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The Washington times., 1932-08-11
P. {. A. BEGINS
WAR AGAINST
GAMBLERS
BY HARRY COSTELLO

Hundreds of thousands of
golfers throughout the United
States will watch with interest
the Professional Golfers Asso-
cations war against surething
gamblers.
From Chicago, yesterday, came
word that the P. G.. A. has
finally taken up the cudgel
against the "musclers-in.
If golf, both professional and
amateur, suffers in this war
against the Sure-thing boys, it
will be COLTS own fault.
For years now, golf officials
not only of this country, but also
of Great Britain, have been
aware of the inroads made by
sure thing gamblers. Lotteries,
books, pools and pari-mutuels
have been aware of their exist
ence for at least 10 years. How
ever, never before have the sure
thing boys been quite so blatant
as they have in recent years.
Sold in 1919
AS early as 1919 tickets on
contestants in the British open
were sold in the United States.
Persons holding winning tickets
were not paid.
In 1890, when Bobby Jones
won at Hoylake, hundreds of
thousands of 81 tickets were sold
in this country Persons holding
winning tickets were not paid.
Golf officials of this country
and of Great Britain knew of
both these incidents, and of
others of a like nature in be-
tween 1919 and 1880.
A. w. Wallace, Detroit stock
broker, first financial backer of
Walter Hagen. and close per
sonal friend to The Haig" for
many years, wagered $4,000 on
Hagen's chances the first year
Walter won the British Open.
Odds quoted Mr.. Wallace we're
II to /. Mr.. Wallace not only
never was paid but lost his $10,-
900 as well.
The personal, private wager
has been an institution in golf
since the game was first played.
Large wagerS have not been un-
common.
On Ethical Basis
However, wagering was on an
ethical basis just so long as
personal, private wagerS remained
in vogue. The very instant pools,
books, lotteries and parimutuels
were set. up, by the sure-thing
boys, golf was endangered.
Club pools have for many years
caused strained feelings between
even club members, Golf Off
cials knew of those pools.
Golf officials in the United
States and in Great Britain GER
tainly cannot plead ignorance of
gambling conditions surrounding
various national and interna-
tional Journeys On all sides of
those officials were books, most
of them made by local sure thing
gamblers on the occasions of
tournaments, whether such tour
neys were professional or amateur.
Players themselves often wagered
in books. pools and mutuelS. Off
cialS knew it, too.
The Washington times., 1932-08-11
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, Aug. II G.NsD.-Hogs-
10000; steady. Top. $40; bulk, $4,000
4.95: heavy, $4.25@4.7O; med UNI, $40
a SO: light. $475@5.10 light lights.
$4.5O a 800; packing sows, $3.50 @4.25; /;
pigs. $4OO045O. HoldOvers 1000.
CATTLE 600: steady. Calves, 1000;
steady Beef steers-Good and choice,
$SOOm9.75; common and medium. $500
mS.OO. yearlings. $75O@9.5O. Butcher
cattle-Heifers. $4.5O@$.OO; cows $50
$500: bulls, $2.7544O0: calves. $500 "a
90: feeder steers. $4.5Om6.OO; stocker
steers. $4OOG5.75; stOcker cows and
heifers, $3OO645O.
Sheep-l4OOO; steady. Lambs, $5.@5 a
6o5: common, $4OO05.OO: yearlings,
$4.O0@5.OO; ewes, Sl.OO@2.5O; feeders
So X N 4 20
The Washington times., 1932-08-11
Spencer's Condition
Lets Maple Stay
With GriffS

Clark Griffith, president of
the Washington Baseball club,
today announced that Howard
Maple, young catcher. will re
main with the team indefinitely
It had been announced yester
day that Maple was to have
been optioned to Baltimore of
the International League sub
ject to a recall within "a hours
notice.
However, owing to the fact
that Roy Spencer, regular
catcher. is not in the best of
shape the transfer orders of
Maple have been reScinded.
The Washington times., 1932-08-11
FIGHTER
BEATS j, 8. FOE

