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The Washington times., 1932-04-28
COURTECONOMY.
ON WITNESSES
COMPELLED
District Attorney Must Cut
Use of Coroners, Experts
in Few Capital Trials

Because of the almost de
pleted fund for expert wit.
nesses, the District Attorney
is calling coroners and alienists
only in cases where their testi-
mony is absolutely necessary
before the Grand Jury or dur
ing trials, it was learned to.
day.
The fund for regular witnesses.
however, is sufficient, at present
District Attorney Leo A. Rover
said.
Fee Is Only So
In most cases, private physi,
clans or hospital internes can be
called before the Grand Jury to
prove the cause of death, the
District Attorney said.
The fee for such witnesses is
only So.
In cases where expert" wit
nesses are used, the Government
pays them $25 for their appear
ance before the Grand Jury and
their testimony during the trial
of cases.
The coroner, his deputies, anc
alienistS, all are classified as lex
pert witnesses.
The fact that expert" wit
nesses do not appear before the
Grand Jury does not affect the
validity of indictments, it was
pointed out.
$1,000 Wimbley Expense
The fund for court stenography
also is very low, Rover said, and
stenographic records are made
only in exceptional cases now.
The bill for stenographic work
in connection with the Wimbley
trial is understood to amount to
approximately $1,000.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
Two Wives Ask Job
For Bowlegged
Husbands

Interpreting a newspaper
item which stated Capt. Ray c.
Montgomery, superintendent of
park police, was looking for a
"bow-legged policeman for
patrol work on horseback as
meaning he would receive ap-
plications from horse-minded
recruits, two women and one
man applied for the job by tele-
phone late last night. Captain
Montgomery said today. Both
women were applying on be-
half of reluctant husbands, it
appeared.
The husbands. lower append
ages we're guaranteed to be
sufficiently bowed.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
MYSTERIOUS Pleasure
Gliding Enthusiasts
To Meet Tomorrow

Gliding as a sport and a con-
tribution to the progress of avia.
ton will be discussed at an open
meeting of the Washington Gid
ers' Club at Thomson School,
Twelfth and L Streets Northwest,
tomorrow at p. m.
Moving pictures of both local
and foreign gliders in flight will
e-be shown in connection with the
discussions. The public is in
Hited.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
Bride Path AutOist
Didn't KnOU Rules

When is bride path not a
bride path?
Thomas G. Herbert, jr., 18, of
1919 Webster st. N. w., probably
would answer-when it becomes q
highway. He was questioned by
park police yesterday as to why
he drove his light roadster along
the bride path in Rock Greek
Park, west of Ridge Road. He ex-
planned he wanted to exercise his
dog and did not know automobiles
were not allowed to use bride
paths.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
Phillips to Give
Talk on Tiruinin

Clarence A. Phillips will talk on
"Old Virginia." at the Burroughs
School, Eighteenth and Monroe
Street Northwest, tomorrow night.
The talk will be illustrated with
views from the lecturers co1lec-
ton. Mr.. Phillips has devoted a
number of years to the collection
of pictures and interesting infor-
nation on Virginia.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
America and Culture

asked whether he believed that America would ever
produce genuine culture-hat is, an original body OF
arts music and phosophy-he replied that in all Western
civilization has long since ceased to exist and its
place has taken by the production of goods for trad
ing in art" That is the view of Mr. Oswald Spenger,
whose Decline of West is of the few genuinely
pessimsc deeatist works of our time 1t not
to extract the fundamental ideas out of Spenger
historical backgrounds but the will feel that
this German professor is saying that this is time for
be poet and time for him to be adventurer;
we should all be mechanics in age of machines.
Looking Backward
The question really Illuminating than the
It carries the old assumption that the genuine culture
in America in the Twentieth Century must be judged by
the elements of genuine culture in Greece thousand
years ago. might not like to live in civilization which
had no music; but think quite possible that nation
would have high degree of culture and yet have de-
veloped music worthy of the Perhaps because
have been insisting that America must create in the same
forms that Greece and Italy created development has
been SLOW Because development of culture requires
things at least enthusiasm and criticism both of which have
to be appropriate. So long kept belittlng
architecture because it WASH good late Hellenic
early Gothic, we did not that creating
thing good in itself.
Domestic Puzzles
Not only American manufacturers but American amateurs
have to the aid of native jig-saw puzzle and
have rebuked for repeating the sanderous rmor that
they inferior the British said at the time that
my experience insufficient for judgment, such
weghy matter; had met type of American puzzle
which drab in color and without skill Since then
have learned better The Pastme Puzzles and other
"AlcH cannot ldentny Dy name, Ooth American, are
superb examples craftiy coored and cut with smart
saw to confuse you just enough and give you sense
OF sudden glory" when you succeed
Mysterious Pleasure
still do not know why the darn things so absorbing
and satisfactory, but they and hear that they
tlnue to in popularity, that any day you may
find yourself doing gaws, in competition with other
guests at dinner for prize 60 into contest against
time, with par set by expert For some reason people
still make their indulgence gsaws of secret vice.
as If the occupon childish What the industry needs
Is President to speak kind word Wilson did for de-
tecve stories and limercks. only afraid Mr. Hoover
too busy
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
SUsQUehdnnd Grads
Plan Association

