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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-06-30

to the moisture on some of the larger
particles of glass"
He shut the door after the depart
ing officer, and proceeded to discover
from Stanton the relative positions, at
the moment of the tragedy, of the
officers on the dais, the PLEDGES and
sponsors at its foot, and the specta-
tors seated behind them. When the
scene was fully described to him, he
indicated the door.
"How about that? l gather it isn't
locked during the ceremony, if Patter-
son could enter the room after it
started"
mo, there's no need for it," the
president replied, because an officer
of the fraternity is posted there. We
call him the sergeant at arms; his
duty is to keep order in meeting and
evict unruly brothers at the command
of the chair He opens the door only
to those who have right to be pres
ent."
st is improbable, then, that anyone
could get in secretly, unknown to
him?"
Stanton nodded emphatically. "No
one could pass him, Mr.. Rankin, with
out giving the signals by which he
recognizes brother"
Il suppose only fraternity brothers
are familiar with these signals?' Ran
kin inquired.
"Yes, though you must remember,
sir, that every chapter of Mu Beta
Sigma has exactly the same ritual
and ceremonies. SO members all over
the country know them; but no loyal
frater would ever divulge them"
THAT'S what 1 thought" the detec-
tive remarked. "What about the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-06-30

Him Chair.
front door of the house, Mr.. Stanton?"
Could an intruder steal in, undis-
covered?"
"Not unless someone on the inside
unfastened it for him." Stanton re-
piled. Its always kept locked; and
only brothers and PLEDGES have keys"
"You realize what that MEANS" Ran
kin pointed out soberly. sony men,
bers and candidates for initiation could
have been present at the ritual to-
night"
Mr.. Warwick looked grave, and as
he comprehended the dreadful impli-
cation of the statement, Stanton
blanched and swallowed hard.
His voice dropped to a whisper
Eyes, suppose that's inevitable" he
admitted.
"And now, what about your attend
ance at meetingsT the detective car
ried on briskly. SIS it compulsory or
notw
The president recovered his poise
with difficulty. ut isn't, because we
have to make allowances for other en-
gagements or for sickness. That's why
Ned was able to stay away tonight"
II should like to find out, Mr.. Stan
ton, how many were present at the
ceremony, this evening. Also, who
was missing and where they were at
the time"
"The roll-book will give you most of
that information" Stanton volun-
teered. 1.-THE recorder of the chapter
keeps the minutes of our meetings and
calls the ROLL, before we start. Any
boy who doesn't answer to his name,
he marks absent" He produced from
a shelf in a hollow section, behind
the altar, a brown leather-bound vol
ume of white ruled sheets.
'This is the recorders book and
here is the registry of attendance. ("
He ran his index finger along one
Of the columns. at was exceptionally
good tonight, you see-almost 100 per
cent. OF our thirty-three active BROTH
ers, only three were away; besides
Ned, Ben Crawford, sophomore, and
Larry Palmer. 1t may be that Ben
or Larry also came in during the cere-
mony, just as Ned did. But you'll have
to ask the sergeant at arms about
that; l was too busy with the ritual
to notice" He shut the book and re-
turned it to the altar. "That makes
thirty members in the room," he sum
married., cor, counting Ned Patterson,
thirty-one as far as / know. In addi-
ton, there were the initiates, ten of
them if you count Mr.. Fletcher. :"
Rankin's sharp question halted the
boy. "Mr. Fletcher" he demanded,
mystified. do you mean that he
was being initiated into the frater-
nfty?"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-06-30
Tvnhoid ON WAY Ont

Figures published by the Journal
of the American Medical Association
show that 1892 was the best typhoid
year in the history of America. In IS
cities with a population of 35,691 ,S15.
there were 442 deaths from typhoid
fever, rate of only 124 per 100000.
The average for the three preceding
years had been 1.60, and it mad looked
as if the rate had been stabilized at
that point. Last years drop gave an
encouraging sign that progress can
still be made.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-06-30
SYNOPSIS

