentrics are those who
possess so much originality that tne
average man can't understand them.
They have such vivid imaginations that
their minds rotate in orbits too vast
for the average mind to compreneno.
When you say that such person is
eccentric, you are only exposing your
own narrow -mindedneSs.
When Edisons phonograph was first
demo onstrate before the French
Academy of Science in 1878. the mem
bers of that learned body thought that
the demonstration was trying to play q
practical joke. One Of that BODY
theor;zed about the thing for six
months, and concluded that ventrilo-
quism was connected with the demon
StratiOn.
Evening star., 1932-02-18

the outer rind II you pour boiling
water over the fruit and let stand for
five minutes before starting to peel.
This applies also to grapefruit
Did you know that very good pie
crust can be made without lard or
butter by using instead two table
spoonfllls Of olive oil to each pound
Of -four? TO cut pastry neatly, leav-
ing no ragged edges. dip q dry, clean
knife In -four and use quickly.
Evaporated milk win whip quickly
II you heat 1t almost to the boiling
point. then place it in the refrigerator.
When very cold, whip 1t, and 1t will
begin to thicken at once.
Plants are sensitive things and dur
ing the Winter, when standing In
steam-heated rooms, they cannot stand
the shock Of ice-cold water. Stand
the pots for q few moments in q deep
dish or in the tub into which luke
warm water has been poured. This
usually Is better than watering the
plant from the top.
Plain lemon Juice and water make
q very refreshing mouth wash and to
counteract an acid condition of the
stomach nothing is better than a glass
Of lemon juice and water to which a
Evening star., 1932-02-18
DELI lNlL - i O1llIO ". Burgess.

somewhat foolisl1ly.
IF it isn't ! do.it know whose 1t
Is" she replied rather tartly.
"But-but-I didn't think 1t was time
yet" he protested.
That is because you don't think OF
anything but your ostomach," retorted
Mrs. Monkey-face. What did you think
I have made that nest for? It Is so
warm and comfortable here that we
can raise a family earlier than we ever
could before. Aren't you pleAsed?"
"Of course I am pleased. never
was more pleased in my life," replied
Monkey-face, leaning forward and
touching the egg gently. Il am Just
surprised, and 1t Is q most happy sur
prise. 1t is indeed, my dear"
I'm glad to hear you say It," re-
torted Mrs. Monkey-face dryly, "for
from now on you will have something
to think about besides your own
stomach. If we are to raise family
you will have to do your share. Don't
forget that"
Have I ever failed to do that?"
asked Monkey-face reproachfully.
NO. she replied, Il can't say that
you have. I'm just warning you that
there are busy times ahead, very busy
times. Now we'll go out for our din
ner"
All that night as he hunted, Monkey
face chuckled