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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
BUS OPERATORS
THANK PUBLIC

Bus drivers of the w. r. T. lines
are truly appreciative of courte
sizes extended by citizens to then
during the winter storms.
In letter to The Times today
one of the drivers wrote:
81 would like to express my
thanks as one of several hun
dred bus operators to the people
who come so willingly to our
assistance in time of storm or
other trouble.
whenever we get stuck in
the snow or ice they very
kindly let us come into their
homes with wet, dirty feet to
use the telephone to call our
garage and they often supply
ashes to put under bus wheels
to help in starting.
"This is a service which may
seem very small but which really
means a great deal. 1 am sure
1 can express the thanks of
all the bus operators in the
city to our helping public"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
BY LOUISE OKIE

Friendly smiles twinkle out at
me from the well-filled pages Of
my hunt diary.
Between the covers of that diary
are entries which mean much to
me; which offer me thrills aplenty
during my leisure moments.
Our Hunt-The Cobbler-has it's
base of operations at Delaplane.
We hunt a country that nestles
at the foot of the Blue Ridge
Mountains. 1t is a country nat
ural. rolling and often hilly. De-
spite it's roughneSs. as compared
with such territories as those of
Middleburg, Piedmont and Orange
county, we love our country. And.
we'll we might, for it has shown us
sport exhilarating and enthralling.
Stone walls, rail fences and
coops abound, each an obstacle
worthy of top-rate hunters.
Diary Reveals Thrills
Another running through en-
tries of my diary would miss many
of the thrills hidden within its
pages for all save me.
One entry, in particular, in
trigues me, and it is an entry
carrying with it all the happiness
of a typical day with The Cobbler.
"The meet is at Ada. The
hour 1880 a. m. Soft snow
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
INSULT P.L ANS
DEPORTATION
BATTLE
Legal Observers in Athens See
No Hope for Magnate to
Escape Greek Order i

HENS, Dec. Is Q.N.SJ.
Samuel insult will fight against
deportation from Greece by "alr
possible lawful means" he in.
formed international News Servs
ice today.
Interviewed in his bedroom at
the Grande Bretagne Hotel.
where he has been confined until
Monday by his doctors orders,
insult appeared more hopeful
than when the Greek government
first told him he must leave the
country by January 81. He said:
II am rather pleased in some
ways at the turn things have
taken. What worried me most
was the uncertainty of it all"
Little Hope Held
Legal observers hold out little
hope that insult will succeed in
obtaining permission to remain
here beyond January 81.
The former millionaire Is in
poor health, according to his'
physician, who ordered him to-
bed after a thorough examina-
ton.
In judicial circles there was
i'll feeling on the part of many
who openly declared the govern
ment's action in requesting InsuD
to leave the country by January,
81 impaired the national prestige.
They interpreted it as a conce$-
sion to persistent American de-
mands despite two previous ruiz
ings of the Greek Supreme Court
refusing eXtradition.
May Boost Exports
Government supporters, on tho
other hand, declared the action
will improve Graeco-American 70"
lations and may lead to larger
export of Greek liquors to the
United States. They hailed it
as a wise move.
insult, meanwhile, remained at
home and declared he was indiS
posed. 1t was possible his depar~
ture from Greece might be de-
layed on account of his healtha
which has been poor ever since his
arrival here more than a year ago.
Deputies May Vote
Also, it was believed possible
insult might induce some of his
friends in the Chamber of DepUR
ties to bring the question to a vote,
a move which at least would delay
action.
The insult case always has been
one of intense interest internally
and has been involved deeply in
government programs and party
platforms. The public and press
generally have been sympathetic
with insult in his fight against the
United States Government
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
REP.J.S.PARKE
SERIOUSLY ILL