Stricken during initiation into the Mu Beta
Sigma fraternity, Stuart Jordan, university
student, dies almost Immediately. A physician
declares he was poisoned. Tommy Rankin,
Philadelphia detective. takes charge Of the In
vestigation. An injection Of poison Is shown to
have been the cause Of Jordan's death. Rankin
finds all the dead students shoes are marked
with thumbtacks. His only known relative Is
his uncle, Howard Merrick, st. Louis banker,
also his guardian.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-06-30

8. W. HULL, 1929 Euclid Ave-, Cleve-
land, Ohio, wants small inventions.
ADV,
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
Mob Storms Mortuary, Trails Casket to
Cemetery in Fight to See Body Of Night
Club Queen; Father Near Collapse

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 G.N.S).
Texas Guinan lay at rest today.
Her final passing from the Broad
way, where she reigned as mis-
tress of the towns revelries was
marked by scenes reminiscent of
her hectic career along the bright
light belt.
Trailing her as it often did
when "Tex" was queen of the
night clubs, the law forced the
hermetic sealing of her bronze
casket as her body lay in state
in a Broadway funeral home.
"Gate Crashers"
The burial services were stormed
by a mob of gate crashers." A
curious, milling throng which
gathered outside the funeral home
trailed the cortege to the West
chester Cemetery, where burial
was held, and stripped the flow
ers and wreaths from the very
coffin in a morbid hunt for
souvenirs.
Eight women, including several
friends of the entertainer, were
slightly injured in an automobile
accident at the entrance to the
cemetery.
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
RADIO LICENSE
RULES APPLY

Licensing radio sets is the rule
in most foreign countries, and
holders Of such licenses provide
considerable revenues to the State.
On the other hand, the Depart
ment of Commerce reports today,
unlicensed sets make their
owners liable to fines or imprison-
ment.
In Bulgaria, six months in jail
is the penalty for having an I'M
licensed set, but in spite of that
there are said to be many such
in the country. In other coun-
tries, such fees as are voluntarily
offered are accepted and civil
officials assume in return that
there are no attractions of the
law.
The entire police and military
forces Of Germany are available
to track down owners of
unlicensed sets, but Great Britain
locates them by modern scientific
methods. Government patrol
laboratories visit districts to locate
the sets, and the immediate effect
is a large number Of applica-
tons for licenses.
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
BY Universal Service

PARIS, Nov. 10. - A hope,
which, according to her doctors
is only an illusion, is squirting
Jenny Dolly, Of the famous dane
ing team, in her fight for health.
Gravely injured and possibly
permanently disfigured in an
automobile accident, Miss Dolly
believes she will recover and win
again the fame she once knew.
But, according to her intimates,
this is impossible. One close
friend said:
eve don't dare tell her she
cannot go back on the stage
for several years more at least,
if ever. We can0t reveal that
to her, because the hope Of re-
Stunning her career is giving her
the energy to carry on"
Miss Dolly is undergoing a
series of delicate operations,
which are rebuilding entirely her
face and physique.
The depression added to her
misfortunes. Her $1,000,000 col
lection of jewels will be auctioned
off this week to pay her doctors
bills and other expenses. She is
also trying to sell her chateau at
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
ETEOR SHOW
On THIS WEEK

For the first time in 80 years,
Washington astronomers, both
professional and amateur will
have an opportunity this week to
witness the most famous of all
celestial displays.
Every 80 years, a meteoric
shower of Leonid stars appears in
the heavens. It is expected be-
tween midnight and 4 a. m. to-
Wednesday and Thursday.
The display is caused by frag-
ments of long-dead comet,
through which the earth passes
three times every 100 years. They
sometimes are so brilliant they
seem to set the sky aflame.
But according to Capt. J. N.
Ferguson, assistant superintendent
Of the Naval Observatory, the
meteorS are very Indispensable
and may not appear at all.
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
I CONSTITUENTS
ARE HONORED