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 11.-Here
is complete list of results of last
nights bouts in the Olympic
Games boxing tournament:
Bantamweight Glass G1S Pounds
Gwynn. Canada. defeated Mills. Italy
Villanueva. Philippines. defeated Nakao
Japan; Ziglarski, Germany. defeated
Nicolas. France; Lang, L, S. A. won
from Pereyra, Argentina, on default.
Lightweight Glass Obs POunds)-Bor
U. S. A. defeated Miller, Great Britain ;
Ahlquist, sweden. defeated Mayor
France; Bianchin, Italy, defeated GenO-
vese Canada; stevens, South Africa, de-
8eated Kartz. Germany
: Heavyweight Glass (Over 175 Pounds)
<-Maughan, Canada, defeated Kohlhaas
Germany; Lowell. Argentina, defeated
Barlund, Finland.
John Miller, Detroit light heavy
weight, was the only United
States boxer to be eliminated thus
far. He was beaten by Jim Muir
ply, of Ireland, yesterday after
noon.
The Washington times., 1932-08-11
CHICAGO DAIRY PRICES

CHICAGO, Aug. II UNSD.-Butter
$3.50 tubs: creamery extras, 2OA 9;
standards, 2O12C: extra firsts. 1870
L9lac; firsts, 1841S12c; packing stock,
IOc: specials, gO&4 @21Ac.
Eggs-S.O6S cases; ordinary current
receipts. 12l4 6l2&c; fresh graded eX-
ira firsts I6ler: fresh graded firsts,
l6c: dirties. 1Om12i2c; checks, 9m11c.
Cheese-Young Americas and long
horns 1G6l3l2C: brick fancy. lie;
daisies and prints, 1391S12c; twins,
12A Ql2%c.
The Washington times., 1932-08-11
BALTIMORE PRODUCE

Live Poultry-Chckens Old reavy,
14@15c medium, l2@14c; leghorns
and other light stock, 1O@12c; roosters
6@Sc. Chickens: young, Colored, as
to size, 124 1SC; leghorns as to size
12@14c. Ducks-YOung, white pekings
lbs and over, 1O012c. muscovy, 4
lbs. and over 12Ql4c; puddle, 4 lbs.
and over 10012c.
Egg market steady on current re-
ceipts. On the Baltimore Butter and
Egg Exchange there was no trading.
Street sales, nearby current receipts,
IS a Ice; hennery whites, as to size,
18M20C.
Receipts-Butter, 700 tubs; eggs. 672
cases. Butter unchanged.
The Washington times., 1932-08-11
WASHINGTON STOCKS
SALES

Washington Gas SIS, $1,000
1919.
Capital Traction Company, 100
71s.
After call-Potomac Electric
512 per cent pfd., 1@104, 20
1O3I2.
The Washington times., 1932-08-11
N. Y. Exchange Bonds
United states
High Low 100


Liberty 3l.s '$2-47. 100. ?91OO. 29I1OO.29
Lib 1st 414s 32-47..lOI I.l4ilOl.1lllO1.ll
Lib 4th 4As 'S33S. l0S I1O2. lO3
Treasury 4l4s '4752. .IlO7.1O 1915 ilOH6
Treas As '44-54......l104.15il l5l1O4.15
Treas 3%s 6..."I102.6 ll026 1925
Treas 3%ss '43-47. .14l1OO. 2OI1O0.23
Treas ASS June. ...1O1.2 I1Ol.24!lOl26
Treas 33ss March. .1O027ilOO. 22I1 I100.25
The Washington times., 1932-08-11

VNNHUa
New York funds IN Montreal $131 25
premium at $1,000.
Montreal funds in New York $131.25
discount at $1,000.
The Washington times., 1932-08-11

The little lady has been mighty
patient these long months.
and now. with stocks at new
high" and fur prices at a
new low" why not give her
a gift from Saks.
Evening star., 1932-04-02

ture was supposed to be gentle and
tame. but as matter of precaution was
generally chained to bolt in the floor.
This particular morning lady dwell
ing in the same house entered the studio
to borrow something or other. with her
little daughter upon her arm. AS soon
as the leopard saw the visitors. whom
he probably thought intruders, he strug-
gled at his bonds. and soon broke the
chain, for he was large and powerful
brute, and fell upon the mother and
child
With teeth and claws the beast
wounds. The woman tried her best to
protect the infant, but unsucceSSfully,
though the artist and herself did every
thing in their power to Subdue the
beast. It seemed that the leopard con-
sidered the child its special prey, and
was only driven away from it when the
shrieks of the mother and the painter
brought to the scene the husband and
father, who. with hammer, drove the
snarling animal to a corner Of the room.
There it was again secured, and the po-
lice, arriving soon after. sent the child
and mother to the hospital.
The owner of the leopard was ar
rested. 1t seems that he had been
ordered by the authorities some time
ago to turn the animal over to the
Geological Gardens, but had neglected
to do so. He claims that the leopard
was a necessary adjunct for his liveli-
hood in these bad times It appears
more likely now that the leopard was
a decided detriment and mischief to
him if any harm befalls the mother or
child in consequence of his reversion to
savagery
Evening star., 1932-04-02
The Taximeter Issue.