Following a paralytic stroke
several days ago, Representative
James S. Parker (R) New York,
was reported seriously i'll at his
washington home today.
Elected to represent the Twenty
ninth congressional district of
New York in 1918, Mr.. Parker
has continued in that office ever
since. He is Sc years old.
The veteran Representative has
been especially interested in rail
road and other interstate COM
merce legislation. having been
chairman Of the House Interstate
and Foreign Commerce Commit
tee when the Republicans had
control Of the House.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
Louise Dixie Describes Runs of The CobbIer
Which Hunts Country Nesting at the
Foot Of Blue Ridge Mountains

about an inch deep is on the
ground. There is no wind.
1--WE drew across GIanara to
Texas, and on to covert at the
edge of the WarrentOn Hunt
road, where hounds found.
Two couple of hounds carried
the fox out of a cOpSe of
woods into open field before
the remainder of the pack got
up) and went away in full cry
across the snow ugh
Priestly and to a field adjoin-
ing the road. There they
checked for a moment and
within a few minutes we were
up with the pack, which was
Joined by now. We made one
loss, because the first hounds
had mixed the scent.
1--WE drew on again back
toward Texas, down the road
into Willie Curtis farm, through
the Ramey place. where we
finally called it day. 1t was
the most glorious day! De-
liciOuS underfOOt. Beautiful
cloud effects, with at last sun
set and blue shadows of twi-
light"
Memories Are Revived
Another entry brings memories
Of an outstanding day.
meet at Vernon Hills. The
CONTINUED on Page S, Col. s.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
STRINGS BASK
|NFLOR|DA SUN

Matthew W. Stirling, prominent
American scientist, and his bride.
the former Miss Marion Illig, OF
Wingdale, N. Y, are spending
their honeymoon in Florida fol-
lowing their wedding here last
Monday.
Stirling, chief of the Bureau Of
American Ethnology of the Smith
sonian Institution, is perhaps
best known for his airplane expe-
dition to the previously unknown
interior of New Guinea, where he
spent year studying the pygmy
tribes. Last year he took part
in an extensive expedition to the
upper waters of the Amazon,
working among the head-hunting
Indians of Ecuador.
Mrs. Stirling is a daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Illig. The
couple was married at st. Johns
Episcopal Church and left for
the South after a wedding sup
per at the Shoreham Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
MISS GILLESPIE
WILL MARRY
ASTOR SCION
Debutante Who Made Bow a
Week Since to Wed Into
Famous U. S. Family

NEW YORK, Dec. 16 GN.S0.
Right at the beginning of the So
cial season, the cream of the crop
has been picked!
That is the Park Avenue debu-
tante worlds reaction to the an.
nouncement today of the engage.
ment Of New York's most eligible
young man, John Jacob Aston, to
Miss Eileen S. Gillespie, who made
her bow to society only a week
ago.
Seen Together
After all, Aston. scion of one
Of the most prominent families
in the United States and in Eng
land, too, is only 81, and could
have spent a few more years
squirting" the debs at parties,
where needless to say, he was ex-
tremely popular.
He had been seen frequently
with Eileen, whose family is al
most as notable as Astor's, before
her debut.
The marriage, for which no date
has been set, will be the second
in the immediate Aston family of
recent months, for it was only 10
days ago Johns mother, Mrs.
Madeline Astor Dick, married the
boxer, EMO Fiermonte, from her
bed in a hospital where she was
recuperating from injuries re-
ceived in fall.
No Money Worries
The Astor estate, reported two
years after Col. John Jacob Aston
went down with the Titanic, was
estimated at $87,218,791, of which
$69, 100000 was said to have gone
to Vincent Astor, halfbrother of
young John by a previous mar
riage.
Johns mother and father were
returning from a wedding trip to
Europe and the Near East on the
Titanic, and John was born four
months after his mother was
saved.
Money won't be one of the
things the young Astors will worry
about when they are married, for
Miss Gillespie, who is descended
from Watts Sherman, prominent
clubman, and John Carter Brown,
whose family founded Brown Uni
versity in Providence, will bring a
Sizeable doWry as we'll.
Very Popular Girl
Tall, of serene disposition, with
dark hair and dark eyes, the fu-
ture Mrs. John Jacob Astor is a
graduate of fashionable Miss Hew-
tits school here.
She is said to have attracted
young Aston first on the tennis
court, for she plays a good game,
having won several tournaments
at the Newport Casino last sum-
mer, and he is a well-known tennis
enthusiast.
She speaks French fluently and
has been known as one of the
most popular girls of her set. A
round of social gaiety already is
being planned for the young cou-
ole nv their friends
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
HIDDEN MOTIVE
SEEN IN MOVE
ONRUM SHIP
"Impudent" Proposition From
British Prompts Drastic
Federal Policy
By international News Service

