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Smyrna times., 1932-04-20

teri Rawley, one daughter, Miss
Ada Rawley, and one son, Donald
Rawley, both at home. He also
leaves three sisters namely, Mrs.
Marion Duhadaway of near Dover,
Mrs. Hilda Marvel of this town,
Mrs. Leonard Morris of Clayton,
and one brother, Mr.. John Rawley
of this town. Funeral services
were held from his late residence
at Leipsic at two o'clock this af-
ternoon, Wednesday, and interment
was made at Odd Fellows ceme-
terry, Smyrna. Rev. Essell p.
Thomas officiatei.
Smyrna times., 1932-04-20

@ j. McConaughy, Bradley Beach
Charles j. McConaughy, former
ly of Clayton, died at his home at
Bradley Beach, N. j., a suburb of
Asbury Park, on Monday. He was
half brother of Mrs. w. H. Tunis
Jr., of Clayton and was born and
spent his early life in Clayton. He
spent most of his life in the en-
ploy of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road and was a former train
master at Jersey City, New Jer-
sey, but had been retired for
several years. His remains were
brought to Middletown this morn
ing and interment was made at
Old Drawyer's cemetery near
Odessa.
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
Deaf H
TIP WINS $40
Times Staff Photo

Several minutes before the news
of the death of Representative Ed
ward E. Eslick Cd, of Tennes-
see, was circulated through the
corridors of the Capitol. following
the Tennesseean's dramatic col
lapse while urging passage of the
bonus bill, it was reported to The
Washington Times. This tip wins
the grand prize of $40 in this
weeks newstip contest.
The strange suicide of Willie J..
Ashworth, a taxicab driver, who
shot himself while seated in the
back seat of his cab, as reported
TO The Times, merited the second
award of $40.
The tip on the miraculous es-
cape from death of two naval
fliers when their experimental
plane took a nose dive into the
Potomac River at Bellevue, D. c.,
won the third SIS prize.
For information on the discov-
cry of a 2O-year-old Cincinnati
girl wandering about on Pennsyl-
vania Avenue, garbed in mascu-
line attire, The Times awards the
fourth prize of So.
Six So awards were made for
the following stories: The one
cent per gallon increase on gaso-
line in the District; denial of bail
to CASTOR B. Means, sentenced to
Is years imprisonment for grand
larceny of $104.000 supposed Lind
bergh ransom money; dismissal of
18 mechanics at the Navy Yard;
raid on the second floor at 815
Thirteenth st. N. W.; refusal to
admit six veterans to the Bureau
OF Engraving on Flag Day, and
breaking of a water main at For
ty-seventh and Chesapeake SITS.
N, w,
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
SCHOOLS BEGIN
FINAL WEEK

With the 8 high schools and IL
junior highs of the District hold.
ing commencement exercises be-
ginning tonight, the largest num-
ber of students ever to be grad
uated in Washington. totalling
$500, will receive diplomas.
Four schools will hold their
exercises today. They are Lang
ley Junior, Cardozo High, Dunbar
High and Garnet-Patterson Junior.
At Business High School TO-
morrow night 1856 students will
receive diplomas.
The three-year commer ercial
graduates of Eastern High will
graduate.
Exercises will also be held TO-
morrow at McKinle., Gordon,
Hine, jefferson, Mcfarland, Arm.
strong and Francis. Eight schools
will hold commencements the fol-
lowing night.
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
Aviation Exhibit
OPENS at Bureau

How Uncle Sam protects his
birdman is shown by instruments
which the visitor may demon
strate himself with push buttons,
in an exhibit in Room 5044, De
partment of Commerce. A huge
radio receiver, which the visitor
can tunu in to several weather
broadcasting stations, shows how
aviators get regular reports on the
wing. The operation of beacons,
direction finders and other elec-
trical innovations for aerial safety
can be studied in this exhibit
room.
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
D. c. CONFEREES.
MEET. TODAY