Susquehanna University alumni
in the vicinity of Washington will
meet next Thursday at the Ken.
nedy-Warren in an effort to
organize an alumni association.
DR.. G.. Morris Smith, president
of the university. and L. D.
Grossman, general secretary of
the alumni association, will be
honor guests.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
FrGterndL PdrQders
In N1Uu DUu Fete

The FTaternal Day parade Oc-
tober q, sponsored by the Dis
trict Bicentennial Commission,
will disband on the east plaza of
the Capitol so that thousands of
marchers may continue to the
Navy Yard to participate in the
Navy Day program there.
This decision was reached yes
terday at a meeting of represen-
tatiVes of Al fraternal organiza.
tionS, with DR.. George c. Haven
ner, executive vice president of
the District Bicentennial Commits
sion,
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
Food Service Men
Elect &. D. DOUe

c. Q. Dove, Of Washington Was
elected chairman of the member
ship committee of the Food Ser
vice Equipment Association, Inc,
yesterday at the conclusion of the
associations three-day conference
here.
Other officers elected were A.
w. Schenck, Pittsburgh, presi-
dent; H. B. Weber. Cincinnati,
vice president; w. F.. Stubinger,
st. Louis, treasurer, and H. B.
Blanke, Chicago, executive secre-
tary,
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
e. st. Business Men
viii StGqe Dinner

Business leaders of G Street
Northwest between Twelfth and
Thirteenth Streets, will stage a
"get-acquainted" dinner on the
night of May II on the second
floor of Scholl's new restaurant,
which recently was opened in the
block. Entertainment will be
provided by talent from various
business establishments.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
BGnkhedd-He
Battle NenrS Close

The Senate today neared
final vote on the question of
allowing Senators John H. Bank
head CD of Alabama TO retain
his seat.
Bankhead's friends declared he
would win by a large majority
over former Senator J. Thomas
Heflin.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
1000 d. C.. Families
To Get Free Flour

Nearly 1000 Washington fam
lilies will receive flour from the
shipment of 1882 barrels which
has been received by the local
Red Cross chapter from the Chi
cago chapter.
The flour, part of that donated
to the jobless by Congress, will
be turned over to the Washing
ton Council of Social Agencies for
distribution.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
ORCHESTRA AIDE NAMED

Mark Lansburgh, president of
the Merchants and Manufac-
turers Association today named
Dewey zirkin to serve on the gen.
eral civic committee of the Ma
tional Symphony Orchestra.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
In1prOUenent Noted
By Federal Reserve

Continued improvement in fl
nancial conditions took place in
March and the first half of
April. although business and in
dustry still was declining, accord
ing to the Federal Reserve Boards
summary.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28

stUpldlty, but Mr. FOffesJ example Is
perfect instance of the way in which
we arrive at our ideas of what is stupid
and what is intelligent Any intelli-
gent man. we say, would have known
that railroads would have to run at
high speed; or any intelligent man, we
say, would know that railway trans
portation was more important to a
country than the limited pleasure Of
chasing an innocent fox. That is what
we think in 1882.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
House Vets in Snag
On Third Dru Vote

The bipartisan wet bloc in the
House has struck snag in it's
effort to get a third record vote
on the Wet-and-dry question.
The O'Connor-H Hull bill to
amend the Volstead act to per
nit 2.75 beer now has 1913 sigma.
lures. Under the new rules, las
signatures brings any legislative
matter to a vote.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
TheOsOphicdI Head
VIII Sneak on "Life''

James w. MCGUIRE, president
of Washington Lodge, American
Philosophical Society, will speak
on Life. the Builder" Satur-
day night at 8 o'clock at the
Sears, Roebuck art galleries, 1106
Connecticut Ave. N. w.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
MGnsIaughter Guilt
Is Returned by JURY

