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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28
CHAPTER VII
Court of Public Opinion

Jasper did not ride up to the house
at the sheep ranch and announce him
self. He turned up an arroyo that
brought him unobserved to a pocket in
the hills. Here he left his horse and
climbed to the rolling ground above.
Carefully, so as not to be at any time
within observation from the house, he
worked his way to grove of live oaks
in draw. From this he could look
down on the ranch.
He laced his hands around his mouth
and gave the boot of an owl. Twice,
at intervals of half minute, he re-
peated this.
Presently from the back door Of the
house slim and graceful figure
emerged. AS she walked up the rise
toward the grove q little breath of
wind brought the print dress about her
limbs so that the skirt chung to her
knees and remodeled itself at each
step. There was something in the ges-
ture Of her fine and exquisite. Mo-
mentarily she stood silent, her breast
rising and falling fast from the climb.
After one swift glance her eyes had
fallen before his.
"What do you want with me?" she
asked at last.
The hateful note Of triumphant vic
tory was In his laugh. "What do you
reckon want with you?'
The look on his face sent the color
flying to her cheeks. There was moth
ing In the armory of her innocent and
girlish coquetry to protect against such
grossness.
"You-keep' at me-" she faltered.
"You won't let me alone: If had any
thing to give you-anythin at ALL
She was considering in her mind,
as she had done hundred times.
whether there was any way to raise
money enough to buy him off, and she
knew, as she had each time decided.
that there was no chance of this I'M
less she made clean breast of her
dilemma to Ann.
II amt unreasonable" he said. SIN
askin' you to marry me, girl Do that
an what I know will be buried. Fair
enough, amt it? You'll be maxim
good deal. I'll be some husband, if 1
do say so my own self"
At this she flared out, "Neyer!
Never No matter how much you bully
me. I'd rather kill myself" she pas
sionately cried, with the unconscious
melodrama of youth.
1T amt a question of you KILN
yoreself, but of you sending yore sister
to be hanged, or leastways to the pen
for life. You'll throw in with me or
I'll sure enough put her through.
never rue back. Not me-" He en-
phasized the claim with an oath. You
can't help yoreself. 1 got the dead
wood on you, an I'll certainly 70
through"
"You wouldn't do that" she begged,
one hand clasping the other small
knotted fist In an agony of fndeefsfon.
mo man would do that to two lone
girls when-when things were like
they were"
"Wouldnt If' He thrust his face
forward, lids narrowed so that his
eyes were mere points Of glfttering
light. "Grab it from me, l would.
Chieto, compadre! What's eatin' you
anyhow? Amt Jasper Stark good
enough for sheepwoman?'
Il didn't say you weren't good
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28
Historic Tapestry

The Bayeaux tapestry is large
piece Of needlework or embroidery on
web of white canvas PA feet long
and 20 inches wide, depicting in a
panorama the invasion and conquest
of England by William the Conqueror.
1t is said to have been worked large
ly by Matilda, wife Of the Conqueror,
for the bishop Of Bayeaux, for the
cathedral in that town in Normandy,
France.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28

ternal pangs. One definite thing we
know about him is that he had plenty
of rheumatism.
Our knowledge is so certain on this
score because the only remains of most
primitive men we have are the bones;
and the ravages of rheumatism are ex-
hibited in bony structure.-Logan
Clendenng, M. d. in the Forum and
Century.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-07-28
"chime." and "Carillon"

Chimes are technically set Of sta
tionary bells, three to twelve in num-
her. tuned to major scale intervals II
there are more bells and they are
tuned to chromatic intervals 1t is a
carlton. Both may be played by hand,
by and-directed mechanism or auto
matically.
Evening star., 1932-12-30
STOkOWSkI DENIES
NAME WAS STOKES
Philadelphia Conductor Resents
Story in London Weekly and
Suggests Inquiry Into Records.

BY the Associated Press.
:. PHILADELPHIA, December 30
Stokowski's the neme--Leopold Anton
Stanislaw Stokowski-and the conduc-
tor of the Philadelphia Orchestra re-
sents> implications his real name Is
Lionel Stokes.
Taking cognisance Of q note In the
November 20 issue of the Era, London
theatrical weekly. to the effect that he
Is an Englishman who changed his
name, StokowSki seid today:
Several persons have printed the
statement that my name is not Stokow-
ski, but that it was originally Stokes
and that when I came to America I
changed it to Stokowski SIG.
This statement is entirely untrue.
My name has always been Stokowski
and has never been Stokes. am named
after my grandfather Leopold Stokow-
ski of I,ubhn, Poland.
MY fathers name was Boleslaw
Stokowski and this statement can easily
be verified in Europe. As q boy ! was
educated at the Royal College of Music
in London and the records there will
show that my name was always Sto-
k0wSki. Also the records OF my family
can be obtained in Poland"
Evening star., 1932-12-30
MRS. POSTLES DIES
AT RESIDENCE HERE
Came to Capital 25 Years Ago and
Had Been Ill Since Loss Of
Husband Last August.

