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Evening star., 1932-04-02
WILL SPEAK ON ASIA

Rev. Ralph E. Diffendorfer of New
York, corresponding secretary of thl
Board of Foreign Missions of the M. E
Church, will deliver special sermon at
the meeting Of the Washington Confer
ence of the Foreign Mission Board in
the Asbury M. E. Church Wednesday
April 6.
DR. Diffendorfer's subject will be
Bidding for the Future of Asia"
He has recently returned from a visit
to the mission fields of the church in
many of the Asiatic countries.
Evening star., 1932-04-02
How Shall We Balance Budget?
cency-Wider Use of Modified Forms of Plan
Would Not Be Surprising.

it. Bonds that are defaulted impair the
credit OF a government and result in
drastic and often painful reorganization
of the tax structure at times when the
public can least afford to pay
Within the last two wears aspecio1 1Iy
since the depression began, taxpayers
have been taking greater interest in
municipal affairs. News of taxnavers,
revoltS and keen interest in the rednc-
tion of city budgets is constantly being
reported from all sections of the co,,n7
try. This situation has been forced bv
the fact that the investors of the Nation
who hitherto have regarded nnunicinaI
securities as gilt edged are now seeking
to know what kind of management each
city has, what is the status of its assess
rpents on property and what sort of job
is done by its collecting machinery in
raising the necessary revenue. CITY
governments are experiencing the need
for reducing operating expenses and
complete overhauling of their fiscal
machinery.
Cities the Most Expensive.
OF all the units of government in
America, the municipalities are the
most expensive and, it is believed. the
most extravagant although there are
many instances of efficient government
and excellent management. The pres
ent crisis many mean the introduction
of new methods of fiscal control. par
ticularly non-partiSan organizations.
perhaps even a permanent personnel.
While the city manager idea, for ex-
ample, has often been frustrated by
poor personnel or political Vaccinations.
it would not be surprising if modified
forms of city arrangements became gen.
orally popular as a means of getting
cities out of their difficulties. Politi-
clans are not able to cut budgets
as ruthleSsly as are managers employed
for the specific purpose of putting city
governments on a business basis.
The trend is toward more efficiency in
management, hence less borrowing and
better credit standing and ultimately,
of course, reduced taxes in our Ameri-
can cities. The only question is how
sooon will the process be stimulated in
enough places and with enough vigor to
bring down materially the whole cost of
city governments.
Copyright, 1922
CTomorrow'S article will deal with
taxation and where the Federal reve-
nues come fromD
Evening star., 1932-04-02
Deaths Reported.

Eilah n Wilson. IS, s6I4 ordwsy st.
fshnle H 1nRersol, g. 5ll 4th St
pitsl o' H'iei Se44oS NUS
BENJAMIN F. Reeves. 7s Adams St
Sohn Garland Walker. 79. Hotel Mayhower.
george W. Abbott, "a. 2034 goth st
kHIste kste Graft, SO. 1905 l7th St, Sc.
Cara McConkey. So. 32l6 1lth pl. Sc.
Msrv NJ, Lord. 66. l440 r ST.
Jessie Ashton. 55. Providence Hospital
Charles Shore. so Emergency Hospital
pitsl. " 1'OS
Wallace W Poole, jr.. 27. Calvert Street
Bridge e
Dora M Black. 25 Emergency HospitaI
william Hartley. II. Childrens Hospital
Mary V. FuRitt, 2. Garfield Hospital
lumbia Hospital W.
Bette z. Scott SO. 1905 9Th St.
Joseph johnson. so. Providence HoSpjtaI
Hattie Holland. 46. GallinRer Hospital
John Henson. as, tuberculosis Hospital
susie Davis. Al. 1927 9Th st
sscie Devine, 81. 1923 Morris I'd Sc
De Webb Turner. p. EMERGENCY HOSPITAL
GeorEe Green. 6. Freedmens Hospital
James Campbell, 4. Freedmen's Hospital
Leon Bailey 10 months. GsllinEer Rosnital
hospital
Evening star., 1932-04-02
HELD FOR GRAND JURY
AFTER KNIFE BATTLE
Man Accused of Slashing Another
in Ninth Street Restaurant
Is Bound Over.

