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The Washington times., 1932-12-27
Gun SHOTS PUT
Z IN HOSPITAL

AS the result of shootings yes
terday in Montgomery county two
colored men are in hospitals.
Richard Adams, Of Montrose,
Nd, who was shot in the abdo-
men by another colored man
whom he told police was Donald
Nolan, will recover, it was said
today at the Montgomery County
General Hospital. He told police
that Nolan entered the house
where he was visiting and started
shooting. Police are looking for
Nolan.
Arthur Jones, colored, Of near
Rockville, was in Georgetown Hos
pital with gUnsel1ot wounds in the
leg. He told police he was shot
accidentally while hunting.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
MAN lies HOURS
IN STREAM
Photo

Robert Ions, so, of Fairfax sta
ton, Va, is in a serious condi-
ton today from exposure suf-
fered yesterday whe' he fell into
q stream from a trestle near
Clifton Station, Va. The man
lay in the stream for some hours
before a track walker discovered
him.
Ions had visited friends at Cliff
ton Station and was walking the
Southern Railway tracks to his
home when he fell.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
Pen Women to Hold
LiternrU Luncheon

A series Of book.review lunch.
cons will be held by the Chevy
Chase branch Of the National
League of American Pen Women
beginning January 9, 1t has been
announced. The first of the Sc
ries will be held at the Kennedy.
Warren at / o'clock. with Mrs.
Helen T. Steinberger, reader'c ad.
wiser at the Mt. Pleasant branch
of the public library. the speaker.
The branch will hold q meet
ing January at the studio of
Miss Hester w. Beall, chairman
Of the entertainment committee.
Miss Viola Offutt, president, will
preside.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
Z FALL VICTIMS
BADLY HURT

re Two victims Of accidental falls
are in a serious condition at
+. Emergency Hospital.
Edward Disharoon, so, was
found bleeding from q cash on
his head at the foot Of the stairs
in his rooming house in the 3200
block Of N st. N. w. last night.
He has only one arm and it is
believed he slipped on the stairs
and was unable to grasp the
railing.
Thurston Copp, %. is in a
serious condition from a broken
leg and. internal injuries received
when he fell from a four-story
roof in the 1900 block Of I St.
N. W., early yesterday.
The young man had complained
of feeling faint and had gone to
the unguarded roof porch for air.
A taxicab driver, Ernest Beach,
Of the 100 block F. st. N. w.,
took Copp to the hospital.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
.ARL|NGTONHEAD
To Be PICKED
ONFR|DAY
Harry A. Fellows Candidate
to Succeed Himself
as Chairman

Election Of a new chairman of
the board of commissioners Of
Arlington county, Va, will be held
in Arlington courthouse, Friday,
Harry A.. Fellows. present chair
man, is candidate to succeed
himself.
Fellows tenure Of office will ex.
pire January unless he is re.
elected. He is the first chairman
of the board under a new form of
government adopted last January,
the first of it's type in the history
of Virginia.
Under the new form of rule five
commissioners replaced the usual
three supervisors of the county.
The old districts of the sector
were wiped away and the entire
development of the county placed
in the hands of a county man.
ager.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
Xmas Program Due
At Home of Blind

The Harriet Tubman Associa-
tion for the Blind, an organiza-
ton maintaining a workshop and
home for blind colored persons
in the 1400 block Eleventh st.
N. w., will give a special Christ
mas program to be featured with
the singing of Christmas carols.
Mrs. Margaret Byrd will assist
Miss Charlotte Hunter, director
of the association, in presenta-
ton of the program.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
ur-YeGr-Old Wins
PODUL1ritV Prize

Four-year-old Rita johnson was
yesterday elected the most popu-
lar entertainer on Edith Reeds
VOL program, broadcast every
Monday, and given as a prize a
portable typewriter. Rita, who
lives in the 1900 block Potomac
Ave. S. E., shared honors with
Dorothy Heller, of the 100 block
Longfellow st. N. W.. who wrote
the best essay on why Want
a Typewriter for Christmas"
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
BALL TRIAL Sc 7
TOMORROW