Seven local youths have been
accepted as members of the Catho-
lie University student School Of
Engineering chapter of the Ameri-
can Society of Civil Engineers, it
was announced today by the Uni
versity. All of the men are fresh
man students of civil engineering.
The new members are Maurice
]. Dufficy, Of the 1000 block
Monroe st. N. E.; Thomas I. Hor-
liky, of the 100 block H st. N. W.:
William L. Hughes, Of the 900
block of Massachusetts, Ave. N. W.,
Charles D. johnson, of the 700
block Of K st. N. E.; Joseph P.
McGettigan. of the $500 block
Tenth st. N. E.: Joseph F. Park
hill. of the 1900 block Thirteenth
Pl. N. E.; and Wallace A. Bruder,
of the 100 block North Carolina
Ave. S. E. Bruder is president Of
the student chapter.
The Washington times., 1933-11-13

Sealing of the coffin, health
department officials explained to-
day, was ordered because of re-
ports that Texas had died of
amoebic dysentery, a communica-
BILE ailment which reached cpl
demic proportions in Chicago.
Father Near Collapse
Michael Guinan, aged father
of the night club hostess, nearly
collapsed as he emerged from the
vault, his eyes streaming, to see
the crowd battling for possession
of flowers and bits Of wreathS
snatched from the hearse and
automobiles in the funeral pro-
cesSion.
Officiating Gle rgymen stood
aghast as the rush for souvenirs
got under way.
The pallbearers and honorary
pallbearers were drawn principal
ly from the ranks of the theater
and the press, including Earl Car
roll, George Lamaire, Mark Hell
linger, Edward Sullivan, William
Egan, Walter Solinger, Louis So
boil, Paul Whiteman, Paul Yawitz,
Richard Lane, Murray Hubert,
Maxwell E. Lopin and Haywood
BrOun.
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
UP, |CKES
TELLS STATES
By International News Service
Secretary of Interior IckeS to-
~, ,.a,,ooIad ha baS written GOV.

By International News Service
Secretary of Interior Ickes to-
day revealed he has written gov
ernors of 10 States urging greater
speed in awarding contracts un-
der public works allotments, to
spread employment.
Letters were sent to governors
of Maryland, Kansas, Indiana,
Connecticut. Michigan, Tennessee,
Mississippi, Arkansas, Illinois and
Georgia.
Five States were shown to have
awarded contracts covering more
than half of their Federal high
way allotments, including New
York, 67.2 per cent; Maine, 66.2
per cent; Nebraska, SIS per cent;
Iowa, 52.3 per cent, and Montana,
sos per cent.
The 10 States asked to speed
up on Federal-aid highways have
awarded contracts as follows:
Maryland. 1914 per cent:
Kansas, 206 per cent; Indiana,
2O.4 per cent; Connecticut, 1919
per cent; Michigan, 1872 per cent;
Tennessee, 11.8 per cent; MiSsis-
sippi, GO per cent; Arkansas, IA
per cent; Illinois, 0.9 per cent.
and Georgia, with $1,000, 185 in
allotments, has awarded none.
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
MONEY POLICY
STANDS, SAYS
WHHEHOUSE
President Meets His Advisers;
Disappointed BY Rise In
Commodity Prices
BY International News Service