An initial meeting of the con-
ference committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia appropriation
bill was set for this afternoon
by Senator Hiram Bingham (RO,
Connecticut, chairman of the
joint Senate and House confer
ence committee.
No full agreement was ex-
pected at this first conference.
Senator Bingham explained
that the general economy bill
which has been in conference
and is to come before the Senate
and House early this week is
rather interlocked with the Dis
trict budget, and other appro-
priation bills, and it would be
difficult to come to agreement
on the District measure until
the conferees know in what
shape the economy measure is
to pass.
The chief item that will cause
trouble in the conference is the
old controversy over the size of
the Federal contribution toward
the District expenses next year.
The House cut this lump sum"
from $9,50O,00O, which had pre-
vailed for several years, to only
$6,500,000.
Then the Senate raised the
ante to $8,55O,o00, which Sena-
tor Bingham says "is as little as
we should allow"
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
DESERTED CABS
FOUND LATER
BY POLICE
Total of $3.50 Is Obtained
BY CoIored Thugs Who
Flourish Pistols

The two colored men who
last week held up and robbed
several taxicab drivers at
pistol point again operated
early today and robbed three
more drivers of taxicabls at
pistol point.
Charles B. Murray, of 2535
Georgia Ave. N. w., said they
took $500 and his taxicab from
him at Eighth and R Streets
Northwest. Robert E. Jones, Of
1920 Seventh st. N. W., said
they took SO and his cab at
Twenty-third and l Streets North.
west. William H. Jackson. 221
M st. S. w., told police that
they got 81 and his car on
Bryant Street between First and
Second Streets Northwest.
The taxis were found aban-
doned later by police.
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
NEW NUISANCE
TAX IN EFFECT
TOMORROW
Theater Seats, Wine, Home
Brew Ingredients Are
All Assessed

Effective tomorrow you, Mr..
and Mrs. Taxpayer, will begin'
to feel, directly or indirectly,
the heavy hand of the new
taxation bill passed and signed
Is days ago. Its revenue re-
turn for the next year is estl-
mated at some 81, 1,118,O 100000.
Folks who make enough to
stand the increased income and
corporation taxes already know
the additional tributes they must
make to the upkeep of the Federal
Treasury and. the balancing OF
the budget"
This resume, however, applies
to the average fellow who is going
to be tou he'd for a part OF his
purse regardless of its flabblness;
or the cuts in salary he may have
recently received as just another
victim of the existing economic
distress.
Scan These Items
From tomorrow he pays in new
taxes sums like these:
Lubricating oils, 4 cents per
gallon.
Gasoline, / cent per gallon.
Automobile tires and tubes, 2A
and 4 cents per pound.
Furs, 10 per cent ad valorem.
Toilet preparations, dentifrices
and soaps, from S to 10 per cent
on sales price.
Automobile trucks, 2 per cent.
Radio and phonograph equip
ment and accessories, 5 per cent.
Home Brewers Hit
Brewers wort, essential for
home brew" IS cents per gallon.
Grape concentrates, a prohibi'
ton product, 20 cents per gallon.
Jewelry, 10 per cent on pur-
chases over SO, silverWare exempt.
Mechanical refrigerators, per
cent.
Theater and amusement admis-
sions, 10 cents on admissions
above 40 cents, with educational
and Olympic games exempt.
Lease of safety deposit boxes
10 per cent of rental price.
Telephone and telegraph mess
ages; graduated scale of 10 to 20
cents on long-distance phone
calls, ranging from so cents to 81
and above. Telegraph messages
S per cent cable and radio COM
munications, 10 cents each.
Sporting goods and cameras, 10
per cent.
Electricity 80
Passenger automobiles 3 per
cent; candy and chewing gum, 2
per cent.
Varying rates on soft drinks.
Electric energy, for domestic
and commercial uses, 3 per cent
on sales, to be paid by the con-
Sumer.
Stamp taxes on bonds and stock
issues, transfers and conveyances
and future sales transactions.
The foregoing takes in almost
everybody and there is to come,
effective in July, additional rates
Of postage and a few odds and
ends.
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
WARMONUMENT
OFFICES MOVED