Jack Mahoney, alias Dennis Mahoney,
40, of the 300 block of K street north
east, charged with having wounded Pete
Rockelli of the 700 block of Third street
with a knife during a fight in a Ninth
street restaurant Tuesday, was re-
manded to the grand jury under 81 900
bond by Police Court Judge Isaac r.
Hit yesterday.
Mahoney, who pleaded not guilty to
the charge of assault with a dangerous
weapon, is said to have ripped open
Rockelli's chest with the knife after
accusing him of informing on me" in
a recent Baltimore narcotic case. The
wound of Rockelli required 48 stitches.
On an additional charge of disorderly
conduct Judge Hit fined Mahoney SIS.
Evening star., 1932-04-02
DEATH CLAIMS ATTORNEY
OF TELEPHONE COMPANY
Robert ]. o'Conor Dies at Mothers
Home, in Baltimore-Entere
Office Here in 1880.

Robert j. O'Conor, member of the
legal department of the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co., a native of
Baltimore, died Sunday at the home
OF his mother, Mrs Mary A. OConor,
Baltimore. His death resulted from an
illness which followed an injury suf-
fered a short time ago while exercising.
Mr. O'Conor had been connected
with the company's legal department
here since July 13. 1880. and previously
mao been in its Baltimore Office for
about six years. He attended LovoIa
College, class Of 1924, and had a de-
gree of LII. B. from the University of
Maryland, class of 1929.
He is survived by his mother. four
brothers, Herbert R. O'Conor, States
attorney at Baltimore, and James P.
John and William j. OConor and
three sisters, Mrs. Vincent Fitzpatrick
Mrs. William Gentry and Mrs, Edgar
II. Hamman, all of Baltimore.
Evening star., 1932-04-02
Births Reported.

Carl c. and Edith Miller boy.
Kenneth T and Carrie Sullivan. boy.
Julien s. and julia Curry. boy
Charles J. and Margsretta BurrouRhs, girl
Michael J. and Maud Greene. girl
Leroy and Helen Greenwald. girl
Ernest and Mary Jov. girl
John 7. and Hannah Utz. boy
Ernest w. and Mildred Fletcher, boy.
GEORGE w. and Esther Parker. boy.
Wallace and Irene Leek. girl
Delmar and Airline FurloW. girl
], B. and Ruth Milburn. girl
Henry A. and Msrg SchWe nhart. girl
Joseph A. and Julia Fry hoy.
Everett and Louise Newm@ n. boy.
Napoleon and Bernice Paris. hoy.
Jimmie and Cecilia Gaines. boy.
CoZzie and Marie White. hn~
Robert and Virginia NcTi7ley. boy.
joseph and Ella Mile. b"v
Allen and Chloe Gibson Ri-l
John and Carrie Toles. ctrl
Pred and Mamie Robert son. girl.
Fred and Annie Blood hoy.
LLOYD and Josephine Tilghman. boy
William H and Katherine Remper. boy.
Arthur s>S AFnes Butler. boy.
Thcmas anC Dorothy Smith, boy.
David and Marie Riley, girl
Marshall and Irene Collins, girl
Martin and Beatrice johnson, girl.
Evening star., 1932-04-02
Will Preach at Jamestown,

DARNEsTOWN. Md, April 2 (spe-
ciaD BY request, the pastor Rev
w LoWden, will, it has been announced, i,
repeat his Easter sermon on inmor-
tallty IN the Darnestown Presbyterian
Cnurch tomorrow morning A special
music program will be rendered by the
junior choir, Miss Margaret Plummer
VII contribute vocal solo and Clark
Boyer will assist with the violin.
Evening star., 1932-04-02
Bebe Daniels Aunt Dies.

ENGLEWOOD, N. j., April 2 (P).-
Mrs Loretta Bernard, aunt of Bebe
Daniels, motion picture star, and a we'll
known actress herself half a century
ago. died of pneumonia In Englewood
Hospital yesterday. She was 73 years
old.
Other nieces, in addition to Miss
Daniels, who survive her are Mrs. j.
F. Duggan of Washington, D. c., and
Mrs. F. F. Sandurnette of New York
Evening star., 1932-04-02
INGERSOLL RITES SET
First Woman to Take Up Stenog
raphy in D. C. to Be Buried.