The members of the House who pro.
pose to cut off the pay of Gen. Pat
rick and members and employees of the
Public Utilities Commission If they at
tempt t0 enforce the taxicab meter or.
der should at least be credited with
preserving the jewel of consistency
For If the House of Representatives Is
to undertake the detailed regulation OF
public utilities in the District-a task
heretofore delegated by Congress to the
Public Utilities Commission it is
wasteful and inefficient to retain the
Public Utilities Commission 1t should
be abolished without further delay.
But there is, perhaps. more prac-
tical alternative. Congress possesses
exclusive jurisdiction over the District
of Columbia If the Congress does not
believe in meters on taxicabs it should
enact law forbidding taxicabs to carry
meters, forbidding the Public Utilities
Commission to take any step toward the
regulation of taxicabs. forbidding all
interference Of any sort with taxicabs
or taxicab drivers. and forbidding any
member of the Public Utilities Com
mission to ride in a taxicab. BY such
legislation it could preserve both the
rugged individualism OF unrestricted
taxicab competition and the Public
Utilities Commission. And that ap-
parently, is the desideratum.
But whatever the final decision. it is
sincerely to be hoped that in the public
interest both the taxicab-regulating
members of the House and the taxicab-
regulating members Of the Public Utili-
ties Commission will stick to their guns
neither side budging an inch until that
final decisicn is made known by Con-
gress. For the difference of opinion
over whether taxicabs should be equip
ped with meters, and thus become
amenable to regulation hitherto lacking,
is Of far less importance to the people
OF the District than the issue that this
olIlerence CT opinion mas raised. That
issue is whether the District Is to be
governed by Congress through the off.
cials at the District Building, to whom
certain powers have by properly en-.
acted legislation been delegated, OF
whether the District is to be governed
by few influential members of Con-
gress whose strongly-held personal opin-
ions and whose strategic positions or
committees enable them to dictate
policy and procedure. The latter form
Of government should not be accepted
without due consideration of its obvious
defects, large among which is the in
evitable deterioration in character and
morale on the part of the duly ap-
pointed officials at the District Building
Evening star., 1932-04-02

but certainly the commission should
experience little difficulty, in this case,
In determining the offender And when
the responsibility has been fixed he
should be brought into court the same
as any other driver who violates the
trafic rules.
This collision should be a lesson to
all operators of buses. Although their
task is difficult one, they are in
almost all cases and all should be pro-
vided with every modern safeguard,
such as air brakes. full vision and con-
veniently arranged controls for the
proper operation of their vehicles. Gen
orally speaking they are excellent
drivers, but there is distinct tendency,
as in the case of street car motormen,
to chafe at the delay caused by lights
or policemen and consequently an in
clination on their pert to beat" the
signal if possible. This practice is
reprehensible If INDUCED in by the
driver of light passenger car, but it is
doubly so when drivers Of large vehi-
cles attempt 1t. The Investigation
will neither bring back to life those
who were killed nor heal the wounds
of the injured, but it will very probably
result in the proper placing of response
bility and serve as an object lesson to
the operators of Washingtons buses.
Evening star., 1932-04-02