Offices of the American Battles
Monument Commission. including
the desk assigned to Gen. John
j. Pershing, have been moved
from the Investment Building to
the new Department of Com
merce Building, the commissions
employees starting in at their new
quarters today. The move was
one of several transfers of Gov
ernment offices recently to save
rentals.
Contemplated moves are those
of the Mexican Claims Commits
sion from the Investment Build
ing and the radio division of the
Department of Commerce from
the National Press Building. Quar-
ters for these two offices have
not been secured. but are ex-
pected to be within a few days, it
was said today at the Office of
Public Buildings and Parks.
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
HEAT DEATH DUE
To ACCIDENT

Sunstroke, suffered while work,
ing in an unusually hot place, is
an accidental injury" and the
workmen's compensation act, the
District Court of Appeals ruled
today.
The ruling was made in the
case of Emma Burris, widow of a
man who suffered a sunstroke
while removing old pavement.
The temperature, in the shade,
was 80 degrees at the time. There
was no shade where the work was
being done. The man started to-
ward a water barrel and collapsed.
He died in a hospital that night.
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
BILL
H|GHL|GHTS
LISTED
Leave Cut Certain, Also Com
puIsory Age Retirement,
and Juror Fee Slash

At a glance, here are the
high points of the conference
committee report on the gen.
eral economy bill which is set
for consideration in the House
today. 1t affects almost the
entire personnel of Federal
and District establishments
and the operating machinery
of various bureaus, in one
way or another.
Outside of the disagreement on
the furlough, pay-cut proposals,
the agreements and compromises
and the latter were many
worked out in a week of con-
ference committee meetings, in
cluded:
Leave Cut to Is Days
Hereafter (meaning perma'
nently) the annual leave with
pay of civilian officers and en-
ployes of the Government is re-
duced from 80 to Is days. The
sick leave is undisturbed.
There is to be compulsory re-
tirement for age, but the Presi-
dent, in exceptional cases and i'll
the public interest, may order ex-
ceptions to this provision.
When a department head finds
it necessary to make dismisSals in
order to keep within his appro-
priations, married workers are to
be dismissed first if both husband
and wife are on the Government
payrolls, and one or the other
will go.
Duties, powers and functions of
the personnel classification board
are transferred to the Civil Ser
vice Commission. This agreement
in conference is assailed by
CONTINUED on Page IS, Col. -
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
Police Seeking Bandits
Who Shot Boy, Girl

Police are still looking for the
two armed bandits who held up
and shot Wesley Owens, 18, of 81
U st. N. W., and Miss Sue Whit
tington, is, of $50 Bryant st. NV,
Saturday night. The police be-
lieve the shooting was accidental.
due to the nervousness of the
hold-up pair.
The hold.up was staged on
Sargent Road, near the District
line. The young couple were shot
as they stood on the running
board of their machine after they
were ordered from the car by the
bandits.
At Sibley Hospital it was said
they are much improved today
and will be able to leave shortly.
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
Taft Bridge Suicide
Named by Brother

The body of a colored man,
who killed himelf early today by
jumping into Rock Creek Park
from the Taft Bridge. was iden-
titled at the morgue as that of
James A. Moore. 43. of 625 Third
st. N. E. The identification was
made by his brother, Marcellus
Moore. who said James had been
sick and out of work for some
time.
Witnesses said the man was
excited when he ran upon the
bridge and Immediately jumped
to his death.
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
Washington Pageant
To Open Tomorrow

