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The Washington times., 1932-01-04
RADICAL SHIFT
NOTED IN
VIEWS

NEW YORK, Jan. 4. What
odds that pari-mutuel machines
won't be clicking on the race
tracks Of New York by 1885?
It was 100000 to l in the
days when August Belmont lived
and was car of the turf in the
Empire State. Belmont passed
on. Joseph E. Widener donned
his royal raiment. And the fig
ures were the same. Widener
was as unrelenting foe Of ma
chine wagering as had been his
predecessor as chairman OF the
Jockey club.
But a change has come, radical
dramatic.
About two years ago Widener
invested in the Hialeah race track
in Miami. Bookmaking alone was
permitted. When he was ready
to open for the 1881 season the
Florida officials suddenly ruled
against the books. 1t then was
up to Widener to use the option
form, or contribution system OF
wagering, which is just parl-
mutuels without the blessings OF
the law-that, or close the track.
Widener Yields
Rather than disappoint horse
men who already had assembled
with their strings Widener yielded
and machine betting was the
medium of gambling at the
Hialeah track.
The impossible" had happened.
And more was to transpire.
The arch-enemy of machine
gambling became its most enthu'
Siastic supporter. He went be-
fore the legislature in Florida
and asked that pari-mutuel
wagering be Iegalized. When the
bill seemed beaten, he renewed
his fight for it and achieved VIC
tory.
Is it not now an automatic
thought that Widener will exert
all his power to bring machine
OSGG11g 10 NSW 4OIA'
In the past all efforts to abol-
dsh bookmaking and substitute
the mutuels met with defeat in
New York, because first Belmont
and then Widener opposed the
idea and the bookies were solid
in the battle to perpetuate their
own business. This was opposi-
ton that none of the tens Of
thousands. who wanted the mu-
tuelS could batter into Submis-
sion.
Widener has changed viewpoint.
Any battle which the bookies
might make now would be disor
ganized and feeble because their
ranks have been thinned Of vet
Grams who had power and the
books now are manned mainly
by groups which lack lobbying
strength.
$50 Millions Yearly
It is estimated that in boom
times more than S1,000,o00 was
wagered daily on the New York
tracks. The sum might have
been higher if there had been
mutuels. But, in any event, it
is not exaggeration to estimate
that the "play" annually would
be- around $15O,O0O,0O0.
The State of New York would,
as do other States, share in the
profits. It could assess a daily
tax of around $4,000, which
would mean a net of over $780,
900 a year. Or it could, if the
State constitution does not pre-
vent. take half of the kitty"
which would enrich it by millions
annually.
Anyway, a nice safe wager is
that some form of machine
gambling is almost a certainty for
New York State tracks by 1885
or before. It would come as a
salvation for many of the courses
which have had to depend upon
admission fees for maintenance,
and have, as a consequence, gone
deeply into red ink these past
few seasons.
The Washington times., 1932-01-04
Fla. Manager Snaps
Heavyweight For
Secondhand Car

TAMPA, Fla, Jan. 4.-The
story of the minor league base
ball manager who traded one
Of his players for a bird dog
was paralleled today by the
Chino Alvarez case here. Al
varez, a heavyweight fighter,
was traded to an automobile
dealer by his manager, Mickey
Kilchner, for a secondhand
car,
The Washington times., 1932-01-04
NOT TO SEND TEAM

BERLIN, Jan. because of
lack of expense funds, Germany
has decided not to send a hockey
team to the winter Olympics at
Lake Placid, N. Y, next month.
The Washington times., 1932-01-04
Takoma Duckpin
Association