William r. Jordan, colored, to-
day was found guilty of man
slaughter by a jury in District
Supreme Court for the fatal
shooting of Daniel K. Watkins,
also colored, last December IL.
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
SPEEDER FINED S11.45

Edgar Baum, 1405 Allison st.
N. W., was fined $11.45 in the
Hyattsville Police Court on a
charge of exceeding a rate of
speed greater than reasonable
end proper"
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
True to Type
SHOULD RAILWAYS GO
TO PROTECT FOX
HUNTS?
nv GILBERT SELDES-

MIR. JOHN FORREST wants to know whether in my de-
1XI fense of stupidity include the notable English gentle
who refused to allow the first railroad trains to run
faster than II miles because they would interfere
with fox hunting haven got around really defending
The Washington times., 1932-04-28

possible that the English Parliament had refused to grant
any right of way and England had persuaded the rest of
the world not to allow the demon locomotive to wild
the countryside, the whole history of the world would
have been changed for the better The railroad the first
great instrument for speeding up is said that Napoleon
travelled faster than Caesar and the first
steamers defeated in by the clipper ships
Now Look at Us
The took hands off the brake which kept
humanity moving slowly let loose all the powers about
which at this having most serious
doubts Under limited manufacturing hghpressure sales
manshp pyramids of finance chronological unemployment
multiplication of necessities of e and the change in social
standardsa be traced back to the lack of
the part of these English gentlemen who finally aban
doncd fox hunting in favor Of railroad trains
They may look stupid to but there must be many
who would cheeru exchange what have for what they
had
The Washington times., 1932-04-28
All to the Good?

1t does not at all indicate what we
might have thought in the 1905 and
40's Our whole assumption is that the
railroads have been blessing-except
To the fny hunters But il Is barely
Evening star., 1932-04-10
New Lawn and Wolfe

Soft 6lmy voiles. crisp fresh lawns they
make utterly adorable frocks for warm weather.
Elorsl, SeometrIc or neat monotone designs in
. nice selection Of eolors. All tubfast. IS
ihehss wide.
Evening star., 1932-04-10

,..,,;,.ll, .r the. rugs .:F' Tss;, Tss. py S.Iio-
.slor.Hi, ;, sss s..Tr.y,, ball. ard s'd'''"A
xues-TIF1B FLOOR
Evening star., 1932-04-10
Sheer Imported Dotted Swiss

So sdorsbly young and fresh looking no
wonder ashton predicts brilliant SUMMER
season for lovely dotted SWISS. White with coll
ored dots, eolorsd with white dots, or plain
white.
Evening star., 1932-04-10

No wonder rsyon is so popular. when you
think how well it launders. Add to ths, the
fact that this is the new pebbly weave. and
yer have the idesl fabric for Spring dresses.
Pi.in eoIor,. 81 inehe. wide.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-03-03
HEAVY SHIPMENT SILVER
 MADE ID THE CHINESE

SPOKANE, Wash. Mar 3. m Ten tons of silver from western Canadian mines, destined for Chi na, is to be shipped to California for transshipment to steamer not touching at Japanese port.
 This metal was originally des- tined to be carried to China on R. M. s. Empress of Japan, from Van couver, B. O., but at the last mo- ment it was decided not to take the risk of sending it on a vessel that would pass through Japanese ports
 It was consequently shipped a. cross to Victoria, B C., to be there picked up for shipment to San Francisco, from where it will go forward to China.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-03-03
BOB lNCERsOLL MADE
 SPEECH DEFEND SILVER

Back in 1873-74 conditions were about as now, they say, and during the hard times of those days Col onel Robert G. IngerSoll delivered his famous Address to Farmers" during which he had the following to say about silver:
 For my part, I do not ask any interference on the part of the government except to undo the wrong it has done. I do not ask that money be made out of noth- ing. I do not seek for the pros perity born of paper. But do ask for the remedizing of silver.
 Silver was demonetized by fraud. It was an imposition upon every solvent man; a fraud upon every honest debtor in the United States. It assaSsinated labor. It was done in the interest of avarice and greed and should be undone by honest men"
Seward daily gateway., 1932-03-03
BAYCH|MO |s THOUGHT
 ID BE RIDING SAFELY l CREST OF ARCTIC ICE