"The Great American" a pag.
cant depicting episodes Of George
Washington's life, will ne pre-:
sented at the Sylvan Theater
tomorrow, Wednesday and Thurs.
day nights under the auspices
of the United States and the Dis
trict Bicentennial Commissions.
Seats are on sale at the head.
quarters of the commission, 214
National Press Building. The
pageant will be presented in IA
episodes.
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
Albright Groups
PLANNING Carnival

Members of the Albright
Brotherhood and the Ladies'
Bible Class of Albright Memorial
Church, Fourth and Rittenhouse
StS., will meet in the church
Thursday night to complete plans
for a carnival. The Rev. George
E. Schnabel, pastor, is in charge
of arrangements.
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
ROBE Of PRIEST
. COVERS THIEF

Arrested last night while he
was dressed in the long robe of
q Catholic priest, George Wash,
colored. S5. of Hopewell, Va. to-
6ay was held for the Grand Jury
under $1,000 bond after he had
pleaded guilty to a housebreak.
ing charge before Police Court
Judge John P. Mcmahon.
The Rev. Paul G.. Hutton, of
the Victorian Seminary, 625
Harnline St. N. E.. said his room
vAwas broken into by forcing a
window and the robe. a small
amount of cash, a watch and
fountain pen were stolen.
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
Hospital Treats 5
Injured in Crash

Five members of a family were
treated at Georgetown University
Hospital early today for injuries
received in an automobile col
lision near Leesburg, Va.
They are Clarence Schaefer,
35, of the 1900 block L st. S. E.;
his wife. Irene, %, and their
children, Helen, 7; Bobby, 4, and
Vivian, 2,
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
HUSBAND GETS OFF

Ben Lee, colored, was given a
suspended sentence of nine
months in the Maryland House
of Correction, Saturday, by Judge
Charles w. Woodward in the
Rockville Police Court, for assault
with intend to kill his wife, Elsie.
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
Woman Burns Self
With Pot of Beans

Livia Bell, 26, colored, is at
Emergency Hospital suffering
from burns on her face and chest
received last night when she
upset a pot of boiling beans on
herself at her home, 262912 Vir-
ginia Ave. N. w,
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
CLUB SEEKS MEMBERS

A drive to obtain additional
members of the Arlington County
Monarch Club is being planned
by club officers, assisted by A.
DeWight Mckee, national exten-
sion secretary.
The Washington times., 1932-06-20

the great maSteTs-tnat IS, ten
years ago-Jimmie Durante was
probably conducting small jazz
band from the piano. 1t never oc-
Cured to him that he could enter
tain, but there must have been
some sweet asides to the saxophon-
ist and the orchestra may have
missed a few beats, laughing at
Jimmie's sublime nose as it twitched
and scented the air of the night
club. He says he discovered his
talent by accident; it was a lucky
one not only for him but for thou
sands of people; or, as he says,
millions of them"
Fresh Every Night
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
PIT. A. CUTS MEETINGS

The Parent-Teacher Associa.
tion of OXon Hill, will not meet
again until the second Tuesday
in September, it was announced
today. Officers will be elected in
October.
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
True to TYPE
+ MR.. JIMMIE DURANTE
TOPS NEWCOMERS
OF DECADE
Rv GILBERT SELDES

OF the individual stars of entertainment risen in the
" dusk of these "doorous years. seems to me
to be brighter and stranger than Jimmie Durante
The Washington times., 1932-06-20
CHURCH PLANS SUPPER

A chicken salad supper will be
held at st. Barnabas' Church.
Oxon Hill. next Saturday night,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-10
CHAPTER XIII-Continued