Mrs. Virginia Lee Postles widow of
Zadock H. Postles. died yesterday at
her home. 1915 Park place, after q long
illness. She had lived in Washington
for the last IS years, and had been i'll
since the death Of her husband last
August.
Mrs. PoStles was born at the old
Hudgin house, Cricket Hill. Matthews
County, Va. She Is survived by 10
children, Mrs @. Elmer Flather. Mrs.
w. Raymond Thomas and Miss Rowena
Postles Of Washington. T. H Postles,
jr.. Of California; Miss Irene Postles.
Boston: Hugh G. Postles, Waycroft, Va; ;
Mrs. John J. White. New Jersey: Miss
Elizabeth Postles. New York City, and
Mrs. Helen Postles Hudgin and Findlay
Postles Of Matthews County.
-Four sisters, Mrs. Fannie Blake Bal
timore: Mrs Carrie E. Hoffman and
Misses Irene and Rowene E. Hudgins of
Washington; a brother. H. Clifford
HudginS. Matthews County, and IL
grandchildren also survive
Funeral services will be held at 3
pm. tomorrow from the S. H. Hines
funeral home. The body will be taken
to Dover, Del, for burial Monday.
Evening star., 1932-12-30
CONTEST arranged
WITH AUTO SHOW
Dealers and Star Sponsoring
Prize Puzzles Again
This Year.

A prize puzzle contest will again be
staged Hy the Washington Automotive
Trade Association with the co-opera-
ton Of The Evening and Sunday Star.
The contest will be conducted in an
SRort to stimulate interest in the an
nual automobile show which will be
held at the Washington Auditorium.
Ninteenth and E streets, January %
10 February 5, inclusive.
Similar Lines Followed.
The contest will be run on similar
lines as the one last year. One nun
dred dollars in prizes will be awarded
with 100 free tickets to the show. First
prize will be $50 and four tickets. sec
ond prize will be S25 and four tickets
third prize will be $40 and four tickets
and fourth prize will be S. and four
tickets. In addition there will be 10
prizes of 81 each and four tickets. For
honorable mention 25 prizes will be
awarded OF two tickets each.
The contest will start Sunday in the
automobile section Of The Star. One
puzzle will be published on that day
and each succeeding day until draw
ing describing the name Of one OF the
particular makes of cars to appear IN
the show has been given. There Will
be a.
Directions Are Simple.
The directions are simple. Solve the
puzzle each day, keep the list. and when
it is completed, mail the solutions in to
the washington Automotive Trade AS
sociation. room 1902, 1927 I street.
Accompanying the solutions a slogan
OF not more than 20 words must be
written ON the subject Why the auto
mobile show should be held in WASH
tngton every year
The judges Of the contest will be
members OF the Washington Automo-
tive Trade Association. In case OF
tie duplicate prizes will be given.
Evening star., 1932-12-30