NOME, Mar. 3. - The motorShip Baychimo of the Hudson Bay Conl- pany, which was caught in the grip of the Arctic winter and in storm was carried out to sea and report : ed sunk, is apparently still on top of the water. At least this is the opinion of Leslie Melvin, young Seattle man who arrived in Nome after mushing all the way from Herschel Island
 Melvin, who visited the vessel, said that there was no hole in the vessel as had been first reported and he also expressed the belief that the vessel would ride safely through the winter without any undue damage He said that the ice had lifted the vessel out of the water and the ship is now riding on the ice.
 Melvin brought the flags from the ship and even the Captains uniform when he mushed in from the ship. Melvin may fly to Fair banks and from there come tc Seward on the train enroute tc 1 Seattle.
 However, he may possibly remain at Nome until the arrival of Wm B. Graham and Mrs. Edna Christ offerson, and attempt to make some kind of an agreement with them whereby he will direct then to the Baychimo
Seward daily gateway., 1932-03-03
HELMET PEAK MINE
 NOW BEING OPENED

TUCSON, Ariz., Mar. 3. II The Helmet Peak Copper Company is cleaning up and .retimbering the workings on it's properties near here and will soon start drifting to two bodies of silver-lead and copper-Silver ore.
 A crew of five men is employed at present. J. A. Hamilton is pres ident of the company.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-03-03

Alaska gained some distinction in the Associated Press announce ment that the only delegates to the Democratic National Conven- ton were six from Alaska, and they were instructed for Roosevelt for President.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-03-03
HAVANA SCORNs RENO:
 PREFERS HONE YMOONERS

HAVANA, Mar. B. Reno and Mexico may have their divorcees. This city is satisfied to welcome the newly -WedS.
 Mayor TirSo Mesa. ex-officio chairman of the Cuban national tourist commission, says that 2O3 honeymooning couples have a T. ready visited Havana this season.
 He opines that a lot of others fooled the ship news reporters.
 HonIipan Nets at T. l.. Graef'S
Seward daily gateway., 1932-03-03

Straight Heels are an aid to foot comfort as we'll as for appearance. Shoes are polished when heels are strengthened, at the Seward Leath- CT Works.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-03-03
MS UNITED SOUTHBOUND

The trading schooner United, Captains c. E. Anderson and Pete Wold, left port today enroute to Seattle for another load of supplies for distribution to Westward com munities and ranches. The vessel is due back in Seward April l.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-03-03

Travel to the national parks and monuments in 1881 broke all rec ordS with a combined total ot 3,544,856 visitors.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-03-03
QUESTION BOX

QUESTION. BOX Why are Alaskans similar to North American Indians? Because they are rapidly becom- ing extinct.
 Oh, yeah!
Seward daily gateway., 1932-03-03

Beautiful Towering hyacintns now OH sale at ALASKA SHOP. : 4
Seward daily gateway., 1932-03-03

Scratch pads, various sizes, 15c per pound. Gateway office.
Seward daily gateway., 1932-03-03

Try our Seattle Ice Cream Fresh on every boat at SYLViAS
Seward daily gateway., 1932-03-03
NOTICE

The Bridge Club will meet at the hone of Mrs. Robbins at 1:30 Fri day afternoon.
The Washington times., 1932-01-21
CHARITY MARCH
To TEST LAW

The question of whether the Of
flee of the Associated Charities
can properly be termed a public
place was raised today in the
case of William Phillips and Alice
Wilson, arraigned before Judge
John P. Mcmahon in Police Court
on charges of disorderly conduct.
According to police, the two
yesterday led group of approx
mately IS unemployed persons to
the offices demanding aid. Of
ficials of the organization told
them they could not wait on
them at the moment, it is said,
and they left.
Policemen who arrested Phillips
and Miss Wilson. said they were
not boisterous and the disorder,
if any, consisted merely of dis
organizing the work of the Chari-
ties office by leading such a large
group of people there.
Attorney Charles E. Ford, for
the defense, expressed desire to
go to trial at once, but the case
was continued for a week at the
request of Assistant Corporation
Counsel Stanley De Neale.
The Washington times., 1932-01-21
THREE INDICTED
AS SLAYERS

Warden Lowe Tilburg, SO, ar
rested and charged with beating
Mrs. Jeanette Hendricks, 43, to
death with an iron poker in the
basement of her boarding house
at 2318 Eighteenth st. N. W.,
January ., today was indicted for
first degree murder.
Police arrested Tilburg at his
home, '05 Massachusetts, Ave.
N. w., late the day the woman's
body was found. Police said he
had confessed.
Two colored men, Joseph Saun-
derS and Samuel H. Prater, also
were indi' ted for first degree muir
der. Prater is accused of fatally
stabbing John Robinson, colored,
in a fight in Phillips Court, Janu-
ary 10. Saunders, who was ar
rested by Third precinct police to-
day is alleged to have slain Louis
BuSey, also colored, January 10,
in front of 2424 Virginia Ave.
N. w.
The Washington times., 1932-01-21
NITRATE LINK
IN ALIEN BOND
QUIZ EYED
Senator Johnson Pushes In
quiry Into Guggenheim Deal;
StimSon Defiance Holds