SEASONS RECORDS
High team set-Fruit Growers EX-
press, 1.7O5. High team game-Bright-
wood P. O., 61S. High individual sets
Urban, 400; James, 393; Mcdonald.
302; Baum, 1856. High individual games
Seal, 1853: Z. ]. Walker, 1856; Ryan,
1873; Francis, $50. High averages
Urban, 1861; James, l14-19; Deffen-
baugh. 112-26; Sherbahn, 112-S. High
strikes-Brown ~ Warther, 21: Nc
Donald, 81 High spares-Sincell, 1OS;
Marcombe, 1O1; Mcdonald, 100.
The Washington times., 1932-01-04
Battalino Faces Strenuous
Task to Make Weight

NEW YORK, JAN 4-Shyock had peck of trouble over
pound of flesh but job cnch alongside of the task
today conrons Christopher Battano boxngs feather
hAnhnrn
The Washington times., 1932-01-04
Buddy Myers Timely Homer
Too Much for Teammates

This is the srh of series of IL articles describing
humorous incidents hch occurred during the 1881 major
leagues pennant campalgn.)
BY GARRETT WATERS
On of the few homers Myer has collected came one day
while the Griffmen in Cleveland last summer.
The Washington times., 1932-01-04
North of Wash.
Bowling League

SECTION
Shade Factory 81 8service Co... 20 %
f. G. P.s.. 28 17lBreuninger. 10 26
Kensington. 25 20 How'zer Giants IL 26
Faulc'r-Proc'r "a 21Sil Sp. Elec. 16 %
Old Timers. 81 21IAcme S. Metal Il 80
RECORDS
High set-shade Factory, 1902. High
game-Shade Factory, 643. High indi-
vidual t-Wolstenholme. 40S, High
individual game-English, 16O. High
strikes-Parsons 80 High spares
Watson, 1876. High average-Walsten-
holme, 1921.
SECTION II
zss;,ss; g;is e., s;gv'fs
SqS Tlotor FL sh gohnson ms 9s e
RECORDS
High set-Anderson's Cafe, 1920.
High game-Bergmann Laundry, $40.
High individual set-Deffenbaugh. S95.
High individual game-Cocuzzi, 169.
High strikes-Miller, 27. High spares
Moore Miller, 100. High average-Def-
fenbaugh. 111-9.
SECTION Ill
n. A. D. c.. 20 ls.Br'td BARRIERS Is ! !
Cardinals .... IS i5sil. Sp. Paint. u 19
Woodside -. IS Is Zirkls Hard're II %
High set-Wolfe Motor. 1904. High
game-Brightwood Barber Shop, $40. High
vidual game-verdi MacAboy, lat. High
strikes-Dick Moore. Is. High spares
Arey-seide, 81. High average-Arey'
1928
The Washington times., 1932-01-04
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$3.50 PhiEadeZphia

$3.50 Chester, $2.25 Wilmington
SUNDAYS, JANUARY 10th and 24th
Leave Washington 7:4O A. M. or 1900
A. NJ. Returning same day.
The Washington times., 1932-01-04
$3.50 NeUU York
pIoI1fieId and Elizabeth
SS. so New York Weekend
so Philadelphia

Every Saturday during January. Re
turn until 3:44 A. NJ, train from Phila
delEhia Monday following.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
DISCRIMINATION
SEEN IN ROAD
AID To IDLE
Utah Would Get $110 Person,
Pennsylvania Only $5,
Says Bingham