Although disappointed over the
failure of commodity prices to
rise proportionately to the in
crease in the price of gold, the
Administration was said today to
contemplate no immediate change
in its gold purchase program.
Federal monetary policy was
considered at some length in a
conference yesterday at the White
House. President Roosevelt gath
cred about him most of the finan-
cial authorities upon whose adj
vice he has been relying, and the
discussion lasted several hours.
Financial Advisors Present
At the conclusion, the partici-
pants referred all inquiries to the
White House and the only word
forthcoming from that source
was that no change in policy
was in contemplation for the
present.
Present at the White House
were William H. Woodin, Treas
ury Secretary: Eugene R. Black,
governor of the Federal Reserve
Board: Jesse H. Jones, chairman
of the R. F. c.; George L. Har-
rison, governor of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York:
Henry Morgenthau. jr., chairman
of the Farm Credit Administra-
ton: Henry Bruere, Federal
credit coordinator, and Prof.
George F.. Warren, and Prof.
James H. Rogers, the two econo-
mists who are credited with au-
thorship of the gold purchase
plan.
Too Early To Tell
Supporters of the gold pur-
chase plan were said to be in
sistent that the few weeks in
which the plan has been oper-
ating constitute too short a time
to guage its success or failure.
There has been slight rise in
commodity prices, but prices have
not risen proportionately with
gold.
While the White House con-
ference was in progress. Senator
Elmer Thomas CD Of Oklahoma,
leader of the inflationist block IN
Congress. was issuing a call for a
meeting here next Friday to pre-
nora can adequate metallic base
for a sound currency" for submls-
sion to the next session of Con-
gress. Thomas was supported by
his move by Senator Smith CD
of South Carolina. chairman OF
the Senate Agriculture Committee
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
JUDGE SELLERS
KEEPS POST

Success of the fight being
waged by Judge Kathryn Sellers,
Juvenile Court jurist, to retain
her position and salary until the
appointment of Miss Fay L.
Bentley is confirmed by the Sen
ate, seemed certain today.
Miss Bentley, named for the
post by President Roosevelt. was
challenged by Judge Sellers on
the ground that she could not
be removed without specific cause
until the Senate approves the ex-
ecutive action.
Auditor Daniel j. Donovan has
stated that the salary of Judge
Sellers will be continued until
Miss Bentley takes the oath.
Meanwhile, Miss Bentley has
changed her mind about assum-
ing her new duties Immediately,
and is remaining in her present
position as school attendance
officer.
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
RUM RAID JA|LS
FAMILY Of )

Charged with violation of the
liquor laws, a father, mother and
son were held in the county Jail
at Hyattsville today following a.
raid on their home in Takoma
Park last night.
Those arrested were Luther
White. Mrs. Rose White and their
19-year-old son, Leon. The raid
ers, led by Sergt. Ralph Brown,
seized four gallons of alleged
liquor.
The father was charged with
illegal possession, while his wife
and son we're booked for disor-
derby conduct. J
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
Romance of Ainee's
Daughter Headed
For the Rocks

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 13.-1t
looks as though Aimee Semple
Mcpherson Hutton's little daugh-
ter, Roberta, is going to keep her
promise to follow in the foot
ster5 of her mother-eVen In
matrimonial affairs.
Roberta appears to be having
domestic troubles, as had her ma
with Big Boy Dave Hutton.
Don't Think Alike
Roberta intimated last night,
after preaching a sermon to her
mammals congregation in Ange-
Ius Temple. that the sailor Lus-
band, w. B. Smythe, will stay
in that steamship office IN
Seattle, where he has been work
ing since last February. she
said:
81 would be very happy II my
husband could see things the
way 1 do, but we just don't
think alike. He has head SO
much pk 'lOsOphy that his head
is 'airly buzzing with ideas.
NV creed is very simple. II ne
objects to my wOrk-weli. I'm
afraid that's just too bad.
Then she divulged that she had
written to him telling him she
had deciC / to follow IN the
footsteps of her mother, and that
he hadn't answered the letter.
Got Himself a Job
Aimee has always said that the
mantle of Angelus Temple evan
gelism is to fall eventually upon
the young shoulders of Roberta
and when Roberta took the sailor
for a husband on that 1881 trip
around the world. Smythe prom
ised to leave his ship and MAKE
his home here so that little
Roberta could carry on the good
work of saving souls.
And Smythe did. But he never
was given a job in the Temple or
SANITATION and after a year OF
marriage got himself a job in
Seattle.
Wed In Singapore
The romance between Smythe
and Roberta began as soon as the
S. S. President Wilson left San
Francisco in the Spring Of 1881
on a world cruise. with AIMEE and
her daughter star passengers.
Smythe, a purser, had been as
signed to take particular care Of
Al lee" as she had been i'll.
Smythe did. So much so that
he had won the heart Of Roberta
before the ship reacher Shanghai.
They were married in Singapore
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
WOMAN, 35,ENDS
LIFE BY GAS