Say, I've written an article on that
and you can read 1t next month. but
draw the line on discussing 1t now.
Besides. it is too deep to talk about on
birthdays"
How does he feel at So?
AT So" said the famous Democrat,
Il feel just as did at 50. At 50
felt just as did At 20. can see ro
difference. Why, I didn't really start
work until few years ago."
Then, slancing from q window which
looks down on the lower East Side tene-
ment district In which he was born,
he said softly:
mo. guess I wouldn't change any
Of 1t. 1t has been . great Nfe-.-a full
life.''
The former Governor said he planned
. quiet birthday anniversary, with .
visit to his SIX grandchildren and pos
sibly cake In the evening. His dexk
was piled high with flowers. boxes Of
cigars and messages Of congratulations.
He fingered them tepderly.
g1n&y 1o tly 4ledde, He 1Atd.
Evening star., 1932-12-30
ROOSEVELT READY
TO UNDERTAKE OWN
U. S. MERGER PLAN
CONTINUED From First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
been hastily made with little consider
alton. 1 don't think they would result
in economy or efficiency"
Cochran said many members OF the
administration itself opposed Mr.
Hoover's plan, but that he had not
called them to testify because he saw
no reason to embarrass them"
membership of the Committee could
probably be assembled By wednesday.
Meanwhile, it has become evident tina.
general reorganization OF the Federal
Government will be undertaken by Mr.
Roosevelt after he takes ONCE, March
4. House Democrats proposed yester-
day that he be given such broad au-
thority and word came from Albany
that the Governor was ready to as
sumo full responsibility.
resolution will be offered in the
House soon after January for this
purpose, and. with Democrats In con-
troll its adopticn seems assured
Speaker Garner said at his press con-
ference today that President -elect
Roosevelt as not afraid to take all the
responsibility Congress will give him"
In connection with the plan.
The Vice President elect was asked If
the Democrats ARE going to give Mr..
Roosevelt the powers Of . dictator?"
Can Take Away Power.
Il don't think he wants 10 be a
dictator" Garner replied. Whatever
power Congress gives to the President
it can take away. That's provided in
the Constitution"
Garner said the Democrats would give
their President broad authority to
abolish bureaus. consolidate agencies
and such other as was needed to effect
economy.
In addition. in their economy pro-
gram they plan, he said, to repeal
permanent and indefinite appropria-
tions, which, exclusive of the sinking
fund requirements Of the public debt,
amount to about $40 0000,000 q year
This would permit the President to pass
on them in the customary budgetary
manner.
In reply to questions. Garner said the
principle of the Democratic proposal to
give the incoming President power to
shift the Government structure was the
same" as that in President Hoover's re-
quest that was denied last Spring by the
House Democrats.
' Smell Charges Delay.
The reorganization proposal was put
forward yesterday as one means of
bringing the Federal budget into bal
ance pending studies Of new taxes and
adoption Of q general tax program by
the Democrats. Speaker Garner Is ex
pected to confer with Mr.. Roosevelt
next week and obtain his views on
finances, which will 60 far toward
shaping the Democratic course in the
shoIt session.
Representative Smell Of New York.
the Republican leader, asserted last
night that since the Democrats had re-
fused President Hoover's request for
authority to reorganize the Government,
they would show their action was alb
solutely partisan" II they now give such
power to the incoming Chief Executive.
He added 1t would show that the
Democrats had deliberately delayed
these economies for nearly two years"
Evening star., 1932-12-30
j. s. WILL CLOSE 80
OF 141 Job OFFICES
Doak Tells House Committee
OF Plan by July ! to
Save $780, 900.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Labor Department plans to close
30 of its l4l employment Offices by
next July /.
This was disclosed In testimony by
Secretary Doak before the House APP
propriations Committee in behalf of a
Budget Bureau request for $500 900 to
keep the employment Offices open for
the first six months of 1888.
Doak said that when he was faced
with the necessity Of reducing expendi-
lures he cut salaries. ordered payless
furloughs and refused to pay rent for
the Offices.
Now" he told the committee, 1T is
simply a question Of whether these 80
offices and l55 employees shall be dis
continued"
The Secretary previously had issued
instructions to close the 80 offices,
which he did not name to the commit
tee. at the end of this month These
orders, he testified, we're followed by
protests from many sources, including
members Of Congress. He added. how
ever. that even though the committee
allowed the 100000, he proposed that
they be closed next June 30.
The Offices. the committee was told,
found jobs for 1842.055 persons. an
average of 102 336 a month from April
l, 1891, to November /, 1882.
Evening star., 1932-12-30
INDIAN WHO FOUGHT
AGAINST CUSTER DIES
By the Associated Press.


THOMAS, Okla, December 30.-Brave
Bear, last Of the Southern Cheyenne In
dams who fought at Powder River in
wyoming and against Gen. George Gus
ter in Montana, is dead. He fell fatally
stricken with paralysis while telling
young tribesmen of the Powder River
battle, Of which he had seldom spoken.
1t was In this battle that Cheyennes
struck a detachment Of the 5th Cav
airy, under the command of Gen. George
Crooks. and drove 1t back across the
valley of the Tongue River to Northern
Wyoming. where the rest of the regi-
ment was encamped.
Eight days later the Chsyennes fol-
lowed the trail of Gen. CuGtet. who had
passed almost In sight of the Powder
1iver battlefield, and wiped out his
force on the Little Big Horn June 25,
1876.
Brave Bears age was uncertainty
reekoned at 90 years when he died. He
was elected chief of the Cheyennes in
1894.
Evening star., 1932-12-30
"P00R MANS OIL FIELD"
CAUSES SUDDEN RUSH
Lot Owners Utilize Many Kinds OF
Pumps to Sell Gasoline at
81 Per Barrel.