Opponents of Federal unem-
ployment relief appropriations
gathered strength in Congress
today following the report Of
Senator Bingham (R.) Of Con-
necticut, that 80 governors
had reported their States were
not experiencing starvation.
Forty governors had replied by
telegraph to a query by Bing-
ham, but only Governor Pinchot
Of Pennsylvania admitted there
was actual starvation in his
State.
Pinchot and Governor Emmer.
son of Illinois, estimated there
were 100000 unemployed in
their States.
100000 to 100000 Idle
Bingham made the survey in
connection with the proposed
$136. 100000 Federal road con-
struction bill.
He told the Senate the survey
was conducted to show that un.
employment was greatest in the
industrial centers, and that the
economic benefits of the legisla-
tion would not be distributed in
fair manner.
Bingham estimated there were
100000 jobless, but Senator
Bratton Cd Of New Mexico, took
issue with him and gave his estl-
mate as 100000,
Sees Discrimination
The New Englander attacked
the road construction bill on the
ground thai it would not distri-
butte the aid in places where it
was most needed, or equally.
Under the bill, he said, Penn.
Sylvania would receive but $5.26
per capita for its unemployed,
while in Utah the figure would
be $110.97.
He contended the expense is
too great to undertake at this
time in face of the exhausted
condition Of the Nations
Treasury.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
lloyd GIBBONS
COMING HOME
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Empress of Japan liner tomor.
row morning and float down
the Whangpoo River with the
ebb tide past the ruins Of the
Woosung forts and then up the
China Sea to put into Kobe and
Yokohama in Japan.
And then on as fast I can
beat it to Honolulu and trans
fer ship there to the Dollar
liner President Coolidge, arriv-
ing in San Francisco April S.
Sick of China
I'll be mighty glad to get
there. For this once I am q
little sick of China and fed up
on Japan-I want to see them
again-I want to see them
again and I feel certain 7 will
it's only a question Of how soon
because things blow up in this
section Of the world at min.
ute'S notice.
Some Of The marines are pull
ing out tonight on the Crau-
mont, bound back for Manila,
where I had a swell invitation
to spend a week with Theodore
Roosevelt, governor general Of
the PHILIPPINES, but that trip is
shot until next time. mighty
important subject, them Phil.
lipines of our'n, by the way.
And some Of the Argyll High
anderS pulled out today with a
big parade. Our doughboyS and
leathernecks call them "Argy-
rolS," but believe me, they are
a mighty swanky looking outfit
when they parade down Marking
Road with their kits and bare
knees and 'pith helmets.
I have turned. over what re-
mains Of the war to my old pal,
General Mccoy, Of the Mexican
border days, who is out here in.
vestigating peace if he can find
it.
Karl Won Wiegand is here on
the job studying Chinese, and
Mary Brush Williams and Dixon
Hoste are here also; so I guess
won't be missed.
A big flock of mail just reached
me today, and oh boy! how I
am going to luxuriate in my old
bunk on board ship and rest
and eat up what the folks back
h0Yna have written
Yes, sir; I'm a homebody
homeward bound and happy. See
you later.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
MURRAY BEATEN
!. NEARLY z To |

y FARGO, NJ D., March II
GN.S0 Gov. Franklin D. Roose.
velt, Of New York, is the choice
Of North Dakota Democrats as
the party'S candidate for PreSi-
dent, it was indicated today by
latest returns from Tuesdays
primary elections.
With more than half Of the
States 2,235 precincts tabulated,
the New York chief executive en-
joyed a majority Of nearly two
to one over his opponent in the
preferential race, Gov. William H.
(Alfalfa Bid Murray, Of Okla
hon1a.
In 1891 precincts the count
stood: Roosevelt, $500; Murray,
19.431.
Governor Roosevelt's lead con.
tinued to grow as the toll Of
ballots proceeded.
In the Republican preferential
primary returns Former Senator
Joseph I. France, Of Maryland,
held a commanding lead over
General" Jacob s. Coxey, Of
Ohio. Returns from 1911 pre-.
cincts gave France 22,063 votes as
against 1888 for Coxey. Presl-
dent Hoover's name did not
appear on the Presidential pre-
ference ballot.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
COUNTY BONDS
TO co ON SALE
APRIL 5
Montgomery's $780, 600 Is
sue To Be Offered at
5 Per Cent Interest