Believed to have been despond-
ent over i'll health, Miss Eva NC
Dowell, IS, clerk in the Internal
Revenue Department, ended her
life today by inhaling gas in the
kitchen of her apartment in the
14O0 block Columbia Rd. N. w.
She left no notes.
Miss Mcdowell had lived in the
apartment for the past eight
months and had been under a doc
tors care for some time.
The jst1iotor, Richard Williams,
smelled gas this morning, and en-
tering found her lifeless body over
the stove, with a number of jets
open.
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
PROMISED.
REVISION Of
SLASHES
Roosevelt Expected to Return
10 Per Cent Cut In War;
Connected Disabilities
BY International News Service

By International News Service
Further revision of the veterans
economy act by executive order
was confidently awaited today in
veteran circles, as a half-dozen
veterans organizations extended
their nationwide campaign for
restoration Of cuts.
Removal of the 10 per cent cut
in allowances for service-connected
World War disabilities, which
would restore a totally disabled
veteran 500 a month instead Of
500 as provided in the law, is ex.
pected to be proclaimed.
Would Aid Many
Then benefit of this change,
which is understood to have been
decided upon by Administration
leaders, would affect many classes
of veterans. Disabilities now paid
for service-connected cases run
from SO to 500 a month.
Appointment of an appeals
board to review decisions of re-
gional boards on the cases of 49,
900 World War veterans, who
were drawing compensation under
p-esumptive clauses of former
acts, is expected to be made this
month.
About 10000 veterans, drawing
an average of more than $50 a
month for ills presumed by law to
be service connected. would be
removed from the rolls under de.
cisions of the regional boards. At
least $4,000 veterans will appeal,
it was stated by veterans organ.
ization officers.
Not Satisfied
Despite notifications which
have been and may be made by
executive order, many veterans
organizations will demand out
right repeal when Congress con.
venes in January.
Spokesman for these organiza-
tons cite pledges made by many
Senators and Representatives
including some who supported the
economy actin predicting vir-
tual repeal of the measure.
The economy act, veterans
foes contend, has failed to save
the money expected.
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
{ N ALL CODES
FOR FOOD

In what is known as a "hori-
zontal" application of NRA prin-
ciples, codes for each branch Of
the food industry, including Sep
arate agreements for manufac-
turers, wholesalers and retailers,
will replace the hitherto proposed
single master food code.
This has become known as a
result of the dissolving of the
Food Industry Advisory Board or
the Agricultural Adjustment Ad-
ministration. An announcement
from George N. Peek, Farm Ad-
ministrator, states that members
Of the board are to be completely
free to represent their particular
industries in the work of prepar-
ing newly conceived small food
codes,
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
DOUBLE M|SHAP
INJURIES MAN

Mitchell Stanton, colored, 30,
of Alexandria is unlucky.
Escaping unscratched from one
automobile accident on the Rich
mond highway late Saturday, he
was struck a few moments later
at the scene of the accident and
taken to Emergency Hospital for
treatment of a lacerated scalp.
The first accident occurred
when a car driven by Charles
Bullock of Alexandria ran into
guy wire, injuring Rosie Taylor,
colored, %, of Alexandria. AS
Bullock and Mitchell crossed the
highway to a bus stop, the latter
was struck by an automobile OPP
Grated by Walter R. Hines, of
Va. His condition is
not serious.
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
IN COATS
D|DN' t WORK