The embarrassments faced
by Secretary of State Stimson
and his department as a re,
suit of questioning by the
Senate Finance Committee in
its investigation of foreign
loans made by American
bankers are not ended.
Stimson's refusal to give the
committee a full text Of the tele,
gram of June 10, 1881, closes one
chapter in the investigation.
Almost the only move left to
the committee members with
respect to this particular docu-
ment is to ask the Senate to
approve the resolution which the
finance committee unanimously
adopted.
BarcO Case Dealt With
But the answer of the Chilean
government to questions asked by
Senator Johnson CRD of Cali
fornia, guiding genius Of the
inquiry, will be made, it is pre-
sumed, through Stimsoa's office
this being the regular diplo-
matte procedure.
The telegram StimSon refused
to yield dealt with the Barco Oil
concession, which the Mellon in
tereSts we're seeking from Colon
bia. Only an excerpt was
furnished to the committee. Ali
references to the oil tract were
deleted.
Nitrate Concession Cited
The Chilean governments reply
to Johnson's questions will deal,
it is expected, with loans floated
by American bankers and also
with the Cosach nitrate combine.
The latter was obtained from the
Chilean government by an Amer
lean group headed by the Gug-
genheimS.
johnson expects to show a con-
nection between the loans and
the granting of the nitrate con-
cesSion.
The Chilean government for
mally requested the finance COM
mittee to investigate the circum.
stances under which its loans
were made.
The Washington times., 1932-01-21
Flappers Compromise
Yale Freshmen;
Scream for Help

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Jan. 81
GN.SD.-An unique and dis
turbing racket is under investi-
CATION by campus police at Yale
University today.
Three freshmen let it be
known that pretty flappers had
knocked on their dormitory
doors, asked some foolish ques-
tion to gain admittance to the
students rooms, and then had
threatened to scream for help
for no reason at all.
The screams thus far have
never developed because the
freshmen have paid the dollar
or more requested by the girls
rather than have the incidents
come to the attention of uni
verSity authorities.
The Washington times., 1932-01-21
DRY SHOWDOWN
SHOUSE PLEA

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 81
G.N.SO.-The Democratic party
must meet the liquor issue
squarely and adopt a courageous
platform marked by frankness
and brevity in the national con-
vention next June.
This warning was broadcast by
Jouett Shouse, chairman of the
Democratic National Committee,
at a victory dinner here last
night as he departed from his
prepared speech to flay the Anti
Saloon League and particularly
Bishop Cannon, jr.
ShouSe notified dry religious
leaders they must keep out of the
national convention at Chicago.
At the same time he called upon
his fellow party chieftains not
to evade the Eighteenth Amend
ment.
The Washington times., 1932-01-21
ONLY 5 YEARS
D|SAPPO|NTS

Some wives are careless about
the comfort of their husbands,
but a colored woman who re.
quested information concerning
the fate of her spouse at District
Supreme Court today revealed
how indifferent a woman can be.
The wife asked Mrs. Eloise
Naphen, in the criminal clerk S
office, to look in the files and
see what sentence her husband
had been given. Mrs. Naphen
asked when he had been SEN
fenced, and then this converse
ton took place:
"He was sent up about a year
ago."
What was the charge against
him?"
"First-degree murder. He
killed some man or other"
After looking through the files,
Mrs. Naphen informed the colored
woman that her husband had
been found guilty of man.
slaughter and given five years, to
which she replied:
"Only five years? Well, 1
sure am gonna divorce that man,
but he Shudda gotten life, any
way"
The Washington times., 1932-01-21
JURORS REPORT
g TRUE BILLS

The Grand Jury today returned
SO indictments, ranging from
first-degree murder to non-sup-
port of minor children.
In making it's report to Justice
F. Dickinson Let's in District
Supreme Court, the Grand Jury
also reported that it had ignored
18 charges involving Is, persons,
16 of whom were being held in
Jail pending the jury's action.
This was an unusually large num-
ber to regain their liberty at
one time.
Among the cases ignored we're
perjury charges against Georgi-
ana Marshall and Elizabeth
White Brown, both colored, who
testified in an automobile damage
suit that they had noticed a
traffic light at the intersection
where the accident occurred.
Justice Oscar r. Luhring or
dered them held for action Of
the Grand Jury when official
records we're introduced to show
thai the light in question was
not placed at the intersection
until nearly year after the
accident occurred.