Funeral services for Miss Fannie H.
Ingersoll, 80, one of the first women 70
take up stenography in the District,
were held this afternoon at her resi-
dence, Sill Fourth street. Interment
will be held in Glenwood Cemetery.
Miss Ingersoll was employed so years
as a shorthand reporter at the Capitol
Her father, George w. Ingersoll. was
attorney general of the State of Maine
at the time of his death.
Born in Bangor, Me. Miss Ingersoll
came here with her mother, Henrietta
Crosby Ingersoll, 65 years ago.
France has an act, dated 1905, for
the relief of the aged, poor, infrm and
incurahle
Evening star., 1932-04-02

I'm this, the fifth OF series OF II
articles by Dduid Laurence ON bal
arcing the budget, the rising cost OF
city budgets is outlined NTH the
analysis OF the principal items that
eat up the taxpayers money!
Evening star., 1932-04-02
MAN CAUGHT IN CHASE
HELD FOR GRAND Jury
Accused of Transporting Liquor,
> He Is Also Fined for Refusing
to Obey Stop Signal.

Arrested by the police vice squad
after a long chase Thursday night,
Harry Edgar Klapp. 25, of California
street near Nineteenth, yesterday was
held for action of the grand jury on
$1,000 bond following a hearing of
Evening star., 1932-04-02
Estimates of Tax Yield
Revised Figures of Treasury and of House Ways and
Means Committee 1888 Production of
Nep Revenue Bill Are Compared

BY Press
The the yield bill
o
Tss:.y COMMITTEES COMMITTEES
The Washington times., 1932-12-30
To GET
JAIL HOLIDAY

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 uN.S)
A trifle abashed, but not without
his usual quota of jauntiness,
Harry Gerguson, who is no longer
especially anxious to be known
as Prince Michael Romanoff,
looked forward today to a New
Year Eve on Ellis Island.
The one-time Prince Mike, from
all indications, will remain there
until the Ellis Island board Of
inquiry decides how Mike entered
the United States illegally about
10 days ago, where he came from,
and how soon they can ship him
back.
Gerguson, questioned by immi.
grafton officials yesterday, per.
sisted in his story of entering
from Canada, but immigration
officials said they would produce
witnesses today to prove their
unwelcomed guest slipped ashore
from the liner Europa after board.
ing 1t at Cherbourg.
The Washington times., 1932-12-30

ATLANTIC CITY, Dec. 30
QN.SO.-Ticks are of great i'm
portance as transmitters of
diseases of man and animals.
Such dread diseases as Rocky
Mountain spotted fever are car
ried only by ticks
Relapsing fever and tularemia
are other maladies affecting man
which these loathsome parasites
convey. Ticks also cause paralysis
of man and animals.
A single tick attached to the
back of the neck may cause cc:n-
plete paralysis and evens death,
apparently as a result of poison
injected by its bite.
The American dog tick is the
carrier of Rocky Mountain spotted
fever. 1t is being widely spread
through the country on pet dogs.
Some ticks live about three years
without food and most of them
can survive for periods of five to
eight months without food or
water.
The Washington times., 1932-12-30
Oil Explosion Lifts
Man ThrOUQh Door

An explosion of an oil pump
today blew Cleveland Little, 48,
through the door of a small
shack in which the pump was
located in the storage yards of
L. P. Steuart and Brother, coal
and oil dealers, at Thirteenth
and L Streets Southeast. All
windows of the shack were
broken by the blast, the cause
of which was not learned.
Little, who lives in the 1900
block of L st. S. E., was taken
to Casualty Hospital and treated
for burns on the face and shock.
Firemen of No. 18 Engine Com
pany extinquished a small blaze.
The Washington times., 1932-12-30
BLAINE WRITES
NEW WBEERB|LL