thinly veiled the real reason. The ex-
penses Of the military campaigns in
Manchuria and at Shanghai. he said,
ARE not yet ended" Estimates for ia
pans ordinary military and naval arm
aments continue to show a downward
trend. But the expeditions in China,
commencing with events in Manchuria
last September, put the budget in dis
$50, 900, 900, which is to be raised by a
loan.
The japanese would probably rejoice
to feel that the bill they have to foot on
account OF Manchuria and Shanghai
will be confined to the present budget
shortage. Unfortunately, there is no
prospect of that because, as the finance
minister lugubriously reminds the ma
ton. the piper has not yet, been fully
paid. The army of occupation is still
in Manchuria, and. pending negotiations
for the withdrawal from Shanghai, i'm
mense forces are being maintained there.
These revelations, which are the worlds
first indication Of what the military and
naval party's policy has cost Japan. also
graphically lift the curtain on at least
one OF the reasons why the Shanghai
campaign WAS abandoned.
That the japanese possessed the
requisite force to achieve almost any
objective they might have set them
selves in China can hardly be doubted
1t now seems apparent that when Toxic
began to reckon the cost, not only In
blood, but in treasure, counsels OF eco
nomic sanity prevailed and stayed the
hands Of even the japanese war lords.
Money talks. 1t has seldom talked to
more useful purpose than when 1t
brought a realization that the opera
tions at Shanghai, wholly apart from
the damage they were doing to her
prestige in the world, were capable of
pushing Japan to the brink OF national
bankruptcy
Evening star., 1932-04-02
Anti.Hoarding Drive
Brings Out Old Bills

From the Morgantown Dominion-News.
The first visible sign that the anti
boarding campaign is getting results is
the temperance of the antiquated cur
rency, which for the past year seemed
to have been entirely retired. The
large size bills, now that we have be-
come accustomed to the newer and
smaller ones. look awkward and out of
place in normal bank roll. Usually
the holder makes haste to rid himself
of a bill which does not size up with its
fellows nor fit snugly into the modern
billfold.
There are millions of dollars Of these
old bills still hidden away in trunks,
teakettles and strong boxes. In these
hiding places they lose their earning
capacity and become as so much wrap
ping paper and are subject to ever
threatening loss by fire. Sometimes a
mouse chews up a small fortune. The
anti-hoarding organization is hearten-
ed in its efforts at the sudden reap
pearance of these old bills. Every city
from coast to coast he's produced some,
which are Immediately retired and re-
placed by the United States Treasury.
Evening star., 1932-04-02
Japan Feels the Pinch

What it costs to embark upon i'm
measurable military adventures is now
being brought vividly home to the peo-
pie Of Japan. 1t has Just been dis
closed by Finance Minister Taxa
hasbi that budget requirements make
it impossible for the government to 20
forward with Japans fYe-year plan
for industrial expansion. The origi-
nators Of the program aimed at max
ing the island empire self-sustainins
in most Of the important manufac-
lures and incidentally at wiping out
unemployment. 1t was the most ambi-
tious economic undertaking ever pro-
Iected in modern Nippon.
Although the seiyukaior government
party recently wen the national cleo
tions by promising to embark forthwith
upon the five-year plan, Mr.. Taxa
hashi was compelled to inform the
country this week that the treasury q
condition does not permit 1t. He on'r
Evening star., 1932-04-02
The Bus Crash.

The Public Utilities Commission is
taking the eminently proper action in
its decision to investigate thoroughly
the bus crash yesterday which resulted
In the death of two persons and injury
to eleven The fact that the collision
occurred between two Of these heavy
vehicles at a light-controlled intersec-
aon MAKES It imperative that every
phase of such an unusual disaster should
be thoroughly sifted to discover the
cause. Trafnc lights are supposed to be
the safest known method Of controlling
the movement Of automobiles, buses
and street cars Yet two buses, driven
by presumably experienced operators,
are in collision at one Of these intersec-
tons.
Obviously, one or the other Of the
drivers is to blame. In a case of this
kind there can be no joint responsibility
II the accident had occurred at an un-
controlled intersection there might be
some basis for division Of opinion as to
whtsn driver was guilty Of causing it.
Evening star., 1932-04-02