With the Navy under orders
from President Roosevelt to aic
the Coast Guard in hating rum
smuggling on the Pacific Coast
a new era in the fight aginst
illegal entry of foreign liquor
dawned today.
The Presidents action marked
the contamination Of plan urged
vainly by ardent drys during ma
tional prohibition.
Although instructions to the
Navy were issued in response tc
a challenge" by a heavily laden
rum boat, the Canadian steamer
"Mogul," they were widely inter-
preted as marking the beginning
Of a new policy with a much
larger objective.
"DeaI' Offered
Operators Of the "Mogul," a
31O-foot vessel, petitioned tn
Treasury Department for permits
sion to enter 10000 cases of Ca
madam and cotch whisky at Los
Angeles. In return for this priv
ilege, they offered to cease illegal
sales to the 10 fast rum boats
for which the "Mogul" has been
serving as mother ship and to
desist altogether from smuggling
activities.
Herbert E. CASTOR, special as
sistant to Acting Secretary OF
the Treasury Henry Morgenthau,
jr., declared the President con-
sidered the rum-runner's proposal
''impudent," and promptly issued
his order for the Navy to cooper
ate with the Coast Guard in pre-
venting smuggling.
A more important motive Tor
the Presidents unprecedented &C
ton was seen in the consumma-
ton of the first reciprocal trade
bargain between the United
States and a foreign country
under the recently-announced
liquor quota plan.
Imports RaSed
The bargain negotiated with
France was held up today, how
ever, by the State Department
pending further investigation.
This agreement, announced by
the Federal Alcohol Control Ad-
ministration, involves a substan-
tial increase in the import quota
for French wines during the next
four months. In return, France
agrees to quadruple it's import
quota for American apples, and
double the allowable entry Of
American hams and salt pork.
To be effective, the liquor i'm
port quotas must be supplemented
by rigid ban on smuggling.
Coast guard headquarters has
received reports that numerous
rum ships are operating off the
Atlantic Coast. Renewed SNUG
Cling activities also are apparent
in gulf and Pacific Coast waters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
Marines to Withdraw
From Haiti bu June I

American Marines in Haiti, the
last OF the American armed forces
IN Latin American countries, will
be Withdrawn by June /, 1884
according to plans at Marine
adquarters. The force now on
duty there consists of $50 enlisted
men and 10C officers at Port-au-
Prince and Cape Haitien. The
Haitia. force has been cut in re-
cent years from $500 men.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
TRADE TREATY HELD BACK OF NAVY'S. War q
Diary of Girl Hunt Enthusiast Reveals Thrills of Chase

TOM THORNTON, who hunts The Cobbler pack, is
shown his way to draw This picture taken at
recent meet of The Cobbler at Morgantown, Va. The
Cobber hunt country is natural rolling and often hly,
sporty to unusual degree and particularly interesting
strangers and visitors Rarely does Thornton cast
hounds without finding and excellent the rule.
The Cobber hunt country lies west of the territories of
the Middleburg Piedmont and Orange County hunts and
hard by those of the Warrenton Hounds and the Old
Dominion. Picture by Times Staff Photographer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
By JAMES L. KILGALLEN