E. Wade Ball, former treasurer
of Arlington County. Virginia,
will be tried tomorrow in circuit
court at Arlington courthouse for
misuse of more than $500, 900
worth of county funds.
Ball was, some months ago,
freed Of a charge of misuse of
State funds. Recently prosecut-
ing officials sought to have the
former official tried by jury
drawn from outside the county
but were overruled by Judge Wal.
ter T. Mccarthy.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
BILL
HITS At HIGH
INTEREST
New Yorker Hopes to Put
Capital on 5-Day Week
To End Hard Times

Striking at the holders of none
tary wealth in the United States,
Representative LaGuardia R)
Of New York today sponsored a
Joint resolution reducing by 20
per cent the interest rate on all
outstanding bonded Indebtedness
of the country. He said:
placing capital on q five
day week is the aim Of the
bill. Its purpose is to call At
tentiOn to the high interest
rates Of money, which are re-
spOnsible for prOlOnging the de.
preston and preventing any
permanent solution Of our eco
nOmic difficulties"
LaGuardia said high interest
rates are running privately owned
farms and thousands of home
owners because institutions like
the Federal Reserve System, inter
mediary banks, Farm Loan Banks.
and the Government Home Loan
Bank are maintaining unreason-
able rates.
He argued that industrial.
agricultural and commercial con-
ditions are at lowest ebb due
to unbalanced ownership of prop
erty, that Federal revenue is
unable to reduce the budget
deficit, and that all other stan
dards have been reduced.
He said the Government should
calculate interest rates on a
basis of 261 working days in
stead of 1856, taking into con-
sideration the lO4 Saturdays and
Sundays.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
GEN. MARCH s.
DAUGHTER DIES

Mrs. Vivian Frank, daughter Of
Gen. Peyton March, U. S. A.. re-
tired. former Chief of Staff, is
dead of pneumonia in New York
city.
The body of Mrs. Frank will
be brought to Washington today
and arrangements will be made
for burial in Arlington National
Cemetery. Mrs. Frank, wife Of
Major Paul Frank, U. s. A., re-
tired, made her home on Long
Island and was visiting in New
York when she became Ill.
Besides her father and hus.
band. Mrs. Frank is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Swing,
wife Of Major Swing, Army War
College, and Mrs. Mildred Mill.
kin. wife Of Major MiIlikin, Of
Fort Riley, KanS.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
Crash Hurts Couple;
Man Held as Reckless

Frederick c. Jarboe, IS, of
Montana Ave. N. E., put up $27.50
collateral on the charge Of reck-
less driving in Takoma Park yes
terday when his car collided with
another belonging to Kenneth C..
Richards on the First block Of
Boyd Ave. Jarboe and his wife,
Mrs. Annie Jarboe, %, were
treated at the Washington Sani-
tarium for lacerations. The case
is listed for January 3 in the
Rockville police court.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
Gas Station Looted
Of Cigarettes, $40

Gaining an entrance by boring
a hole in a panel Of the rear
door of a gas station at Brooke
vile Road and Turner Street,
Chevy Chase, thieves last night
stole a carton of cigarettes and
about $40 in cash from the cash
register, DR.. w. E. Evans, the
owner, reported to Montgomery
county police today.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
Flu Epidemic Hits
Shenandoah, Va.

SHENANDOAH, Va, Dec. 27.
With more than half of the popu-
lation of this community suffer
ing from colds and influenza
Christmas services planned for
Sunday and yesterday were called
off.
About 200 active cases of influ-
enza have been reported and hun
dreds of others are suffering from
a mild form of the epidemic. No
deaths have been reported and
health authorities believe the dis
ease is under control.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
Falls Church Man
Hurt in Car Crash

Lawrence Wescott, Falls Church,
Va, is recovering today at Emerg-
ency Hospital from injuries re-
ceived Christmas when an auto
operated by his wife ran from the
Richmond Washington highway
near Penn Daw. Va, and was
wrecked. Mrs. WeScott was un-
injured. WeScott has a broken
Jaw. head and arm lacerations.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
COlOred Cage League
, Council Will Meet

Finances will be discussed by
the executive committee of the
Colored Departmental Basketball
League tonight at the Twelfth
Street Y. M. c. A.
The league has adopted a
schedule with the opening game
coming of January 7.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
Er-MOnGstery Head
Has Golden Jubilee