~ the Associated Press.
BLACKWELL. Okla, December 30
"Poor mans oil field" at the edge OF
Blackwell hummed with activity last
night as lot owners pumped gasoline
from shallow wells and sold it to eager
customers for 81 a barrel
Fearful that the supply which author
tiles believed to emanate from leak
In the Globe Refining Co.'S pipeline,
would soon run out. the fortunate
drillers Communicated washing machine
pumps, oiled up littls-used water pumps
and IN other ways sought to hasten pro-
ductfon. :.
Even the refinery took part across the
raiiroad tracks, frantically trying to find
the leak and to recover part Of the loss.
wesley Elliott. messenger boy. Is
credited with discovery of the "neld."
whSh he found gasoline In his 'cistern
''predvciny" However, the news also
1eaEed out
Evening star., 1932-12-30
MRS. MOONEY WINS
ROOSEVELT'S HELP
President-elect Promises to
Write California Governor
About Bomb Prisoner.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ALBANY, N. Y, December 30
President -elect Roosevelt today prom
ised Mrs. Mary Mooney, mother of the
imprisoned Tom Mooney, that he would
write letter In behalf Of Mooney to
Gov. Rolph of California.
Mr.. Roosevelt told MRS. Mooney he
would write to Rolph after he retires
as Governor. He added he could not
say what he would write into the letter.
The S4-year-old mother Of the man
serving a life sentence for the Pre-
paredness day bombing in San Fran
cisco in 1916 failed to see Mr.. Roose-
Welt yesterday. as she reached Albany
after the Governor had left the capitol
Roosevelt invited her to visit him at
the executive mansion today.
Asks Help for my Boy"
Entering the Governors study, on the
reception hall. Mrs. Mooney crossed to
the desk behind which sat Mr.. Roose-
welt. After shaking hands with the
President-elect she said:
Il wish you would do your utmost to
help my boy. who has been in prison.
although he is innocent. for years. My
boy Is good boy
Roosevelt answered:
Il feel sure because SO many people
believe he is innocent that there must
be some reason for believing in his
innocence"
Lcuis B. Scott Of the Tom Mooney
Mo,derS' Defen.e League" who accom-
panied Mrs. Mooney to the mansion.
said Mr. Roosevelt was very kind and
considerate of Mother Mooney" Scott
However, believed that Mr.. Roosevelt
could have taken hand in the Mooney
case. He said that he reminded Mr.
Roosevelt that two Governors had writ
ten to California executives in behalf
Of Mooney.
What co you think Mr.. Roosevelt
could do for Mooney" Scott was asked.
"As President -elect, or as President
he could rally the sympathy of the
country and force California to free an
innocent man." Scott replied.
Recalls Wilson's Act.
Scott asserted he reminded Mr. Roose-
welt that President Wilson had saved
MONEYS life To this the President
elect answered that he was familiar
with that, as I was in Washington at
that time" Mr.. Roosevelt was Assistant
Secretary of the Navy during the Wilson
administration.
1t is understood that Mr.. Roosevelt
has asked Felix Frankfurter, Harvard
University law professor, for . memo
randum on the Mooney case. Frank
turter wrote . memorandum on the
case to go with the Wickersham report
of the Mooney proceedings.
Mrs. Mooney, after seeing the Gov
ernor, left today for California.
Evening star., 1932-12-30
BY HARTLEY WITHERS,

Former Editor of the London Economist and
Former Financial Editor OF the London
Times.
r ONDON. December 80 (NANAD.
TO some Americans chep ster-
ling is a boon. Those who visit
IL Britain find 1t very pleasant to
turn their dollars into pounds
by paying $3.50 or less for each pound
instead Of S4.86 as of yore.
Their holiday abroad is nicely cheap
ened by this change. and they are en-
couraged to stay longer and buy more
British goods and travel more on Brit
ish railroads and run up bigger bills
with British hotels. and so cheap ster-
ling works just as well for British
trade as for the American visitor.
Depreciation of the pound also puts
a comfortable bonus into the pockets Of
Americans in the business Of importing
foreign goods. When FL 900 worth Of
British shirts can be bought for less
than $500. the shirts can climb over
the American tariff wall much more
easily than when the cost Is about
s4.S66. as it was when the pound was
still mitched to the gold standard.
Importing Houses Aided.
American importing houses are thus
able to do profitable business in COM
petition with those merchants and dis
tributors who contine themselves to
handling American products. and there
Is also, probably, Q substantial benefit
to the American customers of the i'm
porting irms. They get British goods
on terms highly favorable to their
pockets. even after the importing
merchants have made q much bigger
profit than usual
But these examples of Americans who
benefit by cheap sterling have already
gone long way toward showing why
it Is bad for American producers, and
it is the producers who make a country's
prosperity and ultimately provide its
revenue
Those few Americans who buy cheap
British goods, owing to the low pound,
either OH the spot as trave'eis, or at
home as importers or consumers. do SO
because the cheapneSs of sterling hes
given an artificial advantage to British
producers and so has taken trade from
Americans who. but for this artificial
advantage. might have competed with
the British successfully.
Influence Is Widespread.
Fiscal measures for defeating this ad-
vantage, by special tariffs on goods from
are difhcult to enforce and easy to
evade, and no such measures can affect
purchases abroad of Americans who are
encouraged by cheap sterling to make
and prolong visits to the land of arti-
f1cial cheapness.
And this advantage given to British
producers. over those in America. affects
their competition not only in the Amer
ican home market; all over the world
this influence Is at work. In the British
Empire and in the East. in Europe and
in South America, British textiles.
British machinery. British automobiles,
all articles Britain turns out In COM
petition with America, are artihcially
cheapened because British working costs
are paid in cheap sterling.
How much this advantage means Is
shown eloquently by the trade ngures
Evening star., 1932-12-30
KLEIN TO CONDUCT
SURVEY OF STORES
Will Make Study for ReceIv.
ers of United Cigar After
Leaving Federal Service.