The Montgomery county
commissioners, at their meet
ing yesterday in Rockville COM
pleted arrangements for the
opening of bids on the 81 ,OOO,-
900 general construction bonds
of 1882 or any part of the issue,
at noon April 5.
These bonds will be dated April
/, and will be in denominations
of $1,000, maturing as follows:
Twenty-Five thousand dollars
from 1859 inclusive; $4,000 in
1910, and 100000 from 1941-4S,
inclusive. The bonds will bear 5
per cent interest and have been
approve by Masslich and Mitch
ell, lTew York bond counsel.
Attorney Robert B. Peter, jr,
presented a petition in behalf Of
the Washington Gas Light Com
pany, stating that the company
had been assessed twice for the
same property.
The assessment is $80,950. The
difficulty is alleged to have been
caused by the new method Of as
sesSment which includes Takoma
Park in the thirteenth district. It
formerly was taxed separately.
The gas company charges that
its property is assessed under
both the old and the new SyS.
tenn. This matter was referred to
A. H. Griffith, chairman Of the
board of assessors.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
LOBBY|NG'FU UND
NOT CHECKED

The new England Public Ser.
vice Company spent $131, ,966.54
Of the approximately 100000
used in its campaign to secure
legislation permitting export Of
surplus power beyond Names
State line through county chair
men who were not required to
account for their expenditures,
the Federal Trade Commission
was told today by its attorney,
Col. w. T. Chantland.
Chantland was sent to Maine
in 1880 to investigate the cam
paign. He said the drive was
under the leadership Of State
Senator John w. Leland, Of
Dover, Me-, an official Of the
Public Service Company and one
of the three men named by Wal
ter s. Wyman, president Of the
organization, to handle the cam
paign.
He said Leland and his COM
mittee appointed county chair
men.
Correspondence Of the cam
paign committee was destroyed
prior to Chantland's inquiry, but
all financial records were kept
and given Chantland.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
j. 8. BECOMING
A CREDITOR

Days of billion-dollar favor
able balances Of trade" or ex.
cess of American foreign sales
over purchases from abroad, are
gone forever in the view Of Off.
cial economic experts, who said
today that gradually the United
States is assuming its proper re-
lationS to other countries as a
creditor nation.
The normal creditor nation
buys more abroad than it sells.
Through this adverse balance Of
international payments, foreign
countries are able to pay their
debts to the creditors in goods.
For many years such condition
has existed in relation to the
trade of Great Britain.
For the first two months of
1882 the excess of exports over
imports was but $38,370,000, less
than a third of the favorable bal
ance for the same period of 1881.
In February there was a $4,000
900 favorable balance against $49,-
4O0, 900 q year ago.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
OHIO SEEN WET
|NCONvENT|ON

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March II
Q.NS0.-Drys of Ohio suffered
bitter disappointment in both
major political parties today.
simultaneously with the dec
laration of Governor George
White, Democratic presidential
prospect, that he favors a liquor
referendum, National Committee
man Maurice Maschke returned
to Cleveland from Washington
and declared Ohio'S Republican
delegation to the national con-
vention will be wet.
Putting the two together, pro.
hibitjonists saw no way to turn
for help against the selection of
a wet candidate for President.
Governor White, long consid.
cred a dry, frankly told a State
w. c. T. U. meeting here last
night that temperance organiza.
tions are making q mistake to
oppose q referendum,
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
Mother, Baby CaptiVes
On FruitIesS Clue

CRESTON. Iowa, March II
uN.SJ.-Mrs. Florence Bayn, of
Jerome, Ariz., was released from
technical custody here early to.
day after police authorities def.
nitely determined that her in.
FAINT son is not the missing Lind.
bergh baby.
MRS. Bayn and the child for
many hours were detained in a
hotel room while the baby was
carefully examined and a minute
description telegraphed to Hope
well. N. ].
Upon receipt Of advices from
Hopewell to the effect that the
baby is not the kidnapped Lind
bergh child, the woman was
informed she was free to 60
where shA pleased.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
CRAFT PR0BERS
RECALL FLYNN