H.
Pablocito cried out in surprise. "But
he told me, Senior, that he was, and
he"
Lopez swore softly. "What trick
is this, Senior; if the prisoner is not
the Lieutenant Polito, who is he?"
Lieutenant Lamartina is safe In
Puerto Cabello ere this; his sister, the
Senorita Dulce, stands before YOU"
"Ah, Loren, Loren, l would have
saved thee."
"But not myself"
Lopez took off his cap. what mo-
tive, Senorita, would you have thus
to masquerade as your brother?'
"Ah my captain" I laughed "may
one question the motive of a lady
whose heart is full of dreams, one
who has looked, perchance, upon the
moon?"
The captain bowed to the Senorita.
MY task is not so simple, neither are
my duties to my liking; yet my or
ders-"
Are to be obeyed," l said. "May !
request, my captain, that you offer es-
cort to the Senorita so she may return
IN safety to the home of Sonora
Ybarra? This will be my only re-
quest"
"Assuredly."
mo- Loren, no! l would not leave
thee"
"Ah Du1ce mia 20
Eyes, Loren, l am trying. Can you
not see me smile? I am smiling
smiling bravely-as you would have
me do. l want you to know that l
am brave; you will remember me So
will you not, Loren-that l am
b-brave"
"Aye, my own"
"Then kiss me-and hold me to your
heart again-and I will go. Adios,
my-my moon wrath. IL have never
believed that you are real Just
something fine and noble that was in
my dreams"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-10
First White Woman in
West Arrived in 1906

The first white woman in the West
of whom there Is any record, came
out from the Orkney islands in 1905
in Hudsons Bay company's ship,
disguised as young man. She came
out to join her sweetheart. In the
journal of Alexander Henry, 1t Is re-
corded without mention of her name
that on December 90, 1907. she gave
birth to child at his trading post
at the mouth Of the Pembina river
OF the life of the child born that day.
the first child born in the West Of
white parents, nothing is known but
that his mother took him with her
when she returned to Scotland the
summer after his birth. Marie Lagi-
modiere, who became the grandmoth-
er Of Louis Riel, was the second white
woman to come to the West of whom
there is any record. She arrived In
1907. 1t was 1912 before there were
any other white women in the West.
In that year, the second party of Sell
kirk settlers arrived at York Factory.
They included 10 women.-Montres
Herald.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-10
Blu Fred McLQuqhIi1

"Ah Senor."
'Has the sun, Pablo
1T has just come up, Senior, and a
sergeant and file Of soldiers await
your pleasure"
"My pleasure, Pablocito; did the SER
geant say my pleasure? My pleasure,
then, shall tax his patience, for, first,
I shall eat, then, with the aid Of soap
and water and a razor that you may
bring, / shall make myself as present
able as possible. May one do less
at such timer"
II do not know, Senor," he said in
a daze; "is life so droll thing that
you should laugh it away?"
'Life is glorious thing, my little
Pablo, and l hope you shall have as
much of it as you desire; l hope you
may view this beautiful world until
your eyes are dim with the years, that
you may listen to the sweet sounds of
nature and to the sweeter sounds of
the voices of those who love you until
your ears"
"Gracias, Senor-I will hasten"
He brushed my clothes and polished
my boots while l ate the breakfast Of
baked CHI q ap1 tortilla and coffee
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-10
"Then Kiss Me-and Hold Me to
Your Heart Again, and I Will Co."