It was a swell scheme and it
almost worked.
Garland Shattered, colored, 10,
of Colesville, Md, needed a new
overcoat.
He visited three local stores
Saturday, until he found one
that fitted him. Then when the
clerk was not watching him, he
pulled off the price tag. put it
on his old coat, hung that gar
ment in the rack and walked out
wearing the new coat.
But there was second tag on
the collar which he had not
noticed. Policeman H. H. john
son did, however, and picked him
up.
Today Police Judge Isaac R.
Hit gave the youth a years
probation.
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
PUBLIC 'STUNG'
ON SEABOARD
COLLAPSE
Wall st. Syndicates Plugged
Stock While Insiders Got
Out From Under

Loans totaling $3,339,812.50
were made to Pynchon and Co.,
brokers, as managers of Syndi-
cate accounts in the washington
Gas Light Company by the Chase
National Bank, it was disclosed
in evidence made public today
by the Senate stock market in
vestigating committee.
This amount was loaned over
a period from May, 1928. to April,
1929, and included IL deals.
Loan List Submitted
This evidence was disclosed in
o list of loans submitted to the
committee which had been APP
proved by the board of directors
Of the Chase National Bank.
Since that time Pynchon &
Co. has gone bankrupt for upward
Of $4O,OOO,o0O.
A tragic story of public losses
in buying securities of the bank
rupt Seaboard Airline railway
from Wall Street syndicates,
partly financed by the Chase
National Bank also was disclosed.
Chase bank records revealed
loans early in 1880 to three diff
ferent syndicates, which appar-
emily plugged the market for
Seaboard Airline securities until
the Wall Street group could I'M
load their holdings on an unsus-
pecting public. The syndicates
operated within six months of the
railroads financial collapse at
the end of 1880.
Couch In On Syndicate
Charles c. Mccain, president
Of the Chase Securities Corpora
ton; Harvey c. Couch. now direc-
tor of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, and Dillon, Read and
Co. promoted the syndicate opera
tons. It also appeared Albert H.
Wiggin, former head of the Chase
bank, had an interest in the
SyndicateS through the Chase
Securities Corporation.
A host of prominent capitalists
took part in a $10,000,000 syndi-
cate. Norman H. Davis, Americas
rowing ambassador, helped to
manage this syndicate for a
while. Clarence H. Mackay and
w. w. Atterbury were among the
participants.
The Chase Bank furnished fl
nancial backing to all three syn
dicates. The first syndicate ap-
parently was organized by the
Chase S curities Corporation,
Redmon & Co. and Freeman &
Co., in December, 1929. Sharing
the profits equally, this syndicate
first borrowed $4,000 from
Chase Bank. In January. 1880,
1t was given a new loan Of $780,
600, presumably as an extension
Of the first loan.
$1O,OOO,OOO at Stake
The second syndicate, with
more than $10,00O,0O0 at stake,
was managed by Charles S. Nc
Cain and S. 2. Mitchell. Davis
substituted for Mitchell for a
while. It borrowed $6,800,OO0
from New York banks, consisting
of $3,30O,0O0 from the Chase
Bank, $2,7OO,00O from the Equit-
able Trust Company and $800,000
from the Bank of New York.
The third syndicate, operating
at the same time, borrowed ST.
$4,000 from the Chase Bank on
January 20, 1880. It was man.
aged by Dillon, Read and Com
pany, Harvey C. Couch and
Charles S. Mccain.
The Washington times., 1933-11-13
3 Housing Projects
For CapitaL Rushed

Ways in which individual mem
bers Of the Advisory Committee
on Housing can speed up three
local housing and alley elimina-
ton projects will be determined
at a meeting of the advisory COM
mittee at the Navy Building
Friday, John C. Nolen, jr., an
nounced today.
At the recent meeting of the
executive committee District and
Federal officials made a prelimi-
nary examination of sites pro-
posed for demonstration projects.