NEW YORK, March II tI.NSJ.
William j. Flynn, Bronx commits
sioner of public works, was to be
recalled as a witness before the
Hofstadter legislative committee
in about 10 days to continue
answering charges he abused his
political powers.
Flynn began his defense against
the accusations made by Louis
H. Willard, of the Bronx, late
yesterday. He denied he ever
violated the law in the conduct
Of his office or in business.
Willard, who at one stage re-
ferred to Flynn as that yellow
dog" declared his wife com.
mitted suicide after, Willard
charged, Flynn abused his poll
tical influence to bring about
Willard'S financial ruin.
He said he bought Bronx prop
erty in 1923 to erect a garage.
But the board of standards and
appeals, Willard said, swayed by
Flynn, refused a permit for this.
Flynn refused him permits
which would enable him to make
other profitable use of the prop
erty, declared Willard.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
SWANSON BACKS
SOVIET VIEW

GENEVA. March II U.N.S).
Senator Claude A. Swanson Of
Virginia, American delegate to
the disarmament conference, pro-
vided the first instance during
the session Of an American sup
porting a Soviet argument when
he addressed the naval subcom-
mittee Of the conference today.
In the last session Of the com
mittee before the Easter recess,
Swanson opposed a British pro-
posal to prolong the life OF a
capital ship from the 90 years,
provided in the draft convention.
to 26. Swanson said:
"The life of a ship Is q Ques-
tiOn Of safety"
This backed the stand Of the
Russian delegate, Ventzoff, who
stressed the need for continually
undermining ships rather than
employing out-of.date craft.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
Wife Benter
Held in $500 Bond

Charged with being drunk and
disorderly and beating his wife,
Paul Hoffman, Of Mt. Rainier,
waived a hearing before Judge j.
Chew Sheriff in the Hyattsville
police court, and was held under
$500 bond for the Prince Georges
Grand Jury.
Police arrested Hoffman twice
last Saturday night.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17

cry here of
tn e Daugh-
terS Of the
Am ericGn
Revolution.
Mrs. Lowell
F.. H OBJ a r t,
president gen.
eral Of the
national or
6 a niz alton,
charged in an
q d d r e S s
b fore the
Ohi0 society
t h a t Com
muniSts were
back of the
riot in Dear
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
Officers Son Hurt
In ROLLer-Sk1tiHl0

Earl Mcfarland, jr., 13, son
of Lieut.. Col. Earl Mcfarland,
2276 Cathedral Ave. NJ. W., is in
Walter Reed Hospital with a
broken right arm, received yes
terday while roller skating on
Porter Street near Connecticut
Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
D. A. R. Head Excoriates
Communist Activity

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March
II UNS).-Tightening of i'm
migration restrictions to pre-
vent further rioting by Com
munistS and radicals was the
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
Joan and Gene
We'd In One
Minute

HOLLYWOOD, March II
O.N.SJ-Following a. one-minute
ceremony, Joan Bennett, youngest
daughter of Richard Bennett, the
actor, and Gene Markey, were
off today on a Today honeymoon
in the Northwest.
The ceremony was performed
at the town house in the presence
of a few close friends and rela-
tives, including the brides oldest
sister, Constance Bennett, and
her husband, the Marquis de Ia
FalaiSe.
Miss Constance Bennett was
ker sisters only attendant. Capt.
Alan Clayton was best man. The
bride was given in marriage by
c. Gardner Sullivan, screen
writer.
Richard Bennett could not at
tend.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17

to VIII ich NINE" JEKITZA
Nine. Jeritza objected so vigor-
ously, will have to pay a. fine
of $50 instead of the original
$500 imposed.
Baron Schenk, .Aaousin of
Nine. Jeritza, will serve a
month in prison instead Of get
ting off with a fine of $50.
Sentence of the author was
changed from a month in jail
to a fine of $500.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
EXPANSION PLANNED

STRASBURG, Va, March IT.
Plans for enlargement of the
work Of the reorganized Strasburg
Chamber Of Commerce were laid
at a meeting at the Hotel stras-
burg, at which c. r. Stover pre-
sided,
The Washington times., 1932-03-17

lionaire jap
aneSe import
er paved the
way for the
indictment Of
a Broadway
gambler on in
come tax eva
sion charges.
It was pri.
marily the ad-
mission that
Fujimura had
p a d hi m
S 81, s 0 0 as
part Of a
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
Fuiimura Admission
Indicts N. Y. Gambler