The Very Rev. Bernardin Bid
niger, superior Of the Franciscan
Monastery here for the last four
years, today is celebrating the
golden anniversary Of his entry
into the Franciscan Order.
He celebrated the jubilee this
morning with a solemn high mass
at Paterson, N. j. with the Very
Rev. Matthias Faust, head of the
New York province of the order,
officiating.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
Christmas to Mean
Quadruple Joy
Hereafter

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Dec.
27.-Chistmas Day will be q
quadruple celebration in the
home of Mrs. Raymond Hess.
this city, in the future.
Sunday Mrs. Hess gave birth
to a daughter at the Washing
ton county Hospital here.
The mother was born Christ
mas day, 1907, was married
Christmas day, 1929, and in
cidentally, celebrated her
twenty-fifth birthday Sunday.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
Holy Name Guild
Elects w. J. Smith

william j. Smith has been
elected for the ninth consecutive
time as president of the Holy
Name Guild, an organization Of
colored Catholics of the city, with
a clubhouse at 1927 Thirteenth
st. N. W.
other officers include DeReef
Holton, vice president; H. M.
Smith, secretary; Charles Butler,
financial secretary; James Brown,
treasurer; Charles Farrell, SER
geant-at-armS, and Stephen Bow
man, chairman of the house COM
mittee,
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
MesOpOtdn1iG Ban
Hits Women Tourists

Mesopotamia became almost q
closed book to European and
American women today when the
State Department was advised
that unaccompanied women OF
Europe and America will require
special permission in all places
in the kingdom except the cities
of Basrah, Bagdad and Mosul.
Recent kidnapings are responsible
for the drastic order.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
Julia West Hampton
To Address Aid BOdu

The Rev. E. L. Harrison, pastor
of Shiloh Baptist Church, will
address the Community Aid So
ciety at the church tonight on
how the members can best aid
the needy. Mrs. Julia West
Hampton. president of the Fed
Grafton of Colored Women's
Clubs, will also speak. The Ten
Virgins" a Biblical drama, will
be presented.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
Benefit CARD PARTY

A card party for the benefit of
st. Mary's School. Upper Marl-
boro, will be held in Gibbons Hall
Wednesday night.
The Washington times., 1932-12-27
W. o. W. CARD PARTY

The Woodmen of the World,
Camp No. 80, Baden, Md, will
hold a card party in Connick Hall
on Friday night.
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Fruit or Vegetablef

John McHardy, in charge Of the in
SernAl revenue branch Of Minneapolis,
was Up against a difficult problem the
other day when he had to decide
whether tomato Juice was taxable under
the new law which levies An impost OF
two cents a gallon on drinks made from
fruit. Was q tomato to be classed as
fruit or a vegetable? If fruit its juice
was taxable, If a vegetable 1t was free
of tax. Perhaps with memory Of the
express agent In Ellis Parker Buffers
famous story Pigs Is Pigs" who was
puzzled as to the proper classification
Of q pair of guinea pigs, McHardy asked
advice from Washington and in due
course received 1t to the effect that
tomatoes are vegetables and not fruit
which settled the question Of the tax
The dilemma Of the internal revenue
agent is not surprising. If he referred
ta Q dictionary for guidance he would
Evening star., 1932-10-16

frequently today We hear the con-
tentlcn that the disclosures OF modern
science and scholarship have rendered
men unresponsive to the appeal Of reli-
gion. Such an assertion Is without foun-
dAtion In fAct. some time ago little
book appeared entitled Wise Men Wor-
ship" The book consisted of a series
of articles from the pens of some Of
the foremost thinkers of our time.
These articles gave striking dsinonstra-
tion OF the deep religious feeling OF
their authors. More recently, DR.. Rob-
ert Millikan, one of the foremost phys
icists In the world, declared that re
ligion and science are great sister forces
which are pulling mankind onward and
upward. A sense of duty lies under
Meath all religion, and science must de-
termine what duty is There cannot be
any sense of duty divorced from the
conviction that goodness Is worth
while" DR.. Millikan also affirms that
"25 per cent Of the 900 scientists listed
in Who's who are church members,
and the greater preponderAnce of
church membership Is found among the
younger scientists" Statements such as
these, coming from such unchallenged
sources, dispei the idea that there Is a
conflict today between advanced think
Ing and high scholarship and the great
claims OF religion. We be'.ve evidence
could be adduced NOR varied and
greater in volume today IN demonstra-
tton OF the sheer and indispensable
value Of religion than in any period in
our generAtion. Obviously, we are
speaking OF the Christian religion and
It's Supreme Bxemplar. whether there
are greater number who adhere rig
idly to creeds and precise formula than
formerly b quite another question. Our
contention Is, from wide observation and
knowledge OF men in every walk Of life,
that there k more inarticulate religion
In the world today than in any period
OF history. The very exigencies Of the
present critical hour have not only
seoefed men, but made them think more
deeply concerning life's essential val
ues. Where once they regarded q pro-
fession Of faith as purely voluntary and
possibly inconseQuential they are now
coming to think Of 1t in terms OF its
practical value rs applied to all human
concerns. For 4 period following the
great war, after the long and intense
strain there was widespread tendency
10 relax and give less heed to the great
AlnrnAAtions OF religion. A variety Of
cults came into being and, like the men
o. Athens, We were curiously bent upon
4 search for new and novel ideas and
ideals. We believe the force of this
Evening star., 1932-10-16
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGES
BY FREDERIC ]. HASKIN.