DR.. julius Klein, Assistant Secretary
of Commerce. said today he would con-
duct survey for the receivers OF the
United Cigar Stores, Inc. upon leaving
the Government service, March 4.
Returning after q two-day conference
in New York, DR.. Klein said he had &C
cepted q position with the Irving Trust
Co., which was recently named by court
order to take charge Of the bankrupt
cigar store chain.
win Remain Until March.
It Is understood the receivers sought
DIR. Klein's immediate service, but at
the Commerce Department 1t was said
the Junior cabinet of11cial had been
requested by President Hoover and
Secretary of Commerce Chaplin to re-
main In office until March 4.
Rumors that DR.. Klein contemplated
resigning from the department had
been in circulation for several months.
One report said he accepted a position
as vice president of the American Bank
Note Corporation, but this was denied
by the Assistant Secretary.
Has Served Is Years
The survey to be conducted by Dr.
Klein also will include that OF the big
Inc. His salary for the first month OF
the survey was reported set at $500.
The survey Is expected to take about
six months.
Dr.. Klein has been with the Com
merce Department Is years, starting as
. division chief. Several years ago he
left the Government service to become
a member of the faculty Of Harvard
University. He was sent to study con-
ditions in Latin America, and before
he started class work at Cambridge he
was drafted by President Hoover. who
was then Secretary Of Commerce. to
take over the departments Bureau of
FOREIGN and Domestic Commerce. Later
he was appointed Assistant Secretary.
Evening star., 1932-12-30
CHARLES 4. WALSH DIES
At HOME IN DAVIE, FLA.
Former Treasurer OF Democratlc
National Committee Headed
Citrus Groves Company.
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
FORT LAUDERDALE. Fla. Deceni-
ber 3o.-charles A. Walsh. 73. president
Of . Davie citrus groves company and
formerly treasurer Of the National DEM
ocratic Committee. died suddenly at his
home at Davie Tuesday.
His death followed closely that OF his
wife, who was killed in an automobile
accident September 30. They came to
DAvie in 1912 and he pioneered in pre-
senting the Florida Everglades as a
successful citrus-growing section. He
was a developer Of an orange grown In
the Everglades.
Walsh was treasurer of the National
Democratic Committee under the late
Tom Taggart. He became q Republic
an during the first Hoover campaign,
however, as a result Of his beliefs in
regard to the tariff question.
He was born in Bentons Port, Iowa,
and later lived In Ottumwa, Iowa.
Funeral services will be held here
today.
Evening star., 1932-12-30
Governor FavOrs
Letting Lifer Swap
Death With Woman
Convict Offers to Give His
Sentence to Doomed Ex-
pectant Mother.

BY the Associated Press.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, December 3o.-If
Howard Curtis, convicted Georgia mur-
derer, wants to be allowed to swap his
life sentence for the death sentence OF
Mrs. Beatrice Snipes. he ought to be
allowed to. In the opinion Of the Gov
ernor of South Carolina.
However, Gov. Blackwood pointed out
here today, mo such trade could be
made in criminal case, even II all
concerned agreed"
Still" said Gov Blackwood, che
ought to be allowed to, If he's that
crazy"
Gov. Blackwood, here this, morning.
after attending the Southwide Cotton
Conference, win not see Curtis letter
until ne returns to South Carolina.
The Snipes case has caused lots OF
excitement In cur. 6tate,"' f.EAA, Gov.
AiGckxood1 only other comment.