NEW YORK, March II.
Shortly before Hiashi Fujimura
vanished from the liner Belgen-
land last August IA, the mil
The Washington times., 1932-03-17

sons convict
ed of libel in
the writing
and publish
ing of tn
novel "B a g.
gage" based
on the life Of
Nine. Maria
Jeri t a. Me
tro polit a n
opera SCar.
Frau Olga
Bauer, Wen
n e s e singer,
who publish
ed the book
IN w hiCh
The Washington times., 1932-03-17

born, Mich. They were back of
the so-called hunger march on
Washington; they will con-
tinue to foment riots in our
cities; and they remain a men,
ace to our institutions.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17

debt that resulted in the Fed
eral grand jury returning true
bills against Edilberto Borelli,
proprietor Of the st. James
Club where Fujimura dropped
huge sums nightly. 49,,
Borelli is charged with failure
to file income tax returns in
1928 and 1880, although. ac-
ording to Assistant United
States Attorney Thomas E.
Dewey. the gambler made at
least $43,713 in 1928 and at
least $165,86 in 1880. --.--
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
TEMPLE BAPTIST DINNER

A steak dinner will be given
by the mems class of the Temple
Baptist Church at Tenth and N
Streets N. W., this evening from
5 to Z.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
LICENSE TO WED

James Samuel Fowler, 81. of
920 Sixth st. N. W., and Eileen
Katherine Hendricks, 18. of 916
Sixth st. N. w., were licensed to
marry in Upper Marlboro. yester-
day.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
FETE At SILVER SPRING

The Sanctuary Society Of St.
Michael'S Catholic Church, Of Sill
yer Spring, gave a benefit lunch
con and card party in the church
hall today.
The Washington times., 1932-03-17
Vienna Court Changes
Libel Sentence

VIENNA, March IT. - The
Vienna Court of Appeals has
revised sentences OF three per-
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-15
Easy Way to Call Children

81 find the porch light great help
in calling the children home" writes
a mother in the Parents Magazine.
"In the winter. when they are play
ing out in the snow or in a neigh
boris house, turning on the light
saves me a trip to call them. Even
in the summer when they play out
in the long evenings, they can read
lily see it the length of the block when
they are watching for it,"
The Coolidge examiner., 1932-04-15

@ Go by rail from your home
either to California or New York;
thence by famous Grace Line "Santa''
ship through the Panama Canal to the
opposite coast, and return home by
rail. Visit Z fascinating foreign cOun-
tries en- route including Mexico,
Guatemala, Ell Salvador, Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia. :. also
Cuba, Eastbound. New Grace Line
rates make this the opportunity of
lifetime! No passports required. Sail
ings every other week from New York,
San Francisco or Los Angeles. Your
localtravel or railway agent will make
II arrangements, or consult
Milford chronicle., 1932-04-29
THE FIRST BASEBALL

When the first little white base
balls of the season are thrown out
on the league grounds of the nation,
life acquires a new thrill for mil
lions. The President of the United
States is appropriately asked to
throw the first ball at Washington.
If he took no interest in doing so,
it would seem a disrespect to a sa-
cred rite.
Many of the worlds sports in
volve brutality. The ancient Ro-
mans gloated as the bloody gladia-
tors fought each other to death.
Spain annually kills 1900 bulls and
5000 horses in bullfghts. Even our
boxing and pugilism often has it's
brutal aspects.
The beauty of baseball is the
of the sport. OF course
a dirty hearted player distributes
dirt in whatever he does. But the
game is made on the theory of fair
play, gentlemanly conduct, just de-
and success by skill rather
than beef. Well may the President
throw out the first ball for a sport
that favors square conduct and pure
skill.