and papaya that he prepared; then
bathed, dressed, shaved, combed my
hair and placed my cap upon my head
with the greatest care.
Ready at last I walked with him
along the narrow darkened hallway
and out into the bright sunlight to a
wide iron gate that swung open at our
approach, where sergeant and a
squad of a dozen soldiers took me in
charge. l searched my pockets and
poured into Pablocito's cupped hands
all the silver that I found there and,
with word Of thanks for his atten-
lions, marched away beside the SER
geant, with six soldiers thanking us
right and left.
1t was beautiful morning, with
air so clear that trees upon the crest
of distant mountain ranges stood out
with cameo distinctness. A breeze
from the lake tempered what might
have been hot day.
DO you usually take a morning
constitutional before an execution?" l
traversed full third Of the city.
II am directed to bring you here"
said he, as we turned into an arched
gateway and bent our steps toward
the massive mansion that has been
the home Of many governors. A guard
at the great wooden door with it's ex-
quisite carving stood aside, and four
abreast, we marched through it into q
spacious chamber, which, at first, be-
cause Of the brilliant sunlight that
had filled our eyes, seemed place of
shadows. The sergeant voiced a sharp
command, the soldiers about faced and
went out, leaving me standing in the
middle Of the room.
In front Of me stood the straight
stalwart figure of man with fair
hair and the clear blue of northern
skies in his eyes. A wild surge OF
Joy went over me- reached out my
hands to him. "Father!' cried
"Oh, my father!"
Loren" he said gently, "you
scampw D#
felt his strong arms around me,
felt his muscular body shake with
silent laughter, and hot tears of happi
ness blinded me, for l knew that
was saved, because my father never
failed
''When your letter came, Loren, we
knew that you were again in search OF
| trouble, for Venezuela"
laughed through my tears. "Ant
found IT.; more Of it, my father, thar
have dreamed might come to one
| man and happiness, too"
Now another figure appeared-the
slim tiny figure Of man in brilliant
uniform, with piercing black eyes
bushy brows. and high forehead
| curiously scanned. Whereupon fash
ionel stiff salute, for this was South
! Americas greatest. Il have erred
| grieveuSly, my general"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-10
CHAPTER XIV
Dawn

All, the melancholy silence Of my
prison, the horror of the dragging
hours, the deep darkness, for the
Senorita, having left, had taken with
her all the light Of the world /. had
taken my soul, my love, my life and
there was left to me only an empty
husk This cast upon the rude couch
and tried vainly to speed the meas
ured minutes, counting sleep unavail-
ingly.
had given to the cause Of Liberty
and Venezuela all l had, had striven
as desperately in her behalf as the
most earnest patriot had striven, had
been-so I believed-a potent force in
the winning of freedom for her. and l
had come to this. The dead hand Of
Colonel PM could hold in check any
one Of my friends who might have
offered assistance to me. Dead, he
stood between me and liberty-which
would have meant also love and hap
piness-and the shadow Of his spirit
dimmed my little world.
In my despair the face Of Dulce
came to me again. l heard in fancy
the music Of her voice, and my prison
was filled with the glory Of her pres
ence, for at last slept. And, Sleep
ing, I saw the straight sturdy figure
of my father with his fair hair and his
clear resolute eyes; I saw the gra-
cious lady who was my mother, and
the slim, swaying figure Of that ex-
quisite little sister of mine, who, at
fifteen, had given promise of great
beauty. They would miss me, for they
loved me, and they had given me
very much indeed.
Three years had passed since had
seen them, three years that I had
spent in Europe while the study of the
rise and fall Of races had held me, for
1t had been my desire to become a
writer of history. I would write no
history now, yet had lived it. had
taken part in what would doubtless
prove to be the last battle between
my own people and their Anglo-Saxon
brothers across the sea, and ] had also
taken part in that battle which had
broken for ever the hold of Spain
upon the western hemisphere. Aye,
in few short years I had lived a
deal Of history.
So, with the face of Dulce, smiling
bravely, coming to me out Of the
gloom, and fading again, and the vivid
pictures of my youth and my young
manhood passing before me in swift
panorama, spent the night in ftful
slumber; to awaken at last to the
familiar tapping of Pablocito upon the
door of my cell. tN
"You sleep, Senor," he said. las one
sleeps whose conscience Is as clear"
"Why not, my little Pablo?" l said,
with forced gaiety. "Sleep has never
been a problem to me-"
II cannot understand, Senior; fear
that my last highland my last hour
might be filled with lamentations.
Perhaps you would even care to eat
-no?"
"Of course; should ore miss break
fast7"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-03-10
This Little Girl
Got Well Quick

"Just after her
third birthday, my
little daughter, Con-
ME, had a serious
attack of intestinal
fu," says Mrs. 81. w.
Turnage, 217 Cad
valdez St., San An
tonic. Texas. "It left