ana delay about the selection Of Q
President. The slogan had a genuine
meaning and definite application to our
peculiar electoral system. This year
there Is only a remote possibility Of
Norman Thomas, the Socialist candi-
date, polling b vote large enough to
prevent a ma ajority.
While the electoral system BIDS fair
TO work successfully this year, and the
real dangers OF 1900, 1924 ard 1876 are
missing, As well as the possible though
unrealized dangers Of 1912 and 1924, it
is still possible that trouble may de-
velop If the election is very close. Hence
any consideration of the history of our
presidential elections, and any fore
casts Of the present campaign must be-
gin with an understanding OF the elec-
ticn machinery by which we choose
President
Our Present Election Basis.
This machinery, rs set up In Section
1 OF Article II OF the Constitution, early
proved itself full of flaws, and was cor
rected to a large extent by the twelfth
amendment to the Constitution. adopted
In 1904 rs 4 result Of the experiences
Of the tied election OF 1900. The amend
1nent Is our present basis OF election. and
while 1t has never wholly broken down,
It showed such faults in 1878 that
new civil war was threatened. How
the system was first adopted will be
told later How it works Is simple
enough In theory. The twelfth amend
be entitled to as many presidential elec-
tors as the whole number OF Senators
and Representatives from that State.
These electors are to be chosen by the
States in such mannr as the Lesisla-
ture thereof may direct" These elec-
tors shall meet in their respective
States. ballot separately for q President
ana for q Vice President, forward the
result to the President of the Senate,
who shall in the presence OF both
Houses of Congress open and count the
electoral votes.
1t may be worth noting right here that
this last provision has been violated at
least once, and probably more often. II
is also interesting to recall that the
provision allowing the Legislature of
choosing electors resulted in one very
clever device for splitting the electoral
vote OF Michigan in 1892, and was then
challenged in the Supreme Court Of the
United States, which held that the act
Of the Legislature must stand.
The Constitution continues by setting
forth that candidates for President and
Vice President who get a ma jority OF
the electoral votes are duly elected. II,
however, there Is no ma jority for Pres
ident the House of Representatives 10
to choose the President, selecting him
from among the three persons having
the most votes from the electors. For
this choosing each State is to have
one vote, to be cast by It's delegates
In the House, and q majority Of all the
States Is required to elect. II no vice
presidential candidate has an electoral
ma jority, the Senate is to choose be-
tween the two persons having the most
electoral votes, and h majority OF the
whole Senate. not merely q quorum, is
required to elect the Vice President. II
the House, having inherited the job
of electine President. fails to do 50
by March 4, the Wee President becomes
President
Evening star., 1932-10-16
Real Estate Only.