DIV JAUES N3AAHkALk1EkN
NEW YORK, Dec. 16 G.N.s).
Federal licensing of all automo-
biles travelling from one State to
another, and fingerprinting OF
their drivers was advocated today
by Joseph B. keenan,, Assistant
United States Attorney General
in charge of the criminal division,
as an important step in the sup
preston of crime. He said:
"HOt cars play a leading part
in the getaway Of kidnaperS,
bank robbers, and other crimi-
mails.
"It's not the cracking of a
safe that's hard-it's the get
away
"Take the Lindbergh kidnap-
ing case. 1t would have been
helpful to the authorities If the
Government had had a record
Of the kidnap car. The car
might have been stopped in
attempting to go from New
Jersey into another State and
the culpritS caught"
PLAN DRAFTED
keenan,, who is field general
in the Governments war on kid
napers. is preparing recommends
tions dealing with Americas crime
situation. His recommends lions
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
KEENAN, ASKS FEDERAL AUTO LICENSING
Recommendations to
Be Submitted to
New Congress

the Department of Justice to
three times its present strength.
3. Changing the Federal rules
of evidence in criminal court
proceedings to permit the pros
ecutor to comment to the jury
on the failure of a defendant
to take the witness stand on his
own behalf.
keenan, said:
II am giving serious thought
to recommending that all per.
sons using automobiles in in
terState travel, that is, passing
from one State to another, be
required to procure a Federal
license at a nominal cost.
"ThiS license would be regis
tered and a record of it kept
by the Government. 1t would
contain the photograph and
the fingerprintS of the driver
of the car. The driver would be
required to carry the license on
his person or in the car when
he is driving.
"Fingerprints are one big fac
tor which help immensely in
crime detection. Not only would
Federal licensing of automobiles
result in the solution of many
major cases but it would deter
criminals from attempting Ger.
tain crimes because Of the
hazard involved and the pros
pect Of becoming tangled up
with the United States Gov
eminent"
In addition to keenan,, Prof
Moley. former membe'
Of President Roosevelt'S "brail
trust" and an expert on crime
study. is also drawing up an in
dependent report on crime condi
lions.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
Tobacco Men to Get
212 Times. 80 Total

Flue-cured tobacco growers in
North Carolina, South Carolina.
Virginia, Georgia and Florida will
receive about $4,000, 900 for the
1888 crop now being marketed,
the AAA said yesterday.
This is more than two and one
half times the amount the pre-
vious crop brought and does not
include approximately $4,000, 900
in benefits and rental payments
to be made by the AAA for crop
reduction in 1884.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
Negro Eastern Star
CHAPTER Plans Rites

Colored Eastern Star Chapters
of the District of Columbia will
conduct annual religious services
tomorrow night at Metropolitan
Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church. The
Rev. j. W. Mccoy, pastor, will
preach. Lulu V. Lewis is grand
matron of the grand lodge and
Edward Weyms, grand patron.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16

which will include the Federal
licensing of automobiles, probably
will be included in a report which
is to be presented to Congress in
January in behalf TO the Depart
ment Of Justice.
Other recommendations by Kee-
nan as steps toward the suppress
sion of crime are:
/. Making it a Federal crime
to transport stolen property
from one State to another.
2, Enlarging the personnel Of
the division Of investigation Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
Check on Cars Called
Best Aid in War
on Crime

FOLLOWING is the first OF a series
of three articles dealing Dith
Americas crime situation and
based on an 'interOieD with Joseph
B. Keenan,, prominent Govern.
ment prosecutor OF kidnGperS and
racketeerS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
XMAS SHOW AT HINE

Children of the Southeast Com-
munity Center will give a Christ
mas dance entertainment tonight
in the auditorium of Hine Junior
High School. More than 60 chill
Gren will attend.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16

along as we'll as he ex-
pected and that he is not
going to stabilize the dol
lar.
Now that will do just as
much good as if he had said
that he would.
Maybe m ore. For. a
funny thing about the big
men and financiers, after
they fully realize they are
not going to have their own
way, like old steers, they
sulk a little bit and then
likes to make a
but if he finds he is not
it his way, he is not going
chance of making it your
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1933-12-16
WILL ROGERS Sovs:

BEVERLY HILLS, CAL, Dec. Jewell,
I see the boss says that things are going
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-24
MORE DRY TRICXERY