A substitute for the House beer
bill was drafted today by Senator
Blaine (R.) of Wisconsin. chair.
man of judiciary subcommittee
on repeal and modification pro-
posals.
The substitute merely changed
the language without changing
the alcoholic content of 80 per
cent by weight or the revenue fea-
lures of the House measure.
Blaine said:
= 81 have finished this draft
SO 1t will be ready in case it is
needed when the full commit
tee meets next Monday. 1t has
not yet been approved by the
subcommittee"
Blaine declared the committee
might decide Monday to report
the House bill without amend
ments. In that event. he pointed
out, the Senate could take up
beer legislation when it recon
venes Tuesday.
Several efforts to amend the
bill were in prospect. Senator
Borah (R) of Idaho, leading
opponent of beer legislation,
planned to offer an amendment
levying an excess profits tax upon
brewerieS.
The Washington times., 1932-12-30
TWO OFFICERS,
WIVES ARE
VICTIMS
Crazed Negro Private Felt
Ethiopian Gods Called Him
to Defense of Race

FORT HUACHUCA, Ariz., Dec.
80 G.N.SO.-The ancient voodoo
religion of the African jungles
played a role in the murder Of
two United States Army officers
and their wives, it was revealed
today by comrades of Private
James Abernathy, the crazed
negro slayer.
Abernathy believed he was the
reincarnation of Estevanico, the
negro conqueror of the South.
western Indian tribes in the six
teenth century, and was called by
his Ethiopian gods to reclaim the
country, his friends asserted.
Abernathy plunged this iso-
lated mountain Army post into q
frenzy when he shot and killed
Capt. Joseph R. Wesley, As, of
San Antonio, Tex, and his wife,
and Capt. David A. Palmer, AZ, of
Beverly, Mass, and his wife.
Guard Stays Killer
After wounding Lieut.. Harvey
R. Matthews, of Chapel Hill. Tex,
Abernathy was shot and killed
by Peter Hardley, negro corporal
of the Provost guard.
Soldiers of the post, which is
composed of 500 men, 400 of
whom are negroes, recalled that
Abernathy had offered to teach
them the old "Voodoo' mysti.
ciSms. They thought at the time
he was joking, but his mumbled
incantations took on a new and
sinister significance today.
Mystery cloaked the official in
vestigation of the tragedy. 1t was
expected that a report of tenn.
porary insanity would be re-
turned with no mention of racial
hatred or "voodoo" belief.
Fear of FIare-up Dies
The fort today was outwardly
calm. For short time after
the shooting late yesterday, white
officers mounted machine guns
on rooftops fearing a possible
CONTINUED on Page 2, Col. T.
The Washington times., 1932-12-30
ACTIVE
|NHOLLYW0OD

HOLLYWOOD, Dec 80 GNSO.
The Hollywood stork was a busy
bird in 1882.
Twenty or more babies were
born in the families of famed
players Of the film colony, and
many children were adopted by
stars.
Wallace Beery took three chill
dren to raise and educate.
June Collyer, beautiful wife of
Stuart Erwin. became the mother
Of Stuart Erwin, jr., September Is.
Tracys Have Girl
A daughter, Louise, was born to
Mrs. Spencer Tracy, wife of the
actor.
A son was born last June to
Florence Vidor, the actress wife
of Jascha Heifetz, violinist.
Gloria Swanson and her hus-
band. Michael Farmer, became
the parents of daughter, Bridget.
A daughter was born to Mrs.
William Desmond (Mary McIvor) e.
New sons arrived at the homes
of Dolores Costello (Mrs. John
Barrymore), May McAvoy, Helen
TwelvetreeS, Mrs. Javid Selznick
and Carmel Myers.
More AdOptiOnS
Frederick March and his wife,
Florence Eldridge, adopted baby
girl, and Slim Summerville, the
comedian, and his wife adopted
a baby.
Marian Nixon and her husband,
Edward Hillman, jr., adopted a
boy, as did Barbara Stanwyck and
her husband, Frank Fay.
The Washington times., 1932-12-30
ALL Of 81 DEAD
OUT Of MINE

MOWEAQUA, ILL.,, Dec. 80
G.N.SD.-The Shafer coal mine
was quiet today. The last chap
ter of it's story of death has been
written.
Late yesterday the rescue
workers, toiling in the far end of
the north entry, brought their
five days of labor to an end when
they stumbled on the last seven
victims-dead.
Thus, all of those Sd breadwin-
ners who went down into the
depths of the earth last Saturday
morning have been accounted for.
All are dead.
The Washington times., 1932-12-30
BROKER,
FREEONB BOND