wants to stay In Office. has no alterna-
tive bus to yield to the pressure. And
when the time comes to pay, we. the
people, pounce with awful wrath upon
those whom We virtually forced to do
our bidding. Governmental expenses
will never be reduced until the great
mass of the voters make up their minds
to be more consistent"
-H...S x& X* r-.H.y..., 81, .a,
Emphasizing "the call for a non-par-
tisan organization to control finances"
the Cleveland News suggests that
whatever our previous governmental
extravagsnceS have been, the strictest
economies now seem capable of no more
than holding the situation in allegiance
until better times arrive" The
Spokane Spokesman-Review feels that
the ex-PreSident knocks over the
demagogic contention that the Govern
ment, State and national, can MAIN
tain high taxes, roll them still higher
and get the needed revenue by soaking
the rich" The Detroit News draws
the conclusion that the fault lies
with the people who demanded more
and more public expenditure" and
concludes: What about farm relief?
The farmers are heavily taxed; Mr..
Coolidge finds that in the period
l922-27 the average tax was 23.3 per
cent of their net income. What about
it? Mr. Coolidge puts it In one sem
tence: AS the taxes farmers pay are
mostly local, the remedy would seem
to be in their own hands So any one
who goes to Mr.. Coolidge for balm
will find about as much as can be ex-
tracted from a stout hickory stick.
After the spree, the headache: to
which Mr.. Coolidge would add not only
a promise to reform, but resolution
to stick to it,"
The main objective of the former
President in his excoriation of govern
mental extravaganza" as viewed by
the Minneapolis Journal, lis the Con-
gresS, even though he does bid the
people TO have care as to their local
and State expenditures. But his coun-
sci is just as pertinent, just as directly
applicable, in any other unit The
way to taxpayers rehabilitation Is
largely through hard boiled elimination
OF non-essentials from the tax budget.
SO long as revenue is the prime con-
Germ In the minds of the appropriating
powers, just so long will outgo continue
TO challenge the taxpayers ability to
3ay."
Evening star., 1932-04-02
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

Did you ever write q letter to Fred.
eric J. Haskin? You can ask him any
question of fact and get the answer ir
a personal letter Here is q great
educational idea introduced into the
lives of the most intelligent people ir
the world-American newspaper read
ers. 1t is a part of that best purpose
of a newspaper-service. There is nc
charge except two cents in coin OF
stamps for return postage. Address
Fredric j. Haskin, Director, The Star
Information Bureau, Washington, D. C
@. What is the mile ice-skating rec
ord?-N. F. w.
A. 1t is 2:41 is. This record is
held by F. J. Robson and Morris Wood,
who tied for the record.
@. How many trucks were in acci-
dents last year?-A. S.
A. In 1880 there were 3.48o.93
trucks registered in the United States.
They are listed as commercial cars.
There were 137.790 commercial cars
in accidents in 1881 The number in
fatal accidents was 5000 and the num-
Der in non-fatal accidents, I31,730.
there?-J. c. w.
A. One estimate places the number
at 5o,000,0 900.
Q. Do members of Congress smoke
while Congress is in session?-B. T.
A. Smoking Is not permitted on the
floor OF the House of Representatives
or Senate.
@. Where is the biggest difference in
ebb and flood tide on the coast of the
United States?-J. S.
A. The United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey says that the largest
periodic range Of tide on the coast Of
the United States proper occurs in the
st. Croix River. Maine In this To-
callty there is an average range of 20
1eet and spring range of about %
feet. In Turnagain Arm, Cook inlet.
Alaska there is a mean range of ap-
proximately 80 feet and a spring
range Of approximately 80 feet. The
largest known periodic tides in the
world occur in Minas Basin, Bay of
Fundy, Nova Scotia, where mean
range Of AZ feet and a spring range
OF As feet have been reported.
@. How much money has been ex-
pended for Civil War pensions? How
many people are still receiving them?-
G. M w.
A. At the end Of the fiscal year
June 30, 1881, $7,492, ,456, ,764.46 had
been expended in Civil War pensions.
On the same date the number of
persons receiving pensions on account
OF the Civil War was: Soldiers, 39,436;
nurses, %; widows, 153,437.
@. What is the meaning of the In
dien word Seminole?-A. H. H.
A. 1t is the Greek word for separ-
atists and was applied to the Creeks
who left their tribe and established
themselves in Florida.
@. What is the value of the freight
shipped to and from the port of Mil
waukee?-B r.
A. In normal times the total in
bound and outbound freight amounts
to eight or nine million tons, with a
valuation close to s150000,00O yearly.
@. Does Canada have any general
supervision of the liquor trafic-J.
d. P.
A. The Canadian Government In
formation Bureau says that the con-
troll of liquor traffic is recognized as a
distinctly provincial responsibility.
Each province makes and enforces its
own liquor laws, and there are as many
systems, or notifications of systems, of
liquor control as there are provinces.
During the war period the zeal for
public welfare and national efficiency