The beer legislation was confused enough. Now
the senate judiciary committee has carried the con-
fusion farther by throwing out the bill which
passed the house and by substituting dubious one.
BY the time the senate finance committee to which
the bill now goes gets in jrs Icks :he result may
be a measure which the drys can defeat
In the form reported by the Judiciary commit
tee the 30 per cent by weight Of alcoholic content
provided IN the house bill IS reduced to 305. The
question arises whether any large market exists
for such beer. The primary purpose Of the measure
is to raise revenue through taxes to help balance
the federal budget.
But the dry wreckers IN the committee did not
stop there. They added amendments to prohibit the
sale of this alleged beer to minors and to prevent
advertising it in dry states. OF course the only
possible justification for such amendments is the
theory that this 3O5 per cent drink is intoxicating
So the bill carries within itself the tacit-but
untrue-admission that it tries to legaze an intoxi-
can't
The catch is obvious. No bill can Iegalize an
intocant so long as the eighteenth an endent is in
the Constitution
Therefore, the senate Judiciary committee bill is
direct invitation to senate drys to defeat it on the
ground of unconsttutionality, and failing that an
invitation to President Hoover to veto it on the same
ground
There should be end to this hypocritical and
backhanded maneuvering. The house bill was hon
est The senate drys have right to try to kill it in
open and fair fight. But when they resort to trick
cry they confess they fear defeat
The trickery may may not succeed in the
lame duck session. But effective beer tax lepisa-
ton probably can not be delayed later than the
spring special session Of the new wet congress
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-24
TUESDAY. JAN. "a. 1898.
REDUCING TAXES

Reduction Of taxation be accomplished only
by economies and savings in cost of public service.
The plan of Governor McNutt to revise many
state departments is moving forward swiftly. The
public will commend the major portion of his recon-
mendations.
Within few days the state highway commits
sion will be put on more business-ike basis.
For years there has been suspicion that the
cost of roads has been too high The people have
paid in the past few years approximately twenty
millions of dollars each year for this service. The
work has been done under commission which was
political in its viewpoint.
As one example of saving, the recent order of
Governor McNutt stopping the purchase of cement
at prices which were much higher than was paid
a year ago may be cited.
The cement interests, for some unannounced rea-
son, discovered that the price should be increased
about ten days before bids for state consumption
were opened. And with exception, the bids
were exactly alike.
The establishment of cement factory at the
state prison farm may be one way to save many
thousands of dollars.
The reorganization of state government by con-
solidatop of bureaus and the transfer of authority
from the office of secretary of state should work
for the interests Of the taxpayer.
1t is unfortunate that past political GOODNESS
between the Governor and the secretary of state
might give such movement the favor of politics.
AS matter of fact, the secretary of state has been
given powers that should never have been under his
direction The office was built up by Stephenson
as a political feed box through which he expected
to control the state.
Patronage was thrown to this office with no re-
gard for proper authority. Many of these powers
should belong to the Governor if he is to work
effectively for economy
Cutting taxes finally cutting expenses.
That can be done only by eliminating useless jobs.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-01-24
A JAPANESE PATRIOT

AT last Japan's military madness has been chal-
Ienged IN the Japanese diet. For more than wear
the liberalism of Japan, which once made possible
the peace treaties has seemed dead BY every means
from assassination down, the anti-miltary opposi-
ton was silenced
Latterly, the reports have stated that opnosition
no longer existed that Japan was united behind her
war terrorists.
But Hitoshi Ashida, former member of the dinlo
matIc service and present foreign affairs spokes
man OF the Seiyukai party, had the courage Monday
10 openly attack army domination of the govern
mehC and OF foreign policy.
He criticised the governments unrriend1v atti-
Jude toward the United States and toward the
League of Nations. He warned that unless Japan,s
relations with the rest of the world were improved
speedily they would produce another armament race
and possibly world war;
Whether Kitoshi Ashlda finally is rewarded for
his daring honesty with assassination or with
eventual leadership in the Japanese movement the
"orIo pays tribute to his patriotism
He loves his country enough to oppose her when
she is wrong. Only patriots Of this kind can save
Japan The road of conquest is the road to des1,c-
ton.