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 80 G.N.S0.
Pleading not guilty to charges of
theft of bonds from the account
of Mrs. Charlotte Shelby, Leslie B.
Henry, Pasadena clubman broker,
today was free under $25, 900 bail,
with trial date set for February 81.
Mrs. Shelby, mother of Mary
Miles Minter, former film star,
accused Henry of looting her &C
count of nearly >$50O,0OO in the
last 10 years.
Henry was arraigned in court
following a grand jury indict-
ment on "a counts charging grand
theft and forgery.
The Washington times., 1932-12-30
co YEARS
WITHOUT FOOD.

BY F. C. BISHOP
Bureau of Entomology, United States
Department of Agriculture
Gas read at the mid-winter meeting
of the American Association for
the Advancement Of Science)
The Washington times., 1932-12-30
Aimee Critically I'LL
After HOLidQu Duties

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 80 G.N.S)
Fatigued from Christmas activities
at Angelus Temple, Mrs. Aimee
Semple Mcpherson Hutton, evan
gelist, today was reported by her
husband, David Hutton, jr., to be
critically i'll at their home here.
She has suffered repeated col
lapses in the last two years from
nervous disorders.
The Washington times., 1932-12-30
ERRORS MOUNT
# FURNISHED
DOLORES
BY DIR. MILTON b. JENSEN,
Psychologist, QuenemO, Kan.
CAS- read at the mid-winter meeting of
the American Associa tion for the
Advancement of Science).

Advancement of science).
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., Dec.
80 .N.S..)-An electric shock
sufficient to cause pain was ap-
piled to II men and II women
each time they made an error in
learning the pattern of a raised
finger maze. -.sr ..f
The effects of the punishment
were determined by comparing
the performance of these individ-
uals with % others I'll men and
II women) who had made iden-
tical records without punishment.
Those who were punished for
errors averaged So per cent more
errors than those who were not
punished. They required on the
average "a per cent more trials
to learn the maze.
This might be interpreted lib
orally as implying that punish
ment interferes with the opera
ton of mental powers and is
handicap to scholastic accom-
plishment.
The Washington times., 1932-12-30
Ball of Molten
Metal Forms
Earth s Core

CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Dec. 80
QN.S0.-Way down deep in
the center of the earth, where
scientists never hope to delve
except by mathematical calcu-
lation, is a great ball of molten
metal, compressed by $4,000
tons of pressure per square
inch.
This was the latest theory
today of the nature of the
earth's core, described by Prof.
Reginald A. DAILY, of Harvard
University, retiring president
of the American Geological
Society.
The Washington times., 1932-12-30
PHYSICIAN
SUICIDE, SAYS
HUSBAND
Ruth's Mate Refuses to DivuIge
Mans Name; Medical Expert
Cut Bodies, Killer Believes

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 80 Il.
N.So.-A secret indictment was
returned by the. MaricOpa
county grand jury today and
q bench warrant was immedi-
ateIy issued. The jury has
been investigating the double
trunk murders" after hearing
the first-hand story Of Mrs.
Winnie Ruth Judd, velvet
Tigress," but it was not known
whether the indictment dealt
with the Judd case.
FLORENCE, Ariz., Dec. 80
GN.SO.-The man who might
save Winnie Ruth Judd from the
gallows February II is dead, her
husband, DR.. William c. Judd,
asserted today.
He was a physician who, Mrs.
Judd told her husband during a
visit to the Arizona penitentiary
here, either cut up the bodies
of her two girl friends or was
present when this occurred.
Found a Suicide
The trail of blood and violence
that has marked the Judd case
also wound it's path of terror to
the physicians home.
Two months after Mrs. Judd
killed her companions last Janu-
ary, the doctor was found dead,
according to DR.. Judd, an ap-
parent suicide. DR.. Judd refused
to name the man. DR.. Judd said:
Ruth knew the doctor. After
she had shot the two girls in
SELF defense, as they were about
to attack, her mind went blank
with fear. She doesn't remem-
ber all that happened. She
knows that man called the
doctor and told him what had
happened.
WAS PRESENT AT TIME
"She told me that she be-
ieveS the doctor was the one
who arranged to have the
bodies cut up and shipped
away. If he didn't do it him.
self, he was present at the
time and knew who did"
The Washington times., 1932-12-30
Police Hold Spouse
ELinOr FGire SDlLrnS