Real Estate Only.
1888. ss1 ,229 1855, ,566 "sl,l5S, ,906, ,6s7
increase Of s2,667.6ls over 1882.
.'Decrease of $23,e97,51o under 1882.
Baltimore has a population of 805, ,753,
rs compared with Washington's 4S6,s69
Qs30 census. And the real property
owned by Baltjmore's great industries
is included in its tax basis, while the
real property Of Washington's only
large industry, the Federal Govern
ment-theoretically valued for 1882 at
S4o4 ,56l, ,8B6-is tax exempt. The only
explanation of how the taxable portion
of washington real estate can exceed
in value the taxable real estate Of Bal
timore, with relatively little tax-exempt
property, is the abnormally thorough
assessment of local property. There is
probably more property in Washington
valued for taxation at q higher figure
than its real value than ever before
In the city's history.
Evening star., 1932-10-16

find only confusion, for vegetable" ID
given as q synonym for fruit" 1t says
in an extensive note that the word
fruit applies in a botanical sense not
only to apples, pears and peaches. but
to tomatoes, figs. ETC., even to pine
cones, nuts, grains and melons. Then,
Furthermore, the dictionary states that
"the tomato is both q fruit and vese-
table" But it adds: In the garden
and market it ranks as vegetable
only" 1t Is probably on the strength
of this clause that the Internal Revenue
Bureau classes it as a vegetable and
therefore non-taxable.
This to-do over the status Of the
tomato brings to mind the fact that
as late as a century ago the tomato
was regarded by many of the people
in this country with suspicion. As q
poisonous plant, its fruit known as the
love apple" The plant itself was
grown by many as an ornamental
shrub. Children we're carefully en-
Joined against eating the berries. "
which in the uncultivated state were
small and wrinkled.
The plant was known in Africa many
centuries ago and was eaten as salad
fruit in England In the sixteenth cen
tury. It was found by the Spaniards in
South America and seeds were taken
from there back to the Old World and
eventually to this continent. The fruit
of the plant that Is known today Is
much larger, fuller and juicier than
the early tomato. 1t is now cultivated
annually from seeds, although the plant
is botanically a perennial.
Evening star., 1932-10-16

Neither hefDeft noover nor frank
lin D. Roosevelt will be elected Presi-
dent Of the United States on Novem-
Der 3, 1882.
On that date, which is the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in No
vember, Afid "a the date 1ixed by law
for the quadrennial elections, the per-
sons who will be elected are 53i men
or women who are known as presiderl-
tial electors and who have been placed
IN nomination by various and tundry
state conventions, State committees. or
other machinery Of the political parties.
1t Is true that the majority OF these
electors will. early in January. meet
in their respective States and cast their
ballots for Mr.. Hoover or Mr.. Rooee-
welt ana that late in January the bal
lots Of these electors VIII have arrived
in Washington, D. c., in sealed en-.
velopes addressed to the President OF
the Senate The Senate and the House
Of Representatives will then meet IN
joint session, will appoint tellefs to
open and read the ballots Of the
electors and. upon hearing the result,
will solefnnly declare Mr.. Hoover or Mr..
Roosevelt the duly elected President OF
the United States. This IL regarded
- 90 certain to happen tnat the whole
u
on the morning Of November who 10
edge will come from adding up the
lists Of chosen electors of the Repub-
lican ana Democratic parties ana OBJ
serving which side has ma aiority.
NOBODY Tor an instant expects any
one OF the chosen electors to change
his mind between November 3 and jan
uary and vote for the opposite can
didate TO that OF the party which
named him an elector While very few
voters know the names Of the electors
OF their own party in their own State.
or ever will know them, except as they
may notice them on the ballot when
they vote. 1t Is safe TO assume that
they are honorable men and will func-
tfon exactly As is expected OF them
Generally speaking they always have
done %, although there is no law 10
bind them except the law OF custom,
and honesty. Probably something very
unpleasant would happen to any elector
who jumped his ticket. Probably also
there have been occasions. as in 1876
when the decision was 20 close that
immense bribes would have been paid
any elector for jumping. Not one oi
them betrayed his moral obligation. nor
is there any record that one or tneee
comparatively unknown men even sefi-
ously thought Of such thing.
FunesSsas Are UtualIy Mechanical
With only two major parties in the
contest this year the electoral colleges
will attract little attention. There Ap-
pears little danger Of any failure In
eiectinK q majority Of electors for one
or the other leading candidate. and the
functions Of the electors therefore be
come purely mechanical As recently
as 1874 this was not the case. With
Coolidge, Davis ana La Toilette In the
feid there was q possibility that no
party would win q ma tority OF the eiec-
tors. In that event the election would
have been left for decision by the House
of Representatives. and that body was
50 closely divided that q ma tority there
was uncertain. The possibility of an
indecisive election gave rise to the slo-
gan, Coolidge or Chaos. the latter word
being descriptive OF possible uncertainty