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 80 U.N.SO.
AS Elinor Faire, film actress, took
steps today to annul her three
hour marriage" her bridegroom,
Thomas w. Daniels, Hollywood
broker-aviator, was under arrest
by Burbank police for issuing a
fictitious check for $97 so, cost of
their elopement flight to Yuma,
AriZ.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-23
NAUGATUCK
Freemen Petition
 For Special Meeting
Want Revaluation Rates Probed-Residents Fear
 High Tax Looms for Borough

Freemen of the borough yester- day petitioned Warden Frank r. Green to call special freemen's meeting to discuss the figures of the revaluation committee relative to the increase of approximately 1-3 per cent on all property in the borough. These figures are now
 being used by the borough assess ors in making up the lists of tax able property. On Thursday an- nouncement was made by the as- | sessors that they had decided to take off IS per cent on all taxable property listed and that notices were to be mailed to property owners as to the exact amount
 that their property would be listed for.
 Several influential residents al-
 ready had petition in circulation for the purpose of calling spe- cial meeting of the freemen to take
 some action on the increase. It was
 believed in some quarters that the announcement by the assessors of
 the Is per cent drop would have tendency to forestall the calling
 of the meeting, but such was not
 the case. On the other hand the
 majority of property owners are
 absolutely opposed to any increase
 being made at this time with con-
 Gitions as they are and they expect
 to thrash the matter out at free
 mems meeting. Under the provi- slons of the borough charter 1t Is up to the warden and burgesses to call the special meeting on the pre- sentation of the petition. Also un- der the charter it is necessary that d five day notice be given the free- men of such meeting. Whether Warden Green will call special meeting of the borough board inn mediately to take action on the petition or wait until the regular board meeting on February 2, has not been announced. A forty-eight hour notice Is necessary for a spe- cial meeting of the board of war den and burgesses.
 It will be readily seen that un- der the charter provisions there will not be sufficient time to hold 8 meeting before the assessors complete their work on February 1, 50 1t may be that the calling of the meeting will be put over until the regular borough board meet ing on the first Tuesday in Feb ruary. The borough board has al-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-23

The Bristol High School Basket ball team scored it's eighth consec- utive win of the season over Mer- iden in the State Armory last night before a crowd of 2,100 by 25-1S score.
 Meriden took 20 lead at the beginning of the game and started to stall" which was "booed' by the large crowd which turned out to watch the game but Bristol gained possession of the ball and when the first quarter ended the locals were leading 6-4.
 The Monahan machine was never headed after the opening whistle and held a 17-10 lead at half time an 1914 lead at the end of the third semester and matched shots with their opponents to breeze through with their triumph.
 Albie Gurske and Andy Palau stood out for the locals while Rob- erts looked best for the Barnikow- men machine. In the preliminary game the Meriden reserves defeat ed the Bristol five by a 35-34 mar gin. The summary: .,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-01-23
BRISTOL School Five Wins
 Eighth Straight Game
Tops Meriden By 25-l9 Score-Local Resident Asks
 S2,5OO for Being Punched

that they have written confession from Drachenberg.
 Banks Raise Limit
 The Bristol Savings Bank, the North Side Bank and Trust Com pany, the Bristol Bank and Trust Company and the Terryville Trus' Company have united in raising the amount which can be with drawn without 90 days notice from $50 to $1O0. Notice has also beer given that any money deposited Tn savings departments since Januars 4, 1892, when the 90 day clause went into effect, may be with drawn at any time without notice
 Games for Charity
 Three games will be played for charity in the Bristol City League Monday evening in the Bristol Boys Club gymnasium on Laurel street The proceeds will be turned over to Mayor Joseph F. Dutton who will dispose of 1t as he sees fit, but 1t is expected that the money will go to playground work.